LAGOS TO ADD 400 BUSES TO THE BRT FLEET

No fewer than 400 mass transit buses will soon be added to the Bus Rapid Transport scheme to further ease transport challenges in Lagos State, says the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa.
The commissioner added that the 400 buses would be added to the 154 currently running in the existing BRT corridors in the state.

XENOPHOBIA EXPOSES FRAGILE NIGERIA/SOUTH AFRICAN RELATIONSHIP

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The recall of Nigeria's top diplomat after a spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa follows several similar spats that expose the two countries' deep rivalry for economic and political dominance in Africa.

RESCUED GIRLS NOT FROM CHIBOK - ARMY

Girls rescued from Boko Haram terror camps in Sambisa Forest on Tuesday are “not the Chibok girls,” Nigerian Army spokesman Sani Usman said.

ATIKU WANTS SALE OF PHCN REVERSED

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to reverse the privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

JONATHAN APPROVES PAYMENT FOR OUTSTANDING DEBT TO OIL MARKETERS

President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, to raise Sovereign Debt Notes (SDNs) and pay part of the N215 billion backlog of interest and foreign exchange differentials on fuel subsidy, which the government owes oil importers.

OGUN SIGNS CONTRACT FOR LIGHT RAIL PROJECT

L-R: Chairman of CCECC, Mr. Cao Baogang exchanging the agreement paper with Ogun state Governor, Ibikunle Amosun after the signing today in Abeokuta

FCT MINISTER NAMES STREETS AFTER HIIMSELF, JONATHAN, OTHERS

The Federal Capital Territory has honoured some Nigerians and other accomplished Africans by naming streets in Asokoro Extension, Guzape, Wupa, Wuye and Maitama Extension districts as well as expressways and roads after them.
Senator Bala Mohammed, Federal Capital Territory Minister stated this during the FCT Executive Committee meeting held at his Life Camp, Gwarinpa official Residence, on Monday, reeled out the names of the honorees as President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President, late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo, former Speaker of House of Representatives and Katsina State Governor-elect, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Dahiru Musdapha, Business moguls, Femi Otedola, Aliko Dangote and several others.

JONATHAN APPOINTS PETER OBI AS CHAIRMAN, SEC

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi Thomas of his appointment with immediate effect.
In a statement by Reuben Abati, Presidential spokesman and media adviser, Jonathan has also approved the appointment of Mr. Olufemi A. Akingbade as acting Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the NHIS.

ONDO DEPUTY GOVERNOR IMPEACHED

The Ondo state house of assembly has impeached Alli Olanusi, the deputy governor.
Twenty-four out of the 26 lawmakers endorsed the impeachment motion moved by Henry Akinsoyinu,the majority leader.

BUHARI TO PROBE ALLEGEDLY MISSING $20BILLION

General Muhammadu Buhari

Efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan administration to close the curtain on allegations of unremitted $20billion into the national coffers by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC seem to have hit the rocks as General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd) Nigeria’s president-elect said he will initiate a fresh probe into the issue when he resumes office.

NIGERIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH AFRICA

Nigeria recalled its ambassador to South Africa on Saturday in the latest sign of African countries' discontent at Pretoria's handling of attacks on immigrants.

INTERNET FRAUDSTER BAGS TWO YEARS

An internet fraudster, Okwuka Olisaebuka Ifeanyi, whose modus operandi is to hack into people’s email to commit fraud, was on April 23, 2015 sentenced to two years imprisonment by Justice H.A Nganjiwa, of the

OKOROCHA WINS RE-ELECTION IN IMO

Governor Rochas Okorocha has been declared winner of the governorship election in Imo state, east of Nigeria.

IKPEAZU WINS ABIA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has been declared winner of the governorship election in Abia state.

ARMY RETIRES 31 GENERALS

History was made in the Nigerian Army on Friday as 31 Major Generals and Brigadier Generals were pulled out of the Nigerian Army having successfully completed 35 years or attained the age of 56 years in service.
This is the first time in the history of the Nigerian Army that such number of officers who retired between 2014 and 2015 were being pulled out the same time.

EXCLUSIVE; THE UEFA SEMI FINAL DRAWS

Barcelona have been drawn against Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals.

The other last-four tie sees Juventus - in their first semi-final since 2003 - face Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid, the defending champions.

NIGERIA MAY LOSE $10B IN 2015 DUE TO DROP IN CRUDE PRICE

Nigeria’s oil and gas revenue will drop by 10 billion dollars in 2015, if crude oil price average 53 dollars per barrel compared to 77.5 dollars in 2014, the Oil Producer Trade Section (OPTS) has warned.

SUNNY ADE'S MD, SUNNY WONDER, IS DEAD

King Sunny Ade’s Managing Director and Juju Musician, Sunday Abayomi, popularly called Sunny Wonder, is dead.

LANDMINES HINDER MILITARY ADVANCE INTO SAMBISA

Nigerian troops were forced to retreat from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in the restive northeast after a landmine blast killed one soldier and three vigilantes, security sources said Thursday.
Military top brass said on Wednesday that soldiers were conducting offensives “in some forest locations” in the area after it was announced last week that operations were imminent.

HOUSE OF REPS FINALLY PASSED THE 2015 BUDGET

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the 2015 budget of N4.4 trillion with an appeal to the incoming administration to submit supplementary appropriation to boost capital allocation for development and job creation.

BREAKING; GUNMEN KIDNAP THE PRESIDENT'S LG CHAIRMAN

Daredevil gunmen today kidnapped Mr Enaye Abah, the Chairman of Ogbia Local Government council of Bayelsa state.

THE TINUBU PHENOMENOM - REUTERS

“I am a talent hunter. I put talents in office, I help them,” says former Lagos state governor and opposition alliance leader Bola Tinubu, being quite open about his role as one of Nigeria’s most powerful political godfathers.

SOUTH AFRICA CLOSES LAGOS CONSULATE

Following protests by Nigerians against attacks on foreigners in South Africa, the country on Wednesday announced the closure of its consulate in Lagos.

FINALLY, NIGERIAN ARMY ENTERS SAMBISA FOREST

At last, Nigerian forces backed by warplanes invaded Islamist group Boko Haram’s last known stronghold, the Sambisa forest, on Wednesday, in an effort to finally defeat their six-year-old insurgency, two military sources said.

LASU: STUDENTS BODY CALLS FOR RE-OPENING OF CAMPUS

The Lagos State University Students’ Union, LASUSU, has made a demand for the immediate re-opening of the institution.

HOW I WAS SWINDLED - BAMAIYI

A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd.), on Tuesday, narrated to a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, how he was allegedly swindled by an alleged serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, with the aid of a suspended court registrar, Mrs. Oluronke Rosulu.

AT LAST, KESHI SIGNS CONTRACT

Stephen Keshi: reinstated as Super Eagles head coach

Stephen Keshi has signed a two-year contract extension to manage Nigeria’s national mens football team, ending months of topsy-turvy speculation over his future.

THE NEW IGP; HIS PROFILE

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba of his appointment and duties with immediate effect.

RIVERS GUBER ELECTION STANDS - JEGA

Attahiru Jega, chairman of the independent national electoral commission (INEC), says the commission will not cancel the result of the governorship election in Rivers state, despite numerous allegations of voter intimidation, ballot-box snatching and phantom voting.

JONATHAN SACKS ABBA, APPOINTS SOLOMON ARISE AS Ag. IGP

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked Inspector General of Police Suleiman Abba and has immediately appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase as acting IGP with immediate effect.

EKITI ON LOCKDOWN AS GOVERNOR, HOUSE FLEX MUSCLES

Pupils in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, were sent back home Monday morning and civil servants stayed away from the State Secretariat for fear of being caught in a potential outbreak of violence following the call by Governor Ayodele Fayose to Okada riders and drivers to rise up and help him protect his mandate.
Nineteen lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress have initiated impeachment proceedings against him and have requested the state chief judge to raise a panel to probe the governor.

NO CABINET APPOINTMENTS YET - APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerians to disregard the speculations concerning the appointment of ministers and the zoning of offices under the incoming Buhari administration.

BUHARI SHOULD BE A NATIONAL, NOT NORTHERN PRESIDENT - BAKARE

Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, has advised leaders in the Northern part of Nigeria not to see the in-coming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari as the government of the northern region by bringing in nepotism.

BOMB ROCKS MOSQUE IN POTISKUM, INJURES THREE

A botched suspected Boko Haram suicide attack targeting a group of Shiite Muslims injured three people in northeast Nigeria on Monday, witnesses told AFP.

POST ELECTION VIOLENCE; FOUR KILLED IN RIVERS

Rivers state is gradually turning to a killing field as unknown gunmen have killed four persons in Rivers State. The killings took place in Okrika and Eleme Local Government Areas of the state.

PRESIDENCY DENIES SPENDING N2 TRILLION ON RE ELECTION CAMPAIGN

The Presidency has denied that it spent N2 trillion on April 19 election according to a media report not Vanguard.

WE ARE READY FOR BUHARI - NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has stated its readiness for the proposed reform plan of in-coming President, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd).

23 DIE IN COMMUNAL CLASH IN BENUE

At least 23 villagers have died in clashes between two mainly fishing and farming communities in central Nigeria’s Benue state, police said Sunday.

ASTON VILLA BEAT LIVERPOOL 2-1, MEET ARSENAL IN FINAL

Fabian Delph destroyed Steven Gerrard’s hopes of a fairytale Liverpool send-off by scoring the winner as Aston Villa reached the FA Cup final with a 2-1 victory on Sunday.

ABACHA'S INFORMATION MINISTER, CHUKWUMERIJE DIES AT 75

Senator Uche Chukwumerije, Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche is dead. He died of cancer on Sunday, aged 75.

LOCAL GOVT CHAIRMAN ABDUCTED BY GUNMEN IN RIVERS

The Police Command in Rivers state has confirmed the abduction of Cassidy Ikegbudu, Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Ahoada East local government area.

ZUMA VOWS TO STOP XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS

South African President Jacob Zuma has visited a refugee camp in the port city of Durban after a fresh outbreak of anti-foreigner violence.

Mr Zuma told those who had fled the violence that it went against South African values and that he would bring it to an end.

WINNIE MANDELA DISCLAIMS ANTI MADIBA INTERVIEW

Winnie Mandela, the former wife of ex-President Nelson Mandela, has denied giving an interview accusing him of letting down black South Africans.

Ms Madikizela-Mandela said the article, published in London's Evening Standard newspaper this week, was a fabrication.

ARSENAL QUALIFIES FOR FA CUP FINAL, BEAT READING 2-1

Holders Arsenal reached a record 19th FA Cup final after two goals from Alexis Sanchez sealed victory over Reading in extra-time.

MESSI SCORES 400TH BARCA CAREER GOAL

Lionel Messi scored the 400th goal of his Barcelona career as the Catalans beat Champions League-chasing Valencia 2-0 at the Camp Nou on Saturday.

AMBODE, OTHERS COLLECT CERTIFICATES OF RETURN

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the Lagos State governor-elect, Akinwumi Abode and other elected candidates in the last general elections.

The certificates were presented to them at an elaborate ceremony held at Archishop Vinning Memorial Hall, Oba Akinjobi Street, Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

LAGOS GOVT SUE 686 COYS OVER N11B UNPAID TAXES

The Lagos State Government has sued 686 companies for evading tax to the tune of N11.1 billion.

The cases were filed at the High Court of Lagos in a bid to retrieve the money, says Chairman, Lagos Internal Revenue Service, Tunde Fowler, at a ministerial news conference on Wednesday in Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS GROUND DOMESTIC FLIGHTS

A strike by air traffic controllers grounded all domestic flights in Nigeria on Thursday leaving passengers stranded at terminals across the country, an official said.

PDP NOT DEAD, BUT.... - GOV. ALIYU

The outgoing Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, on Wednesday declared that the Peoples Democratic Party is not dead.

POLICE PARADES DEVIL NANNY

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, has said the police have arrested Mary Akinloye, the 23-year-old nanny, an indigene of Ibadan, Oyo State, who allegedly kidnapped three children in the Surulere area of Lagos State, western Nigeria.

FEMI FANI KAYODE IN CAMPAIGN FUNDS CONTROVERSY

The Director, Media and Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is immersed in a controversy over alleged $2 million situation offices for the Peoples Democratic Party across the 36 states and the FCT.

WHY I QUICKLY CONCEDED - JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan has defended his decision to concede defeat to Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28 election, saying he was concerned about allowing his personal ambition scuttle a democratic system he helped nurtured, with the likely consequence of a “collective tragedy”.

WE DID NOT DISOBEY COURT ORDER - MULTICHOICE

Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners and operators of DStv, has described as inaccurate publications, news reports and commentaries on various media platforms that it disobeyed an interim injunction restraining it from enforcing the increase in subscription rates for its programmes bouquet.

ZUMA CALLS FOR END TO ATTACKS ON AFRICANS IN RSA

South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday appealed for the end of attacks on immigrants as a wave of violence that has left at least six people dead threatened to spread across the country.

SUPPORT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION - JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja urged world leaders and international institutions to give their fullest possible support to the incoming Administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

WE WILL DEAL WITH TROUBLE MAKERS - AJIMOBI

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state has warned that his administration would not tolerate any form of violence from Senator Rasheed Ladoja, the Accord Party governorship candidate who lost to him in last election, stressing that, the full weight of law would be used to deal with him if he misbehaves.

ABDUCTED LAGOS KIDS RECOVERED - POLICE

The Orekoya siblings, Aderomola (11 months old), Adedamola (4 years old) and Demola (6 years old) were rescued by the Police late Tuesday and have been reunited with their parents. They are currently being treated at the Nigeria Police Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos.

WHAT HAPPENED IN RIVERS IS DAYLIGHT ROBBERY - AMAECHI

The governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that he will never accept the electoral victory of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, stressing that the election was a daylight robbery.

PRESIDENT'S VETO SHOCKS SENATE

President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter to the National Assembly, r.ejecting amendments to the 1999 Constitution, which was read on the floor of Senate on Wednesday by Senate President, David Mark, was received with shock by some members, who openly expressed surprise at the reasons why the President vetoed the bill.

JONATHAN MAY HAND OVER MAY 28

President Goodluck Jonathan will hand over the reigns of affairs of the country to the President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on May 28, about 24 hours before Buhari’s inauguration.
Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Jonathan.

CONFIDENCE GROWS ON THE ECONOMY AFTER THE ELECTIONS

Portfolio inflows to Nigeria jumped since last month’s presidential elections, easing pressure on the currency of Africa’s biggest oil producer, according to the central bank.

PDP HAILS JUDGEMENT ON FAYOSE

The Peoples Democratic Party has described Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding the election of Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, as a triumph of democracy and the rule of law.

DIAMOND BANK DOWNSIZES WORK FORCE

The economic downturn in the country, coupled with the difficult regulatory climate, seems to be taking its toll on the financial sector as one of the top financial institutions, Diamond Banks Plc has sacked over 1,000 workers.

WE WILL GET THE GIRLS BACK BEFORE HANDOVER - NSA DASUKI

Colonel Sambo Dasuki, (retd), Nigeria National Security Adviser (NSA) has given an assurance that the Federal Government was making every effort to ensure that the girls along with every other Nigerian abducted by terrorists are rescued.

PHOTOSPEAK; THE LAGOS PASSING OF BATON

EU OBSERVERS KNOCK RIVERS, AKWA IBOM ELECTIONS

The EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) has called for investigations of what it described as “credible reports” of systematic poll frauds in Akwa Ibom and Rivers States in last Saturday’s gubernatorial and state houses of assembly elections held across Nigeria.

Nigeria Elections 2015: What Went Right? – By Antony Goldman

Long before the counting was complete, the inquest at Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign headquarters had begun. How could their candidate in the 28 March Presidential election have become the first incumbent since independence in 1960 to lose? And for many more Nigerians there was an equally pressing question: what could they now expect?

DEPUTY SPEAKER, 6 OTHERS LOST OUT IN LAGOS ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Taiwo Kolawole, has lost his chance to return to the House for a fifth term to represent Ajeromi-Ifelodun Constituency 1 as he was defeated by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the constituency, Dayo Famakinwa.

APC WINS BIG ACROSS BOARD IN STATE ELECTIONS

The party of Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari has won governorship elections in a majority of Nigeria’s 36 states, building its strength nationwide after a historic presidential win, official results showed Monday.

I WILL RUN AN ALL INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT - AMBODE

Lagos State Governor-elect, Akinwunmi Ambode has declared that he won’t discriminate against any tribe in the course of governing the state.

APC CONSOLIDATES HOLD ON REGIONAL POWERHOUSES

Nigeria's All Progressives Congress on Sunday made key gains in regional elections and kept power in the economic capital Lagos, strengthening its position nationwide after a historic win in the presidential vote last month.

APC LOSES SENATE SEAT, CLEARS HOA RESULTS IN EDO

The Minority Whip of Federal House of Representatives, Samson Osagie, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lost his bid to represent Edo South at the Senate.

RIBADU ACCEPTS DEFEAT, CONGRATULATES WINNER

Without waiting for the official declaration of the Adamawa governorship election result, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party issued a concession address Sunday.
He was trailing a distant third in a contest locked up for Senator Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress. Marcus Gundiri of the Social Democratic Party, who once lost an election to the former governor, is second.

AGBAJE CONCEDES, CONGRATULATES AMBODE

Jimi Agbaje the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has congratulated his opponent and winner of the Lagos state governorship election, Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress.

FOR THE RECORDS; LAGOS GUBER RESULTS

APC PDP

RIVERS ELECTION, A SHAM - OBSERVERS

International election observers on Sunday called for the cancellation of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers.

WE ARE BECOMING DEMOCRATICALLY MATURED - OBJ

Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the nation’s democratic process in fast maturing in view of the success recorded in the March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections.

ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY - BUHARI

President-Elect Buhari spoke exclusively with SaharaTV on how he plans to deal with corruption, the government’s finances, Boko Haram, and Nigeria’s economy. Most notably he blamed Minister Iweala for the financial situation in Nigeria, and that he will make his Ministerial appointees declare their assets to the public.

ROCHAS RETAINS GUBER SEAT IN IMO

Incumbent Governor Rochas Okorocha has won the keenly contested Saturday’s governorship election in Imo state.

HILLARY CLINTON KICKS OFF 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

Hillary Clinton finally announced her White House candidacy Sunday, a move that empowers her to parry Republican attacks as she seeks to become the United States’ first female president.

CBN TO PUBLISH LIST OF CHRONIC DEBTORS

he Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday expressed deep concerns about the growing amount of Non-Performing Loans in the books of Deposit Money Banks and said it would publish the names of chronic debtors.

NANNY WHO KIDNAPPED 3 KIDS DEMANDS N15M

A nanny, Mary Akinloye, who allegedly kidnapped three kids in the Surulere area of Lagos State has demanded N15m from the victim’s parents, PUNCH Metro has learnt.

NO PVC, NO VOTING - INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received reports that some political leaders are asking members of the public to disregard its stated resolve to use Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and Smart Card Readers (SCRs) for the April 11, 2015 Governorship and State Assembly elections.

EKITI CJ MANDATED TO SET UP PANEL

The 19 APC members in Ekiti State House of Assembly has directed state Chief Judge Ayodeji Daramola to institute a panel of enquiry to investigate Governor Ayo Fayose.

NECO GETS NEW REGISTRAR

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Prof. Monday Tommy Joshua as the Registrar of National Examinations Council (NECO).

FOR THE RECORDS;THE NEW LOOK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Below is a table of the latest available results from constituencies declared in Nigeria’s March 28 national assembly elections, according to data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday.

NO STEALING UNDER MY WATCH - BUHARI

President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured Nigerians that he would run a transparent and accountable government.

APC'S JOB CREATION MASTERPLAN TO BE UNFOLDED MAY 29 - WAMAKO

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has said that the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, will unfold the All Progressives Congress, APC, master plan on job creation and social security related issues on May 29.

INEC SACKS TWO IN EDO OVER MALPRACTICES

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has sacked two Electoral Officers attached to Oredo and Orhiomwon local government Areas of Edo state over their alleged involvement in the disappearance of result sheets provided for elections in those areas in the 28 March Presidential and National Assembly elons.

MY CONCESSION, NOT LINCENSE FOR INTIMIDATION - GEJ

President Goodluck Jonathan has alleged that some people are taking undue advantage of his decision to concede defeat during the presidential election.

EDITORIAL ;LAGOS AND THE MIGRANT QUESTION

I was born in Lagos. I was born at the famed Massey Street Hospital. I was born in the year when Nigeria became a republic, and the yaba clock tower was the border with the western region and what is now the Ajah corridor a western region territory.

PALACE DIMS CITY'S HOPE WITH A 2-1 WIN

Manchester City's hopes of retaining their title suffered another huge blow with defeat at Selhurst Park.

Glenn Murray put Crystal Palace ahead with a tap-in from close range before Jason Puncheon fired in a brilliant free-kick from the edge of the box.

BOKO HARAM GUNMEN ATTACK BORNO VILLAGE

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on villagers and torched a number of buildings in a new attack in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said Monday.

ONLY CARD READERS FOR SATURDAY'S ELECTIONS - INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated it will use the Card Readers in the forthcoming governorship and House of Assembly elections across the country.

RIVERS IS MINE - WIKE

Nyesom Wike, the Rivers state governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP, has boasted that the victory recorded by the party during the presidential would not be repeated during the Saturday April 11, Governorship and State Assembly elections by the All Progressives Congress, APC.

SERENA WINS RECORD 8TH MIAMI TITLE

World number one Serena Williams joined an elite club Saturday, winning her eighth Miami WTA title with a comprehensive 6-2, 6-0 win over Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro.

IGNORE PDP'S DESPERATION - FASHOLA

The Lagos State Government at the weekend debunked the propaganda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Minimum Wage in the State’s Civil Service saying the State Government remains the first State in the Federation that implemented the Federal Government approved Minimum Wage structure.

JONATHAN NEVER TRIED TO COMPROMISE ME - JEGA

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has exonerated President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan from the various rumours making the rounds that the president had put pressure on him to act in his favour during the elections

WEDDING GUESTS PERISH IN BAUCHI CRASH

At least seven people were killed and 18 others seriously injured when a bus carrying wedding guests crashed into an armoured military vehicle in northeast Nigeria, an official said Saturday.

ARSENE DOWNPLAYS LEAGUE CHASE, FOCUSES ON FA CUP

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that the Premier League title is still beyond his players despite their emergence as the English top flight’s form side ahead of the season run-in.

GO OUT AND VOTE APC - PRESIDENT-ELECT

The president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has urged supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to come out en masse on April 11 to vote for the party’s governorship and house of assembly candidates.

WE WILL TAKE A STAND LATER - IJAW YOUTHS

Ijaw youths are meeting tomorrow to take a definite stand on the loss of the presidency by Dr Goodluck Jonathan in last week’s elections.

FOR THE RECORDS; CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO GEN. BUHARI - GANI ADAMS

MY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT ELECT - GANI ADAMS
I wish to send my congratulations to the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, on his success in the recently-concluded presidential election.

THE GODS ARE PLEASED WITH NIGERIA - YEMI ELEBUIBON

IFAYEMI Elebuibon, a celebrated Ifa priest, artiste, playwright and teacher, tells OLUWABUNMI AJAYI on politics and culture and, especially on what Nigeria will look like under president- elect, Muhammadu Buhari. Excerpts:

10 GUBER CANDIDATES STEP DOWN FOR AMBODE

Governorship candidates of 10 opposition parties in Lagos State on Friday stepped down and declared support for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.

JONATHAN SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH PSYCOPHANTS - EZEKWEZILI

A former Minister of Education and an advocate of the Bring Back Our Girls Group, Oby Ezekwesili, has said when a review of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration is done, Nigerians will realise how much damage sycophancy did to governance under the outgoing President’s watch.

SHAGARI CONGRATULATES BUHARI, COMMENDS NIGERIANS

Former President Shehu Shagari has congratulated the president-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari over his victory at the just-concluded presidential election.

KANO REC AND THREE OTHERS PERISH IN FIRE OUTBREAK

Resident Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Alhaji Abdullahi Minkaila is dead.

FIRE OUTBREAK AT LAGOS AIRPORT

There was a fire incident on Wednesday at the “E” arrival wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said in a statement.
FAAN said the incident occurred at about 1:13 p.m.

LET US LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND - SHOYINKA

NOBEL laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has said “there is a moment when we must put the past aside, most especially when what presumes to the present becomes intolerable and continues and threatens to prolong itself, then we have to be more pragmatic.”

DONT DISAPPOINT NIGERIA- SULTAN TELLS BUHARI

President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, not to disappoint Nigerians, who voted him to power.
He stated that Nigerians have high expectations from him.

FIVE REASONS WHY JONATHAN LOST

Nigerians are so used to the idea that an incumbent should win presidential elections that President Goodluck Jonathan’s failure to beat Gen Muhammadu Buhari needs some explaining.

FOUR EMIRATES STAFF DOCKED FOR STEALING 1.6M USD

Four Emirates Airlines staff have been arraigned before of a Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged theft of $1.6 million belonging to a Lagos businessman Prince Chu Ikem Orji.‬
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PDP IS DOWN, BUT NOT OUT - MUAZU

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says though it lost the March 28, presidential election to the All Progressives Congress (APC), it is not downcast.

9 CHADIAN, ONE NIGERIEN TROOPS FELL IN BH AMBUSH

Nine Chadian troops and one Niger soldier were killed after being ambushed by Boko Haram fighters in northeastern Nigeria, army spokesmen said Thursday.

BOMB EXPLOSION HITS GOMBE, KILLS FIVE

An explosion near a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least five and injured 15 others, witnesses told AFP on Thursday, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR NIGER DELTA

Nigeria’s oil-rich southern territory has been a warzone for Nigerians over time, and for Western oil companies doing business there.

NIGERIAN INMATE IN INDONESIA GETS THE DEATH SENTENCE

Simon Ezeaputa, a Nigerian resident in Indonesia, has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking.
According to local media, a district court in Tangerang, near Jakarta, found Ezeaputa guilty of controlling a drug transaction from his prison cell, where he was serving a 20-year jail term for drug offences.

US LAUDS NIGERIA ON HISTORICAL POLL

The United States secretary of state John Kerry has sent a message of congratulation to the Federal Government and entire Nigerians for the peaceful conduct of last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.

THE WORLD APPLAUDS NIGERIA OVER POLLS

World lead­ers yesterday hailed the out­come of the presidential elections in Ni­geria.
They expressed satisfaction and excitement over the calm with which all the stakehold­ers, particularly the two major contenders, President Good­luck Jonathan and the winner, General Muhammadu Buhari accepted the result.

I HAVE HAD ENOUGH - JEGA

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, said he would not serve another term, in the same capacity, even if his tenure was renewed.

I DID MY BEST - JONATHAN

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has thanked Nigerians for successfully going through the presidential election, noting that he has expanded the democratic space in the country.

BUHARI'S ELECTION TRIGGERS RISE IN STOCKS

The basic health barometers of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), on Wednesday responded in an unprecedented manner to the official announcement of General Muhammadu Buhari as fourth President of Nigeria since May 29, 1999, in the early hours of the day, after a keenly contested election laced with many anxious moments in its build up.

EKITI ; APC LAWMAKERS TO RETURN

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has asked the 19 APC lawmakers in the state to return and commence sitting, saying the end of impunity has come with the victory of Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

EXTERNAL RESERVE FELL TO 29.7 USD

The nation’s foreign exchange reserves fell by 4.9 per cent to $29.79bn on March 30, from $31.35bn in February, data from the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday showed.
Year-on-year, the reserves fell by 21.3 per cent from $37.83bn in March 2014 to stand at the new balance

WE WOULD BE MAGNANIMOUS IN VICTORY - AMAECHI

Gov. Rotimi Amaechi, Director-General of All Progressives Congress’ (APC) Presidential Campaign Organisation, said on Tuesday that the party would be magnanimous in victory when it takes over power on May 29.

OBJ CONGRATULATES GMB

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated the Presidential candidate of the All progressives congress, Muhammadu Buhari, for emerging victorious in the presidential polls.

A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT-ELECT GMB

Fellow Nigerians, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria called me, on phone, some few minutes ago to congratulate me on the presidential election victory that was fought for by you and won
through your commitment.

HOW BUHARI WON

After three previous failed shots at the presidency, Muhammadu Buhari is finally moving into Aso Rock, Nigeria’s presidential palace,as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

MEND CONGRATULATES BUHARI

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has extended its heartfelt congratulations to president elect General Muhammadu Buhari on his victory in the 2015 presidential elections.

I HAVE KEPT MY PROMISE - JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan who lost in the presidential election to General Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians that he has kept his promise to them by ensuring a free and fair election.

JONATHAN HAS KEPT HIS WORD - ABDULSALAMI

His words: “The elections have been very peaceful despite the hitches here and there. “At the end of the elections, at the counting, that there were a lot of upheavals that have happened, but thankfully they have all been contained.

CAN CONGRATULATES BUHARI ON ELECTION

The National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, and the Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, on Tuesday congratulated the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on his election.

NIGERIA ELECTS FORMER LEADER

On Tuesday, voters in Nigeria selected the country's former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari as the new president, unseating divisive incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. "With all but one of Nigeria’s 36 states counted," The New York Times reported on Tuesday, "Buhari held a lead of more than two million votes."

Buhari's Historic Win

NIGERIA IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE

Muhammadu Buhari has defeated President Goodluck Jonathan to become the new president of Nigeria, according to election results Tuesday. This is the first time in Nigeria's fifty-four-year history that an incumbent president has been voted out of office.

WHY JONATHAN LOST - BABANGIDA

Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan lost the presidential election to Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, because Jonathan failed to meet the yearnings and aaspiration of Nigeria’s citizens.

JONATHAN CONGRATULATES BUHARI

President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party has reportedly called General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress to congratulate him on his victory.

JONATHAN IS A WORTHY OPPONENT - BUHARI

Nigerian election winner Muhammadu Buhari congratulated outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan for peacefully relinquishing power on Wednesday, a day after becoming the first Nigerian politician to unseat a sitting leader at the ballot box.

BUHARI; FOURTH TIME THE CHARM

The popular saying goes: ‘Once beaten, twice shy’ but that does not apply to General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate.

THIS IS NIGERIA'S FINEST MOMENT - TINUBU

Former governor of Lagos state and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the victory of the presidential candidate of the APC, General Buhari as Nigeria’s finest moment in its political history.