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.

Stop harassing our member in Baylsa say APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised alarm over the arrest of its members in Bayelsa State, appealing to the presidency to stop the harassment of its members in the state.

Interim national publicity secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement yesterday said the plan allegedly being pursued by the presidency is aimed at ensuring that the opposition does not gain a foothold in the home state of the president.

Diezani to run as governor says group

  

Ahead of the 2016 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, two Niger Delta groups have asked the petroleum minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke to join the governorship race in the state.

The groups, Niger Delta Believers’ Group (NDBG) and the Niger Delta Peacekeeping Volunteer Front (NDPVF), on Sunday said the minister who hails from Yenagoa is qualified to govern the state.
 Speaking in Yenagoa, leaders of the groups, Mr. Lokiri Lawrence, of NDPV,