Five facts for the Africa Cup of Nations Group B match between Tunisia and Zambia in Ebebiyin Thursday:

— Tunisia have won two and drawn two of four previous Cup of Nations clashes with Zambia, including a shock 4-2 triumph in a 1996 semi-final in South African city Durban.

The Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri has taken a swipe at the Vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo for erroneously re-tweeting the photo of a crusade organised by renowned evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke in Ogbomosho, as that of his party’s presidential rally in Kano on Tuesday.

PRESIDENTIAL Campaign Organisation, PCO, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, accused the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd of committing perjury, alleging that he (Buhari) lied on oath.

Cameroon said Wednesday its forces have freed a German hostage kidnapped six months ago in Nigeria by Boko Haram, as African leaders appealed to the United Nations for support in fighting the Islamist militants.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the reported stoning of the campaign convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan in Katsina State, saying violence of any kind is totally unacceptable to the party.

Government College, formerly Provincial Secondary School, Katsina, which Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, graduated from in 1961, has released Mr. Buhari’s secondary school certificate examination results. The results, was obtained  by PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday. The examination centre number was 8280 while Mr. Buhari’s candidate number was 002. The statement of […]

“The 1999 constitution as amended is superior to the provisions of the 2010 Electoral Act as amended…it was constitutionally `trivial and definitely unwarranted’ for anybody to insist that Buhari must produce his certificates”.—Lawyer

He said $18 billion would come from Centenary City Free Zone; $160 million from Ogogoro Industrial Park, Lagos, and $38 billion from Nigeria International Commerce City, also in Lagos.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has launched “Operational Guidelines’’ for police personnel that would be involved in the conduct of the forthcoming general elections.

Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has finally challenged Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop making an issue out of his school certificate, but to rather campaign on issues of unemployment, insecurity and corruption bedevilling the country.

Some have described Charlie Hebdo’s work as “Muslim Baiting” i.e. going out of one’s way to anger the Muslim community and to portray Islam as backward and intolerant.

According to the former head of state, he sat for the University of Cambridge/WASC Examination in 1961 with examination number 8280002, and passed the examination in the Second Division.

Below is Buhari statement on his certificate scandal culled from his twitter page

The convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan was attacked by political thugs on Tuesday in Katsina State during the continuation of his re-election campaign.

Mr Mohammed Amate, the Director-General, Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the organisation would in 2015 begin the registration and payment of all the mineral titles online.