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A Billboard Of Niger State PDP Governorship candidate, Alhaji Umar Nasko has been discovered to be bearing The Picture Of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

Anambra Bishop gives Buhari Bible as gift Timagehe presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the February 14 election, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday got a copy of King James Version of the Holy Bible as a special gift from the Anglican Bishop of Awka, Rt. Rev. Alex Ibezim. The former head of state was in Ibezim’s house before the rally, which took place at Emmaus House, Awka. Addressing supporters at the rally, Buhari promised to end the spate of insecurity and revolutionize the economy if elected President in the February election. He said he would improve public power supply to boost investment opportunities in places like Onitsha and Nnewi, which form the bedrock of the economy of the South-East. Also speaking at the event, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, refuted the claims by some Buhari’s opponents that he planned to make Islam a state religion when he becomes president. “Buhari was once a military general and Head of State. He had decree and

Police In Ondo Disrupts APC’s “Walk For Change” Rally Police in Ondo State have disrupted a street rally organized by All Progressives Congress (APC) party members tagged 'Walk For Change' In Akure the state capital. by SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK Jan 09, 2015 1.6K 71 85 Police in Ondo State have disrupted a street rally organized by All Progressives Congress (APC) party members tagged 'Walk For Change' In Akure the state capital. APC members in disarray after police teargassed their rally Sahara Reporters Media A group of policemen along Oyemekun road fired teargas canisters at the protesters as they marched peacefully on the main street. After dispersing briefly to deal with the effects of the the teargas, the defiant marchers regrouped again to await Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, the vice presidential candidate of the party.

Buhari An Enemy Of Those Who Steal Government Money, Says Rochas Okorocha As Campaign Goes To Abia, Ebonyi The presidential campaign train of the All Progressive’s Congress (APC) on Friday arrived moved into Abia and Ebonyi States, with General Muhammadu Buhari reiterating in Aba his commitment to the provision of infrastructure, particularly power, in order to rejuvenate the economy of the city. by SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK Jan 09, 2015 117 61 24 The presidential campaign train of the All Progressive’s Congress (APC) on Friday arrived moved into Abia and Ebonyi States, with General Muhammadu Buhari reiterating in Aba his commitment to the provision of infrastructure, particularly power, in order to rejuvenate the economy of the city. Muhammadu Buhari arriving Imo At the rally in Aba, which was anchored by Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the first Executive Governor of Abia State, Ogbonnaya Onu, described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as “a doctor that has been unable to treat

Kano state governor, Engr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso today appointed a Christian woman, Justice Patricia Mahmoud as Acting Chief Judge of the state. Kano state governor, Engr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso today appointed a Christian woman, Justice Patricia Mahmoud as Acting Chief Judge of the state. Justice Mahmoud has on two occasions faced discriminatory challenges regarding state of origin and her elevation to Court of Appeal rejected because she is from Benue state. Justice Patricia Mamhoud sworn in She replaces Justice Shehu Atiku, who retired from judicial service. The governor said Patricia’s appointment is in compliance with section 271 subsection 4 of the Nigerian Constitution, which states that the most senior judge acts as Chief Judge pending the appointment of a substantive Chief Judge. Patricia Mahmoud, an Idoma from Benue state is a judge of the Kano State High Court. She joined the state Ministry of Justice in 1983 and rose to become a Director of the Drafting and Research depar

Ekwueme explodes ■ Why Jonathan won’t get block votes in South-East Though it was not a Sunday, Dr Alex Ekwueme, former Vice President, who had a scheduled interview appointment, took The Sun team to his chapel, a sanctuary in the upper chamber of the right wing of his house. He had led the way from his living room to climb the staircase to the chapel, explain­ing that it was the only place the interview could be held without much distraction from visitors. After we had ascended the ‘holy’ up­per chamber, we began the business of the day that lasted for about two hours, with the octogenarian looking at the country, remembering what had happened as if they occurred just yesterday, appraising power equations from independence in 1960 till now. Dr Ekwueme, who co-founded the Peo­ples Democratic Party (PDP) with some other illustrious Nigerians, also looked at the current state of the party, saying that things have fallen apart in the PDP envi­sioned to be a mass movement that would r

Presidency probes interim govt plot •Jonathan, Buhari must ensure peace —US insists The presidency has ordered a discreet investigation into a reported plot by some high-profile Nigerians to foist an interim government on Nigeria in the event of a deadlocked presidential election next month. An informed government source confirmed that already, a preliminary report revealed the plot being real with a former president and an unnamed Western country identified as arrowheads of the plan. The source disclosed that security forces were working on the hint that a possible think-tank existed in the country set up by those promoting the agenda which, it said, “is already fashioning out political strategies and designing a blueprint for the planned interim government.” The plot, it was gathered, was predicated on fears “that there would be no legitimate government in the country after May 29, 2015.” The security source said the secret plot is “enjoying the tacit support of a section of

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday during a rally in Enugu said that the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), cannot remember his own mobile phone number. Jonathan, whose unscripted address was mostly a response to previous statements made by Buhari, accused the APC presidential candidate of deceiving Nigerians by promising to revive the economy without explaining how he would achieve the feat. The President wondered how Buhari would develop the country’s economy, a feat he could not achieve while he was in office as head of state between 1983 and 1985. “Is it now that Buhari cannot even remember his own phone number that he can change the economy of the country.” Jonathan asked. The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate said that although he did not like to “go personal during campaigns,” “sometimes circumstances demand that certain things must be said.” Jonathan said that Buhari belonged to the medieval age, add

Former president, olusegun Obasanjo has condemned Nigerian celebrities for wearing uniforms supporting president Goodluck Jonathan. In his twitter handle ''Olusegun A Obasanjo'', the former president said, I'm more ashamed about Nigeria celebrities. Same people that carry placards for #BringBackOurGirls have gone to wear uniform to support GEJ''. he wrote.

MEND To Jonathan: Your Assassination Story Not True President Jonathan had said at a PDP rally in Lagos Thursday that MEND tried to assassinate him on two separate occasions, pointing out that the leader of the organisation, Henry Okah, now serving a jail term in South Africa, was paid to assassinate him in 2010. However, MEND’s Spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, said, “We challenge President Jonathan to come out and reveal to the nation the names of the persons he claimed paid Mr Henry Okah to assassinate him. Goodluck Jonathan should also explain why these persons, as he obviously knows who they are, were not arrested, tried and convicted.” In an electronic mail by Gbomo, MEND said it was untrue that it planned to kill Mr President. “MEND views the President, Goodluck Jonathan’s recent campaign rally speech as the most outrageous and ridiculous speech by any President, where he openly accused Mr Henry Okah of being paid to assassinate him.” “Mr President, the MEND

Fashiola Blasts Jonathan Over Speech At Lagos PDP Rally by Sunday8650: 12:37am The governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, has dismissed the speech presented by President Goodluck Jonathan at the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, campaign, in Lagos on Wednesday, saying it had become obvious that the president could no longer rule the country. Speaking in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Thursday during the Edo Town Hall meeting, the governor said the president spent close to an hour delivering his speech without being able to explain what he had done in the last six years had been in power or what he would do if re-elected. Mr. Fashola, who spoke after the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Osinbajo, unfolded the party’s programme, said Mr. Jonathan did not only exhibit unnecessary anger but was critical of his predecessor without unfolding his plan for the country. “Today, you have listened to a vice pres

You Have Failed Bayelsans, Amaechi Tells Jonathan Rivers State Governor and Director General of the presidential campaign committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday in Yenagoa, lashed out at President Goodluck Jonathan, insisting that he had failed the people of the state. Amaechi at the rally held in the Samson Siasia Sports Complex, Yenagoa, witnessed by a large crowd of Bayelsans from all works of life, stated that charity should ordinarily begin at home, hence the president should tell the people what he has done for the state in the last six years that he has been president of the country. He lamented that even the president homestead, Otuoke, lacks power supply, he therefore asked: “If they say it is because the president is quarrelling with the Governor of Rivers State that is why he refused to develop Rivers; is he also quarrelling with Dickson? So, why has he not developed Bayelsa?” Ameachi said in 2011, Jonathan was vote

Document Exposes Plot To Collapse Nigeria’s Economy By US & Britain As most Nigerians continue to ex­press apprehen­sion over the pre­diction that the country could break up this year, a 300-page document by a Paris, France-based group has exposed attempts to cause problem in the coun­try by collapsing the econ­omy. The document, released by a think-tank group, Intelicor, in Paris, unveiled plans by el­ements in the United States to cause further fall of oil prices to sabotage the Nigerian and Russian economies. The document revealed that it is the plot, as it affects Rus­sia, that has made the United States and Britain to have is­sues with President Vladimir Putin, who is said to have op­posed ‘G8 Africa Plan’, which aims to use Africa as experi­ment base for western biotech­nology companies, desirous of exploiting stem cell research and organ trafficking on the continent. The document revealed that Russia’s secret service had discovered a programme by United S

Popular ex-nigerian footballer,Victor Ikpeba twitted of he's support for GMB saying he'll vote for him come rain come shine even if he presents Nepal bill as his certificate. He wrote on twitter: ''even If Buhari Presents NEPA Bill As Certificate, I Will Vote For Him” –

Commercial sex workers in the country under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes, NANP, have thrown their weight behind the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. NANP said it would declare a-three day free sex across the country if president Jonathan eventually loses the seat to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of APC. Recall that the group had in 2013 declared one-week free sex after the Super Eagles defeated Burkina Faso to lift the AFCON trophy after almost 20 years. A statement signed by the group’s General Secretary, Jessica Elvis noted that NANP was not happy with Jonathan’s government over the way commercial sex workers were being treated in the country since he assumed office as the first citizen. It described Jonathan’s government as the worst in the history of Nigeria, saying that it recorded the lowest income during his tenure. The statement also quoted Elvis as saying that several approac

2015 election: Ogonis in Rivers state pledge support for Buhari The four Local government areas that make up the Ogoni area in Rivers State have pledged their unflinching support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari. The Local government areas, which include Eleme, Tai, Gokana and Khana declared their support for Buhari after the former military Head of State promised to implement the long abandoned UNEP report on Ogoni. Buhari had pledged his commitment to ensure that the report would be implemented. The former Military ruler, who was accompanies by top members of the APC, including the national Chairman of the part, John Odiegie-Oyegun, also vowed to complete the abandoned Bodo-Bonny road project. Buhari said the decision of the Federal Government to abandon the Bodo-Bonny road project was a clear case of incompetence and social injustice, adding that a lot had been taken from Ogoniland and little brought back in return.

I Won’t Fight Corruption By Putting People In Crates –Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan began his re-election campaign in Lagos on Thursday, saying he would not fight corruption by arresting and putting people in crates. Jonathan, in his 33-minute speech that centered more on responses to criticisms of his administration by some prominent Nigerians and the opposition, faulted a recent statement credited to the APC presidential candidate, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, that he would prosecute and send corrupt Nigerians to jail. He said, “They said they will start fighting corruption after they have crossed the bridge. And only two days ago, somebody stood in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and said he would catch people that steal and throw them in Kirikiri(Prisons). “I agree that we must stop corruption but I will not do so by catching people and putting them in crates and jailing or killing them. We can’t stop corruption that way.” The President told the PDP chiefs

No Signs Nigeria Will Disintegrate In 2015 –US The United States Government has said there are no signs that Nigeria will disintegrate before, during or after the February general elections. While explaining that Nigeria is facing “big challenges,” the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, stated that the problems at stake were surmountable. According to the American envoy, Nigerians should “throw out of the window” the idea from “some think-tank or somebody outside the (US) government” stating that Nigeria would fall apart in 2015. Entwistle spoke in Lagos on Thursday during an interactive session with journalists on the recent donation of a US naval ship, christened NNS Okpabana, to the Nigerian Navy. The US diplomat said, “I have been plagued by the question (on Nigeria’s possible disintegration in 2015) and I have gone back to look and I can’t find any government report that said Nigeria would disintegrate in 2015. Maybe some think-tank or somebody

Northern Elders Fault Jonathan’s Comment About Statesmen …Say, Sitting leaders are worse than pick-pocket‎s The Amb. Maitama Sule led Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) on Thursday hit back at President Goodluck Jonathan for describing some elder statesmen as touts. Addressing the press at his Zaria based farm, the spokesman of NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi said, even some sitting leaders are worse than pick-pockets in a motor park, adding that President Jonathan shouldn’t have made such abusive statement on nation’s statesmen who fought for the unity of the country. Prof. Abdullahi ,who is also a member of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), also tongue-lashed the Tanko Yakasai led Northern Elders Council (NEC), saying the group lacks principle and they are not speaking for the generality of Nigerians. The former Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Vice Chancellor, said NEF is more focused and committed to the political well-being of Northerners and Nigerians in general. He

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said President Goodluck Jonathan is only shedding crocodile tears with his lamentation over the fact that Nigeria has become more divided along religious and ethnic lines today than at any time in its history. “Mr. President, there is no point being sanctimonious about an issue for which you bear the most responsibility. You are the most divisive leader in the history of Nigeria, having ceaselessly exploited the country’s fault lines for political gains,” the party said in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed. It said President Jonathan is the first leader to have turned the house of worship to a political arena, using the pulpit to make political and policy statements and making a show of what should ordinarily be a very personal religious affair. APC said the President’s lamentation is aimed at pulling the wool over the eyes of Nigerians with a view to extracting undeserve

The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, has said that all those who are accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of corruption are the fathers of corruption. The Oba was speaking in his palace when President Goodluck Jonathan led a delegation of PDP officials to receive his blessings just before the flag-off of the presidential campaign in Lagos State. Oba Akiolu raised issues of corruption with a mention of the Harliburton scandal and the killing of former Attorney-General, Chief Bola Ige but prayed that in the end only the best candidate would emerge in the 2015 general elections. In his speech, President Goodluck Jonathan thanked the Oba for supporting his administration. He described Lagos as the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria that should be of importance to any well meaning politician and which needs the right persons to govern.. President Jonathan said that his administration has much to show in the area of transportation, agriculture, road construction and wonde

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he can sacrifice his life for the interest of Nigeria but will not do the same for any political party. He said this on Thursday during a visit to his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta by the presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party, Dr. Martins Onovo. He said since he left office, his pre-occupation had been seeing to the interest of the country, arguing that it would be foolish for anyone to say Nigeria did not belong to anybody. He said, “My first pre-occupation is what is best for Nigeria. Nigeria first, party second and any other thing, third. Nigeria first means I’ll not sacrifice anything for the interest of Nigeria and I can sacrifice my own life for the interest of Nigeria. “I can’t sacrifice my life for the interest of a party; I’ll sacrifice my life for the interest of Nigeria.” He frowned on the situation where everyone would keep quiet and watch things degenerate in the country. While commending the late legal i

President Goodluck Jonathan says the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) wanted to assassinate him in the October 1, 2010 bombing at the Eagle Square, Abuja. He was speaking at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos on Thursday, during the flag-off of his presidential campaign while reacting to the endorsement of his opponent, Muhammadu Buhari, by the militant group led by Henry Okah, who is in prison in South Africa for gun-running. Twelve persons were killed in the 2010 attack, while 17 others were injured. Accusing the opposition of orchestrating a campaign of calumny against him, particularly on social media, he said his administration had improved the lot of Nigerians in many regards. “I saw a headline in one of the newspapers, saying MEND dumps Jonathan, did you see it?” he asked. “The leader of MEND is Henry Okah, Okah is in prison in South Africa, not even in Nigeria, where they could have said I influenced it. He is in prison because

Nigeria's militant Islamists have carried out a second attack on the key north-eastern town of Baga, an official has told the BBC. Boko Haram fighters burnt down almost the entire town on Wednesday, after over-running a military base on Saturday, Musa Alhaji Bukar said. Bodies lay strewn on Baga's streets, amid fears that some 2,000 people had been killed in the raids, he added. Boko Haram launched a military campaign in 2009 to create an Islamic state. It has taken control of many towns and villages in north-eastern Nigeria state in the last year. The conflict has displaced at least 1.5 million people, while more than 2,000 were killed last year. Abandoned On Monday, lawmaker Maina Maaji Lawan said Boko Haram controlled 70% of Borno state, which is worst-affected by the insurgency. Mr Bukar, a senior government official in the area, said that fleeing residents told him that the town, which had a population of about 10,000, was now "

The National Chairman of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, has told President Goodluck Jonathan to stop using and dumping members of the party. He said the idea of someone working for the party and others reaping the fruits must stop. Mu’azu spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the party, which was attended by President Goodluck Jonathan. The campaign is being headed by a former Chairman of the party, Senator Amodu Ali. Mu’azu said it was injustices like this that were making members of the party to defect to the opposition political parties. Details later. http://www.punchng.com/news/stop-using-dumping-pdp-members-muazu-tells-jonathan/

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, while inaugurating the Goodluck/Sambo 2015 Presidential Campaign Organisation, PCO, at the PDP Presidential Campaign office, Legacy House, Maitama, Abuja promised to unfold to Nigerians what his government has done in the last couple of years that presidents and heads of state before him could not achieve. I will expose my predecessors’ failings –Jonathan Jonathan promised to expose the failings of his predecessors including Buhari, which stunted the country’s growth and development. Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida had described his government as saintly compared to successive administrations in terms of prevalence of corruption, just as former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, took a swipe at President Jonathan, accusing him among other things of squandering $55 billion crude oil savings left behind by his Administration. President Jonathan, who noted that his administration has performed more than

A senior secondary school form one (SS1) student of Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Jalingo, was on Monday apprehended for being in possession of two grenades. The student, simply identified as Blessing, was apprehended by the school's security guards who were conducting checks on the students luggage following their resumption for the second term. In an attempt to smuggle the bombs into the school, Blessing, who joined the school last September, concealed the bombs inside gari and it took the vigilance of the security men to detect them. Upon the discovery, she was quickly arrested alongside her father who is said to be a retired Police Inspector from Numan in Adamawa state while the bomb disposal unit at the police headquarters was quickly called in to defuse the bombs. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Joseph Kwaji, said both the girl and her father are under detention while investigation is being conducted

Emir Of Kano Denies Planning To Marry 17-Year Old Girl The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has dispelled rumors making the rounds on the Internet that he was planning to marry a 17-year daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa. The Emir, a former Central Bank Governor of Nigeria who was forced out of office by President Goodluck Jonathan after he blew the whistle on billions of dollars in oil revenues that were reportedly not deposited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), denied the marriage rumors while responding to questions sent by SaharaReporters via text messages and routed through one of his aides. Responding to a question about marriage between adult men and underage girls, the Emir of Kano stated that he fully supports the right of children not to get forcibly married before attaining the constitutionally stipulated age of 18 years. He further stated that he has not and will not contract a marriage with any woman under 18. He said the

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), on Tuesday gained an unusual support as the main agitating militant group in the Niger Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), pledged its total support for the former military ruler. MEND, in a lengthy press statement circulated through email by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, anchored its decision on the need to deliver Nigeria, especially the Niger Delta region, from the crunching effects of corruption. It also lamented the unconcerned attitude of the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration at the unrelenting degradation of the Niger Delta environment, taking a hard stance on the increasing level of oil theft in the region. President Jonathan, according to MEND, does not deserve a second more in the Presidency. The group also commended Buhari for proposing to scrap the office of the First Lady, which it considered to be a drain on the nation’s resources

Agenda For Peace With Mr.Rights: Bitter Truth About Islamization Agenda Written by Abdulrazaq O Hamzat (Mr Rights) The purpose of this writing is not to promote any religious divide,but rather, to educate the public and set the record straight against empty and unnecessary politicization of Christianity and Islamic religion.This is necessary because, If one take a closer look at the dirty role our selfish,but corrupt politicians and clerics are playing with these two religions one would be left with no doubt about the danger awaiting to befall this great nation as a result of religious hatred and distrust that had been well enshrined in the heart of our people. Such divisive antics had gotten to a stage that, if two brothers believe in the two faiths, i.e one chose Islam, while the other chose Christianity, both may be relating with each other with distrust and suspicion. For example, If Boko Haram terrorist group strikes in Borno, killing innocent people, the Christian brother c