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As congratulatory messages poured in for President Muhammadu Buhari over his re-election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has kept disquietingly mum.

Telephone calls made to Obasanjo’s Media Aide, Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, by the correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) were not picked while text messages sent to him for Obasanjo’s reaction were neither acknowledged nor replied.

Obasanjo slumped into ‘quiet mode’ since February 23, after voting in Abeokuta and advising winners in the election to show magnanimity in victory, saying losers should also accept defeat.

“In any competition, there will always be winners and losers. That is what anybody in any competition must be prepared for as a good sportsman. Whoever that wins should show magnanimity. If I lose, I will also bow down graciously. That is what any competition is all about.

“If your purpose of going for any competition is that you must win at all costs, then that is no longer a competition. I know INEC will make amends for the shortcomings ahead of the next elections.”

After failing to deliver his polling unit in Abeokuta to Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party that he staked so much upon, including risking God’s wrath, Obasanjo has not been since in public.

He had hoped his endorsement would enable Atiku defeat Buhari.

He also tried to create a third force and a coalition of groups to dethrone Buhari, but none showed any promised until he embraced Atiku.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, in the early hours of Wednesday declared Buhari winner of the Saturday’s presidential polls. He polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat Atiku, his closest rival who scored 11,262,978 votes.

Prominent and well-meaning Nigerians as well as international leaders have since been congratulating Buhari over his victory in the election, widely adjudged as peaceful and credible.

But former President Obasanjo, who believes he could swing election to any aspirant has noticeably kept off the public radar, holed in his expansive home on the hilltop in Abeokuta, the Ogun capital.

Obasanjo, was quite vocal in the build-up to the election and campaigned against Buhari’s re-election with a series of caustic and malicious letters.

Then in an amazing and absurd turn, he endorsed Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP, whom he had once accused and condemned over corruption claims.

He had told Nigerians that God would not forgive him (Obasanjo) if he ever supported Atiku to be president.

But for all Obasanjo’s vitriol against Buhari, the presidency repeatedly asked Nigerians to ignore Obasanjo, saying Buhari’s performance in office would earn him re-election.(NAN)

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/after-failing-to-deliver-poling-unit-obasanjo-slumps-into-quiet-mode/

Photo- Muhammadu Buhari and Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his recent reelection victory.

The South African President, in a message obtained by Insider Post praised Nigerians for their patience after the elections were delayed by a week.

Cyril Ramophosa expressed his commitment to working closely with President Buhari’s government “to enhance the good bilateral relations which exist between South Africa and Nigeria, paying particular focus on the strengthening of economic cooperation”.

In his statement, the South African President said his country and Nigeria have enjoyed good political, economic and social relations formally established in 1994, immediately after South Africa’s first democratic elections.

“The two countries have thus far signed 34 bilateral agreements covering various areas such as arts and culture, education, agriculture, trade and investment, mining, defence, policing, immigration, taxation, science and technology, health, tourism, environment and energy,” he added.

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/more-felicitations-as-south-africas-president-congratulates-buhari/

The president of Zimbabwe has congratulated Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari on his recent reelection victory.

In a tweet shared via his official twitter handle, Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe wished Nigeria’s President all the best in his quest to move the country towards progress and developmet.

See tweet below:

Congratulations @MBuhari on your re-election as President of Nigeria. I wish you all the best as you continue to lead your country towards further progress and development, and fulfil the high hopes the people of Nigeria have placed in you.

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/mnangagwa-zimbabwe-congratulates-buhari/

Ewooooo

Chris Smith , a ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, has alleged that votes are being tampered with in the ongoing Nigerian elections.

In a message posted on the US house website, Chris Smith is quoted thus”

“Yesterday, Nigeria voted. Today, votes are being counted. I am very concerned by credible reports that the vote is being tampered with. To avoid any manipulation of the tally, it is critical that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announce without delay actual results — which are certified by party agents and observers — at each polling unit as the vote is tabulated.

“Well-placed sources report that in some states and localities — including Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia — INEC commissioners are receiving enormous pressure to alter poll results. This must not be allowed to happen.

“The eyes of the United States, of Africa, and the world are upon Nigeria and INEC. I also ask Secretary Michael Pompeo to hold accountable anyone who seeks to cheat the Nigerian people — who have waited patiently — of their vote or foments violence.”

Nigerians voted, with minor glitches, on Saturday for presidential and National Assembly positions in the 36 states of the country.

The country’s electoral body, INEC has announced that the announcement of results will commerce 11 am on Monday.

Sporadic violence were reported in some parts of the country mostly in the South South, South West and North central regions. Figures of death casualties stand at 20 with 15 being shot dead by the military in the riverine community of Abonnema in Rivers state...

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/nigerias-elections-votes-are-being-tampered-with-us-congressman-insists/

Chris Smith , a ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, has alleged that votes are being tampered with in the ongoing Nigerian elections.

In a message posted on the US house website, Chris Smith is quoted thus”

“Yesterday, Nigeria voted. Today, votes are being counted. I am very concerned by credible reports that the vote is being tampered with. To avoid any manipulation of the tally, it is critical that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announce without delay actual results — which are certified by party agents and observers — at each polling unit as the vote is tabulated.

“Well-placed sources report that in some states and localities — including Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia — INEC commissioners are receiving enormous pressure to alter poll results. This must not be allowed to happen.

“The eyes of the United States, of Africa, and the world are upon Nigeria and INEC. I also ask Secretary Michael Pompeo to hold accountable anyone who seeks to cheat the Nigerian people — who have waited patiently — of their vote or foments violence.”

Nigerians voted, with minor glitches, on Saturday for presidential and National Assembly positions in the 36 states of the country.

The country’s electoral body, INEC has announced that the announcement of results will commerce 11 am on Monday.

Sporadic violence were reported in some parts of the country mostly in the South South, South West and North central regions. Figures of death casualties stand at 20 with 15 being shot dead by the military in the riverine community of Abonnema in Rivers state...

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/nigerias-elections-votes-are-being-tampered-with-us-congressman-insists/

The People's Democratic party candidate for Ikeja federal constituency Hon. Mutiu Okunola has landed in a private hospital in Maryland after suspected APC thugs landed heavy blows on his head.

In a video obtained by Insider Post, the PDP House of reps hopeful was seen violently protesting against the results at the Ikeja collation centre when APC party agents/thugs descended heavily on him.

Okunola in action, vandalizing properties at the INEC collation centre in Ikeja.


In a telephone conversation with one of his associates, the PDP candidate is recuperating and has vowed to seek legal redress. He described the Ikeja elections has totally flawed with results doctored by the APC.

The All progressives congress candidate Mr. James Faleke defeated PDPs Okunola by just thousand votes.

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/election-results-pdp-ikeja-house-of-reps-candidate-collapses-lands-in-hospital/

Yemi Adeleye

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ) have surfaced at the Lagos State Collation Centre for the Presidential Election, situated at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters office, Yaba.

The 10 officials entered INEC premises before 10:00pm on Saturday night and sat under the canopy erected for the collation of Presidential results across the 20 local government areas of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the operatives, who were wearing their aprons with EFCC inscriptions sat quietly awaiting the commencement of the final collation exercise in the state.

The operatives were seated and fully at alert at the collation centre. Their mission was not clear.

Speaking to NAN, a staff of the commission, who preferred anonymity, said that in his many years of service in the commission, the operatives of EFCC had never participated in elections’ result collation.

Another official of the commission, who would not want his name mentioned in print suggested that the operatives were on ground to tackle the menace of vote selling and buying.

Meanwhile, collations of the Presidential and National Assembly elections are ongoing in many centres and no results from any local government areas of the state has reached the final state collation centre in INEC office.

However, the venue was scanty as at 12:00 midnight with some journalists and many security agents going in and out of the premises.

The final collation for the Presidential elections in the state may be delayed till Sunday morning.

NAN reports that many Registration Area Collation Officers in the Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency collation centre situated at St. Agnes Primary School, Birrel in Yaba, next fence to INEC office, were still busy with the exercise.

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/efcc-arrives-inecs-collation-centre/

Nigeria's leading opposition party, the PDP has nnounced to the National Peace Committee (NPC) and the international community that President Muhammadu Buhari and the rulling APC has declared and commenced war on the opposition.

This was made known in an official press statement signed by the party's publicity Secretary Kola Ologbodinyan.

See statement below:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/buhari-and-apc-have-declared-and-commenced-war-on-the-opposition-pdp-cries-out/

Nigeria's main opposition party the People's Democratic Party has accused the independent national electoral commission of withholding sensitive election materials including collation (form EC8D) and result (form EC8E) sheets in states considered to be PDP strongholds.

In an official tweet which saw the party tag the president of the United States, the British PM and the UN, the PDP accused the electoral commission of sinister moves.

See official statement below:.
Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/pdp-accuses-inec-of-withholding-sensitive-materials-in-its-pdp-strongholds/


Baba ojere kor... Baba fraudster
Oniranu!

THE People's Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State has revealed that a former Governor of the state and current Senator has received orders from the presidency to kill and maim all his political opponents in the state ahead of Saturday's rescheduled presidential and national assembly elections.

In a press statement obtained by Insider Post, Akwa Ibom PDP alleged that the former Governor had the backing of the Police force to commit the atrocities on Saturday.

See offcial statement below:

PRESS STATEMENT BY AKWA IBOM ELDERS AND STAKEHOLDERS

Good afternoon Gentlemen of the Press

We, the Elders of this State and Stakeholders have gathered here, to bring to the attention of Nigeria and the international community, the devious plan of the All Progressive Congress. Spearheaded by Senator Godswill Akpabio Senator Akpabio to cause widespread mayhem in the State with the view to disrupting the Presidential and National assembly elections scheduled for this Saturday, February, 23 2019.

Last night, Senator Akpabio held a secret meeting with the security agencies where he informed them that he has the permission of the Presidency to kill and maim all opponents and that nothing will happen to any officer who carries out the instruction.

Acting in concert with AIG Kimo, who is in charge of Zone 6 but has relocated to Akwa Ibom State, CSP Brown, the officer in charge of the Political Desk and SP Idorenyin Akpabio, a blood relation of Senator Akpabio, they have been indiscriminately arresting PDP Stakeholders and perceived opponents on trumped-up charges. The conduct last Saturday in Obot Akara where INEC buses were burnt with election materials was masterminded by Senator Akpabio. Extortion and arbitrary arrests under this dispensation has assumed disturbing dimensions...

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/akpabio-has-permission-from-the-presidency-to-kill-and-maim-all-opponents-in-the-state-akwa-ibom-pdp-alleges/

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced that the Collection of PVCs scheduled to end today Friday 8th February 2019 has been extended Nationwide to Monday 11th February 2019, to include Saturday and Sunday

In a series of tweets via its official handle, INEC said the collection of PVCs will now take place from 9am to 6pm daily. All State offices are hereby directed to review the procedure for the collection of PVCs and dedicate all the staff of the Local Government offices to the collection process.

Staff are enjoined to be civil in attending to citizens and to escalate issues that they cannot immediately resolve to their superiors.

The Commission wishes to reassure Nigerians that we will continue to take every necessary step to ensure that no registered voter is disenfranchised on account of non-collection of PVCs.

Similarly, the Commission is taking urgent steps to address complaints of unavailability of the PVCs of some registered voters before the end the deadline for the collection.

We wish to reiterate that after the deadline of Monday 11th February 2019, all uncollected PVCs will be recalled and deposited with the CBN for safe-keeping until after the General Elections when the collection of cards and the continuous registration of voters will resume.

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/breaking-inec-extends-deadline-for-pvc-collection/

Chief Olu Falae, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party has denied resigning his position as the national chairman of the party.

Olu Falae, who spoke with a Punch correspondent at his residence in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday, said he only retired front active politics but not resigning his position.

He said, “I was determined to retire from active politics when I clock 80. After I clocked 80 last September, I wanted to announce my retirement but the national convention of the party was starting days ahead, and after the convention, Prof. Jerry Gana took us to court. That is why I could not announce.
“So in line with the party’s constitution, Prof. Tunde Adeniran is the defacto National Chairman, I have retired but I did not resign.”

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/just-in-i-have-not-resigned-as-sdp-chairman-olu-falae-cries-out/

Florence Onuegbu

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) said on Friday that it might close Ladipo Market in Mushin, till further notice, if the waste situation continued unabated.

LAWMA’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Obinna Onyenali, said that the attention of the authority had been drawn to the unwholesome environmental practices being carried out by traders at the Ladipo Market.

Onyenali said that such practices had resulted to indiscriminate dumping of waste and degradation of the environment.

He said that the authority had, in recent times, doubled its efforts to ensure that business transactions in all Lagos markets were conducted in a clean and safe environment.

According to him, the authority has doubled its efforts through timely deployment of trucks for waste evacuation and sweeping of the markets.

“However, these efforts are being tainted by the activities of mischievous persons who would rather dump their waste indiscriminately on the roads than patronise their assigned Private Sector Participation (PSP) operators.

“LAWMA condemns in strongest terms this unwholesome act, being perpetuated by the traders of Ladipo Market, as it exposes the environment and the people that do business there to various health dangers.

“The authority seizes this opportunity to urge the merchants at the market to turn a new leaf or face the consequences of the Law.

“If these heinous acts against the environment continue unabated, the market will be shut till further notice,” he said in a statement.

Onyenali said that LAWMA wanted all markets to comply with the Environmental Laws of the state, which was essential for building a cleaner and healthier environment that everyone would be proud of.

“The Authority appeals to all residents in the state to always imbibe the habit of effective waste management by bagging their waste for easy evacuation by their assigned PSPs,” he said.(NAN)

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/lagos-govt-threatens-to-shut-ladipo-market/

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has condoled with the families and friends of those who may have lost a dear one in the tragic incident at the APC rally in Jalingo, Taraba State on Thursday.

A statement signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, quoted the PDP Presidential candidate to have expressed sadness over the loss of lives.(NAN)

“All Nigerian lives matter whether they are of the APC, PDP or any other party”, Atiku Abubakar was quoted to have said from Katsina where he was holding a rally himself.

Atiku also expressed his deepest condolences to the APC and its presidential candidate and the government and people of Taraba State over the tragedy.

The PDP Presidential candidate prayed for strength and comfort for the affected families and for God to grant the deceased eternal rest.

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/atiku-condoles-with-apc-over-jalingo-tragedy/

The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) has suspended its three-month old strike.
ASUU  President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi announced the suspension after meeting with the Federal Government.
He said the strike would be suspended from midnight today.
More later.

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/just-in-ASUU-suspends-strike/

For bubu backyard o. He don be for APShit!

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, has arrived in Abuja as the Head of ECOWAS Observer Mission in Nigeria ahead of the 2019 general elections.

She was received by the Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission, Finda Koroma, members of the commission and some representatives of the ECOWAS Parliament.

According to Johnson-Sirleaf, she expects to meet with political leaders and join Nigerians to ensure that the process is peaceful and successful.

The former Liberian president said she would share the findings of earlier missions and consult with those who were already on ground to observe the elections.

With less than two weeks to the 2019 general elections, the international community has deployed various missions to observe the electoral process closely.

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/polls-former-liberian-president-johnson-sirleaf-arrives-nigeria-to-head-ecowas-observer-mission/

Habibu Harisu
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Tuesday sacked the Commissioner for Information, Mr Bello Muhammad-Goronyo, following his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Tambuwal’s Director-General, Media and Public Relations, Malam Abubakar Shekara, disclosed this in a statement in Sokoto.

“Gov. Aminu Tambuwal has relieved Barrister Bello Goronyo of his appointment as Commissioner for Information with immediate effect.

“The Permanent Secretary has been directed to take over the affairs of the Ministry immediately,” Shekara said.

He explained that the decision to relieve the official of his post was sequel to the alleged sabotaging of the state government’s efforts on its laudable programmes and activities.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Muhammad-Goronyo had on Tuesday evening decamped from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The former Commissioner, who was also the Chairman, Publicity and Media Committee of PDP Governorship Campaign Council in Sokoto State, announced his defection at APC campaign rally in Wamakko.(NAN)

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/just-in-tambuwal-sacks-information-commissioner-for-defecting/

Prudence Arobani

The re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari got a boost on Monday when Mr Olujonwo Obasanjo, son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, stormed the United States to galvanise Nigerians to support Buhari for the Feb. 16 presidential election.

Obasanjo, who is the President, The Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), said he was in the United States to solicit support for Buhari’s re-election among Nigerian in the diaspora and other members of the international community.

He explained that his support for the re-election of the president was due to his focus on youth empowerment and securing the future of the country for the Nigerian youth.

Obasanjo said while in the United States, he participated in several activities aimed to project the positive image of the administration and Nigeria to the international community.

“I participated at the United Nations International Day for Education, promoted by the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations and the Nigerian Government.

“Education is one of the tenets of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, focusing on youth empowerment, youth participation and securing a better future for our generation and the generations to come.

“I also participated at the Nigerian American Business Forum where I met with many Nigerian professionals and their American counterparts. I went to Atlanta to visit our sister organisations there and to inaugurate many of our organisations.

“I also went to Detroit where we inaugurated some of the organisations. We also have many Buhari support organisations in New York as well.

“We have Buharists in the United States and all over the world. So I am here to encourage them and to support them in every way we can,” he said.
He said his support for Buhari was because he stood out among other presidential candidates because of his determination to bequeath a secured future for the youth of Nigeria.

“President Buhari has opened up the space for the youth of the country to participate politically, economically, and all other areas of the economy.

“Recently, there was the women and youth campaign wing that was inaugurated by the president, which showed that he wants to ensure that the youth and the women have a strong voice in his re-election campaign.

“We believe that by doing that, Mr president wants us to be part of his administration going forward. Mr President is one who has made us believe again in our country, who has made us proud of our country.

“At the international stage, we are not being looked upon like a pariah nation. So I believe for Nigerians at home and Nigerians in the diaspora, they have seen that Mr president is the best candidate.’’

Mr Haruna Madisca, Organising Secretary of The Buhari Youth Organisation, also said Buhari was a man of integrity and the fear of God, which Nigeria needed at this time.

He said Nigerians could not trust Atiku, saying his plan to sell the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) if elected was questionable.

He added that Buhari had provided enabling environment for small businesses to thrive.

Madisca, who is President, Goron Oil and Gas Limited, said through the NNPC Renewable Energy Department, there is a $25 million investment in cassava in Kogi that would be producing 40,000 litres of bio-ethanol per day.

“The investment start-up on a turnkey basis is $25 million. The plant will employ over 2,500 people on a full time basis,” he said, saying such investment was at risk should NNPC be sold...

More:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/obasanjo-storms-u-s-campaigns-for-buhari/

Cc: Mynd44, Lalasticlala

InsiderPost:
An uncanny sect "The Association of White Witches in Nigeria" (AWWN) has thrown their support behind the PDP presidential candidate after several meetings which they claimed to have had on Obudu mountain and Zuma rock.

The sect claims that the PDP Presidential candidate would come out victorious in the February Elections.

Dr. Iboi Okhue, the spokesperson of the association announced this to Sunday Independent in a telephone conversation. The spokesperson of AWWN said that he was sure the victory of Atiku was sealed by them after two meetings held in those mountainous regions.

Also, in a staggering prediction, Iboi Okhue also said that Atiku’s victory would especially emanate from unexpected regions in the north where his contending opponent Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) supposedly has a firm grip.

In establishing this prediction, the spokesperson particularly mentioned that states in the northern region, especially the northwest, would make Atiku their choice...

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/2019-elections-association-of-white-witches-endorse-atiku/

An uncanny sect "The Association of White Witches in Nigeria" (AWWN) has thrown their support behind the PDP presidential candidate after several meetings which they claimed to have had on Obudu mountain and Zuma rock.

The sect claims that the PDP Presidential candidate would come out victorious in the February Elections.

Dr. Iboi Okhue, the spokesperson of the association announced this to Sunday Independent in a telephone conversation. The spokesperson of AWWN said that he was sure the victory of Atiku was sealed by them after two meetings held in those mountainous regions.

Also, in a staggering prediction, Iboi Okhue also said that Atiku’s victory would especially emanate from unexpected regions in the north where his contending opponent Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) supposedly has a firm grip.

In establishing this prediction, the spokesperson particularly mentioned that states in the northern region, especially the northwest, would make Atiku their choice...

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/news/2019-elections-association-of-white-witches-endorse-atiku/

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in Ekiti State has challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to tell Nigerians the political history of those President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate as members of his campaign council on Monday. The way the APC is going with its desperate political recruitments, we only hope Nigerians won’t one day see Evans, the alleged kidnapper mounting the rostrum to campaign for the reelection of the President”, Director of Media and Publicity, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement on Sunday.

The PDP urged Ekiti people in particular and Nigerians in general to take note of those President Buhari will be presenting tomorrow as Vice Chairmen (North and South), Director General as well as Zonal Coordinators of his campaign.

The statement read; “PDP, like every organisations had its fair share of bad elements and we are happy that those corrupt elements left the party and are now comfortably calling the shots in the APC, playing leading roles in the reelection campaign of a President they told
Nigerians had integrity.

“At the top echelon of the campaign council of their Mr. Integrity is Rotimi Amaechi, a man who has lived close to 20 years of his existence on public fund, having spent eight years as Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly and seven and half years as the State governor on the ticket of PDP. Out of 20 years of his political life, he has only spent four in APC.

“Senator George Akume, who is the Vice Chairman (North) of the Buhari’s Campaign Council was Governor of Benue State from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007 on the platform of PDP while Senator Ken Nnamani, who is the Vice Chairman (South) was Senate President between 2005 and 2007 on PDP platform.

“Senator Aliyu Wamakko, who is to lead Buhari’s campaign in the Northwest was elected governor of Sokoto State in 2007 and 2011 on the platform of PDP while his Northeast counterpart, Senator Ali Ndume was elected to the Senate for Borno South, in 2011 as PDP candidate.

“In the North Central, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, a two term PDP governor of Nasarawa State is President Buhari’s campaign director.

“Most importantly, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who is the campaign director for South South was until a few months ago the PDP Leader in the Senate and he was two term governor of Akwa Ibom State as well as Commissioner.

“They have now rechristened these corrupt people that could not fit into the reformed and rejuvenated PDP as progressives, with President Buhari giving them protection. Even properties seized from them when EFCC was still fighting corruption and not being used as attack-dog against opposition elements as being done under the APC government have all been returned.

“Furthermore, they have been assigned with task of selling Buhari, an expired product to Nigerians so that they can keep enjoying his protection at the expense of suffering Nigerians..

More:
https://insiderpostonline./2019/01/06/evans-may-join-apc-pdp-mocks-ruling-party/

Saudi women will no longer be the last to know they’ve been divorced.

A new Justice Ministry regulation taking effect Sunday will make it mandatory for a woman to be notified by text message when a court issues her husband’s divorce decree, Saudi lawyer Nisreen al-Ghamdi said.

Currently, some men register divorce deeds at the courts without even telling their wives, al-Ghamdi said by phone from Jeddah.

“The new measure ensures women get their rights when they’re divorced,” she said, referring to alimony. “It also ensures that any powers of attorney issued before the divorce are not misused.”

A copy of a Justice Ministry circular al-Ghamdi shared said the new service meshes with ministry efforts to keep in step with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 blueprint for economic and social reforms.

Women have gained more rights since the crown prince consolidated his power a couple of years ago. Saudi Arabia has lifted the ban on driving – the only one of its kind in the world – and has loosened many restrictions related to gender mixing and social life.

But women still adhere to a a male guardianship system that requires them, according to receive approval to apply for a passport, travel outside the country, study abroad on a government scholarship, get married or even exit prison.

More:
https://insiderpostonline./2019/01/06/breaking-saudi-women-to-now-get-divorce-notice-by-text-message/