Boko Haram Carries Out First Attack In Niger Republic

Boko Haram has carried out its first attack in Niger Republic.

The attack on the border town of Bosso was the second on a neighbouring country in as many days.

The governor of the Diffa region around Bosso, Yacouba Gaoh said the militants had been successfully pushed back after clashing with the troops.

INEC To Decide On The Possibility Holding General Elections As Scheduled

INEC says it will decide tomorrow on whether or not to go ahead with the general elections.

The decision is to be made after a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners as well as chairmen and secretaries of the registered political parties.

The Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Kayode Idowu who announced this in a statement said the commission would address a news conference to announce its position after the crucial meeting.

Aregbesola Was Validly Elected - Tribunal

The Osun State Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the election of Governor Rauf Aregbesola after dismissing the petition of the PDP governorship candidate, Iyiola Omisore.

The tribunal dismissed all the prayers of Senator Omisore alleging irregularities.

The tribunal chairman, Justice Elizabeth Ikpejime who read the judgement said Governor Aregbesola was validly elected and returned as winner.

The judge said the petitioner could not prove that the August, twenty fourteen election was manipulated.

Fear Of Defeat! Jonathan's Cohorts Calls For Jega's Sack

Supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan have called for the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega.

The supporters, under the aegis of Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly led by Chief Edwin Clark, made the demand at a news briefing in Abuja.

Among those at the briefing were a former Minister of Information, Walter Ofonagoro; a former Governor of Anambra State, Doctor Chuwuemeka Ezeife; a former Commissioner in Bayelsa State, Chief Whisky Ayakeme; and Senator Femi Okunronmu among others.

They accused professor Jega of conniving with Northern leaders to rig President Jonathan out of office.

Members of the group threatened that elections would not hold in southern part of the country if the commission decided to go ahead with the scheduled elections.

Election Must Go On As Scheduled - National Council Of State

The National Council of State has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission to go ahead and perform its constitutional responsibility of conducting the twenty fifteen elections.

The council rose from a meeting insisting the general elections must proceed as scheduled.

Imo state Governor Rochas Okorocha and his Ondo state counterpart Olusegun Mimiko briefed state house correspondents on the deliberations of the Council

NNPC & NPDC Stole 1.Four Billion Dollars

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company have been indicted by the investigative forensic audit conducted by PriceWaterHouse Coopers into the allegations of unremitted oil revenue to the Federation Accounts.

In the highlights of the report released by the Auditor General of the Federation, Samuel Ukura, the accounting firm asked both organisations to refund to the Federation account a minimum of one point four eight billion dollars.

PriceWaterHouse was last year hired to carry out the exercise following an allegation by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi that twenty billion dollars was not remitted to the Federation Account by the NNPC.

We Never Gave Pastors Money To Campaign For President Jonathan - PDP

The PDP has denied offering a six billion naira bribe to some pastors to campaign against the APC Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari

The PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh who made the denial at a news briefing in Abuja challenged the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi who made the allegation to name the pastors that received the alleged bribe.

He said it is a sin before God to bring the character of Pastors into disrepute.

Olisa Metuh also accused INEC of conniving with the APC in Lagos to deny non-indigenes their Permanent Voter Cards.