WHILE THERE’S NO OFFICIAL WORD ON THE RETURN OF NIGERIAN PRESIDENT UMARU YAR’ADUA, MUCH IS MADE OF NEWLY IMPORTED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR 63 DAYS.
SPECULATION IS NOW RIFE THAT YAR’ADUA WILL BE BACK IN THE COUNTRY AT THE END OF THE WEEK.
ACCORDING TO PUNCH, TWO LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES HAVE BEEN IMPORTED FROM SAUDI ARABIA OVER THE WEEKEND.
MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE MACHINES ARE CRUCIAL TO DEAL WITH THE PRESIDENT’S RECENT HEART PROBLEMS AS WELL AS HIS LONG STANDING
KIDNEY AILMENT.
NEXT ONLINE NEWSPAPER SAYS THAT AN AIR AMBULANCE TO TRANSPORT YAR’ADUA TO ABUJA ALONG WITH SEVERAL SPECIAL CARE GIVERS HAVE ALSO BEEN ARRANGED.
SEVERAL CIVIL SOCIETY PROTESTS -- AND AT LEAST THREE COURT CHALLENGES -- HAVE PUT PRESSURE ON THE PRESIDENT TO RETURN HOME TO LEAD HIS ADMINISTRATION -- OR RESIGN.
More Bodies Recovered in Jos
28 MORE BODIES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN A SHALLOW PIT IN THE BUSH JUST OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL OF PLATEAU STATE.
THIS BRINGS TO 178, THE NUMBER OF BODIES DUG OUT OF WELLS IN SOME AREAS IN THE CITY.
HEAD OF THE KURU KARAMA VILLAGE, UMARU BAZA SAYS THE DECOMPOSING BODIES WERE FOUND BY RESIDENTS.
OFFICIALS SAY AN ESTIMATED 300 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS SECTARIAN VIOLENCE.
THE CURFEW HAS BEEN EASED RECENTLY AS THE MILITARY MAINTAINS A VISIBLE PRESENCE.
VARIOUS REPORTS INDICATE THAT CLASHES STARTED OVER AN ARGUMENT ON THE REBUILDING OF HOUSES DESTROYED IN EARLIER VIOLENCE.
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS CLAIMED OVER 800 LIVES IN NOVEMBER 2008, AND SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE DIED IN CLASHES A FEW YEARS BEFORE THAT.
“Out of The 10,500 Applicants,
We Cannot Take More Than 1,500”
-Ondo State
CHAIRMAN OF THE ONDO STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, DARE ADEBIYI, SAYS OF THE 10,500 PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FOR JOBS, ONLY 1,500 WILL BE EMPLOYED.
ADEBIYI POINTS OUT THAT THOUGH MORE THAN 4,000 APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR INTERVIEWS, THE COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO EMPLOY ALL.
DESPITE THAT -- THOUSANDS OF APPLICANTS PICKED UP THE FORMS WHICH WERE MEANT TO BE FREE. BUT SOME WOULD BE APPLICANTS COMPLAINED THAT THEY WERE SOLD ON A PERSONAL BASIS BY THE STAFF OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
OTHERS ALSO ACCUSE THE COMMISSION OF DOUBLE STANDARD, CLAIMING IT DID NOT PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE FORMS.
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