9 Top headline today Thursday 14 may,2015

1. A potential major attack on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital was on Wednesday averted, as troops successfully subdued insurgents’ attempts to take over the town through an area called “Cashew Plantation” which is behind Giwa Barracks, the headquarters of the 7th Division of the Nigerian army. Report says many of the attackers were killed by the Nigerians troops.

2. President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday said he challenged the nation’s past elections because he wanted the country to be set free, even as he said it was part of the yearnings for change.

3. The election tribunal looking into the matters of the just concluded Rivers State election has granted a substituted service against the governor-elect, Nyesom Wike after he failed several times to receive the court’s paper in person. The option granted is to paste the document on the wall of his house or at the PDP Secretariat.

4. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the APC Spokesperson, Lai Muhammed if not cautioned, will deceive the country into chaos following his persistent lies. According to the PDP Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, an apology was expected from Lai after Alhaji Joda debunked his false statement and denied that his committee was being frustrated by the PDP-led Presidency, but he never did.

5. President Jonathan Approves N31bn New Project Roads for Niger Delta. Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved four different roads totaling N31billion for the Niger Delta. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Steve Oru, disclosed this at the end of the weekly FEC meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan. Oru said the four roads are in Bayelsa, Ondo and Delta States

6. Report says some governors of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday night attended a meeting held by some of their All Progressives Congress counterparts who are fronting for the emergence of former Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki as the Senate President. The report says that the meeting which held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja had 65 senators-elect in attendance. However, the PDP governors in attendance were Godswill Akpabio, Theodore Orji and Sam Egwu.

7. A 24-hours curfew has been imposed on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital by the state government and the military following the attack on some parts of the capital city by the ‘ruthless’ Boko Haram insurgents.

8. The Senate on Wednesday made a u-turn on their plan to override President Goodluck Jonathan’s veto on the Fourth Alteration Bill 2015 which seeks to amend the 1999 Constitution. According to the lawmakers, it was important to suspend any further deliberation on the matter as law abiding people by obeying a Supreme Court decision that the status quo be maintained on the matter.

9. An Abuja High Court presided by Justice S. B. Belgore has ordered former Anambra State Governor, Chief Jim Nwobodo, to vacate his rented apartment in Maitama District, Abuja and relinquish same to the owner, Adin-Miles International Limited. This follows Nwobodo’s inability to pay his rent after expiration.