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Exclusive pics from workers protest at Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos
A staff told LIB that what angered them even more was the recent deduction of N7,500 from their salary due to a claim from management that workers have been overpaid for 5 years. They said there is disregard for their rights and unjust exploitation of their services hence disregard for their effort and hard work. The workers said they've had enough and are demanding change from management. They are now insisting on an association to help them fight for their rights. More pics after the cut..
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If Jonathan loses, Nigeria will break - Tompolo insists
In a statement released by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Bebenimibo, in Warri yesterday January 29th, Tompolo attacked Gen Theophilus Danjuma for calling for his arrest alongside Asari Dokubo and other Niger delta warlords. He said the treaty that merged the Northern and Southern protectorate of Nigeria expired last year and everyone should be grateful to President Jonathan for keeping Nigeria together. Part of his statement after the cut...but meanwhile, the presidency has condemned this war threat from Tompolo and others..
"Gen.
Danjuma and his cohorts should know that I remain resolute on my
position in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, that President Goodluck Jonathan
must win this election for Nigeria to continue to stay together. Gen.
Danjuma should be reminded that the devilish treaty that brought the
Southern and Northern Protectorates together in 1914 expired last
year. Danjuma and his likes, such as Gen. Buhari, Gen. Obasanjo and Mr.
Bola Tinubu, should be grateful to President Jonathan who has been
keeping this country together. If
not for President Jonathan, Nigeria would not have been any
more. Danjuma and his cohorts should be reminded of the saying that
‘those who live in glass house should not throw stones’. The call by
Gen. T.Y Danjuma (rtd) to arrest me and other agitators for a better
living for the people of the Niger Delta region is an indication that he
is behind terrorism in the North eastern part of the country as well as
the stoning of President Jonathan’s convoy in Kastina and Bauchi
states, because he has never condemned those acts, even though Boko
Haram attacked churches and mosques in his home town. Is Gen. Danjuma
not aware of the peaceful atmosphere when Gen. Buhari visited Delta,
Rivers and Bayelsa (home state of the President) states for
campaign? Why is it that President Jonathan’s convoy was attacked in
Kastina and Bauchi states without any provocation? Who is Gen. Danjuma
if not for the oil wealth he is enjoying from the Niger Delta? He should
be rather arrested for being behind terrorism in the North. Where was
Danjuma when Mallam Ciroma Adamu threatened to make Nigeria
ungovernable, if President Jonathan defeated the All Progressive
Congress Presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammedu Buhari? Where was this
so called statesman when the APC campaign Director General (DG), Mr.
Rotimi Ameachi threatened to form a parallel government if President
Jonathan wins the 2015 elections? Where was this hypocrite when Dr.
Junaid Muhammed, Muhammedu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar all said in
separate interviews that the nation will boil if Jonathan won the
election in 2011? Is it the interest of Nigeria Gen. Danjuma is
protecting or his oil bloc in the Niger Delta? Is it the interest of
Nigeria Danjuma is protecting or his 50 million dollars donation to Gen.
Buhari for his campaign? Let Gen. Danjuma and his cohorts know that
they will not see any Ijaw man, the Igbos and others to fight on their
side if the war that they are planning broke up,”.
In a related development, the Ijaw
Youths Council (IYC), also released a statement signed by its
spokesman, Eric Omare yesterday January 29th where they faulted the call
by Gen Danjuma to arrest the Niger Delta ex-militants.
"We
are surprised that General Danjuma swiftly called for the arrest of
Tompolo, Asari and other Niger-Deltans, whereas he has neither condemned
nor called for the arrest of those who have been consistently attacking
the convoy of President Jonathan in the northern part of the country.
General Danjuma’s call is not deserving of an elder statesman who is
supposed to be unbiased rather than his obvious bias against the
Niger-Delta people. Only yesterday, in Gombe State a supporter of
President Jonathan who was pasting his posters was attacked and
seriously brutalised. Why has General Danjuma not condemned this
dastardly act if he is really an elder statement? There
was no time at the meeting the Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake
Dickson, with youth leaders and ex-Niger Delta freedom fighters where it
was resolved that Niger Delta people would destabilise Nigeria, if
President Jonathan fails the February 14, 2015 presidential
election. This did not form part of the resolutions of the meeting,
which were read out by Hon. Kingsley Kuku for Governor Dickson to
transmit to Mr. President. The meeting was called by the Governor of
Bayelsa State, to solicit support for President Jonathan from
Niger-Delta youths and ex-freedom fighters. However, the meeting frowned
at and its dissatisfaction with the persistent attack on the campaign
convoy of President Jonathan in some northern states when General
Buhari, his main opponent, was protected and campaigned freely in the
south during his campaign tour. Hence, the meeting condemned in the
strongest terms the attack on President Jonathan and resolved that
nobody can intimidate President Jonathan out of the presidential race.
At the meeting, all the youth leaders and ex-Niger Delta freedom
fighters resolved to put their grievances aside and agree to work for
the re-election of President Jonathan. Therefore, the report on
ex-militants threatening to destabilise Nigeria in the event of
President Jonathan losing the 2015 election is not part of the
resolution of the meeting. The meeting could not have discussed that as
we are confident that President Jonathan would win the February 14, 2015 presidential
election. We, therefore, call on Nigerians and the security agencies to
disregard the call for arrest of Tompolo, Asari and others, which is
based on a misleading report. The accusation levelled against President
Jonathan by the APC is also unfounded,” the statement said.
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The music star showed off his son on instagram last night. He wrote "Mr Nawti Jnr ..miss u son ��" He's a cutie...!
4 year old boy brutally attacked by dogs, returns home from India
Omo's dad praised the doctors in India for the successful completion of the operation, thanking God for ensuring that his son can now live a normal life. He also appreciated the Lagos State Government for their help in LASUTH, all the NGOs that got involved and the media for the attention given to his son.
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President Jonathan Promises to make Borno State a Home of Peace Again
President Goodluck Jonathan and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria has assured Borno State residents that his administration would continue to work towards ending terror attacks in the north-east and reinstating peace in the state.
The state, referred to as ‘Home of Peace and Hospitality’, has become volatile, as members of a terrorist group, the Boko Haram, have made efforts to establish an Islamic State and end western education in the north-east region.
At a presidential campaign rally in Maiduguri on Saturday, organised to seek the peoples support in a re-election bid, President Jonathan said the Military would defeat the dreaded terror group.
Before he began his speech, he ordered the observation of a minute silence in memory of those killed by the dreaded sect members.
President Jonathan expressed regrets over the persistent rain of terror on the peace loving people of Borno State by the Boko Haram sect, saying his administration will surely overcome the reign of terror in the north-east.
“We will surely defeat the terror group, the Boko Haram, so that our peace loving people of the north-east and other troubled states can go about their legitimate business without any molestation.
“We will return Borno to its initial slogan, ‘the Home of Peace and Hospitality’, which has been tampered with by the sect group,” the president said, as he sought the peoples support in an election scheduled to hold on February 14, .
He, however, called for support for security agents, as they do their best to end the acts of terror in the region.
There have been several attacks on communities in the north-east, one of which ended in the the abduction of some 200 school girls from a government girls secondary school in Chibok in April 2014.
On the over 200 girls abducted by the members of the terrorist group, the President also said that his administration had continued to work towards the release of the innocent girls.
“We are working towards releasing the girls so that they will be reunited with their families after being in the hands of the terror group for such a long period,” president Jonathan said.
The Governor of the state, Mr Kashim Shettima, also expressed sadness over the destruction to human lives and property of the people by the terror group, also reassuring the people that his administration will soon defeat the group so that the peace loving people of the troubled states will go about their normal business.
‘Hold Me Responsible’
A former governor of the state and the senatorial candidate of the PDP in Borno Central, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, assured the President that the people of Borno were fed up with the current APC government and were ready to effect change in the forthcoming election.
He promised to deliver Borno State to the PDP, saying that the APC will not get more than 20 per cent in the forthcoming election.
“Under a free and fair election, Mr president, I assure you that I will deliver Borno State to the People’s Democratic Party.
“Hold me responsible if I don’t deliver Borno to the PDP in the forthcoming general elections,” Senator Sherrif said.
The Minister of State for Power, Mr Mohammed Wakil, called on the people of Borno State to vote massively for the PDP, emphasising that President Jonathan’s administration had done well in the power sector.
He listed the achievements of the administration to include reconnection of Borno to the national grid after power equipment were vandalised by the insurgents and the connection of over 100 towns and villages to the national grid among others.
The occasion drew party supporters across the state and beyond with high security presence across the venue and in the town in view of the unpredictable nature of insecurity bedevilling Borno State.