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Gusau – Gov. Abdul’aziz of Zamfara, on Friday called out his supporters for a peaceful protest over the decision of the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to cancel the party’s governorship primaries held on Wednesday.  Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari  “I am calling on all our members to come out and storm the state Police Headquarters tomorrow (Saturday) by 10 am for peaceful protest. “We will continue with this decision until the national leadership of our party do what is right on this matter,” he said at a press conference in Gusau.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor is having running battle with eight governorship aspirants in the state over the conduct of direct primaries. The governorship primaries held on Wednesday was cancelled by the party’s national secretariat and a fresh one is expected to hold on Saturday. According to Abu Fari, chairman of the election panel, the cancellation was due to hara

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator David Mark, on Friday evening met behind closed doors with former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. presidential candidate will emerge. Mark speaking with journalists said he was in Abeokuta to consult with Obasanjo over his presidential ambition. According to him, “Nigerians must get it right in the choice of leaders at all levels in order to move the nation to an enviable height. “2019 general elections will be the first major polls that the Peoples Democratic Party would be contesting as an opposition party hence it is important.” The presidential aspirant said he considers 2019 polls as a “test of the PDP’s strength, popularity and how well it had fared since the last general polls in 2015” which the party lost. “Those who are afraid of contest have no business in the race. ” I came into the race well prepared after due consultation with various groups. “The positive o

PORT HARCOURT – THE stage is set for a tough battle among 12 politicians for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential ticket, today. Chairman of the PDP National Convention Planning Committee, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, said yesterday that none of the 12 aspirants has stepped down, contrary to speculations in some quarters. Addressing newsmen at the Adokiye Amasiemeka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, venue of the convention, Okowa, who assured that everything was on course for a hitch-free convention, said: “There is a process for withdrawal from the race. We have 12 aspirants for now and none of them has stepped down.’’ Indeed, the aspirants were upbeat about their chances of picking the PDP presidential flag, yesterday. The men gunning for the PDP prized ticket are former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo; Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; former governors of Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Jigawa and Plateau states

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Friday reacted to the action of policemen, who disrupted a peaceful protest by chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Friday. Speaking with Evritinnaija, an aide to Saraki, Olu Onemola, disclosed that the police personnel shot light weapons and tear-gassed the PDP leaders. The Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray-Bruce had alleged that police attacked leaders and members of PDP, who were  protesting against the outcome of the Osun State Governorship election  at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. However, Onemola said, “They Senate President alongside the Chairman of PDP and other dignitaries embarked on a peaceful protest to INEC office where they expressed their views on the Osun governorship election. They were received at INEC’s office by two Commissioners of the Commission. “When they finished from INEC’s office, they headed to the Force headquarters but were

IN ENTERTAINMENT0 COMMENTS Nollywood’s award-winning Diva and humanitarian, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has been honoured as one of the 100 most influential people of African descent by the United Nations. Newsmen report that the thespian made this known on her Instagram page. She wrote:”Honoured to be one of the Most Influential 100 People of African Descent at the United Nations by @mipad100.” Omotola earlier in the year, was named alongside Nigerian media mogul Mo Abudu among the “top 50 women doing extraordinary things on the worldwide stage” by the Variety Magazine Awards. The former model, who made her acting début in 1995, is reputed to have appeared in over 300 films, selling millions of video copies. She is acclaimed to be the first African celebrity to receive over one million likes on her Facebook page and currently has a total of three million followers on Facebook. Besides her acting and business accomplishments, she has also received accolades for her remarkable humanitari

Presidential primary: Poll adjudged Atiku best candidate to defeat Buhari  Former vice president of Nigeria and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has been adjudged as the best candidate to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. In an online Twitter poll conducted by @PDP_RIVERS, Atiku Abubakar, trounced Senate President Bukola Saraki, governor of Sokoto state Aminu Tambuwal and former governor of Kano state Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. At the end of voting on Thursday, October 4, Atiku polled 48% of the total votes cast followed by Saraki with 37%, Kwankwaso 11% and Tambuwal 4%.  evritinnaija gathered that 41,734 persons voted in the 6-day poll which commenced on Saturday, September 29 . Atiku’s share of the votes is 20,032 compared to Saraki’s 15,442, Kwankwaso’s 4,591 and Tambuwal’s 1,669. The presidential primaries of the PDP will hold in Port Harcourt on Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7. A t

The All Progressives Congress (APC) said it is working on setting up electoral panels for the conduct of governorship primaries in Imo State and Zamfara State. The national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, said this at his campaign office in Abuja on Friday. The Imo State primaries were suspended indefinitely by the party following the controversy that surrounded the process and the committee in charge of the election. The chairman said the new committee will have credible members who will not be compromised “In Imo State we are setting up a committee that will be manned by men and women who cannot be compromised in the light of what happened the other day and they will conduct transparent primaries. “For me and for the NWC what matters in this process is not who wins, what matters in this process is the integrity of the process. Once the integrity of the process can be guaranteed, whoever win, wins,” he said. He said he recognises the tension generated by the su

Pensive after humiliating defeat: Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state Some houses and vehicles were burnt in Epe, Lagos East, on Thursday as political violence erupted following the killing of a supporter of one of the aspirants contesting to represent the All Progressives Congress in the House of Representatives election next year. The person killed was identified as Idris Alooma, said to be 30 years old. He was shot by hoodlums who attacked a polling unit in Ward 4, after voting had taken place and party members were awaiting the declaration of the result. Four persons were cleared to contest for the APC ticket to the House of Representatives. They are Wale Raji, the incumbent, Lanre Odubote, a former Rep member, Remi Adebowale and Segun Olulade, a member of the House of Assembly. Voting had ended at Ward 4, when the gunmen arrived at about 4.15 pm and shot Alooma, a witness Mr Akeem Lawal said. He said the hoodlums stormed the polling unit after learning that the

JUST IN: APC releases names of 24 approved governorship candidates (FULL LIST) The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the list of 24 cleared candidates for the 2019 governorship elections. The list was contained in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena. This list according to the statement is a result of the meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) held on Thursday. “Following the Governorship Primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held across the country, the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) at its meeting held on Thursday, 4th October, 2018 ratified the reports of the various Electoral Committees and adopts the under-listed as Governorship candidates of the APC for the forthcoming 2019 general elections,” Mr Nabena said. APC held its primaries across states from September 30 spilling into October due to rescheduling of the exercise in some states and controversies in others. The party did not

Seven governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC)   met with the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday to discuss the crisis over primaries in some states. The APC governors met with President Buhari earlier in the day, but he reportedly directed them to meet with Oshiomhole. The seven governors present at the meeting with Oshiomhole were Rochas Okorocha (Imo State), Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi) and Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo). The others are Simon Lalong (Plateau), Tanko Al-makura (Nasarawa), Abdul-aziz Yari (Zamfara) and Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun). After the meeting at the party’s national secretariat, Yari, the Zamfara State Governor, addressed waiting journalists. “Well, I think we just came to see our National Chairman on matters arising from primary elections held in some states and also to resolve so that we can come out stronger as one family so that we can secure victory in the 2019 general elections,” he said. Yari added that some of