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President Goodluck Jonathan has warned ministers to steer clear of election campaigns outside their geopolitical zones.

It was learnt that the President gave the warning at yesterday's Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which was attended by a few ministers.

It was gathered that many ministers had abandoned their duty posts for campaigns.

Source: Jonathan warns ministers to steer clear of campaign

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Efforts to reform the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by its immediate past Chairman, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, were frustrated by the National Working Committee (NWC), it was learnt yesterday.

Former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Political Adviser to Nwodo, Bala Buhari, said Nwodo's effort to restructure the PDP was resisted.

Source: 'Nwodo's reforms were his albatross'

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But for the yacht cocktail which was put together by Kodak, a film equipment firm with which stakeholders in the Nigerian motion picture industry have enjoyed acquaintance, Nigerians at this year's Cannes Film Festival which wraps up tonight would have been tourists on sight-seeing like it was the case until four years ago, reports VICTOR AKANDE, Entertainment Editor from Palaise du Festival, Cannes, France.

Source: Nigerians network in a yacht!

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THE real journey to Cannes begins upon descent at Nice airport having flown across rocks and water that apparently decelerate the momentum of the aircraft. If you have phobia for height, it is more accentuated flying across this turbulent prone airspace. If again you have phobia for water, you would not see the advantage of situating an airport at the verge of the Mediterranean Sea, because as your aircraft saunters low, it comes to an altitude of about 500 on the sea before hitting that tarmac at a very close range to the water, but because you are not watching from the pilot's view, you'd think you are being dropped on water without warning until the jolting of a hard landing. Welcome to Nice, the nearest airport to and about 30 minutes drive to the tourist and festival city of Cannes.

Source: See Cannes and faint!

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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Aloysuis Katsina-Alu did no wrong in recommending Court of Appeal President, Justice Isa Ayo Salami for elevation to Supreme Court, the National Judicial Council (NJC) said yesterday.

NJC said the CJN as Chairman of the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) committed no error by acting on the Commission's recommendation for appointments of four Justices of the Appeal Court including Salami to the Supreme Court.

Source: NJC backs Katsina-Alu's action over Justice Salami

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The Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER) and the Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP), Prof. Pat Utomi yesterday asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, to resign over the allegation against him by the President of Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami.

Source: CODER, Utomi ask Chief Justice to resign

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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has issued an ultimatum to the Lagos State Government to accede to the demand of its striking doctors by tomorrow, failing which it would ask doctors in the Federal Government's employ to down tools on Sunday.

Source: Federal doctors to join Lagos counterparts on strike

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President Hosni Mubarak told the Egyptian people yesterday that he would delegate more authority to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, but that he would not resign his post, contradicting earlier reports that he would step aside and surprising hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered to hail his departure from the political scene.

Source: Mubarak: I won't step down

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The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Haliru Bello, yesterday presented the party's flag to Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, confirming him the authentic governorship candidate of the party in the April polls.

It was at the launch of the presidential campaign of the PDP candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan in the South-East.

Source: PDP South East Rally: Chime receives flag ...confirmed PDP flagbearer in Enugu

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Catholic women yesterday raised the alarm over the high level of insecurity in parts of the country.

The women said they were particularly concerned about the state of affairs in the country, particularly in the build-up to the April general election.

A statement by the President, National Council of Catholic Women Organisation (NCCWO), Chief (Mrs.) Felicia Onyeabo, said it was a matter of grave concern that the country was ravaged by deep-seated animosity, religious intolerance, ethnic bigotry, cruelty, political thuggery, kidnapping and wanton assassinations.

Source: April poll: Catholic women raise the alarm over insecurity