Time: 11:37am Location: Mzondu ward, Gbajimba, Guma LGA, Benue. Update: Voter turnout has increased significantly here. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

ANOTHER BVAS HICCUP Location: PU 03, Iponri Housing Estate, Surulere, Lagos. Time: 11:40am Update: BVAS misrepresents the gender of two women. The machine displayed "male" as their gender.

Location: Ward 5, PU02, Idi-Ose, Akanran, Ona Ora LGA, Oyo state. Update: Teslim Folarin, APC governorship candidate in Oyo state, casts his vote.

OKONJO-IWEALA: WHERE ARE THE INEC OFFICERS? @Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says voting is yet to start in her polling unit, one hour after she arrived. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

KWANKWASO ARRIVES TO VOTE Rabiu Kwankwaso, the NNPP presidential candidate, has cast his vote at his polling unit in Malamai Friendly Special School, Madobi LGA of Kano state. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

Time: 12:00pm Location: Community primary school Ihe, ward 009, Enugu state. Update: Voters are still waiting as INEC officials are yet to arrive.

SHETTIMA'S TURN TO VOTE! Kashim Shettima, the All Progressives Congress (APC) vice-presidential candidate, addresses the press after casting his vote at his polling unit in Shettimari, Lamisula Jabbamari ward, Maiduguri, Borno state. #NigeriaDecides #NigeriaElections2023

POWER IN HANDS OF NIGERIANS, SAYS SDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of SDP, has cast his vote at PU19, Ward 10, Barracks road, Ondo West LGA. Adewole expressed satisfaction with the functionality of the BVAS.

He said: "So far, everything is working well and I just want to urge Nigerians to come out and vote. Government is not powerful today but Nigerians because they are the ones that will vote for the candidate of their choice...

...and I think everybody should come out no matter whom you're voting for."

ADAMAWA'S SMALLEST POLLING UNIT? Polling unit 047, NALDA office, Karewa, Yola north LGA has only 14 registered voters -- and only eight people have voted so far. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

Time: 12:03pm Location: Ihitte-UBOMA, Imo state Update: Election materials are yet to be moved to the wards from the INEC office.

Time: 12:07pm Location: Ward 014, Surulere, Lagos. Update: Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, has just voted at his polling unit. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

KWANKWASO: I WILL ACCEPT THE FINAL RESULT Location: PU001, Malamai Child Friendly School, Kwankwaso, Madobi LG, Kano. Update: “I’m satisfied with INEC and the voting exercise, and I’m positive to win my unit and LG... #NigeriaElections2023

...I’ll accept the final result of the election," Rabiu Kwankwaso, the NNPP candidate, said after voting. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

SPOTTED: HADI SIRIKA VOTES IN KATSINA Time: 12:05pm Location: Dubawa Gari Primary School, Sirika B, Dutsi LGA, Katsina. Update: Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, has just cast his vote. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

Time:12:13am Location: PU 008, Ward 09, Surulere LGA, Lagos. Update: INEC officials complain of low voter turnout. "BVAS is working well," one of the officials said. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

Time: 12:15pm Location: PUs 004 & 005, Ezeagu, Obeleagu Umana, Enugu state Update: High voter turnout overwhelms electoral officers. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

It's business as usual for food and snacks sellers at the Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

Location: Agulu 2 Ward, PU19, Amatutu Village, Anaocha LGA, Anambra. Update: At 12pm, a massive crowd accompanied Peter Obi and his wife to his house after voting. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

Time: 12:20pm Location: PU09, Abacheke Primary School, Ward A, Ohaji/Egbema LGA. Update: The presiding officer complained about not having the BVAS password.

Time: 12:25pm Location: Gwagwala town hall, Abuja. Update: There is heavy security presence here, including officers of NDLEA. A voter told TheCable that some persons attempted to “scatter” the voting process. #NigeriaDecides #NigeriaElections2023

Security officials on the ground were said to have called for reinforcement.

SPOTTED: ROTIMI AMAECHI VOTES IN RIVERS

Time: 12:30pm Location: Ward 10, PU 25&26, Mile 3, Port Harcourt LGA, Rivers. Update: Voting is ongoing but residents complain that the process is slow.

MAKINDE: DEMOCRACY HAS COME TO STAY Speaking with journalists after voting, Seyi Makinde, Oyo governor, described the exercise as "seamless". "It's going really okay...

...The accreditation process was seamless; people are conducting themselves very well. I think democracy has come to stay in Nigeria," he said. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

Location: PU08, Ward 11, Army Children Primary School 1, Ibadan north-east, Oyo state. Update: Tamunominini Makinde, the wife of Oyo governor, has also cast her vote. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

I'M NOT IMPRESSED, SAYS AKEREDOLU ON VOTER TURNOUT Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo state governor, says he is not impressed with the voter turnout. He spoke after casting his vote in ward 5, unit 6, ljebu Owo, his home town.

“Well, I am not too impressed yet with the turnout but I expect that many people will come out," he said. "But we need to be larger than this, I have always voted here. But I know that people are going to come out."

There are reports of thugs allegedly disrupting the voting process in some parts of Lagos. TheCable is however unable to independently confirm the situation at the affected polling units. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Location: Ward 10, PU32, Osuntokun, Ibadan north, Oyo state. Update: Voting is ongoing. The presiding officer, who identified himself as Victor, said the exercise has been hitch-free, and the BVAS is "functioning well". #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Time: 12:58pm. Location: Government Science Technical College, Mzondu ward, Guma LGA, Benue. Update: Amid voting, two vans filled with police officers arrive at the polling unit. The reason for their deployment is not immediately clear. #NigeriaElections2023

Time: 12:56pm Location: Apostolic School Unit 6, Ward 06, Ipetumodu, Ife North LGA, Osun state. Update: BVAS rejects three voters whose thumbprints and faces were not recognised. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

PATIENT EL-RUFAI After two hours on the queue, Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna state governor, is still waiting to cast his vote at PU024, Anguwan Sarki GRA, Kaduna North LGA. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

WIKE FINALLY VOTES Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state finally votes as accreditation resumes at Ward 09, PU 7, Rumuepirikom, after the initial BVAS hiccup. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

FOOTBALL TIME -- BUT HAVE THEY VOTED? Time: 1:15pm Location: Surulere LGA, Lagos. Update: Youths have resorted to playing football on the streets of Surulere. Hopefully, after they had exercised their franchise. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Time: 1:15pm Location: Mbamoi, Yola south LGA of Adamawa. Update: There is a high voter turnout in this polling unit. Voting and accreditation are going on smoothly. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Babagana Zulum, Borno governor, has cast his vote at Ajari unit 006 in Mafa town, headquarters of Mafa LGA. @Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum voted around 12pm. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Location: PUs 13 & 14, Girls High School, Agulu 2 Ward, Anaocha LGA, Anambra. Update: Voting is still in progress at 1:25pm. No issues reported. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

LATE ARRIVAL OF ELECTION MATERIALS Time: 1.20pm Location: Kawaji Jigiriya Special Primary School (30 PUs), Nasarawa LG, Kano. Update: Voting started about an hour ago as hundreds of residents queued under the sun.

Ibrahim Zaikrullahi, an election observer, said there have been challenges of late arrival of election materials. He said voters came out as early as 7am, and by 1pm, they were yet to vote. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

.@Yiaga Africa TO INEC: ALLOW NIGERIANS VOTE TILL 4PM Yiaga Africa has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the close of voting to 4pm to accommodate ALL voters. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

IDPS PERFORM THEIR FRANCHISE Location: Central A and B, Bangajiya Kuta, Shiroro LGA, Niger state. Update: Many internally displaced persons (IDPs) have cast their ballots, while some returned to their polling units in Gurmana and Erena wards to vote.

There has been no issue with the BVAS here. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

#NIGERIAELECTIONS2023 SO FAR The presidential election is still ongoing in most parts of the country. Election materials arrived late in many polling units, resulting in the delayed start of voting.

There were incidents of malfunctions by the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in several polling units. While the official figures are yet to be released, there was a considerably high turnout of voters in many parts of the country.

Incidents of voter intimidation were recorded in some states, especially Lagos. The exercise has been largely peaceful so far, except for pockets of violence in a few polling units. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

'WE'RE NOT VOTING' Teenagers play football at Akingbola, Bodija-Ashi, Ibadan north, Oyo state. "Awa o vote (We're not voting)," they chorused. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Time: 2pm Location: PU 002, Dabo Primary School, Sabon-Gari East, Fagae LGA, Kano Update: Voting is ongoing smoothly here. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

MBEKI: EVERYBODY ARRIVED LATE Thabo Mbeki, former South African president, said the late arrival of INEC officials at polling units was widespread.

During his address at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, he said: "The point we are making is that where we went everybody arrived late, and then before they set out everything, it takes a lot of time." #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Time: 2pm Location: Angle Park Road, PU 14 & 15, Ward 04, Warri south LGA, Delta state. Update: No sign of INEC officials at this time. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

PATIENCE, THE FIRST-TIME VOTER Location: PU016, Mzondu ward, Guma LGA, Benue. Update: Bright-eyed and fidgety, Patience, a first-time voter, is nervous about casting her vote. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

She has been waiting for over four hours under blazing temperatures, but she is determined to follow through. She told TheCable she is doing it for her “brother”, Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue, and for "the Igbo man" contesting for president whose name she does not remember

Time: 2:22 pm Location: Agbor Model School, PU 001, Ika south, Delta state. Update: Voting is ongoing despite the change in weather (heavy wind and light showers). The process has been hitch-free. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

INEC officials say no issues with BVAS so far. Persons with disabilities (PWDs) have not been seen here. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE A voter in Delta state was spotted praying before casting his ballot. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Location: PU022, Dan Waire Primary School, Sabon-Gari East, Fagae LG, Kano. Update: A total of 10 polling units are in this premises and eight of them have stopped voting. Sorting is expected to begin soon. Meanwhile, ECOWAS election observers are present -- to observe.

Location: Agulu 2 Ward, PU 018 at Umubialla Village Hall, Anaocha LGA, Anambra Update: Voting is still in progress as of 2:45pm. INEC officials moved the polling booth indoors as the drizzle morphed into a light shower. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Location: PU05, Eti Osa, Lagos. Update: Voter laments the absence of election officials, says he has called INEC four times. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

EXTRA: 'PRESIDING' BOY A boy was seen wearing an INEC presiding officer's vest at GGSS, Kwankwaso, Madobi LG of Kano state. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

VOTER RECOUNTS ATTACK AT ETI-OSA, LAGOS Location: PUs010 & 011, Igbokusu town II, Eti Osa, Lagos. Update: Adegbite Adefemi, a resident, said around 2pm, "some boys came here, observed the processes, and went away but a few minutes after...

...they came back with clothes tied to their faces and started chasing people all around with machetes," he said. "They broke ballot boxes and scattered the already used ballot papers."

Kingsley Onyechere, a police officer, confirmed the incident, noting that they were deployed to the PU to curtail the event. "We were called to the areas after the incident happened," he said. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Time: 2:50pm. Location: TTC market, PU 04, ward 9, Ika South, Agbor, Delta state. Update: Disorder! Angry voters accuse an INEC official of being partial. The official says BVAS machines have gone off and she is overwhelmed. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Location: PU125, City Centre, Presidential Villa, FCT Update: Voting has stopped. Sorting and counting are ongoing. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Sorting and counting are about to commence at PU02, Ajiya, Gwadabawa ward, Yola north LGA of Adamawa. This is the polling unit of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

RAINFALL DISRUPTS VOTING IN PORT HARCOURT Time: 3:20pm Location: Rivers state Update: Heavy rainfall disrupts voting in most polling units in Port Harcourt metropolis. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Time: 3.15 Location: Kano Update: Sorting has begun at PU: 026 Dan Waire primary school, ward: Sabin-Gari East, Fagae LG #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

RESULTS PU 124, City Center/Presidential Villa, AMAC, FCT Registered voters: 6 President LP 2 APC 0 PDP 2 Invalid 0 Total votes cast: 4 House of Reps LP 2 APC 0 PDP 2 Invalid 0 Total votes cast: 4 Senate LP: 2 APC: 0 PDP: 2 Invalid: 0 Total votes cast: 4

TINUBU DEFEATS ATIKU, OBI IN HIS POLLING UNIT Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won his polling unit in Lagos state.

He defeated Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party standard bearer (PDP), to win the unit. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Location: Mzondu ward, Guma LGA, Benue. Time: 3:36pm Update: Long queues persist as more voters troop in to cast their votes #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

RESULTS Location: PU: 024 Dan Waire primary school, Ward: Sabin-Gari East, Fagae LG, Kano APC: 10 PDP: 1 LP: 45 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

LIVE: Polls largely peaceful as Tinubu, Obi, Atiku, RMK vie to succeed Buhari | TheCable thecable.ng/live-anticipat… #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES FOR PWDs Location: Mzondu ward, Guma LGA, Benue. Time: 3:38 Update: Different PWDs have narrated their experiences. Hannah, an albino and a 30-year-old mother of six, says she wasn’t prioritized as INEC promised.

She told TheCable she stood under the sun for two hours before she cast her vote. She said she felt overlooked.

On the other hand, Eunice, a partially blind grandmother, says she was “properly” assisted. They want to know the winners in the ward before they go home. Voting is still ongoing. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

SHETTIMA CASTS HIS BALLOT Location: Lamisula/Jabbamari PU 023, Shehuri North Maiduguri #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

El-RUFAI FINALLY CASTS VOTE AFTER TWO-HOUR WAIT #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Location: Owa Model Primary School. PU 015 ward 04 Ika North East, Delta state. Time: 3:50pm Update: Voting has ended. Sorting and counting about to commence. Over 700 registered voters but only about 170 turned up to vote. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

RESULTS TINUBU WINS FASHOLA'S POLLING UNIT Location: Surulere polling unit 02 APC: 64 LP: 55 PDP:13 ZLP: 2 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

BREAKING: ATIKU WINS HIS POLLING UNIT PU012, Ajiya, Gwadabawa ward, Yola north LGA PRESIDENTIAL APC: 57 PDP: 282 LP: 6 NNPP: 1 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Location: PU 018, Mzondu ward, Guma Time: 4:25pm Update: Voters await result as sorting commences #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

Location: Anambra: Agulu 2 Ward, PU19, Umudimakasi Square, Anaocha LGA Update: Sorting of ballots in progress. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

RESULTS PRESIDENTIAL Location: PU 16-09-01-008 Umudimofor hall, Imo state LP: 88 PDP:6 APC: 3 Void: 15 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

FACT CHECK #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

RESULTS: PRESIDENTIAL Ward 5, PU59, Akingbola, Bodija-Ashi, Ibadan north, Oyo state. APC: 13 PDP: 10 LP: 04 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

RESULTS PRESIDENTIAL Location: Ward 08 Unit 28 Olorunda LGA, Osun state APC: 38 PDP: 50 LP:3 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

LIVE: Results trickle in as Tinubu, Obi, Atiku, RMK vie to succeed Buhari | TheCable thecable.ng/live-anticipat… #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

RESULTS PU012, Ajiya, Gwadabawa ward, Yola north LGA House of reps APC: 98 PDP: 239 NNPP: 7 Senate APC: 123 PDP: 210 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

BREAKING: TINUBU LOSES GBAJAGBIAMILA'S POLLING UNIT TO LP Location: Surulere, Ward 08, PU 014 APC: 69 LP: 89 PDP: 05 NNPP: 01 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

RESULTS Adamawa: PU15, Ajiya, Gwadabawa, Yola House of reps APC: 25 PDP: 55 LP: 1 NNPP: 3 Senate APC: 345 PDP: 49 LP: 1 NNPP: 3 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

RESULTS Anambra: Agulu 2 Ward, PU 19, Anaocha LGA PDP: 0 APC: 0 LP: 236 APGA: 3 NNPP: 2 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

BREAKING: INEC SUSPENDS ELECTION IN POLLING UNITS The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended elections in 141 polling units of Bayelsa state. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said the elections were postponed because the voting process was disrupted.

PDP, APC GET NO VOTES IN PETER OBI'S POLLING UNIT RESULTS Anambra: Agulu 2 Ward, PU 19, Anaocha LGA PDP: 0 APC: 0 LP: 236 APGA: 3 NNPP: 2 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

PETER OBI WINS POLLING UNIT IN ADAMAWA PRESIDENTIAL Adamawa: PU35, Karewa, Yola north LGA APC: 26 PDP: 82 LP: 120 NNPP: 2 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023

SENATE RESULTS Anambra: Agulu 2 Ward, PU 19, Anaocha LGA APC: 0 PDP: 22 LP: 182 NNPP: 5 APGA: 23 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023