Jonathan’s men out to demonize ex-military leaders – IBB

Former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, yesterday described as callous and wicked the attempt by promoters of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid to undermine the military institution by embarking on mudslinging campaigns against former presidents and leaders of military background.

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FG planning to arrest APC leaders - Tinubu

National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, said Federal Government was planning to arrest leaders of his party ahead of Saturday’s election.

Declaring that he was ready for arrest, Tinubu, who spoke at the 7th Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Lagos to mark his 63rd birthday, said the plot will not silence him.

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Why I’m being attacked over card readers — Jega

Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, Wednesday, said he has no regrets for insisting on deploying Smart Card Reader machines for the conduct of the general election, saying he knew that the decision would attract unwarranted attacks on his integrity as a person.

Jega, who stated this while unveiling the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room in Abuja yesterday,, maintained that it is only those that hitherto nurtured plans to fraudulently manipulate the outcome of the elections, that have been crying foul over the introduction of the technology which he said would only add credibility to the electoral process in the country.

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Jonathan Re-election Could Mean Violence Among Northern Muslims

With many northern states rallying for Gen. Muhammadu Bahari, President Goodluck Jonathan and his long-ruling People’s Democratic Party are expected to face post-election violence and deepened distrust over the electoral process if he is reelected for a second term in Nigeria's presidential election on Saturday. The opposition All Progressive Congress party and its supporters are expected to dispute the election results after polls have predicted the tightest presidential campaign in Nigerian history.

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Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited Job Vacancies in Nigeria, March 2015

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Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited, est. 1969, is Nigeria's leading Children's book publisher. Its imprint, "Lantern books" is now a household name in Nigeria and West Africa.

Literamed has in its stable over 400 titles of books for Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary and Literature texts for different age ranges, all widely accepted in Nigerian Schools.

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Escape from Boko Haram: what the survivors witnessed fron not marrying a Boko Haram fighter

How I escaped marrying a Boko Haram fighter: what the survivors witnessed

This story was told by Ladi Apagu to Chika Oduah in January, and translated from Hausa, at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Yola. It has been edited for length. This is the second in a two-part series on women who escaped Boko Haram captivity. In the first part, three women, including Apagu, describe their imprisonment at and escapes from a house in Gulak.

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