THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING, HERE ARE TEN FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW

Hello and good morning! This is today's Nigerian newspaper summary:

1. Candidates who lost Saturday's governorship election and their supporters protested the results and vowed to challenge them in court yesterday. Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, supporters protested in Ogun and Nasarawa states, while the All Progressives Congress in Kano State offered the Independent National Electoral Commission seven days to declare the state's governorship election inconclusive.

2. The Election Petitions Tribunal in Osun State, which will hear cases arising from the National and State Assembly elections, has received 14 petitions, while its counterpart in Oyo State received 20 petitions on Tuesday.

3. On Tuesday, four presidential candidates filed separate petitions with the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja, seeking to overturn the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Democratic Party, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Solomon Okangbuan of the Action Alliance and Allied People's Congress as winners of the February 25 presidential election. The petitioners are Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.

4. The Independent National Electoral Commission has refuted a report accusing its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, of attempting to skew the Abia State governorship election results. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, stated that the only message sent to the state Returning Officer was the commission's directive postponing further results collation.

5. The US has condemned voter intimidation and increased violence in Nigeria's governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the US Embassy on Tuesday, the March 18 gubernatorial and state assembly elections appeared to have seen considerable operational improvements.

6. President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his desire to step down once more. On Tuesday, the Nigerian president remarked, "I am eager to go," during a farewell meeting with outgoing US Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

7. Following the governorship election, the Zamfara State Government imposed a statewide curfew. According to Ibrahim Dosara, Commissioner for Information, the action was made to reduce violence.

8. Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu has declared his intention to run for Senate President in the 10th National Assembly. Kalu, who was re-elected to represent Abia North in the National Assembly on Tuesday, made the announcement while briefing reporters at the National Assembly.

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9. President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, yesterday, condemned what he described as "isolated" cases of infractions, ethnic slurs and violence that trailed the 2023 General Elections, declaring that elections were now over for the healing process to begin.

10. Anxiety over the release of the results of the governorship elections in Enugu and Abia States continued, yesterday, as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, continued to lay claims to victories. Both parties have continued to mount pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to declare the results and announce their candidates as the winner.

9. Yesterday, President-elect Aswáju Bola Tinubu condemned "isolated" cases of infractions, ethnic slurs, and violence that followed the 2023 General Elections, declaring that the elections were now over and the healing process could begin.

10. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, continued to lay claim to victories in the governorship elections in Enugu and Abia States yesterday, fueling concern about the release of the results. Both parties have maintained pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to declare the results and declare their respective candidates the winners.