I Rejected Jonathan’s Offer of Interim VP - Tinubu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3vN-E9d3u8dG7raQpr69CTIzVIMtwxfACpJZlvqDEjdzNVJkRRs_kGbVEEqTqsS_r2X0bVJ-vXzdkeFzjoljZhyYMy2RLc4setiq1HEz6WlIFl9rn5o6WeMpENPcrEbh3oKso9vAuC5D/s1600/tinubu-and-jonathan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3vN-E9d3u8dG7raQpr69CTIzVIMtwxfACpJZlvqDEjdzNVJkRRs_kGbVEEqTqsS_r2X0bVJ-vXzdkeFzjoljZhyYMy2RLc4setiq1HEz6WlIFl9rn5o6WeMpENPcrEbh3oKso9vAuC5D/s1600/tinubu-and-jonathan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the recent attacks on his person were because he rejected the offer by President Goodluck Jonathan to serve as the Vice President in an Interim National Government.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tinubu said in a statement by his media office on Thursday that having refused the offer, Jonathan was looking for ways to take him out either by killing him or getting him arrested based on trumped-up charges.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former governor of Lagos State said the Peoples Democratic Party had never been this rattled in its 16 years of power.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said Jonathan blamed him for the successful merger of the APC and the momentum the APC presidential candidate, Maj.Geneneral Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was gaining in the current electioneering.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tinubu said with the North-West and the South-West  - the two most populous geo-political zones - in the hands of the APC, it was certain that the PDP would lose.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The statement read, “With the election less than three weeks away and the outcome possibly against them, the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency and the hardliners in the PDP have embarked on a new strategy to put a brake on the momentum Buhari seems to be gathering.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “This strategy is novel and seems to be the outcome of a desperate calculation in that the PDP has shifted its attention from the APC in order to attack on multiple fronts the former governor of Lagos State and APC national leader, Bola Tinubu.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “From what can be gathered through informed sources, the PDP and Jonathan Presidency had recently tried to fracture the APC by offering Tinubu the position of Vice President in an interim government if he would agree to part company with the popular Buhari.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Once Tinubu rebuffed the offer to participate in the interim scheme, the presidency decided to change tactics. It would no longer try to entice Tinubu with sugar but would now move to silence, and if necessary, neutralise him. The APC National leader has caused President Jonathan’s team countless headaches this campaign season, his declining the interim government offer is just the latest.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The Jonathan government sees Tinubu as the linchpin of the APC and its successful electoral strategy. They also consider him one of the government’s most prolific and able critics due to his long standing and often strident critiques of Jonathan government policies, from economic development to national security.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “More to the point, they blame him as the man who is most responsible for placing them in their current electoral quandary. They believe without Tinubu’s efforts, the successful merger of the political parties into the APC would not have occurred and they would not be facing possible defeat at the hands of this new party.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former governor said the recent televised hate documentaries were part of the desperate attempt by Jonathan to discredit him.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He added that Jonathan might even accuse him of the murder of the PDP candidate, Mr. Funsho Williams, who was killed in 2006.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The statement added, “The agenda to tackle Bola Tinubu and weaken his political influence nationwide and to undermine his leadership in South Western politics can be said to have gone into the overdrive.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The first part of the strategy is to dredge previously discredited claims of illicit wealth in hopes of silencing Tinubu or lessening his public image. However, they fear this public relations attack may be too soft as Tinubu has been taken before the ICPC and the case against him dismissed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “If this attack does not deter his party activities, the presidency and PDP are prepared to take more drastic action if they believe it is necessary to win the election by throwing the APC into disarray.”</div>

I Rejected Jonathan’s Offer of Interim VP - Tinubu

A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the recent attacks on his person were because he rejected the offer by President Goodluck Jonathan to serve as the Vice P…

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Awujale to Jonathan: I Won't Campaign For You, Tell My People Your Achievements

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhNgXZgiWsefipmcdnUQIkGHjvg0BXJgH1BS_M5VYxHIPxS99EvPdY9veD28HIIlK3SU2lZJxLH9OmUhBZKdTAIHaRJs-XroXq7cXxE_G5s7YlgkcJ4kgel1IBdS6Ctu2mO69mJIhn5a6/s1600/Awujale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhNgXZgiWsefipmcdnUQIkGHjvg0BXJgH1BS_M5VYxHIPxS99EvPdY9veD28HIIlK3SU2lZJxLH9OmUhBZKdTAIHaRJs-XroXq7cXxE_G5s7YlgkcJ4kgel1IBdS6Ctu2mO69mJIhn5a6/s1600/Awujale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, on Thursday, made it explicitly clear to President Goodluck Jonathan that neither him (Adetona) nor any other monarch in Ijebuland should be expected to campaign for Jonathan in respect of the rescheduled March 28 Presidential election.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Adetona said any monarch who took the path of seeking to persuade the people to go in one way or another over the forthcoming general elections which he described as being "full of tension", would surely bring "trouble" upon himself.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He advised the President Jonathan to sell his achievements and programmes to the Ijebus by himself, explaining that he had already told his subjects - whether Christians and Muslims, to act wisely and never to vote for corrupt politicians (<i>ojelus</i>).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Adetona said: "In Ijebu here, it is not possible for any Oba, not even in Ijebu, in Yorubaland, to go out and say vote for this, vote for that, that person is looking for trouble, but give them the opportunity to present their programme so that people can make up their minds on what to do.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I think this is a very sound democratic principle and that is what I have decided to do, to give you the opportunity of meeting with thepeople.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Once, they see you as a person, how beautiful you are, whether to engage with you or not, to listen to you and see if there are areas where we can meet, as a result, everybody congregating here, they belong to different groups.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "They are PDP member, APC member, APGA, they belong to various interests, and when they come, they get to the gate, and they shed their togas.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "In all our churches, after prayer, they pray for you, they will pray for the Governor, pray for me and all their leaders both in the mosque and churches as it is so required both in the Bible and also in the Qur’an.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Each time I have course, occasionally to talk to our people, I have always told them, in the churches and mosques that when you are going to vote, make sure, you back your sons and daughter who will give something back to you, not the 'Ojelu'.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "But those who will be honest with you, who knows the way of God, those are the people you should vote for, not those who will give you two three spoons and mortgage your future, it is not right.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I am sure over the years, there has been improvement but this election is full of tension, I don’t know how it is so, why has elections never been like this, about 55 years, I have never seen any election that is full of tension and than the one we are having now, my prayer is God should guide us and make sure that there’s peace, harmony and tranquility in the country."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Also, the Dagburewe of Idowa-Ijebu, Oba Yinusa Adekoya, who spoke on behalf of the Ijebu Traditional Council (ITC), drew the attention of Jonathan to the life-saving Mobalufon flyover that runs across the Sagamu-Ore expressway at the Ijebu-Ode stretch of it and constructed by governor Ibikunle Amosun of the All Progressives Congress (APC).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Oba Adekoya said the Ijebus remained very grateful to Amosun for the intervention and urged the President to quickly "reimburse" the Governor of the cost of building the bridge so that the money could also be channelled to other worthwhile projects being executed in parts of the state by his administration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He also enlightened the President on the history of the Ijebu people in Ogun State, saying they have been around in their present location for more than 1,000 years with the Awujale, Oba Sikiru Adetona, as the Supreme head.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to him, Ijebu has always been the land of peace and harmony and made up of people reputed for commerce and industry and which has also immeasurably contributed to the development of Nigeria.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Adekoya also reminded Jonathan of the moribund Iwopin Paper Mill, a federal government project in Ogun Waterside, the Olokola Free Trade Zone (OKFTZ), Olokola Deep Sea Port, their long standing clamour for an Ijebu state among others and urged the President to do something about them urgently.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Adekoya said: "Your Excellency, it is however germane on this epoch visit to make very few observations about the Federal presence in Ijebuland.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "It is not very pleasant that Ijebus that over the years, the paper mill has not been completed for one reason or the other in order to provide jobs for the teaming population of unemployed youths roaming the streets."</div>

Awujale to Jonathan: I Won't Campaign For You, Tell My People Your Achievements

The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, on Thursday, made it explicitly clear to President Goodluck Jonathan that neither him (Adetona) nor any other monarch in Ijebuland sh…

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I Won't Canvass Votes For Jonathan - T Y Danjuma

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRFcpLub5cKwnx_sMI6aTa2vKUeqeZkvk1CiuQiAxgqWZP1w-PbWApEtq36F6c1TG8neOhYxUEXMMzKsbw0YqQ12VkYb7izDEHea3NMMZ2PVqZ6lsonyPpyzwUlGIjbuJ2gJu96xVITh8/s1600/T+Y+Danjuma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRFcpLub5cKwnx_sMI6aTa2vKUeqeZkvk1CiuQiAxgqWZP1w-PbWApEtq36F6c1TG8neOhYxUEXMMzKsbw0YqQ12VkYb7izDEHea3NMMZ2PVqZ6lsonyPpyzwUlGIjbuJ2gJu96xVITh8/s1600/T+Y+Danjuma.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Former Minister of Defence Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma yesterday declared that he would not canvass support for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Danjuma visited the President at his official residence in the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The philanthropist, who also heads the government’s Victims’ Support Fund, stressed that he is not a politician.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He spoke with reporters after about 10 minutes discussion with the President.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Asked what he discussed with the president, he said: "Confidential. Don’t speculate. I came to visit the president and find out how things are going. I have been abroad. I just came back."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On whether he will canvass support for votes for the president, he said: "I don’t canvass. I am not in any of the political parties. The president is Nigeria’s president."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Gen Danjuma recently called on the president to call some ex-militants who were making what he considered inflammatory comments to order. But the ex-Niger Delta militant verbally attacked him as someone living on the sweat of the oil being produced in the Niger Delta.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/i-wont-canvass-votes-for-jonathan-says-danjuma/">NATION</a></b></div>

I Won't Canvass Votes For Jonathan - T Y Danjuma

Former Minister of Defence Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma yesterday declared that he would not canvass support for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan. Danjuma visited the President at his of…

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Count Me Out of Any Interim Government Arrangement

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnk02hVyg6QRZSCl7rTsT-SiL-86-Wh9Vr-d1QG3tSFSPym-qLLuo3_jsF02uxdcWl3z_Q0MLC6tJ9Z9nUrUz4C6j4zZFtoSkNGR0im9gjr9AUSBv64R8hvoMYCGpmE_CjXj6Sw1ErCQhC/s1600/IBB2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnk02hVyg6QRZSCl7rTsT-SiL-86-Wh9Vr-d1QG3tSFSPym-qLLuo3_jsF02uxdcWl3z_Q0MLC6tJ9Z9nUrUz4C6j4zZFtoSkNGR0im9gjr9AUSBv64R8hvoMYCGpmE_CjXj6Sw1ErCQhC/s1600/IBB2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Former Military President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida yesterday denied plotting an Interim National Government with anybody or group.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said the circumstances which led to the formation of ING in 1993 were totally different from today’s.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He also sought support for the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, and his team for the courage they have shown in preparing for elections on March 28 and April 11.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said he had no doubt that the elections will hold on the appointed dates - in line with INEC’s assurances.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Gen. Babangida, however, asked Nigerians to appreciate the creativity and innovation of the card reader which INEC has introduced to make for credibility and transparency.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Gen. Babangida, in a statement by his Media Office, said his thoughts were shared with  former South Africa President Thabo Mbeki on Monday in Minna</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said he had seen it all and cannot be a party to any contraption, which is undemocratic.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The statement said:  “Following different reports and analyses in the print and on-line media, it has become expedient in the life of our political history to make certain clarifications to avoid unwarranted cynicism usually promoted by naysayers, alarmists and political apologists to score cheap political mileage.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “One would have ignored this lazily scripted and well orchestrated political permutation as the usual run-of-the-mill chit-chat and ridiculous permutation that is often on sale in our political lexicon, but for record purposes, this statement becomes instructively appropriate.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “To state the obvious, let it be on record that I am not in any way connected with alleged ‘plans’ to encourage, promote, orchestrate or moot the idea of an interim government or whatever ‘contraption’ so called.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I have no doubt in my mind therefore, to state unequivocally, that elections will hold on the appointed dates in line with the unflinching assurances from INEC. Those mooting the idea of an interim government and trying to drag my name into it should please look elsewhere.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Gen. Babangida said he had seen it all and would not be part of any contraption to scuttle the nation’s democracy.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The statement said: “I did state categorically in 2011 that I was quitting partisan politics and wouldn’t want to be ordered around in any way or form as seeking public office in whatever guise. I took that decision when I attained the age of 70 and I stand by that decision till date.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Having been privileged to preside over the affairs of this great country for eight unbroken years as a Military President, I can declare with all sense of modesty that I have seen it all.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "And I give all praises and thanks to the Almighty Allah for giving me the rare opportunity to contribute my quota to the development of my fatherland. That opportunity remains my highest, most enduring moment in my entire trajectory through life’s bramble forest."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Gen. Babangida explained the rationale behind the idea of ING by the military administration in 1993.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Gen. Babangida sought support for Attahiru Jega and his team for the successful conduct of March 28 and April 11 elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ”Let me state in emphatic terms that Professor Attahiru Jega and his colleagues in INEC have to be encouraged, motivated, animated and commended for the sheer courage and determination they have shown thus far in their preparations for the March 28 and April 11 elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “They have demonstrated their sense of patriotism in a manner that underscores their readiness for the elections and love for country. Rather than condemnation, they deserve our commendation. They need to be encouraged to deliver on their statutory obligation to the Nigerian state,” the statement said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former military leader supported the use of Card Readers during the forthcoming elections – a move which the ruling Poples Democratic Party (PDP) claims will disenfranchise many. It will tackle rigging, INEC has said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The statement said: “We must appreciate the creativity and innovation of the card reader which INEC has introduced to make for better election credibility and transparency.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “In a digital world where almost everything is driven by technology, the offer of the card reader is a welcome development.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “We may not get to the fullest merit of this, but it is a good way to start. This is one way to bridge the technological gap between those developed and under-developed nations of the world. Let us repose confidence in the system in the interest of the unity of our great country.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The <b><a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/babangida-im-not-plotting-interim-govt-with-anybody/">NATION</a></b> reports that Gen. Babangida also gave insights into what he discussed with Mbeki on Monday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said: “I shared some of these thoughts with my guest, former President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, in my Minna home a couple of days back and we both stressed the all-important role of Nigeria in the continent and the need for credible elections at those appointed dates. We cannot afford not to get our elections right this time round."</div>

Count Me Out of Any Interim Government Arrangement

Former Military President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida yesterday denied plotting an Interim National Government with anybody or group. He said the circumstances which led to the formation of ING in 1993 we…

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Jonathan's Snipers After Our Members, APC Alleges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyf1fTtBAUS6FAGDo_I1EK2Mn1kHr11IkoazyXIEn3SrL6SRGFHlOT-mdzON7BZvne5nNP8H1IOx6W-nRuKpl7dfUE4YhAW1Mc_W_6zm2GLNs1s23glEowl8PfKzbIpwx1q1-ZMPspoTT/s1600/Lai_Muhammed_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyf1fTtBAUS6FAGDo_I1EK2Mn1kHr11IkoazyXIEn3SrL6SRGFHlOT-mdzON7BZvne5nNP8H1IOx6W-nRuKpl7dfUE4YhAW1Mc_W_6zm2GLNs1s23glEowl8PfKzbIpwx1q1-ZMPspoTT/s1600/Lai_Muhammed_4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The All Progressives Congress says some of its members and supporters have been marked for assassination ahead of the March 28 presidential election.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in a statement on Wednesday that already the younger brother of Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, was attacked in his campus room and hacked with a machete.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The party said the killing of nine APC members in two separate incidents in Rivers on Saturday night raises a very serious concern about the motive of the killings.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It said the fact that all those killed, including five at the D-Line of Port Harcourt and four along the Eastern By-Pass in the Marine Base near the state capital, were members of the APC, is a clear indication that the killings may have been politically-motivated.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The statement added, “Also worrisome, is the freaky attack on Chidi Adi Amaechi, the younger brother of Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who is a student of Igbinedion University in Benin, by machete-wielding young men who stormed his room in the early hours of Wednesday (March 11th, 2015) and inflicted injuries on his head and arms. Chidi is currently being treated at an undisclosed hospital.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “It is difficult to see these attacks as a mere happenstance against the backdrop of the ceaseless attacks on APC members and supporters in the Okrika council area of the state, where the opposition has been the victim of at least three bomb attacks, and the hate messages being purveyed by Dame Patience Jonathan, who hails from Okrika.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “We know that because they have no answer to the runaway popularity of our party in the state, they are ready to do anything possible to prevent free, fair and peaceful elections there on March 28 and April 11.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “By targeting opposition members and supporters, as well as their families, the anarchists will be hoping to trigger chaos and truncate the elections in the state. This is their plan, hence we are calling on the security agencies to act fast to fish out the killers in Rivers before they decimate the ranks of the opposition and scuttle the elections.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The APC said the killings gave credence to allegations by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2013 that the President Goodluck Jonathan administration had trained snipers secretly.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The party said it was possible that the trained snipers were being used to kill APC members, the <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/politics/killer-squad-after-us-says-apc/">PUNCH</a></b> reports.</div>

Jonathan's Snipers After Our Members, APC Alleges

The All Progressives Congress says some of its members and supporters have been marked for assassination ahead of the March 28 presidential election. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai …

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We Won't Probe Past Administrations - Buhari

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRlUma8jeneJeKAILAOdVxE5IoYlTAgEyFszQ7Uiz6FuhrxPOIOFitCh3t0Ea4_0Z259_azPoDpP0juShnLJshCLz5feNpZF_drR_Tehr9An-EaS6s13NQ0n4TCha5w7yPYsPTY3CSQXE/s1600/BuhariFam64.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRlUma8jeneJeKAILAOdVxE5IoYlTAgEyFszQ7Uiz6FuhrxPOIOFitCh3t0Ea4_0Z259_azPoDpP0juShnLJshCLz5feNpZF_drR_Tehr9An-EaS6s13NQ0n4TCha5w7yPYsPTY3CSQXE/s1600/BuhariFam64.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday began its final push to take the presidency from President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A Northwest rally was held in Kaduna, the first public rally by the APC presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, since the elections were postponed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The polls billed for February 14 and 28 were shifted by six weeks. They will now hold on March 28 and April 11.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At the rally, Gen. Buhari vowed not to probe previous governments, if he is elected.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The venue of the rally was changed at the last minute, as the Kaduna State Government prevented the APC from using the state-owned Murtala Square.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The rally was shifted to the permanent site of the Kaduna International Trade and Investments Centre along Zaria road.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, the crowd at the centre created a heavy traffic along the ever-busy Kaduna/Kano highway as the candidate struggled through the heavy traffic to get to the venue.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> An official of the APC in the state and a member of the Media and publicity of the APC campaign, Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, told The Nation when asked why they were refused the use of the Square, that “they said it is security reasons”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Buhari arrived the venue of the rally at about 4.30pm in an open coastal box, clad in a sky blue babariga accompanied by a large number of supporters who had to walk for about four kilometres to the venue of the rally.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Presidential candidate of the APC promised not to probe any past leader but will allow the judicial process to run its full course in all cases relating to corruption.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to Gen. Buhari, anyone who embezzles even a single kobo afterwards, will not only be made to refund it, but will face prosecution as from May 29, 2015 if he becomes president. He lamented the high level of corruption in the PDP-led administration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Gen. Buhari, a former Head of State, reminded the crowd that public treasury belongs to the entire citizen and it should be used to improve the wellbeing of the people by providing good health care delivery, improving the education sector and power among others.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The presidential candidate urged APC members and stakeholders to vote for all the party’s candidates. He told them not to be deceived by the admonitions of PDP elements who are preaching selective voting in the different strands of the election.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "They have been in power for 16 years and yet they want us to hand them another four years. At the end of the four years that they are seeking for, they would have spent 20 years in power and we would have been so dehumanized that that we can’t even recognize each other," Buhari pointed out.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The APC candidate lamented that industries have collapsed and the few ones that are still operating are doing so at a huge cost owing to lack of electricity, adding that ‘’almost all small businesses have folded up."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Professor Yemi Osibanjo, Buhari's running mate, also spoke in Hausa when he admonished APC supporters to vote the party’s candidates all the way. "APC sak, APC sak, APC sak", he said and the crowd chorused after him.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Gen. Buhari and his entourage held a rally from Constitution road, through Independence way, before branching off to Ali Akilu way. The entourage inched its way slowly to Kawo, with Gen. Buhari and Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso waving supporters from the open roof of his Sports Utility Vehicle.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Dignitaries that graced the occasion included National Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; North West Vice Chairman, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir; Governor Aliyu Wammako of Sokoto State and Governor Abdul Azeez Yari of Zamfara State. Governorship candidates of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El Rufai; Kebbi State Senator Atiku Bagudu; Kano State Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and Katsina State Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari were present.</div>

We Won't Probe Past Administrations - Buhari

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Clarify Diplomatic, Phone Row With Morocco, APC Tells Jonathan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJ-YecKPQ-_bNHXqwlURZhMS7rpNZ6Z4N3OxkBX6oD3Q0f1SCc5qZgqMVm_hLGD4I1GfUGUaY-_0tA9lir4mjsMsu2JaKKvmH0DP6JJsCTdqX2zV1SoMj5RbAFrJ_cObcfsm_JgvKZODI/s1600/Goodluck+Jonathan3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJ-YecKPQ-_bNHXqwlURZhMS7rpNZ6Z4N3OxkBX6oD3Q0f1SCc5qZgqMVm_hLGD4I1GfUGUaY-_0tA9lir4mjsMsu2JaKKvmH0DP6JJsCTdqX2zV1SoMj5RbAFrJ_cObcfsm_JgvKZODI/s1600/Goodluck+Jonathan3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The All Progressives Congress has asked the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to tell Nigerians the cause of the ongoing diplomatic row between Nigeria and Morocco that has forced the Kingdom to recall its Ambassador to Nigeria, while portraying Nigeria as a liar.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In a statement in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Jonathan must in particular clarify the thorny issue of whether or not he spoke with King Mohammed VI of Morocco.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "According to published reports, the Nigerian Foreign Affairs Ministry had said President Jonathan spoke on the telephone with the Moroccan King. But the Kingdom, in a very scathing statement, said no such conversation took place.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The statement said 'Morocco is surprised at the incredible twist given by Nigeria to an alleged phone conversation that never took place between HM King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President'.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "This is very serious because, in effect, Morocco has called Nigeria a liar. Therefore, it behooves President Jonathan to personally intervene to address such an international embarrassment.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The questions seeking answers are: Did President Jonathan speak with the Moroccan King? If not, who is responsible for this egregious misrepresentation that has embarrassed a whole country and its leader?" it said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> APC said Nigeria, because of its much-acclaimed leadership role in Africa, must not allow such a diplomatic <i>faux pas</i> to go without being addressed, saying other countries were keenly watching the row between Nigeria and Morocco.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Before anyone accuses us of politicizing this issue, we make bold to say that we, the APC, and indeed all Nigerians are stakeholders in the Nigeria project. When Morocco branded Nigeria a liar, over whether or not our President spoke with the North African nation's King, it did not mention PDP or APC. It made a collective reference to Nigeria.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "This is why we feel strongly that this issue must be addressed urgently. Until then, all Nigerians, irrespective of their political leanings, will remain liars in the eyes of the international community", the party said.</div>

Clarify Diplomatic, Phone Row With Morocco, APC Tells Jonathan

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Meet 10-Year-Old Nigerian Girl Studying In a UK University

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaBrdGDza5lRjuMpzU0er0tpFAbt5YH_Fl5PWy3TO8clTLSkiRemfMBkZS__Dwtvpu9Ady00c9XaUyaDOE9SnEJETPZN5XKtRNaPdEHhtfLHVUV_DvnQ2E6zOCYYPrE74ukbkgurMAEYB/s1600/Esther-UK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaBrdGDza5lRjuMpzU0er0tpFAbt5YH_Fl5PWy3TO8clTLSkiRemfMBkZS__Dwtvpu9Ady00c9XaUyaDOE9SnEJETPZN5XKtRNaPdEHhtfLHVUV_DvnQ2E6zOCYYPrE74ukbkgurMAEYB/s1600/Esther-UK.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Meet the 10 year old Nigeria child who lives in Britain and who has just been admitted to a university in the UK for a Mathematics degree. For some peope this may sound like a tale of tells but it is real.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At her young age Esther Okade who lives in Walsall, UK still plays with toys like any other 10 year old child.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She is the first youngest African at that age to be admitted to a university to pursue a degree in Mathematics. She will be attending the Open University.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Esther Okade is so brilliant that she is said to be the top student in her class already scoring 100% in the recent exams.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Esther has always wanted to go to University and for her being given an opportunity at the Open University of Britain is like a dream come true. She’s so ambitious that she wants to get a first class honors degree and run her own bank.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Esther’s mother has been encouraging her and says the process of her daughter joining the university has been quite interesting.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Credit: <a href="http://cctv-africa.com/2015/03/05/the-10-year-old-who-just-joined-university/">CCTV Africa</a></b></div>

Meet 10-Year-Old Nigerian Girl Studying In a UK University

Meet the 10 year old Nigeria child who lives in Britain and who has just been admitted to a university in the UK for a Mathematics degree. For some peope this may sound like a tale of tells but it is…

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