Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning:
1. No fewer than 120 people were killed in the Thursday bomb blast that occurred at the Kano Central mosque. Report says about 280 others were injured in the attack believed to be orchestrated by the Boko Haram sect. Reports show that the said Central Mosque is where the Emir, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, usually leads prayers.
2. The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has risen in defence of president Goodluck Jonathan, condemning the continuous criticism of his government by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. According to Fayose, Obasanjo had no moral justification to condemn Jonathan’s administration because he was a more corrupt leader. The Governor was speaking at a summit in Ife.
3. For insisting that he is no longer the Speaker of the House of Representative and for constantly undermining court order, Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal has asked the court to summon the IG of Police, Suleiman Abba to explain why he must not be jailed for his actions and utterances against the House and its leadership.
4. Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Friday embarked on a protest over alleged obstruction of their examination by President Goodluck Jonathan who was in their institution. The students in their protest said the visit of Mr. President to the institution subjected them to hard condition as security operatives made them to trek to their classes, stopping buses from carrying out their normal services.
5. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Oyegun, has disclosed that all aspirants seeking the party’s presidential ticket would be made to sign an undertaking during screening. He said the undertaking was imperative to ensure that the aspirants work in line with the party’s manifestoes if any of them assume office.
6. The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a suit seeking to remove Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, from office. The court, in its judgement delivered by the Justice Tanko Muhammed-led appeal panel, dismissed the suit earlier instituted by the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC.
7. President Goodluck Jonathan has directed security agents to fully investigate the Friday bomb blast in the city of Kano. The President however sympathized with the people and Government of Kano State over the attack, particularly the families who lost their loved ones to the blast.
8. Some unknown gunmen have abducted three expatriate workers in Bayelsa State. Report says the workers were kidnapped on Wednesday, at Emakalakala in Ogbia local government area of the state. The said expatriates were reportedly working for a construction firm, Elmerit before they were taken away by their abductors.
9. The Kano state Governor, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, yesterday, returned his completed nomination form to the APC’s national secretariat in Abuja. He was optimistic that he would emerge the party’s candidate for the 2015 presidential election. He however said that President Goodluck Jonathan does not deserve a second term, considering the state of the nation.
10. Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, on Friday embarked on a peaceful protest over three months salaries’ arrears, accusing the state government of deliberately victimizing them. The doctors were also protesting government recent action where it allegedly stopped residency programme at the hospital, and employing doctors as casual workers.
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