They Are Attacking Me Because Of 2015 - Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday hit back at  his critics and opposition parties, accusing them of  painting his  administration “bad before the global community.”
He therefore warned that  he would  not allow their selfish  ambition for the 2015 general election  to destroy the country. His warning is coming six days after an 18-page letter in which a  former President, Chief  Olusegun Obasanjo, made scathing remarks about  his  administration was made public. It also came less than 24 hours after the opposition All Progressives Congress called on the National Assembly to immediately    commence impeachment proceeding against Jonathan for alleged gross misconduct.
Although he  has yet to personally respond to Obasanjo’s letter and the APC’s  call for his impeachment, the   Peoples Democratic Movement  and the  Nigeria Labour Congress on Monday, said he needed to do so because the allegations levelled against him by the former President were weighty.
At a  lecture and award ceremony in Abuja on Monday, Jonathan told his critics to be cautious in attacking his administration because it was the selfish ambition  of some politicians that   led to the “wrongful overthrow”  of   the  Shehu Shagari administration in 1983.
He was represented at  the  annual  lecture, the  third in a series  by Nigerian Pilot Newspapers and Nigerian Newsworld,  by the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku.
The President claimed that  the  criticisms against his administration were not constructive enough to challenge his  development strides.
Jonathan,who  said he had  developed a “thick skin against such criticisms”, however advised politicians to thread with caution as their actions could destabilise the democractic structures already in place in the country.
He said, “There is a difference between ambition and reality. Go for your ambition, nobody is disturbing you because it is a free world. Go and compete, but don’t pull down this country called Nigeria because of your personal ambition. It is unacceptable.
“I think there is a difference between debates and insults. I reject insults and the fact that I am a public officer doesn’t give anybody the liberty to insult me. Most of the time you cannot detach the Office of the President and honour of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“There are people who are honestly trying to put things down for this country to move on. I think we can see the difference between facts and fiction.
“Let us not continue to behave as if we can pull down our own house; we as politicians and public servants should not behave as if we were picked on the streets. You don’t just go and pour acid on the faces of public officers.
“When Shagari was overthrown in 1983, there was a lot of noise that the government was not doing anything and nothing was not said about Shagari’s regime.
“Shagari was overthrown amidst lies….The greatest shame of this country is Ajaokuta Steel Complex. If Shagari was there, by 1986, he would have completed Ajaokuta.”
But Maku took a swipe at  the media, stressing that on a daily basis, they were  awash with highly fictional information.
He said, “If you look through our media reports today, we see insults and abuses, every day. If somebody did not abuse Mr. President, it will look as if there is no journalism on that day.
“We are talking about our country, our nation’s institutions and democracy;  we are talking about setting standards for this democracy, standards of behaviour, standards of conduct and standards of principles of behaviour and every democracy must be parliamentary. We should not go personal, but we are going too personal.”
Maku  compared  the media   to   a mirror,  which when  broken, gives  a false image.
He said, “We must not destroy the mirror and present the image as ugly.
“The mirror is very important in conveying the good image of our people. We have completely ignored issues on the ground and we are embarking on personality debates.
“The way we are sensationalising the development of this nation in public debates,  is so annoying and it is not supposed to be so. I am a big time journalist.
“But there is a difference between reporting events and articulating a position because the media are supposed to articulate public debates. When the media embark  on abuse and insults, the people will be confused.”
He also stated that the liberty being enjoyed by Nigerians  had  been taken for granted simply because   “the  President   believes in the rule of law.”

Culled from  Naij.....

59-yr-old man defiles 7-yr-old girl

AKURE — POLICE in OndoState is quizzing a top official of the Akure Zonal Office of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr. Boma Benibo, 59, for allegedly defilling a seven-year-old girl.

Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at the residence of the suspect, 18, Kola Ogunmola Street, Ijapo Estate, Akure, lastTuesday. The suspect resides in the same building with the parents of the victim. It was learnt that the girl (names withheld)used to visit  the suspect’s flat often to play. But the unexpected happened last week when she visited and was there for over two hours which made her mother became suspicious. On getting to the suspect’s apartment, she discovered her daughter was not her usual self and after a brief interrogation she pointed at her private part. Further interrogation, according to reports, showed that the suspect had touched her private part. The father of the girl, Mr  Rotimi Babadipe, immediately reported the matter at the Ijapo police station and the suspect was picked up. Contacted, the state Police image maker, Wole Ogodo,  confirmed the incident. Ogodo  said: “The police was going to do a medical test on the girl to ascertain if Benibo actually penetrated her. “Yes, it is true, but we have a little problem to resolve, because the girl, on interrogation, said the man was fiddling with his private part and did not penetrate her. “The police is trying to take her to the hospital so that a proper medical examination will be done to determine the fact of the matter.”

AKURE — POLICE in OndoState is quizzing a top official of the Akure Zonal Office of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr. Boma Benibo, 59, for allegedly defilling a seven-year-old girl.
Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at the residence of the suspect, 18, Kola Ogunmola Street, Ijapo Estate, Akure, lastTuesday.
The suspect resides in the same building with the parents of the victim.
It was learnt that the girl (names withheld)used to visit  the suspect’s flat often to play.
But the unexpected happened last week when she visited and was there for over two hours which made her mother became suspicious.
On getting to the suspect’s apartment, she discovered her daughter was not her usual self and after a brief interrogation she pointed at her private part.
Further interrogation, according to reports, showed that the suspect had touched her private part.
The father of the girl, Mr  Rotimi Babadipe, immediately reported the matter at the Ijapo police station and the suspect was picked up.
Contacted, the state Police image maker, Wole Ogodo,  confirmed the incident.
Ogodo  said: “The police was going to do a medical test on the girl to ascertain if Benibo actually penetrated her.
“Yes, it is true, but we have a little problem to resolve, because the girl, on interrogation, said the man was fiddling with his private part and did not penetrate her.
“The police is trying to take her to the hospital so that a proper medical examination will be done to determine the fact of the matter.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/59-yr-old-man-defiles-7-yr-old-girl/#sthash.oEqLmWsb.dpuf

AKURE — POLICE in OndoState is quizzing a top official of the Akure Zonal Office of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr. Boma Benibo, 59, for allegedly defilling a seven-year-old girl.
Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at the residence of the suspect, 18, Kola Ogunmola Street, Ijapo Estate, Akure, lastTuesday.
The suspect resides in the same building with the parents of the victim.
It was learnt that the girl (names withheld)used to visit  the suspect’s flat often to play.
But the unexpected happened last week when she visited and was there for over two hours which made her mother became suspicious.
On getting to the suspect’s apartment, she discovered her daughter was not her usual self and after a brief interrogation she pointed at her private part.
Further interrogation, according to reports, showed that the suspect had touched her private part.
The father of the girl, Mr  Rotimi Babadipe, immediately reported the matter at the Ijapo police station and the suspect was picked up.
Contacted, the state Police image maker, Wole Ogodo,  confirmed the incident.
Ogodo  said: “The police was going to do a medical test on the girl to ascertain if Benibo actually penetrated her.
“Yes, it is true, but we have a little problem to resolve, because the girl, on interrogation, said the man was fiddling with his private part and did not penetrate her.
“The police is trying to take her to the hospital so that a proper medical examination will be done to determine the fact of the matter.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/59-yr-old-man-defiles-7-yr-old-girl/#sthash.oEqLmWsb.dpuf

AKURE — POLICE in OndoState is quizzing a top official of the Akure Zonal Office of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr. Boma Benibo, 59, for allegedly defilling a seven-year-old girl.

Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at the residence of the suspect, 18, Kola Ogunmola Street, Ijapo Estate, Akure, lastTuesday.

The suspect resides in the same building with the parents of the victim.

It was learnt that the girl (names withheld)used to visit  the suspect’s flat often to play.

But the unexpected happened last week when she visited and was there for over two hours which made her mother became suspicious.

On getting to the suspect’s apartment, she discovered her daughter was not her usual self and after a brief interrogation she pointed at her private part.

Further interrogation, according to reports, showed that the suspect had touched her private part.

The father of the girl, Mr  Rotimi Babadipe, immediately reported the matter at the Ijapo police station and the suspect was picked up.

Contacted, the state Police image maker, Wole Ogodo,  confirmed the incident.

Ogodo  said: “The police was going to do a medical test on the girl to ascertain if Benibo actually penetrated her.

“Yes, it is true, but we have a little problem to resolve, because the girl, on interrogation, said the man was fiddling with his private part and did not penetrate her.

“The police is trying to take her to the hospital so that a proper medical examination will be done to determine the fact of the matter.”

AKURE — POLICE in OndoState is quizzing a top official of the Akure Zonal Office of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr. Boma Benibo, 59, for allegedly defilling a seven-year-old girl.

Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at the residence of the suspect, 18, Kola Ogunmola Street, Ijapo Estate, Akure, lastTuesday.

The suspect resides in the same building with the parents of the victim.

It was learnt that the girl (names withheld)used to visit  the suspect’s flat often to play.

But the unexpected happened last week when she visited and was there for over two hours which made her mother became suspicious.

On getting to the suspect’s apartment, she discovered her daughter was not her usual self and after a brief interrogation she pointed at her private part.

Further interrogation, according to reports, showed that the suspect had touched her private part.

The father of the girl, Mr  Rotimi Babadipe, immediately reported the matter at the Ijapo police station and the suspect was picked up.

Contacted, the state Police image maker, Wole Ogodo,  confirmed the incident.

Ogodo  said: “The police was going to do a medical test on the girl to ascertain if Benibo actually penetrated her.

“Yes, it is true, but we have a little problem to resolve, because the girl, on interrogation, said the man was fiddling with his private part and did not penetrate her.

“The police is trying to take her to the hospital so that a proper medical examination will be done to determine the fact of the matter.”

23 Rivers LG bosses decamp to APC

PORT HARCOURT— Twenty-three local government chairmen in Rivers State have defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, assuring that they would mobilise grassroots support for the party.

Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government and Chairman Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers state, Mr. Chimbiko Akarolo, who spoke on behalf of the others during a meeting with the acting chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Davies Ikanya, said they were going to work for the victory of   the party in their local governments in all elections. He said: “We want to assure you (referring to the APC Chairman) that we will work with you collectively.  We want to reassure you that as mobilisers and grassroots politicians, we are leaders, we will not disappoint this party. “We want to reassure you that as various leaders in the various LGAs, we will continue to sensitize our people on the programmes of our party sensitize them and re-engineer them on the manifesto of our party and where the party is going to and how progressive the party is.”

Culled from Vanguard….

PORT HARCOURT— Twenty-three local government chairmen in Rivers State have defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, assuring that they would mobilise grassroots support for the party.
Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government and Chairman Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers state, Mr. Chimbiko Akarolo, who spoke on behalf of the others during a meeting with the acting chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Davies Ikanya, said they were going to work for the victory of   the party in their local governments in all elections.
He said: “We want to assure you (referring to the APC Chairman) that we will work with you collectively.  We want to reassure you that as mobilisers and grassroots politicians, we are leaders, we will not disappoint this party.
“We want to reassure you that as various leaders in the various LGAs, we will continue to sensitize our people on the programmes of our party sensitize them and re-engineer them on the manifesto of our party and where the party is going to and how progressive the party is.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/23-rivers-lg-bosses-decamp-apc/#sthash.x4wSrELS.fSs7kUcy.dpuf

PORT HARCOURT— Twenty-three local government chairmen in Rivers State have defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, assuring that they would mobilise grassroots support for the party.

Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government and Chairman Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers state, Mr. Chimbiko Akarolo, who spoke on behalf of the others during a meeting with the acting chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Davies Ikanya, said they were going to work for the victory of   the party in their local governments in all elections.

He said: “We want to assure you (referring to the APC Chairman) that we will work with you collectively.  We want to reassure you that as mobilisers and grassroots politicians, we are leaders, we will not disappoint this party.

“We want to reassure you that as various leaders in the various LGAs, we will continue to sensitize our people on the programmes of our party sensitize them and re-engineer them on the manifesto of our party and where the party is going to and how progressive the party is.”

Culled from Vanguard….

PORT HARCOURT— Twenty-three local government chairmen in Rivers State have defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, assuring that they would mobilise grassroots support for the party.

Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government and Chairman Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers state, Mr. Chimbiko Akarolo, who spoke on behalf of the others during a meeting with the acting chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Davies Ikanya, said they were going to work for the victory of   the party in their local governments in all elections.

He said: “We want to assure you (referring to the APC Chairman) that we will work with you collectively.  We want to reassure you that as mobilisers and grassroots politicians, we are leaders, we will not disappoint this party.

“We want to reassure you that as various leaders in the various LGAs, we will continue to sensitize our people on the programmes of our party sensitize them and re-engineer them on the manifesto of our party and where the party is going to and how progressive the party is.”

Culled from Vanguard….

PORT HARCOURT— Twenty-three local government chairmen in Rivers State have defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, assuring that they would mobilise grassroots support for the party.
Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government and Chairman Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers state, Mr. Chimbiko Akarolo, who spoke on behalf of the others during a meeting with the acting chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Davies Ikanya, said they were going to work for the victory of   the party in their local governments in all elections.
He said: “We want to assure you (referring to the APC Chairman) that we will work with you collectively.  We want to reassure you that as mobilisers and grassroots politicians, we are leaders, we will not disappoint this party.
“We want to reassure you that as various leaders in the various LGAs, we will continue to sensitize our people on the programmes of our party sensitize them and re-engineer them on the manifesto of our party and where the party is going to and how progressive the party is.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/23-rivers-lg-bosses-decamp-apc/#sthash.x4wSrELS.fSs7kUcy.dpuf

PORT HARCOURT— Twenty-three local government chairmen in Rivers State have defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, assuring that they would mobilise grassroots support for the party.
Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government and Chairman Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers state, Mr. Chimbiko Akarolo, who spoke on behalf of the others during a meeting with the acting chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Davies Ikanya, said they were going to work for the victory of   the party in their local governments in all elections.
He said: “We want to assure you (referring to the APC Chairman) that we will work with you collectively.  We want to reassure you that as mobilisers and grassroots politicians, we are leaders, we will not disappoint this party.
“We want to reassure you that as various leaders in the various LGAs, we will continue to sensitize our people on the programmes of our party sensitize them and re-engineer them on the manifesto of our party and where the party is going to and how progressive the party is.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/23-rivers-lg-bosses-decamp-apc/#sthash.x4wSrELS.fSs7kUcy.dpuf

PORT HARCOURT— Twenty-three local government chairmen in Rivers State have defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, assuring that they would mobilise grassroots support for the party.
Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government and Chairman Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers state, Mr. Chimbiko Akarolo, who spoke on behalf of the others during a meeting with the acting chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Davies Ikanya, said they were going to work for the victory of   the party in their local governments in all elections.
He said: “We want to assure you (referring to the APC Chairman) that we will work with you collectively.  We want to reassure you that as mobilisers and grassroots politicians, we are leaders, we will not disappoint this party.
“We want to reassure you that as various leaders in the various LGAs, we will continue to sensitize our people on the programmes of our party sensitize them and re-engineer them on the manifesto of our party and where the party is going to and how progressive the party is.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/23-rivers-lg-bosses-decamp-apc/#sthash.x4wSrELS.fSs7kUcy.dpuf