Nigeria, March 25 -- Street celebrations have greeted opposition candidate Bassirou Faye's strong showing in Sunday's presidential election.

Results of many polling stations across the country which have been released so far show that the candidate of PASTEF who was only released some ten days before the election is leading, prompting analysts to dismiss fears that a run-off is in the offing.

There has, however, been no official announcement of collated results.

The elections were initially thought to be too close to call but as Mr Faye continues to rack up an impressive lead from polling units, the possibility that he may end up with at least 50 per cent of the votes cast seems reasonable.

Over 70 million registered voters were expec...