go outside Nigeria where voting has closed in algeria's presidential election poll in pole rather where the incumbent Abdul Majid tabun is tipped to stay on for a second term voting began at 8:00 a.m. local time on Saturday and was shadowed to close at 700 p.m. before it was extended for an hour more than 24 million algerians were registered to vote in the elections algerians abroad have been able to vote since Monday and the country's election Authority puts the turnout at 14.5% the move is to extend voting on Saturday came shortly before Anie announced a turnout of 26% Nationwide as of 5:00 p.m. local time as at the time the polls closed at 8:00 p.m. the provinal the provisional voter turnout stood at 48.3% and that's TVC news this hour for more updates on the stories we are monitoring you can visit our website TVC news.tv you can also follow us on our social media handles Facebook Instagram and on X at TVC news NG on YouTube we're live at TVC news Nigeria many thanks for watching I'll will see you again in the next 30 minutes bye for now