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Modphase:
Bigotry ensure your brain is dead. Was the park ever a FG project ? You Igbos sha !
I know sure say God fit help you.

Ebullience:
The Presidency on Sunday reacted to the emergence of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate ahead of the 2019 elections.

Atiku scored 1532 votes to beat 12 other contestants who had vied for the party’s sole ticket.

The PDP’s National convention chaired by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State held in Port Harcourt between 6th and 7th October 2018.


However, in a swift reaction, Buhari’s Aide on New Media, Lauretta Onochie, while congratulating Atiku, said his emergence has made APC’s job easy.



https://m.facebook.com/100000889720395/posts/2086469304726040/

meolaniyi:
I respect Tinubu and crown him the leader. The Lion Of Nigeria Oplitics today.
He has become more powerful than ever in Country.

Guess why he is so Powerful? Because we trust him to lead us in Yoruba land. if he pushes us to the ocean we gave him the power.
We are teaching other tribes how to make your region relevant in the Nigeria polity.

No Hausa man will ever joke with us because if we turn our back on you? you are finished

sarrki:
He made him the governor
So please don’t say what you don’t know
I also want Ambode
But the against are more than those in favor

Also the pdp goons and online miscreants showing love to Him damaged everything
Most especially the press conference they made him do

kayzat:
I thought the liepods said people are not happy with the APC victory

OEPHIUS:
Concerned members from All Progressive Congress (APC), particularly those from former Commissioner for Establishment, Babajide Sanwo-olu, camp, Babajide Olusola Sanwon-olu Campaign Organisation (BOSCO), have began expressing worries over how alleged power house were planning to cause violence in the state through governorship primary election of the party, expected to hold in the state on Saturday.

They claimed that there was need for authority to start bracing up security and that the state Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, and Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edga Imohimi, must be caution against encouraging violence ahead of the primary election in which the governor was a contender, alongside others.

However, the worries, which was not made public, came after Ambode was said to had allegedly began disbursement of N5.5 billion for securing of the APC’s governorship ticket.

Although, hours before the N5.5 billion secret disbursement, Ambode expressed his readiness to participate in the primary election of the party despite pressure from some quarters that the governors should back-down on his second term ambition.

Sources from the BOSCO who spoke to The Guild on the development said that their concerns were on safety of people in the state as attention of the party had been brought to desperation on side of contenders.

One of the sources explained that the readiness of Ambode to go though the primary was commendable but that such acceptance should not happen with intimidation.

He claimed that Ambode and Lagos CP were associate and that the governor may want to capitalize on the opportunity to get the governorship ticket through the back doors.

Another one accused that the governor had plan to make use of Imohimi to create violence on Saturday, and that Ambode’s body language signified that he was aiming to get raw during the primary.

He raised that there was need for the commissioner of police immediate transfer since his ally of Ambode and that he cannot be trusted.

Meanwhile, a source from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who confided in The Guild on Wednesday afternoon, disclosed that Ambode was on sinister move, with plan to get the ticket through the back

“Remember I told you thar Ambode and his people want to get the ticket by back doors and they plan to scatter the primary election.

“His hope is that Abuja will now give him ticket. That is what the governor is working on. Enough is said, kindly pass the message to people and let them be vigilant”.

Besides, from Sanwo-olu’s camp, another close associate accused the governor of not been with party from the onset and that a passage from his statement issued earlier, which only recognized 20 local government areas and 245 wards, was an indication that Ambode has ulterior motives.

He raised alarm that trouble was brewing ahead the primary election since the governor has both CP and power on his side and that calling Ambode to order would safe the state from unforeseen chaos.

However, in preparation for the primary election, the State Chairman, APC, Tunde Balogun, invited chairmen of local government areas and that of councils’ chairmen to a crucial working meeting which would be holding at the party’s secretariat in Lagos.

In a statement released on Wednesday by the state secretary, Dr Wale Ahmed, the chairman said that it was important the party get the primaries venues for each L.G.A on the basis of 20 Local Government and for each ward on the basis of 245 wards.

According to him, all concerned should please meet later today to harmonize and agree on the said venues and submit them tomorrow morning.

“I implore you to consider as urgent and please comply”.

In the face of tough period for the governorship primary contenders, another revelation reaching The Guild from various sources was that one of believed political daughter, Kemi Nelson, and another political son, James Falake, of National Leader of APC, Bola Tinubu, were working for Ambode and that they were also against their god father.

They alleged that the duo were working together to have Ambode return to office and that both Nelson and Falake move were general knowledge.

Meanwhile, it was gathered that Ambode, during a meeting of his inner clique yesterday night in Lagos, approved a budget of N5.5 billion to be spent in ensuring that he secures the APC ticket come Saturday when the primaries would be held.

As learnt, the money, which was claimed to had been released in trenches of N250 million, would be shared to voters in the local governments and other target voters.

Speaking on the disbursement of the fund, a source close to the government disclosed that the sharing of the money had commenced discreetly and that one Segun Solanke was among critical links in the execution of the sharing plan of money for votes.

She revealed that those at the meeting asked Ambode to call Tinubu’s bluff and go for broke and that the argument was canvassed that having shut down the money pipes to the party’s national leader, he was in a stronger position to buy his way through the primaries.

“Ambode was also told that if money could buy votes and near victory for the uneducated Senator Adeleke in Osun state then definitely money will work for Ambode in Lagos as a sitting governor”.

“Ambode bought into this arguments and worked out a budget buoyed on by the 2 hawks in his kitchen cabinet who reminded him that “We have the money. Lets spend it.”

“Only one person at the meeting cautioned against the use of such a huge amount of money because Lagosians will perceive it as wasting tax payers money. The same voice also said the comparison of Osun and the situation in Lagos was different.

http://www.theguildng.com/lagos-apc-governorship-primary-may-get-raw-after-ambodes-secret-n5-5bn-disbursement/

gasparpisciotta:
Dele Momodu has completely lost it, he should just face his Saraki and leave APC alone. Does he think he can continue to be a double agent so openly? Shame on him and his fake ass brain...

hisexcellency34:
lt can't work. The thing is beyond Buhari. Ambode should just accept his fate and resign from the primary. I don't see him getting 50 votes

nairavsdollars:
Prince Tony Momoh, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC ) and former Minister of Information in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI speaks on the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election and other issues of national interests. Excerpts:

Afenifere and some civil society groups are asking President Muhammadu Buhari to reject the N45.5million APC presidential nomination form bought for him by a shadowy group, Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors Network (NCAN). What is your perspective on this?

That is an expression of opinion. Afenifere and the other groups that are talking, are they members of APC? So, people have a right to comment on what is happening in the environment in which they live. I don’t grudge them and I can’t deny them of their right to freedom of expression. People bought forms for Buhari, it is for him to accept or not to accept. I don’t see anything wrong in anybody showing interest. Atiku Abubakar even shed tears and broke down emotionally when people presented him with PDP nomination form because he was overwhelmed by that show of love. So, it depends. Some people can even say ‘No, I don’t want the free forms. I am going to look for money myself’. Buhari may thank the group and say he doesn’t want and he may accept it and show gratitude. If I am Buhari, I will say thank you for the assistance. But I am not Buhari. So, it is left for the President to react on whether to accept the gesture or not.

But do you think it is morally right for people to purchase free forms for politicians?

What is wrong in that? The truth is that no one man can fund an election. You need help from others. Do you know what it cost to even say you want to be an elected person at any level even as a councilor? If you know that as a councilor, within 18 months, you can build a house and then buy a Jeep, what will you not do to accept that office? That is why I have been asking for restructuring which will make politics a service and not a business. But today, it is a business. It is only people like President Buhari who are unique in themselves because of their attitude to service where at the presidential primaries of the APC in Lagos in 2014, he said ‘People may want Dollars or Naira, I don’t have. Even if I have, I won’t give’. That is when money was flowing all over the place among the aspirants to the delegates; $2,000 per delegates. Yet, despite not giving out money, Buhari still won. This monetising of politics is what a lot of people are fighting against when they said there should be direct primaries instead of indirect. In Osun state, some delegates were even demanding N750,000, so we had to have a direct primary where all the party members voted. So, making politics less expensive is a task that we must attend to but as it is right now, it is a very expensive business.

You once said President Buhari will score more than 25 percent votes in the South- South and South- East. Given recent defections by key stakeholders in the region to your party, do you see your predictions coming true?

I have always told you that there are indicators to assess now so that by the time the results are declared, nobody will say the election was rigged. In 2015, it is only in my state, Edo that Buhari scored more than 25 percent. He had 46 percent of votes. All other states in the South- South and South- East, he did not get up to 15 percent votes anywhere. But this time, he will have more votes in those regions than he had in 2015. First of all, the results in those places were packaged; they were just written up and I know that.

How do you know that the results were written up?

They were written up. In the case of Anambra, Imo and other places, how can the president have 98 percent votes? There was no state where he had less than 97 percent votes yet the governors of those states did not have up to 60 percent votes. That is because the results were written up.

But people have always contested the results Buhari got in the North too that the result in Kano was written up. What is your perspective on that?

I can assure you there is massive voting in the North. In our area, during the 2011 presidential election, information came that the political leaders have decided that the region should be delivered to Goodluck Jonathan. I was the national chairman of Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) that time. Then we agreed that let our people vote according to their conscience. So, the writing up of results did not affect our area and we had the highest vote for Buhari in the whole of the South. We had about 29,000 votes but in all other places, they just wrote up the results. The whole of the South- West was overrun by the PDP because there was an agreement between CPC and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) but it did not bear fruit. Even ACN then did not support their presidential candidate, Nuhu Ribadu. It was only Osun state that supported Ribadu. Even in Adamawa, Ribadu lost. We didn’t have money to have agents in the South-West, so many of CPC votes were packaged in Ghana-must-go bags and thrown away. PDP overran the South- West because in fairness, if there was an agreement between ACN and CPC, ACN had no obligation than to protect our votes in the South West because they didn’t even pay agents to protect their own votes. They abandoned Ribadu. Later, after the 2011 election, we decided that the only way to achieve meaningful results is not through alliances but through merger. I, national chairman of CPC we dissolved our party. ACN also dissolved their party, ANPP also did the same and we merged into APC. That is why I tell you that PDP forming CUPP, it cannot work unless they dissolve and call themselves CUPP; one party with one symbol. You will see, when primaries start, everything will scatter. Alliances can be broken even on the eve of election. So, it is a big sacrifice to dissolve yourself and merge into one group. That is why I said all these talks about youth coming together in 2019 is a fallacy, they won’t come together. PDP has about 15 aspirants but only one will emerge and I am telling you that one who emerges will have to look for money to prosecute federal election. None of them is going to bring his own money to say they want to support him. Again, the centre which PDP controlled and were raiding as the ruling party is no longer there to control now. In the South- South and South- East, people of high caliber are moving into APC. So, what we expect is that Buhari coming and winning in 2015 is because of the massive contribution of the South West which allow for the presence of 25 percent spread. We are going to have at least 25 percent votes because there is hardly any state in the South- South and South- East where Buhari will not have up to 25 percent. That is certain. And if there is going to be any rigging, it will not work because Buhari has said nobody should rig for him. if there is going to be any rigging, it will be in the favour of the incumbent, so we don’t have a disadvantage. Those who were rigging before and writing up results cannot now write up results for anybody and if they do, it will be for Buhari but the President have said nobody should write up results for me. If I lose, I will go. ‘

In the North, in spite of what anybody is saying, since 2003, Buhari has been winning the North even when there were PDP governors. So, why do you think it will change now that majority of the Northern governors are APC? They said they are fielding a northern candidate, what difference will that make?

So in essence, are you saying all the votes President Buhari scored in the North during the 2015 elections were legitimate, none was written up for him?

Yes, all his votes are legitimate. None was written up for him. In fact, his votes were deducted in 2011. I protested to INEC. They had in the computer a programmed to deduct votes and they said it was a mistake. In Kano, 10 percent of the votes were deducted especially when there was counting. We said they should count physically. They did that but votes counted physically were different from the others. In Katsina, it was the same thing. INEC admitted it was a programming error. The 2011 election was rigged yet we had that number of votes. Let me say this with all sense of responsibility that the Northerners, you can say they are illiterate but they are more politically enlightened than the average Southern voters. If you see the Fulani herdsman, one thing he has apart from his stick is a radio and he is listening to Hausa service. You have Hausa service in BBC, Radio France, Germany, Russia and America. The Northerners listen to radio more than they watch television or read newspapers. It was Maiguard (security guard) here in Lagos who told me that MKO Abiola had died on July 7 1998. I said no, they were talking of the man being released. He said BBC said Abiola has died. And it turned out to be true. That is my own maiguard. In the whole of the northern belt, from Cameroun down to Senegal, they speak Hausa. When I was Minister, I used Radio Kaduna short wave to reach Voice of Nigeria. So, let us not deceive ourselves, these people are more politically enlightened than the average Southerners. When it is time for voters registration, they go home to register. When it is time for election, they go home to vote. How many of my people here travel home to vote during elections? Look at social media for example. A lot of our people are very active on social media but social media don’t vote. Those who manage social media should go and have their PVC. It is only PVC that gives you what you want through expression of your civic right by voting. On the day of election, some of the elites don’t even get out to queue and vote. We sit down in our house and watch televisions. More than 80 million people have been registered by INEC to vote but I am telling you, not up to 40 million people will vote nationwide. So, northerners are more politically enlightened than us.

https://independent.ng/northerners-are-politically-enlightened-than-southerners-tony-momoh/

Dreambeat:
http://sunnewsonline.com/mbaka-accuses-fg-marginalising-igbo/

BeeBeeOoh:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/281752-what-i-find-attractive-in-apc-akpabio.html

Johnnyessence:
is it not because of his senatorial ambition that he joined the lifeless Apc party niiii, Abi wetin he wan tell us again

NgeneUkwenu:
PDP is officially dead in the South South..

Edo State- Impregnable for the ipob party

Rivers State ; All the 3 Senators with major stakeholders firmly in APC being led a Certain Lion . Chibuike Amaechi

Akwa Ibom- PDP is already on a life support, just waiting to be moved to the morgue. An uncommon politician Akpabio and Nsike have snuffed life out of the useless ipob party.

Delta State- Okowa may have already started packing his baggage, knowing it is just of when and no longer how Ogboru will take over the mantle from the clueless man with horse's mouth.

Cross River- We are patiently waiting for "Take it or lose all" offer we made to Ayade, if he wastes more time, the hurricane will sweep him away.

Bayelsa is insignificant with her 100000, votes.

Keep dreaming dreamer and wake up on the other side.
But I strongly suggest you face reality and quit paper work politics.

#Southsouthisanogoareaforapc

Ekez:
But you help in giving us a lifeless president.

Girlsavage:
He called her out for an Outing to the Club, And she invited 5 of her friends to join her increase the bills, But Man made sure he sticked to his Pocket.. He bought Drinks for only himself and her, No Time..lol..
See below!

Them go press phone tire.

educhigo:
oop go hustle money only 4egg and you are here crying,mean while devido giving his girlfriend cars

Throwback:
Since it has Channels TV, then it definitely was not 1993. That has to be 1998 after Abacha's death or after Abiola's death.

Channels TV began airing in 1996.

Sirjamo:
Robots will soon be here to lecture us about how his royal cluelessness, the Igwe of corruption started the project.

izzou:


I still find it hard to believe that this Oshiomole is the same with the one that led the NLC back then

Truly, Man changeth, God changeth not

afroniger:
http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/presidency-denies-nigerias-presence-at-us-jerusalem-embassy-opening/

hushshinani:
please, do these people have the power to summon him??

just asking cos i don't know.... thanks!!

autojosh:
Lagos Response Unit (LRU) has just commissioned a brand new Super Metro multipurpose equipment. This new equipment is the baby brother of the famous heavy lifting equipment called “Charlie“.

This new Super Metro will be used to lift fallen or trapped heavy duty vehicles

See more photos…

LASEMA Response Unit ..... not Lagos

https://autojosh.com/lru-set-to-commission-a-brand-new-super-metro/

nairavsdollars:
Dino Melaye moved for Saraki's election as Senate President

Dino Melaye accompanied Toyin Saraki to EFCC

Dino Melaye accompanied Saraki to Code of Conduct Tribunal

Now, Dino is going through trying times but Saraki has chosen to remain silent. Maka why?

Omooba77:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/nerc-eko-disco-sued-n50m-exorbitant-bill-others/

Faithway10:
Controversial big brother Naija housemate, Cee-C is set for her media tour this morning and she looks absolutely stunning rocking a new hair, a black jumpsuit and a purple shoe and bag to match.

She shared the photos and wrote;

"Good Morning Fam,
The Love and the Support has been so Overwhelming. Thank you for having my back from the beginning to the end.
Thank You! thank you!!. Love you All"

Watch her thank fans for the N2 million they donated her... https://www.amagitesblog.com/2018/04/cee-c-looking-absolutely-stunning-as-she-steps-out-for-her-media-tour.html

ruggedmallaam:
I was having a heated debate with a guy about Buhari's government on one of these forums, we argued to a point that he had to ask me what have i even benefitted from this government that i am defending.i told him all i could.and now it was his own turn to answer my question(what did he benefit from Jonathan's government) but to my biggest surprise he said during jonathan's era, money was flowing but i told him hope he realized most of those money where stolen,but the guy said it doesn't matter, then i realized that i was arguing with a fool

Gentle034:
This goes to show dat we've been shortchanged here in Africa. Abeg me too am malnourished I need better nourishment wey go make me kajad like Dis otepu

Nwaohafia1:
The problem with these Buhari and his goons is because they are unintelligent, they think every other person is like them. yeye people

Released girls my foot.

clarocuzioo:
" constant electricity is not rocket science" "any government that cannot fix power in six months is irresponsible" BRF.
so all of a sudden constant electricity has become rocket science that Fashola will be speaking big grammar to explain. APC is evil and hypocritical.