Inec return APC Bola Tinubu as president-elect

Millions of Nigerians vote for di most competitive presidential election since military rule end. Sabi pipo say dis time, na three horse race.

Live Coverage

Victor Ezeama, Helen Oyibo, Jelilat Olawale and Annette Arotiba

  1. Welcome back!

    Good morning and welcome back to our live coverage of di Nigeria presidential and national assembly elections.

    Di election happun on Saturday and now results don start to dey enta. From di state level to di national level.

    Before we continue, make we first use dis proverb to step down.

    Picture of elephant

    Wia dis foto come from, Getty Images

  2. Una bye-bye!

    Na here we go march break ontop our live coverage of di Nigeria presidential elections for today.

    So far, Inec don receive and accept di presidential results from 14 states of di kontri.

    Na afta dem collate di result for di state level, di State Collation Officers for di Presidential Election (SCOPE) dey carri di result go di national collation centre for Inec to receive and approve.

    Na di Inec chairman wey be di Returning Officer for di presidential election, wey also be di Chief Electoral Commissioner, go collate and announce di final result.

    You fit scroll down to see more on di states wey don collate and announce so far.

    We go come back again by 7:00am tomorrow.

    Una bye-bye!

  3. More provisional results from di state level from Delta

    Ughelli North

    APC: 11,196

    LP: 22,589

    NNPP: 198

    PDP: 9,241

    Ughelli South

    APC: 8,877

    LP: 9,790

    NNPP: 93

    PDP: 10,244

    Udu

    APC: 4,937

    LP: 18,579

    NNPP: 120

    PDP: 4,836

    Ughelli North

    APC: 11,196

    LP: 22,589

    NNPP: 198

    PDP: 9,241

    Ughelli South

    APC: 8,877

    LP: 9,790

    NNPP: 93

    PDP: 10,244

    Isoko South

    APC: 4,451

    LP: 18,166

    NNPP: 99

    PDP: 7,039

  4. More provisional results from di state level from Kaduna

    Kaduna state collation centre

    LGA: Kudan

    Registered Voters: 101,331

    Accredited Voters: 38,851

    APC : 11,630 LP : 888 NNPP : 6,747 PDP : 19,340

    Total Valid Votes : 38,841

    Invalid Votes : 10

    Total Votes Cast : 38,851

    LGA: Kaduna North

    Registered Voters: 369,428

    Accredited Voters: 108,523

    APC : 39,693 LP : 10,330 NNPP : 12,613 PDP : 40,670

    Total Valid Votes : 105,098

    Invalid Votes : 3,421

    Total Votes Cast : 108,519

    L.G.A: Igabi

    Registered Voters: 328,468

    Accredited Voters: 100,740

    APC : 37,259 LP : 4,839 NNPP : 8,276 PDP : 45,962

    Total Valid Votes : 97,721

    Invalid Votes : 3,019

    Total Votes Cast : 100,740

  5. Breaking, National collation centre dey go on break

    Collation of results for Inec national centre Abuja don dey adjourned till Tuesday 11:00am

  6. Labour Party win Nasarawa state

    Peter Obi

    Wia dis foto come from, Twitter/@Peterobi

    Inec don receive di result from Nasarawa state for di national collation centre.

    See di breakdown as follows:

    APC: 172,922

    PDP: 147,093

    NNPP: 12,715

    LP: 191,361

    TOTAL VOTES CAST: 556,937

    TOTAL VALID VOTES: 540,566

    TOTAL REJECTED VOTES: 16,371

  7. More provisional results from Kaduna

    More provisional results from di state level from Kaduna.

    LGA: Birnin Gwari

    Registered Voters: 132,175

    Accredited Voters: 28,355

    APC : 17,080 LP : 235 NNPP : 1,143 PDP : 8,774

    Total Valid Votes : 27,493

    Invalid Votes : 756

    Total Votes Cast : 28,249

    LGA: Chukun

    Registered Voters: 334,071

    Accredited Voters: 122,711

    APC : 9,367 LP : 69,117 NNPP : 2,742 PDP : 32,659

    Total Valid Votes : 115,895

    Invalid Votes : 4,721

    Total Votes Cast : 120,616

  8. Final result from Kano state for di presidential election

    Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso

    Dis na di fial Result from Kano state for di Presidential Election as dem collate and announce am.

    Afta here, di State electoral commissioner go carry di result to Abuja wia if Inec accept and ratify am, e dey good to go.

    APC - 517, 341

    PDP - 131, 716

    NNPP - 997, 279

    LP - 28, 513

    Total Registered Voters - 5, 792, 848

    Total Number of Accredited Voters - 1, 769, 525

    Total Number of Valid Votes - 1, 702, 005

    Total Number of Rejected Votes - 44, 405

    Total Number of Votes Cast - 1, 746, 410

  9. Anambra State Presidential Results

    Returning officer

    Aguata

    • Registered voters - 147428
    • Accredited - 40550
    • Vote cast --- 40387
    • Valid votes -- 39757
    • APC ------- 381
    • PDP --------522
    • LP -----------37478
    • NNPP ------207

    Ayamelum

    • Registered voters - 89388
    • Accredited - 18386
    • Vote cast --- 18131
    • Valid votes -- 18977
    • APC -------145
    • PDP --------405
    • LP -----------17032
    • NNPP ------21

    Nnewi South

    • Registered voters - 92146
    • Accredited - 18023
    • Vote cast --- 17926
    • Valid votes -- 17612
    • APC -------201
    • PDP --------201
    • LP -----------16767
    • NNPP ------53

    Onitsha South

    • Registered voters - 161997
    • Accredited - 39738
    • Vote cast --- 39702
    • Valid votes -- 39317
    • APC -------187
    • PDP --------287
    • LP -----------38403
    • NNPP ------131

    Onitsha North

    • Registered voters - 174502
    • Accredited - 51533
    • Vote cast ---
    • Valid votes -- 50614
    • APC -------211
    • PDP --------510
    • LP -----------49334
    • NNPP ------140

    Oyi

    • Registered voters - 111721
    • Accredited - 29195
    • Vote cast --- 29097
    • Valid votes -- 28456
    • APC -------312
    • PDP --------1142
    • LP -----------25957
    • NNPP ------83

    Ekwusigo

    • Registered voters ---- 86874
    • Accredited voters ---- 22896
    • Vote cast --- 22808
    • Valid votes. ----- 22440
    • APC -------159
    • PDP --------362
    • LP -----------21498
    • NNPP ------47

    Njikoka

    • Registered voters --- 109752
    • Accredited voters ---- 33460
    • Vote cast ----- 33430
    • Valid vote ---- 32945
    • APC -------224
    • PDP -------- 479
    • LP -----------31368
    • NNPP ------64

    Anambra West

    • Registered voters. --- 62949
    • Accredited ---- 62949
    • Vote cast ---- 13715
    • Valid votes --- 13446
    • APC ------- 360
    • PDP --------226
    • LP -----------12400
    • NNPP ------37

    Awka North

    • Registered voters - 75122
    • Accredited - 17450
    • Vote cast --- 17449
    • Valid votes -- 16919
    • APC -------118
    • PDP --------454
    • LP -----------15561
    • NNPP ------57

    Anambra East

    • Registered voters - 103847
    • Accredited - 23052
    • Vote cast --- 22873
    • Valid votes -- 22265
    • APC -------433
    • PDP --------350
    • LP -----------20755
    • NNPP ------75

    Dunukofia

    • Registered voters - 77138
    • Accredited - 20406
    • Vote cast --- 20198
    • Valid votes -- 19878
    • APC -------22
    • PDP --------428
    • LP -----------18715
    • NNPP ------52

    Anaocha

    • Registered voters - 113297
    • Accredited - 36040
    • Vote cast --- 36007
    • Valid votes -- 35472
    • APC -------178
    • PDP --------584
    • LP -----------33695
    • NNPP ------151

    Awka South

    • Registered voters - 206669
    • Accredited - 60629
    • Vote cast --- 60629
    • Valid votes -- 59438
    • APC -------305
    • PDP --------49963
    • LP -----------56498
    • NNPP ------133

    Ihiala

    • Registered voters - 94516
    • Accredited - 12407
    • Vote cast --- 11928
    • Valid votes -- 11754
    • APC -------27
    • PDP --------33
    • LP -----------11571
    • NNPP ------16

    Orumba South

    • Registered voters - 77478
    • Accredited - 21303
    • Vote cast --- 20601
    • Valid votes -- 20324
    • APC -------92
    • PDP --------253
    • LP -----------19482
    • NNPP ------67

    Orumba North

    • Registered voters - 93695
    • Accredited - 25383
    • Vote cast --- 23100
    • Valid votes --
    • APC -------114
    • PDP --------226
    • LP -----------21842
    • NNPP ------117

    Idemili South

    • Registered voters - 117473
    • Accredited - 28374
    • Vote cast --- 28205
    • Valid votes -- 27705
    • APC -------587
    • PDP --------304
    • LP -----------25994
    • NNPP ------128

    Idemili North

    • Registered voters - 1238795
    • Accredited - 47826
    • Vote cast ---
    • Valid votes --
    • APC -------633
    • PDP --------623
    • LP -----------43835
    • NNPP ------195

    Nnewi North

    • Registered voters - 160083
    • Accredited - 39980
    • Vote cast --- 39978
    • Valid votes -- 39364
    • APC -------206
    • PDP --------243
    • LP -----------38184
    • NNPP ------71
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  11. Breaking, Obasanjo tell INEC to fix di errors of di presidential elections

    Nigeria

    Wia dis foto come from, Getty Images

    Nigeria former president Olusegun Obasanjo don tell INEC chairman to fix di errors for di presidential elections.

    Di former president tok dey come as Labour party and di People Democratic party don raise alarm ontop di result matter.

    ‘’If di Chairman fit postpone elections four days to election, im fit do evri tin to rectify di errors of di last two days’’ Obasanjo tok

    ‘’No BVAS, no result go dey acceptable; and no uploading through Server, no result go dey acceptable.’’ Obasanjo add

    Di two time president of Nigeria tok dis one for statement wey im address to Muhammadu Buhari.

    Obasanjo tell Buhari for inside di letter say tension dey ground sake dis result matter

    E beg Buhari to cancel all election wey no dey credible and transparent.

  12. More results from Kaduna state

    IKARA LGA:

    Registered Voters: 132,906

    Accredited Voters: 52,525

    APC :17,297

    LP :994

    NNPP :4,274

    PDP :24,540

    Total Valid Votes : 47,474

    Invalid Votes :1,136

    Total Votes Cast : 48,610

    KAGARKO LGA:

    Registered Voters: 129,788

    Accredited Voters: 38,094

    APC :9,698

    LP :12,502

    NNPP :1,255

    PDP :14,027

    Total Valid Votes : 37,818

    Invalid Votes :1,597

    Total Votes Cast : 39,415

    KACHIA LGA:

    Registered Voters: 168,975

    Accredited Voters: 49,371

    APC :12,053

    LP :17,381

    NNPP :1,521

    PDP :16,049

    Total Valid Votes : 4

    Invalid Votes : 1,595

    Total Votes Cast : 49,291

    ZANGO KATAF LGA:

    Registered Voters: 157,145

    Accredited Voters: 51,678

    APC :5,877

    LP :22,689

    NNPP :246

    PDP :20,170

    Total Valid Votes : 49,896

    Invalid Votes :1,607

    Total Votes Cast : 51,503

    JAMA'A LGA:

    Registered Voters: 173,846

    Accredited Voters: 57,462

    APC : 10,928

    LP :26,560

    NNPP :719

    PDP :16,452

    Total Valid Votes: 55,372

    Invalid Votes :1,781

    Total Votes Cast : 57,513

    ZARIA LGA:

    Registered Voters: 326,068

    Accredited Voters: 124,901

    APC : 41,432

    LP :3634

    NNPP : 8,729

    PDP :62,260

    Total Valid Votes :

    118,489

    Invalid Votes : 4352

    Total Votes Cast : 122,841

  13. Obaseki visit family of victims wey die for Presidential election

    Nigeria

    Wia dis foto come from, Godwin Obaseki

    Edo state govnor pay condolence visit to victims of di family wey die during di presidential election

    According to reports two pipo allegedly die as dem dey vote for dia polling unit inside di state.

    Di victims na Festus Idahosa, wey be 33 years old, and Elizabeth Owie, one 43-year-old mother of three.

    ‘’E dey sad say dis kain electoral violence still dey happen at disstage of our development’’, Godwin Obaseki tok.

    ‘’We condole wit di families of di deceased pesins.’’

    Di police don already dey investigate di matter to bring di pipo wey get hand for di evil matter to justice.

  14. Breaking, Labour Party reject di collation of results of presidential election

    Labour Party, one of Nigeria main opposition parties for 2023 elections, don reject di collation and announcement of the presidential election results for Abuja.

    Di party say dem dey reject di result because INEC fail to publish all di results from polling units to dia iREV server.

    Dem question di integrity of di collation and announcement exercise for di national collation centre for Abuja.

    Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, na one of di four presidential candidates wey don win at least one state for di elections.

    Labour Party

    Wia dis foto come from, Labour Party

  15. Politicians wey lose Nigeria 2023 election

  16. 'I no disturb election for Rivers State' - Wike

    Nyesom Wike

    Wia dis foto come from, RVGH Press

    Rivers State govnor Nyesom Wike don deny accuse say e waka up and down to intimidate and cause kasala dring di Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday.

    For statement wey di state Commissioner for Information, Chris Finebone brng come outside Wike say di accuse det come from the "imagination of wicked imagination of failed evildoers".

    E explain say Wike no get any soja for im formal and informal entourage for anytime mos especially for election season.

    Dem also say once Wike and im wife manage to vote, dem enta house and no comot for di rest of di day.

    Wike bin find am hard at first to cast im vote sake of say di BVAS machine no reconize am to vote.

  17. ‘No ginger pipo to violence sake of di announcement of presidential election results’ - CP Aderemi Adeoye

    CP Aderemi Adeoye

    One of di supervising Commissioner of Police on Election duty for Rivers state, CP Adeyemi Adeoye say dem don arrest 18 suspects for various electoral offences across di state.

    Dis offense include holding pipo hostage, snatching BVAS machines and ballot boxes among odas.

    CP Adeoye tok dis one as e address tori pipo for di Rivers State Collation Center for INEC headquarters Port Harcourt on di security situation during and after di conduct of di Presidential and National Assembly election for di state.

    CP Adeoye cut warning for those pipo wey dey ginger voters to go on rampage or protest over di announcement of result to stop am as security agent go go after such pipo no mata di kontri dem run go or State dem dey hide dey incite odas to violence especially as dem never see any evidence of manipulated results so far.

    “We don get reports of disenfranchisement and attempt to manipulate results for some areas and we respond swiftly during di election," e tok.

  18. Inec announce presidential result for Akwa Ibom State

      • Author, Tunde Ososanya
      • Role, Journalist, BBC News Pidgin
    Atiku Abubakar win Akwa Ibom State - provisional result

    Wia dis foto come from, ATIKU ABUBAKAR/TWITTER

    Candidate of di Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar win wit 214,012 votes for Akwa Ibom State.

    Bola Tinubu of di All Progressives Congress follow am wit 160,620 votes while Labour Party’s Peter Obi get 132,683 votes.

    Former govnor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of di New Nigeria Peoples Party secure 7,796 votes.

    Di south-south Nigerian state get 2,357,418 registered voters and 594,450 accredited voters.

    According to Professor Emmanuel Atigo wey be di collation officer for di state, di state get 587,417 total votes cast, 555,089 total valid votes, and 32,328 rejected votes.

    Di presidential and National Assembly elections for Akwa Ibom State bin dey largely peaceful for many parts of di state but some local goment areas collation officers report incidents of crisis for some of dia polling units.

  19. Results from Adamawa state

    Adamawa collation center
    Wetin we call dis foto, Adamawa collation center

    Collation of presidential election result resume for Yola Adamawa state for 10am

    Adamawa get 21 Local Government Areas

    MAIHA LGA

    APC 7335

    LP 440

    NNPP 146

    PDP 14088

    MUBI NORTH LGA, ADAMAWA

    Total registered voters: 148,693

    Total accredited voters: 47, 661

    APC-10,078

    LP- 12,261

    NNPP-1253

    PDP-21,528

    MADAGALI LGA, ADAMAWA

    Total registered voters 89,444

    Total accredited voters 30,329

    APC 4935

    LP-4034

    NNPP-201

    PDP- 18,077

    MICHIKA LGA ADAMAWA

    APC 7062

    LP 6047

    NNPP 177

    PDP 28328

    JADA LGA:

    Di Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate local goment area.

    APC 8479

    LP 984

    NNPP 186

    PDP 28561

    HONG LGA:

    Local goment area of di Secretary to di Goment of di Federation Boss Mustapha

    APC 11489

    LP 9532

    NNPP 790

    PDP 24569

    YOLA NORTH LGA, ADAMAWA

    Total registered voters 206,785

    Total accredited voters 62, 343

    APC-15,885

    LP-9,925

    NNPP-584

    PDP-32,136

  20. Breaking, Agents storm comot for Abuja national collation centre

    Agents of Labour Party and PDP stage waka comot from national collation centre for AbujaAgents of political parties take turns to demand INEC to instruct dia state collation officers to upload di results on di portal – all of dem citing provision of Section 65 of di Electoral Act.