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Why I'm supporting PDP:

Pdp as spend over $600billion in the past 14 years? Tangible and imaginary achievements? 23.9% unemployment rate in 2011, spiraling upward and growing at 16% per year , ranked 153 out of 186 countries in the UN Human Development Index(Poverty Index), External Debt of $6.67billion, Lending rate of 22% and above, ranked 139 out of 176 countries in TI's corruption perception index. A party that has spent over $16billion to generate less than 5000megawatts of epileptic electricity. Mismanaged over N2trillion on fuel subsidy. A rising domestic debt profile, import dependent economy, phenomenally- parlours state of infrastructure etc. We all can see how PDP's culture of waste and. mediocrity has sustained a generation starved in the circle of poverty of hope, ideals and basic necessities of life....




So I'm just in love with party....

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Nigerians keep showing frequency of different intellectual support for there party ahead of 2015.
But the major two opposition party are a matter to reckon with.

I need somebody to convince me why i should support PDP, APC or any other party...

Who is Patience?

Why is she begging for visitation?

Is she sick?

The Presidency on Monday insisted that President
Goodluck Jonathan did not sign any agreement with
any individual or group that he would serve only one
term in office.
The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters,
Ahmed Gulak, said this in an interview with one of our
correspondents in Abuja.
Gulak was reacting to a statement credited to the
spokesman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Anthony
Sani, on Monday.
Sani had said that the crisis in the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party would be resolved if Jonathan respected
agreements he entered into with stakeholders before the
2011 elections.
He was commenting on the visits of five governors - Rabiu
Musa Kwakwanso (Kano), Muritala Nyako (Adamawa);
Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and Aliyu
Wamakko (Sokoto) - to Jonathan and some past leaders.
He had said, "Our understanding of the G-5 governors is
that they want governors to be carried along in the
management of their party; they want internal democracy
and they want an end to divisions within the party, and for
President Jonathan to respect agreements he entered into
voluntarily with stakeholders."
The Niger State governor had a few months ago claimed
that the President, before the 2011 elections, signed an
agreement that he would serve only one term of four
years.
But Gulak told one of our correspondents that he had
challenged Aliyu to produce a copy of the agreement and
the governor had not been able to take up the challenge,
seven months after.
He said, "Rather than insisting on an agreement that does
not exist - since anybody can contest for the highest office
in the land, those who are so interested should declare
their interest and contest.
Commenting through his Director of Press, Ahmad Sajo,
Adamawa State governor said he and his four colleagues
did not discuss a single-term agreement with Jonathan
when they met with him recently.
He added that their discussion was only based on the
crisis in the PDP.
Sajo stated, "The governors did not discuss anything about
single term agreement with the President. As governors,
they are free to meet with the President to discuss the
state of the nation because they have responsibilities to
their states.
When contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to the
Sokoto State Governor, Sani Umar, said he was not aware
that his principal met with the President.
He said that if they met, he did not know what they
discussed.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Kano State Governor,
Aliyu Dantiye, could not be reached for comment as he
declined picking calls to his phone. A text message sent to him did not deliver as of press time.

Source: m.naij.com/news/44257.html

The army has taken over operations in the
battle against Boko Haram in Borno, Yobe
and Adamawa states.
The states have been under a state of emergency since
May 14, following the lingering insurgency by the
fundamentalist sect, which seeks to islamise Nigeria.
A new division of the Army purposely set up for counter
insurgency will today take over the control of the three
states. The Joint Task Force (JTF), which has operated in
each of the states, will be scrapped. The JTF was
composed by troops drawn from the three services of the
Armed Forces as well as other security agencies that
conducted the operation.
Director of Defence Information Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade
said the Army Headquarters will assume command of the
troops with immediate effect.
He said the change of baton was in line with the plans laid
out for the conduct of the operations to execute the
mandate spelt out in the May 14 declaration of State of
Emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The operation is now code-named Operation BOYONA, an
acronym derived from the names of Borno, Yobe and
Adamawa states.
"The effort was meant to constitute the first phase of the
counter-terrorists operation. The Nigerian Army will now
be solely in charge of the operations, but still under the
routine guidance of the Defence Headquarters.
"A General Officer Commanding (GOC), in the rank of
Major General, is being proposed to command the new
Division which will have its Headquarters in Maiduguri. He
is due to take over Command and the assets of the
Headquarters of the Joint Task Force", Brig. Gen.
Olukolade's statement added.

Source: m.naij.com/news/44111.html

THE ELECTION RESULT IS OUT ALREADY AND THE WINNER IS.............








NGIGE of APC!

Tonto Dike AGAIN?






Mtshewwwwwww!!!



Bar-man! I beg give me one plate of pepe-soup.

Hmmm!

Anybody with Tonto Dike phone digits?

I will like to recommend a doctor for her.

Zuriel Oduwole, 11, who lives in California in the
United States last week made history as the
youngest person to be interviewed by Forbes. Miss
Oduwole, who was an invited guest to the African
Union 50th anniversary, has interviewed leading
African personalities, including eight African
Presidents, Africa’s richest person Aliko Dangote
and tennis super stars – Venus and Serena
Williams. In this online interview with Lekan
Otufodunrin, Zuriel gives an insight on her
incredible feat and her Rebrand Africa project to
make a case for the girl-child in the continent.
What is the origin of your interest in media and
communication, especially personality interviews?
The origin of me creating documentaries started with a
school project. When I was nine, I entered a school
competition called, “National History Day.” And I was the
youngest student to enter the competition. In that
competition, I had to create a presentation, an exhibit, a
performance, or a documentary.
So I chose to do a documentary, because I thought using
media would be a better way to show something positive
about Africa. If I did a performance or a presentation or
an exhibit, no one, besides the judges, were allowed to
come into the room while I was presenting it.
But with a documentary, whoever wanted to come in and
watch it could. So if I did a documentary, more people
would be able to see Africa in the way I see it.
And that documentary could lead on to positive and
greater things for Africa. I like to show the rest of the
world the positive things about Africa, through my
documentaries. One of my documentaries won an award
in the largest county in the United States. My
documentary has also chronicled the impact of the OAU
on Africa. Do you know I write my own scripts, I produce
my own documentaries, I shoot my own scenes, I do my
own voice over, I edit my own documentaries, and I co –
direct my documentaries. I am an African Child – a
Nigerian Girl Child.
How much of your Nigerian and African heritage
has impacted on your life?
Oh I would say a lot. Since I want to show the world the
positive side of Africa, my African heritage has helped
me a lot. I know where my roots are from on the African
continent because my dad’s family and my mum’s family
are from two different parts of Africa, and I lived in Africa
in both regions for periods of time.
I have not always lived in California. So, when I watch
the news, I always see bad things being said about
Africa, like the wars and famine going on. And I don’t like
seeing those things being said about my home country,
even though it happens. It is how they say it that is
unfair.
If I was American, I would still want to help Africa. But
because I am African, I feel the need more to help Africa
than I if I was just American. It is like helping your own
people.
There are some problems, like the power going off. But
do you know that there are times the power goes off in
the United States as well. The only difference is they fix
it very quickly, or bring it back very quickly. So, we all
need to help.
I read in the papers that General Electric is now in
Nigeria doing the power. That is very good, because the
children need to study at night for school.
Why are you passionate about your Dream up,
Speak up and Stand up for African renaissance
campaign?
I think my programme, Dream up, Speak up, and Stand
up will help the new African era, by helping the girl-
child. It is the best way I can help. Other people do
things as well like have foundations, or do charities and
raise money, but for me, my best way is to work very
hard, and be an example. So that means when I say
Dream up, they can see I am living the dream and so can
they, when I say Speak up, they can see me speaking to
World leaders, and when I say Stand up, they can see me
standing up for the African Girl child. Also, I am hoping
that the parents of girls in Africa will see me as an
example, and see that their girls have a lot of potential
in life, and can achieve great things in life. Even though
they might have very little as some of them do, they can
still push harder to get their girls to school, or find more
ways to get them educated.
When I launched the project in Nigeria in March this
year, it was very good to have the support of the Lagos
Business Schools communication’s department, the US
Consulate in Lagos, Protea Ikeja Hotel and Federal
Palace Hotel too. They supported the project. So now, I
am going to other regions of Africa to launch the project
next.
What is your impression of the African leaders and
others you have interviewed and what advice do
you have for them?
First I have to say the whole experience was really cool.
They were all very kind and very warm and friendly to
me. I think some of them were surprised by my
questions, because only one of the Presidents I have met
asked me to send the questions before I arrived for the
interviews.
The other seven did not. For example, President Ellen
Johnson of Liberia by the time when I asked her the third
question said to me you are a tough interviewer, and
everyone laughed.
Also, when I asked President Jonathan how much
Goodluck his name has brought to Nigeria, he laughed as
well, and then answered. President Fonseca of Cape
Verde said he was one a University Professor and has
seen many questions, but none like mine, and he invited
me to come to his country to inspire the girls.
President Joyce Banda of Malawi was also surprised by
my question. She said when she was my age, she never
dreamt of doing things like I was doing, but that she is
inspired that I have the boldness to go and interview
heads of states.
Some Presidents hugged me after the interviews, some
called me their daughter, some kissed me on the head;
they were all very kind. And when I saw some again at
the AU last May, they were excited to see me again, like
President Kikwete of Tanzania. He spent some time
talking to me and kept his entourage waiting. I saw
people asking who that girl is. It was a special time for
me.
President Kufuor was also happy to see me again at the
AU because I had interviewed him last year in Kumasi,
and he remembered me very well. He then introduced
me to his friend, President Obasanjo, and then we took
pictures together. I don’t have any advice for them
because they are older, but I like everyone to know that
educating and fighting for the education of the Africa Girl
Child, is an investment in Africa. I hope you think so too.
What is your reaction to being touted as the next
Larry King?
I am just doing my best. Larry King has accomplished
many great things in his life. He, like me, has also
interviewed many people like sports persons, leaders of
countries, leaders in business and we all do it for many
reasons. He has done many great things at his age, and
that is Larry King.
I have also tried to accomplish some things but because I
want to show what the Girl Child can do, if they are
educated, and encouraged. Just imagine all 5, or 8, or 10
or 12 year olds especially in Africa being given an
opportunity to go to school and have real dreams.
It means Africa would be a more developed and have
more qualified leaders 10 years from now or 15 years
from now. Because it means we would be 20 years old or
25 years old or 30 years old then.
How supportive are your parents in your
campaign?
My mum and dad have been very, very supportive from
the beginning. They are always supportive of me and my
young siblings. It doesn’t matter if its Basketball, Music
class, Soccer, or Cheerleading, they are always
supportive and drive us to all our classes and events.
Sometimes, I think it is a lot especially when me and one
of my parents have to travel overseas for my interviews
with Presidents because they have to make sacrifices
like ask us to chose between something we wanted to do
or me and my parent for the travel.
I had to learn the meaning of opportunity cost when I
was eight years old. Dad said it means choosing between
two things and which one has the more value than the
other, or which one would have the more potential in the
future.

Source: thenationonlineng.net/new/my-encounters-with-eight-african-presidents-others/

The Police are set to arraign six members of the
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of
Biafra (MASSOB), for alleged illegal activities.
The suspected MASSOB leaders arrested on August 6
according to Delta Police are: Ndubisi Ezeocha, 20,
Francis Onuigbo, 28, Emeka Izigbo, 28 and Andrew
Nwufulu, 26
Delta Police spokesman Lucky Uyabeme who gave the
names added: “On August 7, one Emeka Okafor ‘m’ aged
52 years, a native of Nkanu in Enugu State and the
acclaimed leader of the group was arrested with five
other suspects.”
Uyabeme, an ASP, said the suspects would be charged to
court at the end of investigation.
He listed the items recovered from them to include, 114
Biafran flags, two boots, 129 Biafran pounds and ten
shillings.
Others things recovered from them he said, include: 32
membership forms and other documents, ten pairs of
complete Biafran uniforms with name tags, three
cutlasses, seven hard cover notebooks for minutes of
meeting, two military belts and one expended cartridge.
He said the police would not allow any part of the state
to be used as breeding ground for any criminal activity,
insisting that acts of the suspects were “treasonable and
the government will not condone such lawlessness.”
Okafor, who is the Coordinator of MASSOB in Anioma/
Ndokwa East region, said he was arrested last week and
has been in police detention. in police detention.
Police accused the suspects of attacking vigilance men
at Powerline and Ominigboma areas of Asaba.
Okofor insisted that they were arrested because of the
growing popularity of MASSOB.
His words: “This is a sector, how can we go and attack
them. They are afraid that if MASSOB continues to be
visible, they would not continue to harass people. They
are street people.
“Nothing much happened, there were people that came
there and wanted to sympathise with flood victims and
three of my members went there. Unfortunately one of
them, who has not been given proper MASSOB training,
went with them.
“And while there, they were pushing each other trying to
get space and in the process the vigilance people
slapped one of my boys and he retaliated. And then the
vigilante people called policemen from ‘B’ Division.
Instead of coming to settle the matter, the police started
arresting our members, nothing again.”
He said MASSOB remained a peaceful association that is
going about its activities without intimidating, harassing
or attacking members of the public, adding that they
were attacked by crooks who removed everything that
the police paraded as exhibits.
“We did not go on road block neither did we go on
demonstration. We were at a place and they went there
to search everything. Those boys are crooks, they
searched everywhere and brought out these moneys.
The money is for me, we keep the money knowing that it
is a legal tender to the Biafran people, so we hide it
because we know the quality of it,” he said.

Source: thenationonlineng.net/new/police-seize-114-biafran-flags-pounds-from-massob-members/

The 1 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Sokoto, reported on August 12, 2013, Monday, about the raid on the hideout of suspected Boko Haram insurgents, which started on Sunday night. The arrest of suspected gang leader, Mubarak, alias Dan-Hajiya, have been also confirmed.
Captain Yahaya Musa, spokesman of the brigade, said at a news briefing in Sokoto that the operation was jointly
conducted with operatives of the State Security Service
(SSS).

He said the operation was in continuation of the series of raids by security agencies to rid Sokoto, Kebbi and
Zamfara states of some fleeing insurgents from volatile
states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.

"Troops of the brigade have in the past few days
intensified raids on the hideouts of these suspected Boko
Haram terrorists.

"We have also made several arrests and investigations are ongoing; so this is the only one we can authoritatively confirm now.

"But I can, however, authoritatively confirm that there
were no deaths recorded either on the side of the
insurgents or the military and SSS," he said.

Captain Musa said that arms and ammunition were
recovered from the house of the suspect at Nakasari area of Sokoto. He said that items recovered included three AK-47 riffles, one riot gun, 153 rounds of 7.62 mm
ammunitions, explosives, three cartons of acid, knock-
outs, chemicals and thermometers.

He appealed to the residents to shun rumours and urged
them to sustain the tempo of support and cooperation with the security agencies.

Source: m.naij.com/news/43313.html

Very risky to have a POOL in a compound with small kids.

Only if you understand what I'm saying!

Hum!

Kayusfity: Mods please ban me

MOD, please also BAN me!

I was BAN in politics section this morning base of my constructive ideological argument with a lunatic who believes he can dominate the internet with tribal difference...

I don't know why i was BAN by AFAM!

But i'm waiting for the day that nairaland we hold there join together party. Seriously i will force some MOD's in my car boot down home.

Sloganz: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Imagine dating your friend's mother.
LOOOL some people are shameless.
This made my day.

Why are you so happy?

This kind story made your day?

Did you read the part that the victim is dead?

Are you not worried about this horrible way of killing?

Oh! You need a serious medical attention!!!

Let's say i see a MASE around me, i would have reset that your thinking faculty with it.

NOT less than five persons died when two factions of
youths popularly called Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF)
clashed in Biu, in a raid on Boko Haram terrorists, one of
the survivor told the Nigerian Tribune.
Biu is about 185 kilometres away from Maiduguri, Borno
State capital, and has witnessed series of killings and
bombings by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.
Abdullahi Mohammed, who sustained gunshot injury
during the incident and currently receiving treatment at
the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Gombe, confirmed
the incident to newsmen.
“Allhadulillahi. I am still alive. I was shot on my chest by
soldiers, but Allhadulillahi, the medical doctors here have
successfully removed the bullet from my body,”
Mohammed said.
According to him, trouble started when a group of
civilian JTF from Maiduguri, accompanied by soldiers,
invaded Biu town, in search of Boko Haram terrorists.
“The civilian JTF in Biu asked those that came from
Maiduguri to leave the town, because their presence in
the town is likely to cause more harm than good to
residents,” he said.
According to him, it was in the process that a fight
ensued between the two youth groups, leading to the
death of five persons.
“I saw five dead bodies before I was rushed to FMC in
Gombe. It is possible the casualty figure may be more
than five, because only two of us survived. I can’t tell
where other dead bodies were deposited,” Mohammed
said.
Efforts to get the JTF or the police to confirm or deny the
incident failed, as GSM telecommunications remained
grounded in Borno State.
Borno govt fumigates liberated Boko Haram’s dens
As normalcy is gradually returning to Maiduguri, the
state Ministry of Enviroment has begun massive
fumigation and clearing of drainage of areas within the
town previously under the stranglehold of the outlawed
Boko Haram sect.
The sanitation came on the heels of the call by the state
government to all the fleeing residents of the town to
return back to their homes.
Nigerian Tribune, at the weekend, gathered that former
enclaves of the sect, which were deserted at the peak of
the crisis, had started showing signs of life, as some of
the fleeing residents had returned.

Source: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/18360-5-killed-as-civilian-jtf-factions-clash-in-borno.html

Dear Nairalanders,
Share us a view of what you gain or learn in today's service.

Mine is:
Appreciation is an Application for more!!!

Learn how to show appreciation for what God as done for you.

Happy Sunday!

A man suspected to have killed one Goltona
Salihu for ritual purpose has been arrested with
two dry human eyes believed to have been
those of the victim.
The principal suspect, one Tacha Tali, was
arrested with the human eyes last week, July 26,
according to the Plateau State Commissioner of
Police, Chris Olakpe. Tali was paraded
alongside three other suspects said to have
collaborated with him in committing the act.
“Tacha Tali was arrested and during the course
of investigation, he confessed that he was the
one who killed Goltona Salihu and plucked his
eyes for ritual purposes,” the police
commissioner said.
Olakpe said Goltona Salihu named three
collaborators; Nengak Sunday, Ngonap
Tapyitda, and Kulime Nangkum, the latter being
the herbalist among them.
The police commissioner added, “On February
22, 2013, one Salihu Miri of Shwar village in
Kanke Local Government Area reported that his
son, Goltona Salihu, left home to graze cows
and he did not return. A search party was
organised and they later found the corpse of his
son without eyes in a decomposing state.”

Source: dailytrust.info/index.php/news/2292-man-caught-with-human-eyes-in-plateau

•Says Gov must beg him
•Declares: ‘If President Jonathan removes me as
minister, I’ll continue to fight’
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State must brace up
for more trouble from the opposition in the days and
months ahead, if the threat, yesterday, by one of the
forces against him, is anything to go by.
Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, boasted at
a reception for him in Port Harcourt that he is ready to
make life even more uncomfortable for the governor who
is locked in the political battle of his life with the
Presidency and his party (PDP), at the state and federal
levels; the State Police Commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu
and the Police Command; the Minister and his five
supporters in the State House of Assembly; ex-militants;
as well as other political forces from within and outside
the state.
The reception also doubled as a grand finale of the
inauguration of units of the Grassroots Development
Initiative (GDI) in Obio/Akpor LGA of the state.
Wike is the grand patron of GDI.
“We will make sure they will not sleep again, as they are
sleeping now. They will not sleep with their two eyes
closed. One eye will be open because they know there is
danger,” the minister said, 24 hours after Amaechi told a
delegation of Niger Delta Bishops who are trying to
resolve the political crisis in the state that Wike remains
a minister today by “the grace of God” and his
(Amaechi’s) effort.
The governor’s words: “Nyesom Wike was appointed
Chief of Staff by me. Nyesom Wike as a Minister of State,
I nominated him. I was under pressure by the President
to drop him, I refused. The President persuaded me to
drop him and bring a woman but I refused.
” I heard he is going all over town saying I didn’t appoint
him, I didn’t appoint him, the President appointed him
but I nominated him to be a minister as the Chairman of
Nigeria Governors’ Forum. I did, but you know character
doesn’t come easily, character is a very difficult thing
and I am a man of character.”
But in what looked like a response to the broadside fired
at him on Friday by Amaechi, the minister said yesterday
that the governor and the 27 members of the State
Assembly on his side have not had enough trouble
occasioned by their April 22 suspension of the Obio/
Akpor Local Government Council.
Wike, who is aspiring to replace Amaechi as governor in
2015, hails from the local government area. He was a
two-term chairman of the council.
The minister, speaking at yesterday’s rally, said: “They
said we are nobody. Then they have seen. When you are
dealing with nobody, be careful. The nobody will show
you that he is somebody. We will make sure they will not
sleep again. As they are sleeping, they will not sleep with
their two eyes closed. One eye will be open, because
they know there is danger.
“Those who are saying they must remove me, I have
even overstayed. For you to be minister for two years,
you must thank your God. If today we are no longer
minister, do not worry yourself. It will not change us. We
will continue to fight for what we believe in.
“We were not minister when we fought for them in 2007.
When we were here, they were not having problems.
Now, we have gone, they are having problems.
“We have always told them: you cannot do it. What you
do not know, you do not know. It does not matter,
whatever money you have, money cannot buy
everything. Now, they are having sleepless nights. When
we were here, were they having sleepless nights?
“When we were here, were they not travelling up and
down? Are they travelling again? Tell them, they should
come and beg us. Tell them to come back and beg us.
We will tell them the secret. What God has not given to
you, you do not need to do anything about it.
“I can assure you, all they are asking for: they want a
commissioner of police that will be arresting you.
Anytime they call the CP, he will arrest you. But let me
tell you, we are not interested in whoever comes here
(CP), all we are interested in is to have somebody who
will not be partial.
“Let them bring whoever they want to bring (as CP).We
want somebody who will want democracy to be practised
in Rivers State. They said one man, one vote. Now, they
do not want one man, one vote again.
“Obio/Akpor LGA is not a place you can toy with. Those
who feel they can suspend Obio/Akpor council officials,
we will make them uncomfortable. They felt once they
had dissolved the council, they would sleep.
“The party has suspended them, because they have
touched the lion and when you touch the lion, you know
the consequences. Since they said the councillors will
not take their salaries, they also will know that they will
not belong to the PDP.
“The party chairman (Chief Felix Obuah) warned them
and they said he would not be able to do anything. At the
end of the day, they are going to court to challenge us.
We will meet them in court. We are not afraid of the
court. We are accustomed to it. All the ones they have
gone, we have been winning them and we will continue
to win them.
“They are doing everything they can. They are using
their power and their money. Money cannot solve all
problems. Sometimes, you have to come back home and
realise that the people matter a lot. It is the power of the
people that has put us in positions and you must come
back to thank the people.
“Forget about what they are doing to you (his
supporters). Do not worry. We are all together. Do not
lose hope. God is on the throne.”
Wike said the suspended Chairman of Obio/Akpor LG, Mr.
Timothy Nsirim, who also attended the rally; his deputy,
Solomon Eke, and the 17 councillors have been denied
their salaries since April, but said that is part of the
sacrifice to make democracy survive.
The minister asked the people of the state to continue to
support President Jonathan and the party.
He urged members of the GDI, in particular, to go to all
the wards, communities and families in the state not to
abandon President Jonathan and his wife.
Wike added: “Your duty as GDI members is to go and
mobilise the entire state for our son (Jonathan),
eventually when he decides to run and we believe the
people of the Southsouth zone cannot sacrifice, for
whatever it is, our own son, for anything less than
President.”
Factional Chairman of the PDP in the state, Chief Felix
Obuah, pledged at the function to reconcile Amaechi,
Wike and other aggrieved members of the party in the
state.
Obuah said: “I want to invite the governor (Amaechi), the
minister (Wike) and all aggrieved members of Ikwerre
community, to be with me in my palace next weekend.
Let us sit down and fashion a way forward. I will not sit
down and see my children quarrelling, and I will not feel
concerned.”
A former Deputy Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Austin Opara, described Obio/Akpor
LGA as the home of the GDI and the PDP, stressing that
“anybody standing on your way is standing before a
moving train and will be crushed.”
The President-General of the GDI, Bright Amewhule, in
his remarks, stated that President Jonathan would be
supported to return in 2015 and that they were solidly
behind Wike.
The ceremony is the latest by the anti-Amaechi camp in
the state.
Similar ceremonies by pro-Amaechi groups are routinely
disallowed by the police, prompting observers from
within and outside the state to accuse the police
leadership in the state of taking sides.
A rally scheduled for last Tuesday by civil rights groups
to protest what they called anti-democratic tendencies in
the state was not allowed to hold by the police.
Some militants even threatened that the lives of some of
those expected at the rally were not safe should they
come.

Source: thenationonlineng.net/new/ill-make-life-more-uncomfortable-for-amaechi-wike-vows/

Idokojimmy: That is, if it survives till 2015. We must recall that the current leadership is an interim structure and very soon, a national congress may be convene. If that happens, it will be the survival of the fittest. It will be Tinubu against Buhari. I jus d laff
Moreover, the Islamic structure of the party is still a cause for concern.

Hum!

Bros!

Please give me your medical prescription list.

I promise to get you your drugs for free.

Why do you always reason with your ANUS?

Somebody should please give me a MASE and let me
make good use of it...

NOTE: don't turn every thread to RELIGIOUS crises!

Chai!

Nijja don suffer...

See there heads!

All this head I'm seeing looks like ILLBO(i.b.o) head ooo.

Please let Benin send them back to there so claim origin(Israel or Biafiran country)...

googlepikin: i thought they said they are saints and angels, they dont comit crimes in their region. ndi ara

Bros!
Please give me your medical prescription list.

I promise to get you your drugs for free.

You reason Just like the way your username sound: PIKIN...

Somebody should please give me a MASE and let me make good use of it...

NOTE: don't turn every thread to ETHNIC crises!

•Says 5 Northern govs want to stop Jonathan from contesting SHOULD President Goodluck Jonathan decide to contest the 2015 presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will have no choice than to give him the ticket, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has declared.
He also said that the five northern state governors who
have been going around the country ostensibly to stop
any attempt by the President to go for a second term in
office have their own agenda but only using the Rivers
State crisis as a smokescreen.
The Presidential aide assured that nobody can beat the
President whenever he makes up his mind to join the
race.
Okupe, who made the declaration while fielding
questions from newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, said it
would be advantageous to the ruling party to field the
incumbent President who, rather than campaign with
what he will do when elected, will convince the
electorate with what he had already achieved.
He said, “If this party PDP is a very serious party, which I
believe it is, if the President decides to run, why should
the party pick somebody else? The only advantage it will
have in contesting is that it has an incumbent President
who will not be telling Nigerians that ‘vote for me I will
do this.’ He will be telling Nigerians ‘vote for me, I have
done this.’
“All those talking about no automatic ticket, what they
are saying is politically unwise and impracticable and
they cannot come to pass.”
The Presidential aide, who emphasised that Jonathan has
not decided to run, was confident that if he so decides,
nobody can beat him.
He added that those who are boasting that the south will
never win the presidency are “day dreaming” as what
they are saying “will never come to pass.”
“President Jonathan has not decided and has not told
anybody. That is the truth. If he decides to run, nobody
can beat him, it’s not possible. The calculations are in
his favour, the odds are in his favour, the national
supports are in his favour, the performance index is in
his favour,” he stated.
Okupe further remarked that the five northern governors
who are presently touring the country, are not telling
Nigerians the truth as they have an agenda other than
the Rivers State crisis which they claim they are holding
consultations over.
According to him, “they have their own agenda. It is not
what they are telling the Nigerian public. They are telling
us that the real motivating factor is this Rivers State and
people keep talking about crisis in Rivers State. How do
you define crisis? There is no unrest in Rivers State.
“Nobody is burning any house in Rivers State.
Commuters, traders and business men are going about
their businesses in Rivers State, the governor is
junketing abroad or rather having a good time. All these
talk is just in the imagination of those who want to stoke
the fire that does not exist.
“There is no problem in Rivers State. I have said it and I
am saying it again, (Governor Rotimi) Amaechi has a
problem with some members of House of Assembly.
Within the House of Assembly in Rivers State, there are
divisions and it is not strange. It is not unusual.
“Over 18 Speakers have been removed in this our young
democracy and nothing happened. Like I told you, this is
2015 live. Everything you hear about Rivers State,
anything you hear about governors moving all over the
place is nothing to do with Rivers State.
“Rivers State is a political camouflage. You can quote
me. The real thing is intense politicking by people with
very serious interest in the polity or who have agenda
they want to make sure manifest by hook or by crook.
“They are going all over the country, trying to mobilize
support for what they want to do. Someone said that
they try to intimidate the President not to run because, it
is obvious they are insisting that there will be no open
ticket for the President.”
On the registration of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), Okupe maintained that it is a testimony to the
openness and transparency of the Jonathan
administration.
He added that the existence of APC as a political party
will lessen the burden of the PDP which will now
concentrate its effort in tackling one party rather than
several parties at the same time.
Okupe remarked, “The registration of APC is perhaps the
most powerful, the most eloquent testimony of the
openness, transparency, honesty and political liberalism
of President Goodluck Jonathan.
“This would not have happened under many African
Presidents, especially when it is obvious to those who
care to study the situation properly that there were
obvious hurdles and obstacles to that registration, which
could have been exploited, and could have amplified and
could have been used by people of lesser integrity to
frustrate the APC.
“This is a testament and this is a testimony that contrary
to what you said, we have no fear whatsoever about APC
registration. We are not in any way anxious. These are
people that were beaten individually before and
collectively we will defeat them randomly.
“But we are glad that at least now instead of fighting
three or four parties, we can concentrate on one and get
it done. I can assure you that there is nobody in the Villa
that is worried. For us it is a good thing, it is a great
development.
“I don’t know whether the opposition is credible enough.
I cannot attest to that, but at least you know, what we
have is that we have political parties that have been
inept previously, that have been extremely weakened
and of no serious political importance. They have now
come together under one umbrella with an attempt to
challenge the status quo. We will see how far they can
go.”

Source: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/18125-2015-nobody-can-beat-jonathan-if-he-contests-presidency-says-5-northern-govs-want-to-stop-jonathan-from-contesting.html