Jonah Jang Declares His Senate Seat Vacant From 2019 - Politics

OS — Senator Jonah Jang has opted out of a second term and has declared his Plateau North Senatorial Seat open for a successor.


The immediate political future of the one term senator remains, however, unclear. Senator Jang had lately mooted the idea of running for the 2019 presidential contest on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP but that aspiration has yet to get traction and it remains uncertain if he would pursue the ambition.

At a meeting with PDP stakeholders from the Plateau North Senatorial zone held at WAYE Foundation, Doi, Jos South local government area, Jang disclosed that the Senate seat would be vacant in 2019 and left for people of Plateau North to decide who should represent them in the Red chamber.

Though nocturnal meetings are being held by aspirants for the seat but only the member representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Istifanus Gyang has officially made his intention known to the PDP and his supporters.

Vanguard gathered that others nursing ambition for the seat from the All Progressives Congress, APC include the member representing Jos South/Jos East federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Edward Pwajok, the current Secretary to the Plateau State Government, Rufus Bature, former Chief of Staff during Jang’s administration, Francis Bot and former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly Hon. Isa Song.

The PDP, Northern Zone Leader, Mr. Chris Hassan, said: “The Senator called the meeting to meet with all of us from the zone. He made known his intention not to re-contest the Senatorial seat and asked us as a Party to work together and ensure unity.

“We are giving a level playing ground to all the aspirants; there will be nothing like the issue of zoning. Zoning is not going to be discussed; we are leaving everything open for all interested people to contest.

What the Senator asked was that we should quickly convene a meeting of all PDP stakeholders in the northern zone and deliberate on the seat but as a Party, we are leaving the seat open to whosoever is qualified to go and contest.

“He did not categorically declare his intention to contest the presidential seat but in a fortnight from now, he will do the formal declaration for the Presidential seat.”

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/jang-opts-out-declares-his-senate-seat-vacant-from-2019/

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Police to investigate ''all Nigerians'' in Thailand over connection with criminal activities after arrest of 72 foreigners

Tourist police plan to visit 1,400 Nigerians in Thailand next week to check that they have no connection with criminal activities, deputy tourist police chief Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal said on Friday, August 10.

He said the measure is necessary for preventing criminals from coming to use Thailand as a base for illegal activities.

Seventy-two foreigners including Nigerians, were arrested on Thursday for allegedly overstaying their visa and other charges after tourist police and other agencies searched 75 locations across Thailand.

Surachet also urged members of the public to call the Tourist Police Bureau 1155 hotline if they detect foreigners involved in suspicious activities.

Speaking during a press conference at Chana Songkram police station to announce the result of the 20th “X-ray Outlaw Foreigner” Operation, Surachet, said 11 foreigners were arrested for allegedly overstaying their visa and 46 for entering the kingdom illegally. He added that 15 other foreigners were arrested on other charges.

He said 34 similar operations have been carried out so far and 4,159 targeted areas have been searched, netting 1,904 foreigners.

He said more than 2,000 foreigners have been blacklisted as persona non-grata.

In the latest operation, police checked three international schools, two English language schools and 13 normal schools as well as 57 other areas.

Kylie Jenner reassures Kourtney after Kim Kardashian said she's "the least interesting to look at"

Kylie Jenner is helping boost Kourtney Kardashian's self esteem after Kim body-shamed her in the latest season of their family's reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

During the show, Kim and Kourtney got into an argument and Kim said to Kourtney, "You're the least interesting to look at." This angered Kourtney so much that she cried.

But Kylie doesn't agree with Kim and has now commented on a new photo of Kourtney's to let her know she's really good looking.

Kylie wrote to Kourtney: "You're so interesting to look at."

Anambra school girls win gold in World technovation challenge in the US

Five female students from the Regina Pacies Secondary School Onitsha who represented Nigeria and Africa at the World Technovation Challenge which held in the Silicon Valley in San Francisco, US, won the Gold Medal in the contest.

The girls namely Promise Nnalue, Jessica Osita, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo and Vivian Okoye, defeated representatives of other technological giants including the USA, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China to clinch the gold medal. 

These young ladies in Junior Secondary School, developed a mobile application called 'FD Detector' to tackle the problems of fake pharmaceutical products in Nigeria.

Every year, girls are invited to identify a problem in their communities, and then challenge them to solve them by developing Andriod applications that would address those problems.

115 countries participated in the qualifiers but only 12 teams from all over the world were selected as finalists for the pitch in Silicon Valley.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, 43 and his 21-year-old girlfriend Camila Morrone lock lips in deep passionate kiss during sun-drenched French getaway (Photos)

Actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, 43, and his stunning younger girlfriend, model Camila Morrone, 21, packed on the PDA while frolicking in the sea in Corsica, France, on Monday.

At one point, the Wolf Of Wall Street actor who couldn't keep his hands off his bikini-clad girlfriend was pictured locking lips with her in the sea before they enjoined a stroll along the beach.

Camila was later seen rocking a flirty floral dress with a Bardot neckline, while her man kept his look simple in a casual outfit as they hung out on a small boat.

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Sylvester Stallone's ex-wife Brigitte Nielsen, 55, shows off stunning post-baby body after welcoming her fifth child (Photo)

Sylvester Stallone's ex-wife Brigitte Nielsen welcomed her fifth child in June when she was 54 years old.

The Red Sonja actress who has turned 55 since the birth of her daughter Frida took to Instagram to show her incredible slim post-baby figure in a collage she posted.

'I'm getting there... #me #brigittenielsen #afterbabybody,' She captioned the photo.

The movie star also has sons Julian, 34, Killian, 28, Douglas, 25, and Raoul, 23.

Brigitte who has been married to Italian TV producer Mattia Dessì, 39, her fifth husband,  was previously married to Raoul Meyer from 1993 to 2003, Sebastian Copeland from 1990 until 1992,Sylvester Stallone from 1985 until 1987 and Kasper Winding from 1983 until 1984.

Biggie's Daughter T'yanna Wallace flashes her nipples in see-through bra as she celebrates 25th Birthday with raunchy photos

Late Hip-Hop legend, Notorious B.I.G's daughter T'yanna Wallace is celebrating her 25th Birthday today, and she took to Instagram to share these raunchy photos of herself smoking while rocking pink high heels and matching see-through bra that flashed her nipples.

She captioned the post: “This that new you, this ain’t high school”!!HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY TO THE PRINCESS!! I hope I make 25 billion dollars this year.'

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'Stop deluding yourselves, you can't remove Saraki and Ekweremadu' - PDP tells President Buhari and APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the president Buhari led government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop 'deluding themselves' and come to terms with the reality that they lack the legislative number and constitutional facilities to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, or to even call for their resignation.

The PDP in a statement said the Buhari Presidency and APC, having realized that there is no way they can muster the constitutionally required two-third votes of the 109 senators (representing 73 senators), engaged in underhand tactics, including the invasion of the National Assembly, which turned out a disgraceful adventure.

Even before then, Nigerians were already aware of moves to use humongous funds to induce lawmakers to trigger crisis in the National Assembly and pave the way for the removal of presiding officers. Now that they have discovered that there is no way they can achieve their devious intentions, they have commenced a war of blackmail, distortions of fact and media trial against the Senate leadership, which, of course, will end up as another wasteful venture as Nigerians are aware of the long-drawn desperation of the Buhari Presidency to annex the legislature.

Even among the ranks of the depleted APC senators and members of the House of Representatives, there is a huge aversion to the underhand tactics being deployed by the Buhari Presidency and the APC to force out duly elected presiding officers of the National Assembly.

As such, such lawmakers are fully aligned with Nigerians, the PDP and the National Assembly leadership in the protection of the independence, sanctity and integrity of our parliament and all democratic institutions in our land. It is therefore instructive for both the Buhari Presidency and the APC to know that there is no way they can remove the leadership of the National Assembly, particularly the Senate.

Consequently, the PDP cautions the Buhari Presidency and the APC to stop overheating the polity with their outbursts and shed future perverse attempts to circumvent our rules and constitution, as such will not help them or change the resolve of Nigerians to vote them out in 2019.