January 23, 2015

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NIGERIA DECIDES

Newspaper of the Year •Kwara candidates to sign agreement•Monarch thanks Ajimobi •AND MORE PAGES •Buhari for Akure tomorrow•APC petitions IG, others over advert ON 2-8,56 &60 •Hoodlums stone Jonathan’s campaign team •The IDP question •Bayelsa police chief kicks over threat on First Lady•Fashola: no to polls shift •Ambode to make Ajegunle youths champs •My priority, by PDP candidate

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Principal gets death threats for releasing Buhari’s results Ministry summons school headmaster

‘Coward soldiers stalling Boko Haram battle’

From Yusuf Alli, Abuja

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IGERIA’S campaign against Islamist Boko Haram insurgents is being hampered by “cowards” within the armed forces, National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) said yesterday in London. Boko Haram’s bloody uprising to carve out an Islamic caliphate has taken much of Nigeria’s northeast. “Unfortunately, we have

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ARELY 24 hours after releasing Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s 1961 West African School Certificate (WASC) results, the Principal of the Government College, Katsina, Mallam Isyaku Bello, has been receiving death threats. The source of the threats could not be ascertained last night. The principal was summoned by his employers, the Katsina State Ministry of Education, in connection with the release of the results, sources close to Mallam Bello said last night. The embattled principal was said to have explained that he needed to defend the integrity of the college (formerly Provincial Secondary School, Katsina) and not Gen. Buhari. Bello made distress calls to his friends and relatives, The Nation learnt. One source said: “Some forces were unhappy with the issuance of results to Gen. Buhari and they have been threatening the principal. They have been calling him names, abusing him. Some were actually threatening to deal with him. “They told the principal that he ought to have left Buhari to his fate instead of releasing his results. “Faced with pressure, the principal has reached out to friends and relatives on the threats. He explained that he did so to protect the integrity of the college and not anybody’s. “We hope that no harm will come upon the principal, who was just doing his job.” It was unclear as at press time last night whether Bello had reported the threat to the police or not. He did not pick his calls and messages to his telephone were not replied. A highly-placed source in APC Presidential Campaign Council confirmed the threats. He said: “This is an unfortunate development if it is true that the principal is really Continued on page 4

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WILL THE CHIBOK GIRLS KIDNAPPED ON APRIL 15 EVER RETURN?

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Jonathan should lead well, says Akanbi •‘Stolen PVCs useless‘ From Sanni Onogu, Abuja

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•Col. Dasuki

There is nothing wrong in delaying it to ensure that everybody who ought to vote gets that card to vote… —Dasuki

•Prof. Jega

It is not a conversation of the commission at all. As far as we are talking now, the date is what it is —INEC

•Chief Odigie-Oyegun

They know... if they don’t postpone the elections, there is no way they can win. They are just terrified —APC

ORMER Court of Appeal President Justice Mustapha Akanbi yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of unduly comparing himself with reputable world leaders without any attempt to replicate in Nigeria what they did in their countries. Justice Akanbi, who is also the pioneer Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), spoke as the chairman of the 12th Daily Trust Dialogue organised Continued on page 4

NSA Dasuki under attack over elections shift call

STORY ON PAGE 4

APC, governors, others: election must go on as scheduled

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