Nigerians have made history through the ballot – APC

The National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday said Nigerians had made history through the ballot box.

Don’t destroy property or fight while celebrating; Buhari cautions supporters

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Gen. Muhammadu Buhari

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate in the just-concluded elections, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,  has urged the party’s supporters to avoid molestation of opponents in their celebration.

Buhari: It’s a new dawn – Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Eric Aliyu Oshiomhole of Edo State has congratulated the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 General elections, General Muhammadu Buhari, on his victory and emergence as President-elect, saying the victory represents a new dawn in the nation’s polity.

Buhari’s victory: Celebration erupts in Kano

The streets of Kanio ahead of BUhari’s declaration as winner of 2015 presidential election.

Kano streets were thrown into celebration, Tuesday evening,  ahead of the declaration of Buhari as the winner of the 2015 presidential election.

Buhari’s victory has rescued Nigeria from the jaw of death – Aregbesola

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun celebrating

The Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, described the victory of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives (APC) Congress, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, as the best thing to happen to a country that has endured 16 years of misrule at the centre.

Abdulsalami Commends Jonathan for conceding defeat.

Abdusalami

The chairman of the National Peace committee on 2015 presidential Election, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for being a statesman by conceding defeat and congratulating General Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the Presidential Election.
Addressing state House correspondents after meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, Gen. Abdulsalami called on all Nigerians to emulate president Jonathan and allow for peace to reign in the country. He said those “those celebrating and those sorrowing” should always have the interest of the country at heart.
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 The chairman of the National Peace committee on 2015 presidential Election, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for being a statesman by conceding defeat and congratulating General Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the Presidential Election.

Addressing state House correspondents after meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, Gen. Abdulsalami called on all Nigerians to emulate president Jonathan and allow for peace to reign in the country. He said those “those celebrating and those sorrowing” should always have the interest of the country at heart.

Heather Mack won’t face Bali death penalty for ‘sadistic’ murder of her mother

A TEENAGER and her boyfriend have escaped calls for them to be sentenced to death for their role in the “sadistic” Bali murder of her mother. 

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The couple, whose 15-day-old baby girl was brought to Denpasar District Court with them today, heard prosecutors call for them to be jailed for 15 and 18 years.

Mother-in-law’s tombstone topples on Pennsylvania man, killing him

AN American man decorating his mother’s grave for Easter died on Monday when the headstone fell and crushed him, a newspaper said.




Warm spring weather thawing the frozen ground made the earth under the headstone less stable, causing it to fall on 74-year-old Stephen Woytack, the Scranton Times-Tribune reported.

Save the Children reports on disastrous state of schools in Syria

FOUR years on from the start of a brutal civil war, nearly three million children in Syria don’t receive an education, with consequences that will follow them for the rest of their lives. 

 A Syrian Kurdish girl in Kobane which has been destroyed in a battle between Kurdish forces and the Islamic

That’s according to a new report by charity group Save the Children which shows literacy rates in the country used to hover around 95 per cent for 15-24 years olds.

Yemen’s cities shake under intense Saudi air attack

ENORMOUS explosions ripped through suburban Yemen overnight as Saudi-led forces continued intensive air strikes to repel a rebel advance on the Gulf state’s capital. 

 Massive explosion lights up the night sky in Yemen

  As night fell yesterday, intense explosions could be heard throughout the rebel-held capital Sanaa, where warplanes had carried out strikes since the early morning. Military officials from both sides of the conflict said that air strikes were targeting areas east and south of the third largest city of Taiz, as well as its airport, while naval artillery and air strikes hit coastal areas east of Aden.

Photojournalist tweets heartbreaking picture of Syrian child

Children have been the worst affected in the Syrian conflict with 5.6 million in need of urgent help.

IT puts a devastating war into perspective.
Palestinian-based photojournalist Nadia Abu Shaban has tweeted a heartbreaking picture of a young child with hands raised, thinking a gun was being aimed at his head.

Would-be jihadist family arrested in Spain

A Moroccan couple linked to jihadist networks were arrested overnight in Spain, along with their teenage sons, who were about to travel to Syria, the Spanish interior ministry said Tuesday.

Why we stopped Suswam from going to Senate – CNPP

Governor suswam

MAKURDI – The Benue State chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, Mr. Baba Agan has stated that the constituents of Benue North East Senatorial zone rejected Governor

PDP sweeps presidential polls in Rivers

PORT HARCOURT—The  Independent National Electoral Comission,  INEC, has declared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, winner of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers State.

Pregnant lawyer, 14 others escape death as armed thugs sack Federal High Court in Bayelsa

About fifteen lawyers among them a pregnant woman and two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) yesterday escaped death in a stampede triggered by armed invasion of the Federal High Court in Yenagoa by suspected thugs over the suit between Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and Foster Ogola.

Thanks Nigerians

Nigerians Goes to the polls

NIGERIANS are determined to save their country. They may never get credit for the efforts they make to get the country going, but there are instances when the Nigerian spirit is too obvious to ignore.   

BSO calls for arrest of Fani-Kayode

ABUJA-Buhari Support Organization, BSO, has alleged that the federal government has entered into an unholy alliance with some Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs with an aim of declaring the PDP winner in the states where the results are yet to be declared public.
Fani-Kayode

The Organization also called for the arrest of the Director, Media and Publicity unit of the PDP presidential campaign organization, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode for announcing on Sunday that PDP was

Elections: Capital market operators project gradual equities rebound

Capital market operators

Lagos— Some capital market operators, yesterday, expressed optimism that the nation’s capital market would experience a boost with the near successful conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections.