Feds Raid Texas Secessionists' Meeting, Search & Fingerprint All Attendees

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Armed law enforcement officers raided a meeting of the Republic of Texas, a secessionist group intent on breaking the state away from the US, as they gathered to discuss their anti-fed agenda.

Around 20 armed officers corralled the 60 group members and confiscated their cellphones and equipment, and prevented them from leaving the room.

"We had no idea what was going on," said John Jarnecke, president of the Republic of Texas. "We knew of nothing that would warrant such an action."

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2015: Mark, Tinubu hold closed-door meeting with Obasanjo

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Senate President David Mark and former Lagos State Governor and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday held separate closed-door meetings with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

The meetings were held at Obasanjo’s Hilltop residence in Abeokuta.

Both Mark and Tinubu said the issues discussed bordered on the state of the nation.
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2015: Tambuwal in secret meeting with Obasanjo

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, had a secret meeting with the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Hilltop home, Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State on Tuesday. Tambuwal who arrived the former president’s residence around 5.30pm left around 6.18pm. Our correspondent gathered that the visit might not be unconnected with the speaker’s ambition in 2015.
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PDP Crisis deepens: Saraki, 10 others shun meeting with Mark

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Former Kwara State Governor  Bukola Saraki and 10 other  Peoples Democratic Party senators,  who  defected  to the All Progressives Congress,   twice  shunned  their scheduled   meeting with Senate President  David Mark on Monday.  The other senators are    Adamu Abdulahi, Shaba Lafiagi, Ibrahim Gobir, Aisha Al-Hassan, Magnus Abe, Wilson Ake, Jibrilla   Bindowo,  Danjuma Goje, Ali Ndume and Umar Dahiru.   The Senate President had arrived  in his office at about 10am, which was the initial time for the meeting   and waited till 2.05pm before he left for his residence when it was obvious that the aggrieved senators would not turn up. 

Oduah: Jonathan, NSA in closed-door meeting

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The National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), on Wednesday  met behind closed-doors with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Dasuki is a member of the three-man administrative panel set up by Jonathan to probe the Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, over the N255m bulletproof cars purchased for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.

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US Senator Pleads for Peace Meeting with Nigerians over Controversial ‘419’ Joke.

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US Senator Ted Cruz has asked for a peace meeting with Nigerian-Americans who have demanded that he retracts his controversial  joke last week which many of them considered insulting. In a letter from the Senator to leaders of the Nigerian community in Houston, Texas, where the controversial
comments were made, the Senator said he “regrets any misunderstanding.”

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Jonathan, rebel govs in make-or-mar meeting • President won’t shift ground –Presidency

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President Goodluck Jonathan and seven aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors will today hold a crucial meeting that will determine the future of the factionalised ruling party.

Already, there are strong indications that the peace meeting may end in a stalemate.

The first indication came from the Presidency on Friday, when it said the President would not meet any of the demands of the aggrieved governors and other members of the New PDP.

Also sounding unyielding, the National Chairman of the New PDP, Mr. Kawu Baraje,  on Friday, said the aggrieved leaders of the party and the G-7 governors would give Jonathan a deadline at today’s  meeting.

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Amaechi invites Jang faction to Governors’ Forum meeting

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Chairman Nigeria’s Governor’s forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has called the Governor Jonah Jang faction to the meeting of the forum.

A source closed to the Amaechi, who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, said letters and text messages have been sent to all the 36 state governors urging them to attend.

The meeting will be the second since the forum split into two following disagreement over the May 24, 2013 election during which Amaechi was re-elected chairman after he beat his Plateau State counterpart, Jonah Jang, by 19 votes to 16.

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Chai : Female rep. receives a dirty slap from Nairobi governor after meeting with Pres Jonathan (Video)

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President Goodluck Jonathan recently concluded an official trip to Kenya and by all accounts it was a successful one. President Jonathan reportedly signed several bilateral agreements with Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, and became the first foreign head of state to address the country’s parliament.

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Female rep. receives a hot slap from Nairobi governor after meeting with Pres Jonathan (Watch)

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Jonathan Holds Secret Meeting In Abuja

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The fear that the newly registered opposition mega party, the APC, is winning new converts and attracting the attention of some PDP governors who are aggrieved with the party forced President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday night to hold a secret emergency meeting with some of his close allies.

After the allies painted the real dangers ahead for PDP to Jonathan, “The consensus is that Bamanga Tukur should no longer be the national chairman of the party.” 

Among those at the meeting were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim; Chief of Staff to the President, Dr. Mike Oghiadomhe; Minister of Niger Delta, Mr. Godsday Orubebe; and Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State.

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Jang, Amaechi Clash Again •Plateau gov invites govs to meeting today

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•Plateau gov invites govs to meeting today
•He is an impostor –Rivers State governor
•Jang faction may meet Obasanjo tomorrow

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Senate, ASUU, FG meeting deadlocked, strike continues

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The negotiations among the Senate, the Federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU over the ongoing industrial action embarked by universities lecturers  ended without  parties reaching any compromise.

The meeting which was at the instance of the chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, PDP Abia North, was called to pacify the striking lecturers with a bid to finding a common ground. However, a source at the meeting revealed that all efforts to push for a call off of the strike proved abortive as members of ASUU stood their grounds. 

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PDP Internal Crisis: Amaechi, Aliyu, Others Snub Govs’ Meeting

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Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was among six governors who were conspicuously missing Monday night at the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum meeting, which held in the nation’s capital.

Aside Amaechi, other absent governors included Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Dr. Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Seidu Dakingari (Kebbi); Aliyu Wamako (Sokoto); Musa Kwakwanso(Kano) and Sulivan Chime).

Eight other governors, who were absent at the meeting however sent their deputies unlike the six absentee governors.

PDP Crisis: Amaechi, Aliyu, Others Shun Govs’ Meeting

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Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, who is also the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was among six governors that were not at the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum meeting, which was held in Abuja on Monday night.

Also absent were governors Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Dr. Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Seidu Dakingari (Kebbi); Aliyu Wamako (Sokoto); Musa Kwakwanso(Kano) and Sulivan Chime).

Eight other governors, who were not at the meeting, sent their deputies unlike the six absentee governors.

Seven governors and an acting governor (Taraba State), were also in attendance.

67yr old grandma found dead in SA after meeting with Nigerian man she met online

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A widowed grandmother who travelled to South Africa to marry the man she loved has been found dead under suspicious circumstances in a Johannesburg guest house.

West Australian woman Jette Jacobs, 67 (pictured left), was found in February, two days after she met up with a man calling himself Jesse Orowo Omokoh, 28. (pictured right)

The pair had met on an online dating website.

Bombs explode in northeastern Nigeria city during meeting of political opposition parties

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria –  Witnesses say several bombs have exploded in a northeastern Nigeria city which is hosting a meeting of opposition political parties. The blasts happened Thursday afternoon in the city of Maiduguri, long under assault by a radical Islamic sect known as Boko Haram. A security official said he believed some soldiers were killed in the blasts, but did not have any other information. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to journalists.  The All Progressives Congress, a recently announced amalgam of opposition parties in Nigeria, was holding a meeting Thursday in the city that had drawn powerful politicians. Meanwhile, police in the eastern state of Taraba said foreigners working for a construction company escaped a kidnapping attempt Wednesday night that killed two police officers.