₦airaland Forum

Chicagoesontop:
Wetin dem gain ?

village jealousy

DaniDani:
Stupid poster can't you see that they are waiting for their parents to vote. By the way what's the evidence that this is Ebonyi State?

when caftans became Ebonyians' favourite wear is what I don't know

Trizzi:
10 youths have been arrested from different locations in Bende local government of Abia State, over allegation of attempting to snatch ballot boxes.

Source: https://www.mediahelm.com.ng/2019/02/10-youth-arrested-for-attempt-to-snatch.html

idiats

[quote author=helinues post=76001034][/quote]exactly what you heard

dainformant:
A team of policemen were seen getting their rifles ready after arriving their duty post at a coastal area in Rivers state.

The security agents were spotted attaching empty plastic bottles with a rope to their guns ahead of the presidential and national assembly elections tomorrow.

Online reports have it that the policemen did so to their rifles to prevent damage in a swampy or riverine area.

This is coming as President Muhammadu Buhari said he has given the military and the police the order to be ruthless, stating that those who snatch ballot boxes will pay with their lives.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2019/02/battle-ready-policemen-seen-preparing-their-rifles-ahead-of-elections-in-rivers-photos.html

election is war here

Ebullience:
Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has confirmed that the presidential and national assembly elections will proceed on Saturday February 23 as rescheduled.

Yakubu made the confirmation on Friday when he kicked off the final edition of the commission's daily media briefing to update the public on its preparedness for the election.

There had been fears that the losgistical issues that prompted the postponement may not have been resolved by now, however Yakubu declared on Friday: "Tomorrow is election day".

"A total of 72,775,502 citizens who have collected their Permanent Voter Cards are eligible to cast their ballots," he said. "Nigerians will elect a President out of a total of 73 candidates nominated by their politcal parties. Similarly, voters will choose 109 senators out of 1,880 candidates and 360 members of the House of Representatives out of 4,631 candidates."

http://saharareporters.com/2019/02/22/breaking-tomorrow-election-day-inec-chairman-declares

until wake up tomorrow

madridguy:
Mad dog barking as usual.

if not for this kind mad dogs barking,YOU wouldn't be here typing rubbish in this APC government.

360degreess:
FFK the mad dog,one of the executive member of "Nigerian Looters Association"..you can only fool some groups of Nyamiris(ipob pigs) but not sensible Nigerians.All your worthless propagandas will end next week.Thats why i am angry with INEC 4 delaying our 4+4next level celebrations.

I love mad dogs

modath:
So cos they are policemen, they are not CITIZENS?

don't be dumb. they have called for their sack. If people set the internet ablaze with this,IG will use them to save the face and image of the force. Are they supposed to be openly partisan?

megacity:
What I have never understood is why a state like Kaduna , with so many handsome men and beautiful women, could have voted that mischievous dwarf as their governor




The people of Kaduna state owe it to themselves and to all Nigerians to ensure there is no repeat of that mistake of 2015

reason,nigeria is full of dumb ,visionless youth who would even chose their ancestors to lead them in 21century. irrespective of the time and fund wasted on them,giving them education. Many of them are resident on nairaland.

Pavore9:
Mind you not all who are not paying it, cannot afford but rather one can also look into the angle of earlier personal experience with con men at the pulpit, it makes some develop discomfort for anything tithing and expressing it, is their means of coping.

my brother,we get it all wrong. it is not your duty to confirm if the cleric at the pulpit is a con man or not. you should pay your tithe to GOD whom he represents. it is GOD the rewarder of the tither that judges. If you expect GOD to reward you and not the man at the pulpit,YOU should look beyond. Tithe and offering are not funds raised for a project in the church that you should investigate how it is been used. We give tithe and offering to God and depend on His rewards as he promised. The man on the pulpit is not the rewarder. Apart from tithe,If you don't like the face of the man on the pulpit and don't trust or believe him, why being there at the first place? 2 chronicles 20:20 ..... believe the Lord your GOD so you can be established, believe His PROPHET(the man on the pulpit) so you can PROSPER. Go to where you would believe the man on the pulpit for your own good. it is not good to be wasting your time in the church where you don't believe the clergyman.
Remember,GOD doesn't demand from you what you don't have.
We PAY our tithe (10% of your earning) to God. It is NOT your own.
We GIVE Offering (as you wish,it is called freewill offering) not by force or compulsions.
IT WORKS FOR ME,DONT KNOW ABOUT THE MAN NEXT TO ME. I CANT STOP EVEN IF THE PRIEST ASKS ME TO

Pavore9:
There is no compulsion in paying or not.

don't know why people make those who pay feel being cheated simply because they CANT pay. it works for me(just for me,don't know about the guy next to me) like fire and I can't stop.

Pavore9:
Who is Mark Zuckerberg paying his tithe to, if it is about material wealth?

ok, as you have not been paying,are you now Zuckerberg or next to him? A dude who pays got a mansion,show us your own,Mr Zuckerman

Ayoswit:
Despite the fact that I'm an ATIKUlator, I strongly agree with the points Oshiomhole raised. He asked a funny question " why postpone the election when most decent Nigerians are asleep?" Oshiomhole is a comedian, I swear

he shot himself in the leg. there was a part where he said that he had not slept about the time INEC broke the news. He is just not among the decent Nigerians

helinues:
Amina to replace Yakubu?

Now I can confirm that Fayose is in severe pain

you won't face your bus conductor work. All you do all day is hide behind your techno phone and post trash

LuciferPastor:
If not for them you would have had a proper education.

you are simply lazy! you are stagnated because all you do is blame blame everyone but you

olaolulazio:
Victory is sure for PMB...

for what? for doing what and achieving what? oga,this your restlessness is turning to an incurable disease

sarrki:
Every politician rigs
So don’t claim innocent

...even the ones fighting corruption?

Nathdoug:
Like if you want the dullard back to daura
Share if you think otherwise

like has it

bedspread:
[s][/s] I CANCEL AND NULLIFY THIS IN JESUS NAME.... AMEN

AMEN

babyfaceafrica:
buhari will win

you are not wise

APCsupporter:
We are still ahead of your people that get arrested everyday for drug crimes

when you beg and depend on the proceeds from drug dealings,what do call yourself? I can see that hypocrisy runs in your blood. like massive stealing , dining with fugitives from other parties, who are on the run looking for cover from efcc. yet your brother says he is fighting corruption

martineverest:
smh..how is valentine Christianity?...it's secular

it is rooted in Christianity

Acjohn:
I go look for bleaching cream for market I no see any one, now I know the family that finished them

I don't understand our people up here. I thought St Valentine was a Christian and Mc Oluomo a muslim? those who stand for everything fall for everything and anything. little wonder the northern Muslims don't take them seriously.

APCsupporter:
We northerners don't make noise. If the Southwest and NC can be 50-50 We will floor Atiku. Kano+Katsina has more collected PVCs than the entire south east. Then the tsunami of the mighty NW and NE will eliminate the SS. I just dont understand how some people think Buhari will lose. But i want you guys to quote and torment me with mentions if Buhari doesnt win

sure,as usual more of your fateless people will still rush into to Lagos to beg at Iyana Ipaja and carry kaya for people. I thought you are smart

Charmingrascal:
He did same in Osun and his uncle was disgraced

Bukola Saraki will be so disgraced in Kwara on Saturday that he will have no other choice than to pack his loads and run out of the Country to wherever his father brought him from in 2003

so you are now celebrating scam and sham ? so that was an election by your standard? you are not smart

deji17:
7 things GDP numbers tell us about Buhari’s reelection bid

February 12

by Mayowa Tijani

On Tuesday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the gross domestic product (GDP) numbers, showing a 1.93 percent growth in the Nigerian economy for the year 2018.

Financial analysts, public commentators, local and foreign media, and opposition bigwigs have said repeatedly that President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has done poorly with the revival of the economy.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, who is fiercely opposed to Buhari’s reelection, went as far as saying Buhari is weak on the economy, after over a year in economic recession.

Obasanjo added that a change of the current administration will birth “a government that will improve the economy, regain the confidence of investors and generally drive growth”.

TheCable reviews seven things the GDP numbers say about President Buhari and his re-election bid.

1. BUHARI IS REVIVING AGRICULTURE — FOR REAL

Buhari and Emefiele

President Buhari promised to revive agriculture, and diversify the Nigerian economy. His government, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) launched the Anchor’s Borrowers Programme (ABP) to empower smallholder farmers in the country.

The GDP numbers show that Buhari’s plan in agricuture has been working — beyond the rhetoric, as agriculture now contributes over three times more to the Nigerian economy, than oil does.

“Four activities make up the Agricultural sector: Crop Production, Livestock, Forestry and Fishing. sector grew by 18.58% year-on-year in nominal terms in Q4 2018, showing an increase of 8.45% points from the same quarter of 2017,” the NBS report read.

“Crop Production remains the major driver of the sector, accounting for 89.84% of nominal agriculture GDP. On an annual basis, agriculture GDP grew by 14.27%, higher than 11.29% recorded in 2017, The sector contributed 23.08% to nominal GDP in Q4 2018 , which is higher than its contribution in Q4 2017”.

There are evidence of growth in virtually every part of the agriculture sector, despite the floods recorded in the year under review.

2. BUHARI IS STILL ‘BABA GO SLOW’ — BUT STEADY
Buhari’s major economic policy document is the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). The president and his team say they have remained committed to the plan, which they say will make Nigeria grow again.

According to the plan, and 2018 budget projections, the Buhari administration forecast that the economy would grow by 3.5 percent in 2018. But based on the GDP numbers released on Tuesday, the economy grew by a sluggish 1.93 percent.



On the economy, Buhari’s government has been delivering slow, but steady growth, since exiting recession in 2017.

3. NIGERIA STILL HAS AN OIL PRODUCTION PROBLEM
While Nigeria does not want to fixate its economic prosperity on oil and gas, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had made it clear that Nigeria needs oil money to get out of oil dependence.

As the country shifts to the non-oil sector, there is a need to make as much money as the country can make from oil to develop other sectors of the economy. But Nigeria is not making the most of oil.

“In the fourth quarter of 2018, average daily oil production stood at 1.91 million barrels per day (mbpd). This was lower than the 1.95 mbpd recorded in the same quarter of 2017, and 1.94mbpd in Q3 2018,” NBS estimates.

This is less than budgetary benchmarks of 2.3 million barrels per day projected by the Buhari administration, and less than production levels under previous governments.

Despite an increase in oil prices in 2018, Nigeria “recorded a real GDP growth rate of –1.62% (year-on-year) in Q4 2018, indicating a decline of –12.81% points relative to the growth rate recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2017”.

This highlights a production problem in the oil sector.

4. BUHARI’S TEAM DROPPING THE BALL ON MINING

Fayemi stepped down as minister in 2018

Following the appointment of Kayode Fayemi as the minister of mines and steel development, the Buhari admin made significant progress in mining across the country.

But the numbers show that there has been a drop in the reality of the sector.

“In real terms, the Mining and Quarrying sector grew by –1.23% in Q4 2018. This was lower than rate recorded in Q4 2017 (10.7%) but higher than the growth rate in Q3 2018 (-2.81%).

“The sector’s contribution to real GDP in Q4 2018 stood at 7.23%, slightly lower than its contribution of 7.49% recorded in Q4 2017 and the 9.53% recorded in the Q3 2018. The sector contributed 8.74% to total real GDP in 2018.”

5. MANUFACTURING IS BOOMING UNDER BUHARI
Buhari’s foreign exchange policy has been to limit what is being imported into Nigeria and increase what is being produced locally. With the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the government has been very strict on this.

The numbers show that Buhari’s plan is paying off, as Nigeria’s manufacturing sector seems to be booming.



“In the fourth quarter of 2018, nominal GDP growth for the Manufacturing sector was recorded at 33.57%, which is 24.37% points higher than the rate recorded in the corresponding period of 2017 (9.20%)”.

Buhari is pro-local manufacturing, and the numbers are on his side.

6.TELECOMMUNICATIONS GETTING BIGGER WITH BUHARI

Telecommunications has soared under the leadership of Umar Danbatta

“Telecommunications & Information Services under Information and Communication sector grew by 16.67% in Q4 2018 from 14.97% in Q3 2018 and -3.28% in Q4 2017,” the report read.

Nigeria’s telecoms sector is contributing immensely to the country’s gross domestic product, and has continued on an upward trend from third quarter 2017 to date.

7. NOLLYWOOD ISN’T DOING SO WELL WITH BUHARI
While the information and communications sector of the economy has been doing so well under Buhari, the section of it, which makes up a large part of Nollywood — Motion Pictures, Sound recording and Music production — has not been doing so well.

Its been a rough road with the Buhari administration: In Q2 2017, the sector shrank by 4.53 percent, and recorded growth of 1.02 percent by the end of the year, only to shrink by 2.29 percent by Q2 2018.

At the end of the year under review (2018), the sector grew 0.55 percent.

The same zig-zag growth and decline have been recorded in the broadcasting, arts, entertainment and recreation sectors of the economy.

Obasanjo may have said Buhari is weak with the economy, the incumbent may have said he has done well with the economy. But what do the numbers say to you?

https://www.thecable.ng/7-things-gdp-numbers-tell-us-about-buharis-reelection-bid

is it the Cabals or Buhari you couldn't coordinate lately or are so dead that's we haven't been seeing what is happening to Mr president? the future of over 200million people can not be toiled with,all in the name of politics,this is not fair. Let us give this job to anyone else but not Buhari.Let him retire

goslowgoslow:
Hahahaha The pigs won't like this.

sir,you are the pig. you don't know yourself and you don't know what is good for you. you are stagnated and helpless

Smile4daddy:
Same zombie men that were Atikulated when they lost OSUN, Ekiti, Kwara bye elections and others.

Like I said, las las latest 3days from now, una eyes go clear.

They way your dubious party PDP has been doing it for 16yrs, that's how we are going to do it for another 16yrs.

After Saturday, is either you continue in your as usual rigging mantra or you go to court.

My confidence is that either way the election will go, APC will win the Presidential.

let me never hear you mention 16years again. did I hear you say dubious? the punishment that will come on APC and their supporters will be DIVINE. rude,crude, agbero ,no do good group of animals. the bloody,obnoxious atrocities committed by APC just in less than 4 years is far uglier than what pdp would have committed in 25years. heartless ,shameless and senseless beasts. meanwhile,what is your interest in a government whose head is legendarily clueless and incoherent? No cabal will determine the future of millions of Nigerians. Any no do government ,irrespective of the party,get kicked out after every 4years. APC should go home and explain to their family members why they were so whack after a whooping 4 years,fleecing away our common wealth. should be very ashamed being up here posting rubbish for this government in this 21century. what future do you think a man like Buhari would give you at your age if not that you are colossal failure before you even started

nzeobi:
Boko Haram should be attacking political office holders and leave the poor masses alone.
in the build up to the 2011 elections, the then ANPP gubernatorial candidate was assassinated by same Boko Haram.

is it not the poor masses that kept voting them in?

Smile4daddy:
Another Ipob zombies leaving safe Heaven and heading on the path that will went to Hell fire.

3day from now, he eyes go clear

oga,going by this Artik-tsunami ,who and who will make this your dream come true as you are threatening? you want to steal it as usual? don't forget,robbery operations are not always successful. Men are now highly ARTIKUlated