Dickson is a deceitful, dictatorial and wasteful Governor – Sylva

 

 Chief Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the party’s candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship election, has described the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Governor Seriake Dickson, as the most deceitful, dictatorial and wasteful governor the state has ever had.

Sylva, who was reacting to Dickson’s world press conference on Monday where the governor referred to him as a violent politician, spoke through Chief Nathan Egba, the Director of Media and Publicity, Sylva-Igiri Campaign Organisation.

The State Governor had during the press conference said, “The party, the APC, is desperate. Their candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, is desperate. I hear they want to expand their empire across the Atlantic.
“Although Sylva is my friend and brother, I do not like his brand of politics of violence. I will roundly defeat him and the APC again and again.”

Southern Ijaw: Over 5,000 Police Officers to Storm Bayelsa Ahead of Election

Over 5,000 police men have been deployed to Bayelsa state for the conclusion of the Governorship race in Southern Ijaw Local government, this Saturday.The Bayelsa governorship election of December 7, 2015 was declared “inconclusive” by the electoral umpire, with Southern Ijaw votes outstanding.

 

 

 

 Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has reportedly deployed a deputy inspector general of police, an assistant inspector general of police and three police commissioners to the State for the rerun.

 

Police sources had also disclosed on Tuesday that over 5, 000 officers, as well as plain-clothes detectives, surveillance helicopter for aerial patrol, gun boats, speed boats and anti-riot personnel from the Mobile 

Police Unit, will also be on hand in Bayelsa to keep the peace during and after voting.

 

IGP Arase has also placed a curfew in the State. Movement will be restricted to the hours between 6am to 6pm during the voting exercise.

It’s Wrong To Expect Productivity With Poor Welfare – Minister

 

 

The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that he will continue to place emphasis on the welfare of the ministry’s staff in order to boost their morale and enhance their productivity.

Speaking yesterday during the handing over of two keys of newly-acquired buses to the Joint Staff Union of the ministry in Abuja, the minister said that he is committed to look at the best way to relieve the hardship of workers.

Nigeria 2016-2019: The tasks ahead

 President Muhamadu Buhari may not altogether be a Messiah, but by the grace of our ancestors, he appears destined to lead the long-suffering people of Nigeria out of the desert and the wilderness to a point from where they will be able catch sight of the promised land in the far distance. It will then be up to a generation of young and dynamic patriots to lead our people further forward into a land of sunshine and abundance…

Therefore, one of the first tasks to which Buhari MUST apply himself is to lay strong foundations for the future leadership of Nigeria to operate from in the decades to come. Quite rightly, he has begun by embarking on a through exercise of internal cleansing, whereby the main traitors who have been looting our nation’s wealth on an unprecedented scale for decades now are being flushed out into the open and brought to trial.

$2.1bn arms cash: I never received N1.7bn from Dasuki- Fani-Kayode

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has denied media reports alleging that he received N1.7billion of the controversial arms deal fund from the office of the ex-National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (reted).

Fani-Kayode, who was Director of Media and Publicity, Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation, during the last Presidential election which Jonathan lost to President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement said he read with amusement the allegation made in the media report.

*Fani-Kayode

He said: “I read with amusement the allegation that was made in the media report that I was given 1.7 billion naira cash by President Goodluck Jonathan. This is false. A few hours later they changed their story and said that I received 1.7 billion naira from the office of the former NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki. This is also false.

Don't Interfere In Bayelsa Polls - PDP Governors Warn Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF), have warned President Muhammadu Buhari and other relevant agencies of government to desist from interfering in the supplementary election scheduled for Bayelsa state.
 
The PDPGF also expressed confidence in the ability of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, to sweep the poll, adding that, his numerous achievements in all sectors of the economy in the state were commendable.
The group, which said the Presidency should ensure a hitch-free exercise, contends that “this is the greatest change the present administration could bequeath to Nigeria.”

Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, the chairman of the forum and the governor of Ondo state, issued the warning during a courtesy call on Governor Dickson in government house, Yenogoa, Bayelsa state capital.

Abia Tension: DSS Storms Hon Ubani's Premises

A combined team of soldiers and officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) have invaded the home of a former House of Representatives member, Hon Eziuche Ubani, in search of an alleged stockpile of arms.

Hon Eziuche Ubani’s home was invaded by a combined team of soldiers and men of the DSS.

Speaking with journalists at his Ovom residence in Obingwa local government area, Ubani, a former editor of This Day newspaper who is the current Abia state commissioner for works, said the security officials who came in six Hilux vans, rudely woke him up at about 2am when they smashed their way into his home and turned every thing upside down.