Jonathan Appoints Bode George’s Wife , Roli As NDLEA Boss

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed erstwhile PDP chieftain,  Chief Bode-George’s wife , Roli  the Director-General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati in a statement  said Mrs Bode-George takes over from Mr Olufemi Ajayi, who was appointed the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) three days ago.

Via: Vangurd

APC Never Trusted Fani-Kayode – Gov

ONE of the governors in the All Progressives Congress states confided in our correspondent on Tuesday that the party never trusted a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, hence the ex-minister was kept out of the happenings in the party while he was a member.

The governor, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said the APC leaders were skeptical of dealing with Fani-Kayode with open hands because of “his antecedents.”

 He said, “We know him very well. He has been attending some of our meetings. Like the day we went to invite former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, he was there.

Femi Fani Kayode Finally Leaves APC And Joins PDP

Controversial and outspoken two-time former minister Femi Fani Kayode has left the APC and explains why he left the party in a statement released this evening...see below...

I declared for the APC in June last year in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state well before the party was registered by INEC. I formally joined the party, amidst great fanfare, on 7th February 2014 in my hometown Ile-Ife and I registered my membership on that day. The registration was done outside the Ooni's palace and it was done in the prescence of the media, numerous party leaders in the state, including Hon. Rotimi Makinde, who represents Ile-Ife at the Federal House, and all the other key leaders of the APC in the state and Ife-Ife including Chief Akantioke and Alhaji Soko Adewoyin the former  Deputy Governor of Osun state. After registering we proceeded to pay a courtesy call on my traditional ruler, the Ooni of Ife, and from there I went to spend a few days with Governor Rauf Aregbesola who, together with Governor Kayode Fayemi, I am close to and I consider to be friends. 

APC Challenges PDP to Prove Links With Boko Haram

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The war of words between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) continued unabated yesterday with the APC challenging the PDP to urgently make available to the Nigerian public any evidence of the opposition's alleged involvement in the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency “or forever shut up”.

The PDP had on Tuesday accused the APC of sponsoring the insurgency in the North-east to destabilise the Jonathan government “because the President is from a minority group.

PDP Accuses CBN Gov Of Giving APC N1bn

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of financial recklessness and partisanship in his administration of the central bank, and is therefore calling for a detailed forensic audit of all the accounts and financial activities of the CBN from 2009 till date.

In a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, yesterday, PDP alleged that there was sufficient evidence to show that states controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its chieftains had benefitted from the financial recklessness of the suspended governor.

For Jonathan, 2015 Is Not Negotiable, Say South-South Elders

The clamour for President Goodluck Jonathan's second term in office continued yesterday as some South-south chiefs, elders and leaders yesterday voiced their support for him in the forthcoming general election, saying  2015 is not negotiable.

This was as the Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, declared that if the South-south could support former president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who was removed by Muhammadu Buhari in a coup for two terms, there was no reason why the North should not support Jonathan for two terms.

The South-south leaders, elders and chiefs mandated its Board of Trustees (BoT) headed by the former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mike Okiro, to drive the process of mobilising support for the president in collaboration with the executive committee of the South-south community.

The Full List Of 11 PDP Senators Who Decamped To APC

11 senators who were PDP members have defected to the All ProgressiveS Congress party, APC. The names of the senators sent to the Senate president who decamped are;

1. Senator Bukola Saraki-Kwara Central
2. Senator Umaru Dahiru-Sokoto South
3. Senator Magnus Ngei Abe -Rivers South-East

4. Senator Wilson Asinobi Ake-Rivers  West
5. Sen. Bindawa Muhammed Jibrilla-Adamawa North
6. Sen. Mohammed Danjuma Goje-Gombe central
7. Sen. Aisha Jummai Alhassan-Taraba North
8. Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume-Borno South
9. Senator Mohammed Shaba Lafiaji-Kwara North
10. Sen. Abdulahi Adamu-Nasarawa West
11. Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir-Sokoto East