Saturday, April 4, 2015

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Gov. election: Don’t be discouraged, Mua’zu begs PDP members

The National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mua’zu, has appealed to members of the party not to be discouraged with the outcome of the presidential election which the party lost to the All Progressives Congress.


He said next week’s governorship election will certainly provide the party a soft-landing after conceding the Presidency to the All Progressives Congress on March 28, 2015.
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He asked them to pick up “the pieces and ensure that we return quickly to our old winning ways,” adding that there should be no room for voter apathy, which he said was a major factor that made the PDP lost the presidential election.


He said, “While our opponents were savouring their famous victory, we should out flank them and corner at least two thirds of the states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


“This is not an impossible target if we return to our elements with immediate effect. We have done it before and we can do it again. Nothing will be sweeter than PDP taking Lagos, our own Rivers State and Imo.


“Our candidates in these states are first class materials who have fully penetrated the political structures of those states and are set to win.


“Our target in this remaining election should be to retain our present states and then sink our teeth into the heart of our political opponents and show that their presidential victory is nothing more than a one-off that won’t be repeated in a long while.”


He said he had reminded the party’s governorship candidates that “one thing that won’t happen in this race is the so-called bandwagon effect. The reason is simple. Our party is used to bouncing back whenever we experience a setback.”


The former Governor of Bauchi State added that the PDP in the past 16 years of democracy has maintained fair play consistently, which he said the APC admitted in its response to President Jonathan’s speech conceding to President-elect, General Muhammdu Buhari.

Abductors demand ₦20m for TASUED lecturer’s wife

The kidnappers of Mrs. Hamdallah Ettu, the wife of a lecturer in the Department of Biology at the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode, Mr. Gbenga Ettu, have demanded the sum of N20m as ransom.
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Mrs Ettu, who traded in foodstuffs, was kidnapped on Friday evening at Ososa, Ogun State, on her way home from her shop.


A family source told our correspondent that the mother of five, who is in her late thirties, was driving home from her shop with her six-month-old son when the incident occurred.


The source said, “Mrs. Ettu was driving home in her Mazda car from the shop where she sells daily needs and foodstuffs before she was kidnapped. The incident occurred around after nine in the evening on Friday.


“The distance between her shop and her house is not more than five minutes. She was in the car with her baby who is just six months old but they only took her and even left her purse and phones in the car.


“But they have called this morning to demand the sum of N20m as ransom for her.”


The source added that Mr. Ettu had made reports at the Idowa Police station.


However, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, told our correspondent in a text message that he was not aware of such incident.


He promised to get back but has yet to do so as of press time.

Doyin Okupe swallows earlier antagonism, congratulates Buhari, Tinubu

The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has congratulated the President -Elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress,  Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on the victory of the APC at the March 28 Presidential election.
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In a statement in Abuja on Saturday, Okupe also stated that the Presidency under President Goodluck Jonathan fought a great fight. Okupe was among numerous members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, who vowed that Buhari would never win the election. The Presidential aide had added that there clearly was no way the APC would not scatter earlier  to the elections. However in the statement on Saturday, Okupe swallowed all his earlier antagonism against Buhari and his party.


He said,
“Let me congratulate Gen. Mohammed Buhari on his success at the 2015 Presidential Polls. I equally congratulate my friend and brother Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, the APC National Leader, and the leaders and members of the APC for this historic success.”


On the good fight he said the Presidency fought, Okupe said, “On our part, we have ran a good race and fought an intense and unrelenting battle from the beginning to the end. Sometimes in the course of defending our Turf the engagements have been Knuckle- breaking and often outrightly vicious.


“The fight and contest for power from time immemorial has always been fierce and intense, it has never been a sport for the Lilly-livered or the faint hearted.”


He said the Presidency was grateful to God that at the end “an outstanding President was finally recognised and accepted by a large number of Nigerians nationwide.”


He stated that despite that a  “very good, humble and great man of immense capacity has lost this election,” the Presidency “believes that God must have approved it, hence we accept it as gallant men of faith and as patriotic Nigerians and true democrats.”


Okupe added,
“President Goodluck Jonathan has done once again an unprecedented act in Nigeria. As a seating President with immense powers at his disposal, he has respected the voice of the people and willingly and freely surrendered power.


“In a magnanimous manner common only amongst true Democrats, he accepted defeat and congratulated the winner even while the final collations were still on. President Jonathan, by this singular act, stands shoulder taller than most leaders of his generation and even those before his time.”

Pic: Dieziani Alison-Madueke spotted in Abdulsalam Abubakar's Compound  

This photograph making rounds on twitter shows Minister of Petroleum assets, Dieziani Alison-Madueke paying an obligingness visit to previous head of state Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar at his home toward the beginning of today.


List of Influential People Who’ll Be Largely Affected By GEJ Jonathan’s Exit

That President Goodluck Jonathan lost the March 28 presidential race is no more news. In spite of the fact that he has been in the seat for around six years, he has not been driving the nation alone. By excellence of being near to the President, there are men and ladies who have been wielding immense impact on his Presidency.


It is along these lines no disclaiming that Jonathan did not lose this decision alone. These individuals giving orders from their different safe places are additionally failures in their own privilege. Who are these President’s men and ladies?

Click on their pics one after the other bellow to read about them !



Arsenal, Liverpool ignite Emirates

Liverpool visit Arsenal for a potentially definitive Premier League encounter on Saturday , as the runners and riders in the race for Champions League qualification embark upon the season’s final lap, AFPreports.


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Having had their 13-game unbeaten run ended by Manchester United before the international break, Liverpool find themselves five points below the Champions League spots with only eight games of the season remaining.


Another defeat at the Emirates Stadium could see Liverpool cut adrift, but victory would take them to within three points of their opponents, revitalising their quest for a top-four finish.


“In terms of the objectives going into the game, it’s no different to what it was before Manchester United, but of course we had a disappointing result and performance last time out,” said Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.


“We really want to make sure we perform and give ourselves a chance to get a positive result.”


Arsenal are seeking to record a seventh league win in succession – a feat they last achieved in March 2012 – and with Manchester City not in action until Monday, victory would lift Arsene Wenger’s side up to second place.


“It’s a big game and an opportunity for us to continue our run, which is what we want to do,” Wenger told his pre-match press conference.


“You know after the international break it’s always important that you come back and straight away you are on it.”


Mathieu Debuchy, Mikel Arteta, Jack Wilshere and Abou Diaby are all back in training for Arsenal after injury, while Wenger said Danny Welbeck had a “little chance” of playing after hurting his knee on England duty.


Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana could both feature for Liverpool despite withdrawing from the England squad through injury, but Steven Gerrard and Martin Skrtel are suspended.


Raheem Sterling, meanwhile, is likely to find more than a few camera lenses trained on him after he confirmed that he has rejected a new contract offer and described reported interest from Arsenal as “flattering”.

Why I reached out to Igbo voters –Ambode, Lagos APC governorship candidate

In this interview with DAYO OKETOLA andGBENRO ADEOYE, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, said he is more experienced than the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, to govern the state.

Wike planning to cede oil wells to Bayelsa –APC

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State on Thursday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state, Mr. Nyesom Wike, planned to have some of the state’s oil wells ceded to Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Abia states if the PDP wins the April 11 election.
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Making the allegation in a statement in Port Harcourt by its Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, APC said Wike planned to pay N1bn monthly to the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, and some yet to be verified amount to 10 other chieftains of the PDP if elected into office.


The statement read, “This planned and unacceptable rape of Rivers State coffers, which was revealed to us by a patriotic Rivers State citizen, has made us even more resolved to prevent the emergence of a PDP-led government in our dear state.


“As a result, the APC has cut short its presidential victory celebration to step up its rescue mission to salvage the state from the misfortune that will befall it should PDP win the April 11 governorship election.”


But the PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike, described the APC’s allegation as false, adding that Wike did not need to pay anybody to win the governorship election.


Nwanosike said, “The APC in Rivers State is confused. The party has run out of ideas. The APC should stop dwelling on false allegations and face the task before it.”

APC tips Dambazau, Commassie as Buhari’s NSA

Punch Report;


The race to get political appointments in the forthcoming Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress government has begun, Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday.


It was learnt in Abuja that although consultations for cabinet and National Assembly positions are still on-going, the manoeuvre among Buhari’s loyalists for political appointments has begun.


Saturday PUNCH gathered that for now, top on the list of appointments expected to be made by the President-elect, include but not limited to the National Security Adviser and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.


 


Although the APC leaders are currently seeking to consolidate on last week’s victory in the Presidential and National Assembly elections, they are not oblivious of the task ahead.


The position of NSA is usually considered the exclusive preserve of the President and the appointment of a new NSA by the President-elect, himself a retired Army-General, is expected to be swift.


However, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, dismissed what he called “speculations” about appointments.


He said, “We are focused on the governorship and House of Assembly elections and we will not be distracted.”


Saturday PUNCH however gathered that among those being considered for the positions of NSA are: a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Abdurrahman Dambazau (retd) and former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Commassie.


The former Army Chief is currently the Director in charge of the Security Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council.


Commassie, on the other hand is currently the Chairman of the northern socio-cultural organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum.


An APC chieftain, who did not want his name mentioned, said, “Although there are about three people being considered for the post of NSA, Gen. Dambazau, is currently topping the list.


“Commassie, who was Gen. Buhari’s schoolmate and one other retired officer of the SSS whose name I cannot remember now are among those being considered.”


For the position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, there are feelers that the APC National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, is among those being considered.


It was also learnt that a former Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Lagos State, the Anambra State born Ben Akabueze, may also be considered.


Another name said to be under consideration is Ambassador Hakeem Baba Ahmed, a retired Federal Permanent Secretary, who had a stint as the Secretary to the Kaduna State Government under then Col. Hammed Ali (presently Chief of Staff, to the President-elect).


Jonathan, Mama peace move personal belongings out of Aso Rock

President Goodluck Jonathan and his family members have started moving their personal belongings out of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, few days after the President lost his re-election bid, ooduarere can authoritatively report.
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Some buses loaded with travel bags were sighted moving out of the President’s official residence at about midday on Friday.


One of the buses, a white 18-seater Hiace bus marked PF 6244 AL, was still being loaded with bags of different shades and sizes at the time of filing this report.


It was not clear at press time where the buses were heading for.


A source said the early removal of the personal effects of the first family might have been necessitated by the need for the renovation of the residence ahead of the May 29 handover date.


For renovation work to commence on time, the President may have to be operating from outside the residence in the days ahead. A government official, who pleaded anonymity, revealed on Friday that the Presidency was embarrassed by the leaked recording.


While saying that a thorough investigation is underway, the security source said the first step was to ascertain whether the recording was leaked from the Presidency or was made public from the President-elect’s camp.


He said it was only if it was discovered that the recording was leaked from the Presidency that further investigation would be conducted to ascertain those behind it in order to mete out appropriate punishment.


He, however, refused to talk on how long the investigation will take.


“Definitely, unauthorised release of a raw recording of the President’s telephone conversation, if from our (Presidency’s) end is a security breach that cannot go without being investigated,” he said.


The President also promised on Friday to break his silence on his experience in office and other sundry issues at the appropriate time.


He, however, did not give any indication on when the appropriate time will be Jonathan made the promise when State House correspondents approached him for interview at the end of the Good Friday Service organised by the Aso Villa Chapel.


“Don’t worry; I will talk to you at the appropriate time,” the President said amid smile as he made his way from the chapel to his official residence.


All the preachers agreed that the bold step taken by the President at the appropriate time was commendable. They urged him to remain focused because his future is in the hands of God.


“This man (Jonathan) said here that he is the most criticised President and he prophesied that by the time he will be leaving, he will be the most celebrated President. That has come to pass with the way he is being celebrated worldwide for conceding defeat,” one of the clergymen who led intercessory prayers said.


The service also featured renditions of special hymns as well as intercessory prayers for the President, for peace and for the country at large.

Unite for national rebirth, APC urges Nigerians

The All Progressives Congress has urged Nigerians to come together, aside from the fault lines separating them, for a national rebirth, in the spirit of Easter, being celebrated in the nation and round the world.


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In its Easter message, found in a release on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said this year’s Easter celebrations couldn’t come at a better time, hence the lessons mustn’t be lost on Nigerians.


APC said,


”At the core of Easter, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, are the messages of renewal and rebirth, sacrifice, forgiveness and love. In the culmination of his life of selfless sacrifice, Jesus Christ gave his life for others to live. Let us emulate him, in our private and public lives, by exhibiting those virtues, for which he lived.



”This year’s Easter celebrations have coincided with an ongoing political transition that has so far been widely adjudged a success, and one that also paves the way for us to have a national rebirth.



 

“In doing this, we must show love and eschew bitterness. We must put the acrimony of the long drawn electioneering campaign behind us.

”Just like Jesus Christ remains a shining light in a world of gloom, let us be beacons of faith, hope and love as we, irrespective of our political leaning, embark on the onerous task of making our nation great again.”

Photos from the funeral of Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner & family

Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukaila who alongside his wife and two daughters died in a strange fire (though police have since said there is no foul play) in their house early today have now been buried.


The funeral prayer was conducted in Dutse central Mosque, and in attendance were the chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Governor of Jigawa State Gov Sule Lamido and Emir of Dutse among others.

See more pics bellow.

Pics: President-elect Buhari attends Nasir El-Rufai's son's wedding in Abuja

President-elect, Gen. Buhari went to the wedding fathia of Bello El-Rufai and his life partner, Kamilah Haruna  in Abuja yesterday


See more photographs bellow.

'I'll be leaving office in June - Prof. Jega

INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega says he will be leaving office in June not long from now when his tenure as Chairman of the appointive body closes.
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In a meeting with BBC Hausa, Professor Jega said regardless of the fact that he is requested to continue in office, he would not.


“I am grateful to God. I was asked to come and contribute my own quota to the national development and I have done my bit to the best of my ability. Whatever assignment one will do for five years, just like this difficult one to me, if one is able to successfully accomplish the task, someone else should be given the opportunity. Because for me I am not interested & if I am requested to serve again, I will not do it, by God’s grace” he said.


Prof. Jega came into office in 2010 after the tenure of predecessor, Prof Maurice Iwu, expired.

Photos: Bello El-Rufai & his wife, Kamilah in their English wedding outfits


Bello in his suit & Kamilah in her customary white wedding outfit. Well done to them.

Friday, April 3, 2015

Pcs: Gov. Amaechi carries cross of cruxification to celebrate Good Friday

Senator Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state yesterday conveyed the cross of torturous killing to celebrate the Good Friday festival.


More photographs bellow.

Now, they will say Nigerian men are not romantic: Failed mall proposal !



Ladies, lets stop embarrassing guys in the public like this nah.. At least he tried and see the end result now.


Guys too, Please make sure a girl loves you 100% before proposing any how.. Chai !

Check out this pic of Caroline Danjuma & her billionaire hubby loved up at the beach

Lovebirds Caroline and her extremely rich spouse, Musa Danjuma spotted clutching one another and kissing as they unwind at the shoreline today with one of their children. How exquisite!
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Jonathan's Legacy of Change - Reno Omokri

Let me first use this opportunity to congratulate the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari. Congratulations on your hard won victory which is a testimony to your resilience. You give a new meaning to the lyrics of a song by the late US R & B singer, Aaliyah Dana Haughton, who sang ‘if at first you don’t succeed, pick yourself up and try again’.
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Having said that, let me say this loudly: I believe in the leadership of President Jonathan. I am proud of him. Much as it may be hard for some to conceive of now, I am certain that in the not too distant future, many will find themselves saying about President Jonathan that never in the history of Nigeria has so much being owed to one leader in so short a time as President Jonathan. Of course, I am paraphrasing Sir Winston Churchill.


General Muhammadu Buhari has won the most transparent elections ever held in Nigeria and it is President Jonathan that ensured we had this most transparent election. One only happened because of the other.


Think back to elections held before President Jonathan assumed power on May 6th, 2010. I am sure the phrase ‘do or die’ still rings familiar.


That Nigerians are today celebrating is because of what God did through Jonathan.


But perhaps President Jonathan’s greatest legacies lie in the intangible things he achieved for Nigeria.


Jonathan is the real change agent. He ensured Nigeria’s freedom of information via the Freedom of Information Law, FOI, and our freedom to choose leaders via credible elections.


Elsewhere, I have said that you may not be able to appreciate a very good wife until you have divorced her to marry another.


Even his most ardent critics will appreciate Jonathan eventually. He allowed freedoms blossom and from the way he institutionalized these freedoms, it will be virtually impossible to put the genie back into the bottle.


I have only written a few lines, yet the word change keeps popping up whenever President Jonathan’s name is mentioned.


Nigerians may have voted for change, but I am skeptical that we will see as much change in the coming years as we saw in the last five years.


Apart from the intangibles, what were some of those changes you may ask?


I will just mention a few.


In the midst of a brutal and subsisting insurgency, President Jonathan was able to lead the growth of our economy such that Nigeria became the largest economy in Africa and the 26th largest economy in the world.


He was able to reduce hunger in Nigeria (not according to any data from the government or any Nigerian run organization, but according to the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Global Hunger Index).


His leadership saw Nigerians having the highest increase in Average Life Expectancy according to the United Nations Human Development Index which shows that life expectancy in Nigeria increased from 47 years pre Jonathan to 54 years today.


For the first time in Nigeria’s history, the long neglected Almajiri children of Northern Nigeria are able to go to a physical school with modern facilities on a large and organized scale because President Jonathan built schools for them.


Our women folk have had their highest per capita input in government under Jonathan. Almost 35% of all high profile appointments President Jonathan made were for the benefit of women. He also opened up the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, to women.


The Igbo people of the Southeast, who are very mercantile and commercially itinerant, now have an international airport and do not have to travel to Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja or Kano, to take a connecting flight. They can travel out of the country directly from Enugu. Whenever they do so, President Jonathan is putting back ₦60, 000 they would have spent on connecting flights back into their pockets.


In the Southwest, the two most important roads, the Lagos-Ibadan and the Benin-Ore Expressways are wearing a new look courtesy of the change brought about by Jonathan. It is worth mentioning that those roads had been in a state of disrepair for decades before Jonathan happened on the scene.


In the power sector, Jonathan fulfilled his promise to privatize power. It may take sometime, but Nigeria is going to see the same massive increase in capacity and delivery in power as she saw in the telecommunications industry for the simple reason that government cannot do what the private sector can do and this is a fact known to every nation that has successfully solved its power challenges.


Let me not go on and on about his achievements because I can. It suffices to say that under the rain, under the sun I will be for Jonathan!


And I am not the only one. Some may sneer and say that it is because I have benefitted financially from this administration. If the incoming administration should investigate me, Nigerians will know that this is not the case. I supported President Jonathan because of passion not pocket.


Now, this Change that has been voted for by Nigerians may be good and I hope it will be.


For the vast majority of people chanting change, I pray that it will not be like a cow given to a child. That child will care for the cow as long as it is alive. The child will milk the cow, get it food and clean it every once in a while. But in many cases, the minute the cow is slaughtered and its meat is to be divided, the child then realizes who the owners of the cow really are.


I have said and still say and will continue to say that by his uncommon and statesmanly action of conceding to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, even while the votes were still being counted, President Jonathan doused the political tension in the land and took the wind out of the sails of those who may have had the means and the desire to instigate violence.


We may never know how many lives were saved by this action, but lives were indeed saved.


In my own opinion, President Jonathan deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for this gesture and at the very least, the Mo Ibrahim prize.


If we had had this legacy of conceding when Presidential elections are over, Nigeria would have been even more stable than she is right now and many many lives that were needlessly lost in previous electoral cycles would have been saved.


I am so proud of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. So, so proud!


And for the Peoples Democratic Party, its members must bear in mind that the All Progressive Congress is coming into power with control of the Executive and the Legislature and if history is anything to go by, a great deal of influence over the judiciary.


The people that are coming in are people who have tasted power before and have been away from it for far too long. They will not be shy in their use of power.


But perhaps even more impactful than these is the fact that they are entering into power with something akin to near dominance or even control of the loudest section of the media.


They have invested in the traditional media and even more so in the Social Media. Their influence over the youth is something like that wielded by the Pied Piper of Hamelin.


If the Peoples Democratic Party does not device an effective strategy that would see it increase its influence in those institutions that have traditionally been key to restraining the excesses of government, such as the media, labour and professional organizations and students and youth groups, market and road transport unions and so on, its ability to act as an effective opposition party that puts a democratic check on the excesses of the incoming ruling party will be severely eroded.


There is no time to have a pity party. What has just happened in Nigeria happens all the time in the advanced democracies of the West and even in next door Ghana. There is no shame to it. In fact, if the people involved know where they stand in the sands of time, they will understand that there is a lot to be proud of.


Those in the PDP should not go and lick their wounds. Rather they should go and build their political machinery through intellectual development and genuine reconnection with the masses at the grass roots.


Taking a cue from the behavior of the Republicans after they lose office to the Democrats, PDP mandarins should go back to school, take up newspapers columns, write books to tell their own accurate story before it is distorted, throw themselves into the lecture circuit (TED talks and conferences), set up foundations to help the less privileged and so on and so forth.


They should not worry or despair. I am very certain that history will be kind to President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP and history has a way of repeating itself.


Some may accuse me of being on a flight of fancy, so let me provide proof of history repeating itself in the democratic traditions of Nigeria.


In 1956, Enugu elected Umaru Altine, a Fulani, as the first Mayor of the city. In 2015 Amuwo-Odofin, Ajeromi-Ifelodun and Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituencies have repeated that history by electing Chief Oghene Egoh, Mrs. Rita Orji and Mr. Tony Nwoolu as their Representatives to the House of Representatives.


Those elected are all non-indigenes elected under the banner of the PDP, in Lagos state, which is an APC stronghold. Now that is Change! No. That is Jonathan’s Legacy of Change!


PDP members should not be down cast when gloaters ask them ‘how market’. What those asking that pedestrian question fail to realize is that the work of healing and uniting Nigeria must start now. There’s no time to gloat.


If they do not realize it, PDP members must realize it and begin to heal their party by building unity and infusing fresh blood into it.


Four years may look like a very long time, but it really isn’t. Remember that a party that did not even exist four years ago is about to form a government at the center. Isn’t that instructive of what proper planning and execution can do?


Reno Omokri is a pastor and author currently serving as Special Assistant on New Media to President Jonathan

Mrs. Bola Shagaya denies Planning to Host Buhari's Wife - Aide

An announcement from Mrs Bola Shagaya’s kin denying late reports that she’s planning to host First Lady in waiting , Mrs Aisha Buhari to an extravagant supper.  Continue bellow.


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Our attention has been drawn to a false and misleading story on the social media that Hajia Bola Shagaya is planning to host a dinner party in honour of Mrs. Aishat Buhari, wife of the winner of the March 28, 2015, Presidential Election (General Muhammadu Buhari). While we hold Mrs. Buhari in high esteem and commend the victory of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari at the poll, we wish to make it categorically clear for the records that this story is totally untrue & a fabrication. Hajia Bola Shagaya has no such plans or has she ever told anyone of such a plan to host Mrs. Buhari. It is purely mischief aimed at misleading Nigerians and disparaging her good name.

 


This rumour making the rounds on cyberspace has no iota of truth whatsoever and Hajia Bola Shagaya wishes to draw the attention of Nigerians to this. Hajia Bola Shagaya remains a very close confidant and friend of our amiable First Lady Dr. Dame Patience Jonathan and will continue to offer her invaluable contribution to the nation and always. We are also very proud of the heroic act of President Goodluck Jonathan making a great sacrifice to keep the peace of this nation.  We urge all Nigerians and all right thinking people to completely disregard such stories. It is false, and conjured out of envy.

You will recall that this rumour was attributed to the London chapter of All Progressives Congress to perfect this falsehood. All discerning Nigerians can understand why they planted such a story and the mischief behind it. We urge those behind it to desist forthwith.

We thank all concerned Nigerians who reached out to us to find out the truth. May God continue to bless you and the Federal Republic of NIGERIA.

Signed

Prince Deji Adeyanju

For: Hajia Bola Shagaya

147 students massacred in Kenya... Where's 'je suis Kenya' ?

Early yesterday morning, 147 understudies in a Kenyan college were slaughtered by Somali terrorists, after a day, the world has proceeded onward from the story.
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African lives matter as well!

Jonathan, Buhari ​hold 1st st meeting after election​

President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, have met for the first time after last week’s presidential election.


The two leaders met behind closed-doors at the Aso Rock presidential villa Friday. Both sides are expected to commence transitional processes ahead of the May 29 date for the transfer of power.


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Mr. Jonathan lost Saturday’s election ​to Mr. Buhari, ​and conceded defeat, the first time an incumbent Nigerian leader would do so.


In a telephone call to Mr. Buhari ahead of his official declaration as winner, President Jonathan urged the incoming president to make time for their teams to meet and​ commence transitional processes.


Friday’s meeting, described by officials as “private”, held at the new Banquet Hall inside the President’s office. Details of the meeting were not made public.


Presidential Spokesman, Reuben Abati, confirmed that the meeting took place.

Militant group claims responsibility for Delta pipeline explosion

An Urhobo militant group, Urhobo Gbagbako, on Friday claimed responsibility for Thursday night’s bombing of the NPDC Oil pipelines at Ighrenene, Afiesere and Ekiugbo communities in Delta State.


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The group, which made the claims in an email sent to some reporters, said it is also planning to shut down all the oil fields in Urhobo and Isoko areas.


The email signed by the group’s s spokesperson, Priest Omodjuvwu, said the bombing of the Ekiugbo/Ighrenene/Afiesere was to draw attention to the neglect of ex-militants of Urhobo extraction.  It said the Urhobo had been sidelined in the pipelines protection contracts offered to ex-militants from other ethnic groups and they now want to show that they too had the capacity to cause trouble if ignored.

The group said it had sent warning signals to the NPDC and the federal government on the pipeline surveillance contracts, which had excluded the Urhobo.  Urhobo Gbagbako however dissociated itself from media reports about a 14-day ultimatum given to the federal government and NPDC on the oil pipeline surveillance contracts.


“We have now resumed attack on the NPDC pipeline facilities on a massive scale, which scale of bombings shall be unprecedented,” the email said.


The group said the attacks will continue until the Urhobo got what rightly belonged to them.


It explained that Urhobo Gbagbako Group is a militia group of all ex-militants, youths, women and elders of Urhobo origin.

Polls: Atiku, Jagaban of the Borgu Kingdom Tinubu meet

Following the success recorded by the All Progressives Congress, its leading figures have started consultations with a view to forming an inclusive government that would take care of the various political interests within the party.
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It was learnt in Abuja on Thursday that party leaders began the process with consultations with those who contested in the party’s Presidential primaries.


As part of these consultations, the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was at the Asokoro private residence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday.


Although details of the meeting were not made public because both men met behind closed doors, it was learnt that it was part of consultations to work out modalities of filing cabinet positions.


It was further learnt that party leaders had since reached an agreement to ensure that all nominees for cabinet positions must meet strict guidelines to complement the high standard set by the President-elect.


It is however unclear when similar meetings will be held with other presidential contestants including Governors Rabiu Kwankwaso, Rochas Okorocha of Kano and Imo states respectively.


A highly placed party member, who pleaded anonymity, because he was not authorised to speak to the media said, “ What do you expect? Our party is proactive and we want to hit the ground running by ensuring that rough edges are ironed out in good time.


“The party is run with a lot of consultations. So, it is not unusual that our leader met with another respected leader of our party privately. I do not have details of what was discussed but I have no doubt it is nothing less than how to move our dear nation forward.”


Calls to the mobile telephone numbers of Tinubu’s media aide, Sunday Dare and the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, indicated that they were unavailable as of the time of filing this report (8:05pm).