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Full official results from the vote are expected by Friday midnight at the latest.

Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has given a 30-day window period for payment of taxes. Wealthy Nigerian tax payers without Tax Identification Number (TIN), and…

Official results from each region are not expected until Tuesday with a nationwide announcement by Friday

Mahama was president from 2012 to 2016, when he lost a re-election bid to President Nana Akufo-Addo

Sall took over as president in 2012 after beating his former mentor Abdoulaye Wade

Civil society groups say as many as 35 people were killed in election violence

Some 6.7 million people from a population of around 16 million are registered to vote.

According to civil society, “16 deaths have been recorded across 8 states”.

Police fired teargas to block a protest march on the presidential palace, prompting demonstrators to respond with stone-throwing.

At 9:28 AM, leading opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar cast his vote at a polling station in Yola. He is the main rival to incumbent.