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Ooni Sijuwade prays for Jonathan, Mugabe stumbles… 55 photos that best capture 2015

December 30, 2015 3:11 pm

Yoruba Obas praying forformer President Jonathan at the palace of the Ooni of Ife, March 7

From the successful handover of power from the former ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to the All Progressives Congress (APC), and to WHO’s de-listing of Nigeria from polio-endemic countries, the outgoing years has been replete with history.

Below are 55 photos that best capture the high point of the year.

The first of the lot shows the card reader of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rejecting Goodluck Jonathan’s fingerprint during the 2015 presidential election.

Former president Jonathan in Otuoke, Bayelsa during the 2015 presidential election being accredited. — INEC card reader rejects Jonathan’s thumbprint

Who will ever forget Elder Godsday Orubebe, who as polling agent for the PDP, attempted to disrupt collation of results of the presidential election. collation?

Godsday Orubebe, acting as a polling agent for the PDP, made attempts at disrupting the proceedings of the 2015 presidential election collation — ‘We’ll not take it’, Godsday Orubebe addressing Jega

The entertainment world can vividly remember Lupita Nyongo’s controversial $150,000 Calvin Klein Oscar dress, which was stolen in her hotel room and returned two days after, following a discovery that the outfit was “fake”.

Finally, two of the most discussed visits to Africa, #ObamaInKenya and #PopeInAfrica. Obama’s trip was not the first to Africa, but that was his first trip to his “home” country, since he became president of the United State in 2009 — first African American to hold the office.