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Omawumi Marries Baby Daddy In Lagos

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<b>Energetic singer, Omawumi, has tied the knot with her baby daddy, Tosin Yusuf, January 16, 2015, in a civil ceremony that took place at the Ikoyi Marriage Registry, Lagos.</b></div>
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The couple got engaged last year after dating for about 4 years. They have a 4-year-old daughter together, and are rumoured to be expecting a second child.</div>
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Congratulations to them!</div>

Omawumi Marries Baby Daddy In Lagos

Energetic singer, Omawumi, has tied the knot with her baby daddy, Tosin Yusuf, January 16, 2015, in a civil ceremony that took place at...

Daniel Begs Obasanjo Not To Abandon Jonathan

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<b>A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has begged former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to abandon President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the February 14 presidential election.</b></div>
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Daniel’s plea came less than 24 hours after Obasanjo openly declared support for the re-election of Ogun State Governor, <b>Ibikunle Amosun</b>, who is a member of the opposition <b>All Progressives Congress</b>.</div>
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Daniel, while addressing members of the <b>Peoples Democratic Party</b> at the inauguration of the <b>Goodluck/Sambo Independent Support Team</b> in Lagos on Saturday, said Obasanjo gave the people of the South-South region a sense of belonging by ensuring that Jonathan emerged as vice-president in 2007 and as President in 2011.</div>
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He, therefore, begged Obasanjo to finish what he started by ensuring that Jonathan completes his second term as President.</div>
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Daniel said, "Obasanjo should finish the job he started in 2011 because a job that is half-done is not done at all. It is the height of injustice for Jonathan and the South-South people not to be allowed to do a second-term. We, the Yoruba people are saying that for the reason of equity, Jonathan should be allowed for a second term and after that, power can shift to the North."</div>
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Meanwhile, the Presidency on Saturday said President Goodluck Jonathan was ready at all times to appease f<b>ormer President Olusegun Obasanjo</b>.</div>
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It also agreed with the ex-President that candidates in the forthcoming general elections should be judged by their performance.</div>
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, <b>Dr. Doyin Okupe</b>, said this in an interview with <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-abandon-jonathan-daniel-begs-obasanjo/">SUNDAY PUNCH</a></b>.</div>
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Okupe was reacting to a statement credited to Obasanjo that performance, as against party loyalty, should be the overriding factor in voting for candidates in the February elections.</div>
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Okupe said Obasanjo was correct in his submission, which he described as statesman-like.</div>
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He said, "Obasanjo is right. I want Nigerians to vote for the next President based on performance. Let Buhari tell us his performance and <b>Goodluck Jonathan</b> should tell us his performance.</div>
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"Obasanjo is correct; there is nothing wrong with that. That is very statesman-like of him.</div>
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"I want my party’s candidates to win but this election is about performance. Luckily, Buhari has been a Head of State before, it does not matter how long he was in government. He was in government for 20 months; Murtala Muhammed was in government for six months and he became a hero.</div>
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"It is not an excuse that 20 months is not enough. In 20 months, Buhari showed clear attributes of indolence and incompetence. He did not add any value to the nation. He did not achieve anything. All he did was to be hard and harsh on people. He was busy harassing southerners like Awolowo and Ajasin.</div>
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"If you put that side-by-side with the performance of Jonathan, he has touched everything he met. All 24 airports have been refurbished. He has brought railway back to life. There is substantial achievement in power. We can only go forward, we can’t come back."</div>
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When asked whether the President was still ready to mend fence with Obasanjo, the presidential aide said Jonathan had tremendous respect for the ex-President.</div>
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"This President is a liberal-minded President and he has a lot of respect for Obasanjo. He has never hidden that. He believes that Obasanjo is his political father, no matter whether they have disagreements or not.</div>
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"The President is ready at all times to make peace and appease the elderly gentleman," Okupe said.</div>
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Similarly, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has said it will not join issues with Obasanjo.</div>
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National Publicity Secretary of the party, <b>Prof. Wale Oladipo</b>, stated this in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Saturday.</div>
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He said, "Baba (Obasanjo) remains our leader and therefore we won’t join issues with him. We will continue to work with him and other leaders of our party in Ogun State and Nigeria to achieve success.</div>
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"I can however assure you that <b>Gboyega Isiaka</b> is poised to win the governorship election in the state with the support of other members of our party in the state like the Minister of Agriculture, <b>Dr. Akinwumi Adesina</b>."</div>

Daniel Begs Obasanjo Not To Abandon Jonathan

A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has begged former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to abandon President Goodluck ...

Election Violence Fears: Politicians, CEOs Move Families Abroad

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<b>In a bid to avoid being caught up in violence that may erupt after the February 2015 general elections, politicians, many chief executive officers/ chairmen of companies, top businessmen and wealthy Nigerians have started moving their families out of Nigeria.</b></div>
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Over 800 persons, including 10 members of the National Youth Service Corps were reportedly killed in the North during the violence that trailed the 2011 general elections.</div>
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Investigations by <i><b>Saturday PUNCH</b></i> showed that some apprehensive politicians and top members of the business community started relocating members of their families abroad late last year.</div>
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Many, it was learnt, are still moving their families out of the country.</div>
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According to findings, medical check-ups, short vacation, among others, are being cited by wealthy Nigerians as reasons for their trips.</div>
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Aviation experts told one of our correspondents that passenger traffic in Nigeria is usually low between January and March but that is not the case this year.</div>
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The CEO of a travel agency, who identified himself as Damian and did not want further details about himself or his company in print, said many of his clients had made bookings to travel abroad for fear of being caught up in violence.</div>
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Damian said, “It is true that there is an increase in the number of transactions we receive; many people are making bookings to leave the country.</div>
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“People are afraid; they fear that there may be violence after the election. Those making travel plans are mostly businessmen. I am also running away. I will leave before the election and return after the person who emerges as the president of the country has been sworn in.”</div>
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Similarly, a popular travel agency on Lagos Island told one of our correspondents that many managing directors/chairmen of some companies in Nigeria had booked their flight tickets in anticipation of leaving the country before the general elections.</div>
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One of the senior workers with the company, who simply identified himself as Thaddeus, said aside politicians who thronged the firm to buy tickets, many companies’ MDs and businessmen had bought tickets from the firm between November 27, 2014 and January 14, 2015.</div>
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Thaddeus named the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirate as the most preferred destinations of the MDs.</div>
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He said, “Some politicians made arrangement to travel out of the country after the election, while many of the MDs chose to leave the country with their families a week before the poll.</div>
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“Before the political parties’ primaries held late year, we procured tickets for the families of some politicians and we believe that they must have left the country by now. The politicians started procuring their tickets from the first week of this month.”</div>
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The development, according to some travel agents who spoke with our correspondents, boosted their businesses.</div>
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In the South-East, some prominent Igbo politicians and businessmen have also decided to go for “vacation abroad.”</div>
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An aide of one of the members of the executive committee of Ohanaeze Ndigbo – the apex Igbo socio-political organisation – said his boss was among those planning to leave the country.</div>
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The aide who pleaded anonymity said, “I am aware that some politicians have already concluded arrangements to travel abroad after the election; some of them relocated their families out of the country many months ago.”</div>
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A travel agent, Mr. Nwaoka Iwe, who told one of our correspondents that he represents an Abuja-based travel agency in Enugu, also spoke of arrangements being made by politicians and businessmen to travel out of the country.</div>
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Iwe said, “The period after elections is when most of our big clients travel out of the country just like 2011, but we expect more businesses this year because of the fear by politicians that there may be trouble next month.”</div>
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Also in Kwara State, many politicians have booked their flights in advance.</div>
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An aide of one of the governorship aspirants confirmed to Saturday PUNCH on the condition of anonymity, that his boss would not wait for one day in Nigeria if there should be violence after the election.</div>
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Aides of five prominent politicians in Kwara State, who pleaded not to be named, also said their principals have asked to book their flights.</div>
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Commenting on the development, the Chief Executive Officer, Gadeshire Travels & Tours, Mr. Gbenga Adebayo, confirmed that there had been an increase in ticket bookings in recent times.</div>
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Adebayo said, “Some wealthy Nigerians moved their families during Christmas holidays and we are not expecting them back home until after the elections.</div>
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“Their decision not to come back may be as a result of their anticipation of crisis or post-election violence, based on the experience of the last election.”</div>
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In the same vein, a worker with the travel agency in Surulere, who identified himself as Yunus, said the rush for tickets had led to slight increase in price.</div>
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Though the National Chairman of Labour Party, Dan Nwanyanwu, said the election would be violent-free, he asked Nigerians to rise and stop whoever foments trouble from fleeing the country.</div>
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Nwanyanwu, who spoke with one of our correspondents on the telephone, said, “Nobody can cause problem for the people and run away. All politicians must remain in the country and address any challenge that may trail the election.</div>
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“Nigeria belongs to all; a few group of people should not be allowed to make the country hellish for the masses. So, we will stop whoever causes problem for Nigeria from fleeing the country.”</div>
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In his reaction, the National Publicity Secretary, Afenifere Renewal Group, a pan-Yoruba socio-political association, Mr. Mr. Kunle Famoriyo, condemned politicians for sending their families abroad and making travel plans in anticipation of post-election violence.</div>
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Famoriyo described such politicians as the corrupt ones who have stolen the country blind and are afraid of a backlash.</div>
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He said, “Such politicians will run away if they know that they have looted the country’s resources and that their hands are not clean. They know that they have skeletons in their cupboards and are afraid of the nemesis.</div>
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“It is condemnable because if they know their hands are clean, they should be with their people no matter what. It is the rich that will run away; I’m not running away. I can’t say that I will run away because there may be violence. A General stays with his soldiers at the battlefront. We should stay and build this country together. Most of our politicians don’t have any milk of humanity in them so they will run away.</div>
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“Can a poor farmer planting his cassava peacefully run away? Can a bus driver run away? Where will he run to? It is the rich and those who have milked the country that will be planning to run away.”</div>
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A human rights activist, Jiti Ogunye, said it is necessary that politicians refrain from manipulating the electorate and election results to avoid violence after the elections..</div>
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Ogunye said, “The first condition for credible election is the activation of electoral justice. Politicians should learn not just to preach peace but to do justice. If they manipulate the election results, there could be reaction of violence. So I advise that they play by the rules so that we can enjoy peace in this period. They should not rob the electorate of their decisions.”</div>
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Non-indigenes flee northern states</div>
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Besides plans by politicians, businessmen and others to seek temporary refuge outside the country, Saturday PUNCH also learnt that several non-indigenes plan to relocate from the North during the elections.</div>
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One of such people, Ebenezer Adegoke, who works with a telecommunication company in Katsina State, said he had rented an apartment in Ibadan ahead of the election.</div>
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Adegoke said, “You cannot predict what will happen after this election. I heard many stories of people getting killed in previous post-election violence. That will not happen to me.</div>
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“I will relocate my family to Ibadan a week prior to the election. We will not go back to Katsina until after the polls. At least in Ibadan, I will be closer to home.”</div>
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Also an Akure indigene, Idowu Omolagba, who resides in Kano, told Saturday PUNCH that he had relocated his family to Akure.</div>
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Omolagba, who is a commercial motorist in the Northern commercial city, said, “I won’t return to Kano until after the election.”</div>
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Similarly, Abuja-based Chinyere Uche returned to her home town in Ngor Okpala, Imo State, a few days after Christmas, but she has no intention of returning to her base.</div>
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The thirty-year-old mother of three said she would stay back in her village until after the general elections.</div>
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She said, “I did not come back home to vote; in fact I did not register in my village. I only decided to return home because of threat that violence may trail the next general elections.”</div>
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A Gombe-based businessman, Mr. Christian Utta, also brought his family from Gombe to his Mbaise home, Imo State.</div>
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Utta said, “I don’t want to be caught napping. By then, we may not even get transportation to come home. I am not praying for violence but it is better to be late than be late.”</div>
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Meanwhile, the Ohanaeze Youth Council, has called for the establishment of special polling booths for Igbos who are displaced from their places of residence in the North by Boko Haram .</div>
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OYC said since the Independent National Electoral Commission had concluded plans to set up special polling units for internally displaced persons in the North-East, “equity and justice demand that similar gesture be extended to other victims of Boko Haram forced to return to their home states in the South-East.”</div>
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National President of OYC, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who made the call in Umuahia, said the failure of INEC to oblige the request would “convince OYC that the allegation that the electoral commission wanted to rig the forthcoming presidential poll is true.”</div>
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Isiguzoro contended that there has been mass exodus of Ndigbo residents in the North who have continued to flee the region because of escalating activities of insurgents.</div>
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The group therefore, gave the Chairman of INEC a seven-day ultimatum to correct the imbalance or resign his job.</div>
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<b>Credit: <a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/election-violence-fears-politicians-ceos-move-families-abroad/">Punch</a></b></div>

Election Violence Fears: Politicians, CEOs Move Families Abroad

In a bid to avoid being caught up in violence that may erupt after the February 2015 general elections, politicians, many chief executi...

Vanguard Editors On Leave? Why A Misleading Headline?

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It's becoming clearer by the day that the so-called mainstream media are aligning with political parties and candidates. The <i>Vanguard</i> is not left out as most its reports have shown that it is aligned to a particular party.</div>
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A <i><b>Vanguard</b></i> headline this morning screams: <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/amid-health-concerns-buhari-jets/?fb_comment_id=fbc_756719724418984_756761524414804_756761524414804#f345c3d39c" style="font-weight: bold;">Amid health concerns, Buhari jets out</a>. Please the report below and tell me where it is indicated that Buhari has actually TRAVELED OUT of Nigeria.</div>
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Below is the <i>Vanguard</i> report:</div>
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<i>Concerns were raised, last night, over the health status of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, following his planned trip to the United States of American towards the end of January.</i></div>
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<i>Buhari is reported to have filled an online application for the United States of America Visa to enable him travel to the country around January 26 for medical scrutiny.</i></div>
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<i>The application for the visa, it was learnt, instantly fueled speculations that Buhari had been weighed down by the strain of the campaigns which he had been undertaking in recent days, thereby requiring urgent medical attention in the foreign land.</i></div>
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<i>His opponents argued that Buhari would not have sought to abandon his campaigns midway and travel abroad for medical attention if his health condition was not dire.</i></div>
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<i>They contended that the general’s failing health had become a serious concern to his handlers, who have, however, quietly managed the situation to avoid any damage to his candidature.</i></div>
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<i>But in a shift response, Buhari dismissed the claims over his health as mere fabrication of lies by those afraid of his rising popularity among Nigerian voters.</i></div>
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<i>While insisting that he was hale and hearty, Buhari, through his Campaign Director of Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, asked Nigerians not to be distracted by the antics of desperate and unpopular candidates who were afraid of losing in a free and fair contest. The media campaign director dismissed as a figment of the imagination of “wicked and evil persons,” the rumour that Buhari may be travelling to the United States towards the end of this month for medical check up.</i></div>
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<i>While dismissing the report as fabrications, however, he said that “as a prominent leader of the opposition, many interests across the globe want him (GMB) over for political and diplomatic consultations,” adding that the “invitation to the US may not be unconnected to this.”</i></div>
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<i>Shehu also dismissed as fake and untenable a purported medical report from the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital showing that Buhari had been diagnosed of prostate cancer by the institution.</i></div>
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<i>In a statement, he described the claim, said to have been credited to a ‘renowned source in the hospital’, as disdainful, distractive, mischievous, fake and fallacious.</i></div>
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<i>The Buhari aide said, “It (report of cancer) is untrue and condescending of its exponents. I have it on good authority that GMB has not visited the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in the last five years. So, how can anyone say that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last October, barely three months ago?</i></div>
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<i>“This is the highest point of political distraction, malice and mischief. The report was not only fake but unfounded. I have spoken to impeccable sources at ABUTH all of whom deny the report and also claimed that the letterhead used was not their regular one, and that Dr. Bala Mohammed that purportedly approved the false medical report is not on the personnel list of that department.” Beside, Shehu said sources at ABUTH disclosed that “medical report analysis only come from laboratory technologists and not medical doctors as handwritten in this particular case”, stressing that Buhari did not attend the hospital for cancer or any other ailment.</i></div>
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<i>He restated its statement of Friday that Buhari is as fit as a fiddle.</i></div>
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<i>“The Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) has discredited the purported report said to have emanated from the hospital to the effect that General Muhammadu Buhari is stricken with cancer,” the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation has said.</i></div>
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<i>Meanwhile, there is a groundswell of opposition from Nigerians in the Diaspora against the candidate of Buhari in the February 14 presidential election.</i></div>

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<b>A fake medical report has been released online claiming to show that the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari has cancer.</b></div>
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The obviously falsified report is dated October 16 2014 and states Buhari’s age as 72. However, the <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/12/buhari-at-72-read-his-birthday-message.html">former Head of State turned 72 on December 7</a></b>, almost two months later.</div>
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The report also states the name of the hospital as '<b>Ahmadu Bello Teaching Hospital'</b> but the real name is '<b>Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital'</b>.</div>
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Buhari’s Campaign Director, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has refuted the rumours of ill-health via a statement saying:</div>
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"It (report of cancer) is untrue and condescending of its exponents. I have it on good authority that GMB has not visited the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in the last five years. So, how can anyone say that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last October, barely three months ago?</div>
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"This is the highest point of political distraction, malice and mischief. The report was not only fake but unfounded. I have spoken to impeccable sources at <b>ABUTH</b> all of whom denied the report and also claimed that the letterhead used was not their regular one, and that Dr. Bala Mohammed that purportedly approved the false medical report is not on the personnel list of that department."</div>
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The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose stated earlier that Buhari was being set up by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to die in office just like late President, Umar Yar’adua.</div>

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<b>Vladimir Putin has been silent lately. But if anyone thought he had been shamed into defeat or marginalized, then think again.</b></div>
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In the last few hours Russia has announced two key strategic decisions that show they are not going to stand idly by while their economy and way of life are destroyed by Western forces.</div>
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First, presumably in response to stiff sanctions leveled by the United States and the European Union after the annexation of <b>Crimea</b> last year, <b>Russia has cut off 60% of Europe’s gas supplies right in the middle of winter</b>. This has caused an almost immediate crisis in six European nations that have seen a complete cut-off to their supplies - <b>Bulgaria</b>, <b>Greece</b>, <b>Macedonia</b>, <b>Romania</b>, <b>Croatia</b> and <b>Turkey</b> - with more to follow. According to reports via <b><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-14/russia-cuts-ukraine-gas-supply-6-european-countries">Zero Hedge</a></b>, the effect has been almost instantaneous.</div>
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Without Russia, residents across Europe have no way of staying warm.</div>
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Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian state energy giant <b>Gazprom</b> to cut supplies to and through Ukraine amid accusations, according to the <b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1106382/Europe-plunged-energy-crisis-Russia-cuts-gas-supply-Ukraine.html">Daily Mail</a></b>, that its neighbor has been siphoning off and stealing Russian gas. Due to these "transit risks for European consumers in the territory of Ukraine," Gazprom cut gas exports to Europe by 60%, plunging the continent into an energy crisis “within hours.” Perhaps explaining the explosion higher in <b>NatGas</b> prices (and oil) today, gas companies in Ukraine confirmed that Russia had cut off supply; and six countries reported a complete shut-off of Russian gas. <b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-14/russia-to-shift-ukraine-gas-transit-to-turkey-as-eu-cries-foul.html">The EU raged that the sudden cut-off to some of its member countries was “completely unacceptable</a></b>,” but Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller later added that Russia plans to shift all its natural gas flows crossing Ukraine to a route via Turkey; and Russian Energy Minister <b>Alexander Novak</b> stated unequivocally, "<b>the decision has been made</b>."</div>
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Russia has taken similar steps in the past because of non-payment but turned the gas supplies back on once deals were reached.</div>
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This time, however, there won’t be a deal.</div>
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Russia says it will deliver the gas through Turkey, and then it’s up to the European Union to build the infrastructure that will transport it to the rest of the continent, as noted by <b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-14/russia-to-shift-ukraine-gas-transit-to-turkey-as-eu-cries-foul.html">Bloomberg</a></b>.</div>
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"Transit risks for European consumers on the territory of Ukraine remain," Miller said in an e-mailed statement. “There are no other options” except for the planned Turkish Stream link, he said.</div>
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<b>"We have informed our European partners, and now it is up to them to put in place the necessary infrastructure starting from the Turkish-Greek border,"</b> Miller said.</div>
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"The decision has been made," Novak said. "We are diversifying and eliminating the risks of unreliable countries that caused problems in past years, including for European consumers."</div>
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Europe, of course, does not have the necessary infrastructure in place for this, and Vladimir Putin most certainly knew this before he shut off the spigots.</div>
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Second, and perhaps even more significant than the overt move to show Europe who’s boss, Putin took a direct shot at the United States.</div>
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Also from <b><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-14/russia-just-pulled-itself-out-petrodollar">Zero Hedge</a></b>:</div>
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As <b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-14/russia-to-convert-currency-from-wealth-fund-to-arrest-ruble-drop.html">Bloomberg</a></b> reports Russia "may unseal its $88 billion Reserve Fund and convert some of its foreign-currency holdings into rubles, the latest government effort to prop up an economy veering into its worst slump since 2009."</div>
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These are dollars which Russia would have otherwise recycled into US denominated assets. Instead, Russia will purchase even more Rubles and use the proceeds for FX and economic stabilization purposes.</div>
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<b>"Together with the central bank, we are selling a part of our foreign-currency reserves,"</b> Finance Minister <b>Anton Siluanov</b> said in Moscow today. <b>"We’ll get rubles and place them in deposits for banks, giving liquidity to the economy."</b></div>
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Call it less than amicable divorce, call it what you will: what it is, is Russia violently leaving the ranks of countries that exchange crude for US paper.</div>
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What we are seeing are the strategic moves that will eventually catalyze <b><a href="http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-blueprint-for-world-war-iii-this-war-will-be-utterly-devastating_08302014">the next great war</a></b>. And make no mistake, this is exactly what’s in store for the world should these escalations continue.</div>

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