April 16
-Oil price inches up as OPEC considers output cut
-Obasanjo, Afenifere talks deadlock
- President, INEC, security chiefs meet
-12 parties reject polls results
- PDP didn’t rig – Obasanjo’s aides
-Campaign: Jigawa spends N5.97bn from LG funds
-Ige’s widow for burial in Ibadan on May 2
-Polls: Police review strategy
April 17
-AD okays result in South West
- Buhari, Ojukwu, others want option A4
-We won’t cancel results – INEC
-Ibori: Appeal Court orders fresh hearing
- He’s still a candidate – INEC, PDP
GUOBADIA
April 18
-Sino Africa raises bid for NAFCON to $75m
-Firm sues BPE, others over bid to sell Leyland
-Military to escort ballot boxes
-M’Belt submits charter of demands to Obasanjo
-Transmission firm carved out of NEPA takes off
April 19
-Show down: Obasanjo highly favoured
April 20
-Guber candidate, commissioner arrested
-Massive turn out
- I’m fulfilled – Guobadia
-Anxiety mounts
- Oyo, Ogun: PDP in early lead
- Kwara: Too close to call
- Lagos: AD maintains lead
ELECTORAL OFFICERS RETURNING BALLOT BOXES TP COLLATION CENTERS
April 21
-Osoba, Lam, Akande, Lawal, others defeated
- Adefarati, Adebayo, Audu also lose
- Ngige beats Mbadinuju
- Tinubu, Odili, Igbinedion, Udenwa retain seats
-Telecoms operators invade VI, spend millions on Saka Tinubu properties
-Adesanya keeps mum, Bode George hails result
-Accept defeat in good faith, Mbang tells politicians
-NSITF’s investment portfolio hits N17bn
April 22
-Privatisation: M-TEL shares not for public offer
-Nigeria’s external debt hits $29.5bn
-Now, power shifts in South West
-PDP wins 28 states
… ANPP seven
-Afenifere meets, AD accepts result
- ANPP alleges fraud
- No rigging in South-West – TMG
-Obasanjo maintains lead in 521 LGAs
ACHIKE UDENWA
April 23
-Obasanjo’s second term, good for economy – Bankers
-Nigeria, Sao Tome place 9 oil blocs on offer in JDZ
-Obasanjo wins second term
- EU, C’Wealth disagree
- Buhari wants fresh polls in 15 states
-How boy 11, girl 15, in Iyabo Obasanjo’s convoy were shot
- Assassination alleged, police suspect bandits
-Catholic bishops commend INEC
-Gani cries foul
-Ex-convict suit: Ibori heads for S’Court
April 24
-We will crush any mass action – FG
- My re-election not by accident – President Obasanjo
-AD govs disown AbdulKadir
- Afenifere rejects polls results
-Anatomy of two transitions
- Go to tribunals, US tells aggrieved parties
- Voter-cards stolen from INEC before election day
LAGOS STATE DEPUTY GOVERNOR MR FEMI PEDRO WITH PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN
April 25
-Eko Hotel: Lagos takes battle to recover shares to S’Court
-OPEC cuts production quota to 24.5m bpd
-Arrest Buhari – Mbang
- We’ll challenge legality of polls – ANPP
-I’m devastated, says father of slain teenagers
-PDP primaries: President wants Ekwueme’s suit dismissed
-NLC vows to defend democracy
- Mandela, Mbeki, others congratulate Obasanjo
-Labour to protest inefficient refineries
-Danger looms at Obalende police barracks
April 26
-New cabinet ‘ll not be based on party affiliation – Obasanjo
-Collapsed building: How GSM handset cost man his life
-Kuta, Wabara others begin race for senate top job
-No, Buhari!
- NSCIA, NBA, Balarabe, others warn ANPP candidate
- UK, US react
MBADINUJU
April 27
-How pact with PDP wrecked us – Afenifere/AD
-April polls: We won’t succumb – ANPP
-Anxiety over Lagos guber poll results
- Tinubu demands explanation
- It’s a mistake – INEC
April 28
-FG recovers N2bn stolen military pension fund
-Pentascope takes over NITEL
-North-West: ANPP’s winning strategy
-N’Assembly posts: Security agencies screen candidates
-Power tussle splits Medical Dental Council
-We can’t afford to fail Nigerians – Obasanjo
-Tribunal withdraws charges against Tinubu
-Passengers beat bus conductor to death
OGUN- SEGUN OSOBA
April 29
-Shippers Council closes bid on dry ports
-NEPA begins multiple tariff structure
-ANPP Reps move against Buhari
- List of irregularities ready for tribunal – Etiebet
-Ige’s death killed Atinuke – Agabi
-South East: APGA’s loss, PDP’s gain
-Practitioners fault EU observers’ report on election
April 30
-Fears heighten over 97 trapped oil workers
-Oil prices drop after OPEC output cut
-Battle shifts to the tribunal
-Anyim, Na’Abba to get N9.5m pay-off
- Other non-returning legislators may get up to N681m
-Abubakar Umar opposes mass action
-Conviction: Ibori moves to stop identification trial
-Fire razes Tejufoam
… injures five
