S-East govs stop movement of cattle - VANGUARD
Mon, 09 Jul 2018
SOUTH East governors met in Enugu yesterday, and resolved to stop movement of cattle in the zone. The governors also requested to meet with security chiefs over fear of possible spillage of herdsmen killings into the South East zone.

This came on a day the Presidency pleaded with Nigerians and the international community to exercise restraint in making inflammatory remarks over farmers/herders clashes, saying President Muhammadu Buhari does not discriminate against any people or religion. Rising from the meeting which held at Government House, Enugu, the governors said they were afraid that the killings in Plateau, Taraba, Zamfara and other parts of the Middle Belt might spill into their domains. Chairman of the Governors’ Forum, David Umahi of Ebonyi State, who read the communique at the end of meeting, said: “South East Governors have noticed increased challenges in the movement of herdsmen from one state and region to another with resultant effect of massive destruction of farmland with attendant clashes with farmers.

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We wont donate land for ranching SEast govs - PUNCH
Mon, 09 Jul 2018

Governors of the South-East states rose from a meeting in Enugu on Sunday evening with a decision that no land would be made available for the establishment of cattle ranches in the zone.

The meeting, which held at the Enugu State Government House, had the governors of Enugu (Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi), Ebonyi (Dave Umahi) in attendance, while Abia and Anambra were represented by the deputy governors.

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, was absent and was not represented by his deputy.

The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, presented the association’s ‘template on restructuring’ to the governors at the meeting, which ended late on Sunday evening.

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PDP Meets Today, Seeks Process for Consensus Presidential Candidate - THISDAY
Mon, 09 Jul 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will meet with 45 other political parties and the Reformed All Progressives Congress (rAPC), the break-away faction of the ruling APC, today in Abuja to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will spell out their strategic relationship ahead of the 2019 general elections.

A reliable source close to the emerging coalition told THISDAY last night in Abuja that the MoU would specifically focus on the process that would lead to fielding a consensus presidential candidate by the coalition against the presumptive candidate of the APC, President Muhammadu Buhari.

Some of the parties expected at the meeting, according to THISDAY source, include the Social Democratic Party, Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD), Alliance for Democracy (AD), Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), Action Democratic Party (ADP), All Democratic Peoples Movement (ADPM), and African Democratic Congress (ADC).

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R-APC: PDP summons Atiku, Makarfi, others - THE NATION
Mon, 09 Jul 2018

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Uche Secondus has invited presidential aspirants, governors, senators and other leaders to a meeting today in Abuja. The meeting is coming amid plans by leaders of the Reformed-All Progressives Congress(R-APC) to defect to the PDP.

The presidential aspirants invited are: ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Governor Ahmed Makarfi; ex-Minister of Special Duties Tanimu Kabiru Turaki(SAN); ex-Governors Sule Lamido and Ibrahim Shekarau, as well as others.

The session will discuss terms for accepting R-APC leaders, such as Senate President Bukola Saraki, House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara and others into the party.

Top on the agenda is the report of the ex-Governor Liyel Imoke Contact and Mobilisation Committee, which has been negotiating with R-APC and about 30 “minor” parties.

Ahead of today’s meeting, tension is building up in the PDP over alleged plot by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose to “influence” defection terms in favour of Saraki, Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, who are interested in the presidential ticket.

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Farmers-Herders Clashes: Politicians Using Criminals To Carry Out Killings, Presidency Insists - LEADERSHIP
Mon, 09 Jul 2018

The Presidency insisted yesterday that some unscrupulous politicians are the ones using criminals and bandits to perpetuate killings in the country. It appealed to Nigerians and members of the international community to refrain from spreading false stories and inflammatory statements about the recent killings in the country. Senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, who made the presidency’s position known reiterated President Muhammadu Buhari’s remark that there is evidence of involvement of some politicians using criminals to perpetuate the killings. Shehu said the Nigerian government is working closely with state governments and the Security Services, as well as international partners, in order to resolve the issue of killings. In a statement he issued yesterday, the presidential spokesman noted that the clashes between herders and farmers are historical, even as he said the causes of these confrontations are varied and complex. He stated: “Climate change, specifically the drying

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