Iran: Moderate Hassan Rouhani wins presidential election

Iran held it presidential election today and moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani sensationally secured enough votes to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His victory delighted reformers who have been desperate for a return to the forefront of politics after eight acrimonious years under Ahmadinejad.

Rouhani, who favours a policy of political openness, as well as re-establishing relations with the west, is likely to soothe international tension. He has been described by western officials as an "experienced diplomat and politician" and "fair to deal with".

Finally, KIMYE Welcome Baby Girl

Kim Kardashian has given birth to a daughter at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in West Hollywood, California for her baby daddy, Kanye West.
The new mother and baby are said to be doing well surprisingly as Kim
had a natural birth after beginning contractions on Friday and going into
 full labor on Saturday. Kanye was said to be by her side during the delivery.

Asiwaju Tinubu loses mother, Abibat Mogaji

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, ACN leader’s mother and President-General, Association of

Nigerian Market Women and Men, Alhaja Abibat Mogaji is dead. She died on 
Saturday evening in her home in Ikeja, Lagos. She was 96 years, and will be 
buried on Sunday at Vaults and garden, Ikoyi, Lagos at 11am.

Retired Soldier Allegedly Butchers Wife Over Second Wife

 officers 

The sleepy town of Igarra in Akoko–Edo Local Government Area of Edo State was thrown into mourning, Thursday morning, following the gruesome murder of Mrs. Onyonishoyi Ukana, (Nee Akarutu), allegedly by her husband, a retired Warrant officer, (WO 2), of the Nigerian Army, Shakede Ukana, over his insistence to marry a second wife. Ukana, was alleged to have used a machete to kill his wife at about 1am and dismembered her body.

It was gathered, from sources close to the family, that an 18-year-old son of Shakede’s, whose name could not be ascertained as at press time, also sustained several machete cuts in an attempt to rescue his mother, during the mother’s ordeal.

Brazil Beats Japan in Confed Cup

Neymar scored a stunning opening goal

Neymar's spectacular third-minute goal set hosts Brazil on their way to a comfortable victory over Japan in the opening game of the Confederations Cup. The Barcelona striker met Fred's knockdown on the edge of the area with a blistering shot into the top corner. Paulinho made it 2-0 from a Dani Alves cross and Oscar sent Jo running clear to add a third goal in injury time.

No Bus Plunged into the Lagoon-NEMA, Police

Lagos CP, Umar Manko

By Chiemelie Ezeobi

In what seems to have gradually become the norm of recent, the rumour mill was agog yesterday especially on the social network sites that a fully loaded commercial bus had plunged into the  Lagos Lagoon.

The residents of Lagos had woken up to be dished with the rumour that a commercial bus alongside the driver, conductor and passengers had drowned at the Adekunle end of the Third Mainland Bride, after their bus plunged into the lagoon.

EXCLUSIVE: Military Prepares Retiree's Reabsorption into Civilian Life

In what is deemed as of one of the final processes of reabsorbing military retirees into civilian life, about 133 personnel drawn from the three services of the armed forces, weekend, graduated after their six months post retirement training. 

The retirees had undergone retirement training in different fields at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), Oshodi, Lagos, as part of the process that would help them easily fit into civilian life and fend for themselves when the pay check stops coming in.

DELE MOMODU; Forty Years Of Solitude

Dele Momodu 

Fellow Nigerians, please, permit me to take you briefly on literary excursions today. In writing this piece, I’ve had to do an adaptation of 100 Years of Solitude, a novel by the Spanish writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It is an allegorical masterpiece about the Buendia family, founder of Macondo, a fictional metaphor for Colombia. What I intend to do is use the tale I’m about to weave to represent different aspects of our daily lives in Nigeria, a la Marquez, because so much has changed since the period I’m about to describe. By the time I finish, the question naturally would be, how did we arrive here? We may need to provide that answer on another day.