PDP says they’ll never hang Buhari’s portrait in their offices

The PDP has refused to hang the official portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s national secretariat, Wadata House national secretariat, located at Zone 5, Abuja, despite the fact that it has removed that of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh on Tuesday said:

I chose people who have been loyal to me,Buhari speaks on his recent appointments

 President Buhari yesterday broke his silence on the recent appointments he made which has been described as lopsided by some critics. In an interview with BBC Hausa which was translated by Daily Trust, President Buahri said he chose people that have been loyal and steadfast with him right from his days in APP, CPC and then APC.

ICPC must probe Fayemi –Ekiti PDP insists

We are in the era of probe,where the umpire has promised that there will be no sacred cows,whoever is found wanting by the law will go in for it.The corruption searchlight is now fixed on former Ekiti state Governor,Dr fayemi.

As the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) begins the probe  of former governors, Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  has urged the Commission to  include former Governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the list.

Rivers Election: Dakuku, APC, open case at the tribunal

After 110 days of legal rigmarole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate for the April 11, 2015 election, Dr. Dakuku Peterside finally opened their case before the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal amidst protest by Governor Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the appointment of a new chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Adamu Guroma.

Presidency insist Buhari never made any 100 days in office promises

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, has denied claims that during the campaigns, President Buhari made some promises which he hoped to fulfill within 100 days in office.
Garba was speaking while reacting to the controversy surrounding two booklets titled “One Hundred Things Buhari Will Do in 100 Days” and “My Covenant With Nigerians” which details all the promises the President and APC vowed to fulfill within 100 days in office.

According to Garba, Buhari never made any promise to anyone

No social amenities, no vote,community tells Gov Dickson

In what seems a constructive civil disobedience,
residents of Swali community in Atissa clan,Yenagoa Local Government,Bayelsa State,have put Governor Seriake Dickson,a lawyer,on notice,that they would not vote for him in the forthcoming election if he failed to provide  social amenities for them.

Governor Dickson is seeking re-election for a second term in February next year, but about five months to the expiration of his first tenure, people of Swali, a host community to the state government, are disenchanted that nothing was working in the town, as internal roads in the community were in ramshackle condition.

Chair, Community Development Committee, CDC, of the community, Mr. Thomas David and Secretary General, Sinikiem Ogari, who conveyed the stand of the villagers in a chat with Niger Delta Voice, said that the only condition for the people to have a rethink on the matter was if the governor spreads development to the area before the polls.

Their words: “We call on the state government to redeem the pledge in no distant time. We are waiting for the governor of Bayelsa State for the renovation of our roads, else no bulk vote again.”

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Buhari is a Northern President - Fayose

Press statement from the Ekiti state governor

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said President Mohammadu Buhari was operating as a president of the Northern Nigeria only, describing steps taken by the president since May 29, 2015 as tainted in ethnic and tribal colouration, which is inimical to the unity of Nigeria.

The governor, who descried what he called President Buhari’s “Nothernisation of Nigeria,” said “appointments made by the President so far negate the principle of federal character and it appears the unity in diversity of Nigeria is being taken for granted by the President.”

Photo: Saraki, Dogara at the UN Conference of Parliamentary Heads

Saraki and Dogara pictured at the UN Conference of Parliamentary heads in NY today. See more photos after the cut...

Kayode Ogundamisi calls out Lai Mohammed for denying Buhari's 100 days in office promises

Political activist, Kayode Ogundamisi (who supported Buhari's presidential bid) has called out APC's national spokesperson, Lai Mohammed and presidential spokesperson, Shehu Garba for denying promises Buhari made while campaigning to be elected president. See his tweets after the cut...

Buhari never promised he was going to do anything in 100 days- Lai Mohammed

APC national spokesperson, Lai Mohammed this morning on Channels TV said President Buhari never promised to do anything within his 1st 100 days in office.

"Buhari never promised to do anything in 100 days, that's the honest truth. You see, when you are running a campaign, all kinds of literature will emerge from all sorts of groups but I came here and I said there are only just two documents that you can judge a party with. that is the constitution of the party and the manifesto of the party. Those are the only two documents that are registered with INEC you can go to court on or hold a party accountable for" he said .

Rivers probe: Go and defend yourself, Wike tells Amaechi

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reacted to Amaechi's decision not to appear before a panel of Inquiry. The Governor called on Amaechi, to go and defend himself before the judicial commission of inquiry sitting in the state. Gov. Wike said that it was wrong for the former governor to describe the commission as illegal even when the court had ruled that the panel was in order. 

Presidency replies former Ministers under GEJ's administration, says anti-corruption fight is non negotiable

The presidency has released a statement replying former Ministers who worked in Jonathan's administration. In a statement released this evening, the former ministers had asked the Buhari led govt to be sincere in its fight against corruption and not use it as a tool for political witch hunting. In a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the presidency said the war against corruption is not a personal one nor a means of political witch hunting and that the fight is not negotiable and does not have friend nor foe.

Former Gov. Audu Abubakar wins APC Guber Primaries in Kogi

Former Kogi state governor, Audu Abubakar has won APC's governorship ticket for Kogi state governorship election which holds in November this year. At the state primaries which held in Kogi state today August 30th, Audu won the majority of the 3044 votes in the party primary election that ended around 4:00 am today. 

Photos: Rotimi Amaechi given rousing welcome in Port Harcourt today

Former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi arrived Port Harcourt, Rivers state today August 28th after months of being away from the state and was given a rousing welcome by his political associates and friends. See more photos after the cut...

Obasanjo is a liar and an economic illiterate – Soyinka

 

Prof. Wole Soyinka, has stated that he has no respect for former President Obasanjo, who he describeds as an indescribable liar.

Soyinka talked about the former president on Friday night when he responded to questions during a programme tagged: ‘An evening with Wole Soyinka’, organised by Globacom.

Asked to respond to Obasanjo’s assessment of him in the former president’s book titled ‘My Watch’, where he notes that Soyinka is good at hunting and wines but a political illiterate, Soyinka said that he was hardly bothered because he believed that Obasanjo was a liar

Fayose appoints farmer as Caretaker Chairman of LGA

Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose announced this on twitter.

Photos of the new SSG, Customs boss and Chief of Staff

Left is the Secretary to the Government of the federation, Engr. Babachir David Lawal, Right is the Custom Boss, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.). See more photos after the cut...

Fight aganst corruption is not ethnic based - Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that the anti-corruption fight of this present administration should not be seen as one directed at a particular ethnic group in the country. Osinbajo made said this when some Yoruba traditional rulers paid him a courtesy call at the state House yesterday August 27th.

Buhari's appointments: Govt should be seen as nationalistic not sectionalized - President, Arewa Youths

President of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima has expressed his reservations over the recent appointments made by President Buhari. According to him, it appears the appointments are lopsided and that government should be seen as nationalistic not sectionalized.

Full list of appointments made so far by Buhari and their states of origin

Below is a list of all appointees made so far by president Buhari and their states of origin
1. Aide de Camp to president: Lt. Col Abubakar Lawal, [Kano State, North-West]
2. Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the president: Femi Adesina, [Osun State, South-West].
3. Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity: Garba Shehu, [Kano State, North-West].