With a sitting Democratic senator recently indicted on federal bribery and corruption charges, top criminal defense lawyers in the nation’s capital say Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton could conceivably face similar scrutiny, amid mounting disclosures about the tangled finances of her family’s philanthropic foundation.
Saturday, 25 April 2015
At least 1,180 killed as 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal; search for survivors
A magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, the worst quake in the Himalayan nation in over 80 years, The Associated Press reported. Rescue teams have reached the area and are searching for survivors.
A powerful earthquake struck Nepal Saturday, killing hundreds of people across a swath of four countries as the violently shaking earth collapsed houses, leveled centuries-old temples and triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest. It was the worst temblor to hit the poor South Asian nation in over 80 years. More Pics
A powerful earthquake struck Nepal Saturday, killing hundreds of people across a swath of four countries as the violently shaking earth collapsed houses, leveled centuries-old temples and triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest. It was the worst temblor to hit the poor South Asian nation in over 80 years. More Pics
African leaders happy over Jonathan’s defeat – Obasanjo
A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday disclosed that
African leaders were happy over the defeat of President Goodluck
Jonathan in the March 28 presidential election which he lost to Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari.
Obasanjo, who stated this at the United States
Institute of Peace in Washington DC, said that his last findings in a
number of African countries showed that they were happy over the outcome
of the election.
He said some Nigerians saw President Jonathan as a moving train who was stopped from collapsing Nigeria.
The former President, who led the African Union Observation Mission
to the April 2015 General Election in Sudan, said, “I have visited six
countries since the election, they are happy about the results. It is
good not only for Nigeria, it is good for Africa and I believe it is
good for the world.”
Nigerians may stone Buhari in the next six months – Apostle Johnson Suleman
Auchi-based preacher and senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministry,
Apostle Johnson Suleman, has predicted that Nigerians may be forced to
hurl stones at the incoming president, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
The
fire-spitting preacher stated that in frustration, people may resort to
stoning the President-Elect elect if they did not see the highly
publicized change by the new government.
It could be recalled that
Suleiman had predicted the emergence of the All Peoples Congress, APC,
candidate but warned that he may not be allowed to rule.
APC zones Senate presidency to North-East, speakership to South West
Following resolutions at the APC leadership meeting in Abuja on
Wednesday, April 21; which mandated the party to come up with a more
acceptable zoning formula, there are strong indications that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) has come up with a new zoning arrangement.
Blue Ivy Steals the Show at Her Grandma Tina Knowles' Wedding
It's safe to say Beyonce and Jay Z's adorable three-year-old daughter Blue Ivy had quite the good time at her grandmother Tina Knowles' wedding last week to actor Richard Lawson.
Beyonce shared a few super-cute pictures of Blue Ivy celebrating the happy occasion on her website, in which her daughter sports a poofy white tulle dress, a tiara and wore her hair in adorable buns. Check her out all smiles with her dad Jay Z, her cousin Daniel Julez, her aunt Solange and her uncle Alan Ferguson.
Beyonce shared a few super-cute pictures of Blue Ivy celebrating the happy occasion on her website, in which her daughter sports a poofy white tulle dress, a tiara and wore her hair in adorable buns. Check her out all smiles with her dad Jay Z, her cousin Daniel Julez, her aunt Solange and her uncle Alan Ferguson.
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Group hails sack of former IG, accuses him of backing APC in Ekiti
Ekiti Democratic Coalition, EDC, has hailed the removal of Suleiman Abba as Inspector-General of Police.
The
EDC accused Abba of collaborating with the All Progressives Congress,
APC, to subvert the mandate Ekiti people freely gave to Governor Ayodele
Fayose.
Jonathan’s appointees caused his defeat to Buhari – Kwankwaso
Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday said President
Goodluck Jonathan lost his bid to remain in Aso Rock because his
appointees were “wrong people”.
According to him, Jonathan blew his opportunities by not playing national politics the smart way.
His
words: “He didn’t know who is who in this country; he was just looking
at faces and those who were dressed very well. He meets them at the
airport and he smiles and says ‘these are good people,’ he sits down and
listens to gossips, ‘oh this man is bad, this man is good in so so
places’ and sometimes he doesn’t even know the names and at the end of
the day he made a big mistake by picking the wrong people.
I don’t need your ‘fake praise singing’ – Tinubu tells Kashamu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
on Tuesday told Ogun central senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu to keep his
“fake praise singing.
In a statement signed by Sunday Dare, Media
Adviser to Tinubu, he said: “Our attention has been drawn to the
recently advertised letter by Mr. Buruji Kashamu to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
in which he described Tinubu in superlative terms and as his role model.
Kashamu needs to stop this cynical fawning. It will not work.
Buhari backs Jonathan’s appointee, Adesina for AfDB presidency
The President-elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, has
requested the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to
support the candidacy of Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina as the next president of
the African Development Bank (AfDB).
A statement by the
Directorate of Media & Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign, Garba
Shehu, said General Buhari communicated his backing of Dr. Adesina’s
candidacy to the Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, who is the
current chairperson of the ECOWAS.
Nigeria's Outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan Fires Police Chief After Losing Re-Election
Nigeria's inspector general of police, Suleiman Abba, was fired Tuesday. Pictured: Abba leaves the venue of the investigative hearing by the House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs on the invasion of the National Assembly by the police in Abuja on Nov. 20, 2014.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has fired the country’s inspector general of police, Suleiman Abba, three weeks after Jonathan lost the national election in the country's recently concluded polls. The outgoing president terminated the official's job Tuesday and named Abba’s deputy, Solomon Arase, the acting head of Nigeria’s police force, Jonathan’s spokesman Reuben Abati said. The political move has raised eyebrows, as Jonathan has only six weeks left in office.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has fired the country’s inspector general of police, Suleiman Abba, three weeks after Jonathan lost the national election in the country's recently concluded polls. The outgoing president terminated the official's job Tuesday and named Abba’s deputy, Solomon Arase, the acting head of Nigeria’s police force, Jonathan’s spokesman Reuben Abati said. The political move has raised eyebrows, as Jonathan has only six weeks left in office.
Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Fearful Immigrants In South Africa Revealed They Had Been Targeted By Long Time Neighbours
Following the attack, fearful immigrants in South Africa
revealed they had been targeted by long time neighbours and people who warned
they would assault anyone carrying a foreign passport.
The immigrants spoke at a tent camp where they are now living
having fled Alexandra when the mobs began attacking shops owned by those from
other African countries.
The violence in Alexandra Township followed anti-immigrant
riots in and around the coastal city of Durban that killed at least six people,
recalling a bout of similar unrest in South Africa in 2008 in which about 60
people died.
Experts Advise Parents To Immunise Children
Two health experts on Tuesday advised parents to immunise
their children and wards regularly against preventable diseases to help reduce
the rate of infant mortality in the country. The experts gave the advice in
separate interviews with newsmen ahead of the 2015 World Immunisation Week.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says: “The World
Immunisation Week will be held from April 24 to 30. “It will signal a renewed
global, regional and national effort to accelerate action to increase awareness
and demand for immunisation by communities, and improve vaccination delivery
services.
“This year’s campaign focuses on closing the immunisation gap
and reaching equity in immunisation levels as outlined in the Global Vaccine
Action Plan (GVAP). “The GVAP is a framework to prevent millions of deaths by
2020 through universal access to vaccines for people in all communities,’’ it
said.
Manny Pacquiao to wear £1.5m shorts in mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao will wear the most expensive shorts in
history during his $300m fight with Floyd Mayweather on May 2nd at MGM Grand
Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
£1.5million would be about $2.2million and that’s over
N400million. WTH? Is the short made of Lupita Nyong’o’s pearls? Lol
U.S. Vice President, Biden, urges Jonathan to remain global leader
As global commendation continue to pour for President
Goodluck Jonathan over his role in recent peaceful elections in Nigeria, U.S.
Vice President, Joe Bidden called on Monday to commend for his leadership.
Mr. Bidden, who spoke with President Jonathan, urged him to
“remain engaged and play a leadership role in global issues” as his presidency
is gradually winding to an end in a month’s time.
Pics: Pres. Jonathan with Pres. Mahama of Ghana at State House
President Jonathan pictured with President of Ghana, John
Dramani Mahama, at the State House in Abuja today Tues. April 21. More photos
after the cut...
Pres. Jonathan sacks Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba
President Goodluck Jonathan has fired Nigeria’s Inspector
General of Police, Suleiman Abba.
The sack was announced by the president’s spokesperson,
Reuben Abati, in a statement on Tuesday.
No reason was given for the sack.
CJN Tasks Buhari On Absolute Respect For The Constitution
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Mahmud Mohammed
has enjoined the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to run his
administration with total respect and obedience to the constitution.
In a keynote address delivered at the opening ceremony of the
national workshop for Magistrates on Judicial Ethics and Corrupt Practices,
which held at the National Judicial Institute, NJI, yesterday, Justice Mohammed
tasked Buhari to focus on weeding out corrupt judges from the bench and ensure
that all the funds appropriated to the state judiciary are promptly released to
heads of courts, so they can function effectively.
15 killed in fresh Taraba crisis
Suspected Fulani mercenaries, in the early hours of Monday,
attacked some villages in the Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State and
killed 15 persons. Many, reports said, were still missing.
Following the Monday attack there was massive movement of
people from Donga Local Government, which is one of the areas in the state
where run-off election was billed to hold next Saturday.
Residents said the assailants first attacked and burnt Ayiase
village in Takum Local Government before heading for Tse-Gbaun and Gaza
villages in Donga.
One eyewitness told our correspondent that the gunmen killed
one Msugh Gaza and three of his sons in Gaza Village, while the three other
victims were killed in Tse-Gbaun and Ayiase villages.
The eyewitness said, “The attack happened in the early hours
of today (Monday), and the area is not safe as I talk to you, and as such we
cannot search for the other missing persons. But we have, so far, recovered
seven dead bodies.”
The Police spokesman in the state, Joseph Kwaji, said efforts
to reach the DPO of Donga for details of the attacks were unsuccessful as his
mobile phone was switched off.
However, an aide of the acting Governor of the state, Alhaji
Sani Danladi, said his boss had directed that military personnel be deployed in
the area to maintain peace and order.
Youths Protest Xenophobic Attacks, Target South African Companies
If our people can’t live and work there, their businesses
should also not operate here. That was the message of the angry Nigerians that
stormed the South African High Commission in Abuja, yesterday, threatening to
shut down South African companies in Nigeria as xenophobic attacks continue in
South Africa.
The Nigerian Consul-General in South Africa, Ambassador Uche
Ajulu-Okeke had said that the loss by Nigerians in the attacks included looted
shops, burnt shops, two burnt mechanic shops, 11 burnt cars and two stolen cars
among others.
Turkey arrests Syria-bound British family
Turkish police arrested a British family in the capital
Ankara after being tipped off that they would try to cross the Syrian border to
join Islamic State militants, a Turkish official said Tuesday.
“We received the intelligence from British police on April 19
that a British couple with four children may cross into Syria to join ISIS,”
the official told AFP on condition of anonymity, using an alternative name for
the terrorist group.
Turkish police found out that the couple had crossed from
Greece into Kirklareli in eastern Thrace in the European part of Turkey on
April 16.
The man, 33, and the woman, 29, have four children including
a baby.
Jonathan, Buhari, Atiku, Ngige, others eulogise Chukwumerije
TRIBUTEs continued to pour in yesterday for late Senator Uche
Chukwumerije, who died in Abuja, on Sunday.
The latest came from the President, Goodluck Jonathan, his
wife, Patience, President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President,
Abubakar Atiku, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, and a
host of others, describing his death as a great loss to the Igbo and Nigeria.
He will be remembered for his passion for a just society —
Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan and the first lady, Dame Patience
Jonathan have extended condolences to the Chukwumerije family as well as the
government and people of Abia State on the death of Senator Uche Chukwumerije.
In two separate statements issued by their spokesmen President
Jonathan and his wife urged the family to take solace in the fact that Chukwumerije
was an ardent believer in national unity, peace, political stability and
progress.
“The President joins them in mourning the late patriot and
nationalist who has left behind an impressive legacy of discipline, honesty,
integrity and hard work in public service.
“President Jonathan believes that the late Senator
Chukwumerije, who had a distinguished career as a journalist, social critic,
Minister of Information and Senator, will be long remembered for his dedication
and passion for a just and equitable society.
In her statement, Dame Patience Jonathan, said: “As a
daughter of Abia State, the mother of the Nation, my thoughts are with you and
the entire people of Abia at this time of your grief,” she said and praised
late Chukwumerije’s dedication, courage and professional conduct as a senator.”
US To Sanction Nigerians Indicted In Electoral Offences
The United States of America said yesterday it would impose
visa restrictions on any Nigerian found to have incited violence or interfered
with the electoral process.
According to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African
Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. will shut its doors on people
involved in any form of violence during the polls.
Buhari, No Safe Haven For Looters Please
THE moral decadence of Nigeria’s political class is playing
out in the ongoing mass defections from the ruling People’s Democratic Party to
the victorious opposition All Progressives Congress. No sooner had Muhammadu
Buhari of the APC triumphed over President Goodluck Jonathan than the
floodgates opened for prominent PDP stalwarts looking perpetually to the spoils
of office to jump ship. Buhari and the APC now have a historic mission to break
with the prevailing predatory system that has foisted parasitic political elite
on the country.
Court Decides Oyedepo, Stockbroker’s N1.86bn Suit May 27
A Federal High Court in Lagos has further reserved ruling
till May 27, 2015, on the preliminary objection filed by the founder, Living
Faith Church, a.k.a. Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, against the N1.86bn
claim by a stock brokerage firm.
The firm, Valueline Securities and Investment Limited, and
its Managing Director, Samuel Enyinnaya, had sued Oyedepo for alleged breach of
contract in a N9bn stock market deal.
S-Court Dismisses Appeal Against Akpabio’s Election
The Supreme Court, yesterday, dismissed an appeal that sought
to void the primary election of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, that gave
Governor Godswill Akpabio the ticket to seek for a re-run in 2011.
A five-man panel of Justices of the apex court led by
Justice Suleiman Galadima threw-out the matter after it compelled the
appellant, Hon. Imo Edet Udo to withdraw the appeal which it said has turned
academic.
The appellant had gone before the court to challenge the
judgement of the Calabar Division of the Court of Appeal, which had on December
9, 2013, upheld Akpabio’s nomination as the gubernatorial flag-bearer of the
PDP in Akwa Ibom state.
Fuel Scarcity: Oil Marketers Write Okonjo-Iweala Over FG Indebtedness
Major oil marketers in the country have warned that fuel
scarcity, currently experienced in Abuja and other major cities, may linger for
a while owing to the federal government’s delay in paying what it owes
marketers.
The marketers under the auspices of Major Oil Marketers
Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) have decried the government’s inability to
disburse the outstanding payments due to its members for the import of Premium
Motor Spirit (PMS) under the Petroleum Subsidy Fund Scheme (the “Scheme”).
Xenophobia – This is what happens when a king ‘misyarns’
Man to man is so unjust, children:
Ya don’t know who to trust.
Your worst enemy could be your best
friend,
And your best friend your worse
enemy. – Bob Marley
By now most people have heard of the ongoing madness in South
Africa where xenophobia is the order of the day and has thus led to the loss of
several lives, damage of several properties belonging to other Africans like
Somalians, Zimbabweans, Nigerians, etc who are residing in South Africa and
protests across the country.
47-Year-Old Father In Court For Defiling (His Own) Daughter
A 47-year-old man, Solomon Ojo, was on Monday arraigned in an
Ota Senior Magistrates’ Court, Ogun State for alleged rape of his daughter.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ojo was charged with
one count of rape.
The prosecutor, Sergeant Rosemary Brown, told the court that
the accused committed the offence sometime in 2013 at about 12 noon at his
residence.
Brown said the accused forcefully had carnal knowledge of his
daughter (name withheld).
She said the offence contravened Section 358 of the Criminal
Code, Vol. 1, Revised Law of Ogun State, 2006.
Adebutu said the sureties must have landed property within
the court’s jurisdiction and swear to an affidavit of means.
The magistrate subsequently arraigned the case till June 3,
2015 for hearing.
Cholera kills 30 in Delta
At least 30 people have been killed in the latest cholera
outbreak in Isoko South community of Nigeria's oil-rich Delta State, a health
official said Monday.
3-Year-Old Girl Who Was Abducted In Lagos, Has Been Found In Ogun
On Sunday, April 19, two unidentified men sneaked into the
Surulere Baptist Church, Ojuelegba Road, Lagos State premises and abducted a
three-year-old girl, Oluwabunmi Ajelero.
According to reports by Punch, the girl was playing with
other children on the church premises at about 1pm when the kidnappers came in
through the back of the church and tricked her out with Gala before whisking
her away on a motorcycle.
Monday, 20 April 2015
Explosion Rocks Mosque In Yobe, 3 People Injured
Yaw – “I Once Hawked Ice Water And Minerals”
Popular Wazobia FM on-air personality, Steve Onu aka Yaw, has
revealed his grass to grace story on his Instagram account.
The actor c*m writer, told his own #MySuperStarStory saying
he once sold ice water at Yaba market, did bus conductor once in a while just
to survive with a friend called Mutiu.
Read his story below: -
Mahmud Jega: Transition In Nigeria Is The Political Equivalent Of Lassa Fever
The Federal Government
and all 36 state governments in Nigeria are right now suffering from high body
temperature caused by a political fever called transition.
Fela used to say that different different fever na him dey;
this transition fever also varies from one state to another. The first aspect
of it, equivalent to shivering, is caused by the Big Boss and his party’s
defeat at the polls. The most severe form of fever occurs where the Boss
himself contested for another term of office and lost, as happened at the Federal
level and in Kaduna State.
Okupe Warns APC: Elections Over, Stop Your Abuses, Lies About Jonathan, Aides
Doyin Okupe, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs
to President Goodluck Jonathan, has warned chieftains and supporters of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, to desist from insulting the President and his
aides.
Okupe noted that it is disheartening that after Jonathan
conceded defeat in the interest of the country, the agents of APC are
“unrelenting in their tirades of abuses, insults and lies against the
president, his aides and supporters”.
He took to his Facebook page to urge the supporters of APC to
allow peace reign in the country since elections are over.
Read his post below
Nigerians Should Not Expect Miracles — Buhari
President-elect Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has urged
Nigerians not to expect miracles from him when he takeover government on May
29.
Bobby Brown tells concert goers his daughter Bobbi Kristina is awake
Bobby Brown told concert goers Saturday night that his daughter Bobbi
Kristina Brown is awake nearly three months after she was found face
down and unresponsive in a tub at her Georgia home.
In a video, Brown tells the crowd during a concert appearance at the Verizon Theatre in Dallas, Texas, that "Bobbi is awake," adding that "she is watching me." The crowd screamed after his remark.
In a video, Brown tells the crowd during a concert appearance at the Verizon Theatre in Dallas, Texas, that "Bobbi is awake," adding that "she is watching me." The crowd screamed after his remark.
According to a TMZ report, a Whitney Houston family source has denied any changes in Bobbi Kristina's condition.
US aircraft carrier sent to block Iranian shipments to Yemen
A U.S. aircraft carrier has been dispatched to waters off Yemen to
join other American ships prepared to block any Iranian shipments to the
Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen.
The U.S. Navy has been beefing up its presence in the Gulf of Aden
and the southern Arabian Sea amid reports that a convoy of about eight
Iranian ships is heading toward Yemen and possibly carrying arms for the
Houthis.
Perhaps, Atiku’s tribute to Senator Chukwumerije is the best of them all (READ)
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has paid a tribute to
the deceased former Minister of Information, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, who me
he described as a classy and exceptional statesman.
Ivoirian President In Abuja, Lauds Jonathan For Saving Nigeria From Civil War
President Allassane Quattara of Cote D’voire on Monday said
the peaceful manner in which Nigeria’s 2015 general elections were conducted
and the way President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat would forever remain a
legacy for Africa.
Why My Cabinet Will Be Small - President Elect, Buhari Speaks To The Press
If statements from the president-elect, Major-General
Muhammadu Buhari, are to be believed, the incoming administration, to be
inaugurated on May 29, will hit the ground running. Buhari says he intends to
put together a small cabinet that may go into action even before the
swearing-in. In a nutshell, he speaks on the shape of things to come in this
interview.
There has been an
influx of defectors from the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to your
party, APC, since after your victory at the polls. Many think the development
may destabilise the APC. How do you intend to manage the situation?
‘Buharian traveler’ gets hero’s welcome after arriving Abuja on foot (PHOTOS)
Hasheem Suleiman, the 33-year-old man who set out on a foot
journey from Lagos has finally arrived his destination, in Abuja.
Suleiman embarked on the walk to commemorate the emergence of
Muhammadu Buhari as President of Nigeria.
He made a vow to trek from Lagos to Abuja if Buhari wins the
presidential election.
When arrived at Abuja, he was accorded a hero’s welcome by
hundreds of people who came out to celebrate his feat.
See photos below:
Free Ibori before you leave office – Ijaw group tells Jonathan
An Ijaw group, under the umbrella of the Ijaw People’s Development
Initiative, IPDI, in Delta State, weekend, begged President Goodluck
Jonathan to grant presidential pardon to the former governor of the
state, Chief James Ibori, before he hands over power on May 29.
National President the group, Mr. Austin Ozobo, in an interactive session with newsmen, said: “Chief Ibori has suffered enough and there is no justification for not granting him clemency, as had been done to others.”
National President the group, Mr. Austin Ozobo, in an interactive session with newsmen, said: “Chief Ibori has suffered enough and there is no justification for not granting him clemency, as had been done to others.”
Abe denies bribing pastors, monarchs to petition Rivers Election Tribunal
The
senator representing Rivers South East senatorial district in the
National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe has denied an allegation by the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he induced pastors and traditional
rulers in Ogoni to petition the State Election Tribunal.
The PDP,
had in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by its state chairman, Chief
Felix Obuah, alleged that the senator was offering some pastors and
chiefs of Ogoni huge sums of money as an inducement to petition to the
State Election Tribunal that no elections took place in Ogoniland.I have proof that Mu’azu, Alkali duped Jonathan billions of naira – Ugboho
The
President of the National Consolidation Group (NCG), Hon. Ajon Ugboho,
has called on the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, to resign over the party’s disappointing
performance in the 2015 general elections.
He told Leadership Newspaper that Mu’azu had never shown commitment
to the success of the party and was involved in shoddy deals with the
opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
Borussia Dortmund confirms Tuchel will replace Klopp
German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund have appointed Thomas Tuchel as coach from next season.
Tuchel, 41, has signed a three-year contract from July 1, the club said on Sunday.
Former Mainz coach Tuchel, who is on sabbatical until his contract
with Mainz officially ends at the end of June, will succeed Juergen
Klopp.
Jonathan’s Transition Committee members has many questionable names – APC
Mr. Shehu Garba, director of media and communication for the All
Progressives Congress Congress, APC, Campaign Organisation, has
condemned the composition of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Transition
Committee.
He said the team is made of untrustworthy people who represent the ‘worst of our prejudices.’
His words: “The President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has earned an
incredibly high amount of goodwill following his acceptance of the
outcome of the election, which itself had the effect of de-escalating
tensions not just among Nigerians but all over the continent.
GTBank grosses N79bn in three months
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Plc recorded double-digit growths in the
top-line and bottom-line in the first quarter, a strong start that
triggered a rally on the share price of the stock at the weekend.
Key extracts of the unaudited report and accounts of GTBank for the
period ended March 31, 2015, showed that gross earnings and pre-tax
profit rose by 17 per cent each. After tax, net profit rose by 15 per
cent.
Tinubu has attained Awolowo’s political heights – Alafin’s aide
An aid of the Alafin of Oyo, Aare Ayandotun Ayalakin, has liken the
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu to the late Yoruba leader, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, adding
that he, Tinubu, had attained the towering political heights similar to
that of the late sage with the victory of APC in the 2015 general
elections.
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