Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has accepted the APC presidential nomination form purchased for him by some members of the House and “broad-based associates.”
The presentation took place at his Maitama residence in Abuja. Tambuwal said he would continue with consultation and give a final position soonest.
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by Gov. Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, challenging the judgment of a Lagos High court in a libel suit against his political opponent.
Mr. Chime had instituted a N1.5 billion libel suit against Okechukwu Ezea, his opponent in the 2007 gubernatorial election.
The Guardian Newspapers Ltd. is also a respondent.
Mr. Chime had claimed that Mr. Ezea defamed his character on page seven of the Guardian newspaper of Aug. 14, 2007, over alleged plots to kill him.
Some prominent Nigerians including Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Malam Nasir El-Rufai on Friday urged renowned cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare, to return to active politics.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bakare bowed out of active politics after his election bid as a running mate to the Presidential Candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), in 2011.
Speaking at the launch of Bakare’s biography in Lagos, Adebanjo, also a lawyer, said Bakare would be doing disservice to Nigeria if he refused to go back to politics.
It is quite noteworthy that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has become the most sought after person by Nigeria’s two major political parties, as the 2015 election draws close.
From being placated by the Peoples Democratic Party to being wooed by the opposition party, All Progressives Congress, Obasanjo is seemingly becoming the go-to man for guaranteed success at the upcoming polls.
Today, Friday, 14 November, erstwhile Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar and APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu paid him separate visits at his Hilltop presidential residence in Abeokuta.
Vice President Namadi Sambo submitted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s presidential nomination forms on President Goodluck Jonathan’s behalf Friday, in what appeared an indication the two men may again run together in 2015.
There have been speculations Mr. Jonathan may drop Mr. Sambo and select from one of three governors from the north jostling to upstage the vice president.
Mr. Jonathan’s failure to categorically mention Mr. Sambo’s name as his vice, last Tuesday when he declared to run for a second term, intensified the reports.
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