Nigerians React To PDP Begging Obasanjo

The political tension created in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) due to former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s dramatic exit from the party on Monday February 16, still lingers on.

The Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, who said he was in a closed door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, hinted that the party will go and beg the former president who wants to become just an ‘elder statesman’ to return and forgive whatever wrong doing the grand children may committed.

Following the disclosure by Lamido, some Nigerians, however, shared diverse opinion on the planned move by the party and also used the opportunity to condemn Jigawa state governor.

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Police Supposedly Found 500 PVCs At Home Of PDP Chieftain

A chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was allegedly found with 500 permanent voter cards (PVCs) at his residence in Benin, Edo state.

The discovery resulted in bloody clash between supporters of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) and those of the PDP.

The incident began when the PDP chief was caught trying to use someone else’s ATM card to make a withdrawal at one of the new generation banks, and was detained by security personnel who later took him to the police.

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Employer: Satek Nigeria Limited

The Company
Satek Nigeria Limited is an engineering company that specializes in consultancy, designing, supply, installation and maintenance of HVAC systems.

 

Our wide experience in industrial and domestic refrigeration & air conditioning and our overseas affiliation have placed us in a leading position in the engineering sector of Nigerian economy. Hence, our name is very synonymous with refrigeration & air condition in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Logistics/Admin Manager
Locations: North, East and Western Region

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NASS approves life pension for president, vice in new Constitution

The National Assembly, yesterday, completed the amendment of the 1999 Constitution with approval of life pension for anybody who has held office as President or Vice President, Senate President or Deputy Senate President, Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

But beneficiaries of this gesture must be occupants who successfully concluded their terms in office without removal or impeachment.

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APC writes Jonathan, Jega on using military for elections

Determined to make the federal government comply with court judgment on elections, the All Progressives Congress yesterday wrote a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan and the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega asking him to give heed to the judgment barring the involvement of soldiers in elections.

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Naira to exchange at N197/$

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, in a bid to salvage the Naira from speculators scrapped the official window where it sells dollar to end users through banks twice a week.

The Naira will now be sold at the ruling inter-bank market rate indicating an implicit devaluation of the currency. The Naira yesterday at the inter-bank market sold for N197 to the dollar.

Financial Market Dealers Quote, FMDQ, a group comprising Nigeria’s main commercial banks and the central bank, said commercial banks have also been banned from re-selling CBN dollars to other banks, another attempt to end speculation in the naira.

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