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vanguard1: I have this strong believe that the G5 governors will regret their action especially that first term governor among them...Abdullfattah of kwara state. However, if pdp is not careful and tactic, it may end up been a minority party in Nigeria.

Haba you be mumu o, them tell u say kwara state get shareholder? Kwara na one man business, saraki has the final say.

@built2last, your analysis is meaningless. Whether Christian has 80% in the north don't really matter and I don't know where u want to get block vote from middle-belt, maybe u don't know where they called middle-belt. Remember ur vote and the vote of the masses don't count. A governor just need 45-50% support from his state the rest will be history, they are the most powerful rigger in any election. With peter obi in power, Anambra people can testify to this. If u claim to stay in northern part, u should know the influence of kano and sokoto state on other northern state, Those state are key state which will spread APC very fast in the north.

Those are the real people enjoying the so-called Fresh air,

I don't give a dam

Now asari should note that, there is no where to hide when the time comes

Sincere 9gerian: Why is Buhari so desperate to receive PDP members into his APC, so much so that he wont even allow them make up their minds before going to press to announce the merger? The same PDP Buhari said was the problem with Nigeria? I hate HYPOCRISY. Smh!

Yes buhari realise he need them, because they have the power to rig any election for their party, and that is what is needed for now. why did you think PDP, APC, LP candidate who participate in the last anambra election are now crying? The power of the governor(peter obi) played out in anambra state, the governor is the chief security officer of a state. Why is that PDP board chairman(tony Aninh)+ minister for works+a senator and many other top PDP bigwigs was unable to win just a local government election in edo state? And they now crying that oshomole rig the election. This time around jona will be the one to go to court after 2015 election.

Donald duke could testify to this:
How To Rig Electionsuccessfully In Nigeria -the Anambra Example
https://www.nairaland.com/1531529/how-rig-electionsuccessfully-nigeria-anambra#19792260

Democracy is all about number

Lord Varys: Southern Kaduna will deliver for GEJ 100% as always....GEj will name Isaiah Balat as minister in the reconstituted cabinet to appease the dissenting voices, Yuguda trounced the CPC candidate in 2011 who even had buhari's support, buhari's support hardly trickles to his parties candidates and only only the politically naïve will call Bala muhammed an abuja politician.....bala remains very strong on ground and I'm confident they'll deliver the required 25% in 2015.....and the immense powers of patronage dankwabo possesses will defeat Goje anytime, the other 2 senators remain firmly in support of dankwambo plus the state house of assembly and house of reps members, Goje is an astute politician no doubt but he has lost his footing in that state, even his erstwhile deputy joshua lidani has joined dankwabbo's group
Dankwabbo will deliver at least 30% for GEJ in 2015 and GEj will win as always in Taraba

My brother southern kaduna will not deliver for GEJ, they will have to battle the likes of el-rufai from zaria. the people of kaduna south and even plateau state are tired of inability of their PDP lead governor to control incessant communal clash in their areas. And for that of taraba, forget if T.Y danjuma is not behind him.

Katsumoto: If Northern governors are sending sons to Jordan to train as pilots, then other leaders are too busy sharing funds in Abuja to notice let alone prepare.

The northern governor who send his indegini to jordan for training as pilot is with the understanding of federal govt just like that of niger-delta programs for their indigene. Biafra is not recognise in this country, if any nigeria citizen is found to be part of this group he/she should be charge for treason

jmaine: Wise men of the lot . . . .

They still have the one term agreement jonathan sign,
and lamido still want to fulfil his dream back by obasanjo to become nigeria president. They should continue playing the spoiler role for the main term.

According to channel TV news, who speak with Ndakwo the chief press secretary to the governor of niger state babagida Aliyu, said the niger state governor is not part of the new merger and still remain a PDP member until he exhaust all the available mean of dialogue between the president and the G-7

Goodnews for APC, now they have more governors who will rig 2015 presidential election for them.

Democracy is all about number

Sincere 9gerian: Some of the so called G-7 governors are not in firm control of their state. The governors of Kwara, Adamawa and Rivers are perfect example.

Meanwhile, I expected APC e-warriors who claim PDP is the problem with Nigeria to reject the G-7 governors. But it seems that is not the case. Does that mean PDP is no longer the problem? What I see is desperation to grab power just for the sake of it and it will fail.

Another lie, who will stand against the governor and his godfather(saraki) in kwara state? Apc need those state governor if they really want to win presidential election. It is very clear that those state governors are viable to rig their respective state for any presidential candidate in an election.

Sincere 9gerian: The battle line is now drawn. The G-7 governors may have played their last card too early in the game.

Did pdp has any other card to play?

By the goodnews

1oracle: Not only aboki........Aboki and the Yorubas.

It is you the ibos who really want 1 nigeria, with all killing in the north you are not ready to leave.

lovat: Senator Ali Ndume, WTF is that man still doing in a very sensitive position like aviation commitee,
To the topic: maybe they ve dana or first nation in mind as our national carrier.

Go and remove him, all plan for oduah to lick aviation sector dry shall be vehemently resit

The reported moves by the Federal Government to designate Aero Contractors airline as the national flag carrier has run into turbulence as some federal lawmakers yesterday rejected the idea.
Aero is at present run by the government, having being taken over by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) because of bad debts.
The Aviation Ministry, which had since announced plans to operate a national airline, appears to be preparing Aero for this. An Aero aircraft that went abroad for routine maintenance flew back in new national colours last week, and is now at the airport in Lagos.
Reports, which ministry officials denied, said the plane would be unveiled this week as part of the new airline.
But members of the Senate and House of Representatives committees on aviation spoke to Daily Trust yesterday, saying they would not support the government’s move.
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, who is on the Senate Committee on Aviation, said Aero was already a dying company that did not deserve to fly the national colours.
“I am in support of designating any performing airline as our national carrier. I don’t know why they are hesitating in designating Arik as a national carrier which is doing wel,” said Ndume, who is also chairman of the Senate Committee on MDGs.
“How can they bring a dying company to be our national carrier just to cover up for some of their lapses? They want to use our national resources to cover up the inefficiency of some people who ruined their company and were bailed out with tax payer’s money.”
He added that the Aero idea “is already dead on arrival because the company was almost dead; just because they painted one aircraft in Nigerian colours does not make it our national carrier because it takes more than that.”
Also speaking to Daily Trust, a member of the House Aviation Committee, Rep Idris Garba Abdullahi (APC, Niger), said it appears the Federal Government was not serious about developing the aviation sector.
“If we’re serious, we can’t have Aero Contractors as a national carrier. This is an airline that cannot service Abuja, Lagos and the rest, yet they’re talking of having it as a national carrier? What will Aero do internationally when it can’t serve us domestically? I think the Federal Government has to be serious for once,” he said.
Idris said if well harnessed, the aviation sector could boost Nigeria’s economy. “If the Federal Government wants to do this thing well, they can go into a lease agreement with some money and pick the routes that we’re already relating with.”
He added: “They cannot start with Aero Contractors. We need a bigger airline to ply those routes. This is something that can sustain our economy, but we don’t want to be serious. Look at Ethiopia for example; they’re doing well in that regard.”
When our reporter contacted House Aviation Committee chairperson Rep Nkiruka Onjejeocha (PDP, Abia) for comments, she simply replied via text to say: “I am not in Nigeria. I will grant you interview when I come back.”

New aviation levies suspended
Earlier yesterday, the Senate Committee on Aviation asked the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to suspend the recent charges imposed on local and foreign registered private airline operators on non-scheduled flights in Nigeria.
Committee chairman, Senator Hope Uzodinma (PDP, Imo), gave the directives during a meeting with NAMA management and private aircraft operators in Abuja yesterday.
He asked the agency to make wide consultations with the private jet operators towards adopting an acceptable levy regime.
NAMA recently introduced a new a pay-as-you-go charge regime whereby foreign registered airline operators are expected to pay a flat levy of $3,000 while their indigenous counterparts are to be levied $2,500 on each flight.
Spokesperson of the private airlines operators on non-scheduled flights in Nigeria, Alhaji Bala Ibn Na’allah, described the new levies as discriminatory because the arrangement was not applicable to airline operators on scheduled flights.
“We want to be led by the rule of law,” he said. “NCAA did not consult us before imposing levies on us…. For every take off, we are paying $2,500. Why are we paying in dollars when it is not our local currency in the country?”
For his part, NAMA Director General, Mazi Nnamdi Udoh, told the lawmakers that the jet operators “are also at liberty to pay in naira. Payment in dollars is at their liberty…. The charges would make them to ensure sanity.
“Before the new one-stop-shop payment, we were charging navigation, landing, parking and terminal navigation levies but services being offered in Nigeria must also conform to international best practices.
“They don’t pay five percent charges out of the revenues they make. Safety is not cheap, the new levies are desirable because we have to maintain standards at all times.”
But Udoh agreed to suspend the new levies until further consultations were made.

http://dailytrust.info/index.php/top-stories/10920-lawmakers-reject-aero-as-national-carrier

At a time the dust of the November 16 Anambra gubernatorial election is yet to settle, a big drama is playing out, as one of the aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Hon. Uche Ekwunife is asking that the court declares her the authentic candidate of the party.
Ekwunife, a member of the House of Representatives, emerged as the runner-up to Willie Obiano at the APGA governorship primary, having scored the second highest votes.
However, it is unclear why she waited a week after the conduct of the election (already declared inconclusive by the INEC) before heading to the court for legal redress of the matter.
In a suit filed at the Federal High Court, Awka, Anambra State capital, Hon Ekwunife prayed the court to declare her as the rightful candidate of APGA in the election.
Her suit has Mr. Willy Obiano, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and APGA, as the first, second and third defendants respectively.
The lawmaker is seeking the disqualification of Obiano as the candidate of APGA, by virtue of his alleged multiple registration in Lagos and Anambra states.
In the originating summons filed by her counsel, Chief Ugo Ugwunnadi, she argued: “By virtue of the multiple registration, which is a serious electoral offence and by the combined effect of Sections 9 (1), (2), (3), 2, 3, 12 (1), (2) and 24 (1)(e) of the 2010 Electoral Act of Nigeria, as amended, and Section 178 (5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, Mr. Obiano is not a registered voter qualified to vote and be voted for in Anambra State and therefore, he cannot contest an election in a state, where he is not a legally and validly registered voter.”
In her supporting affidavit to the originating summons, the federal lawmaker alleged: “Mr. Obiano was assigned with three different VIN numbers, by virtue of the multiple registration as follows – (1) 90F5 B12B 0129 6204 172, (2) 90F5 B15E 7D37 8200 332, and (3) 90F5 B12B 8837 7091 121 respectively, annexed as Exhibits UE2, UE3 and UE4. All these appeared in three different Voters’ Register.”
To this end, Ekwunife wants the court to direct APGA to substitute the name of Obiano with hers and for INEC to deal with her as the rightful candidate of APGA.
According to her, since elections were contested, lost and won by political parties and not individuals, then she should be declared as the authentic candidate of the party.
Already, INEC has said it will hold a supplementary election in the state on November 30, an exercise described as futile by candidates of other parties that took part in penultimate Saturday poll.

http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/11/25/anambra-election-ekwunife-challenges-obiano-asks-court-declare-apga-candidate/

Jman06: GEJ will contest and win 2015 election and nothing will happen. Let those who think that the leadership of Nigeria is their birth rights go to helll. #TeamFreshAir.

And if he didn't win what will u do, just relax till 2015

Sincere 9gerian: Unlike in other countries where citizens contribute their quota to national developement, here in Nigeria, all some disgruntled citizens do is contribute to national dis-development.

The NSCDC or whatever they'r called, that is meant to protect national assets like gas pipelines, is clearly not doing enough. I think the head of that organisation should be changed.

Talking like a frustrated man no doubt, so NSCDC is now ur problem again, If u like ask them to change the tail not only the head.

Sincere 9gerian: Unlike in other countries where citizens contribute their quota to national developement, here in Nigeria, all some disgruntled citizens do is contribute to national dis-development.

The NSCDC or whatever they'r called, that is meant to protect national assets like gas pipelines, is clearly not doing enough. I think the head of that organisation should be changed.

Clueless

Just matter of time

They have frustrate the gentle man out of office with their lie.

Sure-p: sure-p is broke- chris kolade chairman sure-p

Sure-p: 500 billion naira sure-p money is missing- national assembly.

Sure-p: no, sure-p is not broke and the 500 billion naira is intact- okonjo Iweala

Sure-p: I don't know why kolade will accept this asignment-obasanjo

Sure-p is equal to sure scam- nigerians

[quote author=Truth.hurtss]How $illy can you get?[/quote]Only if you can use ur brain, u won't ask. If lagos stock exchange was change to nigeria stock exchange through a decree in 1977, because it was the only stock exchange as at then. Now that u have nigeria stock exchange claim to have branches has kaduna SE, abuja SE, owerri SE, yola SE, uyo SE, onistha SE, abeokuta SE, illorin SE, bauchi SE, kano SE, PH SE and ibadan how will they grow? U people don't knw that fasola is trying to help us. Let us decentralised all this things.
Why don't u people compare stock exchange in nigeria with that of America instead of ghana. where we have NY SE texas stock exchange, chicago SE, california stock exchange and so on.

Ebirich Ben: They should just take it to Abuja since its belong to Nigerians. Stupid Lagosian

Abuja has it own already so let lagos choose what he want

ILIDEFI: ....and wat abt Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)? Fashola abeg go and drink ur medicine.

[size=14pt]that Is the problem with you ibos, just because fasola called for change of NSE to LSE, you have started comparing nigeria to ghana. Did ghana or kenya have up to 10 branches of stock exchange in their country? What is the essences of ibadan stock exchange, onistha stock exchange branch, owerri stock exchange branch, kaduna stock exchange branch, yola stock exchange branch bauchi stock exchange branch, abeokuta stock exchange branch, benin stock exchange branch, uyo stock exchange branch, illorin stock exchange branch, portharcourt stock exchange branch, kano stock exchange branch what is essence of those branch in the first place?
I will support lagos state on this. May dangote will come back home and help to build kano stock exchange. [/size]

Energito: uncle jona is still far better than the 35yrs north rule dis con3.

Is that what I ask u? We will determine 2015

kenbee: A bad loser like Ngige will neva learn a lesson. Continue to rant instead of him to compile the so called evidence for tribunal.

Hmmm, what does Ngige stand for? Justice of Master rigger? Really, KARMAR is a bit*h!

Don't be silly, why would Ngige go to court when inec has not declare the winner of the election.

Energito: so after ruling dis con3 for more dan 35yrs nd nothing to show for it,u people still wan rule. S.E dat was distroy by war is far better than ur region.Aliyu wat have u done in your state personally.pls my brothers and sisters from north vote uncle jona.

What has jona done for the people of north, that will make us to vote him?

Tunbi giwa

We must be cautious
that, through the ballot paper, we can
always determine who becomes our
leader in Nigeria. By God’s grace,
plenty good things will happen in
2015. Whoever God brings we will
follow. Do not be afraid, let there be
200 candidates, God will allow only
one candidate to emerge.”

Just do needful come 2015. U know how u and other northern state governor rig 2011 against buhari in favour of gej, it is time for u to do d opposite.

Why not make it 44 reason

[quote author=yoruba ruler ]THE EAST AND WEST ARE GROWING AND DEVELOPING WHILE THE NORTH IS GOING BACKWARD DUE TO HIGH INSECURITY CAUSED BY THEIR FANATICISM, BIGOTRY, ILLITERACY AND TERRORISM. ALL THESE REASONS HAVE DRIVEN AWAY FOREIGN INVESTORS AND IGBOS WHO ARE THE MAIN LOCAL INVESTORS POWERING THE ECONOMY OF THE NORTH FOR PROFIT. THE NORTH SHOULD LEARN TO BE TOLERANT AND HOSPITABLE LIKE THE IGBOS AND YORUBAS. OGUN STATE HAVE BEEN GOVERNED BY A CHRISTAIN, MUSLIM AND PAGAN WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE; WITH EACH RELIGION DOING THEIR PRAYERS AND CELEBRATION WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. ONCE AGAIN AM HAPPY FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE OF ABA AND I URGE THEIR GOVERNOR TO GIVE ABA THE NECESSARY SUPPORT.

SIGNED: YORUBA RULER
BABA OWO OF IBADAN[/quote]Lord naya or what do you call ur self, why not focus on the topic u create instead of derailing it by bringing north into it? Did the north complain of lack of factory? BTW who need an alcohol factory. If u av half of development of the north in ur SE, only god know what u will say, hypocrite. If terrorism has drivenaway foreign investor from the north, has it drivenaway from SW? U better face ur own problem which including kidnapping armrobbery, and ur new booming factory I.e BABY FACTORY and leave north alone. U can here the Yoruba man who owns Honeywell telling ur governor to tackle security challenges in abia state b4 he will build cement factory for u people.