FIRST RESULTS DUE IN NIGERIA POLL !

Initial results are expected shortly from Nigeria's regional elections, held on Saturday but marred by violence and voter intimidation.
At least 21 people were killed in polling-day attacks across the country.
The vote was also affected by the late opening of polling stations and reports of missing ballot papers.
But election officials reported a high voter turnout in the state polls, which are seen as a key test ahead of next weekend's presidential vote.
Fraud claims
Nigerian police said at least 21 people had died in election-related incidents - including an unspecified number of police officers. But other reports put the toll higher.
The head of the European Union mission, Max van den Berg, said an electoral commission office had been burnt down.
President Olusegun Obasanjo said he thought polling had gone relatively well but the opposition said there were widespread irregularities and fraud.

In pics: Nigerian state polls
Voters disappointed

The outcome of the election for governors and state legislatures is as important to many Nigerians as the presidential poll.
State governors can be extremely powerful, controlling budgets of around $1bn, especially in oil-rich states.
The poll was also an important indicator of how free and fair the presidential polls will be.
Stolen votes
President Obasanjo had said that fraud or violence would not be tolerated.
In Port Harcourt - the largest city in the oil producing Niger Delta - the BBC's Alex Last saw young men storming a polling station and running off with ballot papers.

The biggest issue in the elections is the future of my children, the future of Nigeria's children
Eunice Folorunso
Election voices

Early on Saturday, suspected militants torched three police stations, reportedly killing seven policemen.
There were pockets of violence in some other parts of the country, where election materials were destroyed and electoral officers attacked.
Up to 70 people were also killed in violence during pre-election campaigning, human rights groups say.
BBC NEWS REPORT.