The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday in Kaduna presented certificate of return to 33 members-elect for the Kaduna State House Assembly. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Alhaji Hussaini Mahuta, presented the certificate to the legislators-elect. Mahuta advised them to always abide by the constitution and fulfill the campaign promises they made to their people.

“it is imperative that the peace being enjoyed in the Niger Delta is sustained for economic prosperity of the country; because the amnesty programme has doused tension among youths in the region.

“This is a clear case of impersonation as the governor-elect will never ask anyone for money in this way. Anyone that receives this kind of email request should know it is not from Malam El-Rufai but fraudulent elements. “The case has been reported to Hotmail and the relevant law enforcement agencies for further necessary action,’’ it stated.

The Special Task Force (STF) keeping the peace in Plateau said it had recovered two bodies, out of the three missing soldiers at Kurmi, a border village between Taraba and Plateau. STF spokesman, Capt. Iweha ikedichi, said this on Wednesday in an interview with newsmen in Wase. On April 28, a militia group alleged killed six soldiers at Kurmi village, and three others went missing.

Gov. Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State has promised full implementation of the recommendations of the committee set up to investigate the recent collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Kano metropolis. He made the pledge while receiving the report of the committee on Wednesday in Kano. The governor was represented at the occasion by the Commissioner of Works, Housing and Transport, Alhaji Abba Yusuf.

An indigene of Borno, Mallam Hassan Umar, who is on an historic walk from Lagos to Maiduguri, has arrived Ilorin, the Kwara capital. Umar had embarked on the trip to celebrate the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections. Umar, who spoke to newsmen in Ilorin, reminded youths of the need to shun violence while channelling their energy toward promoting the country’s democratic process.

Conservative defence minister Michael Fallon said Miliband was willing to “stab the United Kingdom in the back” to become prime minister, in reference to the prospect of a post-election Labour deal with the Scottish National Party.

Pope Francis on Wednesday formally gave his blessing to the canonisation of Junipero Serra, an 18th-century missionary credited with evangelising California at a high price for native Americans. The pontiff had already announced that he would be declaring the Spanish-born Serra a saint at a mass in Washington DC during his visit to the United States in September.

Former Green Eagles goalkeeper, Emmanuel Okala and other soccer fans in Anambra have expressed worries over the yet-to-be concluded Football Association (FA) Cup in the state. They described the situation as not too good for football development in the state in an interview with newsmen but expressed the hope that it would not recur.

MEMBER-ELECT, House of Representatives, Gaya,/Ajingi/Albasu federal constituency, Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya, has called on the President elect, Muhammadu Buhari to slash 50% expenses of the presidency and National Assembly expenses to garner enough resources to execute capital projects.