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Once we Nigerians realize we all have a common enemy, then we will achieve the greatness that we all desire. Poverty knows no tribe, gender, age or religion. We have so much greatness locked within that on many days, I find myself dreaming of how much we can achieve as a nation. We will achieve so much that the whole will be stunned. I dream so far that anytime I hear the noise of Nigerian engineers manufacturing aeroplanes in Owerri, I am suddenly jolted back to life that the noise wey I dey hear for my head no be Made-in-Nigeria plane factory but the generator outside the window.

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Chad sent ground troops into Nigeria for the first time on Tuesday to fight Boko Haram as the Islamist militants escalate their bloody insurgency.

For almost an hour, Chadian warplanes struck Boko Haram positions, then armoured vehicles rolled across the bridge linking Fotokol town in Cameroon with Gamboru in Nigeria, clearing the way for the infantry.

Up until now, Chad's military had conducted air strikes against the armed extremists, while waiting for authorisation to operate on the ground in Nigeria via Cameroon, which has recently endured Boko Haram raids.

The entire Chadian contingent of about 2,000 troops had crossed the frontier by midday without a shot being fired, an AFP correspondent saw.

Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno sent soldiers to Cameroon in mid-January to help take on Boko Haram, whose raids, massacres and abductions are estimated to have claimed 13,000 lives since the movement emerged in northern Nigeria in 2009.

Nigerian authorities said late Monday that Gamboru had been reclaimed after three days of air strikes by Chadian warplanes against Boko Haram positions in the region.

The Nigerian army, which has been criticised for its inadequacy in failing to crush the insurgency, also annnounced the recapture of Mafa, Mallam Fatori, Abadam and Marte towns.

The military spokesman said that previous operations in the northeast of the country had brought about the liberation of 11 towns in Adamawa state, to the east of Borno state, and of Gujba and Gulani, in Yobe state.

The Islamist fighters, who bitterly oppose Western education and seek to establish a broad caliphate under strict Sharia law, still control six regions in Adamawa state.

Boko Haram took control of several towns on the northeastern border in a major offensive launched early this year and stepped up attacks against neighbouring countries, mainly Cameroon.

Chadian soldiers have also been deployed at Daboa in the Lake Chad area where the borders of Nigeria, Chad and Niger converge.

A multinational force intended to strike jointly at the radical sect has withdrawn from its base at Baga on the southern shore of Lake Chad because of disagreements between the Nigerian government and its neighbours.

In the meantime, Boko Haram stands accused of many atrocities constituting crimes against humanity in the eyes of the international community.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2937768/Chadian-troops-enter-Nigeria-battle-Boko-Haram.html

anytexy:
I thought you people said PDP is corrupt, but they are the ones that make up APC. So, what is the difference. Na the same people bro

The difference is just the party name.. Though they are the same set of people but considering the development in all APC states, they can make the difference if they were given a chance for presidency

[quote author=dipo1234 post=30390981][/quote]Were you born when Buhari ruled Nigeria? I wasn't born so I only heard about dem say dem say.. But about Jonathan regime, i was born before he even became anything and I knew the hardship he puts on the land. So bro, leave story.. We all want progress of this nation

A chieftain of APC and Pa Muhammadu Buhari supporter, Mallam Abdulrahaman Abba Jimeta while anchoring the Buhari
presidential campaign rally in Yola yesterday made inciting
inflammatory remarks that 2015 election a war between Muslims and infidels.
Buhari's right hand man said the "2015 general election will be "yakin Badar" ( a war between Muslims and infidels)"
Mallam Abdulrahaman Abba Jimeta openly supported stoning which he termed "Jifar shaitan" and Buhari who approved the message, as they are similar to his principal and religious ideas laughed on.
For a former Commissioner of Higher education, a former
information commissioner, a former chief of staff to a governor, such unguarded utterances should not have emanated from him.
If the APC, the Nigerian version of the Muslim brotherhood party stands for change, then People like this and Buhari must be curtailed.
Let's save our Adamawa but not through bitterness that will enhance violence thus taking us headlong to plunge to a dangerous precipice!!!!

Source: Hope4nigeria

@op, I guess your own calendar still reads 2010 abi? Joneson

The era of PDP will soon end.

#Ihavedecided

By the way, I thought he also predicted APC would not last a year. Excellent prophet grin emoticon Okupe is one of those washing Jonathan and they should please continue.

Sokoto 40%
Kebbi 40%
Zamfara 45-50%
Kano 40%
Kaduna 50%
Katsina 25%
Jigawa 60%
Bauchi 25%
Gombe 40%
Yobe 20%
Borno 50%
Adamawa 60%
Taraba 70%
Kwara 50%
Kogi 70%
Niger 35%
Nasarawa 50%
Kaduna 50%
Plataeu 70%
Benue 60%
Abia 80%
Anambra 80%
Enugu 80%
Imo 70%
Ebonyi 80%
Akwa ibom 80%
C/rivers 80%
Rivers 65%
Edo 70%
Delta 80%
Bayelsa 80%
Lagos 60%
Ogun 60%
Oyo 60%
Osun 40%
Ondo 60%
Ekiti 70%

'With 60-65% voters turn out, President Jonathan will win the popular votes of between 2 to 4m votes"- Doyin Okupe

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HIGHESTPOPORI:
I didn't vote in 2011,so after seeing d propaganda by Apc and their desperation for Power,I had to get my PVC so I can vote for GEJ to complete is transformation agenda till 2019.This country is for all of us,nobody has a birthright to rule others!

Please don't waste your vote cos the clueless have no place to go pass Otuoke.. No vacancy in Aso rock

MalcoImX:
Why these inducements? Do you even have to give people rice/beans if you have worked well?

You said it all. God bless you with that statement

Hit like and Share for Muhammad Buhari (APC) if you want him to win the next election

Hit like and Share for Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (PDP) if you want him to win the next election

12 days to the much anticipated February 14th presidential election. Who are you supporting to be the next Nigeria president?

Rules: Below, I will post the 2 names of the 2 major contender, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammad Buhari. Click like and share on each of the candidate. The highest likes and shares win the poll.

#Nigeriadecides2015

Wonder shall never end.


Laughing in Arabic

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Many people are feared dead in Potiskum, Yobe State on Sunday following a suicide attack on supporters of candidates for the House of Representatives election.
The supporters were gathered at the candidates house when the suicide bomber sneaked among them and triggered off his explosive ridden body.
Hospital sources said six persons were confirmed dead. An eye witness informed that eight people died on the spot.


Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/many-feared-dead-yobe-suicide-attack/

charliebiz:
Where are the pixs

I guess you are one of the boko or didn't you see the armo displayed?

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has berated chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for maligning him.

He spoke at the party’s rallies, which took place in Amuwo and Apapa local government areas.

“E be like say dis governorship election, na two-and-half people Jimi Agbaje dey contest against”, he stated in pidgin, referring to public attacks launched against him by APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Babatunde Fashola and their candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.

Describing Tinubu as the puppeteer of the two others, Agbaje said it was strange to be described as too old by people in the same 50s age bracket as himself, especially as their party presented a 72-year old as its Presidential Candidate.

Agbaje said the government was lashing back at him for exposing the cases of impunity and weakness in the administration of Lagos State.

According to Agbaje: “To do well is our children passing their exams. To do well is for poor people to have houses they can afford. To do well is for people to have a suitable environment to practice their trades and run their businesses. Whether they worked hard or not is not the issue. They have worked hard but they have failed.

“This election, this one, God has given it to us. They cannot continue. To continue is when you have passed. Have they passed or failed?” to which the huge crowd yelled “Failed!”

Agbaje said the recent spate of attacks on his person were a reflection of desperation on the part of the APC.

Speaking to a crowd at the rally ground opposite FESTAC Gate, Lagos, Agbaje used the opportunity to reply Fashola’s tirade that the he was a tax evader, too old to be Governor and that he lacked experience in public office.

“This election is not about experience but qualification. ‘Jimi Agbaje no get experience for political office, but e qualify,’ the candidate added in pidgin.

The crowd cheered as Agbaje reminded them that his critics also lacked public service experience before they took over the reins of power in the state.

“They even talk about experience. They say I don’t have government experience. Tinubu was just a Senator for three months before becoming Governor. For me what is most important is qualification and I am eminently qualified to be the Lagos Governor,” he added.

According to him, the experience that Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode could lay claim to had been rubbished in the two public debates at which the two contestants met, one organised a fortnight ago by the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church and another last week by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

“One by one, I go give them T.K.O.,” he joked.

Dismissing the tax evasion allegations levelled against him Wednesday by Fashola, Agbaje said: “Yesterday, dem say Jimi Agbaje na tax evader. But as God dey catch person, just recently, na im dem send me congratulations say I dey pay my tax well-well.”

He made reference to a letter of commendation written by the Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Ayo Gbeleyi.

Describing all the allegations as unwarranted and malicious, Agbaje said: “My prayer be say as dem dey throw mud for my body, e no go stick to me. E go backfire!”

Addressing the salient issues bedevilling the administrating of Lagos State, Agbaje acknowledged the hardship occasioned by several policies of the government.

He assured non-indigenes that discrimination against them, their interests and their businesses would dissipate as soon as he came to power.

Contesting the government’s claim that Lagos was overcrowded and that a policy to manage the influx of strangers would be established, Agbaje said: “Trying to deport strangers from other states is like trying to stop the flow of a river with your hand. Is it possible?”

Agbaje also promised that the notorious Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) would be rebranded, not scrapped, saying, the problem with the agency was that it had derailed from its statutory duty of traffic management to imposing draconian fines on motorists in order to generate funds for the government.

He also said that as part of his human-face policies, ‘okada’ (commercial motorcyclists) would be taken into consideration in formulating policies concerning their operations.

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2015/02/01/im-contesting-two-half-people-agbaje-mocks-tinubu-fashola-ambode/

The terrorists who in their disarray strayed towards Bama, Ngom, Alou, Delwa and Mafa in the night have now been effectively contained. Mopping up operation is ongoing. Several weapons, arms and ammunition including two armoured vehicles and two artillery guns as well as 17 Hilux vehicles have been captured from them. Several terrorists also died.

The affected locations have been secured and soldiers wounded are being treated. Patrols and pursuit of fleeing terrorists is continuing in coordination with allied forces. Meanwhile, the terrorists attack on Maiduguri in the early hours of Sunday was quickly contained. The terrorists incurred massive casualty. The situation is calm as mopping up operation in the affected area is ongoing. The ongoing operations is in coordination with activities in the Multinational Joint Task. The terrorists are meant to be engaged in all fronts including their previous safe havens and hide outs in the region.

It is in line with the arrangement for a comprehensive and coordinated military operation with inputs by military forces in the Lake Chad Basin Commission namely Nigeria, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon.
More later.

Major General Chris Olukolade
Director Defence Information
February 1, 2015


Source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/01/military-captures-armoured-vehicles-artillery-guns-overnight

Collect the rice, make sure you demand for the ingredients and kerosene to cook it.

Then on Febuhari 14th, cast your vote for the main man, GMB

Change 2015

Vote Buhari/Osinbajo

So Omisore still exist in Nigeria politics? Oops I am sorry for him.

PDP always like to use people and dumb them later. Don't be surprised if Omisore cross carpet to APC

The oracle must be Paul the octopus and it has died long time.. So don't bullshit us with your prediction. Buhari all the way

chidiezeh:
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The call log is fabricated. Though I am not quite sure of the date Buhari visited Ogun state, but it was never 30th of Jan. SO hope, find something else to say cos this is pure lies

EhiJeremiah:
I refused to be deceived and stand to to be correct. Since the inception of campaigns for the 2015 elections i have not heard any news of bomb blast in any part of the country seeing that these rallies and campaigns are easiest and best target for maximum casualties in any terrorist attack. Is it that these Boko Boy/Girls are on strike or someone asked them to suspend their attacks for a while?

I also observed that. Those who are behind boko haram are still people in power. Whether PDP or APC. They both know what they are doing.

They should kill them all. Including their sponspors

natureboy50:
I didn't insinuate anything

Oh okay.. No matter the sign may be, that is their own problem not ours

natureboy50:
This is the aerial view of covenant university otta.
I didn't initially want to state the location but since people were asking, I decided to add the location. This is what you get when you do a google earth view of the university. Please does anyone have insight about the meaning or significance of any of this symbols and as to why they might have been structured in our great country.

@ op, what are you insinuating? Hope you are not referring the sign to Illuminati sign

Young03:
He who fights and run away...

I guess you are one of their sympathizer

irishCream:
Hello Romancelanders I want to narrate my experience with online dating.

Have always been sceptical about online dating but decided to give it a try after one year break of dating. I opted out of my previous affair cos my ex family were against him marrying from my tribe so had to end the shiiit and give myself a break since he was acting so indecisive about the whole thing. Now my experience...

I am one of the few nairaland babes that do respond to pm especially if your contribution to this forum has been matured and reasonable irrespective of the section you frequent.
So of all the pms I do have i sifter and respond to few but so far I'm not impressed with the calibre of men searching online.

After taking risk to exchange my contact and get to meet (in chaperone oh) few of them(about 3) I find out that most men searching online has something terrible about them that makes ladies turn them down in real life that's why they run to online, it either they are unkempt, rass or not presentable, some can't even talk like a real man, they are either too weak or timid in real life, no class no nothing.

Forget all those edited pictures used as dp and the likes most of them in real life are dirty!!!
How can a grown up guy don't know how to clean up and look neat, I mean why must your personal hygiene be zero You're meeting someone for the first time and your mouth oozes, who does that Or is that also attributed to poverty? I have male cousins that earn less than 50k in a month but they still look neat and presentable.

Is there someone that has experienced same be it with male or female or am I alone in this

@ OP, you messed everything up at the bolded I have male cousins that earn less than 50k in a month but they still look neat and presentable. .. With the current Nigeria situation, 50k is not token money, so that means your cousin is a big boy on his own.

About the topic, not all guys. Same goes for ladies

Some behavior/habit worth more than slap self

Reason, to comot that nonsense from the ladies head