Today’s Daily Brief: Arsenal beat Man United in FA Cup, The Aviation Minister actually got stranded at the airport, Boko Haram attack fails at Borno link bridge, and more

National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu has said he is doing his best to make sure that President Goodluck Jonathan wins the March 28 Presidential election.

Mu’azu is being criticized for not doing enough to sell the candidature of the President in the northern part of the country where he hails from.

Apart from not embarking on campaigns different from the ones organised by the party’s Presidential Campaign Council in the states, he’s also being criticized for allegedly not speaking against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

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An attempt by a lone suicide bomber to destroy the Beneisheikh bridge on the highway linking Maiduguri to Damaturu has failed, claiming the life of the bomber.

The bridge is the only bridge along the highway which is considered to be the safest route from the Borno State capital to Damaturu, the Yobe Stae capital.

Residents said that the bomber, who was driving a dark grey Volkswagen Golf car, attempted to blow up the bridge after the Muslims Zuhr prayers on Saturday .

 

YNaija

 

Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, and former Nigerian military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, met the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna today over the forthcoming general elections.

The meeting which lasted over an hour was held behind closed doors at Buhari’s office along Jabi Road, Kaduna metropolis Monday morning.

It will be recalled that both Mbeki and Abdulsalami had met with President Goodluck Jonathan at Aso Villa on Sunday.

The detail of the meeting between the two former leaders with the president was however not made public.

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In a case of classic irony, the Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has been stranded at the Abuja airport for a couple of hours.

Not surprisingly the airline responsible for the flight delay is Arik airline.

While stating his ordeal on micro-blogging platform, Twitter, Chidoka said he was heading to Lagos and his appointment has been messed up without forewarning or apology from the airline.

YNaija

 

English football giants, Arsenal FC, have defeated old rivals, Manchester United to qualify for the semi finals of the English FA Cup.

This is courtesy of a 2-1 victory in the quarter final match decided at Old Trafford on Monday night.

Nacho Monreal scored his first goal of the season when he clinically finished a terrific move to put the Gunners in the lead but Wayne Rooney quickly equalized three minutes later during a captivating first 45 minutes.

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