1. "INEC declares Buhari President-Elect with 26.4 million votes! PDP rejects result" - VANGUARD!

2. "Buhari declared winner!” "This is the worst election in Nigeria's history" (Olisa Metuh) - PUNCH!

3. "APC in a Historic Victory!” "Godswill Akpabio flee to Ghana, begs for forgiveness". - PM NEWS!

4. "This is the most rigged election in the world; Jega must be arrested and imprisoned immediately. We are heading to court" (Ruben Abati) - DAILY INDEPENDENT!

5. "South-South boils as INEC declares Buhari winner, Militants threatened war." - NIGERIAN TRIBUNE!

6. "APC wins Aso Rock, 70 Senate seats and 65% House of Reps. We are studying the results" (Mimiko) - SUN NEWSPAPER!

7. "Militants Protests Buhari's Victory, Demands Cancellation Of Polls In 21 States" - TRIUMPH NEWSPAPER

8. "How Jega Rigged The Polls In Favour Of Buhari" - PREMIUM TIME.

9. "Obama, Cameron, Hollande, Mugabe, Ban-Ki-Moon, World Leaders Congratulate Buhari" - THE NATION!

10. "I Will Finish All The Gambaris In Niger Delta Before May 29" (Asari Dokubo) - SAHARA-REPORTERS!

11. "Jega Rigged For The Opposition, We Will Obtain A Court Order And Arrest Him" (SSS spokeswoman, Marylin Ogar) - LEADERSHIP!

12. "It Can Never Be Possible, It Is Either Jonathan Or No Nigeria" (Ayo Fayose) - DAILY TRUST

13. "Senate President, David Mark In A Secret Meeting With The Military To Stop May, 29 Handing Over To Buhari" -THISDAY NEWSPAPER

14. "No President That Has His People At Heart Will Hand Over Power To Someone Who Doesn't Care About The Masses" (Doyin Okupe) - NTA NEWS.

15. "Nigeria Will Be Better Without Jonathan" (United Nation) - NEW YORK TIMES

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The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday said she would no longer reply the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo, over claims that that N30 trillion was stolen under her watch.

Okonjo-Iweala said this while responding to questions on a radio programme on Raypower.

She, however, advised Nigerians not to be deceived by the misinformation by some politicians in the country.

When asked to comment on the alleged missing N30 trillion, the finance minister said: “This is part of the packaged lies that Nigerians must avoid. I don’t want to enter into that debate, we have answered him (Soludo) and I don’t want to join issues with him because you don’t join issues when things don’t make any sense.”

She explained that the forensic report on the alleged unremitted oil revenue by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that was submitted to the presidency by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) on Monday was never under her ministry, contrary to the insinuations by some members of the public.

“There is a lot of misinformation that is being put out and it is sad for me. I have not been controlling the audit, it is the Auditor General. Nigerians have been misinformed. They left out the fact that the Auditor-General was in charge of the report.

“I was only interviewed for it and there was no way I could be in charge, but some people decided to paint it as if I was in charge of the report and that is very unfortunate.

“It is part of the packaging and misinformation in this politics, and it has to stop because Nigerians cannot be continuously deceived,” the minister said.

Responding to a question on if the country is broke, Okonjo-Iweala reiterated that 2015 is going to be a “very tough year,” adding that: “This question of the economy is broke has been going on for four years now.

“People in the opposition have tried to package this and they have been saying this because they just wish the economy will be broke because they want to get Nigerians alarmed.

“They want to make them feel hopeless about the economy. But Nigerians cannot be deceived. All these three years that they have been saying that the country is broke, has the economy not been running?

“Now they saw that oil prices are falling and they are holding on to that. I have been very clear in saying that it is going to be a difficult year for the country, but this is something we can manage.”

Continuing, she said: “The other story going around is that we are not able to pay salary. In December, the reason why salary took so long was because the payroll system we are using actually locked out some agencies when they tried to pay more people that are not in the system. The system locked out 14 agencies and we had to restore them for payment manually.


“I want to make one thing clear, because of the fall in oil price and the drop in quantity, less has been coming to the coffers.”

Federal Government to postpone elections – the Federal Government is set to shift the election date., Citing the need to de­fuse the rising tension in the land, among other rea­sons, the Federal Government is set to shift the com­ing polls by six weeks. The presidential and Na­tional Assembly elections are currently scheduled for February 14, while those of the states will hold on Feb­ruary 28.Rumors has it that under the new proposal, the elections may now hold at the end of March.

The proposed change is hinged on the mounting tension in the country se­quel to violent displays at some of the ongoing cam­paigns across the country.
The feeling inside gov­ernment circles is that there is need to let the ten­sion, which is nearing boil­ing point in the country at the moment, come down before the election could hold, otherwise there could be an implosion.
Sources say that within the six weeks, efforts will be made to calm frayed nerves and encourage more people to embrace peace.
It is feared that the presi­dential election in particu­lar may lead to an implo­sion in the country.

The body language in the North suggests a possible repeat of the bloodletting that occurred after Jona­than was declared winner of the 2011 election, if the incumbent wins again. It is also feared that a similar turmoil may erupt, espe­cially in the South South, if General Muhammadu Buhari of the All progres­sives Congress (APC) wins the election. Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is an Ijaw from the South South area of the country.

Besides, there is uncer­tainty over whether the elections could validly hold in the North Eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa which have been wracked by the Boko Ha­ram insurgency. There are security concerns over the safety of full-time and ad-hoc staff of the Indepen­dent Electoral Commission (INEC) during the polls.

This development was further accentuated by the recent declaration by European Union Election Observers who said they would not be visiting the troubled states over con­cerns for their safety.

Another reason being adduced for the proposed shift is the non-availability of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) across the states. The fear is that this may end up in the disen­franchisement of many eli­gible voters.

Thus, the Presidency be­lieves that shifting the polls by about six weeks would allow more people to get their PVCs and be eligible to vote.
Indeed, Section 26 (6) of the Electoral Act 2010 stip­ulates that an election to the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be held not earlier than 150 days to the expiration of the date of office and not later than 30 days to the expiration of the office.
Thus, if the six weeks shift is finally accepted, it will be within the time stipulated by the Electoral Act as there will be about 60 days before the expiration of the incumbent’s stay in office.

Last month, the National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) at a talkshop in the UK mooted the idea of a slight shift in the date of the elections, a development that has sparked heated debates across the country.

A troubled man who was unable to cope with the worries of life, decided to take the short cut out of life by hanging himself in an uncompleted building at Lawal Unity Street, Meiran, Ile-Iwe bus stop, in the Ile-Iwe community in the Meiran area, Lagos State, throwing residents into confusion.
According to reports, residents of the area woke up on Thursday, 29 January, 2015, to meet the sight of a man dangling from a rope in the abandoned building.
The man who was later identified by the police as Mosunmola Raphael, a 28-year-old man, was said to have been a total stranger wearing a white caftan. His body was brought down by the residents before the police took him away.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Kenneth Nwosu said that his relatives came out to identify him and reported to have had some mental and personal problems for sometime.
Recall that on the same date, a young man had also committed suicide by taking a jump into the Lagos lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge.

In a bid to be sure of what becomes the fate of his party and President Goodluck Jonathan as the nation looks forward to the general elections, Dr. Leonard Olalekan Shogunle, decided to embark on spiritual journey to Pakistan, India and China to consult the oracle.

Having had words with the oracle in the foreign land, Shogunle (pictured below), a retired Captain in the Nigerian Army and a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos shared his experience with Saturday Independent in an exclusive interview, saying that the oracle pronounced victory for President Goodluck Jonathan in 28 of the 36 states in the country.
Asked what informed his decision to embark on the journey, when there are countless oracles in the country, he said: “Don’t assume I was kidding with my submission. I am a real Lagosian born in the Mainland during the Lagos Colony. I am 69 years old. My great grandfathers, though, migrated from Abeokuta in Ogun State to settle in Lagos, we own Abule Onigbagbo in Maryland.
“I am from Lagos Mainland so I am a real Lagosian. If I asked a spiritualist to do that for me in the country, some people would have doubts and rubbish the fellow. Leonard Olalekan Shogunle-jide-salu.com.JSD
“This year’s general election is no joke. Nigerians must be guided in the right direction.
“Last month, I went to Pakistan, Indian and up to the extreme end of China in Yung where I consulted celestial board of oracles from the orbit. I wanted revelation concerning the political situation in Nigeria.  I was told nothing would stop the victory of Jonathan in 28 states including Lagos State.
“I was told that although there would be some uproar in some states after Jonathan is announced as winner, that would eventually die down with time. The oracle said General Mohammadu Buhari of All Progressives Congress (APC) was no match for him.
“As a person, I believe in the prophecy because even in the Bible, oracle was consulted when Jonah was swallowed by a shark. I was told that apart from winning the 28 states, the President would record over 70 per cent of the total votes cast in 11 other states.
He said : “Yes, the chief priests in those countries spoke to me.  They were not black people like us. Their languages were interpreted to me. There were signs they gave me that the victory of Jonathan was certain. I did the same thing before the 1999 election and the oracle predicted that somebody from the prison would win the presidential election and I gave my support to former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
“The oracle further revealed that there would be progress in Nigeria after President Jonathan wins second term. However, a note of warning was sounded to the Boko Haram in their own interest. The sect was warned to desist from what can cause bloodletting in the nation, as a result of retaliation from Niger Delta militants.
“The Boko Haram should know that they are poor people and no match for the militants. The militants are rich guys who can afford to buy ammunition to fight anywhere in the world but the Boko Haram boys can’t afford that. Therefore, they should embrace peace. Their godfathers were some former Northern governors that were giving them N10 million monthly.
“Buhari is going to fail. The former military head of state cannot win because he is totalitarian and not a democrat. When I was in the military, I was the one who wrote a document on War Against Indiscipline (WAI) as my handout and I gave it to him. That was why he implemented WAI.  I am a retired Captain in the Nigerian army. I left the service in 1978.
“APC’s slogan is change while Jonathan’s own is development. Change can be anything. It can be death, madness, sickness or otherwise. Buhari did nothing for the nation except that he jailed our past leaders. You can see that immediately Jonathan won the last presidential election, some Northern leaders said they were going to make the nation ungovernable for him.
“That is what we are battling till date. Power belongs to God and He gives it to whoever he wants. You can never take it by force. I was amazed at the level of insult the former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and other APC leaders were passing at the President. If Jonathan was not mature and peaceful, all the attacks on him in the Northern states would have turned to something else.
“ Sometime ago, the Boko Haram overran 12 local governments in one of the Northern states within 12 hours. How could that be? I was a soldier man; I knew how we used to advance for operation, without the connivance of the people, the state and local government in that state, such can never be successful. So there are may enemies within nation, as regards the insurgency,” Shogunle said.