Nigerian general election 2023

2023 - 2 - 27

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Data shows increase in Nigeria's electricity supply during 2023 ... (Nairametrics)

Data from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator has shown that Nigeria's electricity supply has been on the rise during 2023 election.

On February 26, power generation peaked at 4,931.90 megawatts, and energy sent out was 100,512.87 megawatts per hour. According to NESO, the energy trend showed that energy sent out was at almost the same rate as energy generated for the highlighted days. What you should know: The Nigerian government has made efforts to improve the country’s electricity supply in recent years, but progress has been slow. Provide more power, the units finish on time and customers make more purchases, so they can increase their revenue base,” he stated. However, he thinks the reason is more pecuniary-related than merely wanting Nigerians to keep up with the 2023 general election updates. Power data for February 23 to February 27: On February 23, power generation peaked at 4, 801.10 megawatts, and energy sent out on that day was 109,726.07 megawatts per hour.

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Nigeria Latest: Election Results Trickle In; Eurobonds Advance (Bloomberg)

Results have begun trickling in from Nigeria's presidential election, two days after voters in Africa's biggest democracy went to the polls.

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Nigeria presidential election results 2023: Breakdown of presidential ... (BBC News)

According to Inec, na di State Coalition Officer for di Presidential Election (SCOPE) go first present di result before Oga Yakubu go ratify and announce ...

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LIVE UPDATES: Collation Of Results Of Nigeria's Presidential ... (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

Two days after what many described as historic presidential and National Assembly polls, results are now pouring in from several parts of the country.

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Nigerians wait anxiously as election results collation continues (Aljazeera.com)

The collation of results in the election that observers and voters say had many logistical challenges is still ongoing.

Officials arrived late and could not get the BVAS, which was being used for the first time at the national level, to work. There is also a wildcard candidate – [Rabiu Kwankwaso](/features/2023/2/1/kwankwaso-went-from-unpopular-governor-to-nigerian-presidential-wildcard) of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). “This is not what people expected,” Kanyisola said. At the Awada Primary School in the city of Onitsha in the southeastern state of Anambra, more than a thousand people waited more than six hours to be accredited and vote. [Obi won](/news/2023/2/27/nigerias-peter-obi-wins-in-lagos-state-in-presidential-election) in the presidential count for Lagos, which has long been a major stronghold of Tinubu, a former governor of the state. “I am disappointed with the way INEC has conducted this election – it has been poorly conducted and poorly monitored, and there are a lot of irregularities that have led to results manipulation,” Oluwaseyi Elijah, a 26-year-old student, told Al Jazeera in the central Nigerian city of Ilorin.

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Early Results in Nigeria's Tight Polls Meet Resistance From Political ... (Voice of America)

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission has begun announcing official results from Saturday's presidential election. But just minutes into the ...

Obi is mostly backed by young people, who accounted for over 80 percent of the 10 million first time voters. The delays forced INEC to extend voting into a second day on Sunday. But the announcement of results was met with resistance from political parties. And we must continue improving and trying to harmonize them," he said. Other people were getting accreditation, no paper was given to them," he said. Last weekend's polls were marred by delays and technical problems that saw thousands of voters hit the streets Sunday in protest.

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Nigeria 2023: The Best And Worst Of Times (THISDAY Newspapers)

Nigeria held its first legislative elections on September 20, 1923 in Calabar, under the 1922 Clifford Constitution. Thus, for 100 years, Nigerians have been ...

It is the people in charge of the technology. Is that the best the former President can offer at this critical time, when the country needs calm and sobriety in the face of tension and anxiety, occasioned by gross incompetence and collapse of common sense and infrastructure? This sub-text played out in terms of the desperation of the people to get registered for the votes, and to get their Voter’s cards. But it is the worst of times because INEC, the political elite and the state failed the people. On election day, it failed the people in many parts of the country. This may be the most competitive general election, the seventh since 1999, but it is also the worst in terms of management. It has also been the best of times because of the determination, the resilience of the people, their zeal and passion to use this election to make a statement and a. The beauty of it is that it sought to address many of the ills that had plagued the electoral system in Nigeria. In 2015, when President Buhari was proposed to them as the messiah that Nigeria needed, they all went out on the wing of a hope and a promise and supported Buhari and his party, the APC. Why has this been the best of times and why at the same time, the worst? The Clifford Constitution introduced the idea of representation and elections, and the formation of political parties. But in all of those 100 years, the interludes have been legislative somersaults, intrigues between the colonials and the people, as well as war and military interventions.

Nigeria's general election saw disorganization and violence (ideastream)

AILSA CHANG, HOST: In Nigeria, Africa's largest democracy, it could be days until we know the final result from Saturday's general election.

Where are the soldiers? The pretty incredible thing was, just before I left, some people who had just escaped what'd just happened were dusting themselves off and waiting to see whether voting would restart again because they were determined to vote. And the electoral commission say that's led to issues with delays uploading the results. There were about 70, 80 people waiting, and they were frustrated because of delays. Usually, elections in Nigeria are between two main candidates, which this time are Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling party and Atiku Abubakar of the opposition. Then out of nowhere, a group of masked men - they were armed - they arrived and they started shooting. The two established frontrunners for the ruling party and the main opposition claim they have a clear path to victory at this early stage. And I will note to listeners, he's brought us audio that contains the sound of gunfire later on in this interview. Electoral commission officials turned up late, sometimes hours and hours late, so people couldn't vote until early in the afternoon. Nigeria is the most populous democracy on this continent. So this vote has really carried a striking sense of urgency. For the latest, let's go to NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu in the capital, Abuja.

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