Current Minister of Finance and Coordinator of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was spotted toward the beginning of today snickering and chatting with APC pioneers Senator Kabiru Gaya and Kano state Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Likewise in the photo is the current minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau. Another photograph bellow
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Monday, April 13, 2015
Photos: NOI Okonjo-Iweala spotted with APC leaders at the airport this morning
Photos: Iyanya shirtless & hot in new movie role
The artist is making his acting presentation and making it in an attractive manner. He’s pictured here shirtless and looking so hot on the arrangement of the new film. Pictures taken yesterday.
More pics bellow.
US to Develop 6th Generation Fighters to Outrun Russian, Chinese Jets.
The US Air Force and Navy plan to pursue the development and acquisition of sixth-generation F/A-XX fighters; they consider the fleet of existing jets incapable of handling their Russian and Chinese fifth-generation counterparts, something which they feel constitutes a real threat to national security.
The Chinese Chengdu J-20 and the Russian Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA are becoming a real threat to the US Air Force and Navy, according to The National Interest, an international affairs magazine.
“When you see these next-generation fighters, the PAK-FA out of Russia and the J-20 out of China, and some of their new missile technology, our advantage is dwindling,” the magazine quotes one senior industry official as saying, without disclosing his name.
Neither of the two jets currently in service with the US Air Force and Navy, the Lockheed Martin F-35C Joint Strike Fighter and the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, can adequately handle new threats like the Chinese Chengdu J-20 or the Russian Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA, the magazine cites “some industry insiders with deep knowledge of both jets” as saying.
The Chinese J-20 is particularly threatening, according to “one senior industry official with an extensive fighter pilot background.”
Only the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor seems to offer any real advantages against the J-20 and PAK-FA.
The magazine identified the areas where Russian and Chinese jets outperform the US fighters and stressed what should be of primarily importance for the next generation jet.
Supersonic performance is one of the areas in which the J-20 shines, compared with the US jets. The J-20 can cruise at high supersonic speeds without using fuel-guzzling afterburners for extended periods, which allows it to impart far more launch energy into its missiles.
“Take a J-20 that can cruise at mil power supersonic out to 300 plus miles before he has to turn around and come back, [this] makes it really hard for a subsonic fighter [that needs afterburners for supersonic flight] to go into that environment and survive,” said the senior industry official. “Especially in an away game when we are outnumbered.”
The strike fighters therefore should be designed primarily for an air-to-air mission, the magazine says. Strike capability can be treated as a secondary concern.
“The F/A-XX requirements may well be biased towards fleet air defense versus strike operations,” the website quotes another source as saying. “The primary issue is the likely threat of numerical superiority in multiple dimensions.”
The expert s also speculate on the need to develop new weapons for the jets, if the six generation F/A-XX is to be a supersonic design.
“If the future F/A-XX is going to have to carry more missiles, it will necessarily need to have a large volume—if the jet is going to be stealthy,” the senior official has said, “But because a flying wing design is needed for all-aspect broadband stealth—there is no room to stack weapons bays along the length of the jet. […] By necessity, a high performance supersonic aircraft has to be long and slender in order to have a good “fineness ratio” for efficient performance.”
“A supersonic, flying wing fighter will likely require smaller missiles, or rely on directed energy weapons like a high energy laser to minimize internal payload volume,” the second official said.
John Stillion, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, however, recently argued that a next-generation fighter would not necessarily be a supersonic fighter, but rather a subsonic stealthy flying wing that would carry extremely long-range missiles.
Stillion therefore supposed that stealth, payload and sensor capability would trump traditional fighter metrics like speed, altitude and turn capability.
Check out The Four Classes Of Ladies Who Experience Late Marriage
There are distinctive propensities that may impede a woman from getting hitched. In any case here, am not going to discuss “Habits”of a woman yet rather about “Sorts” of Ladies, that faces late marriage and most times, No Marriage.
The following are the Four sorts of women that faces late marriage and the answers that works :
1. The Perfect Lady : Here, the Perfect Lady do not imply that the Lady herself is perfect. But rather, their expectation of their dream man is too high that they kept being selective on the type of man that they want. Most times, the person they love may not like them, and the person that likes them, may not be their love. Those Perfect Ladies always want»»», A Tall, Rich, Caring& Handsome man and if the lady is spiritual, she will be waiting for “God’s Will”. Anyman that misses any of the Four qualities ends up being rejected.
Their Problem : The problem such ladies faces is that they end up loving the “Container” instead of the “Content”.
The Solution : Accommodate a man who posses atleast 50% of the qualities you desire, the rest will develop with love.
2. The Beautiful Lady : A beautiful lady is attractive to the eye. They are victims of multiple relationships. Most guys that dates beautiful ladies dates them for fun. The attractiveness of a Lady makes it difficult for her to keep herself for a man. This is because of temptation from men, knocking left, right and centre.
Their Problem : The problem beautiful ladies faces is that no one really loves them for who they are but likes their beauty period. And men doubts their ability to make a good home. This poses a threat for them to marry cos most men considers a beautiful lady as a flirt.
The Solution : Have a picture of the kind of man you really want to marry. You are lucky that yua beautiful, because you will get proposals from various kinds of men; so be ready to identify that man whom you like to marry. Be loyal to him. He will be proud to marry you.
3. The Rich-man’s daughter : The rich man’s daughter bask on the euphoria of her father’s wealth. As far as she’s concern, her father is her hero and no man can replace her fathers love and care. She believes that every man that is running after her is after her fathers wealth. So this makes them unattractive to men. Men are naturally proud and will not like to muddle their hard earned reputation on such an insult.
Their Problem : Most rich men’s daughter marry late or marry the wrong man.
The Solution : The Humility of a rich man’s daughter is her greatest weapon to attract men. Men will naturally be drawn to you, if you are humble. Your beauty is secondary.
4 The Career Woman : These ladies are hardworking, ambitious and successful in life. They may be feminist. They are the champions of this saying, “What a man can do, a woman can even do it better”. Marriage is not their headache but career.
Their Problem : The problem of career women is time management. They run everything in life like business even relationship. Secondly, they always want to be the Boss in all things and this poses a threat to men. The more masculine a lady behaves, the less attractive she is to a man. No man wants to marry another man.
The Solution : Every Career woman, cries in her closet. She prays for a man who will love and treat her like a woman. Your cry is over, woman! Simply be submissive atleast to a man. Avoid arguments with him. And be More feminine in your outlook. These are what you need to make a man , marry you.
Hello Ladies!…I believe I have given answers to your pressing needs!
Behold the First Ever Elected Female State Governor in Nigeria!
History has been made today. For the first time, a woman contested and won election as the Governor of a State in Nigeria. This historic event comes with a twist of irony. That irony is that this is occurring in Taraba State, one of those states where people might have expected to be backward . But they bit the more affluent and more westernised educationalist states in the South. The Madam Governor’s picture appears below.
Real change ! Current Gubernatorial Poll Standings APC Has Swept, 19 States, PDP Has 5 States
According to results announced so far, the APC won in 19 states and was leading in Plateau and Kebbi states. The ruling party now to become opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), however, won in Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Gombe and Enugu.
While it lost the governorship seat in Lagos, the PDP won six seats in the Lagos State House of Assembly for the first time ever.
Senator Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, yesterday, broke the re-election jinx like he vowed last year. Since 1983, no governor has ever been re-elected in the state.
The APC won the governorship elections in Kaduna, Sokoto, Niger, Borno, Adamawa, Lagos, Kwara, Katsina, Bauchi, Kano, Yobe, Zamfara, Oyo, Ogun, Benue, Nasarawa, Jigawa and Benue States.
Yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released results of the governorship and House of Assembly elections held on Saturday, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) winning in majority of the states.
At press time, from the results released by the INEC, the APC had already won 14 out of 29 states where governorship elections held on Saturday.
In the poll, which was largely peaceful across the nation, the APC created upsets in states traditionally controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) since 1999.
Such states include Kaduna, Niger, Adamawa, Benue and Bauchi.
For the PDP, apart from Imo, it literally had a smooth sail in the South-East and South-South, winning in Enugu, Ebonyi, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers. The party also won in Gombe and Taraba states.
Ogun
In the ‘Gateway State’, Governor Ibikunle Amosun was re-elected for a second term in office.
The INEC Returning Officer for the state, Prof. Duro Oni, declared him winner of the April 11 governorship election having polled 306,988 out of 555,430 total valid votes cast in the state.
With Amosun’s victory, the hope of the people of Ogun West to produce a governor of the state for the first time has once again been dashed. The district remains the only section that has yet to produce a governor for the state since its creation over 38 years ago.
The governorship candidate of the PDP, Gboyega Isiaka, who came second behind Amosun with 201,440 votes, hails from Imeko in the Ogun West Senatorial District of the state.
Declaring Amosun as the duly elected governor of the state, the INEC returning officer, who is also the deputy vice chancellor of the University of Lagos, said the APC standard bearer beat 15 other governorship candidates to emerge the overall winner of the poll.
Oni also said the election did not hold in nine polling units spread across three local government areas of Odeda, Ogun Waterside and Sagamu.
Katsina
The APC gubernatorial candidate in Katsina State, Aminu Masari, won in all the 33 constituencies so far declared at press time yesterday out of the 34 in the state.
The collation of the votes was deferred from 1pm till 3pm because the result of Fasakri Local Government Area was still being awaited.
However, results so far declared showed that APC polled 613,132 votes as against 457,903 by the PDP in the election.
A breakdown of the result revealed that the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, delivered his home constituency, Daura, with ease while Governor Ibrahim Shema lost in his Dutsin-ma constituency.
Similarly, the governorship candidate of APC, Masari, won in his home constituency, Kafur, while his PDP counterpart, Musa Nashuni, lost in Kankia.
Investigations revealed that though the governorship and assembly elections were generally peaceful in most local government areas, they were characterised by violence in some areas.
The worst hit area was Danmusa Local Government Area, where the results of 10 out of the 11 wards in the constituency were cancelled due to violence.
Kaduna
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Nasir El- Rufa’i, of the APC won the election.
According to the INEC in Kaduna, El-Rufa’i polled a total of 1,117,635 million votes from across the 23 local government areas of the state.
The INEC Returning Officer for Kaduna State, Prof. Ja’afaru Kaura, who announced the result, said El- Rufa’i defeated his main opponent, the PDP candidate, who is also the incumbent governor, Mukhtar Yero, who polled a total of 485,833 votes. Yero had earlier in a telephone conversation with El-Rufa’i and special radio broadcast conceded defeat and congratulated the winner.
Meanwhile, there was jubilation among APC supporters across the state as soon as the result was announced, with youths taking over major streets in Kaduna metropolis, singing and dancing.
Enugu
In the coal City state, the PDP candidate, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, was declared the winner in the election which he won overwhelmingly.
INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Hilary Edoga, who declared the result at the commission’s office in Enugu, said Ugwuanyi fulfilled all the requirements of the law to be pronounced the winner of the governorship election in the state.
Ugwuanyi polled a total of 482,277 votes out of the total 538,752 valid votes cast to beat the APC candidate, Chief Okey Ezea, who scored 43,839 votes.
Former governor Chimaroke Nnamani’s party, PDC came third with 4,813, while APGA took the fourth position with 3,343 votes.
The state chapter of the PDP in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Dr. Okey Eze, congratulated Ugwuanyi and all its candidates at the election, saying they had successfully won and overwhelmingly too.
The Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, congratulated Ugwuanyi on his victory, saying his victory was very much expected as the PDP was not only the party on ground in Enugu, but also going by his overwhelming popularity across the state.
Gombe
Governor Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe won re-election on the platform of the PDP. He won with 285,369 to defeat the APC candidate, Inuwa Yahaya, who got 205,132 votes, according to the Returning Officer, Prof. Saminu Ibrahim.
Oyo
For the first time since Oyo State was created on March 17, 1976, the incumbent governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has become the first civilian governor to be re-elected for a second term in office.
Besides, it was jubilation galore in many parts of the state, especially within the camp of the APC, when Ajimobi emerged the winner of the keenly contested election.
He was returned winner of the governorship election having polled a total of 327,310 votes.
The Returning Officer for the state, Prof. Ayobami Salami, who is the deputy vice Chancellor (Academics), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, announced that he defeated his closest rival, Senator Rashidi Ladoja of the Accord Party, who scored 254,520, with 72,790 votes. Ajimobi won in 20 local governments areas, while Ladoja won in seven.
Otunba Adebayo Alao- Akala of the Labour Party (LP) polled a total of 184,111 votes and won in six council areas.
The governorship candidates of the PDP, Teslim Folarin, polled 79,019 votes.
Ebonyi
The PDP governorship candidate, Chief Dave Umahi, was declared winner of Saturday’s election in the state.
Umahi won all the 13 local government areas in the state to emerge winner of the keenly contested election in the state.
The Returning Officer for the governorship election and the Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU), Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, while declaring the result of the election, said Umahi scored 289, 867 votes to beat his closest rival, Chief Edward Nkwegu of Labour Party, who polled 124, 817 votes. APC candidate, Senator Julius Ucha, scored 27, 583 votes.
Sokoto
The outgoing Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, won the Sokoto governorship election.
The state Returning Officer and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Prof. Abdullahi Bagudu, announced the results collated from the 23 local government areas of the state. Prof. Bagudu said out of 926,682 total votes cast, 32, 054 votes were invalidated.
Bagudu stated that out of 958,736 votes cast during the poll, the APC, on which platform Tambuwal contested, scored 6747,609 votes, while the PDP came second with 269, 074 votes.
Lagos
In the Centre of Excellence, the APC has won the tension-soaked April 11 governorship election in the state.
He polled a total of 811, 994 votes to defeat Mr. Jimi Agbaje of the PDP, who scored 659, 788 votes.
The APC governorship candidate won the election in 15 out of the 20 local government areas in the state, while Agbaje won in Ojo, Amuwo Odofin, Ajeromi Ifelodun, Oshodi-Isolo and Surulere local government areas.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who is also the vice chancellor, University of Ibadan, said the APC candidate, having scored the majority of votes cast and scored 25 per cent of votes across the 20 local government areas, was returned as winner of the governorship poll.
Meanwhile, the governorship candidate of the PDP for Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, yesterday evening put a phone call through to Mr. Ambode, the APC candidate, to congratulate him on his victory in Saturday’s contest.
Agbaje made the call at about 6.50pm.
“I just made a phone call to congratulate Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress,” Agbaje said, according to a press statement by the Director of Media and Publicity for the Jimi Agbaje Campaign Organisation, Felix Oboagwina.
Delta
At press time, in the oil-rich state, the PDP governorship candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, won 16 of the 20 local government areas released by INEC, while Chief Great Ogboru of Labour Party clinched four local government areas. Delta State has 25 local governments.
Rivers
The results released at press time by INEC showed that Wike had won 19 out of the the 21 local government areas. A breakdown of the results showed that PDP scored 82,289 in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, while APC got 26,367.
In Ikwerre Local Government Area, Wike polled 23,511 as against 10,555 votes by APC. In Etche Local Government Area, PDP got 33,954, while APC scored 6,488. The PDP got 31,103 votes in Degema Local Government Area, while APC got 1,244.
Akwa Ibom
In the oil-rich state, the PDP won the gubernatorial election by polling 996,071 votes to beat its closest rival, the APC, which got 89,866 votes.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. James Okpoke, who announced the result, said a total of 1,122,836 votes were cast out of which 12,256 were rejected and 1,110,580 votes valid.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fielded the former Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Udom Emmanuel as its candidate while APC fielded yet another former Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Umana Okon Umana as its candidate.
The Accord Party that fielded the former deputy state chairman of PDP, Bishop Sam Akpan, came third with 10,598 votes only, while the current Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Mrs. Helen Esuene, who flew the Labour Party flag, came a distant fourth with 8,600 votes. DPP came last with only 10 votes.
Meanwhile, pockets of violence were recorded in major streets of Uyo in the afternoon of Sunday as the results were being relayed on Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Service.
Youths in their hundreds marched through some major streets carrying placards and calling for “free and fair elections.”
Major junctions such as Udo Udoma by Oron Road and Edet Akpan by Oron Road were blocked by the youths, who made bonfires and erected barricades,
They were, however, dispersed by security agents who also cordoned off all access roads to INEC office.
Imo State
Governor Rochas Okorocha and candidate of the APC at press time was coasting to victory, leading his closest rival, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and candidate of the PDP, Emeka Ihedioha. The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho, came a distant third.
From results already announced by the state Returning Officer, Prof. Oye Ibidapo Obe, Okorocha polled a total votes of 378,752, as against 324,480 polled by Ihedioha.
Okorocha won in 19 local government areas out of the 27 council areas of the state.
However, Ihedioha swept the votes in Ohaji/Egbema, Ngor Okpala, Aboh Mbaise, Ahiazu Mbaise, Oguta, Isiala Mbano and Ezinihitte Mbaise.
But the collation of results was put on hold over vehement disagreement between APC and PDP agents, forcing the returning officer to order for the re-computation of the results in Ezinihitte Mbaise.
Abia
At press time, the result from Abia State was not clear as the PDP and APGA candidates were running neck and neck, having won six local government areas of the state each. The controversial results of Osisioma where the APGA agent, Ahamdi Nweke, alleged that there was no election, caused a stalemate.
An international female observer, from the European Union Election Monitoring Mission, Sheller, supported Nweke’s claim.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
INEC declares Imo governorship election inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship election in Imo state inconclusive.
Due to the number of cancelled votes (144,715) in relation to the margin of win (79,529) by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, the Returning Officer, Professor Ibidapo Obe, declared the election inconclusive.
He said a new date would be announced for a rerun election in the cancelled wards spread across several local government areas.
Mr. Okorocha was initially thought to have won the election after he garnered 385,671 votes compared to the 306,142 votes scored by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Emeka Ihedioha.
The APC candidate is ahead of Mr. Ihedioha by 79,529 votes, which is by far lower than the 144,715 votes cancelled by INEC as a result of irregularities in some wards.
INEC’s verdict on the Imo election is a repeat of what happened in 2011.
The commission had at the time declared the result inconclusive after cancelling results in some wards following irregularities detected in some wards.
Mr. Okorocha, who ran then on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, went on to win a rerun.
If Mr. Okorocha eventually wins the rerun, the APC would have succeeded in holding on to the only state it controls in Nigeria’s South-East geo-political zone.
Three of the remaining states (Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi) in the region are controlled by the PDP while one (Anambra) has remained firmly in the grip of the All Progressives Grand Alliance for more than nine years.
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President-Elect Buhari Speaks, Slams Iweala And Will Force Ministers to Declare Assets
President-Elect Buhari firmly stated that “all those that were governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign staff and all those with political appointments will have to declare their assets on the assumption of their appointment and definitely with the courts.
And once they leave they have to re-declare their assets.” He said this would ensure greater accountability among public servants.
President-Elect Buhari spoke exclusively with SaharaTV on how he plans to deal with corruption, the government’s finances, Boko Haram, and Nigeria’s economy. Most notably he blamed Minister Iweala for the financial situation in Nigeria, and that he will make his Ministerial appointees declare their assets to the public.
When asked about statements from Minister of Finance Iweala on the fiscal conditions and government spending in Nigeria, President-Elect Buhari told SaharaTV that “I’m afraid the Finance Minister has no cause to complain because the governors cannot force the central government to act outside the Constitution.”
President-Elect Buhari firmly stated that “all those that were governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign staff and all those with political appointments will have to declare their assets on the assumption of their appointment and definitely with the courts. And once they leave they have to re-declare their assets.” He said this would ensure greater accountability among public servants.
However, he did tell SaharaTV that he does not plan to interfere with the judiciary and whatever action it may take pursuing corrupt public officials. He stated that his administration would not “become embroiled in investigation every ministry, then the government will not have time to move forward.”
On the contentious issue of Oil Block ownership in Nigeria, and an equitable distribution of the country’s wealth, he suggested that partisan politics in Nigeria is the cause of inequitability in the oil sector. President-Elect Buhari claimed that he wanted to professionalize the oil sector in Nigeria. He said that the “proliferation of oil fields to people who don’t even know what it is, is one of the messes partisan politics has brought.” Within the equitable distribution of wealth and job creation for youth, the President-Elect pointed to the APC manifesto calling for greater emphasis on mining and agriculture development.
When pressed on rumors that former president Obasanjo was exercising inordinate influence on Buhari’s administration he said, “I think that people have to accept the realities of Nigeria’s political development. General Olusegun Obasanjo is the only living Nigerian that led Nigeria for more than 11 years, so for anybody to think that General Obasanjo is irrelevant or he was trying to push his influence over issues, I think is being uncharitable and not being fair to Nigeria’s political development.”
President-Elect Buhari is now confronted with the challenge of appointing a ministerial and cabinet team, and he has stated publicly that PDP defectors should not expect to receive Minister appointments.
Akinwunmi Ambode wins Lagos gov poll, PDP rejects results
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, as the winner of the April 11 election while the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, came second.
However, the PDP has rejected the result on the ground of what it called “the controversial” circumstances within which the election was conducted.
Out of the 20 local government areas of Lagos, Ambode won 15 while Agbaje won five.
Figures by INEC showed that Ambode polled 811,994 votes while Agbaje got 659,788 votes, a difference of 152, 206 votes.
However, the Lagos State chapter of the PDP, in a statement by its Legal Adviser, Mr. Adeleke Adefala, on Sunday, said in areas where the APC won, card readers were manipulated.
The statement, which was addressed to the Resident Electoral Commissioner, read, “I, on behalf of our governorship candidate, the state assembly candidates and the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, write to bring to your attention the following issues for your immediate attention and resolution.
“Our candidates have brought to our attention that contrary to electoral rules and guidelines, the newly introduced card readers were not used in the following local governments: Epe, Babagry, Mushin, Ikorodu Eti Osa, Alimosho, Ikeja, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Island and some parts of other local governments.
“This amounted to no proper accreditation of voters and a denouncement of the sanctity of the voting process. There were numerous complaints of front and uploading of the card readers with fictitious names before commencement of accreditation in areas where card readers were used such as Lagos Island, Ikorodu, Kosofe, Lagos Mainland and Badagry.
“We hereby demand the suspension of the collation and release of the results pending investigation into our complaints.”
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Adamawa PDP candidate, Nuhu Ribadu, concedes defeat, releases concession statement
With final result in the Adamawa state governorship election yet to be declared, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the election has conceded defeat. Below is his concession address to the people of Adamawa state.
Mr. Ribadu, a globally respected anti-corruption activist, ran a difficult race with leading members of his own party covertly and openly sabotaging his effort to be governor.
Some of them, including ex-Senator Jonathan Zwingina, with whom he travelled round the state canvassing votes, abandoned him and defected to the All Progressives Congress few days to the election.
Mr. Ribadu was the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the 2011 presidential election. He was the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Read the speech below.
“My dear people of Adamawa State,
“I greet you in the best form of greetings.
“I had dreamt of coming back home to lead our dear state to greater strides after years of underdevelopment. I started this journey in August last year and successfully got the mandate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to fly its flag for the April 11 gubernatorial election. I came into this race knowing fully well that political contests are two-way traffics – one either wins or loses. As a man of faith, I was also aware that leadership responsibility is a product of God’s anointment.
“In the course of this journey, I have seen genuine support and encouragement from the people of Adamawa state. Several individuals from Adamawa and beyond contributed generously to keep the campaign going and many others devoted their time, energy and intellect to see to the success of this project. I sincerely appreciate this belief in my person and my ambition.
“The support I got from my party’s leadership and individual members from President Goodluck Jonathan down to the party agents in our polling units was overwhelming and gratifying. The party leader in the state, Barrister Bala James Nggilari and the state party chairman, Chief Joel Madaki led their lieutenants in making this journey memorable.
“I came into this race with lofty dreams and clear vision for our dear state, but the voice of the majority has not given me this chance. I take this in good faith.
“I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the winner and pray that at the end of it all our dear state will witness the needed progress and development it so much desires.
“God bless Adamawa State
“God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria
“Nuhu Ribadu,
Yola”
INEC releases statement on State Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission conducted Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections across the country on Saturday, April 11, 2015.
Governorship elections were held in 29 States of the Federation, while State Assembly elections were held in 36 states. No election took place in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A general assessment shows that the elections went very well across the country.
According to preliminary reports, 88.9 % of polling units opened for accreditation between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. across the country. Only 5.2 % were yet to open as of 1 pm. Also, 73 % of the polling units had commenced voting by 2.30 p.m.
The process of accreditation with Smart Card Readers was also successful in a majority of the polling units. Initial challenges were recorded in Edo and Abia states, but the technical teams deployed to support the states were able to resolve the issues in a timely manner.
Overall, many parts of the country remained relatively peaceful during the elections. Some states, however, recorded a significant number of violent incidents, the most affected being Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi and Ondo States. INEC’s records show that there were 66 reports of violent incidents targeted at polling units, the Commission’s officials, voters and election materials. These were in Rivers State (16 incidents), Ondo (8), Cross River and Ebonyi (6 each), Akwa Ibom (5) Bayelsa (4), Lagos and Kaduna (3 each), Jigawa, Enugu, Ekiti and Osun (2 each), Katsina, Plateau, Kogi, Abia, Imo, Kano and Ogun (1 each). The Commission is investigating these incidents and will do everything within in its powers to bring culprits to justice.
INEC commends Nigerians for once again demonstrating their resolve and commitment to participate in the electoral process and by doing so, contributing to deepening democracy in our country.
The Commission calls on every citizen to maintain the peace as the results of the Governorship and State Assembly elections are being processed, and to accept the official outcomes. It would like to emphasize that winners can only emerge after collation of the official results and on the basis of the requirements prescribed by the legal framework. Any aggrieved persons or groups are encouraged to seek redress at the Tribunals.
INEC would also like to remind all stakeholders that the process is not yet completed and urges restraint in their comments, as we strive to bring this process to an orderly, peaceful and credible conclusion.
Signed:
The Independent National Electoral Commission
Results - as declared by INEC - from most local governments from 11 states.
LIVE UPDATES
15.40
Adamawa
1. Maiha Local Govt
APC 15,497 PDP 2,296 SDP 1,361 PDM 38
2. Yola South
APC 31,155 PDP 6,820 SDP 7,430 PDM 1,656
3. Michika
APC 6,509 PDP 3,323 SDP 7,729 PDM 331
4. Madagali
APC 3,805 PDP 2,367 SDP 5,596 PDM 127
5. Girei
APC 16,056 PDP 2,829 SDP 8,183 PDM 976
6. Song
APC 18,276 PDP 4,330 SDP 13,700 PDM 1,816
7. Lamurde
APC 8,306 PDP 5,223 SDP 12,229 PDM 1,388
8. Yola North
APC 41,171 PDP 2,888 SDP 13,531 PDM 797
9. Hong
APC. 17,483 PDP 2,546 SDP 21,173 PDM 1,104
10. Numan
APC 10,947 PDP 5,005 SDP 12,722 PDM 997
11. Mayobelwa
APC 22,687 PDP 6,495 SDP 11,707 PDM. 3,534
12. Gombi
APC 14, 684 PDP 2,397 SDP 8,965 PDM 626
15.34
Plateau
MIKANG Local Government Area.
APC=12512. PDP=11522.
BASSA Local Government Area.
APC=28770. PDP=34341.
SHENDAM Local Government Area.
APC=40464. PDP=14476.
BARKINLADI Local Government Area.
APC=13151. PDP=56933.
LANTANG north Local Government Area.
APC=25202. PDP=23045.
JOS EAST Local Government Area.
APC=15356 PDP=7752
KANKE Local Government Area.
APC=18458. PDP=23118.
RIYOM Local Government Area.
APC=7253. PDP=37793.
15.10
Gombe
Funakaye APC 18,09, PDP 21,210
Kwami APC 17,43, PDP 22,014
Gombe APC 33,062 PDP 27061
Shongom APC 9409 PDP 14,571
Dukku APC 12,543 PDP 22,326
Billiri APC 10,448 PDP 30,332
Kaltungo APC 10,448 PDP 26,209
Nafada APC 6,721 PDP 15,408
Yamaltu Deba APC 30695 PDP 33,488
Akko APC 30336 PDP 43,066
14.03
Kebbi
Aliero APC 14,958 PDP 7,113
Bunza APC 20,087 PDP 10,335
Kalgo APC 13,057 PDP 8,478
Zuru APC 22,224 PDP 10,218
Fakai APC 12,186 PDP 7,791
Argungu APC 28,132 PDP 14,165
Gwandu APC 20,982 PDP 10,767
Yauri APC 17,035 PDP 11,548
Sakaba APC 12,905 PDP 8,416
13.23
Sokoto
BINJI
APC 17,153 PDP 5,975
SOKOTO SOUTH
APC 49,153 PDP 19,421
BODINGA
APC 25,413 PDP 12,179
ISA
APC 19,626 PDP 15,695
SOKOTO NORTH
APC 42,977 PDP 17,202
TURETA
APC 14,851 PDP 9,235
KWARE
APC 23,073 PDP 10,041
GWADABAWA
APC 33,227 PDP 11,788
WURNO
APC 23,137 PDP 6,876
SILAME
APC 20,335 PDP 7,800
DENGE SHUNI
APC 28,006 PDP12,244
RABBAH
APC 19,481 PDP8,846
SHAGARI
APC 26,197 PDP10,126
GORONYO
APC 29,095 PDP 12,760
TANGAZA
AP C 21,542 PDP 9,991
GUDU
APC 13,843 PDP9,925
SABON BIRNI
APC 40,016 PDP 18,769
TAMBUWAL
APC 53,703 PDP14,746
13.02
Lagos
Ibeju Lekki LGA
AA 08 ACD 36 ACPN 54 AD 101 APC 14696 APGA 14 KOWA 03 LP 04 MPPP 02 NCP 05 MMPP 12 PDP 11292 PPA 24 PPM 03 UPN 02
Badagary
AA 37 ACD 86 ACPN 63 AD 250 APC 27086 APGA 52 ID 22 KOWA 25 LP 48 MPPP 12 NCP 14 MMPP 79 PDP 22664 PPA 91 PPN 19 UPN 42
Lagos Island
AA 10 ACD 94 ACPN 60 AD 244 APC 34232 APGA 25 ID 11 KOWA 10 LP 09 MPPP 09 NCP 12 MMPP 45 PDP 16111 PPA 59 PPN 11 UPN 10
Lagos Mainland LGA
Eti Osa
AA 18 ACD 40 ACPN 77 AD 177 APC 28082 APGA 48 ID 9 KOWA 10 LP 07 MPPP 11 NCP 18 MMPP 65 PDP 24486 PPA 87 PPN 12 UPN 10
Ifako Ijaye
AA 36 ACD 154 ACPN 148 AD 333 APC 46485 APGA 105 ID 116 KOWA 17 LP 16 MPPP 20 NCP 38 MMPP 85 PDP 26898 PPA 92 PPN 24 UPN 36
Oshodi Isolo LGA
AA 18 ACD 54 ACPN 76 AD 212 APC 42835 APGA 50 ID 11 KOWA 11 LP 74 MPPP 07 NCP 70 MMPP 72 PDP 43904 PPA 79 PPN 10 UPN 16
Ajeromi Ifelodun
AA 171 ACD 253 ACPN 257 AD 318 APC 42954 APGA 116 ID 35 KOWA 134 LP 25 MPPP 130 NCP 150 MMPP 124 PDP 52596 PPA 189 PPN 38 UPN 26
Amuwo Odofin LGA
AA 16 ACD 61 ACPN 94 AD 170 APC 26349 APGA 131 ID 08 KOWA 08 LP 97 MPPP 19 NCP 21 MMPP 40 PDP 35168 PPA 78 PPN 10 UPN 11
12.50
Ebonyi
Ohoazara LGA
APC:364 APGA:92 LP:307 PDP:32,402
Ezza South APC:2135 APGA:186 LP:8,457 PDP:18,095
Ivo LGA
APC:346 APGA:229 LP:6497 PDP:11,729
Ebonyi LGA
APC:1249 APGA:621 LP:12431 PDP:14,229
Afikpo North
APC:446 APGA:289 LP:9406 PDP:15,519
Afikpo South
APC:307 APGA:267 LP:3456 PDP:28,380
Abakiliki
APC:1255 APGA:804 LP:16,670 PDP:18,779
12.20
Imo
Ahiazu Mbaise LG
APC: 10,080 PDP: 25,063 APGA: 655
Ideato North LG
APC: 21,997 APGA: 785 PDP: 4,961
Abo Mbaise LG
APC: 4,883 PDP: 55,516 APGA: 506
Ideato South LG
APC: 32,708
APGA: 338 PDP: 2,317Nkwerre LG
APC: 11,597 APGA: 243 PDP: 3,737
Nwagele LG
APC: 11,723 APGA: 471 PDP: 5,780
Njaba Local Government
APC: 15,630 APGA: 490 PDP: 5,332
Owerri Municipal LG
APC: 10,138 APGA: 2,085 PDP: 6,700
Okigwe APC: 12,920 APGA: 770 PDP: 4,950
Oru West APC: 15,212 APGA: 1,057 PDP: 4,465
Owerri North APC: 13,493 APGA: 7,498 PDP: 8,746
Ihite Uboma APC: 11,152 APGA: 393 PDP: 7,600
Ehime Mbano
APC 15,594 APGA 800 PDP 12,934
Mbaitoli
APC 21,504 APGA 1,317 PDP 10,154
Oguta
APC: 17,094 APGA: 597 PDP: 22,410
Ngor Okpala
APC: 14,756 APGA: 1,401 PDP: 15,106
Orlu
APC: 27,244 APGA: 922 PDP: 4,936
Isi Ala Mbano
APC: 13,071 APGA: 676 PDP: 13,925
Owerri West APC: 11,828 APGA: 1,935 PDP: 7,980
Obowo
APC: 13,321 APGA: 690 PDP: 7,587
11.57
Benue
Governorship
Gwer East PDP 12,657 APC- 23,831.
APA LG PDP 7,582 APC-7,132
OKPOKU LG PDP 10,849 APC 7,209
OJU LG APC 16,948 PDP- 10,491
VANDEKIYA LG APC 33,075 PDP-15,228
OTUKPO LG APC 15,715 PDP- 14,519.
TARKA LG APC 14,888 PDP-3,517
Gwer West LG APC 11,844 PDP 13,033
LOGO LG APC 8,852 PDP-26,967
11.53
Kwara
GovernorshipOke Ero APC 6631 PDP 3815
Asa APC 18363 PDP 6186
Isim LG: APC 5525, PDP 4209
Oke ero LG: APC 6631, PDP 3815
Ekiti LG: APC 6269 PDP 4398 LP 299
Offa LG: APC 18569 PDP 4778
Ilorin South LG APC 21220 PDP 11439
Pategi LG APC 16335 PDP 3033
Irepodun LG APC 14, 970 PDP 7, 380
Edu LG APC 22963 PDP 9229
Ilorin East APC 25700 PDP 10923
Moro APC 16614 PDP 6330
Two wards cancelled to incidence of overvoting
Ifelodun APC 25528 PDP 8086
Ilorin West APC 53284 PDP 18196
11.19
Kaduna
Kaduna North: APC: 106,915, PDP: 12,465
Kaduna South: APC: 120,535, PDP: 15,665
Jema’a APC: 39,760, PDP: 45,272
Ikara: APC: 37,521, PDP: 16,836
Giwa APC: 48,240, PDP: 14,196
Chikun APC: 36, 920, PDP: 27,248
Igabi APC: 88,361, PDP: 20,180
Kubau APC: 53,934, PDP: 14,034
Kagarko APC: 24,846, PDP: 15,413
Sabongari APC: 61,107, PDP: 12,504
Kudan APC: 31,563, PDP: 11,025
Makarfi APC: 37,759, PDP:11,084
Soba APC: 55,836, PDP: 15, 413
Kajuru APC: 18,522, PDP: 21,296
10.10
Ogun
Ewekoro LG: APC 1075,PDP 3275,SDP 400
Remo North: APC 7365,PDP 6567,SDP 923
Ijebu-Ode: APC 10570, PDP 11381,SDP 571
Odeda: APC 10637,PDP 3633,SDP 1367
Abeokuta North: APC 22740,PDP 6371,SDP 1439
Ijebu North East: APC 5992,PDP 6780, SDP 587
Abeokuta South: APC 35511,PDP 10288,SDP 1792
Obafemi-Owode: APC 16333,PDP 6637, SDP 1237
Ikenne: APC 11085,PDP 8686,SDP
Ifo: APC 28596,PDP 5818,SDP 1464
Imeko-Afon: APC 8253,PDP 12412,SDP 938
Odogbolu
APC 10129,PDP 10430,SDP 1286
Ijebu North: APC 14317,PDP 18787,SDP 2084
Ado-Odo: APC 36108,PDP 13736,SDP 3083
Egbado South: APC 10844,PDP 12915,SDP 2650
Ipokia:
APC 16240,PDP 16877,SDP 1453
Sagamu: APC 18491,PDP 14011,SDP 978
Ogunwaterside: APC 8465,PDP 7470,SDP 730
Ijebu-East: APC 8990,PDP 9408,SDP 730
Egbado North: APC 15594,PDP 16001,SDP 1511
09.18
Kano
Some Guber Election results as been announced at each local government by INEC Returning officers AlbasuAPC 36, 262 PDP 5, 124
Dambatta
APC38, 159 PDP 8, 064
Kunchi
Apc 22, 365 PDP 4, 225
Garko
APC 23, 364 PDP 4, 136
GARUN MALAM
APC 23, 364 PDP 2, 521
Sumaila
APC 37, 805 PDP 4, 725
Gaya
APC 29, 410 PDP 6, 937
Tofa
APC 23, 028 PDP 2, 521
KIBIYA
APC 27, 237 PDP 5, 835
AJINGI
APC 27, 263 PDP 6, 500
KABO
APC 34, 044 PDP 9, 051
GEZAWA
APC 31, 919 PDP 8, 661
GABASAWA
APC25, 842 PDP 5, 966
08.33
Oyo
AFIJIO
APC-5087ACCORD-4590
PDP-1735
SDP-433
LABOUR-3746
SAKI EAST APC-4746
ACCORD-2955
PDP-1598
SDP-28
LABOUR-3078
EGBEDA LG APC- 1349
ACCORD-15811
PDP-2625
SDP-2418
LABOUR-2097
ORELOPE LG APC- 4730
ACCORD-3802
PDP-1452
SDP-572
LABOUR-6255
OGBOMOSHO SOUTH Apc- 3571 Accord- 2097 Lp- 19351 Pdp- 1647 Sdp- 224
IWAJOWA Apc- 7990 Accord- 2980 Lp- 1478 Pdp- 4198 Sdp- 719
OLUYOLE Apc- 11903 Accord- 10535 Lp- 1542 Pdp- 1953 Sdp- 1687
AKINYELE Apc- 12367 Accord- 14703 Lp- 3671 Pdp- 2478
ONA ARA Apc- 7434 Accord- 8887 Lp- 1592 Pdp- 2512 Sdp- 891
IBARAPA NORTH Apc- 5317 Accord- 4509 Lp- 3842 Pdp- 3373 Sdp- 776
ATIBA Apc- 10396 Accord- 3734 Lp- 7656 Pdp- 1396 Sdp- 587
IBARAPA CENTRAL Apc- 5084 Accord- 5921 Lp- 2187 Pdp-3201 Sdp- 826
ATISBO
Apc- 7132 Accord- 3257 Lp- 2562 Pdp- 2339 Sdp- 1956
KAJOLA Apc- 13436 Accord- 2827 Lp- 3544 Pdp- 6123 Sdp- 1205
ISEYIN Apc- 19547 Accord- 8410 Lp- 4136 Pdp- 1663 Sdp- 1504
ITESIWAJU Apc- 5661 Accord- 1404 Lp- 2805 Pdp- 4773 Sdp- 822
IBADAN NORTH WEST Apc- 12491 Accord- 9826 Lp- 4413 Pdp-2164 Sdp- 3959
IDO Apc- 10912 Accord- 8194 Lp- 2856 Pdp- 1724 Sdp- 1292
OYO WEST Apc- 10, 337 Accord- 5865 Lp- 3771 Pdp- 1416 Sdp- 690
OYO EAST Apc- 10037 Accord- 8472 Lp- 2765 Pdp-1393 Sdp- 785
ORIRE Apc- 7014 Accord- 3836 Lp-9543 Pdp-3978 Sdp- 2815
SURULERE Apc-5284 Accord- 4052 Lp- 9675 Pdp-2575 Sdp- 676
Mass Beaching of Whales Triggers 'Unscientific' Earthquake Fears in Japan!
The mass beaching of more than 150 melon-headed whales on Japan’s shores has triggered fear of a repeat devastating earthquake that killed 19,000 people in 2011 in Japan.
Despite a lack of scientific evidence linking the two events, a burst of online commentators have pointed to the appearance of around 50 melon-headed whales on Japan’s beaches six days before the monster quake, which released a towering tsunami and triggered a nuclear disaster.
To add to the fear, it was noted that more than 100 pilot whales died in a mass beaching on a remote New Zealand beach on February 20, 2011, two days before a large quake hit the country’s second-largest city Christchurch.
Japanese officials have however tried to calm fears, and have insisted there is no scientific data to prove the link.
APC in early lead in Lagos.
Lagos
Ibeju Lekki LGA
AA 08 ACD 36 ACPN 54 AD 101 APC 14696 APGA 14 KOWA 03 LP 04 MPPP 02 NCP 05 MMPP 12 PDP 11292 PPA 24 PPM 03 UPN 02
Badagary
AA 37 ACD 86 ACPN 63 AD 250 APC 27086 APGA 52 ID 22 KOWA 25 LP 48 MPPP 12 NCP 14 MMPP 79 PDP 22664 PPA 91 PPN 19 UPN 42
Lagos Island
AA 10 ACD 94 ACPN 60 AD 244 APC 34232 APGA 25 ID 11 KOWA 10 LP 09 MPPP 09 NCP 12 MMPP 45 PDP 16111 PPA 59 PPN 11 UPN 10
Lagos Mainland LGA
Skales calls out fan who insulted his GF on IG.
Artist Skales imparted a photo of himself and his better half eating and some female fan used it as a chance to affront the sweetheart.
Skales wasn’t having any of it, so he answered her…
Photos: Asari Dokubo & MASSOB head hold private meeting
Ex-Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo had a private meeting with the pioneer of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Ralph Uwazurike at Buguma Toru LGA of Rivers State as of late.
Motivation behind their meeting was not revealed. More photographs bellow.