Soccerinfox: March 2015

Tuesday 31 March 2015

Nigeria election - Muhammadu Buhari set for victory

Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari is on the verge of a historic victory over Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, with most votes counted.

2015 Presidential Election Result Update

The announcement of 2015 presidential election result that was on going has been suspended till 8.pm in the evening. So far results of nine states in Nigeria have been announced and from the state view the result is 5-5 for the two leading parties in the country (APC and PDP) while PDP is leading as far as figure is concerned.

President Goodluck Jonathan dusted the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) in Nasarawa the APC controlled in the north central, amidst tight security.

The African Union on Monday praised the conduct of Nigeria’s general election but urged political parties to go to court to resolve any disputes, given fears of violence.

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has advised that adequate security measures be put in place in volatile areas across the country before the announcement of election results.

About two thousand female members of the All Progressive Congress in Rivers state today morning marched on Aba road in Port Harcourt, calling for the cancellation of Saturday’s election.

Remaining presidential election results and total votes scored by each party in Oyo and Sokoto States

The former Chaplain of the Presidential Villa during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s regime and the Founding General Overseer of the All Christians Fellowship Mission, Abuja, Rev. (Dr.) William Okoye, yesterday pointedly told president Goodluck Jonathan that he made mistakes in office and urged him to correct those mistakes if he wins the presidential election.

Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old pregnant woman who allegedly stabbed her husband to death during a quarrel over who would emerge winner between the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidates, while voting was on-going , weekend, at Ejigbo area of the state.

The member representing Funtua district in the Katsina State House of Assembly, Rabiu Idris Funtua, has said the Prof. Attahiru Jega-led INEC is on the verge of making history for conducting the best elections ever.

The police in Taraba State has arrested the electoral officer in charge of Ibi local government area of the state over alleged electoral malpractice in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls.

Electricity Tariff Cuts FG Makes U-turn, Saying Reduction Did Not Apply to All Categories of Customers

Some electricity consumers jubilating over recent tariff cuts announced by Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, few weeks ago would be disappointed as the regulatory agency yesterday made a U-turn, saying the reduction did not apply to all categories of customers.

The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr Muhammed Kastina, on Friday said the Police Headquarters had deployed 20,000 personnel to ensure hitch-free presidential election on March 28.

President Goodluck Jonathan in a nationwide broadcast on Friday urged Nigerians to go out en masse and exercise their electoral franchise by voting for credible leaders.

Twenty-four hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos declared that President Goodluck Jonathan lacks the constitutional powers to deploy members of the Armed Forces for security reasons during elections, the federal government has appealed the judgement.

The Department of State Service has uncovered plans by some persons to announce election results ahead of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, warning Nigerians and international observers to disregard any such announcement.

The two leading presidential candidates in Saturday’s presidential poll, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Gen Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have signed another peace accord, with a promise to abide by the outcome of tomorrow’s presidential election.

NIS Recruitment - Applicants to Undergo Computer-Based Test

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.

Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi fled his palace in the main southern city of Aden Wednesday, as Shi'ite Houthi rebels backed by army units continued their rapid advance toward the city.

Authorities in Pakistan say military jets pounded suspected terrorist hideouts near the Afghan border Wednesday, killing at least 30 militants.

An Egyptian court said on Wednesday it adjourned until April 22 the trial of two Al Jazeera television journalists.

Vice President, Namadi Sambo, Wednesday donated sets of jerseys for distribution to 95 football clubs across the 23 local government areas of Sokoto state.

The Kebbi Government on Wednesday said it released N300 million to the state-owned University of Science and Technology in Aliero Local Government Area to secure internet services.

The Minister for Internal Affairs, Comrade Abba Moro, has directed that all sea and land borders be closed ahead of the March 28 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

It is no longer news that Lagos, commercial hub of the nation, has been bedevilled by perennial traffic gridlocks on most major routes. What is news now is attacks on exasperated motorists by hoodlums in traffic.

Jeremy Clarkson has today been sacked by the BBC after an internal investigation found he punched a Top Gear producer in the face with such force he had to go to A&E. The corporation's internal investigation concluded the star, 54, launched an 'unprovoked' 30-second attack on Oisin Tymon because he was offered a plate of cold cuts and not steak and chips.

Chris Brown has made the mother of his child an offer he hopes she won't refuse. The 25-year-old has reportedly asked Nia Guzman to relocate to Hollywood so that he can spend more time with their nine-month-old daughter Royalty.

A two-year-old Indian girl has set a new national record in archery, according to the India Book of Records. Dolly Shivani Cherukuri from Vijaywada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh - who turns three next week - became the youngest Indian to score more than 200 points at a trial event on Tuesday, reports the Press Trust of India.

The U.N. Security Council has expressed "profound disappointment'' about the failure of South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar to finalize a peace deal.

A court in Chad has sentenced seven ex-policemen to life in prison for torture committed during the rule of ousted President Hissene Habre. Another three ex-policemen were sentenced to 20 years hard labour.

The German, French and Spanish leaders have arrived together in the French Alps to visit the scene where a Germanwings plane crashed on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has condemned in strong terms the dollarisation of the economy and vowed to go after perpetrators of the act.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has ordered restriction of vehicular movement between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on March 28 and April 11 general elections. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, the Force Public Relations Officer. “This total restriction of movements order applies to all, except for Ambulances, Fire Service trucks and others on essential duties.

An 11 year old boy, Terkula Botwer has reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree, at Achusa village, in Makurdi local government area of Benue state.

A search and recovery operation has resumed in the southern French Alps after Tuesday's crash of a Germanwings plane with 150 people on board.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Tuesday said some South-west leaders, who endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan under the aegis of Afenifere, had betrayed the public trust of Yoruba.

Residents of the recently recaptured Damasak town in Borno State have said that Boko Haram militants have kidnapped more than 500 women and children from the town, according to report by the Hausa service of the BBC.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court in Abuja will today deliver ruling in a motion for joinder brought by two persons, Ebunoluwa Adegboruwa and Chukwuma Ochu.

Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday declared that the directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) which suspended the presidential campaign fundraising platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as illegal, null and void.

Elections: INEC Quenches Fear of Card Reader Failure

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi, on Tuesday, assured the electorate in the state that the card reader would not fail in the forthcoming elections.

While her sister may have been naturally blessed with a curvaceous rear end, that has not stopped Khloe Kardashian working hard to beat Kim at her own game.

An Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne, French aviation officials and police have said. The jet belongs to the German airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa.

India's Supreme Court has struck down a controversial law which allowed police to arrest people for comments on social networks and other internet sites. The court ruled that the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act was unconstitutional.

UK inflation rate fell to 0% in February, the lowest since records began, official figures show. Lower prices for food and computer goods helped to cut the rate from 0.3% in January, official figures show.

Israel has strongly denied a report that it spied on US-led talks on Iran's nuclear programme in order to build a case against a deal.

Actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed as a preventative measure against cancer.

China has executed three men for their alleged role in last year's deadly attack that killed 31 people at a train station in the southwest city of Kunming.

Ballot papers for this Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections are to be moved from Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN vaults from tomorrow, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday officially launched the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN). Though Jonathan observed that small and medium enterprises had always been the backbone of the nation’s economy, he however said the sector never had the opportunity of accessing cheap funds for its development.

In view of the Saturday presidential election in Nigeria, Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States and Ghanaian President, John Draman Mahama, on Monday called for free, fair and credible election.

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