Nigeria’s main opposition on Tuesday claimed victory in the country’s tense general election, as its candidate, former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari pulled ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Dr Ikechi Chijioke, a medical practitioner in Blessed Specialist Hospital, Onitsha, Anambra, said on Tuesday that over sleeping in adults could be pointers to brain flaws. Chijioke told newsmen in Abuja that sleeping was necessary for every individual, but some people were experiencing excess sleep which was also referred to as hypersomnia. He said a child required more sleep compared to an adult because the former was less productive in anything and needed the sleep for growth.

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday urged the people of the state not to entertain any fear as all parts of the state were under its surveillance. The Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, advised the residents to go about their normal businesses peacefully without panic.

All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation has asked Nigerians to be watchful of impending distasteful actions by agents of the Peoples Democratic Party, as the drama orchestrated by the former minister of Niger Delta, Elder Peter Godsday Orubebe during the collation of presidential election results on Tuesday, was the beginning of sinister things to come.

Two renegade Catholic bishops on Tuesday at a remote monastery in Nove Friburgo, Brazil, expressed their willingness to consecrate a new generation of bishops in apparent challenge to Rome. French Bishop Jean-Michel Faure, said the new group “rejected Pope Francis and his new religion” and would not engage in a dialogue with Rome until the Vatican reversed some of its actions.