the main presidential candidates, muhammadu buhari and atiku abubakar, both said they were confident, and scotland's 20—year wait for a six nations victory in paris goes on, after they were beaten by 27—10 by france. and wales remain the only unbeaten side in this year's championship after a 21—13 win over england in cardiff — josh adams sealing victory with a try in the closing minutes. we're back at ten. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. within the last hour the first shipment of aid has succeeded in crossing into venezuela from brazil, that's according to self—declared interim presidentjuan guaido. more trucks carrying aid are heading towards venezuela's border from neighbouring colombia. mr guaido gave a personal send off to one of the aid caravans from the colombian city of cucuta, pledging to bring food and medicine to a hungry population despite facing resistance from president nicolas maduro. the border town of urena has seen clashes as security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who responded by throwi

is the home state of the main opposition candidate atiku abubakarand main opposition candidate atiku abubakarmain opposition candidate atiku abuba kar and people have main opposition candidate atiku abubakar and people have been queueing appalling stations across the city today keen to have their voices heard and keen to make their mark. —— at polling stations. nigeria's africa's most populous nation and its biggest economy and it has been dealing with insurgencies in parts of the country where islamic militants have been fighting the government. millions of people have been displaced so the stability of nigeria is important to the wider region that has why today so the wider region that has why today so many voters the wider region that has why today so many voters are the wider region that has why today so many voters are keen to show up at voting stations all around the country and have their voices heard. we visited a few pulling stations here and met some of the voters. keen to get on with it, many voters started queueing from first light. the main presidential candidate also got in brig

the two main candidates in the elections, president mohammadu buhari and his opponent atiku abubakar,ent and fight widespread corruption. 0ur africa editor fergal keane's report from lagos contains some flash photography. it is a place of the most extraordinary energy. one of the world's fastest growing cities in africa's most populous nation. and on the streets of lagos, a people's democracy. what is the purpose of politics? passionate election arguments. all we want is a free and fair election. it is an election defined by youth and its discontents. more than 50% of young people are out of work or underemployed. like these men, waiting by the roadside, hoping for even a day's work. you have no job? yes, i have nojob. it is unfortunate that nigeria is like this. we are graduates and there is nothing worth doing. almost half nigeria's population lives in extreme poverty, the highest proportion in the world. this, as hundreds of billions of dollars in oil revenues have been siphoned off through corruption. we travelled to an island near lagos to see the impact of graft on the hopes of

in his hometown in the north—west and shortly after, his main opponent, former vice president, atiku abubakar are seasoned politicians in their 70s but 50% of the electorate here is under the age of 35. i believe that i want to see more young people coming out to stand for election. many were concerned that a postponement has affected the turnout. if we had cast the vote last week, on the 16th of february, there would have been many more voters. whoever wins this election will have to face a number of challenges, chief of which is in security. just this morning, there were reports of attacks on the north—east of the country. the authorities say they were just trials but the timing on voting day has been questioned. nigerians will be hoping for someone who can handle these issues. i spoke to our africa correspondent, tomi 0ladipo, a little earlier. here's his report from abuja. millions of nigerians have come out. we're not sure of the numbers, we have not been given official figures as to how many people did show up. but as you mentioned there, people who arrived before two o'clock — theoreti

the two main candidates in the elections president muhammadu buhari, and his opponent atiku abubakar,pread corruption. our africa editor, fergal keane's report from lagos contains some flash photography. it is a place of the most extraordinary energy. one of the world's fastest growing cities in africa's most populous nation. and on the streets of lagos, a people's democracy. what is the purpose of politics? passionate election arguments. all we want is a free and fair election. it is an election defined by youth and its discontents. more than 50% of young people are out of work or underemployed. like these men, waiting by the roadside, hoping for even a day's work. you have no job? yes, i have nojob. it is unfortunate that nigeria is like this. we are graduates and there is nothing worth doing. almost half nigeria's population lives in extreme poverty, the highest proportion in the world. this, as hundreds of billions of dollars in oil revenues have been siphoned off through corruption. we travelled to an island near lagos to see the impact of graft on the hopes of the young. they we

yola is in the home state of the main opposition candidate, atiku abubakar, who is yet to comment on. we will be watching closely to see what he says, whether he urges his supporters to stay calm, and what happens suddenly. it is very tense. the atmosphere prior to the elections was very tense, there was an escalation of rhetoric from both sides, as we got to the end of campaigning. so everybody will be watching anxiously, particularly in the wider region. nigeria is a phenomenalforce in the the wider region. nigeria is a phenomenal force in the wider region, it is the biggest economy in africa, it is the constant‘s most p0p africa, it is the constant‘s most pop illustration. it is incredibly influential. —— most populous nation. its stability affect the stability of the rest of the continent. the commission chairman gave us continent. the commission chairman gave us some continent. the commission chairman gave us some sense continent. the commission chairman gave us some sense of continent. the commission chairman gave us some sense of perhaps the reasons for this postponement, but

led by former vice president atiku abubakar is claiming the vote was rigged what do they say happened and what's likely to be the next move now. waiting to hear from them going to make it official today we know they had wanted electoral commission to delay announcing the results saying that it was floored it wasn't free and fair and allegedly supporters were intimidated into not voting has denied and now prison body when he speaks will be disappointed he knows he has to try and appeal to all nigerians that despite those who didn't vote for him he will need to be a president with everyone and that will be crucial what easiest way to concentrate abortive in terms of security on the ground it is generally relatively calm and i'm sure we haven't heard of any major incident but here you know a lot of people happy that was. just in case they are problems but. all eyes on the main opposition how are they going to react and what would it tell them what to do if they're not happy and why they're going to stick to it thank you for that live for us in a butcher. i want to take you now live or tw

is terror group boko haram president mohammad who will hari is under pressure from challenger atiku abubakar. nigeria's president hari voting in his hometown of daraa in the northeast the country's electoral commission blamed logistical problems for the week long delay. that led to accusations that the two main parties tried to manipulate the vote heightening tensions between rival supporters these boiled over on friday when supporters of bihari and of his closest rival at abu bakar clashed leaving two people dead. analysts say the election will be tight alongside widespread corruption and a lackluster economy a bloody insurgency by the jihadist group boko haram caused to haris popularity to slide in a refugee camp in the northern city of yola those displaced by the insurgents are fed up with the government but many won't be able to vote for change. or not my voters card was burned when we were chased by vocal her around the entire village was torched we couldn't salvage anything and we had to flee for our lives if i had a card i would have voted. the last elections held in twenty fifteen we

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been in office since twenty fifteen and his main rival businessman and former vice president atiku abubakar the two men represent two very clear but different ideas state intervention versus privatization for how to optimize the country's main source of revenue which is of course oil which accounts for more than half of nigeria's revenues incumbent president bihari wants to revive the company or industry by forming public private partnerships while his main opponent wants to privatized them entirely. now let's bring our correspondent increase in from lagos. to talk about this a bit more harvey's plan to revive the company or industry with public private partnership ships doesn't have merit and doesn't have significant backers. well it does definitely specially those who are currently profiting from the status quo and that includes a lot of the companies who are doing business with the nigerian government because you have to know almost all major all companies international companies who are active fear nigeria are forming joint ventures with the nigerian government has made it clear several

president mohammad hari and the main opposition candidate businessman and former vice president atiku abubakar the chairman of the independent national electoral commission made the announcement. in your view. to implement. this to. turn into. the election. the election. so how are nigerians reacting to the last minute postponement to tell you correspondent and clearly she was out on the streets of a somewhat deserted lagos. 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. disappointed. that all those words that's how i'm feeling today because you wake up. all excited about going to 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 today which we can know what. you say you will delay show from now to this st

his main rival is former vice president, atiku abubakar, who is seen by many as the ideal man to leadonomy, with his own pro—business and free market ideas. nigeria is the largest economy in africa, according to the imf. total economic activity, or gdp, is worth $376 billion in 2017, and that's despite a recent fall in economic growth. our reporter tomi oladipo says the nigerian public face a difficult 00:05:53,828 --> 2147483051:39:41,629 choice between the two 2147483051:39:41,629 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 main candidates. in the past it was very easy to pick based on ethnicity or religion but this time you have to make men in their 70s, two men who have served in government for a long time who are from the north of the country and who are more than and it means people now have to look at their track record and look at how exactly these two men were able to present themselves going forward. so it is themselves going forward. so it is the president buhari, the incumbent, and a former vice president, abubakar, who represents the two main parties and who the people are having to choose

his main opponent, atiku abubakar, a businessman who stands for more modern and liberal policies. both of these men are part of the aging political elite. nigeria has reduced the minimum age for candidates so some youngsters have thrown their hat into the race. one of them is 35 years old. in a country where the under 25 make up a majority of the population, his chances may be better than expected. reporter: on the election campaign trail, he is the youngest ever nigerian presidential candidate and education is a central ththeme. >>>> and still we start to fix education, it will be difficult to fix any sectors in our cocountry. >> he's calling for 35% of the country's budget toto go toward education. e school's prinincipal is surprised to see a politician who understands education. the school receives noo state support and is financed by fees, affordable only to those w who earn good money. >> the government, i don't think they have interest in developing education. they have done nothing about education. they don't see education as something that will bring money to them and that

buhari on the left, who has made only limited progress challenging corruption, and challenger atiku abubakars had to deny corruption allegations himself. a niges been a democracy for 20 years, but the failure in that time to achieve radical change in rooting out corruption and tackling poverty, there are searching questions about how the system works here.mo what is acy for? those elected to power seem incapable of truly transforming their society. i went to see a veteran anticorruption crusader. he was locked up on numerous occasions under military rule. with his young activists, he continues to hold politicians to account. >> eventlly we believe that through elections we can effect necessary change. without hope, life would be brutish, nasty, and short. so we have to keep hope alive. fergal: but hope alone can't answer the needs of a population setxt to double in the 30 years. politics as usual will not suffice. fergal keane, bbc news, lagos. jane: the explosion at the chernobyl power plant in 1986 was the worst accident of its kind in history. 31 people died at the time, and the leaking o

say he's failed on the economy fighting corruption and insecurity and one time vice president atiku abubakar accused of corruption but promising business friendly policies and jobs despite reassurances by the government down the independent election commission i nick that the poll will happen this time and be free and fair trust in the process has been dented not of public trust in government was all that high to begin with if well who is going to be in the room just over the decision when. you find someone after spending so many years with you this is the one we've come out betting on the one who will. join and why do you think there. is anybody and who do you blame for that you know tell me you know. you know what's up with that people in the nigerians have reason to be hopeful and reason two thousand and fifteen was the first election won by an opposition candidate since democracy was restored after military rule in nineteen ninety nine it made people feel that their votes and didn't count but many see. it in this election around it's. procreating cancer cases the other was an attempt to

his main opponent, atiku abubakar, has won 18 of those states.nding 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 muhammadu buhari won the country's presidential election. here's the moment of the announcement. having scored the highest number of votes, muhammadu buhari is declared the winner, having been re—elected. the

the president, muhammadu buhari, is being challenged by the main opposition leader, atiku abubakar.orts of sporadic violence in some parts of the country. our africa editor fergal keane reports from the capital abuja. many have been waiting since well before dawn, voting in the open air, each individual part of the biggest democratic exercise in african history. do you think it will change things here? hopefully. hopefully, it will. but you're not sure? i'm sure it will. with the number of people that are here, i'm sure, and in every other voting centre. i'm just... i have the feeling it will change things. gone are the days where people felt that our votes don't count. this time around, as you can see, the people all came out en masse to ensure that they exercise their civic right. and we believe in the votes and are not leaving here — we are going to stay here until the vote is counted. you can't be but heartened to see people's patience and their faith still in the democratic process here. but the big question is whoever they elect, will they bring to an end the corruption that h

his main rival is atiku abubakar former vice presidents but with just days to go until the vote to thousands of people say they're still waiting to get that voter regegistration cardss from twenty four anna cunningham. has this report lycos. people have been queuing has since four in the morning. many have been trying to pick up that come in the d y to come. they've been told the ninety nine from the preacher simply. scenes like this [inaudible] just. people have to wait now thi. the u. k. us and you have already issued statements. calling from nigeria to hold and the next. already. planning for lectures [inaudible] election voted [inaudible] people. we two thousand and fifteen with the first time nigeria's. transitioning away from home county. within hours spent waititing for that. day to come. peyton. but many remain suspicious of this chaotic system is open to abuse in a country with a history of making. a book about self when i do is the job loss alll of us not to some of us and so. this is the time for us to make a point. that we are here to make a point split and hopefully. they will t

the main presidential candidates, muhammadu buhari and atiku abubakar, both said they were confidentor the atmosphere in the capital, abuju, from our correspondent tomi oladipo. millions of nigerians have come out. we're not sure of the numbers, we have not been given official figures as to how many people did show up. but as you mentioned there, people who arrived before two o'clock — theoretically, those who arrived before two o'clock would be allowed to vote. but in many places, there have been delays and voting started much later. in some cases, hours after it was meant to begin. so i suppose in some places we will be hearing the voting going on well into the night. and today the country has been more or less under a state of curfew because you're not really allowed to move around whilst voting is going on, what's the atmosphere like? well, i think for a lot of nigerians they have braved the conditions — here in abuja, for example, the heat has been pretty harsh. but people are still spending hours coming out to vote, but in some other parts of the country, there have been disrup

his main rival atiku abubakar said the move was intended to deprive people from voting.on insists the delay is for logistical reasons. our correspondent tomi oladipo is in the capital abuja. the electoral commission has blamed operational reasons, logistics, logistic problems for them changing their minds and putting off or postponing the vote. they said they had problems with bad weather when it came to flying a lot of the voting material across the country and so they had to resort to long haul road transport which was part of the problem. they also pointed out the use of sabotage where some of the offices around the country were attacked and set on fire. but, you know, all the time they had been saying that all was fine and they were going to go ahead with the election and that none of these problems were grave enough to affect the vote and then with a few hours to go, they changed their minds. a lot of people are saying there must be something else. but the head of the electoral commission, mahmood yakubu, insists that these were the main problems. the one week adjus

army general who was voted in four years ago on an anti corruption ticket his main contender is atiku abubakar he was a businessman who has also served as vice president and stands for more moderate and liberal policies both men are from an aging political elite but after nigeria reduce the minimum age for presidential candidates some youngsters have also thrown their hat into the ring one of them is the thirty five year old. who in a country where the under twenty five's make up the majority of the population his chances may be better than some have predicted. krishna went to meet. them on the election campaign trail in abidjan nigeria's capital she who is visiting a private school he's the youngest ever nigerian presidential candidate and education is his central theme. until we stop to fix education it will be difficult to fix any other sectors in the nation who lived in the u.s. where he worked as a mathematic. lecturer he's calling for thirty five percent of the country's budget to go to war it's education. becomes a whole the school's principal is surprised to see a politician who unders

nigerians look at the two main candidates, president muhammadu buhari and his main challenger, atiku abubakar in government before and a lot of people are not totally inspired by them but still going ahead to vote because they believe in the process itself. they might not be the most inspiring candidates, but people are thinking that, you know, if you go ahead and vote, if you carryout voting in the parliamentary system here, maybe there will be some kind of change that comes ahead in the next few years — so people hoping for progress here. it's interesting because both of those contenders have been, as you say, around for a long time and yet nigeria's population, well, it's a population where young people really dominate? indeed, more than half of the people voting are under the age of 35. that says a lot about the population, the demographic here. a lot of these people coming through an educational system not very good. they go out into a job market that does not have enoughjobs for them. into a job market that does not have enough jobs for them. so those are parts of the issues which are a

president mahamadou bihari he's facing a challenge by the former vice president and businessmen atiku abubakar. dozens of people have died in an yes since campaigning began in october but let's get the very latest -- corresponded to go do it joins us now from abuja and she could tell us a bit more about the book the opposition is saying. well yes that's the main opposition party the people's democratic party or pdp it's come out to say that it is rejecting the partial results that have come out thus far -- the party actually held an emergency meeting just a few hours ago to give a set of demands one of those demands is to actually s stop the collation process were on day. two of the official counting of results here in nigegeria about twenty eight outut of nigeria thirty six states have already released its results the pdp wants s us to o stop immediatel. the second demand it's calling for the cancellation of results in four states threeee out of those states are in the north it's saying that there were gross irregularitiess that actually render the credibility. of these -- state results in on

mr buhari defeated the main opposition candidate, atiku abubakar, in the presidential election.ectoral fraud in the vote last saturday. 0ur correspondent mayenijones has this report. muhammadu buhari of the all progressive congress having satisfied and has scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner and is returned elected. the announcement the nation has been waiting for. voters in the northern state where president muhammadu buhari wonder highest number of votes. we are here for this opportunity to win the election. he is an honest person and we trust him completely and we know he will do something for our nation. it was expected to be a close race but turned out to be a convincing win for president muhammadu buhari beating his rival by nearly 4 million votes. even before the result was announced, they said it would challenge results, alleging voterfraud. at would challenge results, alleging voter fraud. at the would challenge results, alleging voterfraud. at the headquarters would challenge results, alleging voter fraud. at the headquarters of the ruling part

even though this is the home state of the main opposition candidate atiku abubakar candidate it is stillbetween himself and the incumbent president muhammadu buhari. this will be reflected in much else of the country. a man and woman in their 70s have died, after a car they were in was hit by a van, being pursued by police in south—east london. officers say a van was being "driven erratically at speed" in eltham and failed to stop — before colliding with a car just after midnight. the driver of the van has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. the incident has been referred to the independent office for police conduct. the musician r kelly has surrendered himself to police and been charged with a series of abuse and assault allegations. the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all of the charges and is due to appear in court in chicago today. i'm joined now via webcam by documentary ben zand. he has made a documentary on bbc three about r kelly called "r kelly: sex, girls, and video tapes". thank you for being with us, this has been a stor

president buhari faced a challenge from the opposition leader atiku abubakar.eria, mayenijones. was this expected at all? no, it was not. people had thought that if there was going to be a postponement, it would have been announced before the day of the election. this has come as a surprise, a number of people have moved to the places where are they are registered to vote, their home towns, people in lagos were travelling in their thousands, this is going to be incredibly disruptive to people when they wake up in the morning and they find out that elections will not take place today. can you give us more information on the reasons that the total commission gave for this extraordinary move? rumours have been swelling but nothing concrete came through, and at the last that it was announced that the electoral commission was having this emergency meeting, when the announcements came the chairman of the electra commission did not give many details, he said there was logistical issues out of his control and they were unable to overcome them, and for that reason they

that has been declared the winner is it clear though what biharis main rival in this election atiku abubakar will it's that he will accept the results. so far p.d.p. did not sign the declaration that they are actually accepting this result in fact as you're speaking right now members of the opposition party are asking questions at the electoral commission asking questions especially about the four states that are disputed when it comes to p.d.p. there is a narrow margin in some states about one percent difference but they also claim that even more votes cast the sort of polling stations than people who have been accredited the electoral commission is saying to these allegations first of all they're rejecting it but they're also saying they're going to look into these allegations have up for that it's clear they're saying this is the result of a president who haris party won by the six percent and the challenging p.d.p. party and they aren't and it has lost forty one percent of the vote is going to be really interesting especially as the preparing for victory rallies to start shortly what the

four year term as president election authorities say he 156% of the vote compared 2401% full atiku abubakar. the runner up says he will be challenging the results in cold and has denounced the election as a sham judice gas story [inaudible] my supporters of muhammadu buhari celebrate their candidates victory on the streets of kano. the seventy six year old former military ruler won a second term as president of nigeria with 56% of votes. there's no doubt in their minds he's the only one capable of tackling the country's economic and security those. people do not understand. what they might want to do? because the we we we will harry beat his rival i to quibble by car from the people's democratic party by three point nine million votes. yet his supporters maintain the elections were rigged. they see the ruling party conspired with the electoral commission to manipulate the results. it's also your that went [inaudible] to com [inaudible] the i next. the police on me. i to quibble becca has called the ballot and shame election and has vowed to go to court to challenge the results. while receiv

say he's failed on the economy fighting corruption and insecurity and one time vice president atiku abubakar accused of corruption but promising business friendly policies and jobs despite reassurances by the government down the independent election commission that the polls will happen this time and be free and fair trust in the process has been dented the public trust in government was all that high to begin with if. only it was over what do you think. of the. spending for so many years is really this is why we've come out to one hundred. two thousand dollars and why do you think that is. and who do you blame for that you know tell me you know. you know what's up with the people in the nigerians have reason to be hopeful and reason to worry two thousand and fifteen is the first election won by an opposition candidate since democracy was restored after military rule in nineteen ninety nine made people feel that their votes and did not count but many see. this election and its. procreating balance against the other. great. step in the election observers foreign and local trying to ensure tha

his main opponent, atiku abubakar, has won 18 of those states.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 cows these farms destroy across the middle belt of nigeria. and then, the restive youth in the oil—rich niger delta who are demanding a greater share of the region's oil wealth. but from what we can tell, president muhammadu buhari has won a second term in office and it looks like he will be continuing for another four years. let's go back to our top story. president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un are within hours of holding talks again. sharanjit leyl is in hanoi for us where the meeting will take place. yes, we are watching very closely and monitoring both leaders' ever removed. as you said at the start of the programm

presidential candidates are, the current president, muhammadu buhari, and the former vice president, atiku abubakarto get on with it, many voters started voting from first light. the main presidential candidates also got in early. the incumbent president voted in his hometown in the north—west and shortly after, his main opponent, former vice president cast his vote in the north—east. both candidates are seasoned politicians in their 70s but 50% of the electorate here is under the age of 35. i believe that i want to see more young people coming out to stand for election. many were concerned that a postponement has affected the turnout. we cast the vote last week,. the 16th of february. whoever wins this election will have to face a number of challenges. chief of which is insecurity. just this morning there were reports of attacks on the north—east of the country. the authorities say they were just trails but the timing on voting day has been questioned. nigerians will be hoping for someone who can handle these issues. i spoke to our africa correspondent tomi 0ladipo a little earlier. here's his rep

his main opponent, atiku abubakar, has won 18 of those states. 4 million votes. now, he has 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 herdsman who are looking for pasture for their cows, and farmers whose cows these farms destroy across the middle belt of nigeria. —— clashes between herdsmen. but from what we can tell, president muhammadu buhari has won a second term in office and it looks like he will be continuing for another four years. pakistan says it will respond after india launched air strikes against militants within its borders, close to the disputed region of kashmir. it's a major escalation of tensions between the two nuclear—armed nations. india says the attacks targeted terrorists from a group in balakot. but pakistan said the strikes hit an empty area and no—one was hurt. 0ur

so it is the president, muhammadu buhari, the incumbent and the former vice president, atiku abubakartween. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. this time last year we were starting to feel the effects of the so—called beast from the east but not this year. there is still some cold air across siberia but we are not bringing it in our direction, instead we are importing air from the south west, very mild and even warm source of air which pushed temperatures today up above 19 degrees. 19.1 in parts of wales, that is a new february record for wales. there is some more of that weather to come through the first part of the week ahead, more warm sunshine but with frosty nights and a foggy mornings, by the end of the week, things will start to turn more unsettled, but not from the east, from the west. as we go through tonight, those temperatures after such a warm day will dip away, particularly towards the south, getting all the way down to minus six degrees, not as cold further north and west partly because of this extra cloud and because of this rain, that w

his main rival is former vice president, atiku abubakar, who is seen by many as the ideal man to leadonomy, with his own pro—business and free market ideas. for more on this we're joined now by our correspondent tomi oladipo who's in abuja. i know they are counting at the moment but is it too close to call? what are people saying about the outcome? it certainly is too close to call at the moment. the electoral commission is supposed to be opening its collection centre in about 90 minutes and we will be able to hear or see what is going on from around the country, the results should be trickling in from there. but it's still very difficult. my own prediction is that we will still have to wait until possibly tomorrow, tuesday, to hear or have a clearer idea of who will be winning this election. but the stakes are very high. you know, it's africa's largest population, it has one of the largest economies on the continent, arguably. this is a country where there is so much at sta ke, country where there is so much at stake, to revive the economy which has been struggling in recent years, e

election is widely seen as a two horse race the other leading candidate is former vice president atiku abubakar they're both pledging to revamp nigeria's struggling economy just hours before the polls open gunmen attacked a town in northeast nigeria many residents fled the town of gave them several explosions were also heard in my degree of the capital of borno state that follows warnings from the armed group boko haram that it would disrupt the vote well we're covering the story from two occasions in a few moments we'll speak to her metacity in lagos but first let's go to jenna hall in the capital abuja genizah how has the one week postponement affected voting there tell us what's been happening where you are in the capital. now. look i can speak for the polling station that we've been at this morning which is a very busy one and it's gone extremely smoothly clearly from the scenes you were looking at a moment ago it's not been smooth running everywhere this is one of the polling stations that opened on time at eight am it has closed on time at two pm a short while ago and the people behind me

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 peaceful election but that is despite the reported deaths of more than thirty five people. one that's right when i put that finding by the african union to a ni