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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared Chief Nnoli Nnaji winner of the primary for Nkanu East and Nkanu West Federal Constituency in Enugu State.  Nnaji polled 246 votes to defeat the incumbent representative, Dr Chukwuemeka Ujam who polled 55 votes while four votes were voided. Announcing the result, Mr Vitus Okechi, the Returning Officer for the primary, thanked the delegates for their good conduct during the election. Okechi also apologized for late arrival of the materials which he attributed to delayed flight from Abuja. He also commended security agents and the media for their assistance in the exercise. In an acceptance speech, Nnaji, a onetime Commissioner for Public Utilities in the state said that God’s time is the best adding that he had been in the race since 2011. He promised not to let them down if he emerged at the 2019 general elections. The candidate commended Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for giving them a level playing ground in the just concluded primary election.

The Federal Government has disbursed N210 million to 10, 490 poorest and most vulnerable persons in Kaduna State under its Conditional Cash Transfer Programme. Alhaji Mahmoud Zailani, Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Rural and Community Development made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Kaduna on Thursday. Zailani explained that the beneficiaries from nine local government areas of the state received N5,000 monthly in February, March, April and May. He listed the local government areas to include Ikara, Kubau, Lere, Birnin Gwari, Chikun, Kajuru, Kachia, Kauru and Sanga. According to him, the Kaduna State Cash Transfer Unit in the ministry started the payment of N5,000 cash to the beneficiaries in February. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme is run by the Buhari Administration under the National Social Investment Programme introduced in 2016 to tackle unemployment, poverty and hunger in the country.(NAN) DISCLAIMER : jomotv.

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the dismissal of two judges to President Muhammadu Buhari. The recommended judges for dismissal are, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court and Justice James Agbadu-Fishim of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. In a statement issued by the Director of Information of the NJC, Soji Oye, on Thursday, said that the council made the recommendation during its 87th meeting on October 3, 2018 under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. According to the statement, Justice Ajumogobia’s recommendation for dismissal followed allegations of misconduct contained in a petition to the council by the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu. While Justice Agbadu-Fishim, on the other hand, was recommended for dismissal sequel to the findings of the council on the allegations contained in another petition by the EFCC. The EFCC had alleged that he r

…Collation in progress  Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, turned out in their numbers on Thursday to elect candidates that will fly the party’s flag in the 2019 national and state assemblies’ elections. Governor Godwin Obaseki was seen casting his vote at Ward 4, in Oredo Local Government of the state. Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq. voted at Ward 7 in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area while the party’s secretary, Lawrence Okah, also voted at Ward 7 in Oredo Local Government Area. Chief of staff to the governor, Chief Taiwo Akerele voted in Akoko Edo. He said the elections were peaceful and orderly in the local government area and other areas he monitored. Jenkins Osunde, the chairman of Oredo Local Government Area, was at Urhokpota Hall, the collation centre for the local council and reported an orderly process. Chief Osaro Idah, Special Adviser to the governor on Political Matters, voted at Ward 10, Oredo Local Government Area and

PDP LOGO The panel set up by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to conduct senatorial primary for Adamawa South, on Thursday said the result of the election had been destroyed by hoodlums. A members of the panel, Alhaji Sulaiman Gise, told newsmen in Yola that the hoodlums allegedly invaded the venue of the election in Numan and destroyed all election materials including the result. Gise said that he was directed by the chairman of the panel to brief newsmen on the matter, adding that the panel’s chairman and secretary had gone to Abuja to brief the APC national officers on the development. According to him, the matter is beyond the panel to handle and urged party members to remain calm. “Election was concluded, counting was completed, in the process of declaration, hoodlums came from nowhere and obstructed the process, destroyed all election materials. “As at now, both our chairman and the secretary have gone to Abuja to brief the national headquarters of the development. “We are call

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa has threw his weight behind the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), cancelling yesterday’s Governorship primary in Zamfara state.  The decision followed the recommendation of Professor Abu Fari led governorship primary for Zamfara state. Marafa who is one of the aspirants in a statement blamed Governor Yari for the violence that erupted in some parts of the state during the exercise. He said the call for the continuation of the poll despite the violence orchestrated by Yari and his co- travellers was the height of lawlessness, stupidity and wickedness. ” Yari set the state on fire just to perfect his plot to upturn the people’s will and force his stooge on the party and by extension the state with the sole aim of continuing with his misrule through proxy after May 29, 2019,” he said. He said the Primary election was postponed thrice and that after

Sanwo-olu x Ambode Today, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state, will pick their governorship candidate for next year’s elections. The two major aspirants are incumbent Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and Babajide Sanwo-Olu. DISCLAIMER : jomotv.com do not claim ownership of any of the Songs OR News that we upload or post, and any copyright infringement complaints will be executed immediately! It is our policy to honor all take-down requests! If You Feel Your Rights Are Being Infringed Upon, Email Us : jomotvonline.com@gmail.com Promote Your Music, Video, Comedy Skit Here On JomoTv.com whatsapp:- +2348109403485 or call: +2347016093180

LAGOS—Less than 24 hours to the rescheduled governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, endorsed the aspiration of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, saying he understands the state’s blueprint better.  Ambode, Tinubu and Sanwoolu Tinubu, who was making his first statement on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s troubled re-election bid, said the present administration has deviated from the path of development taken by previous civilian administrations in the state.  This came as Governor Ambode declared Sanwo-Olu unfit to govern the state. He also raised the alarm over alleged recruitment and arming of political thugs to disrupt the exercise. Tinubu backs Sanwo-Olu “My goal is and shall always be a better Lagos.  To this objective, I have dedicated the greater part of my public life. Roughly 20 years ago, a crop of dedicated and patriotic Lagosians put aside personal interests and rivalries to put their minds an

Although Adeduntan did not state any reason for the withdrawal from the race, he promised he "will in due course provide further clarification on the matter". AbdulAzeez Adeduntan, a governorship aspirant seeking to contest on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, has withdrawn from the primary election scheduled holding in Ibadan, capital of the state. Olaolu Bilau, Press Secretary to Adeduntan Campaign Organisation, stated this in a terse statement issued on his social media page on Sunday. It read: "One of the last seven governorship aspirants under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Dr. Azeez Popoola Adeduntan, will not be participating in the APC governorship primary holding on Sunday, September 30, 2018." Although Adeduntan did not state any reason for the withdrawal from the race, he promised he "will in due course provide further clarification on the matter". Alao Akala, a former Governor and one of the go

jomotv All is not well among the members of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party over their support for the party’s presidential aspirants, The PUNCH learnt on Thursday. The Board had, at its meeting last week, directed its members to be neutral and not declare any private or public support for any of the party’s 13 presidential aspirants. The Chairman of the Board, Senator Walid Jibrin, who spoke after the meeting, said members of the BoT should remain as the conscience of the party. He said they would be the one to adjudicate on matters brought before the board by any of the aspirants in case there were any grievances before or after the presidential primary slated for October 5 and 6 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. However, at the inauguration of one of the presidential aspirants, who is also a former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, in Abuja on Thursday, three members of the BoT were in attendance. They were John Nwodo, Vincent Ogbulafor, who was both former Nationa

Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has revealed the reason he is in the running to become Nigeria’s president in 2019. The 55-year-old Legislator said he wants to fight for the rights of Nigerians, adding that his presidential ambition is not in anyway personal Saraki said this yesterday in Enugu state where he went to consult with PDP members in the state ahead of the party presidential primaries in October. ”It takes a politician who knows the problems of the masses to bring solution and unity to the people. I am here to tell you that we have a project. The country is not as it was three years ago. We are all concerned about the insecurity in the land, the unemployment and hunger in the country. Many youths today do not have any job and the future is not okay for them and we do not have time to continue to wait and things continue to deteriorate.” ‘For me and us in the national assembly, it is not for personal ambition, we have continued to fight for the right of the people, for justic

South African President Cyri Ramaphosa on Monday delivered a stinging rebuttal to criticism of China’s development aid in Africa, following a pledge by Chinese President Xi Jinping to invest $60 billion in the continent. Download Bas New Album Speaking at a summit on China-Africa cooperation, Ramaphosa said the meeting “refutes the view that a new colonialism is taking hold in Africa, as our detractors would have us believe”. (AFP) DISCLAIMER : jomotv.com do not claim ownership of any of the Songs OR News that we upload or post, and any copyright infringement complaints will be executed immediately! It is our policy to honor all take-down requests! If You Feel Your Rights Are Being Infringed Upon, Email Us : jomotvonline.com@gmail.com Promote Your Music, Video, Comedy Skit Here On JomoTv.com whatsapp:- +2348109403485 or call: +2347016093180

The leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has reportedly received about 3,500 members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State. Recall that Obignwa local government area where the incumbent Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu comes from is noted for their voting strength and in the 2015 election was said to have produced over 82, 000 votes that gave Ikpeazu victory in 2015 including Osisioma LGA. The ceremony to receive the defectors to the APGA fold could have held last week at the National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN), Umuokahia, Obingwa council area, but was disrupted by thugs allegedly hired by PDP which prompted the state chairman of APGA to issue a statement condemning the action. Speaking on behalf of the defectors, Hon. Maduka Akpulonu said they decided to dump their former party for APGA because according to him, PDP as a party has failed to provide purposeful governance to the people of the state in the past 20 year

One of the 119 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe state, Leah Sharibu speaks from captivity and she has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to save her from the hands of her captors. According to  The Cable  who exclusively obtained her latest picture as well as the audio of her plea to Buhari, the photo is to prove the existence of the captured girl. Leah, who was kidnapped in February, also appealed that her family members be assisted. All the girls who were captured were subsequently released, except five who reportedly died in detention, but Sharibu was held back for “refusing to renounce her faith”. The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakaway faction of Boko Haram, has kept her in captivity for seven months, sparking public outrage. Leah Sharibu speaks from captivity. The federal government had said it was making efforts to secure her release. Clad in hijab, sewn from a pink material and seated alone on a mat patterned in orange, Sharibu spoke

A socio-political organization, Ndigbo Unity Assembly, NUA, has called on Igbos to reject President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 for his alleged plans to handover to a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bolaji Ahmed Tinubu in 2023. The organization made the call yesterday after their expanded emergency meeting in Onitsha, Anambra State. This was in reaction to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki’s claim that Buhari struck agreement with Tinubu to hand over power to him (Tinubu) in 2023. NUA said it had become glaringly clear that the party and its leadership don’t have the interest of the Igbo people at heart. President General of the organization, Dede Uzor, pointed out that Saraki’s revelation which had not been denied by either President Buhari or Tinubu had confirmed the fears of majority of Ndigbo that APC and its leadership had no good agenda for Ndigbo right from its inception. The meeting was attended by the state chairmen from the five South East states, includi

A Nigerian senator, Shuhu Sani, has condemned derogatory comments on President Muhammadu Buhari made by U.S. President, Donald Trump. Mr Trump was reported by Financial Times (FT) to have described the Nigerian President as ‘lifeless’ after a meeting both had in April. Mr Trump hosted Mr Buhari on April 30 in Washington as the two leaders discussed issues including “fighting terrorism” and other threats to peace and security. According to FT article titled, ‘Africa looks for something new out of Trump,’ on Monday, Mr Trump told his aides he never wanted to meet with someone as lifeless as the Nigerian president again. “The first meeting, with Nigeria’s ailing 75-year-old Muhammadu Buhari in April, ended with the US president telling aides he never wanted to meet someone so lifeless again, according to three people familiar with the matter,” FT reported. In reaction to this, the senator said the comment, “just like other times Mr Trump had spoken ill of Africa, is an attack on Nigeria a

 Editor's note: The convener of Akwa Ibom Politburo For Good Governance, Bassey Amba Offong, writes on the rumours that Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state, might be on his way to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Indeed Godswill Akpabio is an empty shell who has been unceremoniously rejected and abandoned by at least 97 per cent of his erstwhile political allies. Indeed the political demystification of Godswill Akpabio has run full circle. It is against Akpabio’s current status of a political leper that his desperation to stop Governor Udom Emmanuel should be understood. Akpabio sponsored a false publication claiming that Chief Don Etiebet and other APC leaders were opposed to Governor Udom Emmanuel joining the APC. It is instructive that Chief Don Etiebet has denied issuing any such vexatious and childish statement. Governor Udom Emmanuel has the right to join the APC like every other Nigerian. If Godswill Akpabio whose defection has been of inconsequential value to the

Following persistent complaints and reports on the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) that border on allegations of human rights violations, I have directed the Inspector General of Police to, with immediate effect, overhaul the management and activities of SARS. Verified account   Following @ ProfOsinbajo More The IGP will ensure that any Unit that emerges from the process will be intelligence-driven and restricted to the prevention and detection of armed robbery and kidnapping, and apprehension of offenders linked to the stated offences, and nothing more. DISCLAIMER : jomotv.com do not claim ownership of any of the Songs OR News that we upload or post, and any copyright infringement complaints will be executed immediately! It is our policy to honor all take-down requests! If You Feel Your Rights Are Being Infringed Upon, Email Us : jomotvonl