The Oba of Lagos, Oba Railwan Akiolu, on Thursday said that President Goodluck Jonathan should not be blamed for the problems of Nigeria.

Akiolu said this while receiving Jonathan at his palace in Lagos.

He said that many of the problems in the country predated the Jonathan administration.

The President was in the Lagos State for the flag-off of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) presidential campaign at the Tafawa Balewa Square.

He was in the Oba’s palace to pay homage to him and seek his blessings before going to the campaign venue.
Akiolu said that fighting corruption was the responsibility of every Nigerian.

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Chief John Oyegun, National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC on Saturday said that 2015 was God's appointed time for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to lose the presidential election. 

According to THIS DAY, speaking in Ifaki Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State during the 60th birthday of the former governor Segun Oni, Oyegun said, "APC is a party whose time has come. APC is a party with welfarist and people-oriented programmes. 

"But let me say here that youth employment will be priority on our agenda, apart from the fact that we will do everything possible to protect the lives of the Nigerian citizens. Whatever that will take us to end insurgency, we are going to do it; we are not going to steal public money the way the PDP is doing.”

Governors on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP are gearing up for a major battle with President Goodluck Jonathan and the party's national chairman, Adamu Mu'azu. 

Strong indications have emerged that governors elected on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) are poised for a showdown with the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu and Senate President David Mark over the collapse of the deal President Goodluck Jonathan had sealed with them a month ago.

To express their grievances, the governors are expected to meet with President Jonathan on Tuesday night ostensibly to extract “some commitment from him” before his ratification during the December 10 national convention of the party.

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Photos showing the suspected Russian plane carrying ammunition to Chad have been released, and there is a large cache of AK-47s, bullet proof vests and even a helicopter. 

The jet, labelled AH-124-100 is a heavy military transport expert. It is described as one of the biggest serial and strategy lifters in the world. 

Photo credit: Premium Times. 

A recent article written by Herskovits, a History Professor at the State University of New York and published on the Vanguard newspaper has stated that America may have have acted less than fairly as far as religious lines are concerned in the Boko Haram situation. 

Herskovits also suggested, mildly, that neither Nigeria nor USA has cared to investigate the true nature of Boko Haram. The writer believes that other opportunistic criminals may have already hijacked the 'Boko Haram' umbrella to exact their own hidden, twisted agenda. 

"But the news media and American policy makers are chasing an elusive and ill-defined threat; there is no proof that a well-organized, ideologically coherent terrorist group called Boko Haram even exists today," says Herskovits. "Evidence suggests instead that, while the original core ... Read more »