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Oshodi now calm after hoodlums went on the rampage earlier today. The hoodlums wielding guns, axes, machetes and other dangerous weapons caused fear in Mushin, Maryland and Costain areas of Lagos State.

In a letter to President Jonathan, the Prime Minister underlines the importance of the elections for the African continent and points out the pivotal role for the President. In a statement made available to Vanguard saying, “As Africa’s biggest democracy, successful elections in Nigeria are important not only for Nigeria’s future, but as a signal to the rest of Africa. Continue...

NATIONAL Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, said Federal Government was planning to arrest leaders of his party ahead of Saturday’s election. Declaring that he was ready for arrest, Tinubu, who spoke at the 7th Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Lagos to mark his 63rd birthday, said the plot will not silence him. Insisting that APC had a better ticket in Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and Professor Yemi Osinbajo than the President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo team of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tinubu said despite the postponement of the polls by six weeks, President Jonathan will still lose the election. According to him the postponement is “a stay of execution for Jonathan administration.” The event was attended by a galaxy of APC leaders and stalwarts, including National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun; former Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande; former Governo...

Senegal Airlines will be nationalized and the government will sell a minority stake in the carrier by June to prevent it from collapsing. The government will convert the debt it holds to equity in a new company, Amadou Hott, chief executive officer of the nation’s sovereign wealth fund, said in an interview on March 20. Senegal will sell 49 percent of the airline, Hott said. The remaining 51 percent will be owned by the government and private Senegalese investors, he said. The fund will manage the government’s stake, he said. Continue...