We are not aware of any foul play - APGA ELECTION MONITORING TEAM.

STANLEY EZE

Amidst the tension associated with the party's primaries election of the day for House of Assembly, a monitoring committee from APGA national body led by Hon. Prof. Ifeanyi Bernard Odoh has said that the rumors making rounds in some quarters that the APGA primary elections has been doctored is novel to them.

 Speaking to newsmen at the venue of the Awka South 1 primaries election ground on Wednesday, December 3, 2014, the chairman of the committee explained that they were with all the documents for the election including the certificate to be issued to the candidates that come out victorious at the end of the day after the electorates' vote has been conscientiously counted.

Senate probes IGP For N’Assembly’s invasion

The impasse between the executive arm and the legislature took a new turn on Wednesday when the Inspector General of Police (IG), Suleiman Abba, insisted that he does not recognise Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Abba told the House Committee on Police Affairs that Tambuwal’s position was still unclear as the case was before the court and it would be subjudice for him to comment on it.

The IG also referred to the legislators and their aides who jumped the 12-foot gate of the parliament last Thursday, as thugs.

President Jonathan Sends Frontline PDP Governors To Beg Most Prominent Critic, Obasanjo

President Goodluck Jonathan, who last week bragged that he was a better leader than Olusegun Obasanjo and every Nigerian leader since independence, today sent a powerful delegation to the former president to plead support for his re-election bid.
Obasanjo had described Jonathan’s presidency as below “average,” and that the “head” [of the government] was “rotten.”
Obasanjo addressing the press with the 5 PDP governors that came to visit him on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan today
His delegation to Obasanjo’s Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta today included governors Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, Sule Lamido of Jigawa, Babangida Aliyu of Niger and Isah Yuguda of Bauchi State.
When they emerged from a closed door meeting, Obasanjo told the media that they had only discussed the insecurity in the country.

You cannot compare a brand new vehicle part with a fairly used - Business mogul

Chijioke Ezenwanwe would pass as a footballer, a highlife musician, a seminarian or even a newly married man. But a close contact would display a deeper, richer version of this enigma of a business giant. He revealed he is an importer and distributor of heavy duty vehicles' brand new spare parts amongst other businesses. This second son of Chief Ezenwanwe in Agba village -Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State stated categorically that success in business depended on three things; contact, honesty and capital. 'Anyone can thrive well in any business if he has these three things' , he affirmed. And as he elaborately expresses his wide scope of contact, one would testify to the fact that he indeed practices what he preaches.

Group Declares APGA State Assembly Primaries in Anambra Peaceful, Transparent

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) State House of Assembly Primary elections held today have been adjudged as largely peaceful and transparent in most of the state constituencies across Anambra State.

This assessment was made by the Executive Director of Media Ethics and Rights Initiative, an Onitsha based responsible journalism advocacy group, Prince Ezekiel Amanambu, while speaking to newsman in Awka after monitoring the election in many Local Government Areas.

Dayo Adeneye loses APC to ticket to imposition by party elders

On Air Personality, Dayo Adeneye, popularly known as D1, lost the opportunity to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress for Odogbolu area of Ogun State to imposition and not to a more acceptable aspirant, reports available have shown.

An unpopular aspirant was said to have been imposed on others on Monday night.

Hence there was no primaries on Tuesday.

Sources told Ashiwaju.org  that the decision to anoint one of the aspirants was taken at a meeting described as “nocturnal” on Monday night, leading to protest by others who felt shortchanged.

Anambra Holds Seemingly Peaceful primaries With Pockets Of Crisis

Results from the constituencies in the House of Assembly Primary elections of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) which was held across Anambra State yesterday pointed to a near peaceful conduct of a political primaries  as results begin to trickle-in from the field.
Though, reports from Ekwusigo, Ekwulobia and Aguata LG primaries does not reflect what seems to be a peaceful conduct of a transparent election, where hundreds of youths and aged were carrying placard in protest of what they tagged as imposition on candidates and presentation of a different delegate list against the supposed list for the election.
Some Party stakeholders buoyed to contest the result in court, knowing well that they were disenfranchised by the new delegate list and were not able to cast their vote for the aspirants of their choice.

Heavily armed protesters invade PDP headquarters •Lock out Mu’azu, wrap coffin with Wike’s posters

THERE was a total breakdown of law and order at the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, on Wednesday.

This was as the aggrieved aspirants under the platform of the party from Rivers State and suspected hoodlums invaded the secretariat and sealed it off

The protesters, under the umbrella of “Rivers State PDP House of Assembly and National Assembly aspirants,” reportedly arrived at the Wadata Plaza, located at Zone 5, Wuse District of Abuja, around 7.00 a.m.

Anambra State Govt Trains 100 Vocational and Technical College Teachers on Education for Employment

BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI , AWKA

Anambra State Education Programme Investment Project (ANSEPIP) (World Bank Assisted) in collaboration with Kiara College /Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company (IVM) has organized a 5 Day workshop for over 100 Technical College principals and teachers on education for employment with a view of bridging the gap between educational institutions and the industry in Nigeria.

Declaring the workshop open, the Anambra State governor Chief Willie Obiano represented by the State Commissioner for education, Prof. (Mrs) Kate Azuka Omenugha said the seminar geared towards bridging the gap between educational institutions and the industry in Nigeria noting that  Anambra State government needed to ensure that Technical Colleges in the  State received a major boost to allow them time to produce quality technicians that would be automatic job creators.

Anambra : Lawmakers To Intensify Over-Sight Duties As MDAs Defend Budget

BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

Following the presentation of the 2015 budget estimate to the Anambra State House of Assembly recently by the State Governor Dr. Willie Obiano, Ministries, Departments, Agencies and Parastatals of government have commenced the process of budget defence for their respective organs.

Various committees of the State House of Assembly took time to cross-examine as well as ascertain how best funds allocated to the MDAs would be deployed to ensure effective results in the end.