Lagos—An Ebute Metta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, yesterday, sentenced two men to 150 hours community service, for conspiracy and stealing of metal scraps.

Ado-Ekiti—Few minutes after the celebration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd) victory at the polls, hoodlums invaded Ekiti State secretariat of All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, destroying no fewer than five vehicles.
When the hoodlums, reportedly armed, besieged the secretariat, members of the party fled.

LAGOS—Candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the three Lagos senatorial districts, Senators Gbenga Ashafa, Oluremi Tinubu and Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, emerged winners in the last Saturday’s National Assembly elections.

ABUJA—THE senate on Monday adjourned plenary for lack of quorum to reconvene after the governorship and state assembly elections as well as the Easter break. The senate will resume plenary on April 14.

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for accepting defeat and congratulating Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on the outcome of the March 28 presidential election.

Hadejia (Jigawa)—The remains of late Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Hurdi, have been buried in Hadejia, Jigawa.

Few days after the presidential and National Assembly elections in Delta State, suspected arsonists have set ablaze the Isiokolo office of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, damaging files and other sensitive items within the building.

Former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has described President Goodluck Jonathan as a true democrat and peace-loving statesman following his acceptance of the outcome of the just concluded presidential election as declared by the Chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega

THE senatorial candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Anambra South in Saturday’s election, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, insisted yesterday, that he won the election for the zone convincingly, urging the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to issue certificate of return to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Super Eagles team coordinator, and former Nigeria international, Pascal Patrick has said that despite the team’s recent poor run of form, they will improve and get better.

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State and the state branch of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have started trading blames over the outcome of the National Assembly election which the PDP cleared.

Ahead of the make or mar second-leg encounter for the qualification for the 2015 All Africa Games between Nigeria and Zambia, Chief Coach of the National U-23 team, Samson Siasia has revealed that he will not be relying on the foreign based players for the fixture.

There was an eerie feeling at the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Goodluck Jonathan campaign headquarters yesterday. The party that was for the first time under pressure of defeat in federal elections and party men were at a loss.

AS I write this about 2pm on the 28th day of March 2015, millions of Nigerians across the country have been out for several hours participating in the process of electing political office holders in an election that has been described by many as perhaps the most keenly contested in the years since Nigeria attained independence.

It was a show of confusion yesterday at the Abuja International Conference Centre (ICC) when a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega of working for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win the 2015 presidential election.