By: Okoro Chinedu
2015-03-31 10:01
Lagos - Hostages that local troops have rescued from the clutches of the Boko Haram sect are receiving medical assistance.
On
Monday evening, troops reported they had rescued a number of women, the
elderly and children who were locked up by fleeing terrorists in Gwoza,
Borno State.
“The freed hostages some of whom are so weak are
being given medical attention while others are also receiving necessary
care pending the arrival and activities of aid agencies. Some of them
are also providing useful information for the intelligence in aid of
troops operations in the area,” Chris Olukalade, Director Defence
Information, said.
Meanwhile, Olukalade said, in another
development, a building which had been converted to a bomb making
factory have been unearthed by troops in the course of ongoing mopping
up operations in Gwoza.
The
facility which is being used for the manufacture of various calibres of
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) is still being carefully evacuated
of dangerous materials.
“Massive destruction of infrastructure and
property including blowing up bridges and burnt houses including Emir’s
Palace had also been noticeable.,” Olukalade said.
He said troops were carefully removing land mines placed in various parts of the town,” said Olukalade.
He
said in Bama, also in Borno State, troops on routine patrol in the
suburbs of the town this morning recovered a large number of rifles and
various arms believed to have been abandoned by terrorists who fled the
area when troops were advancing to flush them of the town recently.
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
PDP accuses Jega of bias
The representative of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Presidential Collation Centre, Godday Orubebe almost disrupted proceedings.
He delayed the announcement of more results for several minutes.
He accused the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attaihiru Jega of bias in favour of the All Progressives Congress APC
He stated that while Jega set up a committee to investigate the protest letter of APC on Rivers election, he rejected the letter of PDP on Kano, Jigawa, Katsina and Kaduna.
Brandishing a copy of the final result, Orubebe also accused Jega of working for the APC.
He stated that the results tallied with the ones currently being read at the collation centre.
The insisted that Jega will not continue with the collation until he looks at the party’s grievances.
He was, however, prevailed upon to allow the exercise to continue.
Responding to the allegations, Jega denied knowledge of any result.
He also said he has not seen any petition from the PDP concerning the conduct of elections in Kano, Jigawa, Katsina and Kaduna.
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Nyako’s son wins Adamawa Central Senatorial Zone
Yola - The son of the impeached Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, Abdul- Azeez Nyako has been declared the winner of the Adamawa Central Senatorial district, reports Thisday.
Nyako, who contested under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated A'ishatu Dahiru of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) and Dr. Idi Hong of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP).
Nyako scored a total votes of 126 406, Dahiru got 91 578 votes while Hong of the Peoples Democratic Party got 48 506 votes.
Read more at Thisday.
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Buhari wins narrowly in Lagos
Abuja - Opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari has scored a
narrow victory over President Goodluck Jonathan in Lagos, officials
results from the country's general election showed Tuesday.
The vote in Lagos was characterised by low turnout.
Only 1.7 million of 5.8 million registered voters cast ballots in the presidential and legislative polls held at the weekend.
Technical glitches, including failures in voter card identification devices being used for the first time in Nigeria, caused major delays nationwide, including in Lagos, a city of roughly 20 million people.
Frustrations over delays were thought to have kept turnout down in a number of states.
In Lagos, Buhari of the opposition All Progressives Congress took 792 460 votes, while Jonathan from the Peoples Democratic Party won 632 327.
The Lagos government has been controlled by the opposition since the end of military rule in 1999, but the PDP had earned victories there in past presidential elections.
Lagos was identified as a key swing state, where both Buhari and Jonathan had campaigned hard in the run up to election day.
It was not immediately clear how the low turnout would affect the national result, but news of the win in Lagos was cheered by APC loyalists at the party's headquarters in Nigeria's capital.
Lagos is Nigeria's most religiously and ethnically mixed area, and voters have a history of transcending the sectarian biases that frame voting in other parts of the country.
Buhari, a northern Muslim, has scored huge majorities in the north, while Jonathan, a southern Christian, is awaiting results from his strongholds.
The vote in Lagos was characterised by low turnout.
Only 1.7 million of 5.8 million registered voters cast ballots in the presidential and legislative polls held at the weekend.
Technical glitches, including failures in voter card identification devices being used for the first time in Nigeria, caused major delays nationwide, including in Lagos, a city of roughly 20 million people.
Frustrations over delays were thought to have kept turnout down in a number of states.
In Lagos, Buhari of the opposition All Progressives Congress took 792 460 votes, while Jonathan from the Peoples Democratic Party won 632 327.
The Lagos government has been controlled by the opposition since the end of military rule in 1999, but the PDP had earned victories there in past presidential elections.
Lagos was identified as a key swing state, where both Buhari and Jonathan had campaigned hard in the run up to election day.
It was not immediately clear how the low turnout would affect the national result, but news of the win in Lagos was cheered by APC loyalists at the party's headquarters in Nigeria's capital.
Lagos is Nigeria's most religiously and ethnically mixed area, and voters have a history of transcending the sectarian biases that frame voting in other parts of the country.
Buhari, a northern Muslim, has scored huge majorities in the north, while Jonathan, a southern Christian, is awaiting results from his strongholds.
1st non-indigene wins House of Reps seat in Lagos
Lagos - Oghne Egoh, the first non-indigene to win a federal
constituency seat in Lagos, on Tuesday expressed the desire to attract
infrastructure development to the state.
Egoh, who was announced member of the House of Representative elect, Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency, Lagos State, on Monday, made the promise in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Egoh polled a total of 29 761 votes to defeat the incumbent, Ganiyu Olukolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 20 616 votes.
"In this particular constituency the biggest problem we have is the decay of our infrastructure, there is no water, sewage system is bad, and there are no playing grounds," he claimed.
Egoh promised to lobby ministers in charge of the ministries responsible for such facilities for an improved infrastructure in his constituency.
He expressed the hope that his party would win the governorship election in the state, saying its wining would further bring more development to his constituency.
Egoh expressed happiness that the PDP's governorship candidate in the state took part in his campaign and understood the challenges in his constituency.
According to him, their combination as governor and Member House of Representative would greatly satisfy the desire of his people.
Egoh, who was announced member of the House of Representative elect, Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency, Lagos State, on Monday, made the promise in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Egoh polled a total of 29 761 votes to defeat the incumbent, Ganiyu Olukolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 20 616 votes.
"In this particular constituency the biggest problem we have is the decay of our infrastructure, there is no water, sewage system is bad, and there are no playing grounds," he claimed.
Egoh promised to lobby ministers in charge of the ministries responsible for such facilities for an improved infrastructure in his constituency.
He expressed the hope that his party would win the governorship election in the state, saying its wining would further bring more development to his constituency.
Egoh expressed happiness that the PDP's governorship candidate in the state took part in his campaign and understood the challenges in his constituency.
According to him, their combination as governor and Member House of Representative would greatly satisfy the desire of his people.
- NAN
INEC throws out APC petition, upholds Rivers elections
The commission said there was no sufficient reason to cancel the results has been canvassed by the APC.
Prof. Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the commission, who disclosed on Tuesday during the continuation of the collation of results of the presidential election, said the commission found out that the allegations were not strong enough to annul the results or order a re-run.
He stated that the resolution of the commission is that it would accept the results coming from Rivers State but will keep intact all documentary evidences.
President Goodluck Jonathan won the state with over 1.4m votes.
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Friday, 27 March 2015
Troops finally reclaim Gwoza
By: Augustine Osayande
2015-03-27 13:53
Abuja - The Nigeria military has confirmed the capturing Gwoza town, the last terrorist base in Borno State.
According to Defense Headquarters in Abuja, several terrorists were killed and many others were capture in the operation.
It added that mopping up of the area and the entire surrounding is ongoing.
“Troops this morning captured Gwoza destroying the Headquarters of the Terrorists self styled Caliphate," read a statement.
" Several terrorists died while many are captured. Mopping up of entire Gwoza and her suburbs is ongoing” the Defense Headquarters said.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday had assured that Gwoza the last town under control Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State would be liberated by Friday to pave way successful conduct of general elections in all states of the federation. - CAJ News
Abuja - The Nigeria military has confirmed the capturing Gwoza town, the last terrorist base in Borno State.
According to Defense Headquarters in Abuja, several terrorists were killed and many others were capture in the operation.
It added that mopping up of the area and the entire surrounding is ongoing.
“Troops this morning captured Gwoza destroying the Headquarters of the Terrorists self styled Caliphate," read a statement.
" Several terrorists died while many are captured. Mopping up of entire Gwoza and her suburbs is ongoing” the Defense Headquarters said.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday had assured that Gwoza the last town under control Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State would be liberated by Friday to pave way successful conduct of general elections in all states of the federation. - CAJ News
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