The remaining contests of the 2023 general elections will be decided on April 15.
Hoodlums have disrupted voting at Umuarusi Amandugba Hall in Isu LGA of Imo State. About five thugs reportedly snatched ballot boxes during an invasion around 9 am.
One man and one woman have been stabbed in different polling units in Adamawa in the first reports of violence for the day.
Voting has commenced in many polling units across the country.
With all the background done, we'll start updating you with everything going on in all the areas where voters are electing their leaders today.
The 58 State House of Assembly elections will take place across constituencies in Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Ogun, Taraba and Yobe.
The 30 House of Representatives elections will take place across constituencies in Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Edo, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara.
The senatorial districts are Kebbi North (13,243 voters in 23 polling units), Sokoto East (87,138 voters in 169 polling units), Sokoto North (115,266 voters in 185 polling units), Sokoto South (85,022 voters in 156 polling units) and Zamfara Central (47,277 voters in 83 polling units).
Other supplementary elections today will also determine the winners in the battle for five senatorial seats, 30 House of Representatives seats and 58 State House of Assembly seats.
94,209 registered voters with PVCs will vote in 142 polling units across 20 LGAs in Kebbi to determine the ultimate winner of the governorship election.
In Kebbi, the APC's Nasir Idris finished with 388,258 votes ahead of the PDP's Aminu Bande with 342,980 votes on March 18.
For the Adamawa election, 36,935 voters will cast their ballots in 69 polling units across 20 local government areas of the state. To become the governor, and make history, Binani needs to win at least 85% of the votes on the table today.
After the first round of voting in Adamawa on March 18, Senator Aishatu 'Binani' Dahiru of the All Progressives' Congress (APC) is trailing behind the incumbent governor, Ahmadu Fintiri of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). The lawmaker scored 390,275 votes, which is 31,249 votes less than Fintiri's 421,524 votes.
Supplementary elections are taking place for two governorship elections in Adamawa and Kebbi.
Welcome to our coverage of the 2023 supplementary elections. We'll hold your hand through the big highlights of the day as voters go to the polls, again, in a number of polling units.
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