PDP will Cooperate with Obiano To Develop Anambra State----Obi

The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has assured that the PDP members in the National Assembly will work with APGA for the ultimate good and progress of the State.

He said this today during the presentation of Certificates of Return to those that won the Senatorial and House of Representatives seats in the State.

Flanked by  the Senator-elect for Anambra  South, Sen. Andy Uba;  Hon. Uche Ekwunife (Central); and Princess Stella Oduah (Anambra North), Obi said that  the benefit of having three of them in one party was that they would work together  for the good of Anambra State in particular and Nigeria in general. He expressed happiness that Anambra has ranking members in House to ensure that the State benefitted from distribution of Committees and other related matters.

REPORT: NNPC TOP MGT TO GO, ACCOUNTS TO BE PROBED

Incoming Muhammadu Buhari administration will replace the top management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Reuters news agency reported yesterday.
It will also review the accounts of the oil company to restore credibility, Reuters said, quoting sources within Buhari’s party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
It said the new government will submit a bill to break the NNPC into four entities, as already prescribed in the latest PIB draft. 
One APC source told Reuters that the Bill “will also, crucially, remove the oil minister from the NNPC’s board of directors to curb political interference.”
Others said more generally that the minister’s current powers would be heavily trimmed.
Oil and gas will have separate companies for upstream, with a third covering pipelines and refining, while a fourth will be an inspectorate.
The proposal could be submitted to parliament in the first quarter of next year, one parliamentary APC source said.

YOU MUST AVOID OBJ IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED AS PRESIDENT, OWIE TELLS BUHARI

Former Senate Chief Whip, Rowland Owie, has advised president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari to be wary of former President Olusegun Obasanjo if he desired to succeed as Nigeria’s leader.
In a statement in Benin City, capital of Edo State, yesterday, Owie said: “To Buhari, I thank God for you, but you must deliver on your promises and also build on what president Jonathan did.
“Above all, you must run far from OBJ! (Olusegun Obasanjo). If he can’t control your government, he will fight you.
“He has done it to all former presidents of Nigeria and even against MKO Abiola who was not sworn in.
“Never! never! I say never discuss with OBJ unless you have at least two of your aides present!”
“Half way into the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan, a man who sees nothing good in anybody, except himself, Obasanjo, started trouble making by naming presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

OREKOYA’S KIDNAPPED 3 CHILDREN FOUND NAKED IN A BAG

The Lawanson Road, Itire abode of the Orekoyas, whose three children were kidnapped by a housemaid last Wednesday, 24 hours after she was employed, became a Mecca of sorts yesterday, following news of their discovery.
The children, Demola, 6; Adedamola, 4, and Aderomola, 11 months, were reportedly found in an uncompleted building in Shasha area of Akowonjo, Lagos, Tuesday night, after an undisclosed ransom was paid into an account.
According to their maternal grandfather, Senior Apostle Abraham Adekunle, the children were found naked inside a bag. No arrest has, however, been made.
The abductors, as gathered, had sent an account number of an undisclosed bank to the Orekoyas.
The children, who had been ravaged by mosquitoes, were immediately taken to police hospital, Ikeja.
When Vanguard visited the Orekoya’s home yesterday, the children and their parents were yet to arrive from the hospital. Their grandfather, Senior Apostle Adekunle, described the eight days of his grandchildren’s disappearance as one of the worst challenges he had faced in his 67 years of existence.

FAYEMI DENIES DISCUSSING BUHARI’S ECONOMIC POLICY AT LBS

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr kayode Fayemi, has described as false, reports linking him to discussing the economic programmes of President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari at the Lagos Business School. In a statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, Fayemi described such reports as misguided and fabricated.
The statement said: “While it is true that Dr Fayemi was Guest Speaker at the Lagos Business School (LBS) Breakfast meeting, he was not there as a representative of the President-elect, General Muhammad Buhari and neither was he introduced as such.

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”



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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



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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



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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.