Postponing Nigeria's Presidential Elections is a "major setback for democracy"- Nigeria's opposition

The election commission said it moved the poll date because troops needed to protect polling stations were being deployed to fight Boko Haram.

The postponement was welcomed by the ruling party, but the US said it was "disappointed".

Attahiru Jega, head of the election commission, said the postponement was necessary as he had been told that troops would not be available to protect voters as they were too busy conducting operations against Boko Haram.

"The commission cannot lightly wave off the advice of the nation's security chiefs," he said.

The chairman of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, said the move to delay the elections until 28 March, announced late on Saturday, was "highly provocative" and "a major setback for Nigerian democracy".

However, he urged Nigerians to "remain calm and desist from violence and any activity which will compound this unfortunate development".

Opposition officials accuse the military of forcing the electoral commission into the delay to help the sitting president's campaign.

However, Attahiru Jega, head of the election commission, said the postponement was necessary as he had been told that troops would not be available to protect voters as they were too busy conducting operations against Boko Haram.

"The commission cannot lightly wave off the advice of the nation's security chiefs," he said.

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Bruce Jenner involved in a deadly car crash that left one dead

Bruce Jenner got involved in a deadly car accident on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Saturday, February 7. One person died and several others were injured, while the 65-year-old reality TV show walked away unhurt from the horrific crash.

Jenner was at the wheel of a black Escalade which towed an off-road vehicle when he rear-ended a white Lexus, causing a chain-reaction wreck. The Lexus bounced off a Prius before veering into oncoming traffic and colliding head-on with a black Hummer.

The white vehicle was destroyed in the front and back. The driver, reportedly a woman in her 70s, was killed. The Hummer was also damaged in the front. A rescue helicopter was spotted near the crash site apparently to transport one person to hospital.

Jenner took a field sobriety test and passed. He submitted a blood sample to determine whether he was under the influence of alcohol. "He is not under any investigation right now as far as driving while intoxicated," said LA County Sheriff's Sgt. Philip Brooks.

The former Olympian reportedly blamed paparazzi for the accident, claiming he was chased by a group of shutterbugs and tried to evade them before he hit the Lexus. "They were here right away," a witness told USA Today. "How could they have gotten here that fast otherwise?"

There were indeed several photographers at the crash site taking pictures of the wreckage. However, police said there was no indication that Jenner tried to escape the shutterbugs before the accident. "PCH is a straight road. There's no place to go to evade," Brooks said. "Being a celebrity, he's often followed by the paparazzi and he's aware of that. He was on his way home, and they happen to know his route."

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