Governor Amosun Of Ogun Stoned By TASUED Students

The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun while on a campaign visit to Tai Solarin University Of Education, Ijebu-ode on Thursday, 29th January was attacked by some angry students of the State-owned university who appeared not to have forgiven him over his numerous attempts to initially scrap the institution. On his arrival to the institution, TASUED students on campus who became aware of his presence immediately trooped out in large numbers. Initially, it appeared to the Governor and his campaign team the students had gathered to cheer them. There was a wind of change when some students hurriedly brought out sachets water (pure water) and in a jiffy, it became a chorused act as other furious students joined in stoning Governor Ibikunle Amosun with various objects they could lay their hands on.

The Governor became ruffled before he was able to run to safety and quickly drove off with his convoy.

Igbo Coalition Threatens To Dump Jonathan Over Poor Infrastructure In South East

 After a thorough review of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan from 2010 till date, a coalition of South-East groups on Wednesday threatened to withhold their support for him, accusing him of taking Ndigbo for granted.

Rising from a closed door meeting in Enugu where they reviewed the political situation in the country as it affects the South-East and the 2015 elections, the groups said they were yet to see genuine reasons why the zone should support President Jonathan for 

another term in office.

THE battle for the control of the All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be taking a fresh dimension following what sources said is the widening gulf among the contending forces in the build- up to the 2015 general election.
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As things stand in the party, the forces of former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Tinubu and former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari on one hand, are pitted against the progressive governors and the forces of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.

Obasanjo Didn’t Win 1999 Election – Confab Delegate Reveals

Senator Femi Okurounmu, a national conference delegate representing the South-West yesterday told confab members that former President Olusegun Obasanjo did not win the 1999 Presidential election.

Speaking during a heated debate among members of the Confab Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government on rotational presidency and other key positions in the country, Okurounmu said his kinsman, Obasanjo came into power through powers that be who planned and executed his victory so as to reduce the tension caused by the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election which was said to have been won by the late businessman, Chief MKO Abiola.

War Of Words: APC Lambasts President Jonathan, Provides 10 Ways To Stop Boko Haram

President Good luck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) once again engaged in a war of words on Sunday with the All Progressives Congress, APC over the security situation in the country.

At a world press conference, the Lagos APC interim national chairman, Chief Bisi Akande had lambasted President Jonathan, saying the nation was on auto-pilot even before the emergence of Boko Haram and needed all to save it while also listing a 10-point approach towards ending the menace of Boko Haram in the country.

The 10-point approach include:

1. Develop and/or Publish a Counter-Terrorism Strategy

2. Build a new Intelligence Gathering Infrastructure which will coordinate, improve and integrate intelligence gathering and sharing across agencies.

3. Improved Intelligence and increasing force enablers.

4. Improve Contingency Planning by creating plans and conduct training exercises that reflect the challenges we will face.

5. Pursue and Align military with political (negotiated) solutions.

6. De-radicalization Strategy: The Northern region is in urgent need of a counter-radicalization program to prevent many more young people (illiterate and unemployed) from being radicalized.

7. Regionalize (ECOWAS and AU) Response: The government to solicit the operational involvement and assistance of ECOWAS and AU, including deploying multinational security operations across the Sahel to track and hunt down Boko Haram operational chain.

8. Effective information management and strategic communication

9. Economic Development Plan for Northern Nigeria

10. Involve civilian peace building organizations (military and police cannot build peace)

President Jonathan and the PDP however lashed back at Akande accusing him of being dishonest over his claim that Nigeria was on autopilot and the observation that Boko Haram has reached a stalemate while adding that members of APC had continued in their blame game, giving courage to the terrorists.

The presidency said, "Nigeria is not on auto pilot. There is a government in place, there is a President who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. He is doing his very best to provide quality leadership and to reassure Nigerians that government stands ready always to defend their best interest."

The presidency also said such claims were untrue and unpatriotic.