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A special thanksgiving and farewell service was organized by Aso Villa chapel for President Jonathan and his wife Dame Patience Jonathan today May 17th, 2015. More photos below

Nigerian student Ufot Ekong has broken a 50 year record in Japan after graduating with a first class degree and best overall student from Tokai University in Tokyo Japan. The talented student graduated from the university with a first class degree in robotics and electrical engineering. This is the first time a Nigerian could achieve such success since 1965, Nigerian Bulletin reports. It was also gathered that Ufot won Japanese language award for foreigners and solved a mathematical equation that could not be solved 30 years ago in his first semester. Utof is receiving his award Asides from studying hard and paying himself for the education, Ufot works at Nissan. He has already made two patented products. Recently, he developed an electric car that could go as fast as 128 kilometers per hour. Ufot’s mum and electric car Asides from being a Saxophone master, the young Nigerian speaks English, Yoruba, French, Japanese. Undoubtedly, bright futu...

Ekiti state has been engulfed in a political stalemate between the governor and the 19 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state House of Assembly who have vowed to impeach the governor before the end of the current dispensation on May 29. A reliable source has told Thisday that the renewed plot to oust the governor before May 29 has now been hatched by the 19 APC lawmakers and a former president. According to the source, the APC lawmakers approached the former president, through an ex minister of Ekiti state, to help them dislodge the security agents who have laid siege to the Ekiti assembly complex so as to pave way for their return to the building. “A former minister from Ekiti State sent a senator to a former president. When he met him, the former president asked the 19 lawmakers to see him and they went. A top security personnel was invited to the meeting and they asked him what his men were doing at the Ekiti State House of Assembly.” Foll...

Fulani Cattle Headers have reportedly killed about 70 Christians in Plateau State, including one pastor. This was due to attacks perpetrated by cattle herders in the state, these herders frequently terrorize Christian farmers in Plateau state. The herdsmen raid the Christian villages with guns and then burn down homes and Churches, shoot the victims as they run away. “The jihadists, in their quest to eliminate Christians in Plateau State and their thirst for blood, have succeeded in killing Christians and burning their houses,”  said Gyang, a local man who lives in the area. The worst came on May 2, when gun carrying herdsmen burnt down the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) located in Foron Town, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area (LGA), killing 27 Christians. One pastor lost his life to the attacks, His name was Rev. Luka Gwom, he was just married two weeks prior in the same church building. “We in Riyom and Barkin Ladi LGAs...

The All Progressive Congress has denied the authenticity of the President-elect Muhammadeu Buhari’s alleged list of Ministers to be screened. The party’s spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in a statement to Guardian yesterday said that the list is false. Lai Mohammed said: “The most important thing is getting the agenda for governance right. There are many qualified Nigerians that help in actualising the agenda and we are not interested in pulling the cart before the horse. Frankly, ministerial list is not one of the major priorities of the party for now. You must disregard any of such list,” he said. He also begged Governors Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, and his Jigawa State counterpart, Sule Lamido to watch their words and said the nation has switched from pre-election to post-election mode. ‘’Nigerians have switched from pre-election to post-election mode, making the unsolicited advice and the rehash of the vitriolic electioneering campaign rhetor...

As the Peoples Democratic Party continues to battle with an internal crisis, major stakeholders have unfolded plans to merge the party with other parties of a “similar ideology”. This move, according to the leaders of the party, is to make the PDP a stronger and fresher coalition after the handover of power on May 29. The PDP has ruled the nation since 1999 but is now entering unknown territory, as it will be in opposition for the first time. The party not only lost the presidential race but also the two houses of the National Assembly and many guber elections especially in the North where it only retains Gombe and Taraba states. The push to merge is being headed by governors Sule Lamido, Godswill Akpabio, Muazu Aliyu and a few others who think that an alliance will increase the strength of the party. The parties needed to form the alliance are the All Progressive Grand Alliance, the Labour Party, Kowa, Hope Party and others. It is hoped the ne...

There's an on-going debate on Twitter over Buhari's handshake with the new Mrs Oshiomhole. Some very conservative Nigerians say it's against his religious values and so, inappropriate. Read  here . But president-elect Buhari doesn't seem to have a problem shaking hands with females. He's done it a few times before. See more photos below  His wife also shakes hands of men...