Today, 23 February 2019 Nigerians would vote in the sixth presidential and national assembly elections since the country’s return to democracy in 1999.
Nigerians are expected to choose from 72 Presidential candidates and 6584 National Assembly candidates.
91 political parties are participating in the 2019 general elections, however, some would not be fielding candidate for the position of the president.
According to the figures recently released by INEC, there are currently 84,004,084 registered voters compared to 67,422,005 in the 2015 elections.
In the build-up to the elections, Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party have popped up clearly as top contenders for the office of the president.
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Elections Results.
PU 7, Voting Point A, molete 3, Methodist school, Iwo local Osun west senatorial district.
Senatorial . PDP. 51 APC. 42 ADC. 2 DPP. 1 ADC. 2 ADP. 54.
*House of Representatives* PDP. 51 APC. 38 ADP. 60 ACPN. 1
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3-59pm
Ward 08,
Polling Unit 002,
Okemesi Ekiti, EWLG,
Fed Constituency II.
President
APC -60
PDP -39
Senate
APC -66
PDP -34
Rep
APC -67
PDP - 33
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3-52pm
Unofficial Result
Atakumosa West LG,
Osun State Ward 10 unit 3
Presidential
APC 82
PDP 9
Rep
APC 84
PDP 8
Senate APC 84
PDP 9
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3-49pm
PDP Wins At Babajide Sanwo-olu’s Polling Unit- Punch
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10-30am
Nollywood actress, Omoni Oboli organises VGC voters as INEC officials are yet to arrive
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10-26am
PHOTOS: Aerial views of voters at Ward 5, Unit 17, Osogbo Local Government Area, Osun State. Photo credit: Jesusegun Alagbe
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10-23am
LAGOS Voting about to start as the voters are already in the queue at PU 047, Sunday Adigun Street, Alausa.
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10-13am
PHOTO: Inec nigeria officials arrive with election materials at polling units 17 and 18, Ward G, Mushin, Lagos State, Chux Ohai reports.
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10-09am
KANO Madigawa Ward, Dala Local Government Area, Kuka Bulukiyya Primary School polling units. Voters not showing up en masse.
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10-08am
Accreditation and voting going on in Umunkwoejim Ozubulu Anambra State.
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| Presidential Election: Live Updates And Reports 10:01am | |
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ward 5 Ibadan north (Basorun/Bodija) People have been waiting here
before 8am and no sign of inec officials as we speak. By the time the
sun comes down people will have no option than to head home.
Source https://www.nairafame.com/2019/02/no-sign-of-inec-at-ward-5-bashorun.html |
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8:25 AM – Voters Arriving Polling Units In Ekiti State
PU13/01/08/008, ADO ‘H’ EREGURU WARD, ADO EKITI LGA
Voters checking their names and Corp members arranging the cubicle.
8:10 AM – President Buhari Votes
President Buhari and Aisha arrived at the election stand, where they were accredited at 8:05 am.
Buhari who is seeking a second term in office voted at 8:06 am.
The President inserted the ballot paper into the ballot box at exactly 8:07 am.
7:32 AM – INEC support line
You can contact the Independent National Electoral Commision on any of the hotlines below, however, you need to be specific with your location(s) while reporting issues from the field. Please provide the name of; State/LGA/Ward/Polling Unit to enable INEC to track your report(s) and provide solution(s) as soon as possible.
#NigeriaDecides2019
Hotlines: 0700-CALL-INEC (0700-2255-4632)
09050858629, 09050858675, 09050858649 08180958715, 08180958717, 08180958709 09025038466, 07086945927, 08120183063 07062896047, 08105119010, 08146697603
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 23, 2019
7:05 AM – Identify the ballot boxes
It is very important to note that the red ballot boxes would be used for the presidential election, while the black boxes would be used for the senatorial elections, the green ballot boxes would used to cast votes for the house of representatives.
Ballot Boxes for 23rd February #NigeriaDecides2019 elections.
Remember, you can vote with any of your fingers. pic.twitter.com/Fx91Xro6Ns
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 22, 2019
7:00 AM – Voting tip
you can use any of your FINGERS to VOTE but don’t let the mark cross into another box. INEC: Making your votes count… Consolidating our Democracy.
#NigeriaDecides2019
Remember, you can use any of your FINGERS to VOTE but don’t let the mark cross into another box.
INEC: Making your votes count… Consolidating our Democracy. pic.twitter.com/1EEq3ht2gc
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 23, 2019