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Official statement by president Jonathan after the announcement of the results of presidential election Fellow Nigerians, I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections. I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process. That is one legacy I will like to see endure. Although some people have expressed mixed feelings about the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), I urge those who may feel aggrieved to follow due process based on our constitution and our electoral laws, in seeking redress. As I have always affirmed, nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. The unity, stability and progress of our dear country is more important than anything else. I congratulate all Nigerians for successfully going through the process of the March 28th General Elections with the commendable enth...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally announced the results for the last Saturday’s Presidential election. According to the commission, the All Progressive Congress (APC) polled a total of 15,424,921 to defeat the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who only got 12, 853,162 votes. Other parties and their results are as follows: Announcing the results, Chairman of the commission, Prof Attahiru Jega noted that there were a total of 31,746,490 accredited voters. According to him, the total number of votes cast on the Election day stood at 29,432,083, out of which 844,519 votes were rejected and another 28,587,564 voted considered valid. AA = 22,125, ACPN = 40,311 AD = 30,673 ADC = 29,666 APA = 53,537 CPP = 36,300 HOPE = 7,435 KOWA = 13,076 NCP = 24,455 PPM = 24,475 UDP = 9,208 UPP = 18,220

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The results of the March 28 presidential general elections in Lagos as released by the state’s INEC headquarters. The results for the two major political parties, APC and PDP as announced by the collation officers of each of the 20 local government areas in the state, are as follows: AGEGE APC: 54,611 PDP: 25,596 AJEROMI-IFELODUN APC: 37,716 PDP: 57,494 ALIMOSHO APC: 87,897 PDP: 59,316 AMUWO-ODOFIN APC: 24,612 PDP: 39,291 BADAGRY: APC: 24,137 PDP: 23,296 EPE APC: 19,179 PDP: 16,400 ETI-OSA APC: 28,188 PDP: 21,480 IBEJU-LEKKI APC: 12,016 PDP: 10,812 IFAKO-IJAIYE APC: 50,607 PDP: 22,980 IKEJA APC: 29,893 PDP: 23,836 IKORODU APC: 49,901 PDP: 29,604 LAGOS ISLAND APC: 33,242 PDP: 13,002 LAGOS MAINLAND APC: 33,898 PDP: 23,857 MUSHIN APC: 60,778 PDP: 33,377 OJO APC: 26,117 PDP: 40,685 OSHODI-ISOLO APC: 42,585 PDP: 48,878 SURULERE APC: 52,798 PDP: 58,649 KOSOFE APC: 56,170 PDP: 33,945 APAPA APC: 23,818 PD...

Kano - Troops battled scores of Boko Haram fighters outside the northeastern city of Bauchi on Sunday, residents and a military source told AFP. Soldiers supported by two fighter jets intercepted the militants who were in 20 pick-up trucks at Dungulbe village, seven kilometres (four miles) from the city, and engaged them in fierce fighting. "The fighter jets are pounding the enemy position while ground troops are engaging them," said a military officer in the city, who asked not to be identified, in an account supported by residents. "The operation is still ongoing but the terrorists have suffered serious losses and are in disarray," the officer added. The fighting was taking place as Nigeria was holding a second day of voting in its general election after technology failures hampered polling on Saturday. The Islamists arrived in the village around 10:00 am (0900 GMT) and set up camp in preparation for an invasion of the city, said Dungulbe r...

Amid the security challenges in the country, Nigerians troop out on election day to casts their votes as they prepare for another era of governance, they came out even under the rains in Lagos, violence in gombe, both the young and the old. This is truly one of the best elections the country has ever witnessed.

In an exclusive interview with SaharaTV, Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi says that he believes that today’s presidential elections held in River State were irreparably compromised, and the results must be cancelled. Amaechi, all All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, alleges that interference on the party of the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has adversely influenced the result of the contest. Claiming the PDP is working with officials and security agents to rig the contest by withholding result sheets, Amaechi says the results of the election today in Rivers cannot be trusted. “The police [are] arresting everyone that is arrestable, the police carrying ballot boxes, they are also aiding PDP supporters,” Amaechi said. He added all the election equipment and materials, especially result sheets, are in PDP agent hands. "I couldn’t vote. In the country, we’re doing very well. In Rivers State, we discovered that a...

By Tim Hepher and Jean-Francois Rosnoblet PARIS/SEYNE-LES-ALPES (Reuters) - A young German co-pilot barricaded himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and apparently set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, French prosecutors said on Thursday. They offered no motive for why Andreas Lubitz, 27, would take the controls of the Airbus A320, lock the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately set it veering down from cruising altitude at 3,000 feet per minute. German police searched his home for evidence that might offer some explanation for what was behind Tuesday's crash in the French Alps. The scenario stunned the aviation world. Within hours of the prosecutors' announcement, several airlines responded by immediately changing their rules to require a second crew member to be in the cockpit at all times. That is already compulsory in the United States but not in Europe. Canada sai...

THOSE INEC STAFF THAT WERE KILLED BY THE SAID BOKO HARAM IN DUKKU LGA. An APC Hon. Member representing Dukku North at the State Assembly, the NUT State Treasurer, a Police man were among the eight people killed today by Boko Haram. Story from Maryland.

INEC just announced via its newly created Twitter account for alerts @INECAlert that elections will be postponed till tomorrow in some polling units. This affects areas where accreditation has been slow or impossible due to card reader errors. Accreditation will be suspended in some polling units to the next day in accordance with the 2015 general elections guidelines where card readers fail to work and cannot be replaced.

Jonathan Asks Court To Set Aside Order Barring Soldiers From Elections by Slynonny (m): 6:35am lagos—President Goodluck Jonathan, has asked the Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos, to set aside the Federal High Court order, which restrained him from deploying soldiers to assist the police in providing security during the general elections, which is starting tomorrow across the country. The judge at the lower court, Justice Ibrahim Buba, had in the suit by a House of Representatives member, Femi Gbajabiamil held that the President cannot deploy soldiers without the National Assembly’s approval. Other respondents in the suit were the Chief of Defence Staff, the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Air Staff, the Chief of Naval Staff and the Attorney-General of the Federation. President Jonathan through his counsel, Deacon Dele Adesina, SAN, in the appeal, is praying the appellate court, to dismiss the judgement of the lower court in its entirety for lack...

A coordinated attack is set to be carried out by the military to liberate Gwoza, Borno State, from Boko Haram captivity as the defence authorities have deployed four attack helicopters and two air force fighter jets to flush out the terrorists in the areas. A reliable source in the military told our correspondent on Thursday that the attack helicopters and the fighter jets departed Yola, Adamawa State, at about 3pm, heading for Gwoza, the last town in Borno State under the control of terror sect. The source told our correspondent on the telephone that ground forces from Bama, Borno State, and Madagali in Adamawa State, were advancing towards Gwoza in the air and ground operation to end the reign of the insurgents in the area. President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, promised that the terror sect would be flushed out of Gwoza, where the kidnapped Chibok girls are allegedly being kept.

What would have been a Nollywood fairytale romance between actress Ini Edo and handsome actor, Mike Godson has collapsed irretrievably, EE has learnt. EE gathered exclusively from sources that the actor has been telling anyone who cares to listen that it is now over between them and he has moved on quickly with his life. Curiously, the celebrity lovers arrived and left separately at the Showbiz Interactive With President Jonathan which held on Sunday at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. “It was obvious from their body language that all was not well again between them. They did their best to avoid each other and sat at a measured distance from one another,” confided a source at the event. “Mike told me that he dumped Ini and has move on with is life. Who wants to be a treated as a intimacy gadget?” queries a sourced that doesn’t want his name revealed. Insiders said that trouble started when Mike Godson became uncomfortabl...

Nollywoodstar actress and producer, Rita Dominic set tongues wagging and eyes popping recently as she attended two separate events, spotting a beautiful ring(supposed engagement ring) on her ‘finger’. Rita attended the premiere of Nollywood colleague, Ini Edo’s film,While You Slept at the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, and the unveiling and premiere of the new B430TV series in Lagos this past week. Is she really engaged? Who is this lucky man? We are waiting for an answer.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said Computer-Based Test (CBT) would be used to conduct examinations for applicants of the 2015 recruitment into the service. Mr. Chukwuemeka Obua, the Public Relations Officer of the service, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. Obua said this was to prevent a reoccurrence of the 2014 recruitment where a stampede was recorded at various centres across the country due to large crowd of applicants. He said the CBT would also be used to conduct the examination in order to test the computer literacy level of applicants. He said this was a basic requirement for employment into the service. “ This is the process that will be adopted for the recruitment in order to prevent the reoccurrence of the past incident. Four or five computer centres will be designated in each state of the federation. “ Applicants will be divided according to these centres and they will be communicated online...