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There was unrest on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State, southwest Nigeria, on Friday, 28 November, 2014 as students of the institution hauled stones and sticks at President Goodluck Jonathan during his visit to the campus. President Jonathan, notable traditional rulers in the southwest and politicians had attended the Yoruba Unity Summit organised by the Committee on Yoruba Progress, southwest geo -political zone of the country where the president was endorsed for his re-election in the 2015 general election. But the placard-wielding students of the institution who had converged at the Oduduwa Hall, venue of the conference to protest what they termed “rot in the educational sector” booed and stoned President Jonathan while entering the presidential chopper few minutes after the summit. The irate protesters were shouting “ole” “ole” (“thief”, “thief”) at the president and other notable politicians who attended the event. They displayed placards with inscriptions lik

Student of National Open university of Nigeria (NOUN) in Abeokuta today hosted former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to discuss the several challenges confronting the institution which include the issue of Law School and NYSC. The event is over and the host have been busy tidying up. The audio visuals obtained is being processed and would be uploaded to this platform, in due course. It was indeed a remarkable and insightful event. In a brief statement released by S.T. TEWE,president of Law Benin study centre, former president, General O.O. Obasanjo informed the student that he would support their quest for accreditation to Law School. However, he suggested that,there may be need for change in the name of the school by removing the 'Open' and replacing it with 'Distance' ie National Distance Learning University. This he suggested would eliminate the confusion in the nomenclature because   the school is not a correspondence school. The former president noted

No fewer than 63 senators have signalled their intentions to commence impeachment moves against President Goodluck Jonathan, just as 215 members of the House of Representatives have allegedly signed the impeachment register. Daily Sun gathered yesterday evening that eight senators on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had joined the ranks of All Progressives Congress (APC) to start the impeachment process. A ranking senator from the APC confirmed the existence of the list and also, disclosed that some members of the ruling party in the Red Chamber “willingly wrote their names and appended their signatures to commence impeachment proceedings against President Jonathan.” Reminded that the impeachment process, as stipulated in the constitution, was a lengthy process and that the Seventh Senate might not have the time to see through the process, he replied: “We will start the president’s impeachment once we get the required number. Some of the PDP senat

INEC is recruiting ADHOC Staff for various positions for the 2015 general elections. State Constituency Returning Officers Senatorial/National & State Constituency Returning Officers Local Govt Area (LGA) Collation Officers Supervisory Presiding Officers Presiding Officers Asst Presiding Officers To apply, click here - http://iasd.inecnigeria.org/new-applicant Good luck!!! Application Closing Date: All applications for the INEC recruitment for 2014 must be submitted not later than11th December, 2014. We wish you the very best with your application!!!

The political season is here and politicians, from top to bottom are trying to outshine each other. There were signs of tension and strained relationship between members of Bayelsa State House of Assembly and the speaker, Hon. Kombowei Benson over alleged move to impeach him from office following recent statements attributed to him against President Goodluck Jonathan. While the impeachment move, according to State House of Assembly source, has received the blessing of the state governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson as a “collateral” sacrifice to affirm his loyalty to Jonathan, the loyalists of the speaker, including the chairman, House Committee on Information, Iniobiyo Obiene, and the media assistant to the speaker, Preye Kiyaramo, have dismissed the impeachment plot. But the angry lawmakers were said to have held series of secret meetings in Yenagoa where they discussed and condemned the speaker’s tirade against President Jonathan in an interview he granted a newspaper.

Would you be member in a church where this lady ministers in praise and worship?

As i type now, we have been hearing gunshots from the rivers state government house. more details shortly. Source: Nairaland

The former Basel man insists people are jealous of the Real Madrid superstar, who he feels has already proven himself superior to his Barcelona rival by excelling in England Carlos Varela says Lionel Messi is not half as good as Cristiano Ronaldo and claims that the Portuguese would have won more Ballon d'Or awards if he were "ugly". Ronaldo is the reigning titleholder and the current favourite to win this year's prize after inspiring Real Madrid to Champions League glory in May. The 29-year-old has also been widely lauded for his remarkable goalscoring exploits this season but Varela says that Ronaldo still does not get all of the credit he deserves, something he puts down to jealousy. "I do not understand how anyone could criticise him," the former Basel midfielder told AS ahead of Madrid's Champions League clash with the Swiss champions at St. Jakob Park on Wednesday night. "I think his image has a [negative] effect.

Young members of our great party have put together a Presidential Debate for APC Presidential aspirants. The debate would be an opportunity to showcase intellectual capacity of our various aspirants and help our delegates to make an informed decision ahead of the forthcoming APC Presidential primary election coming up on 10th December, 2014. The debate would be held on Sunday, Nov 30, 2014 at Yar'adua Center, Abuja by 7pm. It's a New Party for a New Nigeria says APC. Source: https://www.facebook.com/APCGovernment/photos/a.457187251048819.1073741834.330451937055685/588275597939983/?type=1&theater

Members of the House of Representatives committee on police affairs were on Wednesday afternoon engaged in a heated argument with Inspector General of Police Suleiman Abba over last Thursday's security siege on the National Assembly.   The committee had summoned Abba to explain the circumstances that led some of his men to prevent Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal from gaining access into the parliament building and in the process harassed the Speaker as well as other lawmakers. But at Wednesday’s session, Abba said some thugs tried to gain illegal access into the premises of the federal legislature. However, the lawmakers were angry when Abba refused to recognise Tambuwal as Speaker and demanded him to revert his position. The session got heated as the lawmakers took turn to rebuff the IGP. Details later

The Nigerian presidency has been caught showcasing projects executed by the Kano State Government as part of the legacy projects executed by the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in the North-West geopolitical zone of the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, had in a 10-part series of tweets on Sunday highlighted key projects he said the Jonathan administration executed in the six North-West states of Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara. Using the hashtags  # DidYouKnow ? # TransformationintheNorthWest # ForwardNigeria # UpJonathan # UpNigeria , Mr. Abati deployed images and graphics to illustrate what he called the President’s transformation of the North-West zone. Reuben Abati Vs. Kano State Government: The contentious tweet and images The presidential spokesperson’s tweets appear to be part of the ongoing massive publicity of President Jonathan’s legacy projects across the country in a bid to sh

BREAKING: Obasanjo bombs Jonathan again, says President’s “evil” actions destroying Nigerian democracy   Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again torn at President Goodluck Jonathan, saying Nigerian democracy remained at risk due to the action of the present administration. Speaking at a book Launch in honour of the pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, Mustapha Akanbi‎, in Abuja, Mr. Obasanjo, who is the Chairman of the occasion, said the president should stop encouraging ‘verbal violence which may not physically hurt but has ways of degenerating into physical violence’. Mr. Obasanjo said the greatest indictment against any administration is to be seen trying to destroy opposition of all sort‎s which invariably mean destroying democracy. “Management of democracy without resorting to brute force and dictatorial tendencies must be cultivated,” the former President said. “As a leader, you must not deliberately do evil or condon

Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court of Abuja has asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba to return the security details of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal.  Tambuwal’s counsel, Lateef Flagbemi, who led 68 other lawyers to the trial, commended that the court was set to reconsider the removal of security details from the Speaker, noting that it was a serious matter as the case involved the fourth citizen of the country. Meanwhile, a counsel of the PDP, Unus Ustaz Usman, argued that the court had no jurisdiction to entertain the case, urging to decay the suit. The court said that IGP Abba erred in law by withdrawing the security details of the Speaker when he has not been removed from office. The IGP had, while returning Tambuwal’s security, protected the action through a statement by the Force Public Relation Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, saying that the security personnel attached to the Speaker were w

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has announced a new official naira-to-dollar exchange rate, forcing down the Nigerian currency by 13 naira, as the country struggles to reshape its fiscal policies in response to dwindling oil price. The bank devalued the naira at its monetary policy committee, MPC, meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, where it also reviewed Nigeria’s monetary policy rate from 12 per cent to 13 per cent. The monetary policy rate highlights lending rate for the country’s economy. The naira will now exchange officially at N168 to a dollar, and no longer N155, the bank said. The bank also moved the private cash reserve ratio from 15 per cent to 20 per cent, while retaining public sector cash reserve ratio at 75 percent. The CBN said the decision to lower the value of naira against the dollar is to strengthen the currency. Mr. Emefiele noted the continued drop in global crude oil prices and reiterated the call on the government and the National Assembly to speed up the pr

The US Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate in Lagos received more than 220,000 non-immigrant visa applications between October 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014. The Consular Chief of the embassy, Ms Stacie Hankins, disclosed this while responding to questions from newsmen on the new visa procedures on Tuesday in Abuja. Hankins said the figure represented an increase of about 38,000 visa applications when compared with the 182,000 applications in the previous year. She said, “Between October 1, 2012 and September 30, 2013, the embassy in Abuja and consulate in Lagos received more than 182,000 non-immigrant visa applications, the majority of which were approved. “Between October 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014, we received more than 220,000 applications. “Again, the majority of those applications were approved. “We hope that Nigerians’ desire to visit our beautiful country will continue to grow. “And we look forward to working with our partners to allow qualified tourists and busine

Indications emerged yesterday that members of the House of Representatives are on the same page with their Senate counterparts in their bid to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan. It was reliably gathered that the assemblymen would start impeachment process against the President immediately it reconvenes next Wednesday. This is just as the lawmakers coordinating the impeachment process have disclosed that they have identified over 50 constitutional violations against the President, which would form part of the impeachment notice. A ranking officer in the House who revealed this said both chambers have resolved to work together for the common good of the country by impeaching President Jonathan for “incompetence, corruption and unprecedented impunity.” He revealed that the impeachment plot against Jonathan was not a partisan affair, explaining that lawmakers from all the political parties have identified with the “cause” and will not give up until the President is “sent

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This morning as the ongoing protest continue in unijos.the military men opened fire at student killing 3 and leaving others injured the administration have asked the student to vacate the hostel...please right now we are scared and the military people are chasing us pointing guns at us is this another war? *update*The University of Jos has now been shut indefinitely by the authorities to avoid further escalation. Source-ICEfm 96.1 aka Ujay fm Source: nairaland

Things are not the same anymore, it is now a case of 'enough is enough' in the political space. Some PDP senators on Monday started impeachment moves against President Goodluck Jonathan over what they have described as the high level of impunity and corruption being condoned by his Presidency. Investigations revealed that the PDP senators had started compiling Jonathan's impeachable offences. “I was personally consulted this evening over the issue and I also cross-checked from my colleagues who also told me that they had been contacted.  “The grouse of the lawmakers, according to the person that contacted me, was that the last week Thursday’s invasion of the National Assembly by the police was carelessly handled by the Jonathan administration.  “From the look of things, the proceedings [to impeach Jonathan] will start on Tuesday because some signatures had been collected already.” An APC Senator disclosed this development to Punch in Abuja on Monday.

Nigeria Must Change group has described police invasion of the National Assembly as an act of treason by the police and said such cannot be justified under whatever circumstances. In an electronic statement released on Tuesday, authorized by its convener, Mr. Abdulrazaaq O Hamzat,   the group said it shall be embarking on a peaceful protest in Abuja to express its concerns over the treasonable offense committed by the Inspector general of Police Mr. Sulaiman Abba against the speaker of the federal house of representative, hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and other members of the legislative arm of government. It said, ‘’through this protest, we are going to condemn the barbaric action of the police and drum it into the hear of the police and other security agencies that any attempt to repeat such a misguided invasion shall not be taken lightly by the Nigerian people.’’ The group also added that, As part of its demands in this protest, it shall be giving the federal gove

 The Department of State Security (DSS) has said its operatives invaded the data office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos on Saturday following a petition it received about some activities of the company. A text message by the spokesperson of the DSS, Ms. Marilyn Ogar on Sunday issued to press men said the petition alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission’s permanent voter’s cards were being cloned at the outfit. According to Ogar, the petition alleged that the “cloning” of the cards was with the intention of hacking into INEC’s data base, corrupting it and replacing them with the “cloned” data. The statement said : “A petition was received by this Service about some activities at No. 10, Bola Ajibola Street, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos. “Based on this information, the Service placed the building under surveillance; and having been convinced that some unwholesome activities were going on in the building, it undertook a raid of the pr

What started as mere suspicion in Nigeria’s security circles is now being treated with utmost seriousness: Chad may be the major backer and staying power of Boko Haram─ with eyes on the oil deposits in the Chad Basin, Borno state. Preliminary surveys have indicated that there is hydrocarbon deposit in an area covering 3,350 square metres in the Chad Basin, with federal government pumping close to N30bn in the last two years into feasibility studies of the oil potential there. Countries such as Chad, Niger and Sudan with similar structural settings are already exploring or producing oil on their own soil, leading to conclusions that it is a matter of time for Nigeria’s turn. The lukewarm attitude of Nigeria’s neighbours, particularly Chad and Cameroon, to the Boko Haram threat has long been attributed to regional rivalry rather than economic interest. However, circumstances surrounding the phantom ceasefire dealbrokered in October by Idriss Déby, the president o

200 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS SIGNS IMPEACHMENT MOTION - Osagi Not fewer than 200 members of the House of Representatives have endorsed a motion seeking to institute impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan, House minority whip, Rep. Samson Osagie, has said. Osagie (APC Edo), told Sunday Trust in Abuja that they have far exceeded the number required by the constitution to serve president Jonathan impeachment notice. Members of the House began collecting signatures for a motion against the president last Thursday following a siege on the National Assembly by police. Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and other lawmakers were locked out of the parliament building for hours and had to scale the fence but on getting inside the complex, they were tear gassed by police. The House was reconvened to consider the emergency rule extension in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, a request forwarded by the president but police laid siege to the National Assembl