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Reuters tally on Tuesday night says ruling party’s candidate has an ‘unassailable lead’

Voters and observer missions have highlighted INEC’s failures and violence on election day as results are awaited.

Nigeria's ruling party candidate, Bola Tinubu, took an early lead in the race for the presidency, according to initial election results. But the poll remains tight between three of the leading candidates in an election marked by long delays and accusations of fraud by the opposition.

Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu led the race for Nigeria's presidency on Tuesday, according to partial official tallies issued after a tight election marred by frustration over long delays, technical hitches and charges that results have been manipulated. The main opposition parties have called for the vote's cancellation, describing the…

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

Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, has upset the apple cart in Nigeria's tightly contested presidential election, narrowly defeating the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu in his stronghold of Lagos, the country's largest city.

Tinubu appears on course for victory despite Labour candidate Peter Obi taking Lagos in surprise result

Nigeria's ruling party candidate and former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu was ahead in the vote count from Saturday's presidential election, a Reuters tally of provisional results in 12 of 36 states showed.

Chairman of Nigeria’s electoral commission says the release of vote tallies will resume on Monday morning.

Nigeria's electoral commission has started announcing state-by-state results from Saturday's presidential election.

Final tally not expected until middle of next week as polling system hit by significant technical problems