APC bent on punishing Saraki, Dogara

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is still going ahead to punish the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and its erring lawmakers who voted against the party’s consensus candidates in the just concluded election of the National Assembly principal officers, reports Punch. The party, however, said whatever disciplinary action it will take against them will follow due process. The party reaffirmed its position shortly after an emergency meeting of its National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja. The party said the errant lawmakers would be notified about their alleged offences and given an opportunity to respond. Read more at Punch.

Liverpool sign Bolton keeper Bogdan

Liverpool have signed Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Adam Bogdan on a free transfer, the Premier League club said on Friday. The 27-year-old Hungary international is out of contract at Championship side Bolton and will join Brendan Rodgers's side on July 1, Liverpool said on their website. Bogdan becomes Liverpool's third signing of the close season following the arrivals of midfielder James Milner from Manchester City and Burnley striker Danny Ings.Liverpool boss Rodgers has been looking for a goalkeeper to compete with Simon Mignolet after second choice Brad Jones was released following the expiry of his contract.

Get Your Dictionaries Guys, Patrick Obahiagbon Has Spoken Again

Edo State Chief of Staff, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, in an interview with Punch, speaks on the general elections. What would you say was responsible for the low turnout of voters last Saturday? "I’m sure the low voter turnout could be attributable to a vaudeville of ratiocinations. The presidential election attracted more voters ostensibly because that was the political elephant and was therefore occasioned with attendant publicity ballyhoo. A vast majority of Nigerians were also righteously indignant of the state of economic quagmire, political phantasmagoria and social disequilibrium the philistine and clueless government of President Jonathan has plummeted the country. They saw in the presidential election a sui generis opportunity to get the yoke off their back and that they did ferociously. This passion was not as frenzied in the last election".

Ronaldo scores five goals in one match for first time Ronaldo scores five for the first time

Cristiano Ronaldo scored five goals in one match for the first time in his career as Real Madridhammered Granada 9-1 on Sunday. The Portugal international began his goalscoring spree at the Santiago Bernabeu after 30 minutes and scored a hat-trick in eight minutes in the first half, netting his final two strikes in the 54th and 89th minutes. Ronaldo has scored four goals in a single game three times since joining the Blancos from Manchester United in 2009, most recently in September last year, but never before in the three-time Ballon d'Or winner's career has he bagged five efforts in 90 minutes. His five-star performance against Granada, who are four points off the bottom of La Liga, leaves him level with Barcelona rival Lionel Messi in terms of hat-tricks in the Spanish top flight. Ronaldo almost doubled his tally for goals in 2015 in La Liga (he now has 11 for the calendar year and 36 for the season in the Primera Division) and now sits eighth on the all-time list having overtaken former Real Madrid striker Pahino this weekend. The 30-year-old will be delighted that he has scored four goals in a single game more than twice in a season for the first time in his professional career, while toppling his own record for his fastest hat-trick.

Millions at risk from 'Freak' bug

Microsoft said it was working on a secure update to close the Freak loophole Microsoft has issued a security warning about a bug that could let attackers spy on supposedly secure communications. Called "Freak", the bug was found in software used to encrypt data passing between web servers and web users. Initially the flaw was thought only to affect some users of Android and Blackberry phones and Apple's Safari web browser. Microsoft's warning suggests millions more may be at risk of losing data. The Freak flaw was discovered by encryption and security expert Karthikeyan Bhargavan and lets attackers force data travelling between a vulnerable site and a visitor to use weak encryption. This makes it easier to crack open the data and steal sensitive information. Statistics gathered by a groupset up to monitor the impact of the Freak flaw suggest about 9.5% of the web's top one million websites are susceptible to such attacks. The monitoring group has also produced an online toolthat lets people check if they are using a browser that is vulnerable to the flaw. Vulnerable Apple is expected to produce a patch for the flaw next week and Google has updated its version of Chrome for the Mac to remove its susceptibility to Freak. It has yet to say what action it is taking with Android. In a security advisory note released on 5 March, Microsoft said every current version of Windows that uses Internet Explorer, or any non-Microsoft software that calls on a part of Windows called Secure Channel, was vulnerable to the Freak flaw. Microsoft has issued advice about ways to remove the vulnerability from some of its software but said applying these fixes could cause "serious problems" with other programs. It said it was working on a separate security update to remove the vulnerability. In its advisory, Microsoft said it had not received any information that suggested the attack was being actively exploited by cybercriminals.

I Went To London To Rest – Buhari

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Mohammadu Buhari, Friday, arrived Nigeria from the United Kingdom after more than two weeks during which he gave a speech at the famous Royal Institute of Internal Affairs, popularly known as Chatham House. Buhari left Nigeria for London on February 19 amid rumours that he sneaked out of the country to attend to his alleged failing health. “I just went off for a couple of weeks to rest. That’s all I did,” Buhari told newsmen who asked about his trip. Asked whether he visited any London hospital while in London, as claimed by Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose who have been claiming that the APC candidate was not enjoying good health, Buhari queried; “What is wrong for me to go the hospital? Am I not here now? Are you not seeing me? Are you seeing a sick man?” He also added that he “went to Chatham House. I read an address and there was a question and answer session. That’s all.” In the meantime, the South West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated General Buhari on “his safe return to the country.” “Buhari is welcome back in the country and we wish him good health,” Dare Omotosho, Zonal Publicity Secretary of the party said, while speaking with Saturday Tribune in Ado Ekiti.