Election results update 2023

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Follow the vote: Nigeria presidential election results 2023 (Aljazeera.com)

Counting has been under way since polls closed on Sunday, with the final tally expected within five days.

He has selected Ifeanyi Okowa, the outgoing governor of Delta State in the south and Christian, as his running mate. One big achievement was a significant scholarship scheme that benefitted thousands of students from low-income households in Kano, previously known for its high numbers of the almajirai, out-of-school child beggars. Seen as a wildcard in the race, New Nigerian People’s Party’s (NNPP) Kwankwaso comes with enough experience to match the other frontrunners. He was on the PDP ticket alongside Abubakar in 2019. The outgoing Buhari is a northern Muslim. If no candidate meets these criteria, a run-off will be held within 21 days, with only the top two candidates allowed to participate.

INEC to resume presidential election results collation by 2pm (Premium Times)

INEC said at the moment there are about five states ready to present results, while about five other states were on their way to Abuja for presentation.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government. Mr Okoye said that at the moment there were about five states ready at the moment, while about five other states were on their way to Abuja for the presentation.

Nigeria's presidential candidates cry foul over election results (The East African)

Leading candidates in Nigeria's 2023 presidential election (from left) Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC, Atiku Abubakar of PDP and Peter Obi of Labour Party.

He also noted the system of uploading results needed to be reviewed in real time and communication on the voting and collation process should be enhanced. Meanwhile, also irked by the outcome of the results from its stronghold, APC has called on its restless supporters to be calm and promised to uphold the outcome of the results. “Having observed that INEC chairman is determined to rig the elections by making sure that results are not uploaded, we are not here to rubber stamp the electoral fraud that has been prepared by INEC and the APC,” he said. He added that according to Section 60 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2022, an election presiding officer is mandated to announce the results at the polling unit in the presence of party agents. According to Onifade, the Amended Electoral Act of Nigeria says that election results were to be uploaded to the central server from the polling units and that the manual collation made no sense. He said that Nigerians swamped the party with calls and protests over INEC’s non-compliance with provisions of the electoral guidelines and the "obvious manipulations of the election results".

Nigeria election results 2023: PDP and Labour want poll to be ... (BBC News)

Opposition parties in Nigeria have called for the presidential election to be scrapped, describing it as a sham. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ...

they are cooking up results," one man told the BBC. Mr Obi is third, with 18%. A candidate needs to have the most votes nationwide and at least a quarter of ballots cast in 25 of the 36 states plus Abuja to be declared the winner. A group of angry protesters denounced the electoral commission outside the national collation centre in the capital, Abuja. The opposition parties were critical of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) and its handling of the electronic voting system. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party said results had been manipulated, and they wanted a new election to be organised.

Day 3: Again, INEC Postpones Collation Of Results (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again postponed the collation of results for the 2023 presidential election at the International ...

The four heavyweights and strong contenders have large followings with the numerical potential of emerging as the successor of President Muhammadu Buhari whose two-term tenure ends on May 29, 2023. The collation of results from state started on Sunday. He explained that though results from five states are available, the commission expects at least 10 more states to join today’s collation. Elections for the office of the President, 360 House of Representatives and 109 Senatorial seats were held in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday and Nigerians expect the declaration of results by the electoral umpire. Likewise, Obi won Enugu while Tinubu won Ogun. On Sunday, at the official opening of the national collation centres, Mahmood said the collation of presidential election results would be done at four levels — first at the 8,889 wards, then at the 774 local government areas, then the SCOPs at the 36 states, and the Federal Capital Territory will submit the votes per candidate in Abuja.

Nigeria Latest: Electoral Panel Defends Conduct, Tinubu Leads (Bloomberg)

Nigeria's electoral authority defended its handling of the Feb. 25 presidential vote after the two main opposition parties said the collation of results was ...

Opposition parties in Nigeria call for fresh elections as ruling party ... (CNN)

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu (C-L) and his wife Oluremi Tinubu (C-R) arrive to vote at a polling station in Lagos on ...

APC blasted Obasanjo’s statement as tantamount to “subtly calling” for “a coup against democracy and the constitution.” But the government warned him not to truncate the elections with “his inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the elections,” in a “The election fell well short of Nigerian citizens’ reasonable expectations,” said a joint observer mission of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI). The election process has been dogged with controversy, and the announcement at the national collation center in Abuja has seen some tense moments, with opposition party members walking out of the collation center as the results were being announced Monday. “We call on the international community to note that the results being declared at the National Collation centre have been heavily doctored and manipulated and do not reflect the wishes of Nigerians expressed at the polls on February 25, 2023,” they said. They said their parties would no longer be part of the ongoing collation process in the capital Abuja and added they had lost confidence in the electoral body Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, said a joint statement from the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party, and African Democratic Congress in Abuja on Tuesday.