Archive for May, 2014

APC condemns conversion of kidnapped Christian girls to Islam

The All Progressives Congress has condemned the reported conversion to Islam of the Christians among the over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted by the Boko Haram terror group four weeks ago, describing the development as totally unacceptable and downright unconstitutional.

It has also postponed its planned NEC meeting earlier scheduled for today (Tuesday).

According to a statement in Abuja, Tuesday, the party held an emergency meeting to deliberate on the Boko Haram issue.

The APC described the action of the girls abductors in forcing them to make statements against their personal convictions, as utterly barbaric.

It reminded the abductors that Nigeria was a secular state and that the countrys constitution recognizes the rights of the citizens to any religion of their choice.

The party submitted that it was patently wrong and unconscionable to force any citizen to convert from one religion to another.

This whole abduction saga has hit at the very soul of our nation. But just when we felt we had all witnessed the worst atrocity by the primitive and brutal group called Boko Haram, we are confronted with a totally repulsive scene of teenage girls, literally with guns to their heads, being forced to say they have converted to Islam.

This is appalling, distasteful and unacceptable under any circumstance and we condemn it with all the strength we can muster, APC said.

The party urged the government to critically study the latest video by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, to see what other measures can be added to the ongoing international efforts to find and rescue the girls.

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Conservatives & Liberals Upset That I Celebrate Dead Police – Video


Conservatives Liberals Upset That I Celebrate Dead Police
So I wrote an article celebrating the death of Brentwood, New Hampshire Police officer Steve Arkell, for breaking into a stranger #39;s home. Predictably, this upset a bunch of people. The conservative...

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Ontario election: NDP leader Andrea Horwath vows quicker action on auto insurance rates

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says the Liberals are in the pocket of big insurance companies and could care less about the motoring public.

People are paying too much for insurance, she told reporters Tuesday at a campaign stop in Scarborough.

We are quite concerned the Liberals are more interested in keeping the insurance companies happy than they are about bringing down rates for drivers.

Howarth said the 15 per cent auto insurance reduction promised the 2013-14 budget has failed to live up to its billing.

And Horwath said if she was to become premier she would bring the industry to heel.

We do want to drive some changes in the auto insurance industry, she said, including forcing the industry to share the wealth.

I have been hearing all around the province people are not seeing a significant reduction in their auto insurance rates. Some people are seeing their rates go up, she told reporters at Malvern Town Centre.

The budget called for an average 15 per cent cut to premiums to be phased in over two years.

According the government, insurance rates on average have gone down 5.67 per cent as of April. The NDP wanted the 15 per cent decrease implemented all at once.

Horwath said that among other things, a NDP government would reduce the time it takes for government rate changes to be realized by the consumer.

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Ontario election: NDP leader Andrea Horwath vows quicker action on auto insurance rates

Who Wants My Vote? Interview with Duwayne Brooks (Liberal Democrats) – Video


Who Wants My Vote? Interview with Duwayne Brooks (Liberal Democrats)
Interview with Duwayne Brooks (Liberal Democrats) Mayoral Elections Candidate 2014, Lewisham Video shot and edited by Sandra Glab, Sara Herera and Weidong Li...

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Pelosi Twice Dodges Questions On Democrats’ Benghazi Investigation Committee Strategy – Video


Pelosi Twice Dodges Questions On Democrats #39; Benghazi Investigation Committee Strategy
In her weekly press conference, Nancy Pelosi twice dodges questions on Democrats #39; Benghazi investigation committee strategy (5/9/14).

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