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Governor Ibikunle Amosun Decleared winner

The incumbent governor of Ogun state governor Ibikunle Amosun has been declared as the winner of the April 11, 2015 gubernatorial election in the state. He won with 308,988 votes under the flag of All People's Congress (APC) while his runner up is Gboyega N. Isiaka of People's Democratic Party (PDP) with total votes of 201,440.

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Taraba state election result

1) Jalingo: Barade, Kofar Bashir Mai Lamba 004
Governorship: APC: 574 PDP: 9 SDP: 10 DPP: 1 PDM: 1
House of Assembly: APC: 423 SDP: 127 PDM: 5 PDP: 33 DPP: 1
2) Jalingo Senator Aisha Polling Unit. Lamorde Primary School
APC 972 PDP 27
3)Jalingo 1 Kofan Lawan Tela Anguwan Rariya
Governorship: APC 546 PDP 12 SDP 8
House of Assembly: APC 381 PDP 63 SDP 96 PDM 33
4) Jaling Bayan Gidan Lawan
Governorship: APC 553 PDP 4 SDP 6 PDM 3
House of Assembly: APC 289 PDP 71 SDP 159
5)Gassol LGA: Wuryo Ward Njiddawo 2
Governorship: APC: 340 PDP: 21
House of Assembly: APC: 330 PDP: 19
6)Mutum-Biyu Ward(A) Polling Unit Julde (1) Polling code 006
Governorship: APC 332 PDP 36
7) Mai Zare 2
Governorship: APC 390 PDP 09 SDP 11
House of Assembly: APC 244 PDP 11 SDP 133
8)Maizare 1
Governorship: APC 331 PDP 2 SDP 5
House of Assembly: APC 191 SDP 140 PDP 13

Lagos state election result UNOFFICIAL

Lagos Gubernatorial Results So Far:

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Ibeju/Lekki: APC: 12016; PDP; 10,812.
Ikorodu: APC: 49, 901. PDP: 29,604.

Epe: 19,179. PDP 16,400.
Badagry: APC:24,137. PDP:23,294.
Ifako/Ijaiye: APC:20,607. PDP:22,980.
Mainland LGA: APC: 33,898. PDP: 23,857.
Surulere: APC-52798. PDP:59649.
Oshodi/Isolo:APC:42585, PDP:48,878.
Ikeja: APC:29,893. PDP:23836.
Agege:APC:54,611. PDP:25596.
Etiosa: APC:28,188. PDP:21,480.
Ajeromi-Ifelodun: APC:37,716. PDP:57,494.
This put APC in leading position with 7 local Government out of 11 while PDP has 4.
APC has total result from 11 local governments APC-381,437 and PDP-340,586. And APC leads with 40,851. Yet to be announced officially by INEC.

Ogun State Official Result

Official Governorship Election Results:

 

OBAFEMI OWODE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 16,333
PDP 6,637

IJEBU NORTH-EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 5,992
PDP 6,780
ABEOKUTA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 35,511
PDP 10,288
ABEOKUTA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 22,740
PDP 6,371
REMO NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 7,365
PDP 6,567
EWEKORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 10,735
PDP 3,275
ODEDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 10,637
PDP 3,633
ODOGBOLU LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 10,129
PDP 10,430
IMEKO AFON LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 8,253
PDP 12,412
IFO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 28,596
PDP 5,818
IKENNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
APC 11, 085
PDP 8,686.
IJEBU – ODE LG
APC 10,570
PDP 11,381.

Oyo state Election result

APRIL 11 2015 ELECTION RESULT

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Kwara state election result

Results of kwara gubernatorial election so far as at 12:00am

Asa – APC 7455 PDP 2799
Edu – APC 8708 PDP 4038
Ekiti – APC 4050 PDP 3064
Ifelodun – APC 5886 PDP 1378
Ilorin East – APC 6364 PDP 2983
Ilorin South – APC 8601 PDP 4700
Ilorin West – APC 11241 PDP 3129
Irepodun – APC 9536 PDP 4810
Isin – APC 2077 PDP 1599
Kaiama – APC 5013 PDP 1164
Moro – APC 7468 PDP 2619
Offa – APC 15665 PDP 4300
Oyun – APC 6744 PDP 3204
Patigi – APC 14182 PDP 2915

Desmond Elliot win Surulere poll

The nigerian actor politician Desmond Olusola Elliot of All Progressive Congress candidate for the federal house of Assembly Surulere federal constituency was said to be the winner of April 11 poll by his party members and the celebration gallore started at his constituency. The formal and the official result has not been released yet.

OYO STATE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION RESULT [UNOFFICIAL]

The following result is one of the unofficial result of the gubernatorial election in Oyo state. APC 34 SDP 18 PDP 10 Accord 44 LP 26 The result is not tendered authentic unless INEC approved it.

DESMOND ELLIOT FOUND BRIBING VOTERS WITH MONEY [Picture]

A picture below show how DESMOND OLUSHOLA ELLIOT the House of representative candidate of ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS sharing money to woo voters in SURULERE Lagos. In the picture the Nolywood actor who wore a native dress with an inscribed DOE on his cap and surounded by the policemen said the acusition is a false one and he as not tell us why he is sharing money either

WHY MUST I VOTE? THIS IS YOUR ANSWER

Is why must i vote is the question running up and down of your mind? Then the following is the best answer to your question. 1. Voting is a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals (dictionary.com). This is the only way to express your opinion and choice of government. 2. It is your franchise, its your right as a Nigerian above the age of 18 to vote for the people of your choice. 3. It is the only way you can stop curruption and say yes to advancement in your country and states. By voting the right person to a post this is the only way for you to stop all the fraudlent act which is what i believe you dont like. 4. This is the best time to prove to the world that you have great politicians that care for the people's life not their pocket by voting in the right man into the office 5. Voting can make you a superman/woman for a day. This is the only period you are the boss of yourself and the whole country, your 1 vote count and make a million miles. 6. So you can complain with integrity. “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the people and burn their behinds, then they will have to sit on their blisters.” – Abraham Lincoln. 7. “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.” – Lyndon Johnson. So you can use it right. 8. To set a good foundation for the younger generation and to have a story to tell. 9. Because if you dont vote who will? If you dont want to vote and I dont want to vote, then who else will vote? 10. To organize ourselves, through our respresentatives, in building one nation.

Yerima Ngama joined APC in Less than 8 hours to election

Less Than 125 Minutes To The Closure Of Political Transfer Window Former minister of State, Finance and senatorial candidate of the PDP,in Yobe state, in the just concluded March 28 Presidential and National Assembly elections, Yerima Ngama, has joined the APC. Also defected alongside Mr Yerima Ngama was a one-time senator from Yobe Zone-A, Jalo Zarami; a former commissioner in old Borno State, Lawan Lantawa

Zanna Danani dropped his election bid and defected to the APC.

Less Than 24 Hours To The Closure Of Political Transfer Window PDP House of Assembly candidate in Yobe state, Zanna Danani, today dropped his election bid and defected to the APC. Dele Belgore, the governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in 2011, has dumped PDP and joined APC. Nine Kaduna governorship candidates step down for APC governorship candidate in Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.

Muhammadu Buhari's Profile According to Wikipedia

Muhammadu Buhari
President of Nigeria Elect
Taking office 29 May 2015
Vice President	Yemi Osinbajo
Succeeding	Goodluck Jonathan
7th Head of State of Nigeria
In office 31 December 1983 – 27 August 1985
Preceded by	Shehu Shagari
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Babangida
Governor of the Northeastern State
In office August 1975 – March 1976
Preceded by	Musa Usman
Personal details
Born	17 December 1942 (age 72) Daura, British Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Political party	All Progressives Congress
Spouse(s)	Safinatu Yusuf (1971–1988) Aisha Halilu (1989–present)
Children	10 Zulaihat Fatima Musa Hadiza Safinatu Aisha Halima Yusuf Zarah Amina
Alma mater	Nigerian Defence Academy Mons Officer Cadet School US Army War College
Religion	Islam
Website	thisisbuhari.com
Military service
Allegiance	Nigeria
Service/branch	Nigerian Army
Years of service	1961–1985
Rank	Major General

Muhammadu Buhari , GCFR (born 17 December 1942) is the President-elect of Nigeria and a retired Major General in the Nigerian Army who was Head of State of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a military coup d'état. The term Buharism is ascribed to the Buhari military government.
He ran unsuccessfully for the office of President in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the March 2015 elections. Buhari won the 2015 general election, defeating the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. When he takes office on 29 May 2015 as scheduled it will mark the first time in Nigeria's history that an incumbent elected President will peacefully transfer power to an elected leader of the opposition.
Buhari has stated that he takes responsibility for whatever happened under his watch during his military rule, saying that he cannot change the past. He also describes himself as a "converted democrat".

Marriage, family and personal life

Muhammadu Buhari was born on 17 December 1942, in Daura, Katsina State, to his father Adamu and his mother Zulaihat. He is the twenty-third child of his father. Buhari was raised by his mother, after his father died when he was about three or four years old.
In 1971, Buhari married his first wife, Safinatu (née Yusuf) Buhari (First lady of Nigeria December 1983-August 1985). They had five children together, four girls and one boy. Their first daughter, Zulaihat (Zulai) is named after Buhari’s mother. Their other children are Fatima, Musa (deceased), Hadiza, and Safinatu.
In 1988, Buhari and his first wife Safinatu were divorced. In December 1989, Buhari married his second and current wife Aisha (née Halilu) Buhari. They also have five children together, a boy and four girls. They are Aisha, Halima, Yusuf, Zarah and Amina.
On 14 January 2006, Safinatu Buhari, the former first lady, died from complications of diabetes. She was buried at Unguwar Rimi cemetery in accordance with Islamic rites.
In November 2012, Buhari's first daughter, Zulaihat (née Buhari) Junaid died from sickle cell anaemia, two days after having a baby at a hospital in Kaduna.

Military career

Buhari joined the Nigerian Army in 1961, when he attended the Nigerian Military Training College (in February 1964, it was renamed the Nigerian Defence Academy) in Kaduna. From 1962 to 1963, he underwent officer cadets training at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot in England.
In January 1963, Buhari was commissioned as second lieutenant, and appointed Platoon Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion in Abeokuta, Nigeria. From November 1963 to January 1964, Buhari attended the Platoon Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna. In 1964, he facilitated his military training by attending the Mechanical Transport Officer’s Course at the Army Mechanical Transport School in Borden, United Kingdom.
From 1965 to 1967, Buhari served as Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion. He was appointed Brigade Major, Second Sector, First Infantry Division, April 1967 to July 1967.
Buhari was made Brigade Major of the Third Infantry Brigade, July 1967 to October 1968 and Brigade Major/Commandant, Thirty-first Infantry Brigade, 1970 to 1971.
Buhari served as the Assistant Adjutant-General, First Infantry Division Headquarters, from 1971 to 1972. He also attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India, in 1973.
From 1974 to 1975 Buhari was Acting Director of Transport and Supply at the Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport Headquarters.
He was also Military Secretary at the Army Headquarters from 1978 to 1979 and was a member of the Supreme Military Council from 1978 to 1979.
From 1979 to 1980, at the rank of colonel, Buhari (class of 1980) attended the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the United States, and gained a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies. Upon completion of the on-campus full-time resident program lasting ten months and the two-year-long, distance learning program, the United States Army War College (USAWC) college awards its graduate officers a master's degree in Strategic Studies.
Other roles include:

• General Officer Commanding, 4th Infantry Division, Aug. 1980 – Jan. 1981
• General Officer Commanding, 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, Jan. 1981 – October 1981
• General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armed Division Nigerian Army, October 1981 – December 1983

Northern counter-coup of 28 July 1966

In July 1966 Lieutenant Muhammadu Buhari was one of the participants in a coup led by Lt-Col Murtala Muhammed that overthrew and assassinated Nigeria's first self-appointed military Head of State General Aguiyi Ironsi who had assumed leadership of the Nigerian government after a failed coup attempt on 15 January 1966, which overthrew the elected parliamentary system of government of independent Nigeria (also known as first republic). Ironsi's assumption of Nigeria's leadership was technically another coup following the January 1966 coup. Other participants in the coup on 28 July 1966 included 2nd Lieutenant Sani Abacha, Lieutenant Ibrahim Babangida, Major Theophilus Danjuma, Lieutenant Ibrahim Bako among others. The coup was a reaction to the January coup where a group of mostly Igbo led by Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu overthrew the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. Many Northern soldiers were aggrieved by the murder of senior politicians, Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, northern regional premier, Ahmadu Bello, and four senior officers, Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari, Colonel Kur Mohammed, Lt-Cols Abogo Largema and James Pam. The counter-coup was very bloody leading to the murder of mostly Igbo officers. Among the casualties were the first military head of state General Aguiyi Ironsi and Lt Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, the military governor of the Western Region.

Governor of North Eastern State

In August 1975, after General Murtala Mohammed took power that year, he appointed Buhari as Governor of the North-Eastern State, to oversee social, economic and political improvements in the state.
In February 1976, the North Eastern state was divided by the Military Government into Bauchi, Borno and Gongola states. In August 1991, Yobe state was created from Borno state, while Gongola state was split into two states, Taraba and Adamawa. In October 1996, Gombe State was created from Bauchi State.

Federal Commissioner for Petroleum and Natural Resources

In March 1976, the 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. During his tenure as Commissioner, 2.8 billion Naira allegedly went missing from the accounts of the NNPC in Midlands Bank in the United Kingdom. Former President Ibrahim Babangida allegedly accused Buhari of being responsible for this fraud.
However, according to the Modalities for Coordinating Nigeria's Anti-Corruption Strategies, Constructive Engagement Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009), in 1983, Shagari administration inaugurated the Crude Oil Sales Tribunal of Inquiry, headed by Justice Ayo Irikefe, to investigate allegations of N2.8 billion misappropriation from the NNPC account. The tribunal however found no truth in the allegations even though it noticed some lapses in the NNPC accounts.
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1983 Chadian military affair

In 1983, when Chadian forces invaded Nigeria in the Borno State, Buhari used the forces under his command to chase them out of the country, crossing into Chadian territory in spite of an order given by President Shagari to withdraw. This 1983 Chadian military affair led to more than 100 victims and "prisoners of war".

December 1983 military coup

Main article: Military coups in Nigeria

Major-General Buhari was one of the leaders of the military coup of December 1983 that overthrew the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari. At the time of the coup plot, Buhari was the General Officer Commanding (GOC), Third Armored Division of Jos. With the successful execution of the coup General Tunde Idiagbon, Buhari was appointed Chief of General Staff (the de facto No. 2 in the administration). The coup ended Nigeria's short-lived Second Republic, a period of multiparty democracy started in 1979. According to The New York Times, the officers who took power argued that "a flawed democracy was worse than no democracy at all". Buhari justified the military's seizure of power by castigating the civilian government as hopelessly corrupt and promptly suspended Nigeria’s 1979 Constitution.
Muhammadu Buhari has denied his role in the December 1983 coup; however, the example of Major Bamidele betrays Buhari's complicity in the December 1983 coup. Nigerian military historians Max Siollun and Nowa Omoigui note that when Major Bamidele got wind of the coup to oust Shagari, Bamidele reported the issue up the chain of command to his GOC 3rd Armored Division (Major General Buhari) who was allegedly in on the plot. To prevent Bamidele from leaking the plot, Buhari ordered the arrest and detention of Bamidele for 2 weeks. Bamidele wasn't released until the successful execution of the coup. Learning from this unfortunate experience, Bamidele didn't report any rumors of the so-called Vatsa coup (between 1985 and 1986) and was executed for it. Bamidele's words to the Special Military Tribunal that tried and convicted him are:

"I heard of the 1983 coup planning, told my GOC General Buhari who detained me for two weeks in Lagos. Instead of a pat on the back, I received a stab. How then do you expect me to report this one? This trial marks the eclipse of my brilliant and unblemished career of 19 years. I fought in the civil war with the ability it pleased God to give me. It is unfortunate that I'm being convicted for something which I have had to stop on two occasions. This is not self adulation but a sincere summary of the qualities inherent in me. It is an irony of fate that the president of the tribunal who in 1964 felt that I was good enough to take training in the UK is now saddled with the duty of showing me the exit from the force and the world."

Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during the SMC's first meeting, saying Bako has been shot and killed when his troop arrested Shagari in Abuja.

Head of state (1983–85)

Economic policy

In order to reform the economy, as Head of State, Buhari started to rebuild the nation's social-political and economic systems, along the realities of Nigeria's austere economic conditions. The rebuilding included removing or cutting back the excesses in national expenditure, obliterating or removing completely corruption from the nation's social ethics, shifting from mainly public sector employment to self-employment. Buhari also encouraged import substitution industrialisation based to a great extent on the use of local materials and he tightened importation.
However, Buhari's bid to re-balance public finances by curbing imports led to many job losses and the closure of businesses.
Buhari broke ties with the International Monetary Fund, when the fund asked the government to devalue the naira by 60%. However, the reforms that Buhari instigated on his own were as or more rigorous as those required by the IMF.
On 7 May 1984, Buhari announced the country's 1984 National Budget. The budget came with a series of complementary measures:

• A temporary ban on recruiting federal public sector workers
• Raising of Interest rates
• Halting Capital Projects
• Prohibition of borrowing by State governments
• 15 percent cut from Shagari's 1983 Budget
• Realignment of import duties
• Reducing the balance of payment deficit by cutting imports
• It also gave priority to the importation of raw materials and spare parts that were needed for agriculture and industry.

Other economic measures by Buhari took the form of counter trade, currency change, price reduction of goods and services.

Foreign policy

Buhari's military government continued largely with the foreign policy it inherited from Shehu Shagari. In January 1984, in his new year broadcast speech, Buhari stated that he would maintain and enhance diplomatic relations with all countries and international organisations such as the OAU, UN, OPEC, ECOWAS and the Commonwealth of Nations. He also stated that he would honor all treaty obligations entered into by previous governments, which he did.
Buhari's foreign policy also focused on Africa, mostly Nigeria's neighbors due to financial commitments.

53 suitcases saga

Buhari's administration was embroiled in a scandal concerning the fate of 53 suitcases, allegedly containing $700 million in Nigerian naira (which, at the time, was not allowed to leave the country due to inflation control efforts). The suitcases were being transported by the Emir of Gwandu, whose son was Buhari's aide-de-camp, and were cleared through customs on June 10, 1984 without inspection during his return flight from Saudi Arabia.

Human rights

According to Decree Number 2 of 1984, the state security and the chief of staff were given the power to detain, without charges, individuals deemed to be a security risk to the state for up to three months. Strikes and popular demonstrations were banned and Nigeria’s secret police service, the National Security Organization (NSO) was entrusted with unprecedented powers. The NSO played a wide role in the cracking down of public dissent by intimidating, harassing and jailing individuals who broke the interdiction on strikes. By October 1984, about 200,000 civil servants were retrenched.
Critics of the regime were also thrown in jail, as was the case of Nigeria’s most popular artist and one time presidential contender, afro-beat singer Fela Kuti. He was arrested on September 4, 1984 at the airport as he was about to embark on an American tour. Amnesty International described the charges brought against him for illegally exporting foreign currency as “spurious.” Using the wide powers bestowed upon it by Decree Number 2, the government sentenced Fela to 5 years in prison. He was released after 18 months, when the Buhari government was toppled in a coup d’etat.
In 1984, Buhari passed Decree Number 4, the Protection Against False Accusations Decree, considered by scholars as the most repressive press law ever enacted in Nigeria. Section 1 of the law provided that “Any person who publishes in any form, whether written or otherwise, any message, rumour, report or statement […] which is false in any material particular or which brings or is calculated to bring the Federal Military Government or the Government of a state or public officer to ridicule or disrepute, shall be guilty of an offense under this Decree”. The law further stated that offending journalists and publishers will be tried by an open military tribunal, whose ruling would be final and unappealable in any court and those found guilty would be eligible for a fine not less than 10,000 naira and a jail sentence of up to two years. Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor of The Guardian were among the journalists who were tried under the decree.
Decree 20 on illegal ship bunkering and drug trafficking was another example of Buhari’s tough approach to crime. Section 3 (2) (K) provided that “any person who, without lawful authority deals in, sells, smokes or inhales the drug known as cocaine or other similar drugs, shall be guilty under section 6 (3) (K) of an offence and liable on conviction to suffer death sentence by firing squad.” In the case of Bernard Ogedengebe, the Decree was applied retroactively. He was executed even if at the time of his arrest the crime did not mandate the capital punishment, but had carried a sentence of six months imprisonment.
In another prominent case of April 1985, six Nigerians were condemned to death under the same decree: Sidikatu Tairi, Sola Oguntayo, Oladele Omosebi, Lasunkanmi Awolola, Jimi Adebayo and Gladys Iyamah.
In 1985, prompted by economic uncertainties and a rising crime rate, the government of Buhari opened the borders (closed since April 1984) with Benin, Niger, Chad and Cameroon to speed up the expulsion of 700,000 illegal foreigners and illegal migrant workers. Buhari is today known for this crises; there even is a famine in the east of Niger that have been named "El Buhari".
One of the most enduring legacies of the Buhari government has been the War Against Indiscipline (WAI). Launched on March 20, 1984, the policy tried to address the perceived lack of public morality and civic responsibility of Nigerian society. Unruly Nigerians were ordered to form neat queues at bus stops, under the eyes of whip-wielding soldiers. Civil servants who failed to show up on time at work were humiliated and forced to do “frog jumps”. Minor offences carried long sentences. Any student over the age of 17 caught cheating on an exam would get 21 years in prison. Counterfeiting and arson could lead to the death penalty.
His regime drew the critics of many, including Nigeria’s first Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka, who, in 2007, wrote a piece called “The Crimes of Buhari” which outlined many of the abuses conducted under his military rule.
The Umaru Dikko Affair was another defining moment in Buhari’s military government. Umaru Dikko, a former Minister of Transportation under the previous civilian administration of President Shagari who fled the country shortly after the coup, was accused of embezzling $1 billion in oil profits. With the help of the Mossad, the NSO traced him to London where operatives from Nigeria and Israel drugged and kidnapped him. They placed him in a plastic bag, which was subsequently hidden inside a crate labelled as “Diplomatic Baggage”. The purpose of this secret operation was to ship Dikko off to Nigeria on an empty Nigerian Airways Boeing 707, to stand trial for embezzlement. The plot was foiled by British airport officers.
Buhari mounted an offensive against entrenched interests. In 20 months as Head of State, about 500 politicians, officials and businessmen were jailed for corruption during his stewardship.
Buhari responded to his human rights criticism, by saying that if elected in the general election due to take place now on 28 March 2015, he will follow the rule of law, there will be access to justice for all Nigerians and respect for fundamental human rights of Nigerians.

1985 coup and detention

In August 1985, Major General Buhari was himself overthrown in a coup led by General Ibrahim Babangida and other members of the ruling Supreme Military Council (SMC). Babangida brought many of Buhari's most vocal critics into his administration, including Fela Kuti's brother Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, a doctor who had led a strike against Buhari to protest declining health care services. Buhari was then detained in Benin City until 1988.
Buhari's admirers believe that he was overthrown by corrupt elements in his government who were afraid of being brought to justice as his policies were beginning to yield tangible dividends in terms of public discipline, curbing corruption, lowering inflation, enhancing workforce and improving productivity. Ibrahim Babangida justified his coup d'état by saying that Buhari failed to deal with the country's economic problems and promised "to rejuvenate the economy ravaged by decades of government mismanagement and corruption". However, Babangida's military government also failed to deal with Nigeria's economic problems and failed to rejuvenate the economy.

Chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund

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. A 1998 report in New African praised the PTF under Buhari for its transparency, calling it a rare "success story". However, the same report also noted that critics had questioned the PTF's allocation of 20% of its resources to the military, which the critics feared would not be accountable for the revenue.

Presidential campaigns and elections

Buhari (left) with Governor Abiola Ajimobi (right)

Buhari with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar (left)

In 2003, Buhari ran for office in the presidential election as the candidate of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP). He was defeated by the People's Democratic Party nominee, President Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ, by a margin of more than eleven million votes.
On 18 December 2006, Gen. Buhari was nominated as the consensus candidate of the All Nigeria People's Party. His main challenger in the April 2007 polls was the ruling PDP candidate, Umaru Yar'Adua, who hailed from the same home state of Katsina. In the election, Buhari officially took 18% of the vote against 70% for Yar'Adua, but Buhari rejected these results.After Yar'Adua took office, the ANPP agreed to join his government, but Buhari denounced this agreement.
In March 2010, Buhari left the ANPP for the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), a party that he had helped to found. He said that he had supported foundation of the CPC "as a solution to the debilitating, ethical and ideological conflicts in my former party the ANPP".
Buhari was the CPC Presidential candidate in the 16 April 2011 general election, running against incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and Ibrahim Shekarau of ANPP. They were the major contenders among 20 contestants. He was running on an anti-corruption platform and pledged to remove immunity protections from government officials. He also gave support to enforcement of Sharia law in Nigeria's northern states, which had previously caused him political difficulties among Christian voters in the country's south.
The elections were marred by widespread sectarian violence, which claimed the lives of 800 people across the country, as Buhari’s supporters attacked Christian settlements in the country’s center regions. The three day uprising was blamed in part on Buhari’s inflammatory comments. In spite of assurances from Human Rights Watch, who had judged the elections as “among the fairest in Nigeria’s history”, Buhari claimed that the poll was flawed and warned that "If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood".
However, he remains a "folk hero" to some for his vocal opposition to corruption. Buhari won 12,214,853 votes, coming in second to the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP, who polled 22,495,187 votes and was declared the winner.

2015 Presidential election

Main article: Nigerian general election, 2015

In the run up to the 2015 Presidential elections, the campaign team of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan asked for the disqualification of General Buhari from the race, claiming that he is in breach of the Constitution. According to the fundamental document, in order to qualify for election to the office of the President, an individual must be “educated up to at least School certificate level or its equivalent”. Buhari has failed to submit any such evidence, claiming that he lost the original copies of his diplomas when his house was raided following his overthrow from power in 1985.
Buhari ran in the 2015 Presidential election as a candidate of the All Progressives Congress party. His platform was built around his image as a staunch anti-corruption fighter and his incorruptible and honest reputation. However, Buhari stated in an interview that he would not probe past corrupt leaders and that he would give officials who stole in the past amnesty, insofar as they repent.
In January 2015, the insurgent group "The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta" (MEND) endorsed Buhari in the Presidential race, saying he is the best candidate to lead the country.
Muhammadu Buhari's campaign was advised, briefly, by former Obama campaign manager David Axelrod and his AKPD consultancy.
In February 2015, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo quit the ruling PDP party and threw his support behind the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket.
On March 31, incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan called Buhari to offer his concession and congratulations for his election as president; he will assume office on 29 May 2015.

Security challenges

In 2012, Buhari’s name was included on a list published by Boko Haram of individuals it would trust to mediate between the group and the Federal Government. However, Buhari strongly objected and declined to mediate between the government and Boko Haram. In 2013, Muhammadu Buhari made a series of statements, when he asked the Federal Government to stop the killing of Boko Haram members and blamed the rise of the terrorist group on the prevalence of Niger Delta militants in the South. Buhari stated that “what is responsible for the security situation in the country is caused by the activities of Niger Delta militants […] The Niger Delta militants started it all”. He also questioned the special treatment including millions of money^{[clarification needed]} those militants received from the Federal Government and deplored the fact that Boko Haram members were killed and their houses destroyed. The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, emotionally reacted to the statements made by the retired general and called for his arrest.
In May 2014, in the wake of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, Buhari strongly denounced the Boko Haram insurgency. He "urged Nigerians to put aside religion, politics and all other divisions to crush the insurgency he said is fanned by mindless bigots masquerading as Muslims”.
In July 2014, Buhari escaped a bomb attack on his life by Boko Haram in Kaduna, 82 people were killed. In December 2014, Buhari pledged to enhance security in Nigeria if he wins the general elections on 14 February 2015, which were later rescheduled for 28 March 2015. Since this announcement, Buhari's approval ratings reportedly have skyrocketed amongst the Nigerian people (largely due to the incumbent Goodluck Johnathan's apparent inability to fight Boko Haram's brutal insurgency). Buhari has now made internal security and wiping out the militant group one of the key pillars of his campaigning.

Freedom of religion

Previously, Buhari has given his support for the total implementation of Sharia in the country. He was quoted in 2001 as saying “I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria”, he then added that; “God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country”.
On 4 January 2015, Buhari stated that he favoured freedom of religion, that every Nigerian should be free and secure to practice their different religions. Buhari said, “Religion must never be used as an excuse to divide us, oppress others or gain unfair advantage. All my life I have expressed the belief that all Nigerians must worship God according to their wish”.
Buhari has denied all allegations that he has a radical Islamist agenda. On 6 January 2015, Buhari said “Because they can’t attack our record, they accuse me falsely of ethnic jingoism; they accuse me falsely of religious fundamentalism. Because they cannot attack our record, they accuse us falsely of calling for election violence – when we have only insisted on peace. Even as Head of State, we never imposed Sha’riah”.

Awards

Major-General Buhari (Ret.) has received several awards and medals. In alphabetical order they include:

• Congo Medal (CM)
• Defence Service Medal (DSM)
• Forces Service Star (FSS)
• General Service Medal (GSM)
• Global Seal of Integrity (GSOI)
• Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (GCFR)
• Loyal Service and Good Conduct Medal (LSGCM)
• National Service Medal (NSM)

source WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Awo Jesu festival 2015 makes a record | JESUS REPORTER

The founder of OREOFE FILMS AND THEATER PRODUCTION

Bishop Oreofe Williams popularly called OLU AWO JESU celebrate Easter with youths round the world. The program which was tagged AWO JESU FESTIVAL 2015 with Theme GOLD AND SILVER was hold at the Talent community Arapaja in Ibadan (The ministry permanent site), the program which was one of the best program of the year so far organized for the youths round the world to celebrate Jesus Christ.
The program house many youths in Nigeria and beyond, it also house many celebrities like EVANG. TOPE ALABI, EVANG KOLADE SEGUN OKEOWO, EVANG. ELVON JARRET

, EVANG. DOYIN HASSAN, DELE ODULE, YEMI SHODIMU, TUBOSUN ODUNSI among others.
The program which was hold from Friday 3rd of April till Sunday 5th of April make a footprint of record in Nigeria by taking the footprints of celebrities for the first time after HOLLYWOOD in Europe.

EDEN ELECTION CANCELLED | Jesus reporter

The election started peacefuly in Talent community, when all the citizen came out to vote for their best candidate.

The following are the result for the senatorial election

CANAN SENATORIAL DISTRICT
BP 28
TDCP 23
VOID 2

GOSHEN SENATORIAL DISTRICT
BP 42
TCDP 9
VOID 1

EDEN SENATORIAL DISTRICT
BP 28
TCDP 28
VOID 1

THIS SENATORIAL DISTRICT ELECTION WAS CANCELLED FOR OVER VOTING AS ONLY 53 VOTER WERE ACCREDITED AND 57 PEOPLE VOTED.

CHIEF OLOWOLAYEMO TORE THE PARTY MEMBERSHIP CARD | JESUS REPORTER

In talent community, there was 3 political parties where one is gaining more grand than the other 2. This led to comming together of the 2 parties and adopt a name called Talent Community Development Party (TCDP) to tackle Better Party.
In Talent community there are 3 senatorial district named GOSHEN, CANNAN and EDEN.
Each district has 2 candidates running for the senetorial seat from the 2 Political parties.
Cheif Olowolayemo of TCDP just of a sudden migrated to Beta Party saying "the gubernitorial candidate of TCDP can not acknoledge him while the opponent party is giving him a recognition" he further said "the party chairman as already insulted him on WHATSAPP GROUP and despite all what he as spent on the party from the scratch" after the speech he tier off the membership card of TCDP and said "it is better to be a stateman than following the party that insult, and he can never be a looser he then migrate to Beter Party
WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU THE LATEST UPDATE AS THE VOTE CONTINUES.

BREAKING NEWS: GENERAL MOHAMMADU BUHARI WIN 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

The all time contestant for the post of president since 2003, General Mohammadu Buhari win the 2015 general presidential election with about three million votes to his thight counterpart the present president Goodluct Jonathan.
President Goodluck won the 2011 election with about 22 million votes while his runner up was General Mohammadu Buhari with almost 8 million votes. In 2007 General Buhari also lost the post to Late President Ya'ardua, likewise he lost the same post to the Formal President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
But to his victory in 2015 he won the same post he converteda for in 3 times. He is the presidential candidate of All Progressive Party (APC), He is a one time HEAD OF STATE, a retired Force Man.

WE ALSO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS SUCCESS.

BREAKING NEWS: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN CONGRATULATE BUHARI

Immediately about 25 states were counted including the federal capital territory Abuja, the President of Nigeria Goodluck Ebele Jonathan called General Mohammadu Buhari to congratulate him for the victory in the presidential election.

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23 LG

TOTAL REGISTERED 3361793

ACCREDITED 1746031

AA 13

ACPN 424

AD 2300

ADC 543

APA

APC 1127760

CPP 824

HOPE 105

KOWA 176

PDP


UPP 78

TOTAL VALID 1617482

REJECTED 32719

TOTAL CAST 1650201

KANO STATE ELECTION RESULT

PROF. AMISU OF ATBU

44 LOCAL GOVT

TOTAL REGISTERED 4 MILLION PLUS

AA 426

ACPN 778

AD 708

ADC 657

APA 2770

APC 1903999

CPP 1552

HOPE 292

KOWA 288

NCP 697

PDP 215997

PPN 485

UDP 234

UPP 156

ACREDITED

VALID VOTE 2128821

REJECT 43626

TOTAL VOTE CAST 2172447

GEJ LEADING BUHARI

In the recemtly collated results of 8 states and FCT Abuja, we collated that Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is leading General Mohammad Buhari with over 20000 votes.
In the just counted votes PDP is having over 2.3 million votes while APC is having the same amount of votes with just 20000 difference.


The opinion poll is opened use the comment box to give your opinion.

The chairman of the INEC Prof. Attahiru Jega said about 18 state are through with their election results collation and by 8:00 p.m tonight the remaining 10 results will be released as he order for a break to expect the polling unit officers to be at the venue.

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REMAINING RESULT WILL BE PUBLISHED LIVE BY 8:00 P.M

OYO STATE ELECTION RESULT

AYOBAMI SALAMI

33 LOCAL GOVT


TOTAL REGISTERED VOTERS 2344448

ACREDITED VOTERS 1073849

AA 6331

ACPN 8979

AD 6282

ADC 5000

APA 4468

APC 528620

CPP 6674

HDP 839

KOWA 1312

NCP 1895

PDP 303376

PPN 2842

UDP 1069

UPP 3665

TOTAL VALID 881352

TOTAL REJECTED 47254

TOTAL CAST 928696

FCT ELECTION RESULT

PROF FABORODE FORMAL VC OAU IFE

6 AREA COUNCILS

TOTAL REGISTERED 886573

ACREDITED 344056

AA 139

ACPN 342

AD 240

ADC 288

APA 674

APC 146399

CPP 347

HOPE 83

KOWA 165

MCP 473

PDP 157195

PPN 269

UDP 95

UPP 96

VALID VOTES 306805

REJECTED 9210

TOTAL VOTE CAST 316015

ONDO STATE RESULT

BY PROF OLUSHOLA OYEWOLE VC FUNAAB

18 LOCAL GOVT

1501549 REGISTERED VOTERS

618040 ACREDITED VOTERS

AA 386

ACPN 2406

AD 1237

ADC 1227

APA 1139

APC 299889

CPP 1012

HOPE 184

KOWA 223

NCP 846

PDP 251368

PPN 734

UDP 184

UPP 221

TOTAL VALID 561056

REJECTED 21379

TOTAL CAST 582435

OSUN STATE ELECTION RESULT

PROF. AZUZU VC OYE EKITI UNIVERSITY.

30 LOCAL GOVT.

14 POLITICAL PARTIES

REGISTERED 1378113

AA 377

ACPN 1731

AD 1667

ADC 937

APA 1306

APC 383603

CPP 1029

HOPE 132

KOWA 255

NCP 767

PDP 249929

PPN 599

UDP 124

UPP 159

TOTAL VALID 642615

TOTAL REJECTED 20758

TOTAL VOTE CAST 663373

Kogi state results

KOGI STATE RESULT

REGISTERED VOTER 1350883

ACCREDITED VOTERS 476839

14 PARTIES

AA 700

ACPN 1089

AD 427

ADC 761

APA 1001

APC 264851

CDP 967

HOPE 144

KOWA 190

NCP 399

PDP 149987

PPN 476

UDP 180

UPP 156

TOTAL VALID 421328

TOTAL REJECTED 17959

TOTAL CAST 439287

Enugun official result

Enugun

aa 441

acpn 479

ad 269

adc 478

apa 715

apc 14157

cpp 237

kope 110

kowa 230

ncp 761

pdp 553003

ppn 407

upd 1623

upp 290

total valid 573173


rejected 12459


total vote cast 585632

The Ogun state Presidential election results

The official election results from the saturday election for Ogun state is as follow

APC  308290

KOWA 432

PDP
207950

THE RESULT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE DEPUTY VICE CHANCELLOR LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY

The unofficial result of the 2015 general election

This result was compiled by people of various polling units across the nation

President Election in across Nigerian
APC. . PDP
1, abia 154. 380
2, adamawa 6452. 1857
3, Akwa ibon. 160. 2120
4,bauchi. 15332. 649
5,bayelsa. 0. O
6, benue 13122. 4567
7, borno 15919. 614
8, cross river. 0. 0
9, delta, 329. 749
10, ebonyi, 5. 98
11, Edo. 723. 212
12, ekiti. 1500. 1148
13, enugu. 20. 456
14, fct. 4813. 2956
15, gombe. 14964. 1464
16, imo. 310. 358
17, jigawa. 19019. 1954
18. Kaduna. 34787. 2241
19, kanno. 51113. 5361
20, kastsina. 17734. 705
21, kebi. 2298. 203
22, kogi. 6449. 1640
23, kwara. 2346. 610
24, lagos. 5990. 3912
25, nasarawa. 2838. 774
26, niger. 1537. 2644
27, Ogun. 1441. 550
28 , ondo. 4619. 3171
29, osun. 20920. 10734
30, oyo. 4255. 1223
31, plateau. 9836. 1347
32, rivers. 325. 164
33, sokoto. 7997. 1423
34, taraba. 4318. 493
35, yobe. 8979. 376
36, zamfara. 4210. 957

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Breaking News: Kano election result uploaded by residents.

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2,537 candidates from 28 parties battle for N’Assembly seats

The Independent National Electoral Commission has stated that 2,537 candidates from 28 political parties contested in 28/03/2015 election to fill the 469 seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives in the Saturday election. According to the INEC chairman Prof. Atairu Jega he said in a press confrence held a day to the previous election that the result will be released in at most 48 hours. In reference to this we are expecting the result to be released by today 30 March, 2015.

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