Eid-el-Maulud: Jonathan urges Muslims to pray for peaceful elections

President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with all Nigerians of the Islamic faith as they commemorate the birth of Prophet Mohammed today.
The Special Adviser on Media and  Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, in a statement said President Jonathan  urged them to offer special Jumat prayers for successful and peaceful elections in Nigeria  next month.

Imo CP works for state PDP –Okorocha

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has accused the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Abdulmajid Ali of working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against other political parties, including the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said that such glaring partiality does not reflect the state police command as a federal agency, whose responsibility is to protect everybody.

Okorocha presents N141bn budget

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday presented a proposed budget of N141, 291,133,849 for 2015 before the state House of Assembly.
According to the governor, the budget tagged, “Budget of Total Rescue and Sustainability”, would place emphasis on projects and programmes with high capacity for wealth creation, skill acquisition and self-employment and overall socio-economic development of the state.

Bankole is SDP guber candidate in Ogun

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, is likely to be the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the 2015 gubernatorial election.
A source from the SDP told Daily Sun that former governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, and other leaders of the party had been holding a series of meetings with the Egba-born politician to use him in confronting the incumbent Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Taraba indigenes threaten to boycott elections over PDP primary

A socio-cultural group, Taraba Peoples Assembly (TPA) has  threatened  to boycott the general elections and vote out  President Goodluck Jonathan over what it describes as ‘Abuja selection’ of the state PDP governorship candidate.
The group, in a statement signed by its national coordinator, Martins Andekin also threatened not to vote President Jonathan if he would not uphold democratic principles regarding the conduct of the Taraba State PDP primaries.

Buhari must declare his true health status -Fasheun

Founder of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), and national chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Frederick Fasheun has called on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) to present himself for medical assessment and declare his true health status.

Ekiti budget passage: Factional speakers in war of words

Factional speakers of Ekiti State House of Assembly have resumed a war of words over the passage of the 2015 Appropriation Bill by the pro-Fayose’s lawmakers.
While All Progressives Congress (APC)’s speaker, Adewale Omirin, described the passage as illegal, Dele Olugbemi, described Omirin’s comments condemning the passage of the 2015 Appropriation Bill as a ruse, saying his views held no water.