Lagos Is Not In Bondage, Go Visit Chibok & See Bondage ─ Fashola replies Jonathan

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has reacted to President Goodluck Jonathan's statement that a vote for PDP in the forthcoming elections would free Lagos residents from oppression and bondage.

The governor while reacting to the Presidents statement said "It is an un-presidential statement made in an act of desperation. Lagos is not in bondage."
According to Fashola, "The question to ask him (Jonathan) is that if he had come to free residents of Lagos from bondage and he lived here for five days meeting with people and distributing money in dollars. That means he lived in bondage in five days while trying to free people.
"If he can live here (Lagos) for five days moving with patrol vehicles that we paid for, let him go and spend five days in Chibok and he will know what bondage is."

It will be recalled that Jonathan made the statement during a meeting with Lagos market women last week.

Bomb blast reported in Rivers state

Three bombs went off this afternoon behind Okrika Secondary school, venue of the APC rally in Okrika in Rivers state. Hundreds of APC supporters had
gathered at the venue of the rally waiting for the APC leaders when the bombs went off leading to a stampede. More details later.

Big Girl caught flaunting another Woman's Husband online

She didn't know that one of her friend online knew that the guy she is secretly dating is another lady's hubby. So, once she brought the show of shame online, her said friend decided to expose her. Smh!

PDP Insider Confesses: Jonathan is Truly Afraid of Buhari

A top member of the Peoples Democratic Party has revealed that the claims made recently by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo that President Goodluck Jonathan is afraid that Muhammadu Buhari might jail him if he gets into power is real and they all know.

According to PUNCH, a meeting which might hold outside the country was to establish rapport between the two contenders before the election. A source close to the Presidency said, "We are trying to broker a meeting between the two leaders. The way the presidential electioneering is going may create serious divisions among Nigerians. We need to stop this.

"Apart from this, I think there is serious apprehension in the camp of the President that if Buhari wins, he's going to jail a lot of President Jonathan's supporters for alleged corruption...

"This is one of the issues that is causing serious tension in the camp of the President and we also need to make sure that in whatever we do, there must be peace in the country."

It was learnt that the claim by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that Jonathan was afraid that Buhari could jail him was real after all.

Another PDP man disclosed that Jonathan's fears is a fact that could not be denied by the Presidency.

He said, "You have listened to the press conference by our campaign office and we didn't deny that aspect. But we dealt with other issues.

"That statement by former President Obasanjo is real. It is true and we all know that. But we know that very soon, the meeting which we are hearing is being coordinated by some concerned leaders, might address that."

See what this Lagos Babe did to Herself in Public

How can a girl in her right senses do this on her shirt: "I Love F*cking You, Ayomide Mi"? I just wonder the level of home training some ladies of these days are getting from their parents... Really sad!

Buhari meets Catholic Bishops, allays fears on religious freedom

The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has re-affirmed his commitment to ensure that Nigeria remained a multi-religious state where every individual was free to practice his religion of choice.

Buhari who spoke at an "Episcopal" Town Hall Conversation with representatives of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria in Abuja stated that although he had been severally and consistently vilified and maligned, he had no personal religious agenda, neither would he support any moves by anybody or group of persons to either Christianise or Islamise Nigeria.

In his speech, titled "One Nation bound in Freedom, Peace, Unity and Love", Buhari, who was accompanied to the event by his running mate, Pastor Yemi Osinbajo, the Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and a host of other members of the party's presidential campaign, said he "will not condone any initiative that seeks to promote one religion over the other."

Earlier in his welcome speech, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Bishop Ignatius Kaigama, who is also the Archbishop of Jos, said the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria believed in the unity and progress of Nigeria. He regretted the wide communication gap existing between the leaders and the people, hoping that the conversation was an indication of the willingness to establish a sustainable communication platform.

SOURCE: vanguardngr.com

Soldiers Invade Vicinity of Tinubu's House in Lagos

For three straight days, the private residence of the national leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, has been under surveillance by battle-ready and helmet-wearing soldiers. Numbering close to thirty and riding in three patrol vans and an army trucs stationed close to the entrance of the gate to Tinubu's house along Bourdillon Road in Ikoyi, they have become a permanent feature.

Their obvious target is Tinubu himself and perhaps the hordes of politicians and visitors that visit his Bourdillon residence.
Tinubu said: "I remain resolute in my advocacy and support for the rule of law. Jonathan's government has through the service chiefs staged a coup against Nigerians and the Constitution and now wants to silence his critics. I will not be muzzled through the barrel of the gun. The guns and bullets they should use to defeat Boko Haram are now being turned against the opposition and innocent Nigerians."

The soldiers were first noticed on Sunday a few minutes to 11pm in an army truck. They stationed about 500 meters away from Tinubu's gate. Later they moved close to his gate as if making efforts to enter. The stern looking soldiers were around for hours on Sunday and returned on Monday to continue their surveillance. Monday night about 10.45pm, they returned to the residence in two army vans and were there throughout the night...

Some of the soldiers discharged from the van and walked back and forth in front of the house and around the house in what is clearly some casing effort.

On Tuesday morning, two vans from the army were stationed on both sides of the house along Bourdillon road their missions shrouded in secrecy.

In a swift reaction, Tinubu said he will not be intimidated by this show of strength, intimidation and possible harassment.

Tinubu remains emphatically resolute and committed to the path of change in Nigeria and the liberating manifesto of the All Progressives Party, APC. Tinubu is an unrelenting critic of the maladministration of the Jonathan-led PDP government. Tinubu is credited to have played the most pivotal role in the re-building of the Nigerian opposition and the formation of the APC, Nigeria's most formidable opposition party since independence.

The exact mission of the soldiers is not known but it fits clearly into a new pattern of intimidation of leaders of the APC and the opposition. The recent massing of soldiers for three days now at Tinubu's gate might be part of a broader plan by the Jonathan Presidency to intimidate Tinubu and his political associates and scare him from making provocative statements or building a broad coalition against the present government as he did during the NADECO days.

As the scaremongering by the army continues, Nigerians must come to the realization that the military has abandoned its statutory role and have now being dragged into partisan politics. Nigerians and the South West should hold the Jonathan led Military responsible if any harm or danger comes to Tinubu and his family. The case of the "Unknown Soldier" is too recent in our memory.

Did Pastor Adeboye Intentionally Did This To Jonathan?

From what those who should know are saying, left hand "blessing" is always one-kind one-kind. Lol...

...when it's time for him to release "blessings" for APC's Yemi Osinbajo, he used his right hand. Smh!

Jega Is Not Going Anywhere; He Will Conduct The Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that its chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, is not going anywhere before the end of his tenure in June and will conduct the elections.

Chief press secretary to INEC chairman, Kayode made the disclosure on Tuesday during a Channels TV show that was monitored in Lagos.

Idowu explained that the civil service rules does not apply to Jega, stressing that he would serve until his tenure elapses on June 30, 2015.

He added that the ballot papers for the presidential election scheduled to hold on March 28 are ready, adding they have been delivered by the printers and kept in the vault of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

He also disclosed that thousands of ad hoc staff were being trained for the elections initially billed to take place on 14 and 28 February but shifted to 28 March and 11 April.

He said the postponement would allow INEC perfect its preparations for the polls, adding that there can never be 100% preparations for an election since things continue to change until the last day of the polls.

Get Shoes & Go Back To Otuoke – David-West tells Jonathan

Professor Tam David-West, ex-Minister of Petroleum, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to start preparing his hand-over note because his days in office as president of Nigeria are numbered.

The reason, according to David-West, is because Jonathan's party, the PDP will suffer a humiliating defeat in the hands of the fast moving train of the APC in the forthcoming general elections.
In the words of the Professor: "Jonathan should quickly look for shoes and go back to Otuoke. I have shoes in Ibadan and Abuja, I can give him some if he is in need of shoes. 
"Everywhere you go, you see signs that the end of this government, led by Jonathan, is very near. Honestly, I do not have anything against him, but a party and a man that can better manage Nigeria has appeared on the scene, and we have no choice but to save our country from an impending doom."

The elder statesman and Professor of Virology said Nigerians cannot continue to tolerate a government that is evidently confused and incapable of providing leadership. He warned that the drift in almost every sphere of our national life will continue if Jonathan is not shown the way out because, according to him, the president lacks the capacity to lead.

David-West also called on Jonathan to show Nigerians his doctoral thesis, and end the ragging controversy around his certificate. "I became a professor in 1974, so when I see a scholar I know. I have asked people to look for the PhD of Jonathan but I am yet to find it. I think he owes Nigerians an explanation because he is our president, Professor David-West said.

NUC Scraps Pass Degree in Universities minimum pass mark now 45% (D-grade)

The Vice Chancellor of Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru, during the matriculation ceremony of 2014/2015 admitted students revealed that the National Universities Commission (NUC) has abolished the pass degree in all Nigerian universities with effect from the 2013/2014 academic session.

According to him, this implies that the minimum pass mark for courses in the universities will now be 45 per cent, that is, D-grade instead of the previous 40 per cent which was E-grade while the minimum class of grade to be earned by the students will be now be Third Class,"

He, therefore, enjoined the students to work hard to earn their stay in the university.