PDP Primaries: How Ihedioha, Ribadu, Folarin floored opponents...Obanikoro, Maku, Wogu defeated

Emeka Ihedioha

Amiable Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha floored Ikedi Ohakim and others to clinch the PDP governorship ticket of Imo State at a very smooth and well applauded primary in Owerri.

Also, barely four months after joining the Peoples Democratic Party, a pharmacist and an entrepreneur, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, on Monday emerged as the PDP governorship candidate for Lagos State.

He defeated a former Minister of State for Defence and Nigeria’s ex-High Commissioner to Ghana, Musiliu Obanikoro,who was touted as the leading contestant in the primary.

Political war: PDP gov aspirant, Gbadamosi, wears bulletproof vest to primary

Strange things are happening daily as Nigeria marches towards new political dispensation in 2015.

A Lagos State governorship aspirant, Mr. Babatunde Gbadamosi,  popularly known as BOG, caused a stir at the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary when he arrived the venue in a bulletproof vest.

Gbadamosi, while addressing journalists at the venue, said he wore the vest in order to protect himself from being hit by a stray bullet following the violence that erupted earlier in the day.

Amaechi jittery as Wike wins Rivers PDP governorship ticket

Wike and Amaechi

After months of intensive campaigns and consultations,  former Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, today, Monday finally emerged the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, in a peaceful primary conducted at Community Secondary School, Nkpolu in Port Harcourt Local Government Area.
Wike, who immediately gave his acceptance speech after the result of the primary, polled 1,083 votes, while Dumbari Dimkpa came a distant second with 21 votes.

Primaries: Ben Bruce, Buruji, Mark win as Chukwumerije, Ndoma-Egba, Ubani, Etok lose

Bruce

It was drama and shock-galore as the Peoples Democratic Party primaries held in various states of the federation on Sunday produced some surprises as a number of incumbents lost their bids to return to the National Assembly.

2015 Imo Guber: Ihedioha deserves PDP ticket

Ihedioha

By Chuks Osuji: According to Crownwell Elliot, “political contest is like a carnival where everybody participates in the best way one sees pleasurable and much entertaining. Similarly, election contest is one in which every aspirant approaches the contest from the perspective of his choice which guarantees victory.

Lagos APC gov primary: $30,000 bribery allegation trails exercise as Ambode leads

L-R: Ambode and Tinubu

 All is currently not well within the Lagos APC, as a group which calls it Save Lagos, has accused the national leader of the party and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu of allegedly bribery delegates with $ 30, 000 each, in order to vote for his anointed candidate, Akin Ambode at their controversial primary that has shamefully ended the second day.

A message sent to Daylightng by the group read: “Okija shrine now in APC. Lagos delegates swear, get $ 30,000 each to vote for Ambode”

2015: Lagos agog as Supo Shasore joins governorship race in style

Shasore

Lagos’ political scene will never be the same again - what with Supo Shasore, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, joining the guber race. Shasore, already being tipped as the breath of fresh air that Lagos needs, especially with what is currently going on, on the scene, was at a time the out-going governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola’s Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the State. He also represented Lagos at the just concluded Nigerian National Conference in Abuja where he gave a good account of himself as the leader of the delegation.

Executive Shame: How Anambra Governor’s wife, Ebele Obiano slapped deputy’s wife at public function

Anambra Gov, Obiano and wife, Ebele

SHOWBIZPLUSng brings you the unedited report of an online publication alleging that Ebele, the controversial wife of Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano slapped the wife of her hubby’s deputy at a recent public function in the state.

Anxiety, anger as PDP postpones presidential primaries to Dec 10

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee at the weekend announced sweeping changes in the dates earlier fixed for conduct of its governorship primaries and Presidential convention amid speculations and tensions.

A statement signed by the PDP National Organising Sec­retary, Abubakar Mustapha, the governorship primaries and presidential convention earlier scheduled to hold on Novem­ber 29 and December 6, 2014 would now hold on December 8 and 10, 2014, respectively.

Worsening insecurity: Tinubu, Tambuwal tell Jonathan to resign now

Tinubu

Thousands of supporters, sympathizers, leaders and chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC on Wednesday stormed the expansive Metropolitan square along Asa Dam road, Ilorin venue of the public declaration of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed for second term in office, where among others the embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal called on President Goodluck Jonathan to resign from office because of poor leadership or face the consequence of the angry electorates that will vote him out with the Peolpes Democratic Party in 2015 election so that there can be peace in Nigeria.

Imo: Diaspora Group Demands Governorship Slot for Owerri

Emeka Ihedioha, one of the leading contenders for 2015 Imo governorship race

The debate for power shift in the governorship of Imo State has been re-echoed as a Diaspora-based group, Alliance of Owerri Zone Indigenes in Diaspora (AOZID) called upon political stakeholders to allow Owerri senatorial zone produce the next governor in 2015.

In a press release signed by Professor Edward Oparaoji, Dr. Charlie Nzeakor, and the representatives of the federal constituencies in the State, the group lamented that Owerri zone has had the least and incomplete shot at the governorship office of the state, stressing that 2015 is the time to correct the anomaly.

Chibok girls shocker: FG says no agreement yet

Chibok girls

The Council of State rose from its meeting on Tuesday with a statement that the Federal Government had yet to reach any agreement with the Boko Haram sect on the fate of the abducted Chibok girls.

It said although discussions were still ongoing, it was clear that the media misunderstood the position of the government on the reported ceasefire.

Governor Godswill Akpabio said this while briefing State House correspondents of the outcome of the meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Boko Haram: APC calls for independent inquiry into fake Boko Haram ceasefire deal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an independent inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the apparently fake ceasefire deal announced by the Jonathan Administration on Oct. 17th, now that the sect's leadership has described as an impostor the man with whom the phantom deal was negotiated.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Nigerians will like to know how the Jonathan Administration got swindled by an impostor, who the major players were and what the government plans to do to address what has now become a monumental national and international embarrassment.

Buhari opens up, says he knew Babangida was planning to overthrow him

Buhari

Former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he was aware that Ibrahim Babangida was planning to overthrow him in 1985.

Buhari, a retired major general and presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), told TheCable: “It is true that I learnt he was planning a coup against me. And I sat and discussed it with him in my office.

Presidential Ticket: Atiku, camp jittery as APC, Tinubu plan to dump him for Buhari

L-R: Buhari and Atiku

Barring any changes, the All Progressives Congress, APC is set to adopt former Head of State, Gen. Mohammed Buhari (retd) as its consensus candidate for the 2015 presidential election.

Saturday Vanguard’s investigation, yesterday, revealed that the issue featured prominently at the October 17, 2014 National Executive Committee, NEC meeting of the party.

It was gathered that the party’s national leader and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the course of the meeting, openly declared his support for Buhari as against the expectation of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, another presidential aspirant who was present at the meeting.

Shocker: I wasn’t ready to be Head of State — Gen. Gowon

Gowon

A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, yesterday, revealed that he was not ready to become the Nigerian leader after the July 1966 coup d’etat that caused the death of his predecessor, General Aguiyi Ironsi.

Gowon stated this during an interactive session on mentorship with youths, organised by Stand Up Nigeria to celebrate his 80th birthday.

The former military ruler also stated that the decision to become Head of State was made by junior military officers who had mistrust about senior officers, and he rejected the offer.

Information Minister, Labaran Maku speaks on his inspiring grass to grace story+How Catholic church rescued him from abject poverty

Maku

Minister of Information, Labaran Maku’s life is that of grass to grace. When the Catholic Church came to his village to persuade the children go to school, Maku objected to that, because, education to them was punishment. By twist of fate, he was forced to go to school and midway, he realised how western education was going to shape his destiny and fully embraced it.

Joke of the day: Presidency accuses #BringBackOurGirls campaigners of planning to unseat Jonathan

BBOG Campaigners

The absurd will never stop happening in Nigeria, especially from those in authority mostly at the federal level.

The Presidency on Thursday said its longstanding view that the agenda of the #BringBackOurGirls campaigners was confirmed on Wednesday with the presence of the movement’s leaders at the presidential declaration of Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, made the Presidency’s position known on his Twitter handle.

Buhari had at the Eagles Square, Abuja on Wednesday formally declared his intention to contest the 2015 presidential elections on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

2015: Jonathan takes on co-contestants, calls them serial losers

Jonathan

The Presidency on Wednesday gave an indication that President Goodluck Jonathan will seek re-election during the 2015 presidential election, saying he will contest against those it described as “serial failures.”

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents.

Okupe was reacting to an online report which alleged that Jonathan is not interested in seeking re-election in 2015 but is working towards a two-year tenure elongation for himself and other public office holders across the country.

2015: Atiku’s camp jittery as Buhari formally declares for presidency

 

Buhari

Nigeria's former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari declared he would run for president on Wednesday, criticising President Goodluck Jonathan's administration for corruption and failing to tackle the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency.

Meanwhile, Buhari’s bold declaration SHOWBIZPLUSng learnt has already unsettled and making the Alhaji Atiku Abubakar camp jittery .

His bid for the opposition ticket, if accepted, would pit him against Jonathan for a second time.

Addressing thousands of cheering supporters in a white traditional robe, dark glasses and a green skullcap, Buhari berated the government for failing to stamp out insecurity.