Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning, Monday 14th July 2014 1. The Labour Party in Ogun state as well as the Peoples Democratic Party and the faction of the All Progressives Congress led by one-time governor, Olusegun Osoba, will work together to ensure that Governor Ibikunle Amosun does not return to the state Government House, Oke-Mosan, come 2015 general elections. This disclosure was made Sunday night to DailyPost by a former Governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. In an exclusive interview, OGD as fondly called, said his recent consultative meetings with the governor-elect of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and other prominent stakeholders was all geared towards dethroning the Amosun-led administration. 2. Leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau has in a 16 minutes video released on Saturday through AFP claimed responsibility for the recent explosions in both Abuja and Lagos. Even though, Lagos government denied that the explosion was a bomb attack, Shekau said that despite their denial, Allah knows the truth. 3. The Nigeria Army has reacted to an online report that some of its Generals had embezzled about $43M meant for the settlement of its men on peace keeping mission. In a post on its website, the Army said that though some of its officers who returned from peace keeping have not been paid, there has never been any issue of fund embezzlement by its Senior Officers. 4. Internet fraudsters have opened some accounts in the social media in the name of the Sokoto State Governor, Al haji Aliyu Wamakko. Confirming the development, Malam Abubakar Dangusau, special assistant on press affairs to the governor, advised members of the public to beware of such fraudsters and to disregard all messages from Facebook on behalf of the Governor. 5. Weeks after the Ekiti State election, where the PDP emerged victorious, the APC has approached an election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja to challenge the outcome of the election, which it said was stylistically rigged. Details of the petition have not been made available to Mr. 10 Things yet. 6. People of Chibok in Borno state have said that they no longer have hope that the military can protect them against Boko Haram, hence they should be relocated before they are wiped out by the sect. Different Chibok residents who spoke with journalists in a Media briefing made the demands. 7. The Nigeria Navy at the weekend, took steps to clear the traffic jam in the Apapa area for easy movement. The Force said it had deployed a large number of its officers and men to work along other security agencies to ensure flow of vehicular movement in the area. 8. The leader of the APC in Kwara State Sen Abubakar Bukola Saraki has congratulates the new SA Students to the Gov of Kwara State. In his Congratulatory message to the newly appointed Special Assistant on Students Matters to the Kwara state Governor, Comrade Patrick Adewumi Adekunle from Oke-Ero as it appeared on the Senators facebook wall and the tweeter, he said the appointment was timely and well deserved gesture from the Kwara state government which places the students as integral part of our society. The post read, I commend Our Governor, His Excellency, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed for his keen and fatherly interest in educational development in Kwara state which he has demonstrated through the appointment of the SA Students Matters. I want to use the opportunity to charge the entire students community in Kwara state- from campus to campus and unions to unions to unite with the state government through the SA Students Matters in order to ensure students in Kwara state emerge best among others in welfare, social, academic and communal activities. 9. The 9 PDP lawmakers in Edo state have vowed to continue plenary despite that court ruling that barred them from sitting. They said they will commence sitting as from today at the Anthony Enahoro Assembly, arguing that they have already appealed the High Court ruling. 10. Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan had during the weekend warned students in the state’s tertiary institution to avoid cultism and other social vices, saying that any student caught indulging in such activities will be expelled. Uduaghan spoke at the first convocation ceremony of the state polytechnic, Ozoro, Delta state.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:28:50 +0000
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