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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 2015 Presidential/National Assembly polls....Shocking outcome; Car readers fail Jonathan, wife governors, millions of voters; Voting extended to today; Bomb blasts rock Enugu polling boot; PDP chieftain, INEC official 38 others killed in Osun, Lagos, Borno; INEC website hacked, officials, materials arrive polling stations late; APC chieftains attacked, arrested in Ekiti, Sokoto, Lagos; DPO snatches ballot boxes in Niger; Tough time for banks as economic woes deepen; THIS DAY Hitches, Isolated Violence as Nigeria Elects New President Amid Massive Turnout Trending Pattern in Presidential, National Assembly Elections Accept Election Outcome, IBB, Abdulsalami Urge Nigerians Tambuwal: It’s God that Made Election to Hold Tinubu: FG Plans to Discredit Electoral Device Afenifere Spokesman: We’re Vindicated by Accreditation Hitches Mark Worried by Failure of Card Readers A Time to Renew Faith in Nigeria Omeri: Boko Haram War Should be Fought by All Nigeri...

NEWSWATCH TIMES Mimiko’s deputy, Olanusi, defects.....with seven commissioners Protests rocks Enugu Assembly over governor’s fresh 11billion naira loan request; Polls: Hoodlums set Kaduna church ablaze; Oshodi-Lagos boils as political hoodlums go on rampage FG re-opens sea borders No governorship election in seven states Students drown, two survive during swimming adventure Cleric sues for peace, warns against bloodshed during polls PUNCH Scary minutes in the hands of thugs I don’t allow distractions at polling booths —Oga Bello Thugs open fire on Governor Amaechi’s convoy Ondo deputy governor defects, Mimiko wishes him well FG floods states with soldiers as IG redeploys DIGs, CPs Robbers attack banks in Ondo, kill manager Police parade suspected kidnappers of woman preacher Co-pilot deliberately crashed Germanwings plane – Report THIS DAY Election 2015: IGP Redeploys Senior Officers Amaechi Shot at During Door-to-Door Campaign Jang: Buhari Lacks the Credentia...

DAILY TRUST Politicians bent on influencing us—Cleric; Presidential campaign ends Thursday; Ex-President Shagari is alive; Foreign reserves drop by 2.2 billion dollars; Nigeria win 7th U-20 AYC title; Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew dies at 91; 343 days since over 200 school girls were taken from Chibok; DAILY SUN Governor Amaechi’s deputy dumps APC for PDP; Ogbunike Cave set to become tourism destination in South East; You can’t impose leaders on us—Abians tell Governor Orji; BOI’s credit facility hits 780billion naira in 2014; Over 11million Nigerian children suffer stunted growth; 2015 will be belt-tightening year for Nigerians—Olusegun Oshinowo, DG NECA; Local Content: IOC’s demand discounts on existing contracts over crude slide; LEADERSHIP Muhammadu Buhari...Electing the APC candidate president will be a disaster for Nigeria and Africa—Former U.S. Envoy; Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew passes on at 91; Poll: PVC collection hits 81.98 percent—INEC; Ahmadu Ali slams IGP ...

DAILY SUN Hope rises for new states...as FG accepts confab report, to send draft bill to National Assembly; I’ll rescue Chibok school girls—Buhari; ...survey tips him for victory...seek Yoruba forgiveness, advises Fayose; Jonathan effects minor cabinet reshuffle; Kalu bombs Governor Orji...you are incompetent, wicked, treacherous; Ango Abdullahi escapes death; ...Soldiers shoot NEF chief for overtaking convoy; BLUE PRINT CAN doubts INEC’s readiness; Jonathan swears in 8 new ministers; Stealing at NNPC still not addressed—Sanusi; APC Radio: Arrest APC leaders, says PDP; I didn’t borrow to build 3 refineries—Buhari; FEC approves Confab report; Chibok Girls gone 339 days; APC we’ll drag Jonathan to ICC over Lagos attack; Candidate imposition, bane of our nation’s leadership—Imo A.G.; LEADERSHIP Soldiers open fire on Ango Abdullahi; Boko Haram: Every Muslim Leader must speak up now—Emir Sanusi; FAAC: FG, States, share 522.05 billion naira amidst sliding revenue; ...

NEW TELEGRAPH AMCON puts Ibru’s debts at 16billion naira; Jega: I’m not quitting;...says he won’t proceed on terminal leave; OPC, PDP supporters ground Lagos with anti-INEC Chair’s protest; Buhari can’t fight corruption, says PDP; Voters should reject ruling party—Tambuwal; Traditional council declares Oba of Bening ‘indisposed’; Jonathan imports $15million worth of card reader jammers—APC; PDP: your allegation wild, baseless; PUNCH I’m not ready to feed Jonathan in prison – Patience; Armed pro-Jonathan groups protest against Jega in Lagos; ICC to probe Patience Jonathan; Jonathan, wife planning to kill me –Father Mbaka; We’ll gladly receive Gbemi Saraki, says APC; Resigning’ll amount to disservice to Nigerians –Jega; Thugs attack Buhari’s wife’s convoy in Ilorin; Boko Haram can’t humiliate Nigerian Army again –Chief of Army Staff; Boko Haram has legitimate grievances, Obasanjo says; Politicians and desperation for power; TRIBUNE Boko Haram’s grievances legiti...

NEW TELEGRAPH Mercenaries’ here to fight Boko Haram; We’re not aware, says Defence Headquarters; Foreigners get $400 a day for services; At last, Reps receive Petroleum Industry bill report; Rules for oil, telecom firms’ listing on NSE coming; Mass sack hits construction companies; Tinubu: Presidency plans to kill me; Nigeria Votes 2015: 15 days to go....; Editorial: Dangerous passengers on moving train; NATIONAL MIRROR FG hires mercenaries to fight Boko Haram—Report;...as DHQ declares Adamawa free; Mutiny: Court of Appeal halts execution of convicted soldiers; Government spent 60billion dollars on power in 16years, says Buhari...vows to end corruption; NIMET predicts less rainfall in 2015; PDP launches door-to-door campaign nationwide; Contributory Pension Scheme Fund hits over 4.7trillion naira; Verdict 2015: PDP not afraid of Card Reader; NLC clears 3, 119 delegates to elect new exco; Tax evasion: NASS, ICPC probe Arab Contractors, 114 others; NEWSWATCH Nig...

NIGERIAN PILOT Non Payment of salaries: State workers on war path; Nasarawa begs employees, goes for overdraft; .....Protest, strike in Lagos, Ebonyi, Osun, others; Troops kill scores, repel insurgents from recaptured Adamawa town; Fulani herdsmen kil 5, invade Tor Tiv’s palace; Protest over Mobil’s non-payment of 16billion dollars compensation in Bayelsa; Opponents voted 3billion naira to impeach me—Gov. Elechi; SURE-P Chairman, Agwai fired; Senate, Reps harmonise Electoral Act amendment; Nigeria is in danger—Governor Lamido; PUNCH Delay, network failure mar UTME; Kaduna denies Buhari access to rally venue – APC; Jonathan fires Agwai as SURE-P chairman; INEC poorly prepared for elections –PDP governors; Jonathan’s trip to the North-East; Military moves to liberate Bama; Windstorm ravages Lagos streets, wrecks 400 buildings; Don’t let Jonathan deceive you again —Buhari; Card reader test successful – INEC; PDP, APC supporters clash in Rivers; Boko Haram kills 4...

NEW TELEGRAPH March 28: Jega in a fix over card reader; May cancel use...meets electoral commissioners Wednesday; APC to Jonathan: Your promises to South-West can’t save you; Why North must wait till 2019, by Presidency; 12 pages of international New York Times; Private jet’s owners get fresh ultimatum on operations; PDP accuses Buhari of war crime; Rising number of stateless Nigerians; APC to Jonathan: Your promises to South-West can’t save you; PUNCH Presidency doubts Mu’azu’s loyalty –Investigation; APC reports Patience Jonathan to ICC; Elections: North has miscalculated, says Okupe; PDP, APC disagree on card reader test outcome; Court awards N42m to employee for wrongful sacking; Army begins trial of General, 22 others today; PVC collection deadline extended for two weeks; Fresh explosion rocks Borno market, kills five; Balarabe Musa lambasts Jonathan, Buhari; DAILY SUN Chibok; Governor’s Aide blasts Fani-Kayode; ...says, Shettima’ll rather ignore him on ...

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH My drug abuse story...by 17 year old Nigerian jailed in America; ISIS: Prominent northerners’ children under security watch; Tinubu, Aregbesola, others march for Buhari/Oshibanjo....ex-leader visits Shagari in Sokoto; Mock election holds in 12 states as INEC, others insist on polls; Jonathan, Sambo lead physical fitness walk in Abuja; 60 feared dead as multiple blasts hit Maiduguri; I was never involved in secret wedding, says Nollywood actress, Grace Amah; Election: Jega, Service Chiefs, others affirm dates; THIS DAY Southern Kaduna Retired Generals Dismiss Contract Allegations; Keyamo Accuses Service Chiefs of Profiting from Insurgency; Gbadesire Alleges Threat to Life; NCC: Telephone Penetration in Nigeria Has Hit 100% Mark; NHRC Takes No Violence Campaign to Lagos, Kaduna, Others; Card Reader Testing: PDP Worried about Lapses; The Campaigns and the Threats of Litigation; Five Bomb Attacks in Maiduguri, Death Toll Over 54; In Condemnation of th...

SATURDAY TELEGRAPH Dollar Agony......tumbling naira gives Nigerians nightmare now N226 TP $1. After a couple of weeks break, Buhari returns to country. Court to TB Joshua: You can’t stop Coroner’s inquest. Nollywood actress Shirley Igwe on why marriage shouldn’t be trifled with. Peter King: I performed for soldiers on both sides of the civil war. Obi Asika i wasn’t appointed to frustrate Reno Omokri S’Court dismisses Sylva’s suit against Dickson. FG arraigns Ogwuche, others over Nyanya bomb blast The Nation Buhari: I’m physically and mentally fit. The minister’s many battles. Plot to use new party for another poll shift uncovered Mark, Fashola, Tinubu, others bid Okoya-Thomas final farewell Nigeria must not break up, Mark warns Nigerian on death row in Indonesia sends final message to lover. Abuja blast: Ogwuche, others arraigned Why probe of Obasanjo’s allegation against government is stalled Soldiers will be deployed for polls — Clark THIS DAY Fake Customs Bo...

NEW TELEGRAPH Jonathan: Chibok schoolgirls not dead; May 29 handover date sacrosanct, says President; FG, parents of abducted pupils meet in Borno; Nigeria in danger, says Obasanjo; ...unemployment could create crisis worse than Boko Haram; Boko Haram severely weakened, says military; Reps cut oil benchmark to $54, adopts MTEF...pegs exchange rate at 198 naira to a dollar; Quick Read: Editorial...Rescuing youths from ISIS; BUSINESS DAY Nigeria’s comedy business rakes in 50million naira yearly, says analysts...as comedians diversify; Power sector hindered by gas, credit as blackout spread; Industry wants petroleum minister to free gas from stranglehold; IMF warns of ‘sharp contraction’ in Nigerian economy in 2015; ...stresses improved budgeting for States, LGs to weather storm; Kainji, Jebba Dams cause of Niger Delta erosions, soil instability; MAN petitions NERC over electricity tariff increase, estimated billing; Nigeria GDP to drop below 55% on naira, oil; 60 ye...

NEW TELEGRAPH Okonjo-Iweala: Fuel scarcity ends Saturday; Weak naira: FG mulls cut in growth forecast; PDP plots to set up Jega, says APC; Alleges plans to credit INEC chair’s bank account using Tinubu’s name; Ruling party, Department of State Service dismiss allegations; 15 parties join PDP to oppose card readers; Stalemate in Senate over Obanikoro’s screening; Boko Haram: Nigerians risk becoming stateless, says National Human Rights Commission; 60 thousand seek asylum in Niger, Chad and Cameroon; PUNCH Senate in rowdy session over Obanikoro’s screening; Surrender or face death, Chadian President warns Shekau; Patience Jonathan, a crude woman, says APC; Fayose APC, Fayose in war of words over Jega; Fuel queues’ll disappear by weekend – FG; Jega cancels meeting with RECs over card-reader testing; Lagos Assembly plans lifetime allowance for speaker, deputy; Give us free, fair elections, Amaechi tells INEC; I didn’t spite my deputy –Niger governor; Akingbola takes...

DAILY SUN INEC test-runs card readers in 12 states; Exercise scheduled for Lagos, Anambra, Rivers, Kebbi, Bauchi, others on Saturday; Reps warn against Jega’s sack, another polls shift; Presidency: Appeal Court clears Jonathan; Fuel Scarcity: FG gives Finance Minister marching order; Ebonyi crisis: Jonathan moves to save Elechi; ...meets governor, deputy, Anyim, others, okays reconciliation; We’ll protect lives, properties in war against terror—Jonathan; LEADERSHIP Reps warn against Jega’s removal; I will not remove him, Jonathan insists; Fuel scarcity; Payment of Subsidy to marketers begin today—Okonjo-Iweala; Chibok Diary Day 324: New Shekau video...BringBackOurGirlsGroup raises the alarm over ISIS method; Auto Policy: FG, stakeholders plan implementation; NIGERIA DECIDES: APC faults PDP on Chatham House bribery allegation; Oil Price: APC bitter over Nigeria’s Economic Progress—PDP; Boko Haram: We are careful to avoid damage to human lives—Jonathan; THE UNION ...

THIS DAY Petrol Scarcity Worsens as Marketers Rely on NNPC; Lamido: South-west Zone Won’t Vote for Buhari; INEC to Test-run Card Readers Saturday; Troops Liberate 30 Communities in North East, Rout Boko Haram in Yobe Villages; Namibian President Pohamba Gets $5million Mo Ibrahim Prize; INEC Backs Presence of Military During Elections; Obiano Asks Pilgrims to Pray for Jonathan; Post-election Violence and the Media; Optimistic Gwarzo Rounds off Campaign; PUNCH Anxiety as Jega meets RECs Wednesday; Fear of EFCC made Fani-Kayode leave APC –Tinubu; Why Jonathan, PDP are angry with Jega – Investigation; Robbers kill hotel manager for trailing them; Opposition leaders behind fuel scarcity –Mu’azu; Fuel scarcity to last till next week; FG deploys more troops to stabilise North East for elections; 25.7bilion naira fraud: Court decides Atuche’s fate April 13; ‘I’m not aware of 7billion naira bribe’; APC to sue Fani-Kayode over Tinubu/Osinbajo oath-taking claim; TRIBUNE ...

19 year old Nigerian Harvard student Saheela Ibraheem has been recognized as one of the World's 50 smartest teenagers in 2015. Saheela, a neurologist undergraduate in Harvard was invited to the White house where she met with the Obamas who celebrated her great feat last Thursday Feb. 26th. She was one of those celebrated by the US government to mark 'The Black History Month". Saheela got admitted into the Ivy League school at the age of 15 and at the time of her admission was also offered a letter of acceptance by 13 other top colleges in the United States, including six Ivy League institutions. She however chose Harvard, making her one of the youngest students to ever attend the university. Saheela will be graduating in May this year. President Obama while celebrating her described her as a wonderful lady. "There are a lot of teenagers in the world. Saheela is like one of the 50 smartest ones. That’s pretty smart. And she’s a wonderful young lady. She...

NEW TELEGRAPH Campaign: cash crush hits Jonathan, Buhari......president embargoes spending of N21billion fund raiser proceeds. APC governors refuse to bankroll electioneering. APC, PDP bicker over fresh vote delay plot. Oil firms begin job cuts....10,000 non-technical staff to be sacked. Fuel marketers jack up pump price. Court asked to sack Amaechi for heading APC Campaign Two shot dead, 15 injured in Ibadan rally THIS DAY APC Loses 1,500 Members to PDP in Odigbo LG of Ondo State Otti Pledges Massive Investments for Rehabilitation of Aba PDP Blames APC for Attack on Wike’s Governorship Rally First Lady Visits Sokoto March 3 to Flag off Distribution of Fertiliser and Rice to Women Don't Engage in Post-election Violence, Cleric Urges Muslim Youth Deployment of Military for Polls: Voters Charged Not to be Intimidated PUNCH Niger APC, gov clash over debt IG blames policemen’s woes on poor funding. FG’s annual budget is N20tn, not N4.3tn –Reps Ele...

The above picture shows the long list of activities lined up to mark the golden jubilee celebration of St. Clement minor seminary, Lokoja. A citadel of learning scond none.