I’ll take back Nigeria from 16 years of PDP’s mystery, poverty: Tinubu boasted.

I’ll take back Nigeria from 16 years of PDP’s mystery, poverty: Tinubu boasted

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Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, has said he will take back Nigeria from the Peoples Democratic Party.

Mr Tinubu, during his acceptance remarks at Eagle Square on Wednesday, said the PDP caused mystery and poverty when it was in power.

 

Mr Tinubu’s party has been in power since 2015 when Muhammadu Buhari won election. He was reelected in 2019 and will complete his second four-year term in May 2023.

Although the PDP had powers for 16 years from 1999 to 2015, Nigerians have said the current poverty and deprivation currently ravaging the country should be blamed on the APC.

“The cat that lied down quietly is not a pretence of death but the breathing of energy to devour its enemy,” We will run. We will do it. We will take the poverty development party, called the PDP, 16 years of mystery, 16 years of failure, 16 years of forgetting about our children’s future,” Mr Tinubu said. “We will bring back our country and build the best nation for our children.”

 

Mr Buhari spent his early years in government blaming the PDP, which caused repeatedly a war of words between the opposition party and pro-government spokespeople.

Mr Tinubu’s comment indicated that he would be running against the opposition rather than his party’s record.

2023: Jonathan Congratulate Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Kachikwu, others

2023: Jonathan Congratulate Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Kachikwu, others

                  

                      

I congratulate the winners of the various primaries across the political spectrum, particularly Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who has won the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and  the flagbearers of other parties that have also concluded their primaries.

They include Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Malik Ado-Ibrahim, Young Progressives Party (YPP), Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Dumebi Kachikwu, African Democratic Congress (ADC) as well as Adewole Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP.

Your emergence as the flagbearers of your parties after submitting yourselves to rigorous selection and election processes demonstrates your belief and interest in the progress of our nation.

I consider you are all aspiring to be elected as the leader of the country because you are democrats who believe, like the rest of us, that Nigeria is our common heritage which we should all strive to protect, prosper and preserve for the future generation.

As you progress towards the electioneering campaigns, it is important that the issues confronting the country and credible solutions take centre stage.

I urge you to conduct your campaigns in a manner devoid of acrimony, divisiveness and treachery so that at the end of the day Nigeria will win, democracy will triumph and humanity will be better for it.

As I have always said, no ambition is worth the life of another. As candidates, you must eschew violence and acts that will encourage any form of bloodletting or exacerbate the national fault lines. We live in a season of unprecedented violence and all political leaders have a responsibility to de-escalate the tension in the country. The candidates by conduct and language must prioritise non-violence and peaceful coexistence.

I also salute the sportsmanship displayed by other aspirants who have continued to lend their weight to the democratic process, despite the fact that they did not emerge victorious in their various party primaries.

I urge all stakeholders to place national interest above personal interest. We must commit to upholding virtues that will sustain  our democracy and advance the cause of good governance, peace and sustainable development.

Nigeria is at a critical junction in its march to nationhood as it grapples with security and economic challenges. The 2023 elections present an opportunity to renew our union, rebuild the dreams of our founding fathers and revitalise our economy.  

The importance of this election imposes on the election managers and security agencies a historic burden to continue deepening the reforms of our electoral system. A transparent election will go a long way to increase the confidence of Nigerians in our democracy and restore trust in our public institutions.

We can attain our national aspirations of unity, peace, and progress through the instrumentality of a functional and effective democracy.

 

I urge all leaders, especially politicians, to prioritize the peace and stability of our nation as we commence the activities of 2023 elections. 

To the good citizens of our beloved country, I charge you all, particularly the youth, to make honest and patriotic choices that will guarantee us the hope that we desire for ourselves and our nation.

- GEJ

Delta Guber: Wahala As Court Bars PDP, INEC from Accepting Sheriff as Flag Bearer

Delta Guber: Wahala As Court Bars PDP, INEC from Accepting Sheriff as Flag Bearer

Abuja_____ A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party in the interim from forwarding the name of Mr Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orhowedor to the Independent National Electoral Commission, as well as the INEC from receiving his name and acting in any manner recognising him as the flag bearer of the PDP for the Delta 2023 Governorship elections.

The court also restrained Oborevwori from parading himself as the candidate of the PDP for the Delta 2023 Governorship election.

The orders emerged from an Exparte Motion in suit  number FHC/ABJ/CS/715/2022 filed by Moses Ogege and Timinepere Ogobiri of Patani LGA Ward 8 before His Lordship, Hon Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division on May 31, with the Peoples Democratic Party, the Independent National Electoral Commission and Francis Oborevwori as 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants, respectively.

After listening to Ibrahim Idris SAN, JD Jefia, Osita Alele and Sarafadeen Salimo for the plaintiffs, the court found that there were sufficient grounds to grant the interim injunction sought. 

Accordingly, the court ordered the defendants to enter a defence within seven days of service to show cause why the reliefs sought by the plaintiffs should not be granted.

It also ordered the defendants not to do anything along the line of presenting or accepting Mr Oborevwori as the Delta PDP Governorship flag bearer nor Mr Oborevwori acting in such manner until the final determination of the matter by the court.

While the court also granted the plaintiff's prayers for accelerated hearing, the next date has been fixed for June 9.

22 year old Boubini Emerges best graduating Medical Student, admitted to Harvard University on Scholarship

"22 year old Boubini Emerges best graduating Medical Student, admitted to Harvard University on 

Scholarship 

Boubini Miyensinte Jones-Wonni was born in Ido-ani, a town in Ondo state , Nigeria,  on the 23rd of October 1999 to the family of Dr and Mrs Jones-Wonni. She hails from Arogbo Ese- Odo local government area of Ondo State.

She started her primary education in Banky’s Private school Apo Abuja.Due to a sterling performance in primary school, she was encouraged to sit for the  common entrance examinations from Primary three ( 3)  which she passed in flying colours and proceeded to Word of Faith Group of Schools in Area 1 Abuja . While in High school, she continued on the path of hard-work and diligence . As such,  she was  made  the library  Prefect , was awarded a full tuition fee waiver in her final year by the management of the school and  subsequently graduated as  best graduating student and valedictorian for the graduating class  of 2014 at the age of  Fourteen (14) in the year 2014. 

Upon performing excellently in a test conducted, she became a beneficiary of the Special Education Scholarship programme for Niger Delta Students. An initiative of the   Presidential Amnesty Programme under the leadership of Hon Kingsley K. Kuku and was sent to the USA to study  Medicine and Surgery. This required her to first complete a first degree in a relevant discipline prior to medical school . Thus she was admitted in Miles College Alabama, U.S.A to obtain a degree in biological sciences. She was able to achieve this in a record three(3)  years  as opposed to the conventional four (4)  years of study .While in Miles she was the secretary of finance of the Student Government Association ( SGA)  , an equivalent of the Student Union Government in tertiary institutions here in Nigeria . She was also a member of Honors groups for distinction students, such as the Beta Kappa Chi Scientific honors society. At the completion of her studies in 2018  , she was adjudged  the  best graduating student in the  Department of Natural science and Mathematics with a grade point average of 4.0/4.0 and  a Co- Valedictorian of the graduating students at the age of  Eighteen (18).   

Boubini  wrote the Medical College Admissions Test ( MCAT) , a pre-requisite test for admission into medical school  and scored in the 91st percentile, this means that her  score was  in the top 9% of  all the students who took the examination  in the United states of America at the time, and consequently received an invitation to the  Howard University Medical School ,in Washington DC to study Medicine in 2018 .Notable Alumni from this  prestigious University include the Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris and   the late actor Chadwick Boseman.With this , she became the first  Miles’ student beneficiary of a partnership agreement between Miles College and Howard Medical School which provides the opportunity  for top STEM scholars from Miles College to apply to Howard Medical School. 

She continued in her winning ways upon commencing medical school and  was honored to have been awarded numerous scholarships through the school for financial need and academic achievement, namely the Rana Family scholarship, the E. & M. Prioleau Endowed scholarship . She also received the Student of the Year award for her  work with the Anesthesia and Critical Care Interest Group.  She was  placed in the top 10% of her  class at the end of the first year. These accolades  further  spurred her  in the second  year of medical school during which she  received the Dr. Josephus C. and Nellie C. Carr Foundation award  for academic achievement. By the end of the 2nd year,  she was named the second  in her  class.

By year 3,  she was  inducted into the Gamma chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor medical society, an honor that was provided to only three (3) other students at the time. She  also received the Auxiliary to the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia Scholarship to worthy medical students and the Dr. Louise Maxienne Dargans Fleming Award to a student with academic promise. 

By year 4, she was number one  in the  class, was nominated by her  classmates as a member of  the Gold Humanism Honor Society as someone who serves as an exemplars in compassionate patient care. 

She eventually graduated on the 6th of May 2022 as the best graduating student  in the Howard University Medical School class of 2022, at the age of twenty 22 , and the youngest in the class. She is also one among the only two members  of the class admitted  to the prestigious HARVARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   , for residency( Post-graduate )  training  in Internal Medicine . 

Below is a summary of her  awards/ honors 

The Sterling Lloyd Prize in Clinical Medicine -Awarded to the graduating student who has the highest-grade average in required junior and senior clinical clerkship courses of the medical curriculum

2. Howard University Medical Alumni Association Alumni Award - awarded to the student who has attained the highest scholastic average in his/her class

3. Michael Oliver Dumas Prize- Awarded to the student with highest cumulative academic average in his/her class

4. The O. Anthony Ogundipe, M.D. Endowed Academic Achievement Award - Awarded to the senior student with the highest scholastic achievement in the graduating class

5. Dr. M. Wharton Young Prize - Awarded to the senior medical student  who has achieved the highest average of scholastic distinction

6. Merck Manual Awards- Awarded to the students who have achieved the highest scholastic recorded during their years of medical study

7. Department of Medicine

    (I) Dr. W. Lester Henry, Jr. Award - Awarded to the most outstanding performance in Medicine

    (ii) Dr. John L. Townsend Award - Awarded for the highest score on the National Board of Medical Examiners Subject Examination in Medicine 

8. Second Highest Clerkship Grade in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Award for the Highest Score on the National Board of Medical Examiners Subject Examination in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

The above were given on the graduation day. Others include  ;   

 Member,Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society |Gamma Chapter, Howard University College of Medicine May 2021 ¨ 

Recipient of the Auxiliary to the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia Scholarship |Howard University College of Medicine |November 2020 ¨

 Recipient of Academic Achievement Award for ranking 2nd in the class |Howard University College of Medicine | November 2020 ¨ 

Recipient of Dr. Josephus C. and Nellie C. Carr Merit Achievement Scholarship |Howard University College of Medicine | March 2020 ¨ 

Recipient of Rana Family Scholarship |Howard University College of Medicine | November 2019 ¨ 

Anesthesiology and Critical Care Interest Society Student of the Year Award |Howard University College of Medicine | April 2019 ¨ 

Co-Valedictorian |Miles College | May 2018 ¨ 

Best Graduating Student in the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics |Miles College | May 2018 ¨ 

National Association of African American Honors Programs (NAAHP) Conference Debate Team |1st and 2nd place | Oct 2016; Oct. 2015 ¨ 

Member  of Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honors Society | April 2017 ¨

 Recipient of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Birmingham Alumnae Chapter scholarship | May 2017 ¨

 Recipient of Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta special scholarship | Jan 2015 - present

Best Graduating Student and class Valedictorian , Word of Faith Group of schools , Abuja   2014 .

SHE IS A PRIDE TO  HER FAMILY , THE IJAW LAND , ONDO STATE, NIGER DELTA , NIGERIA  AND AFRICA AT LARGE."

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Kofee Salutes Sympathizers as Takeme, Angele Hijacked Canopy Dropping Ceremony

Kofee Salutes Sympathizers as Takeme, Angele Hijacked Canopy Dropping Ceremony

Francis Tayor

Warri_____ Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor of Delta State on lnvestment, Hon. Kofee Amasuomo, has expressed gratitude to those who took their time, money and body to sympathize with him and family on the occasion of his father's demise.

The Senior Special Assistant made the remark on Friday 3rd June, 2022 during the canopy dropping ceremony of his late father at his residence in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, noted that he was overwhelmed by the massive turn up and show of love by friends, political associates and well wishers despite the short notice.

He particularly appreciated Rt. Hon. Godknows Angele, Chairman Burutu LGA, Chief. Dr. Julius Takeme, Chairman PDP Delta South Senatorial District, Hon. Asupa Forteta, member representing Burutu North in Delta State House of Assembly, Engr. Cletus Akari, Capt. lsaac Seide, Hon. Godwin Edumogiren, Hon. Paul Kurugbe, Princess Perekeme, Chief. Mitin Tamaraumieyefa, Combolus Ikisa, Vice Chairman Burutu LGA, Hon. Sunny Perekeme, Secretary Burutu LGA, Barr. Oweilaemi Pereotubo-former President lYC, Dr. Ahmed Saibakumo, Ekanpou Enewaridideke, Desmond Edumogiren, Timi Yanky, Bead Agbegha, Bibor Amatelemo, the press, Congress Newspaper, Niger Delta Mirror Ndm, the Liberator, the People's Voice, Gbaramatu Voice, Ayakoromo Community, Ndoro Community amongst others too numerous to mention, stressing that God will bless them in a millions fold for their show of love.

Meanwhile, there was a spectacular moment at the event as Chief. Dr. Julius Takeme, Rt. Hon. Godknows Angele and Combolus Ikisa tactically hijacked the occasion as they majestically stepped out from their seats in a dance challenge to the melodious tunes of Best May JFred to rain nairas on the bereaved, Hon. Kofee Amasuomo and his lovely wife to the amazement of others at the occasion.

It was like a dancing spirit fell on Julius Takeme from above as the performing talented ljaw owigiri highlife musician, Best May consistently hallow his traditional titles Okaso and Olotu to attract his attention in order to rain nairas on him. 

However, Kofee said final burial rites of his late father, the Ayakoromo born patriotic leader and elder statesman, late. Pa Patrick Monde Amasuomo would be disclosed to the public via this medium, the statement added.

Delta South: NNPP Candidate, NYCN Launched Voters Awareness Campaign in Warri

Delta South: NNPP Candidate Nesiama, NYCN Launched Voters Awareness Campaign in Warri

Francis Tayor

Warri_____ ln his bid to provide effective representation to the good people of Delta South Senatorial District at the red chambers in the National Assembly, the candidate of the New Nigerian People's Party (NNPP), Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (Rtd) has teamed up with the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State to launch a Voters Enlightenment Campaign in LGA in order to sensitize eligible voters on the need to have their PVCs ahead 2023.

According to the Chairman National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Warri South LGA Chapter, Comr. Henry Efetobor, said the major reason for the enlightenment campaign exercise was to educate the grassroots on the importance and need for the electorates to register with INEC in order to have their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) ahead 2023 general elections.

Addressing traders and market women at Essi Layout Ward 9 in Warri South LGA, Comr. Efetobor made them to understand that to make positive change in leadership, first the electorates (eligible voters) must register with INEC to collect their PVCs, stressing that the PVC is their right, civic responsibility and weapon to elect credible servant leaders to represent them in government.

He noted that without the PVCs, they cannot vote in good leaders to serve their common interest, adding that the PVC is their power to effect positive change of leadership in the society. He therefore, encourage them to register with INEC so as to collect their PVCs ahead the forthcoming 2023 general elections, saying that this is the only way for them to participate fully in the decision making process by electing capable persons to represent them, Efetobor stated.

Meanwhile, it will interest the general public to note that the exercise was powered by the Hope Restoration Movement (HRM) in order to awaken the market women and other eligible voters to get their voters cards before 2023 elections. The Hope Restoration Movement has not hidden its admiration for the NNPP candidate for Delta South Senatorial District, Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (Rtd) who has the mission to restore the people's hope for a better tomorrow. 

The exercise was Tagged: ' PVC Concert Ward to Ward Enlightenment Campaign'. It featured side attractions like music entertainment, dance display, Comedy, collation of data of eligible voters for INEC registration among others.

The target is to go round all the eight Local Government Areas in the Senatorial District. The exercise will continue on Monday 6th June, to Pessu, Okumagba and other wards within Warri South LGA in Delta South Senatorial District.