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Street life is the best Jare.

boredom go kee you there (Island)

the lifestyle on the mainland is what makes Lagos what it is
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NB

We're still sending Buhari back to Daura
they only postponed the inevitable

APC is a party of tyrants

which sensible Nigerians must vote out of power before things get out of hand

get Atikulated today for a better Nigeria

#Let'sGetNigeriaWorkingAgain

Oblitz:
Fak you..... Are you INEC?

Oga it's a simple poll... on our Opinion as Nairalanders. Abi Na the first time you dey see or hear about poll be this?

Let the Poll begin

Modes please you can help do justice to the thread. for it to get to promise land

LIKE . For . Atiku Abubakar

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Nigerians will be going to the poll on the 6th day of February 2019.
the various political parties has gone to the length and breath of the country to canvass for support and votes from the electorate.

The election according to most analyst, (with all due respect to the other candidates) is between the Candidate of All progressive congress APC (the incumbent) President Mohammadu Bulhari and that of the major Opposition party PDP Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

According to the President In his address to Nigerians on Thursday
the choice before the electorates is either to maintain the status quo of the past three and half years, or to choose to change the status quo.

In the past few months and build up to the February 16th election, Nairaland has been argogue with various chants of support for the two major candidates in the Election, which are candidates of the APC and that of the PDP.... which necessitates this poll. A day before the main election.

Some may have changed their minds and found new reason to switch from supporting party 'A' to supporting party party 'B'

So let's just do a simple poll belllow, with LIKE for your preferred candidate.

ok

that one nor concern me Saturday 16th is the major thing on my mind right now
OBI_diently waiting to ATIKULATELY Cast my vote . . . .
ATIKU/OBI at the way

That one nor concern me
Saturday 16th is the major thing on my mind right now
OBI_diently waiting to ATIKULATELY Cast my vote . . . .
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ATIKU/OBI at the way

Oga Op
From all the advice you've gotten since yesterday on this thread
Oya give us update na, on how you handled the situation

Abi the guy bring another Olosho today?

We awaits you Response

Ehyah
doh

my dear Sleep.... make sure pass

These are their last days...
they can do as they like
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I am Atikulately and Obidiently waiting for Saturday

The best way to enjoy Valentine is to
get Atikulated and retire Buhari back to Daura...

Abeg ...LIKE if you're Atikulated

who be these ones wey Steal my FTC
well Na Glo cause am.
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Abegiiii
nor be Valentine dey do me now
Na how to send Buhari back to Daura dey my mind, and the mind of all sensible Nigerians

Abeg... LIKE of you're Atikulated
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SHARE of you're not

oga stole my FTC

the only thing on my mind right Now is sending Buhari back to Daura.

I'm Atikulated...... are you?

if yes hit LIKE

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Let's start the election from here biko
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Hit LIKE for ATIKU
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The woman must have been thinking of what to eat and what the baby will eat when she gets home
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This Buhari Government has tired everybody
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Please LIKE if you're ATIKULATED share if you're not

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According to the list published by L'Equipe, the Barcelona star earns €8.3 million a month, with the Juventus forward's salary equalling €4.7m
Lionel Messi's monthly salary of €8.3 million (£7.3m/$9.5m) makes him the highest-paid footballer in Europe, ahead of the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann and Neymar.

French publication L’Equipe
has released its annual report of the top salaries in football and it is no surprise to see the Barcelona and Juventus stars at the very top of the list.
The top 10 is made up entirely of players from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1, with the Bundesliga not having a single representative.

And it's Messi who leads the way, with Barcelona's talisman and current top scorer in La Liga earning a reported €8.3m (£7.3m/$9.5m) a month before tax.
Ronaldo, who is in his first year with Juventus, is listed in second place with a salary of €4.7m (£4.1m/$5.3m), just over half of the amount of the Argentine.

Atletico Madrid and France World Cup winner Griezmann follows in third, earning €3.3m (£2.9m/$3.7m) thanks to the new deal that he signed with the club after his decision to snub Barcelona.
Neymar, meanwhile, is fourth with €3.06m (£2.7m/$3.5m) and Messi's Barca team-mate Luis Suarez completes the top five, earning €2.9m (£2.5m/$3.3m).

Wales international Gareth Bale is sixth on the list, with earnings of €2.5m (£2.2m/$2.8m) at the Bernabeu and he is the sole Real Madrid representative in the top 10.
Barcelona, meanwhile, have three in the top 10 as, in addition to Messi and Suarez, Philippe Coutinho is placed in seventh, earning €2.3m (£2m/$2.6m) after signing with the Liga club from Liverpool in January 2018.

The first Premier League representative is Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez, who earns around $2.28m (£1.99m/$2.58m) per month at Old Trafford and features in eighth in the list.
PSG are once again recognised with Neymar’s team-mate Kylian Mbappe taking home a sum of $1.73m (£1.5m/$2m).

Rounding off the top 10 is another Premier League player in Arsenal's Mesut Ozil, who is credited with a salary of €1.6m (£1.4m/$1.8m) per month with the Gunners.

The highest-earning Bundesliga player, meanwhile, is Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski, who missed out on the top 10 but earns a €1.33m (£1.2m/$1.5m) monthly salary.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, all five of Ligue 1's top earners play for PSG, with Edinson Cavani, Thiago Silva, and Angel Di Maria behind both Neymar and Mbappe.

Top 10: Football's highest earners

1 Messi Barcelona €8.3m
2 Ronaldo Juventus €4.7m
3 Griezmann Atletico Madrid €3.3m
4 Neymar PSG €3.06m
5 Suarez Barcelona €2.9m
6 Bale Real Madrid €2.5m
7 Coutinho Barcelona €2.3m
8 Alexis Man Utd €2.28m
9 Mbappe PSG €1.73m
10 Ozil Arsenal €1.6m


https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/messi-crowned-as-highest-paid-footballer-ahead-of-ronaldo/itda4m5zzao21lzzd061hbtp8

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SHARE for BUHARI to be Re elected

The diplomatic ties between two countries especially in democracy is not expected to have political motives but rather, economic values for both nations.

The governors attending another country’s campaign rally is not a good sign as it may affect the diplomatic tie between the two countries in the nearest future if another party eventually wins the election.

-Mr Olarenwaju Akindele Cleric

Participation of foreign governors in a political rally of a country like Nigeria is a huge threat to the security of the nation.
How would a ruling party invite foreign eyes against opposition parties in a campaign few days to election?
That is a show of power against the opposition.

-Miss Gbemisola Ayoola Accountant

Election of officers for a country is the citizens’ duty not for foreigners. That is the more reason we are worried at this unusual development as it can pave way for non-Nigerians to illegally participate in the 2019 general election.

Also the presence of these Niger Republic governors at President Buhari’s rally signifies a direct assault on the credibility of the presidential election.

-Mrs Adanri Rita Secretary

We are Nigerians and we are to protect the dignity of our nation not exposing ourselves to foreigners who do not care if the nation collapses or not.
It is glaring that the rulling party, APC is so desperate to win the coming election and they are going too far with their desperation.

-Lawal Afeez Lekan Activist

This is bad for our nation and democracy. It shows the level of rigging that is going to take place and desperation of APC to return to office at all cost. One thing is certain though, Kano State is a battle ground for the two frontline candidates.

Mr. Tony Iyke , Public servant

It is was not a reasonable action because they are not citizens of this country. They are not even eligible to vote or voted for. They only increased the numbers of supporters during the rally. APC is so obsessed with having crowd at its rallies to create the impression that they have many followers.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/foreigners-participation-in-pro-buhari-rally-3/

Williams and Associates, the United States-based polling firm hired by Goodluck Jonathan administration ahead of the 2015 presidential election but predicted victory for Muhammadu Buhari has predicted victory for Atiku Abubakar in the forthcoming presidential polls.

The company in its analysis of Nigerian presidential election said Atiku will win with less than a majority of the votes cast with 45 per cent. Buhari, according to the polls, will take 33 per cent of the votes.

The polling sample produced Kingsley Moghalu, the candidate of Young Peoples Party, YPP, with 9 per cent of the votes, Omoyele Sowore of African Action Congress, AAC, with 8 per cent of the votes.

The same company, which when it was hired by the Jonathan administration, had predicted victory for Buhari with 54 per cent to 46 per cent for Jonathan. Buhari eventually beat Jonathan by 54 to 45 per cent of the total votes cast.

In its analysis working with data collected across Nigeria by operatives of Williams and Associates through interviews, face to face interviews and using mult-stage stratification proportionate to the population sample responders were interviewed on their preferences in English and local dialects as appropriate.

The poll also reported that South-East with 76 per cent had the greatest proportion of Nigerians who believe that things are going in the wrong direction. Only 12 per cent of those in the region believed that things were going in the right direction.

The South-East was followed by the South-South with 70 per cent, the North-East with 65 per cent, North-West with 57 per cent, South-West 48 per cent.
Remarkably, the troubled North-Central with 46 per cent had the least proportion of those who believe that things were wrong.

Two weeks to the election, 64 per cent of the sample responded that President Buhari had not done enough to deserve re-election that was compared to 52 per cent, which in the same time in 2015 that believed that Dr. Jonathan had not done enough to deserve re-election.

It’s insult to give Buhari 33% of the votes —Keyamo

Responding, Mr. Festus Keyamo, spokesman of the Buhari campaign said: “This is one of several predictions that various polls have projected. I am sure also that you have said President Buhari will win with a wide margin. We know that even before the primaries.

“It is an insult to give President Buhari 33 per cent of the votes, it does not reflect the reality on the ground.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/polling-firm-which-predicted-buharis-2015-victory-predicts-2019-defeat/

what a loss

A PEOPLE’S Democratic Party, PDP, leader in Edo State in a recent media interview noted that most members of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state are waiting for the governorship elections to sabotage the party at the polls.

He attributed the development to the fact that many of such potential saboteurs felt cheated in the just- concluded primaries to choose party leaders and representatives in the state. This antagonistic attitude of frustrated party supporters is not peculiar to the APC in Edo State. Indeed, in Lagos State many APC supporters are bidding their time for vengeance against their party at the governorship election in Lagos in March 2019.

The grievances of the party followers arose out of the directive from the party leaders that direct primaries would be the order of the day.

The chairman of the APC, Lagos State Chapter, Alhaji Tunde Balogun had declared before the governorship primaries were held on Tuesday, October 2, 2018: “In pursuit of the constitution, it was stated that the primary would be conducted in direct open system where voters would queue behind their preferred candidate.” This was a way of bringing democracy closer to the people. The primaries were structured such that people lined up and were counted at the ward level and upwards.

Yet, when a list of winners from such transparent electoral process was released, those who lost featured and clear winners could not find their names on the list. A process that was expected to promote democracy and bring responsibility to the grassroots in APC had been hijacked and sabotaged. Indeed, the Chairman of the National Working Committee of the APC, Mr. John Ebri, initially invalidated the governorship primaries, saying that it never authorised such to go ahead when the modalities were not followed as scheduled.

At a media briefing at Ikeja, Mr. Ebri displayed result sheets showing that the elections were yet to be conducted as he actually ruled that a fresh primary would be conducted to determine the governorship candidate of the state. But he was apparently forced to eat his words by the powers-that-be at the airport on his way back to Abuja to reverse his stance. The somersault was surprising to many given the position of the committee some few hours back.

The Lagos APC primary panel’s recognition of the result of the primary which threw up Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the governorship candidate of the party made Akinwunmi Ambode become the first governor of the Fourth Republic in the state to be denied a second term by his party.

This is the beginning of the groundswell of resentment and frustrations rocking the Lagos APC. It is getting worse by the day by the intrigues and persecution dogging Ambode and his administration since then. Many leaders of the party in the state and beyond are deeply suspicious that these outright “oppressions” could jeorpadise the chances of their candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the Lagos State governorship elections this March as many of the electorate are not amused by the goings-on in Lagos.

The attempt to impeach Mr. Ambode by the Lagos State House of Assembly is the latest offensive against the Lagos State Government.
What is more worrisome to APC party leaders, however, is the difficulty in finding out those who are loyal on the surface but planning sabotage in secret. It has been a daunting task trying to read faces of hitherto trustworthy party loyalists to know those who are transparently happy and those who are not. As the Yorubas have always said, all lizards lie prostrate and it is difficult to know their thoughts. That is the major problem of apprehending the enemy within the APC leadership in Lagos State.

As usual in politics, one man’s food is another man’s poison. The beneficiary of the internal resentment in the APC is the main opposition PDP, and more especially its governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, who is bound to reap bountifully, particularly from the shortchanged and embittered APC supporters. They are hoping to settle scores with their party by voting massively for Jimi Agbaje as the next Lagos State governor in the coming governorship elections.

Whilst many voters, including both disenchanted and hitherto committed APC members cannot wait to vote for Jimi Agbaje, there are those who are also campaigning on the line that voters should not waste their votes on many candidates who have no chances at the polls. They have asked Lagosians to limit their votes to only the opposition.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/lagos-apc-house-divided-against-self/

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the Federal Government, through the Office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, had directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to work with internet service providers to shutdown internet access during the elections.

Wike said shutting down internet access by NSA and INEC was aimed at facilitating rigging.
He spoke, yesterday, during a courtesy visit by Savannah Centre Council on Peaceful and Violence Free in Nigeria at the Government House, Port Harcourt.

He said: “NSA has met with INEC to ensure that internet service provider’s shutdown the internet, so that foreign bodies won’t see what’s happening in the country during the elections.

“They will jam all the frequencies and internet services to stop real time communication during the elections. This plot to rig the forthcoming election is a recipe for violence. They will not succeed in whatever they are planning. The world will be informed about their criminal activities.”

The governor said the negative actions of the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration indicate that they will not accept defeat when they lose the forthcoming election.
He advised Buhari to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan; he said who placed Nigeria above personal consideration.

According to Wike, “I don’t think this administration will willingly accept defeat. They should emulate former President Jonathan, who lost elections and accepted the outcome. There was no litigation. He went back home and did not generate crisis.”
Wike said Rivers people will not fold their hands and allow the APC Federal Government unleash violence and rig the elections.

He “regretted that the Federal Government has caged the judiciary, making it difficult to determine electoral disputes in court,” arguing that the conduct of credible elections rest with security agencies and INEC, adding that once the two agencies act within the law, the polls will be credible.

Responding, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Founder of Savannah Centre Council on Peaceful and Violence Free in Nigeria, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, urged stake-holders to work towards peaceful and credible polls.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/fg-inec-plotting-to-shut-internet-during-elections-wike/

Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen’s response to the query by Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has been revealed.

Onnoghen in his response said ‘My Asset Declaration for Nos. SCN000014 and SCN.0000 5 were declared on the same day, 14th December, 2016 because I forgot to make a declaration of May, 2005 declaration of my assets after the expiration of my 2005 declaration in 2009.

Onnoghen also said that he cannot remember the total amount he had in his reserve at the time but it spread from his practice days as a private legal practitioner from 1979-1989. Some of the deposits were result of forex trading. AGRICODE and other investment returns were from proceeds of his investments.

Read full statement below

DATE: 1st January, 2019
I WALTER S. N. ONNOGHEN of THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA hereby voluntarily depose to the statement averred herein knowing that whatever I write or state may be tendered against me as evidence in court. I also volunteer to state that the statement was not taken in evidence from me under duress but after the administering officer has explained and made known the details of the allegations against me.
Rank/Position: CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA
Date of Birth: 22nd DECEMBER, 1950
Residential Address: CTN DRIVE ASO VILLA, ABUJA
Date of 1st Appointment into Service: 1st OCTOBER, 1989
Date of Substantive Appointment: 7th March, 2017
Category of Appointment: TENURED
Duration of Tenure (if Applicable): FOUR YEARS
Date of Declaration of Assets: 14TH DECEMBER, 2016
Details of Companies/Enterprises: NONE
Bank account Details: STD. CHARTERED 0001062667 AND OTHERS AS PER MY ASSET DECLARATION FORM
No of Children: FOUR
State any other full Time Employment (if any): NIL
Name (s) of Spouse/Date of Birth: MRS NKOYO W. N. ONNOGHEN 11TH JULY, 1957
Name of Children/Date of Birth:
ORIMINIWEFA N. ONNOGHEN
EWUWUNI N. ONNOGHEN
EFA N. ONNOGHEN
TITE N. ONNOGHEN
Response to the Allegation(s):

My Asset Declaration for Nos. SCN000014 and SCN.0000 5 were declared on the same day, 14th December, 2016 because I forgot to make a declaration of May, 2005 declaration of my assets after the expiration of my 2005 declaration in 2009.
Following my appointment as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria in November, 2016 the need to declare my asset anew made to realize the mistake and then did the declarations to cover the period in default.

I did not include my Standard Chartered Bank Account in SCN. 000014 because I believed they were not opened during the period covered by the declaration. I did not make a fresh declaration of assets after my substantive appointment as CJN because I was under the impression that my SCN. 000015 was to cover the period of four years which include my leave as CJN. The deposits made in my US Dollar account No. 87000106250 with STD.
Chartered Bank of $10,000 at different intervals of 28/6/11 were sourced partly from my reserve and saving from my estacodes including medical expenses.

The same applies to my deposit of 27/7/11 of the sum of $10,000 twice. It is important to state that prior to my opening the US dollar account I had foreign currency which I kept at home due to the fact that there existed a government policy that proscribed the operation of foreign currency account by Public officers including judicial Officers. It was when I got to know that the policy had changed that I had to open the said account. Upon opening the account, I was made to understand that I cannot pay in more than $10,000 at a time and per payment slip.

I cannot remember the total amount I had in reserve at the time but it spread from my practice days as a private legal practitioner from 1979-1989. Some of the deposits are a result of forex trading. AGRICODE and other investment returns were from proceeds of my investments into them.

The withdrawals in the account are partly to pay children fees and upkeep abroad and further investments. My British Pound and Euro accounts with Chartered Standard Bank are savings accounts.
WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/onnoghens-response-to-code-of-conduct-bureau-query-revealed/

Failed APC Zombies.... are in Sifia pain

ATIKU is by farrrr better than your Buhari that couldn't answer a simple question of why he should be voted again.... or the countless questions about his current administration that he knew absolutely nothing about.

get Atikulated while there is still time.

ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, responsible should the 2019 general elections be scuttled.

The party in a statement issued yesterday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan said it arrived at this position after reviewing recent developments, particularly what it referred to the desperation being exhibited by the APC and agents of the Buhari-led to manipulate the electoral process.

It also noted that its stand was “predicated on the revelation by the National Security Adviser, NSA, Maj. Gen. Babagana Mongunu (retd), that “some individuals that are not certain of their fate in the elections are plotting to precipitate widespread violence aimed at scuttling the conduct of the polls”.

The statement read: “By every evidence and material facts, the political party and candidate that are not certain of their fate in the election have proven to be the APC and its Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, who have continued to exhibit acts of frustration over fear of imminent electoral loss.

“We are all witnesses to the series of warnings to the Presidency, from prominent Nigerian citizens and topmost members of the international community, including the United States, United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the European Union, against actions that are inimical to the smooth conduct of the general elections.

“It is instructive to note that instead of heeding this warning, the Presidency and the APC, in their arrogance and desperation, resorted to blackmailing and vilifying the international community, thereby further confirming that they are not ready for a peaceful, free and fair election.

“Except the NSA is addressing facts known to Nigerians that as a result of losses already suffered by the APC on account of court judgments stopping it from participating in the elections in some states, due to its flawed primaries, some desperate leaders and members of the ruling party are making discreet arrangements to scuttle the polls.”

More than anything else, the PDP maintained that the ruling is indeed frustrated over the increasing popularity of its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, adding that “for the majority of Nigerians, particularly members of the PDP and our teeming supporters, across our nation, the successful conduct of the February 16, 2019 Presidential election is a paramount desire that must be actualized.”

Nigerians, the party insisted are eager to go to the polls to vote out this administration that has “caused them so much anguish, pain, hunger, economic deprivation, sectional acrimony and deaths and this is the reason the APC is seeking all ways to scuttle the elections.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/2019-hold-buhari-apc-responsible-if-polls-go-wrong-pdp/