“It is not true that I am leaving the PDP for APC; it is not true and it cannot be true. I am taking online media, who have published the story to court. I am a core PDP member. I am with my oga (Goodluck Jonathan) and we are planning to reorganise the PDP to make it a party of unification.”
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| Godsday Orubebe protesting at the National Collation Center in Abuja in March |
Ananta Bijoy Das (pictured left), the third blogger to be killed in Bangladesh since the beginning of this year, was hacked to death near his home in broad day light Tuesday morning. He wrote about reason and science, about evolution theory," says Asif Mohiuddin (right), a close friend of Das. "He translated books into Bengali."
Mohiuddin, who now lives in Germany, was a blogger in Bangladesh himself, until he was attacked and fled, fearing for his life. He recalls being targeted and harassed for challenging Islamic ideas.
"There was nothing like that. I advise you to ignore that report. It’s not true and it did not happen. We don’t have such record. It’s embarrassing. I think we definitely deserve an apology because this story has already been sold out to a huge international audience who made so many unnecessary comments about Nigeria and Nigerians" she said
The outgoing president of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan has asked the Nigerians to forgive him for his actions both as Vice president and President of Nigeria. He made this statement at the farewell service at the Aso-Villa on Sunday 17th May. He said his actions were not deliberate. Read his statement below..
“So, for the eight years that I have been here as Vice-President, acting President and President, I can say that no one is perfect.
“We have done certain things that probably we shouldn’t have done, but we didn’t do them deliberately.
“So, for those that we offended, it was not deliberate; it was as a result of the exigencies of the office.
Challenging and difficult, though they may not be what we want to hear, are the words that best describe long distance relationships. Keep in mind however, that the words are challenging and difficult, not impossible. Many people choose to give a long distance relationship a try, with the constant curiosity if it was the right decision to make and if it even stands a chance. The truth is, a long distance relationship has as much chance of succeeding as any other relationship!
A 20 year old nurse working at a private clinic in India was gang raped at a desolate place near the posh Sahara City township on Thursday late night. The young nurse was raped by two of the offenders, including a Class XI student, two other friends of the accused held nurse's male friend captive at a short distance for around an hour while she was raped..
"Shortly before the election campaign, I made the decision, in the event that Labour was defeated and a new Leader was to be elected, to stand for the leadership of the party if there was a desire in the party for me to do so.
"I dearly hoped Labour would win the election and it was a decision I would not have to implement.
