Yungwizzzy:


you might get banned for rule 8

What does rule 8 state? "Don't post false information on Nairaland" if that is it, even seun himself wrote something more than this one. Mine has source and facts. Did NTA, AIT or Channels show her canvassing for her husband in Lagos?

donphilopus:


She has "dumbed" him even before now. Little wonder he cannot talk any longer.

Hehe! Na soo, now who is remain with that clueless Shoeless P.?

Another strong source: http://citypeoplegroup.org/i/first-lady-dame-patience-jonathan-absent-at-pdp-presidential-campaign-flagoff/

Ahead of the 14 February 2015 presidential election, First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan may dumb her husband President Goodluck Jonathan to endorse Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as she did not show off at the PDP Rally in Lagos.

The ceremony, which held at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos parades PDP governors, elder statesmen, politicians from across the states of Federation, support groups and others.

 Nigeria’s first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan who is significant to this campaign is conspicuously absent without any genuine excuse.

Source: NTA, AIT, Channels and even PDP e-Rats here on Nairaland is our source

Let him come to Kano, you will see different.

#ThingsMustChange

Another Lovely Pic

kingstylo01:
source?

Source? I was there, and here is the some pixs of the short ceremony, still taking place.

More pixs

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, donated huge Presidential Campaign Bus to APC presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, today when the General visisted the state.

Source: GMB official campaign Facebook page www.facebook.com/thisisbuhari

How can you rate Prof. Yemi Osinbajo today's interview with Channels TV?

Sen. Bukola Saraki's comment - "@bukolasaraki: What do you think of Prof Osinbajo's interview on Channels? I think it was great and he will make a fantastic Vice President".

Rethink Nigerians...

Congratulations gave you 100% of my vote.

zantama05:
CAPITAL :YES

VOTE FOR GMB2015 IF NOT HUNGER,KILLING,KIDNAPPING AND POVERTY WOOOOOO

Man of the people

Boss13:
Buhari should be president for a lot of reasons. First, to let the political class be aware than power actually belongs to the people and when an elected person under-performs as promised, he will be voted out. Second, to reduce corruption.

Correct

iluvnaija:
Change is here

Like this

satelliteDISH:
Everybody knows that without rigging the election, goodluck cannot win. change is eminent. buhari has come to stay cos he holds all the FOUR ACES.

And if they rig us out something is going to happen

saintgh:
Even aljazera knows quiet well that buhari is more likely to be the president but some nigerians re still hanging on to hopeless hope that their gej wld win..
pls wake from ur slumber & accept d declining popularity of gej who had d best oppurtunity to transform nigeria but was more intrested in his ambition, thereby throwing caution to the wind..
yusuf the pension thief.,,alams that was granted presidential pardon,mustapha,etc cannot save u from ur impending doom,,,ahgahaa i laugh in chinese

No plz dont wake them up now, we want take them to Otuoke while they're sleeping

Why Buhari may win

Buhari remains the single most popular man in northern Nigeria. Despite lacking real party structure, Buhari, with CPC in 2011, defeated Jonathan in Yobe, Zamfara, Sokoto, Niger, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Gombe and Jigawa. He single-handedly polled a total of 12,214,853 votes, which amounted to 54.3 percent of Jonathan's tally. Riding on the back of APC's nationwide structure backed by 14 governors and their war chest, a Buhari victory in 2015 is quite possible.

If you dont see that you are more than blind

One leader for all Nigerians..... #ThisIsBuhari

GMB

With Goodluck Jonathan's collapsing popularity, Muhammadu Buhari actually stands a chance of winning the 2015 elections.

For the first time in Nigeria's 16 years of democracy, there is real chance that the president could be someone other than the candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Many times, I have described Muhammadu Buhari, the man who will face Jonathan in 2015, as a "perennially-losing presidential candidate".

In 2003 he emerged as the sole candidate of the All Peoples Party (APP), after two candidates Rochas Okorocha and Harry Akande were pressured into stepping down, while Yahaya Abubakar failed to show up on the date of the primary. In the elections, Buhari lost to then incumbent, Olusegun Obasanjo of the PDP.

In 2007, he was consensus candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) after Bukar Ibrahim and Pere Ajunwa were made to back down on convention day. Buhari then lost to PDP's Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.

In 2011, he contested the elections on the platform of the Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), which he formed, losing again, to Goodluck Jonathan. In all three cases, his emergence was without intra-party opposition.

But I am first to admit that Buhari's story has changed. By contesting and winning the presidential primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) - the first time his presidential ambition has been challenged - Buhari has recorded the most important victory of his political career. And if the 2015 election is free and fair, he could well better that record.

Why Buhari may win

Buhari remains the single most popular man in northern Nigeria. Despite lacking real party structure, Buhari, with CPC in 2011, defeated Jonathan in Yobe, Zamfara, Sokoto, Niger, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Gombe and Jigawa. He single-handedly polled a total of 12,214,853 votes, which amounted to 54.3 percent of Jonathan's tally. Riding on the back of APC's nationwide structure backed by 14 governors and their war chest, a Buhari victory in 2015 is quite possible.

Buhari is popular outside the north as well. Four days after he created his Twitter account (@ThisIsBuhari), he had already amassed 45,000 followers. This is testament to Buhari's growing national - not just northern - acceptability, because the north remains Nigeria's least literate zone. The north, therefore, has a sparse population of Internet users, which means that Buhari's crowd of Twitter followers probably come from across the country.

In truth, Buhari cannot take full credit for his popularity outside the north. Full marks should go to Goodluck Jonathan, the man who has unravelled as the antithesis of his opponent's unique selling point.

Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati can deliver the floweriest prose about his boss's aversion to corruption while his colleague Doyin Okupe hurls the foulest words at the opposition and other Nigerians daily puncturing the president's professed incorruptibility. But the majority of Nigerians have come to accept that Jonathan, even if re-elected for 10 terms, will never fight corruption. The courage is lacking, the political will is nonexistent, the desperation for re-election is so consuming that he would not hurt the weakest of his corrupt political allies. So Nigerians are prepared to turn to Buhari, unarguably the least stained presidential aspirant in the eyes of the people.

When APC was formed in February 2013, senior PDP figures dismissed it as a failure-bound union of four parties. Who would blame them? Many were sceptical that this merger would not survive even a year. Yet, in another two months, this merger would be two years old. But that is not the story.

The story is that all APC presidential aspirants defeated by Buhari have offered him their support. Few expected it. Atiku Abubakar, the man most expected to bolt out of APC in the event of a loss, congratulated Buhari the moment the ex-general's vote count overtook his, even though the winner had not yet been officially announced at the time. There is a massive movement for Buhari, which Jonathan didn't face in 2011.

Negative perceptions

That Buhari stands a good chance of winning does not mean he is not facing challenges. Nigerians, though forgetful, are largely an unforgiving lot. Their memories only need to be reignited by reminders of an individual's past indiscretions.

That was what Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka did, first in 2007; and his thoughts have been massively re-circulated since Buhari's emergence as the APC candidate. The unjust execution of Lawal Ojuolape, Bernard Ogedengbe and Bartholomew Owoh, through a retroactive decree, will haunt Buhari ahead of February.

There is nothing Muhammadu Buhai can do - and he himself knows - to extricate himself from his perception as a religious bigot. For the second time running, he has chosen a pastor as his running mate. But even if he chooses a pope, there are Nigerians who won't pick Buhari for fear of enthroning a religiously extreme president.

In 2011, Buhari was accused of inciting the violence that followed his loss to Jonathan. The following year, he said "the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood" should the 2015 election be rigged. Buhari has shed blood before for his presidential ambition, some people believe. And they think he would do it again. Such man, they reason, should never taste power.

And there are those who would never vote for a 72-year-old. How can APC be trumpeting change while fielding a man who was military president more than three decades ago? That's no change; it's recycling.

The candidature of a septuagenarian is a dent on whatever progress we think we have made as a democracy. And although there have been arguments on the immorality of voting for either Buhari or Jonathan, Nigeria badly needs the "recycled freshness" that voting Jonathan out would herald!

Fisayo Soyombo edits Nigerian online newspaper TheCable. 

Culled from: http://m.aljazeera.com/se/2014123191647111939

diluminati:


This woman deserves the highest honor in all the Land!

But unfortunately she was supporting opposition party, so she cant get any honor in Nigeria

Ewizard:
Ya list aint complete..
Literature: Chimamanda Adichie

So Nigerians are 3, right?

Late Dr Stella Adadevoh (RIP)

Hadiza Bala Usman, the BBOG initiator

Two Nigerians women, Hadiza Bala Usman (#BringBackOurGirls initiator) and Dr Stella Adadevoh (Who died for treatment of Ebola patient, Patrick Sawyer) are among the most inspiring women of 2014

Read the full story below...

Malala Yousafzai -- Joint recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her ongoing fight for a girl's right to education. She is a leading spokesperson for women's rights, and is setting an example for women and girls around the globe.

Hundreds of people nominated women across a diverse range of professions
The final list brings you women worldwide who stood out for their accomplishments this year
Editor's note: Leading Women connects you to extraordinary women of our time -- remarkable professionals who have made it to the top in all areas of business, the arts, sport, culture, science and more.

CNN set out on a hunt to find the women who excelled in their professions in 2014.
We wanted to know which women you felt deserved an accolade for their achievements this year and turned to our readers, partners, and organizations we've worked with this year to find out.

The women with the most votes have been crowned our Leading Women of 2014.

THE LONGLIST

Further outstanding women nominated for their work in the fields of Science and Technology, Health, Politics, Philanthropy, Business and Arts can be seen in alphabetical order in the longlist below.

ARTS

Amma Asante -- BAFTA winning writer and director whose film, Belle, received praise from Oprah Winfrey. The film is the seventh highest grossing independent movie of 2014.
Roxane Gay -- Author and professor of English at Purdue University and co-editor of PANK. In 2014 she published Untamed State and Bad Feminist.

Ellen Page -- Actress most famous for her roles in Juno, Inception and X-Men: Days of Future Past. In 2014, Page came out as gay in a speech at a Human Rights Campaign's conference.

Victoria Siddall -- Director, Frieze Fairs. In 2014, she was appointed as Director of Frieze London (from 2015) and Frieze New York (from 2016) in addition to her existing position as Director of Frieze Masters.

Kerry Washington -- Actress who has starred in TV drama Scandal, written by Shonda Rhimes, since 2012. In 2014 she was named as one of the most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM)

Dr Stella Ameyo Adadevoh -- The Nigerian doctor died this year after overseeing the treatment of Ebola patient Patrick Sawyer. Her efforts prevented the wider spread of Ebola in Nigeria.

Dr. Nancy J Cox -- Director of CDC's Influenza Division, Dr. Cox retires from the CDC on 31 December 2014 after a career improving the world's ability to combat influenza.

Samantha Cristoforetti -- European Space Agency astronaut who was launched on the Soyuz spacecraft to live and work on the International Space Station in 2014.

Milka Duno -- Race car driver who won the Rolex Series Miami Grand Prix becoming the first woman in history to win a major international race in the USA.

Ellen Kooijman -- Dutch geochemist whose LEGO Mini figures, featuring three female scientists, sold out within days of their limited release this year.

"My 6 year old daughter has the LEGO set designed by Kooijman," says CNN anchor Kristie Lu Stout who nominated her. "It's widened her career options from princess to astronomer!"

POLITICS

Joyce Banda -- First female President of Malawi from 2012 - 2014. Founder of the Joyce Banda Foundation which empowers Malawian women and offers free education to orphans.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf -- Liberian President, Africa's first elected female head of state, and winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. She also lead her country through its first Ebola outbreak.

Aung San Suu Kyi -- Burmese activist, 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner and co founder of the National League for Democracy, a party dedicated to nonviolence.

Kathleen Wynne -- First female premier of Ontario, and the first openly gay head of government in Canada. In June 2014 she was reelected with a majority government.

Helen Zille -- Former campaigning activist, current Executive Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa and leader of the country's opposition party, the Democratic Alliance.

HUMANITARIAN

Dr. Hawa Abdi -- Somali activist, gynecologist and founder of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation; a non profit organization which provides free shelter, water and medical care to women and children.

Shabana Basij-Rasikh -- Co-founder and President of SOLA, a nonprofit that helps exceptional young Afghan women access education and employment.

Yevgeniya Chirikova -- Environmental activist who won the 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize for her campaign against the destruction of the Khimki Forest in Moscow.

Angelina Jolie -- Actress, UNHCR Ambassador and founder of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation conservation project. Directed her second film, Unbroken, in 2014.

Hadiza Bala Usman -- Activist and initiator of the protest movement asking for the release of 200 schoolgirls girls abducted in Borno State, Nigeria which spread worldwide.

BUSINESS

Rosalind Brewer -- President and CEO of Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart. Currently the 64th most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes.

Jo Malone -- Fragrance designer who created a multi-million dollar fragrance empire, which she sold in 2006 to Estée Lauder before creating new company -- Jo Loves.

Indra Nooyi -- Current chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo. She led the company's restructure, acquired Tropicana in 1998, and is the food and beverage giant's fifth CEO.

Karen Fondu -- L'Oréal Paris President who works on the Women of Worth initiative, supporting women-led organizations through financial support and mentorship.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/22/business/leading-women-2014/index.html?sr=tw125214inspiringwomen4pstorygallphoto

HBD

GENERAL Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (GCFR) was born on December 17, 1942, in the town of Daura in the former Katsina province of the then Northern Nigeria.

He is happily married to Aisha Muhammadu Buhari and has eight children.

He attended primary school in Daura and Mai’adua from 1948 to 1952, before proceeding to Katsina Middle School in 1953.

He also attended the Katsina Provincial Secondary School (now Government College, Katsina) from 1956 to 1961 and then moved to the Nigerian Military Training School, Kaduna in 1963.

In October of the same year, he was sent to the officers’ Cadet School in Aldershot in the United Kingdom and was thereafter commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1963 and posted to the 2nd Infantry Battalion, Abeokuta as Platoon Commander in 1963.

From 1963 to 1964, he was sent for further training on the Platoon Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military College, Kaduna.

In 1965, he went for the Mechanical Transport Officers’ Course at the Army Mechanical Transport School in Borden, England and in 1973, he went to the Defence Services’ Staff College, Wellington, India before he proceeded to the United States Army War College from June 1979 to June 1980.

Muhammadu Buhari was Military Governor, North Eastern State of Nigeria, from August 1975 to March 1976, Federal Commissioner for Petroleum Resources from March 1976 to June 1978 and the Chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation from June 1978 to July 1979.

He became a Member of the Supreme Military Council from March 1976 to June 1979 and the Military Secretary, Army Headquarters from July 1978 to June 1979, before he assumed the highest office of Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces from December 1983 to August 1985.

He later became The Executive Chairman, Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund in 1994.

It was during Buhar’s tenure that the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources were reorganised to form the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and he became its first Chairman, a job he performed without blemish.

He masterminded and spearheaded the construction of 20 oil depots throughout the country, a project involving over 3,200 kilometres of pipelines.

Under his leadership, both Warri and Kaduna Refineries were built. He also drew up the blueprint for the country’s petrochemical and liquefied natural gas programmes — all without a hint of scandal.

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari launched the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) as a Head of State and the policy won him national and universal applause, as a result of its effectiveness.

He became a renowned anti-corruption Czar, as a result of his zero tolerance to corruption, which reduced the menace to its barest minimum while he was Head of State.

His practical economic policies reduced inflation from 23 per cent to 4 per cent within 20 months and kept the Naira stronger than the Dollar with an exchange rate of N1 to $1.4.

In 2002, Buhari founded a democratic and political movement — The Buhari Organisation, otherwise known as Project Nigeria, which introduced a new concept into Nigerian politics: Service to the people.

His thirst for true service to Nigeria dragged him into government, as he registered as a member of the defunct All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP)

In 2003, he emerged the presidential candidate of the ANPP and picked former Senate President, the late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo as his running mate.

It was at the party’s national convention in Abuja that Okadigbo, who was also an ANPP presidential aspirant, made the statement that “it takes political sagacity to understand political arithmetic.”

Buhari contested the presidential election in 2003 and lost to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In 2007, the ANPP was factionalised following the battle of supremacy among the major party stakeholders. Even at that, Buhari emerged the presidential candidate of the party in 2007 and he picked the late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke as his running mate.

He lost the election to the late Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua of the PDP.

Following the crisis that decimated the ANPP ahead of the 2011 general elections, Buhari and his supporters hurriedly founded the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

He said that he had supported the foundation of the CPC “as a solution to the debilitating, ethical and ideological conflicts in my former party, the ANPP.”

Attempts by the opposition parties, namely — the ANPP, CPC and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to merge before the 2011 general elections failed woefully.

Thus, Buhari contested the 2011 presidential elections on the platform of the CPC and lost to President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP, but not without a good fight, as he won election in 12 states and gathered over 12 million votes.

Following the move for the merger of the major opposition parties — ANPP, ACN, CPC and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) — Buhari was among the major stakeholders that contributed to the establishment of the All Progressives Congress (APC) — the first-ever successful political party merger in the history of the country since Independence.

Ahead of the APC Third National Convention and Presidential Primaries held in Lagos between December 11 and 12, it was obvious to political observers that Buhari was the man to beat in the race.

What counted for him is his perceived acceptability at the grassroots, and penchant for integrity and transparency — a virtue that is lacking in most Nigerian politicians today.

Although he has no strong financial base, which is a major factor in politics, Buhari enjoys the support of the party governors and other major stakeholders, who saw him as the right choice for the party in the 2015 presidential elections.

They worked tirelessly for his victory at the primaries and many believe that if the party leaders replicate the same feat in the presidential election, it may be difficult for the PDP to have an easy ride, if at all.

No doubt, Buhari has always constituted the most potent and virile opposition to the ruling PDP in all the elections he contested, and came second to the candidate of PDP. This experience will be an advantage to him in 2015.

In recognition of his numerous and enviable contributions towards the development of the country, Buhari has been conferred with a number of national and international awards.

He is the recipient of the following: Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR), Defence Service Medal (DSM), National Service Medal (NSM), General Service Medal (GSM), Loyal Service and Good Conduct Medal (LSGCM), Force Service Staff (FSS) and The Congo Medal (CD), among others.

Buhari, a man with a high level of discipline, who shuns materialism, has zero tolerance for corruption.

Hence, he beats his chest publicly that he has never stolen a kobo of public funds in all the positions he has occupied and challenged anyone, who has evidence to the contrary, to unveil so.

Indeed, he is a man with a passion for selfless service, which he has promised to discharge to the good people of Nigeria if given the mandate in 2015.

Happy Birthday General Buhari! Wish you long life, in good health and prosperity!

Source: www.facebook.com/APCNigeria

Obiagelli:
Interesting results, patiently waiting for taraba.

Female Senator emerges APC governorship
Senator Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan has emerged the Taraba APC governorship candidate in Taraba State. She is a (current) Senator in the 7th National Assembly representing Taraba North (Senatorial District). She won the APC primaries with a landslide victory of 2425 votes with other candidates Ibrahim Tumba, Dr Julde S & Yusuf polling 18, 5, and 14 votes respectively.

Even though with SE and SS, if there 's no north there is no Rochas... nice word Owelle, keep watching Hope 2023

Kutunban:
Harkan mola ba riba , Harkan shishigy ba samu, ba sai ka yi dogon bayani chewa kai aihuwan arewa bane.

Well another serial loser but at least him win election as governor but saint GMB never win anything only coup.

When did Buhari became a saint?

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/rochas-in-kaduna-woos-acf-for-presidential-bid/