EFCC Withdraws Charges Against Femi Fani Kayode

 

Vanguard Newspaper reports that The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has closed its case in the trial of former Minister of Aviation and Tourism, Femi Fani-Kayode over a 40-count amended charge on money laundering. See link here:

When the hearing of the case resumed in a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, counsel to the EFCC in a letter delivered by Mr. Vitalis Ahaotu to the presiding Judge, Justice Rita-Ofili Ajumogobia, the EFCC notified the court of the commission's intention to close the case against the former Minister.>>>>

President Jonathan Swears In Shakarau As Minister Of Education

President Jonathan swore in four new ministers into the Federal Cabinet this morning in Abuja. The new ministers sworn in are; former Kano State Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau as new Minister of Education, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye as Minister of State for Works, Mr Stephen Oru as Minister of the Niger Delta and Mr Abdul Bulama as Minister of Science and Technology.

President Jonathan also announced the redeployment of current Minister of Works, Bashir Yuguda to become the Minister of State for Finance and substantive Minister of National Planning. See more photos after the cut...>>>

Governor Ameachi May Return To PDP Soon As PDP NWC Plans To Dump Wike

The inside power game within the distraught Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has taken a new dimension as the National Headquarters of the Party led by Adamu Muazu is poised for a showdown with the Supervising Minister of Education over his recent moves to stop any plans by the National Exco of the Party to change the present leadership of the party led by Felix Obuah.

Inside sources who wouldn’t want to be mentioned spilled to Naijas Report that the Minister has been ordered to vacate the Court Order he obtained through a surrogate, Chukwuemeka Aaron, the PDP Chairman of Obio/Akpor LGA from a High Court presided over by Justice Evoh Chukwu.

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Kano Under Siege Following Sanusi's Imposition

Going by the tweets of Jamil Abubakar, Son of Inspector General of Police, riot has broken out in Kano state following the announcement of former CBN governor Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano. According to his tweets, Jamil says the people of Kano are not happy with the announcement and are causing trouble in the town. He however says the situation has been brought under control and no life was lost.
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Sanusi Becomes New Kano Emir

The government of Kano State has announced the name of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as new Emir of Kano. He succeeds Alhaji Ado Bayero who died on Friday after spending 51 years on the respected throne.

Here Is The Official Announcement: “Under state customary, the king makers comprising the Madaki, Sarkin Bai, Makaman and Sarkin Dawaki Maituta had sat down and forwarded three names to the government to choose the one that will succeed the Late Emir Ado Abdullahi Bayero.

“Out of these three names the government has approved Sanusi Lamidu Sanusi, the Dan Majen Kano and former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as the new Emir of Kano.”

Secretary to State Government, Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi made the announcement at Kano Government House on Sunday, confirming the government official position that Mallam Sanusi is the new Emir of Kano.

Court Saks PDP Lawmakers Who Decamped to APC

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday asked 37 former members of the PDP who decamped to the APC to resign their seats at the House of Representatives for joining the fast growing opposition party.

But it appears the court went beyond it's brief as the case before it was just to perpetually restrained them from effecting any leadership change in the House of Reps, and it eventually gave that order.

Delivering judgment in a matter brought by PDP asking that the legislators should not be allowed to take part in the attempt to change the leadership of the House, the court ruled that:

“Having perused the arguments of counsel and the constitutional provisions, it is clear and unambiguous that the defendants were sponsored by the PDP and won the election on its platform. It is also the court’s opinion that their tenure has not expired and there is no division in the PDP’’.

"PDP is Nigeria and Nigeria is PDP"- Mu’azu

Over the weekend, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, was in Minna alongside President Goodluck Jonathan. 

During the unity rally organized by the PDP north central zone, Mu'azu urged Nigerians to keep supporting the PDP, he said the party had brought about positive changes to Nigeria and Nigerians in the past 14 years.

"We know PDP is Nigeria and Nigeria is PDP",he said.

President Jonathan on his part added that PDP remained the only party that was yet to change its slogan, logo or name since its formation in 1998. 

Read: Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili’s Speech Delivered At The APC Summit

THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH OF ELUSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- NIGERIA’S CENTURY OLD FAILURES AND PROSPECTS FOR A NEW NIGERIA

Protocols:

Good afternoon, chieftains and members of the All Progressives Congress.

Thanks for inviting me as your Keynote Speaker at your Unveiling of Road Map Summit. I do not know how you decided to take this high risk of inviting me to your gathering, knowing full well that my zeal for candor can be generally unsettling for some people of your class and occupation. Since you took the risk, I have assumed the liberty to speak boldly even to your discomfort especially considering that we live in a season of grim when our country is greatly troubled. In perilous times like this, Truth is the absolute freedom. I shall be spurred on by the counsel of George Orwell who in honor of truth stated that “in a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act”. I further assume that if you wanted someone with the skills of deceit, it would not be me that you would have invited to your gathering. I therefore speak to you today not as a politician>>>>

Another Trouble For Ameachi As President Jonathan Gives Zero Allocation To Rivers State In 2014 Works Budeget

...APC commends Hon. Dakuku Peterside’s walk-out at Works Ministry’s Budget Defence

We have learnt with shock and disbelief, of the zero allocation to Rivers State in 2014 Budget of the Federal Ministry of Works. What this means is that Rivers will not receive any Federal Government project this year!

No one is deceived by the claim of the Minister of Works, Architect Mike Onolememen, while defending the Ministry’s budget on Tuesday before the House of Representatives Committee on Works, that neither the Federal Government nor his ministry was at war with Rivers State. If that is the case, then what could have warranted the omission of Rivers State from the list of States that will enjoy Federal Government presence in terms of capital project execution this year? If this is not war, then what is it?>>>

Amaechi-Led NGF Exposes Plans By The Presidency To Impeach Al-makura

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum led by Governor Rotimi Ameachi, during their meeting on monday accused the Presidency of plotting the impeachment of the Governor of Nasarawa State, Mallam Tanko Almakura. 

A four-paragraph communique of the meeting was read by Chairman of the Forum, who is the Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi. The communique read:

“It has come to our notice that the Presidency is plotting to illegally impeach the Governor of Nasarawa State, Mr. Tanko Al-Makura. We condemn this renewed assault on constitutional democracy.”

The governors also condemn the suspension of the CBN Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido...

More Troubles For Amaechi As He Loses Another Cabinet Member And Close Ally.

The political household of the Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi is in another shock. This is coming as another aide has just walked out of the door. Marshal Uwom, Rivers state commissioner of housing has resigned his appointment. 

Uwom is the 3rd person to leave Amaechi’s cabinet after the resignation of the Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission, Azubike Merukini last week and the former Commissioner for Urban Development, Tammy Dana-Gogo last year.

While shedding more light foe the reasons the led to his resignation, during his recent press briefing, Uwom said, "series of recent developments, especially the decision of my boss, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to dump the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress formed the basis of my decision to leave the cabinet.>>>>

Head Of KAI Slaps Trader In Edo State In Another Fresh Incidence

This was captured on Stv Benin City and you could hear clearly as the man shouting 'I no be armed robber'!

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Battle For The Soul Of A.P.C. Between The New And Old Members As Well As The G5 Governors Secret Pacts Is Tearing The Party Apart Nationwide.

Progressive Congress, APC, may be growing from strength to strength but its also multiplying in troubles. This is because there is a growing tension among the former members who held the ship when the party was not this big and the new entrants who came inn based on agreements to hold relevant leadership posts as they come into the new fold.

Recently, the national body of APC set up the National Reconciliation Committee to intensifies efforts to ensure harmony in the party, but despite that, the following issues remain unresolved.

The status of former Governor of Osun State and immediate past National Secretary of new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola is still unclear within the state chapter of the APC.>>>>>

6 Youths Caught with Big Arms In Rivers

The issue of 2015 and rising of political tempo can not be swept under the carpet. We all recalled when ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo revealed in his letter to President Goodluck Jonathan last December that armed men were being trained secretly for 2015 elections, alot of us saw it as just an attempt to rubbish this Government. Also, last week, Governor Rotimi Amaechi cried out that desperate politicians in Abuja are moving arms into his state, again we all thought the guy is just talking like an opposition politician.

But with the recent arrest of these 6 youths with heavy arms, we most now start given credence to the issue and say, alas! its not all rumors again after all. >>>>

65 Houses Burnt Down , scores Injured As PDP Supporters Clash In Benue State.

Hell was let loosed yesterday as about 65 houses burnt down, injuring many and rendering many homeless as crisis broke out between supporters of different factions of People’s Democratic Party, PDP. PDP in Loko, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.

The latest crisis in Katsina-Ala is coming on the heels of moves by the people of Loko and PDP to recall Mrs Hembadon Amena representing Katsina-Ala West constituency in Benue State House of Assembly over alleged anti-party activities.>>>>

All Is Not Well In APC!

It is a well-known fact that APC has being widely accepted in many states in Nigeria. But despite this wide acceptance, all appears not to be well in the house of the All Progressives Congress. This is because of power sharing and control of the party machinery between the new entrants and the old people who has been in the party since.

When contacted, the Director of Press to Kano State governor, Baba Dantiye, said fears about Kwankwaso’s commitment to working with other leaders were misplaced. In his words:>>>>

Jonathan Sneaks Into Obasanjo’s Home In Abeokuta

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday made an unscheduled visit to his political mentor and former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. Mr Jonathan met Obasanjo playing the popular Yoruba game of Ayo while he adorned a long traditional attire, Jalamia. According to sources who were at the venue of the meeting, Obasanjo was not expecting the President,

hence he did not tell any of his aides.

President Jonathan was reported to have told him that he came to pay homage for the New Year.

He left the venue after discussing some undisclosed issues with him around 3.35pm>>>

Counter Attack! PDP Re-strategizes Against The Opposition---Dele Momodu.

Fellow Nigerians, let me start by sending you my warmest compliments of this special season. It has been one hell of a year for our beloved country and most of us in general. The tempo of politics has nearly reached a crescendo as we meander our way towards the year 2014. Next year promises to be an interesting one already as those masquerades seeking political offices or simply waiting to renew their tenure must unmask eventually.

There would be no hiding place for the goldfish by this time next year...

I have therefore chosen to move beyond the letter writers and their satanic epistles. If they like, they can continue to strip themselves naked in the market place. The chicanery that brought them together is what will scatter them ultimately. A house built with spittle would easily collapse at the fall of the dew.

Truth is, none of the letters truthfully addressed the issues of development. They were letters reeking with personal animosity and rabid vendetta. The common motive was simple and easy to decipher: who controls power and our commonwealth from2015, after the elections? No more, no less.>>>>

Revelations: Tanbuwal Set To Dump PDP Come January 2014

The broom revolution hitting the Nigerian political landscape is yet to come to an end. The negative fortune of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is set to dim even further as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal is set to formally decamp to the leading opposition party in the country, the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The leadership of the PDP receives this news as a great shock, because it had earlier in December had extracted a word of commitment from the House leaders that member’s defection will no longer be tenable.

National Mirror gathered that the Sokoto State chapter of the APC has mandated its Tambuwal Local Government chapter to formally present a membership card to the Speaker who has been asked by the state Governor, Aliyu Wamakko to formally declare his stand.>>>

I am Ready To Return To The PDP If,...Governor Amaechi

Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors' Forum, indicates his readiness to return to the Peoples Democratic Party in an APC rally..

The Governor spoke today at a rally organized by the All Progressives Congress at the Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt. He stated among other things, that he is ready to go back to the PDP should President Goodluck Jonathan give back Rivers State the oil wells that were ceded to the neighbouring Bayelsa State.

The Governor clearly stated that although Jonathan received 2.1 million votes in the state in 2011 election, the Federal Government has not executed any project in Rivers State yet.

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