2015: Jonathan will contest – Clark

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has declared that President Goodluck Jonathan will seek re-election for second term in 2015, saying that nobody can stop him from doing so because he is qualified and has performed credibly well.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chief Clark who stated this, Friday, in Abuja while receiving a delegation of   Northern Women Mass Mo</span></div> <div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_414814" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 422px;"> <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/chief-clark-didnt-attack-chief-anenih/clark-jp-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-414814" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s linear, border-top-color; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s linear, border-top-color; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="E. K. Clark" class="size-full wp-image-414814" height="250" src="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/clark-jp.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 1px 1px 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow;" width="412" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">E. K. Clark</span></div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">vement for President Jonathan 2015 Ambition, an umbrella body of Northern Women in Politics, said that “four years more of Jonathan will not bring the nation to an end.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Mr. President will definitely contest the 2015 presidential election because he is qualified and nobody has the right to stop him,” Chief Clark said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He argued  that everyone who had  ruled the nation spent two terms of eight years and therefore, Jonathan should be allowed to complete his eight years in office.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The elder statesman who said he was sorry for the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, which is accusing Jonathan of not doing anything for the North, said the President has done more than enough for the north in the history of the country.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to him, “for the first time in the history of the nation, two Inspectors General of Police from the North were appointed consecutively.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“When people who are close to Jonathan advised him to appoint someone from the South South as IGP, he said no. This is because, he is not sentimental. He appointed two Heads of Service consecutively who are from the North. He created 10 new federal universities in the Northern region.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It is a feat that has not been achieved by anybody. He built al-majiri schools in the North, rail system has been resuscitated.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Some people say Jonathan is parochial that he is developing his own people. We say No, those of us in the South South are even complaining”, he said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On the abducted Chibok school girls by Boko Haram sect, Chief Clark stated that the girls will come back to join their fellow women to build a new Northern Nigeria and new nation.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “if President had used force to free the girls, some of them would have died, and the same people would still shout that Jonathan has killed our girls.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Jonathan will contest in 2015 because of two things; one, he is qualified to do so under the law and secondly, he has performed well to the extent that those who voted him in 2011 are willing to do so again.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Nobody has a right to stop him from contesting. Every President who has ruled this nation spent two terms. We voted for Alhaji Shehu Shagari as President in 1979 and 1983.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Everybody in this country is created equal, no matter the tribe, gender or background as long as such a person is a Nigerian and educated,” he said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chief Clark while responding to remarks by the northern women group, commended them for taking the bold initiative to support Jonathan come 2015.</span></div> <br /></div>

2015: Jonathan will contest – Clark

An elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has declared that President Goodluck Jonathan will seek re-election for second term ...

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2015: You Must Run, South East Tells Jonathan

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/jonathan-use.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="You must run, South-east zone tells Jonathan"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="jonathan use" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="336" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/jonathan-use-702x336.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.8; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="You must run, South-east zone tells Jonathan" width="702" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You must run, South-east zone tells Jonathan</span></span></h1> <a class="comments" href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=77337#comments" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px -35px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> </span></span></a></header><br /> <div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ahead of the 2015 general elec­tions, South East leaders yester­day converged on Awka, Anambra State capital at a mega rally, to prevail on President Goodluck Jon­athan to seek a re-elec­tion to complete some of the projects initiated by him.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The mega rally held at Ekwueme Square, Awka, which was organized by the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, witnessed unprecedented crowd from the five states that make up the zone.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Speaking on behalf of the South East Governors’ Forum, Abia State Governor Theodore Orji said the call on President Goodluck Jonathan to re-present himself for re-election was informed by his develop­mental strides within his first term in office, which he said traversed across the zone and Nigeria in general.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Governor Orji said the call was also to consolidate on the transformation agenda which President Jonathan had initi­ated in various parts of the country, adding that most sig­nificant among them was the realization of the construction of the second bridge across River Niger, among others.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said Ndigbo and indeed Nigerians in general have seen his trademark in all sectors of the economy, and have come to realize that he has great love for the country and will do more if re-elected as President.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, who was represented by the Secre­tary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Oseloka Obaze said despite the fact that the state is being controlled by the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, the state shall be unan­imous in supporting President Jonathan in 2015.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Governor Obiano said: “In any way that the President will be supported, Anambra State should be counted as one, we shall support President Jona­than to run for the office of President, Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2015.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The former governor of Anambra state, Mr. Peter Obi also said the call on Mr. Presi­dent was to consolidate on his achievements, noting that with Jonathan on the saddle, devel­opment of the country would be consolidated.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Minister of Power, Prof Chinedu Nebo said there was no gainsaying the fact that Jonathan has done well and should be persuaded to seek re-election in 2015.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said the people of the zone shall be united in their support for him in order to complete the transformation programme he started in the country and urged him to ac­cept the call to seek re-election.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A member of the Board of Trustees, BoT of PDP in South East, Chief Emmanuel Iwuan­yanwu who spoke on behalf of Imo State said the rally was or­ganized by TAN to solicit sup­port for President.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said the Ndigbo shall be one when it comes to support­ing President Jonathan re-elec­tion, saying that the country had never seen it so good in the past in the country. He said the zone had come to mount pres­sure on Jonathan to come out and seek re-election.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A philanthropist, Chief Ar­thur Eze said the rally was not a political one, but an activity by a non-governmental organi­zation, championed by Dr. If­eanyi Ubah, adding that Ndig­bo will not rest until Jonathan accepts to run for re-election.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chief Eze thanked Uba for putting up the rally on behalf of Ndigbo, describing it as noble and made a donation of US$1 million for the project.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The former Minister for Women Affairs, Mrs. Jose­phine Aneni who spoke on be­half of the South East women in the zone gave Jonathan ul­timatum to seek re-election in 2015.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha who led members of the National Assembly said the senators and members of the House of Representatives have been working together with Jonathan towards developing the country.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ihedioha said the PDP cau­cus in the House of Represen­tatives had visited the Presi­dent, where they delivered a very important message for him to seek re-election.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said: “If he accepts to run, the victory is sure. He has started building second Niger Bridge and other developmen­tal projects across the country and we associate ourselves with these laudable projects in the country.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Secretary to the Gov­ernment of the Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim who received the regis­ter of TAN consisting of over 1.6 million signatories said he shall return to President Jona­than and tell him that Ndigbo have adopted him as their only preferred candidate.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Responding, the Special Adviser to the President on Inter-Party Affairs, Senator Ben Obi, who represented himPresident thanked the people of the zone for the show of love and trust and promised that President Jonathan shall consider their request to seek re-election.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Mr. President will not dis­appoint you, when the cam­paign starts, you will surely get response from him for the documents you have signed, he will not disappoint you in any way.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Other dignitaries that at­tended the rally include the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Senators Uche Chukwumerije Ayogu Eze, Andy Uba and Hon. Uche Ekwunife.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

2015: You Must Run, South East Tells Jonathan

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Brazilian presidential candidate among those killed in plane crash

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font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 166px;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">STORY HIGHLIGHTS</strong></div> <ul class="cnn_bulletbin cnnStryHghLght" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 9px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px 7px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos dies in a plane crash</span></li> <li style="background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px 7px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Cessna crashed as it tried to land in Sao Paulo state</span></li> <li style="background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px 7px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Campos was most recently governor of Pernambuco state</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt adtag15090" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 20px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(CNN)</strong> -- Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was among those killed Wednesday morning in the crash of a small plane in Santos, Brazil, the country's state news outlet Agencia Brasil reported.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The exact number of people killed in the crash wasn't immediately known, but there were no survivors, Agencia Brasil reported, citing officials from Campos' Brazilian Socialist Party.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Campos, 49, was most recently the governor of Pernambuco state, and was a federal lawmaker from 1998 to 2003.</span></div> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt" style="border: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylccimg300" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 22px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"> <div class="cnn_strylccimg300cntr" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; height: 169px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Eduardo Campos, presidential candidate and former governor of the state of Pernambuco, sits for a photograph after an interview in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, April, 17, 2014." border="0" class="box-image" height="169" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140813123650-eduardo-campos-restricted-story-body.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Eduardo Campos, presidential candidate and former governor of the state of Pernambuco, sits for a photograph after an interview in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, April, 17, 2014.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The political figure, who was running in his first presidential election, was among the serious contenders, steady in third place in the polls at about 8%, according to pollster Datafolha. The two leading candidates are incumbent President Dilma Rousseff and center-right candidate Aecio Neves.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Eight other candidates are polling at 3% or lower.</span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="" name="em2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></span><div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbxnv" id="expand16" style="border: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 27px 0px 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="cnnStoryElementBox" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="cnnArticlePhotoContainer" id="photoContainer162" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; height: 146px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 214px;"> <div class="cnnStoryElementBox" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Map: Brazil plane crash" border="0" class="box-image" height="122" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140813175200-brazil-santos-map-story-top.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="214" /></span><cite class="expCaption" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat repeat; bottom: 0px; height: 20px; left: 10px; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.85; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 214px;"><span style="border: 0px; float: left; font-style: normal; left: 4px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Map: Brazil plane crash</span></span></cite></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The plane was a Cessna 560XL that had departed from Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro en route to Guaraja airport in Sao Paulo state, Agencia Brasil reported.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The plane's maintenance and inspection records were up to date, the state outlet reported.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As the plane prepared to land it swerved because of bad weather, and immediately the air traffic control tower lost contact with the plane, Agencia Brasil reported.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One witness, a pilot trainee, told CNN he heard a loud noise and saw the plane flying really low.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It was pitched down at 70 degrees, and "hit the ground like a rock," Matheus Giovannini said, adding that it appeared to have hit a house, too.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Campos was married, and had five children.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Courtesy: CNN</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

Brazilian presidential candidate among those killed in plane crash

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Jonathan will contest 2015 presidential election, says Anenih

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Calabar –  The Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BOT), Chief Tony Anenih, said on Tuesday in Calabar that President Goodluck Jonathan would contest the presidential election in 2015 on PDP platform.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anenih said this while addressing party faithful at the maiden zonal tour of the South-South by the new PDP chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I want the national chairman to go home with a word from the father that come 2015, Jonathan will run for presidency for the second term, ‘’ he said.</span></div> <div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_389694" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 422px;"> <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/2015-anenihs-agenda-for-jonathan/anenih-jonathan/" rel="attachment wp-att-389694" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s linear, border-top-color; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s linear, border-top-color; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Anenih and Jonathan " class="size-full wp-image-389694" height="250" src="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Anenih-jonathan.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 1px 1px 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow;" width="412" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anenih and Jonathan</span></div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said that the party was becoming stronger in the South-South, adding that “if we continue like this, the load in 2015 will be lighter than the load in 2011,” he said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The BOT chairman further said that the party had worked hard for next weekend’s governorship election in Osun, adding that PDP was sure of clinching victory in the election.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We are working and we are sure that we will win Osun, come Saturday,” he said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The National Chairman, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, said the party would ensure that internal democracy prevailed in its choice of candidates for various elective positions in 2015.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mu’azu said that the party would not entertain any short-cut or favouritism in selecting the candidates.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said that as the ruling party, the PDP would set a good example on internal democracy.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He also advised PDP members and supporters to shun rumour mongering and falsehood because of their implications on party success and stability.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The opposition has seen that we are winning in all fronts and they are ready to destroy us. Therefore, let us be careful as we are in a very trying time,’’ he said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Gov. Ibrahim Dankwanbo of Gombe State, said that the North-East PDP was in full support of Jonathan’s administration.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I want to assure the people of South-South that we in the North-East are in solidarity with you and the president.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I want to assure you that we, the PDP governors in the North East, will work to ensure that President Jonathan returns as president in 2015,” the governor said. 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Jonathan will contest 2015 presidential election, says Anenih

Calabar –  The Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BOT), Chief Tony Anenih, said on Tuesday in Calabar that President Goodluck Jonathan would...

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