Nigeria, Feb. 28 -- Some prominent senators in the Eighth National Assembly will not be returning in the next assembly, having lost at the polls on Saturday.

Millions of Nigerians on Saturday went to the polls to elect a president who will lead Africa's most populous country for the next four years. The voters also elected federal lawmakers who will represent them at the National Assembly for the next four years.

All of Nigeria's 109 Senate seats and 360 House of Representative seats were also for grabs across the 36 states and the FCT. A total of 1,904 candidates took part in the senatorial elections while 4,680 sought seats in the House of Representatives.

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a total of ...