Compilation of Tweets on the Lunch With GEJ

People wielded umbrellas at the lunch as solidarity with the president's party

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PRESS STATEMENT ON THE ARRAIGNMENT OF PROF. STEVE UGBAH

PRESS STATEMENT ON

THE ARRAIGNMENT OF PROF. STEVE UGBAH (ACN GOV. CANDIDATE, BENUE STATE) AND 14 OTHERS AT THE MAKURDI MAGISTRATE COURT 1, NORTH BANK, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE.

Today, in the wee hours of the day, our leader and Governorship candidate, Prof. Steve Ugbah and others were transferred from Force Headquarters, Abuja to Makurdi, Benue State and immediately charged to Magistrate Court No.1, North Bank, Makurdi for conspiracy, mischief and inciting disturbance in the State.

The arraignment of Prof. Ugbah and others is nothing but a political smokescreen to cover up the daylight stealing of the mandate of the Benue people by His Excellency, the Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan and his cohorts. It is akin to armed robbers, running away from the scene of a crime and shooting sporadically to divert attention and cover up their tracks.

Images from the Massive Abuja Women Protest

This protest was the most effective protest to the National Assembly in six years. The National Health  Bill was passed the day after the protest.

Benue ACN governorship candidate files petition at tribunal

Protest over the defeat of Ugbah started even before the election result was declared

By Sam Tyav

The defeated governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Benue State, Steve Ugbah, formally filed his petition Tuesday at the state election petition tribunal challenging the re-election of the incumbent Gabriel Suswam.

Accompanied by his running mate, Usman Abubakar, a team of lawyers and a throng of supporters, the ACN governorship candidate was received by the tribunal secretary, Mohammed Bello. At the head of the team of lawyers was a former attorney general of the state, Joe Abaagu.

Ribadu Writes Nigerians A “Thank You” Letter

Thank You Nigerians

Last October I picked up membership of the Action Congress of Nigeria, and with that move, started an important journey, along with fellow compatriots, to help renew our dreams and our country. It was a journey and a challenge to correct what we diagnosed to be wrong and ill about governance in our country.

New Video: Ego – I Believe, a great documentary on Jos killings

A great documentary on Jos violence

Ikedi Ohakim’s “I-Offer-To-Serve” Memo to President GEJ

Ikedi Ohakim, outgoing governor of Imo state

Memo To Mr President

 

Repositioning The Peoples Democratic Party (Pdp) In Imo State

 

Preamble

 

I think I need not bore Your Excellency with details of the conduct and outcome of the just concluded governorship election in Imo state, since that is already well known to the President.

 

What I think I ought to restate is my commitment to ensuring a lasting legacy of peace and true democracy in Imo. I have already demonstrated this by quickly moving in to douse the political temperature in the state by accepting the result of the election as it is and announcing that I will not go to court.

South East senators demand party chairma

South East senators demand party chairmanship for the zone http://ow.ly/4VnY6

Benue ACN suffers another assasination

Written by Damilola Adekunle

Steve Ugbah, ACN governorship candidate in Benue

A chieftain of the ACN in Benue Charles Ayede was this evening gunned down by suspected assassins. Ayeded and the Benue ACN governorship candidate in the just concluded elections, Professor Steve Ugbah were on their way to Makurdi. The shooting also injured one of Professor Ugbah’s strong supporter, Mr Adaa Maagbe.

Assailants opened fire on the team near Kadarko in Nasawara state, 25 minutes away from Makurdi the Benue state capital.

Eyewitness reports said Ayede and Mr Maagbe were riding ahead of Prof. Ugbah when the assassins accosted and killed Ayede. Mr Ayede died on the spot, while Maagbe got shot in the hand. Mr Maagbe  ran into the bush when their car came to a stop and immediately told Prof Ugbah to make a detour back to Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State. From the nature of the attack, it was clear the assailants were out to kill Prof. Ugbah.

Senate Defends New Rules for Internal Elections

A session in the Senate

A proposed addition to the senate’s standing rules, which will give the incumbent senate president an edge in the contest for next session’s senate presidency, does not preclude any other aspirant, the senate spokesman, Ayogu Eze has said.

Mr. Eze, who spoke on Thursday in Abuja during a press briefing at the national assembly, said the new addition is meant to fine-tune the existing rules which passively precluded neophyte senators from aspiring to office of presiding offices in the senate.

The proposed rule, which will be adopted by the senate Tuesday next week, will replace rule 97[1][f] of the current standing order of the senate. The section states that nomination of senators to serve as principal officers and chairmen of committees shall be in accordance with ranking of senators in which returning senators will take precedence, but did not categorize the ranks.