Impeachment Plot: Presidency pleads with senators

FOLLOWING reports that the impeachment notice against President Goodluck Jonathan will be presented on the floor of the Senate when it resumes from the recess on December 16, the Presidency yesterday pleaded with the Senate that the interest of the country and the protection of the nation’s democracy should be paramount.
Reacting to the purported impeachment moves by the lawmakers, the Presidency noted that the country was at the moment facing some challenges and impeachment will not be required to address the mirage of  problems adding that political problems would require political solutions
In a statement issued yesterday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, the Presidency urged the law makers to  continue with their work of nation building for the development of the country and well-being of the people saying, “the Senate in the last four years has conducted its legislative functions and responded to issues that are of great national importance with commendable political sagacity.

Breaking News: Speaker Tambuwal Wins Sokoto APC Gubernatorial Primary

The Speaker of House of Representatives,  Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has emerged as the Sokoto APC Gubernatorial candidate in a keenly contested primaries that lasted several hours with about 4,000 delegates from 23 Local Government Areas in the state.
The screening of the delegates commences at about 11 AM Nigerian time while voting started as soon as the screening was over.
Chairman of gubernatorial election committee, Bolaji Khalil stated in his speech the  need to adhere to rules of the election and said all the contestants will be given equal treatment throughout the primary election exercise.

Cement truck crushes police inspector in Kaduna

Tragedy struck on Thursday in Kaduna when a Dangote cement-bearing truck with a Jigawa  number plate,  XA874GRK, crushed a Police inspector to death with scores of others injured.

Also, a camera man, Shehu Usman, with the Kaduna State Television, had his legs broken in the same accident. He was among those rushed to the hospital for urgent medical attention.

The inspector, whose name was given as  Obed Ezra, was among those deployed to maintain law and order at the venue of the All Progressives Congress governorship primary holding at the Kaduna International trade fair complex.

It was gathered that the trailer lost control as a result of break failure. It destroyed  over eight  vehicles and no fewer than 12 motorcycles.

Breaking News: Ambode leads in Lagos APC gov primary

A former Accountant General of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, seems to be leading the governorship primary election which held at the Onikan Stadium, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Although the results had yet to be collated as of press time, Ambode seems the likely winner as hundreds of youths gathered around him to celebrate while the only other aspirant present, Senator Ganiyu Solomon, left the premises.

In Epe Local Government Area, 291 delegates voted while in Badagry, 305 voted while eight registered delegates did not vote.

In the Ikorodu LGA, 498 delegates voted while in Ibeju-Lekki, 189 delegates voted.

In Ojo, 237 delegates voted while 15 registered delegates were absent. In Agege LGA, it was 193 while in Ifako-Ijaye it was 214.

3,000 delegates to pick APC Lagos gov candidate

At least 3,000 delegates of the All Progressives Congress will on Thursday (today) pick the party’s Lagos governorship candidate.

The party, in a statement by its state chairman, Chief Henry Ajomale, said the voting would take place at the Onikan Stadium, Ikoyi instead of its headquarters on Acme Road, Ogba.

The party assured residents of the state that the exercise would be conducted peacefully and would be transparent.

APC picks presidential candidate in Lagos Dec 10

THE All Progressives Congress has named Lagos as the venue of its December 10 presidential primary.

Eight thousand delegates are expected to participate in the convention, scheduled to hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.

The APC four other presidential aspirants –former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, and Leadership Newspaper publisher, Sam Nda-Isaiah – had jointly asked for a venue outside Lagos, said to be favoured by Buhari and a former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu.

Atiku and the three others wrote the APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, on Nov 27, “advising” the party chairman to retain Abuja as the convention venue.

Onabanjo’s daughter resigns from Amosun’s govt

In what appears to be almost a recurring decimal in Ogun State, another political appointee of Governor Ibikunle Amosun,   Ms. Olubukunola Onabanjo, has resigned her appointment.

She is the daughter of the late governor of the state, Chief Bisi Onabanjo. Before her resignation, she was the chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission.

In the letter of resignation dated November 18, and addressed to Amosun, she said the governor had accused her of having a ‘soft spot’ for a former governor of the state, Chief Olusegun Osoba.

The resignation took effect from December 1.

13-year-old flees home with suspected lover

The police in Lagos are battling to find a 13-year-old girl, Chikwuo Ezennia, who reportedly fled her house with a yet-to-be-identified man, suspected to be her lover.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Ezennia, who is in Basic 4, had come to Lagos from Nneni village in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State to spend her holiday with her relatives.

Our correspondent gathered that the girl, however, fled her relatives’ apartment on Ishola Bello Close, Iyalla Street, Alausa, Lagos, in the afternoon of Thursday, November 20, when the family had gone out.

It was gathered that when the girl’s aunt, Mrs. Ambrose Okolo, and her husband returned from work at about 6pm, Ezennia was nowhere to be found.

Synagogue: TB Joshua’s application stalls coroner’s inquest

The coroner probing the September 12 Synagogue building collapse in Lagos, Magistrate A.O. Komolafe, on Wednesday suspended further sitting till Friday, December 5, 2014.

Due to the abrupt suspension of the court’s proceeding on Wednesday, Komolafe could not take the testimonies of all the witnesses that had been invited to appear before the court.

The decision to suspend sitting came after the Founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua, through his counsel, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, had informed Komolafe of a pending application before Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja.

PDP Suspends Its Former Chairman, Bamanga Tukur

The People Democratic Party has suspended its former chairman, Bamanga Tukur from the party.

 A terse press release issued by the party today stated that Bamanga Tukur was   suspended after the party National Working Committee to reviewed his activities in recent time agaionst the current chairman, Adamu Muazu.

Bamanga Tukur
See full text of press release below:

 

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) at its 395th meeting held yesterday, December 3, 2014 reviewed recent national developments as they affect the party.

Among others, the NWC deliberated on the court case instituted against the National Chairman of the Party, Ahmed Adamu Mu'azu by the former National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur.