Cousins Chidera and Onyinye's dream to vote in their first-ever presidential election in Nigeria was cut short by a disturbance.

Bina Jennifer Efidi was hit with a sharp object while she was waiting to vote in Lagos.

Bola Tinubu's campaign team has issued a statement after provisional results showed that he had lost Lagos - the state with the most registered voters - to Peter Obi.

He appealed to the people of Lagos to be calm and to "eschew any act that can lead to breakdown of law and order", the statement quoted him as saying.

Mr Tinubu believed that "the beauty of democracy is that people have a right to vote for the candidate of their choice", and as "a democrat he is bound to accept the outcome of any election whether favourable or not", the statement added.

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An aide of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has quoted the ruling party's candidate, Bola Tinubu, as urging his supporters to stay calm after provisional results showed that he had lost Lagos - the biggest state - to Peter Obi.

Quoting Mr Tinubu, Bashir Ahmad said on Twitter: "The fact that the APC narrowly lost Lagos state to another party should not be the reason for violence. As a democrat, you win some, you lose some."

Mr Tinubu has historically been seen as a powerful figure in Lagos and was once its governor.

Nduka Orjinmo
BBC News, Abuja

Official results in so far from Nigeria's presidential election show that ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu is dominating in his strongholds in the south-west.

He has won three states in the region, while marginally losing a fourth to main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar.

But delays in getting results from 32 other states and the capital, Abuja, has led to growing frustration.

The electoral commission has apologised for the unresponsiveness of its results viewing page on its website, saying that a surge in usage caused technical hitches.

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Joshua Ajayi
BBC News, Abuja

Mild drama ensued during the official announcement of results at the election commission headquarters in the capital, Abuja.

Tensions rose before the beginning of the collation of results when the agent of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said that the figures announced for Ekiti state do not add up.

The commission had declared the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, the winner in Ekiti with 201,494 votes, defeating his closest rival Abubakar Atiku of the PDP with 89,554.

Peter Obi of Labour got 11,397 votes while the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, polled 264 votes.

The PDP agent, Dino Melaye, said his party had observed a discrepancy - an increase of 887 votes in the total number of figures from Ekiti.

The agents of two other political parties - Action Alliance and Labour - agreed with Mr Maleye.

The election commission chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, insisted that the commission stood by the result declared for Ekiti.

This did not stop Mr Melaye, who continued his outburst and almost stopped the collation of results for another state, Kwara, which has been won by Mr Tinubu.

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has so far announced the results of four states at its headquarters in the capital, Abuja.

The winners in each state are as follows:

• Ekiti state - Bola Tinubu wins
• Kwara state - Bola Tinubu wins
• Osun state - Atiku Abubakar wins
• Ondo state - Bola Tinubu wins

However, there were dramatic scenes during the announcement as the PDP, Action Alliance and the ADC rejected the Ekiti results, alleging overvoting.

We also have provisional results from other states, including Lagos, the biggest state in Nigeria.

The provisional results show that Peter Obi from the Labour Party has won the state. This is a huge setback for Mr Tinubu, who fought hard for the state and was its governor from 1999 to 2007.

Provisinal results also show that Mr Abubakar has won in Katsina, from where outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari comes. He is a member of the APC, and backed Mr Tinubu in the election.

Inec is currently taking a break and will be back within the hour.

The presidential candidate of Nigeria's ruling APC party, Bola Tinubu, has won in south-western Ondo state by a wide margin, official results show.

He got 369,924 compared to the 115,463 of his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar. Peter Obi got 47,350.

Nigeria's opposition PDP candidate Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential poll in south-western Osun state with 354,366 votes, official results show.

The ruling party's Bola Tinubu got 343,366.

Mr Abubakar's victory is not surprising, as the state governor was elected on a PDP ticket.

Nigeria's ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has won the presidential election in central Kwara state, official results show.

He got 263,572 votes to the 136,909 of his nearest rival, Atiku Abubakar.

Labour's Peter Obi got 31,186 votes.

Joshua Ajayi
BBC News, Abuja

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Party agents of the Nigeria's opposition PDP and Labour are contesting the results of south-western Ekiti state, saying there was over-voting.

Official results showed the state was won by ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu. Ekiti is seen as one of his strongholds.

Mayeni Jones
BBC News, Lagos

The surprise third-party candidate Peter Obi has won the largest number of votes in Lagos, the state with the most voters, according to results announced by state election officials.

The victory is significant as Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), governed the state from 1999 to 2007.

However, Mr Obi had been predicted to win Lagos by a number of polls - it’s where many of his young, educated supporters are based.

There had been fears that some instances of election violence and some ballot-snatching might have affected his chances of winning. But those fears appear to have been unfounded.

Mr Obi won the state by a slim margin - just 10,000 votes.

The total number of voters is not yet known, but preliminary figures suggest turnout was lower than expected.

The result has not yet been confirmed and officially announced by the head of the electoral commission in the capital, Abuja.

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Nigeria's main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar has narrowly won the presidential election in Katsina, the home state of outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari, provisional results released by state election officials show.

Mr Abubakar got 489,045 votes while the ruling party's Bola Tinubu got more than 482,000.

The result was announced by Inec election officials in Katsina.

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Nigeria's opposition presidential candidate Peter Obi has caused a huge upset by narrowly defeating the ruling party's Bola Tinubu in his heartland of Lagos state, provisional results announced by state election officials show.

Mr Obi won 582,454 votes, compared to Mr Tinubu's 572,606.

The official results will be announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) at its headquarters in the capital, Abuja.

Lagos is the commercial hub of Nigeria, and Mr Tiinubu was once its governor.

Richard Kagoe
BBC News, Nairobi

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The M23 rebel group has seized more territory in the conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The rebels captured Mushaki and Rubaya areas over the weekend and residents have fled to escape fighting.

The Congolese army has not commented on the fall of Rubaya, a mining town located about 50km (31 miles) west of the regional capital, Goma.

The town has large deposits of coltan, manganese, tantalum and other minerals.

The M23 rebels were on Tuesday set to begin withdrawing from some territories they recently seized, according to new timelines adopted by East Africa defence chiefs.

The ongoing conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in the last six months.

DR Congo has accused Rwanda of supporting the M23 group, allegations Kigali has denied.

Officials working on Morocco's bid to replace Guinea as host nation of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations feel confident despite facing competition from neighbours Algeria.

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Police in Nigeria have urged presidential candidates to caution their supporters against making inciteful comments as Africa's biggest democracy waits for results of its most closely contested elections in years.

The police have also warned politicians against undue pressure on the electoral body, Inec, as anxiety builds over the slow pace of publication of results from polling stations.

Presidential candidates have been urged to "to seize the opportunity of this waiting period to emphasise the rule of law [and] respect for the constitution," a police statement, external said.

Results from just one state out of 36 and the federal capital territory have been announced.

Habtom Weldeyowhannes
BBC Tigrinya

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An Eritrean cyclist who rides for the Italian team Bardiani CSF has won the Tour du Rwanda 2023 race after winning the final stage of the tour, which took place from 19 February and ended on Sunday.

Henok Mulubrhan, who was the 2022 African continental championship winner, waited until the last metres to launch an attack and beat his closest rivals.

The prize was presented to him by Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

"This is the best day of my life It was always my dream to win this race. The game was too tough in general. I will always remember this achievement," he said..

Eritrean riders won the yellow jersey for the fourth time this year after the Tour du Rwanda was upgraded to category 2.1 event.

Chris Froome, the four-time Tour de France winner, also took part in the tournament but went largely unnoticed.

Earlier, he had told reporters that the Tour de France in July was his main goal and that he was working hard to get in shape for it.

In 2021, Spanish rider Cristian Rodriguez became the only and first European to win the Tour du Rwanda.