2015 General Polls: Buhari Receives Certificate Of Return From INEC; In Acceptance , Buhari Says The Die Is Cast

Muhammadu Buhari holds his Certificate of Return

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president-elect, has been issued a Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, handed the certificate to Mr. Buhari, and the vice president-elect, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday.

Mr. Buhari defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential election held Saturday. Speaking after receiving the certificate, Mr. Buhari said “Change has finally come” to Nigeria.

He said Nigeria’s “long night has passed”. FULL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOLLOWS...

Buhari: Jonathan Has Nothing To Fear

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari says President Goodluck‎ Jonathan has “nothing to fear from him” and that he has no plans to jail him.

Patience Jonathan, first lady, during the campaigns for her husband had urged Nigerians not to vote for Buhari on the grounds that he might send Jonathan to jail.

But speaking at a brief ceremony for the presentation of a certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on Wednesday, Buhari pledged to work with Jonathan and his team rather than throwing him into jail.

Ijaws Call For Peace, Congratulate Buhari; Nigerians Have Made Right Choice – MEND

General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) Nigeria’s President-elect

President Goodluck Jonathan’s kinsmen, the Ijaw National Congress (INC), have congratulated General Muhammadu Buhari as President-elect. They also admonished Nigerians to eschew any act that was capable of endangering the peace, unity and corporate existence of the country.

INC, through its President, Boma Obuoforibo, in an online statement on Wednesday stated that President Jonathan did well on Tuesday evening by conceding defeat and congratulating Gen. Buhari, even before the formal announcement of the final results by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega.

Oshiomhole, Amosun, Saraki, Fayemi, Others Greet President-Elect

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole

Governors and other eminent citizens yesterday congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on his victory.

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole said Buhari’s victory represents a new dawn in the nation’s polity.

Google 'Makes People Think They Are Smarter Than They Are'

Scientists have discovered that use of internet search engines and databases such as Google and IMDb.com to find information is making people lose their memory (Photo: ALAMY; Image source: The Telegraph UK)

Search engines like Google or Yahoo make people think they are smarter than they actually are because they have the world's knowledge at their fingertips, psychologists at Yale University have found, according to The Telegraph UK.

Browsing the internet for information gives people a ‘widely inaccurate’ view of their own intelligence and could lead to over-confidence when making decisions, experts warn.

Nigerian Civic Groups Suggest Rigging In Election

Middle, TMG Chairman, Comrade Ibrahim M. Zikrullahi, flanked by the coalition's Coordinating Committee members presents the coalition's Quick Count Verification Statement, verifying the official results released by INEC. TMG Nigeria (Photo: www.facebook.com)

Hundreds of Nigerian civil societies say discrepancies in election tallies suggest the turnout was inflated in defeated President Goodluck Jonathan's southern strongholds.

Obama Commends Nigerian Leaders, Urges Peaceful Transition After Buhari Historic Nigeria Election Win

VIDEO - Obama historic charge to Nigerians before the March 28 2015 Presidential Polls

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday commended Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari and current President Goodluck Jonathan following the African nation's first democratic transfer of power, and he praised the country's commitment to democracy, according to Reuters.

"I urge President-Elect Buhari and President Jonathan to repeat their calls to their supporters to continue to respect the election outcomes, focus on unifying the country, and together lead Nigeria through a peaceful transition," Obama said in a statement.

Europe Pummelled By Storm Niklas, At Least 4 Killed (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

At least four people have fallen victim to Hurricane Niklas that has raged through Northern Europe, causing destruction and travel chaos with fallen trees and debris becoming a widespread scene, according to RT.com.

Police in Germany have confirmed three deaths so far across Germany. One victim died near Magdeburg, east Germany, after a concrete wall was blown over by the storm. The other confirmed victims were two road maintenance workers who died after a tree fell onto their car in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Pesticides On Fruits And Vegetables Could Account For 49 Percent Loss In Sperm

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A major study of men’s sperm found that those who ate regular quantities of fruit and vegetables that had pesticide residue on them had half the sperm count of men who ate less, a new study showed.

The Harvard University study, the first of its kind on the issue, analyzed sperm samples from 155 men who attended a fertility clinic during 2007-2012, Reuters reported. The men involved were attending a fertility clinic because they and their partners were unable to conceive, and were asked about the food they ate, including how often they ate fruit and vegetables like apples, avocados or cantaloupe.

2015 NIGERIA DECIDES: INEC Declares Muhammadu Buhari President-Elect

Attahiru Jega, INEC Chairman

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, winner of Saturday’s presidential election.

The Chairman of the Commission, Attahiru Jega, who announced the final result at exactly 2.55 a.m. Wednesday, after days of collation of results from across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, said Mr. Buhari polled a total 15,424,921 votes.

On the other hand, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan, scored 12,853,162 votes.

2015 NIGERIA DECIDES: Final Results Of The 2015 Presidential Elections - Buhari Wins

INEC Chairman in the INEC Situation Room at the International Conference Centre, Abuja

Final votes tally as announced by Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

He stated that "14 candidates, fielded by 14 political parties participated in the election. We'd like to announce the votes for each party"

Accredited voters - 31,756,490
AA - 22, 125
ACPN - 40,311
AP - 30,673
ADC - 29,666
APA - 53,537
APC - 15,424,921
CPP - 36,300
HOPE - 7,435
KOWA - 13,076
NCP - 24, 455
PDP - 12,853,162
PPN - 24,475
UDP - 9,208
UPP - 18,220
Total valid votes - 28,587,564
Rejected votes - 844, 519
Total  - 29,432,083

2015 NIGERIA DECIDES: Statement By President Jonathan On Presidential Election 2015

President Goodluck Jonathan

Official statement by President Jonathan after the announcement of the results of presidential election

Fellow Nigerians,

I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections. I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process. That is one legacy I will like to see endure.

2015 Presidential Elections: Buhari In Historic Election Win, Emerges Nigeria’s President-Elect

General Muhammadu Buhari

After three previous failed shots at the presidency, Muhammadu Buhari is finally moving into Aso Rock, Nigeria’s presidential palace,as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

A retired Major-General, Mr. Buhari, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, polled a total of 15,416,221 votes to defeat the incumbent and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan, who got 12,853,162 votes.

The APC candidate got the highest number of votes in 21 states while Mr. Jonathan prevailed in 15 states and Abuja.

2015 Presidential Elections: Jonathan Concedes Defeat, Congratulates Buhari

President Goodluck Jonathan has telephoned Mr. Buhari

With presidential election results from all but one of Nigeria’s 36 states counted, and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, clearly in unassailable lead, President Goodluck Jonathan has telephoned Mr. Buhari to concede defeat.

The spokesperson of the APC, Lai Mohammed, told reporters in Abuja that President Jonathan has conceded defeat.

He said the president called Mr. Buhari to congratulate him on wining the presidential election held Saturday.

“The President called General Buhari at 5: 05 pm this evening to congratulate him for emerging victorious,” Mr. Mohammed said.

He commended the president for “that singular act”.

The Independent National Electoral Commission is yet to declare Mr. Buhari winner because it is still expecting results from Nigeria’s remote Borno State.

By the time the Borno vote is added to the tally, Mr. Buhari would have garnered 15,416,221 votes. All of Mr. Mr. Jonathan’s 12,853, 162 votes have already being counted.

Celebrations have broken across Nigeria as news of Mr. Buhari’s victory dribbles around the nation.