PDP crisis: Jonathan has no pact with the North — Zwingina
DR. Jonathan Silas Zwingina represented Adamawa South Constituency in the Senate between 1999 and 2007 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview, he said that the face-off between the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and the rebelling governors within the party, was borne out of the urge by Tukur to fight the culture of impunity practised by some state governors. He also said that President Goodluck Jonathan had no agreement with the North over 2015, adding that the North has never formed a common front in any election. Excerpts:
FG, States, LGs to share N524bn
The three tiers of government are to share the sum of N524.113 billion as statutory revenue which accrued to the Federal Account in the month of August anytime this week.
Keyamo emerges consensus APC candidate for Delta Central senatorial bye-election
Rights activist, Mr Festus Keyamo, has emerged the consensus candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the Delta Central senatorial bye-election.
President warns security agents against coercing suspects
President Goddluck Jonathan, weekend, in Lagos, warned security agents against use of force to extract information and confessional statements from suspects, lamenting that some Nigerians had lost their lives in the process.
nPDP National Treasurer resigns
The National Treasurer of the ‘New’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna, has resigned from the faction’s National Working Committee.
Ogoni communities reject Shell’s oil spill compensation offer
Some Ogoni fishing communities in Bodo have rejected an offer of compensation by Shell Petroleum Development Company, for damage done to their sources of livelihood by oil spills from pipelines operated by the company, their lawyers have said.
CBN’s management of surplus cash as economic sabotage
It is bad enough to ever be in a position where one borrows one’s money back, but for our Central Bank to have done so for so many years at rates of between 13 and 14 per cent, as admitted recently by Governor Lamido Sanusi, can at best be described as an unfortunate moral hazard, which may border on economic sabotage.
New PDP loyalists in Bayelsa fault police clamp down on members
The leadership of the Kawu Baraje-led new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, in Bayelsa State, yesterday, faulted the police clamp down on its members, saying that the group may be forced to seek redress in court to enforce its constitutional right to association.
End Of Oil Dependent Economy – 1
The second story was the real wake up call to Nigerians about our dismal economic future if we continue with our over-reliance on crude oil for our survival. According to the paper, “the country [Nigeria] began a new journey into the shackles of foreign and domestic indebtedness in which by 2011, statistics indicated its total foreign debt soared to the tune of US$47.9 while the domestic debt platform rose to about US$42.3 billion, much higher than even before the debt relief”.
Okagbare: NOC hails Uduaghan
President of Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engineer Sani M. Ndanusa has hailed Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan for his giant role in the making of a world athletics star in the person of Blessing Okagbare.
FG chides terminal operators over inadequate cargo handling equipment
Federal Government weekend issued a 30 day ultimatum to port terminal operators to address the observed lapses in cargo clearing at the ports. The terminal operators were also reprimanded for their inconsiderate attitude to government operatives working at the ports. This is coming on the heels of complaints leveled against port terminals by stakeholders in the maritime industry over maltreatment to port users in their efforts to take delivery of cargoes the ports.
