PDP state assembly candidate in Yobe defect to APC

Less than 24 hours to the governorship and state assembly elections, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly candidate in Yobe, Alhaji Zanna Danani, on Friday dropped his election bid and defected to the APC.

Zanna, who defected along with several other chieftains of PDP to APC, told newsmen in Damaturu that the action was to enable them join the mainstream of the political development of the country.

Jonathan extends emergency rule in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe

The National Defence Council (NDC) has approved the extension of the state of emergency in the north-eastern states of Borno, Yore and Adamawa.

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, who gave the hint after a meeting of the council presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential Villa, Abuja noted that the president would soon forward a request to the National Assembly for its approval.

“We just reviewed the issue of the state of emergency and the government would be requesting the National Assembly to extend”, Adoke stated.

The emergency rule in the three states have been extended thrice, with the third tranche renewed in May this year expiring yesterday.

The two chambers of the National Assembly granted the president’s request for the third extension on May 20

The Constitution is silent on the number of times the president can extend the six-month emergency rule in a state or any part of the federation.