Boko Haram kills five in Borno

Terror sect, Boko Haram, killed five persons on Saturday in Kayamla in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.

7 wedding guests killed, 18 injured in Bauchi auto 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.

The accident occurred late Friday when the bus full of women and children returning from a wedding collided with the armoured military vehicle outside the town of Azare in Bauchi state.

Under me, your money will be safe – Buhari

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has given assurances to Nigerians that he would handle state resources with utmost responsibility and honesty and that he would not condone the looting of public resources.

Speaking while receiving a delegation of the people of his home state, Katsina, who came to congratulate him on his election as President of Nigeria, Mr. Buhari regretted that the citizens had been made poorer by the 16 years of PDP maladministration in spite of the fact that the country received more income in that period than at any other time

'I will be leaving office in June - Prof. Jega says he has no interest in continuing as INEC chairman

INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega says he will be leaving office in June this year when his tenure as Chairman of the electoral body ends. In an interview with BBC Hausa, Professor Jega said even if he is asked to continue in office, he would not.

147 students massacred in Kenya. Where's the outrage from world leaders?

Early yesterday morning, 147 students in a Kenyan university were massacred by Somali terrorists, a day later, the world has moved on from the story. African lives matter too!

Niger Delta militants blow up pipeline in Delta state

A Niger Delta militant group identified as Urhobo Gbagbako, has blown up the NPDC Oil pipelines at Ighrenene, Afiesere and Ekiugbo communities in Delta State. In an email sent to reporters claiming responsibility for the bombing which occurred yesterday April 2nd, the spokesperson of the group, Priest Omodjuvwu, said the group, which consist of ex-militants, men, women & children of Urhobo origin, decided to blow up the oil pipeline following the continued neglect of the Urhobo militants in the pipelines protection contracts offered to ex-militants from other ethnic groups.

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS: 10 candidates step down for APC’s Ambode

Governorship candidates of 10 opposition political parties in Lagos State on Friday dropped their ambitions to contest the April 11 governorship elections in the state.


The candidates in the presence of their party chairmen, however, declared their total support for Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress.

They also directed all their supporters to vote for Ambode during the governorship and State House of Assembly elections on April 11.

ACF, Yoruba Forum caution Dokubo over militancy threat

The Arewa Consultative Forum and the Yoruba Unity Forum have chided a former Niger Delta militant, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, for threatening to return to the creeks with his people following the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in last Saturday’s election.

Asari-Dokubo was reported to have said on Wednesday that he and other militants might be forced to return to the creeks because the President’s defeat was owing to a gang up against the South-South and South-East by the North and South-West geo-political zones

President Jonathan and First Lady move personal belongings out of the Presidential Villa

President Goodluck Jonathan and his family members have started moving their personal belongings out of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, few days after the President lost his re-election bid, according to Punch Newspaper.

Journalists sighted some buses loaded with travel bags moving out of the President’s official residence at about midday on Friday.

Nine Chadian soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush

Nine Chadian soldiers have been killed and 16 wounded after being ambushed by Boko Haram fighters in northeastern Nigeria, the Chadian army said Thursday.

A military spokesman said the attack Wednesday took place about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the town of Malam Fatori, which Niger said had been retaken by regional forces from the Islamist militants earlier this week.

Jonathan acted in best interest of Nigeria – Kerry

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.

In a statement, Kerry said; “The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria and the Nigerian Government on historic and largely peaceful elections the weekend of March 28. We especially applaud all voters who showed patience and demonstrated their commitment to participate in the democratic process.

I have Been Jegamycind - by Charly Boy

Article written by Charly Boy. Read below...

I must first congratulate Mr. President, Goodluck Joanatan for his maturity, magnanimity and statesmanship by being the first to congratulate General Muhammadu Buhari on his win at the polls, e no easy sha. Accepting defeat. This is a sign of a shift in the right direction. Nigerians should be proud of the freest and the fairest election ever! Elections in Africa, over time, have come to be a time of despair for contesting candidates, and for the citizenry whose energies at seeking decent leadership for their  countries have always been a worthless effort

South East loses out in producing Nigeria's next Senate President

According to political analysts, the South East has lost the opportunity of producing the next Senate President or the Speaker of the House of Representative in the Gen Buhari-led administration come May 29th. According to political calculations, anyone who is to occupy these positions must come from the ruling party. Since the number one and two positions have already been taken by Gen Buhari a Hausa man and Prof Osinbajo, a Yoruba man, the Ibos were favored to produce the third key official, the Senate President

Masked gunmen storm Kenyan University this morning, 5 killed

Masked gunmen suspected to be members of Somalia Islamic sect, Al-Shabab, stormed Kenyan's Garissa University College, Garissa town, which is near the Somali border, this morning as students were praying in the school mosque and started shooting indiscriminately.

WATCH VIDEO: Buhari's first interview with BBC after winning presidential elections

BBC's Peter okwoche speaks to the Nigerian president elect Muhammadu Buhari after his victory.

Patience Jonathan congratulates Buhari’s wife, wishes her well in her new task

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, on Wednesday congratulated Hajia Aisha Buhari, wife of the President-elect on her husband’s victory during the Saturday’s presidential election.

In a three-paragraph statement by her media aide, Ayo Adewuyi, Mrs. Jonathan appealed to Nigerian women to support Hajia Buhari in order to succeed in her new assignment.

Obasanjo writes Buhari

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written the President elect, Gen Buhari a letter. In the letter, Chief Obasanjo charged Gen. Buhari to embark on reforming all of Nigeria's national institutions, particularly the military. The full text of the letter below

15 things you didn’t know about Buhari

• He is the 23rd child of his father. Buhari was raised by his mother, after his father died when he was about three or four years old.
• He had 10 children (two are deceased).
• Buhari undertook military training in three countries (the United States, India and the United Kingdom).

BUHARI VICTORY: Naira appreciate by 7%, now ₦211 to dollar

The naira appreciated by seven per cent to 211 against the United States dollar at the parallel market following the victory of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, in Saturday’s presidential election.

The local currency, which sold for 228 against the dollar before the election, rose to 211 on Wednesday, Bureau de Change operators said

BUHARI VICTORY: 'We should be celebrating rather than mourning' - Jonathan tells PDP

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said despite his defeat in the hands of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress in the last presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party should be celebrating rather than mourning.

In his statement after the announcement of the election result, Jonathan said the PDP should be rejoicing because it had, in the last 16 years, steered the country away from ethnic and regional politics.

Photo: PDP agent refuses to sign the Presidential election result sheet

After announcing the presidential election results, Prof. Jega called all party agents to come on stage at the collation center and sign the Presidential election sheet by INEC, and every agent did except the agent for PDP. He climbed the stage, spoke with Jega, shook his hands and walked away without signing the result sheet.

Obasanjo congratulates Buhari, asks him to fight corruption

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated the Presidential candidate of the All progressives congress Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd,,) on his victory in the presidential poll, charging him to fight corruption and carry out reforms in different sectors.

The congratulatory message was made available to our correspondent at Abeokuta on Tuesday following Buhari victory in the March 28 presidential election.

Jonathan congratulates Buhari

The commission will reconvene around 8pm to give us the result for the last state remaining - Borno, but as it stands, it looks like Nigeria now has a new president. Debola Williams and Chude Jideonwo who work with Gen. Buhari claim GEJ has called to congratulate Buhari over the election results.

Picture of Buhari' watching TV as results are being announced

His party is leading...so far! More photos after the cut...

Grave concerns over Jega's security

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has received disturbing reports of the security details of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, being withdrawn in the last few minutes at the venue of the announcement of the collated results of the Presidential elections

Newest Results

(12:41pm) - CROSS RIVER STATE
As announced by Prof Comfort Ekpo the Vice chancellor of the University of Uyo for Cross state


Registered Voters.            1,144,288
Accredited Voters 500577                 

AA           279 
ACPN      514
AD           709
ADC        749
APA         532
APC        28,368
CPP         381
HOPE      237
KOWA    312
NCP        930
PDP        414,863 (Winner)
PPN        864
UDP        289
UPP        1487

TOTAL VALID VOTES       450514
REJECTED VOTES          15392

TOTAL VOTES CAST        465,906

BREAKING NEWS: PDP disrupts announcements of results of Nigeria Presidential Results

PDP is currently attempting to distrupting the announcement of the Nigerian presidential elections.



The PDP agent at the National Elder Godswill Orubebe is currently attacking the INEC chairman, Athhairu Jega.

The PDP agent alleged that APC sent a petition about irregularities in Rivers which INEC is currently investigating, while INEC is yet to respond to the petition sent by PDP on Kano, Kastina and Jigawa

With 95% Polling Units Collated, We Project Buhari As President-Elect

We can now confidently project that Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of last weekend’s presidential election based on collated poll results from 95 percent of Nigeria’s polling units. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will resume the official release of the poll figures at 10 a.m. Nigerian time today, with Mr. Buhari all but certain to be declared the president-elect.

More INEC results

Prof James Ogbwoke

Akwa Ibom

Registered Voters.          1,644,481

Accredited.  1,074,070

AA          1600

ACPN    443

AD          474

ADC       608

APA       384

APC        58411

CPP        412

HOPE     192

KOWA   160

NCP       381

PDP        953,304

PPN       327

UDP       224

UPP       144

TOTAL VALID VOTES       1,017,064

REJECTED VOTES              11,487

TOTAL VOTES CAST         1,028,551

Actual results so far as released by INEC

Prof BC  Ozunba

Abia State

Registered Voters.          1,349,134

Accredited.  442,538

AA          315

ACPN    2194

AD          448

ADC       569

APA       2766

APC        13,394

CPP        1046

HOPE     125

KOWA   173

NCP       745

PDP        368,303

PPN       424

UDP       213

UPP       330

TOTAL VALID      391045

REJECTED VOTES              10004

TOTAL VOTES CAST         401049

Protests break out in Enugu

Aggrieved members of the APC took to the streets in Enugu this evening to protest the outcome of the presidential election in the state. PDP won with 553,003 votes while the APC won 14, 157 votes. 

Jonathan records 1.48 million votes in Rivers

President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party has won last Saturday’s presidential election in Rivers State with a total vote of 1,487,075.

Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) of the All Progressives Congress followed suit with 69,238 votes while KOWA party came a distant third with 2,274 votes.

Details later

US, UK Govt release joint statement. Say there are signs of political interference in collation of results

The US and UK government have released a joint statement appraising last Saturday's general elections. According to the statement posted on UK's Foreign affairs website here, both government said the elections have largely been peaceful but that there are disturbing indications of political interference in the collation of results. The statement below... 

Buhari set to Win this Presidential election

Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is cruising comfortably to victory in last Saturday’s presidential elections, according to official results released so far by collation centers of the Independent National Electoral Commission across Nigeria. Find table below:

Latest result

Update 1-INEC Results Raw Data

Photos: Buhari arrives Abuja to await declaration of results by INEC

Buhari pictured arriving Abuja this morning to await the announcement of the results of Saturday's general election by INEC.

Updated Polls

(10:50am) - Akwa Ibom Presidential Election Results

(Ekete LGA)
No of registered voters: 75, 384:
No of accredited voters : 34, 516,
valid votes: 31,466,
rejected votes: 639
total votes: 32,105

APC candidate defeats Niger governor Babangida Aliyu

Chairman Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and Niger State governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has lost his Senate bid as he was defeated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, David Umaru.



He lost in five of the 9 local government areas of the Niger East Senatorial district.
The governor who contested under the platforn of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was defeated in all the wards of the five local government areas in the zone so far officially declared by the Independent Nationai Electoral Commission.

Preliminary National Presidential Election Results Show Buhari Leads

The below table shows that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading in most key states across the country, with APC currently having 69% of the vote and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) having 30%. These numbers have not been publicly confirmed by the Independent National Election Comission (INEC), but offer the first national picture of voting trends.

APC leads in Lagos

(12:53 am) LAGOS Presidential Election Results
(Lagos Mainland Local Government)

APC - 33,898
PDP - 23,875


(12:38 am) LAGOS Presidential Election Results
(Epe Local Government)

APC - 19,179
PDP - 16,400