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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Voting continues in certain areas of Nigeria after technical problems prevented some people from casting their ballots in the presidential election yesterday.
The country's electoral commission extended voting in about 300 of the country's 150,000 polling stations, including parts of Lagos, because new voting equipment failed to confirm voters' identities.
Violence also disrupted voting in parts of the country. Boko Haram extremists killed 41 people, including a legislator, and scared hundreds of people from polling stations in the northeast. Elsewhere, three people were shot and killed in southern Rivers state and police said two car bombs exploded at polling stations in the southeast but no one was injured.
However, millions were able to vote in a presidential election that analysts say is too close to call. The front-runners among 14 candidates are President Goodluck Jonathan, a 57-year-old Christian from the south, and former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari, 72, from the predominantly Muslim north.
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023-a-07-(Abdullahi Sani, English lecturer at Adamawa State Polytechnic, in AP interview)-"life of humanity"-This resident, university lecturer Abdullahi Sani, says he hopes the opposition party wins and can drive out Boko Haram. (29 Mar 2015)
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022-a-12-(Moses Gambo Abba, civil servant Madagali local government, in AP interview)-"brothers and sisters"-This local government worker, Moses Gambo Abba, says the Nigerian refugees who have been forced from their homes by Boko Haram and other extremists, are hoping their votes make a difference. (29 Mar 2015)
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024-a-08-(Abdullahi Sani, English lecturer at Adamawa State Polytechnic, in AP interview)-"eradicate corruption finally"-This resident, university lecturer Abdullahi Sani, says it's time for a new government to take over and rid the country of Boko Haram, and restore power back to the people. (29 Mar 2015)
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APPHOTO XJD104: Nigerian election officials tally the ballots received from polling stations in Kaduna, Nigeria Sunday, March 29, 2015. Nigerians are going to the polls to vote in presidential elections. Nigerian officials say voting continued in some areas on Sunday because of technical problems. More than 40 people were killed in election-related violence Saturday, though millions were able to cast ballots in a presidential election that analysts say is too close to call. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (29 Mar 2015)
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APPHOTO XSA135: An election official walks away with an empty ballot box at the end of votes count in one of the polling stations in Yola, Nigeria Saturday, March 28, 2015. Nigerians went to the polls Saturday in presidential elections which analysts say will be the most tightly contested in the history of Africa's richest nation and its largest democracy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) (28 Mar 2015)
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APPHOTO XSA134: A police officer stand guards as people cast their votes during Presidential and National assembly election in Yola, Nigeria Saturday, March 28, 2015. Nigerians went to the polls Saturday in presidential elections which analysts say will be the most tightly contested in the history of Africa's richest nation and its largest democracy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) (28 Mar 2015)
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APPHOTO XSA133: A poster warning people to vote peacefully is seen in one of the polling stations in Yola, Nigeria Saturday, March 28, 2015. Nigerians went to the polls Saturday in presidential elections which analysts say will be the most tightly contested in the history of Africa's richest nation and its largest democracy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) (28 Mar 2015)
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APPHOTO ABC122: Nigerian men listen to the latest election news on a portable radio while they face long delays to validate their voting cards before they can vote in the afternoon at a polling station in Daura, the home town of opposition candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, in northern Nigeria Saturday, March 28, 2015. Nigerians went to the polls Saturday in presidential elections which analysts say will be the most tightly contested in the history of Africa's richest nation and its largest democracy. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (28 Mar 2015)
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APPHOTO ABC124: Nigerian women wait in line while they face long delays to cast their vote in the afternoon at a polling station in Daura, the home town of opposition candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, in northern Nigeria Saturday, March 28, 2015. Nigerians went to the polls Saturday in presidential elections which analysts say will be the most tightly contested in the history of Africa's richest nation and its largest democracy. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (28 Mar 2015)
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