Jonathan, PDP Governors Meet Over Tambuwal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlSdTodWvJVapvq-A-KavAMdpUSscDlYGHc3tMaUJOBtVmAoy2oCZfpYR9G_uL13AXkMLUR_xDCeZmbBr39hdk7-6dLJNQI3e47_hTcY8HTyztjvcQmNlMgj3XlDpZV175R2CToomA00/s1600/pdp-governors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlSdTodWvJVapvq-A-KavAMdpUSscDlYGHc3tMaUJOBtVmAoy2oCZfpYR9G_uL13AXkMLUR_xDCeZmbBr39hdk7-6dLJNQI3e47_hTcY8HTyztjvcQmNlMgj3XlDpZV175R2CToomA00/s1600/pdp-governors.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A report monitored on <i>Nigerian Tribune</i> says President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, met with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some governors and leaders of the House of Representatives on the defection of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, to the All Progressives Congress (APC).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, no official statement was released after the meeting, which ostensibly deliberated on how the party may react to the defection of the speaker elected under PDP.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Those present at the meeting included the national chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu; chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum and Akwa-Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio; governors of Bayelsa, Benue, Gombe, and Enugu, Henry Seriake-Dickson, Gabriel Suswam, Ibrahim Dankwambo, and Sullivan Chime, respectively.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Also in attendance were the Deputy Speaker of the House, Honourable Emeka Ihedioha; the Deputy Leader of the House, Honourable Leo Ogor; chairman, House Committee on Health, Ndudi Elumelu and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, among others.</div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Source: <i><a href="http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/20097-jonathan-pdp-govs-agf-meet-over-tambuwal">Nigerian Tribune</a></i></b>

Jonathan, PDP Governors Meet Over Tambuwal

A report monitored on Nigerian Tribune says President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, met with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some governors and leaders of the House of Represe…

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BREAKING: President Jonathan, Emir Sanusi Reconcile

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1A1JwQJwwmyrgeodslhtpjiA9hwJOqUhefow6k0LMi3puPYGiJeBIYZXszOkjIHtjzEP75CTjLWXXsRU1uqoPpD9WA31O64DnOAQTX1t7e3R0JIEMDf-YM6tu0IJPT0zu1sQYZvjZm2I/s1600/Sanusi-Jonathan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1A1JwQJwwmyrgeodslhtpjiA9hwJOqUhefow6k0LMi3puPYGiJeBIYZXszOkjIHtjzEP75CTjLWXXsRU1uqoPpD9WA31O64DnOAQTX1t7e3R0JIEMDf-YM6tu0IJPT0zu1sQYZvjZm2I/s1600/Sanusi-Jonathan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After nearly a year of bitter relations, President Goodluck Jonathan and the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, met Thursday in Abuja and reconciled differences that once drove both men to the extremes of their offices reports <i>Premium Times</i>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sanusi, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, was fired by the President in February after accusing the government of diverting $20 billion oil revenues.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The government denied the claim, and in turn, accused Mr. Sanusi of "financial recklessness".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After leaving office, Mr. Sanusi was appointed the Emir of Kano in June, assuming one of the most powerful traditional stools in Nigeria.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> His appointment by Kano State's Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, a member of the opposition All Progressives Congress, was opposed by the Presidency which ordered the Emir’s office blockaded for days.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The emir reportedly initiated peace moves, and the two men met for the first time in July during the breaking of the Muslim fast, a yearly routine in which the President meets top government officials who are Muslims and other prominent Islamic leaders in the country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>Premium Times</i>' sources say Thursday's meeting was essentially for reconciliation between the two sides.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Emir was accompanied to the meeting by all senior members of the Kano Emirate Council, while Vice President Namadi Sambo, the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, Attorney General, Mohammed Adoke, and the Foreign Affairs Minister, Aminu Wali also attended the meeting.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Officials at the meeting say the President urged peace, and announced that he had nothing against the Emir and that he had forgotten everything that happened.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In return, Mr. Sanusi also preached peace saying he too had let go of the past.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President and the Emir later met privately for about 15 minutes, according to <i>Premium Times</i> sources.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Sanusi and his entourage left for Kano shortly after, and were on their way to the Abuja airport at the time of this report.</div> <br /> <br /> <b>Source: <i><a href="https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/170354-breaking-jonathan-emir-sanusi-reconcile.html">Premium Times</a></i></b>

BREAKING: President Jonathan, Emir Sanusi Reconcile

After nearly a year of bitter relations, President Goodluck Jonathan and the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, met Thursday in Abuja and reconciled differences that once drove both men to the extreme…

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