I WILL SPEAK AT APPROPRIATE TIME – JONATHAN

 President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to break his silence on his experience in office and other issues at the appropriate time.
Mr. Jonathan however did not give an indication as to when will be the appropriate time.
He made the pledge when approached by journalists at the Presidential Villa for an interview, after the Good Friday Service organised by the Aso Villa Chapel.
“Don’t worry, I will talk to you at the appropriate time...,” the President said, smiling, as he made his way from the chapel to his official residence.
The seven short exhortations that accompanied the seven biblical lessons all centred on the sacrifice the preachers said Mr. Jonathan had made to keep the county united.
They likened his decision to concede defeat in the last Saturday’s presidential elections to the sacrifice Jesus Christ made to save mankind. They also agreed that the bold step taken by the President at the appropriate time was commendable and urged him to remain focused because his future was in the hands of God.

HOW WORLD POWERS PLOTTED JONATHAN’S DEFEAT

 OUTGOING President Goodluck Jonathan lost his re-election bid several weeks before the March 28 poll to a web of plots hatched at home and honed abroad, Saturday Tribune has reliably learnt.
Information also in possession of Saturday Tribune revealed a last-minute contest between forces that wanted him to bow out and those that wanted him to hold out for as long as necessary even when it was evident that the news from the field pointed at a possible defeat.
It was learnt that as of 5.00 p.m. on Tuesday, hawks around the president were still at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, piling pressure on him not to concede defeat.
Those working on him to concede and bow out, reportedly led by a former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, were also said to have stayed put in the same Presidential Villa, persuading him that it was the most honourable way to go since it was clear that figures from the field were not in his favour.

Ojukwu’s son set to drag PDP, INEC to tribunal

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Jnr. son of the late Ikemba Nnewi and Biafra warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu yesterday said that he has concluded arrangements to drag the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to the Election Petitions Tribunal in Anambra State to recover the mandate stolen from him during last Saturday’s National Assembly election for Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency in the State.

AMAECHI BEGS FOR FORGIVENESS

The Rivers State governor and the Director-General, Muhammadu Buhari/Osi¬bajo Campaign Organisa¬tion, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has apologised to those he offended, as a result of his political activi¬ties to, in the spirit of Easter, forgive him.
The appeal was contained in a pre-gubernatorial and state Assembly elections address, broadcast to the people, yesterday.

Ndigbo Are Not Buhari’s Enemy---Umeh

The National Chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance, Victor Umeh has described the APC president elect, General Muhammadu Buhari’s victory as divine and urged Him not to see Ndigbo as his enemies .
He stated this at the Cruisin  Mass at Saint Patrick Catholic Church Awka Diocese.He urged the new president elect to adopt the report of National conference, being the benchmark that made the easterners support President Goodluck Jonathan.
'Th president elect- General Muhammadu Buhari I Know is a good man and the right leader for Nigeria at this critical period, You heard him say he is on a critical mission to rescue Nigeria, But I want him not to see Ndigbo as people that hate him, but should us from the angle of people who are desperately in the need to  be fully integrated into Nigeria politics, we ae only seeking for a platform to show our solidarity for the nation progress'' he exclaimed.  

Easter Celebration: A Period For Forgiveness- Bishop Ezeokafor



BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

The Catholic Bishop of Awka His Lordship Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor has described the 2015 Easter celebration as a period of forgiveness and time to show unconditional love to one another noting that God shows us his unconditional and immeasurable love by blotting out our offences through the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ his only begotten Son.  

Bishop Ezeokafor who stated this while delivering  his Easter message at St. Patrrick's Catholic Cathedral, Awka said, 'In Him, as St Paul rightly puts it, "We have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses” (Eph 1:17). In his last words on the cross, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do” (Lk 23:34), Jesus highlights the deep mystery that his death inaugurates and which reaches its fulfilment in His resurrection."

I’LL NOT ACCEPT TENURE RENEWAL – JEGA

 The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has declared that he would not serve another term as boss of the electoral body when his first tenure expires in June, even if he is asked.
Speaking in an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Hausa) last night which was monitored by our reporter in Abuja, Jega said having played his role in the political space... for five years, it was time another person was given the chance to contribute his own quota.

Don’t declare any PDP candidate winner in

PEOPLE’S Democratic Party, PDP,  chieftain in Anambra State, Chief Chris Uba,  has  urged the Independent National Electoral  Commission, INEC, not to declare any  candidate of the party winner in the state and  National Assembly election.
The reason he adduced for this was the fact   that there were still pending cases involving all
PDP candidates in Anambra State at the  Supreme and Federal High Courts.
According to Uba, INEC will be erring in law, if any of the PDP candidates was declared winner
without the determination of the pending cases.

Breaking News: Ifeanyi Uba, Obijackson in brawl Over Falsification of Election Result to Favour APGA At Collation Center

 Okechukwu Onuegbu

At least 5 persons including 2 policemen and the Group Managing Director of NESTOIL PLC, Dr. (Sir) Ernest Azudialu Obiejesi were serious wounded on Sunday in a fight between him and the Director of Transformation Ambassador of Nigeria (TAN), Dr. Ifeanyi Uba.

The Free-For-All Fight began around 3.30pm at the headquarters of Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra which is the collation center for Ihiala Federal House of Representative, and lasted for more than 45minute over an alleged result mutilation.

Daily Times learnt that trouble started when Dr. Ifeanyi Uba allegedly found Sir Obiejesi while falsifying the original result sheet been submitted to the collation center in favour of his party, APGA. Ifeanyi Uba was supporting PDP.

Mixed Reactions Trail Presidential , N\ Assembly Elections

BY
 Raymond Ozoji , Awka

 Mixed reactions trail presidential and National Assembly elections in  Anambra State as late arrival of electoral materials , inactive card reader  matchines , late commencement of accreditation of voters and a host of  other logistics charaterised  the entire process .
 In the course of monitoring the exercise in Anambra-North senatorial zone ,  newsmen gathered from the speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly ,  who is also the APGA candidate for Ogbaru federal constituency in the  election Princess Chinwe Nwaebili that there was something fishy about the  whole process .
 Princess Nwaebili who was accosted by newsmen at Iyiowa\Odekpe polling unit  05 Ogbaru lamented that the delay in the whole process was caused by INEC  stressing that accreditation of voters should have commenced at 8 am  according to the apex election management but there were no materials as at  the aforesaid time .