Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning:
1. The Council State after its Thursday meeting which lasted for over seven hours has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to go ahead and ensure that the 2015 elections hold as scheduled, despite several concerns raised at the meeting.
2. Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has taken a position as far as February elections is concerned. He said President Goodluck Jonathan must not be considered for a second term. While speaking with some youths at a programme titled, ‘Vision of the Child’ in Lagos on Thursday, he said there are 60 reasons why Jonathan should not be re-elected on February 14, saying he has failed as a leader.
3. Report says troops of Multi National Joint Task Force have killed a very senior and founding member of the Boko Haram sect. Though the identity of the commander was not revealed, report says he was killed in one of the joint raids carried out by Nigerian troops and their counterparts from Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
4. The audit report submitted to the Federal government by a firm of forensic auditors, PriceWaterHouseCoopers has indicted the NNPC as it has been asked to return to the Federation Account “a minimum of $1.48bn as the fund was used for some questionable transactions.
5. The Lagos State Government has declared Friday (today) a work-free day for its workers. It also asked employers of the private Sector to release their workers early enough to enable those of them who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards to do so. This was contained in a statement issued by the Head of Service, Mrs. Oluseyi Williams.
1. The Council State after its Thursday meeting which lasted for over seven hours has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to go ahead and ensure that the 2015 elections hold as scheduled, despite several concerns raised at the meeting.
2. Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has taken a position as far as February elections is concerned. He said President Goodluck Jonathan must not be considered for a second term. While speaking with some youths at a programme titled, ‘Vision of the Child’ in Lagos on Thursday, he said there are 60 reasons why Jonathan should not be re-elected on February 14, saying he has failed as a leader.
3. Report says troops of Multi National Joint Task Force have killed a very senior and founding member of the Boko Haram sect. Though the identity of the commander was not revealed, report says he was killed in one of the joint raids carried out by Nigerian troops and their counterparts from Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
4. The audit report submitted to the Federal government by a firm of forensic auditors, PriceWaterHouseCoopers has indicted the NNPC as it has been asked to return to the Federation Account “a minimum of $1.48bn as the fund was used for some questionable transactions.
5. The Lagos State Government has declared Friday (today) a work-free day for its workers. It also asked employers of the private Sector to release their workers early enough to enable those of them who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards to do so. This was contained in a statement issued by the Head of Service, Mrs. Oluseyi Williams.
6. For the third time, a group of militants, under the aegis of Mangrove Boys of Bayelsa, has warned the wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, to stay away from the presidential campaign holding in Bayelsa State today. The group also cautioned the First Lady against any plan to use the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria to embarrass Governor Seriake Dickson at the rally today.
7. Supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan, named Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly, led by Chief Edwin Clark, on Thursday in Abuja demanded that the INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega be made to resign his position as the INEC Chairman. They are accusing Jega of conniving with Northern leaders to rig Jonathan out of office.
8. APC Governors, otherwise known as the Progressive Governors Forum, have said they were satisfied with the outcome of the Council of State meeting which held on Thursday at the State House, Abuja. This is contained in a communiqué signed by Gov. Rochas Okorocha, Chairman.
9. A youth organisation identified as the South-West Youth Forum has rejected the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan, saying that he does not deserve a second term as he has failed to deal with corruption and insecurity in the country. The group also said it was wrong for anyone to use Afenifere as the face of the South-West support for the President.
10. The Department of State Service has warned residents of Osun state against engaging in any act of violence before and after the verdict on the disputes arising from the Osun State governorship election that will be delivered today (Friday).
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