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                       The Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has opened up a massive lead in the presidential race in Niger State with results for 11 of the 25 local governments in the state announced. So far, Buhari has 296,100 votes, while President Goodluck Jonathan has polled 74,784 votes. In Bosso LG, APC got 36,951, while PDP secured 6,036. In Chanchaga LG,  APC garnered 58,239 to PDP’s 9,438. 15,972 people voted for Buhari in Gbako with 5,521 opting for Jonathan. Gurara LG gave Buhari 17,284 votes and Jonathan 7,803 votes, while the APC defeated the PDP with 16,368 to 2,708 votes in Katcha LG. Mariga LG gave APC 28, 463 votes and the PDP 4,351 votes. Other local governments where results have been announced are: Munya LG (APC, 12,820; PDP, 7119); Paiko LG (APC, 27,298; PDP, 8,029); Shiroro LG (APC, 27,462; PDP, 7,040). Suleja LG (APC, 38,262; PDP, 9,535) and Tafa LG (APC, 16,981; PDP, 7,168).

                                     The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the presidential and National Assembly elections as the most vicious, unprincipled, vulgar and violent he had ever witnessed. Soyinka, in an interview with The Guardian UK on Sunday, was quoted as saying, “We’re talking about a very positive response by the public in terms of determination to register and vote but, you know, this has been one of the most vicious, unprincipled, vulgar and violent exercises I have ever witnessed. “I just hope we won’t go down as being the incorrigible giant of Africa.” According to Soyinka, the stakes appear to be so high that all scruples have been set aside and it’s very distressing to compare this election with that of 1993, which was one of the most orderly, civilised and resolute elections the country ever had. He said, “This one was like a no-holds-barred kind of election, especially, frankly, from the incumbency side. One shouldn’

                                  The Former Aviation Minister and a Senatorial candidate of the PDP in Anambra State , Princess Stella Oduah has won the Anambra North Senatorial seat. She defeated her major opponent, Chief Dubem Obaze of APGA. 1. Onitsha North LGA PDP- 42,239 APGA- 8,868 2. Onitsha South LGA PDP- 25,890 APGA- 10,112 3. Ayamelum LGA PDP- 9,782 APGA- 15,292 4. Oyi LGA PDP- 12,301 APGA – 10,683 5. Ogbaru LGA PDP – 33,542 APGA – 7,558 6. Anambra East LGA PDP- 8,871 APGA- 12,342 7. Anambra West LGA PDP – 9,007 APGA – 5,863 TOTAL PDP – 143,478 APGA- 70,906 Winner – Princess Stella Oduah Results declared by Dr Celestine Okaro, INEC returning officer.

                                                  The agent of the Peoples Democratic Party for the presidential election collation in Lagos State, Mr. Wahab Owokoniran, and his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, on Monday morning hotly disagreed during the collation exercise at the Independent National Electoral Commission Lagos office. The quarrel began immediately the Collation Officer for Lagos State, Prof. Isaac Adewole, announced the suspension of the collation of the presidential poll till 8am . Before Adewole suspended the collation of the result at 1.48am, electoral officers of four local government areas had submitted the results of their respective council areas, while the results for the remaining 16 local government areas had yet to be returned to the INEC office. But immediately after Adewole, who is the Vice Chancellor,  University of Ibadan, announced the suspension of the collation of the result, Owokoniran flared up a

                                     The Presidency on Sunday urged supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan against panic over some “fake results” of the Saturday’s presidential elections, allegedly being released by opposition party. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, made the Presidency’s position known on his Facebook page. Abati asked supporters of the President not to be fooled by the said results, saying the only confirmed result so far was the one from Ekiti State. He expressed delight that Jonathan won in the South-West state. He also noted that the Independent National Electoral Commission had addressed the issue of the fake results. Abati wrote, “Our numerous supporters (both home and abroad) are reaching out to us and requesting that we should say something. “We can assure you that we are on top of everything. “INEC has already addressed the issue of viral ‘opposition’ sponsored fake results that they sh

      The results of the presidential election in 11 out of the 27 local government areas in Imo State collated on Sunday in Owerri, capital of the state, show that President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, is clearly leading his main opponent, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Major-Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The collated results were from Ideato North, Isiala-Mbaino, Isu, Obowo, Ohaji-Egbema,. Okigwe, Owerri Municipal, Owerri West, Nwangene, Oru East and Ideato South LGAs. Jonathan polled a total of  210,022 votes to grab the lead ahead of Buhari, who had 50,977  votes. The latter won in Ideato South, Governor Rochas Okorocha’s home LGA, by 12, 128 votes as against Jonathan’s 6,40

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that despite the extension of Saturday’s elections till Sunday in some parts of the country, the results of the presidential poll will be declared on Monday(today). INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, gave the assurance   as some of results from wards, local government areas and states continued to emerge on Sunday. For instance, results from Osun and Ogun states showed the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, defeating President Goodluck Jonathan. But in Ekiti State, Jonathan had an easy ride as he beat the APC candidate. Jega, who gave journalists an update on the conduct of the polls in Abuja, said that as of Sunday evening, results of the elections had only been completely collated in two states, one of which was Ekiti. He said, “Some people assume that when I said 48 hours( for the release of the results), it starts from the morning the elections commenced. I

Some women belonging to the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State were on Monday morning teargased by policemen around the INEC headquarters on Aba Road after they tried to take their grieviances over Saturday’s presidential elections in the state to the Commission’s office. The women, donning black attires and led by House of Representatives candidate for Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area, Maureen Tamuno, came in several buses from various parts of the state as early as 8:30am to pour out their frustrations. Armoured tanks barricaded the two lanes leading to INEC office while gun-wielding police and military policemen in large numbers were positioned in strategic points in the vicinity. Monday’s protest by the APC women followed Sunday’s version of the party’s youths from various parts of the state to the Commission’s headquarters where gunshots were fired after the protesters prevented an SUV believed to be conveying the PDP governorship candidate in Rivers, Ny

The wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Monday told the presidential campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress that “she is a woman of peace that can never be identified with electoral violence.” She said there was no way somebody like her who occupies the exalted office of the President of the African First Ladies Mission would be promoting violence under any guise. Mrs. Jonathan who spoke with  THE PUNCH  through her media aide, Ayo Adewuyi, was reacting to the decision of the APC to report her to the International Criminal Court for allegedly asking supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party to stone anyone canvassing for change, the APC slogan, during a campaign rally in Calabar, Cross River State. Adewuyi said, “The only thing we can say from here is that Dame Patience Jonathan is a woman of peace that can never in any way be identified with violence before, during and after elections. “You do not expect somebody who is the President of Afri

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged Nigerians especially those in the South; not to be deceived by President Goodluck Jonathan. Buhari spoke through the Director of Media of the APC campaign, Mallam Garba Shehu, in Abuja. He explained that it was pertinent to draw the attention of well-meaning Nigerians to “the deceit, squander mania and looting associated with this administration.” According to the campaign, the administration has been unable to deliver on its promise to construct the East-West Road on which it has spent and continues to spend billions of Naira. He said, “It is on record that work started on the road in 2006, under former President Obasanjo but due to the activities of Niger Delta militants then, the work was stopped midway and the initial contractor Julius Berger left the site. “In 2009, work was restarted on the road, this time to be handled by 3 construction firms to hasten its com

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum has condemned the use of card readers for the forthcoming elections. The governors also condemned the Independent National Electoral Commission under the leadership of Prof. Attahiru Jega, over its preparedness of the elections. The governors said this at an interactive session with the media and civil society organisations themed ‘Sustenance of Democratic Values and National Development’ in Lagos on Tuesday. The governors at the forum were: Governors Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Aliyu Babangida (Niger), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Bala Ngilari (Adamawa), Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) and Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo). Others at the forum were: Ibrahim Shema (Katsina), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Mukhtar Yero (Kaduna) and Ibrahim Danwambo (Gombe). The PDPGF usually holds its meetings in Abuja or PDP states but this was the first time the governors would hold a forum in Lagos which is a stronghold of

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A court in Ivory Coast sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for her role in a 2011 post-election crisis in which around 3,000 people were killed, her lawyer said. Gbagbo, who is also wanted by the International Criminal Court, was tried alongside 82 other allies of ex-President Laurent Gbagbo in a case that reopened divisions in a nation still recovering from years of political turmoil and conflict. General Bruno Dogbo Ble, who headed the elite republican guard, and former navy chief Admiral Vagba Faussignaux were both jailed for 20 years, according to their lawyer, while others including the ex-president's son got shorter sentences. Supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, whose refusal to acknowledge his defeat by Alassane Ouattara in elections in 2010 sparked a brief civil war, claimed the trial was politically motivated. "The jury members retained all the charges against her, including disturbing the peace, forming an

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday sacked Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.) as the Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme. He has named Mr. Ishaya Dare Akau as Agwai’s replacement. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President attributed Agwai’s sack to the continuation of his efforts to continuously reposition Federal Government’s agencies for optimal delivery. The former Chief of Army Staff had, while delivering a lecture in commemoration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s 78th birthday on Thursday, said change in leadership was inevitable, declaring that the country’s leaders must accept it and move with it. “In life, you find out that everything needs change, if that is what the community wants, what the people want, you must give it to them and as such, it becomes inevitable. “You can have everything nice, but if you don’t have the right leadership to propel it, it cannot go anywhere. Integr

No fewer than 12 persons were killed in a fresh suicide attack on Monday Market in Maiduguri, a member of the youth vigilance group, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent on the telephone. The source said 12 persons were also injured in the Tuesday’s blast and had been taken to a hospital in the Borno State capital for treatment. He said, “The explosion was from a planted bomb at the crowded market.” The source said the incident happened at about  4.30pm, causing pandemonium  in the market. Monday Market has witnessed about five explosions since the turn of 2015. Aside the latest attack, the same market was attacked on Saturday alongside another market and a motor park. Commissioner of Police in Borno State, Clement Adoda, confirmed the attack but did not give the casualty figure. INCREDIBLE! THE SIMPLEST WAY TO BECOME A LANDLORD!  CLICK HERE My first and second wives left me BECAUSE of my SEXUAL PROBLEMS BUT I found a SOLUTION tha

President Goodluck Jonathan has fired Martin-Luther Agwai as the head of his government’s intervention unit, SURE-P. Mr. Agwai is a respected former Defence Chief, who led United Nation missions in Sudan, amidst other career runs. Mr. Agwai was appointed by Mr. Jonathan to head SURE-P, a department created by the government to deploy saved fuel subsidy money for the provision of critical infrastructure and jobs. In a statement Tuesday, presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, named Ishaya Dare Akau as the new head of SURE-P, Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme. The new SURE-P Chairman hails from Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State and holds Bachelors’ Degrees in the Arts and Law. Mr. Akau comes to the job with years of experience as a high-level administrator in the nation’s public service. His record of service includes tenures as Chairman of the Kaduna State Universal Education Board and Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission. The

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party says every person that attended the one-million-man march of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos received at least N5,000 each. The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Taofik Gani, said groups that attended the march received between N1m and N10m. The PDP said the APC was deceiving Lagosians by tagging the march as “one-million-march” because the Teslim Balogun Stadium where the walk ended, could only accommodate 24,000 people. The PDP said during the rally, posters and billboards of its candidates were vandalised while two people in private vehicles were attacked for carrying the sticker of the PDP governorship candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje. The statement read, “The PDP has described as blatant falsehood and over exaggeration of the number of attendees which the APC continues to put at one Million probably to give General Muhammadu Buhari false hope in Lagos State. “The capacity of the stadium

Today is Sunday, March 8, the 67th day of 2015.  There are 298 days left in the year. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. locally. Clocks go forward one hour.  Today in Nigeria history: In 1993, Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder. Today's world History: On March 8, 1979,  technology firm Philips demonstrated a prototype compact disc player during a press conference in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. On this date: In 1702,  England's Queen Anne acceded to the throne upon the death of King William III. In 1854,  U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese. In 1862,  during the Civil War, the ironclad CSS Virginia rammed and sank the USS Cumberland and heavily damaged the USS Congress, both frigates, off Newport News, Va. In 1874,  the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, died in Buffalo, N.Y., at age 74. In 1917,  Russia

At least five blasts have killed 50 people and injured 56 in the city of Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria, an official has told the BBC. Two crowded markets and a busy bus station were targeted by suicide bombers, witnesses said. Witnesses in one of the markets described gory scenes with men, women and children lying on the ground. Maiduguri was once the stronghold of the militant group Boko Haram, which is seeking to establish an Islamic state. The Islamist group has not yet commented on the latest attacks, but it has used suicide bombers before. After being pushed out of Maiduguri last year, the Islamist fighters retreated to the nearby Sambisa Forest from where they launched attacks on villages and towns in the north-east, taking over swathes of territory. The attacks took place over about three hours - the first one targeting the city's Baga fish market. The explosion was caused by a suicide bomber in a rickshaw, eyewitnesses told the BBC. It was not

Nigerian Security agencies has sprunked into action to uncover the links of some Nigerians with the militant terrorist group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, according to reports. Report says the security agencies decided to carry out the investigation as a direct fallout of reports that a son of a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais, had allegedly joined the militant group. The report quotes a top security source in Abuja as saying that: "Besides Uwais' son, we are trailing more Nigerians, who recently travelled to the Middle East. I cannot give you details for now. What I can say is that the militant group is recruiting Nigerians." It was also gathered that the Department of State Services, DSS, had declared a manhunt for the son of Uwais. According to the report, the younger Uwais was said to have gotten a Turkish visa in Abuja and traveled to Syria through Turkey with the aim of linking up with the Islamic militants who are