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damlek7576:
BREAKING:
Fayose just regained his freedom. He left the Federal High Court, Ikoyi a few minutes ago. We will meet @officialEFCC
at the court from November 19.
Thank you Nigerians.

- Lere Olayinka

Source pls?

philsbaba:
The guy no open eyes. It's easy to spot a woman who has the tendency to get fat. Very easy. The guy no just get orientation

Very true

The Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday hit back at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the opposition party took President Muhammadu Buhari to task over his Secondary School certificate .

The Presidency dismissed the flak from the PDP as an indication of idleness on the part of those speaking for the party on the matter, while the APC branded the criticism trivial.

“The certificate saga is a dead issue, only idle people will consider it,” the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, told The Nation yesterday when contacted.

“It is something that had been laid to rest before the 2015 general elections,” he added.

“Those raising the issue (PDP and others) are idle and they have run out of ideas. They see defeat staring them in the face and they are desperate to cling to any straw. This issue was resolved before the 2015 election.

“It is a matter of fact that when President Buhari and others joined the military, they took their original certificates from them. The military knew where they kept the original certificates of the President.

“In fact, a former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Alani Akinrinade corroborated that the military collected the original certificates of all its officers. The PDP believes it is going to lose the elections, and they will lose, and it is raising dust over a dead issue.

“The military already said they lost the certificates. But does it mean that it did not exist that the President went to school, sat for examinations and passed; attended military courses and War College.

“It does not change the fact that the President rose through the ranks to become a Major-General in the Nigerian Army and a Military Head of State.

“Didn’t those opposed to President Buhari go to court over his certificate and lost before? They will still lose this time around. It is a dead issue.”

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Lanre Issa-Onilu, spoke along the same line of thought.

His words: “It is a dead issue. When PDP has something new to say, Nigerians will be ready to listen to the party.

“This certificate issue was thrashed in 2014. The President has the minimum qualification he ought to have to stand for election and he had more than the minimum.

“PDP thrives on the trivial. We want to tell Nigerians what we have achieved in the last three years and why the President should be re-elected. Instead of engaging in meaningful discourse, PDP trades on the trivial.”

Rampaging gunmen in their dozens stormed and attacked Gurbin Bore village of Zurmi Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State last Friday killing no fewer than six people including a policeman.

The gunmen also caused wanton destruction in the village by setting ablaze at least 15 shops and 13 vehicles during their over two hours nefarious act. A survivor, Alhaji Manir Salihu, said he was relaxing around the town market square when the assailants stormed the village and began shooting.

He said the gunmen opened fire on his car, which was parked close to where he sat, shattering the windscreen and glasses.

“I was lucky because I crawled unnoticed. I believe that if they had seen me they would have shot me dead but thank God I am alive today,” he said.

The Vice Chairman, Zurmi LGA, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran described the attack as unfortunate. The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Zamfara State Police Command, SP Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the attack.

He said: “About 21:15 hours, unidentified armed men numbering about 100 suspected to have come from Dumburum forest attacked Gurbin Bore Village and engaged the combined teams of Counter Terrorist, Police Mobile Force and FSARS personnel stationed in the village.

“Sadly enough, six persons including a serving police Corporal attached to Gurbin Bore police outpost lost their lives. Three injured persons were conveyed to hospital for treatment. However, 11 vehicles including police vehicle, three motorcycles and five kiosks were set ablaze by the hoodlums.”

Fat and slim. Good combo for him

Members of the factional Boko Haram sect, who kidnapped Leah Sharibu alongside no fewer than 109 students in Dapchi, Yobe State, early this year, have demanded N100bn ransom before the girl could be released, a diplomatic source told SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday.
The source, which claimed to be involved in the negotiation for the release of the schoolgirl, said there were fears that if given the money, the terrorists could use the cash to acquire weapons with which they would unleash terror on innocent Nigerians in the future.
PUNCH correspondents gathered that the government was, however, considering the other implications of giving such huge sum of money to the terrorists.
The diplomatic sources argue that giving such huge sum of money to the terrorist organisation could also negatively affect national security ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The source said, “It is not that the government of Nigeria is not making efforts at getting Leah Sharibu out of the grips of the Boko Haram.
“But we are aware that the terrorist organisation holding her is demanding N100bn. Though no amount is too much to get the soul of one innocent person out of danger, I think the government of Nigeria is considering many things.
“We all know that elections are ahead and that the terrorist organisation may also be planning to embark on inflicting damage on the people; government has to be careful and also be diplomatic about it.
“We are pleading that members of the Boko Haram sect be considerate in their demands as well. They should please release the girl to her parents.”