SaiAtikuTill203:
Buhari is an agent of destabilisation, ethnic bigot and religious fanatic who, if given the chance, would ensure the disintegration of the country. His ethnocentrism would jeopardise Nigeria’s national unity

e pain am

Yambee:
8. He stole $16 Billion for electricity too. List it as his achievement too.

9. Under his nose, Atiku stole so much, he took Nigeria 45 yrs backwards.

I could remember how OBJ tried to rig 2007 Edo election that Oshimole won. They did everything but Edo people resisted. OBJ flew into Benin City in the midnight and forced the returning officer to declare Osubor of PDP the winner.

this is what he could do in 8 years?

If you know, you know.

Donald Trump no dey look uche face

Wole Soyinka, literary scholar, made reference to the leaked tapes purportedly from Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, while speaking on fake news on Wednesday.

Soyinka, who was a panelist at a conference on fake news organised by the BBC, said the minister did not insult President Muhammadu Buhari in the tapes as was insinuated.

Phrank Shaibu, an aide of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had released the tapes said to be leaked from Amaechi’s conversation with some journalists.

In the tape — which the minister had declined to confirm or deny, he was heard saying Buhari is not moved by criticisms.
But speaking during the conference organised in Abuja, Soyinka said he read a news story about the tapes and saw nothing insulting to Buhari.

He said this while buttressing his point on how news stories are treated to misinform people.
He said: “Just two or three days ago, I read an item where a minister was said to have insulted the president and it was carried in some media and I checked the statement and of course there was a audio and so on and I looked through it.

“I read the text again and again and I said I have to relearn the English language because I didn’t see where the insults were.
“So sometimes, print media feels compelled to compete with the electronic media and this is a great mistake because there is a reputation.”

ON OBASANJO ENDORSING ATIKU

Soyinka also spoke figuratively of how a former president switched from describing someone as “lucifer from hell” to the “redeemer” after more than eight years in and out of office
.
Although he made no mention of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, it was clear he was talking about the former president who was at loggerhead with Abubakar, his then deputy, until recently when he endorsed him for president.

According to Soyinka, “if someone in a position of power for eight years has lectured a nation for eight years and after that, continued year after year to continue to direct the minds of a whole nation in one direction, only saying, ‘this is Lucifer from hell’ for eight years in office and several more years out of office saying, ‘this is Lucifer’ and then one day he changed and says, “behold your redeemer’, which of the two is fake news?”

https://www.thecable.ng/soyinka-on-leaked-tapes-amaechi-didnt-insult-buhari

chiedu7:
You take pics are the beginning and say it's empty.

Why won't Kogi embrace PDP, when they want to hand over Kogi to the Fulani.

Does this looks like the beginning to you?

5,000 young Nigerians shortlisted as beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s youth empowerment programme, YouWin Connect for 2017/2018, have pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to use his good office and instruct the Federal Ministry of Finance to release their seed capital in order to fund their various business proposals.

According to a press statement issued to journalists in Abuja at the weekend signed by Yusuf Hamza Maska, the plea is contained in a letter written to the President by the group of the YouWin Connect 2017/2018 finalists.

“We, the beneficiaries of YouWin Connect 2017/2018 edition, humbly write you, Mr. President, to reiterate our ever readiness to employ our youthful energy and talents into useful ventures that will create jobs, create and recreate wealth to boost the nation’s economic development.

“Therefore, we solicit your magnanimous directive to the Minister of Finance for immediate release of funds for our proposed businesses,” the statement quoted the letter as saying.

The group recalled that in 2017, an invitation to participate in the YouWiN Connect program was issued by the Ministry of Finance after which 61,000 young Nigerians out of 250,000 applicants were invited to participate in a rigorous competitive online training and assessment.

It added that only about 55,000 young Nigerians successfully attended and submitted the online assessment test out of which the successful five 5,000 young Nigerian entrepreneurs were finally selected in December, 2017 after scoring high in the online test.

“The finalists were shortlisted in three categories: the national merit list, the regional merit list and the state merit list. Then, in the first quarter of 2018, precisely in March, a master class (face to face) training and interview was organised for the successful candidates and certificates were issued to us.

“Your Excellency, since then till now we have not received any positive information from the Ministry of Finance concerning the anticipated funding of our proposed businesses or even information on what have been delaying the progress of the program.

“We wish to humbly remind Mr. President and the Federal Government that five thousand young Nigerians represent five thousand families and there is no family that is less than two (2) persons. Check out the multiplier effect of lives that will be touched plus the jobs that will be created by implementing the program.

“We are writing this public letter to you, Mr. President, so that you and the entire Nigerians would know that five thousand young Nigerians are held down and their dreams are almost being thwarted,” it said.

LEADERSHIP reports that between September and October, 2018, the finalists held protests in Abuja and other cities across the country, demanding to know the reason why they are yet to receive a response from the Federal Ministry of Finance on the progress of the program.

https://leadership.ng/2019/01/07/non-funding-5000-youwin-finalists-cry-out-to-pmb/amp/

"There’s no gainsaying the fact that President Buhari’s administration has impacted the Igbo in some positive ways, but there are still areas the Igbo need more impacts,’’ leader of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, Kingsley Dozie Lawrence said.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to make a categorical statement on the issue of Igbo Presidency in 2023 and also initiate a process for the creation of an additional State in the South-East. The Igbo youths made the demand yesterday when they paid a courtesy visit on President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja.

Speaking during the visit, leader of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, Kingsley Dozie Lawrence hailed the Buhari administration for stabilising the economy, improved security during the Christmas season and sustaining the development of infrastructure, particularly the 2nd Niger Bridge.

‘‘We, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, are partners-in-progress in the Nigerian project and will extend hands of partnership to any administration that guarantees the interest and welfare of Ndigbo.

There’s no gainsaying the fact that President Buhari’s administration has impacted the Igbo in some positive ways, but there are still areas the Igbo need more impacts,’’ he said

While addressing his guests, President Buhari called on Nigerian youths to prepare themselves for political leadership as his generation will eventually quit the scene for the younger ones to takeover. He described Nigerian youths as very active and critically important in the Nigerian project.

‘‘Youths are very virile and active. A greater part of the Nigerian population is made up of youths. They must always be a factor at all times. Youths must begin to groom themselves for the leadership of Nigeria. I said this to the leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students yesterday (Thursday) – sooner than later we will leave the stage and you will takeover. You have to equip yourselves properly,’’ he said.

President Buhari welcomed the group for appreciating his administration’s effort in providing the much-needed infrastructure across the country and for ensuring that Nigerians celebrated the Yuletide with the availability and price stability of petroleum products.

‘‘I am glad you appreciate government’s efforts. That is why we are here to make a difference in the lives of Nigerians and on infrastructure, We will ensure that the resources of Nigeria work for Nigerians,’’ he said.

On the industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the President expressed the hope that ‘‘good reason will prevail’’ in the on-going talks between the Federal Government and representatives of the union.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/01/05/ohanaeze-youths-meet-buhari-demand-2023-presidency

• Presidential candidate returns home to rejig campaign
• Jonathan, Bayelsa gov clash over party’s candidates
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is facing fresh challenges in the Southsouth, thus slowing down his campaign ahead of next month’s election.
The Southsouth leg of his campaign which was originally scheduled for flag off on Tuesday, January 8, has been put off to enable the party “organize a bigger rally.”
Party sources however told The Nation that the postponement was brought about by the inability of the PDP governors in the zone to work together on how to drive Atiku’s presidential campaign.
Atiku who had been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for some days, returned home yesterday to rejig his campaign against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
It was also gathered that the party and Atiku are trying to find ways of mending fences in the Southsouth and the Southeast before the PDP campaign train moves to the two zones.
Party sources yesterday spoke of challenges in some states in the Southsouth and Southeast including Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo, Anambra and Ebonyi.
Some of the knotty issues before Atiku are whether or not he will spend a term in office; and non-committal on power shift to the South-South in 2023.
A top source, who spoke in confidence, said: “Despite Atiku’s personal outreach, there are still some gaps to fill especially lack of trust between old PDP and the defectors from APC.
“Also, some of those who were instrumental to Atiku’s emergence have developed cold feet because of alleged campaign of non-inclusion. One of them just withdrew to himself and relocated to London in the past few weeks.”
Sources cited an alleged cold war between ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Henry Seriake Dickson over fall out of PDP primaries.
One source said:”although Governor Nyesom Wike has pledged to assume duties as the Southsouth coordinator for Atiku-Peter Obi ticket, some governors in the zone do not defer to the Rivers State governor. They are not even ready to take instructions from him.
“Certainly, there are challenges of how to win huge votes in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo, Anambra and Ebonyi states.”
Responding to a question, the source added: “Atiku is back from Dubai to rejig his campaign against APC. He will complete the fence-mending initiative and launch his campaign in the Southsouth and Southeast.”
Another source, speaking on the postponed campaign flag off in the Southsouth said all is not well with the party’s presidential campaign in the zone.
The source said that apart from the inability of some of the PDP governors to work together on how to drive Atiku’s campaign, there is also the challenge of much needed funds for logistics.
Announcing the Port Harcourt rally postponement, Oraye St Franklin, Wike’s Senior Special Assistant for New Media, said it was caused by “logistical constraints.”
His words: “We wish to inform our teeming supporters from across the Southsouth of the shift in date of the much anticipated PDP Southsouth rally.
“This is to enable us organise a bigger, better and defining rally in the history of Nigerian politics, given that the South-South is the natural home of the Peoples Democratic Party. All logistical constraints are currently being worked out to make it a hitch-free experience for our party faithful from across the region and a truly epoch making event.
“A new date would be announced shortly. The inconvenience on account of the postponement is regretted. Thank you.”
But a top notch member of the campaign committee, speaking on condition of anonymity on the aborted zonal rally, said the Atiku campaign in the Southsouth “is still struggling to take off.”
He added: “aside from the fact that Governor Wike of Rivers State who is supposed to drive the campaign is still not showing much enthusiasm, it has been difficult funding the campaign in the zone.”
Another reliable source said a good number of the PDP governors in the zone are currently battling fierce opposition in their respective home states and consequently, are concentrating on winning re-election during the 2019 polls.
The result of this is that Governor Wike, as the coordinator of the campaign in the Southsouth, is left, almost alone, to push Atiku’s campaign.
“This explains all the logistic issues facing the presidential campaign efforts here in the Southsouth. All the governors are expected to drive the campaign together, but a few are too busy seeking re-election in the various state to put in enough effort for Atiku.
“Take Governors Udom Emmanuel of Akwa-Ibom and Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta for example, they are battling serious opposition back home unlike in their first term.
“The situation is almost the same for Governor Wike himself in Rivers. So, they are all expending a lot of resources, energy and time on their re-election bids, making their contributions to the presidential campaign to suffer. Other chieftains of the party in the zone, especially former public office holders are not providing the much needed support at a crucial time as this.
“And very seriously, not much is being heard from Bayelsa and Cross Rivers governors. These two are also seeking re-election but majority of our party members feel they are not as pressed by the opposition as the others ahead of the 2019 general elections. The aborted rally could have been saved if all the governors got their acts together in good time to work towards its success.”
The Nation learnt that a meeting of stakeholders in the zone has been called by the national leadership of the party with a view to discussing how to move the presidential campaign forward in the Southsouth and also choose a new date for the zonal rally.
The national chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, who is from the zone, is reportedly highly embarrassed by the development and is now ready to work with others to correct the mistakes of the past.
It was also gathered that the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will be meeting leaders of the party in the zone in the coming week to once again discuss the mounting challenges being faced by his campaign in the zone. A rejig of the zonal campaign team may be on his agenda as he looks forward to the parley, The Nation gathered.
A member of the Atiku Campaign Organisation said some challenges have been identified in the zonal structure.
A few weeks ago, the national caucus of the PDP met in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital to pacify Governor Wike to drop his threat of quitting the party’s 2019 Presidential Campaign Council.
The meeting was considered important ahead of the zonal rally of the party in the Southsouth zone. The PDP had held its zonal rallies in Northwest, Northcentral and Southwest.
Those in attendance at the meeting were Atiku, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker, House of Reps, Yakubu Dogara and governors of Rivers, Abia, Cross River, Kwara, Sokoto and Ebonyi. Others include the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, PDP vice presidential candidate, Peter Obi, former governors Ayo Fayose and Liyel Imoke.
Also in attendance were the party’s National Chairman Uche Secondus, Senator Ben Murray Bruce, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara, Senator Olaka Nwogu, Hassan Saleh and several members of the National Assembly.
Some PDP chieftains in the zone fear that the grievances of the Rivers State governor are yet to be addressed.
“Wike is the pillar of the PDP in the Southsouth today. He is the one who held the party together when many of our leaders here were undecided about what to do. So, unless and until he moves, nothing can happen here. His influence goes beyond his state and those toying with his demands should know better than to ignore him. The PDP presidential campaign needs him in the zone and beyond,” a former Commissioner in the state said.
When contacted, the Special Assistant on Public Communications to Atiku, Mr. Phrank Shuaibu denied knowledge of any difficulty in campaigning in the Southsouth or Southeast.
He said: “The campaign is on course, the timetable was only adjusted.”
Sources in the APC and PDP said President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku might rev up their campaign this week.
While Buhari will inaugurate the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) tomorrow, Atiku is expected to address a rally in Lokoja.
“Expect marathon campaigns in the next four weeks,” a top source added.
Jonathan, Dickson feud over election candidates
Sources also alleged a crisis of confidence in Bayelsa PDP between ex-President Jonathan and Governor Dickson.
Jonathan is said to be supporting some candidates in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Advanced Democratic Party (ADC).
The candidates are a former Chief of Staff to ex-Governor Timipre Sylva and APC House of Representatives candidate for Ogbia Federal Constituency, Samuel Ogboku as well as ADC senatorial candidate for Bayelsa East, Senator Nimi Bariagha Amange.
Jonathan opted to support the two candidates and the House of Assembly candidates in his zone following the humiliation of his preferred nominees at the PDP primaries.


http://thenationonlineng.net/2019-fresh-southsouth-headache-atiku-pdp/?fbclid=IwAR0fDf_8acq637wxLNb7fR7TLEw8TxGXi_ubspIz171cGM9veEeu4VnrC14

Senator Shehu Sani wrote on Facebook:

"Its impossible for Mr President to bribe NANS,I don’t believe that;it’s definitely not in his character.If you visit Baba in a Taxi,you better tell the Driver to wait for you outside,because ‘shishi for even transport moni you no go get’."

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10217768423983225&id=1260146433&ref=opera_speed_dial

nickxtra:
Was it gunned down by Boko Haram or actually crahsed due to the Pilot's error or due to mechanical or technical fault?

That I don't know. I just hope boko haram don't have the capability to take down that attack helicopter.

slimfit1:
From today on Hausa people cannot claim marginalisation when a southerner becomes a president and putting his people everywhere.

It Jonathan not Buhari that appointed her.

Mi35 that crashed cost at least $36 million.

Unfortunately, Trump isn't Obama. He don't give a damn about what is happening in Nigeria.

PDP and a new low. Muslim burials are done very quickly and it isn't a ceremony where dignitaries are invited.

MummyIMadeIt:
Check out other of his accurate prophecies

Source : https://www.google.com/amp/dailypost.ng/2018/10/11/prophet-olagunju-predicted-atikus-victory-ambodes-troubles-baba-salas-death/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/sunnewsonline.com/2019-what-god-told-me-about-buhari-atiku-prophet-olagunju/amp/

What about his inaccurate predictions?

Which major politician is supporting Atiku in Adamawa?

waziri4biz:
they are already doing it by having a south Easterner as VP all that needs to be emphasized on is voter turn out

I agree on the emphasis on voters turn out. My colleague that is always talking about Atiku, I asked if she would be voting, she said she can't stand in queue. She and her husband won't be voting. They both have PVC and both wants Atiku to win.

In 2011 presidential election PDP got 4,985,246 votes the south east, while In 2015 presidential election PDP got just 2,464,906.

What caused this huge reduction?

What can be PDP do to get similar votes they got in the south east in 2011 in the forthcoming presidential election?

A key task for PDP is maintaining the huge votes from Rivers ( approximately 1.5 million) , Akwa ibom (900,000), and Delta (1.2 million) in 2015 elections. The Our brother factor for Jonathan is no longer there, Security is no longer in their hands ( Amechi can't be escorted home by army this time), PDP no longer have the finance and the Governors are unwilling to do the work they did for Jonathan.

It is not enough for PDP to win, but they need to win big in their strong hold.

Halo22:
No be only wagon, na salon go concern u soon.

lol

TonyeBarcanista:
You will live long

Udom won win Akwa Ibom and Buhari would win Nigeria.
Anybody thinking otherwise is deceiving himself.

David Umahi is the chairman of Buhari silent tactical support group

if you know, you know

watin concern me

This is too much to bear for the Dan wahalas

Its all about the money

This is not tribalism, but if it was a Yoruba man, it would have.

Only if Atiku went to America to come up with a strategy.

This Dubai strategy isn't working.

xpool:

I will recall this after the elections, then remind you of a certain adage about chicken and eggs.

Do recall the advice too.

Please if you are one of those depressed by seeing this large crowd,
Please don't commit suicide by taking sniper


I hereby appeal to the government to ban sniper in a particular region until 3 months after the general election.