NEWS MAKING THE ROUNDS • Atiku Abubakar: Social media as a tool for change in governance • Stop using religion to perpetrate evil in Nigeria – Sokoto monarch warns • Presidency using Okupe, Gulak as attack dogs – Nyako, Amaechi • 13,000 jostle for 1,800 teaching vacancies in Kaduna • “We can conduct Yobe LG polls despite State of Emergency” – YSIEC chairman • AfDB report on economy: Accept the truth – CNPP advises FG • Everton reject £28m joint bid from United for Fellaini and Baines • Military dissolves North-East JTF as Army creates new Division to crush Boko Haram • “You represent the very worst of Jonathan’s administration” – Amaechi carpets Okupe • Kalu’s property: Fashola’s alliance with Buhari, Tinubu has impaired his reasoning – PDP • ASUU strike: NANS criticizes Patience Jonathan for organizing women rally in Abuja • Patience Jonathan urges constitutional backing for affirmative action • Why INEC may fail in 2015 elections – Oke • Godwin Onyeacholem: Nigeria is Negotiable – A narrative of Nigeria’s leadership crisis • BREAKING: Tope Alabi’s estranged prophet, Ajanaku is dead Atiku Abubakar: Social media as a tool for change in governance Posted: 19 Aug 2013 01:18 AM PDT I have recently have to answer many questions from friends and contemporaries, seeking to understand why I decided to join social media and expose myself to potential fire by young people. This is mostly because people who have known me for a long time know me to be a rather quiet person. But the reality […] Atiku Abubakar: Social media as a tool for change in governance Stop using religion to perpetrate evil in Nigeria – Sokoto monarch warns Posted: 19 Aug 2013 01:06 AM PDT Respected traditional ruler and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Nigerians to stop using religion and ethnicity to perpetrate evil and violence in the country. The Monarch gave this warning at a special Sallah lunch with the leaders and members of the resident communities in Sokoto during the weekend. According to […] Stop using religion to perpetrate evil in Nigeria – Sokoto monarch warns Presidency using Okupe, Gulak as attack dogs – Nyako, Amaechi Posted: 19 Aug 2013 12:57 AM PDT Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako has described the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, and the Presidential Adviser on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, as “court jesters.” According to him, the duo had not added “any positive values to national issues.” He stated this through his Director of Press, […] Presidency using Okupe, Gulak as attack dogs – Nyako, Amaechi 13,000 jostle for 1,800 teaching vacancies in Kaduna Posted: 19 Aug 2013 12:50 AM PDT More than 13,000 applicants are currently vying for 1,802 teaching job vacancies in Kaduna State, north-central Nigeria. This disclosure was made by the state Commissioner for Education, Mallam Mohammed Usman. Usman, who visited the Government College and Rimi College examination centres in the state capital, added that the applicants participated in an examination that took […] 13,000 jostle for 1,800 teaching vacancies in Kaduna “We can conduct Yobe LG polls despite State of Emergency” – YSIEC chairman Posted: 19 Aug 2013 12:42 AM PDT Chairman of the Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission, Alhaji Muhammad Jauro, has said that the emergency rule imposed on the state would not affect the forthcoming local government poll. The election, initially scheduled to hold in June this year, was postponed due to security challenges. Speaking with journalists on Saturday in Damaturu, Jauro explained that […] “We can conduct Yobe LG polls despite State of Emergency” – YSIEC chairman AfDB report on economy: Accept the truth – CNPP advises FG Posted: 19 Aug 2013 12:10 AM PDT The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has faulted the reaction of the Nigerian government to a mid-term report on the country by the African Development Bank (AfDB) AfDB, while commenting on Nigeria’s performance in realising the Millennium Development Goals, said “Nigeria’s prospect of reducing poverty to half by 2015 seems weak. The proportion of […] AfDB report on economy: Accept the truth – CNPP advises FG Everton reject £28m joint bid from United for Fellaini and Baines Posted: 19 Aug 2013 12:09 AM PDT Incoming reports have it that Everton have turned down a joint 28m bid from Manchester United for defender Leighton Baines and midfield powerhouse, Marouane Fellaini. According to the Liverpool Echo, United offered £16m for the towering Belgian and also tried to include Baines in the package for £12m. The newspaper reports that the offer for […] Everton reject £28m joint bid from United for Fellaini and Baines Military dissolves North-East JTF as Army creates new Division to crush Boko Haram Posted: 19 Aug 2013 12:05 AM PDT Military authorities on Sunday announced that it has disbanded the Joint Task Force, JTF, on counter-terrorism operations in the NorthEast. It said the development was to pave way for the establishment of an Army Command that will henceforth take charge of all activities in the region. The decision is believed to be in response to […] Military dissolves North-East JTF as Army creates new Division to crush Boko Haram “You represent the very worst of Jonathan’s administration” – Amaechi carpets Okupe Posted: 19 Aug 2013 12:01 AM PDT Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi on Sunday lambasted Doyin Okupe, President Goodluck Jonathan’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, following the latter’s media attack on him over the weekend. Okupe had referred to Amaechi as a willing tool in the hands of some ambitious governors. However, Amaechi in a strong worded statement signed by […] “You represent the very worst of Jonathan’s administration” – Amaechi carpets Okupe Kalu’s property: Fashola’s alliance with Buhari, Tinubu has impaired his reasoning – PDP Posted: 18 Aug 2013 11:58 PM PDT The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, for sealing a property belonging to former Abia state Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. Authorities had locked Kalu’s house in Ikoyi, a highbrow area in Lagos days after he criticized the recent deportation of some Southeast indigenes from the state. Kalu and other […] Kalu’s property: Fashola’s alliance with Buhari, Tinubu has impaired his reasoning – PDP ASUU strike: NANS criticizes Patience Jonathan for organizing women rally in Abuja Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:59 PM PDT The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned in strong terms the huge amount of money the first lady of the country, Mrs Patience Jonathan spent on a recent rally in Abuja. The Association lamented that it’s sad that the office of the First Lady would spend such amount on a rally when the […] ASUU strike: NANS criticizes Patience Jonathan for organizing women rally in Abuja Patience Jonathan urges constitutional backing for affirmative action Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:54 PM PDT The First Lady, Dame (Dr) Patience Goodluck Jonathan, has appealed to the National Assembly for the 35% appointment of women into elective and appointive positions to be backed by law. The First Lady made this plea at the weekend when female Nigerian Ambassadors and High Commissioners paid her a visit in the State House, Abuja. […] Patience Jonathan urges constitutional backing for affirmative action Why INEC may fail in 2015 elections – Oke Posted: 18 Aug 2013 10:51 PM PDT The Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Chief Olusola Oke has expressed concern over the best possible ways for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free and fair elections in 2015. Oke, who stated this while speaking with reporters at his residence in Akure, the State Capital suggested that the commission […] Why INEC may fail in 2015 elections – Oke Godwin Onyeacholem: Nigeria is Negotiable – A narrative of Nigeria’s leadership crisis Posted: 18 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT A new and provocative book titled Nigeria is Negotiable has blamed Nigeria’s leaders for the country’s woes. Written by journalist and rights activist, Chido Onumah, the book is due for launch on Tuesday, August 20, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Nigeria is Negotiable, a collection of essays spanning more than two decades attributes the problems of […] Godwin Onyeacholem: Nigeria is Negotiable – A narrative of Nigeria’s leadership crisis BREAKING: Tope Alabi’s estranged prophet, Ajanaku is dead Posted: 18 Aug 2013 12:09 PM PDT News reaching our desk from the ancient city of Osun indicates that estranged spiritual father of ace gospel sensation, Tope Alabi and General Overseer of Christ Victory Chapel International Prophet, Ireti Ajanaku is dead. The controversial cleric reportedly passed on Saturday evening in Osun State. According a reliable member of the church, prophet Ajanaku passed on after […] BREAKING: Tope Alabi’s estranged prophet, Ajanaku is dead
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