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Quote from Ola edo:
Daily Trust is a northner newspaper.A lot of the news is usually bias in favor of the north.

Let's have the unrefined southern news, piggy?

Blazay for fighting Atiku's fight with Baba.

Same shit different toilet.

Chuks01, it was a mixed up. It is in the general section, not the politics.

@ onyegaemel,
It's really amazing how bad you feel, just because one state house of assembly has endorse your enemy candidate out of the 36 houses of assembly that endorses GEJ. What has muslims/religion got to do with this?
The series of endorsement in the core/muslim states of the north/south western state of Oyo for your man friday,is it not democracy at play?KMT. Have you ever cared to scan through those in the bandwagon of GEJ must stay? Did you ever care to check where GEJ's campaign coordinator, Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida is from?OMG.
No wonder it is commonly said in some quarters in the north that a southerner is only wise but senseless.
BTW, the coup plotters you mentioned in your opening paragraph,learnt the trade from an Igbo renegade, one Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu. Tell me amongst all of them, who went there to serve our immediate constituencies? They became courageous at the expense of their lives. They became heroes, not to us, but to their folks in the army.
Amongst them, if I should educate you, Gowon is a minority/christian, Murtala is half Edo muslim, Babangida is a minority Gwari/Gbagi, Abacha is a minority Kanuri. Therfore, nine years of Gowon, plus eight years of Babangida, plus five years of Abacha, and one year of GEJ which is equal twenty six years of minority rule.
Now, the question is, where does Ndigbos, the originators of the military coups stand?
I would also like to educate you that the British, gave the Northerners the first shot to rule Nigeria,not out of sympathy, but because they did not met them  in hamlets/scattered huts. They came, and  saw an established institutions. They met resistance, yes, but their firepower was bigger and stronger.
Atiku is better in terms of experience, than your "foul air". Atiku and GEJ are the reason why we are comatose in this country. Yes Atiku stole, but he plough back his loots into the economy. Take a look at his interests/investments. The second largest employer in River state. Fact. Twenty percent of the labour is Intel services Ltd., is  Ndigbo. Fact. His campaign train is more Ndigbo than GEJ's. His economic team is more Ndigbo than GEJ's. He brought in people like Okonjo Iweala, Madam "due process", Soludo, Akunyili etc to limelight.Fact.

Chuks01, the first is from @ onyegaemel sorry for the mix up. I am for Atiku, the better thief.

@ onyegaemel,
It's really amazing how bad you feel, just because one state house of assembly has endorse your enemy candidate out of the 36 houses of assembly that endorses GEJ. What has muslims/religion got to do with this?
The series of endorsement in the core/muslim states of the north/south western state of Oyo for your man friday,is it not democracy at play?KMT. Have you ever cared to scan through those in the bandwagon of GEJ must stay? Did you ever care to check where GEJ's campaign coordinator, Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida is from?OMG.
No wonder it is commonly said in some quarters in the north that a southerner is only wise but senseless.
BTW, the coup plotters you mentioned in your opening paragraph,learnt the trade from an Igbo renegade, one Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu. Tell me amongst all of them, who went there to serve our immediate constituencies? They became courageous at the expense of their lives. They became heroes, not to us, but to their folks in the army.
Amongst them, if I should educate you, Gowon is a minority/christian, Murtala is half Edo muslim, Babangida is a minority Gwari/Gbagi, Abacha is a minority Kanuri. Therfore, nine years of Gowon, plus eight years of Babangida, plus five years of Abacha, and one year of GEJ which is equal twenty six years of minority rule.
Now, the question is, where does Ndigbos, the originators of the military coups stand?
I would also like to educate you that the British, gave the Northerners the first shot to rule Nigeria,not out of sympathy, but because they did not met them  in hamlets/scattered huts. They came, and  saw an established institutions. They met resistance, yes, but their firepower was bigger and stronger.
Atiku is better in terms of experience, than your "foul air". Atiku and GEJ are the reason why we are comatose in this country. Yes Atiku stole, but he plough back his loots into the economy. Take a look at his interests/investments. The second largest employer in River state. Fact. Twenty percent of the labour is Intel services Ltd., is  Ndigbo. Fact. His campaign train is more Ndigbo than GEJ's. His economic team is more Ndigbo than GEJ's. He brought in people like Okonjo Iweala, Madam "due process", Soludo, Akunyili etc to limelight.Fact.

onyegaemel:
its only propaganda no right thinking onye igbo will endorse atiku , and there are a lot of right thinking igbo people in enugu, the history of nigeria is filled with appeasing muslim northerners, and they have misused their chances which was given to them by the british , by always presenting crippled people to rule nigeria, balewa a british plant, gowon too young and planless, murtala a bank robber and a jihadist, shehu shagari a study into ineptitude, buhari a tribalist, jihadist and planless, babangida the father of all nigerias corruption and a serial murderer, abacha a serial murderer, abubakar smart but was busy robbing us blind, yar,adua was planless had opportunity but allowed wife and ethnic bias to derail him will be remembered as baba go slow, as for atiku he should be in jail for decades of looting nigeria blind, jonathan is the man his fresh and a minority at least for the ist time in nigeria everyone will be at same level and that is whalt ndi igbo want at least we are not afraid of healthy competition, nigeria will grow only when everyone has a chance to be somebody not some clowns hiding behind, royalty, nobleblood which actually is another name for those who collaborate with our foriegn oppressors be it from the wes :ot or the east. onyegaemel

Former vice-president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday held closed-door meetings with members of Enugu and Anambra States’ houses of assembly in a bid to woo them ahead of the party’s presidential primary on January 13, 2011.

His aspiration, however, received a major boost as the Enugu State House of Assembly specifically endorsed him ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan. The lawmakers described him as the most experienced in the race so far.

Meanwhile, Atiku reiterated his support for the emergence of an Igbo man as the president of the country by 2015, saying that was the only way of putting to an end the fall-outs of the country’s 30-month civil war.

The former vice-president’s campaign train, however, received a major shock as Ebonyi State Governor Martin Elechi reportedly barred them from visiting the state.

He was said to have directed Ebonyi delegates to avoid any meeting with Atiku.
Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Eugene Odoh, who spoke on behalf of other lawmakers during a special session to receive Atiku’s presidential team, said the assembly would go the extra-mile to ensure that they support the course which the former vice-president is currently championing.

“Enugu Assembly will go extra length to show full support to the course which has brought you to the House of Assembly today. You are the most experienced of all aspirants in the race having experienced presidency for eight years. What you have told us today are facts and when we heard of your visit, we decided to turn out in our numbers to receive you. We have been humbled by your wordings, our president-to-be and by the grace of God, you will be there.

“We had you one-on-one and it is my hope that we’ll vote according to our conscience. The Igbo man has conscience and having suffered for this great country, we will not let you down. Members of this house of assembly are courageous. This is one of the houses that voted for the autonomy of the legislature and we know the right thing to do,” Odoh said.

His remarks were intermittently punctuated by praise songs from the legislators who all turned out to receive the former vice-president.
Speaking earlier, Atiku said he was committed to a point of passion to ensuring that the South-east produced the president by 2015, saying “I’ve made this commitment in the past.

“Ben Obi was my running-mate when I took refuge in the Action Congress of Nigeria. Northern Leaders Political Forum and Igbo Political Forum have reached a form of agreement to ensure that by 2015, the presidency comes back to South-east.
“It’s not a joke; it affects you and the generation yet unborn. It’s a way to make every part of Nigeria an integral part of this nation,” he said, while describing PDP as the nation’s unifying factor in the ongoing political dispensation having won elections in every zone of the country since 1999.

He also used the opportunity to reel out his people-oriented programmes for Nigerians if elected the next president of the country. Some of the programmes span through security, health, education and youth empowerment among others.

He applauded the speaker of Enugu assembly for having shown rare qualities by constantly receiving him each time he came to the state, saying “even the last time I came to the state when we still had four aspirants from the North, and people were avoiding us, the speaker still made out time to visit me at my hotel room and I am deeply grateful to you”.

The presidential aspirant later met with members of Anambra State House of Assembly in a private hotel in the state.
He is scheduled to meet with Abia and Imo States’ assembly members in Owerri today.

The team, according to THISDAY checks, will not be visiting Ebonyi State as the governor who also doubles as the South-east Coordinator of the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation allegedly barred the team from having any meeting with delegates from the state especially members of the state assembly.

A source close to the Atiku Campaign Organisation told THISDAY that the governor expressly told the former governor of the state, Dr. Sam Egwu, who is also a member of the Atiku team that the team was not free to visit the state.

www.thisdayonline.info

edoyad:
Sharap ! Stop kidding yourself. Nigeriam Muslims don't have a problem, it's hausa people who have a problem. I was born in lagos and i don't think lag has ever had a democratically elected christian governor but is still the pride of Nigeria.

Na your people get problem, HAUSA PEOPLE. Same problem we had with you here in kaduna, enemies of progress, destined to be doomed.
There has never been a time in the history of Nigeria, that a Hausa man has been denigrated like now. I don't think you are correct by expounding that it is the Hausa man that is the problem. Have
you forgotten so soon the massacre and butcher of innocent lives of Hausas by the OPC in Idi-Araba/Ishaga axis of Lagos. The brutal massacre of Hausas in Shagamu and some part of South Western Nigeria?
This resort to vilification, and half truth spread by semi illiterate like you, is really troubling.
If we want to solve the problems of Nigeria, we the younger generation, have to do away with name calling and the actions of a very few amongst us, who out of poverty and hunger cause mayhem to lives and properties of innocent people. Seventy percent of business owners in Jos, Plateau State, are non natives. Another sixty percent of car dealers in Jos, Plateau state are Hausa. Today, we have seen how their investment, had been looted, burnt and their means of livelihood gone through the actions of the so called natives, yet no compensation, and nobody is saying anything about it. And I think, the first Nigerian Leader that dealt a blow to Boko Haram, is a Hausa man. Umar Yar'Adua,he gave them a taste of his bile. He didn't treat them with kids glove, unlike the present leadership.

@byrron.
Dat umbrella? I am wit u boh.

The Council of Ulama (Islamic clerics) in Plateau State has disowned the claim by Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad, the previously unknown group that took responsibility for the Christmas Eve multiple bombings in Jos.
Spokesman of the Ulama, Alhaji Sani Mudi, said in a telephone interview yesterday: “I don’t think it’s a credible group or that it has any link with an established Islamic organisation either in Jos or in Maiduguri.”


He said there were "a lot of things" wrong with the way the group worded their statement, especially the opening sentence.
Mudi said: “Though I’ve not been able to open the website, from what I saw in the newspaper I read, Muslims don’t start the greetings in the way the group was quoted by the papers.


“Muslims don’t say ‘In the name of God the mighty’ but would always say ‘In the Name of Allah the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful’, and we don’t believe that the website is genuine. The opening sentence does not reflect something that is truly Islamic.”
He, however, said whether the website was genuine or not, the bombings were condemnable and irresponsible, adding: “We call on security agents and government to get to the root of the matter.”
Meanwhile, the website of the Islamic group – http://mansoorah.net – could not be accessed by last night as it had been closed abruptly.


But there was pandemonium in Jos yesterday following a clash between men of the Special Task Force (STF) and youths of Gada-Biu in Jos North Local Government area of the state following the alleged shooting of two youths by the STF.
Also, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared that the statement of the group was a confirmation that Boko Haram was responsible for the bombings.
They marched to the state Police Command chanting anti-STF songs and were later pacified by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abdulrahaman Akano, who pleaded with them to be calm as the police would look into their grievance.


Akano later told newsmen that a soldier was in the custody of the police but did not mention if he was one of those who shot at the youths.
Activities which were already picking up in Jos went down again as a result of the renewed pandemonium.
Speaking with THISDAY, the CAN Chairman for North-central, Rev. Yakubu Pam, said the statement of the “Jihad group” confirmed the speculation that Boko Haram was responsible for the explosions.


The cleric said the game plan of the perpetrators was to provoke the Christians to react in a negative and tempt them to fight the Muslims, so that there could be full scale crisis again in the state.
He appealed to "all the good people of the state and Nigeria" to condemn the current act of terrorism gradually gaining ground in the country, adding that the government should be alive to its responsibilities.


Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang has made a passionate appeal to leaders in the country to desist from making hasty comments about the Jos crisis, saying such comments were capable of reversing the already achieved peace and progress in the state.
Jang said those making such hasty comments about the unfortunate situation in the state might turn out to be the cause of the problems after the outcome of investigation, adding that there was the need by all to exercise restraint and be more progressive with their utterances.


He further appealed to the people of the state to eschew any act of violence, saying the state had had enough of such and needed a peaceful atmosphere to forge ahead and catch up with other developed states in the country.
He commended the security agencies in the state for containing the crisis, adding that their dedication to peace deserved commendation.
Also, the Deputy Governor of the state, Dame Pauline Tallen, through her campaign organisation has joined other dissenting voices in condemning the bomb blasts.
In Lagos yesterday, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, and CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, alleged that the Jos blasts were politically motivated.


The duo spoke at a world press conference under the aegis of Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC) co-chaired by the two religious leaders.
Abubakar, who said he had evidence to affirm his opinion that the bombings were political, made references to an advertorial in a national daily where he said a group was accusing certain politicians of masterminding the violence.
“When I say it is political, I mean it,” the Sultan said, lamenting that it is wicked and cruel for some individuals to destroy other people's lives in their pursuit of selfish objectives.


“Why use human lives to achieve your goals?” he asked, saying he deliberately declined to mention names of suspects in the crisis as he appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to expedite action on suggestions made to him during the recent meeting of NIREC with him on how to find lasting peace and promptly proffer solution to the protracted crisis rocking Jos and Maiduguri.
He insisted that the crisis in the North is being masterminded by a few disgruntled elements whose ultimate drive is to create confusion and urged the Federal Government to decisively punish perpetrators of these heinous crimes. He said violence persists in the country because perpetrators always go unpunished.


“We have come together to ensure peace. Government must fish them out and deal with them whoever they are. If the government can be punishing people who do this thing, there will be a change. We must say the truth if we must get to the root of our problems in this country,” the Sultan said.
Echoing the Sultan, Oritsejafor said the Jos bombings were both political and religious, lamenting that some politicians exploit the weak points of the unsuspected masses to perpetrate dastardly acts in order to suit their selfish interests.
He said such politicians do so because they do not want this country to be established on a solid foundation and hence do all they could to make the country ungovernable.


He also insisted that punishing perpetrators of violence is the only act that could offer a lasting solution to this menace.
“What happened in Jos was definitely political but it has a strong dose of religious colouration. I believe that politicians know the weaknesses of our people. They know how to manipulate their beliefs and they know the part of the country where people react easily. Look at what happened in Maiduguri. A pastor was killed, churches were burnt and the gateman who resisted was killed. There are people who don’t want this country to stand firm as a nation. There are politicians who don’t want elections. They want to make Nigeria ungovernable, to complicate issues in this nation.  It is true that lives were lost, women were made widows and children made orphans.


“We are saying that the solution is not violence. I join His Eminence to speak to our government. When anybody kills, he has committed a crime. It is because people are not brought to book that this problem keeps occurring. We are asking our government to send experts and go and fish out people who are involved and bring them to justice. The moment somebody is jailed, you will begin to see a decline. You don’t take another person’s life and go free. You don’t burn worship places and properties and go free,” Oritsejafor said.
He accused the security agents of failing in what he described as intelligence gathering, adding that despite the fact that they had information about the recent violence in Maiduguri and Jos, they failed to do their job very well by investigating the information at their disposal with a view to averting the crises.


The CAN president for asked the Federal Government to increase the presence of security agents especially in Plateau State.
NIREC also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to maximize the opportunity at its disposal to ensure the delivery of free and fair polls, saying never in Nigeria’s history have Nigerians “been unanimous about the stainlessness of INEC members as they are
presently constituted”

www.thisdayonline/info.

Beaf:
May I also add that the pump action rifle was duly licensed and perfectly legal.

What are you saying? Should a legal pump action be bandied around during any election, whether primaries or general election?
God save this country, if illiterates like you could be saddled with authority.

@poster, how?
I belong to both sides. Please help!

jumobi1:
Well Atiku got the same as VP and no one said anything

Prove it?

Faeb

Are you blind?
ttp://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/22938.html

these mallams again. when would peace come to these areas?

mallams have naaatin to do wit it, bro.