Latest update on 2023 presidential election

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

Results in so far from Nigeria's presidential poll give the ruling party candidate 47% of the vote.

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 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.

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.

Scores of protesters from different political parties Tuesday stormed the Presidential Collation Centre at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, to ...

“More so, my agent who was there and insisted that they cannot include that polling unit and have to cancel it based on the position of the Electoral Act, the APC people who insisted that they must add it and include it in their result. Addressing journalists after their meeting, Melaye stated: “A few minutes ago, we raised the issue of the fact that in accordance with the provision of the Electoral Act, Section 60 and Section 64 of the Electoral Act 2022 (as amended), that there will be transmission of results from the polling units. There was over voting and the number of votes outnumber the number of accredited votes and we know exactly what the law says concerning that. We are saying that we are not here to rubber stamp the electoral fraud that has been prepared by INEC and APC. The number of accredited voters is in this particular case higher than the total number of votes cast,” he explained. Over-voting means the total number of votes cast is higher than the number of accredited voters. We have every reason to believe that results in the aforementioned communities are doctored and skewed to favour the candidate of the PDP. The question on the lips of everyone is: why did INEC collate the ward results of Ward 13 at Otueke and not at the ward headquarter at Otuaba? “The problem of preloaded votes in the BVAS was not unique to unit 7 alone. “The argument that it is only when the Chief Electoral Officer of the Federation announces the winner of the Presidential election that the results can be uploaded on the INEC portal cannot be correct. The statement titled, “Stop the Collation Now, Don’t Burn Down Nigeria”, read in part, “The ongoing collation of presidential election results are unconstitutional and a possible invitation to anarchy that must be averted now by immediate halt. “Take the BVAS and the original copy of each of the forms in tamper evident envelope to the Registration Area/Ward Collation Officer, in the company of Security Agents.