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03/07/2020

PDP Slams APC Over Double Party Membership Claim On Obaseki.

The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has flayed the unfounded insinuation that Governor Godwin Obaseki risks the Supreme Court verdict delivered on Mr. Uche Nwosu, the factional candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election in Imo State, who was disqualified for standing for election on the platforms of two political parties.

In a statement, the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chris Osa Nehikare, said those who are making the claims to muddle the waters are being smart by half and are at best ignorant of the law and the circumstances surrounding the governor’s emergence as the candidate of the PDP.

According to him, “We want to put it on record that the governor contested for the primary election of only the PDP. He was unjustly disqualified from the APC primary and wasn’t even on the ballot during the poll.

“While on the converse, Uche Nwosu in Imo State was the factional candidate of the APC after the primary election. He was returned elected and only ran to Action Alliance after he was edged out of the contest. The Supreme Court, in fact, ruled that he had a valid ticket with the APC, which invalidated his candidacy in AA.

“Hence, whoever draws a parallel between these two cases is either incapable of rational thoughts or is outrightly out to deceive his paymasters, who apparently do not know better.

“We call on members of the public to disregard the resort to such lazy and defective thinking. Governor Obaseki is going to the polls with an unblemished ticket as against the candidate of the APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who has a multiplicity of legal b***y traps planted by his party at the state and national levels.

01/07/2020

30/05/2020

Be Sincere, After 5 Years Of PMB As President Are We Moving Front Or Back?
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It is five years gone now and President Muhammadu Buhari has held sway as our driver in A*o rock.

Has he tried enough or he has many things still left to do?

Let's tell him something as Nigerians...

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27/05/2020

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO The Minister Of Transportation.
HIS EXCELLENCY, Rt HON Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (born 27 May 1965) is a Nigerian politician who served as the fifth
Governor of Rivers State from 2007 to 2015 and serves currently as the Nigerian Minister for Transportation.
He was re-elected for a second term on 26 April 2011. Amaechi was a member of the People's Democratic Party before defecting to the All Progressives Congress on 27 November 2013 [ citation needed ] . He is now a serving Federal Minister of Transportation. He is also the director general of Buhari reelection campaign. He was nominated for ministerial appointment by president Buhari in July 2019. [1] Amaechi was ask to take a bow and go during his screening by the Senate. [2] He was sworn in as Minister for Transport of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Early life
Amaechi was born in Ubima , Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State to the family of the late Elder Fidelis Amaechi and Mary Amaechi. His first and last names are Ikwerre meaning “God is strength or power” and “who knows tomorrow” respectively. [4][5] He was raised in Diobu , a densely populated neighbourhood in Port Harcourt.

Education
He had his early education at St Theresa's Primary School from 1970 to 1976. He earned his West African Senior School Certificate in 1982 after attending Government Secondary School Okolobiri.
Amaechi received a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours) in English Studies and Literature from the University of Port Harcourt in 1987, where he was the President of the National Union of Rivers State Students (NURSS).

Early career
He completed the mandatory National Youth Service Corps in 1988, and thereafter joined Pamo Clinics and Hospitals Limited owned by
Peter Odili , where he worked until 1992. He also a director of several companies, including West Africa Glass Industry Limited and Risonpalm Nigeria Limited.
Political career
State politics
Amaechi's first office in politics was as Secretary of the now defunct National Republican Convention in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Between 1992 and 1994, he was Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili . He was the Rivers State's Secretary of the
Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN) caretaker committee after in 1996 during the transition programme of General Sani Abacha .[8]
Peter Odili believed in Amaechi as a young man with potential in politics, and brought him under his wing. Their relationship further increased translated into a harmonious relationship between the Executive and Legislative arms of government in Rivers State, until when Rotimi Amaechi launched a campaign against the State Government, and verbally attacked the image of the State Governor, in an effort to succeed Peter Odili as governor in 2007.
Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly (1999-2007)
Further information: 4th Rivers State House of Assembly and 5th Rivers State House of Assembly
In 1999, he contested and won a seat to become a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly to represent his constituency. He was subsequently elected as the Speaker of the House of Assembly . Amaechi was elected the Chairman of Nigeria's Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies. He was reelected into the State House of Assembly in May 2003 and was also re-elected as the Speaker. In 2003 when the National Assembly moved to hijack the legislative functions of the State house of Assembly as enshrined in the constitution, he and his colleagues took the matter to Nigeria's supreme court and the court gave a judgment that the control and supervision of local government is the prerogative of the State House of Assembly.
Governor of Rivers State (2007-2015)
Amaechi contested and won the People's Democratic Party primary for Rivers State Governor in 2007. His name was substituted by the party, an action which he challenged in court. The case eventually got to the Supreme Court. He became governor on October 26, 2007, after the Supreme Court ruled that he was the rightful candidate of the PDP and winner of the April 2007 Governorship election in Rivers State. He was reelected for a second term of four years in April 2011.
His administration invested in infrastructure development, construction of roads and bridges, sticking to the vision of connecting all parts of the state by road. The governor was also committed to urban renewal and modernization of transportation services. His administration began building a monorail to provide mass transportation within the city of Port Harcourt. [ citation needed ] Some power plant projects (Afam, Trans Amadi, Onne ) were also built to improve power supply in the State.
Minister of Transportation
Amaechi currently heads the Federal Ministry of Transportation.
Personal life
He is married to Judith Amaechi and they have three boys.
Awards
Amaechi holds the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). He is a Christian Catholic and a Knight of St. Johns.
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27/05/2020

Nigerians Lucky To Have President Like Buhari – Femi Adesina
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Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Mhammadu Buhari, has said that Nigerians were lucky to have a leader like his principal.
Adesina made the remark while dismissing attempts to pitch him against his principal. The presidential spokesman maintained that Buhari was leading Nigeria well.
In a post on his Facebook, Adesina wrote: “A quote from mischief-makers is making the rounds, ascribed to me. I just dey laugh.
“I am a Buharist any day, no apologies, and I believe the president and I believe the president is leading the country well. In fact, we are lucky to him at a time like this.All attempts to demonize me will fail.”
Just a few days ago, a former Presidential Adviser, Tanko Yakassai had passed a vote of no confidence on Buhari.Yakassai had described Buhari as an incompetent leader who can’t fix the problems in the country.

26/05/2020

GOVERNOR WIKE RELEASES THE SUM OF 450 MILLION NAIRA TO VICTIMS OF THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VIOLENCE IN ABONNEMA
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The State Chief Executive Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has released the sum of Four hundred and fifty million naira to the victims of the 2019 Presidential election violence in Abonnema.
Speaking during a meeting preparatory to giving out the cash, Governor Wike said the gesture is in fulfilment of his promise to the people of Abonnema at the Church service to honour those who lost their lives, the injured and those who lost properties during the crisis.
Represented by the Secretary to the State Government Dr. Tammy Wenike Danagogo, Governor Wike said no amount of money could adequately compensate the people for the harrowing experience they suffered in the hands of the Nigerian Army, stating that he appreciates the support and commitment of the People of Akuku Toru Local Government Area before, during and after the elections. He said he would continue to execute programmes that would positively impact on the lives of the people of the Area.
He assured them that the second phase of the Abonnema ring road would be commissioned before the end of June, stressing that the contractor has been fully paid.
According to him in the face of the Covid 19 Pandemic he has continued to stand by the People of the State by taking practical steps not only to protect Rivers People but to also provide palliatives to bring succour to the vulnerable and less privileged unlike the selfish politicians in other political parties who only visit the people to solicit for votes during elections but do not have the interest of the people at heart.
In his remarks the Amayanabo of Abonnema King Disrael Gbobo Bobmanuel thanked Governor Wike for fulfilling his promise to the Abonnema People, noting that the Governor has proven over the years that his word is his bond.
According to him the Governor is a man worthy of trust and support because he has fulfilled all his promises to the Abonnema People. He Advised beneficiaries to make judicious use of the Money the Governor has graciously given to them.
Earlier the Chairman of Akuku Toru Local Government Area Hon. Roland Sekibo who said he is still traumatized by the events that took place during the Presidential election in 2019 expressed gratitude to Governor Wike for his kind gesture, stressing that the People of his Local Government Area would continue to support the Governor in his quest to improve the lives of Rivers People.
Also speaking one of the beneficiaries Mr Minamiango Romeo who sustained gunshot injuries expressed gratitude to Governor Wike for not abandoning them in their time of need and promised to continue to support his Administration and the leaders of the Local Government Area.
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Media Sub Committee

25/05/2020

Buhari’s Ministers Acting Like They Own Ministries – APC Group
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A pro-All Progressives Congress body, APC Mandate Defenders, has accused some ministers of the Buhari administration of carrying themselves like they own the federal ministries.
They raised the alarm while condemning some ministers’ violation of Nigeria’s Public Service Rules, including the arbitrary sack of parastatal heads.
The group expressed dismay on Sunday in a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary, Ifeanyi Emeka.
DAILY POST recalls a December 2019 instance when the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, sacked two senior officials within 24 hours.
They are Marilyn Amobi, Managing Director of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET) and Damilola Ogunbiyi, former Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency.
Interestingly, President Muhammadu Buhari overruled Mamman in both cases.
In canceling Ogunbiyi’s suspension, the presidency tweeted: “Her resignation effective 31 December 2019 has been accepted to enable her to take up her new UN appointment.”
In a strongly-worded complaint, the APC group recalled that Buhari himself directed that all executive matters be forwarded to him through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.
They noted that collaboration will enable the government achieve quicker results, but lamented that certain ministers and heads of agencies were working in contrast at the expense of efficient service delivery.
The group restated that the main duty of a minister is to articulate and guide the implementation of government policies as well as represent his/her ministry at the Federal Executive Council (EFCC) meeting.
“Some ministers now see themselves as lords over their subordinates instead of working together to achieve Mr. President’s vision and plans for the country.
“Just recently, the immediate past female managing director of an intervention agency of the Federal Government said she was removed by the minister in charge of her ministry simply because she refused to yield to the minister’s unpatriotic and irrational demands from her.
“We have seen several instances where unnecessary bickering and personal differences between a minister and a chief executive have brought embarrassments to the government, despite an existing public service rule which had already addressed the issue.”
The group condemned how Mustapha, who supervises and coordinates government programmes and policies, has been under attack for reminding ministers of an existing process to be followed before any chief executive is removed.
“Contents of the Public Service Rules were not written by Boss Mustapha but were formulated by the Government of Nigeria to ensure effective service delivery and prevent arbitrary removal of any chief executive who a minister does not like his or her face as well as to promote national interest over personal interest.
“Is it something that should warrant the barrage of attacks and campaigns of calumny against the SGF by some vested interests and influence peddlers in the power sector”, the statement asked.

25/05/2020

Chris Ngige Reveals Interest For Presidency In 2023
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said he reserves the right to contest for Senate or presidency in 2023.
Ngige Dismisses Reports Of Contenting In Anambra Guber
Ngige made the remark while dismissing reports that he was interested in contesting for the Anambra governorship election billed for next year.
He spoke in his hometown of Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Sunday.

Ngige, who was a former one-term governor of the state, however, declared that he has no interest in becoming governor because he’s on a national assignment as Minister.
Ngige said: “Yes, there have been speculations that I am eyeing the governorship of Anambra State. They have written about it in a lot of media. I am a politician. They have the right to speculate on my next move. My next move is very vast.
“I don’t have interest for now in Anambra governorship because I am on a national assignment.”

I can vie for Any Position – Chris Ngige
“Elections will come in 2023, I have a right to vie for any position. I can vie for Senate.
“I can vie for president if I so wish. Election will be coming in Anambra State, latest November 2021 to elect a successor to Obiano. I am not disqualified. I have a right to say I can run.

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24/05/2020

10 Important Advise To Students Seeking For Admission In Any Nigeria University
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10 important advise to students seeking for admission in any Nigeria university

Jamb has released the results of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME. Our wonderful children have done their upmost best. Now, with the UTME results, it will be right to say that they have handed the baton over to us, the parents, as they shift their attention away to prepare for their WAEC and NECO examinations.

I am writing this short article on what parents need to do with the jamb results in their hands in order to make sure their children are admitted into our universities or any other tertiary institutions without much stress.

The interest to write this advice, however was inspired by a terrible experience last year.

So parents and guardians, my first advise is take the admission of your children with serious attention. Don’t leave it to luck or to Nigerian systems.

It is a vital battle and please let us fight it for our children who have read so diligently, who grew thin as a result of hard work and who are yet to know the capacity to survive the challenges for survival in Nigeria.

I will be very brief, giving just the important things to do.

1. Check the JAMB result.

Request from your child for his jamb result. See what he or she got in the result, If he has anything 180 and above, looking on a number of factors, he might be able to get admission into a university, but even with fairly lower marks, he can gain admission into other kinds of tertiary institutions like polytechnic.

2. Scale your options

Weigh your options, if for any reason be a more informed person. If your child has high marks like 240 and above, your struggles may not be much, but it depends on the course he applied for and the university that was chosen.

3a. Change of course or institution

If the marks are low or not impressive, you may, depending on on the assessment of chances, even need to do a change of course or institution that was applied for, or even the both.

Maybe perhaps, if your child was over ambitious in his decision, because children usually fill the forms while they are at school without recommendations from their parents, you now increase his chances of getting admission by buying a form at the nearest JAMB office or make the important changes online.

Please ask questions from the JAMB office the dateline for effecting the changes or else it may be too late.

3b. Decide on the institution

The first choice of a polytechnic, College of Education or University, is what is used for gaining admission. Rarely, would any university pay attention to you if your child has chosen it as a second choice.

From my experience, they usually get angry with you. The compilations of applicants sent to the universities by JAMB is usually of the first choices of applicants only. Be very careful on this. It is a major rule.

4. Try out other options

If you know that your child is most likely not to be admitted into a university, you may try your luck in a polytechnic or college of education of his FIRST CHOICE.

The polytechnics cut-off points are usually much lower. This is one of the dividends of unifying the matriculation examination. All thanks to NBTE, NBCE, NUC and JAMB.

5. Pay attention to the catchment area

Also, you increase your child chances by restricting your choices to your catchment area.

The whole state in Nigeria is a catchment area for university of Abuja. Apart from it, I don’t think there is any university with that wide net. Please let me be corrected on this if I am wrong.

Then ABU, Ziara is a catchment university for all states in the northern part of Nigeria. The same thing are applicable to UI, UNILAG and IFE to the southwest.

Then other universities and institutions have their specific catchment areas in their areas and neighbouring states.

Please pay attention to this major rule too, unless you are confident that your child has the high scores will position him on the national merit list of the institution he has applied for.

6. Get your connections right

Once you have finished deciding on where the child has the best chances of admission, immediately create a link with someone you know in the university or higher institution of his first choice.

If you don’t know anybody, please locate one by taking a visit to the place and meeting with someone in the department he applied for or in the academic office.

Make sure you earn his goodside if you want him to be receiving your calls and giving you the right information. And depending on how well you earn that goodside, he may even be the one calling you and briefing you on the level of the admission stages. As a Nigerian you know what I mean.

7. Always get in contact with your link

Maintain in constant contact with your link. Ask questions from him when the admission exercise of the university will begin. Note that various institutions in Nigeria have different academic calendars. Be on his neckline, until your son passes through, of course soften his mind with your polite or sweet mouth and smiling pocket(you know what i mean), if necessary.

8. Get prepared for post-ume

For universities especially, the post-JAMB or post-UME test as it is called, may be important. Don’t miss it and Don’t joke with it.

Ensure that your child prepares as he did for the UTME and WAEC, in fact even more. The post-JAMB results are added with that of the UMTE to determine if your child is admissible. But not all universities conduct it, and rarely do polytechnics and Colleges of Education.

9. Do your best

Do anything that is possible to make sure that the name of your child appears on the first list of admitted students; otherwise get it on the second.

Even with the best promises, hoping on the third list, or “VC’s list” as it is referred, must only be the last solution for people with long legs. If you have no link, your final chance is the second list. Otherwise, better start preparing for the worst.

10. Final advise

Finally, for universities that do not do the post-JAMB test but conduct admission solely on the basis of UTME scores, ensure your child works hard during the first semester. If he doesn’t get at least a certain GPA aggregate, he may be withdrawn immediately the results of the first semester are released.

Conclusion

The above, as I said is my advise to parents and guardians. It is a general guide because some universities even request for more or less. People more open with the admission exercises can please correct any error I might have I omitted or shed more light in the comment space below.

Thank you

24/05/2020

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RIVERS STATE FIRST LADY
HER EXCELLENCY, HON JUSTICE EBERECHI SUZZETTE NYESOM WIKE
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Profile Of Justice Eberechi Suzette Nyesom-Wike,Rivers State First Lady.
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The Hon.
justice Eberechi Nyesom-Wike was born on Wednesday, the 24th day of May, 1972 into the Christian family of Dr. Ikechukwu Amadi Obuzor of Odiokwu in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. Upon qualification to study law and admission into the Rivers State University of Science and Techonology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, His Lordship humbly began the pursuit of a noble career in the Legal Profession when she obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (Hons) in 1996 and proceeded to the Nigerian Law School wherein she obtained the Barrister-at-Law (B.L.) (Hons) in 1997 and was called to the Nigerian Bar on the 25th of February, 1998. She holds a Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M), from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom by virtue of the prestigious British Chevening Scholarship (2005/2006).
Between 1998 to 2001, His Lordship was a Legal Counsel (Litigation) with E. C. Ukala & Co (Efe Chambers) and later appointed a Magistrate Grade I in the Rivers State Magistracy where she climed through the rungs of varying grades and served for more than 10 years, her last appointment being Chief Magistrate Grade II in 2009, until her present appointment as a Judge of the High Court of Rivers State on 14th February, 2012 where she is presently the presiding Judge, High Court of Justice, Nchia. His Lordship is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA); International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Rivers State Branch (and once the Assistant Financial Secretary); National and International Associations of Women Judges (NAWJ and IAWJ); also an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) and an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb). She was once a member of the Magistrates’ Association of Nigeria (MAN) Rivers State Branch and a one-time Public Relations Officer of the Association.
His Lordship has attended conferences, workshops and leadership programmes organised by the National Judicial Institute (NJI) and the Lagos Business School (LBS) amongst others. An observer of Judicial Proceedings at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in Amsterdam on an excursion by LL.M students of the University of Sussex, U.K. in 2006. His Lordship enjoys travelling, cooking, reading, listening to classic and contemporary music and keepts fit through swimming and playing lawn tennis. His Lordship is happily married to Chief Ezenwo Nyesom Wike and together they are blessed with three adorable children.

CONGRATULATIONS MA.
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23/05/2020

COVID-19: Buhari’s Government Totally Irresponsible, Has Failed Woefully - PDP
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has come hard on Buhari-led government in its approach towards the COVID-19 pandemic.
The party said the government’s approach was parochial and marred by corruption, nepotism, incompetence and narrow-minded politics.
The PDP, in a statement on Friday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, spanked the Buhari administration for rebuffing wise counsels on the pandemic.
The party chided the administration for what it described as attempts to shift the brunt of its failures to articulate and coordinate an effective national response to the pandemic to state governors.
The PDP’s reaction comes on the heels of calls by the federal government to state governors for solution to the pandemic, after its officials had badly managed the situation.
The party accused the federal government of muddling up the process, leading to confusion across the country and consequential spike in infection and fatality rates.
It described the government’s call to the governors as coming rather very late in the day.
The PDP recalled how, at the early stage, well-meaning Nigerians called for the active involvement of state governors, the private sector and critical stakeholders for an effective multi sectoral and multilayered approach.
The party regretted that the government rebuffed wise counsels and chose a parochial approach instead.
The statement said, “The Buhari Presidency rebuffed wise counsels and settled for a parochial response marred by corruption, nepotism, incompetence and narrow-minded politics, only to now turn to seek to transfer the brunt of its colossal failure to state governors.
“The PDP described the announcement by the National Coordinator of the failed Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, that state governments should now start taking ownership of the response, as an acceptance of failure by President Buhari, who failed to lead from the front but abdicated the task to incompetent and narrow-minded officials.
“The PDP noted that the poor handling of the COVID-19 response has further highlighted the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government’s lack of capacity to manage important national issues.
“Our party invites Nigerians to note that the three states, where the Buhari-led Federal Government took up the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, namely; Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states, had recorded very high statistics in infection and fatality rates compared to states where it was not involved.
“This shows that had President Buhari involved the states and allowed for a multilayered, people-based approach in the distribution of palliatives, development of therapeutics and implementation of protocols, the situation would have been better handled.
“Now that the Buhari Presidency has come to its wits end, our party urges governors elected on the platform of the PDP to assist their colleagues in the APC with information, strategies and expertise, for effective national response to the pandemic”.
The main opposition party further urged the President and the PTF to do the nation a favour by taking accommodation in the backseat and allowing competent hands to manage the COVID-19 situation.
The party also urged state governors to brace up to the occasion and rally the private sector for homegrown solutions, “which the APC-led Federal Government had failed to achieve due to sheer incompetence and corruption.”
The PDP charged the administration to immediately give detailed account of all funds and other resources it claimed to have spent, particularly on palliatives; a scheme the party said, had been exposed to be a huge scam.