Counting of the ballot papers has commenced in different states across the country and was still continuing into the late hours of Saturday, even as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting until Sunday, March 29, in states where card readers failed.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RESULT IS NOT THE FINAL RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS, AS IT COULD BE UPDATED ANYTIME
Results from different local government areas across the country so far.
LAGOS STATE
The collation of results of Saturday’s election in Lagos is still ongoing at the various collation centres across the state. At the state INEC secretariat in Yaba, few people are seen moving around in the premises. But there are over a dozen armed security agents stationed around the secretariat. An official said the place would become a beehive of activities in the evening when final results from all the centers would start coming in.
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The most expected day of the recent period has finally come: March 28, the day of presidential elections.
Millions of Nigerians are to go to the polling units to cast their votes for the candidate who will lead the country for the next 4 years.
Fourteen parties and presidential candidates are gunning for presidency.
The toughest competition will apparently take place between President Goodluck Jonathan, running on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, and Muhammadu Buhari, representing the All Progressives Congress.
Both candidates yesterday arrived in their hometowns for the historical event in the political life of Nigeria.
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10:11 Soldiers reportedly barricaded the Abuja-Kuje road turning back journalists and observers heading to the town. A witness said even European Union observers were blocked at a military checkpoint at Dantata on the way to Kuje. One of the locked journalists said he has information that some ruling party politicians plot to rig in the town (Premium Times).
10:07 Speaking about accreditation problems, Jonathan said:
“I am not worried that CardReader did not work well we have to be patient with the INEC.”
10:00 Kaduna state governorship candidate Nasir El-Rufai heading to his polling unit to cast a vote.
9:55 ANOTHER explosion is said to have taken place in Anambra state. Luckily, no casualties. Details not clear.
9:44 @nkemifejika tweets: “Water & ‘omo’ recommended. Card reader friendlier to clean hands. Apparently.”
9:40 Finally, done! The accreditation process accreditation took at least 6 minutes at the card reader stage. Based on the social media mesages, it all went quicker with Buhari.
9:37 Seems like GEJ still can’t complete the accreditation. Why is that?
9:23 Goodluck and Patience Jonathan being accredited in Otuoke, Bayelsa state.
9:20 BREAKING: A car bomb exploded at the WTC Primary School polling booth in Enugu North LGA at about 7:38 Saturday (The Advocate).
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Nigeria to overtake S’Africa as top investment destination – Report
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By 2020, sub-Saharan Africa’s share of global GDP will more than double
Nigeria is set to overtake South Africa as the continent’s primary market for international investors in the next five years, according to a new report by the Economist Corporate Network. The report, entitled, “Africa is the horizon; the 2015 African Business Outlook Survey’’ surveyed 200 senior executives directly involved with investment decisions concerning Africa for large companies. It stated that the sub-Saharan Africa region is expected to grow by about 4.5 per cent, making it the world’s fastest-growing economic zone and ahead of Asia’s regional average of 4.3 per cent.
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