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Nyako Speaks: My Deputy Knows About My Impeacchment

IMPEACHMENT: NYAKO SAYS DEPUTY GOV’S RESIGNATION NULL, VOID
The impeached Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, on Tuesday dismissed the resignation of his Deputy as a nullity.
Nyako said his attention was drawn to what he described as the purported resignation of the Deputy Governor of the State, Mr. Bala James Ngillari, which was supposedly read on the floor of the State House of Assembly, before the governor’s impeachment.
According to him, the procedure adopted by Ngilari was alien to the constitution because the process for the resignation of the Deputy Governor was clearly defined.
The former governor said this in a statement on his behalf by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmad Sajoh.
He said, “We wish to state categorically that Section 306 (5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as Amended) requires that the Deputy Governor resigns not to the House of Assembly but to the Governor.
“As of the time the supposed resignation was said to have been tendered in the House, Murtala H. Nyako was the Governor of Adamawa State.
“No such letter was written to him, none was received by him and none was approved by him. It should therefore be known that in the eyes of the Law, the Deputy Governor has not resigned. Barr. Bala James Ngillari is still the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State.
“This clarification is necessary to avert another subversion of the Constitution since the other processes relating to the impeachment saga have all been in contravention of the Constitution and the Law.”
The statement cautioned that the continued abuse of the constitution and the laws of the land might spell doom for Nigeria’s democracy.
Source: Daily Times

The impeached Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, on Tuesday dismissed the resignation of his Deputy as a nullity.
Nyako said his attention was drawn to what he described as the purported resignation of the Deputy Governor of the State, Mr. Bala James Ngillari, which was supposedly read on the floor of the State House of Assembly, before the governor’s impeachment.

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Boko Haram: Chibok Grils Parents Shun Meeting With Jonathan

CHIBOK GIRLS, PARENTS SHUN MEETING WITH JONATHAN
…As President accuses activists of politicising the girls abduction
A meeting scheduled between President Goodluck Jonathan and the parents of abducted girls in Chibok, Tuesday, could not hold as the parents shunned the meeting.
The meeting was arranged after education activist, Malala Yousofazai met with President Jonathan on Monday and pleaded with the him to meet with the parents of the abducted girls.
President Jonathan in a statement delivered by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe accused the #Bringbackourgirl activists of politicising the planned meeting by ferrying the parents out of Abuja before the meeting could hold.
The statement reads: “It now appears that our fight to get the girls of Chibok back is not only a fight against a terrorist insurgency, but also against a political opposition.
“It is with great regret that I announce the cancellation of the meeting with 12 parents of the abducted Chibock children, as well as five of the brave girls who escaped from the terrorist organization Boko Haram. I scheduled this meeting, which was to be open to the media for coverage by Nigerian and international press; to listen to their stories and to privately brief the parents and the girls on our efforts to rescue the abducted girls.
“My priority is not politics. My priority is the return of these girls.
“Unfortunately, political forces within the Nigerian chapter of #BringBackOurGirls have decided to take this opportunity to play politics with the situation and the grief of the parents and the girls. They should be ashamed of their actions.
“Those who would manipulate the victims of terrorism for their own benefit, are engaging in a similar kind of evil: psychological terrorism.
“I want to be clear, this government stands with complete solidarity with the girls and their parents. We are doing everything in our power to bring back our girls. Despite the shameful and disgusting games being played by the Nigerian chapter of Bring Back Our Girls, as a father of girls, I stand ready to meet with the parents of our abducted children and the truly brave girls that have escaped this nightmare through the grace of God.”
Source: vanguard

…As President accuses activists of politicising the girls abduction
A meeting scheduled between President Goodluck Jonathan and the parents of abducted girls in Chibok, Tuesday, could not hold as the parents shunned the meeting.

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We Do Not Rob Churches And Mosques— Suspects

WE DON’T ROB ON FRIDAYS AND DURING RAMADAN — BANDITS ARRESTED IN IBADAN
An unsuspecting womanizer would easily fall into their traps seeing their feminine faces made-up with cosmetics, with weave-on hairdo that dangles on both sides of their broad shoulders.
Their coated lips look inviting. No doubt, countless men must have fallen prey to them. Many passersby who thronged the state headquarters of the Police command at Eleiyele, Ibadan to catch a glimpse of these attractive “women” could not hide their disbelief.
Though, their chests were flat which should convince doubting Thomases that the suspects were not women, some still insisted on seeing their private parts due to their looks.
But, behind these deceptive looks are more than meets the ordinary eye. The hearts of both Omooba Oyewole and Lawal Kabir are fortified with cold steel. They are suspected dare-devil robbers. If they have conscience, it must be made of solid concrete.
One of the suspects, Lawal Kabir whose eyelids blink momentarily like a doll in the old Kingsway Store claims to be a devout Muslim and considers only Fridays and the Ramadan period as sacred days in the whole year when he thinks he should not engage in armed robbery.
These days, especially Fridays, he said, he would go to the mosque to pray to God to forgive all his criminal tendencies only to continue his devilish acts thereafter. In fact, the suspect said he was arrested on Friday after observing the Jumat prayers.
Given their looks, one needed no soothsayer to discern that the suspects had carried out numerous deadly attacks on their victims even though they admitted to have participated in no fewer than four successful robbery operations.
According to them, they had made people cry in places like Osun, Sawmill, Iyana-Agbala and other places when they unleashed terror on them. Knowing their days of reckoning had finally come, the eight-man gang confessed some of the crimes they had committed to Crime Alert.
Ayodele Olaitan, who wore a mask, one of the tools they use in their nefarious activities shook his head in regret and said: “It was my friends that pushed me into this. I joined the gang sometime ago and I have participated in at least three robbery operations.
I am not the owner of the mask you see on me. It belongs to one of us called pastor. He is dead now. I regret all my actions. I didn’t realize we could be caught. But, now the game is up, “ he said as he burst into tears.
Like other criminals, Lawal Kabir said he was pushed into the criminal world as a result of an unsuccessful business venture. “I took to robbery when my plumbing work was not booming.
Three years after my freedom as an apprentice, I tried all I could to make both ends meet, but things did not work for me. I first stayed in Lagos before I later came to Ibadan where I was introduced to a gang of armed robbers. I have participated in four armed robbery attacks.
I went with them to Osun State, Ibadan, Sawmill and Iyana -Agbala. I was arrested on Friday after I finished praying in the mosque. Somebody we call a pastor, also a member of the gang called me without knowing the police had already arrested him.
I don’t rob on Fridays and during Ramadan. I used those periods to pray to God to forgive me my sins. I know what I was doing was wrong but it was difficult for me to break away from it.”
Another member of the gang, Biola Alaba who wore a weave-on hairdo said they were eight in number and that they were arrested at a drinking joint while preparing to carry out a robbery operation at Bodija area of the city. He denied ever killing any of their victims.
“How can I commit two sins at the same time. I cannot rob and kill at the same time. It is unfair to rob someone of his belongings and kill him. We don’t even rape our victims, “ he said.
As for Sunday Omooba from Ogbomoso who says he is a member of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, he narrated how he took charge of the armoury for the gang. “I helped them get bullets through one man. I just call the man any time I need bullets for the gang.
I don’t rob with them. In fact, I did not know that they were using the bullets to rob. I also supplied that pump action gun to them. I bought the gun for N70,000 from a friend. If I knew that they would use the weapons for robbery, I would not give them.”
The Investigating Police Officer in charge of the case alleged that Omooba supplied the pump action gun and killed the owner of the gun so that he could get the gun from him and did not give the money he promised to give him.
Other suspects who are car snatchers including those who bought the stolen vehicles from them were also arrested in Kaduna and Kano. Two of the suspects, Dolapo Olayinka and Yusuf Ibrahim, robber and accomplice respectively; gave their own accounts. Olayinka said he only used his commercial motorcycle to convey the robbers who dispossessed people of their items. He recalled how they crossed a woman’s vehicle and took N20,000 from her at gun point.
The owners of the stolen vehicles were at the police command to identify their vehicles. All of them pleaded anonymity for fear of being attacked by yet-to-be-identified members of the gang.
One of them said his car, a Toyota Camry, was snatched at gunpoint on October 1, last year around 8pm and he reported at the Special Anti robbery squad.
He specifically commended the efforts of one SP Sola Aremu, the O/C SARS, Ogbomoso and his boys for going ahead to recover the car. He said: “I am full of thanks to the police. I never thought I could recover my car again. The SARS in Ogbomoso acted promptly. I have never seen police work like that.”
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Indabawa said, “sequel to tip-offs about a criminal hideout at a mechanic village, Iyana Church, Ibadan, a raid was organized and SARS operatives arrested the following suspected armed robbers: Olaitan Ayodele, Abiola Alaba, Oyewole Ogunwole, Adedeji Mustapha, Omooba Oyewole and Adedeji Mustapha. On interrogation, they all confessed to their past and present crimes within and outside Oyo State. They also confessed to have attacked and robbed two police officers.
All the people they confessed to have robbed were contacted and they corroborated their confessions.
In order to recover some of their loot as well as arms and ammunition, a search was conducted in the house of the leader of the gang, one Ayodele Olaitan along Airport Road, Ibadan and the following exhibits were recovered; one pump action gun, one English cut-to-size double barrel gun, one single-barrel gun, locally made cylinders and many others.
Source: Vanguard

An unsuspecting womanizer would easily fall into their traps seeing their feminine faces made-up with cosmetics, with weave-on hairdo that dangles on both sides of their broad shoulders.
Their coated lips look inviting. No doubt, countless men must have fallen prey to them. Many passersby who thronged the state headquarters of the Police command at Eleiyele, Ibadan to catch a glimpse of these attractive “women” could not hide their disbelief.

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How Nyanya Bombing Mastermind, Aminu Ogwuche Was Extradited to Nigeria:

Nyanya bombing mastermind, Aminu Ogwuche extradited to Nigeria:

The co-mastermind of the April 14 Nyanya Bus terminal bombing of the Boko Haram sect which claimed the lives of over 75 persons and caused extensive damages to property while scores were injured, Aminu Ogwuche, was on Tuesday extradited from Sudan to Nigeria. Front1The fugitive Boko Haram member, who fled to Sudan, immediately after the incident was brought to the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airpot, Abuja at about 3p.m. aboard a chartered flight.At the airport to take custody of the fugitive Boko Haram member, was a team led by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, Coordinator of the National Information Center, Mike Omeri, Force Public Relations officer, ACP Frank Mba and Deputy Director, Department of State Services (DSS), Marilyn Ogar.It will be recalled that Ogwuche, son of a retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army, who schooled in Sudan, was declared wanted by the Federal Government on May 15, shortly after the DSS paraded some suspects in the connection with the Nyanya bombing incident. Also declared wanted was Abubakar Tsiga, the alleged chief mastermind of the bombing.

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The co-mastermind of the April 14 Nyanya Bus terminal bombing of the Boko Haram sect which claimed the lives of over 75 persons and caused extensive damages to property while scores were injured, Aminu Ogwuche, was on Tuesday extradited from Sudan to Nigeria. Front1The fugitive Boko Haram member, who fled to Sudan, immediately after the incident was brought to the

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Jonathan Plans To Impeach Three More Governors- El-Rufai

PRESIDENCY PLOTTING REMOVAL OF THREE MORE GOVS –EL-RUFAI
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and member of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has accused the Presidency of orchestrating the impeachment of the Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako.
Fuming few minutes after the news of Nyako’s removal by the Adamawa State House of Assembly filtered in, El-Rufai stated that the development was capable of “endangering the nation.”
Writing on his Facebook page on Tuesday, the former minister, however, alleged that the scheming by the Presidency to deal with the APC was not over.
According to him, he and other leaders of the party have uncovered plots by the Presidency to perfect the impeachment of three more governors from the opposition party.
He listed the governors as Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State; Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State.
“Jonathan’s impunity is endangering the nation. Adamawa APC governor Murtala Nyako was impeached to pave the way for a PDP man to become governor.
“Nasarawa is next. Then, Rivers and Edo. And President Jonathan thinks that all will be well while he violates the constitution and the law. We will see how it all ends. We have been there before!” he wrote in a post on his Facebook page.
While no social media accounts could be traced to Nyako, socio-political commentators have gone online to bare their minds on his impeachment.
A message on the official Twitter page of a former Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki, stated that with the impeachment of Nyako, it seemed as if Nigeria was “heading towards a one-party state.”
Also, Rukaiya, a native of Adamawa State and daughter of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, blamed Nyako for his travails.
She described Nyako as being “the worst of them all”, adding that it was unfortunate that he could not “handle” the members of the state legislature
“Nyako could not handle the legislators in his own state, he was never a politician in the first instance. Good riddance to bad rubbish! Nyako has really been the worst of them all!” Rukaiya, who shuttles between Yola, London and Dubai, wrote on her Twitter page.
An online commentator, Chukwu Debelu, stated that the APC’s underestimation of the Peoples Democratic Party contributed to the successful impeachment of Nyako.
An impeachment plot, Debelu argued, takes several weeks of “methodical planning” before being successful.
According to him, while APC was busy grabbing local and international headlines, the PDP worked underground to impeach Nyako.
“I remember Awolowo referring to Shagari as a ‘glorified Grade II teacher’. You don’t underestimate your opponent. Never!
“Now, Nyako has been impeached. I remember the triumphalism from APC earlier this year. PDP should never be underestimated.
“While APC was seizing local and international headlines, the PDP was working silently and methodically to remove Nyako who was put under the radar.
“You don’t impeach a sitting governor in a day. It takes weeks and months of methodical planning.”
Political blogger, Japheth Omojuwa, described the political climate in Adamawa as a “thriller.”
He is of the opinion that Nyako paid dearly for being on the offensive against the President. He, however, blamed the ex-governor for going on the attack “without cover at home.”
Describing the removal of Nyako as a “Machiavellian scheming” from the Presidency, he stated that he should have emulated Amaechi who, he argued, made sure he had his state house of assembly on his side before “going on the attack.”
“Nyako bites the dust. We are the world’s biggest joke and our democracy is at best a joke. However, if he was a performing governor, there’d have been an argument for him,” Omojuwa added on Twitter.
Another respondent, Ogunyemi Bukola, linked Nyako’s travails to the 8-page memo he wrote to Jonathan in which he accused the Federal Government of genocide against northern Nigeria.
Wondering why the APC national leadership could not save Nyako from impeachment, Bukola accused the President of stifling out opposition.
“Sanusi wrote Goodluck Jonathan and he was removed from office as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Murtala Nyako also wrote the President and he was impeached as Adamawa Governor. I think it is safe to say there would be no more letters of criticisms addressed to Jonathan,” Bukola tweeted.
Source: Punch

A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and member of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has accused the Presidency of orchestrating the impeachment of the Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako.

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Igbo Leaders Pass Vote of No Confidence On Serving Commissioners of Police In The Zone

BOKO HARAM: IGBO LEADERS DEMAND TRANSFER OF CPS IN SOUTH-EAST
Prof. Ben Nwabueze-led Igbo Leaders of Thought yesterday in Enugu demanded the immediate change of the Commissioners of Police in the five states of the South-East. In a statement issued in Enugu and signed by the Deputy Secretary of the body, Evangelist Elliot Uko, the leaders expressed concern that all the Police Commissioners posted to the South-East are Hausa/Fulani.
“Are there no Police Commissioners from the Middle Belt, South-South or South-West that could be posted to the South-East?
“With the shielding of the six Boko Haram bombers arrested at the Owerri church by the Imo State Commissioner of Police, we hereby reject the continual occupation of the South-East by Hausa/ Fulani Muslim Police Commissioners.
“We hereby demand that Police Commissioners Abubakar Adamu Mohamed of Enugu, Usuman Gwari of Anambra, Maigari Dikko of Ebonyi, Abdulmajid Ali of Imo and Adamu Ibrahim of Abia should be immediately juggled and redeployed as we feel uncomfortable with the officers in charge of the South-East as Boko Haram boasts of plans to attack the South.
“We plead with the residents of the South-East and South-South to remain alert and vigilant as the news of the infiltration of the region by Boko Haram seems real. Suspicious individuals and packages must be reported promptly to the relevant security agencies,” the statement said.
The group said its security committee had articulated a security awareness programme, which the South-East Governors’ Forum would work with to secure Igbo land from Boko Haram insurgents.
The statement added that the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe and the Secretary of the group, Prof. Elo Amucheazi, would soon liaise with the South-East governors to fine-tune the South-East security programme.
Source: Sun

Prof. Ben Nwabueze-led Igbo Leaders of Thought yesterday in Enugu demanded the immediate change of the Commissioners of Police in the five states of the South-East. In a statement issued in Enugu and signed by the Deputy Secretary of the body, Evangelist Elliot Uko, the leaders expressed concern that all the Police Commissioners posted to the South-East are Hausa/Fulani.
“Are there no Police Commissioners from the... Middle Belt, South-South or South-West that could be posted to the South-East?

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OSUN 2014 Update: APC Ask Court To Stop Jonathan From Deploying Troops

OSUN: APC ASKS COURT TO STOP JONATHAN FROM DEPLOYING TROOPS
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from deploying troop for the purpose of security during the August 9 governorship election in Osun State.
In a suit no FJC/L/CS/1108/1, the plaintiff is asking the court for “a declaration that by the provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as ammended), it is ultra vires for the president to deploy members of the armed forces to Osun State for the purpose of the conduct of the governorship election scheduled to hold on August 9.”
Consequently, the plaintiff was requesting for an order restraining the president from deploying soldiers to Osun during the election.
President Goodluck Jonathan and the Attorney General of the Federation are the defendants.
Besides, the party is asking the court to grant its reliefs, including costs of filing the suit should the two defendants fail to enter an appearance within the next 30 days.
According to the originating summons in the suit taken on behalf of the plaintiff by M.A Banire & Associates, the chambers of the national legal adviser of APC, Dr Muiz Banire, the suit was brought pursuant to order 3, rules 1, 6 and 9 of the FHC (civil procedure) rules 2009; sections 217 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
No hearing date has been fixed for the hearing.
Source: Tribune

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from deploying troop for the purpose of security during the August 9 governorship election in Osun State.

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Adamawa Speaker, Umaru Fintiri, sworn in as Acting Governor

The Speaker of Adamawa State House of Assembly, Umaru Fintiri, has been sworn into office as the new Acting Governor following the impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako and the resignation of his deputy.
Mr. Fintiri was sworn in by the President of the Customary Court in the State at the council chambers of Government House, Yola.

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Governor AL-MAKURA Solicits Jonathan's Assitance Of Being Impeached

NASARAWA IMPEACHMENT: AL-MAKURA RUSHES TO ABUJA TO MEET JONATHAN
Following the impeachment notice served on the Nasarawa State governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura by the state Assembly, the embattled state chief executive hurriedly left Lafia, the state capital yesterday for Abuja in an effort to prevail on President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene in the matter.
LEADERSHIP reports that, Al-Makura before leaving the state capital at about 4p.m. had held series of meetings with his aides and party officials intent upon seeing how the impeachment impasse can be surmounted.
Addressing the press at Shendam Road Assembly complex however, the clerk of the Assembly, Mr. Ego Maikeffi, disclosed that after several attempts to serve the impeachment notice on the governor, he was denied access into the Government House.
Ego stated further that in line with the directive of the Speaker, he is set to serve the notice through the media today.
The House Committee chairman on information and security, Hon. Mohammed Baba Ibaku, confirmed the development saying other options of serving the notice would be explored.
In a swift reaction however, the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Public Affairs, Hon. Abdulhamid Kwarra, denied the report insisting that the Assembly was yet to serve the notice as a 6pm yesterday.
Speaking on the unfolding scenario, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Mark Neto said the state Assembly would be doing a disservice to the state if they had a catalogue of such gross misconduct and refused to take action.
Mr. Neto who noted that the PDP hierarchy in the state would have preferred the party to slug it out with Al-Makura at the poll but regretted however that “posterity would not be fair to the members if they gloss over such grievous misconduct”. He denied that the PDP embarked upon impeachment because it was afraid to face Al-Makura at the polls.
The immediate past state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Stanley Buba, on his part called on Governor Al-Makura to address the allegations levelled against him promptly, saying that the Assembly was only discharging its constitutional duty.
LEADERSHIP reports that before Al-Makura left for Abuja, notable traditional rulers in the state had converged at the guest house of the Emir of Lafia, Alhaji Isa Mustapha Agwai l, with a view to seeking their intervention on the matter.
Informed sources also disclosed that a high-powered delegation of traditional rulers and other respected stakeholders in the state were expected to join Al-Makura in Abuja today so as to solicit President Jonathan’s intervention.
Source: Leadership

Following the impeachment notice served on the Nasarawa State governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura by the state Assembly, the embattled state chief executive hurriedly left Lafia, the state capital yesterday for Abuja in an effort to prevail on President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene in the matter.
LEADERSHIP reports that, Al-Makura before leaving the state capital at about 4p.m. had held series of meetings with his aides and party officials intent upon seeing how the impeachment impasse can be surmounted.

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Saturday

Breaking News: ASUP Suspends 10 month old strike

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, has suspended its 10-month old strike on Saturday 12 July.
The decision to suspend the strike, which began in October 2013, was reached after a National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the union held in Abuja.

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ASHIWAJU FACE OF THE WEEK

Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the 14th president of the ANC. Ramaphosa became deputy president after his election to the position in the ANC in 2012. At the time he was wooed by President Jacob Zuma’s camp to give the slate “credibility” when then ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe contested Zuma for the top post. Before that he was the chair of the national planning commission that produced the National Development Plan, the country’s blue print for growth towards 2030.

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Nyako Speaks: My Deputy Knows About My Impeacchment

Boko Haram: Chibok Grils Parents Shun Meeting With Jonathan

We Do Not Rob Churches And Mosques— Suspects

How Nyanya Bombing Mastermind, Aminu Ogwuche Was Extradited to Nigeria:

Jonathan Plans To Impeach Three More Governors- El-Rufai

Igbo Leaders Pass Vote of No Confidence On Serving Commissioners of Police In The Zone

OSUN 2014 Update: APC Ask Court To Stop Jonathan From Deploying Troops

Adamawa Speaker, Umaru Fintiri, sworn in as Acting Governor

Governor AL-MAKURA Solicits Jonathan's Assitance Of Being Impeached

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Breaking News: ASUP Suspends 10 month old strike

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