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President Goodluck Jonathaan . On F riday , said he had lived up to his campaign pledge to Nigerians that he would make the power sector a priority for his administration. Jonathan spoke during the inauguration of the Olorunsogo II power station in Ogun state. The power plant is a 750MW Nigerian Integrated Power Project.    "I have lived up to my campaign pledge to make the power sector a priority," Jonathan told the gathering that included members of the federal Executive Council, Peoples Democratic Party chiefs from ogun state and leading traditional rulers. Jonathan said although it was capital intensive to make a difference in the power sector, his administration had been tackling it headlong.      He said the short interface between public ownership of power sector to private sector would soon be over. With that session over,the president said Nigerians would begin to take power for granted in the next two years. He said,"the interface between...

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday doused fears of another postponement of the general election , saying the polls date would not be changed . He stated this at the Naval Dockyard,Victoria Island,Lagos.during the commissioning of four new vessels to boost the capacity of the Nigerian Navy. The President,who expressed satisfaction at the ongoing war against the BOKO Haram sect, emphatically said the military will rout the terrorists,thereby providing conducive atmosphere for elections to be conducted in the northeast part of the country. Jonathan assured Nigerians that the areas currently dominated by the terrorists will be liberated before the elections, just as he reiterated his administration's commitment to improving the capacity of the Armed Forces. He restated his commitment to the unity of the nation adding that the federal government has placed premium on national security,including food security and employment generation. According to the pres...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a motion to summon the Chairman of  the Independent National  Electoral Commission,Prof. Attahiru Jega,over the postponement of the earlier scheduled February 14 poll. The motion,which was moved by House Deputy Majority Leader,Mr Leo Ogor ,failed in a voice vote at the session presided over by speaker,mr Aminu  Tambuwal. Ogor,who is from  Delta State ,had told the House that INEC Postponed the elections to march 28 owing to security challenges. But,he noted that there was still the need to hear from Jega on whether INEC was really prepared for the elections on the rescheduled date. "Mr speaker,we have to invite the INEC chairman to know how prepared they are for the elections," he stated. When Tambuwal put the motion to vote,it failed in a resounding voice vote. The motion failed about the time Jega appeared before the Senate to answer questions on the readiness of his commission for the elections. while t...

The Defence Headquarters has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an embarrassment to the military institution. The Defence Headquarters made the comment in a statement posted on its facebook page while reacting to a statement credited to the former president that the General elections were postponed to enable the president to use the service chiefs for tenure extension . The defence authorities accused the former president of politicising serious national security and military issues. It was said that while Obasanjo's intentions remained unclear,his motives for making such utterances were less than noble. The statement stressed that Obasanjo's claims were false. It was also said that it was rather surprising that Obasanjo opted to ignore the assurances by the Defence authorities in a statement that the military would continue to be a political. The military said that while it had the desire to accord some respect to Obasanjo and his views,the statemen...

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Former President,Olusegun Obasanjo on monday left his guests at his Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta with bated breath when he tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card in their presence. The guests,who are leaders of the PDP from Obasanjo's ward arrived his former residence in Ita Eko,where he registered, visited the ex-president to express their concern with his recent utterances against the government of President Goodluck Jonathan and what he considered as the President's role in the postponement of the general elections from february to march . Obasanjo had alleged on Saturday that Jonathan had a 'grand plan' to scuttle democracy in the country through the poll shift,accusing the President of trying to win the presidential poll 'through hook or crook'. The guests in Abeokuta had told the former Head of State that they had come to plead with him to stop his criticisms of the incumbent President. They also informed him of the feelers that they were ...