NATIONAL VIBES

Posted By Innocent Imoh The Katsina State renowned politician who was a gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the preparations for 2019 Elections,  Alh. Umar Abdullahi Tsauri Tata, had today officially decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC).   Katsina Media and Publicity reports that this was disclosed while he was meeting with his media team across the 34 Local Government Areas of Katsina State at the Saidu Barde House, the former Katsina State Government House, Katsina.    Tata said that the APC have been in love with him for long while the PDP he was in never loved him, adding that he was the only one that loved the party.   Tata also attested to the integrity and sincerity of Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari citing relevant examples of good deeds of the Governor in the state and made a comparative analysis with the former dictator,  Shema.   @katgovmedia reports that he handed over his media team to the Director General; Media

  ...Begins Distribution of relief materials  to affected communities     Posted By Tony Okechukwu   The Bayelsa State Government has directed immediate closure of all schools in the state as a precautionary measure to avoid loss of lives in the current flooding in the state.   The decision was reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, who also set up a special committee to facilitate prompt and effective response to the flood emergency in the state.   The Commissioner for  Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Saturday that the highest decision making body in the state also directed the Ministry of Health to set up an emergency health response unit in the state to mitigate the effect of the flood on the people.   Iworiso-Markson said that the Emergency Health Response Unit  of the Ministry of Health was designed to monitor and prevent t

Posted By Innocent Imoh The controversy surrounding the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention has been laid to rest, as the party has resolved to hold the event in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The PDP convention, where the party’s presidential candidate for 2019 general election will emerge, is scheduled for October 6-7. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, told journalists in Abuja that that was part of decisions taken at the emergency meeting of the opposition party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) held at the party’s National Secretariat, yesterday. The NEC meeting which lasted for about four hours was attended by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; former Vice President Abubakar Atiku; Sokoto governor, Aminu Tambuwal; former PDP national chairman, Ahmed Makarfi; former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki and Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed. Also present at the

By Innocent Imoh Senator Samdaddy Anyanwu Friday hosted the over two thousand PDP statutory delegates across Imo State in what could largely be regarded as a consolidation and thank you meeting just as the governorship primaries is a few days away. Senator Anyanwu who is the leading governorship aspirant of the PDP said the occasion was to appreciate the delegates for the love and solidarity they have shown him since he declared interest to contest the governorship primaries under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said the solidarity is unprecedented considering that he just joined the race barely seven months ago. The governorship hopeful stated that he joined the race because of calls by well meaning Imolites for him to come and liberate the State based on his political antecedents and relationships with majority of Imo people, while stressing that the kind of support he has seen so far can only confirm that his mandate is divine. The former executive chairman of Iked

- Says there were no official complaints of violence or injury to persons during Sept. 27 re-run By Innocent Imoh The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, has expressed utmost satisfaction with the implementation of the Robust Security Arrangement for the Osun State Gubernatorial Election and commended the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Department of Operations, the entire Police Personnel, Officers and Men of other Security and Safety Agencies under the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) deployed for Election Security during the just-concluded Osun State Gubernatorial Election on Saturday, 22nd September, 2018, and the Re-run election of Thursday, 27th September, 2018. The police boss also stated that there were no official complaints of violence or injury to persons reported at any Police Station/Division in all the Seven (7) Units where the re-run election was held on 27th September, 2018; and thus implored members of the pu

Posted by Editor Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Seriake Dickson on Thursday sought the collaboration of the Nigerian Air Force to undertake emergency evacuation operations of flood victims, as most communities have already been submerged by flood in the state. Governor Dickson, who made the appeal when the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar and his entourage paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa, said Bayelsa is the worst hit state in the country, in view of the fact that, the entire State is below sea level. The Governor said in the next one month, more communities would be affected, stressing that, adequate preparations needed to be made by the state government, in partnership with the military and other relevant agencies, towards providing support and assuage the plight of those displaced by the flood disaster. His words: "Let me commend the Air Force for the way and manner your officers and men supported this state during the 2012 flo

Posted by Innocent Imoh As part of its mandate to engage electoral democracy in Nigeria, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) observed the Supplementary Governorship Elections which took place on the 27th of September, 2018. TMG deployed observers across the seven (7) polling units across the four-local government councils, namely Orolu, Ife North, Ife South and Osogbo where elections where cancelled and a rerun ordered by INEC. In the four-local governments, there were 3,498 registered voters, 2,637 number of PVC collected, while number of PVC not yet collected were 861 as at the time of the elections. The elections were cancelled for the following reasons amongst others; disruptions of the elections by hoodlums, hijacking of materials, presiding officers absconding and other forms of irregularities. TMG deployed observers including supervisors and roving observers across all the 7 PUs. TMG observed Election Day processes, the conduct of election managers as well as key issues

...says Bayelsa will overcome disaster By Editor Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Wednesday expressed concern over the flood situation in the state, describing it as another pathetic disaster. The governor who was shocked by the gory images and reports of the flood immediately directed the release of N50 million for the purchase of relieve materials for victims of the disaster. A statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson said the governor gave the directive during a meeting with the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and chairmen of the local government councils. Gov. Dickson stated that the money is a quick intervention for the victims to be provided with some succour and asked officials of SEMA to work with the council chairmen for the distribution of the relieve materials to the victims to ameliorate their plights. Dickson who deeply sympathised with those already affected, assured that everything w

-We Need A Robust Debate on Restructuring- Tambuwal By Admin The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that the country was in need of a highly educated and competent President. Governor Dickson stated that the time had come for Nigeria to be led by a visionary leader, a nation builder and a democrat. A statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relations to the governor, Mr. FIdelis Soriwei, quoted him as having made the comment while playing the host to a Presidential Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, and members of his campaign team at the Government House Yenagoa. Governor Dickson stressed that time had come for Nigeria to produce a detribalized consensus builder as president with a consciousness that he had a responsibility to all Nigerians. The governor also said that those in leadership positions in the county had a key responsibility to rescue the country come 2019. He said,

By Senator Anietie Okon I have observed the iniquitous murder of facts, reasoning and lately, the blatant naivety displayed by the discrepant character that only recently succumbed to the pressures of accountability of his stewardship of our dear state by anti-graft agencies and shamelessly subjected himself and the entire Akwa Ibom people to uncommon genuflection on International media. Apparently, this delinquent fully acknowledges the vast capacity of his forebears in shaping the political future of Akwa Ibom State which he plundered with Nazi-style unrelenting devastation. It is also true that apples don’t fall too far from the tree as historical facts of political betrayal of past leaders; conversion of generational assets and another con-driven pillaging of the goodwill and resources of future generations speak volumes of the pedigree, mindset and modus operandi of the small minded fellow. With experience, I am convinced that the Almighty always grants relief to a

Posted By Innocent Imoh Contrary to the lies being spewed in a section of the media, no funds has come into the coffers of the state government as repayment for expenditure on federal projects since the advent of the Udom Emmanuel administration in 2015. The Commissioner for Finance Mr. Nsikan Linus Nkan who disclosed this in Uyo said the state Government has made several applications and has even gone for verification exercise of its claims, however it has been a zero percent response from the federal government. An opposition leader in the State Senator Godswill Akpabio, in a recent interaction with newsmen had alleged that the federal government has refunded N78billion to the state government for federal roads constructed during his administration.” “While I was in the Senate, they brought approval. N78 billion have been approved for Akwa Ibom State Government for the Federal roads that I did. We built a brand new Federal prison and it cost N3.2 billion. The Federal Gove

.....APC, INEC and Police in a fraudulent Union. By Editor The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, Prince. UChe Secondus has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and the security agencies have revealed their rigging template ahead of 2019 general election. Prince Secondus who was reacting to the roles of the three bodies in the Thursday's rerun election in Osun state said that what is unfolding is totally unacceptable to the PDP and all lovers of democracy. The National Chairman said through his media office in Abuja that reports reaching the party from Osun state shows that APC, INEC and security agencies merely came out to implement what they deviously rehearsed and called it election. He said that the picture of what is to come in 2019 is now clear and they underscore the fact already being highlighted by the the party that APC is not ready for the election. "Because they cannot

By Ebere Uzoukwa While the 2018 Osun governorship poll subjects the Nigeria's fledging democracy to another critical test, its inherent lessons are abound as preparations for nomination of candidates gather momentum in the ranks of competing political parties. The lessons are indeed useful to states with transiting governors as well as opposition parties that are democratically disposed to grab power relying on popular and acceptable candidates. It is no longer a news that the exiting governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbeshola, through his performance, offered a good example of how a leader and custodian of people's mandate can assume notoriety and attain to failure in governance and overall leadership. Known for his ill-temperedness, stubbornness and administrative highhandedness, Aregbeshola administered and pocketed State of Osun as his personal estate. He doesn't pretend as his loyalty is solely channeled to Ahmed Bola, the Jagaban of Lagos, whom

Posted By Innocent Imoh The Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has reassured that the APC Administration would continue to evolve social security systems to reduce poverty in the country.      Katsina Media and Publicity reports that, Masari was speaking during the launching of the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Rimi, Rimi Local Government Area. The Governor observed that government could not provide adequate security in a society with people afflicted by poverty.            He explained that the APC social security system is similar to the programmes being implemented in advanced and Arab worlds to cushion the effects of poverty, which influences the youths to engage in antisocial vices such as armed robbery, banditry and above all insurgency. Masari announced that; in the future, the programme will be assisting unemployed people and those with no skills that are above the age of 18, adding that the programme will overlook partisanship and relig

By Innocent Imoh                                                               The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands the immediate resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, following his controlling role in the fraudulent manipulations that characterized the September 22, 2018, Osun State Governorship election. A statement issued at the end of its press conference Tuesday, and signed by Hon. Kola Ologbondiyan, the party's National Publicity Secretary, said:       "In the same vein, the PDP also calls for the resignation of Mrs. Amina Zakari, the INEC Director of Operations, who is also in charge of Information Communication Technology (ICT) Department, where election results were altered to favour the APC "With INEC’s fraudulent conduct in the Osun Governorship election, and approval that a concluded election be declared inconclusive, the PDP and indeed all well-meaning Nigerians no longer

…Says Gov Dickson is A Detribalized And reliable Leader …Leaders Should Work To Strengthen Unity Of The Country, Dickson  By Innocent Imoh A former National Chairman of the Reformed All Progressive Congress, R-APC, Engr. Buba Galadima, says the lopsided state of the nation’s economy, insecurity in parts of the country and insincerity on the part of the ruling All Progressives Congress, are indications that, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is on its way to wresting power from the ruling party. Alhaji Buba Galadima, who is a member of the PDP Gubernatorial screening committee for the South-South, noted that, with the focused, detribalized, purposeful leadership and disposition of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and other PDP Governors across the country, the party proved its readiness to return the country to its glorious past. According to the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr Fidelis Soriwei, quoted Alhaji Buba, who stood in for the Chairma

…Says Commission descending into the arena, decries role of security agencies By Innocent Imoh The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for declaring the Osun governorship election as inconclusive, saying the Commission was “descending into the arena”. Ekweremadu also described the fast-declining independence of the election management body as well as vote-buying syndrome and misuse of security agencies as major problems ahead of the 2019 general elections. He made the observations in Abuja on Tuesday when he received a joint high-level delegation of the International Republican Institute, IRI, and the National Democratic Institute, NDI, Washington DC, USA, which was on a preliminary visit to Nigeria ahead of its planned Joint International Elections Observer Mission during the 2019 general elections. He said: “Prior to 2010 electoral reforms, INEC was barely independent. It was the

...gives parties 44 days to call witnesses Posted by Admin Ekiti Guber Election Petition: Tribunal  begins sitting in Abuja,  gives parties 44 days to call witnesses Posted by Admin                                                             The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal commenced its sittings in Abuja today, with parties given 44 days to call their witnesses. Proper hearing of the petition filed by the PDP and its candidate, Prof Kolapo Olusola will however commence on October 17, 2018. Of the 44 days allotted to all parties, the petitioners (PDP and Prof Kolapo Olusola) will have 14 days to call their witnesses while the Respondents (APC, Fayemi and INEC) will have 10 days respectively in accordance with the practice direction. Each of the witnesses is to be examined -in - chief, cross-examined and reexamined if necessary within 10 minutes while star Witnesses and Experts will have seven minutes each. Also, all applications are to

Posted by Admin                                                    A scandal is brewing within the household of President Muhammadu Buhari. His wife, Aisha, has caused the arrest of her own Aide De Camp, after accusing him of defrauding her, those familiar with the matter have told PREMIUM TIMES. The president’s wife is alleging that Sani Baba-Inna, a chief superintendent of police, received huge donations from politicians and business people on her behalf and then kept the cash to himself. Mrs Buhari therefore requested the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to arrest and compel Mr. Baba-Inna to refund the money, put at over N2.5billion. The police officer was arrested Friday and has remained in detention ever since, with relatives having no access to him, family members say. It is unclear how the president’s wife came about the allegation, but one source said another aide working for Mrs Buhari originated the claim. An associate of the embattled police off

By Lancelot Obiaku Of all the governorship aspirants in the various political parties in Imo State, Dist. Sen Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy) remains the only one who has been equipped with both legislative and administrative experience. The fact that he has been a local government chairman and presently a lawmaker means that he has acquired the much needed leadership experiences to steer the state to greater heights. As a local government chairman during the governorship regime of Chief Achike Udenwa, Samdaddy made his mark. The political scientist ran a local government administration that was able to construct roads and install several other amenities for his people. Those who are conversant with the start up point of his so far glorious political career can attest that Samdaddy's excellent performance as a local government council chairman laid a solid foundation for the political and leadership heights which he has today attained. At the Imo State House of Assembly, where

By Admin The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is not ruling out strike to reopen stalled negotiations on its demand for better wages, NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, told this paper in an exclusive interview yesterday.                                                                 “If it becomes necessary to declare a strike action over the minimum wage imbroglio, we would do that. But it will be communicated appropriately to the rank and file after the meeting of the organised labour,” he said. The declaration came as the labour movement and its civil society allies meet in Lagos today to decide the next line of action on the suspension of negotiations by government. Wabba accused the Federal Government of employing delay tactics on the implementation of a new minimum wage for the country. According to him, the committees that worked on the figure had reached agreement on average, and main and medium figures for debate, before Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige su