Nigeria's elections postponed over logistical 'chaos'

Parliamentary elections in Nigeria are actually postponed until Monday because of organisational problems, officials say.
The electoral officials - who definitely have apologised for the delay - say ballot papers weren't delivered in time to numerous polling stations.
The decision is seen as a big blow towards the credibility of the electoral body in Africa's most populous country.
Some 73m individuals have registered for the parliamentary, presidential and gubernatorial polls over 14 days.
Security has been high, with borders closed simply election officials, security forces and emergency personnel able to drive on roads during voting.
Earlier, politicians were urged to set a stop to campaign violence.
Amnesty International said at the least 20 people ended up being killed in related attacks and clashes over the last two weeks.
A bomb was thrown to a police station in the city of Bauchi on Friday within an apparent attempt to cause panic. No casualties were reported.
Police from the Niger Delta also said on the list of arrested two men driving a minibus packed with assault rifles, ammunition along with a rocket launcher.
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"In order to keep the integrity in the elections and retain effective overall power over the process, the commission has had the very difficult but necessary decision to postpone the nation's assembly elections to Monday," Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) head Attahiru Jega said on Saturday.
"It is undoubtedly an emergency," he added.
It is understood that aircraft were supposed to be flying in ballot papers and accreditation details from overseas but those planes were diverted from the Nigerian airspace, the BBC's Caroline Duffield in Lagos reports.
There was angry scenes in polling stations nationally as word began spreading that the elections were postponed, our correspondent says.
She adds that the move raises fears among some that Mr Jega's grip on his staff at the election commission isn't tight enough, and the wonderful will wonder perhaps the coming elections over the next a fortnight will run smoothly.
The voting process had already begun with large turnouts reported in cities just like Lagos and Kano before the announcement by Mr Jega.
The elections will be the third nationwide polls in Nigeria since military rule resulted in 1999.
The previous votes - in 2003 and 2007 - were marred by allegations of widespread ballot stuffing, voter intimidation and violence.
Security forces were also charged with siding with the People's Democratic Party (PDP), which has dominated politics since the return to civilian rule.
Mr Jega earlier told the BBC that in case Nigerians wanted to peacefully defend their votes on the polling stations, that was their right.
Anf the husband threatened sanctions against any political leader participating in violence or vote-rigging, even warning he'd resign if necessary.
While in the election, 360 seats inside lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives, and 109 inside upper house, the Senate, will probably be contested. The PDP holds more than three quarters of the seats in both houses.