Court sitting for Buhari if Eligible to contest the 2015 presidential elections

Court sitting for Buhari's if Eligible to contest the 2015 presidential elections

A Federal High Court sitting in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, has moved its ruling to determine its jurisdiction to hear the suit challenging the eligibility of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) to contest the 2015 presidential elections.

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2,123 policemen protected Jonathan while robbers raided bank – Fashola

The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday said 2, 123 policemen that would have helped to repel the Thursday bank robbery in the state were sent to protect President Goodluck Jonathan when he visited Lagos.

Fashola, who said this at the 2015 Agric Value Chains Empowerment programme, lamented that the President’s visit to the state paralysed the state security apparatus so much that it could not foil the robbery.

He said nearly all the vehicles bought by the state government for the police to be able to respond rapidly to crimes were on the alert for the President.

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Schoolgirls Abducted By Boko Haram Could Have Been Rescued, Says Former President

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s corrupt and incompetent government failed to act quickly enough to save more 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram last year, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said.

He said the government did not recognize the threat Boko Haram posed until it was too late, calling the reaction "lukewarm at best.” Jonathan took 18 days to contact the governor of the province from which the girls had been taken, he added.

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Dollars For Monarchs: Mixed reactions as Southwest leaders flay allegations, say APC also giving bribes

Mixed reactions yesterday trailed the allegations that some traditional rulers from the South-West were financially induced with foreign currencies by President Goodluck Jonathan during recent visits to the zone.

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Robbers invade FCMB bank, kill three policemen, fish seller

Robbers invade FCMB bank, kill three policemen, girl

Three policemen and a fish seller were killed on Thursday by a gang of robbers who stormed the First City Monument Bank on Admiralty Way in Lekki, Lagos State.

It was learnt that the robbers, numbering 13 arrived the bank wearing military uniform and shooting sporadically for about 30 minutes.

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Jonathan blamed me for the merger of the APC – Tinubu

A national leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the recent attacks on his person were because he rejected the offer by President Goodluck Jonathan to serve as the Vice President in an Interim National Government.

Tinubu said in a statement by his media office on Thursday that having refused the offer, Jonathan was looking for ways to take him out either by killing him or getting him arrested based on trumped up charges.

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