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Senators and members of the House of Representatives had commenced collecting signatures for the removal of the president after the November 20 security siege on the National Assembly. During the siege, the speaker of the House Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and other lawmakers were teargased by the police. House members began collecting signatures that same day while senators followed suit two days after. And already, 200 members and about 60 senators were said to have thrown their weight behind moves to oust the president. Monguno, a former Attorney General of Borno State told Sunday Trustthat he was one of the 200 members who signed the impeachment motion on November 20, saying, "some newspapers published names of those who signed the motion but my name was conspicuously omitted." Arguing that president Jonathan had no reason to remain in office anymore having failed to protect Nigerians against Boko Haram insurgents, Monguno said: "The federal government led by President Good...

Ekiti State Government has directed officers of the Ekiti State Traffic Management Agency, EKSTMA, who are still interested in the job to reapply for fresh appointment as from 1st December 2014 to enable it correct the anomaly in the recruitment process. The state governor, Dr. Ayodele Fayose gave the directive at a meeting he held with the men and officers of the Agency in Ado-Ekiti. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Kolapo Olusola, condemned in strong terms the process of recruitment put in place by the previous administration, where officers were merely engaged without letters of appointment or concrete step to fix them into the civil service system. Dr. Fayose said that his government considered the services rendered by EKSTMA as very relevant going by their contributions to safety and traffic management in Ekiti State, particularly in Ado, the state capital as well as their contribution to the state IGR. He assured the 300 uniform EKSTMA officers that all the ar...

Below is a press release from Governor Ayo Fayose's aides Ogun State born Maxwell Olusegun Adegbenro, Special Assistant on Social Media to the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has accused traditional rulers in Ekiti State, who attended forum organised by Concerned Yoruba Elderst in Ile-Ife on Friday, of collecting N150, 000 bribe each to attend the event. Maxwell Adegbenro made this allegations on his Facebook page at about 11:30 am on Saturday.He berated the Obas, including the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe of travelling to Ile-Ife to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan, saying; "The Ekiti Obas can receive the President in their home state and not OAU at a function organised by a group in close association with PDP." Adegbenro, who is Dr Fayemi's spokesperson on social media must have echoed the position of the former governor on the traditional rulers' visit to Ile-Ifeon Fridayto attend the event. He said; "And our own tra...

Gunmen thought to be cultists have attacked and killed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Godspower Ayodu and six more people in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The chairman of Ogba Local Government Council, Augustine Ahiamadu in a phone interview with journalists, explained that the town is still in shock as the murderers had moved from home to home, killing innocent civilians. He said that the gunmen were shooting sporadically in Omoku, he said that the incident was a disaster and called for other security agents to get hold of the matter. Ahiamadu said that the security details should apprehend the criminals as failure to do so would give other criminals the gut to comit worse crimes in the LGA. When contacted, the Rivers Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muhammad Kidaya Ahmad, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), noted that it was a clash involving suspected rival cult groups, with investigation in pro...

1. Students are to log on to the university website www.eksu.edu.ngor portal.eksu.edu.ng with their usernames and passwords. 2. Students should generate and print their payment invoice indicating the details of their payment,which they are to present at any of the designated banks to enable them pay the indicated fees. 3. After payment at the bank,students are to return to the university portal to print their receipts(tuition receipt and other charges receipt). 4. Students should thereafter proceed to register their courses on the portal accordingly. 5. Students are to pay their Departmental and faculty dues at their respective faculties. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

The attention of the Management of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has been drawn to an impostor using the name of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Patrick Oladipo Aina on social media, Face Book. The fraudulent personality created a Facebook account using one of the official photographs of the Vice-Chancellor and supplied incorrect information about Professor Oladipo Aina to mislead the public. The fake Facebook account has already attracted a long list of friends who might be deceived with the impression that they are dealing with the authentic Vice-Chancellor of EKSU, Professor Oladipo Aina. The Vice-chancellor of Ekiti State University, a distinguished academic and fellow of Nigerian Academy of Science, Professor Oladipo Aina does not operate any Facebook account and has advised everyone to shun the fake Facebook account Source: eksu.edu.ng Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

After about three weeks of focusing on a purported ceasefire deal and negotiations with the Boko Haram sect, the federal government has given the military a marching order to flush out insurgents who have been in control of Mubi and Vimtim for the past seven days. The military had since deployed more attack helicopter gunships and surveillance aircraft, with the new General Officer Commanding 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General FO Alli said to have moved to Yola so as to be closer to the operation. FG's order came following intelligence reports that the new upsurge in Boko Haram attacks may have been influenced by political motives to ensure that political activities do not take place in the North East zone of the country, reports Vanguard, adding that the government had also given the new GOC and the commander of the Nigeria Air Force Strike Group in Yola a time frame during which they are expected to have driven the insurgents out. The government was sai...