Some senators have their views on the proposed amendments INEC is seeking.
Blackmail Will Not Work, Senator David Mark, President of the Senate
“All this business of trying to make us look bad in the eyes of the public is unnecessary, it is uncalled for. It is an unnecessary psychological warfare by participants who just want to blackmail us.

Terrorists’ organizations are not new. Kidnappings have always been there in the Niger-Delta. Why are people making the Abuja terrorists attack a special case? Is it because it happened on the day of our 50th anniversary? I don’t see anything special about it.

It could also have been pure political because some people have vowed to make Nigeria ungovernable should Jonathan emerge President and have been calling for his resignation. Those who made such negative responses should be probed and investigated because they too could know something about the bomb blasts on independence day.

The Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Special Duties , Senator Isiah Balat Spoke to some Journalists In Kaduna recently on some national issues

FOLLOWING the release of electoral guidelines for primary elections by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP after its 53rd National Executive Committee, NEC meeting held on Wednesday, 15th September, 2010 at the National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, political tempo was immediately charged as the place literarily became a Mecca of sort.

The PDP constitution cannot go against the constitution of Nigeria. Nigeria’s constitution supersedes it. At no time in Nigeria’s constitution, is any offices zoned to any particular place. Every Nigerian has the right to contest for any office.

AS experience clearly shows, Nigeria is still in the era of retrogression in public life when the dominance of paternalistic figures in politics is all too often considered a necessity, not only for winning power but also for retaining it.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s two-day official visit to Plateau State weekend will go down in history, not just for its historical significance, but also for its political implications for the state. For Governor Jonah Jang, it was a much-needed tonic to energize his second-term bid as the visit was an opportunity to showcase his achievements to the Number One Citizen of the country and by implication, nationwide.

Alhaji Auwal Lawan is the National Coordinator of the Jonathan/Sambo Movement, the first group to organise a major rally to drum up support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential bid and press on him to contest the election.

The sudden death of renowned scholar and professor emeritus of Education, Professor Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa came to me, like every other person who knew him, as a rude shock.

When Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city lost its innocence in the area of violence and especially bomb blasts on October 1, not a few Nigerians were taken aback.

When he was the President, there were a lot of business activities going on. We did not depend solely on the oil industry. My friends and I used to export things to earn foreign exchange. Now, nobody is talking about encouraging small scale export. It was during his time that we had so many institutions put in place that made our business more robust.

Hon Steve Ereboh (PDP) hails from Amassoma in Southern Ijaw Council Area. The former Leader of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly is widely seen as a dogged fighter with a formidable war chest and resources to prosecute his ambition and represent the zone.

On return for a two-day session to screen ministerial nominees and consider INEC budget, the National Assembly was served with a fresh executive letter ‘begging’ both chambers to pass the bill on terror.

PREPARATION for elections into the National Assembly has started gathering momentum in Rivers State and beyond. At the moment just a handful of commissioners and political appointees are still left in the service of the state government because most of them have tendered their resignation letters to enable them prepare for the contest.