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The Governor cast his vote at Ogunmodede Junior/Senior College in Epe, Lagos State.

Voting materials in Okirika, Rivers State are nowhere to be found. An INEC official confirmed the diversion of the materials

The PDP Presidential candidate and his wife cast their votes at Ajiya in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

TV Cameras captured the President peeking at his wife’s ballot paper,

The video shows Obafemi Awolowo on the campign trail in 1959 as he sought election into the Federal House of Representatives.

The Independent National Electoral Commission confirmed earlier, through its Twitter handle, that the Zamfara APC will participate in the on-going elections.

President Buhari, while speaking to news agents after casting his vote, said he will congratulate himself because he will be the winner of the elections. When asked, “If you lose this election, will you accept defeat and congratulate the winner and hand over power to the next government?” He replied, “I will congratulate myself, i am going to be the winner. Thank you very much.” He said same in response to the BBC Hausa correspondent who asked the same question in Hausa.

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has cast his vote in Daura, Katsina State as elections begin in Nigeria. Analysts have predicted a tight race between President Muhammadu Buhari, the APC Presidential Candidate and AtikuAbubakar, the PDP Presidential Candidate.

The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye, in an interview with Daily Independent, said while the election would go ahead as scheduled tomorrow, Saturday February 23rd, the commission would not risk the lives of its officials and ad-hoc staff by posting them to areas where their safety could not be guaranteed. “We won’t just move ad-hoc staff arbitrarily to places where we believe they are very vulnerable or places we believe that if we deploy them to, they are likely to come to harm. We have been working with the Interagency Consultative Committee on Election…

Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its interest in the Chinese market with a deal to build a $10 billion refining and petrochemicals complex as it vies for crude-oil customers with fellow OPEC members and Russia. Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Aramco, agreed to set up a joint venture with two Chinese companies to develop the facility in Liaoning province, according to a statement Friday. Saudi Arabia is investing in energy assets across Asia, the world’s biggest oil-consuming region, as it battles for market share.a The kingdom will supply as much as 70 percent of the crude needed by the new complex, which…