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Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo Peoples Democratic Party supporters   in the   North-West on Monday urged the party’s  governors to speak up on the issues raised by   former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter to President Goodluck Jonathan. The supporters,  under the aegis of the North-West Solidarity Forum, said the PDP governors’  continued silence on the issues was worrisome. The Zonal Leader of the forum, Alhaji Abubakar Danfulani, said this in a statement  made available to journalists in Abuja. They said  there was a need for the governors to take steps to reconcile the two leading figures in the party. In the  statement  titled,“Obasanjo’s letter: Where are the PDP governors?”  the  forum  members said they were  concerned  because  the 18-page letter “borders on issues of governance and exposes details of such other issues which should not have been meant for the p...

President Goodluck 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 Congre...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday called off its over five months old strike after deliberations that started on Monday morning and lasted till the early hours of Tuesday. The Union’s President Dr. Nasir Fagge, told journalists at the press briefing, which held at the Science Complex building of the Federal University of Technology, Bosso Campus, Minna, Niger State, that it accepted the resolutions signed between ASUU and the Federal Government on the 11th December, 2013 with the President of Nigeria Labour Congress. “Finally, NEC resolved to suspend the strike embarked upon on 1st July 2013, with effect from Tuesday December 17th, 2013 and directs its branches to resume work forthwith”, he said. Fagge however condemned some universities’ Vice Chancellors, who tried to sabotage the efforts of the Union. According to him, “We condemn, without any reservation, Vice Chancellors, who made efforts to undermine and, in some cases, attempted, to break ASUU’s strike”. Fag...

NATO soldiers are shown outside Kabul, Afghanistan, in June. Six U.S. troops were killed Tuesday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan after what appears to be an engine failure, a U.S. defense official said. There was one survivor in the crash There was no enemy activity in the area at the time of the crash, according to NATO, and the U.S. defense official said early reports indicate the helicopter's engine failed. The troops were members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. The troops' names have not been released. It is ISAF policy to allow national authorities to identify casualties. Follow us on Twitter: Click here On Facebook:   Click here