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10 strange facts about new SGF that you may not see in his profile
https://mrrightsng..com.ng/

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr, Boss Gida Mustapha as the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The announcement was made today by Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity following sack of the suspended SGF, Mr. David Babachir Lawal. While the profile of the new SGF has been widely circulated across media and social media, here are 10 strange facts about Mr Boss that you may not find in his profile.

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Kwara Security Threatened, As Group Call For Arrest Of APC Spokesman Over Threat Of Violence

The attention of Kwara Must Change has been drawn to the hate speech and threat of violence issued out on air by the Kwara State Publicity Secretary of All Progressive Congress (APC) Mr Sulyman Tunji Buhari, over the recently staged massive protest by aggrieved and fearless citizens in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

The very successful protest saw thousand of residents stormed the streets of Ilorin on Wednesday to rally against the corrupt dynasty of Senate President Bukola Saraki and to express the need for good governance and peace in Kwara State ahead of the November 18 local
government elections.

The protest, which signifies an end to fear and silence, in the face of gross abuse of power, outright impunity and deliberate bad governance imposed on the good people of Kwara State was seen as the beginning and end to the deceit and mediocrity and those benefiting from the status quo are bent on threatening citizens into silence.

After the successful protest on Wednesday, APC spokesman that is currently under investigation by the Police over his role in orchestrating the kidnap, torture, and dehumanization of an activist, Ahmed Olanrewaju Buhari came out on Harmony FM radio station on
October 5th, 2017 between 12- 1 PM to utter hate speeches and also threaten to unleash violence on any citizen that subsequently come out to protest on any issue. He said all sorts of things that shouldn't be said in a public domain and even threatened the security agencies,
mentioning the police, civil defense, and others.

Mr. Tunji threatened that whoever comes up with any protest as seen the previous day is in search for trouble and he warned of dire consequences, a threat we took very seriously, considering his ongoing
investigation over the kidnap, torture and dehumanization of Comrade Ahmed Olanrewaju Buhari.

Kwara Must Change had expected that after such an open threat, the security agencies, particularly the Department of State Service (DSS) and Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will have invited or even arrest him over such a reckless outburst, but until this moment, nothing has been
done. It appeared to us that the security agencies in Kwara state are now scared of doing their duty as required by law. It also appeared that the security agencies regard some people as untouchable, irrespective of their crimes.

We are hereby alerting the general public that the security of lives and properties in Kwara state is seriously threatened by the APC spokesman and urgent actions need to be taken before those who threaten to unleash violence carry out their threats.

We state firmly that nobody can prevent any citizen from exercising their rights and we urge all citizens to continue to exercise their rights freely and boldly. We cannot be intimidated and suppressed by any anti-democratic forces.

And finally, we call on the Inspector General of Police and the Director General of DSS to order the immediate arrest of the APC spokesman and others like him to guarantee peace and security in the state of harmony.

http://saharareporters.com/2017/10/07/kwara-security-threatened-group-call-arrest-apc-spokesman-over-threat-violence

Kwara security threatened, as Group call for arrest of APC spokesman over threat of violence

The attention of Kwara Must Change has been drawn to the hate speech and threat of violence issued out on air by the Kwara State publicity Secretary of All Progressive Congress (APC) Mr Tunji Buhari, over the recently staged massive protest by aggrieved and fearless citizens in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

The very successful protest saw thousand of residents stormed the streets of Ilorin on Wednesday to rally against the corrupt dynasty of Senate President Bukola Saraki and to express the need for good governance and peace in Kwara State ahead of the November 18 local government elections.

The protest, which signifies an end to fear and silence, in the face of gross abuse of power, outright impunity and deliberate bad governance imposed on the good people of Kwara State was seen as the beginning and end to the deceit and mediocrity and those benefiting from the status quo are bent on threatening citizens into silence.

After the successful protest on Wednesday, APC spokesman that is currently under investigation by the Police over his role in orchestrating the kidnap, torture and dehumanization of an activist, Ahmed Olanrewaju Buhari came out on Harmony FM radio station on 5th October, 2017 between 12- 1PM to utter hate speeches and also threaten to unleash violence on any citizen that subsequently come out to protest on any issue. He said all sorts of things that shouldn't be said in a public domain and even threatened the security agencies, mentioning the police, civil defense and others.

Mr Tunji threatened that whoever comes up with any protest as seen the previous day is in search for trouble and he warned of dare consequences, a threat we took very seriously, considering his ongoing investigation over the kidnap, torture and dehumanization of Comrade Ahmed Olanrewaju Buhari.

Kwara Must Change had expected that after such an open threat, the security agencies, particularly the Department of State Service (DSS) and Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will have invited or even arrest him over such a reckless outburst, but till this moment, nothing has been done. It appeared to us that the security agencies in Kwara state are now scared of the doing their duty as required by law. It also appeared that the security agencies regard some people as untouchable, irrespective of their crimes.

We are hereby alerting the general public that the security of lives and properties in Kwara state is seriously threatened by the APC spokesman and urgent actions need to be taken before those who threaten to unleash violence carry out their threats.

We state firmly that nobody can prevent any citizen from exercising their rights and we urge all citizens to continue to exercise their rights freely and boldly. We cannot be intimidated and suppressed by any anti democratic forces.

And finally, we call on the Inspector General of Police and the Director General of DSS to order the immediate arrest of the APC spokesman and others like him to guarantee peace and security in the state of harmony.

Abdulrazaq O Hamzat
President, Kwara Must Change

Don't confuse yourself please.

The article reads:
For me, I have stopped watching foreign football some years back. I stopped when I realized the damage I am doing to our country’s economy by helping to devalue our money through capital flight.

It was clearly stated in the article that:

Watching foreign football is not a necessity. It is a luxury. I can live without watching foreign football. It reduces nothing from my life. Though I love it, but if watching it is so counter productive to the growth of our country, I better stop it. That’s what I did.

Any foreign product you will use should be a necessity, not a luxury.

That is the essence of the article.

hungryboy:
i just hope that, the bros who wrote the above aricle no dey watch hollywwod films too, him no dey use made in china android or Iphone , him no get laptop,him dey travel go north, go meet farmers buy rice from them,because him no dey chop imported rice, him no dey use fuel, except him don confirm say na the one were dem produce for warri or kaduna refinery, and no be imported one,him no dey facebook, twitter, instagram,because him no wan support foreign products, only dey nl, lindaikeji blog and other Nigerian owned forums,
i go respect that bros sha, if him dey keep to the above commandments, if you see am, abeg help me greet am.

He doesn't

Passion for foreign football destroying Nigeria’s economy
By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat

Another weekend has come, when people from across the country, particularly youths in their large numbers, from street to street troop to the various football viewing centers in their neighborhood to feed their eyes with spectacular games of football.

Football is sweet. The skillful dribbles, superlative goals, amazing saves and precise kicks all make football irresistible. I used to be an ardent fan of European football, I can even miss a class not to miss a match. But I stopped a few years ago, when I realized how much my passion for foreign football was destroying our country’s economy.

However, I must confess that I missed watching Jose Morinho do his thing every weekend back then. The special one was the manager of my darling Chelsea.

Lovers of English Premier League will always remind you of how Chelsea often beat Arsenal every season. Jose Morinho had one time described Arsenal’s manager, Arsen Wenger of being a specialist in failure. Morinho had the bragging right; the Arsenal manager never defeated him in any match. In my area in Ilorin, I often joke that Oko-Erin boys
can defeat Arsenal Fc. I still believe so even today. Don’t be mad at me please.

When I was still an ardent supporter of Chelsea, I once went to bed hungry because Liverpool defeated us in a Champions league semi final match. I think that was in 2005. Chelsea had beaten Liverpool at every point before that meeting. We beat them to lift the Carling cup, beat them home and away in the Premier League and when we were paired with them in the Champions League, we saw it as a walk over. As a matter of fact, some of us were already discussing who we would meet in final. We were wrong. Liverpool went ahead to lift the Champions league trophy that year by defeating AC Milan in a dramatic way. What a miss.

Like every football lover, I do watch matches of our major contenders. I support any team against Arsenal, any team against Manchester United, any team against Liverpool Fc and more recently, any team against Manchester City. That’s the nature of Football. You support
any team that can reduce the point of other contending teams, so that yours can come out on top.

Additionally, apart from English premier league, I also do watch important matches in La-liga and Serie-A. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are the few La-liga teams we watch back then. In Serie-A, I watch Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan. All lovers of
modern football watch these matches every week and we do that with so much passion and enthusiasm, as if our lives depend on them.

However, I stopped watching foreign football a few years ago. It was difficult at first because that means I can no longer watch Ronaldo and Messi display amazing skills every week. I had to endure the slight discomfort of not watching European league, for a greater benefit of strengthening our naira.

I am sure many may be wondering how not watching foreign football strengthens our naira, but wonder no more. Here is how.

Every week, Nigerians in their millions gather across various football viewing centers to watch football matches. They pay a token of N100 to have the most pleasurable moment of their lives. In some weeks, they watch 2, 3 or even 4 matches. For the purpose of this write up, let us assume they watch only 1 match per week.

We all know Nigerians love football. That is one thing that unites the country, apart from music and tribalism. More than 70% of our 180 million population comprise young people. That means over 120 million youths are in Nigeria. Assuming only about 20% love football, that’s about 25 million population. But let’s assume just 20 million youths watch football every week.

This is not an exaggeration. In my Area in Ilorin, I mean just one area; we have more than 10 viewing centers. People can afford not to eat than not to watch football. We watch football like it is our ticket to paradise.

Now, let’s do some calculations. If 20 million people watch football every week and each person does so with a token of N100, that costs us a whopping sum of N2 billion in just one week. If N2 billion is multiplied by 56 weeks in a year, that gives us N112 billion.

Although, I have been watching European league before 2004, I became so addicted that year and between 2004 and 2017, that is 13 years. So, if football lovers spent N112 billion to watch foreign matches in one year, multiply that figure by 13 years and guess how much it is?

N1 trillion, 456 billion. That’s the amount we spent watching football in 13 years. We can approximate it to N1.5 trillion.

Now, where does this money go? I mean, where does the N1.5 trillion we spend on watching football go? It goes abroad. We send the money to Europe to strengthen their economy and currency, while devaluing our own. We pay to the football viewing centers. They pay the money to DSTV, who then convert the money into dollars and send it to Europe. That’s one of the many ways we destroy Nigerian currency. In economic terms, they call it capital flight. I am a peace professional not an economist, but I know capital flight, in economics, occurs when assets or money rapidly flows out of a country, due to an event of economic consequence such as watching foreign football.

A little research about capital flight tells me that, this leads to a disappearance of wealth, and is usually accompanied by a sharp drop in the exchange rate of the affected country—depreciation in a variable exchange rate regime, or a forced devaluation in a fixed exchange rate regime. This fall is particularly damaging when the capital belongs to
the people of the affected country, because not only are the citizens now burdened by the loss in the economy and devaluation of their currency, but probably also, their assets have lost much of their nominal value. This leads to dramatic decreases in the purchasing power of the country’s assets and makes it increasingly expensive to import goods and acquire any form of foreign facilities.

So, the next time you want to complain that ‘’dollar don rise’’, don’t forget to ask yourself how much you contributed to the devaluation of the naira. The next time you sit down in the football arena watching European league, remember that you are doing your part to devalue the naira.

For me, I have stopped watching foreign football some years back. I stopped when I realized the damage I am doing to our country’s economy by helping to devalue our money through capital flight. Watching foreign football is not a necessity. It is a luxury. I can live without watching foreign football. It reduces nothing from my life. Though I love it, but if watching it is so counter productive to the growth of our country, I better stop it. That’s what I did.

Our local football may not be as sophisticated as European league, but trust me, we have wonderful players down here. I also heard recently that Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) will now be showing our league matches live. If you can’t go the stadium to watch it live, watch it live on NTA.

I am now a strong advocate of local football. I watch Kwara United. Some times, Kano Pillars or Eyimba Fc of Aba. Trust me, these are wonderful teams. As a Nigerian referee, I can tell you that our football has greatly improved beyond what you thought. Until you start watching, you won’t know how much you will enjoy it. For me, I see players that can be better than Ronaldo and Messi on our football pitches and I am determined to support them as much as I can.

• Abdulrazaq O Hamzat is a Nigerian referee and the Executive Director of Foundation for Peace Professionals.

http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/10/passion-for-foreign-football-destroying-nigerias-economy/

You don't need to watch to win bet. Whether you watch it or not, it doesn't affect your betting

ebukahandsome:
A league where visitors must Surely loose to make sure they go home with their heads.
I rather watch the kids playing bottle covers than sit down and watch underpaid adults running arround a bushy pitch used for crusade and parties

NIgerian football has gone past that stage bro. We watch it every week and its amazing.

How we spent N1.5 trillion to watch football
By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat

Another weekend has come, when people from across the country, particularly youths in their large numbers, from street to street troop the various football viewing centers in their neighborhood to feed their eyes with spectacular games of football.

Football is sweet. The skillful dribbles, superlative goals, amazing saves and precise kicks all made football irresistible. I used to be an ardent fan of European football, I can even miss a class not to miss a match, but I stopped few years ago, when I realized how much my passion for foreign football is destroying our country’s economy.

However, i must confess that i missed watching Jose Morinho do his thing every weekend back then. The special one was the manager of my darling Chelsea.

Lovers of English Premier League will always remind you of how Chelsea often beat Arsenal every season. Jose Morinho had one time described Arsenal’s manager, Arsen Wenger of being a specialist in failure. Morinho had the bragging right; the Arsenal manager never defeated him in any match. In my area in Ilorin, I often joke that Oko-Erin boys can defeat Arsenal Fc. I still believe so even today. Don’t be mad at me please.

When I was still an ardent supporter of Chelsea, i once went to bed hungry because Liverpool defeated us in a Champions league semi final match. I think that was in 2005. Chelsea had beaten Liverpool at every point before that meeting. We beat them to lift the Carling cup, beat them home and away in the premier league and when we were paired with them in the Champions league, we saw it as a walk over. As a matter of fact, some of us were already discussing who we would meet in final. We were wrong. Liverpool went ahead to lift the Champions league trophy that year by defeating AC Milan in a dramatic way. What a miss.

Like every football lover, I do watch matches of our major contenders. I support any team against Arsenal, any team against Manchester United, any team against Liverpool Fc and more recently, any team against Manchester City. That’s the nature of Football. You support any team that can reduce the point of other contending teams, so that yours can come out on top.

Additionally, apart from English premier league, I also do watch important matches in La-liga and serie-A. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are the few La-liga teams we watch back then. In Serie-A, I watch Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan. All lovers of modern football watch these matches every week and we do that with so much passion and enthusiasm, as if our lives depended on it.

However, I stopped watching foreign football few years ago. It was difficult at first because that means i can no longer watch Ronaldo and Messi display amazing skills every week. I had to endure the slight discomfort of not watching European league, for a greater benefit of strengthening our naira.

I am sure many may be wondering how not watching foreign football strengthen our naira, but wonder no more. Here is how.

Every week, Nigerians in their millions gather across various football viewing centers to watch football matches. They pay a token of N100 to have the most pleasurable moment of their lives. In some weeks, they watch 2, 3 or even 4 matches. For the purpose of this write up, let us assume they watch only 1 match per week.

We all know Nigerians love football. That is one thing that unites the country, apart from music and tribalism. More than 70% of our 180million population comprise of young people. That means over 120 million youths are in Nigeria. Assuming only about 20% love football, that’s about 25 million populations. But let’s assume just 20 million youths watch football every week.

This is not an exaggeration. In my Area in Ilorin, I mean just one area; we have more than 10 viewing centers. People can afford not to eat than not to watch football. We watch football like it is our ticket to paradise.

Now, let’s do some calculations. If 20 million people watch football every week and each person does so with a token of N100, that costs us a whopping sum of N2 billion in just one week. If N2 billion is multiplied by 56 weeks in a year, that gives us N112 billion.

Although, I have been watching European league before 2004, i became so addicted that year and between 2004 and 2017, that’s 13 years. So, if football lovers spent N112 billion to watch foreign matches in 1 year, multiply that figure by 13 years and guess how much it is?

N1 trillion, 456 billion. That’s the amount we spent watching football in 13 years. We can approximate it to N1.5 trillion.

Now, where does this money go? I mean, where does the N1.5 trillion we sent on watching football go? It goes abroad. We send the money to Europe to strengthen their economy and currency, while devaluing our own. We pay to the football viewing centers. They pay the money to DSTV, who then convert the money into dollars and send it to Europe. That’s one of the many ways we destroy Nigerian currency. In economic terms, they call it capital flight. I am a peace professional not an economist, but I know Capital flight, in economics, occurs when assets or money rapidly flow out of a country, due to an event of economic consequence such as watching foreign football.

A little research about capital flight tells me that, this leads to a disappearance of wealth, and is usually accompanied by a sharp drop in the exchange rate of the affected country—depreciation in a variable exchange rate regime, or a forced devaluation in a fixed exchange rate regime. This fall is particularly damaging when the capital belongs to the people of the affected country, because not only are the citizens now burdened by the loss in the economy and devaluation of their currency, but probably also, their assets have lost much of their nominal value. This leads to dramatic decreases in the purchasing power of the country's assets and makes it increasingly expensive to import goods and acquire any form of foreign facilities.

So, the next time you want to complain that ‘’dollar don rise’’, don’t forget to ask yourself how much you contributed to the devaluation of the naira. The next time you sit down in the football arena watching European league, remember that you are doing your part to devalue the naira.
For me, I have stopped watching foreign football some years back. I stopped when I realized the damage I am doing to our country’s economy by helping to devalue our money through capital flight. Watching foreign football is not a necessity. It is a luxury. I can live without watching foreign football. It reduces nothing from my life. Though I love it, but if watching it is so counter productive to the growth of our country, I better stop it. That’s what I did.

Our local football may not be as sophisticated as European league, but trust me, we have wonderful players down here. I also heard recently that Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) will now be showing our league matches live. If you can’t go the stadium to watch it live, watch it live on NTA.
I am now a strong advocate of local football. I watch Kwara United. Some times, Kano Pillars or Eyimba Fc of Aba. Trust me, these are wonderful teams. As a Nigerian referee, I can tell you that our football has greatly improved beyond what you thought. Until you start watching, you won’t know how much you will enjoy it. For me, I see players that can be better than Ronaldo and Messi on our football pitches and I am determined to support them as much as I can.

Abdulrazaq O Hamzat is a Nigerian referee and the Executive Director of Foundation for Peace Professionals.

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NupeZalla:
Tsado ! That's ma grand dad's name..please is he from niger (nupe)?

He his from Niger state, for all Nigerians

Nigeria will live forever

Nuclear what?

Sanchez01:
I actually meant a detailed profile about his person. His resumé would tell a lot about him and if at all he has served in strategic positions before now, I believe people would love to know how well he succeeded or failed.

That would be more appreciated.

Ofcourse, that would be released in due time.

Kindly follow his official facebook page.

You can even interact with him personally.

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Hi, My Name Is Nigeria
https://mahfouzadedimeji.com/2013/12/28/hi-my-name-is-nigeria/

(This is the presentation I made as part of the Strategic Language Initiative Program organized by College of Arts and Sciences, Governors State University (GSU),Illinois in collaboration with U.S Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at Engbreston Hall, GSU, Illinois, USA.)

Hi, my name is Nigeria
E kaa san o (good afternoon).My name is Nigeria. I hail from West Africa. On October 1 2005, I became 45 years old. How time flies! I gained my Independence from Britain that day in 1960 and I transmogrified, starting a new life as an independent nation. This is because I actually came into being in 1914, with the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates of the Territories held by the Royal Niger Company. My currency in Naira and my flag is green-white-green, symbolizing productivity and peace. Do you know my motto, engraved on my coat of arms? It is “unity and faith, peace and progress”. My system of government is the presidential system, patterned after that of the US.
My boundary has been fixed at latitudes 4 and 14 north and longitudes 2 and 15 east of the Greenwich meridian. I cover an area of 923,768 square kilometers (356,699 square miles), which is slightly twice the size of California (or California plus Kansas). Out of this figure, 910,768 sq km is land while the rest 13,000 sq. km. is water. I am a pretty huge lady and I am often referred to as “the Giant of Africa”, being the largest country in Africa . I am popular and indeed I am the most populous Black Country in the world. I am estimated to have 128,771,988 children by the CIA (The World Fact Book) in July 2005 but I think my children are133 million. Anyway, I am counting my children now – I mean, an official census is being held currently.
I contain 36 states and a Federal Capital Territory, Abuja all within 6 geo-political zones. The zones are Northeast, Northwest, Northcentral, Southeast, Southwest and Southsouth while the states are alphabetically Abia, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo ,Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara. Each state consists of local government areas and I have almost a thousand local government areas in all. I have more than 450 languages the major ones of which are Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, with English serving as the official language and lingua franca. The religious beliefs of my children range from Islam (50%), Christianity (40%) to Traditional Religions (10%).
Before I tell you more about myself, let me tell you the origin of my name. Have you heard about River Niger that flows from my northwestern side and runs into my heart till it surges southwards through tropical rain forests and swamps till it plunges into its delta in the Gulf of Guinea? Textbooks say it was discovered by a Scotsman, Mungo Park but what about the people who lived in the area and fished for long there before he came? (Sometimes I am amused by the writings of “historians” about me!) A British lady, Flora Shaw, then a correspondent with the London Times newspaper coined me and used the term first in her dispatch of January 1, 1897 to describe the Niger area administered by the Royal Niger Company. General Lord Fredrick Lugard who was my first Governor-General was fascinated by this name, Nigeria and got attracted to it and the journalist. Fredrick eventually led Flora to the altar and they became husband and wife, all because of me, imagine!
My ancestors lived in the area I occupy now more than 40,000 years ago; that was around 65,000BC. The early man in Nigeria contributed significantly to Stone Age Civilization. He invented tools from bones, wood and stones. He later made hand axes as well as developed bronze and metal around 500BC to 200AD. That was the period of my ancestors’ Nok Civilization. My first contact with Europe was about 1480 when the infamous Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was kick-started by the Portuguese, later joined by the British. After the slave trade, the missionaries and traders came and we had no problem: it was business. One day in 1851, I had a terrible dream and I woke up to witness the British bombardment of Lagos. Why? What was my crime? They expelled Kosoko, the King then, for insurbordination and installed Akintoye. By 1861, Lagos was declared a British colony. Other parts of Nigeria were also captured one after the other and by 1900, most of Nigeria was effectively under British rule, administered by Royal Niger Company. In 1914, the two protectorates in the North and the South were amalgamated. Nationalist struggles intensified after the World Wars ( I and II) and I became free; and later a Republic in 1963.
Geographically, you can easily locate me at the armpit of Africa. I am also described as “the heart of Africa” more because of my importance than location, which is quite strategic anyway. Four zones are recognizable within me. Zone 1 is along the coast where rainfall is heavy and vegetation is made up of mostly swamps. My coastline is 853 km. Zone 2 is the forest region where rainfall is also heavy and vegetation is thick forest. Zone 3 comprises the semi-savanna area lying between the forest zone and the real savanna zone, which is zone 4 or the north. This topography determines to a large extent my children’s traditional occupations: fishing, farming, hunting, cattle-rearing, etc. I am bounded by Cameroon to the east, Chad to the northeast, Niger to the north, Benin to the west and the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean to the south. My climate varies according to the regions but it suffices to say that the North is arid, the Central part is tropical while the South is equatorial. My physical landmarks are mountains, lakes, rivers, canals, waterfalls islands and vast land.
Nature has been so kind to me: my weather is temperate throughout the year.1 out of every 5 Africans you see is my child. My natural resources include natural gas, petroleum, tin, granite, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, gold, aluminum, lead, copper, zinc, arable land, etc. How many of them can I list? And I have a wide variety of abundant flora and fauna. It is the wish of nature to live within me in its entirety. If you doubt me, take the next flight to me and see for yourself. My economy now thrives on agriculture, forestry and fishing, manufacturing, mining, petroleum and energy resources, transportation, banking, finance and other services. Some of my agricultural products are cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava(tapioca), yam, rubber, cattle, sheep, goats, timber, fish, etc.
My industries process and produce cotton, rubber, wood, hides and skin, textile, cement and other construction materials, food products, foot wear chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel and commercial ship construction and repair. My main exports are petroleum, petroleum products, cocoa and rubber and my major partners here are U.S (48.2%), India (8.1%), Spain (7.4%), Brazil (5.5%) and Japan (4.1%).For imports, I partner mainly with U.S(9.1%), China(8.8%),U.K(8.7%), Netherlands (6.3%), France (6.1%), Germany (5.7%) and Italy(4.7%).
Politically, my children adopt the presidential system with bi-cameral legislature, made up of the House of Representatives (Lower House, with 346 seats) and the Senate (Upper House, with109 seats, 3 from each state plus 1 from Abuja), referred to as the National Assembly. At the state level, there are just states’ houses of representatives. The judicial system is based of the English common law and aspects of Islamic law, the latter in the North. There are customary courts, high courts and high courts of appeal. The Supreme Court is the highest arbiter in the land.
I have a diverse tapestry of cultures and traditions. Among my over 250 ethnic groups are Yoruba (21%), Hausa (21%), Igbo (18%), Fulani (11%), Ibibio (5.6%), Kanuri (4%), Edo (3%), Tiv (2%),Ijaw (2%) Bura (2%), Nupe (1%) and others ( 9%). I am endowed with abundant human and natural resources. No nation could have been more blessed than I am. My children excel in all fields of human endeavor. One of them, Wole Soyinka won the first Nobel Prize in literature for Africa. And there is also Chinua Achebe, the renowned African novelist. Intellectual colossuses like the computer whiz-kid, Philip Emeagwali and the GAGUT theorem proponent, Gabriel Oyibo, are my children. They perform wonders everywhere they are in the world (But this is not to suggest that there are no few bad ones among them who tarnish my image and often give me bad press).
My name sends jitters down the spines of my children’s opponents in sports, especially the game of soccer. Go ask Argentina and Brazil! Tell me, except you are not at all interested in sports, haven’t you heard of J.J. Okocha, Kanu, Aghaowa, Garba Lawal and others? I need not remind you that, as they have done in several other countries, they won the Olympic gold medal in football here in the US in Atlanta 1994. And of course you know Akeem Olajuwon who dominated the basket ball game winning laurels
One year of Chibok tears and two other things

and smashing records for a decade here in the US. My music is as varied as my cultures in its traditional and modern forms. Nigerian drums evoke a staccato of scintillating rhythms and the accompanying waltzing dance steps of my children are electrifying. In the field of public administration, political shrewdness and nationalist struggle, my sons like Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Ahmadu Bello are simply illustrious and their records are appearing unbeatable .My entertainment industry is world-acclaimed and robust. Nollywood is comes third globally after Hollywood and Bollywood. Within me are breath-taking water-falls, terrific mountains, game reserves and beaches. I am a tourist’s destination and an investor’s goldmine any day.
However, to be honest with you, I have not been a very happy lady (I prefer being a lady to a woman).I have suffered aggressive violations for a long period. I have been repeatedly robbed and raped by, wait for this, my own children. Even as a growing child, I was a victim of child abuse. My children, those they call military rulers, had gang-raped me several times. I survived an agonizing Civil War they fought among themselves for 30 months, between 1967 and 1970, after they had killed themselves in electoral skirmishes. The oil boom of the 70s rather than bloom eventually brought me a dose of doom. No thanks to the military, who still aborted the second republic (1979 – 1983) and continued to violate and plunder me. I was badly looted, battered and devastated. It was especially terrible for me in the 90s when General Abacha was in my charge.It took divine intervention for me to be liberated. And eventually, reprieve only came to my nightmares in 1999. By then, I had survived about half a dozen military coups, successful and unsuccessful, and had been subjected to some 30 years of military rule.
Hmmm,1999. That was when I tasted democracy and I regained my hope. Olusegun Obasanjo, a great son and former military ruler who with his colleague, Muritala Muhammad (my favorite child who was gruesomely assassinated, my own J.F. Kennedy) assumed my trusteeship. He waged a war (remember he is a retired general and “old soldiers never die”) against corruption and he won many battles, though the war is still raging. He introduced many reforms and was re-elected in 2003.My children still quarrel among themselves along ethnic, religious and political cleavages, on sharing my resources. They are so fastidious and despite all I give them, like Oliver Twist, they ask for more. I wonder what their problem is and I hope they are not going to kill me! That is why I am not very happy now but I know my problem is not peculiar. Tell me how many ladies like me are 100% happy: we all have where our shoes pinch. I am putting the past behind me, consolidating on my present democracy and working towards a better future.
Come, please you come and visit me. I am warm and I am looking earnestly forward to receiving you. Come and see Abuja and experience the grandeur and splendor of a temperate climate and a well-structured city on top of the hills. Come to Lagos and see my skyscrapers, beautiful beaches and captivating waterways. Come to Osun and explore Osun grove that UNESCO categorized this year (2005) as a second world heritage center. I want you to experience my rich cultural diversity in dressing, cuisine, music, dance, festivals, sports, art and great traditions. Come to Yankari games reserve and see nature in its uncontaminated purity. Come to Obudu cattle ranch in Rivers state and see breath-taking landscapes, hills and waterfalls. Come to Iwo and meet a highly sophisticated and cultured people. Come to Ilorin and dance to the syncopating rhythms of bandiri. Come and taste the mouth-watering Iyan(pounded yam) and egusi(melon) soup. Come and savor Tuwo (grilled and cooked corn) and bite Suya (barbequed beef).You need to really taste amala and abula (if you can’t see the meaning, at least you can smell the rhyme) as well as garri and ogbono.I wager you will lose appetite for any other food for a year if you taste any of my cuisine! Come and cruise Rivers Niger and Benue (they both form “Y” in my map and they say Yes to you) and enjoy the delightful pleasure of a breeze of a special kind. I invite you to come and you won’t regret coming to the No. 1 African nation.
E see gan an. Thank you for your patience and I look forward to seeing you!

Sanchez01:
The whole essence of life is not in the 'art of war'. That particular quote would work better for Atiku and not a new face coming into an arena that is totally different from where he has been.

He needs all the publicity he can get right now, so long he has made some life changing decisions in the life of people whom he served and those who served him.

You really understand what it takes to move this to the next stage.

Please, let's work together.

Thanks

Sanchez01:
I doubt if he has half the clout Buhari has but he might have my vote come 2019 seeing he is young and probably educated. I am tired of having brain dead folks with nothing but nepotism at the tip of their caps.

Can someone please post a link to his bio?

You can checkout his website

www.mathiasbtsado.com

hinograce:
Nice to see young people. But u can start by telling us his antecedents, where has he worked, what has he handled and how did he fare, what is his relationship with money, how do people view him, what is his personal drive.

Check out Mathias Tsado's official campaign page on facebook. You will find many details there

https://www.facebook.com/MBT2019/?hc_ref=ARRIxUec40UHR34DpCwb8yV6fT-dfrYH5OsnntFEYoaIhiGXJ91jTjqNLhTTnP5F0ek&pnref=story