NORTHERN LEADERS CONSPIRED TO SABOTAGE JONATHAN – UMEH



 National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA Chief Victor Umeh has said that the Northern leaders conspired to sabotage Jonathan as he called on President Goodluck Jonathan not to be deceived by people like Theophilus Danjuma and some Norther leaders who are praising him for conceding defeat to President-elect Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, saying that they never supported his administration.
Chief Umeh while agreeing that there are some good Northern leaders with good intentions for Nigeria, urged President Jonathan to ignore some of the sycophants who never supported his reelection bid and are now praising him for conceding defeat to Gen. Buhari, saying, they were spoiling for war before the election and waiting for him to reject the result of the election so they can start the war they have been planning.

NIGERIANS EXPECT A LOT FROM YOU, OBASANJO TELLS BUHARI



Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to realize that Nigerians are expecting a lot from him when he eventually takes over power May 29.
Mr. Obasanjo is currently in Sudan as an AU observer in the country’s presidential election.
PREMIUM TIMES spoke to him, Wednesday, on Mr. Buhari’s victory.
Mr. Obasanjo said he was not ready to “say too much” about the election but noted that Nigerians have passed a message to the retired general by asking for change.
“Nigerians have done what needed to be done,” he said.
He also called “what has happened” Phase 1. He said Phase 2 would be how the new government establishes itself.

TINUBU IS MY ROLE MODEL –KASHAMU

SENATOR-ELECT and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Chief Buruji Kashamu, has described the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as his role model.
Kashamu, who is the chairman of the Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP in the South-West, paid a rare tribute to the former Lagos State governor in an open letter, describing Tinubu as a true hero to be emulated by every Nigerian.
Kashamu is the senator-elect of Ogun-East senatorial district and one of the most vocal opponents of the APC before the party won the presidential election of March 28.
He said that it was important to honour those deserving of honour now that elections are over.
In the open letter addressed to Tinubu, Kashamu said, “Truth be told, men like you are made up of sterner stuff and are rare to come by in every generation. Little wonder you are called the Asiwaju and Jagaban of Borgu. I doff my hat.

JONATHAN’S MAY 28 HANDOVER TO CREATE POWER VACUUM BEFORE SWEARING IN

President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to formally handover to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari on May 28 will create a power vacuum for a few hours between the period he hands over and the morning of May 29 when his successor will be formally sworn-in as the president.
Making the president’s intention to deviate from the norm, the Minister of Information, Mrs. Patricia Akwashiki, who briefed State House correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, said Jonathan would formally handover to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari on May 28 at a dinner
She added that he had directed all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the federal government to submit their handover briefs to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) on or before April 20.

XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS SPREAD IN SOUTH AFRICAN PORT CITY

 The attacks on immigrant-owned shops and homes in Durban’s impoverished townships come three months after a similar spate of attacks on foreign-owned shops in Soweto, near Johannesburg. Xenophobic attacks continued in the South African port city of Durban Tuesday as the Ethiopian community prepared to repatriate the bodies of three of its nationals killed over the last two weeks.
Last month, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, traditional leader of the biggest ethnic group in KwaZulu-Natal province, reportedly said they needed to “pack their bags and leave”. It was a call supported by Edward Zuma, who told local news agency News24 that South Africa was “sitting on a ticking time bomb of them (foreigners) taking over the country”.
Ephraim Meskele, a leader of the Ethiopian community in Durban, said it was holding a prayer service Tuesday for the three victims, including a man killed when his shop was petrol-bombed on Friday. About 50 people have been arrested over the violence, in which at least four people have been killed. The police have not confirmed the nationalities of the victims.

FRSC Takes Road safety Campaign to Hotels In Anambra



BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

As part of the drive towards reduction of carnage as wellas inculcate the culture of safe-driving on the high ways , the Federal Road Safety Commission has taken a step further to introduce road safety tips in hotels in Anambra State .

Sector commander of the commission in the state Mr. Sunday Ajayi disclosed this to Fides at the command headquarters Awka during an exclusive chat .

Mr.Ajayi said that it became necessary to take roadsafety tips to the hospitality industry because holiday seekers and travellers alike find temporary abode in hotels . He further explained that most of the people who patronized hotels were motorists and roadusers and as such it became pertinent that roadsafety messages were pasted in the rooms at vantage point where guests can relax and read them with avid attentiveness.

The sector commander also disclosed that Anambra State is the first state in Nigeria where such innovation was introduced adding that the import of the innovation was as a result of human factor . He said human beings ply the highways and that it was incumbent on the commission to get them acquainted with roadsafety tips using hotel rooms as a means of spreading roadsafety messages to the motoring public .

No Need To Impeach Obiano -Ubah



BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil and forerunner of Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria ( TAN ) Chief Ifeanyi Ubah has categorically stated that there was absolutely no need to impeach Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State .

This categorical statement made by the oil magnet came on the heels of allegations in some quarters that the Peoples Democratic Party was doing everything humanly possible to secure majority seats in the State House of Assembly to provide a leaway for the PDP majority to unseat Governor Obiano .

Chief Ubah who had a chat with Fides at his country home, Nnewi, said there was no such clandestine move to truncate the affairs of the present administration in the state and that the party had little or no interest in the state assembly elections .

My Supporters Kept Vigil to Guard Their Votes- Madubueze





BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

The winner of  March 28 Anambra east, west federal constituencies national assembly election, Chief Peter Obiano Madubueze (Okaka Anam) said the reason he was not rigged out was because of the vigilance of his supporters who kept vigil to guard their votes and insisted that the votes must count.

The lawyer who stated this in an exclusive interview with Fides in Awka noted that he was highly elated and full of praise for his teeming supporters noting that he owed his victory to Gov. Willie Obiano.

'I owe my victory to Governor Obiano. God made it possible through him. The card reader failed completely and perhaps that helped the PDP to rig everywhere except my constituency, Anambra East and West Federal Constituency. They could not also rig Oyi/Ayamelum federal constituency election. And we do hope that those APGA candidates rigged out will still get their mandates,' Mr Madubueze assured.

 Commenting on the card reader which many described as a colossal failure, the lawyer said that Nigeria had made China a country that virtually exports everything to it irrespective of the standard or quality of the product. He said that Chinese manufacturers would produce commodities according to the quality their customers demanded. He argued that if high quality card readers had been imported that it would not have been a monumental failure, a situation some other observers see as a rigging process. Ndubueze said the card readers were being used successfully in so many other countries of the world “Why not Nigeria.”

Group Hails Anambra NASS Election

BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA
 Much may not have been heard of the March 28 National Assembly election in Anambra State as Igbo socio-political group, Ndigbo Unity Forum has described the election as free, fair and credible even as lawyers have notified the Senator elect of their readiness to give her free legal services.

 

The President of Ndigbo Unity Forum, Chief Augustine Chukwudum described the election that produced Mrs. Uche Ekwunife as Senator elect for Anambra central senatorial zone as the freest of all elections ever conducted since Nigeria’s return to democracy.

 

He said 'We are not surprised that the election was free, fair and credible especially as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC did well in the conduct of Presidential election which saw Nigeria’s first incumbent President to lose an election, we expected same here in Anambra and it came to pass”

There are too many fake lawyers in Nigeria, CJN

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, ‎CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Wednesday, said he was worried about the rising number of “fake” lawyers in the country.

‎The CJN who stated this during the official launch of “Stamp for Lawyers”, ‎which was produced by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, bemoaned that the prevalence of fake lawyers negatively affects the integrity of the legal profession and casts a shadow of disrepute on the judiciary as an arm of government in the country.

Justice Mahmud Mohammed

He insisted that one of the major challenges facing Judges today, “is how to differentiate between a “real” and “fake” legal practitioner”.