in a shock move the vote was postponed just a few hours ago the chairman of the independent national electoral commission made the announcement. thank you for review. obviously this is precisely. the. point that really. shows. that we should. never proceed with a nation who. is no longer. going to be. the focus in the senate race to the presidential to assume that. since. this is the way. all right our correspondent is in lagos live for us again we didn't hear many details there about exactly why the elections are being postponed what more do we know. well indeed not much details all we know is that they postponed it for operational and logistical reasons the independent electoral commission did not go into details at all but what we know is that in the past days there were several cases of the offices of the electoral commission setting alight and that burned a lot of the voters i.d.'s and also of the caterina's that are necessary for the elections to take place so many believe this postponing could be related to these incidences but we don't know exactly why and a lot of nigerians are indeed surprised

candidate businessman and former vice president of a because the chairman of the independent national electoral commission made the announcement. we were in the jury. room and it was just to. turn the corner. to the live shows. to. see you the election. a little bit. now a correspondent is live for us in lagos i have ali and we didn't hear many details about exactly why the elections of being postponed what more do we know about that . right indeed quite a sketchy explanation the commission did not go into any details they just cited logistical and operational reasons but what we know is that in the last days and weeks several offices of the electoral commissions where set ablaze in various parts of the country and apparently lots of voter id cards were burned but also caught trudeau's which are necessary for the operation of the election so this might be one of the reasons why do decided to postpone it why did the announcement comes so late i mean it was in the middle of the night just before polls were supposed to open that's indeed a big shocker nigeria has seen it before that election where postponed

candidate businessman and former vice president asif above called the chairman of the independent national electoral commissionmade the announcement. we would eat your food if you will in the office loses it's over so. that it's an issue for him to be there for the live shows. the issue to deal with. but of course you know they should pursue. this a lot of. this group to do. that will be sure to decide who is who the person who will listen to the sooner that. sort. through this is the way to the. now a correspondent is live for us in lagos oddly and we didn't hear many details about exactly why the elections of being postponed what more do we know about that. right indeed quite a sketchy explanation the commission did not go into any details they just cited logistical and operational reasons but what we know is that in the last days and weeks several offices of the electoral commissions were set ablaze in various parts of the country and apparently a lot of voter id cards were burned but also caught traders which necessary for the operation off the election so this might be one of the reasons why decided to po

by the independent national electoral commission m that is incorrect. on a step that will throw our party under some nigerians worry a disputed election could lead to violence occurred it has been increased in most parts of the country as a precaution. president biharis first term was next nigeria may not only be in recession but unemployment and inflation are now in double digits and his efforts to fight corruption and improve security remain a work in progress his supporters know that but for now at least it's time to celebrate. their publisher. in the coming hours the u.s. president and north korea's leader will meet in vietnam's capital hanoi for a second time donald trump has hailed vietnam as an example for north korea saying it too can become an economic powerhouse if denuclearize asian talks go well well now from our correspondent a german brown. u.s. president donald trump is used to the line vietnam's leaders less so. but trump summit with north korea's leader kim jong il has changed all that before his first meeting with kim on wednesday he m

the chairman of the independent national electoral commission made the announcement. and so how are nigerians reacting to the last minute postponement correspondent adrian creech was out on the streets of a somewhat deserted lagos' to find out almost empty streets in the center of lagos that's a very rare thing to see in the city of almost twenty million people but today the elections were scheduled in just cancelled five hours before offices schools businesses everything still remains closed and many people are disappointed that the elections were postponed. i'm sad i'm angry i'm annoyed. and. i'm disappointed. that all those words that's how i'm feeling today because you wake up. all excited about going to food are you we call. on you going to your social media i know you see what you see is it has been postponed people have a lot of things to do to d. which we can know what. you say you should from now to ministry to prove to be disappointed to get. the electoral commission said they had to postpone the elections due to operational and logistical reasons without go

by the independent national electoral commission i met. in court. on a step to. some nigerians worry a disputed election could lead to violence occurred has been increased in most parts of the country as a precaution. president biharis first home was next nigeria may no longer be in recession but unemployment and inflation are now in double digits and his efforts to fight corruption and improve security remain a work in progress his supporters know that but for now at least it's time to celebrate. their butcher. now in the coming hours u.s. president and north korea's leader will meet in vietnam's capital hanoi for a second time donald trump has hailed vietnam as an example for north korea saying it can become an economic powerhouse if the. talks go well well now from a correspondent brown. us president donald trump is used to the limelight. vietnam's leaders less so. but trump summit with north korea's leader kim jong un has changed all that before his first meeting with kim on wednesday he met the host of this summit the country's prime minister and president o

according to some of the independent national electoral commission of nigeria they're saying that they have been acts of sabotage some of the polling but serial did not glitch some of the state in the country and it has been. impossible to continue with the plan are set to hold the elections today this is going to be disruptive for nigeria as people have been really looking forward to the completion of the electioneering period so that they are done with this election season so that they could go back to work business has not been good at according to businessmen we've been speaking to also the postponement came just hours before paul extensions were expected to open in many parts of the control eighty two million nigerians what hoping still cost their votes and you would expect in some of the far flung states of the country where the news would take hours to reach people would be lining up by daybreak at the polling stations in order to cause their vote but they were able to do that they also many nigerians of traveled from places where they work to where they come from to cause votes

situation where the electoral have been postponed for about a week the chairman of the independent national electoral commission of nigeria mahmoud yeah qusay says that this was something that they could not avoid and he say it was not visible to hold the elections at the plant time due to logistical problems that had happened in many places that cross that country material essentially have not arrived in most of the put in some of the polling stations in some of this state or the contrary he said that they have identified the challenges and now will take the week that they have to rectify them and ensure that there are small elections another. official of the electoral commission was porter saying the sub. is a danger to the democracy of nigeria had been committed and there was no way the elections would have been held today and some grisly news in the north of the country mohammed reports a dozens of people including many children have been killed in could do mistake what more do you know. well it tells us his country would not know who actually cut it out this up hark in but what we know is that the north is

following an emergency meeting at its headquarters, the independent national electoral commission saidhat they call ‘logistical issues'. our nigeria correspondent mayenijonesjoins us now from nigeria. was expected that these would be postponed. there were so much quarrelling ahead of this? no, this has come as a complete surprise, not because it hasn't happened before, elections it were postponed in 2015 and in 2011, but because it came at such a last minute. people thought that by now, because it was election day, they would wake of this morning and head to the polls. so they have taken to social media this morning, waking up to the news with absolute fury. people laugh furious, saying the national commission had four is to blame for these elections. many people have had to move somewhere else to vote —— people are furious. they have spent a loss of money, they have travelled for hours. they are very disappointed they not being able to vote. and those who haven't heard the news, the majority of nigerians to have access to the internet, so some have woken up this morning, head to the p

now, the independent national electoral commission has not made a formal announcement yet.rding to our statistics, though, residents muhammadu buhari has won 19 of the country's 36 states. his main opponent, atiku abubakar, has won 18 of those states. but president muhammadu buhari also has a commanding lead of almost 4 million votes. now, he has a lot of work ahead of him. he will have to tackle corruption, as he has promised to do here in nigeria. the economy is barely out of a recession. then there is the matter of insecurity across the country. boko haram in the north—east of the country. clashes between hersdmen who are looking for pasture for their cows, and farmers whose farms these cows destroy across the middle belt of nigeria. and then, the restive youth in the oil—rich niger delta demanding a greater share of the region's oil wealth. from what we can tell, president buhari has won a second term in office and it looks like he will be continuing for another four years. and just a moment ago nigeria's electoral commission formerly announced that incumbent president

saying is they are logistical problems and according to some more crucial for the independent national electoral commission of nigeria they're saying that they have been acts of sabotage some of the polling but revealed the guilt which some of the state in that country and it has been. impossible to continue with the plan are set to hold the elections today this is going to be disruptive for nigeria as people have been really looking forward to the completion of the electioneering period so that they are done with this election season so that they could go back to work business has not been good according to businessmen we've been speaking to also the postponement came just hours before paul extensions were expected to open in many parts of the control eighty two million nigerians what hoping to cause their votes and you would expect in some of the far flung states of the country where the news would take hours to reach fifty four footed lining up by a break at the polling stations in order to cause their vote but they will not be able to do that there are also many nigerians of trouble from places where t

the independent national electoral commission blamed logistics, bad weather and sabotage for delays innd will the delay influence the result? our nigeria correspondent mayenijones has been speaking to voters in abuja. i cried, seriously. it was painful. disappointed across nigeria. sandra was hoping to vote for the first time, of repeating the nine—hour trip to southern nigeria to vote will be to emotionally and financially draining. it was a good example because we are looking up to them and they had, like, for years to prepare for this election. they had voted in every elections in nigeria's return to democracy. he says he will make the trip home to northern nigeria again. this is where we can make a change. when one is not satisfied with the one who was ruling. this is the only alternative one has. the electoral body still has a mammoth task ahead to make sure tens of millions of people are disappointed again. that is the sound voters will be hearing a lot of on election day, the sound of card readers starting up, and these now need to be reconfigured to reflect a ny these now need

who wins the nigerian presidential elections the announcement will be made by the independent national electoral commission and a buddha in the case of the presidential vote and then the states will be announced in probably the results of the parliamentary elections and the state capitals as they happen. plenty more ahead on al-jazeera but scott religious groups up in arms ahead of a vote on cuba's new constitution. and taking care of people's hair we'll look at a move to stamp out racial discrimination in new york. hello there's been some damaging weather in the southeast of europe this massive cat it was a cold front doesn't look much but what came down and what drove it was a strong wind that came out of the interior and caused damage on the cape coast of croatia now brought with it cold wind so you can see the marks from tension bucharest any two and athens only six and we've seen snow in both istanbul and the north of greece as well so that's all the active weather in europe has cooled down a bit in many eastern countries vienna is maxie's in the five and give a zero that's not true to the west it's s

the independent national electoral commission blamed the delay on logistical difficulties, after reportsg voting material. a short time ago, i spoke to our news correspondent in abuja, tomi 0ladipo, who brought us up to date with the latest developments. the commission gave this middle of the night statement, and did not open the floor for any questions from journalists when they made the announcement. they said that they had reviewed their operational and logistical processes and found that it would not be feasible to hold the elections this weekend. and it is interesting, because they had been questioned for weeks, even months now, because there were lots of problems coming up and they insisted that they were ready to hold the elections and they would not postpone and just a matter of hours before the vote, they called it off. postponed it, rather. there have been some reports that there had been missing ballot papers, and other materials to do with the election, that the commission was trying to track down before it would allow polling to take place. have you heard any more about that

who wins the nigerian presidential elections the announcement will be made by the independent national electoral commission and a buddha in the case of the presidential vote and then the states will be announced in probably the results of the parliamentary elections and the state capitals as they happen tensions remain high in the disputed region of kashmir after a suicide attack last week killed at least forty indian paramilitary troops as indian pakistan exchange warnings residents on either side are getting edgy and have been stockpiling feel and medicine reports from pakistan administered kashmir . but this non-lethal years keep a good war to an indian military position just one hundred meters above the line of control which give way to read between one area administrate by india and the other by pakistan. situated less than five hundred meters behind them is there. where the possibility of an attack by indian forces dominating discussions. roger ninety three years old an evacuation order an option for him. we are worried about our loved ones on the other side of kashmir but we are not afraid of any th

in qatar ok we want to take you now to nigeria where the president of the independent national electoral commission mamadou jacobo is announcing the results of the presidential election let's listen in to. see if two thousand. all sure. to three thousand nine hundred fifty. my. scored. nine hundred and two. should move. scored four thousand five hundred twenty three votes or care for it you can do we see of that is see scored eleven thousand three hundred and twenty five votes as it was simply o.b. i gaily cut three of the is see p n score seven thousand two hundred and two hundred three votes. of the a d c scored ninety seven thousand eight hundred and seventy four votes yeah by the sign yusuf of the a d d scored fifty four thousand nine hundred nine hundred out five key votes or two coup chooks. of a g. spot to be scored four thousand six hundred and eighty nine both. chief women were. of the edgy a p scored three thousand and seven to one votes all by j. use of i me of a and b. she scored three thousand one hundred one for votes do or toy a i did to quibble or move fill out of the and scored six

media and other media outlets across nigeria however it's the responsibility of the independent national electoral commission to announce the results there were possible fears of yesterday when the two leading political parties in nigeria accuse each other of planning to subvert the will of the people by attacking coalition centers and destroying evidence or ballot boxes and votes there this has come to pass there wasn't much report about any incident across nigeria however if we look at the violence side of issues in the nigeria elections yes there have been casualties across many states in nigeria chiefly in rivers state in sa within part of nigeria where the military issued a statement yesterday and early this morning saying that it's confirming the deaths of six people and one military officer and the incident occurred when the military run into rock block set up by some gunman and as they tried to remove the roadblock they were fired upon and they responded in the process one soldier was killed and there are six of the attackers have been also killed by the army but generally things are quiet but we exp

of compromises that have been done in can iran has returned some members of the independent national electoral commission and because those. highly indeed they decided to act fast on post one of the election so dissolved the explosions giving up charlie troop are not actually ready to nigerians have been here before for the past two elections were postponed one of them for weeks but what nigeria's actually angry about this time around is the shop they were given before the postponement was announced the electoral commission made the announcement just three hours to the time the polling stations were expected to offer. voters reacted with a mixture of anger frustration and resignation with some describing the electoral body as a disgrace this is the height of incompetence the contrary has never experienced this that could be caught on the off election asax let's look look look why do you dr alicia was going to record of immediate need this money were finding out that yet the election as record of who does that is very disappointing very surprising no one really shone for him as an engineer i think so emba

the independent national electoral commission blamed the delay on logistical difficulties, after reports voting material. 0ur correspondent tomi 0ladipo is in the capital abuja. what explanation was offered by the commission for this rather abrupt last—minute decision? commission for this rather abrupt last-minute decision? the commission gave this medal of the night statement and did not open the floor for any questions from journalists when they made the announcement. they said they had reviewed the operational and logistical processes and that it would not be feasible to hold the election this weekend. it is interesting because they had been questioned for weeks, even months, because of problems coming up and they insisted they were ready to hold the elections and it would not postpone. matter of hours before the vote they called it off. there have been some reports that there had been some reports that there had been missing ballot papers and other materials to do with the election that the commission was trying to track down before it would allow pulling to take place, have you hear

by the independent national electoral commission i'm not. on a stepped up. party and some nigerians worry a disputed election could lead to violence against it has been increased in most parts of the country as a precaution. president biharis first term was next nigeria may no longer be in recession but unemployment and inflation are now in double digits and his efforts to fight corruption and improve security remain a work in progress his supporters know that but for now at least it's time to celebrate. their publisher. saying a catholic cleric has been remanded in custody in australia until his sentence for child sex offenses next month cardinal george pell was heckled as he arrived at court where the judge revoked his bail was found guilty of molesting two choir boys that are now one cathedral in one thousand nine hundred six bell has been one of the pope's first saying advisors faces up to fifty years in prison i know the events of yesterday i know for a fact that that would have brought all that back to perth all their families people that i lost and my

happen after the declaration of results which will start in a matter of hours by the independent national electoral commission and how the leading political parties are able to calm their supporters after the results have been announced. switching gears a bit now it is the biggest nice's a year in tinseltown the ninety first academy awards get underway in hollywood hollywood later on sunday rob reynolds takes a look now at the films of vying to take home the coveted oscar. the red carpet has been rolled out on hollywood boulevard and the on globes with the names of the winners are ready to open this year's academy awards feature a diverse slate of best picture nominees including the exploits of a half or can supervise year zero in black and. the life of an indigenous mexican housekeeper in the one nine hundred seventy s. in roma the scene he's working for black in the deep south blue problems a story of overcoming bigotry and creating interracial friendships in green book and the like with the brilliant but troubled gay rock star in bohemian rhapsody. the films and performances selected you know the she is no

by the independent national electoral commission i'm not. we have breaking out of that report to take you live to the pakistani capital islamabad where prime minister imran khan has been speaking let's listen there yes i know that whole people would have been in trouble there since ten years there have been seventy thousand casualties and since ten years i have been visiting so many hospitals i have seen you know up patients there they have a bomb blasts you know victims they were disabled people their limbs were broken broken legs broken arms. so i have seen that people who are her boss doorway and those people who have been injured then. the families have to face so we have. to india straight away that you want every investigation you are gone. and if there is any pakistani involved in that you know we've been able to be unsuitable and responsible for it and this is not in the interest of pakistan that to you all use all of our land for terrorism. and no and nobody from abroad can use. the pakistani line there was no dispute about it to be

happen after the declaration of results which will start in a matter of hours by independent national electoral commission and how the leading political parties are able to calm their supporters after the results have been announced the polls have just closed in senegal's presidential elections macky sall is banking on a booming economy to stay in office for another term opposition candidates have been promoting a platform that focuses on poverty and unemployment which they say are driving people to leave the country nicolas sarkozy in that car so that nicolas said how are things been a going near in any any indications of which way the results are going. well the polls have just closed just four minutes ago and we're inside one of the polling rooms in downtown des car where the counting has started and so they've lost the room this is a classroom that's use a voting booth and you can see here observers from each candidate's that are checking that the counting is done transparently that we're here is the president presiding officer of this these say that they will be counting for the next three hours to e

by the independent national electoral commission m that is incorrect. on a stepped up. party. some nigerians worry a disputed election could lead to violence occurs it has been increased in most parts of the country as a precaution. president biharis first next nigeria may no longer be in recession but unemployment and inflation are now in double digits and his efforts to fight corruption and improve security remain a work in progress his supporters know that but for now at least it's time to celebrate. their. and these ten people have been killed at kyra's central train station local media is reporting that a train collision at ramses station calls a fire many more people who are injured have been taken to nearby hospitals. now in the coming hours u.s. president and the north korean leader will meet in vietnam's capital hanoi for a second time well known trump has hailed vietnam as an example for north korea saying it can become an economic powerhouse if denuclearization talks go well from hanoi china correspondent adrian brown. the us president donald trump is used to the li

by the independent national electoral commission i'm not. some nigerians worry a disputed election could lead to violence a curator has been increased in most parts of the country as a precaution. president biharis first home was next nigeria may no longer be in recession but unemployment and inflation are now in double digits and his efforts to fight corruption and improve security remain a work in progress his supporters know that but for now at least it's time to celebrate. at least twenty eight people have been killed and dozens and at cairo's central train station say radio is reporting a train collision course a large fire at ramsey station train services have been canceled coming and and out of the capital. now donald trump's away his emigration politics policy is under attack at on a new report of the day telling allegations of children being abused at immigration detention centers as they call him in his long. they came alone children in a foreign country taken into custody and now democrats in congress have released internal docume

of compromises that have been done in can iran has returned some members of the independent national electoral commission and because those. highly indio they decided to act fast on post one of the elections so to solve the explosions giving up charlie troop some are not actually ready to nigerians have been here before both the past two elections were postponed one of them for weeks but what nigeria's actually angry about this time around is the shop they were given before the postponement was announced the electoral commission made the announcement just three hours to the time the polling stations were expected to all. voters reacted with a mixture of anger frustration and resignation with some describing the electoral body as a disgrace this is the height of incompetence they call tree has never experienced this that could be caught on video of election asax let's look look look what you mean to record of. immediately this morning we're finding out that yet the election as we called off does that is very disappointing very surprising no one really shone for them as an idea i think so embarrassed. nige

of compromises that have been done in can iran has returned some members of the independent national electoral commission and because those. highly indio they decided to act fast on post one of the elections so to solve the explosions giving up charlie troop some are not actually ready to. nigerians have been here before both the past two elections were postponed one of them for weeks but what nigeria's actually angry about this time around is the shop notice they were given before the postponement was announced the electoral commission made the announcement just three hours to the time the polling stations were expected to all. voters reacted with a mixture of anger frustration and resume mission with some describing the electoral body as a disgrace this is the height of incompetence they call tree has never experienced this that could be caught on video of election does that as acts left look look look what you knew dr alicia was going to record of. immediately this morning we're finding out that yet the election as record of who does that is very disappointing very sad one is no one really shone for h

according to some of the independent national electoral commission of nigeria they're saying that they have been acts of sabotage some of the polling but serial did not reach some of the state in the country and it has been. impossible to continue with the plan are set to hold the elections today this is going to be disruptive for nigeria as people have been really looking forward to the completion of the electioneering period so that they are done with this election season so that they could go back to work business has not been good according to businessmen we've been speaking to also the postponement came just hours before paul extensions were expected to open in many parts of the control eighty two million nigerians was hoping still cost their votes and you would expect in some of the far flung states of the country where the news would take hours to reach people would be lining up by daybreak at the polling stations in order to cause their vote but they were able to do that there are also many nigerians of traveled from places where they work to where they come from to cause votes

independent national electoral commission. is. on ice up to. talk to. some nigerians worry a disputed election could lead to violence a case that has been increased in most parts of the country as a precaution. president biharis first next nigeria may no longer be in the session but unemployment and inflation are now in double digits and his efforts to fight corruption and improve security remain a work in progress his supporters know that but for now at least it's time to celebrate. well let's get more on this now we're joined by a on by the author of how to win elections in africa and he's joining us live from nigerian capital as as we've been reporting the opposition have said they're going to challenge the results because it was britain's was this a free and fair election. well many observers civil society many members of the past see it is largely free and fair elections however there are significant. examples of. violence in many states and police units and intimidation by security agents but the observers who are on the field many civil society o

candidate businessman and former vice president atika bucca the chairman of the independent national electoral commission made the announcement. we would take your full review of the influences of this loses it's over so. that it's an issue for you to be the root of their shows. the issue to you is. that of course you do they should pursue. this a lot of. this through. the vision to decide who is who the person do so listen to us and do that. too this is a way for today all right our correspondent is in lagos live for us again we didn't hear many details there about exactly why the elections are being postponed what more do we know. well indeed not much details all we know is that they postponed it for operational and logistical reasons the independent electoral commission did not go into details at all but what we know is that in the pos days there were several cases of offices of the electoral commission setting alight and that burned a lot of the voters i.d.'s and also of the caterina's that are necessary for the elections to take place so many believe this postponing could be related to these inciden

following an emergency meeting at its headquarters, the independent national electoral commission saidistical issues'. 0ur nigeria correspondent mayeni jones sent this report. people thought by now, because it was election day, they wake up this morning and head to the polls. they are taking to social media waking up to the news with fury. they are disappointed to see the national commission had for years to plan for these elections and many people had to move somewhere these elections and many people had to move somewhere else to vote, they let elsewhere to where they have been registered, they spent a lot of money and travel for hours and are disappointed at not being able to vote. there are those who have not heard the news as the majority of nigerians do not have access to the internet. some have headed to the polls on the to be told the polls have been delayed. a 27—year—old man has been charged with the murder of three elderly men in exeter. the bodies of two 84—year—old twins and an 80—year—old man were found, less than 2a hours apart. alexander lewis—ra nwell from croyde in nor

the independent national electoral commission blamed the delay on logistical difficulties, after reportsland would face a clampdown on pay for senior staff under a labour government, according to the shadow education secretary. angela rayner will today tell the lecturer‘s union that the office for students, which regulates universities, is not "fit for purpose". she says vice—chancellors should not be paid a salary more than 20 times greater than the lowest earner. the organisers of the oscars say they've abandoned plans to present four awards during the ceremony‘s ad breaks. the decision not to broadcast the winners of categories including cinematography and film editing prompted hundreds to sign a petition in protest. the 91st academy awards take place next sunday. those are the main stories. it is 6:33 a.m.. it is time to talk to mike. time forand 6:33 a.m.. it is time to talk to mike. time for and upset? all the ingredients for a fantastic fa cup tie. the gulf between these two, when you consider the history, the x—files, newport, went out of business in 1989, and they fought their w

electoral commission and its independence. the president again just recently assured the nation of its independence and said they need to carry so huge amount of pressure on the elect tractor-trailer commission to get the right. they say they have logistical challenges, getting ballot boxes, ballotss to the various polling stations. we spoke to some people this morning who were supposed to run this election on the local level, they said that everything they needed, not the bat lol. they came to work, some of them sleeping overnight to put through this critical election and then we are told basically to go home and come back in a weeks time. george. >> you have left some people scratching their heads for sure. david mckenzie following this story live. thank you. >>> we will take you to the snowy western united states to show you a different way to enjoy all that powder. >> that might be derek van dame there. >> i think it is. >> having fun. . >>> our own derek van dame sharing fresh powder out west. george and i look like losers after this story. >> pretty much. derrick will tell us about all the fun he had in the ba

results are coming in just two states have declared now nationally here in a budget and been made public officially by the independent electoral commission both of those states going to the incumbent president. of course go over his second term as president against atiku abubakar he's a businessman former vice president having his fourth shot at the top office they're both muslims from the north part of this unwritten pact here in nigeria in which power shifts from the north to the south the muslim north the christian south every eight years so two states declared it doesn't really give any sort of an indicative picture across a vast country thirty six states plus the territory around. here divided along religious political and ethnic lines there are swing states across the center of the country in the south it's a picture that will develop as the country goes on and could change dramatically throughout that process and it's looking at this point like it's yet go to be a long one and as we wait for the full picture john and we're already heard from observer missions are being given there that is the african union reporting a largely peac

independent electoral commission. senator there also calls monitoring reports of disturbances and so on and polling stations but i'm here to bring you my guest my guest is dr christopher when you're with the national democratic institute a u.s. based organization promoting democracy in montreal actions and you have been monitoring niger. during elections i would imagine since the end of military rule in one nine hundred ninety nine is it possible to compare this election to go before it and say that nigerian democracy is evolving maturing moving in the right direction you so right i have had the privilege of observing every election in nigeria since one thousand nine hundred nine. and flows of various elections and although we had a point where the electoral process is still ongoing and you can't pass judgement until the final results are announced and the results settled by the various candidates and the parties it's fair to say that there has been incremental process progress in the way which elections are being a minister in nigeria you can only see the vitality of an agency was an incision this wasn't happening ten fifteen twenty years ago you can also see the level of new technology that's be