2015: It’s Buhari vs Jonathan
It’s now official. Maj. Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari(retd.) is the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate
for the February 2015 election.
He defeated four other APC aspirants
–Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Rochas Okorocha and Sam Nda-Isaiah –
to clinch the party’s ticket at a national convention/primary that
started on Wednesday in Lagos and ended about 7pm on Thursday.
His victory sets him yet again as the
number one challenger to President Goodluck Jonathan, who on Wednesday
was formally handed the Peoples Democratic Party flag for the 2015
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Lagos police defend power-drunk cop, IG wades in
The police in Lagos have said the
29-year-old photographer, Ejeh Smith, who was brutalised by a policeman
attached to the Ikoyi Police Division along with his wife, Grace, was
drunk on the night of the incident.
The police authorities added that the
couple engaged the policeman in a scuffle, adding that since the
incident happened, they had refused to make statements to the police.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, told The news that the police had, however, detained the erring policeman, Dada
Ogunsanya, assuring members of the public that justice would be served.
The Lagos police’s defence came as the
Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, ordered a full scale
investigation into the case.
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Obasanjo appeals against book seizure order
A former President, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, has appealed against the order given by a Federal Capital
Territory High Court judge, Justice Valentine Ashi, that security
agents, including the police and men of the Department of State Service,
should confiscate his latest autobiography, My Watch.
The judge had given this order after the
ex-president went ahead on Tuesday in Lagos to present the book to the
public, in disobedience to the court’s restraining injunction.
Justice Ashi also gave the former
president a 21-day ultimatum to explain why he should not be punished
for flouting the court order.
However, Obasanjo, in his appeal, argued
that he was in no way “daring the court” as widely reported by some
national newspapers, describing such publication as misleading.
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The Nigerian Army has discovered a plan
by the Boko Haram insurgents to attack 25 communities and villages
spread across five states in the troubled North-East zone.
A credible security source, who confided
in our correspondent on Thursday, said that the Boko Haram hit list was
recovered by Special Forces during an operation at the Balmo Forest.
According to the source, the targeted communities are spread across five states of Adamawa, Borno, Bauchi, Gombe, Yobe.
The source said, “There are 25 towns and communities mentioned in the Balmo Forest hit list of the sect recovered by the troops.
“Seven of the villages are in Adamawa
while the rest are in four other states, all in the North East. The
states are Bauchi, Gombe, Yobe, and Borno.
“There is the general feeling that the names in the list should not be released because it could cause panic, anxiety and fear.
“You know that people would begin to flee the areas once they hear
anything. I can tell you that not even one person would be left in the
places if you mention the names; and that is unnecessary now._________________________________________________________________________________
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