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President Jonathan has reacted to a statement released yesterday July 21st by former Head of State & Chieftain of the APC, General Buhari in which Buhari cautioned him over the use of federal agents to fight the opposition party, noting that no democracy can succeed without an opposition. In a statement which was signed by Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati, president Jonathan asked Buhari not to blame him for the woes his party, the APC, is going through. Find President Jonathan's statement below and what General Buhari said in his statement to President Jonathan after the cut... President Jonathan's statement below... We have noted with much surprise and regret, the statement issued by General Muhammadu Buhari today in which he made some wild and totally unsustainable allegations against President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Although he tries very hard to deny it in the statement titled “Pull Nigeria Back From the Brink”, there can be no doubt that General Buhari has s

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said what is needed to effectively tackle the Boko Haram menace is new and imaginative thinking, instead of sticking to the same old way of doing things – which is what the FG’s US$1 billion loan request represents. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said while no reasonable person will argue against procuring modern weapons and other needs for the military, it is absolutely important to complement the military campaign against Boko Haram with political, social and economic measures, especially because a sustained military campaign dating back to 2009 has failed to end the crisis. ”Between 2010 and 2014, a total of US$14 billion has been allocated for defence, security and the police. This year alone, the total sum is US$4 billion. Now, if US$14 billion has not clipped the wings of Boko Haram in five years, what difference can US$1 billion make if thrown into the crisis i

Prof. Selina Okoh, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo, said INEC has decided that only those who have Permanent Voter Card (PVC), would be eligible to vote in 2015 general elections. Okoh made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Tuesday. She said although INEC headquarters had canceled the initial date for the distribution of the cards in the state, a new date would soon be communicated to the electorate.  “INEC has decided that only voters with permanent voter card would be eligible to vote during the 2015 general elections and Imo will not be an exception.  “Imo is grouped in the third phase of the distribution of the permanent voter card.  “Due to logistic challenges encountered during the distribution of the cards in the first phase, the leadership of the commission adjusted the time table for the distribution of the cards’’, she said. The REC dismissed insinuations that the commission might still use the temporary voter card

Security were reportedly beefed up on Monday at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, over the alleged terrorist attack.  According to Vanguard, the measure was taken following the report that the global terrorist organization Al-Qaeda might bomb airlines travelling to the United States and other destinations by means of mobile phones or laptops. Security operatives carried out thorough screening of every passenger, who had been preliminary ordered to switch on their electronic gadgets to enable security find the devices where explosives could be planted. It was also learnt that the situation resulted in heavy traffic and queues along the airport, Ikeja road. Both people and vehicles were being screened using modern equipment while trying to access the airport premises. Neither Police Public Relations Officer at the airport Dennis Ifijen, nor the General Manager Public Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Yakubu Dati replied to comment on the situation, when co

President Goodluck Jonathan is currently presiding over a meeting of the Council of State with other top officials at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting started at about 11:40am and now is in progress. Vice President Namadi Sambo; President of the Senate, David Mark; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal; former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Shehu Shagari and former Head of the Interim National Government, Ernest Shonekan, are precent at the meeting. Others are former military Heads of State, Yakubu Gowon; Abdusalam Abubakar and Ibrahim Babangida as well as some former Chief Justices of Nigeria and state governors. Service Chiefs including the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Abubakar are waiting in the tea room of the Council Chamber venue of the meeting to brief them on security situation in the country. Embattled Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, is making a surprise appearance at the meeting. Nyako is currently in the eye

It has been revealed that if you watch television for three hours or more every day, you are at risk of an early death. A study led by Professor Miguel Martinez-Gonzalez, the Chairman of the Department of Public Health at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, showed that the risk of premature death was twofold higher for those watching three or more hours of TV a day compared to those watching one hour or less. "Television viewing is a major sedentary behaviour and there is an increasing trend toward all types of sedentary behaviours. Our findings are consistent with a range of previous studies where time spent watching television was linked to mortality," the professor said. Source:naija news

According to reports, Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama and a few other players received $130,000 ( N21 million) each as appearance fee for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. “It was not a flat rate, but some of the players like Enyeama, who were involved in both the qualifiers as well as the World Cup in Brazil got as much as $130,000,” an official told AfricanFootball.com. The money is outside the match bonus and daily allowances they were paid. Team officials were also reportedly not left out as some of them received $25,000. But According to the football site, there were disagreements over the money, particularly as regards whether those who qualified the team for Brazil 2014 should also get part of the appearance fee. "There was a big issue among the senior players whether those who were part of the qualifiers should also get something. At the end of the day, Joseph Yobo prevailed that they also have to be included. So, even some players like John Utaka & Raheem Lawal,

Around 20 armed robbers raided a Samsung plant in southeastern Brazil on Monday, leaving with 40,000 smartphones, laptops, tablets and other electronics worth $36 million that were loaded in seven trucks, police said. The thieves arrived after midnight at the plant in Campinas, a city near Sao Paulo, taking guards and 200 employees hostage, a local police spokesman told AFP. Witnesses told the G1 news website that the robbers, who had staff ID badges, were not aggressive. They ordered everyone to remove their phones’ batteries to prevent them from making calls. They stayed at the plant for three hours and knew exactly where the most valuable merchandise was located, witnesses said. Samsung said in a statement that nobody was injured and that the South Korea-based company was cooperating with the investigation. Source:vanguard news