Jonathan bombs Tinubu, Fashola, says Ikimi’s defection, final blow to APC

L-R: Jonathan and Tinubu

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday described the defection of a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tom IKmi, from All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party as spelling the end of the APC.

He also vowed that the Peoples Democratic Party would win Edo and Rivers states in the 2015 and 2016 general and governorship elections in the two states.

President Jonathan spoke during the PDP South-South unity rally held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, the Edo State capital.

While welcoming Tom Ikimi and other former members of the APC, including national and state assembly members, back to the party, he stated that the defection from the APC to the PDP, led by Ikimi, meant that “the last oxygen has been removed.”

APC mourns Dimgba Igwe, calls him shining star of Nigerian journalism

Dimgba Igwe

 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condoled with the management

and staff of The Sun and Entertainment Express and Sunday Express over the death, in very tragic circumstances, of
Pastor Dimgba Igwe, on Saturday, saying with his death, Nigerian
journalism has lost a shining star.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng, the party also condoled with the
family and friends of the late Pastor Igwe, and prayed that God will
give them the strength to bear their loss.

It expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of such a vibrant,
cerebral and wonderful person, who has been a constant star in the
constellation of Nigerian journalism for decades, without compromising
his personal and professional integrity.

Eid-El-Fitr: Muslims urged to imbibe lessons of Ramadan

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated the Muslim faithful on the occasion of this year's Eid-El-Fitr celebrations
marking the successful conclusion of the month-long period of fasting.
In a statement issued in Kaduna on Tuesday by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng, the party hailed its Muslim brothers
and sisters for their self-deprivation and spiritual supplication to God, and urged them to imbibe the lessons of Ramadan in their daily
lives, far beyond the fasting period.