Live: Votes counting underway as state polls close across Nigeria
Collation of results of the governorship and state House of Assembly polls will continue today after voting closed in many states on Saturday.
Many state collation centres announced that they will open to receive results from local government areas from 9:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Peoples Gazette will be monitoring proceedings at these collation centres.
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