Research has  shown that atleast 60% of people using Ms Word don't know the full shortcuts.

 here they are......

Keyboard Shortcuts (Microsoft Windows)
1. CTRL+C (Copy)
2. CTRL+X (Cut)
3. CTRL+V (Paste)
4. CTRL+Z (Undo)
5. DELETE (Delete)
6. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the
item in the Recycle Bin)
7. CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
8. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected
item)
9. F2 key (Rename the selected item)
10. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the
next word)
11. CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the
previous word)
12. CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the
next paragraph)
13. CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the
previous paragraph)
14. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or
on the desktop, or select text in a document)
15. CTRL+A (Select all)
16. F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
17. ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
18. ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
19. ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
20. ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
21. CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to
have multiple documents opensimultaneously)
22. ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
23. ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
24. F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the
desktop)
25. F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows
Explorer)
26. SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
27. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
28. CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
29. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding
menu) Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the
corresponding command)
30. F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
31. RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
32. LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
33. F5 key (Update the active window)
34. BACKSPACE (View the folder onelevel up in My Computer or Windows
Explorer)
35. ESC (Cancel the current task)
36. SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROMinto the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-
ROM from automatically playing)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Man Trekking For Buhari Recounts His Experience

The man who promised to walk from Lagos to Abuja if Buhari won, Suleiman
Hashimu, has said some things that might interest you.
Suleiman Hashimu, also called ‘the traveller’, has set a historical record as the
first man to trek from Lagos to Abuja.
In a new interview with newsmen, the Traveller, a native of Katsina state,
talked about his more than 2 weeks journey.
According to Hashimu, he was in Lagos when Buhari was announced the
president-elect of Nigeria, so he left Lagos at about 5am the next day and
arrived in Ibadan around 6pm.
Narrating his ordeal to newsmen upon his arrival in Abuja, Hashimu said he
had gone to get a police report at Ibadan to allow for an unimpeded journey,
but that as he could not wait for the processes to be completed, the divisional
police officer (DPO) gave him his phone number.

Hashimu said when he first embarked on the journey many people
discouraged him, especially family members, but he never gave up.
He told journalists that in Ilorin people accompanied him for several miles
until he stopped at Oloru, where he received much hospitality in Jebba. He
said unlike other villages, he met people who had heard of him in Jebba.
Hashimu further explained that about 20 people set off with him from Jebba
and after some miles, 18 turned back, but the other two who were more
strong-minded followed him.
The Traveller narrated how they encountered armed robbers close to Mokwa,
but fortunately for him, he had already met one of them in Jebba and the
would-be robber ended up giving him N200 for ‘pure’ (sachet) water.
Hashimu said he continued his trip from Mokwa to Kudu, then from Kutigi to
Bida, and then to Suleja, after which he arrived in Abuja on Monday, April 20,
2015.
Upon his arrival in Abuja, many residents were already waiting to receive him.
When residents of FCT saw him, a chorus of Sai Buhari rent the air.
Reports stated that Hashimu yesterday received a horse as a gift from the
Agora Of Zuba, HRH Mohammed Bello Umar.



lolss the man really tried oooo  from Lagos to Abuja no be play play

Boko Haram changes name to ‘Islamic State in West Africa’

Abuja - Terrorist group Boko Haram has changed its name to ‘Islamic State in
West Africa.’ following its affiliation with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS),
Pulse reports.
Boko Haram pledged its allegiance to fellow terrorist group, Islamic State (ISIS)
in March 2015.
ISIS accepted the pledge and encouraged members to extend operations to
West Africa.
The group is said to have released new photos of its members and announced
its new name.
Over the last six years, Boko Haram have killed thousands and kidnapped
hundreds in a battle to establish an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria.
Meanwhile the military said on Thursday it was still advancing in Islamist
group Boko Haram's last known stronghold, dismissing reports that land mines
had forced them to retreat.
A pro-government vigilante and a security source had earlier said troops pulled
back from the Sambisa forest after three vigilantes were killed driving over an
anti-vehicle mine.

FRESH:   INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, SULAIMAN ABBA,SACKED BY THE PRESIDENT, DR.GOODLUCK JONATHAN THIS AFTERNOON

woowww  more still to come, Nemesis is catching up..Lolzzz

XENOPHOBIC ATTACK:SOUTH AFRICA, A DISGRACE TO AFRICA
#SAYNOTOXENOPHOBIA

Xenophobia: NANS gives S/African govt ultimatum

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the South
African Government 72 hours to stop xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and
other Africans resident in the country.
NANS President Tijani Usman conveyed the ultimatum during a protest march
by the association against such attacks on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that NANS had on April 18, issued a
seven-days ultimatum to the South African Government to end the attacks.
The students who had placards with the inscriptions “Say no to Xenophobia’’;
“Xenophobia is Evil’’; “South Africa, Enough is Enough’’, marched to the MTN
office and the South African High Commission both in Maitama.
“The purpose of this protest is to register our grievances and solidarise with our
people in South Africa because of the xenophobic attacks; Africa is our own
and we should not be racists in our own continent.
“We condemn such acts and we call on President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
to address this issue with immediate effect, otherwise South Africans in Nigeria
will not find things easy here; we will make sure they are deported back and
we will shut all their businesses.
“This is a signal; we are giving them 72 hours to stop all attacks; if they fail,
they will face the wrath of Nigerian students.’’
Usman appealed to the United Nations to call the South African Government to
order, adding that it seemed not to have taken any serious action to address the
problem.
Also speaking, Mr Nwankwo Ezekiel, the NANS Public Relations Officer, told
NAN that the protest was to drive home the earlier ultimatum given to the South
African Government.
“In our statement earlier, we gave seven days but today, we want to register our
grievances so that in the next three days, we will shut down all South African
investments in Nigeria, if the attacks are not stopped,’’ he said.
NAN reports that it took the timely intervention of a team of policemen led by
the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu, to quell the brewing
tension at the MTN office as some students were becoming unruly.
Inalegwu told NAN that that the students had the right to protest but were
expected to conduct themselves properly.
He said he had to come down to the MTN office personally when we received a
report that the students were trying to conduct themselves otherwise.
“I had to come here personally and I thank God that their president was able to
lead the students out of the premises peacefully.
“We have deployments in other South African establishments and I have spoken
with their president and I expect him to conduct himself properly,’’ the
commissioner said.
The students also took their protest to the South African High Commission.

Xenophobia: NANS gives S/African govt ultimatum

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the South
African Government 72 hours to stop xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and
other Africans resident in the country.
NANS President Tijani Usman conveyed the ultimatum during a protest march
by the association against such attacks on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that NANS had on April 18, issued a
seven-days ultimatum to the South African Government to end the attacks.
The students who had placards with the inscriptions “Say no to Xenophobia’’;
“Xenophobia is Evil’’; “South Africa, Enough is Enough’’, marched to the MTN
office and the South African High Commission both in Maitama.
“The purpose of this protest is to register our grievances and solidarise with our
people in South Africa because of the xenophobic attacks; Africa is our own
and we should not be racists in our own continent.
“We condemn such acts and we call on President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
to address this issue with immediate effect, otherwise South Africans in Nigeria
will not find things easy here; we will make sure they are deported back and
we will shut all their businesses.
“This is a signal; we are giving them 72 hours to stop all attacks; if they fail,
they will face the wrath of Nigerian students.’’
Usman appealed to the United Nations to call the South African Government to
order, adding that it seemed not to have taken any serious action to address the
problem.
Also speaking, Mr Nwankwo Ezekiel, the NANS Public Relations Officer, told
NAN that the protest was to drive home the earlier ultimatum given to the South
African Government.
“In our statement earlier, we gave seven days but today, we want to register our
grievances so that in the next three days, we will shut down all South African
investments in Nigeria, if the attacks are not stopped,’’ he said.
NAN reports that it took the timely intervention of a team of policemen led by
the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu, to quell the brewing
tension at the MTN office as some students were becoming unruly.
Inalegwu told NAN that that the students had the right to protest but were
expected to conduct themselves properly.
He said he had to come down to the MTN office personally when we received a
report that the students were trying to conduct themselves otherwise.
“I had to come here personally and I thank God that their president was able to
lead the students out of the premises peacefully.
“We have deployments in other South African establishments and I have spoken
with their president and I expect him to conduct himself properly,’’ the
commissioner said.
The students also took their protest to the South African High Commission.

Xenophobia: NANS gives S/African govt ultimatum

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the South
African Government 72 hours to stop xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and
other Africans resident in the country.
NANS President Tijani Usman conveyed the ultimatum during a protest march
by the association against such attacks on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that NANS had on April 18, issued a
seven-days ultimatum to the South African Government to end the attacks.
The students who had placards with the inscriptions “Say no to Xenophobia’’;
“Xenophobia is Evil’’; “South Africa, Enough is Enough’’, marched to the MTN
office and the South African High Commission both in Maitama.
“The purpose of this protest is to register our grievances and solidarise with our
people in South Africa because of the xenophobic attacks; Africa is our own
and we should not be racists in our own continent.
“We condemn such acts and we call on President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
to address this issue with immediate effect, otherwise South Africans in Nigeria
will not find things easy here; we will make sure they are deported back and
we will shut all their businesses.
“This is a signal; we are giving them 72 hours to stop all attacks; if they fail,
they will face the wrath of Nigerian students.’’
Usman appealed to the United Nations to call the South African Government to
order, adding that it seemed not to have taken any serious action to address the
problem.
Also speaking, Mr Nwankwo Ezekiel, the NANS Public Relations Officer, told
NAN that the protest was to drive home the earlier ultimatum given to the South
African Government.
“In our statement earlier, we gave seven days but today, we want to register our
grievances so that in the next three days, we will shut down all South African
investments in Nigeria, if the attacks are not stopped,’’ he said.
NAN reports that it took the timely intervention of a team of policemen led by
the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu, to quell the brewing
tension at the MTN office as some students were becoming unruly.
Inalegwu told NAN that that the students had the right to protest but were
expected to conduct themselves properly.
He said he had to come down to the MTN office personally when we received a
report that the students were trying to conduct themselves otherwise.
“I had to come here personally and I thank God that their president was able to
lead the students out of the premises peacefully.
“We have deployments in other South African establishments and I have spoken
with their president and I expect him to conduct himself properly,’’ the
commissioner said.
The students also took their protest to the South African High Commission.

Xenophobia: NANS gives S/African govt ultimatum

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the South
African Government 72 hours to stop xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and
other Africans resident in the country.
NANS President Tijani Usman conveyed the ultimatum during a protest march
by the association against such attacks on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that NANS had on April 18, issued a
seven-days ultimatum to the South African Government to end the attacks.
The students who had placards with the inscriptions “Say no to Xenophobia’’;
“Xenophobia is Evil’’; “South Africa, Enough is Enough’’, marched to the MTN
office and the South African High Commission both in Maitama.
“The purpose of this protest is to register our grievances and solidarise with our
people in South Africa because of the xenophobic attacks; Africa is our own
and we should not be racists in our own continent.
“We condemn such acts and we call on President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
to address this issue with immediate effect, otherwise South Africans in Nigeria
will not find things easy here; we will make sure they are deported back and
we will shut all their businesses.
“This is a signal; we are giving them 72 hours to stop all attacks; if they fail,
they will face the wrath of Nigerian students.’’
Usman appealed to the United Nations to call the South African Government to
order, adding that it seemed not to have taken any serious action to address the
problem.
Also speaking, Mr Nwankwo Ezekiel, the NANS Public Relations Officer, told
NAN that the protest was to drive home the earlier ultimatum given to the South
African Government.
“In our statement earlier, we gave seven days but today, we want to register our
grievances so that in the next three days, we will shut down all South African
investments in Nigeria, if the attacks are not stopped,’’ he said.
NAN reports that it took the timely intervention of a team of policemen led by
the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu, to quell the brewing
tension at the MTN office as some students were becoming unruly.
Inalegwu told NAN that that the students had the right to protest but were
expected to conduct themselves properly.
He said he had to come down to the MTN office personally when we received a
report that the students were trying to conduct themselves otherwise.
“I had to come here personally and I thank God that their president was able to
lead the students out of the premises peacefully.
“We have deployments in other South African establishments and I have spoken
with their president and I expect him to conduct himself properly,’’ the
commissioner said.
The students also took their protest to the South African High Commission.

Xenophobia: NANS gives S/African govt ultimatum

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the South
African Government 72 hours to stop xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and
other Africans resident in the country.
NANS President Tijani Usman conveyed the ultimatum during a protest march
by the association against such attacks on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that NANS had on April 18, issued a
seven-days ultimatum to the South African Government to end the attacks.
The students who had placards with the inscriptions “Say no to Xenophobia’’;
“Xenophobia is Evil’’; “South Africa, Enough is Enough’’, marched to the MTN
office and the South African High Commission both in Maitama.
“The purpose of this protest is to register our grievances and solidarise with our
people in South Africa because of the xenophobic attacks; Africa is our own
and we should not be racists in our own continent.
“We condemn such acts and we call on President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
to address this issue with immediate effect, otherwise South Africans in Nigeria
will not find things easy here; we will make sure they are deported back and
we will shut all their businesses.
“This is a signal; we are giving them 72 hours to stop all attacks; if they fail,
they will face the wrath of Nigerian students.’’
Usman appealed to the United Nations to call the South African Government to
order, adding that it seemed not to have taken any serious action to address the
problem.
Also speaking, Mr Nwankwo Ezekiel, the NANS Public Relations Officer, told
NAN that the protest was to drive home the earlier ultimatum given to the South
African Government.
“In our statement earlier, we gave seven days but today, we want to register our
grievances so that in the next three days, we will shut down all South African
investments in Nigeria, if the attacks are not stopped,’’ he said.
NAN reports that it took the timely intervention of a team of policemen led by
the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu, to quell the brewing
tension at the MTN office as some students were becoming unruly.
Inalegwu told NAN that that the students had the right to protest but were
expected to conduct themselves properly.
He said he had to come down to the MTN office personally when we received a
report that the students were trying to conduct themselves otherwise.
“I had to come here personally and I thank God that their president was able to
lead the students out of the premises peacefully.
“We have deployments in other South African establishments and I have spoken
with their president and I expect him to conduct himself properly,’’ the
commissioner said.
The students also took their protest to the South African High Commission.

Xenophobia: NANS gives S/African govt ultimatum

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the South
African Government 72 hours to stop xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and
other Africans resident in the country.
NANS President Tijani Usman conveyed the ultimatum during a protest march
by the association against such attacks on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that NANS had on April 18, issued a
seven-days ultimatum to the South African Government to end the attacks.
The students who had placards with the inscriptions “Say no to Xenophobia’’;
“Xenophobia is Evil’’; “South Africa, Enough is Enough’’, marched to the MTN
office and the South African High Commission both in Maitama.
“The purpose of this protest is to register our grievances and solidarise with our
people in South Africa because of the xenophobic attacks; Africa is our own
and we should not be racists in our own continent.
“We condemn such acts and we call on President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
to address this issue with immediate effect, otherwise South Africans in Nigeria
will not find things easy here; we will make sure they are deported back and
we will shut all their businesses.
“This is a signal; we are giving them 72 hours to stop all attacks; if they fail,
they will face the wrath of Nigerian students.’’
Usman appealed to the United Nations to call the South African Government to
order, adding that it seemed not to have taken any serious action to address the
problem.
Also speaking, Mr Nwankwo Ezekiel, the NANS Public Relations Officer, told
NAN that the protest was to drive home the earlier ultimatum given to the South
African Government.
“In our statement earlier, we gave seven days but today, we want to register our
grievances so that in the next three days, we will shut down all South African
investments in Nigeria, if the attacks are not stopped,’’ he said.
NAN reports that it took the timely intervention of a team of policemen led by
the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu, to quell the brewing
tension at the MTN office as some students were becoming unruly.
Inalegwu told NAN that that the students had the right to protest but were
expected to conduct themselves properly.
He said he had to come down to the MTN office personally when we received a
report that the students were trying to conduct themselves otherwise.
“I had to come here personally and I thank God that their president was able to
lead the students out of the premises peacefully.
“We have deployments in other South African establishments and I have spoken
with their president and I expect him to conduct himself properly,’’ the
commissioner said.
The students also took their protest to the South African High Commission.

Xenophobia: NANS gives S/African govt ultimatum

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the South
African Government 72 hours to stop xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and
other Africans resident in the country.
NANS President Tijani Usman conveyed the ultimatum during a protest march
by the association against such attacks on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that NANS had on April 18, issued a
seven-days ultimatum to the South African Government to end the attacks.
The students who had placards with the inscriptions “Say no to Xenophobia’’;
“Xenophobia is Evil’’; “South Africa, Enough is Enough’’, marched to the MTN
office and the South African High Commission both in Maitama.
“The purpose of this protest is to register our grievances and solidarise with our
people in South Africa because of the xenophobic attacks; Africa is our own
and we should not be racists in our own continent.
“We condemn such acts and we call on President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
to address this issue with immediate effect, otherwise South Africans in Nigeria
will not find things easy here; we will make sure they are deported back and
we will shut all their businesses.
“This is a signal; we are giving them 72 hours to stop all attacks; if they fail,
they will face the wrath of Nigerian students.’’
Usman appealed to the United Nations to call the South African Government to
order, adding that it seemed not to have taken any serious action to address the
problem.
Also speaking, Mr Nwankwo Ezekiel, the NANS Public Relations Officer, told
NAN that the protest was to drive home the earlier ultimatum given to the South
African Government.
“In our statement earlier, we gave seven days but today, we want to register our
grievances so that in the next three days, we will shut down all South African
investments in Nigeria, if the attacks are not stopped,’’ he said.
NAN reports that it took the timely intervention of a team of policemen led by
the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu, to quell the brewing
tension at the MTN office as some students were becoming unruly.
Inalegwu told NAN that that the students had the right to protest but were
expected to conduct themselves properly.
He said he had to come down to the MTN office personally when we received a
report that the students were trying to conduct themselves otherwise.
“I had to come here personally and I thank God that their president was able to
lead the students out of the premises peacefully.
“We have deployments in other South African establishments and I have spoken
with their president and I expect him to conduct himself properly,’’ the
commissioner said.
The students also took their protest to the South African High Commission.

Inspector-General of Police fired!

Abuja - President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved the Inspector General of
Police, Suleiman Abba of his appointment.
The sack was announced by the president’s spokesperson, Reuben Abati, in a
statement on Tuesday.
No reason was given for the sack.
Also read: Police council confirms Abba as substantive IGP
A Deputy Inspector General of police, Solomon Arase, was appointed to act in
his stead.
Abba’s removal and the assumption of office of his replacement is with
immediate effect.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Aug. 1, 2014, appointed Abba as acting IGP
and was confirmed as Inspector General in November 2014.
- News 24
 wooww i can't believe this is happening after Election.!

Main causes of corruption in Nigeria revealed

 Nigerians have blamed weak public institutions as the main cause of
the high prevalence of corruption in the country.
This is according to findings of a research, which also established poverty (18
percent) and resource scramble (11 percent) as the other causes.
A total of 24 percent believe weak public institutions are the main cause.
More findings from the poll revealed that the vast majority (85 percent) of
adult Nigerians believe that the prevalence of corruption in Nigeria is to a high
extent.
According to researchers, this therefore ties the perception of citizens to
external ratings, where out of 174 countries where Nigeria ranked as the 15th
most corrupt country according to the ‘Transparency International’s Corruption
Index’.
In view of the prevalence of corruption in Nigeria, Nigerians consider the
‘Nigerian Police Force’, as well as ‘Ministries Departments and Agencies
(MDAs)’ as the most corrupt institutions in Nigeria.
NOIPOlls, the researchers, said an assessment of the involvement of Nigerians
in corruptive practices revealed that more than half of Nigerians (59 percent)
claimed they would most definitely go through with procedure, in a scenario
where they are stopped by a law enforcement officer, while driving without a
valid driving license in a hurry to get to a meeting.
On the other hand, about one third of Nigerians admitted they would rather pay
$2000 to go through.
Finally, while there have been several interventions by the government and
international development organisations to fight corruption in Nigeria, a key
success factor lies in the steady orientation of citizens on the ill effects of
corruption and moral degradation on the society.
“This should be done alongside the strengthening of government institutions,
especially anticorruption agencies. This wills in turn gradually alter the general
acceptance of corruption as a norm in the society, NOIPolls stated.
The opinion poll was conducted in the week of April 13 involving telephone
interviews of a random nationwide sample.
A total of 1 000 randomly selected phone-owning Nigerians aged 18 years and
above, representing the six geopolitical zones in the country, were interviewed.
“With a sample of this size, we can say with 95 percent confidence that the
results obtained are statistically precise - within a range of plus or minus 3
percent,” stated NOIPolls.

I BELIEVE THAT ONE DAY CORRUPTION INNIGERIA WILL BE A THING OF PAST.

President Jonathan urged to hand over
power on May 29

Damaturu - Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council
(IPAC), in Yobe, Alhaji Umar Kukuri, has urged
President Goodluck Jonathan to hand over power on
May 29, 2015.
Huhuri made the call during interview with media, in
Damaturu on Saturday.
He said, "the May 28 handover proposal has generated
arguments with a lot of suspicions and interpreted
negatively."
"So, Mr President should complete the 24- hour
difference and hand over power to the president-elect
on May 29 to sustain the statesmanship he
demonstrated during the election."
"President Jonathan has earned himself international
respect when he conceded defeat and congratulated
Gen. Buhari. He should sustain this for the remaining
period of his administration and beyond."
"Handing over power on May 29 will erase every
suspicion, fear of creating vacuum and the judicial
interpretation to the difference between May 28 and
May 29."
According to Kukuri, "Nigerians are united towards
peaceful transition after the peaceful elections, so, the
traditional handover date of May 29 should be
respected," he said.
He urged the two transition committees of the outgoing
and incoming governments to give priority to national
interest.
The chairman called on all stakeholders to support a
smooth transition from Goodluck to Buhari to
consolidate the achievements recorded in the just-
concluded election.
"The security agencies should also support a
successful transition, every Nigerian has a role to play
in ensuring a peaceful and successful transition for
Nigeria's democracy to become a role model in Africa."
He expressed optimism that the issue will be resolved
easily. "l do not see this as a problem, but it seems to
be generating serious arguments, l am sure it will be

resolved amicably," he said.

Buhari embarrasses Customs, NSCDC boss

Katsina - The President- elect, Muhammadu Buhari has warned top serving
government officials who in recent times have been coming to his residence
in Daura to lobby for retention of their positions to stay away, reports
Newswire.
Buhari gave the warning following the visits of the Comptroller-General of
Customs, Abdullahi Dikko Inde and Commandant-General of the Nigerian
Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Ade Abolurin to his residence.
The duo had gone to Daura to congratulate Buhari on his election victory.
The President- elect refused to see the duo, describing their visits as
unhealthy, unethical and disloyalty to a government they are still serving.
Buhari advised them to stay in their duty posts until he has been sworn in
as President before paying him a visit.

Ajimobi holds road show in Ibadan to thank electorate
2015-04-15 09:5Ibadan - Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday in Ibadan had a
road show to thank the electorate for re-electing him as governor of the
state.
Addressing the crowd at Government House Arcade that came out to
felicitate with him during the show, Ajimobi said "I thank all my supporters
who voted me in for second term and for the love you extended to me.''
The Oyo State governor on Sunday made history by becoming the first
governor in the state to win a second term ticket. The governor, and
governor-elect, said "I have to organise this rally to show my sincere
appreciation for the good gesture extended to me by the people of the
state.''
Also read: Olubadan congratulates Ajimobi over re-election
He said that though he had a comfortable lead of 18 members in the state
House of Assembly, he desired two more seats "for administrative
convenience.''
He appreciated the congratulatory messages extended to him by his
opponents, including Teslim Folarin of PDP and Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala,
and expected same from Rashidi Ladoja of Accord part.
The road show later moved to Oje, Bere and major streets of Ibadan in a
carnival-like manner.

Scoring goals feels great, says Awoniyi

Flying Eagles budding talent Taiwo Awoniyi has revealed that it is such a great feeling having to score
such important goals for the nation as his brace over the weekend against Zambia’s U-23 side sealed
Nigeria’s passage to the football event of the 11th All African Games in Congo Brazzaville.
Dream Team VI coach Samson Siasia had invited five players including Taiwo Awoniyi, Captain Musa
Mohammed and Bernard Bulbwa from the victorious Flying Eagles team at the concluded 2015 African
Youth Championship (AYC).
“We give God all the glory for the victory and as a striker; you just have to do your best and score to
assist your team to win” he told footballlive.ng.
As it was expected, it took Awoniyi time to gel with the rest of the team during training sessions as it
was an unfamiliar ground for him. His rise has been sporadic after he was discovered at the U-17 level
but Awoniyi said he feels just right at home with the Dream Team.
“I believe it’s just about time; I am just starting and by God’s grace I will be there. As a striker when you
score goals you are happy,”he said.

Buhari says he can not promise to find chibok girls.

"Never to be forgotten" is the new slogan adopted Tuesday by campaigners, replacing "Bring Back Our
Girls — Now and Alive!"
On the first anniversary of the day 276 schoolgirls were snatched in the middle of the night from their
boarding school in northeastern Nigeria, President-elect Muhammadu Buhari says he must be honest
about the prospects of getting the 219 girls who are still missing back to their families.
"We do not know if the Chibok girls can be rescued. Their whereabouts remain unknown," Buhari said in
a statement. "As much as I wish to, I cannot promise that we can find them."
On Tuesday, 219 girls dubbed "Chibok ambassadors" marched solemnly through Abuja, Nigeria's capital,
each carrying a placard with the name of the missing girl they represent.
"We are here to appeal to the government to do better, we want our girls now and alive," said Solamipe
Onifade, 16.
A candlelight march was planned for after sundown.
In Chibok, dozens of family members and supporters gathered at the remains of the school, in front of a
burned out and roofless classroom, to mark the anniversary. Young girls held hand-written placards
demanding "Bring back our girls — Now and Alive."
One mother, Mariam Abubakar , told the crowd she was in disbelief that the government had been unable
to rescue the girls during a whole year.
The statement by Buhari, a former military ruler of Nigeria who was democratically elected on March 28,
is a marked departure from President Goodluck Jonathan , who, after his administration initially denied
there had been a kidnapping, made repeated hollow promises that the girls would be rescued. Buhari
takes over May 29.
A year after the April 14-15 mass abduction by Boko Haram gunmen from the town of Chibok, hope has
dwindled.
Several dozen girls managed to escape as the kidnappers were taking the hostages to the Sambisa
Forest in northeast Nigeria, some clinging to the branches of trees above a moving open-back truck to
get away. Those who remain missing may have been split up. Some witnesses said some girls were
taken across the border into Cameroon. Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, claimed they had
converted to Islam and been married off to his fighters.
A negotiator said that at least three died in the early days, from a snake bite, malaria and dysentery.
Then, Jonathan refused to negotiate with Boko Haram, who were offering to exchange the girls for
arrested insurgents.
A hopeful message addressed to the captives from Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai promises the girls
scholarships and says they must never lose courage.

#BRINGBACKOURGIRLS
 It  is now a year since they were abducted from their place of learning,which by virtue of the Constitution,they are entitle to.
 It is a pity and embarassing that  the Federal Government could'nt bring back the abducted girls. What a shame!
 BRINGBACKOURGIRLSNOW

Man walks from Lagos to Abuja to celebrate Buhari’s victory
2015-04-14 14:08
Minna - A man who promised to trek from Lagos to Abuja if Muhammadu
Buhari wins the presidential election has begun the journey, reports Naij.
The man, Hasheem Suleiman is presently in Niger State.
Suleiman, who was in Lagos when Buhari was announced the President-
elect on March 31, began the journey at about 5am the next day and
arrived Ibadan around 6pm.
Also read: Buhari wins historic election landslide
Suleiman had vowed two years ago to trek from wherever he was to the
capital of Nigeria, Abuja, if Buhari emerges the winner of the poll in 2015.
He hopes to get to Abuja before May 27 and celebrate with Buhari at his
inauguration ceremony.
The distance between Lagos and Abuja is about 700km.

Muhammadu Buhari: A profile

Muhammadu Buhari was born on December 17, 1942, in Daura, Katsina
State. He went to Primary School in Daura and Mai’adua from 1948 – 1952,
before proceeding to Katsina middle School in 1953. He attended the
Katsina Provincial Secondary School (now Government College Katsina)
from 1956 – 1961.
On graduation from Secondary School in 1961, Buhari went to the Nigerian
Military Training School, Kaduna in 1963.
In October of the same year, he was sent to the officers’ Cadet School in
Aldershot in the United Kingdom and was thereafter commissioned Second
Lieutenant in 1963 and posted to the 2nd Infantry Battalion, Abeokuta as
Platoon Commander in 1963.
It was at the Abeokuta Garrison that the real traits of a great soldier were
identified in the young man. From 1963 – 1964 he was sent for further
training on the Platoon Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military
College, Kaduna.
In 1965, he went for the Mechanical Transport Officers’ Course at the Army
Mechanical Transport School in Borden, England. He went to the Defence
Services’ Staff College, Wellington, India in 1973 and to the United States
Army War College from June 1979 to June 1980.
In August 1975, after General Murtala Mohammed took power, he appointed
Buhari as Governor of the North-Eastern State, to oversee social, economic
and political improvements in the state.
In March 1976, the then Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo
appointed Buhari as the Federal Commissioner (position now called
Minister) for Petroleum and Natural Resources. When the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation was created in 1976, Buhari was also appointed as
its Chairman, a position he held until 1978.
In 1983, Major-General Buhari and Major-General Tunde Idiagbon were
selected to lead the country by middle and high-ranking military officers
after a successful military coup d'etat that overthrew civilian President
Shehu Shagari on December.
In 1985, Buhari was himself overthrown in a coup led by General Ibrahim
Babangida on August 27th, and other members of the ruling Supreme
Military Council (SMC) ostensibly, because he insisted on investigating
allegations of fraudulent award of contracts in the Ministry of Defence.
Between 1995 and 1998, Buhari served as the Chairman of the Petroleum
Trust Fund (PTF), a body created by the government of General Sani
Abacha, and funded from the revenue generated by the increase in price of
petroleum products, to pursue developmental projects around the country.
Buhari contested the Presidential election as the candidate of the All
Nigeria People's Party in 2003 and lost to former president Olusegun
Obasanjo.
Again, he contested under the ANPP banner in 2007 against Late Umaru
Musa Yar’adua of the PDP and lost.
In March 2010, Buhari left the ANPP for the Congress for Progressive
Change (CPC), a party that he had helped to found.
Buhari was the CPC Presidential candidate in the 16 April 2011 general
election, in which he lost to incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the
People's Democratic Party (PDP).
He is currently the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress
(APC) in the 2015 presidential election.

Ajimobi has written his name in gold - Oyo APC boss

 Chief Akin Oke, All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Oyo state, said Governor Abiola
Ajimobi’s name would be written in gold for being the first governor to be re-elected in the state.
According to Oke, Ajimobi has achieved what no other past governor has done.
He said on Wednesday in Ibadan, that "by winning the just-concluded governorship election in the
state, Ajimobi has written his name in gold."
Successive governors in the state spent one term of office, no matter their level of performance.
Oke, who congratulated the governor for the victory, stated that the feat would not have been possible
if Ajimobi had not performed well in his first tenure.
"I want to thank God and the people of the state who realised the quality Ajimobi possessed by
coming out en masse to vote for him for a second term," he said.
Also read: Analysts: PDP wins in oil states could inhibit sector
He also said that it was a good thing that through the victory, Oyo state had been linked with the
Federal Government that would be controlled by the APC.
According to him, the issue of revenue allocation would no longer be a problem.
Oke, however, said that apart from the federal allocations, Ajimobi's government in the second term
would work hard to improve on its internal revenue generation profile.
"Through this improved revenue drive, the APC-controlled government in Oyo state would be able to
pursue more people-oriented programmes and policies," he said.
He called on the people of the state to continue to support Ajimobi as they did during the election so
that he could continue to deliver dividends of democracy to them.

Supreme Court substantiates Fayose’s victory

Abuja - The Supreme Court has affirmed Ayodele Fayose as the duly elected
governor of Ekiti State in the June 21, 2014 election, Punch reports.
The apex court upheld the earlier decisions of the Court of Appeal and the
Ekiti State Governorship Election Tribunal, which had both earlier ruled that
the petition challenging Fayose’s victory lacked merit.
Also read: Ekiti lawmakers direct Chief Judge to investigate Fayose
In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, the apex court
dismissed all the grounds of appeal filed by the petitioner – the All
Progressives Congress – and resolved all four issues arising from the appeal
against the party.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared that Fayose of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 203 090 votes to defeat the then
incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, of the All Progressives Congress
who polled 120 433 votes in the election.

                 LATEST TRANSFER TALKS  ACROSS EUROPE

Manchester United to offer €75m plus Van Persie for Pogba
Source: Daily Express
Friday, April 10, 2015 17:07
Manchester United are planning to meet with Juventus as they plan a summer bid of
€75 million (£54m) plus Robin van Persie for Paul Pogba.
Juventus back in for Cavani
Source: Corriere dello Sport
Friday, April 10, 2015 08:33
Juventus are keen to lure Edinson Cavani back to Serie A after previously missing
out on the services of the Paris Saint-Germain striker, who could be available for
€40 million.
Real Madrid turn attention to Valdes
Source: Daily Express
Thursday, April 9, 2015 20:49
Real Madrid have abandoned their pursuit of Manchester United's David de Gea and
instead turned their attention to Victor Valdes. The former Barcelona man joined the
Red Devils on a free transfer earlier this season.
Liverpool to sell Balotelli
Source: Daily Mail
Friday, April 10, 2015 12:18
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is ready to sell Mario Balotelli at the end of the
season as he has lost faith the Italy international will get his Anfield career back on
track.
Tottenham join Immobile chase
Source: Corriere dello Sport
Friday, April 10, 2015 10:21
Tottenham are one of many clubs keeping tabs on Borussia Dortmund forward Ciro
Immobile, with Atletico Madrid, Valencia, Inter and AC Milan all after the Italy
international's signature, too.
Tuchel to take charge of Hamburg
Source: Sky
Friday, April 10, 2015 10:18
Thomas Tuchel has reached an agreement with Hamburg over the position as head
coach and will take charge of HSV come June irrespective of whether they escape
relegation to the 2. Bundesliga.
Khedira offered to Barcelona
Source: Daily Star
Friday, April 10, 2015 09:27
Sami Khedira's agent Jorg Neubauer has approached Barcelona over whether they
are interested in signing the Real Madrid midfielder, who is available on a free
transfer this summer.
Inter to battle Chelsea for Muto
Source: Corriere dello Sport
Friday, April 10, 2015 09:16
Inter have joined Chelsea in the race to sign Tokyo forward Yoshinori Muto as they
look to strengthen their squad ahead of the 2015-16 campaign.
Dortmund offer Gundogan €6.5m per year
Source: Bild
Friday, April 10, 2015 08:09
Borussia Dortmund have made Ilkay Gundogan a final contract renewal offer and are
willing to pay him €6.5 million per year as they are desperate to keep the midfielder,
whose current deal expires in 2016, at the club.
Liverpool enter Jenkinson race
Source: Daily Mirror
Friday, April 10, 2015 00:37
Liverpool have emerged as rivals to West Ham for Arsenal right-back Carl Jenkinson.
The England international has impressed on loan at the Hammers this year and
attracted interest from Anfield.

                             POST ELECTION

The much awaited Presidential and National Assembly Elections are over,and importantly,in every competition there is always a winner and the runner up. The just concluded presidential election is not an exemption as we have a winner,who shall be the country's president for the next four years. Fortunately the winner as announced by the Electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) is  Gen.Muhammadu Buhari. I say a big congratulations to His Excellency for the victory well deserved.
   My sincere congratulations also goes to the incubent president,Dr.Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, for taking a historic and courageous step in conceding defeat which most African Leaders find difficult to do.
To all Nigerians,i salute our courage and patience, despite all odds; security harrassment, ineffectiveness of the just introduced Technology, the Card Reader.
Prior to this time, some people believed that our great country,Nigeria, would split or that there would be another civil war in Nigeria but now we proved them wrong that Nigeria is one indivisible entity.
GOD BLESS NIGERIA
GOD BLESS EVERYONE.
GOD BLESS GEJ
GOD BLESS GMB

Why card readers flopped during presidential poll – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Kwara State has identified non-removal of (nylon)
films on the finger capture region of card readers as one of the causes of the hitches experienced with the device in the March 28 election.
It also attributed the flop to the removal of the card reader’s battery, stating that the process required that the device
must be reconfigured before it could be used.
The commission, in a memo sent to the supervisory and presiding polling officers by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Emmanuel Onucheyo, gave some directives to the officers to forestall a repeat of the challenges.
The memo read, “Ensure the card readers are properly charged before handing them to supervisory presiding officers. Ensure that the batteries are not removed for any reason whatsoever. If in any case, the batteries are removed, contact the administrators for reconfiguration. Ensure all the nylon film, covering the finger capture area, is removed before use.
“The SPOs should be re-educated about the card readers and their importance.”
The Public Relations Officer of the commission, Mr. Ayanda Jacob, said the earlier hiccups could be avoided if the officers complied with the directives.
He said, “The essence of passing the memo is to avoid the challenges we faced in the last elections. It is faster for card readers to identify registered voters if the nylon on the finger capture area is removed.
Some presiding officers did not do so. Some officers also removed the devices’ batteries and by so doing, they stopped working properly untill they were reconfigured.
“Generators have been provided to fully charge the batteries and each battery lasts for about 12 hours.”
Jacob stated further that both sensitive and non-sensitive election materials had been moved to the 16 local government areas of the state, adding that the commission had made proper arrangements to
ensure that the Saturday’s poll was more effective.

Belgore urges Buhari to unite Nigerians, fight corruption                    

The Kwara State Coordinator, President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation,Mr. Dele Belgore,has urged the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), to do everything humanly possible
to mend fences among Nigerians.
He added that Buhari should rally all Nigerians behind his government in the interest of nationalcohesion and harmony, without which socioeconomic development would be a mirage.
In a statement on Friday, Belgore added that the victory of Buhari, who is the presidential candidate of
All Progressives Congress, was an act of God and for a purpose.
Belgore, who was a Kwara State governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, said the people
expected so much from him, calling on him to strengthen the economy and ensure lives and property are
secured.
He said, “The Nigerian masses expect so much from the Buhari administration and such expectations
include that he would work hard to strengthen the economy and make sure that the lives and property of
the citizens are secured.
“Nigerians cannot wait to see campaign slogans translating to concrete action plans to impact on their
individual lives.”
He also congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan for his statesmanly conduct from the period he had
difficulty being accredited to vote, to the time he congratulated Buhari, conceding victory, even before
the official announcement was made.
He also commended the president-elect for the quality of his acceptance speech.
According to him, in all of these, Nigeria is the winner.
He added that the voting showed that Nigeria had coming of age.
Belgore advised Buhari to frontally fight corruption and spare nobody, regardless of status.
Hew said, “Many Nigerians see the president-elect as fairly above board in terms of corruption and
personal discipline. It is therefore hoped that he would strengthen the anti-graft war without political
considerations or selectiveness. There should be no sacred cow.”

Watch this before you go out to vote

Pele: Messi is better for Barcelona than Argentina

The Brazil legend believes his fellow South American displays his best form in a Barcelona shirt.
Pele believes Argentina captain Lionel Messi is still to reach the same heights for his country that he has achieved with Barcelona.
The four-time Ballon d’Or winner has helped the Catalan club to three Champions League titles and six La Liga crowns among numerous other trophies.
But his only international honours have come in the form of the Fifa World Youth Championship in 2005 and the 2008 Olympic title, while La Albiceleste fell at the final hurdle in the 2007 Copa América and the
World Cup last summer.
Argentina are among the favourites going into the 2015 Copa in Chile, but Brazil legend Pele feels their star man flourishes more while in the company of his club colleagues.
"When he's in Spain, with Barcelona, with a team he already knows and knows well, he's a player," the 74-year-old told Fifa.com, while visiting a homeless shelter in Santiago.
"But Messi when he's with the Argentinian team is not the same thing.
"It's a different way of playing - the Argentinian team is not organised the same way.
“The same thing happens with Neymar and Brazil."
Despite that, Pele remains confident that the South American showpiece this summer will captivate audiences across the globe.
"These days the individual players are better known than the teams," he added. "It's going to be a Copa of Stars, no doubt."
But the three-time World Cup winner would not be drawn on who he expects to lift the trophy following the final in Santiago on July 4.
"Today football is very even - you can't say who will win," he said.
"With computers and television, everyone knows everything about their opponents. It's hard to say who will reach the final.''

Ronaldo yellow card for Diving rescinded

The Portugal star will now be available for Real Madrid's home game against Eibar on Saturday
Cristiano Ronaldo has had his yellow card at Rayo Vallecano rescinded, meaning he will not now serve a
one-game ban.
The current Fifa Ballon d'Or holder was booked for simulation after a strong tackle from Antonio Amaya
in the penalty area during Wednesday's 2-0 victory at Vallecas.
Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti hit out at what he described as an "unbelievable" decision, which resulted
in Ronaldo's fifth yellow of the season, prompting a suspension.
The club backed up Ancelotti by launching an appeal on Thursday, which has been upheld by the
Competition Committee.
Ronaldo is likely to start Saturday's game at the Santiago Bernabeu - especially as James Rodriguez and
Toni Kroos are serving their own suspensions - as Ancelotti's men look to keep pace with Liga leaders
Barcelona. Madrid go in to the round-31 fixture four points behind their Catalunya rivals.
The former Manchester United forward will also be seeking a 301st goal in Madrid colours after reaching
another landmark by scoring the opener against Rayo.
A Madrid statement read: "The RFEF (Spanish Football Federation) Competition Committee has upheld
the appeal submitted by Real Madrid against the yellow card shown to Cristiano Ronaldo in the match
against Rayo Vallecano, agreeing to 'rescind the caution imposed on the player by the referee'.
"The forward will therefore be eligible to play in the La Liga matchday 31 game ag

President Jonathan’s aide, Oronto Douglas, dies at 49

The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Research,
Documentation and Strategy, Oronto Douglas, is dead.
49-year-old Douglas died on Thursday, April 9, 2015 from cancer-
related complications, according to Sahara Reporters.
He reportedly passed away at the State House Clinic in Abuja, according
to a close family source.
Douglas, also a close confidant of the President, was said to have been
shattered by Jonathan's loss at the March 28 presidential elections.
He is survived by a wife and children.

                                THE CARD READER CHALLENGE

    The electoral umpire for the 2015 elections,INEC, introduced a new technology for the elections called the Card Reader. The card reader is a mobile like technology, which looks like the popular POS machine. The Permanent Voters Card (PVC), according to the chairman of INEC Proff.Attaihru Jegga is verified the by the Card Reader  which checks for validity and acceptability of the Voter's card.
    This new technology according to the INEC chairman Proff.Attaihru Jegga will reduce the rate of electoral rigging and manipulations as recorded in previous elections since Independence in 1960. Convincingly, the Card reader was put to test in the National Assembly, right in front of Senators and Honourables.
    Unfortunately, there are complaints all over the country, where the Card Readers are being used, for its ineffectiveness and its inability of verifying many valid Permanent Voters Card including that of the president Dr.jonathan and his wife, mrs Dame patience Jonathan.Also in various polling boot/unit, some voters believed that INEC officials which are mostly Youth Corpers, are not properly trained on how and what to do when or if the card reader fails. A friend called me later that day and told me that he was even the one that adviced an official ,that he should remove the nylon cover that covered the face of the Machine.
    Despite the fact that the card reader faced alot of challenges in various polling unit across the country,which in some instances leads to the election being postponened insome part,till the next day and till April 11 when the Gubernatorial ELection will be held. The Card Reader in some parts of the country was regarded as the a commendable initiative from INEC.
    Speaking to the press after he finally got accredited after several attempt,the president Dr.Goodluck Jonathan GCFR said,INEC should not be blamed,because the Card Reader is a new invention to nigeria's electoral process, and that being the first time,such challenges are normal to be faced.
    Also, while speaking to gthe press,the main opposition and candidate of the APC, Gen.Muhammadu Buhari, commends INEC for the initiative and the effectiveness of the Card Reader in his polling unit, and also expressed dismay about the incident of the card reader with the President and his wife.He also adviced his supporters to be calm & peaceful no matter what the outcome may be.
    Thanks to INEC for making use of their plan B which allowed eligible voters to makke use of the manual process in areas where the Card Reader fails.
Personally,i think this is a great initiative by INEC. This is because most civilised countries of the world make use of electronic machines in their electoral processes. And as the saying goes "the journey of a thousand miles starts with a step",so being the first time such will be introduced in our Elections, we should not have expected a 100% efficiency with the machine. I believe that subsequent ELections in 2019 shall be with few or no complain, because according to the INEC chairman, Proff.Jegga, INEC has learnt its lessons.
                                            OLAWOYIN TOLANI MUSTAPHA
                                           Faculty of Law,Unilorin.

Number of internet users rises to 81m in Nigeria

 The Nigerian Communications Commission NCC, says the number of internet users on the GSM
networks increased from 76 322 802 in 2014 to 81 892 840 by January 2015, Vanguard reports.
The figures are contained in the NCC Monthly Internet Subscriber Data. The data records an increase of
5 570,038 internet users on the networks in January.
It showed that from the 81 892 840 internet users recorded in January, MTN Nigeria was on top of the
table with 39 173 123 customers browsing the internet on its network.
Also read: Nigeria’s has 48m active internet users - NITDA
It stated that MTN had an increase of 556 386 internet subscribers in January, after it recorded 38 616
737 users in the month of December 2014.
The data also showed that Globacom came second on the internet usage table, recording 17 671 405
subscribers surfing the net with its network in January.

Aisha Buhari: a new style of First Lady in Nigeria?

"Few would have believed that the taciturn, austere General Buhari
had a soft, smiling and sweet woman at home," the Vanguard daily said after
the former military ruler was elected the next president.
Aisha Buhari remained in the shadows for most of the election campaign but
could now impose a very different style from the current First Lady at the
presidential villa Aso Rock in Abuja.
Little is known for now about the First Lady elect other than a few details in
the media: she is 44, married her 72-year-old husband in 1989 after he
divorced his first wife the previous year, and they have five children together.
"I met Aisha Buhari three times, and she seems to be a very humble person,
very friendly and a good listener," said lawyer Ebere Ifendu, head of the
Women in Politics Forum group in Abuja.
The current First Lady, Patience Jonathan, wife of the outgoing president
Goodluck Jonathan, has a very different public profile.
Also Read: In-coming First Lady promises better deal for women
She is well-known to journalists and mimicked by comedians for her
boisterous public appearances as well as political and financial scandals.
"Patience has been like a bull in a china shop. No control whatsoever," said
Yemisi Ransome-Kuti, head of the Nigeria Network of NGOs.
"We are very hopeful that we will have a very different First Lady, who will
bring calm and harmony at the presidency."
- Calm and relief -
In the large house in a residential area of Abuja where her husband
Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was watching
election results come in, Aisha Buhari's calm demeanour contrasted with the
tumultuous scenes outside.
The official vote count was under way and the electoral commission was
drip-feeding results for the presidential election state by state until Buhari
took an unassailable lead.
The APC high command announced victory for their candidate and the news
spread around the country, sparking scenes of jubilation, notably in the
north's biggest city, Kano.
Dressed in a cream-coloured tunic and an orange and pink embroidered
headscarf, Aisha Buhari seemed calm and also relieved, despite the
magnitude of what had just happened and what was to come.
"The long journey has come to an end," she told AFP, referring to the election
campaign.
But she admitted to "mixed feelings" about the campaign, a low-key reference
to the low blows and personal attacks aimed at her husband from the ruling
party.
Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accused Buhari, a northern
Muslim, of supporting radical Islam, of failing to secure his secondary school
certificate and even having terminal cancer.
Aisha Buhari preferred instead to talk about the positive aspects of the
rollercoaster ride that had led Nigeria to its first democratic transfer of power
between parties at the ballot box.
Nigeria had nothing to fear from her husband, she said.
"I know him personally. Not as a leader of Nigeria. I know him as my husband
and I think Nigeria should feel comfortable with him. He will get there," she
added.
'Mama Peace'
Patience Jonathan for her part tended to add fuel to the flames during the
campaign, going as far as urging PDP supporters to "stone" anyone shouting
"change" -- the APC campaign slogan.
The comments sparked outrage in the APC and led to a furious debate in the
Nigerian media.
Patience Jonathan -- who styled herself "Mama peace" -- is used to media
scandals.
Even before the election of her husband as head of state in 2011, she was
suspected by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in 2006 of
having laundered a vast sum of money.
In 2012, she became "permanent secretary" of the oil-producing southern
state of Bayelsa, where Goodluck Jonathan is from and was a former
governor.
Also Read: Aisha: The brain behind Buhari
The opposition heavily criticised the appointment, decrying "nepotism" and
"favouritism".
She also attracted the ire of civil society when in the aftermath of the mass
kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in April last year, one of the leaders
of the "Bring Back Our Girls" movement was arrested after meeting the First
Lady at the presidential villa.
"Maybe she misunderstood her role as the First Lady," suggested Ifendu.
"There's no official role for the First Lady in Nigeria. It's not in the
constitution," added Ransome-Kuti.
Instead, it often depends on what weight the president gives it.
"What we are hoping for is more decorum from the office of the First Lady,"
she said.

Jonathan has nothing to fear, says Buhari

President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that he has nothing to fear.

Buhari, in his acceptance speech after being declared the winner of Saturday’s presidential election and presented with certificate of return in Abuja on Wednesday, said “despite the rancour of the elections,” he harboured no grudge against anyone.

To prove this, he extended “a hand of friendship and conciliation to President Jonathan and his team.”

Buhari read a prepared speech in which he also reiterated his determination to end insurgency in the North-East, rescue the economy and stem corruption which he described as an evil worse than terrorism.

The President-elect, who was Head of State between 1983 and 1985, said even though there could be a disagreement between him and Jonathan over governance, the President remained a great Nigerian.

He said, “Let me state clearly that President Jonathan has nothing to fear from me. Although we may not agree on the methods of governing the nation, he is a great Nigerian and still our president. He deserves our support and permanent respect by virtue of the office he has held.

“This is how an honourable nation treats its servants and conducts its affairs. I should be looking forward to meeting with President Jonathan in the days to come to discuss how our teams can make the transition of administrations as efficient as possible.”

On insurgency, he said, “No doubt, this nation has suffered greatly in the recent past, and its staying power has been tested to its limits by crises, chief among which is insurgency of the Boko Haram.

“There is no doubt that in tackling the insurgency, we have a tough and urgent job to do.

“But I assure you that Boko Haram will soon know the strength of our collective will and commitment to rid this nation of terror, and bring back peace and normalcy to all the affected areas. We shall spare no effort until we defeat terrorism.”

Reiterating his readiness to   fight corruption which, according to him, constitutes a threat to “our economic development and democratic survival,” he said, “no longer shall it( graft) be allowed to stand as if it is a respected monument in this nation.”

He added, “We shall strongly battle another form of evil that is even worse than terrorism—the evil of corruption. Corruption attacks and seeks to destroy our national institutions and character.

“By misdirecting into selfish hands funds intended for the public purpose, corruption distorts the economy and worsens income inequality. It creates a class of unjustly-enriched people.

“Such an illegal yet powerful force soon comes to undermine democracy because its conspirators have amassed so much money that they believe they can buy government.

“We shall end this threat to our economic development and democratic survival. I repeat that corruption will not be tolerated by this administration.”

Appealing to Nigerians to join him in “ resolving these and the other challenges we face,” he stated that “along the way, there will be victories but there may also be setbacks.”

He added, “Mistakes will be made. But we shall never take you for granted; so, rest assured that our errors will be those of compassion and commitment not of wilful neglect and indifference.

“We shall correct that which does not work and improve that which does. We shall not stop, stand or idle.”

Buhari also   said that his declaration as President-elect meant that the change many Nigerians had been yearning for had finally come.

“Today, history has been made and change has finally come. Your votes have changed our national destiny for the good of all Nigerians,’’ he said in   the speech titled, ‘‘The die is cast.’’

Noting that the challenges ahead were many, the President-elect said, “We shall, if necessary crawl, walk and run to do the job you have elected us to do.”

He promised to deliver good governance and ensure that his administration did not rule Nigerians “as if they were subservient to government.”

Buhari also pledged that his government would respect the rule of law as nobody should be above the law.

The former military ruler   said that he would treat those who voted against him and those who did not vote equally as those who voted for him on Saturday.

He said, “I pledge myself and our in-coming administration to just and principled governance.There shall be no bias against or favouritism for any Nigerian based on ethnicity, religion, gender or social status.

“I pledge myself and the government to the rule of law, in which none shall be so above the law that they are not subject to its dictates, and none shall be so below it that they are not availed of its protection.

“You shall be able to go to bed knowing that you are safe and that your constitutional rights remain in safe hands. You shall be able to voice your opinion without fear of reprisal or victimisation.

“My love and concern for this nation and what I desire for it extends to all, even to those who do not like us or our politics. You are all my people and I shall treat everyone of you as my own.

“ I shall work for those who voted for me as well as those who voted against me and even for those who did not vote at all. We all live under one name as one nation: we are all Nigerians.”

Buhari, who had previously contested three times   said he had always enjoyed the support of Nigerians but their votes were only allowed to count last Saturday.

He said, “We will govern for you and in your interests. Your vote was not wasted. This is not the first time Nigerians have cast their votes for us, and this is not the first time they have been counted; but this is the first time that the votes have been allowed to count. With the help of God, we pledge to do our utmost to bring forth the Nigeria you seek.”

On his eligibility for the presidential election, he said he would never have sought to contest if he had adjudged himself incapable.

While he condoled with the families that   lost their loved ones in the celebration that followed his victory on Tuesday, he also thanked Nigerians for reposing confidence in him.

He said, “Most of all, I thank the people of Nigeria for reposing their confidence in me at this trying moment. Our nation wrestles many challenges including insecurity, corruption, economic decline. I pledge to give you my best in tackling these problems.

“The good people of Nigeria, your obligation does not end with casting your ballot. I seek your voice and input as we tackle these problems. This will not be a government democratic only in form. It will be a government democratic in substance and in how it interacts with its own people.”

He also thanked his party, the All Progressives Congress, INEC, past leaders of the nation, world leaders, civil society organistations for their roles in successful conduct of the elections.

Buhari said, “Here, I want to thank my party for selecting me as its candidate. I thank our party leaders and members for the steadfast contributions they made to bring our dream to fruition. I thank INEC, the police and all other government agencies for performing their tasks in a proper manner and for refusing to be induced to undermine the election and the democratic process.

“I also wish to thank religious leaders, traditional leaders, the media, labour unions, civil society organisations, organised private sector, youths and students for their roles in this election.

“I give special thanks to President Obama and his timely intervention and support for peaceful and credible elections in Nigeria and for sending Secretary of State John Kerry and other United States officials. The European Union – especially the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other nations that were actively involved in ensuring the success of this election are equally appreciated. My sincere thanks to the United Nations Secretary General Mr Ban-Ki moon. The Commonwealth, China, India and other Asian and Gulf states are also hereby appreciated.

“Finally our brothers in the African Union and ECOWAS have truly and clearly shown and demonstrated their commitment to our democratisation process. Former Presidents John Kuffour, Amos Sawyer, Bakili Muluzi and his team are well appreciated. I must also add my appreciation for the role played by civil societies, national and international observers, other world leaders in ensuring that Nigeria holds free and fair elections.

“I assure all foreign governments that Nigeria will become a more forceful and constructive player in the global fight against terrorism and in other matters of collective concern, such as the fight against drugs, climate change, financial fraud, communicable diseases and other issues requiring global response. I want to assure our fellow African nations that Nigeria will now stand as a more constructive partner in advancing the matters of concern to our continent, particularly with regard to economic development and eradication of poverty.

“Former heads of state and presidents, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, General Yakubu Gowon, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Chief Ernest Shonekan and Gen.Abdulsalami Abubakar, deserve commendations for their statesmanship and words of caution and counsel for peace during the tense moments of this electoral period.”

Earlier, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, in his capacity as the Chief Returning Officer for the presidential election, had   declared Buhari the winner of the poll at   2.50am and 3am on Wednesday.

Buhari polled 15,424,921 votes to beat   Jonathan, who received 12,853,162 votes in the election in which 12 other candidates participated.

Buhari won in 21 states and received 25 per cent of the total votes cast in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Jonathan, who won in 15 states and the FCT and received 25 per cent of the votes in 25 states of the federation and the FCT.

Jega, who revealed that over 700,000 ad hoc staff were deployed for the March 28 and forthcoming April 11 polls, said there was the need to keep reforming and improving the nation’s electoral process.

He thereafter presented certificates of return to Buhari and Vice-President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and commended Nigerians for supporting INEC in the   conduct of the polls.

I’m not surprised I won – Buhari

On Wednesday evening, Buhari told   Cable News Network’s anchor, Christiane Amanpour, that   he was not surprised that he defeated Jonathan at the polls.

He explained that the successful merger of the APC in 2013 signalled the beginning of the end of Jonathan’s administration.

The President-elect said, “I am not surprised because of how we came into the merger. The main opposition parties in Nigeria decided to come together to face the ruling party. That means we had an additional spread and politicians across the length and breadth of the country so I was not surprised.”

Buhari said immediately after his inauguration on May 29, he would begin a process of national reconciliation, especially in the violence-prone areas of the Niger-Delta and the North-East.

He said, “The actual division that is worth bothering about in terms of social instability and insecurity are in the North-East and the in the Niger-Delta which I think have been with this country long enough that we know how they started and what stage they are in now and we are confident that we will rapidly give attention to the insecurity in the country and I believe that we will deal with them within a few months in office.”

The former Head of State said the issue of insecurity would have been curbed long ago if the Jonathan administration had formed a regional alliance with Cameroon, Chad and Niger four years ago.

He said he would increase the tempo of the war against insurgency which, according to him, the President started getting right in January this year.

Buhari said, “If you recall, the Nigerian soldiers, out of all ethical expectations were giving interviews to foreign journalists that they were being sent to face the terrorists and were not doing well because of the lack of weapons, poor training and leadership.

“And the National Assembly attempted to conduct a hearing by finding out how much was approved by the National Assembly for budgetary allocation for weapons and training in the last four years and they wanted to invite the service chiefs and the chief of defence staff but the administration scuttled the hearing so the performance of the military is being affected by corruption in the system.”

Descibing himself as a converted democrat, he denied engaging in extrajudicial killings during his military administration.

When asked how he would cushion the effect of the drop in global oil price, the president-elect said he would revive the agricultural   and   mining sectors and block all holes through which public funds are siphoned.

adapted from punch newspaper

I’ll Quit INEC Job June – Jega

The tenure of Mr. Jega, appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010 to replace the then chief of Nigeria’s electoral management body, Maurice Iwu, will expire in June this year

Attahiru Jega, INEC Chairman

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, has said he will not accept a tenure renewal even if he is offered.
The tenure of Mr. Jega, appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010 to replace the then chief of Nigeria’s electoral management body, Maurice Iwu, will expire in June this year.
Speaking in an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation Mr. Jega said having successfully accomplished the task assigned to him, another person should be given the opportunity to contribute his own quota‎.
Mr. Jega, a professor of political science, acknowledged that the task of leading INEC was a difficult one adding that he was not interested in tenure renewal and would not accept an offer of extension.
“I am grateful to God. I was asked to come and contribute my own quota to the national development and I have done my bit to the best of my ability,” he said.
“Whatever assignment one will do for five years – just like this difficult one — to me if one is able to successfully accomplish the task, someone else should be given the opportunity. Because for me I am not interested and if I am requested to serve again, I will not do it, by God’s grace.”
He stated that the introduction of the card reader device in the 2015 general elections had significantly helped to make the presidential election transparent and credible.
He, however, added that there were few challenges that would be looked into in the forthcoming governorship/state assembly elections, including late coming attitude of electoral officials.
Commenting on the allegations of bias against him by the Peoples Democratic Party’s chieftain, Godsday Orubebe, at the National Collation Centre in Abuja on Tuesday, Mr. Jega said he was unperturbed because the allegations were false.
“I maintained my calmness because I knew all the allegations were false. There is nothing that frightens me or disturbs me because, of all our actions, we have explanations for them,” he said.