Nigerian Gazette

The Commissioner for Information in Gombe State, Umar Suleiman, has said a powerful group within the Peoples Democratic Party is mounting pressure on Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo to contest as the party’s presidential candidate because of his vast experience in financial management. Suleiman, in a statement on Saturday, said what Nigeria needs at the moment is a financial expert who could turn around the nation’s fortunes by deploying sound skills to manage men and resources. He said, “What Nigeria needs is someone that has a good financial and management background. If we decide to elect someone without a solid financial background, it will be very difficult for the person to turn around the economy of this nation. “Many things are needed to ensure that the economy is revived. Unfortunately, the present government is saying that we are out of recession but a lot of people are still suffering. “Something drastic needs to be done in the area of economic revival of this country. ...

By Weng Samuel The former governor of Jigawa State and Front line presidential aspirant on the platform of PDP Dr Sule Lamido paid a solidarity visit to the People Democratic Party Chairman Plateau State Hon Damishi Sango at his Country Home in Dangwal,Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State over his release from the hands of abductors . The leader of the delegation Alhaji Umar Kyari said they were in Plateau State at the instance of the Jagoran Talakawa who is unavoidably absent to join Hon Sango in thanking the Lord Almighty for his Grace and Mercy upon the rescued victims of the unfortunate kidnapping saga while praying for God's continuous protection on the Chairman and His Family. In his response,Hon Sango thanked the delegation for the kind visit and admonished Dr Sule Lamido to continue with his struggle in liberation of the downtrodden masses in Nigeria. The PDP Chairman reminded the Delegation of his long time relationship with Dr Sule Lamido which dates back...

  The national chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, John Oyegun, has said the party should not be blamed for the controversy that trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent board appointments as it was not fully involved in the process. The chairman, while speaking with journalists on Saturday in Abuja, said the appointments had caused enough controversy. Mr. Oyegun said the party was involved in the early stage of the process but was not consulted at the end, ”otherwise some of the fully obvious problems in that list wouldn’t have been there.” He urged the presidency to consult it in any future amendments to the list so as to avoid other anomalies. “The list has caused enough controversy. It is pretty obvious that that the party was not involved in the final completion of the list. “We demanded that that every state send nominees’ names to the committee set up for that but between then and now a lot has happened. People have changed parties, people have died, t...

Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka has challenged the Minister for Steel and Minerals Resources Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi to walk the streets of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital without security men and see whether he won’t be stoned by angry people of Ekiti State whose money he looted during his tenure as governor. Olayinka said; “As governor, Fayemi failed Ekiti people and as a minister, he is also failing Ekiti people because up till today, he cannot point to one benefit Ekiti has derived from having him as minister of Mines and Steel Development despite the numerous solid minerals in the State.” While reacting to comment by Fayemi that the public should wait and see who will go to jail between him and Fayose, and that he had have been out of office and still moving free, but Fayose won’t be able to walk free on the streets after losing immunity, Olayinka challenged Fayemi to subject himself to the court of...

From all indications, there will be a bumper Christmas and New Year celebrations for members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State as a whooping sum of N350 million was said to have be given to the Minister for Steel and Minerals Resources Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi to buy gifts and share in cash to members of the party and some notable traditional rulers in the State. In preparing ground for Fayemi’s declaration to contest the 2018 governorship election, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi were said to have mobilized N350 million for him (Fayemi) to procure 10,000 bags of rice, 500 cows, 1000 rams among other gifts. A close aide of Fayemi was said to have boasted that “by the time we bombard Ekiti with rice and cash gifts during the Christmas and New Year, the only name you will be hearing as the preferred APC candidate will be Dr John Kayode Fayemi.” A source quoted the aide as disclosing that rice was projec...

The Ikere Ekiti Youths Vanguard has cautioned politicians against attempt to make political capital out of the alleged murder case against the Olukere of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Ganiyu Obasoyin. According to the youths spokesperson, Bayo Ogunleye, the attack on Olukere's hotel had no political link, it was a business disagreement between a lodger in the hotel and the management. They said there was no how anyone can defend the Olukere's leading "boys" from Ikere Ekiti to Ado Ekiti on Christmas day to carry out a reprisal attacks on those who attacked his hotel. It is demeaning for a holder of a traditional office like the Olukere to have led thugs all the way from Ikere to Ado Ekiti, not to talk of supervising attacks on anyone. The youths said further that since armed men of the State Anti Robbery Squad were said to be present,  it should not have been the duty of Olukere and boys to take any action at the scene of the attacks that led to the death of one per...