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The Senate and the House of Representatives are today expected to pass a resolution that will enable Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan take over power as acting president pending the return of Yar'Adua from his long medical trip to Saudi Arabia. Both chambers are expected accede to the appeal of the governors, who want them to pass a resolution recognising Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as acting president

Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, attorney- general of the federation and minister of justice, has been in the vanguard of defending the position of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, that President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is not incapable of discharging his functions. He spoke on the the controversial memo by Dora Akunyili, minister of information and communications, whom he also advised to resign if she disagrees with the council’s position on Yar’Adua. Excerpts: 

Anambra has made a strong statement on democracy and most importantly, has given a bold endorsement to Peter Obi to continue doing what he has been doing for the past four years, which has recovered most of the mileage eaten by the moths and vermin that have decremented the state especially since the dawn of the present dispensation.

Without any doubt, the Anambra state election wasn’t without its own drama. And considering INEC track record in organising credible elections – especially under the leadership of Prof. Maurice Iwu – anything different would probably have been seen as a “variance”. Just two days prior to Election Day, the Federal High Court in Lagos ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission lacks the

Prof Dora Akunyili

Damn our “leaders” if they like it, damn them if they don’t, the people have spoken. Enough of power vacuum, near constitutional crisis, and overheating of the polity all due to the fact that the ruling party (PDP) does not trust the Vice President (Jonathan Goodluck) to formally act as President until President Yar’Adua recovers from his illness. There is no choice other than to respect the wishes of the

Even Obi initially refused to vote, saying that his own family members were missing from the electoral register

The incumbent governor of Anambra state, Mr Peter Obi was on Sunday declared the winner of a governorship election. But where only 301,000 people could cast their votes in a state with 1.8 million registered voters, could this election be truly termed free and fair?

Yesterday in Anambra State, voters, candidates and observers said the election was marred by widespread irregularities. Voters complained their names were not on electoral rolls during Saturday's polls, while the main candidates including Obi complained of irregularities. Some observers said there seemed to have been a deliberate attempt to exclude many voters.

A WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. PETER OBI ON THE FEBRUARY 6, 2010 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN ANAMBRA STATE. FEBRUARY 7, 2010 

The Official Anambra Election 2010 Result: Peter Obi (APGA- 97,843) Chris Ngige (AC-60,240) & Chukwuma Soludo (AC-59,365). Andy Uba (LP-26,106). Nick Ukachukwu (HDP-20,772). Uche Ekwunife (PPA-9,595). PETER OBI IS THE WINNER!! 

Obi of APGA won in 13 out of the 21 local government councils in the state. He also fulfilled the 25 per cent spread required in two-thirds of the councils.

The president's special adviser on legislative affairs, Abba Aji, has denied telling the BBC or anyone else that Nigeria's ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua will write a letter handing power over to his vice-president. On Thursday the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Mohammed Abba-Aji was quoted as saying that President Umaru Yar’Adua will hand over to Vice-President

In A Landslide Victory Recorded Today ,Governor Peter Obi Of Anambra State Has Been Declared The Winner Of The Anambra State Election with 97, 843 votes

Stoppage Time, Back again tomorow morning

Real time results continue here Anambra Election Results; the winner is PETER OBI 

Anambra Election Update: *Smooth but there is hiccup – Akunyili 

AWKA – Despite all the preparations by the Independent National Electoral Commission, assurances and promises, the scheduled Anambra polls was still marred by irregularities as most wards received both sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials late on Saturday.

The Nigerian delegation to that conference is demanding an apology. The Punch reports, February 4, that "The remarks by Hale who is the chairman of David Hale Global Economics surprisingly elicited loud laughter from the participants..." Loud laughter? Why won't the rest of the world find our circumstances funny?

The Governors forum will meet with the National Assembly to pass a Resolution formally recognising the vice-president as the acting Presdent. They have already presented their Resolution to the Vice-president. They want Goodluck Jonathan to start acting as president even without President Yar’adua transmitting a letter in harmony with Section 145 of the Constitution.

Out of the blue, Prof. Akunyili has decided to be her old self, a fearless heroine we all have been craving to see again. We’re learning that Dora Akunyili, at the Federal Executive Council meeting, submitted a memo calling on the FEC to face up to the reality of Yar’Adua’s incapacitation. Akunyili summoned the courage to look her colleagues in the eyes and warned that the FEC had taken the Nigerian people for granted for too long and should do the right thing by urging the president to step down.

In May 2007 when Mr. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua succeeded the seat of the president Federal Republic of Nigeria in the April of that year’s election, a lot of people threw party in the air and walk on the waters and rolled out drums on the streets that a University Graduate has become the president of Nigeria. This was owing to the quest at that time that since Nigeria got her independence, no