Boko Haram’s Islamic State-backed faction on Saturday claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, just hours before voting began in the country’s presidential and parliamentary election.

All Progressive Congress, APC, has urged Nigerians to be at alert, noting that its major rival, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is currently recruiting armed thugs and miscreants to attack ward and local government collation centres.

Nigerians on Saturday waited to hear who their next president will be as voting in delayed elections drew to a close and the counting began.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has continued to spring surprises in Saturday’s general elections, winning the Senatorial and Presidential polls in unit 004 Hinderea Road, Liverpool area, Apapa Lagos.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, defeated President Muhammadu Buhari at the polling center of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Pa Ojo Ogiegor, 111, the Odionwere (Head) of Egor community in Edo, has commended the peaceful conduct of the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.

The PDP agent on Saturday in Abaji, FCT, rejected Presidential and National Assembly results over allegations that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) mixed up the result sheets.

Musa Umar, 38 years, from Dukku Local Government, Tudun Wada Ward was arrested at a polling unit in Waziri North of Dukku Local Government bribing a police officer with the sum of N3,000.

Popular Artiste, Bankole Wellington, a.k.a Banky W, has described the election as smooth and peaceful.

The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has defeated the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari, respectively at his polling units.

President Muhammadu Buhari has defeated Waziri Adamawa and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at Lamido Adamawa Palace polling unit in Yola South Local Government Area.

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, garnered more votes than President Muhammadu Buhari at one of the polling units inside the presidential villa.

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, Senatorial candidate for Enugu West, Senate Ike Ekweremadu swept all the votes cast in his polling units, Amachalla Primary School Mpu.

The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has reacted to the trending photos on social media which claimed that bullion vans loaded with cash were seen entering his house on Friday.

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari has defeated his major rival from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the Government House Makurdi polling unit.