Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning:
1. Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Thursday boasted that she cannot be threatened by anybody or group should she decide to visit any part of the country. While reacting to a statement issued by two groups in Bayelsa, threatening to disgrace her if she attends the February 5 rally, Mrs Jonathan through her media assistant, Ayo Adewuyi, said she was not moved by the threat.
2. For the second time in a row, President Jonathan’s campaign rally was attacked in Bauchi state by broom wielding youth who clearly rejected his candidacy for the Febuary’s polls. Report says the youths first blocked the motorcade of the President on Nasarawa Street as it was heading to the palace of the Emir of Bauchi. The embarrassment continued at the Ibrahim Babangida Square, venue of the campaign rally where some youth again threw stones at them.
3. The National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki(retd.), has requested for the postponement of next month’s elections. According to Dasuki, the postponement will give the Independent National Electoral Commission time to distribute over 30 million outstanding Permanent Voter Cards to Nigerians.
4. Despite General Muhammadu Buhari’s effort to prove to Nigerians that he actually graduated with a WASC result, the PDP campaign organization has insisted that the copy of the WASC result sent out by his former school was fake. This was disclosed by the party’s campaign Director, Femi Fani Kayode.
5. Edo state Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has said that even if the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) tenders his electricity bills in place of his certificates, Nigerians will vote for him. He said that having being cleared of his academic qualification to contest the February 14 presidential election, the PDP will have nothing to lie about any more.
6. Striking health workers under the umbrella of the Joint Health Sector Unions had in a protest in Lagos on Thursday accused the Federal Government of neglecting the sector and prioritizing elections and campaigns. They said that their agreement with the government has completely being ignored due to government’s continuous neglect of the sector.
7. The Bayelsa state Police Commissioner, Mr. Valentine NtomChukwu, yesterday in Yenagoa, said that the command will deal decisively with any person or group of persons planning to foment trouble in the state, especially the two political groups in the state that have warned Mrs Jonathan not to attend the Feb. 5 rally in the state.
8. The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that the February elections will hold as scheduled as there is currently no communication from the presidency to postpone the election over complaints of the PVCs distribution. The chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu, said there is no bases for the postponement as requested by the NSA.
9. The #BringBackOurGirls(BBOG) group has expressed disappointment over the statement credited to the National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) that the Military was yet to locate the Chibok girls abducted over 280 days ago. A member of the group, Dr Emmam Shehu, told journalists in Abuja that it was unfortunate and shameful that after several months, the government and the military still do not know the whereabouts of the girls.
10. Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola has debunked insinuations at some quarters that he is currently having personal issues with President Jonathan. Fashola while speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Rally held in Ajeromi-Ifelodun local government area of the state, Fashola said, his only problem with the President was that he failed to fulfil most of his promises to the state and the country.
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