Summary

  • Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner, getting 37% of the vote

  • He got the most votes nationwide and met the requirement of at least 25% ballots cast in two-thirds of Nigeria's 36 states and the capital

  • His main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, and Labour's Peter Obi 25%

  • Three opposition parties allege widespread rigging, calling it a sham election

  • Earlier, ex-President Obasanjo issued a warning about the poll results

Live Reporting

  1. Peter Obi's win in Lagos was predicted

    Analysis

    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.

  2. Abubakar wins in Buhari's state - provisional result

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    Atiku Abubakar was Nigeria's vice-president after military rule ended in 1999

    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.

  3. Obi wins Lagos state in major upset - provisional result

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    Peter Obi is contesting the presidential election for the first time

    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.

  4. Welcome to the Nigeria results live page

    Welcome to the BBC's live coverage of Nigeria's tightly contested presidential election, as results come in from states around the country.