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buhari should be judged on his past, not what he will do – Obanikoro

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 former gubernatorial candidate under the umbrella of the Peoples 
Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Sen Musliu Obaniko, has declared 
that Nigerians won’t waste their vote for Buhari come February 14.<br />
The
 immediate past Minister for Defence (State), enjoined Nigerians to 
judge the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), 
General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) by his past and not what his party 
presents him to be in 2015.<br />
Obanikoro stated this on Tuesday while
 addressing party supporters at the campaign rally he organised under 
the aegis of the Goodluck/Sambo Independent Campaign Group in Lagos.<br />
Obanikoro,
 who insisted that Buhari was not electable said: “we cannot continue to
 judge Buhari based on what we think he will do in future. He should be 
judged by what he did as a former head of state”.<br />
He said the assaults committed by Buhari and his regime cannot be swept under the carpet.<br />
According
 to him, “his assault on Pa Awolowo, Late Bola Ige, Former Gov Lateef 
Jakande among others cannot be forgotten. The worst crime was his 
stopping of the Lagos Metro line which would have put Lagos state on a 
pedestal of sorts.”<br />
The former minister used the avenue to add his
 voice to the controversy surrounding the educational certificates of 
the APC candidate, saying that the issues must not be allowed to be 
patched up as the opposition party wanted.<br />
While
 calling on Nigerians to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan, he 
explained that the President was serving Nigeria without discrimination 
and that he had helped Nigeria’s democracy to grow by guaranteeing 
freedom of speech for all.</div>

buhari should be judged on his past, not what he will do – Obanikoro

QA former gubernatorial candidate under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Sen Musliu Obaniko, has declar...

Akwa Ibom will give Jonathan 100% votes – Akpabio

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 governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio has promised the 
national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP that his state 
would vote the party 100 per cent in the forthcoming elections.<br />
Akpabio
 made the promise while addressing the PDP presidential campaign in in 
Uyo on Friday, assuring President Goodluck Jonathan of his reelection no
 matter the amount of propaganda against him by the opposition.<br />
“In
 Akwa Ibom, we will give you 1.67 million votes as valentine gift. 
Nigeria will not go backward. In the midst of distraction, you have done
 well in human empowerment, transportation, education and agriculture.<br />
“You have proved that you read to Ph.D level by your action. Education matters”, Akpabio said.<br />
Also
 speaking at the rally, the South-South Coordinator of the PDP 
presidential campaign organisation, Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River, 
said Jonathan administration had moved Nigeria forward.<br />
Imoke 
stated that PDP governors in the South-South zone had performed 
creditably well and would deliver PDP in the coming elections, assuring 
the president that the zone will vote massively for him.<br />
On his 
part, Dr Amadu Ali, the Director-General, PDP Presidential Campaign 
Organisation, called on Akwa Ibom people to drive away any party that 
was not PDP.<br />
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“PDP
 has done very well. Goodluck has refurbished the moribund railway and 
undertaken educational reforms,” Ali said, urging the people of the 
state to keep faith with PDP in order to benefit from agriculture that 
would be the target of revenue generation for the next administration</div>

Akwa Ibom will give Jonathan 100% votes – Akpabio

The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio has promised the national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP that his s...

Buhari Describes Jonathan’s Achievement In Education Sector As Empty

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 Presidential candidate of the All 
Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), has deflated
 claim by President Goodluck Jonathan of his administration recording 
outstanding achievements in the education sector, describing the claim 
as empty and inconsequential.<br /><br />The APC Presidential Campaign 
Organization that disclaimed this rather held the administration 
responsible for serious shortcomings in the sector, and blamed President
 Goodluck Jonathan for presiding over the greatest decline ever known in
 the education sector in the nation’s history.<br /><br />In a statement 
issued by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the 
party blamed the administration of President Jonathan for the present 
confusion in the sector ridden with long strikes occasioned by the poor 
management of the sector by his appointees.<br /><br />It continued that “A 
second characteristics of the sector are the ill-equipped and 
poorly-staffed universities set up by President Jonathan in 2011 for the
 purpose of winning votes. The Jonathan’s universities are more like 
glorified secondary schools. Thirdly, is the continuous mass failure of 
young Nigerians in international examinations like the West African 
School Certificate (WASC).”<br /><br />The APC presidential campaign 
spokesperson maintained that his party “have taken note of President 
Jonathan’s song in his recent campaigns around the country about the 
number of new universities and tertiary institutions he has set up in 
the past six years and how he hopes that these would train our youths to
 take the country to the moon.<br /><br />“We dare say that none of the new 
universities set up by President Jonathan, meets the standard of good 
institutions in terms of infrastructure, adequate and well-trained 
academic staff and proper planning about the future growth and 
development of these universities.<br /><br />“Therefore, it amounts to 
self-deceit to say and believe that his ‘’political universities’’ can 
take Nigeria to the moon. As a result of the lack of foresight and 
policy somersault of the Jonathan’s government in the area of education 
at all levels, the nation has continued to grapple with the problem of 
low standard of many young graduates and high rate of failure of the 
nation’s youths in international and national examinations like WASC and
 NECO.<br /><br />“Therefore the claim of President Jonathan of having 
performed wonderfully in the education sector is a bogus claim which 
cannot stand rigorous examination and analysis,” he noted.<br /><br /><br />The
 APCPCO categorically alleged that the future of our education has bcome
 precarious because the administration of President “Jonathan has only 
carried out cosmetic improvements for the purpose of winning votes and 
retaining power rather than well thought out and fundamental changes 
that genuinely transform the sector.” </blockquote>
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Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), has deflated claim by President Goodluck...

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We Saw Helicopters Dropping Arms, Food For Boko Haram – Idps

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<br />Displaced
 residents of Monguno, in Borno State, which was recently taken over by 
Boko Haram, have said they saw helicopters dropping arms and food items 
for the insurgents in the bushes.<br /><br />The IDPs, who said they spent 
about 48 hours in the bush running towards Maiduguri, expressed worry 
that the Boko Haram sect was not the only ones involved in the 
insurgency, but that there are many foreign fighters and some external 
supports.<br /><br />Leader of the Nigeria Vigilante Group in Monguno, 
Muhammed Sani,50, said he had, on several occasions, spotted unusual 
delivery of items in big wooden boxes by air, and sacks being dropped in
 the bushes around Marte and Monguno where Boko Haram terrorists were 
camped.<br /><br />“Even during the attack on Monguno, there was an aircraft
 that came but did not do anything, not even dropping a single bomb 
before it left; then another one later came around the Monguno barracks 
and we saw four men alighting from the aircraft, using a rope. The 
aircraft left, but we doubt if they were soldiers.<br /><br />“Even before 
then, some of my colleagues and I have been sighting helicopters 
dropping items in sacks and some in boxes to them at the camp of Boko 
Haram near Chikungudu and Kwalaram villages. Many helicopters came to 
drop items packed in boxes and sacks to the Boko Haram insurgents at a 
bush camp between Monguno and Marte; then we would see the Boko Haram 
gunmen rushing to the spot to pick the dropped items,” he stated.<br /><br />The displaced vigilante officials said those that attacked Monguno comprised hundreds of foreigners who looked like Chadians.<br /><br />“Many
 of them looked like Chadian Arabs – they were light-skinned with coiled
 hair, and there were many young men from Monguno – who Boko Haram had 
abducted when Nganzai was attacked last year – that were now active 
members of the sect.<br /><br />“While Boko Haram members that are former 
youths of Monguno were leading other insurgents to attack Monguno town, 
the foreigners were the ones engaging soldiers near the barracks,” he 
explained. <br /><br />Sani, who said he had lived in Monguno for the past 
20 years, said he fled amidst the hail of bullets when the terrorists 
became irritated by his anti-bullet charms that rendered bullets 
ineffective. His shirt and trousers were riddled by bullets, yet he 
remained unhurt, he said.</div>

We Saw Helicopters Dropping Arms, Food For Boko Haram – Idps

Displaced residents of Monguno, in Borno State, which was recently taken over by Boko Haram, have said they saw helicopters dropping arms...

Alma Oputa: Covenant University's Best Graduating Student

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Alma is a graduate of Computer Science, Covenant University, where she 
bagged a first class degree in Computer Science and Information Science.<br /><br /><br />The pretty lady who was the best graduating student in the school's 2013/2014 academic year, graduated with a CGPA of 4.99.<br /><br /><br />Alma
 revealed that her initial dream was to be a doctor just like her dad 
who is a consultant, but she changed her mind along the line partly due 
to the influence of one of her teachers.<br /><br /><br />The 20 year old 
revealed that she also has another passion; fashion. Back in the day, 
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 boutiques across the world.<br /> <br /><br />Beauty,brains and nice sense of style.....she is sure ready to take over the world.<br />
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Tuition: Police fight LASU students with teargas

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Policemen
 on Tuesday chased away students of the Lagos State University who 
stormed the Lagos Governor’s Office to demand reduction in the tuition.</div>
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The policemen bombarded the students with teargas canisters and shot into the air in a bid to disperse them.</div>
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The protesters had arrived at the Governor’s Office in three BRT buses and blocked the entrance.</div>
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They chanted anti-government songs 
before the policemen, many of whom were attached to the state’s Rapid 
Response Squad, swooped on them.</div>
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The policemen shot sporadically into the
 air and released teargas canisters into the midst of the students, 
causing them to scampering different directions.</div>
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The policemen chased the students to the
 other side of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, where they pitched near the 
Magodo Estate gate.</div>
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It was learnt that two students and the driver of one of the BRT buses were arrested by the police, while the bus was impounded.</div>
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The policemen later barricaded the road leading to the Governor’s Office from the Lagos State House of Assembly.</div>
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President, LASU Students Union, Yusuf 
Nurudeen, said the students came to know why the state government had 
not announced the reduction in the school’s tuition after the committee 
set up by Fashola submitted its report on Monday.</div>
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He added, “We also learnt that the 
government will be meeting with the Governing Council of the school 
today and that is why we came. We were singing peacefully at the 
entrance of the Governor’s Office when the policemen started firing at 
us.</div>
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“It is sad because we came to hear the 
announcement of the reduction in school fees. The police cannot do this 
without the order of the governor.”</div>
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The LASU SUG president said three 
students were injured and had been rushed to the Lagos State University 
Teaching Hospital, while two others were arrested.</div>
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He said, “They pursued and shot at us, but we will continue to protest.”</div>
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However, the Commissioner for 
Information and Strategy, Lateef Ibirogba said the State Executive 
Council had yet to conclude on the school fees issue, adding that by 
Wednesday (today) the government would probably make its position known.</div>
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He declined to say whether there would 
be reduction in the fees or not, insisting that the details of 
government position would be made known to the public at the conclusion 
of the matter.</div>
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Tuition hike: OAU students pray on the highway

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Students
 of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State on Monday paralysed 
activities in the university over hike in their fees.</div>
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The students, who assembled around 9.30 am, also locked down major buildings in the university.</div>
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Among the locked places were the Senate 
building, computer building and the main entrance gate that leads to the
 university campus.</div>
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OAU recently increased the charges of its
 newly admitted students from N37,150 and N42,150 to N 82,400, N92,700 
and N95,700 (acceptance fee inclusive), depending on faculties.</div>
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The charges of old students of the 
institution were also increased from N5,300, N7,800, N10, 300 and 
N12,800 per session to N19,700, N30,700 and N33,700 for different 
faculties respectively.</div>
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“We have locked everywhere including the 
senate building; computer building and we are presently blocking the 
school gate. We are ready for the school management; we don’t care 
whatever happens to them there. The VC too is around, we want them to 
also feel what we are going through,” one of the protesters, identified 
as Sola, said.</div>
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“Attempts by security officers to stop us
 (students) from locking down the Senate and computer buildings failed. 
We almost fought them too,” another protester, who declined mentioning 
his name told our correspondent.</div>
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Our correspondent also gathered that Muslims among the students also turned the main road to a praying ground.</div>
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“We have instructed the Muslims among us 
not to go for prayer. They prayed on the main road here. We already 
supplied them with water for their ablution,” one of the protesters, 
Akin, added.</div>
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Attempts to reach the Public Relations 
Officer of the school failed, but the VC of OAU, Prof. Bamitale Omole, 
had in a press conference, blamed inflation and sustenance of the 
institutions standard for the increment.</div>
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He also explained that the university had not got the ASUU/FG funds, which the students said should be used to provide relief.</div>
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He also stated that a Special Relief 
Committee had been set up to attend to indigent, but brilliant students,
 adding that the increment was “inevitable.”</div>
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Thugs, union officials clash in Lagos

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No
 fewer than three people were injured when a clash broke out on Jezza 
and Adaranijo streets in Egbeda, Lagos on Wednesday between motor park 
union officials and some thugs.</div>
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<em>PUNCH Metro</em> learnt that the cause of the clash was over the dues collected from motorists and motorcyclists in the area.</div>
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Our correspondent further gathered that 
one of the injured park officials, who was earlier rumoured to be dead, 
was now recuperating in a public hospital.</div>
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During a visit to the streets around 
12.30pm, some of the shops on Adaranijo Street were still locked, while 
the traders in the few opened ones were seen in groups discussing the 
clash.</div>
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One of the traders, who identified 
herself simply as Mrs. Omolaja, told our correspondent that she fled to a
 nearby residence during the clash.</div>
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She said, “The clash actually started 
two days ago. We heard they were fighting over the money usually 
collected from commercial drivers at the park. With this money, they buy
 hard drinks, cannabis and disturb the peace of the area.</div>
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“On Tuesday, when they clashed, many 
traders could not come to their shops. They turned our places to their 
fighting base. I had to flee to a nearby residence for safety too. This 
morning (Wednesday) also, they were here again to cause trouble.”</div>
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A landlord in the area, Alhaji Ramon 
Olujobi, explained that residents of the area had long been terrorised 
by the thugs whom he described as potential rapists.</div>
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“Even before this recent violence broke 
out, they had always been using some shops as hideouts at evenings to 
perpetrate crimes. They lurk around the shops, drink and smoke till 
daybreak. Most young ladies cannot walk on our streets freely for fear 
of being molested,” he said.</div>
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Olujobi said the thugs broke several bottles and stabbed one another including an official of the park during the clash.</div>
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A fashion designer, who declined to give his name, said the streets had become synonymous with violence.</div>
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“Most of my customers now call me on 
phone as they fear coming to the street. Their violent tendencies are 
working against us as we do not have customers again,” he lamented.</div>
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Meanwhile, it was learnt that policemen 
from the Gowon Estate Division were deployed in the area. They were said
 to have arrested four suspects while, many others took to their heels.</div>
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The Lagos State Police spokesperson, 
Ngozi Braide, said could not be reached for comments as her phone rang 
out. A text message to the phone had yet to be replied to as of press 
time.</div>
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