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Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by Frankiss44(m): 8:14pm On Dec 30, 2014
toecyne:

you are a fool

Your mother is a bigger fool, if you doubt me, call her and ask her
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by checkdate(m): 8:17pm On Dec 30, 2014
orobs93:
Please let us pick somebody else outside pdp and apc..abi how una see am?
am in support of your suggestion






still later when the candidate wins the election, you will see & hear he/she decamping/defecting to that other big party we (PDP/APC) hate

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Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by musiwa97: 8:29pm On Dec 30, 2014
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by IFELEKE(m): 8:59pm On Dec 30, 2014
The Oluremi Sonaiya I know..
A loving, lovely and lovable woman who is a mother not only to her children but to many... Academically, she is a Professor like no other her blueprint on revamping our educational system lies unattended to at the ministry of education. She heads many international organisation with meritorious service here and in diaspora.
I know she might not win but I'll vote for her!

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Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by FOREXMARTS: 9:15pm On Dec 30, 2014
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by omusiliyu(m): 9:37pm On Dec 30, 2014
I doubt wether this Godson Okoye will win his ward councillorship seat.

2007-Presidential election
2011-Presidential election
2010-Anambra guber run
2013-Anambra guber run and now
2015-Presidential election.
I cant castigate him but shame on all his personal assistance. He would have been competing with Christopher Mba as the richest man in Anambra state by now if he had channeled all the money he wasted during campaign on Agriculture...poultry in particular

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Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by omusiliyu(m): 9:42pm On Dec 30, 2014
I cant be move by the way N'landers are writing-supportin GMB in comment box. Anambra decides last year worse than this where "onwa ga eti ozo" flooded everywhere and he finished 3rd with difficulty.
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by Feraz(m): 9:53pm On Dec 30, 2014
egift:
Since they don't like Jonathan's Failures, they should join forces with APC to kick out Corruption.
Why must they join forces with APC just to kick out corruption? Can't you people allow them carve a niche for themselves? Claiming the future of Nigeria I'd with youths yet, you stick with someone who is above 70 years. This says so much about your belief in youths having the power to change the nation.

Nairalanders, can you see the thinking pattern of certain people? They claim they need fresh candidates, now, they have been presented with many and they are yapping about how there are only two candidates - their preferred candidates and the others. See how hypocritical they have become.

From the list, I can only assume three viable persons and they are - the lady, Chekas and Martin Onovo (until I hear their full manifestos).

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Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by Feraz(m): 9:59pm On Dec 30, 2014
orobs93:
Please let us pick somebody else outside pdp and apc..abi how una see am?
This would have been the best but see how some Nairalanders are yapping to either choose GEJ or GMB. Can you see how myopic they can be? Look at the number of people viewing the thread alone, what does it tell you? Nigerians are not ready for change.

Obiagelli, Berem, NgeneUkwunu, will you support this woman above contesting should she have a better manifesto than GMB?

Juliann, Ireneony, chmystique, same question as above but this time, GEJ?

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Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by ademiD(f): 10:50pm On Dec 30, 2014
orobs93:
Please let us pick somebody else outside pdp and apc..abi how una see am?
like seriously.....

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Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by Nobody: 11:00pm On Dec 30, 2014
toecyne:

you are a fool
sorry man, i thought u wrote GEJ. i only call GEJ supporters fools. you are on d bright side, thus, a wise man
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by phemmyflexxy(m): 11:26pm On Dec 30, 2014
Tunde Anifowose kelani .. AA all the way...
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by tpia3396: 11:37pm On Dec 30, 2014
yuio33:
lipsrsealed cool

fortunately or unfortunately, i agree with your last point in the graphic.

would have saved nigeria from the troubles that followed, i suppose.

that's the reality but at the time, it did not seem like an option perhaps.


anyway, if the powers that be said no, then all the parties involved will sit down at the roundtable and make other plans i suppose.
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by Nobody: 11:40pm On Dec 30, 2014
They had better joined Basketmouth and I Go Die 'cos there ain't any difference. Imagine Godson Okoye too grin

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Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by tpia3396: 11:40pm On Dec 30, 2014
@ topic

interesting.
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by DutchNegro(m): 5:27am On Dec 31, 2014
That guy "Martin Onovo" looks more like an S.U.G president contestant
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by tola9ja: 7:35am On Dec 31, 2014
The road to Aso Rock does not go through Minna

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On Sunday, a pro-Jonathan news-paper led with a screaming but amusing headline: IBB Endorses Jonathan. It followed President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the Minna home of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd) on Satur-day, 27th December, 2014. At the end of the visit, Babangida reportedly told the media: “What I will say is simple: The President means well for this country and he is working well for this country. Anybody who means well for this country should support the President to make sure that Nigeria survives as a united country.”
Following the news report, we exchanged text messages with a bitter pro-Buhari friend who used harsh words to describe what he considered Babangida’s insufferable support for the president. He said Babangida is against the presidential quest of Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and is openly backing Dr Goodluck Jonathan. My flustered friend wondered which interest of Babangida would be served by the Jonathan presidency for another four years and I referred him to the “President...is working well for this country” quote of Jonathan’s host. By now, my friend had put in a call and he burst out with a loud laughter at another mention of “the President means well...and is working well for this country.”
I reminded the fellow that in 2011, Buhari carried Niger State and told him he will win it by an even wider margin in 2014. In the end, I felt happy that my friend was able to overcome his sour mood. He had summarised the matter himself: The whole contest is between those (like Ibrahim Babangida) who think that the “President means well.....and is working well for this country” and those who believe that Jonathan’s entire presidency is a disaster and has imperilled the survival of Nigeria “as a united country.”
In any case, I couldn’t help but pity those politicians scrambling for Babangida’s endorsement for the simple fact that his endorsement has no plus point. To begin with, Babangida and his visitor are two of a kind: The “I will never fail you”, “I will give you fresh air”, all sound like “we will bequeath an economically viable, politically stable and socially virile country” continuously mouthed by Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida beginning from 27th August, 1985 to 1993. If Babangida delivered, Jonathan will deliver. Regrettably, instead of the democratically elected government he promised, Babangida ended his misadventure in government by hoisting one Earnest Shonekan at the head of some nebulous interim national government.
In 2007, Babangida was warming up to succeed General Olusegun Obasanjo at the Aso Villa but the latter refused to cooperate with him. On 15th September, 2010, Babangida journeyed to the Eagle square to declare a presidential ambition, it came to nought. In 2011, he failed to get selected as the North’s consensus candidate that would face Jonathan in the PDP presidential primaries. What is the worth of a man beaten by Atiku Abubakar in the race to emerge as the consensus candidate, not of Nigeria, but just a region of it?
Here is Babangida’s current political worth: A few months ago, his son, Muhammed was warming up to contest the governorship of Niger State on the platform of the family’s political party of choice, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But after surveying the treacherous terrain, the young man noiselessly withdrew. This is no battlefield for the use of “incisive military skill” to get your hands on a state governor’s office. The Babangida family cannot afford to have Muhammed defeated in an election, but even more terrifying is the mountain of mud that will be thrown up by opponents. If Babangida cannot secure the governorship of his home state for his son, not even the PDP ticket, then I leave you to imagine how his endorsement can help Dr Jonathan. The “I’m trained to dominate my environment” has turned out to be mere bluster.
But again, Babangida and Goodluck Jonathan have a common enemy in Muhammadu Buhari. The GMB presidency may want to inquire into an insalubrious past and this is scary. Unfortunately, for his opponents, Buhari has never looked this good for the presidency. The formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and in particular the alliance with the leading South West politicians has put GMB within the reach of Aso Villa and this creates mortal fear in the likes of Babangida.
With the acidic anti-Nigeria rhetoric spewing from the mouths of Jonathan’s kinsmen, with escalating ethnic and religious tension among our hitherto tranquil communities, with continuing massacre of Nigerians in the North East, with systematic and unending oil theft, well-known darkness in our homes and factories, missing money and an economy returning to the woods, with a floundering ruling party, it’s hard to believe Babangida that President Goodluck Jonathan “ means well ....and is working well for this country.”
In the meantime, GMB has thrown up a few challenges. In his inexorable march to Aso Villa in 2015, he has disclosed that since the end of his military service courses abroad, he has not operated a foreign account; is this something Babangida and Jonathan can also say?
With regards to their evil description of him as an ethnic champion or religious bigot, GMB says and I quote: “Those who don’t want the progress of our people have spent fortunes over the years to raise silly propaganda about me. I have been around for some years and have challenged them to bring out one person I ever discriminated against based on faith but they are yet to take up the challenge. They should continue to tell lies about me just as I will I will continue to tell the truth about them.”
They love their oil wells, they can keep them; GMB loves Nigeria, he’ll have it!

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Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by Emodeee: 11:19am On Dec 31, 2014
i want Sonaiya to WIN.
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by Johnsinia(m): 12:26pm On Dec 31, 2014
tola9ja:
The road to Aso Rock does not go through Minna

Category: Opinion Published on Tuesday, 30 December 2014 05:00 Written by Abu Najakku danbellojikanyari@yahoo.com Hits: 3773
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On Sunday, a pro-Jonathan news-paper led with a screaming but amusing headline: IBB Endorses Jonathan. It followed President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the Minna home of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd) on Satur-day, 27th December, 2014. At the end of the visit, Babangida reportedly told the media: “What I will say is simple: The President means well for this country and he is working well for this country. Anybody who means well for this country should support the President to make sure that Nigeria survives as a united country.”
Following the news report, we exchanged text messages with a bitter pro-Buhari friend who used harsh words to describe what he considered Babangida’s insufferable support for the president. He said Babangida is against the presidential quest of Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and is openly backing Dr Goodluck Jonathan. My flustered friend wondered which interest of Babangida would be served by the Jonathan presidency for another four years and I referred him to the “President...is working well for this country” quote of Jonathan’s host. By now, my friend had put in a call and he burst out with a loud laughter at another mention of “the President means well...and is working well for this country.”
I reminded the fellow that in 2011, Buhari carried Niger State and told him he will win it by an even wider margin in 2014. In the end, I felt happy that my friend was able to overcome his sour mood. He had summarised the matter himself: The whole contest is between those (like Ibrahim Babangida) who think that the “President means well.....and is working well for this country” and those who believe that Jonathan’s entire presidency is a disaster and has imperilled the survival of Nigeria “as a united country.”
In any case, I couldn’t help but pity those politicians scrambling for Babangida’s endorsement for the simple fact that his endorsement has no plus point. To begin with, Babangida and his visitor are two of a kind: The “I will never fail you”, “I will give you fresh air”, all sound like “we will bequeath an economically viable, politically stable and socially virile country” continuously mouthed by Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida beginning from 27th August, 1985 to 1993. If Babangida delivered, Jonathan will deliver. Regrettably, instead of the democratically elected government he promised, Babangida ended his misadventure in government by hoisting one Earnest Shonekan at the head of some nebulous interim national government.
In 2007, Babangida was warming up to succeed General Olusegun Obasanjo at the Aso Villa but the latter refused to cooperate with him. On 15th September, 2010, Babangida journeyed to the Eagle square to declare a presidential ambition, it came to nought. In 2011, he failed to get selected as the North’s consensus candidate that would face Jonathan in the PDP presidential primaries. What is the worth of a man beaten by Atiku Abubakar in the race to emerge as the consensus candidate, not of Nigeria, but just a region of it?
Here is Babangida’s current political worth: A few months ago, his son, Muhammed was warming up to contest the governorship of Niger State on the platform of the family’s political party of choice, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But after surveying the treacherous terrain, the young man noiselessly withdrew. This is no battlefield for the use of “incisive military skill” to get your hands on a state governor’s office. The Babangida family cannot afford to have Muhammed defeated in an election, but even more terrifying is the mountain of mud that will be thrown up by opponents. If Babangida cannot secure the governorship of his home state for his son, not even the PDP ticket, then I leave you to imagine how his endorsement can help Dr Jonathan. The “I’m trained to dominate my environment” has turned out to be mere bluster.
But again, Babangida and Goodluck Jonathan have a common enemy in Muhammadu Buhari. The GMB presidency may want to inquire into an insalubrious past and this is scary. Unfortunately, for his opponents, Buhari has never looked this good for the presidency. The formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and in particular the alliance with the leading South West politicians has put GMB within the reach of Aso Villa and this creates mortal fear in the likes of Babangida.
With the acidic anti-Nigeria rhetoric spewing from the mouths of Jonathan’s kinsmen, with escalating ethnic and religious tension among our hitherto tranquil communities, with continuing massacre of Nigerians in the North East, with systematic and unending oil theft, well-known darkness in our homes and factories, missing money and an economy returning to the woods, with a floundering ruling party, it’s hard to believe Babangida that President Goodluck Jonathan “ means well ....and is working well for this country.”
In the meantime, GMB has thrown up a few challenges. In his inexorable march to Aso Villa in 2015, he has disclosed that since the end of his military service courses abroad, he has not operated a foreign account; is this something Babangida and Jonathan can also say?
With regards to their evil description of him as an ethnic champion or religious bigot, GMB says and I quote: “Those who don’t want the progress of our people have spent fortunes over the years to raise silly propaganda about me. I have been around for some years and have challenged them to bring out one person I ever discriminated against based on faith but they are yet to take up the challenge. They should continue to tell lies about me just as I will I will continue to tell the truth about them.”
They love their oil wells, they can keep them; GMB loves Nigeria, he’ll have it!
. U will come back to cry foul after the election, Bet me...
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by Moheat(m): 1:24pm On Dec 31, 2014
[quote author=tola9ja post=29357417]The road to Aso Rock does not go through Minna

Category: Opinion Published on Tuesday, 30 December 2014 05:00 Written by Abu Najakku danbellojikanyari@yahoo.com Hits: 3773
View Comments
On Sunday, a pro-Jonathan news-paper led with a screaming but amusing headline: IBB Endorses Jonathan. It followed President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the Minna home of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd) on Satur-day, 27th December, 2014. At the end of the visit, Babangida reportedly told the media: “What I will say is simple: The President means well for this country and he is working well for this country. Anybody who means well for this country should support the President to make sure that Nigeria survives as a united country.”
Following the news report, we exchanged text messages with a bitter pro-Buhari friend who used harsh words to describe what he considered Babangida’s insufferable support for the president. He said Babangida is against the presidential quest of Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and is openly backing Dr Goodluck Jonathan. My flustered friend wondered which interest of Babangida would be served by the Jonathan presidency for another four years and I referred him to the “President...is working well for this country” quote of Jonathan’s host. By now, my friend had put in a call and he burst out with a loud laughter at another mention of “the President means well...and is working well for this country.”
I reminded the fellow that in 2011, Buhari carried Niger State and told him he will win it by an even wider margin in 2014. In the end, I felt happy that my friend was able to overcome his sour mood. He had summarized the matter himself: The whole contest is between those (like Ibrahim Babangida) who think that the “President means well.....and is working well for this country” and those who believe that Jonathan’s entire presidency is a disaster and has imperilled the survival of Nigeria “as a united country.”
In any case, I couldn’t help but pity those politicians scrambling for


You sound bias in your write up! Lest i forget, this is the pics of one of the Corrupt Member of House of Rep. Dino Melaye. A man who fought Dimeji Bankole openly for refusing to share part of the embezzled money! I thought you wanted to endorse one these candidates listed above aside GEJ and GMB but you totally derailed from the topic. I pity for the future of this country oh!
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by Moheat(m): 1:26pm On Dec 31, 2014
[quote author=Moheat post=29366744][/quote]
You sound bias in your write up! Lest i forget, this is the pics of one of the Corrupt Member of House of Rep. Dino Melaye. A man who fought Dimeji Bankole openly for refusing to share part of the embezzled money! I thought you wanted to endorse one these candidates listed above aside GEJ and GMB but you totally derailed from the topic. I pity for the future of this country oh!
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by thirty(m): 4:47pm On Dec 31, 2014
No controversy. Buhari is the next president of Nigeria in 2015

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Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by LaRoyalHighness(f): 5:22pm On Dec 31, 2014
Where is my candidate?




Chris Okotie........ How far?
Re: 9 Presidential Runners You Probably Didn’t Know by IcePk(m): 7:57pm On Dec 31, 2014
wait o! Are they #madeOFblack

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