Career/Political Appointees: 4 states don’t have qualified ambassadorial nominees

The names of the ambassadors released so far, with their names and states grouped in political zones for ease of finding out which have been omitted are as follows:

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1 Sonaike Adekunbi Abibat (Ogun)
2. Olatunde Adesesan (Ekiti)
3. Balogun Hakeem (Lagos)
4. Bankole Adegboyega Adeoye (Ogun)----------No Ondo State
5. Ibidapo-Obe Oluwasegun (Osun)
6. Ogundero Sakirat (Oyo)
7. Emmanuel Kayode Oguntause (Ekiti)
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8. Obinna Chukwuemeka Agbugba (Abia)
9. Okeke Vivian Nwunaku (Anambra)
10. Lilian Ijeukwu Onoh (Enugu)--------------No Ebonyi State
11. Ngozi Ukaeje (Imo)
12. Nonye Udo (Anambra)
13. Kenneth C. Nwachukwu (Imo)
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INEC RELEASES EDO AND ONDO GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION TIMETABLE

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has released the time table and schedule of activities for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo, scheduled for Saturday, 10th September and Saturday, 26th November 2016, respectively.

According to the Commission, 12th June 2016 is the date scheduled for the commencement of Campaigns by Political Parties participating in the Edo governorship election, while 2nd – 4th of July, 2016 has been set aside for the conduct of party primaries, including resolution of disputes arising from the primaries.

Fundamental Flaw Of Nigeria Structure

The current structure of Nigeria and the thinking that led to it is fundamentally flawed. The crude thinking was to bring "development" to the grassroots under a feeding bottle formula from the center - Abuja (or Lagos before then). So people (politicians) were complaining that "when money gets to Ibadan it is spent in Ibadan (by Ibadan people) and does not reach Oshogbo". Solution: give them Osun State so that money can go to Oshogbo. When money gets to Enugu it is spent by the Nike people. Solution: give them Ebonyi and Anambra so that development can reach there under the same feeding bottle formula.

INEC to rescheldle registration points for eligible voters in FCT and 11 states

INEC PRESS STATEMENT

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has noted with concern the agitation in some quarters for an extension of the second phase of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), which ends on Monday, August 25th, 2014.

This phase of the exercise, which commenced on Wednesday, August 20th, 2014, involved the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and 11 states namely Yobe, Bauchi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kwara, Anambra, Ebonyi, Ondo, Oyo Delta and Cross River.

Much as the Commission is eager to ensure that all legitimate persons who are yet to register as voters have the opportunity to do so, it is logistically impossible to extend this phase of the CVR beyond its scheduled deadline (i.e., Monday, August 25th, 2014).

But in order to give fair chance to legitimate registrants, the Commission will, on a date to be shortly announced, set up registration points at its Local Government Area (LGA) offices where people yet to do so can go to register.

INEC notes with deep regret that old tendencies towards irregularity, such as partisans urging people to come out and do multiple registrations, largely accounted for the crowd clusters lingering at registration points set up for the CVR by the Commission. Many other people who have relocated since the last registration exercise and only needed to apply for their registration status to be transferred to their new location also turned up for fresh registration. When data are consolidated and de-duplication is carried out by INEC, all instances of multiple registrations will yet be eliminated. But, unfortunately, these sets of people obstructed legitimate registrants from having their turn at the registration points.

Ekiti Elections- Why Fayemi Lost And The Lessons For APC

Most APC die-hard supporters could not believe there would be an upset. But the handwriting became clearer on the wall when it was obvious that Bimbo Daramola, Yemi Adaramodu, Adewale Omirin, the Deputy Governor Prof Mrs Adelabu and former Governor Niyi Adebayo all lost their wards/booths. From results, out of the 12 wards in Oye Local Government, Governor Kayode Fayemi's Local Government, APC won only 2 wards while PDP cleared the rest. 

Lai Mohammed: APC Governors barred from travelling to Ado for party's final campaign ahead of Saturday poll

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that its Governors are being prevented by security agencies apparently acting on ''orders from above'' from travelling to Ado-Ekiti for the party's final campaign on Friday for the Ekiti State Governorship election on Friday.

In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said at least three Governors - Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers and
Rabiu Kwankwanso of Kano - have so far been prevented from making the trip

It said the helicopter that was to ferry Gov. Oshiomhole from Benin to Ado-Ekiti was refused permission to take off from the Benin Airport, while the plane that was flying Gov. Kwankwanso to Akure was denied permission to land.

Nigerian soldiers prevent distribution of Vanguard Newspaper in Ibadan, S/South, S/East

Nigerian Soldiers have prevented the distribution of today’s edition of Vanguard newspaper in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, just as the circulation vehicles going to the South South and South East with the papers were stopped at Ore and Warri in Ondo and Delta states respectively.

In a similar report, soldiers mounting a roadblock close to the tollgate along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway blocked the Leadership newspaper’s van heading to Kaduna and confiscated the entire consignment of the paper. The driver of the vehicle as well as another staff were also detained, with their telephones seized.

The soldiers have however cordoned off all roads leading to Oke Padre, a major distribution point for newspapers and magazines in the South West.

Osun, Ekiti Guber Polls: US Condemns Message Of Violence By Political Parties

The United States Government has condemned what it described as message of violence by some political leaders in Nigeria as the people prepare to vote in the June 21 and August 9 governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States respectively.

Also, the guest speaker at the sensitisation workshop for Ekiti State political parties and other stakeholders in 2014 gubernatorial election, Kunle Fagbemi, noted that for democracy to work, everybody must agree to accept the results of a free and fair election, while all contestants are also expected to relate with one another in a good sportsmanship atmosphere.

The US Ambassador to Nigeria,.. reffery Hawkins, in his goodwill message at the workshop said it was worrisome that political leaders were sending the message of ‘rig and roast’ as the elections approach, saying such would not augur well for peaceful conduct of the elections.
According to him, "Rig and roast is not the kind of message Nigerian youths should hear from their leaders."

Wike not qualified to be a minister of education - COEASU

Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike is a Special Adviser to the President on Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s affairs

Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union [COEASU] of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Saturday trooped out to protest what they called the”maladministration”of the Supervising Minister of Education, Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike . They maintained that he is not qualified to be a minister.

Its former National President, Comrade Remi Makinde said it would have been logical if Wike holds the office of “Special Adviser to the President on Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s affairs rather than be in an office that decides the future of all Nigerian students.

Makinde said Wike is a lawyer, who is interested in helping the Presidency to fight Amaechi rather than looking for ways to tackle all the challenges in the education sector.