PDP Crisis: President Jonathan’s Men Produce Evidence Of Corruption By NWC Members



President Goodluck Jonathan's associates have released up documentary evidence that members of the National Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) stole funds belonging to the party's treasury shortly after President Jonathan lost the presidential election on March 28, 2015. President Goodluck Jonathan at the PDP fundraiser State House Photo
Two close associates of the president spoke to SaharaReporters on what one of them described as "shameless stealing of party funds by officials entrusted with running the affairs of the party."
The two sources disclosed that President Jonathan felt betrayed by the "greedy actions" of the NWC members. The Presidency sources gave SaharaReporters internal vouchers showing that the party's NWC members shelled out over a quarter of billion naira in unexplained fees to themselves on April 8, 2015.

PDP National Secretary Cautions Bode George Against Divisive Politics

My attention has been drawn to a communiqué purportedly issued by some PDP leaders in the Southwest calling on me, the National Secretary Prof. Adewale Oladipo and the National Auditor, Alhaji Adewole Adeyanju to resign from the National Working Committee. Prof Adewale Oladipo National Secretary of the PDP
According to the communiqué, the resignation was to pave way for the dissolution of the National Working Committee as a fall out of the 2015 general elections.
However, a very careful examination of the inherent breaches in the procedures adopted in the convening of the meeting as well as the content and tone of its resolution shows an orchestration by a few individuals bent on sowing a seed of discord within the PDP fold in the zone.
This is evident in the fact that the said communiqué in no way reflected the views of majority of those who attended the meeting, neither did it tally with the opinion of the generality of our party members in the region.

14 TIME BOMBS AWAITING BUHARI

The curtains at Aso Rock Villa, Nigeria’s seat of power, will be closed against incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan on May 29. The mega opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will thereby emerge as the new ruling party with the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, taking over the reins of governance. But it will not be a tea party because of over a dozen challenges ahead of him.
Chibok Schoolgirls’ abduction saga
On the night of April 14, 2014, about 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State. The dreaded terrorist sect, Boko Haram, later released a video on May 5, 2014 claiming responsibility for the abduction which drew national and international condemnations. There was a measure of confusion that trailed news of the abduction.
While initial reports had said 85 students were kidnapped in the attack, the military authorities released a contradictory statement claiming 100 of them had been freed, a statement that was later retracted. Over one year after their abduction, the schoolgirls remain in the captivity of the insurgents despite several assurances of rescuing them by the outgoing PDP-led government. One of the dashed hopes raised by government over their rescue came via a purported truce with the insurgents

US SHUNS NIGERIA, GIVES $35M TO FRENCH-SPEAKING NEIGHBOURS TO FIGHT BOKO HARAM

The United States seems to have again shunned Nigeria as it said it would provide $35 million in military and defence support services to France as part of America’s investment in the war against Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram.
The countries that are fighting the Boko Haram and which are Nigeria's neighbour---Chad, Niger and Cameroon--are French speaking countries and have close relations with France. Cameroon was, however, not part of the deal.
The American support, contained in a press statement issued by the White House, is to provide assistance to France which has been actively supporting Nigeria's French speaking neighbours as well as Mali, which is battling Islamist extremism.

BUHARI UNDER PRESSURE OVER MINISTERIAL NOMINATIONS …

The heat of leadership is already being felt by the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari as pressure mounts over ministerial nominations from party leaders and state governors from across the 36 states of the federation.
Prior to his election, Buhari had vowed to prune the cabinet, insisting that 42 man cabinet as operated by the Goodluck Jonathan administration is not to the best interest of the nation.
Buhari also said his cabinet will not be for patronage, as only people of integrity and with professional backgrounds will be considered.
But barely a month to the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress, APC, government on May 29, Buhari is now being inundated with pressure by notable political leaders, who aided his victory and are now hoping to reap where they sown.
The party had requested three nominees per each state for Buhari to make final choice but it appears that the request is being spurned by some of the leaders who are insisting on hand picking their nominees.
Among these leaders, Sunday Mirror learnt include the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, some oil moguls and APC state governors, among others.

FULL PHOTOS FROM THE FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS MANNY PACQUAIO EPIC FIGHT

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The richest fight of the decade between America's Floyd Mayweather and Philippine's Manny Pacquaio took place at the MGM Grand last night May 2nd 2015 
The purse for the fight is set at $300million (£194,502,705), which will be split 60/40 in the American's favour.
Assuming the fight lasts the full 12 rounds, Mayweather will be earning $4,994,681 per minute of action, with Pacquiao earning $3,329,787 per minute.
That means that by the end of the first round, Mayweather will have earned $14,984,043 and Pacquiao will have earned $9,989,362.
In total, Mayweather will collect $179,808,511 (£116,554,424) while Pacquiao will get $119,872,340 (£77,702,949).

For those who didn't watch live, here are some photos from the fight

Adeboye Prophecy My Victory ---APC Vice President Elect

The Vice president-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has attributed t the March 28 presidential poll victory to the fulfillment of the prophecy earlier given by the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A.Adeboye,that pastors, presidents and vice presidents shall emerge from among members of the church. 
Professor Osinbajo disclosed this on Friday night at the May National Holy Ghost Service of RCCG at the Redemption Camp at Kilometre 46, Lagos - Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.
While it was his turn to testify about God's goodness, the Professor of Law, who is also the pastor-in-charge of Lagos Province 48, said: "My name is Yemi Osinbajo and I'm here to testify to God's goodness. For the past four months, we have been campaigning all around the country by sea, air, road and God has kept us and by March 28, He gave us victory at the poll."
Amid cheers from the mammoth gathering at the Arena Ground of the camp, the president-elect under the All Progressives Congress (APC) revealed that: "God marked me out for the position of the vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria."

PARALLEL GOVT ALLEGATION: AREWA CHAIR COOMASSIE, ANGO ABDULLAHI TACKLE JONATHAN

Prominent northerners yesterday lashed out at President Goodluck Jonathan for accusing President-elect Muhammadu Buhari of running a parallel government following the outcome of the March 28 election.
The Federal Executive Council,rising from its meeting on Wednesday, had said the Jonathan Administration was not comfortable with some terms of reference of the incoming government’s transition committee which tend to create a parallel government.
National Planning Minister Suleiman Abubakar said government took exception to “some utterances, to some of the terms of reference that look as if the current government is being stampeded or intimidated.”
But reacting to the government’s position yesterday, the Chairman of the apex northern socio-cultural organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, said there was nothing wrong in Buhari’s approach and that the government itself had been making some questionable appointments at the twilight of its tenure.
He said: “They are sacking incumbents and making new appointments at this period of transition.That is very wrong too.”

2015: HOW IMAMS, NORTHERN INTELLECTUALS, INCITED THE NORTH AGAINST JONATHAN – TANKO YAKASSAI

Frontline nationalist, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai is not exactly comfortable with the dynamics of the just con¬cluded general elections. The elder statesman, in his characteristic bluntness, laments on the role of religion and ethnicity in the defeat of President Goodluck Jona¬than. He is deeply worried that the fallout of the 2015 presidential election might result in negative consequences for the unity of Nige¬ria. In this interview with DESMOND MG¬BOH in Kano, he also spoke on the expecta¬tions of Nigerians from the in-coming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari and the place of President Jonathan in the nation’s history books. Excerpts:
In less than a month from now, Nigerians will usher in a new government. As an elder states¬man, what is your advice to the incoming admin¬istration?
As everybody knows, the main agenda of the new admin¬istration is to fight corruption, to deal with the security sit-uation, particularly the Boko Haram insurgency, rescue the Chibok girls and deal with unemployment. These are the priority areas in terms of their policy objectives. It is, there¬fore, the expectation of every Nigerian that these three issues would be the main areas of their attention. I think that after taking over power, these areas would be the yardstick by which the people would pass judgment on them. I think that after the first six months or thereabouts, Nigerians would be in a position to judge whether the new administration would be in a position to fulfill the promises they made to the public or not.

I’M NOT INTERESTED IN SENATE PRESIDENCY, SAYS AKUME

George Akume, Senate Minority Leader has stated that he is not interested in succeeding David Mark as Senate President of the 8th Assembly.
Akume has also denied having a meeting with a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, over his purported ambition.
He stated that he never had is eyes on the senate presidency or any position at the moment, as he was busy attending to pressing national issues.
In a statement by his media aide, Beckie Orpin, the former governor of Benue state said there was no meeting between himself and Tinubu on Tuesday, rather he attended the 8th National Assembly retreat and later held meetings with his colleagues in Abuja.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Senator Akume along with other senators-elect received the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, at the ongoing 8th National Assembly retreat at the International Conference Centre, Abuja in the morning of April 29.