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I Will Never Withdraw My Memo Indicting Jonathan ––Nyako The embattled former governor of Adamawa State Murtala Nyako has vowed never to withdraw the memo he addressed to the northern governors despite alleged intimidation and threats of arrest being planned against him by those who are currently leading the country. Nyako, who made the disclosure through his spokesman Malam Ahmad Sajoh, while adding that he will never go back to the PDP, said information at his disposal showed that the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party were the main architects of his removal from office. Nyako, had on July 4 exonerated the Presidency from the impeachment initiated by the lawmakers in the state shortly after his return to the state from Abuja. He had then blamed some senior Abuja based citizens of the state for his political travails, saying they wanted to distract him from serving the people of the state. But all that has since changed. He said: “We believe that...

So Nigerian Youths Now Take To Gambling For Survival Scores of Nigerians are seeking solace in gambling as a way of enduring the harsh economic climate that has overtaken the country. Punch's Gbenga Adeniji writes on this trend. The time was barely 6: 30am. The location was Ikeja and several kiosks belonging to agents of gaming outfits were already open for business. Their customers were also on hand to stake for the day with the hope of recording good winnings. Machines were being punched to record number entries just as those who placed bets in a game the previous day were busy checking the results from a white chart fixed to a wooden board. The agents, comprising men and women and the elderly, allowed no disturbances whatsoever as they dutifully attended to the army of people who besieged them to place a bet. It was indeed a rush hour. One of the bettors, who simply identified himself as Sheriff, told our correspondent that such situation was the case eve...

July 21, 2014 Why The Impeachment Plot Against Governor Amaechi Will Fail Rivers APC congratulates 25 defecting lawmakers The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has reassured party faithful, the good people of Rivers State and all progressives across the country that the job of the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, remains very much safe. The party in a statement signed by SSA Media and Public Affairs to the State Chairman, APC Rivers State Chief Eze Chukukwuemeka said the “reassurance becomes necessary in view of the apprehension in some quarters following Wednesday’s confirmation by APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, that Rt. Hon. Amaechi is one of the five APC Governors penciled down by the Presidency to be impeached before the 2015 elections – others being the Governors of Adamawa (already impeached), Nasarawa, Edo and Borno”. “We are confident that God will not allow the evil machinations of the Pres...

July 21, 2014 The $1Billion Dollar Question Jonathan Must Answer First The news that President Jonathan has requested the National Assembly to approve his request to seek a loan of one billion dollars purportedly to battle Boko Haram terrorism should lead any person with sober conscience to fall out of their chair. If only our spendthrift President attacked terrorism with the daring by which he assaults our democracy and our common sense, there would be no need for any expenditure. Boko Haram would have been vanquished many yesterdays ago. Yet, Boko Haram continues stalking us because the President would rather play tricks than govern the country as a statesman. The bottom line is the only thing remotely military about this massive request is that it serves to camouflage a sinister aim. The man seeks to bolster the PDP electoral war chest on the backs of the victims of terror and on the heaviness of our collective fear of the terrorist’s threat. In cloaking...

July 21, 2014 We Will Defeat Boko Haram In Just Three Months On April 26th, few days after the abduction of 234 girls from Chibok, we sent a formal letter to the president of Nigeria, requesting executive authorization for us civilians to bear arms and engage the Boko Haram terrorists [Letter: http://ends.ng/?p=864 ]. It is now three months and the Jonathan government has avoided responding to our request while failing to control the Boko Haram menace. We are ready to bring an end to the Boko Haram insurgency. Hundreds of hunters have in suit, been waiting for the approval of the government to go into Sambisa forest on a rescue and exterminate mission. We are in constant communication with these hunters and with the Civilian-JTF, a force of over 30,000 brave Nigerians who are ready and on stand-by, awaiting the approval from the presidency to take the fight back to Boko Haram and avenge their abducted brothers and sisters and killed and maimed parents, childre...

Nigerian Governor Curses Guber Aspirants, Pronounces Death On All His Opponents 123   Email Share July 21, 2014 The governor of Akwa Ibom state has rained curses on governorship aspirants who he has not endorsed for the 2015 governors contest in the state, referring to them as enemies who betrayed him. He equally pronounced death on all his perceived opponents, stating that none of them had any reason to fall out with him, because he raised and empowered them all. Akpabio in a fit of anger likened the aspirants as Lucifer and the Biblical Absalom who betrayed God and King David respectively, averring that none of the governorship aspirants would get the chance to rule Akwa Ibom state as they had desired. The governor poured anger on perceived opponents to his alleged plan to install a candidate of his choice as the next governor of Akwa Ibom during a ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a new People...

PHOTO: Inspector General Of Police Controlling Traffic In Abuja The Inspector-General of police, MD Abubakar, dressed in traffic police uniform and controlling traffic at the busy Ministry of Finance junction, Central Area, Abuja. Well done Oga, that's leadership by example...

Breaking: Obi Ezekwesili Has Been Released On Orders From Above The agenda was to lock her down and deny her the opportunity to appear on BBC HardTalk programme but as soon as lics.com broke the story, others took it up and within minutes the Presidency was put under serious pressure. Since the woman didn't committed any crime, Obi Ezekwesili has been released.

SSS ARREST #BringBackOurGirls Campaigner, Obi Ezekwesili. The much anticipated clampdown on the leadership of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign has finally kicked off with the arrest of respected ex-Minister of Education, Obi Ezekwesili, by some operatives of State Security Service, SSS, at the Abuja international airport on Monday morning. Sources told LICS.com that the SSS arrested her and seized her passport after they learnt that she was on her way out of the country to appear on the popular BBC Hard Talk programme. Obi has given the Presidency headache as she refused to allow the kidnapped girls case die down...   If not for people like Obi Ezekwesili, Nigerians would have forgotten about those girls by now.