BeeBeeOoh:


https://newtelegraphonline.com/2018/08/apc-declares-saraki-corrupt-says-not-fit-to-be-president/

Lekzyloaded:


The ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to urgently reconvene the National Assembly to enable the passage of the Electoral Amendment Act Bill.

The APC in a statement released by its acting national publicity secretary, Yekini Nabena, on Friday, August 17, said the Electoral Amendment Bill is alive and waiting assent.

Nabena also alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party is hiding under the “yet to be signed bill” to draw attention away from the treasonable actions of the Senate President for refusing to reconvene the National Assembly.

He said: “The Electoral Amendment Bill passed by the National Assembly is alive and awaiting assent. However, assent to Bills in all democratic governments reflects the prudence and discretion of the president in balancing the powers of key constitutional bodies and understanding the concerns of the executive.”

“While we strongly condemn the abuse of office by the Senate President backed by his PDP cohorts in sabotaging the executive, specifically INEC, all well-meaning Nigerians have a duty to speak up and ensure that the National Assembly performs its constitutional role and not serve an individual’s personal interest and sinister ends of the opposition PDP.

We call on all Nigerians, civil society and indeed the international community to resist the ongoing travesty and legislative rascality being perpetuated by the Senate President and the PDP.

The sanctity of our electoral system is being threatened by this orchestrated sabotage and deliberate attempt to weaken INEC as we prepare for General Elections in 2019. The National Assembly must be convened immediately,” Nasbena said.

The APC’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on lawmakers of the ruling party to do all within their powers to ensure that the National Assembly reconvenes.

This call came after Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara adjourned plenary in July shortly after the police laid a siege to the residences of the nation’s number three citizen and Ike Ekweremadu, his deputy.

Oshiomhole, however, criticised the adjournment, adding that it is slowing down the progress of the current administration.

Source: https://www.lekzyloaded.com/news/you-must-reconvene-national-assembly-now-apc-tells-pdp-saraki

gidgiddy:
The president of Nigeria has no powers to restructure Nigeria. So anyone who thinks Atiku can restructure Nigeria, if elected, is a fool

The best the President of Nigeria can do is to support restructuring but ultimately, only the national assembly can restructure Nigeria

blackpanda:


You are talking trash my dear. APC will wait. Whenever saraki reopens he will be removed. A minority party can never lead a majority party. If saraki is sure he can't be removed then he should reconvene. Besides there are pressing national matters, why must the whole country be sacrificed for sarakis 's ambition?? Why must saraki be senate president Its a democracy. He should test his popularity by votes, that's how democracy works. Not locking the house when there are serious national issues to do. You are the one supporting a dangerous precedent here

blackpanda:


We are saying the same thing. If u are sure APC doesn't have the numbers then let saraki reconvene and let's test it. What u are unaware of is that the Senate rules says 2/3 majority of members present. Not 2/3 majority of the entire house. There will never be a time wen all members are present as many of them are on different assignments nationwide. So get schooled and stop commenting in ignorance.

Griezwoman:
It is no longer news that former vice president Atiku Abubakar has declared his intention to run for your come 2019, however he made a rare promise today.




Atiku says he would only stay for one term, should Nigerians vote him in 2019 as president. Atiku, who has earlier promised to dedicate a huge part of yearly allocations to education made it clear, he wouldn’t be like president Muhammadu Buhari who promised to do just one term but now clamouring for a second term.


In his words:


“If I am elected as the President in 2019, I give an undertaking that I would only do one term. Having said that let me remind Nigerians that Buhari also gave such an undertaking in 2011, but he is not living up to it today. My own case will be different. I am prepared to sign an undertaking to do only one term.”


It doesn’t look like, Atiku’s vow hit home where it should with some Nigerians, judging by their reactions.
They berated the former VP’s desperation to become president at all cost, some stated that Nigeria can do well without recycled politicians.

From Zenithnaija.com



https://zenithnaija.com/whats-the-desperation-for-nigerians-react-to-atikus-ill-do-just-one-term/

BeeBeeOoh:


http://sunnewsonline.com/pdp-corruption-stench-still-suffocates-nigerians-says-apc/

yeyerolling:
Since 1993 Atiku has been trying to become president na by force ni. Tambuwal wud be disgraced out nxt year.

midolian:


https://punchng.com/constitutional-provisions-for-defection-falana/

[b]With this said, should defectors lose their seats? [/b]Falana where were you with your legal expertise when the defections were from pdp to Apc?,the solution to all these is a blanket ban on defection while still holding elective position,this way every body will sit up n organise themselves.

midolian:


https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/12/atiku-i-will-do-one-term-only-if-elected-president-in-2019/amp/

phase1:


Which 'Igbos are mobilizing to give buhari' support? Is it the one in your oshogbo or the ones naturalized in ogbomosho?

donphilopus:
2019 Presidential election has already been won and lost. Dunno why the PDP guys are still being hopeful. Please how do you guys intend to defeat a man that's so loved by the masses? Even if PDP is allowed to field seven candidates on a joint ticket, Buhari will still defeat them.

nairavsdollars:
Prince Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information has said it will be impossible for Senate President, Bukola Saraki who is in a minority party to preside over the Senate which has All Progressives Congress ( APC) in majority.

Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent on Thursday, Momoh one of the National Leaders of the APC said the APC senators who are in majority will not fold their hands during plenary and watch while Saraki who is now a member of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) presides over them.

“He can resign or be thrown out. He can resign if he says i am no longer on the ticket of the party. But the party can go to court and if the court decides that there is no faction in APC, then he can lose his seat.
Having lost his seat, then he can no longer be the Senate President because only a Senator can occupy the position”.

The only way APC can remove Saraki is by going to court or mobilise two thirds of the members to remove him . They can’t force him out”.
” I don’t know how Saraki can preside over a Senate where he is in the Minority and I don’t think the APC Senators who are in the majority will just sit down there and watch while somebody who is in the minority presides over their affairs”.
” I only hope he is not inviting trouble because of greed” he said.

https://independent.ng/senate-presidency-saraki-shouldnt-invite-trouble-for-himself-because-of-greed-tony-momoh/amp/

okoroblog:


https://www.google.com.ng/amp/thenationonlineng.net/igbo-presidency-i-stand-the-best-chance-says-okorocha/amp/

vululadilolo:
He raped you to coerce you into marrying him? He violated your body to achieve his "goal" of "keeping" you for himself? Very sick, manipulative and pervert way of thinking!

I would not advise you to marry someone who doesn't respect your boundaries and can commit such a vile act (rape). I would however advise you to seek therapy/counselling/help for what he did to you. Did you report him to the authorities?

If he is raping you now, how do you think he is going to behave when you are going to be married to him? Marital rape exists in case you don't know.
His behaviour ( the rape) shows that he seems to be ready to do anything ( even the worst) to achieve what he wants and doesn't value his partner's opinions/beliefs or feelings. Do you really want to be married to someone like that?

There are ton of people who were not virgins when they got married and are happy in their marriage. Being a virgin (or not) does not guarantee a "good" marriage. Your husband should be interested in you as a person and not just your hymen. You should also bring more than "just" your body in your marriage.

You need to reshape your mind: Your "pride" should be in who you are as woman and not what you can "offer" in bed( Virginity). Your "value" as a person did not/should diminish because of the rape( or even if you had sex voluntarily). That's why I said seek therapy or talk about it to someone you trust.

Don't feel guilty for what happened or not being a "virgin" (easier said than done). Stay strong and good luck in whatever you decide to do!

Emelcee:
Members of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom state have frowned at the attempt by the national leaders of the party to crown former senate minority leader, senator Godswill Akpabio, as the state leader of the party.

Prince Emmanuel Sam, a stalwart of the APC, on Thursday, said, they can not accept Akpabio as their leader.

"We can not be led by a man who was brutal to us. We have not forgotten that his brutality costs the lives of some members of the defunct ACN who dissolved into what is called APC today. He can never lead us. We will resist it".

Sam was among members of the party who reacted to Akpabio's repeated declaration of himself as leader of the party and his wife, Ekaette Unoma, as "mother of APC" in Akwa Ibom state during his reception rally in Ikot Ekpene.
Akpabio was officially received into the APC by the National leader of the party, Alhaji Ahmed Bola Tinubu, and the party's national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday 8th August.

The former Governor repeatedly used the phrase, "under my leadership in the party" in a remark he made extemporaneously to confirm his acceptance of membership of the party.

Members of the party believe that Akpabio's repeated announcement of himself as leader of the party cowed the national chairman of the party into calling Akpabio the leader of the party without a second thought.

Also, Obong Mike Edem, a chieftain of the APC from Itu said right thinking persons in the party can not indulge Akpabio to superintend over them.

He explained that it will be a broad self contradiction for Akpabio who left the PDP because a new entrant was rewarded over those who stood by the PDP in her trying times, to want to be rewarded over those who laboured and built the APC over the years.

"He can not be our leader. He will be contradicting himself, because he can not reject a skewed reward system which favours newcomers in his former party, yet wants to be rewarded in APC through similar skewed arrangement".

Edem insisted that Akpabio should not be given preference over senator Nelson Effiong, another APC senator from the state who joined the APC earlier or the 2015 governorship candidate of the state who have been around longer than Akpabio.

"Currently, Akpabio does not have any leadership position which makes him superior to the other senator. When he resigned his position as senate minority leader, he became but an ordinary senator. There are other people in the party who have been senators before, who are more knowledgeable in party leadership and administration than Akpabio".

The party stalwart said reasonable members of the party will not work with Akpabio.

"We will not work with Akpabio. He persecuted us out of the PDP. When some of us left, Akpabio led the PDP to doom. Now, PDP is no more, he is coming to destroy the APC in the pretext of coming to build".

He insisted that the APC will fail just as her main opposition, the PDP,  if the party leadership takes to celebrating and rewarding newcomers over old members who have kept faith with the party over the years.

Also, a group, Akwa Ibom Progressives Watch says the APC will be more disunited under Akpabio if he is made leader of the party in the state as rumoured.

The group at a press conference addressed by her chairman, Mr. Innocent Sylvanus, on Thursday, warned that many people who left the PDP to the APC because of Akpabio's impunity can not work again with Akpabio.

"It will be a disaster to allow Akpabio lead the party. We want the national leader and chairman of the party to know this".

"We left PDP because of the kind of impunity Akpabio dished out to us. There is no guarantee that he has changed, so he will bring on the same kind of impunity he used which killed his former party", Sylvanus added.

The group called on President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct the national chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to convene the state caucus of the party for the purpose of choosing a state leader that will be accepted by all members.

It was gathered that very senior members of the APC in Akwa Ibom state are not happy over the seeming preference the national leadership of the party attempts to accord senator Godswill Akpabio.

'It is unnecessary. It will split the party. He can not lead us', a caucus member of the party in the state said on Wednesday.

Many members of the APC were killed in Ikot Ekpene in 2011 during a gubernatorial campaign. It is believed that the killings were masterminded by supporters of the PDP. No one has been charged for the killings.

Akpabio's administration caused the arrest and detention of the 2011 governorship candidate of the party, senator John Udoedehe, over trump up charge of arson. 

Senator Akpabio during his reception on Wednesday pleaded for forgiveness from those he offended who are already in the party.

Source:
Apc Members Reject Akpabio As Political Leader http://akwaibomdaily.com.ng/apc-members-reject-akpabio-as-political-leader/

stane007:
An APC Candidate representing Toro federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Lawal Yahaya-Gumau, has announced that if elected into the Senate, the Nigerian constitution will be amended to make Muhammadu Buhari President for life.

The APC Candidate who alluded to the fact that former president, Olusegun Obasanjo was unable to amend the Constitution for a third term because he lacked sincerity, stated that making Buhari a President for life is the only mandate he will be going to the senate with.

Speaking at the closing of his campaign in Bauchi on Thursday, he said;

“I, Lawal-Yahaya Gumau, want you to know that the mandate that will be given to me on Saturday is to go and protect Buhari’s interest in the Senate. This is the only mandate that I will be going to the Senate with, having fulfilled every other mandate to the best of my ability while in the House of Representatives for eight years.

By God’s grace, we will amend Nigeria’s Constitution to allow Buhari to be President for the remaining years of his life. He will only cease to be President when God takes his life.

“Obasanjo tried all his best for the constitution to be amended to allow him go for a third term, but God didn’t approve of it because of its lack of sincerity. What is now needed in Nigeria is to protect Buhari’s interest and that is what we will do.”

Also speaking at the campaign, the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari who disclosed that they were in the state on the mandate of the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, noted that it would be shameful for a candidate endorsed by Buhari to lose the election.

“Our message is simple; the acting President is seriously worried about what is going on in Bauchi State and he told us to tell you that with all the love being shown to Bauchi State by the President, it will be a shameful and disgraceful thing for us in the north for President Buhari to raise the hand of someone and the person loses that election" he said.

https://lailasnews.com/well-amend-nigerias-constitution-to-allow-buhari-be-president-for-life-apc-candidate/

kwaghshir147:


https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/www.dailytrust.com.ng/amplite/osinbajo-saraki-atiku-cannot-beat-buhari-264985.html

Marvin67:
The rally is holding simultaneously with the APC rally in Daura.

The rally is also a test of kwankwanso's popularity. Which is evident considering the number of red caps on ground. The kwankwansiya movement is heavy in Katsina

Islie:









https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/08/at-war-with-monguno-aligned-with-daura-lawal-was-the-cabals-face/amp/

nairavsdollars:
Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) on Tuesday said he was shocked to hear that Lawal Daura, the sacked Director- General of the Department of State Service (DSS) acted on his own by barricading the National Assembly without authorisation from the Presidency.

Sagay, who said Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo had no choice than to fire the ex-DSS boss, added that there was no way the government could defend or justify Daura’s actions since it didn’t order him to carry out the invasion.

Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, he said: “When I started hearing about the invasion, I was wondering whether the sacked DSS boss has authority to do that because I couldn’t imagine him doing that without being authorised by the presidency.

“Later, when it emerged that he was doing it without authority, I was aghast and very shocked. So, it is a very major step. It is not that it cannot be done but there are circumstances where it may become necessary but if that is to be done, such order must come from the Presidency, not the man doing it on his own because we are talking of one arm of government.

“So, I was very shocked and honestly, given the gravity of what has happened, the Acting President had no choice than sacking him because it can bring down the name of the government.

https://independent.ng/nass-invasion-its-shocking-to-hear-sacked-dss-boss-acted-without-order-sagay/amp/

TempleChinedum:
@LadiesGistOfficial

As the dust of yesterday’s over heated politics in Nigeria is yet to settle, Lauretta Onochie this morning became a subject of mockery by angry Nigerians for this tweet below:



Nigerians are lampooning Lauretta, aide to President Buhari on social media for saying, the “PDP and some section of the media”, masterminded yesterday’s NASS siege by the DSS after she shared the tweet.

Source: http://www.ladiesgist.com/nigerians-blasts-lauretta-onochie-for-saying-pdp-masterminded-nass-siege/

hisexcellency34:


https://independent.ng/apcs-problems-began-with-sarakis-emergence-as-senate-president-lai-mohammed/

Limitednow:


https://www.headlineng.com/answerable-buhari-daura-osinbajo-nass-siege/

Ezenwammadu:




https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/07/disobedience-to-court-orders-invasion-of-legislative-houses-arrest-of-judges-are-highlights-of-dauras-tenure/amp/?_

Corrinthians:
Eyaa. Go and expel him yourself na.

Guys, enjoy the reminders below. PDP can sha be very hypocritical.

Kyase:


http://saharareporters.com/2018/08/07/exclusive-osinbajo-got-buhari%E2%80%99s-approval-sack-daura-%E2%80%98working-saraki%E2%80%99

KingstonDome:
#SaveOurDemocracy is currently trending on Twitter as Nigerians pour out their minds on social media.

This is following all the drama that is taking place at the National Assembly.

https://www.kingstondome.com/2018/08/saveourdemocracy-trends-twitter.html

melvinjames:




https://www.herald.ng/we-are-hungry-not-getting-enough-from-centre-emir-of-buharis-hometown/

stephenduru:
SULE YOU CAN DO IT AND YOU CAN DO IT WELL.

Olusegun Obasanjo.

PDP Presidential aspirant the Former Governor of Jigawa State, Dr Sule Lamido CON, and members of his national campaign council today met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his Olusegun Obasanjo national library Abeokuta, Ogun State over his 2019 presidential ambition.

In a terse statement by Mansur Ahmed, the social media aide to Lamido, said: “the meeting was part of the consultation with relevant stakeholders, elders, party officials and key political actors in Nigeria across the length and breadth of this Nation"

Lamido said, that I have nothing to tell you about me because you know me more than anybody, I have came to greet you, brief you, seek for your blessings and ask for your fatherly advise.

Obasanjo in his remark said, as a former minister of foreign affairs, Sule knows the world and knows how to relate with other countries of the world, I was so happy and elated by what I saw in Jigawa state when you became a Governor.

He added, Sule I don't have any doubt about your attributes, your capacity, your courage, your interest about your state and Nigeria at large, Sule you can do it and you can do it well.

It could be recalled that Lamido made a similar visit to the Former Military head of states Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and he had previously visit Obasanjo last year as part of his nationwide consultations on his presidential aspiration in 2019.

Before then, Lamido met with all the PDP state Governors in their respective states, 36 PDP chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), including Zonal vice chairmen of the party, Former Speakers forum, where he told them of his as aspiration and urged them to pick the best for the party when the time comes

Lamido is accompanied by campaign DG Barr. Musa Elayo, Senator Josephine Anenih, Ambassador Joe Keshi, RTD AIG Kayode Thiorplus, Alhaji Umaru Mai Shadai, and Hon. Rahman Owokoniran and Ogun state party Chairman

Mansur Ahmed
New media aide to
Dr. Sule Lamido CON
6/8/2018


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/08/2019sule-lamido-visits-obasanjo-for.html