Rep Member Raises Alarm Over Plot By FG To Kill Amaechi

The no-love lost relationship between the Presidency and the Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has taken a further blow following the allegation by a member of the House of Representatives, Andrew Uchendu that there are plans to kill the governor.

Uchendu, who represents Ikwere/Emoha Federal Constituency, said the series of attacks on Amaechi in recent times were part of a well-orchestrated plot by agents of the Federal Government to kill the governor.
Addressing newsmen at the National Assembly complex, the lawmaker, in a speech entitled “Before Chibuike Amaechi dies”, pleaded with Nigerians to prevail on agents of government to allow the governor live.
He said: “It is my plea to all men of goodwill to prevail on the Federal Government and its agents to allow Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to live”.

INEC Will Repeat Success Of Ekiti In Osun, 2015 Polls, Says Jega

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday pledged to repeat the feat it recorded in last Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State in future elections.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, who stated this in Abuja at a meeting with the leaderships of the 26 registered political parties, said the experience in Ekiti election would be improved upon specifically in both the August 17 governorship election in Osun State and the 2015 general elections.
The meeting, which took place at INEC Headquarters in Abuja, was attended by chairmen and secretaries of the political parties.
The stakeholder’s meeting was part of the Commission’s efforts to harmonize and approve the guidelines for the commencement of the election campaign by candidates and conduct of election primaries by political parties ahead of the general elections next year.
Mr. Jega commended the efforts of the parties in contributing to the peaceful conduct of the Ekiti polls and asked for their commitment in future elections.

Forces Opposed To Jonathan’s Administration Behind Spate Of Bombings, Says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday reiterated its allegation that those against President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, were the ones carrying out bombings in the country.

The ruling party said this while reacting to Monday’s bombing at the Kano School of Hygiene, Kano State, as well as attacks on some Kaduna communities in which many innocent Nigerians were killed and several others wounded.
The party, in a statement issued by its National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo, said it was deeply worried by the spate of mindless attacks which it claimed were aimed to cow the people, destablise the polity and destroy the future of the nation.
The ruling PDP while condemning in very strong terms the wicked and senseless attacks on Nigerian citizens, urged Nigerians to note the pattern and timing of the attacks, which it said betrayed a trend tailored against the PDP and the Federal Government.

NUJ Delegate Accuses Presidency Of Being Biased

Sani Zoro, a delegate representing the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the on-going National Conference on Tuesday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being biased.

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He made the accusation in reaction to the bomb blast that rocked Kano school of Hygiene on Monday, were 8 people were confirmed dead with about 20 others injured. 
Speaking on the floor of the plenary during his contribution, Zoro pointed out that the Presidency has not considered it necessary to commiserate with the people of the state alleging that, it is because the state is governed by the opposition. 

2015: Ex-Governor Of Oyo State, Alao-Akala To Contest For Governor

Former Governor of Oyo State Adebayo Alao-Akala reportedly joined the 2015 governorship race in the state. yesterday.


Governor Alao Akala
It would be recalled that in January 2014, the ex-governor made his intentions of running for Governor known with his campaign posters flooding the city of Ibadan.
The Governor who said he accepted to run so as to help his party, Peoples’ Democratic Party take over from All Progressive Part  in the state.

Roli's Appointment: A One Out Of Many 2015 Elections Permutations

Just when you think the presidency has exhausted all its bags of jokes, you get hit with a very funny one, then another, over and over again, making an onlooker to laugh hysterically.
Right from when Nigeria began to exist, the leadership, whether democratically elected or through the barrels of the gun has always surrounded itself with its own kith and kin and same fundamental life beliefs which can be trusted from the discretion of the leader but expecting a high level of competence and a combination of political good hands from our shoeless president seems like a taboo.















The profound fathomless appointment of the wife of a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party by the president as the new Director General for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) via the president’s spokesperson, Reuben Abati, who confirmed it was with immediate effect, came as a surprise to Nigerians.
It is quite simple; there have been various political synergy in the past few weeks but this one is being trailed with many unanswered questions that keep staring in the faces of Nigerians.
Questions that show what is in the offing, questions that suggest an invisible plot.

OPINION: Is Tom Ikimi Bound For The PDP

The long awaited National convention of the All Progressive Congress (APC) took place weeks back with various leaders emerging at different levels at Eagles Square, Abuja.
It was a gathering that was eagerly awaited due to the earlier fears being held in some quarters as regard the credibility or otherwise of the convention. Yes, the Convention has come and gone, but the news making the round is the outburst from a Chieftain of the Party and an aspirant for the Chairmanship position, Chief Tom Ikimi. Amongst his allegations were, the National leader of the party, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu had hijacked the Party in order for his preferred candidate Chief Odigie Oyegun to emerge as the substantive Chairman of the Party.
Chief Ikimi went as far as referring to the APC as a personal property of Ahmed Tinubu. But really, is the APC a personal property of Tinubu? I thought with the merger of 4 political parties including that of Muhammadu Buhari, the APC should be a party for all.
Is Tom Ikimi being a bad loser? If he had emerged the Party’s Chairman, would he be saying the same thing? Why are Nigerian politicians always involved in such double standards? If it favors you, due process was followed but when the reverse is the case, they will cry daylight robbery. But truly speaking how did Tom Ikimi expect to be made the APC National Chairman? Is Tom Ikimi not a man of Establishment? This was a man that dined and wined with the Government of the day and when things did not go his way, he became a progressive overnight. Imagine Timipre Sylva, the erstwhile Governor of Bayelsa state even vying for the same position.

Patience Tells Nigerians, Stop Abusing My Husband

►Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, on Tuesday advised Nigerians to desist from abusing her husband because God Himself made him the head of the nation.

►Patience gave the advice while addressing children at an event she organised to mark the 2014 Children’s Day at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.


►The children used the occasion to send letters of protest to the Boko Haram sect and President Goodluck Jonathan on the need to release the abducted girls.

The letters were given to Mrs. Jonathan for onward delivery to her husband and members of the sect.

The President’s wife however said since she did not know members of the sect, she would forward the children’s letters to the National Security Adviser or the Chief of Defence Staff.

“Let me thank the children that gave me a letter to give Boko Haram. Well, I have received your letter, but I am not the one to give it to Boko Haram because I don’t know Boko Haram and I have never seen Boko Haram. But I will give it to the NSS or the Chief of Defence Staff who will submit your letter accordingly.

“To my children, thank you for your letter. Thank you for your deliberation. I have received what you gave to me. I will make sure I pass it to the President because it is addressed to him and the other one is addressed to Boko Haram. That is why the two are different,” she added.

Obasanjo Holds Talks With Boko Haram To Free Schoolgirls

Nigeria’s ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo has met with people close to Boko Haram in an attempt to broker the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, a source close to the talks told AFP.
The meeting took place last weekend at Obasanjo’s farm in southern Ogun state and included relatives of some senior Boko Haram fighters as well as intermediaries and the former president, the source said.
“The meeting was focused on how to free the girls through negotiation,” said the source who requested anonymity, referring to the girls seized on April 14 from the remote northeastern town of Chibok, Borno state.
Reports of the talks emerged as Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, said the girls had been located while casting doubt on the prospect of rescuing them by force.
Obasanjo, who left office in 2007, has previously sought to negotiate with the insurgents, including in September 2011 after Boko Haram bombed the United Nations headquarters in Abuja.
Then, he flew to the Islamists’ base in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, to meet relatives of former Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf, who was killed in police custody in 2009.
The 2011 talks did not help stem the violence and some at the time doubted if Obasanjo was dealing with people who were legitimately capable of negotiating a ceasefire.
Spokesmen for the former head of state, who remains an influential figure in Nigerian politics, could not be reached to comment on the latest reported Boko Haram talks.
But the source told AFP that Obasanjo had voiced concern about Nigeria’s acceptance of foreign military personnel to help rescue the girls.