APC exposes plan by Jonathan govt to sabotage card readers on election day

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has exposed the plan by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP to render card readers ineffective on election day, with a view to justifying their fears about the use of the card readers and ultimately to scuttle the polls.

”We can authoritatively inform Nigerians that the morbid fear of card readers by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP has now been translated into concrete action: They have hired an Israeli, Gyora Berger, to do the dirty job of jamming the card readers,” the party said in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

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UTME: Two Arrested for malpractices

Two candidates that sat, weekend, for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME computer base test have been arrested by the security agents for alleged malpractices during the test.

The candidates were arrested at Esa-Oke, in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State. The candidates were alleged to have conspired with one Mr. Adebayo a.k.a Awolowo, the owner of Awolism Educational Consultant to perpetrate the unlawful act.

It was learnt that the candidates committed the offense during the computer based test at Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke.

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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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Senate summons CBN, AMCON over Cecilia Ibru’s assets

The Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, Financial Crimes and Anti-corruption has summoned the management of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria to appear before it over seized assets worth N150bn.

The two federal government agencies had seized the assets in property and cash from the erstwhile Managing Director of the defunct Oceanic Bank International Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, upon her conviction for fraud by a court of law.

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Don’t attempt to kill Buhari, APC tells PDP

The All Progressives Congress has called on the Peoples Democratic Party and the Federal Government to shun any plan to assassinate Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

The APC also raised the alarm over an alleged plot by ruling party to discredit Buhari.

But the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Abdullahi Jalo, has urged the APC to provide evidence of any of such plan by the ruling party to assassinate Buhari.

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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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