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Abuja – A group within the All Progressives Party (APC) has inaugurated “The Broom’’ as a social media website to further the campaign of the party ahead 2015 general elections.
A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by Dr Tom Ohikere, the group’s team leader, said the platform could be accessed via www.broomplatform.org.ng.
It said the platform was inaugurated to complement and consolidate APC’s 2015 campaign efforts.
It also said that the platform would be used to engage APC presidential aspirants in debates with the electorate, particularly the delegates to the party’s national convention, on their manifestos.
“The Broom platform is a debate and discuss group which shall attract millions of Nigerians daily; it is a social weapon in the quest for the required political orientation of Nigeria.
“It will on a daily basis provide them with a comprehensive knowledge of issues relating to the presidential elections.
“It will further complement and consolidate the campaign efforts of our great party, as the media, particularly the social media, will be in the forefront of the presidential elections,’’ the statement said.
According to the statement, apart from the online debate, the platform is linked to all the APC states nationwide to project their achievements and APC’s accomplishments.
It said the platform would also engage the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), in objective and qualitative debates on issues bordering on 2015 elections. (NAN)

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/2015-elections-apc-group-inaugurates-social-media-platform/#sthash.YuT6pvBe.dpuf

ProfCorruption:
Party discipline by whose standard? Don't tell me it will never happen again, tell me how PDP will stop it from happening.

You should know that politicians vote based on three factors.
1.The soundness of policy or the merit of whatever is in consideration.
2.The party policy
3.Local politics (taking the pulse of your constituency into consideration).

So, you can't say all PDP members will vote for a policy or an individual. It depends on the mood of the moment and personal priorities of the honorable members.So, I put it to you that you have no guarantee that the same thing won't repeat itself?

Opinions are free. The PDP under Adamu Muazu is a different party. We will have ample time to test out, where loyalties lie in the next couple of days.

Good night.

ProfCorruption:
Didn't PDP have majority when its SW candidate, Adeola Akande, was defeated? What guarantee do you have that the same thing won't be repeated?

PDP had a majority, but tambuwal and Ihedioha engineered a coup. The party has changed fundamentally and party discipline is pretty much top notch now. What happened in 2011 will never repeat itself again.

ProfCorruption:
Go over it again:



Your response:


Then again:


Your response:


Does that answer my question?

Still don't get your point.

ProfCorruption:
What has changed?

What do you mean by what has changed?

ProfCorruption:
Didn't have the sharing system when Tambuwal was elected? What has changed?

Tambuwal's election disrupted the formula. The same system was in place during Obj and Yaradua's tenures. Remember, he was not the PDP's candidate. Mulikat Akande was the person the party nominated for speaker.

ProfCorruption:
Why must SW produce the speaker?

Because PDP has a national Power sharing system.

SS President
NW VP
NC Chair of the Senate
NE Party Chair person
SE Secretary to Government
SW Speaker of the house.

When decision are made about Nigeria, everyone is at the table.

Mogidi:
Bros na true na, the SW must produce the next speaker.

That was the plan from day one, before Tambuwal and Ihedioha sabotaged the party. They are the underdogs now, wishing both Goodluck.

Nice story, but nobody has the votes to remove anybody. Ihedioha will pay for his 2011 mischief, but is not via a house impeachment. Is tambuwal still a member of the house? That's the question, his so called loyalist should answer first.

yemibayo:
The same way the ones that contacted the FG announced before Aganga and oju polo did theirs.

Sorry, I don't understand your point

Why is the gov, the person announcing this news. I would feel much better if the car makers were making this announcement.

Every knee shall bow, every tongue will confess. The clueless fisherman with is hat from the creeks, will only keep smiling. Na una go tire.

The Minister of Trade and Investment in Nigeria, Mr Olusegun Aganga, has given the nation’s economy a clean bill of health, saying that despite the challenges of poor infrastructural development, epileptic power supply, insecurity in some states in the north-east, Nigeria’s economy still accounts for 75 per cent of new investments in Africa.



Mr Aganga made the claim in Ota, Ogun state, in south-west Nigeria while delivering a lecture on “the emergence of Nigeria as Africa’s largest economy and challenges for the future”.

The Minister gave a bit by bit economic development indices of Nigeria in the last couple of years, emphasising that Nigeria has been attracting investment capital rather than aid money. He attributed it to the many economic development initiatives being put in place by the Federal Government

In his speech, the Vice Chancellor of the Bells University of Technology, Professor Isaac Adeyemi, stressed that knowledge economy, research, innovation and Education must be adequately funded by the government at all levels to ensure Nigeria achieves its vision of becoming one of the top 20 economies in the world by 2020.

In his goodwill message, the Chairman of the occasion, Professor Akin Maboogunje, told participants that aside from America, “Nigeria is the only country that can lay claim to Manifest Destiny”, adding that the country has larger concentration of proactive and talented people.

Youths who were present at the occasion were urged to make themselves readily available for the challenges of the 21st century so that Nigeria, as the current largest economy in Africa, could take its rightful place in the comity of great economies of the world.


http://www.channelstv.com/2014/11/01/aganga-says-nigeria-accounts-for-75-new-investments-in-africa/

diluminati:
Well i get you. I know how it feels when you've lost hope in gej.

Is got to suck to you.

diluminati:
thats very lame. seriously? is that the best you can say. You are really small kid. have you seen the latest shecow video, you fool?

You can watch as many shecow video as you want, that's not my problem. Again, Nigeria has moved on.

Two charts, same country, time for you people to look inward. GEJ is not your problem.
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21627646-africas-lodestar-nation-has-weathered-ebola-extremist-takeover-has-exposed

diluminati:
you are very silly. like i said you look sick and maybe you got a terminal illness, thats why you don't make sense. As usual with the saTAN derailers, trying to find a way to stray from the topic. gej lied to nigerians, he deserves to be punished.

Keep lying to yourselves and be waiting for GEJ. The rest of Nigeria has moved on.

diluminati:
Thats the problem with you saTAN's, always looking for the vilest words to deflect the real grit of the matter. When BH states that they have even married off the girls and converted/radicalized them, then what was gej saying that he's gonna free them and they already agreed on a ceasefire? what impudence? that is enough to cause a revolution! burkina faso is very little compared to whats gonna happen. but you think about it, sick man, be realistic for once.

keep looking for that gun, you're still talking crap. This's why most of you a senseless.

If they were independent countries, some of Nigeria’s northern states would rank bottom globally in terms of development

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21627646-africas-lodestar-nation-has-weathered-ebola-extremist-takeover-has-exposed

diluminati:
are you sure you are feeling well? i dont think you are reasoning well. its amazes me how you saTANs brazenly overlook the blatant lie crafted by gej and co and still go ahead to promote your evil agenda. evil people

Look for nearest gun, put it in your mouth, then put the fuccccking trigger.

NagodeAllah1:
Really. Why do they flee from battle? Make up ceasefire? Fail to get their girls back?
Nice army.

Which girls are you talking about? Ceasefire with whom? Keep up your propaganda. We have been here before, the only pile of dead bodies always belong to alamjiris. Like I said, the army has enough bullets and then some.

NagodeAllah1:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11203099/The-Chibok-girls-are-never-being-freed-says-Boko-Haram-leader.html

This is the army testing its weapons?


"Shekau ordered his men to attack the hometown of Air Marshal Alex Badeh, the chief of defence, who on October 17 had announced the ceasefire. Boko Haram on Thursday captured Vintim, 120 miles south of Maiduguri, on the border with Cameroon. Mr Badeh and his family were not in the area at the time of the attack. Local reports claimed that, fearing an attack, 4,500 troops were positioned around the town. But they were overrun by 300 Boko Haram fighters."

Tell that story to the gods. Go to adamawa and count the numbers of dead alamjiris everywhere. Keep sending then, Nigeria has enough bullets and then some.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/a-peep-into-the-past/126491/

A Peep into the Past

Omololu Ogunmade refreshes memory with some of the key dates in history since October 1, 1960 when Nigeria became an independent country

October 1, 1960
After about 100 years of British imperialism, the country obtained independence from the colonialists. Consequently, the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) and the National Convention of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) formed a coalition government that took over from Great Britain. Under this arrangement, the late Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa of the NPC became the first prime minister of the newly independent Nigeria, while the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe of the NCNC became the nation’s governor-general. Consequently, Nigeria adopted the parliamentary system of government as practised by its colonial masters.

October 12, 1960
Less than two weeks after Nigeria obtained independence, a defunct newspaper, THE PARROT, published a shocking comment by the then Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, where he was quoted to have said: “The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities in the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to have control over their future.”

May 21, 1962
On this day, the Governor of Western Region, the late Sir Adesoji Aderemi, the Ooni of Ife, removed Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, the then Premier of Western Region following unhealthy rivalry between supporters of Akintola and his predecessor, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, which heated the polity. In his place, Aderemi appointed Alhaji D.S. Adegbenro, a leader in the Action Group (AG) as the new premier. But Akintola challenged his removal in a law court.

May 29, 1962
Balewa declared a state of emergency in Western Region following a breakdown of law and order in the aftermath of the removal of Akintola. Earlier, the council of ministers at the federal level had met in Lagos to discuss the situation. This was followed by a broadcast to the nation by the prime minister, where he stated that no responsible government could fold its hands and watch the scenario in the region deteriorate without prompt intervention.

October 1, 1963
Nigeria became a republic and ceased to take orders from the Queen of England. Under the new arrangement, Azikiwe became the first President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, while Balewa retained his seat as Prime Minister.

July 13, 1963
A plebiscite was conducted following the March 29, 1963 responsibility given to the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs to organise a referendum to decide whether a new region should be carved out of the old Western Region to be called the Mid-West Region. The plebiscite, which had been described as the only constitutional exercise embarked upon so far in Nigeria before the creation of a constituent part of the country, was done, gave birth to the Mid-west Region, which comprised the Benin and Delta provinces. The then Mid-west Region now constitutes the present day Edo and Delta States.

September 11, 1963
The late Chief Obafemi Awolowo was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Justice Sobo Sowemimo, after he was found guilty of treason for plotting to overthrow the government of Balewa. Awo’s concerted efforts to stall the sentence failed as Sowemimo said while delivering his judgment: “My hands are tied.”

May 25, 1965
Violence erupted at the Western House of Assembly in Ibadan, the then capital of Western Region, which stalled two separate meetings slated for the day at the House of Assembly complex. Both supporters of Awolowo and Akintola engaged in a free for all, culminating in destruction of government property.


October 11, 1965
A regional election held in the Western Region was characterised by widespread electoral malpractices allegedly orchestrated by Akintola’s Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP). This sparked off violence, tagged ‘Operation Wetie’, an act that earned the region the appellation: Wild, Wild, West!

October 12, 1965
As a result of the widespread irregularities that marred the election, the then AG leader, Alhaji D.S. Adegbenro, announced the formation of an interim government in the Western Region.

January 15, 1966
The first military coup d’état carried out in Nigeria was led by Major Kaduna Nzeogwu. The development ended the First Republic and led to the death of top politicians such as Ahmadu Bello, Premier of Northern Nigeria, Balewa and Akintola.

January 16, 1966
Lt. General Aguiyi-Ironsi became the first military Head of State following the January 15 military incursion into politics. Aguiyi-Ironsi abolished the existing federal system and introduced a unitary system of government in Nigeria.

July 29, 1966
There was a counter coup plot by young officers from the North, which led to the assassination of Aguiyi-Ironsi along with Brigadier General Adekunle Fajuyi, the then military governor of Western Region. Fajuyi, who was hosting the military leader at his official residence in Ibadan, offered himself to be killed alongside his guest after failed pleas with the coup plotters to spare Aguiyi-Ironsi’s life.


July 30 and 31
There was leadership vacuum in Nigeria as there was dissension among military men over who should succeed the slain Aguiyi-Ironsi. While Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the then military governor of Eastern Nigeria, insisted that the most senior military officer, Brigadier-General Babafemi Ogundipe, be installed as head of state, Northern officers refused. Hence, Ogundipe offered to be posted out of Nigeria as an ambassador.


August 1, 1966
After two days of contention, Northern officers resolved to install Yakubu Gowon as Nigeria’s second military head of state after Aguiyi-Ironsi. Gowon emerged the youngest ruler of Nigeria, whether military or civilian, that the nation has ever had even until date. He became head of state as a bachelor.


September 12, 1966
Gowon inaugurated an ad hoc constitutional conference in preparation for transition to civil rule.

January 4-5, 1967
Aburi Accord was reached at a meeting attended by delegates of both the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Eastern delegates, led by the soon-to-become-Biafran leader, Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. The meeting was part of efforts to prevent an all out war following the decision of the East to break away from Nigeria. Aburi, Ghana, became the choice venue because of Ojukwu’s safety.

May 27, 1967
The military regime of Gowon divided Nigeria into 12 states to replace the existing four regions and provinces structure.


July 6, 1967
Civil war began. The war, which was a result of Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s insistence to lead the then Eastern Region as part of moves to form the Republic of Biafra, lasted three years.


January 13, 1970
Civil war ended as Biafran soldiers surrendered. Gowon accepted and declared “no victor, no vanquished,” while Odumegwu-Ojukwu fled to Cote d’Voire where he had been offered an asylum.

October 1, 1970
Gowon announced a nine-point agenda for Nigeria’s return to civil rule with the promise to hand over power in 1976.

October 1, 1974
Gowon dampened the nation’s spirit, saying the proposed 1976 handover of power was no longer feasible.

July 29, 1975
Gowon’s government was overthrown in a bloodless coup by Brig.-General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, who immediately became the head of state.

February 3, 1976
Murtala’s regime created more states, increasing the number of states in the country from 12 to 19.

February 13, 1976
Murtala Muhammed was killed in an abortive coup led by Lt-Col. Buka Suka Dimka. This paved the way for General Olusegun Obasanjo to become the head of state.


September 21, 1978
Obasanjo’s military regime lifted the ban on political parties and commenced a transition from military to civil rule.

October 1, 1979
After 13 years of military interregnum, Obasanjo handed over power to Alhaji Aliyu Usman Shehu Shagari as Nigeria’s first Executive President. Shagari was elected on the platform of National Party of Nigeria (NPN).

December 18 - 29, 1980
Maitatsine religious crisis broke out in several parts of the North, which resulted in wanton destruction of lives and property. The riot in Kano alone resulted in the death of 4,177 people. The crisis was orchestrated by a religious extremist, Mohammed Marwa Maitatsine, a Camerounian, who had once been deported to Cameroun by the Nigerian government over manifestations of religious extremism but who soon found his way back to the country. He was killed in one of the riots in Kano. Maitatsine riot was believed to be the worst religious crisis in the North.

December 31, 1983
Shagari’s government was overthrown by the military led by Maj.-General Muhammadu Buhari and Brig.-Gen. Tunde Idiagbon, drawing the curtains on another democratic era.

April 5, 1985
Security agents sealed Newswatch’s premises and arrested its editors – Ray Ekpu, Dan Agbese and Yakubu Mohammed without reason.


August 27, 1985
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida toppled Buhari’s government in another bloodless coup.


October 19, 1986
Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch magazine, Mr. Dele Giwa, was killed via a bomb parcel that was delivered to him at home.

September 23, 1987
Babangida announced the creation of two additional states– Akwa Ibom and Katsina– thus raising the number of existing states to 21 from 19.

May 3, 1989
An endless transition programme commenced, as Babangida lifted ban on political activities.
October 7, 1989
The military government of Babangida announced the formation of only two political parties – Social Democratic Party (SDP) and National Republican Convention (NRC) to participate in the new transition arrangement.

August 27, 1991
Babangida created nine more states, bringing the number of states in Nigeria to 30.

June 10, 1993
An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Bassey Ikpeme, gave an order halting the conduct of the much-awaited June 12, 1993 presidential election that would have rounded off elections to herald a new government in Nigeria under the Babangida transition programme. Justice Ikpeme gave the ruling halting the declaration of the election results in a suit instituted by Abiola Davies’ Association for Better Nigeria.

June 11, 1993
Chairman of National Electoral Commission (NEC), Professor Humphrey Nwosu, made several unsuccessful calls to Babangida to seek his opinion on the court order. But none of the calls went through as they all gave engaged tones. Therefore, Nwosu went ahead with the conduct of the election scheduled for the following day.

June 12, 1993
Despite the court order, NEC conducted the presidential election acclaimed as Africa’s freest and fairest election.

June 14, 1993
Some protesters in Sokoto and Kano states called for the annulment of the election, alleging low voters’ turnout and irregularities.

June 16, 1993
The NEW NIGERIAN newspaper in its editorial, also called for the annulment of the June 12 election.

June 23, 1993
Babangida shocked the nation when he announced the annulment of the June 12 election, through a national broadcast on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), without giving any clear reason.

June 24, 1994
Riots broke out in Lagos as residents trooped out en masse to protest the annulment of the election said to be freest and fairest in Nigeria and presumably won by businessman, Chief M.K.O. Abiola of the SDP. Civil groups and political activists condemned the annulment and commenced consultations on how to resist it.


August 16, 1993
Babangida issued Decree 48 of 1993, which took a retroactive effect from July 22, to legalise his government’s proscription of some national newspapers such as NATIONAL CONCORD titles, THE PUNCH, DAILY SKETCH and THE GUARDIAN, whose criticisms of the annulment he found offensive.

August 17, 1993
Babangida, following intense pressure, addressed a joint session of the National Assembly to solicit their support to extend his stay in power, but the demand was rejected.

August 26, 1993
Babangida “stepped aside” and installed Chief Ernest Shonekan, Abiola’s kinsman from Abeokuta, Ogun State, as the head of the Interim National Government. Shonekan was sworn in by the then Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Mohammed Bello.

November 17, 1993
Nigeria returned to military rule as General Sani Abacha overthrew Shonekan’s ING and dissolved all democratic organs of government.

May 15, 1994
National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) was formed in Lagos at the residence of General Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd.) with the mission to fight Abacha’s junta. The group convened on the aegis of Council of Unity before transforming into NADECO.

I pray Shekau is alive and well, I also hope boko haram keeps fighting. The army needs a place to test out their new weapons. Na una go tire.

If they were independent countries, some of Nigeria’s northern states would rank bottom globally in terms of development

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21627646-africas-lodestar-nation-has-weathered-ebola-extremist-takeover-has-exposed

Sincere9gerian:
I'm not a fan of the PDP but facts are sacred

Look at this chart. God bless PDP 14 years rule.
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21627646-africas-lodestar-nation-has-weathered-ebola-extremist-takeover-has-exposed

cramjones:
"The government has racked up some successes. On October 20th Nigeria was declared free of Ebola

The Economist

Great Job President Jonathan, great job!

-CramJones

You just misfired big time, hopefully, you will baby sit your thread.

The poor and angry north (whose fault is it)

Inequality is also starkly regional (see map). [b]If they were independent countries, some of Nigeria’s northern states would rank bottom globally in terms of development, [/b]even though the country is the seventh-biggest oil producer in OPEC. Nowhere else in the world are more children out of school. Fewer than 5% of women in some parts can read or write. Estimates put three out of four residents in the north-east below the poverty line, around twice as many as at the southern end of the country. “Boko Haram is a reflection of the deeper crisis in the country,” says a former teacher at a military academy. Its rise is fuelled by poverty as well as the brutality and incompetence of the security forces.

Extrajudicial killings account for thousands of deaths in the north. Revenge is a common reason for commando raids. Abuse in detention centres is routine. Some police stations have what is informally known as an “O/C Torture”—Officer in Charge of Torture—who handles interrogations. Dozens of bodies, many bearing the marks of torture, turn up at the main morgue in Maiduguri following police sweeps. Some prisoners appear to have been starved to death.

In the field the army lacks the equipment and morale to give chase. Boko Haram destroyed much of the air fleet in a raid last year and is now free to ride around in large convoys unmolested from above. The generals have asked Western countries for new helicopters and other equipment but were told first to alter their tactics, respect human rights, create proper supply lines and learn counter-insurgency skills. America, among other countries, cannot offer Nigeria training and arms until its army respects human rights.

Hapless at chasing insurgents, the army is nonetheless skilled at extracting bribes. Troops sent to the north-east to fight Boko Haram run checkpoints as shakedown spots. On the road between Maiduguri and Damaturu drivers are stopped every 10km (6 miles) or so and are asked for money by soldiers. In some cases the bus driver collects the bribes from passengers before leaving and hands them over to speed things up. “You pay according to how much luggage you bring,” says a passenger.

The soldiers are only following the example of their generals, many of whom retire as millionaires. A budget supplement of $1 billion to fight Boko Haram is seen by some as a little more than a new trough for greedy officials. So little of the money reaches front lines that desertion is common. Troops frustrated by a lack of food and ammunition have shot at their own officers. Several have been sentenced to death by firing squad for mutiny.

One expert says the army “is close to being shattered”. It has about 18,000 troops in the north-east, an area populated by 10m widely dispersed people. About half the force, amounting to most of the combat-capable troops in the 60,000-strong army, is squatting in Maiduguri.

Government officials insist that Nigeria does not face an existential crisis but rather struggles to communicate its successes abroad. The finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, complains that “the international media tend to have one line of good news on Nigeria and everything else is bad.” She says the country is getting a grip on its problems. The army was long neglected in favour of development. “We chose butter over guns,” she says. That is now changing. President Goodluck Jonathan has launched initiatives to boost development, schools and health care in the north-east. He speaks of “turning the tide”.

The president has never been short of speeches or initiatives. But his critics fear he is no longer able to effect wholesale change in a broken state. Nobody can predict when Nigeria might tip over into chaos. But that day seems to be coming closer.

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21627646-africas-lodestar-nation-has-weathered-ebola-extremist-takeover-has-exposed

A nation divided

Africa’s lodestar nation has weathered Ebola, but an extremist takeover has exposed the flaw at its heart

"Lodestar" a star that is used to guide the course of a ship God bless Nigeria.


GEJ till 2019 or till almajiris get some sense.


http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21627646-africas-lodestar-nation-has-weathered-ebola-extremist-takeover-has-exposed

Very good, license to kill more stup1d alamjiris. The army has enough bullets.

payan:
AWON OLODO. WAS IT GEJ THAT MADE AMINU TAMBUWAL SPEAKER? YEYE PEOPLE ARE ASKING GEJ TO RETURN SPEAKERSHIP TO S/W WHEN GEJ SELF IS NOT SAFE WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS DRAMA? FORGET ABOUT PDP AND APC ISSUE, HAUSA PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE WILL NEVER ALLOW SUCH TO HAPPEN WITH THE WAY HOW GEJ HAS SHOWN THE WHOLE WORLD OF HIS DEPERATION.

Mindset like yours still exist in Nigeria? Tell your hausa people, Nigerians are waiting for them.