War against terror : Military’ll avoid human rights abuses in its operations says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured that the Nigerian military would take every precaution to avoid collateral damage to lives and properties of civilians as it intensifies its ongoing offensive against Boko Haram.

Jonathan gave the commitment, yesterday when he received in audience the new South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Noh Kyu-Duk.

According to Jonathan, everything possible was being done by the military to avoid human rights violations in the theatre of operations in the North Eastern states.

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Buhari’ll turn Nigeria’s misfortunes around – Amaechi

With few weeks to the presidential election, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has again assured that the All Progressives Congress, APC, under Gen. Muhammadu Buhari will turn the country’s misfortunes around if elected.

He noted that the current challenges plaguing the country would adequately be addressed with the needed political will to positively turn around the country’s wheel of development.

Amaechi spoke in Degema, Obonoma and Abonnema communities in Degema and Akuku-Toru Local Government Areas of the state during APC’s ward to ward campaign.

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government are politically motivated says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has berated internal and external criticisms of his administration as corrupt asserting that a significant proportion of the allegations has beenpolitically motivated.

President Goodluck Jonathan speaking at the 54th Independence Anniversary Interdenominational Church Service at the National Christian Center, Abuja On Sunday (29/9/14)

Anniversary Interdenominational Church Service at the National Christian Center, Abuja On Sunday (29/9/14)

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2015 Presidency: A-Court clears Jonathan for re-election

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, cleared the legal coast for President Goodluck Jonathan to seek for a re-election on March 28.

In an unanimous judgment Tuesday, a 5-man panel of Justices of the appellate court held that Jonathan is legally qualified to run for a second term in office.

‎The appellate court panel said the raging contention that under section 135(2) of the 1999 Constitution‎, as amended,

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Real causes of fuel scarcity, by Okonjo-Iweala

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, directed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to pay with immediate effect all outstanding monies owed to oil marketers so as to end the current gruelling fuel scarcity that has crippled the nation and caused untold hardship to millions of people.

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ObJ open Up... There can never be any June 12, But Buhari would win March 28.

According to the latest report by P.M. News, this time Obasanjo predicted that Buhari would win March 28.

According to the body:

“We have come to express our deep concern over series of dangerous political miscalculations currently going on under Jonathan administration.

“We are afraid that crisis is seriously looming and it is like another June 12 crisis is on the way and it may be very tragic for the country. We want you to as a matter of urgency intervene into the matter before it is too late sir.”

To which OBJ responded:

“You need not to worry about anything. There can never be any June 12 annulment again. Buhari is not Abiola, he is a trained and highly intelligent soldier.

“Oyegun is not Anenih, Osinbajo is not Kingibe. Jega is not Nwosu, Jonathan is not IBB and this time around, Obasanjo will not support any interim government.

“Obasanjo will rather support a free, fair and credible election.”

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