They reflect what they hear from their parents, teachers and everyone else around them. They are too young to dissimulate or be bribed. They don't know tribe or worry about religion. And they probably love those pictures of avuncular GMB with his grandkids Talk of a PR coup! APC in 2015 and for the next 600 years!

ozoigbondu:
Do they have voters card ? will they vote? Are they even nigerians

Please tell me another story joor

Goodluck Jonathan’s Ph.D. thesis cannot be found, Tam David-West alleges

Tamunoemi David-West, a professor and former minister of petroleum and energy, has suggested that President Goodluck Jonathan does not have a doctorate degree from the University of Port Harcourt as widely believed.

Ahead of the February 14 presidential election, one of the popular comparisons of Jonathan with Muhammadu Buhari, the two leading candidates, is that the president possesses a doctorate degree while his opponent does not even have a secondary school leaving certificate. But speaking in Asari Toru, Rivers state, at the governorship campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC), David-West said that all efforts to trace the thesis for which Jonathan was awarded a Ph.D. in Zoology by the University of Port Harcourt, had proved abortive.

David-West urged Rivers people to vote for Dakuku Peterside, saying he had not lied about his academic qualifications. “Dakuku Peterside is God-fearing and without the fear of God, we cannot move forward, both at the state and federal level,” he said. “Another reason is that I have discovered Peterside’s thesis: Corporate Political Strategy, but I have asked and I stand here on my honour, I have asked people to look for the thesis of my brother Jonathan and they have not found it. “I sent another person and said ‘If you have not found the thesis, go and look for the title’. He came back to say, Oga I no see am. “

I am not saying that he lied but I want to see. I have been a professor since 1974. If you say you have Ph.D., the least I want from you is to give me the thesis, which university and where you got it. “My name is Tamuno, which means there is God. If you are lying, there is God o. I advise our brother to look for his shoes and leave. Why am I in love with APC? It is because its members are God-fearing. One of the problems with Nigeria is that there are so many politicians but few statesmen.”

http://www.thecable.ng/jonathans-ph-d-thesis-not-found-tam-david-west-alleges

Guess the kids had more important considerations.

Akon419:
With f9 in Mathis right?

Incidentally a grade Six class at Greensprings School had a mock election last week and gave 100% of their votes to GMB. I suspect PDP is shitting bricks by now with all these negative auguries.

British School Holds Mock Nigerian Pre-Election Presidential Debate


05 Feb 2015

A well-known Roman Catholic independent school for girls in Surrey, London, Woldingham School, has conducted mock elections ahead of this month’s elections.

In a highly spirited and empassioned ‘pre-election’ debate which featured the two dominant Nigerian political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Amarachi Onyebuchi and Siobhan Obi filled in for President Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo, while Oreoluwa Ogunbiyi and Susannah Peppiatt stood in for General Buhari and his Vice-President candidate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo respectively.

The issues discussed during the ‘pre-election’ debate ranged widely from corruption to feminism, to the future of Nigeria’s largely oil-based economy, given the global fall in oil prices. Speaking for the PDP, Amarachi and Siobham, focused largely on President Jonathan’s economic achievements during his six years in office, pointing to the fact that the Nigerian economy, in the last year, became the largest in Africa, something the two speakers claimed was linked to the rebasing of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP).

The APC representatives, Oreoluwa and Susannah fired back, insisting that the rebasing of the economy could not be attributed solely to the PDP presidency.
Speaking further, the APC spokespersons picked upon Jonathan’s poor record on corruption and also discussed the issue of “the missing N20billion” and the unjust firing of Sanusi Lamido, especially in the light of the fact that the PDP has just gone to visit Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano, to appeal for his vote.

Although the pre-debate mood had anticipated the win of the APC, many attendees were impressed by the argument put forward by the PDP, acknowledging that despite Jonathan’s failure to deal with Boko Haram and increasing unemployment, what Nigeria needed the most was continuity.

They also raised concerns about Buhari’s role as a former military head of state who had imprisoned many journalists and activists, in what seemed to be a fight against free speech, and also, the potential significance of his identity as a Muslim in his role as President.

APC’s Susannah and Oreoluwa were no less inspiring, referring to Doyin Okupe’s use of ‘Bring back Jonathan” slogans as being distasteful in the light of the continuing plight of the missing Chibok girls.

Both sides stressed the need to bolster Nigeria’s agricultural sector and diversify the economy by supporting farmers across the country and improving inter-regional competitiveness, to ensure that the Nigerian economy was not left at the mercy of oil.

The representatives of both political parties took questions from the floor, which were answered with diligence, in evidence that both sides had done extensive research into the policies in the respective manifestos of both parties.

After the debates, voting took place in mock elections. When the results were announced the next day at the full school assembly, the APC scored 79.24 per cent of the votes cast and 20.7 per cent went to the PDP.

Woldingham School also plans to hold another debate and mock elections ahead of the May British elections.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/british-school-holds-mock-nigerian-pre-election-presidential-debate/201024/

Do not forsake the Levite for he hath no stake among you! That was the reason the bible said we should include Levites among those we distribute tithes to. This bros own don pass stake yet he continues to drain his followers of every resource. May God save them from him.

Letter from the future? It's dated January 30, 2015 (tomorrow) but he has had it for some days now he says.

May God continue to sow discord among the enemies of naija. So it took this falling out for NOI to realise that Soludo was a disaster as CBN governor and to recognise the great work SLS did in cleaning up the mess? Not even when SLS was being hounded back to Kano did she hint that he might have been of value to the nation or anything different from the 'clueless cow' that his enemies painted him. And she thinks herself a principled professional?

In the naija context any job that doesn't allow you to spend the odd N10m on illness, even if it is an abortive effort, hasn't given you freedom yet. How many tithe collecting pastors for example do you see launching appeals to fund N10m treatment? Or oil workers?

BTW that is why we say we need change in naija. You and I shouldn't be left playing the lottery of life. The bone marrow transplant treatment he is seeking is available at UBTH but the team has appealed many times for govt support in expanding their facilities so they can offer it to the generality of people at modest cost but na lie. If GMB gets there and things don't change we shall again change the govt.

CHANGE UNTIL WE GET GOOD GOVERNANCE!

JeffreyJamez:


I understand what you're on about.......if not for his condition, would you label him as a poor man?.... as for financial freedom, it depends on your perspective. If I can afford the basic necessities of life without stress, or doing the usual 9-5 job, am I not financially free?.... apart from unfortunate situations like this that may never arise in most cases ,successful forex traders don't have problem financially.

If after years of trading forex, training people and writing extensively about it he can't afford more than the N3m spent so far even with relatives contributing then forex trading isn't worth the hype. Even farming, check the thread on cucumber, should place one in a better financial position to face life's vicissitudes, if practiced at the level this bros took forex trading to.

Again pls note this doesn't mean I don't sympathize with him or poking fun at his condition. Am just pointing out to those seduced by the forex hype that it really isn't the key to financial freedom.

JeffreyJamez:


Did you read the part where he said he had exhausted his life savings on treatment? ....Forex is no scam... if you know what you're doing you'll be comfortable.. it is not a scam and it is also not a get rich quick scheme. Most people who fail have the "make money now now " mentality.

How real is the whole forex hoopla then if an award winning trainer, dealer and columnist is financially laid low so easily? This is not kicking a man who is down but trying to save many others from falling for the whole forex dealing scam.

Forex trainer needs N10m for surgery

JANUARY 16, 2015 BY BUKOLA ADEBAYO 0 COMMENTS
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For Adekunle Adeyeri, August 17, 2014 shall remain memorable.

It was a day the young forex trader and trainer suddenly fell ill as he was taking his bath in preparation for Sunday service.

The 46-year-old, who narrated his ordeal on his sick bed at the Hamkad Specialist Hospital in Abule Egba, Lagos State, when our correspondent visited him, said since that fateful Sunday, life had never been the same for him.

Adeyeri said, “I was in the bathroom preparing for church service, when everything suddenly became blank. I felt some sensations like electric sparks running through my body. It was as if my system had shut down. I shouted when I felt the jolts. I could not move my left leg and I was unable to stand and I was about to fall when my wife quickly came to my assistance.

“I was rushed to a specialist private hospital where I was revived and later referred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for further treatment.”

According to doctors, Adeyeri, an Ondo State indigene, is suffering from a life-threatening disease, called multiple myeloma-cancer of the bone marrow.

The bone marrow is the tissue comprising the centre of large bones. It is the place where new red and white blood cells are produced. It is also the tissue inside the hip and thigh.

His medical report also reveals some damage has occurred to his spinal cord. Consequently, Adeyeri has been unable to walk or sit down since the ugly incident last August.

Doctors however said that Adeyeri’s situation was still redeemable. They said he would have to undergo a spinal surgery and a bone marrow transplant that will cost N2m and N8m respectively.

“I had to travel to India for the spine surgery because I was told if I didn’t do it before the transplant I would become paralysed. It cost us almost N3m. I can now move some parts of my body but my doctors insist that I must go back for the bone marrow transplant because the cancer cells are now spreading through my body and eating the spine again.”

The young forex trader, who said he had no money to continue with the surgery, lamented that he had spent all his personal savings.

According to him, even his family members have exhausted their savings while they are trying to manage his ailment.

Before his ordeal, Adeyeri was an award winning forex trader and trainer as well as a newspaper columnist. His business column has been a source of inspiration for up-and-coming forex traders and has boosted many Nigerians’ confidence in forex transactions.

While pleading for assistance, the young man noted that his alma mater, the Federal Government College, Ido-Ani, relatives, friends all contributed to his first surgery.

But for him to undergo the bone marrow transplant, ailing Adeyeri is calling on the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, corporate organisations and well-meaning Nigerians to come to his aid to raise the funds for the bone marrow transplant.

The father of three said, “I have spent all I have and other saved. My family, relatives and friends both home and abroad have given me all they can. In fact, it is their financial assistance that has kept me till today.

“I am pleading with Nigerians to assist me to raise N10m. I am weak and sick. I cannot work or walk. This explains why I am calling on Governor Segun Mimiko, well-meaning Nigerians and corporate bodies. I need your help; I don’t want to die now.”

Adeyeri mobile number is 08039391041

http://www.punchng.com/feature/forex-trainer-needs-n10m-for-surgery/

There is no way you slice or dice it that GEJ can go to bed with both eyes closed when the outlook is this bad. His 'home' regions aren't only the smallest in naija but they also trail Northern regions in PVC collection. Maybe if he had spent the last six years working for naija he would be happy now but he instead counted on tribe and religion to deliver a second term to him. Today with the advent of Mbaka, Osinbajo etc religion has failed and with these PVC numbers tribe can be seen failing big time.

biodunid:
The table below says it all:

There is no way you slice or dice it that GEJ can go to bed with both eyes closed when the outlook is this bad. His 'home' regions aren't only the smallest in naija but they also trail Northern regions in PVC collection. Maybe if he had spent the last six years working for naija he would be happy now but he instead counted on tribe and religion to deliver a second term to him. Today with the advent of Mbaka, Osinbajo etc religion has failed and with these PVC numbers tribe can be seen failing big time.

The table below says it all:

They will say money don change hands.

tobex23:
Let's hear what saTANists would say now...


ifeBUHARi 2015

They will say he was bribed.

omenka:
Right on the money!!! From the horse's mouth himself!!!

Let me see how the children of anger spin this one.

I’ve forgiven Buhari, says Tunde Thompson, journalist jailed under Decree 4
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By Our Reporter on January 11, 2015 COVER

■ ‘Lets rally round and support him’

BY OLAKUNLE OLAFIOYE

Just like in his previous outings, the ghost of Decree 4 of 1984 is haunting General Muhammadu Buhari(rtd), presidential candi­date of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as he once again takes another shot at the presidency. The infamous decree which made the duo of Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor of The Guardian newspaper the first victims of military law, has in recent weeks gained cur­rency with political rivals using it as a weapon against the former military head of state.

But Tunde Thompson believes Buhari’s op­ponents are deliberately confusing and mislead­ing Nigerians . In this interview, he lays bare the issues surrounding their detention as well as unmasked those behind their ordeal. Excerpts:

Did they count the number of days you had spent in detention before you were actually sentenced?

They were not interested in doing that. The sen­tencing was in July and we were released the fol­lowing year.

So, how did you feel?

In prison? I wrote a book, Power of the Press, and it’s based on the experience and all the points that were made by the late Chief Rotimi Williams that I could recollect. The arguments of the pros­ecution and defense counsels were presented from my point of view and the analysis of the ethical is­sues involved and the publication of the statement I made and questions they asked me. I had to respond to an article that claimed some journalists asked for something but when they were not given they started making accusations against some lead­ers claiming that they didn’t keep their promises. I had to respond to that article about two years ago in The Sun on the comment by General Buhari, be­cause I believed he was misled into thinking that those of us, The Guardian staff, who were involved in the Decree 4 matter wanted something from the government but because we were not obliged, we decided to write stories. That is not possible.

I responded that the journalists involved didn’t do that kind of thing; they were not thinking about material promises made by anybody. As a matter of fact, nobody made such promises. What happened was that stories were written and sources were de­manded and were denied because it was not ethi­cal. But when you look at it now, this is 2015, about 31 years later, I have also reflected on the matter especially when I wanted to do that rejoinder to the comment made by General Buhari that some journalists made some demands, that the demands were not honored and they started blackmailing them.

I have seen that time is a healer of certain wounds because people are still asking that the man who jailed you wants to become the president that what do I feel about it? They asked if I would vote for such a man. [b]I want to say categorically that Buhari as the head of state at the time, didn’t order the de­tention of Mr. Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor.

He never did. Even Idiagbon did not. It was the head of NSO that ordered our arrest. That was the file my colleague saw when he was brought in to see Rafindadi after I had briefed him. And that was an order that they complied with. Buhari was not responsible for our arrest, so I do not see why at this time, people are trying to make political capital out of what happened in 1984. Apart from that, it was an issue in 2011 election. Between 2010 and 2011 people kept saying this over and over again. I think it’s now over 30 years, people should learn to be charitable; they should learn to forgive and let bygones be bygones especially when we know the truth about who did what. I will like to say that Buhari didn’t order my arrest, so I bear no grudge against him.

Are you saying if there was any hurt he’s been forgiven?

Left to me, the hurt was inadvertent; it was aimed at protecting the government. I know it was not for journalists alone, there were other professional groups other than journalists that the decree was targeted at.[/b] I am very happy that we faced the bullet and the bullet was deadened at our end. The press and the government are rivals in the search for in­formation. They are also rivals in secrecy matters. The government wants to keep its secrets secret and we want to make the secrets open because we want to inform our audience. That’s why we always quarrel and that’s why I believe the govern­ment and the media need more fora to understand themselves. There are hostilities because we don’t understand ourselves.

[b]Are you saying you wish General Buhari well as he aspires to rule Nigeria?

Yes, as far I am concerned now and considering the fact that there is an order that the Minister of Petroleum should not appear before the National Assembly to defend her conduct [/b]and considering the fact that the Naira had been further devalued. Now listen, in Ghana the Cedi we used to mock, the Rupee we used mock and the Yen. The Naira is just not there again. We say revalue the Naira but they said they cannot because we only have one commodity. The government has been saying a lot about agriculture. Cocoa provided the mainstay of the defunct western region under Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Groundnuts provided the mainstay of the defunct northern economy under Sir Ahmadu Bello. Have our farmlands suddenly become infer­tile? We have solid minerals; we have gold in Ilesa. What I am trying to say is that if we look critically, we have other commodities and if they are har­nessed we will be able to say we have more than oil. I appreciate what the Minister of Agriculture, Akinwunmi Adesina is doing now. Rice is be­ing produced on massive scale but the problem is mechanization. They are trying to see if we can grow wheat here. I believe enough efforts have not been made to find alternative income-generating activities.

Some even seem to be too powerful. They are sacred cows and they cannot be tamed. Is that not dangerous? I believe that a person like Buhari at this time can call anybody to order and some people are afraid of that.

The fear of a few people who have plundered the treasuries of this country should not be allowed to hinder our economic progress and political trans­formation. I think Buhari is humble. How many times did Abraham Lincoln run for presidency of United States? Was it not about 11 times? But Bu­hari is running for about three, four times and peo­ple are saying he is too old. He is not too old. Let them go to India, let them go to other places there are examples. I will not like people to use Decree 4 as an excuse to deny somebody, who can help bring discipline through democratic means, to Nigeria, another opportunity of getting to the position of president of this country. I think God is getting tired of the injustice in this country.

That is why some of us are seeing the reason to rally round the man and support him. The Sun is not a newspaper for any candidate, it is a national newspaper. I am very happy that you raised the is­sue about what my position is on somebody who put me in jail. I think 30 years is long enough, we should forgive and forget and let there be progress. Those who are ready to continue confusing issues out of their ignorance should be pushed aside and let us do what our conscience dictates. Except we want to suffer for another four or eight years, it will be costly to make a wrong decision again.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=99656

With Nigerians almost 10% of Ghana's population and most of them trooping in and out of naija regularly why shouldn't a smart party chase Ghana resident votes?

A rather bloodthirsty 'man of God'. Such pride, bloodlust, hatred, tribalism etc.

A 'xtian', US trained PhD of about 80 at that time was given a teen and accepted and you are here busy quibbling over details of her finishing or not finishing school. At least the koran allows SLS to take up to four wives at a time and the age gap between him and the teen is less than half the gap between Zik and the apple of his aged eyes.

BTW I hope those who claim that GMB is too old for Aso Rock at 72 recall how old Zik was in 1983 abi any of you complained then?

Johnpaul2k2:


did Zik married her?
did she finished her education before getting into marriage?

you are talking about Zik, one individual but North engage in such art every single day.

Zik was given a teenage 'virgin' for wife during 2nd republic presidential campaigns and he didn't reject her so think before casting aspersions o entire tribes. Besides this is a news item from 2009 so why is someone dredging it up in 2015

Johnpaul2k2:
[size=14pt]Northerners are not supposed to be called Nigerian

everything about them is odd, when a 17 years old girl should be writing her WAEC [/size]

And she keeps adopting poor kids from all over the world. If all parents jumped to the same stupid conclusion each time a four year old boy tried on the mum's bra or blouse or wanted to dress like a different sex sibling then we would all be 'transgender'!