Photos of Dr Sid's wife Baby shower...Says she is girl

Dr Sid's wife Simi Osomo Esiri had a baby shower today March 29th at The Dorchester Hotel in London. Tiwa Savage was also among the guest who is also expecting .Simi tweets that  “Amazing day for our little princess!!! God is good.That means the baby is she.. Congrats to Simi and Dr Sid. More photos after the cut...

Fire Outbreak in lekki, Lagos

Two people were killed while four others were said to have suffered burns of various degrees during a fire outbreak which occurred in Lekki Phase 1. The victims were the owner of the apartment and three others while the casualties were a boy and a girl of four and one years said to be guests in the apartment .

Eye witnesses’ account said the victims came for refuge in Lekki as a result of the elections unknown to them that they have embarked on a journey of no return as the inferno started around 5am due to an explosion from the kitchen.

One of the victims who noticed the fire was said to have raised the alarm which attracted sympathisers to the scene and the victims were evacuated before the arrival of fire fighters but the bodies of kids were later found hiding under the bed as their hosts did not remember to rescue them.

Both the Director Lagos State Fire Services Razaq Fadipe and. NEMA South-west information officer Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development to Vanguard.

Source: Vanguard

Lapses in election more than we anticipated - Jega

The chairman of the commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, told reporters in Abuja on Sunday that the lapses witnessed in the election were more than what the commission had anticipated.

“We’ll ensure they don’t occur in April,” Jega said.

The chairman of the INEC told reporters that the commission had started investigations into what accounted for the difficulties with the Card Readers.

He also said that the commission would investigate reports of underage voting from Taraba, stressing that the INEC had instructed that the officials involved should be identified.

“Underage voting is against the law. We are investigating reports and will take measures once this is established.”

The Chairman of the INEC told the reporters that the commission had received a letter from the All Progressives Congress, calling for the cancellation of elections in Rivers State.

“We are thoroughly investigating this and after the investigation, we will brief the political parties of our findings.

“If we find out that our staff are involved in any illegal acts, they will be investigated and penalised according to the law,” Professor Jega said.

After card readers failed to read finger prints in some polling units, the commission issued supplementary guidelines to enable officials perform manual accreditation in Osun, Kebbi, Ekiti, Adamawa, Borno, Jigawa, Anambra, Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi.

Although collation of results are still ongoing in different states, there have been reports of results on social media, a development the INEC chairmen told the reporters to disregard.

Professor Jega emphasised that “only the INEC is empowered by law to announce results and it is an offence for anyone to pre-empt the commission in this regard”.

He further said that the commission was was pleased that the elections went on smoothly across the country including the north-east where Internally Displaced Persons in Adamawa Borno and Yobe voted.

“We hope good conduct will continue to prevail throughout the election period as well.

The commission commended Nigerians for the resilience and understanding exhibited in the face of these difficulties.

“According to the reports from our state offices, collation of results has commenced and it is going well,” Professor Jega said.

He said that results of the election should be expected 48 hours after the elections have been concluded.

Source: Channelstv

INEC office set ablaze in Rivers State

The Independent National Electoral Commissions (INEC) in Emohua local government area has been set ablaze by unknown political thugs. 

According to Vanguard,  the building located at Emohua, the Capital of the council which houses the electoral body was Sunday morning engulf in fire. The development may not be unconnected with the irregularities recorded in Saturday’s election in the state. As at press time, none of the election results has been announced.

Photos:Rivers state resident protest over yesterday unfair election at their polling units

Today March 28 ,2015, Some aggrieved APC  members in Rivers state protest for yesterday unfair elections at thier polling unit and arrest of thier members. See more photos after the cut...