Nigerians are waiting in hope and fear for results of the tightest and most bitterly contested presidential election in the nation's turbulent history. Collation of results starts Monday at noon local time (1100 GMT) and the winner could be named later Monday or Tuesday, electoral officials said.
Nigeria Election - March 30, 2015

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A man reads a newspaper in front of electoral campaign posters in Lagos, Nigeria, March 30, 2015.

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Two youths ride bicycles past a mural on a school wall and election posters supporting President Goodluck Jonathan, on a street in Kano, Nigeria Sunday, March 29, 2015.

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fter weeks of delays over an Islamic insurgency, Nigerians head to the polls. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is registered to vote in Otuoke, March 28, 2015.

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General Muhammadu Buhari, the Pesidential candidate of the opposite APC and his wife, Aishatu Buhari, been accredited at their polling unit, Kofar Faru III in Daura, Katsina state.