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List of candidates shortlisted for the 73 RRI Pre-Screening Examination.

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Serial	Exam Centre	Serial	Exam Centre
1	Ibeku High School Umuahia	24	Nig. Army Sch of Artillery Kachia
2	Command Secondary School Gibson Jallo Cantonment, 23 Bde, Yola	25	Nagari College, Birnin Kebbi
3	Christ the King College Uyo	26	Command Children School, Bukavu Barracks, 3 Bde, Kano
4	Igwebuike Grammar School Awka	27	Command Children School, Maigumeri Barracks, HQ CAR, Lokoja
5	Government Day Secondary School Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi	28	Kogi State University Ayangba, HQ CAR

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Buhari escapes disqualification

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till April 22 and 23, all the suits challenging the eligibility of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to contest in the March 28 poll.

By implication, the court will not make any judicial pronouncement on Buhari’s eligibility till after the   March 28 and April 11 elections.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola, after fixing the new dates for the suits, explained that his decision was informed by the court’s impending Easter holiday and the judges’ conference that would follow.

The judge fixed the new dates without entertaining suggestions from lawyers to the parties.

The plaintiffs in all the suits want the court to declare Buhari ineligible to contest in the presidential election on the basis of his alleged failure to submit his school certificate   along with his Form CF001 to the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The plaintiffs claim that Buhari’s failure to submit the certificate contravenes provisions of sections 131 and 318 of the 1999 Constitution and section 31(3) of the Electoral Act, 2010.

With three of the suits earlier struck out on Tuesday, there are now three   challenging Buhari’s eligibility.

The judge fixed the new dates for the cases after he dismissed separate applications by two persons – Chukwuma Ochu and Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa   – seeking to be joined as defendants in one of the suits.

The judge described the intending parties as “busybodies and meddlesome interlopers.”

The particular suit, FHC/ABJ/CS/01/15, in which the judge ruled on Wednesday was filed by Chukwunweike Okafor.

But Justice Ademola said the ruling on both the intending parties’ applications to join the suit and the adjournment would bind other pending suits challenging Buhari’s eligibility that are pending in his court.

Buhari, APC and INEC are the defendants in the suit and the other pending cases.

Okafor was represented by his lead counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) while   Akin Olujinmi (SAN) represented Buhari.

Sikiru Adewoye represented the APC and   Hassan Liman, INEC.

The court had on Tuesday struck out three of such suits. one of them was filed   by Ayakeme Whiskey (FHC/ABJ/CS/68/15); and the others by Friday Ojelaro (FHC/ABJ/CS/20/15 and FHC/ABJ/CS/3/2015).

The three suits were struck out because they were mere replica of one another and the remaining pending suits.

Justice Ademola ruled on Wednesday that he would hear the main suits together with the preliminary applications filed by the defendants on the next adjourned date.

Jonathan and Buhari: The choice we make today is the Nigeria we will see tomorrow – Uzoma Ahamefule

By Uzoma Ahamefule

I feel ashamed that somebody who claimed to live in a civilized and well-organized society like Austria where freedom of speech and association reigns supreme could be bold to make a general reckless statement that Nigerians in Austria support unrepentant human rights violator like Buhari. Without sounding arrogant, I am well informed and full of presence in the midst of Nigerian communities in every part of Austria. That statement was not only untrue but a blackmailing proclamation meant to serve the personal interest of the announcer.

“Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph,” said Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

My attention was drawn last week to a statement credited to one Alhaji Hassan Ibrahim Oshafo, published by the “National Mirror” on 20.02.2015 in an article titled “Nigerians in Austria declare support for General Mohammadu Buhari, Al-Makura”.

That grievous announcement was a very careless propaganda for personal aggrandizement that was taken too far. I ought not to react to such inconsequential statement, but it would amount to great disservice and injustice to humanity and a slap to dignity. Owing to the fact that sometimes silence is not golden - and also for the sake of posterity – especially having gotten protests from many Nigerians in Austria over the misguided declaration, it became a necessity that facts should correctly and unequivocally affirmed. As a matter of consequence, I will not fail to state the obvious and the conspicuous reality that that testimony was not only misleading but a mischievous assertion, regrettably concocted for political relevance.

As a social justice crusader and a human rights promoter, truth is my standard. I accommodate and respect contrary views, but vehemently disagree when these our rights to views are aired not based on facts and reasons, but on selfish interests. It is hypocritical, incredibly naive and parochial for anybody to think that intolerant and undemocratic Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is a better candidate than President Goodluck Jonathan. Frankly there is no political basis for comparison between these two personalities, for the difference between lizard and alligator would never be ambiguous to adults with morality.

The injuries and havoc Buhari inflicted and caused in Nigeria were hugely devastating, and people with memory and integrity would never forget those horrific pains and hot tears. After over 31 years of these sorrows and anguish under Buhari’s ruthlessness, his era and time for God’s sake is over. A vote to a coupist like Buhari who overthrew a democratically elected government is a vote backward. Irrespective of how hard cynics and hypocrites have tried over the years to dress the rotten fact of military venture into power, till date, no reason has ever been justified by democrats for such a crime against humankind, whether in the north, west, east or south.

From the standard of what is obtainable where I live in Austria, President Jonathan did not live up to my personal expectations, especially with the way the issue of terrorism was handled – though he had recently explained why and reacted accordingly. But comparatively, judging with what was on ground when he came into power, what Nigerian past leaders had as achievements and what he has accomplished, in fairness and honesty, he remains the best president Nigeria has ever had since its independence – proofs I will detail in my subsequent articles.

I cannot be cajoled or be intimidated with fabricated lies by cabals to submission, and let nobody with self-brain be. Here is a very important factor that must not be ignored by those with conscience and morality before they vote in the up-coming presidential election. Buhari is not the change we want, because apart from the well-known fact that he destroyed democracy, many faces surrounding him and championing his election have questionable characters. And it will be too suicidal to let power into the hands of these people who are desperately playing “do or die” politics. Perhaps, that could be why Nigerian political “Maradona”, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, a fellow dictator like Buhari who was nicknamed, “The evil genius”, said, “Nigeria is save in the hands of Jonathan”.

According to Frederick William Robertson there are “three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.” Those Nigerians who are well informed about the antecedents of Buhari and the gravity of his sin against Nigeria but yet still re-packaged the same Buhari they told us that was expired in 2011 for 2015 have no moral conscience, and they cannot fool all of us at the same time.

The choice between our personal pockets or political appointments and the progress of Nigeria for the good of all and generations unborn, is the choice we have between a democrat and dictator and a human rights abuser.

I think that President Jonathan is the best option for Nigeria right now, and wish that he is re-elected. But if your doings and stands for contrary actions are based on personal convictions, then vote according to your conscience. Vote wisely, for the choice we make today is the Nigeria we will see tomorrow.Remember, “Once a General is always a General, and once a dictator is always a dictator”.

Nigerians in Diaspora will not be voting in these coming elections, so the hoopla and the ceremony of somebody rushing to the press without research or any base to make false claims against over five to eight thousand Nigerians ought not to have risen. President Jonathan remains the toast of the majority of Nigerians living in Austria, and their chorus is, “Please Nigerians, give us Jonathan.”

My husband died on Valentine’s Da

Tamuno and Sarah had been married for six years without children. Though Tamuno was not bothered, Sarah was. An astute banker, he loved his wife and believed that the absence of children should not mar the joy of their marriage. But his wife did not think so. She went from one doctor to the other, ran various tests and was confirmed fertile. The same was said of her husband and they were advised to be hopeful.

As the funeral service began, Sarah wept. If only Tamuno could wake up and forgive her. If only she could tell him she did everything because of her love for him. “Dust unto dust, ashes to ashes,” the priest said performing the rites. Funeral over, she entered the car with her children and recalled what led to her husband’s death.

But the advent of Beck, Tamuno’s brother, changed the story of the family. Beck was a young man, who came to live with them after his national youth service. He was very hard working and despite his academic qualification, he opted to help Sarah with house chores including cooking. To Sarah, Beck’s stay was a welcome relief because she had been on a search for a maid. “Aunty, you need not trouble yourself, I am ready to help with whatever chores there are in this house,” he said to Sarah.

Was she glad? Before they both knew what was happening, they became an item and went everywhere together. Tamuno was happy because his brother kept the company of his wife and she was no longer lonely or depressed. Initially, Tamuno wanted his brother to work in a bank but after four months of the young man’s stay in his house, he changed his mind and helped him secure a job in the state’s civil service. That gave Beck ample time to close early from work and return home to be with Sarah, who was six weeks pregnant.

           Tamuno’s joy knew no bounds when Sarah got pregnant. At last, he was going to be a father. After the third trimester, Sarah gave birth to a baby boy, who bore a striking resemblance to her husband. He did not spare any expense during the christening and it was a party much talked about. He named his baby, David, after his grandfather.

After eight months, Sarah was pregnant again. They were happy and this time, he requested that his mother should relocate to their Lagos home in order to help his wife since a maid had not been found yet. Mama accepted and came to Lagos with a 12-year-old girl called Grace, who was one of her granddaughters. Sarah was happy to see everyone doting on her. She liked Grace and did everything to make her comfortable.

By the time Sarah had the second baby, a boy; Beck asked that he moved out of the home to an apartment of his own. His brother obliged since their mother and Grace were around to help. Three months after Beck left, an incidence occurred. That day, Mama had bathed the baby, taken her meal and went to sleep when Grace rushed in to wake her up.

“Mama, I saw Aunty and brother Beck in the bedroom,” Grace whispered. “Stop saying such things,” Mama said angrily. How on earth could Beck be in the same bedroom with Sarah? Beck had not even shown up in the house since he packed out. Though Mama went back to sleep, what Grace told her kept ringing in her mind.

           A month after, the little girl came to say the same thing but this time, “they are quarrelling and I saw brother Beck trying to take baby from aunty,” Grace whispered. Mama was angry and decided to go to Sarah’s bedroom but there was no Beck there.

The car from the cemetery halted in front of their house and Sarah was jolted out of her thoughts. They all alighted and saw some policemen waiting for Sarah. “Are you Mrs. Tamuno? You are under arrest,” said a policeman to her as she made to enter the house. Some of the mourners who came from the cemetery with her protested but Sarah was whisked away in a police van. At the police station, she understood that the autopsy carried out on Tamuno indicated that he was poisoned and she was a suspect. Grace had told Mama that she saw her pouring ‘something’ in one of the drinks in the kitchen. With all fingers pointing in her direction, Sarah confessed:

“I lied to Mama that Beck was not in the room because he hid in the bathroom. That day, Beck had come to ask for N20million from me or I hand over my children to him since he was their father. I had begged him to keep our secret but he kept asking for money because he was travelling to the United States of America for a post-graduate programme. Where on earth would I get N20million? Beck knew this but wanted to punish me. He threatened telling Tamuno and Mama. I knew I had to eliminate Beck before everyone knew the babies were his.

“On Valentine’s Day, I invited him over to a dinner in our home and poisoned his drink. I was in the kitchen and told Grace to take the first cup to brother Beck but foolish girl! She said it was their tradition for the eldest to be served first and she gave the drink to Tamuno! I almost passed out when I entered the dining-room and saw the glass meant for Beck in Tamuno’s hand and vice versa! I did it to save my husband, I didn’t know it would turn out this way.”