All is now set for the Bayelsa governorship election slated for next Saturday, February 11, 2012 as the various opposition political parties have perfected strategies to scuttle the ambition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain power. From all indications, however, the ruling party is not prepared to relinquish power having been in control since 1999.
AHMADU Umaru Fintiri, 44, Acting Governor of Adamawa State was the Speaker of the State House of Assembly until January 26, 2012 when he assumed his current position following the Supreme Court judgment that sacked five governors across the country, including erstwhile Governor Murtala Nyako.
ON January 27, 2012, history beckoned on Hon. Larry Odey, Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, when the Supreme Court sacked five governors in the country including, Senator Liyel Imoke, until then the Governor of the State.
It was not surprising that Bayelsans championing the election of Rep. Serikae Dickson as Governor in the forthcoming gubernatorial election would borrow a trick from Neighbour to Neighbour, N2N the media campaign team associated with the successful election of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as president.
The court rules on the N40 billion loan saga which some believe should have been a collective moral shame for all 360 members of the last House of Representatives. This is the story of how the former Speaker’s style and swagger almost turned him into a sacrificial lamb.
MR Tony Uranta is a human rights activist and Niger Delta environmentalist. In this interview Uranta, who is also the General Secretary of the National Summit Group, gives reasons why the NSG, is organising a summit to proffer solutions to some of the problems of the country. Excerpts:
A frontline Ijaw leader and National Chairman, Izon-Ebe Oil Producing Communities of Nigeria Forum, Chief Favour Izuokumor has described the Boko Haram sect as a political manifestation of some Northern political warlords who are not comfortable with the President Goodluck Jonathan Presidency.
RECENTLY Ogun state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun spoke with some newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital on sundry issues and what he has done within the last six months he assumed office as the Executive governor of Gateway State. He talked about his plans to combat armed robbery and other criminal acts in the state just as he denied knowledge of factions in the state House of Assembly. Excerpts:
GIVEN that peace is almost universally accepted as one of the landmark achievements of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, many are surprised at the time it took him to restore peace in the state chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP.
HAS THE National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) woken up from its slumber? This is the question that filled the mouths of many last week when the group called a Press Conference to address the state of the nation.
