Nigerians Await Presidential Election Result

Nigerians waited Monday for election officials to count ballots and announce the result of two days of voting to decide the country's president. Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said late Sunday that it would begin at midday Monday the process of collating, or pulling together the vote totals from states. To win the election without a runoff, a candidate needs a majority of the nationwide vote while also securing at least 25 percent of the ballots in...

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