Edo 2016: PDP assures on free, fair primaries

Ahead of the September governorship election in Edo State, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Chris Nehikhare, has assured people of the state of the resolve of the party to organise free, fair and transparent primaries to select a credible and acceptable candidate.

He re-emphasized the party's position on campaigns and used the opportunity to respond to a media aide of one of All Progressives Congress, APC's governorship aspirants, saying that it was Governor Adams Oshiomhole that introduced hate campaigns into Edo politics.

Bloodshed: God is angry with Buhari - Gov Fayose

– Governor Fayose says recent bloodshed in the country is as a result of God's anger towards President Buhari

– Adds that the president is presently clueless and cannot rule the country

– Insists that his predictions earlier this year have come to pass

President Muhammadu Buhari seems to be praying to God here.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has yet again, lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari over the way he has handled Nigeria since he came into power.

Fayose, who had vowed never to stop attacking the president, told journalists on Tuesday, March 22, that God is angry with him (Buhari), hence the unending bloodshed in the country.

The outspoken governor was speaking against the backdrop of recent violent reports that characterized the rerun elections in Rivers, where a youth corps member was among those confirmed dead during the series of attacks.

According to Vanguard, Fayose said that President Buhari oversaw elections that were remarkably bloody adding that power belonged to God and should not be abused by any individual no matter how highly
placed they are.

Nigerians criticise Buhari for silence over Agatu killings

Nigerians have attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for his quick response to the terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium on March 22, Tuesday.

Eight local government areas, comprising Agatu, Buruku, Guma, Gwer-west, Logo, Kwande, Gwer- East and I Katsina- Ala, have been under recurrent heavy attacks from the Fulani herdsmen since 2013.

The latest deadliest attack occurred on March 5, stormed Agatu local government area killing over 300 people.

The herdsmen also destroyed different
properties in the area, displacing many residents of Agatu.

However, many weeks passed but President Buhari is yet to address the incident while he published a solidarity message to people of Belgium just several hours after the terrorist attack.

Must Read: THOSE WHO DESTROYED DESTROYED NIGERIA FOR 16 Years.

"I'm usually taken aback whenever officers of the present APC administration release statements and interviews to sermonise Nigerians on how  PDP administration has destroyed Nigeria for 16years and how they are working on fixing the mess created by PDP as if PDP as an acronym or party was responsible for the nation's woes. 

It has never been party or structures problems but the people at the helms of the affair.

It is non-contestable that between May 29, 1999 and May 29, 2015, "PDP"(in quote) occupied the seat of power in Abuja and control majority states in the federation.

However, we have to get our fact right with respect to "who destroyed Nigeria between 1999 and 2015".

I believe we should do a holistic analysis on this subject.

PRESIDENTS AND VICE BETWEEN 1999-2015:

Nigeria had three presidents between May 29, 1999 and May 29, 2015.

Celebrating Goodluck Jonathan - Our New African Leadership Magazine Person Of The Year, By Usama Dandare

Do you know that former President Goodluck Jonathan has last week beaten the likes of Nelson Mandela, Strive Masiyiwa, Koffi Annan, Bola Tinubu and several other African leaders to clinch the "2015 African Leadership Magazine Award"? No be jokes o, and if you are not happy for him, you are wrong. Like him or not, you cannot strip him off the tittle "African Leadership Magazine Person Of The Year". 

Since leaving office on 29 May, 2015, Jonathan has been flying the green white green colours and lifting the name of Nigeria high in the global space.

Every passing minute, we are been regaled with photos of him receiving awards in Europe, America, Asia, Africa, Nigeria and Otueke, all in recognition of his outstanding leadership. While many argued that Jonathan didn't deserved such honours, others wondered how was Jonathan able to defeat the likes of several great leaders and symbols of African Leadership: well I need not to know the reasons behind his nomination or why he was chosen ahead of others before I can celebrate him. All I know is, you need not to be a good leader before you can be honoured in Africa, the benjamins alone can do it.

Those asking why Jonathan should be awarded are Jonathan hatters who sees nothing good in him despite all the positive transformations he brought to Nigeria. Our son is bringing fame to our country, winning honours and awards all over the globe but yet, you keep on asking why would he be honoured.

 Must you know? Since you insist, let me tell you why Jonathan is an exceptional leader who deserved honours and recognition above all other leaders worldwide: our celebrant today is unarguably an impressive dossier among Nigeria's living and dead leader, what made him a political zero (sorry, hero) is his perception of the Nigerian nation, his orientation on the problems of Nigeria, his attitude toward the plight of Nigerians, and the fact that he doesn't give a damn about anything and everything. Don't mind Aljazeera for calling him badluck and the Economist for tagging him an "ineffectual buffoon".

OLUSEGUN OBASANJO IS STILL THE LEADER OF PDP--DOYIN OKUPE.

A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has insisted that former President Olusegun Obasanjo remained the "undisputed and authentic" leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Southwest region of the country.

Mr. Okupe, who disclosed this on his Facebook account on Friday, blasted Buruji Kashamu, a senator, saying he cannot be described as a leader of the party merely because he runs a local non-governmental organisation in Ogun State.

He said Mr. Obasanjo's action of tearing his PDP membership card was a result of the intolerable happenings within the party.
Mr. Okupe said, "Senator Buruji Kashamu is not the leader of the PDP in the southwest. He is not even the leader of the party in Ogun state. He leads an NGO called Omo Ilu which engages in empowerment programmes in the state, mainly in the Ogun East Senatorial district.

CHANGE WILL COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT---ASIWAJU BOLA TINUBU

A leader of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, on Saturday assured Nigerians that the change agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari is still on course.

According to Mr. Tinubu, the change process requires time especially coming after " the conscience of our nation has been under attack for many years.

"We were handed a way of governance in which anything goes and too much went – as if gone with the wind. 

Our present was squandered and future mortgaged".

Mr. Tinubu while pleading for support and patience with the APC administration said "Nigeria has the greatest opportunity to get it right with a leader like Mr. Muhammad Buhari."

Unemployment: Exercise Patience Till 2016 Budget Is passed, Dalung Urges Youths

The Federal Government has admonished Nigerian youths, who are yearning for employment and developmental programmes to exercise patience till the passage of the 2016 appropriation bill by the National Assembly.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barr. Solomon Dalung also urged the young generation to engage their mind gainfully in order to actualize God-given potentials and make meaningful impact.

To assist them in realising their dreams, the minister disclosed the government's readiness to partner the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award in Nigeria to train young people for leadership responsibility. 

Buhari again has proved he has not dropped military behavior-Wife of Nnamdi Kanu.

Nnewi – Wife of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and Director of Radio, Mrs. Uchechi Okwu-Kanu has said that the arrest and continued incarceration of her husband is a catalyst for new Biafra agitation.

Nnamdi Kanu's wife, Uchechi Kanu In a statement from United Kingdom made available to Vanguard, Mrs. Kanu said "the absence of my husband is mind-bending, it is inexplicable. I am practically a zombie but I am holding up, but it has not been easy since October 2015 he was arrested in Lagos".

"The arrest of Nnamdi Kanu is the catalyst driving the new agitation. Hence, what could have taken years to achieve in terms of awareness and mobilization was achieved within a short frame of time.

And this is testimony to the fact that IPOB through Radio Biafra did a lot of ground work prior to the arrest.

Support us to remove ghost workers.

"Support us to remove ghost workers," Kaduna tells civil servants

          -N500m saved monthly from payroll

Public servants in Kaduna State have been urged to cooperate fully with the on-going payroll verification exercise. A government statement said that the verification is already helping the state to save N500 million monthly, and is nearing completion. The statement commended the workers for their patience and contribution to the success the verification exercise has recorded.

"It is in the wider public interest to establish precisely who works for the government, to ensure that public funds are not being drained to pay ghost workers. It is also in the personal career interests of each worker that the payroll is not distorted or bloated by non-existent workers.

DELE MOMODU, POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM AND MASSES' COMPLACENCY. By Yahaya Balogun

"Integrity and honor are not common, deceit and opportunism are easily accessible" - Yahaya Balogun

"President Buhari, this obsession with 'they stole our money', is too much. We know Jonathan did not do anything that's why we sacked him. So Buhari, do your own. If the gods cannot improve our lives they should please maintain it. If you are hungry you will grumble, and I am hungry". - Dele Momodu
#LyingLiar

The statement above was credited to Dele Momodu. He was hungry for power, and he was denied power, therefore, he grumbles. President Buhari knows he is an existential disadvatage to his government. He was shrugged at the presidency. Some of us who were acquainted with his surreptitious moves penultimate the elections of 2015 cried out. We are being vindicated by the judgement of history now.  "A few people of integrity can go a long way." -  Bill Kauth.

Dele Momodu was dissappionted by not being appointed into Buhari's cabinet. Buhari is a principled man. He understands his stealthy political moves. Buhari is ahead of his likes in thought process; he knows their grandstanding and body language.
"Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it." - M.H. McKee.

Again, President Buhari rules out naira devaluation

the President spoke on Saturday while contributing to a Presidential
Panel Roundtable on Investment and Growth Opportunities at the opening
of the Africa 2016: Business for Africa, Egypt and the World at Sharm
El-Sheikh, Egypt.

"Developed countries are competing among themselves and when they
devalue they compete better and manufacture and export more.
But we are not competing and exporting but importing everything
including toothpicks. So, why should we devalue our currency?
We want to be more productive and self-sufficient in food and other
basic things such as clothing.
For our government, we like to encourage local production and efficiency."

Accountability and Anti-corruption in government: Some lessons from New Zealand and Australia.

Accountability and Anti-corruption in government: Some lessons from
New Zealand and Australia.

Since the 1980s, the accountability of New Zealand's public officers
has been built on a quasi-contractual relationship between the
executive government (ie, the ministers) and the senior management of
central government departments (ie, departmental chief executives). In
Australia, on the other hand, the accountability of public officers
centred on the primary role of the executive government, with senior
management expected to work under the ministers and follow their
directives. Which system works better?

The New Zealand system of accountability in central government
highlights the role of departmental chief executives. They are held
responsible for the achievement of policy objectives and for the
delivery of outputs from their departments. Policy objectives are
agreed upon with the ministers who, in a sense, act like 'purchasers'
of outputs from the departments.

Why I Don’t Trust Any Army General – Tinubu Reveals Top Secrets Of Political Successes

"The high is when I survived as the only
governor and one man standing on the
platform of the AD in the South West after
the 2003 governorship election. In leadership
and political battles, you must be able to
recognize the talent of your opponent. Don't
ever underestimate your opponent
particularly a personality like former Presi­
dent Obasanjo. First, he is not just an Army
General for nothing; they call their overall
fatigue uniform, camouflage. What does that
mean? Deception! They are trained in
strategy, deception and tactics to defeat the
enemy. If you underestimate them, you do
that at your own peril…"

That was a quote from Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
the national leader of the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC interview with the Sun Newspaper
recently held at Bourdillion, Ikoyi, Lagos residence.