Ribadu set to contest Adamawa governorship race, picks PDP nomination form

Ribadu

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who just defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party said he has applied to the national leadership of the ruling party to grant him waiver in order to enable him contest the party’s governorship primary in Adamawa State.

Ribadu, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, said this on Monday when he picked the party’s Expression of Interest Form in Abuja.

The form will enable him contest the governorship primary of the party in the state on Sep. 6.

Ribadu’s form was picked for him by his political associate, Alhaji Ahmidu Mahmoud.

Mahmoud, who spoke with journalists after he payed N11m for the form, said Ribadu was ready for the party’s primary adding that he was confident of getting the waiver.

N100m presidential gift: More Chibok parents cry out, say our leaders cheated us

 

Jonathan with some of the Chibok parents

More messy revelations are coming out following the N100 million cash gift allegedly given to parents of abducted Chibok girls when they met President Goodluck Jonathan on July 22 at the Presidential Villa, this SHOWBIZPLUSng can authoritatively report.

They have reportedly cried out that they have been cheated by their community leaders in the sharing formula. The Presidency allegedly handed over the money to leaders of the Chibok community in Abuja for onward presentation to parents of the abducted schoolgirls.

Finally: Sanusi pays homage to Jonathan in Aso Rock

Sanusi greeting Jonathan in Aso Rock

Sacked Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi, yesterday finally visited President Goodluck Jonathan for the first time, since he became the Emir of Kano under a controversial circumstance, in Aso Rock, this SHOWBIZPLUSng can authoritatively report.

Sanusi, who said a special prayer for peace at Jonathan’s residence was one of the northern traditional rulers, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III to join the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja for the breaking of Ramadan fast.