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President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday warned that his administration would no longer tolerate a situation where security operatives are killed at will in any part of the country. He also vowed not to withdraw soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force deployed in troubled parts of the country until normalcy returns to the affected areas.   Jonathan spoke at a town hall meeting  in Maiduguri as he concluded his working visit to Borno State which has remained in the centre of activities of members of the fundamental Islamic sect, Boko Haram, that have been responsible for bombing campaigns in the northern part of the country.   He said, “I cannot preside over this country as a president and security officers are killed. These people leave their families, stay on the road and the bush so that we will sleep and I will not want to hear that one of them is killed.   “So nobody should make an analogy that one soldier killed. We have admonished the soldiers not to kill innocen

The traditional wedding ceremony of African Queen Crooner, 2face Idibia and his wife, Annie Macaulay is currently ongoing in Uyo. Several Celebs are presently in Uyo for the wedding ceremony. See more photos below

All Progressives Congress, APC will hold its National Convention in the coming weeks. This is as disclosed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Mohammed told DailyPost in Abuja on Thursday that each of the three major parties – ACN, Congress for Progressive Change, CPC and the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP would cease to exist after the first APC National Convention in April. The convention is expected to ratify the formation of the new party. According to Mohammed, the parties had ratified the draft of the APC’s logo, manifesto and constitution as proposed by its NEC/legal compliance committees, which were inaugurated a fortnight ago. He said, the logo, slogan and motto were unanimously adopted after Tuesday’s meeting of the larger committee with the governors elected on the platform of the parties. He said there were no objections to the logo, slogan and motto of the APC when they were presented for adoption at

Many Nigerian celebrities have touched down in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for what has been tagged the “Showbiz wedding of the year” as music star, Tuface Idibia and his long-time love, Annie Macaulay, will be officially joined as man and wife today. The two will tie the nuptial knot during a traditional wedding ceremony holding at the Apostolic High School, Esit Urua Community, Eket-Ibeno Road, Uyo. They have been engaged since Tuface popped the proposal with a sparkling diamond ring on Valentine’s day last year in the presence of very close friends to a shocked Annie at former Club 10 (now Club PoP) in Victoria Island, Lagos. Annie Macaulay has a four year old daughter, Isabella Eneh for him. Explaining his reason for settling down with Annie of all his ladies, 2face confessed that it was a decision he made from the depth of his soul. “Like any other thought about something important, you start feeling the need to do something or go somewhere different from deep within. Then

Referee Cuneyt Cakir has defended his decision to send off Manchester United winger Nani in the UEFA Champions League clash with Real Madrid. The Turkish official made all the headlines for giving Nani a straight red for a high tackle on Alvaro Arbeloa in the 56th minute at Old Trafford. Madrid, who were trailing 1-0 on the night, then scored twice in 13 minutes to secure a 3-2 aggregate victory and progress to the quarter-finals of the competition. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and many of his players were furious at the decision. "It's hard to keep your faith when you see what's happened in the last few years," said Ferguson on Friday morning. "It's the third time we've been knocked out by a referee's decision and it's not easy to take." Cakir has sent off seven players from English clubs in European competitions, including Chelsea captain John Terry and Mario Balotelli whilst he was at Manchester City. And Ferguson - who