₦airaland Forum

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said those
plotting the alleged interim national government in the country risked arrest and prosecution for treason.

Jonathan said this during his visit to Daura, Katsina State, the birth place of the All Progressives Congress
Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

He also visited the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk,
where he informed the monarch that the Federal
Government had build 28 Almajiri schools and a federal university in the state.

Details later…
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www.punchng.com/news/interim-govt-plotters-risk-prosecution-for-treason-jonathan/

xrisdon:
A house divided...............

Atiku is now a political orphan!
he is just living in his past glory.

That's what some people say oh! But GEJ still thinks otherwise oh!

This is indeed a very sad thing to happen in Nigeria. The apex labour body in the country now factionalised.

Where are we going to with this? It used to be political parties and now the NLC? Why is NLC's former president, Abdulwaheed Umar, leaving behind a divided house for Nigerian workers?
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Despite assurances by the newly
elected President of the Nigeria Labour
Congress, Ayuba Wabba, that his
leadership was making moves to bring
all aggrieved factions back to the fold,
a parallel executive emerged on
Thursday in Lagos.

The new executive, which effectively
splits the Congress into two factions,
has the main contender in last
Saturday’s rescheduled national
elections in Abuja, Joe Ajaero, as
President.

The emergence of Mr. Ajaero, the
General Secretary of the National
Union of Electricity Employees,
NUEE, has confirmed the threat by
members of 23 aggrieved affiliate
unions of the Congress to form a
parallel executive this week.

Mr. Wabba controls 18 out of the 43
affiliate unions. Two unions have
remained neutral as yet.
The threat by Mr. Ajaero’s faction
followed allegations that the electoral
process that led to the emergence of
Mr. Wabba as successor to the former
NLC President, Wahab Omar, was
flawed by irregularities.

The election in Lagos saw all the
participants returned unopposed, two
Deputy Presidents – the National
President of the Nigeria Union of
Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers,
Igwe Achese, and General Secretary of
the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring
Workers of Nigeria, Issa Aremu.

Also returned as Vice-Presidents were Kasumu Kadiri
of the Steel and Engineering Workers Union of
Nigeria; Kelly Ogbaloi of the National Union of Shop
and Distributive Employees, and Yashi Yahaya of the
National Union of Civil Service Secretariat and
Stenographic.

The main National Executive Council of the
Congress in a statement on Thursday by the General
Secretary, Peter Ozo-Eson, said at the end of its
National Administrative Council meeting in Abuja
that a reconciliation committee was set up to woo
aggrieved members, who lost during the Delegates
Conference back to the fold.

The Congress had warned affiliated unions invited to
the “special Conference” to ignore such invitation.
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www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/178832-nlc-splits-as-aggrieved-candidate-forms-parallel-executive.html

Atiku says he is not a light weight politician and I completely agree with him; if not GEJ would have ignored visiting him recently.

What do you think?

Or could Atiku be sending a message to the APC?

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
has stated he is not fully visible in the
campaign rallies and programmes of
the presidential candidate of the APC,
Muhammadu Buhari, because the
campaign secretariat has refused to
invite or consult with him in its
programmes.

In an interview with the Hausa service
of the BBC monitored Friday morning,
the former VP said he has paid his dues
as far as politics is concerned in the
country because he has participated in
many presidential campaigns in the
past.

“I campaigned for late Shehu Yar’Adua
twice successfully,” he said. “We did
that of Abiola, Obasanjo and for
myself.

“I am not a light weight politician,
whoever needs my presence should
contact and extend invitation to me.”
Atiku said he has already made his
feelings known to the Director General
of the Buhari campaign organisation,
Governor Rotimi Amaechi.

“They need to check the strategy they
are adopting and I made that clear to
the campaign DG, Rotimi Amaechi and
I told him that if you don’t consult or
invite me, you will not see me,” he
said.

Asked whether his remarks meant there
was crisis in the APC, Atiku said the
situation has not degenerated to that
extent.

Atiku, however, said although he had
“issues and reservations” with the way
the campaign was being run, he expressed the view
that it was not too late to make amends.

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www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/178852-why-im-not-visible-in-buhari-campaigns-atiku.html

Good one

Has since been modified

Segeggs:
Fashola attacks with facts. @bold...you must have attended an almajiri school where pupils sit on the floor while their federal government goes about boasting as it's an incredible achievement https://informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Almajiri.jpg southwest people are very sophisticated in the sense that they see through falsehood, unlike you "azikiwe" slaveswhat we are saying is that he should stop boasting about it as if it's something unique he did. With all the resources at his disposal, it's a mere school where kids sit on the floor he's basing his campaign on https://cdn1.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/412x250xAlmajiri1.jpg.pagespeed.ic.uuakTxgykY.jpg can you compare the above pictures with the picture of amaechi's school below? www.nairaland.com/attachments/2204470_tl_jpegb89a925f5325a7d7309210447889112d

My friend be seriously serious! Is it the business of the FG to build primary schools in states in Nigeria? The answer is NO! Juxtapose it with the FG building MARKETS in the states. Does it make sense to you?

The agreement was for the FG to build, provide teaching and learning aids, school uniforms and bags AND handover to the state Govt to manage the schools. Sheekina!

The duty of parents( STATES) is to provide the basic necessities of life to their children( including ALMAJIRIS) which includes: food, clothing, shelter, education, etc BUT you are unable to and a helper( THE FG) now offers to assist provide: clothing and education for your children, will it be proper for you( PARENTS/ STATES) or any other person( GOV FASHOLA) to turn around and blame your neighbours( FG) for not helping you in providing everything your children needed in life?

Constitutionally, FG deals with tertiary and unity secondary schools, STATES deal with secondary schools and LG deals with Primary schools.

So, having shed light within the above context, IS IT MORALLY, LEGALLY AND CONSTITUTIONALLY RIGHT for FASHOLA to have said that? A man who made university education non-accessible to the ordinary Lagosians by increasing schools fees from 60,000 to about 300,000 that sparked protest all over Lagos state?

After seeing this, I conclude thus; she was merely acting a script since the APC well know that if Koro should step into that senate they won't be able to stop his confirmation, so, the only way to scuttle it is to create and cause a scene that would ELICIT a fightback from AMB Koro.

If Koro had fallen for it and maybe even tried to as much as even touched her dress then it would have been viewed or taken as an assault to a senator inside the senate and of course and you know senate can't confirm someone seen to be fighting a senator in its hallowed chambers.

So Koro and the PDP had foreknowledge of the plan and adviced him accordingly.

berem:
not when false stories and lies will be said against him.

A very good restraints by the court to stop any damaging report against Osinbajo. We have watched enough lies against Buhari and Tinubu.

Enough of the madness!

What lies do you mean? Something not yet seen or heard but just based on "hearsay".

Why not see or hear it first before making judgement whether true or false?

In the CASE of BURUJI KASHAMU vs OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, the court relied on hard evidence brought to it by KASHAMU before granting that injunction against OBJ from publishing his book "MY WATCH" in Nigeria and not on just hearsay like OSIBANJO case. At least we all saw parts and reviews of the book before publishing.

If the kitchen is too hot for you( Osibanjo - APC VP candidate) quit - Gov R Fashola, SAN.

Because as long as you are into politics, there are certain things you would not want US to know.

dre11:
The paid PDP agent are quick to accuse APC for it when it hasn't being investigated on what caused the fire











So hasty to point accusing fingers
Such a poor and cheap propaganda I must say

Hahahha!





Please be balanced in your judgement.




Just like when the APC people convicted President Jonathan, Okonjo, Diezani, and the PDP on Sanusi's discredited and unsubstanciated missing $49Billion without any investigations.




What have you to say now that an investigation have since proved APC false?

All the same, thanks to the prompt intervention of the fire service department. It would have been very disasterous for AIT and Nigeria.

patrick89:
I have lost all the respect I have for PUNCH!! This a pure lie. I called someone that is working at AIT and he confirmed that the fire out break was carried out by some unknown hoodlums.

Wow! Are you sure of what you are telling us? Because if there is any iota of truth in it then, this might not be the last...

Some of us would rather prefer whole truths than join in propaganda and assumptions. We will be better off steering away from those that promote half truths and propagandas; hence, this thread.
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FIRE GUTS AIT'S STUDIO

MARCH 9, 2015 BY SAMSON FOLARIN
116 Comments

Tragedy was averted on Monday morning after fire
engulfed the studio of the African Independent
Television, Lagos State.

Our correspondent learnt that the fire started at 9am
after an air conditioner in the studio was affected by
high voltage electricity.

Men of the Lagos State Fire Service from Agege, Ikeja
and Alausa divisions were said to have been mobilised to
the scene around 9.30am in three water trucks.

Director of Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, said his men
arrived the scene 15 minutes after it got a call.

He said it took another 15 minutes to put out the fire.
He said, “The fire was caused by high voltage. We arrived
at the scene at 9.30am and we spent about 15 minutes for
active firefighting operations.

“Only the AC was badly damaged as we were able to
curtail the spread of the fire. The management of the
station had also combatted it and they must be
commended for having all the fire equipment.”

Fadipe advised residents of the state to be safety
conscious, adding that, although the harmattan period
was over, the atmosphere is now warm which could also support fire.
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www.punchng.com/news/fire-guts-ait-studio/

Revolution:
Buhari for President. Jonathan for Otueke Community PE Teacher. Problem solved. Nigeria will be better off.

No one individual can solve Nigeria's problems

Even me cannot do this well but GEJ has given me a challenge now.

Training starts tomorrow morning. Who joins me?

oluspencer:
Patience Don born??

Please direct that your question properly

menix:
APC rally in lagos was like a molue in motion nd filled with pple without its driver...

PDP rally was lik a keke wiv 3 passengers buh d driver was there to pilot to destination.

Well i did prefer 1 that has got its driver in-charge

Hahahaha! See comparison!

He looks very fit

Okay

More

Just check out both rallies; one in Lagos and the other in Abuja - one convened by the Lagos APC leadership in support of GMB and the other convened by Nigerian women and men in sports in support of GEJ.

One has the presidential candidate of the party actively involved and the other has its presidential candidate conspiciously absent.

First set of photos are those from Lagos and will be followed by those from Abuja.

I know that this is an ELECTION and HEIGHTENED political times where scoring cheap political points is the order of the day so I went through the comments section of the story and I got the real gist...

Hmmm! Nigeria e go better!

RIVERS STATE SPONSORED STUDENTS IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM

1st March, 2015

The executive governor of Rivers state,
Moscow Road, Port Harcourt

Through,

The executive director,
Rivers state Sustainable Development Agency
Port Harcourt.

Dear Sirs,

RIVERS STATE FOREIGN STUDENTS DECRY
ABANDONMENT BY RIVERS STATE
GOVERNMENT; OWED 5 MONTHS
(NOVEMBER 2014- MARCH 2015)
ALLOWANCES AND STRANDED.

I wish to humbly bring to your notice the
current dilemma faced by the students sent
overseas by the state government, especially
those of us studying in the United Kingdom.

The foreign Students on Rivers State
Government scholarship via the RSSDA
Scholarship scheme decry abandonment by
the State government for about 5 months
now.

Most of us, especially those from very
poor background have been evicted from
our residential apartments due to inability to
pay up our rents as at when due or clear the
backlog, and have resorted to squatting and
gallivanting in the streets of London,
Manchester, Glasgow, Hull, Sunderland,
Edinburgh, Nottingham, Oxford etc. in
frustration.

Many others stand the risk of eviction as I write this letter. This is not the first time the
Rivers State Government has fallen short of
its obligations to its foreign scholars, and this
is not the first time our allowances are been
owed (held) for more than 5 months.

It is a
shame that we have had to in the past forced
our families back home to send us feeding
money, and the pains they go through in
sending this money is unbearable. In the
past, children of indigent parents have had to
drop out due to their inability to cope with
their studies.

As at today, some students have been forced
by this unfortunate situation to take up
menial jobs to cope with survival and it is not
clear what the state of their studies is
because they have shuttle between
workplace and university.

No Rivers child
deserves to go through life this way and
certainly not in a foreign land. Please we
appeal to the Rivers State Government to
release funds to the RSSDA to enable it meet
its obligations to students on foreign
scholarship.

Many thanks,

Fubara Dennis
(fubaradennis@gmail.com) University of
Oxford
.
.
www.leadership.ng/news/415070/rivers-foreign-students-decry-abandonment

While watching AIT 8pm news yesterday, the news scroll bar was indicating that President Jonathan would be featuring on the AIT morning programme of Kaakaki the African voice by 7am on Thursday(today).

Will be another opportunity for us to know firsthand from the President what he has been able to accomplish and also the progress of the war against Boko Haram.

Would really want him to reassure us that he would not sack Prof Jega under any guise.

So guys tune in.....

While listening to AIT 8pm news, on the news scroll bar comes "Jonathan to feature on Kaakaki the African voice by 7am tomorrow being Thursday, the 5th of March, 2015.

Will be another opportunity to hear from President GEJ again and what his achievements are as wellas the success recorded on the North-East war against Boko Haram.

Forward to my Alarm clock.

chigo93:
As if gej fought alongside the soldiers with guns. I prefer a buhari who fought the civil war and spearheaded the maitasine raid.Gej has never shot a gun in his life. Waited for innocent soldiers to die b4 he implemented a military report that existed years ago on how to defeat bokoharam just to score political points.But God no dey sleep.Gej has tasted blood and he will keep asking 4 more.Gej will rig d elections,nigerians will protest,soldiers will murder nigerians(the pple they are paid 2 protect)

That is why WE ALL must pray for a violent-free polls.

bright007:
this one is cooler though

Chai.....

VIPERVENOM:
Nothing special. Ask this policeman

Lolxxxx! The guy is not even bothered. I doubt if that rifle is loaded.