PATIENCE: I HAVEN'T PACKED OUT OF ASO ROCK

First Lady Patience Jonathan says she has not started packing out of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Mrs Jonathan was reacting to a media report on Wednesday that she had summoned her domestic staff and ordered them to pack her personal belongings in readiness for a change of guard.
The report had said that when it became evident by 6pm on Tuesday that President Goodluck Jonathan had lost his re-election bid, a truck made two trips transporting the first lady's property to an undisclosed destination.
But Mrs. Jonathan's spokesman, Mr Ayo Adewuyi, in a telephone chat with our correspondent described the report as untrue.

PATIENCE JONATHAN SEEKS SUPPORT FOR BUHARI’S WIFE

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.
The statement read, “The First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan (Mama Peace) has congratulated the wife of the President elect, Hajia Aisha Buhari on the election of her husband, General Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari Charges For A Corruption Free Society

President Elect General Muhammadu Buahri has reiterated its administration resolve to crush corruption and terrorism in his.

He said Terrorism will soon be a thing of the past and assured the drive by Nigerians is restored to ensure corruption is nip in the board which gave birth to their election to take the nation to another level of development , which he assured would not be disappointed.

General Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this in a speech, after receiving the certificate of return from INEC headquarters Abuja and the deputy, Professor Yemi Osibajo.

I REGRET MY ACTION, SAYS ORUBEBE

A former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe has apologized to Nigerians for his infamous act during the collation of the Presidential election results Tuesday.
Orubebe said he sincerely regretted his action as he allowed his emotion to betray him.
He pleaded with Niger Delta youths not to perpetrate violence because of the election of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
He explained that politics is an emotional thing and that was what happened and it is not something he would want to happen again.
The former minister had disrupted proceeding for about 30 minutes while also accusing the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega of being biased.
Orubebe, who was one of the agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the National Collation Centre in the discharge of his duties, expressed his regrets during an interaction with newsmen at the National Collation Centre in Abuja.

I’M PROUD OF MY HUSBAND – BUHARI’S WIFE

Incoming First Lady Aisha Buhari took to her newly created official Twitter handle to congratulate her husband, General Muhammadu Buhari, for his victory in the presidential election.
About two hours ago, Mrs Buhari who has recently joined Twitter, wrote, “I am so proud of my husband and the team who have worked hard to make this happen. Nigerians are aware now more than ever that the people have the power to sway the fate of a nation.
“We must see this as a triumphant show of democracy, a change for the better. I am excited for the future of this nation as we now have a mandate for change.
“I, too, have watched with bated breath as the results have been announced. It has been a gripping day for democracy in Nigeria.”

JONATHAN TO PDP: CELEBRATE, DON’T MOURN

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said despite his defeat in the hands of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress in the last presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party should be celebrating rather than mourning.
In his statement after the announcement of the election result, Jonathan said the PDP should be rejoicing because it had in the last 16 years steered the country away from ethnic and regional politics.
He said, “To my colleagues in the PDP, I thank you for your support. Today, the PDP should be celebrating rather than mourning. We have established a legacy of democratic freedom, transparency, economic growth and free and fair elections.
“For the past 16 years, we have steered the country away from ethnic and regional politics. We created a Pan-Nigerian political party and brought home to our people the realities of economic development and social transformation.

JONATHAN CONTRIBUTES TO FOUNDATION OF NEW NIGERIA —OYEGUN

NATIONAL leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have started reacting to the congratulatory phone call placed by President Goodluck Jonathan to its standard-bearer in the just-concluded presidential election.
Speaking with newsmen at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, the leaders of the party, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, declared that “the mood is that of thanksgiving to God and, of course, we are all happy with what is happening in the country.”
The national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said “President Jonathan has been wonderful. By what he has done today, he has contributed immensely to laying the foundation for a new Nigeria.”
He added that “the president that we are giving the country is the president of everybody. It will be a government without any discrimination, religion or tribe.”

APC GETS 64 SENATE SEATS, PDP 45

All Progressives Congress, APC, has secured 64 senators to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s 45 after Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

Some of the PDP senators who lost to APC include Senators Ahmed Makarfi (Kaduna North), Deputy Senate Leader, Abdul Ningi (Bauchi South), Smart Adeyemi (Kogi West), Hosea Agboola (Oyo North) and Zaynab Kure (Niger South).
Following outcome of the polls, which has seen APC take over majority in the Senate, there are concerns over what becomes the fate of the Senate President, David Mark, who has made history as the only senator to be elected for the fifth time since commencement of the current democratic dispensation.

YOU MUST ERADICATE CORRUPTION, OBASANJO TELLS BUHARI

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari over his victory at the Saturday presidential polls.
Obasanjo in his congratulatory message he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta shortly after Buhari was declared winner of the election, said his government must reposition some national institutions such as Military, security power among others which according to him had been damaged.
He further urged the President-elect to rid the country of corruption , saying ,youth employment, agribusiness, oil and gas, external affairs, cohesiveness of our nation and ridding our land of corruption that had been damaged.

MEND congratulates Buhari

THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has commended the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on his victory in the 2015 presidential elections, saying Nigerians made the right choice.
The group in a statement by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, said, “The Nigerian people have spoken and elected General Mohammadu Buhari to be the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” adding, “In doing so, we have not only made the right choice of a new leadership, we have also reaffirmed the strength of our democracy.”
“President-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari’s message of hope, freedom and opportunity resonates with our group, as it does with the Nigerian people.