polls were due to close earlier in the day but people who are in queues at polling stations nationwide are still able to cast their ballot. here s the chair of the nigerian election commission. we are determined that no nigerian should and would be disenfranchised. we will continue to protect the process and will continue to proceed, courageously, to ensure that we conclude this in a very free, fair and credible manner. let s speak to our reporter in lagos, nkechi ogbonna. can you give us the latest? to have been severe delays and even violent disruption in some areas. it’s been severe delays and even violent disruption in some areas. disruption in some areas. it s about 9m local disruption in some areas. it s about 9pm localtime- disruption in some areas. it s about 9pm local time. and disruption in some areas. it s about 9pm local time. and voting - 9pm local time. and voting closed nearly seven hours ago at different poles in the country. but voting is still happeni
side of the autumn weather, the windy aside and by friday it picks up windy aside and by friday it picks up across all areas with sunny spells for many and heavy showers in western scotland and blustery across the uk this weekend. there will be rain or showers around but not all the time and some sunnier moments as well. thanks and that s all from the bbc news at six. the news continues here on bbc one as now its time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, goodnight. hello and welcome along to sportsday live from the bbc sport centre. here s what s coming up in the programme. on the brink of history. wales women have world cup qualification in their sights as they look to reach the finals for the first time ever. we ll be in glasgow as celtic face elimination from the champions league they need to get something from their match with rb leipzig. and what next for w series starjamie chadwick, as the season is brought to an abrupt en
now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. our headlines this evening. fran kirby kick starters chelsea s season as the wsl champions get their first win. early wickets holt england s progress as they try to take a 3 1 lead in the t20 series against pakistan. and joe joyce announces himself as the latest heavyweight talent with a world title shot on the cards. hello again, welcome to sportsday. the wsl season is riding a wave of popularity as the women s game enjoys a post euro buzz, but so far it has been pretty unpredictable. to teams who surprisingly lost their opening match is at last weekend played this afternoon, with the champions chelsea beating manchester city to belatedly get their first victory of the campaign. having lost their opening game of the season, there was little room for error for there was little room for error for the champions against manchester city and they nearly had the perfect start. fran kirby could not take advant
Time for a look at the weather. Heres ben rich. Good afternoon, yet another day work for most of us it does not feel anything like a typical october, it is already very close to 25 celsius in parts of south east england. Some reminders of autumn, felt across southern and Western Areas earlier and some rain in the north of scotland. You can see that on the satellite radio, low cloud, mist and smoke across South West England into wales, various bands of rain pushing south and eastwards across scotland, Northern Ireland into Northern England and we will see outbreaks of rain through the rest of the afternoon with quite a brisk wind, particularly in the far north. Further south and east, holding onto spells of sunshine and temperatures up spells of sunshine and temperatures up to around 2a or 25. This evening and tonight this band of rain pushing south and east across scotland, Northern Ireland, turning very windy in the far north. Head of the rain band, some areas of mist and murk, simply