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United Kingdom has Yesterday on the 27th of February 2019 confirmed the Nigeria 2019 Presidential Election as Credible. Speaking through the Minister of state for Africa, Harriet Baldwin on Wednesday, 27th of February 2019, the Minister confirmed the results of the Presidential election as presented by the Independent National Electoral Commission as Credible and conforming with the results as obtained by the Civil Society Parallel Vote Tabulation Process. Harriet Baldwin said in a Press Conference, “Along with our international partners, the UK believes the Nigerian people can have confidence in the result,” she said.

  The Former Super Eagles Midfielder was arrested on court order and charged on three counts of tax evasion. Okocha who spoke for the first time since the arrest revealed via a phone call to 'the Gaurdian' that he was not aware of the arrests or charges made against him until he read such from a Newspaper. The Former Bolton Wanderers Midfielder said; “I only read about it on the pages of newspapers. No one contacted me. As a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I know very well that nobody is above the law. But honestly speaking, I was never contacted by anybody on issues before the court order.” He further stated that the issue has been settled. “It has been settled, but I won’t be able to give you details,” he stated.

  An attack was reported to have occurred at the town of Dalijan, Rakkoni and Kalhu in Rabbah Council of Sokoto and reported herdsmen attack in Kajaru town of Kaduna state. The combined attacks which claims more than 40 lives and scores injured has been condemned by the Government of Sokoto and Kaduna States respectively. The Governor of Sokoto, His Excellency, Ahaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal speaking regarding the attacks assures the public that the perpetrators will be brought to justice. While also calling on the youths to stop violence.

  Following the announcement made by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, declaring the President of Nigeria as the winner of the just concluded Presidential election, the Former Vice President of Nigeria rejected the election as presented by the INEC and called the result a sham. "Consequently, I hereby reject the result of the February 23, 2019 sham election and will be challenging it in court." while also, assuring his millions of  supporters that he will contest the results of the election in court. Atiku Abubakar who admitted to the media following calls for him to make the call to the winning candidate, said, he would of course have not shy away from the responsibility of accepting a defeat if the election was conducted in a free and fair manner.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in the early of hours of the 27th of February 2019 announced the 2019 Presidential election after a period of three days waiting. The Presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party(PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, however, has called the result a sham and has assured Nigerians and his supporters that he will not allow the undemocratic act of the opposition party to go unanswered. The former vice president of the federal republic of Nigeria was after INEC declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the Presidential election. Atiku Abubakar wrote an address to Nigerians which reads as follows; "I thank the Nigerian people who trooped out in their millions to perform their civic duty this past Saturday. The patriotism of Nigerians is heartwarming and affirms my oft-repeated statement that we are brothers and sisters born from the womb of one mother Nigeria." "With regards to the Presidential el...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State has won all the National Assembly seats declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The presidential candidate of APC, President Muhammadu Buhari also won the presidential election with 402,961 to defeat his closest rival of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who scored 138,484 votes. In the National Assembly elections, APC won the three senatorial and seven House of Representatives seats. In Gombe Central Senatorial District, Sen. Danjuma Goje, retains his seat after securing 110,116 votes to defeat his closest rival of PDP, Alhaji Nasiru Nono, the incumbent Speaker of the state Assembly, who scored 39,760 votes. Also in the Gombe North Senatorial District, Alhaji Saidu Alkali of APC won with 152,546 votes to defeat PDP’s candidate, Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo, who scored 88,016 votes to come second. The APC also won the election in Gombe South, with its...

  The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the ongoing collation of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission at the International Conference Center, Abuja. As such has called on the Independent body to stop the collation of the results. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday evening, Tanimu Turaki (SAN), Deputy Director (Administration) of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, who spoke on behalf of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, urged the commission to suspend further announcement of results from states. Buhari is currently leading according to figures collated from more than 20 states. Speaking on the collation at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja, Turaki said: “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands, in line with the commitment to a transparent, free and fair election, an immediate halt to the on-going collation of results by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), until data from the smart card...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange took a drastic decrease in investment ass election results are being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Below are th result of the Stock Exchange Markets as released by the Nigeria Stock Exchange. The market capitalisation of listed equities on Tuesday shed N85 billion in six hours of trading to what traders attributed to profit taking as a result of the presidential poll. Specifically, the market capitalisation, which opened at N12.194 trillion, shed N85 billion or 0.69 per cent to close at N12.109 trillion.

The Nollywood actress to twitter to express her concern at the fact that the senate house is filled with ex-governors and leaders who are past retirement ages. According to her, the Nigerian Government has to find a way to input this into the Constitution refraining ex-governors and leaders from making the senate their retirement homes.

  The former minister of Culture and Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode has called on the former vice president of Nigeria, now PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to reject the result of the INEC and demands the released of the original results which the PDP collected from the various polling units. Fani Kayode who called the 2019 election a charade has called on Alhaji Atiku to hold the country to ultimatum for the released of the original result of the Presidential election. He wrote on twitter following the ongoing announcement of the Presidential election results at the International Conference Center Abuja where the collation is taking place.

According to a story shared by a Nigerian named Daniel Nwankwo, An Accident occurred with victims of the accident helpless, and he was able to render a helping hand which save the lives of these victims. Daniel who call on all Nigerians to imbibe the attitude of helping when one is in danger also narrated how his brother had died in an accident. Below is the full story as shared by Daniel Nwankwo on his Facebook page. "Hearing a loud noise I saw a crowd that was surrounding two accident victims with so much blood filled around them. Everybody got busy exclaiming chai chai, but nobody was ready to save them. This drew my memory back to how i lost my kid brother who slumped in front of our house while everyone of us were out. news had it that people were busy observing and leaving the scene without a compassionate interest to save him.

Nature's most dangerous creature was hunted down by youths of a community in Bayelsa after the Python was reported to have been terrorizing the community with animals being killed by the python. The hunt which was organised by the members of the community lead to the python being discovered after series of searches and tracking of the animal.

Angel Okorie shared a picture of herself and her son going on a bicycle riding early in the morning. The famous Nollywood Actress never fails to share her exciting moment with her kid the little man she calls her sunshine.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the institution in charge of regulating the Nigerian Capital Market has approved the book build in respect of the proposed Green Bond, issued by Access Bank Plc. Following the approval, the book build commenced on Thursday, February 21, 2019and will be concluded in exactly one week, after which the funding of commitment will begin on Friday, March 1, 2019. The Bond, a 5-year Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Green Bond of up to N15 Billion is the first ever Climate Bonds Standard Certified Corporate Green Bond to be issued in Africa. It has been awarded a B2 rating by Moody’s and verified by PWC (UK) following certification by the Climate Bond Initiative as having met the Climate Bond Standards. The Bank’s management had in anticipation of the approval, launched the Nigerian Green Bond Market Development Program in June 2018, in partnership with FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange and the Securities Exchange Commissi...

Roman Reigns was diagnosed with Leukemia which led to his retirement from the wrestling championship. Roman made the announcement that he is back and is in Remission. Roman Reigns wrote on his twitter page, "The good news is, I'm in REMISSION...THE BIG DOG IS BACK!" The world was in tears as he announce his retirement after being diagnosed with leukemia, with his brothers; Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollings going on to win a title in dedication to the man they call brother.

Genevieve Nnaji like all Nigerians is just waiting for the INEC to announce the result of the election, as she posted a picture of herself with a caption 'Control the things you can within your space, @betonyourself always.' The Nigerian Actress, Producer and movie director has made her name in an acting career, which among others her debut movie in the then popular television soap opera Ripples at the age of 8. since then, of course, she has appeared in more than 80 movies.

Megan Markel retired from acting and closed all of her social media accounts after getting married to the prince of England, Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex. The Dutches of Sussex was pictured alongside her husband at Morroco on an official outing for the British Royal House.

Paul Pogba is social media menaic for all the right reasons from launching his own emojis to posting various picture of himself including the famous picture he posted with the a caption 'Caption this' immediately after the sack of the former Mancherster United manager Jose Mourinho. Many of the midfielder's critics has come from his exessive use of the social media. But, Pogba will be forgiven for using the media this time around as he pose with the 'Game of Throne' star Christopher Catesby Harington. Christopher who prefer the short form of his name 'Kit' like the person he was named after, became the one of the highest paid actor in the movie industry and the highest paid actor in Game of Thrones with an income of £2 million per episode of Game of Thrones (based on shared percentages of syndication payments).

  Queen Latifa is set to invest in a $14 million Affordable housing project in her hometown of Newark. the announcement came after the popular American Actress disclose her intention to partake in a project that will provide luxury houses at an affordable prices for the lower classes of the society. The American Rapper, Actress, born as Dana Elaine Owens but professionally known as Queen Latifa disclosed her intent at investing in the project as a way of  giving back to her hometown of Newark, N.J. The project is set to see the 48 year old partner with GonSosa Development in ensuring the success of the project.

A female corper was caught hiding in the bush and destroying ballot papers after the election was concluded in Imo State. The corper who has yet to be identified by the Authorities after she was handed to the police.

At the International Conference Center Abuja, INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu announced in a press released at the INEC briefing, that 'yesterday million of Nigerians troops to the polling unit to elect in various states. Election are all about the people and Nigerians have have shown great strength in the choices made by Nigerians.' 'based on reports received by the agencies of the electoral commission reported that there was were various units that are yet to receive any electoral materials, and we responded by extending the time frame of the elections'.

Manchester United vs Liverpool, one of the most fierce rivalry football competition in the world of Football. Even Real Madrid vs Barcelona do not come close to the tension experienced in the clash between this two heavy weight football clubs. While fans are waiting anxiously to see their teams play against the other with each group optimistic of their teams victory. Manchester United Interim Manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has called on caution from the players. The manager has called on his players not to underestimate their opponents based on their run of results and should instead play with confidence.

Chelsea head has dispel of the ongoing label associated with his style of play since taking over at Chelsea after the sacking of Antonio Conte at the end of the season. The playing style of the former Napoli boss has attracted the nickname Sarriball, but the coach seems to not like the name. According to the under fire coach who witnessed his side being ban from the next two transfer windows and reducing his chances of making new addition to his squad, has said that the label, Sarriball makes no sense to him and is meaniingless.

Chelsea Football Club has been slapped with a transfer ban that will last for two transfer windows for the violation of the FIFA rules and regulations concerning signing of young players under the age of 18 years. The ban came on the back of the investigations instigated by FIFA on Chelsea FC for the signing of such young players. Chelsea were found to have breached the laid down rules on the signing of young players under the age of 18 years. This has led to the the club being ban for two transfer window and also fined the sum of £460,000, while the Football Association (FA) has been fined £390,000. The FIFA governing body announced the banning which was as a result of investigations against the club. According to FIFA, Chelsea were in breached of it's rule in 29 cases. Addressing the issue of club constantly falling under the investigations of the signing of young players, the body has called on the FA to regulates it's rules concerning the signing of young players a...

  According to the reports giving to the media by sources close to the correlation center at the Oriade LG, Osun state, armed hoodlums stormed the correlation office in Osun State, the hoodlums were reported to have fired sporadically to scare off the electoral officers at the center.

This is a story shared by Facebook user, David-Jack Aribima. I neither snatched a ballot box nor threatened the life of any citizen. I had only stood, shocked by what these power thirsty men have turned our land into—this theatre of war. Before my eyes three bodies, soaked in blood, were lugged to the alleyway were I stood. The guns rattled close by, and I fled with the many other people who ran for their lives.

Barcelona twice came from behind to win at Seville following a Messi hat trick and a lone goal from Luiz Suarez. Messi was at the heart of the attack as he twice brings Barcelona out of trouble with his first two strike before completing his Hat trick to complete a remarkable comeback for Barcelona as Luiz Suarez goal add further gloss to the scoreline.

VIRAL VIDEO: @MBuhari checking to see if his wife, @aishambuhari voted for him. pic.twitter.com/g7yv6jd1cN — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) February 23, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari was alledged to have to checked his wife ballot paper to confirm if she voted for him. The video went viral on social media as the citizens of the country find humor in the actions of the President. Buhari na clown 🤣 I just love this man — orpe yemi (@optimus_pri123) February 23, 2019 Its called natural love every loving husband will do same — FEBUHARI 23, NEXT LEVEL (@Omojuomolo3) February 23, 2019 The most fun President ever. He never fails to put a big smile on everyone’s face, even his biggest critic. God bless the greatest president ever — the truth (@joevankas) February 23, 2019 The greatest president ever??? — OHJAM🆗 (@OHJAMM) February 23, 2019 I so much love this Man Call PMB, We Await Your Victory Insha Allah Sai Baba. — Babatunde Badmos Abubakar (@Baba...

 It has been reported that the PDP ward Chairman of the Bayo LGA of Borno State has defected to APC during the election, directing his followers to votes for APC.

[ELECTION 2019] RESULTS: PRESIDENTIAL: STATES KWARA STATE: Irepodun LGA Ward: Oro ll PU: 006 (Agbole Onikoyi) polling unit of the HMIC, PARTY APC : 182 PDP: 44 Senate: APC :192 PDP: 49 HoR: APC :184 PDP : 45 KOGI STATE Holy trinity Polling unit Kogi west PRESIDENTIAL PARTY PDP - 307 APC=103 SENATOR PDP =338 APC=80 REP PDP= 331 APC=79 Okoriko ward, Kogi LG PRESIDENTIAL PARTY PDP 283 APC 242 SENATE PDP 358 APC 169 HOUSE OF REP. PDP 386 APC 143 ADAMAWA STATE Ajiwa ward, Yola. PRESIDENTIAL PARTY APC - 186 PDP - 167 Ukana West, Ward 2, Unit 9 Presidential APC 1553 PDP 11 Senatorial APC 1,533  PDP 4 House of REPS APC 1,348 PDP 5

Jacinta is a Kenyan Preacher, and was married for over 25 years before the death of her husband. Jacinta finally opened up her life as a lesbian and how she became a lesbian after the death of her husband.

A lady was stabbed in the face with a bottle by another lady after the two women engaged in an altercation during the election at Osun State. The incident took place at the Lagere area of Ile-Ife polling unit in Osun.

As election continues in various States of the Federation, reports shows that at least 92% of the States are enjoying a free from violence election as other States continues election with minor violence. Lagos state is currently in chaos as a polling units in Aguda Lagos Sate is thrown into chaos by thugs.

Protesters took to the streets as Military personnel prevents the southern part of Kaduna from going to their polling units. The protesters who spoke to the media said that the military had prevented them from going their polling units to votes.

According to the reports released by INEC, APC voters in some selected polling units are deprived from voting in Cross River. The reports by INEC reads;APC members are currently being intimidated and are not allowed to cast their votes in the following polling units in Ipong ward: 006, 007, 008, 009. These units are in the Obudu hometown of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state. Cc

Rotimi Amaechi is the latest Nigerian Leader to share the moment he casts his own vote for the Presidential election. The governor of Rivers State after casting his vote has called on all Nigerians not to miss the opportunity to make their vote counts.

According to story shared by an eye witness, a young man was shot dead by some soldiers in Rivers State. the young man identified as Thywill was allegedly shot dead today by army in Rivers State.

As Election continues in various States of the Federation with the masses going out in numbers to choose their next leaders, Fans of the various leaders has taken to the social media either to gather supports for their chosen leader or to express their joy at having exercise their civic duty to vote.

The Presidential Candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar cast his vote for the 2019 Presidential election at his home town in Ajiya Ward Yola, Adamawa state. The former vice president of Nigeria called on Nigeria to go out and cast their own vote as election continues in various States of the Federation.

President Muhammadu Buhari shared a picture of himself with kids in social media and that has got people talking. Twitter users are not buying the pretense of a kid loving president when he chose to be with the wealthy kids instead of being pictured with kids in the orphanages or kids from the streets. So like always the good people of twitter shared their opinion. Below are some of their reactions:

Natasha Apoti of the SDP has again spoken out on the plan put in place by members of the APC and the Governor of Kogi State to Rig the 2019 Election for their benefits. In a video shared by the Legal Practitioner on YouTube, she said, The APC and the Governor of Kogi State has put in place plans involving thugs and the use of violence to ensure that the election is rigged in their favor.

According to the report shared by the sharareporters, the political party thugs were pictured distributing money for voters for the their votes to a particular party or party candidate. There were security agents stationed in the polling units but were pictured doing nothing about it as the votes buying continues.

The West African Examination Council has released the time table for the 2019 May/June Examination. The provisional time table has been released to the public in preparation for the examination through the WAEC body in the Early Day of Saturday 23rd of February 2019. Monday, 1st April, 2019 to Friday, 26th April, 2019. Below is the full provisional time table with the lists of subjects registered for the 2019 examination.

America's R&B star, has been charged with sexual offense. The Famous American singer is expected in court on 8th March 2019 to stand trial for sexual offense. The 52 year old singer has deny the allegations against him and called on the Authorities to clear his name from any sexual scandal that has plague for him decades.

As we enter the final Hours before the general election, the Save Nigeria Congress Presidential Candidate, Ayo Da Silva has refuted claims that he had endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari as the Presidential Candidate for a second term. Ayo Da Silva was earlier on Thursday declared to have withdrawn from the Presidential race and has endorses Buhari as the Candidate, by the SA to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

The billionaire owner of the New England Patriots deny all charges against him involving any sex scandal. The billionaire was responding to the public after he was charged with soliciting prostitution in a Florida Massage parlour.

The IndependentNational Electoral Commission has declared tomorrow Saturday the 23rd 2019 as the election day. Speaking after the presentation of the final report of the INEC declaration of the tital numbers of Voters cards registered and PVCs collected, Chairman of the INEC body, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood revealed that the election will take place on Saturday without any delay.

  The Famous Actor who feature in one of the blockbuster movie 'Empire' has been cut from the movie after pulling a stunt by accusing some section of the society for assault which proves to be false in all it's regards. The Hollywood Actor was charged to court after the investigations revealed that his allegations were baseless and though, has been granted bail after paying a hefty fine for it, the players of the 'Empire movie has now move to cut him from the movie in which he has been a hit since it's beginning in 2005.

The Kannywood Actress was pictured alongside the governor of Kaduna State as election draws closer. The famous Nigerian Actress wrote on her twitter account, how proud she is of the man she referred to as her role model and to many as well. While, also praising him for the work he has done in the State.

The Deputy director-general of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Waziri Bulama, while addressing the public on Thursday said, the party is optimistic that the president of the federal republic of Nigeria will retain the majority support of the public in the coming election to take place on Saturday the 23rd of February 2019. though, regardless of the optimism the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will not contest the result of the election even if defeated in a free, fair and credible election.

It has been reported that the convoy of the Governor of Kano State was attacked earlier today leading to the death of supporters who were present to welcome the Governor of the state. The attack which lead to the death of some people according to the reports giving by some eye witnesses also left scores of people injured from the attack.

The Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar's wife Jennifer Douglas has echoed the call of Atiku for Nigerians to come out and vote for the future of the country. 'A vote for the PDP is a vote for your future.' Said the Charismatic Jennifer. Atiku Abubakar has called on all Nigerians to come out en masses and vote for the PDP which will ensure the development of the country. Atiku who was speaking   to Nigerians on social media wrote: 'This Saturday, a vote for PDP is a vote to get Nigeria working again. Come out, vote, and defend your vote. Following atiku's call for support, Jennifer also pleaded with Nigerians not to shy away from their duty to vote for the overall future of this country.

As election draws closer, the Independent National Electoral Commission has released the total number of people registered to vote including the total number of PVCs collected for the 2019 rescheduled general elections, which is to take place on Saturday, 23rd of February 2019.

The English Intonation has become a very important part of our spoken English in Nigeria. As Nigeria is divided into so many ethnic so also is their tone of Language different from each other. The Northerners have found it difficult to pronounce the letter 'P' with no fault of theirs as the Hausa alphabets has no such letter. While the Yorubas can find their own missing letter in alphabet 'I'.

Imo State APC Chairman, Ifeanyi Ozoemena was killed by gunmen late last night, Tuesday. The killing which was said to have occurred in the home of the victim happened just hours after Ifeanyi presided over a meeting in Logara/Umuohiagu ward on Tuesday.

A Kenyan Dad tried to smuggled his baby out of the hospital after receiving treatment was arrested and taken to the police station. There he confessed that he could not afford the fees of the hospital hence his attempted smuggling of his baby out of the hospital. He was arraigned in court on the charge of attempt to evade payment of service rendered to him.

INEC has refuted claims that any electoral offender shall be punish by the order  made by Buhari. The order to have anyone who snatch a ballot box shot by the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari was not well recieved by members of the public with some going as far as to call such order a complete deviation from the law and a law by the jungle.

The Kogi State Senator took to the dance floor at the PDP INEC Conference meeting to expressed his happiness at the possible victory of the People's Democratic Parties in the upcoming election. The people present were awe of the funny side of the Senator, while some most notable twitter users read another meaning to it, not that it concerns the jovial and outspoken senator, but below are some of the reactions of Nigerians.