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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against further plots to remove any of its remaining governors. The warning came against the background of the removal of Ádmiral Murtala Nyako as Adamawa State governor by the PDP-dominated House of Assembly and a similar process going on in Nasarawa State amid fears that there could be a repeat of these in some other APC states. APC’s spokesperson, Alhaji Lai Mohammed confirmed the fears to Saturday Tribune on Friday but that the party was not folding its arms on the threats and would do everything to thwart such plots. While he was not specific on steps being taken to tackle the presidency and the PDP, the APC spokesperson, however, warned rather ominously that “the current moves to decapitate the APC will end in the decapitation of Nigeria.” Mohammed also stated that his party was monitoring the development and circumstances in which Jonathan’s former boss and...

The end of the road story of the Malaysian Airlines jet Flight 17 continues to dominate world headlines. It is a story in a state of flux, with new details surfacing each hour. What is known is this: 298 innocent people are dead, with finger pointing on the part of Ukrainian government officials, who blame pro-Russian separatists in the eastern half of that country for the attack, the most recent in the five-month conflict. In a statement aired today, Ukraine’s prime minister, Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk, asserted that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 had been shot down by “Russian-led terrorists”, guilty of a “crime against humanity.” Yatsenyuk pleaded with the international community help Ukraine “to bring to justice all these bastards who committed this international crime.” Also at today’s United Nations Security Council meeting, Ukraine’s United Nations ambassador, Yuriy Sergeyev, faulted separatist rebels for the crash, claiming they used antiaircraft missile technology “supplied to ...

The word "impeachment" derives from Latin roots expressing the idea of becoming caught or entrapped, and has analogues in the modern French verb empêcher (to prevent) and the modern English impede. Medieval popular etymology also associated it (wrongly) with derivations from the Latin impetere (to attack). (In its more frequent and more technical usage, impeachment of a person in the role of a witness is the act of challenging the honesty or credibility of that person.) The process should not be confused with a recall election. A recall election is usually initiated by voters and can be based on "political charges", for example mismanagement, whereas impeachment is initiated by a constitutional body (usually a legislative body) and is usually, but not always, based on an indictable offense. The process of removing the official is also different. Impeachment was first used in the British political system. Specifically, the process was first used by the English ...

With the impeachment of Gov. Nyako of Adamawa state still hot in the oven; there are reports of the “Nyako Treatment” being planned for several other governors in Nigeria. The focus seems to be mostly the governors that defected to the APC from the PDP, with many commentators happy about this development calling it democracy in action. New Telegraph Nigeria Before I reveal my analysis of the situation I will like to lay something to rest. Those that say the President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP have nothing to do with these fresh “impeachment movement” are in my view turning the truth on its head. I heard somebody say that it was simply an Adamawa domestic political machinery that got rid of Nyako. Well…nothing can be further from the truth. It is like saying that David had nothing to do with the death of Uriah in the Bible. That it was Joab and the mighty men that departed from him at the fore front of the hottest battle that killed him. As many know; that is only part of th...

The Boko Haram pandemic which has generated intense agony, anguish and bloodletting since President Jonathan’s victory in the 2011 Presidential election appears to be a pet project of Emirs and the Northern elders. We have kept sealed lips on the rampaging Boko Haram menace in the hope that they would see reason to withdraw from the carnage and tribulation which its activities have unleashed on the hapless and helpless citizens of this much maligned country. Long before the ongoing Boko Haram menace, there were other kindred groups such as Maitasine, the ELZakzaki group and several others. Perhaps, what makes Boko Haram group spectacular is that there are empirical and cogent facts to lend credence to the fact that the group is a pet project of Northern elders and the Emirs. It is pertinent to state that the ongoing Boko Haram menace is a fallout of the Fatwa which was made by the Sultan of Sokoto ...

"If you're looking for logic and clarity and well-thought-out strategy in a group like Boko Haram, you're going to come up wanting," journalist Alex Perry, author of the Newsweek cover story on the group and of the e-book The Hunt for Boko Haram: Investigating the Terror Tearing Nigeria Apart, told NPR. "This is not smart jihadi thinking. These guys are really badly educated. They're dumb, essentially." There have been an estimated 92 Boko Haram attacks during the first half of 2014, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. The group aims to enforce and Islamic state, despite Nigeria being home to a Christian majority in its population of 170 million. A report released by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in June showed the extent of Boko Haram's violence and the movement of Nigerians: View photo . IDMC Nigeria has Africa's largest internally displaced population, and the group's bloody insurgency has forced about 250,...

The Nigerian deadly group Boko Haram attacked the northeastern Nigerian town of Damboa before dawn on Friday, "piling up corpses" and setting half the town, just 53 miles from Borno state capital Maiduguri, ablaze. Residents had been preparing for the 5 a.m. prayers when the group attacked. The civilian defense fighters had only clubs and homemade shotguns to fight back, according to the AP. This attack follows two weeks of violence surrounding Damboa, which began when the extremists attacked a new tank battalion base on July 4. Though the Defense Ministry reported a win, saying they killed 50 insurgents and repelled the attack, locals told the AP the soldiers had actually been driven from the base and that extremists have twice ambushed military convoys attempting to reenter in the past week. The efforts of Boko Haram (which means "Western education is sinful") have resulted in thousands of deaths in recent years. In April, the group abducted more than 200 gi...

The government wants the former Chief of Defence Staff arrested and prosecuted over alleged looting of Adamawa State treasury and treason against Nigeria. There were clear indications last night that security agents, who have been combing Yola and Abuja for Nyako, were frustrated over their inability to trace his whereabouts fueling impression that the axed governor is on the run. According to a competent source in Yola, Nyako’s security aides are said to have ferried him out of Yola to an undisclosed location the same day he was sacked from office. Although, many believe that the former governor was still in Yola, other sources claim he had travelled to Saudi Arabia while some say he is in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. Nyako not on the run—Aide Nyako’s spokesman, Sajoh Ahmed said yesterday that his boss was not on the run. “Governor is not on the run. He left Yola on the same day of the impeachment. I don’t know where he is at the moment. I am now in my own house. It is w...

African universities have made critical advancement in consolidating Space Science disciplines in their curricula, which can likewise be shown by the case of the University of Nairobi, Kenya now offering a Bachelor's degree program in Astronomy and Astrophysics, a workshop on stargazing was told in Kigali, Rwanda. As indicated by members at the workshop, various different colleges in the area are at present creating comparable curricula, which can to a huge degree be credited to the effective systems administration and offering of ability between the nations. These practices demonstrate critically imperative for showing and directing understudies crosswise over East Africa. Based on the "Part of Astronomy in Socio-Economic Transformation," this workshop went for reinforcing limit assembling in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science as a rule, while giving a discussion to stargazers from the locale to prepare adolescent and approaching researchers. This workshop gav...

The bank theft episode which happened on Thursday evening in Modakeke, Osun State, asserted no less than 10 lives. Equipped burglars were said to have attacked two banks spotted in the town and trucked away an immense whole of cash. Our journalist accumulated that 10 individuals, including two bank laborers were shot dead amid the operation. Sources told our journalist that the eight burglars landed in the town in a vehicle and moved straight to one of the banks and began utilizing unstable to draw down its divider while some of them shot straightforwardly at the security avenue to tear it open. An inhabitant of the town told our journalist that the individuals were killed amid the operation which kept up for almost one hour. The inhabitant clarified that some bank laborers were slaughtered while travelers in a transport passing by were hit by the projectiles terminated by the criminals and some of them passed on. The inhabitant said in spite of the fact that policemen went to the scen...

The initiative of the All Progressives Congress on Friday in Abuja held a mystery meeting in Abuja to strategise on the most proficient method to stop the claimed plot to impugn the Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura. A source said that the APC initiative focused on the need to fabricate a powerful backing for the troubled representative. The source, who did not need his name specified in light of the fact that he was not approved to identify with the media said, "The gathering did not keep going long. It was a mystery meeting. Its real object was to assemble hearty backing for Al-Makura, who is, no doubt bothered for no worthy motivation. "It was concurred that we unite a group of attorneys to assist investigate our legitimate alternatives to stop the arranged arraignment." In a related advancement, a previous break Publicity Secretary of the Ondo State section of the APC, Rotimi Fashakin, said "the Peoples Democratic Party-roused invasion against the...

A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet which crashed as it flew over eastern Ukraine with 295 people on board was reportedly shot down, Al Jazeera reports. The aircraft, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was travelling at an altitude of 10,000 metres when it was shot down on Thursday, Russia’s Interfax reported. An adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry told the news agency the Boeing 777 was brought down by a Buk ground-to-air missile. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko denied his armed forces were involved in the downing of the airliner. “Armed Forces of Ukraine did not take action against any airborne targets,” Poroshenko said. Malaysian Airlines confirmed it had lost contact with flight MH17 from Amsterdam, saying the aircraft was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew on board. “Malaysia Airlines confirms it received notification from Ukrainian ATC that it had lost contact with flight MH17 at 1415 (GMT) at 30km from Tamak waypoint, approximate...

Not long from now will stamp the first run through the day has been praised without Madiba, and the fifth year since the UN announced July 18 – the birthday of the opposition to politically-sanctioned racial segregation progressive – the worldwide day went for "uniting individuals to battle destitution and push peace and compromise." Rolihlahla Mandela was naturally introduced to the Madiba faction in the town of Mvezo, Transkei, on 18 July 1918. His mother was Nonqaphi Nosekeni and his father was Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, foremost advisor to the Acting King of the Thembu individuals, Jongintaba Dalindyebo. In 1930, when he was 12 years of age, his father passed on and the junior Rolihlahla turned into a ward of Jongintaba at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni.* Listening to the senior citizens' stories of his predecessors' valor throughout the wars of safety, he envisioned likewise of making his commitment to the opportunity battle of his people....which HE...