Nigerians await Solar Eclipse today.

Nigerians are awaiting the annular solar eclipse, which would be seen in various parts of the world, including Nigeria today.

A Lagos-based photographer, Emmanuel Arewa, said he had decided to go out with his camera to take a photograph of the eclipse.

“When the last eclipse happened in Nigeria, I was not into photography. I was in school then. If I remember what happened then, I regret not taking photographs of it. So, this time around, I will go out with my camera because I must  not miss a shot of it,” he said.

Mr. Marcel Egbuta, a banker, who is based in Mubi, Taraba State, said that he and most people in the state would watch the eclipse.

He said, “We are not aware of it. We are still trying to ensure that we are secure from attacks. But now that you have told me, I will tell my people and we will watch out  for it.”

An Enugu-based banker, Ngozi Nwachukwu, said she heard about it but did not know that it could be viewed in Nigeria.

According to www.timeanddate.com, partial eclipse will be visible in Lagos by 12:50pm, when the moon would touch the edge of the sun, Ibadan is 12.52pm, Port Harcourt is 1.03pm, Abuja is expected to happen at 1.03pm, Enugu 1.04pm, Kano is 1.07pm and Uyo 1.06pm.

It added that by 2:32pm, maximum eclipse would occur and the moon would be seen closest to the centre of the sun, and another partial eclipse by 4:01pm, when the moon would leave the edge of the sun.

According to www.earthsky.org, proper eye protection is needed to view the  eclipse.

, and some PDP stalwarts to disappear from the polling booth or would be dealth with.
He alleged that he watched how some suspected PDP members collected electoral materials and zoomed off in a Mercedes Benz car and he promptly called the FRCN phone-in programme monitoring the elections to complain of the alleged move to rig the councillorship election against the APGA candidate.
Meanwhile, the state chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Engr. Vita Abba, has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the local government elections saying the process was transparent.
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