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Also speaking, police chief of Medan city Mardiaz Dwihananto, said several bodies had been recovered from the wreckage. "The bodies were in the debris of the plane and buildings...we are taking the bodies one by one by ambulance to Adam Malik hospital. We haven't managed to evacuate all of the bodies," Dwihananto said. The C-130 accident is the second time in 10 years that an airplane has crashed into a Medan neighborhood. In September 2005, a Mandala Airlines Boeing 737 crashed into a crowded residential community shortly after takeoff from Medan's Polonia airport, killing 143 people including 30 on the ground. Medan, with about 3.4 million people, is the third most populous city in Indonesia after the capital, Jakarta, and Surabaya.

Professor Attahiru Jega’s tenure as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come to an end. The former INEC boss, who took over from Professor Maurice Iwu, assumed office on June 8, 2010 during the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. Professor Jega officially handed over leadership to the commission’s National Commissioner, Ambassador Mohammad Wali, on Tuesday. Ambassador Wali hails from Sanyima town in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State, north-west Nigeria. Before his appointment as INEC National Commissioner, Ambassador Wali was an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto and Chief Executive Officer, Development Strategies International (DSI). He is a member of various committees of INEC and the Chairman of the Tenders Board. However, he would be acting as the INEC Chairman till the end of his tenure in August 11, 2015.

This happened around the Muson Centre/TBS area of Lagos a few minutes ago. The bus driver was stopped for a traffic offense and as LASTMA and VIO officials tried to seize his bus, he went under it and refused to come out, causing traffic on the road. Don't blame him though. That's his source of livelihood. See more exclusive photos below

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fingered prominent business moguls including Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola as those who financed the emergence of Senate President, Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara. Former interim national chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande although did not specifically mention names, a statement by him spoke the mind of the establishment bloc of the party ‎especially the Bola Tinubu wing in the South west. LEGISREPORTS however gathered that Dangote, Africa’s richest man, did provide funding for the Dogara speakership bid as well as that of Saraki Senate presidency project. The APC had endorsed Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and Senator Ahmed Lawan as its candidates for House speaker and Senate President respectively but its choices were defeated by Dogara and Saraki in the June 8th, 2015 election of presiding officers in the chambers of the National Assembly. Both heads of the National Assembly, LEGISREPORTS fi...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo arrived Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire for the launch of West Africa Energy Leaders Group today June 30th. Continue to see more photos..

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, AT THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, HELD AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, ON MONDAY 29TH JUNE 2015. Protocol I am delighted to be here with you at this occasion on the inauguration of the National Economic Council (NEC) for this Administration. The National Economic Council was established by the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999), as amended, Third Schedule, Part I, Section 153: Sub section (18 & 19). The NEC, as one of the Federal Executive bodies, has the mandate to advise the President concerning the economic affairs of the Federation, and in particular on measures necessary for the co-ordination of the economic planning and programmes of the various Governments of the Federation. 2. Your Excellencies, the regular meetings of the National Economic Council have remained the official economic platform for dialo...