Minister tasks women with disabilities on political participation

Hajiya Zainab Maina

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya  Zainab Maina, has advised women with  disabilities in the country to seek election into various political offices  and vote during the 2015 general elections.

She gave the advice yesterday at a workshop organised by the Advocacy for Women Disability Initiative (AWWDI) with the theme: “Women with disabilities making a difference” in Abuja.
The minister said women with disabilities should no longer confine themselves in their homes but take active part in the political process.

Patience excuses self as Jonathan’s meets with Dickson

Mrs. Patience Jonathan

Indications have emerged that the rift between the wife of the president, Patience Jonathan and the Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, is far from over as the first lady yesterday excused herself to be absent at a meeting Jonathan was to have with elders from Bayelsa led by Dickson.

Dickson and the elders were at the president’s residence in the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, to congratulate him on his 57th birthday and were billed to be received by the president and his wife, when the latter who had been by the president since morning and had attended a prayer session, suddenly excused herself and left.

DISQUIET IN SOKOTO APC OVER TAMBUWAL

There is growing disquiet in the Sokoto State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the alleged attempt by Governor Aliyu Wamakko to hand over the governorship ticket of the party to House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.
Tambuwal had on Monday, attended an APC stakeholders meeting in Sokoto, indicating his reported interest to join the party.

HAMMAYO’S RESIGNATION AND THE BAUCHI GUBER RACE

The resignation of Alhaji Aminu Hammayo as secretary to the Bauchi State Government,  announced recently alongside  seven commissioners,  in order to contest for elective posts in 2015 came as a surprise.
This is because Hammayo had not shown interest in contesting any elective post having been appointed not long ago.
But few weeks to his resignation, a group, Bauchi Association for political Stability, pasted his posters and urged him to come out and contest.

JIKA HEADS ISHAKU CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION

Former chief of staff to ex-governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba State, Malam Aminu Jika, has been appointed as the director general of the Darius Ishaku campaign organisation.
Ishaku who resigned last week as minister of state for Niger Delta affairs is running for governor in Taraba State and has since obtained nomination form at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) headquarters in Abuja.

SHAMSUDDEEN SET TO DECLARE FOR KADUNA GUBER RACE

A member of the House of Representatives from Kaduna State, Shamsuddeen Ango Abdullahi, will tomorrow formally declare to contest for the governorship seat in the state under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Shamsuddeen who represents Giwa/Birnin Gwari Federal Constituency of the state said in a statement yesterday that he is joining the race to better the lot the Kaduna people.

2015: PDP ASPIRANTS IN RUSH TO BEAT DEADLINE FOR PURCHASE OF NOMINATION FORMS

As national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday ruled out the extension of deadline for the purchase of expression of interest and nomination forms, many aspirants yesterday stormed the party’s national secretariat to obtain their forms to contest various elective positions in the 2015 general elections.
Deputy governor of Sokoto State, Barrister Muktar Shagari, who picked his expression of interest and nomination forms at the national secretariat of the party yesterday, explained that there is an existing agreement which former President Olusegun Obasanjo was part of, that he would emerge governor of Sokoto State in 2015.

SHAMSUDDEEN SET TO DECLARE FOR KADUNA GUBER

A member of the House of Representatives from Kaduna State, Shamsuddeen Ango Abdullahi, will tomorrow formally declare to contest for the governorship seat in the state under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Shamsuddeen who represents Giwa/Birnin Gwari Federal Constituency of the state said in a statement yesterday that he is joining the race to better the lot the Kaduna people.

KOGI WEST ELDERS ENDORSE ROTATION OF SENATE, REP SEATS

Elders in Kogi West Senatorial Zone have endorsed the rotation of elective offices among the various political components in the zone.
The Kogi West Political Leaders’ Consultative Forum which met mid-week resolved that the subsisting conventions on zoning and rotation in the senatorial zone must be maintained in the interest of equity and justice.

REP KWANDE DECLARES RE-ELECTION BID

The member representing Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency, Suleiman Yahaya Kwande, has declared intention to re-contest the seat in 2015.
Kwande who declared his interest at the Jos North LGA secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he decided to declare his intention to re-contest his seat in 2015 after consultations with his constituents.
He said going to the House of Reps will consolidate the experience gathered during his first time and accord him the opportunity to continue to bring development and good representation to his people.

POLITICAL PARTIES LACK INTERNAL DEMOCRACY - MIKATI

Political parties in Nigeria lack internal democracy, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  stalwart in Kaduna State, Idris Shuaibu Mikati, has said.
Mikati who was a governorship aspirant in  the 2011 elections spoke in an interview shortly after a meeting with his 2011 political supporters and stakeholders, saying there are several cases where candidates who win primary elections are not allowed to lead as the parties overturn the wishes of the masses.

BUHARI’S PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION HOLDS OCTOBER 15

The formal declaration by General Muhammadu Buhari for his 2015 presidential ambition on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will now hold on October 15, a statement from the general’s office said.
Buhari’s formal presidential declaration was initially slated for October 8, but a statement from his office yesterday said that the formal declaration will now hold on Wednesday, October 15 at the Eagles Square, Abuja.

SUSWAM LAMENTS HIGH NUMBER OF GUBER ASPIRANTS

Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has lamented the high number of gubernatorial aspirants jostling to take over his position in 2015.
Suswam said yesterday that he was not comfortable with the large number of aspirants, pointing out that the race should not be “a tea party to attract many contestants.”

YERO CAUTIONS PDP MEMBERS ON OPPOSITION FROM WITHIN

Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna State has called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to eschew bitterness and strive toward achieving unity.
Speaking when party supporters from the 23 local government areas of the state visited him, the governor said intra-party fighting among members must stop, adding that members were free to contest positions of their choice in the 2015 elections.

KATSINA: AGITATIONS FOR JONATHAN TO REPLACE SAMBO WITH SHEMA

A political pressure group, Albrite Continuity for Jonathan 2015, has advocated for the replacement of Vice President Namadi Sambo with Governor Ibrahim Shema as running mate to President Goodluck Jonathan ahead 2015.

PDP WILL WIN SOUTH WEST STATES IN 2015- REPS LEADER

Leader of the House of Representatives, Mulikat Adeola-Akande, rounded off her Women Empowerment Programme in the South-west zone. She speaks with our correspondent on why she embarked on the programme and other related issues.
What informed your decision to embark on this empowerment programme?

AMAECHI TELLS KALABARI PEOPLE "VOTE JONATHAN OUT"

The rift between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Chibuike Amaechi resurfaced over the weekend when the  governor called on Rivers people, especially the Kalabari,  to vote him out in 2015 Presidential election.

Amaechi spoke  at  Degema, the headquarters of Degema Local Government Area of the state, after commissioning an 8,000-sitting capacity football stadium complex built by the local government administration.

Can Sokoto PDP weather the storm?

The growing division in Sokoto PDP appears to be its chances of reclaiming the position it lost to the rival APC. Our correspondent reveals why.

Since the defection of Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last year, some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) locally known as “old PDP” have engaged in serious realignments aimed at repositioning themselves with the ultimate goal of retaking all the positions they lost.

Nasir El-rufai and others to seek Kaduna APC ticket

Indications have emerged that seven persons are set to contest the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State.

POLITICS 9JA gathered that former deputy governor of Kaduna State, James Bawa Magaji, Former FCT Minister, Nasir El-rufai, Rep. Ashiru Kudan, Group Capt. Bala Zaza Gora, Sani Shaában, Rep. Samsudeen Ango Abdullahi and Sen. Dati- Baba-Ahmed are at the forefront of the race to clinch the APC ticket.
Party stakeholders however say the inability of the party to harmonize the interest of the aspirants who are all influential in the party ahead of the primaries may spell doom for the APC in Kaduna.
Though some of the aspirants have been operating underground, it was gathered that almost all of them are serious about getting the ticket as the APC is believed to stand a good chance of winning Kaduna in 2015.

"check the behaviour of politicians" says Fayose

 

The governor-elect of Ekiti state, Mr Ayo Fayose, has called on INEC and security agencies to brace up ahead of the 2015 general elections to check the behaviour of politicians..
Fayose made the call on Thursday in Abuja at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that politicians are predisposed to playing’ rough’.
“Politicians are not good. It is the referee that controls the game. When you get to the field every potential politician wants to play rough, it is the referee that checks the excesses of all of us.