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Jega Will Go, Heavens Will Not Fall - Fayose

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<b>Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described outbursts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the possible removal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega as "mere comedy", saying; "President Goodluck Jonathan can sack Jega if he wishes and if he does, heavens will not fall."</b></div>
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The governor, who said the APC should stop acting as if Nigeria belongs to the party, added that: "by turning themselves to advocates and defenders of the INEC chairman, the APC and its agents have shown that they have a deal with Jega to manipulate the elections and that the deal will be frustrated if he is asked to leave office". </div>
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Governor Fayose said in a release issued yesterday, and signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, that "removal of Jega and any other appointees of the Federal Government is a prerogative of the president, which no one can question, provided laid down rules are followed."</div>
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He said the position expressed by the House of Representatives was that of the APC members in the House, urging that "the APC lawmakers should rather pay attention to the ill-health of their party’s presidential candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), whose whereabouts is now a mystery."</div>
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The governor described Jega as partisan, saying: "By his actions and utterances, Jega had already demonstrated his bias in support of the APC.</div>
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"For instance, how can Jega explain the 80 percent distribution of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) in Boko Haram ravaged Borno and Yobe States while less than 40 percent distributed in Lagos as at February 7 that the election was postponed?"</div>
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 He said "It is on record that Prof Maurice Iwu was asked to proceed on terminal leave two months to the end of his tenure? Is Jega not a beneficiary of Iwu's removal? So if Iwu was asked to go on terminal leave before the expiration of his tenure for Jega to assume office, what difference does it make if Jega too is asked to proceed on terminal leave before the expiration of his tenure?"</div>
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Speaking further, Governor Fayose said: "it is the president that can determine whether or not Jega will go on the mandatory three months terminal leave which should commence on March 8, and if the president decides that the INEC chairman should go on terminal leave, what can the APC loudmouths do?</div>
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"They boasted before the postponement of the elections that they would go on street protests, but did they do anything? They made noise when Justice Isa Ayo Salami was removed from office as president of the Court of Appeal, what did their noise amount to? </div>
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"Therefore, let me say it categorically that the noise being made by the APC and their agents will amount to nothing because if the president removes Jega today, heavens will not fall."</div>

Jega Will Go, Heavens Will Not Fall - Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described outbursts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the possible removal of the...

Patience Jonathan Is "An Incredibly Crude Woman" - APC

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<b>The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has described the wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan as “an incredibly crude woman” but thanked Nigerians for putting up with her.</b></div>
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The APCPCO said in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja that it is not only insulting for Mrs. Jonathan to describe the presidential candidate of APC, General Muhammadu Buhari as “brain-dead” it is also demeaning of her status as the First Lady.</div>
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Consequently, President Jonathan is urged to call his wife to order, according to the statement signed by Director of Media and Publicity of APCPCO, Mallam Garba Shehu.</div>
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Shehu observed that it was discourteous and inexcusable for a wife of any president with a modicum of decency to make such a false and infantile pronouncement about the health status of another man on account of politics.</div>
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The APCPCO recalls that in recent time, Mrs Jonathan has made statements invoking violence like she did in Calabar over the weekend when she urged PDP supporters to “stone” all those canvassing for change.</div>
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Shehu said that it was below the standard of a wife of a president to stoop so low to call for violent attacks against members of the opposition.</div>
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The statement noted that while a good number of Nigerians are not taken by surprise by Mrs. Jonathan’s recent incredulous pronouncements, it is important for her husband to put her in bridles in the spirit of the Abuja Peace Accord.</div>
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The APCPCO similarly observed that much as indecent and disgraceful the outbursts of Mrs. Jonathan was in attempting to pull the wool over the eyes of Nigerians about her husband’s incompetence to lead the country, it is typical of the PDP’s <i>modus operandi</i> to confuse Nigerians with mundane issues instead of the issues of corruption, for which her husband has achieved an unbeaten record; his appalling lack capacity to secure life and property of citizens and a glaring incompetence in dealing with the challenges facing the economy.</div>

Patience Jonathan Is "An Incredibly Crude Woman" - APC

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PHOTOS: Novelty Match In Honor Of Obasanjo At 78

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<b>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday exhibited his soccer skills as he led the OBJ Team in a soccer duel with the Ogun State Executive Team.</b></div>
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The match which was designed as part of his 78th birthday programme, took place at Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, with Governor Ibikunle Amosun, leading the state team.</div>
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Mr. Obasanjo scored two goals for his team, defeating the Amosun team which recorded one goal at the full time of the match.</div>
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The Governor was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the match, while Mr. Obasanjo won the Golden boot award and Akin Mabogunje received award of Best Goalkeeper of the encounter.</div>
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Speaking to journalists after the match, Mr. Obasanjo who was the captain of the team expressed satisfaction over the game. He said sports is a necessary exercise for both the old and the young.</div>
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PHOTOS: Novelty Match In Honor Of Obasanjo At 78

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday exhibited his soccer skills as he led the OBJ Team in a soccer duel with the Ogun S...

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Obasanjo Captains His Team

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<b>Though, we are yet to find out which football team recently signed former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, we can confirm authoritatively that <i>Baba</i> as he is fondly called by his admirers is the skipper of his team. You need to notice the skipper band in his arm.</b></div>
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One will be save to say why President Goodluck Jonathan is busy campaigning for re-election, his estranged political godfather is busy scoring goals.</div>
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Obasanjo Captains His Team

Though, we are yet to find out which football team recently signed former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, we can confirm authori...

VIDEO: Stone Anyone Who Chants 'Change', Mrs Jonathan Urges Violence Against Opposition

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<b>Wife of Nigeria's President, Patience Faka Jonathan has been on the campaign trail for her husband. In Calabar, egged on by courtiers, such as Onyeka Onwenu and Kema Chikwe, she told her listeners to stone anyone that says 'Change'.</b></div>
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Change is the slogan of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC. She had earlier declared the Presidential Candidate of the APC, <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/03/patience-jonathan-declares-buhari-brain.html">Muhammadu Buhari brain dead</a></b>.</div>
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The inciting statement may put supporters of APC in danger, especially in view of the serial attacks on APC supporters in her hometown of Okrika, in Rivers state.</div>
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VIDEO: Stone Anyone Who Chants 'Change', Mrs Jonathan Urges Violence Against Opposition

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<b>Preparations for the March 28 and April 11 elections may have suffered a major setback, as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include the Young Democratic Party, YDP in the lists of its duly registered political parties.</b></div>
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By this judgement, INEC would be required to reprint new ballot papers for the elections which is three weeks away.</div>
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Justice Ahmed Muhammed delivered the judgment in Abuja on Wednesday.</div>
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The YDP told the court that it has candidates in all positions and ought to be included in the ballot papers which have already been printed.</div>
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According to the party, it fulfilled all the conditions for registration as contained in Section 78 (4) of the Electoral Act.</div>
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<b>Credit: <a href="http://dailypost.ng/2015/03/04/inec-to-reprint-ballot-papers-three-weeks-to-elections/">Daily Post</a></b></div>

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Again, Senate Fails To Screen Obanikoro

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<b>The senate on Wednesday deferred the screening of Musiliu Obanikoro, former Minister of State for Defence, to next week. </b></div>
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However, four ministerial nominees were screened. They are Patricia Akwashiki (Nasarawa), Nicholas Akise Ada (Benue), Augustine Okwudiri Akobundu (Abia) and Fidelis Nwankwo (Ebonyi). </div>
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Obanikoro had resigned his post as Minister of State for Defence to contest the Lagos governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But after losing the ticket to Jimi Agbaje, who would now confront Akinwumi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC) next month, President Goodluck Jonathan re-nominated Obanikoro for a return to the federal executive council. </div>
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The senate had slated Wednesday for the screening of Obanikoro and seven others as ministers‎, but midway into the screening session, David Mark, senate president, deferred the process to next week. </div>
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It is not clear why the senate took the decision, but sources say it was to douse the tension that had been brewing in the senate over the likely confirmation of Obanikoro as‎ minister. </div>
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Some All Progressives Congress (APC) se‎nators had left the upper chamber when it became clear to them that Obanikoro would not come before senate. The senators had vowed to resist the confirmation of Obanikoro as minister. As a senator from 2003 to 2007, Obanikoro, in the tradition of the senate, is expected to take a bow and leave when he appear‎s before the upper chamber, but that may not happen as the APC senators are set against him. </div>
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Nevertheless, the Peoples Democratic Party has the majority in the senate; hence Obanikoro's confirmation is expected to sail through, perhaps with a fight. </div>
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Akwashiki, the first to appear before the senate, was not grilled. Owing to her status as a former senator, she took a bow and left‎. However, the three other min‎isterial nominees were questioned by senators. </div>
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Responding to a question from Abdul Ningi, senate deputy minority leader, on the best curriculum for education in Nigeria, Akise, a professor of education who may likely emerge minister of state for education, stated that the Nigerian education curriculum would be developed to meet the developmental needs of the country. He suggested that the curriculum should be reviewed based on the needs of the country. </div>
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Afterwards, Akobundu, a retired colonel, took some time to greet members of the senate, a move that made some senators to call for his quick dispatch. He, however, answered a few questions and exited the chamber.</div>
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<b>Credit:</b> <b><a href="http://www.thecable.ng/senate-defers-obanikoros-ministerial-screening">TheCable</a></b>

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Retd Chief Justice Uwais' Son Allegedly Joins ISIS

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<b>A son of a retired Supreme Court Justice and former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais (GCON), 79, has allegedly joined the notorious Islamic terrorist group fighting in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to sources with knowledge of the development.</b></div>
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The sources familiar with the intelligence report presently being reviewed by intelligence chiefs told <b><a href="http://thewillnigeria.com/news/thewill-exclusive-ex-nigerian-chief-justices-son-joins-terrorist-group-isis-3/">THEWILL</a></b> that the man (name withheld) left Nigeria a few days back for Syria, with his two wives and children to fight alongside ISIS, which presently controls large territories in Iraq, Syria and Libya.</div>
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<b>THEWILL</b> gathered that the intelligence report came from Saudi Arabia, one of the over 50 countries alongside the United Nations that has designated ISIS as a terrorist organization.</div>
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This is the second time a member of a Nigerian elitist family will be linked to a foreign terrorist group. The notorious underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a member of al-Qaeda, who is presently serving a life sentence without parole in the United States, is the youngest son of Katsina born Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, a very wealthy Nigerian banker and businessman, who had also served as a federal Minister in the 70s.</div>
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Sources said Kaduna-born Justice Uwais (GCON), who was CJN from 1995-2006 and upon retirement served as Chairman of the committee that reviewed Nigeria’s electoral laws in 2007, has been told about the development.</div>
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The Nigerian military and its West African allies are presently preoccupied with defeating the Boko Haram, a Nigerian terrorist group responsible for thousands of brutal killings and deadly bombings in northern Nigeria and border towns in Cameroun and Chad.</div>

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Patience Jonathan Declares Buhari 'Brain Dead'

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<b>Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s president, has declared Muhammadu Buhari, her husband’s opponent in the 28 March election, brain dead. It was her second gaffe on the campaign trail, in quick succession. </b></div>
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Patience had created another stir when in Calabar she urged PDP supporters to stone people chanting 'Change', the slogan of the opposition All Progressives Congress. </div>
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Her latest reckless statement was uttered at the PDP women presidential campaign rally in Kogi state, relayed live on NTA. She described Buhari as unfit to be the country’s president. </div>
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"<i>Wetin him dey find again? Him dey drag with him pikin mate" </i>she said in pidgin English<i>. "Old man wey no get brain, him brain don die pata pata</i>." </div>
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Moved by the cheers of the crowd, she burst into songs, her voice husky and booming, to taunt Buhari: "If you vote Buhari, <i>na your prison</i>; if you vote APC, <i>na your wahala</i>", she sang. </div>
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"What is change? Why did you not change things when you were there? Is it now that you want to be doing the things you weren't doing before? </div>
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"Jonathan looked at us and said women, I am giving you the position of the chief justice of this country. Okonjo-Iweala is a woman, Diezani is a woman. Seventy percent of his cabinet are women. He also gave us the opportunity to start enrolling for the regular combatant course at the NDA (Nigerian Defence Academy). </div>
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"He wants continuity because he has vowed to do more. He places Nigerians in his mind and if he says he will do this, he will do it. So what are we looking for? If we women of Nigeria don't appreciate Goodluck and we are looking for bus conductor, it is left for us."</div>
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She urged the people to obtain their permanent voter cards (PVCs) in order to participate in the election and also said her visit was meant to appreciate them.</div>
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"Remember that your vote is your power and it is good to vote wisely", she said. </div>
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"Those of you that do not have PVC should endeavour to collect it because all these things you are doing is meaningless without PVC. I thank you very much the people of Kogi. This is time around I came to thank you very well. I brought some gift for you, I brought rice, I brought meat, I brought brocade. I brought many things for you. It is not for election but to thank you very well." </div>
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Idris Wada, governor of the state; Helen Mark, wife of the senate president; Kema Chikwe, national women’s leader of PDP, were among those in attendance.</div>

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Saudi Groom Divorces Bride During Wedding Ceremony

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<b>A Saudi groom has divorced his bride on their wedding night after seeing her face for the first time when the photographer asked them to pose for pictures.</b></div>
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The couple, from the Western Saudi town of Medinah, had agreed to marry each other despite having not met face to face - a popular custom in certain Middle Eastern countries.</div>
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But when the bride removed her veil and smiled for the camera, her new husband leapt to his feet in disgust and declared: "You are not the one I had imagined. I am sorry, but I divorce you".</div>
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"You are not the girl I want to marry", he declared.</div>
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According to local daily <b>Okaz</b>, the bride immediately collapsed in a fit of tears as panicked wedding guests stepped in to try to resolve the dispute. </div>
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"The groom said he had not been able to see his bride's face before marriage", <i>Okaz</i> reported. "When he divorced her, the bride collapsed and the wedding turned into a night of tears."</div>
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News of the jilting was met with anger on social media. </div>
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Afra wrote on one social media network: "He caused her great pain through his irresponsible attitude, and he deserves to suffer.</div>
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"He should appreciate that beauty is in the character, not the face. </div>
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"Unfortunately, many young people today are interested only in looks and ignore values and morals.</div>
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"May God give her a better husband who will appreciate her for who and what she is."</div>
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Abu Nass added: "He is not man enough to assume his responsibilities. He is totally, completely insensitive. </div>
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"Nobody has forced him to marry her. He should have insisted on seeing her before the wedding and the engagement, and not wait until the wedding night. </div>
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"May he always be a loser and may he be deprived of getting married at all. He is not a man and he lacks basic feelings." </div>
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<b>Credit: <a href="http://goldmyne.tv/saudi-husband-tells-his-bride-he-wants-a-divorce-during-their-wedding-after-seeing-her-face-for-the-first-time/">GoldMyne TV</a></b></div>

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How PDP Plans To Manipulate 2015 General Elections - APC

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<b>Being the text of a press conference addressed by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Lagos on Wednesday, March 4, 2015.</b></div>
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Good morning gentlemen and welcome to this press conference.</div>
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It’s just about three weeks to the start of the rescheduled 2015 general elections, and the expectations across the country and outside our borders are very high, just as the tension among Nigerians!</div>
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The eyes of the world are focused on our country, Nigeria, to organize a free, fair, credible and violence-free election that will not only deepen our democracy but will also show to the world that our leadership position in the West African sub-region and the African continent is not a fluke.</div>
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While we in the All Progressives Congress (APC), and definitely most Nigerians, also expect nothing less than very transparent elections, indications are that those at the helms have grown so desperate that they do not even want the elections to hold. And even if the elections must hold at all, they must be held on their own terms: No PVCs, No Card Readers, No Jega, and the military must be deployed to intimidate voters!</div>
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These dangerous conditionalities by the ruling party, the PDP, and the Jonathan administration have been playing out publicly, no thanks to the inauspicious comments by elements of the ruling party, who could no longer hide their disdain for credible polls and, indeed, for democracy itself.</div>
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But what has not played out openly are some of the criminal and unlawful actions being secretly hatched by the PDP and the Jonathan administration to rig the forthcoming general elections and perpetuate themselves in power.</div>
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The handwriting is clear: This Administration knows it can never win in a free, fair and credible election because of its appalling record in office. Nigerians want change through the ballot box, and they are determined to effect that change with their PVCs.</div>
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Let me now take you through some of those evil plots being hatched to deny the people of Nigerian their right to vote for change.</div>
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1. There is a plot to transfer a humongous amount of money into the bank account of the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, and then claim that the money came from Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC in order to justify the ongoing plan to sack Prof. Jega so he won’t organize the elections.</div>
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Beyond Jega, there is also a plan to credit the bank accounts of some key national institutions with huge amounts of money purportedly from our party, the APC, ostensibly to compromise those institutions.</div>
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2. There is plan to use some political parties that are satellites of the PDP to push for the postponement of the elections again. The plot is to get the parties to address a press conference to say the elections should not hold in the North-east until Sept. 2015 because of the ongoing counter-insurgency battle there. The intention is to make sure Jega's tenure expires before the polls, so that they can appoint a malleable card-carrying member of the PDP as INEC Chair to conduct the polls.</div>
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3. There is a plan to use the security agencies to intimidate key opposition leaders as well as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and telecommunications service providers to disrupt voice and data transmission, especially in APC strongholds, on election day.</div>
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As we have said earlier, the telephones of our leaders have been bugged and their movements are being daily monitored.</div>
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Top on the list of the security agencies to be used against the opposition is the DSS, which will be used to compel all Resident Electoral Commissioners in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to hand over the names and telephone numbers of all INEC’s regular and adhoc staff who will conduct the elections, as part of the Jonathan administration’s rigging plans.</div>
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It is no longer news that a signal has been sent to all state commands of the DSS to get the list of all INEC Returning Officers and Adhoc Staff before March 10th.</div>
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4. There is also the ongoing illegal recruitment of over 500 new cadets into one of the country’s security outfits, 50% of whom are from the home state of the outfit’s top brass, in violation of the provisions of the Constitution, especially as the recruitment does not reflect the Federal Character.</div>
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5. Nocturnal meetings are being held between various heads of national security agencies and the leadership of the PDP to undermine the coming elections;</div>
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6. The Presidency has retained the services of two Israelis and a Belgian who are currently holed up in the Aso Rock Villa to hack and corrupt INEC computers on election day, with the trio having already been paid 25 percent of their contract fees upfront.</div>
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7. There is an ongoing effort to compromise the card reader, which the Jonathan administration sees as inimical to its rigging plans.</div>
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8. Huge funds are being provided for retired and serving security personnel to buy up PVCs, with the hope that they can be used once the card reader is compromised. Remember, gentlemen, that there is a case in court seeking to declare the use of the card reader in the forthcoming elections unconstitutional.</div>
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9. In the days leading up to the elections, the Jonathan administration is planning to give the opposition the Ekiti treatment by massively arresting key opposition leaders, with a view to destabilizing their ranks, putting them away and paving the way for a free rein of their rigging agents. Towards this end, thousands of signed blank detention orders have been procured.</div>
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10. As part of the plan to implicate our leaders, illegal substances may be put into their checked-in luggage during local and international flights. That is why we are calling on our leaders to travel only with their carry-on baggage.</div>
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Let me say that the detailed plans by the desperate Jonathan administration and the PDP are part of the massive intelligence we are receiving daily from patriotic Nigerians, within and outside the government, who are eager to see the organization of free, fair, credible and violence-free elections that will catapult Nigeria to the league of truly democratic nations.</div>
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We have decided to share the information we are receiving with Nigerians because we believe that no power is strong enough to stop a people who are determined to effect change in the way and manner they are being governed, and that the ultimate power resides in the people.</div>
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We have no doubt that the information will fortify the local and international observers who are coming for the elections, in addition to enhancing the vigilance of the citizenry before, during and after the polls.</div>
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I thank you for listening.</div>
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How PDP Plans To Manipulate 2015 General Elections - APC

Being the text of a press conference addressed by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai M...

I Will Not Support Any Interim Government - Obasanjo

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<b>Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has predicted that Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari will be elected on 28 March as Nigeria’s new president, to succeed incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan.</b></div>
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At the same time, he dismissed fears of any election annulment as it happened in 1993, under the Babangida administration, when the election of Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was annulled by the military junta. </div>
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Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun state today, when he met a group that styles itself, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria. According to the former Nigerian leader, there will never be a repeat of what happened in the country in 1993 after the Presidential election. Obasanjo declared that he has confidence in the All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential candidate, General Muhammed Buhari because he was a trained military officer. </div>
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The group called on the former President to intervene in the country’s looming political crisis before matters degenerate.</div>
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"We have come to express our deep concern over series of dangerous political miscalculations currently going on under Jonathan administration. We are afraid that crisis is seriously looming and it is like another June 12 crisis is on the way and it may be very tragic for the country. We want you to as a matter of urgency intervene into the matter before it is too late sir", the group opined. </div>
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In his response,the former President allayed their anxieties, saying that the 2015 election will never be like the June 1993 election.</div>
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"You need not to worry about anything. There can never be any June 12 annulment again. Buhari is not Abiola, he is a trained and highly intelligent soldier.</div>
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"Oyegun is not Anenih, Osinbajo is not Kingibe. Jega is not Nwosu, Jonathan is not IBB and this time around, Obasanjo will not support any interim government.</div>
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"Obasanjo will rather support a free, fair and credible election."</div>

I Will Not Support Any Interim Government - Obasanjo

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has predicted that Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari will be elected on 28 March as Nige...

Presidency Hits Dead End As Anti-Jega Plot Crashes

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<b>Legal experts have told the Presidency the bitter truth about Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega - he cannot be sent on terminal leave. </b></div>
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There are two reasons for the legal opinion. They are that:</div>
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•no law or regulation compels political appointees to proceed on terminal leave; and</div>
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Faced with the legal obstacle, the Presidency may have dumped the option of asking Jega to go on leave. Besides, President Goodluck Jonathan has said although he has the power to remove Jega, the INEC chief has not done anything to warrant his removal. </div>
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A top government official Tuesday said Jega will not be removed or asked to go on leave. But the comment of the supervising Minister of Information, Mr. Edem Duke, has caused disquiet in the cabinet. Some ministers believe that Duke's "inexplicit response to questions on Jega's fate" last Friday has been heating up the polity. </div>
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Duke said although the President has no plan to sack Jega, "this is not to say that, if it is time for INEC chairman to naturally exit his office, then the natural course of public service rule will not take place when he has reached the age of retirement or exhausted his tenure."</div>
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According to a source, the legal advice emphatically said "political appointees are not subject to terminal leave".</div>
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The source added: "I think we have been having this apprehension on Jega's fate because of the politics which beclouded non-renewal of the tenure of ex-INEC Chairman Prof. Maurice Iwu. I think in managing Iwu's exit, those behind it did not look at the legality of the process in asking him to proceed on leave." </div>
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The source also said the Presidency was advised against allowing Jega to go on terminal leave because the "timing of the agitation is inauspicious and non-strategic". </div>
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A top government official said: "President Goodluck Jonathan will not remove or ask Jega to proceed on terminal leave. He has told the nation of his position and he will stand by his words." </div>
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At INEC, however, a woman National Commissioner is still feeling bad that she was linked to the plot against Jega. </div>
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"The National Commissioner has been psychologically disturbed that she is being associated with treachery. Were it not for pressure, she would have addressed the press with some commissioners on why they are standing by Jega", a source said.</div>
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Duke's comment is said to have caused disquiet in the cabinet. </div>
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"Everyone is disturbed that Edem Duke was not circumspect enough because as a Minister of Information, he ought to know that the press will take note of what is said, intended or unsaid", a source said. </div>
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The source added: "No one is happy that the story about Jega has been bordering on alleged plot to remove or ask him to go on terminal leave by the President. We believe as cabinet members, we should also not heat up the polity or create an image crisis for this administration. If you have noticed, the debate on Jega's fate heightened after Duke’s briefing last Friday. </div>
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"Not all members of the cabinet approved of Duke's comments, which left a few things hanging." </div>
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Jega has shelved today's meeting with the 37 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). Instead, the INEC chairman has deployed all National Commissioners and the 37 REC in 12 states for the mock election taking place on Saturday. </div>
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The states selected are: Ekiti and Lagos (South-West); Anambra and Ebonyi (South-East); Delta and Rivers (South-South); Kano and Kebbi (North-West); Bauchi and Taraba (North-East); and, Niger and Nasarawa (North-Central).</div>
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The mock election will be used for "field testing of the functionality of the Smart Card Readers".</div>
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A National Commissioner said: "All National Commissioners and RECs are going to take part in the mock election which we are using to measure our preparation for the general election. The session between INEC chairman and RECs will now hold next week to enable the commission to consider the report on the mock election." </div>
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House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal said we cannot play the ostrich with the plot to scuttle the elections. "It is clear that some people are not interested in a free and fair election."</div>
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Tambuwal, who spoke when he received a delegation from the Situation Room Advocacy also condemned any move to install an interim government which he said will amount to a coup because it has no place in the constitution. </div>
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Also on Tuesday, the House of Representatives sounded a note of warning to President Goodluck Jonathan's administration on the danger of removing the INEC chairman before the general elections. To show its seriousness, they threatened to initiate court action within the country and at the International Criminal Court (ICC), over supposed plots to remove Jega and shift the March 28th and April 11th elections. </div>
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The resolution of the House followed the adoption of the prayers of a motion by Hon. Ali Ahmad, Chairman House Committee on Justice. The "Motion on threat to further tamper with the status quo arrangements for the 2015 general elections" was seconded by Hon. Goni Bukar. </div>
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The House urged "the political class, government of the federation and of states and security agencies to heed the warning of imminent and present danger associated with any interference with the existing schedules of the general elections".</div>
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It said it will "hold personally accountable at domestic judicial forum or at the International Criminal Court any person or organisation that foists on INEC any decision or action whatsoever, including unconstitutional attempt to remove the current INEC chairman, that has the effect of making it impracticable for the elections to hold on 28th March and 11th April, 2015". </div>
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Arguing the motion, Ahmad said the initial postponement of the general elections for six weeks due to security concerns related to the Boko Haram insurgency has further heightened the tempo for pre-election violence. He expressed concern on the possibility, threat and insinuation to precipitate actions that would cause further alteration to the status quo arrangement and regulation of the general elections.</div>
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Ahmad said: "That such threats to tamper with the status quo may take several forms including, but not limited to, illegal removal of the current INEC Chairman.</div>
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"That there is already documented evidence from several sources that any change in status quo arrangements, especially removal of the INEC chairman, presents a possibility of violence and would occasion the sowing of seeds of a major crisis," he said. </div>
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The lawmaker said civil society organisations and lawyers, including usually reticent Senior Advocates of Nigeria have sounded "a note of warning" and threatened a "showdown". </div>
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According to him, such removal will be unconstitutional, "given the decision of the Supreme Court that removal of the chairman or members of such an independent electoral body as INEC pursuant to S.157 (1) of the Constitution can only be achieved when two things happen, viz: (a) for his inability to discharge the functions of the office, or ( b) for misconduct, as determined by 2/3 majority of the Senate (Governor of Kwara State v. Ojiabor. 2007)."</div>
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Ahmad said such deliberately induced violence "may snowball as it did in 2011 post-election period into widespread or systematic attack, persecution, arson, murder, thereby amounting to serious crimes of concern to the international community, as contained in Article 5 of the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, to which Nigeria is a signatory." </div>
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However, the Deputy Leader of the House, Leo Ogor, objected to the motion, saying that it was "totally speculative" at best and should not even be entertained, not to mention being passed. His objection was overruled by Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, who called for a voice vote. It was unanimously passed by members.</div>

Presidency Hits Dead End As Anti-Jega Plot Crashes

Legal experts have told the Presidency the bitter truth about Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Attahiru ...