President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday picked the nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, to enable him run for a second term. The president was accompanied to the Wadata Plaza national Headquarters of the party by Vice President Namadi Sambo, top government functionaries and party big wigs. Security was tight at the Wuse secretariat of the ruling party as President Jonathan during his speech at the ceremony, thanked all those who contributed towards the purchasing of the PDP nomination form, which costs 22 million naira. At the close of his…
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Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State on Thursday submitted his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the Delta South Senatorial district at the Peoples Democratic Party State Headquarters, Asaba. The governor, who obtained the form on October 17 courtesy of some of his political associates at the national secretariat of the PDP in Abuja, expressed appreciation to all PDP faithful and Deltans for their love and support. He said, “History is in the making and I have to heed the calls of my people, who have urged me to go to the Senate after my tenure as Governor of…
It has become easier to do business in Nigeria, according to a new report by the World Bank Group. The report, Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency noted that Nigeria and other economies across sub-Saharan Africa have focused on making the business environment on the region more conducive, adding that the region was responsible for the highest number of business regulatory reforms globally in 2013/14. Nigeria put in place 10 reforms to ensure that the private sector is more involved in the country’s economy. “Sub-Saharan African economies have come a long way in reducing burdensome business regulations,” said Melissa Johns,…
Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegeda who resumed back to acting after leaving the country for a while to pursue her educational goals has revealed many things about her that will interest you. Yvonne, who has been around for a while now has made it known in a recent interview with Encomium magazine that she doesn’t expose her b**bs like her colleagues in the movie industry. I don’t expose my cleavage, it was a photo shoot. You don’t see me walking on the street with my cleavage hanging out. It was a photo shoot. I felt I have some features that people…
Kinsmen of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rives State have been urged to call their son to order over the verbal attacks he has been dishing out recently against President Goodluck Jonathan. The leader of the six anti-Amaechi lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Evans Bipi, who made the call yesterday while speaking with journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, also warned that the state would be made ungovernable for the governor should he refuse to heed the call to stop attacking the President. Bipi stressed the need for the governor’s kinsmen to call him to order so…
A group of young professionals and artisans in Ekiti State under the aegis of Ekiti Youth Vanguard, have asked Governor Ayo Fayose to declare his assets to the public to demonstrate openness, transparency and accountability, which he had promised during his inauguration. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Charles Fakunle, the group challenged Fayose to emulate his predecessor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, by making a timely and public declaration of his assets within his first month in office. The EYV recalled that Fayemi deposed to the Assets Declaration Form for Public Officers at the registry of the State High Court, Ado-Ekiti,…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Lagos State, Mr. Campbell Umeh-Nzekwe, has told the Peoples Democratic Party in the state that it will not win Lagos State in the next general election by solely relying on President Goodluck Jonathan for support. The APGA chieftain explained that if former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is a Yoruba man, could not help the PDP win Lagos during his eight years tenure, then it would be an almost impossible task for Jonathan, who is an Ijaw man, to do so. Umeh-Nzekwe, who was the first organising secretary of the Lagos…
A governorship aspirant in Oyo State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Seyi Makinde, has said that the party would win the 2015 governorship election in the state. He stated this in Abuja on Wednesday when he submitted his expression of interest form to contest the governorship primaries of the party in Oyo state. According to the aspirant: “The PDP will sack Governor Abiola Ajimobi from office next year”. While welcoming Makinde’s delegation to his office in Abuja, the National Organising Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Mustapha, on Wednesday, described Makinde as a man of the…
A 28-year-old mechanic, Abdulkadir Salihu, has been remanded in prison by a Lokoja senior magistrate’s court for allegedly abducting and r*ping a teenage girl for five days. Salihu was arraigned on a two-count charge of kidnapping and r*pe According to Prosecuting police officer, Corporal Ubi Ubana, a man who identified himself as Adama Ibrahim of Galilee Street, Lokoja reported the matter at the ‘A’ Division Police headquarters and Department of Criminal Investigation, Lokoja on October 23. Ubana explained that Ibrahim had while reporting the matter alleged that on October 16, at about 1:25 pm, his 13-year-old niece (names withheld) was…
A coroner on Wednesday dismissed the arguments of the lawyers of Pastor TB Joshua, that he should not be summoned by the Inquest to testify on the building collapse in his Synagogue Church of All Nations where 116 people died, as he did not witness the collapse. The Coroner therefore threatened to order the arrest of the cleric if he failed to show up before the Inquest to testify. The September 12 tragedy is being investigated by a Coroner’s Inquest to ascertain the cause of the collapse as Joshua had alleged that an aircraft that hovered round the building before…
Nigerians resident in the united states have called on the Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Atahiru Jega against the use of the newly created 30,000 polling units during the 2015 general elections. In a statement by Dechi Dariye, Abayomi Adeolu and Osahon Osagie, Jega was advised to accept professional recommendations and legislative disapproval on the use of the new polling units. “We note that the Senate Committee in Nigeria responsible for oversight functions on election management has advised against continuing with the new polling unit allocations because of the limited time required to embark upon a credible process,…
As global oil price continue to fall, Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, has described the development as a blessing in disguise for Nigeria. Sulaiman, who is also Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission, said that the development would have a positive impact on Nigeria’s economy. He gave the assurance, while speaking at an institutional lecture for Block 3 participants of the National Defence College (NDC) in Abuja in a paper, entitled National Planning and Vision 20:2020: An Assessment. Explaining why he believed the oil price fall will have a positive impact on the economy, Sulaiman said since about 80…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Kenneth Minimah, on Wednesday assured Nigerians that the Boko Haram insurgency would soon be a thing of the past. Minimah said that the security agencies would address the Boko Haram security challenge very soon. Speaking while delivering the guest of honours speech at the commissioning of a block of classrooms and the foundation laying ceremony of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association Model Secondary School, Kurudu, Abuja, the army chief commended the members of NAOWA for their support to their husbands involved in securing the country against threats especially in the ongoing counter-terrorism…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday night in Abuja held a closed-door meeting with the executive members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council over the 2015 general elections. The Chairman of IPAC, Mr Yunusa Tanko, told State House correspondents after the meeting, which held at the First Lady’s Conference Hall of the Presidential Villa that discussions centred on violence-free elections in 2015. Tanko, who is also the National Chairman of the National Conscience Party, said IPAC had come up with strategies to ensure that the polls were strictly issue-based. He said, “Our visit is a private one to discuss the issue of…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday linked the population explosion in the Federal Capital Territory to the security challenge being experienced in parts of the country. He spoke while receiving a delegation of the FCT Council of Chiefs, area council chairmen, appointees and legislators at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The delegation was led by the Minister of FCT, Senator Bala Muhammed; and the Minister of State, FCT, Olajumoke Akinjide. Jonathan lamented that while the idea behind the creation of the FCT was for it to accommodate less than one million people, insecurity had forced people into Abuja, thereby increasing its population…
The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress (APC) for amending some parts of its Constitution, describing it as a sign that the party was not ready for governance. The ruling party, in a statement on Wednesday stressed that the amendment was as a result of lack of direction and unpreparedness of the APC. The statement signed by National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh added that the development has confirmed the “APC as a disorganized political party, lacking the ability to effectively administer itself” and wondered how it…
Former Vice- President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was conspicuosly missing at Wednesday’s Special Convention of the All Progressive Congress (APC) but he has explained why he was part of the gathering. “I was scheduled to return to Nigeria yesterday from a quick business trip abroad, but could not, due to last minute logistics changes,” said Atiku via his Facebook account. He therefore expressed apologies to the leaders and supporters of the party. APC convened the extraordinary national convention to amend the party’s constitution and adopt a revised manifesto. It was also an opportunity for the presidential aspirants to address delegates of…
The Senate President, David Mark, has reiterated his preparedness to lay down his life for the growth, sustenance and stability of peace in Nigeria. He also reiterated his commitment to ensuring the creation of Apa State for the people of Benue south senatorial district. Speaking when he hosted Idoma stakeholders in Otukpo, after receiving the nomination and declaration of interest form bought for him by the nine local government council chairmen in the Benue south senatorial zone, Mark said that the creation of a separate state for the Idoma people of Benue State was of paramount interest to the children,…
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Chief John Odigie Oyegun has decried the rate of corruption in the country, saying Nigeria had never had it this bad. He said the ruling party has institutionalize graft in Nigeria. Addressing the party’s extraordinary national convention, Oyegun, who stressed the need for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be voted out in 2015 said the government condones corruption so much that organized stealing of crude oil has become a thriving business. The APC national president said as Nigeria is today free of Ebola, the country will be free of PDP by February…
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayo Oritsejafor and Alhaji Mujahideen Asari-Dokubo has been cleared of complicity in the botched $9.3 million arms deal by a special team tasked with getting facts on the issue. According to PRNigeria, citing ‘authoritative sources’, the panel cleared the duo and dismissed allegations that Dokubo was on the aircraft which ferried the cash into South Africa. The aircraft belongs to Oritsejafor, who denied knowing anything about the arms deal as he had leased the aircraft out. “A special team, comprising security agents, intelligence experts and officials of the ministry of foreign affairs…