Apc Cannot Survive One Percent Of Pdp Problems, And Why Buhari Is A Failure – Lamido

Sule Lamido, a former Governor of Jigawa State has described All Progressives Congress, (APC) as a group of strange bedfellows, he also said the government of President Muhammadu Buhari cannot function properly, because the formation of his ruling party, the APC was based on frustration, bitterness and divisive politics.
 
“The APC has failed woefully and miserably,” he said yesterday during his visit to Thisday head office in Lagos.

“In the next three years, those being sheltered, protected and favoured against those who are now being seen as human things instead of human beings, their activities would be looked into by another government”, he added.

“Yet, we the politicians are the ones maligned as corrupt. Corruption is not a civilian culture, it is a culture instituted by the military,” he said.

Speaking on the reason he chose to remain in the PDP, the former Governor said: “I didn’t leave the PDP because it was not right to do so. It is like renouncing myself, even if I want to, I could not.

“The party and the country have dignified me. How do I renounce my history?” 

SOKOTO: LAWMAKER UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR FORGING CERTIFICATE

A coalition of Civil Society groups have called on Solomon Arase, the Inspector General of Police to expedite action over the alleged certificate forgery against a member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Mohammed Wamako‎ representing Kware/Wamako federal constituency of Sokoto State.

The groups have already commenced plans to storm the office of the Inspector General of Police Mr. Solomon Arase to protest against alleged Police compromise through delays.

In a three paragraphs communique issued after a meeting of the coalition of Abuja attended by several registered civil society groups including the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) ; Association of African Writers of Human and Peoples Rights (AFRIRIGHTS); Green Environmental Crusaders;Transparency and Accountability platform, the Abuja Civil Society community said it was in receipt of a petition against the legislator who is a younger sibling of the immediate past Sokoto State governor Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wammakko.

It is the hope of the coalition that the retiring inspector general of police will ensure transparency and speedy investigation of the case.

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HON FRIDAY OSANEBI AND HON OSSAI OSSAI RECONCILE TO PRODUCE CHIEF JOHNSON OPONE AS PRESIDENT GENERAL, NDOKWA NEKU WORLDWIDE

President General of Ndokwa Neku nation, Chief Johnson Opone

The election of Ndokwa Neku Union has produced Chief Johnson Opone as the President General of the Union.

Earlier, Hon. Friday Osanebi and Hon. Ossai N. Ossai had endorsed his candidature.

SEE FAYOSE'S COMMENT ON BUHARI CANCELLING VISIT TO NIGER DELTA

Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose

According to a statement signed by the Governor’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said that dialogue with the militants will save Nigeria’s fragile economy from collapse.

HOT TIRADE BETWEEN CLINTON AND SANDERS AS SANDERS SAYS CLINTON IS 'UNQUALIFIED' TO BE POTUS

Bernie Sanders (left) and Hilary Clinton (right)

Bernie Sanders on Wednesday questioned whether Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is "qualified" to be president after she spent much of the day criticizing his record and his preparedness for the job.

THE PANAMA PAPERS AND A COUNTRY SUFFERING FROM ACUTE LETHARGY BY KWESI BAAKO

Once again, that lackluster response that greets almost every important issue that is not directly ‘bread and butter’ showed its face when the ‘Panama Papers’ surfaced this week.

Ghanaians once again reacted as if it was just another ordinary story. I do not blame us entirely, after all, hadn’t John Addo Kufour, eldest son of Ghana’s former President John Agyekum Kufour been in the news in the not so distant past for activities that at best slightly embarrassed his father, the then President of Ghana? So why should there be a loud “wow” over a case of corruption concerning someone who had been in and out of a high profile corruption case.

'I AM DEALING WITH A MASTER FRAUDSTER WHO IS ALWAYS FULL OF MISCHIEF' - ALUKO DENIES RECONCILING WITH FAYOSE

Barely 24 hours after a video surfaced online of Tope Aluko addressing the press that all was well between him and state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, the former Secretary of PDP in Ekiti state, says the meeting was stage managed.

Aluko said he had to address the press to pretend that all was well for the safety of his wife.

6 SENATORS WHO MAY REPLACE SARAKI AS SENATE PRESIDENT

Senators Eyeing Saraki's Seat Photo Credit: Daily Trust

Following the commencement of the the trial of the Senate president, Senator Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on a 13-count charge bordering on false declaration of assets, colleagues in the Senate have begun scheming for a possible replacement.

Some senators including those who had vowed to remain with him to the end of his trial have asked the Senate president to consider the resignation so as to save the Senate, as an institution. The option was thrown to him at a special meeting held by a group of some loyal senators.

Here are 6 senators gearing up to replace Saraki as Senate president of Nigeria should he fail to survive his trial:


1. SENATOR IKE EKWEREMADU (PDP, ENUGU WEST)

Ekweremadu is definitely favoured by the ranking rules of the Senate. He has been at the Upper Chamber since 2003 and deputy Senate president since 2007.

It was believed that Saraki rewarded the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with the deputy Senate president seat following his alliance with them in June 2015.

The return of the immediate past Senate president, Senator David Mark (PDP, Benue South) to the Red Chamber has brightened the chances of the PDP to clinch the post should it slip off Saraki’s hand.

Mark, aside from being the most ranking senator, was said to be a key player in the emergence of senate presidents since 1999. It is on record that he played immeasurable role in the emergence of Saraki.


2. SENATOR AHMED LAWAN (APC, YOBE NORTH)

Lawan has been at the National Assembly since the return of democracy in the country in 1999. After 8 years in the lower chambers, Lawan was elected into the Nigerian Senate in 2007, and he has been a member of the upper chambers since then.

After 8 years in the lower chambers, Lawan was elected into the Nigerian Senate in 2007, and he has been a member of the upper chambers since then. He is the most experienced senator in the ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He was the preferred candidate of the APC for the Senate seat in 2015, but Saraki in alliance with PDP senators pushed him aside.

Members of the Lawan camp are relying heavily on the backing and support of the presidency and that of the leadership of their party, especially the national leader, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.


3. SENATOR ALI NDUME (APC, BORNO SOUTH)

Ndume’s name is ringing in the Upper Chamber as a likely successor for Saraki. The Senate Leader contested for the deputy Senate president seat, but he was defeated by Ekweremadu, on the strength of PDP alliance with Saraki.

The continued re-echoing of Ndume’s name as a contender for the seat has upset the loyalists of Saraki who are seeing him as one of their own. Ndume, a second time senator, stepped up from the House of Representatives to the Upper Chamber in 2011.

Some say that the Borno-born senator has his eyes set on the Senate Presidency. However the chances of either Lawan and Ndume are being hindered by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who is from Bauchi state in the North-East, the same geopolitical zone as the two.



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BREAKING: EFCC TO ARREST FORMER PRESIDENT JONATHAN

Following the ongoing investigations into the activities of the former PDP-led administration, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said indications hint that Former President Goodluck Jonathan may be arrested before the end of the second quarter of 2015.

A source within the anti-graft agency, EFCC, has disclosed that the former president may be arrested before May 29, 2016 following an arrest made two weeks ago by the agency.

NASARAWA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TURNED TO A BATTLE FIELD | SIX LAWMAKERS ACCUSED OF RECEIVING BRIBE [VIDEO]

Lawmakers of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Monday, launched a show of shame when some members could not resist the urge to engage in a physical brawl over the appointment of sole administrators for 11 local government councils by Governor Tanko Al-Makura and bribery allegations against six lawmakers.

According to a faction of the House, the governor’s action was illegal while another faction supported the governor’s appointment.

GOVERNOR FAYOSE AND TOPE ALUKO RECONCILES AFTER PUBLIC DRAMA [VIDEO]

Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and the State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Tope Aluko, have reconciled.

WORLD LEADERS UPHOLD NIGERIA'S POSITION ON NUCLEAR SECURITY

The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit has ended in Washington DC with the participating world leaders declaring that measures towards strengthening nuclear security will not hamper the rights of countries willing to develop and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

This declaration which was contained in a communique issued at the summit hosted by President Barack Obama is an affirmation of Nigeria’s stance.
 

HOW OBASANJO'S ADMINISTRATION RE-LOOTED ABACHA LOOT

“Justice Mohammad Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered President Muhammadu Buhari to hold all successive administrations since the return to civil rule in 1999 to account on the spending of the recovered loot” – a national newspaper.

THE LOOMING FALL OF MODU SHERIFF, PDP GOVERNORS WITHDRAW SUPPORT

Peoples Democratic Party governors, who played a hand in bringing in Ali Modu Sheriff as the party chairman seem to have turned against him with a fine orchestrated plan to ensure that he is ousted at the forthcoming National convention party scheduled to begin in May.

According to reports, the governors are in cahoot with the Board of Trustees of the party over this plan and it does look like it might well work out.

PDP'S DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA, ADEYANJU DEJI AUDACIOUSLY CALLS PRESIDENT BUHARI 'AN ANIMAL'

The Peoples Democratic Party's Director of New Media, Adeyanju Deji, daringly pointed accusing fingers at President Muhammadu Buhari, calling him an animal and a murderer.

This happened after PDP’s twitter handle claimed they had information that the presidency is plotting to assasinate Deji Adeyanju.

EXPOSED! THE 24 SINS OF WIKE, JONATHAN AND PDP IN RIVERS STATE

Members of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers state has listed 24 sins committed against the people of the state by Governor Nyesom Wike, former president, Goodluck Jonathan, and the Peoples Democratic Party.

In a statement issued on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the state chairman of APC, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, said:

'DON'T BE A HEARTLESS POLITICIAN' - JEGA WARNS POLITICIANS

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has urged the stakeholders involved in the upcoming rerun elections in Rivers state, to put people’s lives above their political ambitions.

The Rivers State re-run election is holding this weekend, to elect public officials into three senatorial districts, 11 House of Representatives and 22 State Assembly seats.

"I WILL EXPOSE KWANKASO" - GOVERNOR GANDUJE

The battle line has been drawn between Kano state governor, Umar Ganduje and his predecessor Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Both men have of late, been involved in a row, with Kwankwaso being accused of inciting violence at the burial of Ganduje’s mother- in the presence of members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).

GOVERNOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA REDUCES CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES BY 30 PERCENT

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Imo state government recently reached a decision in which the government overturned its decision to sack over 3,000 workers in the various parastatals in the state.

YOU ARE NOT FREE YET, COURT TELLS METUH

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, to open his defence against the charges of money laundering involving $2m cash transaction and fraud of N400m, which he received from the Office of the National Security Adviser.