GASSA 'CRACKED' MUNGA

After Nigeria was dragged to the brink of the abyss by two military coups in 1966, its military leaders met to try to bring the country back from the brink. The meeting evolved into perhaps the best documented constitutional debate of all time which touched upon fundamental concepts regarding the balance of power between the central government and federating regions in a federation and professional soldiers’ outlook to military coups and seniority. It was a potential breakthrough occasion. Between January 5 th and 7th 1967, the members of Nigeria's then ruling military junta, the Supreme Military Council (SMC), met for the first time at Aburi in Ghana under the auspices of the Ghanaian Head of State: Lt- General Joe Ankrah. Ankrah was no stranger to coup plots as he had become Ghana’s first military Head of State after Ghana’s first President Kwame Nkrumah was deposed in a coup while Nkrumah was abroad visiting China. Ankrah was later forced to resign

Mao Ohuabunwa (Abia North-PDP) •Theodore Orji (Abia Central-PDP) •Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South-PDP) •Bassey Albert Akpan (A/Ibom North-PDP) •Godswill Akpabio (A/Ibom West-PDP) •Nelson Effiong (A/Ibom South-PDP) •Uche Ekwunife (Anambra Central-PDP) •Andy Uba (Anambra South-PDP) •Stella Oduah (Anambra North-PDP) •Ben Murray-Bruce (Bayelsa East-PDP) •Emanuel Paulker (Bayelsa Central--PDP) •Ogola Foster (Bayelsa West-PDP) •David Mark (Benue South-PDP) •Rose Oko ( Cross River North-PDP) •Gershom Bassey(C/River South-PDP) •John Enoh (Cross River Central-PDP) •Alfred Joseph (Delta Central-PDP) •Peter Nwaboshi (Delta North-PDP) •James Manager (Delta South-PDP) •Ogba Joseph (Ebonyi Central-PDP) •Samuel Egwu (Ebonyi North-PDP) •Sunday Oji (Ebonyi South-PDP) •Clifford Ordia (Edo Central-APC) •Mathew Urhoghide (Edo South-APC) •Duro Faseyi (Ekiti North-PDP) •Fatimat Raji-rasaki (Ekiti Central-PDP) •Biodun Olujimi (Ekiti South-PDP) •Gilbert Nnaji (Enugu East-PDP) •Ike E

The U.S. has deployed 12 A-10 Warthog planes to Romania as part of a theater-security effort to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine – all while debate over whether to retire the close-air support platform rages on in Congress and the Pentagon. "The 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron forward deployed 12 A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft and approximately 200 Airmen and support equipment from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany to Campia Turzii, Romania over the weekend," Pentagon spokesman James Brindle said. The deployment marks the first ever deployment of A-10s to Romania, he added. "The unit will conduct training alongside our NATO allies to strengthen interoperability and demonstrate U.S. commitment to the security and stability of Europe," Brindle explained. The deployment comes as the future of the A-10 platform lingers in a haze of uncertainty. The Air Force hopes to retire the planes and save more than $4 billion. Service officials say the A-1

It is very clear from the campaign going on in Adamawa State especially among the supporters of the APC Governorship candidate, Umar Jibrilla Bindow that he cannot win on his popularity. It is not surprising therefore that his supporters are going from one tent to another, trying to give him a cover under the political ideology, propounded by General Muhammadu Buhari, now President-elect, known as SAK. Will SAK save Bindow on the 11th April, 2015? I doubt much!

The governorship candidate of the People Democratic Movement in Adamawa State, Ahmed Modibbo, has debunked rumours that he has stepped down for the gubernatorial candidate of All Progressive Congress, Jibrila Bindow, in the April 11 governorship poll. “I am the best candidate vying for the Yola Government House and the most qualified person to steer the affair of the state,” he said. Speaking through his campaign organisation, Mr. Modibbo said he was fully in the race to salvage the state from bad government. He said he had no intention to step down for anybody. The Director General of Moddibo Campaign Organisation, Joshua Wungari, at a press conference in Yola on Thursday said his principal was fully in the race for the governor’s seat. Mr. Wungari called on the electorates to come out en- masse and vote for Mr. Modibbo and others PDM candidates at April 11 polls. Meanwhile, during the presidential election, PDM threw its weight behind the APC ca