Oba flees, loses crown as hoodlums sack palace

The Alaagba of Aagba, Oba Rufus Ogunwole, narrowly escaped death as hoodlums invaded his palace and vandalised the building before destroying vehicles parked within the premises among other important items.

Our correspondent gathered that the hoodlums first stormed the palace on Wednesday evening and went back  later after destroying some valuables.

Not satisfied with the level of destruction at their first attempt, the miscreants, who were identified to be operating under the name of ‘Odo Oru’, which literally means night youths, returned to complete the destruction of the palace.

APC blasts Alao-Akala over “Sai Buhari-Sai Akala” posters

The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has taken a swipe at the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, Adebayo Alao-Akala, over the circulation of posters bearing pictures of the former governor and the President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari, apparently, to gain sympathy from the electorate ahead of next week’s governorship election in the state.

Campaign posters bearing the pictures of Messrs Buhari and Alao-Akala with “Sai Buhari, Sai Akala” boldly written on them have flooded particularly Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

PDP will be back in four years time – Okupe

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has predicted that the defeated People’s Democartic Party, PDP, would bounce back after four years.

Okupe, said on his Facebook page on Thursday that if it took Buhari 30 years to come back to power, it would take the Peoples Democratic Party much less to do so.

He said PDP was bowed, but not cowed.

He wrote, “It has pleased the Almighty God to give victory to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the APC and the President-elect. We accept this as the will of God and I personally congratulate the General on his success.

Omisore vows to unseat Aregbesola through Supreme Court as Appeal Court upholds judgment

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has vowed to head for the Supreme Court following the dismissal of his suit by the Court of Appeal in Akure, seeking to upturn the victory of Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the August 2014 governorship election in Osun State.

Omisore spoke through his media aide, Mr. Victor Oriola  to react to the dismissal of his appeal on Thursday.

He said Omisore was not going to let the alleged manipulation of the August 9, 2014 governorship election go without fighting it to the very end.

Man cuts off girlfriend’s breast, dumps her body in pit toilet

The pit toilet where the girlfriend's corpse was found

A  middle-aged man simply identified as Soji has been reported to have dump the corpse of his girlfriend in a pit toilet after she was killed in Oshogbo.

Residents of Balogun area of Osogbo were shocked when detectives from Osun State Police Command exhumed the decomposing remains of the 19-year-old girl, Bilikisu from a pit toilet at Abaja compound of the town.

It was gathered that Soji allegedly dumped the corpse in the pit toilet after she was killed.

Breaking News: Army Headquarters locates Buhari's missing certificate

Information reaching Mega StarNews has it that the Nigerian Army might have eventually located the Secondary School leaving Certificate of  the President-elect,  Gen. Mohammadu Buhari which they  said has never been in their possession.

Buhari can’t stop our N4bn contract- Adams, Fasheun

Adams, Fasheun: Change of government cannot affect our contract

The leader of Odua People’s Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams has said that the expected change of government by May 29 cannot affect the N4bn pipeline contract N4bn pipeline contract awarded to the group by the outgoing Jonathan administration.

Speaking while describing the victory of Gen. Mohammadu Buhari at the polls as the will of God, Adams said, “On the issue of the contract, we are all Nigerians and we fought for it. I am not an opportunist, we fought for it and we are entitled to that contract and I know Gen. Buhari knows the right thing to do at the right time.”

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI GCFR, PRESIDENT - ELECT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

President-elect Mohammadu Buhari: I extend a hand of friendship and conciliation to President Jonathan and his team. I harbour no ill will against anyone 

01 APRIL 2015

I am immensely grateful to God for this day and for this hour. I feel truly honoured and humbled that the Nigerian people have so clearly chosen me to lead them. The official announcement from INEC was the moment the vast majority of Nigerians had hoped and been waiting for. Today, history has been made, and change has finally come. Your votes have changed our national destiny for the good of all Nigerians .

INEC has announced that I, Muhammadu Buhari, shall be your next president. My team and I shall faithfully serve you. There shall no longer be a ruling party again: APC will be your governing party. We shall faithfully serve you. We shall never rule over the people as if they were subservient to government.

Our long night has passed and the daylight of new democratic governance has broken across the land. This therefore is not a victory for one man or even one party. It is a victory for Nigeria and for all Nigerians. Millions of you have worked for this day. So many have risked life and livelihood; and others have died that we may witness this moment.

And it is with a very heavy heart that I report many deaths and injuries amidst the jubilations yesterday. We send our sincere condolences to the families and friends of those who lost their lives; and wish speedy recovery to those who suffered injuries. I appeal to all our supporters to celebrate this victory with prayers and reflection instead of wild jubilation.

May the souls of those who died rest in peace. Let us take a moment of silence to honour all of those whose sacrifices have brought us to this fine and historic hour. As the results of the election have shown, their labour has not been and will never be in vain. Democracy and the rule of law will be re-established in the land.

Let us put the past, especially the recent past, behind us. We must forget our old battles and past grievances—and learn to forge ahead. I assure you that our government is one that will listen to and embrace all.

I pledge myself and our in-coming administration to just and principled governance. There shall be no bias against or favouritism for any Nigerian based on ethnicity, religion, region, gender or social status. I pledge myself and the government to the rule of law, in which none shall be so above the law that they are not subject to its dictates, and none shall be so below it that they are not availed of its protection.

Crisis returns to Ekiti as gunmen disrupt Ekiti APC victory party

Fayose: Still beating drum of war ?

It is quite not understandable if the Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose is still not relenting in beating the drum of war especially against the opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress, APC. 

In what looked like a renewed war against the opposition, crisis returned to the state on Wednesday as gunmen attacked the APC Secretariat and jubilant members of the party.

The APC members had just returned from the streets of Ado Ekiti where they had gone to celebrate the victory of the APC candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in the Saturday’s Presidential election.

The state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, who addressed journalists in Ado Ekiti after the attack, said the gunmen came in three Hilux vans with Government House number plates with three men in Police uniform sitting in the front.

Patience Jonathan follows husband’s steps, congratulates Buhari’s wife

Patience Jonathan to Nigerians: Support Hajia Aisha Buhari to succeed 

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, on Wednesday congratulated Hajia Aisha Buhari, wife of the President-elect on her husband’s victory during the Saturday’s presidential election.

In a three-paragraph statement by her media aide, Ayo Adewuyi, Mrs. Jonathan appealed to Nigerian women to support Hajia Buhari in order to succeed in her new assignment.