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just heard it on the news now that AD predecesor of ACN just endorsed jonathan 

freegaza:
@Jarus:Not only Kaduna including the north east.In your article "candidate Buhari n Taofeek"(dailytrust ystday),u made mention that Buhari's posters are not present in Lagos,come to Maiduguri n Damaturu n check whether you wil see any of GEJ posters.Infact the ANPP led govt in Borno state and Yobe are wishin for GEJ to come n raise Muhammad Goni's(The Pdp candidate Borno state n the likely winner of the election)hand n that of Albishir(pdp yobe)so that they wil use it against them.BUHARI'S SUPPORT IN THE NE IS UP TO 85-90%

gbammm

that is the honest truth

buhari for 2011!!!

most people in my local government are now buhari supporters!!!! up up up BB

good one jarus

@op

gbam

no one what trully love nigeria should vote for PDP because it is a bad party and has ruled without any change

this shows buhari will not steal because he has no debt to pay

Former Head of State and Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday said his campaign organisation will not accept more than N1million donation from an individual.

However, he said that anyone who wants to donate more than that could do so through the party.

Buhari, who made this known in Abuja at the unveiling of his campaign website tagged www.buhari4change.com, also said he would soon begin his nationwide campaign.

His words: "My campaign will accept donations from individuals but it must not be more than N1million. Those who want to donate more are free to do so through the party.

"I will also want to use this opportunity of the unveiling of the campaign website to let people know that Nigerians are aware of happenings in the Arab World.

"We have also seen the role played by the new media in galvanising people for change in North African countries in recent times which have shown clearly that a new society has come which must be engaged virtually.

"In order to avoid it, we must avoid electoral malpractices and also police our votes. We will not spare anything to have a credible election."

Buhari called on all volunteers that had opened websites on him and his campaign team to close them immediately.

The former head of state said he was aware that some people, who had opened a website in the name of the party were using it to solicit for donations from unsuspecting members of the public.

"We do not know about such and urge our teeming supporters not to fall into the hands of such people," he warned.

http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news-update/28980.html

naijaking1:
The same way Sarduana of Sokoto said it's better for them to pay 10x more to hire a foreign doctor than to hire one from the south---maybe Igbo doctor

when was that and given me links to your claim

PhysicsMHD:
Of Nigeria being on such lists for over a decade now.

she is right, it has been said from many years now but no change

i have read it on newspapers back then but now not sure it would still be around

Eziachi:
@Eku Bear,
That is the different between me and you, I see things as a business man that had created wealth and had come from more than five generation family that had done that for more than I can remember. But you coming out as the usual and a normal Nigerian hand on the jaw civil servant, probably who went to school on Awo's fantastic free education programmes.

My family has successfully ran an exclusive Citreon Truck franchise for more than 40 years covering West Africa/Central Africa. So from my youth till now, I know one or two things about the Auto industry.
Anyone who thinks that buying from China, something that you produce in Nnewi/Enugu in an economy that has more than 50% unemployment and graduates driving motorcyle cabs is living in a lala land.

How on earth will a country join the industrialised world with policies of this nature, when Ghana has sent their commerce minister to INNOSCO, because from them is considered local and makes more economic sense?
Nigeria is excreta hole. I can't see this happening in a Biafra state where 70% is business minded and knows one or two things about creation of wealth.

it has nothing to do with biafra or awo

the truth must be said, we must buy from our own companies whether east north or west

and yes you are rigth

nigerian government know nothing about economies and future businesses which is a shame on the government

but all in all, i support my igbo brothers idea here because the more the company grows the more the employment rate in nigeria

EzeUche_:
This alj harem is a real joker. No one provoked you. You should be banned a hundred times. Like they do Mr. Cork.

and do you think you are not provoking me now ?

well na choice

na_so:
Another ABOKI mouthing off , after a keg of burukutu. Na so so mouth una dey make.

For your information , there is nothing like NORTH. You guys made all these noise before the PDP primaries. For youR information Only NW is Buhari's stronghold , nothing more.

Shekarau will not step down for Buhari and in trying to show how important he is, he will win Kano, the Sambo effect will cause a spilt in the votes in Kaduna. Then you will see how empty this your "NORTHERN" claim is. Are Benue,taraba,kogi also part of the north you are claiming for Buhari?

Buhari will not get 25% of votes cast in any SS or SE state, hence it is very very unlikely that he can get the mandatory 24 states. Nuff said.

wrong again

NW and NE are for buhari not only NW

please be sure of what your are posting so as not to misinform people here

infact he will win half of SW and NC votes

Mobinga:

happy ain't you

mukky you no won answer me,.,. you have to face the fact that i was pushed to the wall

alj harem:
mods please delete this thread as soon as possible before it gets out of hand

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-611071.0.html

the title is misleading

alj harem:
please filter this thread before it turn to an animal zone by ezeuche

thanks

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-610707.0.html#msg7785976

alj harem:
mods please delete this thread as soon as possible before it gets out of hand

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-611071.0.html

the title is misleading

alj harem:
mukina2 please when are you going to ban this man that is insulting me

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?action=profile;u=346387

i was complaining but u did nothing

what do you expect me to do

he should forget NW and NE

blink182:
BB for life, everyone is gradually turning to buhari, its spreading like wild fire in my town, even pdp people want to vote BB

that's the way follow

it just shows how our president is baised towards his people

Dosummu!!!!!!

mukina2 ok i am sorry now

i was just pissed off at the level of insult this beaf put on my people

i mean he is not banned for calling me almajiri but i was ban for calling him a bas.tard which are both inapporiate

i mean be fair here

ok i am sorry

i mean the other day spambot attacked me chyz told you thanks,.,. do you not think how annoying that is

i started a thread ezeuche,beaf, chyz and others attack and turn it to be tribalistic thread and i reported this time and time again to clean it up but u did nothing but when i attacked back you started warning me

i just think it is not nice for you as a mod not to act just

but ok i have had a breather and i am relaxed now

it is high time bode george is released

i mean when likes of tiunbu and obj are still working free why should bode be jailed

thank God is out

thought:

@seanet02

I am not trying to pick you out. . . . . .infact NL is known for "show casing" the level of tribalism in Nigeria as a whole but this your act alone, I guess was really just to much for me to swallow. . . .  . . . . . . . .  . . . . "


@seanet02 with people like you in Nigeria,. . . . . . . . . . and still being born in Nigeria, . . . . . . . . .  . Nigeria is doomed, If you can be so petty with something so little as the arrangement of the majors tribes in Nigeria,. . . . . . . . . . . . .  YOU MUST REALLY HAVE EITHER A LITTLE BRAIN (if at all there is any) OR A VERY LITTLE MIND . . . . . . . . . . . . . and you know what,. . . . . . . . . .  I guess you are aspiring to be a NIGERIAN LEADER,

If God were to come down to earth today in form of man, you would reject him because of his tribe. . . . . . . . (hisses). . . .  On Sunday you run around singing: Jesus I love you, , yet you despise your fellow man whom you can see because of his tribe and you claim you love the God you cannot see,. . . . . . . . . . ,  . My bother YOU LIE, . . . . . . . . . . YOU LIE BIG TIME, . . . . . . . . . . . . God in heaven be with you all


We keep ranting and making lots of Noise,. . . . . . . . . . .  Yet as a whole you can only achieve as much as those who worked on the "Tower of Babel"- NOTHING, (After all that was the essence of the differences in language) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I am really pissed with the Level of Tribalism being displayed in Nigeria, from supposedly well educated individuals,

At least it is a good thing GEJ said he wants to get rid/ reduce tribalism, . . . . . . . . . . saying it, is a step in the right direction and an acknowledgment of  the fact that this problem exists and is deep rooted- whether he works towards it or not is another thing, and we can assess him based on that-separately,. . . . . . . . . .  but it does not lessen the importance of the fact that he mentioned it( and it is the right thing to do), . . . . . . . . creating the awareness is one important step in the right direction,  . . . . . .  if we all do our bit by creating the awareness, and working towards ONE NIGERIA, then may be, we can start talking about NATION BUILDING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .it is quite an irony- given that he is currently running for President on the same "tribe ticket", . . . . . . . . . but the way I see it is simple- He either continues with the status quo, ,  . . . . . or he works to improve on the system that he finds himself in, . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I guess one Rawlings of Ghana chose the second option- I am not proposing his method though- but Ghana is better today, infact, I would'nt be surprised to see a "Nigeria Must Go Bag" in Ghana soon ).


Our problem is not just a leadership problem. . . . . . . . . . it is not just GEJ, OBJ, ATIKU, IBB or whoever . . . . . . . . . it is YOU and ME, and whether or not we decide to move the country forward or not. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . can GEJ make @seanet02 and all others in his category stop think the way they do- NO!!!,  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . it boils down to me and you and our enshrined mentality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the[b] next 20-30years most of this people would be no more[/b] and the country would be in the hands on this generation. . . . . . . . . . and If I am not mistaken, my bother @seanet02, is not in any government position, (at least I am certain his not the president) but he could be one tomorrow, . . . . . . . . . . . . and with his current level of reasoning (based on what is above), you can imagine what our tomorrow would be as a COUNTRY with such a president,. . . . . . . . . . . . but if we can get a certain @seanet02 to be less tribalist and see everyone, irrespective of this Tribe, Religion, Shape, Size and even colour self  as one, then if he becomes president tomorrow, we can look up to a brighter tomorrow for our country Nigeria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guys, we need to get up and move on . . , . . . but of course we need some "dusting up". . . . Period.

you are very thoughtful and right,.,.,., thanks for your words

mukina2 way tin happen na

ok i am sorry

Abagworo:
@beaf.Your belief in oil is part of our problem.Get your mind off it for we neither planted it nor can we harvest it.I seem to always disagree with your comments and they sometimes are unnecessarily aggressive.You tend to believe that only your village has oil.

Imo State has a vast oil reserve and the oil producing communities are still the major food producers.Why not remind us that Delta produces one of the best garri in Nigeria as well as rubber.

gbammm

good one

imo, akwa/ibom, edo, ondo, lagos, balysea,ogun, rivers,abia and crossriver all have oil beaf!!!!

There were protests in Katsina, the capital of Katsina State, and Hadejia, in Jigawa State at the weekend over the voting pattern by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) northern delegates to the presidential primary election in Abuja held last Thursday.
In the two states, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who hails from the Northern State of Adamawa, lost to President Goodluck Jonathan by a wide margin. While Katsina State’s 147 delegates voted in favour of Jonathan, only 11 of them voted for Atiku. In Jigawa State, 100 delegates voted for Jonathan, while only 17 voted for Atiku Abubakar.

Also, in Adamawa State, there was disquiet yesterday over the voting pattern of the state’s PDP delegates at the convention. The delegates from Adamawa, the state of origin of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, voted 76 to 31 in favour of President Jonathan.



In all, President Jonathan defeated the former vice president after polling 2,763, while Atiku got 803 votes. Jonathan won votes in all the northern states except Kano, Zamfara and Sokoto states where Atiku won.

Going by the PDP’s constitution, the 2011 presidency is zoned to the North. A northern group, the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF), came up with Alhaji Atiku as the consensus candidate to contest the ticket on behalf of the North. But he lost at the PDP presidential primaries last Thursday.

Sunday Trust gathered that the four northern presidential aspirants who accepted Atiku as consensus candidate, met in Abuja last night to discuss the outcome of the PDP primary. They include Atiku Abubakar, General Ibrahim Babangida, General Aliyu Gusau and Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki.

A source at the Atiku Campaign Organisation told Sunday Trust that a meeting of the Turaki Vanguard scheduled for yesterday was called off because of the G-4 meeting yesterday. As at yesterday, the former Vice President had not given his formal reaction to the primary election, saying he will speak only after consulting his supporters.

YOUTHS CHANT ‘WE DON’T LIKE IT’ IN KATSINA

Our correspondent in Katsina who monitored the protest, reported that some youths took over some streets chanting ba mu so “we don’t like” slogan, destroying the flags and membership cards of the PDP. They also rained insults on delegates from the state who voted for President Jonathan.

Speaking to newsmen during the procession, a leader of the group, Ahmed Yazid Rafindadi, said they found it expedient to express their disagreement in view of the alleged injustice meted out to them by delegates who refused to respect the zoning agreement reached by the party earlier.

He said about 39,000 of them had, due to the development, resolved to renounce their membership of the ruling party and will meet to choose and support any northern candidate on whatever platform.

Sunday Trust reports that, as soon as the outcome of the primaries became public, people converged on various places in Katsina, discussing and expressing anger and condemnation over how the state’s delegates “selfishly jettisoned the zoning arrangement.”

The issue similarly attracted widespread condemnation during prayers at virtually all the Juma’at mosques in Katsina last Friday. At the Kokar Kaura Central Mosque, Sheikh Habibu Kaura, who flayed the state representatives for betraying the people’s mandate, said it will be Islamically improper for them to be voted into power in the forthcoming elections.

Also speaking to Sunday Trust, a prominent stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Sani, said the delegates who voted at the primaries did not reflect the wishes and aspirations of their people who massively supported zoning.

He alleged that governors compelled the delegates to do the president’s bidding, and warned that the governors will face a backlash during the forthcoming April general elections. There have been text massages circulating in the state asking people to vote a particular presidential candidate against incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. Also, some persons have made photocopies of the results of the presidential primary, circulating them to despise the state delegates for giving Jonathan the highest number of votes in the country.

Mallam Umar Lawal Isiyaku said, ‘It’s unfortunate how these people wasted the lifetime opportunity given to them, for fear of losing their positions or offending their masters.”


PROTESTERS DESTROY PDP BILLBOARDS, FLAGS

In a related development, many angry youths in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State staged a riotous protest against the victory of President Jonathan last week.

The youths, who took over major streets of Hadejia town, on Friday night, also set fire on some PDP billboards and flags erected by the party’s faithfuls all over the town as part of campaigns ahead of the forthcoming general elections.

An eyewitness account revealed that the aggrieved youths went round the town chanting various condemnation slogans against Governor Sule Lamido and President Goodluck Jonathan.

Some of the slogans, included: “Ba ma yi” (we are not in support of it) “2011 Nigeria sai mai gaskiya,” (only trustworthy persons can govern Nigeria) a slogan synonymous with General Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Others: “Ba mu yarda da cuwa-cuwa ba,” (We disagree with shady dealings) and “Lamido ka cuce mu,” (Lamido, you have cheated us), among other slogans.

Sunday Trust also gathered that although there was no clash between the protesters and the PDP followers, police and other security agencies had beefed up security in the town in anticipation of the continuation of the protest the next day.

When contacted, the PDP Chairman in Hadejia, Alhaji Muhammad Nabankin Dogo, confirmed the incident, but said the protesters were boys between the ages of 10 and 12. He added that the protest was organized by some CPC boys in response to the rumours that flooded Hadejia town that CPC had given Dr Lawan Muhammaed its gubernatorial ticket.

The Chairman said further that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Hadejia had informed him that the protesters were minors, hence the police could not make any arrests.

Although there was no protest in Dutse, the state capital, President Jonathan’s victory in the PDP primary was the main topic of discussion among various groups in the state capital. People could be seen discussing the issue in groups.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abdu Jinjiri, said he did not receive any signal from Hadejia Local Government in respect of the riot, but he promised to get back to Sunday Trust whenever he got signal.

PDP MEMBERS DENOUNCE GOVERNOR NYAKO IN YOLA

In Yola, Adamawa State capital, our correspondent gathered that some PDP supporters have begun mobilising forces against Governor Murtala Nyako for alleged betrayal of trust by dumping the former vice president at the PDP Presidential primaries.

Speaking to newsmen on Saturday, a former presidential aspirant under the defunct SDP, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Baba-Ladan, noted that the state governor, “has disappointed the great PDP members in the state by allowing himself to be intimidated and used as puppet by Jonathan in the quest for power,” he said.

According to him, “as a mark of sympathy and solidarity with the former vice president, aggrieved party members will rally support to dislodge Nyako ahead of the general elections. It is unfortunate that Jonathan polled all votes in his home state Bayelsa, while Atiku scored only 31 in Adamawa state. What a shame to the people of this great state!”

Also speaking, an analyst in the state, Mr Josia Markus, argued that Nyako might not find it easy again. “The reason is that Atiku, as I gathered, assured Nyako from the initial stage that he will not fight his seat and I believe that’s why, he (Nyako) earlier promised to support the former vice president, only at the tail-end to renege on such agreement,” he noted.

Confirming the situation, Nyako’s new event organiser, Alhaji Uba Dan Arewa, said already, there were text messages circulating, campaigning against the state governor and other governors who supported Jonathan.


AREWA YOUTHS’ VOW TO WORK AGAINST ANTI-ZONING GOVERNORS

In Kaduna yesterday, a group that claimed to represent youths from across the 19 northern states, rose from an emergency meeting threatening to deal with all the governors in the region who intimidated delegates to vote against former Vice President Atiku Abubakar during last Thursday’s PDP presidential primary.

Worried by the development, the youth converged on Arewa House, Kaduna, to reflect on the primaries under the auspices of the Arewa Citizens Action for Change (ACAC), Arewa Youth Development Foundation and the Arewa Students Forum.

Briefing newsmen on the outcome of their meeting yesterday, the National Secretary of ACAC, Comrade Sani M. Darma, said ‘’We have vowed to do everything beginning from this moment to ensure that traitors in Katsina, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Plateau, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, Benue and Kogi States are voted out in April. We repeat, they must go for their treachery.’’

They alleged that the governors greedily sold their collective and individual conscience for immediate stipends and promise of a future political security.
http://sunday.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5798:backlash-of-pdp-presidential-primary-protests-in-katsina-jigawa-adamawa&catid=54:lead-stories&Itemid=127

jason123:
If you are strong, why don't you come back home?

good one jason

this ezeuche guy is crazy i tell ya

gbamm, he should be jail

Katsumoto:
You give these guys too much credit; what Machiavelli did these guys read? If they did, they would understand that there is usually a reaction to every action whether good or bad. I think a lot of people do not really understand Machiavelli.

Plain and simple, Naija politicians are just thugs.

no katsumoto they are not just thugs, they are very clever and calculative people. Trust me on that.

eku_bear:
It depends. Some external forces are manipulative. But the fastest way to build up your country from scratch is to access international capital.

I look at what they've done in Dubai and I'm very envious

no no no dubia and tunkey i think are the only arab countries that support the western world.

can you remember ajaokuta steel mine,,, is it working now

Beaf:
People have come up with every sort of answer, but are olivious to the one question (whats the cause) their answers throw up. I'll illustrate:

Nigerian leaders come from the people, so how can they be different? - Sorry, thats an effect, what is the cause?
People are corrupt because they don't care - Sorry, thats an effect, what is the cause?
Corruption thrives because there is no punishment - Sorry, thats an effect, what is the cause?
The average Nigerian cannot bring themselves to walk the Tunisian path - Sorry, thats an effect, what is the cause?
There is rampant corruption because we have bad leaders - Sorry, thats an effect, what is the cause?

The answer to the recurring "Sorry, thats an effect, what is the cause?" gives the true reason we have corruption as well as the true reason we have failed to develop so far. Lets look for root causes rather than symtoms; the oyibo man was 100% correct in his assessment that corruption isn't the reason Nigeria is not developing.

well, the cause is greed

lack of believe in nigeria

and lastly, there is still external forces eg western countries

eku_bear:
Is it at all possible you can take your Igbo agenda to another thread?

We get the memo; Igbos are Jews, etc, etc, are oppressed in Nigeria, etc, etc.

You sound like a song put on repeat

@posters pls ignore onlytruth  he is one big mumu