The counting of votes, the presidential election were held today in Nigeria, has begun after the polls closed on a day in which events occurred just violent. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria announced the creation of a website where you will see the progress of the count, with results expected in the next 48 hours.
"The site will operate for the next two days, until final results are obtained," according to a message from the INEC hung on the Twitter social network. The four main candidates for the presidency, of the 15 presented, "the President, Goodluck Jonathan, Peoples Democratic Party, Muhammadu Buhari, of Congress for Progressive Change, Nuhu Ribadu, of the Action Congress, and Ibrahim Shekarau, Party All Nigeria Peoples, endorsed the process.
INEC spokesman said Prince Solomon Soyebi elections are developed better than the legislative elections last week, it had to be postponed twice for lack of basic electoral material, "even with lower voter turnout. For its part, the Observer Mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the European Union (EU) endorsed the process and highlighted the improvements over the legislative elections last week.
However, there were some violent incidents and individual cases of children who came to try to cast a ballot. A woman died today because of a shot and two others injured in circumstances that remain unknown in Jos, in central Iran. Hours before the polls opened in the northern town of Maiduguri, there were two explosions, in which there were no victims to mourn or injuries, and last night reported the murder of two persons, by two gunmen, who also wounded five others in the same area.
During last Saturday's legislative elections, 39 people were killed in various violent incidents related to the elections. Today's presidential elections are the second in a series of three calls, with legislative elections held last Saturday and state elections, which will be held on Tuesday 26 April. 
"The site will operate for the next two days, until final results are obtained," according to a message from the INEC hung on the Twitter social network. The four main candidates for the presidency, of the 15 presented, "the President, Goodluck Jonathan, Peoples Democratic Party, Muhammadu Buhari, of Congress for Progressive Change, Nuhu Ribadu, of the Action Congress, and Ibrahim Shekarau, Party All Nigeria Peoples, endorsed the process.
INEC spokesman said Prince Solomon Soyebi elections are developed better than the legislative elections last week, it had to be postponed twice for lack of basic electoral material, "even with lower voter turnout. For its part, the Observer Mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the European Union (EU) endorsed the process and highlighted the improvements over the legislative elections last week.
However, there were some violent incidents and individual cases of children who came to try to cast a ballot. A woman died today because of a shot and two others injured in circumstances that remain unknown in Jos, in central Iran. Hours before the polls opened in the northern town of Maiduguri, there were two explosions, in which there were no victims to mourn or injuries, and last night reported the murder of two persons, by two gunmen, who also wounded five others in the same area.
During last Saturday's legislative elections, 39 people were killed in various violent incidents related to the elections. Today's presidential elections are the second in a series of three calls, with legislative elections held last Saturday and state elections, which will be held on Tuesday 26 April.
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