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PU jabi rd. Kaduna. APC 359, PDP 13. No invalids.

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APC 246 ,PDP 39

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PU 022 Isah Kaita Road, Kaduna- Governatorial Result: APC 355; PDP 11

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Gubernatorial APC 199. PDP: 67. Barnawa kaduna south

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[size=15pt]Obama advised Jonathan to avoid a Laurent Gbagbo scenario[/size]


In his victory speech, Nigerian President-elect Buhari Muhammadu gave "special thanks" to U.S. President Barak Obama for "timely intervention" for peaceful and credible elections in Africa's most populous country.

Now, a senior member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), the party of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, who had lost the election, is shedding more light on Obama's role.

"Both Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron repeatedly called President Jonathan to concede defeat before the official announcement [of the poll results] because they had reports that his opponent had already won," the source, who had been privy to the phone calls," told The Anadolu Agency.

"That was why the president called Buhari around 5pm on Tuesday to congratulate him," he said.

Garba Shehu, Buhari's campaign spokesman, told AA on Tuesday, March 31, that Jonathan had called Buhari and conceded defeat in the March 28 polls.

"I can confirm to you that the president called Gen. Buhari to congratulate him at exactly 5:15pm," Shehu had told AA at the time.

The phone call took place almost ten hours before Nigeria's independent electoral commission officially declared Buhari the winner with a total of 15,424,921 votes against 12,853,162 for Jonathan.

The PDP source said Obama and Cameron had told Jonathan that waiting until the official announcement "may be too late to douse tension or quell possible anger by his supporters."

"Both men told him it would be far too costly – for Nigeria, Africa and Jonathan himself – to play another Laurent Gbagbo," he told AA.

In 2010, Gbagbo rejected the results of presidential polls in Ivory Coast after the election commission declared his rival, Alassane Ouattara, the winner.

The move led to a political crisis in the West African country and more than 3,000 people were killed in the ensuing violence, according to UN data.

Gbagbo's arrest in April 2011 finally ended the bloody, four-month-long conflict.

"President Jonathan honorably agreed to save the country any further bloodshed," the PDP source told AA.

President Jonathan's spokesman Reuben Abati has not responded to AA repeated requests for comment on the story.

In his victory speech on April 1, Buhari gave "special thanks" to Obama for the latter's "timely intervention and support for peaceful and credible elections in Nigeria."

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other American officials visited Nigeria in the run-up to the election and met the two frontrunners to seek their commitment to fair and peaceful polls.

Jonathan, a Christian from Nigeria's oil-rich delta region, is Nigeria's first democratically elected president to lose power to the opposition.

His electoral defeat last week marked the first time for the PDP to lose power since Nigeria returned to civil rule 16 years ago after three decades of military dictatorship.

Buhari's APC now commands a majority in both houses of the national assembly.

Nigeria has special relationships with both the United States and the United Kingdom.

The Nigerian political elite looks up to Washington as an example of the presidential system Nigeria has practiced since 1979 when it held its first presidential elections.

Until recently, the U.S. was the major importer of Nigeria's crude oil.

Nigeria also imports much of its local needs, including military hardware, from the U.S.

The U.S. remains a major source of foreign aid to Nigeria.

Nigeria, which declared independence in 1963, is a member of the Commonwealth, an intergovernmental organization of territories of the former British Empire.

Most of Nigerian military officers get training at Britain's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Mons Officer Cadet School.


http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/491052--did-obama-push-nigerias-jonathan-to-concede-defeat

(CNN)[/b]March 28 was a historic date in Nigeria's history as it marked the first time the opposition defeated the ruling party in democratic elections in Africa's most populous country and biggest economy.

Muhammadu Buhari, a former military leader who had ruled Nigeria for a 20-month period in the early 1980s, campaigned as a born-again democrat and saw the tide of public opinion turn in his favor.

Here, CNN's African Start-Up examines Buhari's campaign strategy and reveals the key business lessons entrepreneurs can adapt for startup success.

[b][size=15pt]If at first you don't succeed... keep going[/size]

This wasn't the first time Buhari had run for the highest political office in Nigeria -- in fact, it was his fourth attempt. He could have quit on several occasions, but didn't, and his persistence was rewarded at last month's polls.

Buhari's endurance and perseverance in the face of setbacks is a key lesson young entrepreneurs can take heed of, says Femi Longe, co-founder and programs director at CcHub, a tech innovation space in Lagos.

"The reality is that starting a business is everyday slog," explains Longe, who is an expert in social entrepreneurship. "A huge chunk of startups is just surviving to see the next day. You don't know when the big break will come."

[size=15pt]Learn from mistakes and don't be afraid to re-brand[/size]

Another area for entrepreneurs to take into consideration is Buhari's readiness to learn from the previous unsuccessful bids and make changes to the way he communicated his message.

"He was willing to smile a bit more, was willing to dress in the outfits of the different tribes, he was willing this time to actually campaign extensively across the country to change the image that people had of him," says Longe. "There was a lot of work to make him more presentable."

Similarly, startups need to be flexible and be able to adapt their campaigns to meed the needs of their target markets. Longe explains: "At the end of the day it's about your customers, it's about your users. And you need to think about how does my business appeal to each of their individual needs and concerns while not losing my core essence."

[size=15pt]Focus on setting the right agenda
[/size]
Buhari has also been praised for reading the ground reality accurately and delivering a focused and consistent message. Lazarus Apir, program manager of Transition Monitoring Group, a not-for-profit organization that helped monitor and corroborate official results, explains that even in Buhari's failed attempts in previous elections, he showed an unwavering focus on his outlook for the country.

"Focus is very crucial," he says. "Buhari said security, he said corruption, he said infrastructure -- all of these problems have continued in Nigeria and today they are only at their worst.

"He has kept the focus of things that he is seeing. If anyone wants to build a business empire for themselves, it is very important that they maintain focus. There is a temptation is to be overly dynamic but then (entrepreneurs) lose focus."

[size=15pt]Find the right team[/size]

Many experts have hailed Buhari's choice of Yemi Osinbajo as running mate as part of the election success story -- a cue entrepreneurs can take in their business plans, says Longe.

"The last time (Buhari) ran, he didn't have the appeal across the country. And this time he had an alliance that gives him appeal across the country. He has people that helped with improving the image of the areas where people had worries about his personality. He was able to work through all of them," he continues.

"We are not judging him as an individual but the collective capabilities of the team around him. The focus is not on one man but the team. Where the man himself has a weakness, the rest of the team can cover that and you need to have your A-players in charge."

[size=15pt]Embrace social media and use it properly[/size]

Social media has globally become one of the most important tools for candidates during election campaigns -- and Nigeria's race was no exception. Cynthia Mbamalu, programs manager at Nigerian youth charity YIAGA, said platforms like Twitter and Facebook helped the Buhari campaign to reach population pockets that they could have otherwise missed.

"Social media provided the opportunity to connect with Nigerians, especially young people," she explains. "For the first time in a long while there were tweets targeted mainly at promoting the person of General Buhari and the party's vision for Nigeria."

Mbamalu says the main selling point for startups to incorporate social media into their ongoing strategies is that it allows businesses to enter a vibrant marketplace and engage with customers.

"Customer satisfaction is vital in every business endeavor; people are more open to a system that guarantees that their opinions are important. Social media provides the right amount of buzz a viable business idea may need."

But she adds: "Businesses need to understand intrigue, trends and interplay on social media to strategically carve its niche."

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/09/africa/startup-lessons-nigerian-election-buhari-campaign/index.html

mtchew

The State of Israel has expressed its willingness to assist the in-coming administration of General Mohammadu Buhari (retd.) to fight insurgency.

Israeli President, Reuven Rivlin, according to a statement by the Media Director of Buhari campaign organisation, Mr. Garba Shehu, made the pledge in a congratulatory letter signed by him and delivered to the President-elect on Monday in Abuja.

The Israeli leader in the letter, delivered by the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Uri Palti, noted that the two countries faced “similar dangers and challenges in our daily struggle against those who want to terrorise our citizens.”

He said, “The latest news regarding the Boko Haram-ISIS alliance underscores the need for like-minded countries to unite in the fight against such radical terrorist organisations.

“I assure you that in this important campaign, Israel stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Nigeria.

“I wish you every success in the challenging task ahead and trust that under your presidency, the relations of friendship and cooperation between Nigeria and Israel will continue to expand and strengthen.”

Buhari, according to the statement, expressed his warm appreciation of the Israeli gesture and pledged to work with all countries to their mutual benefits.

http://www.punchng.com/news/terrorism-israel-pledges-to-support-buhari/

Not a welcome development by some...

By Ben Agande
Abuja – Barely a month to his exit having
lost the Presidential election, President
Goodluck Jonathan, Sunday, reviewed his
sojourn in government and declared that
he has been in a cage for 16 years.
President Jonathan who bared his mind
when the Christian community in Abuja
paid him the traditional Easter homage
said he has had enough and expressed
gratitude to Nigerians for giving him the
opportunity to serve.

While describing himself as one of the
luckiest Nigerians today, President
Jonathan said Nigerians had given him
opportunity to serve the country in the last
16 years at different levels of leadership
noting that he remained grateful to God
and the people of the country for
providing him with such privilege.
His words: “this Easter period coincides
with when I’m leaving but I always say I’m
one of the luckiest Nigerians. From 1999 I
have been in the hands of government. I
am yet to see somebody luckier than me.
“I was in the hands of governments for 16
years, not in government as a
parliamentarian, because if you are in the
National Assembly or state House of
Assembly, you take care of yourself in your
house. I was in a cage being taken care of
by the government. But I think it is enough
and I am happy, help me thank God for
that”.

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/i-was-in-a-cage-for-16-years-says-jonathan/

"I dont know anything PLC
i only know NEPA"

If buhari can become a president of nigeria among the likes of, ffk, fayose, ait, nta, Tan, adamu muazu, doyin, omokiri, gumi, orisajafor, gani, opc, dokunbo, bode, nig service chiefs, and lots.....


WHAT IS 1$?

Vice President Namadi Sambo has
commended President Goodluck Jonathan
for his decision to accept the outcome of
the election.
Speaking when the Christian community in
the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) paid
President Jonathan Easter homage at the
the State House, Abuja on Sunday, Sambo
noted that the decision has saved the
country and made it the pride of Africa.
According to him, Jonathan’s name in the
country will ever be in gold.
He said the President has groomed him in
the past five years to PHD level while the
same period would have been used by
others in a conventional university to get
Bsc. or Masters degree.
“I am proud to be your deputy. You are my
brother and teacher forever. For the five
years I have been with you, I have got PHD
from you. I am for ever loyal to you and
we are of the same family.”
Noting that Easter Sunday is a special day
of resurrection of Jesus Christ, Sambo
prayed for God’s wisdom for the president
in leading the nation.


www.thenationonlineng.net/new/i-am-proud-to-be-jonathans-vp-sambo/

Is this CAN President truly representing
Christians ?

Born-based Pastor, Kallamu Musa-Dikwa,
said on Sunday that the wife of Christian
Association of Nigeria President, Pastor
Ayo Oristejafo, lied against him that he
had begged her husband over the alleged
N7bn bribe collected from President
Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the
presidential election in the country.
Musa-Dikwa had accused the CAN
leadership of collecting N7bn from
Jonathan to campaign against the All
Progressives Congress Presidential
candidate, Maj-Gen.Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.), in the run-off to the presidential
contest.
The cleric told one of our correspondents
on the telephone in Kaduna that he had
not set his eyes on the CAN president for
over a year now, let alone seeing him to
beg as claimed by Oritsejafor’s wife.
Musa-Dikwa challenged the CAN leader’s
wife to tell the world where and how he
had met her husband to beg for
forgiveness over an allegation he said he
had not regretted.
According to him, the current leadership of
the CAN must, as a matter of urgency,
resign, and “sin no more” and stop
“tarnishing the image” of Nigerian
Christians.
The pastor called on Oritsejafo and his
cabinet to repent, urging the “real” men of
God in the country to dissolve the current
leadership of the Ayo Oritsejafor-led CAN
before it was too late.
He noted that he was not surprised at the
current antics by the wife of the CAN
leader to blackmail him as other means to
armtwist him to meet the CAN president
had long failed.
He explained that on several occasions,
the CAN leader had used the Directorate of
State Services and other Christian leaders
to get to him but to no avail.
Musa-Dikwa added that he was aware all
entreaties from some men of God for him
to see Oritsejafor for “settlement” was
aimed at rubbishing him since he blew the
lid over the N7bn bribery scandal.
He said, “I have not seen Pastor
Oritsejafor in the past one and half years.
They are the ones that have been sending
emissaries to me for settlement, but I have
always refused to go.
“The wife(Oritsejafor’s) is lying. I have
never seen Ayo’s wife in my life. They have
used the DSS to force me to write
statements. They are lying against their
spirits and their God.
“Let them bring witness(proof) that I went
to beg Ayo. Is it in Abuja or Warri?
“They have been sending men of God to
me for settlement. The CAN’s North Central
zone chairman, Yakubu Pam, even told me
that I should go and meet Ayo and that he
talked to him, but I refused.
“Many of them(christian leaders) have
been calling me, asking to meet the CAN
leader and settle and I said, ‘what for?’ In
fact, they said I should not talk again and
that they know that all I have been saying
the true.
“Even they have called me, requesting that
I denounced that they collected money
and that they are going to give me money
but I refused.”



www.punchng.com/news/oritsejafors-wife-lied-says-borno-pastor-dikwa/

By Augustine Adah Snr Correspondent,
Lagos
A Yoruba traditional priest and the Egbeji
of Nigeria, Bola Adegunloye, has predicted
that the All Progressives Congress (APC)
governorship candidate in Lagos State,
Akinwunmi Ambode, will win the
governorship election on April 11.
Adegunloye, who spoke to journalists in
Lagos at the weekend maintained that
“Despite the support and sympathy
garnered by the candidate of Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje, it will
be difficult for him to win the next
governorship elections in Lagos State.”
The priest, who claimed that he had
predicted the defeat of President Jonathan
in 2015 presidential election since last
year, stated that with the emergence of
Muhammadu Buhari as the country’s
president, Nigerians will definitely heave
sigh of relief.
Adegunloye stressed: “I want to tell
Nigerians to remain hopeful and pray
fervently because the new administration
will chart a better course that will
transform the country better than what we
are experiencing at the moment”.
He advised APC to be careful in managing
internal disputes that may arise from the
victory as many PDP members will soon
want to join the party.
He emphasised that what led to President
Goodluck Jonathan’s “defeat at the poll
was his inability to positively affect the
lives of ordinary Nigerians while the
opportunists were busy looting
government treasury.”
Adegunloye further predicted that APC will
retain power for another eight years at the
centre, strssing, “I see the victory of APC
at the centre extending for another eight
years.”

dailyindependentnig.com/2015/04/yoruba-priest-predicts-victory-ambode/

Oboy naija don dey rise ,
wetin happen

ABU DHABI, 4th April 2015 (WAM) - President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan today sent a cable to President Muhammadu Buhari on his election as President of Nigeria.

Similar cables were sent to President Buhari by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates-international/1395278889283.html

By Akinwunmi King, Lagos
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)
has offered prayers for the success of the
incoming administration of the president-
elect and winner of the just concluded
presidential election, Gen. Muhammadu
Buhar (Rtd).
CAN, in a statement issued on Saturday,
signed by its president, Pastor Ayo
Oritsejafor, which also doubled as its
Easter message, commended the defeated
President, Goodluck Jonathan for
displaying a spirit of sportsmanship.
According to Oritsejafor in the statement,
“the need for peace that our President,
Goodluck Jonathan has demonstrated in
the recently held presidential elections
should be the point of reference for all our
political leaders in the coming elections.
“There is nothing greater than peace and
love as enunciated by God and
demonstrated by our dear president. I also
pray for peace for the incoming
administration led by Rtd Major General,
Muhammadu Buhari with optimism that
Nigeria will witness peace and progress
under his administration.”
The cleric also prayed for the restoration
of unity and stability of Nigeria and
thanked citizens for supporting the
country’s leaders.

dailyindependentnig.com/2015/04/oritsejafor-prays-buhari/

Residents of Asaba, Delta State are yet to
recover from the shock of how a 19-year-
old Godwin (not real name) allegedly
impregnated his mother while testing his
love charm.
According to report, the boy, famously
known as Ekenem, was said to have gone
to a native doctor, who allegedly prepared
a love charm for him to use on his mother
and one of the matrons in the college
where he is a boarding student.
It was gathered that the husband of the
woman, who has been away for some time
outside his Port Harcourt operational base,
denied being responsible for the
pregnancy during interrogation.
But the victim, the suspect’s mother, while
speaking to journalists said, “I did not
know how it all happened, but all I can say
is that a young man who looked like my
son suddenly found his way into my room
at the wee hours and I was speechless”,
adding that the whole exercise had
remained inexplicable.
Speaking at the police headquarters to
journalists, the suspect said, “I am deeply
sorry for all that has happened, I did not
mean to do this. I saw myself falling in
love with her after the love charm
prepared for me. I have to confess
because I know by so doing, God will
touch her mind and I know she will forgive
me. I suddenly found that I was making
love to mum when I thought the charm will
not work, and upon the revelation, I
threatened to kill her and the matter was
reported to the police”, he said.
DSP Celestina Kalu, Police Public Relations
Officer in the state, who confirmed the
report, disclosed that the boy had since
been arrested over threat to life.