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 Education › NECO Releases 2015 Exam Results by lekanolas(op): 3:36pm On Sep 10, 2015 |
The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the June/July 2015 results with improvement of 16 per cent in credits in English and Mathematics. The NECO Registrar, Prof. Abdulrashid Garba, who announced the results on Thursday in Minna, said that 68.56 per cent of candidates got more than five credits this year. He said that the 2015 result was an improvement from 2014 when 52.29 got above five credits. Garba said that 969,491 sat for the examination out of the 969,991 candidates that registered. He said that 0.11 per cent cases of malpractice were recorded, adding that the results of candidates involved have been cancelled. The registrar said that the council was able to sustain its timely release of results in less than 60 days from the date the last paper was written. “The 2015 examinations result was released within 60 days after the final paper. This shows a great success achieved by the council. “Lists of schools which were involved in examination malpractice have been blacklisted and the results of students who wrote in such centres have been cancelled,” he said. Garba called on candidates who sat for the examination to access their results on NECO Web site www.mynecoexams.com. http://newsday.com.ng/neco-releases-2015-exam-results/ |
| Politics › Fayose Gets Approval To Borrow N19.6bn by lekanolas(op): 4:28pm On Sep 09, 2015 |
Ekiti State House of Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved N19.6 billion loan facilities for the state government. The approval followed two different letters written by Gov. Ayo Fayose requesting the house consent to access the loans. The letters are, “Consideration of the proposal of the State Government to Partake in the Excess Crude Account and Consideration of the Intention of Ekiti State Government to Partake in the Federal Government Bailout Package to pay Backlog of Workers’ Salaries’’. A breakdown of the loans showed that the state would access N10 billion from Access Bank on 10 years and 9 per cent repayment arrangement. Also, the state government would access N9,604,430,000 from Skye Bank on 20 years and 9 per cent repayment arrangement. The Leader of the house, Mr Akinyele Olatunji, had appealed to members to give the request accelerated considerations. Olatunji described the government intention as a good development, saying that it would better the lives of Ekiti citizenry. “Access to the N10 billion Excess Crude Account (ECA) and over N9.6 billion Federal Government bailout loan, respectively is a good development for the state. “The loans will enable the present administration provide basic infrastructure and social amenities for its citizens. “If the government is able to access these loans the government will be able to execute developmental projects. “Apart from the loan being used to pay the backlog of workers’ salaries, it will also enable the government provide some basic social amenities in the state,’’ Olatunji said. The views of the leader of the house was corroborated by the trio of Messrs Gboyega Aribisogan (Ikole I), Deputy Speaker, Segun Adewumi (Ekiti West I), and Dele Fajemileyin (Gbonyin). They described the decision by the state government to access the loans as the best way out of the current financial situation. “If these loans are obtained, it will take care of government campaign promises to the people,’’ they said in their different contributions to the debate. Earlier, the Speaker, Kola Oluwawole, had read the two executive letters from the governor requesting the house permission through resolutions. http://newsday.com.ng/fayose-gets-approval-to-borrow-n19-6bn/ |
| Politics › Police To Arrest Unauthourised Users Of Siren Nationwide by lekanolas(op): 3:03pm On Sep 08, 2015 |
The Nigeria Police Force said in Abuja on Tuesday that it would arrest any person not listed in the categories of persons authourised to use siren in the country.http://thenationonlineng.net/police-to-arrest-unauthourised-users-of-siren/ 1 Like |
| Politics › Seven Governors Shun PDP Governors’ Forum Meeting In Bayelsa by lekanolas(op): 2:42pm On Sep 08, 2015 |
Seven out of the 13 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors on Tuesday shunned the meeting of their forum in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Prominent among those who were absent at the meeting were Govenors of Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Cross River, Gombe, Ekiti and Taraba states They did no did not turn out at the meeting and also did not send any representatives. The meeting was only attended by two governors and four deputy governors The governors were Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, who is the Chairman of the PDP Governors' Forum and the host, Seriake Dickson, while the deputies that represented their governors were those of Delta, Kingsley Otuaro; Abia, Chris Akomas; Ebonyi, Kelechi Igwe and Kogi, Yomi Awoniyi. http://newsday.com.ng/seven-governors-shun-pdp-governors-forum-meeting-in-bayelsa/ |
| Politics › Speaker Dogara Mourns Olu Of Warri by lekanolas(op): 10:53am On Sep 07, 2015 |
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Yakubu Dogara, has condoled with the government and people of Delta over the death of Olu of Warri, Godwin Edomi. This is contained in a statement issued by Dogara’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Turaki Hassan, on Monday The statement stated that the speaker said that the country had lost one of its revered traditional rulers. “The late monarch was a father for all and consummate lawyer whose 28 year reign brought peace and tranquility amongst his people. “I am deeply touched by the news of the demise of Olu of Warri. I pray God to give his family, his subjects and the people of Delta the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss,’’ it stated. The statement, which said that the late monarch lived an exemplary life worth of emulation, urged the people of Warri to honor him by living in peace and harmony. “The late Olu`s demise was a big loss not just to the Itsekiri nation, but Nigeria at large. “As people of faith, we know that he has gone to rest as all mortals must test death,’’ the statement stated. http://newsday.com.ng/dogara-mourns-olu-of-warri/ |
| Politics › NUJ Vows To Disrupt Thisday’s 20th Anniversay Celebration Over Unpaid Salaries by lekanolas(op): 3:58pm On Sep 04, 2015 |
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has threatened to disrupt the 20th anniversary celebration of Thisday Newspapers if the management failed to pay the outstanding salaries of the organisation’s journalists. A statement by the National President of NUJ, Waheed Odusile, on Friday in Lagos said that the publisher of Thisday, Mr Nduka Obaigbena had been notified. It said that if the management failed to effect the payment by 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4, the union would disrupt the organisation’s 20th anniversary celebration. The anniversary celebration is scheduled to hold on Saturday, September. 5, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The statement said that the letter sent to Obaigbenna on Wednesday, noted that the action would take place with the full backing of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. It said it was particularly pained that Obaigbena had reneged on his promise after assuring the NUJ leadership of the payment. “There is no going back on the disruption of the company’s 20th anniversary celebration except the flamboyant publisher pays his workers by 2 p.m. on Friday,’’ it added http://newsday.com.ng/nuj-vows-to-disrupt-thisdays-20th-anniversay-celebration-over-workers-unpaid-salaries/ |
| Politics › Another 40-foot Container Truck Falls On Ikorodu-sagamu Expressway by lekanolas(op): 11:38am On Sep 04, 2015 |
Forty-eight hours after a 40-foot container truck fell off the Ojuelegba Bridge along Funsho Williams Avenue , Lagos State, killing three persons, another incident had also occurred along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway, on Friday. No life was lost in this latest incident which occurred at Winners Bus Stop, located between Lagos State Polytechnic and Jubilee Estate in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The truck with a Lagos licence number plate , JJJ-933 XA, was said to be ascending a hill en-route Lagos road, Ikorodu, when it lost control and fell on its side. It fell across the entire breadth of the dual carriage way and prevented both motorists and other vehicles from using the major road. An eyewitness, simply identified as Kabiru, who lives few meters away from the scene, told NAN that “the accident happened at about 2.30 a.m on Friday. “We heard a loud noise and when we came to the scene, we saw that it was a container truck that had fallen. “We didn’t see the driver of the truck by the time we arrived’’. A resident of the area, Mrs Chioma Amadi said, “This sort of accident used to happen here, and on some occasion lives are lost. “A similar fatal accident happened here about four years ago which claimed the life of a polytechnic lecturer’s pregnant wife. http://newsday.com.ng/another-40-foot-container-truck-falls-on-ikorodu-sagamu-expressway/
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| Politics › PDP Commences Sale Of Forms For Kogi Governorship Election by lekanolas(op): 11:49am On Aug 17, 2015 |
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will on Monday commence the sale of the Expression of Interest (EoI) and nomination forms for the November governorship election in Kogi State. The Expression of Interest form goes for N1 million while the gubernatorial form is put at N10 million. Female aspirants are, however, exempted from the payment of nomination forms as a way of encouraging women in the party to vie for elective positions. The sale of the forms is expected to end on 24, Screening of aspirants will hold on August 27 while gubernatorial primary to choose the party’s candidate for the election has been scheduled for September 28. The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed November 21 as the date for the Kogi governorship election. The INEC has has fixed between August 25 and September 15 for political parties wishing to field candidates for governorship election in Kogi State to conclude their primaries. http://newsday.com.ng/pdp-commences-sale-of-forms-for-kogi-governorship-election/ |
| Politics › Tinubu’s In-law, Lola Akande Joins Ambode’s Cabinet by lekanolas(op): 10:16am On Aug 16, 2015 |
The immediate elder sister of the wife of the former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, Lola Akande is among those already penciled down to join the cabinet of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State. Akande, who was a former Deputy Majority Leader of Lagos House of Assembly had lost in her bid to represent the Ikeja Constituency in the House of Representatives. She lost to James Faleke, a former Chairman of the Ojodu Local Government Development Council (LCDA) Akande’s name is among the 15 names that have been picked to head some of the 20 ministries in the state. She is expected to be appointed as the Commissioner for the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Other names penciled down to become commissioners are Modupe Akinsola, Abdulateef Abdulkareem, Sulaimon Oriyomi, Paul Kalejaiye, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, Mohammed Kabiru, Gbolahan Lawal, Ganiyu Johnson. Others are Abayomi Abass, Ramotallahi Akinola-Hassan, Kazeem Adeniyi and Adekunle Salvador. Abdulkareem, a former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and ex-aide to former Governor Babatunde Fashola on Political and Legislative Powers is expected to head the Ministry of Home Affairs. Oriyomi,, former Chairman of Bariga LCDA takes over as the new Commissioner of Local Government and Community Affairs. Mobereola, the Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, is expected to head the Ministry of Transportation. The portfolios of the others are: Dep. Gov. Oluranti Adebule- Ministry of Education Idowu Ajanaku – Ministry of Information and Strategy Gbolahan Lawal – Ministry of Environment Prof. Ademola Abass- Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment. Modupe Akinsola – Ministry of Tourism. Folarin Coker – Commissioner of Waterfront Infrastructure Development. Paul Kalejaiye – Commissioner of Agriculture. Ambode is expected to announce members of his cabinet this week. http://newsday.com.ng/tinubus-in-law-joins-ambodes-cabinet/ |
| Politics › APC Loses At Lagos Tribunal by lekanolas(op): 12:33pm On Aug 12, 2015 |
The Lagos State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency 1 in the March 28 National Assembly poll. The APC candidate for the election, Timothy Olumuyiwa Olabintan, had approach the tribunal to nullify the declaration of Mutiu Shadimu of the PDP as the winner of the election. Delivering judgement on the petition, the tribunal led by Justice E. I. Ikponwonba dismissed Olabintan’s petition for lack of merit.. Justice kponwonba ruled that the petitioner failed to serve the notice of the petition on Shadimu on time. The judge upheld all the arguments and prayers of Shadimu’ s lawyer, Kotoye Moyosore. Reacting to the development, APC Chairman for Oshodi-Isolo, Olamide Kasali, rejected the ruling of the tribunal.. He noted that the tribunal sacrificed justice on the altar of technicality. He stated that the petitioner could not be blamed for late service of the notice on the respondents because it was the duty of the tribunal to do so. He vowed that the party would challenge the decision of the tribunal at the Court of Appeal. http://newsday.com.ng/apc-loses-at-lagos-tribunal/ |
| Politics › DSS Seizes Sacked NNPC GMD, Ged’s Passports by lekanolas(op): 7:59am On Aug 10, 2015 |
The Department of State Security Services (DSS )has seized the passports of the sacked Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr. Joseph Dawha, and eight other Group Executives Directors, GEDs who were equally relieved of their appointments. Their passports were seized because of security reasons. The move is to stop them from interfering in the ongoing probe in the oil sector, especially the controversial crude oil swap The DSS and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently investigating the roles played by the sacked NNPC officials in the crude oil swap and sundry dealings in the corporation. Their cases also bother on allegations bordering on abuse of office, under handing oil dealings in the NNPC Dawha was sacked on Monday by the federal government while the eight GEDs were relieved of their appointments a day after. http://newsday.com.ng/dss-seizes-sacked-nnpc-gmd-geds-passports/ 2 Likes |
| Politics › Osinbajo, Tinubu Accused Of Raising N4.7BN Bailout For Aregbesola by lekanolas(op): 9:01am On Aug 08, 2015 |
The Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEO) on Friday accused Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo,the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the governors of the ruling party of raising N4.7bn to shield Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, from being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).. Speaking at a press briefing in Osogbo, the group alleged that the amount was raised through a pet project tagged “Operation Save Rauf Aregbesola Project (OSRAP) Comrade Adeniyi Sulaiman, Chairman of CSCEO said the money was raised with the sole aim of shielding Aregbesola from being investigated by the anti-graft body He further alleged that the group has uncovered plots by the APC leadership to punish a serving Osun State High Court Judge, Justice Olamide Oloyede, for writing a petition to the EFCC against the governor. He added that part of the OSRAP fund has been set aside to prosecute the dismissal of the Judge by the National Judicial Council (NJC). http://newsday.com.ng/osinbajo-tinubu-accused-of-raising-n4-7bn-bailout-for-aregbesola/ |
| Crime › JSS 3 Student Commits Suicide Over Love Affair by lekanolas(op): 7:53am On Aug 07, 2015 |
A 14 year-old girl yesterday committed suicide in Ilorin after a disagreement with her boyfriend who allegedly threatened to kill her over an affair with another lover.http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/index.php/news-menu/news/62075-jss-3-girl-commits-suicide-over-love-affair |
| Politics › PDP Workers Apologise To Party Over Crisis by lekanolas(op): 6:36am On Aug 07, 2015 |
Aggrieved workers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday apologized to the leadership of the party over their actions during the week-long internal wrangling that hit the party. The party’s National Working Committee has demanded an apology from the workers before their demands will be looked into and resolved. The workers had earlier vowed not to apologise because they were not be blamed for making the crisis a public discourse. In an apology letter addressed to the Acting National Chairman, Uche Secondus and members of the NWC, the staff said they regretted their actions. “Following inflamed passions, several allegations of corrupt practices’ bordering on speculation were raised against our respected members of the NWC. We regret the unintended consequences of our allegations especially the resultant damage caused to the reputation of members of the NWC and the party. “Arising from the same inflamed passions and frustration, it has now dawned on us that proper channels of communication were not followed in expressing our grievances. “To this end, we hereby offer our unreserved apology to the members of the NWC as well as the teeming members, supporters and stakeholders of the PDP for this unfortunate development. “We regret any unintended consequences of our actions and inactions especially considering the efforts of the NWC to reposition the party to play a credible role as an opposition party poised to save Nigeria from emerging fascism,” the workers said. The party’s hairman Board of Trustee (BoT), National Executive Committee (NEC), chairman PDP governors’ Forum letter were copied in the letter The party and the NWC members have been at each other’s throat over the plans by the NWC to reduce the staff workforce by 50 percent with the remaining 50 percent to have their salaries cut by half. http://newsday.com.ng/pdp-workers-apologise-to-party-over-crisis/ |
| Politics › Senator Lawan Rejects Saraki’s Offer by lekanolas(op): 3:32pm On Aug 06, 2015 |
Senator Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday refused to be part of the delegation constituted by Senate President Bukola Saraki to visit Adamawa State. The 8-man Senate committee with the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu as leader and Lawan as a member, was constituted by Saraki on Tuesday to meet victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in Adamawa State. Other members of the committee are Binta Masi Garba, Abubakar Ahmadu, Abdul-Aziz Murtala Nyako, Bala Ibn Na’Allah, Bashir Marafa and George Sekibo. Lawan, who contested the Senate Presidency with Saraki, refused to accompany the committee on the trip on Wednesday. While other members of the delegation led by Senator Ekweremadu left for Adamawa State, Lawan stayed back at the chamber. Since the resumption of the Senate from recess, Lawan, a third term senator has been keeping mum. Lawan was the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Senate President’s seat. http://newsday.com.ng/lawan-rejects-sarakis-offer/ 1 Like |
| Politics › Buhari, Tinubu In Fresh Move Against Saraki by lekanolas(op): 10:21am On Aug 02, 2015 |
There are fresh indications that President Muhammadu Buhari and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have allegedly forged a secret alliance to ease Senate President, Bukola Saraki out of office The fresh move against Saraki, NewDay learnt is in threefold. The first part of which has already been experimented through the now waning police report on the alleged forgery of the Senate Rules. The second, considered as political, is a design aimed at branding Saraki and his supporters as ‘enemies’ of the President. The third, according to our source, is that Saraki will be pressurised to throw in the towel once his wife, Toyin, who has been interrogated twice by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is formally charged to court. Aware of the fresh plot, Saraki has resorted to seeking the assistance of Emirs and traditional rulers to help pacify President Buhari and Tinubu to drop the idea of plotting to ease him out of office. Already, Saraki has reached out to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi I and the Emir of his home town, Ilorin, Kwara State, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari to intercede on his behalf with Buhari. Both Emirs have already established communication with Buhari. The monarchs had wanted to meet with Buhari but could not as a result of the President’s visit to the United States and his recent visit to Cameroon to seek for regional collaboration against Boko Haram. Saraki has also commenced moves to pacify Tinunu by appointing some of his loyalists in the Senate to to key and strategic positions in the Senate ad-hoc committees Saraki on Wednesday named Senator Babajide Omoworare, a key loyalist of Tinubu, as the chairman of Senate Committee on Rules and Business, the engine room of the Senate’s operations Newsday learnt that Saraki was actually disposed to offering his arch rival, Senator Ahmed Lawan the Senate Leader position, but that his pleas with senators from the North East caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were rebuffed. http://newsday.com.ng/buhari-tinubu-in-fresh-move-against-saraki/ |
| Politics › Buhari Jets Out To Benin Republic by lekanolas(op): 11:24am On Aug 01, 2015 |
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday embarked on a one-day trip to neighbouring Benin Republic Buhari left the Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport around 9 am on Saturday en route Benin Republic The major preoccupation of the visit would be the discussion on how to stop the Boko Haram insurgents from taking over the neighbouring countries. Some presidential sources say that President Buhari will also discuss bilateral issues with Benin’s President Bono Yayi. He has paid similar visits to Chad ,Niger and Cameroon and hosted a summit of Head of States and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission in Abuja on June 11, 2015. http://newsday.com.ng/buhari-jets-out-to-benin-republic-for-one-day-working-visit/ |
| Politics › Court Stops Planned Demolition Of Ladipo Market by lekanolas(op): 7:01am On Aug 01, 2015 |
Reprieve came the way of traders at the popular Ladipo Market on Friday when a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja restrained officials of the Mushin local government area of Lagos State from going ahead with the planned demolition of the market. The court presided over by Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe ordered the local government to maintain the status quo pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by some traders in the market. No fewer than 10 traders including Nnamdi Chukwuka and Franco Offia had approached the court seeking an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the local government, either by itself, agents, officials, privies, servants or persons, from unlawfully carrying out any demolitions or ejection of the applicants from their respective business premises at the market pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit filed before the court. The traders are also asking for the sum of N5 million damages as compensation for the loss they suffered when part of the market was demolished in June 2015. The case was however stalled due to a prayer by counsel to the defendant (Mushin local government), Mrs A.O. Akin-Ajayi, seeking more time to respond to the suit because she was served with a copy of the processes only recently (July 27). Akin-Ajayi told the court that she was surprised that the traders decided to file the action after a group, Igbo Conscience Group, waded into the matter. http://newsday.com.ng/court-stops-planned-demolition-of-ladipo-market/ 1 Like |
| Politics › Buhari Spokesperson Goofed By Referring To Buhari As President Jonathan by lekanolas(op): 3:25pm On Jul 22, 2015 |
Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu goofed when he mistakenly referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as President Jonathan in a statement he released to the media on Wednesday. Shehu was narrating what transpired between Buhari and members of Nigerians In Diaspora Organization (NIDO) in the United States and Canada during their meeting at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC on the third day of his visit on Tuesday Shehu mistakenly called President Buhari, President Jonathan when Buhari was asked if the Federal Government (FG) would agree to negotiate with the Boko Haram insurgent and terrorist organization to pave way for the release of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls. Shehu said: “President Jonathan when asked if the Federal Government (FG) would agree to negotiate with the Boko Haram insurgent and terrorist organization to pave way for the release of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, replied that the FG would only negotiate if genuine and confirmed leaders of the militant sect came forward and convinced the FG of the current conditions of the girls, their location and the sect’s willingness to negotiate. “Our objective is that we want the girls back, alive and returned to their families and rehabilitated. We are working with neighboring countries if they will help,” http://newsday.com.ng/buhari-spokesperson-goofed-by-referring-to-buhari-as-president-jonathan/
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| Politics › Re: Once Again Jimi Agbaje Loses At His Polling Unit by lekanolas: 11:31pm On Apr 11, 2015 |
Please stop this misinformation. Agbaje never lost in his polling unit. He had equal number of votes with Ambode. They both had 87 votes each. http://www.news24.com.ng/Elections/News/Agbaje-fails-to-deliver-unit-20150411 |
| Politics › Gov. Obiano Describes PDP As A Party Of Mad People by lekanolas(op): 12:20pm On Feb 11, 2015 |
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a party full of mad men and women Obiano said the party parades mad people like Arthur Eze and Chris Uba as leaders. The governor, who was speaking when he met with former commissioners who served with former Governor Peter Obi, said he knew that madness was inherent part of the PDP He noted that he advised Obi against joining the band of mad men but he refused. He claimed that Presiden Goodluck Jonathan has confided in him that he was not happy that Obi joined the party. During the meeting with the former commssioners, Obiano also came down hard on Obi, describing him as a tricky person. ““If he tells you to stop, you should run; and stop if he tells you to run,” he added. After the meeting, called to drum up support for the senatorial ambition of the Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Victor Umeh, Obiano gave them rice, tomatoes, wines and N200,000 cash each, which he called Christmas gifts, Some of the former commissioners present, however, rejected the gifts, saying they cannot sell their conscience. http://www.newsday.com.ng/gov-obiano-describes-pdp-as-a-party-of-mad-people/ |
| Politics › Fresh Doubts Resurfaces Over Jonathan’s Ph.d Thesis by lekanolas(op): 8:03pm On Feb 04, 2015 |
Despite the defense put up by the University of Port Harcourt indicating that President Jonathan completed his Doctorate degree programme in the university, fresh facts have emerged to show that President Jonathan may not have completed his doctorate degree from the university as widely claimed. Since the university came out to defend the President, all attempts and efforts to trace the thesis for which Jonathan was awarded a Ph.D. in Zoology by the University of Port Harcourt, had proved abortive. Several attempts by our correspondent to a get a copy of Jonathan’ thesis have been unsuccessful. Our correspondent spent hours on Tuesday and Wednesday searching for the thesis in the school library and the Zoology department but there was no trace of any thesis that was written by Jonathan. When our correspondent visited the office of Deputy Registrar (Information), Dr. William Wodi, nobody was ready to release information on where to locate the thesis. It was gathered that since the story of Jonathan not possessing a doctorate degree became a public knowledge, many Nigerian have besieged the university in search of the thesis. Till date, nobody has been able to lay hands on the thesis. On Tuesday, Professor Tam David West, former Minister of Petroluem,said he does not believe that President Jonathan posseses a a doctorate degree from the University of Port Harcourt. Speaking in Port Harcourt during the governorship campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC ), Prof David West said he had asked people to look for the thesis of Jonathan but uptill now they have not found it. He stated that he had equally asked people for look for the title of the thesis but to no avail “ I have been a professor since 1974. If you say you have Ph.D., the least I want from you is to give me the thesis, which university and where you got it.” http://www.newsday.com.ng/fresh-doubts-resurfaces-over-jonathans-ph-d-thesis/ 1 Like |
| Politics › Adeboye Rejects Osinbajo, Endorses Jonathan For A Second Term by lekanolas(op): 5:40pm On Feb 02, 2015 |
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has failed to endorse the candidacy of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammady Buhari and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbanjo for the February 14 presidential election. Rather, Adeboye has queued behind President Goodluck Jonathan in the election. Adeboye made his postion known during a meeting of leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) held at the Redemption Camp. The leaders of the two bodies had convened the meeting to pray for the country and for a successful general elections The meeting, however, turned out to be for a secret endorsement of Jonathan’s candidacy. In attendance at the meeting were Adeboye, Bishop David Oyedepo of the Winners Chapel; Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, CAN President; Rev. Felix Omobude, PFN President; Pastor Paul Adefarasin, PFN Vice President; Pastor Wale Adefarasin of the Guiding Light Assembly and other key Christian leaders in the nation. Pastor Osinbajo was also at the meeting to seek their blessing to support him and the candidacy of Muhammed Buhari. Pastor Paul Adefarasin was said to have broken the silence when he asked Adeboye who they should support since his ‘son’, Pastor Osinbajo is vying for the vice presidency with Buhari. They wanted Aeboye to say something and Osinbajo was watching as he believed that Adeboye will certainly ask other leaders to endorse him, but he was disappointed. Adeboye was said to have told them that he is a man under authority and that since he is under the authority of CAN and PFN, whoever they endorsed, he would support and go with them. It was then that Oyedepo stood up and said he had prayed and that God was leading him to endorse and support Jonathan and that was the script the Christian leaders adopted at the expense of Osinbajo. Instead of the meeting being for prayer for the nation, it was gathered that it turned out to be for the secret endorsement of Jonathan as all the leaders present except Osinbanjo agreed that CAN and PFN should go with Jonathan. Osinbajo was not allowed to address the Christian leaders, giving the excuse that since the other contesting party was not present, they would not allow him to address the audience. He was said to be downcast as his own rejected his aspiration. http://www.newsday.com.ng/adeboye-rejects-osinbajo-endorses-jonathan-for-a-second-term/ 24 Likes 9 Shares |
| Politics › Labaran Maku Fails To Get APGA Ticket by lekanolas(op): 7:06am On Jan 01, 2015 |
Former minister of information Labaran Maku yesterday failed in his bid to secure the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to run for governor of Nasarawa State, after the holder of the ticket declared his resolve to run for the office. Maku had led a delegation of his supporters for discussions with APGA governorship candidate, Matthew Umbugaku, at the latter’s office in Abuja, on the feasibility of Umbugaku handing over the party’s governorship ticket to Maku in the forthcoming general elections. However, in yesterday’s deliberations, the APGA flag bearer was said to have stated his intention to run for the office, insisting that he was not ready to relinquish his slot. Umbugaku’s spokesman, Mannix Ebhota, told reporters that the APGA candidate was ready to kick-start campaigns on januarry 5, starting with sensitisation tour of communities and towns throughout the state. On his boss’ chances of winning, he noted that Umbugaku had a lot of developmental programmes which will be unveiled during the campaign, saying he is the best candidate for the state’s top job. Umbugaku is credited with establishing APGA in the state and was elected unopposed in the party’s governorship primary on December 9, 2014, while Maku lost the governorship ticket of his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), coming in second place. Since then, Maku has reportedly been seeking an alternative political platform to fulfil his ambition to govern his state, after resigning from President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet. He was said to have unsuccessfully tried to run on Labour Party’s platform. http://leadership.ng/news/398934/nasarawa-guber-maku-fails-get-apga-ticket 11 Likes 2 Shares
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| Politics › Tompolo’s Cousin Emerges Delta PDP Deputy Governorship Candidate by lekanolas(op): 7:47am On Dec 28, 2014 |
Delta State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday picked the nominee of a former militant commander in the Niger Delta, Chief Government Ekpemukpolo (alias Tompolo), Mr Kingsley Otuaro, as his running mate in the February 2015 governorship election. The emergence of Otuaro, an Ijaw ethnic nationality and cousin of the ex-militant leader put an end to the protracted battle over the choice of running mate to the candidate of the ruling party in the state. Otuaro is presently a commissioner representing the Ijaw ethnicity on the board of the state’s oil agency, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC). He hails from Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West local government area of the state. It was learnt that Okowa has forwarded Otuaro’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to beat yesterday’s deadline set by the electoral umpire. The choice of Okowa’s deputy has been a subject of acrimony among the Ijaw, Itsekiri and Isoko ethnic nationalities in Delta South Senatorial District of the state. The Ijaw and Isoko were opposed to the Ijaw picking the slot on the strength that it could not add it to the senatorial ticket of the ruling party already won by another Ijaw citizen, Senator James Manager, who is running a fourth-term ticket. Each of the ethnic nationalities had mounted pressures on Okowa to pick his running mate from the group. It was learnt that the disagreement by the three ethnic nationalities accounted for the delay in filling the slot. http://www.newsday.com.ng/tompolos-cousin-emerges-delta-pdp-deputy-governorship-candidate/ |
| Politics › Maku Dumps PDP, Picks Nasarawa APGA Gov Ticket by lekanolas(op): 7:38am On Dec 28, 2014 |
With the deadline for the submission of the list of governorship candidates of political parties ending on December 26, the immediate past Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the February 2015 governorship election in Nasarawa State. According to authoritative sources at the APGA headquarters in Abuja, Maku’s name was submitted before the December 26 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to contest the governorship position on the APGA platform. Other candidates submitted by the party as governorship candidates are the APGA National Secretary, Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, who is gunning for the Zamfara governorship position, former Minister of Interior, Emmanuel Iheanacho, for Imo State, Senator Anthony Agbo, Ebonyi State, and the former Managing Director of Diamond Bank, Alex Otti, Abia State. Meanwhile the names of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) submitted to INEC are Akinwumi Ambode, for Lagos State, Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun, Dakuku Peterside, Rivers, Aminu Bello Masari, Katsina, and Tanko Al-Makura for Nasarawa. The Labour Party has also submitted the name of Adebayo Alao-Akala as its candidate for Oyo State, and Tonye Princewill as candidate for Rivers. The Progressives Peoples Alliance also sent the name of Chikwem Udensi as its candidate for Abia State. The list of governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha (Imo State), whose name has been sent to INEC in spite of wide protests against his candidature. Others PDP candidates are Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for Enugu State, Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State, the Chairman of Independent Newspapers Limited, Gambo Lawan, for Borno, Okezie Ikpeazu, for Abia, and Dave Umahi, Ebonyi. http://www.newsday.com.ng/maku-dumps-pdp-picks-nasarawa-apga-gov-ticket/ |
| Politics › Atiku Woos APC Delegates With N50,000 Each by lekanolas(op): 6:33am On Nov 23, 2014 |
Even before the commencement of the presidential primaries of the opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC), former vice president Abubakar Atiku has splashed about N16.4million on Katsina APC, that included N50,000 each to the state’s 208 delegates. Atiku, who is one of the frontline presidential aspirants of the APC, gave the money on Saturday when he visited Katsina State to lobby delegates preparatory to the party’s presidential primary election. Speaking at the Katsina State APC Secretariat, Atiku said he viewed the APC in Katsina State as an orphan, because the party is not in government. He then announced the donation of N5 million to the state secretariat, N1 million to the elders of the party, and N50,000 each to the 208 delegates. “APC in Katsina Sstate is an orphan. I said this because it is not in government. I have seen the condition of the secretariat; so in my capacity as one of the elders of the party, I give the party secretariat N5 million, the elders N1 million and the delegates N50,000 each,” He added that he was confident of winning the primary election, while stressing that “the time for consensus has gone, because it is too late for the process of consensus”, adding that the best thing for the party was to go for the primaries. In a short speech, the Katsina State APC chairman, Dr Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa, extolled the virtues of the former vice president and said “Nigeria needs the likes of Atiku”. http://www.newsday.com.ng/atiku-woos-delegates-apc-with-n50000-each/ 1 Like |
| Politics › 200 Reps Sign Impeachment Motion Against Jonathan by lekanolas(op): 6:16am On Nov 23, 2014 |
Not fewer than 200 members of the House of Representatives have endorsed a motion seeking to institute impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan, House minority whip, Rep. Samson Osagie, has said. Osagie (APC Edo), said they have far exceeded the number required by the constitution to serve president Jonathan impeachment notice. Members of the House began collecting signatures for a motion against the president last Thursday following a siege on the National Assembly by police. Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and other lawmakers were locked out of the parliament building for hours and had to scale the fence but on getting inside the complex, they were tear gassed by police. The House was reconvened to consider the emergency rule extension in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, a request forwarded by the president but police laid siege to the National Assembly preventing lawmakers and workers from gaining access into the building. Members had on Thursday commenced collecting signatures after a motion on the matter was tabled by an MP from Kano State. Osagie said there are over 20 impeachable offences against the president which include, “gross incompetence in the administration of the nation, mismanagement of the nation’s resources resulting in untold hardship on the citizens and inability to recover stolen funds from various ministries and agencies”. http://www.newsday.com.ng/200-reps-sign-impeachment-motion-osagie/ 9 Likes |
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