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Fatimah Ganduje-Ajimobi, daughter of Abdullahi
Ganduje, governor of Kano state, has taken to
Twitter to reply those she accused of slandering her
family.


Ganduje-Ajimobi accused some supporters of Rabiu
Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano, of “painting
the picture that no one in Kano loves Ganduje”.

Commenting on the gubernatorial election in the
state, Ganduje-Ajimobi said her father won at the
polls because he commands a huge following at the
grassroots.

The results of a combination of March 9 and 23
elections showed Ganduje, the All Progressives
Congress (APC) candidate garnered 1,033,695, while
Abba Yusuf of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
polled 1,024,71 votes.

The governorship election was earlier declared
inconclusive following the high number of
cancellation of votes as a result of violence and
over-voting.

The governor’s daughter said she ignored the
criticisms that trailed her marriage to Idris Ajimobi,
son of Abiola Ajimobi, Oyo governor, because “my
honeymoon was too sweet so no time for
commentary”.

According to her, her family parted ways with
Kwankwaso when he allegedly insulted them.

“I am on my lunch break so have a bit of extra
time, where are you guys? Some of the red guys
here are at govt house collecting rice,” she said.


“I will respond to you as a single group so pls
designate a representative. You guys are like
zombies and I don’t have the time for you all. So pls
get in line as I address your grievances.

“You see the issue is that when the results were
inconclusive, you guys were so quick to insult us,
we didn’t respond, even the ones playing both sides
showed themselves, yanzu kuma murna ta koma ciki
we can gloat too.

“You cannot insult someone’s mother and think you
will not get a response, I have enough Data and
when it finishes my Idris will add.

“You think it’s on Twitter you win election, our votes
came from the villages because we are villagers.
Dan kauye shine Gwamna.

“The main reason you lost is because Atiku refused
to give you money this time around so unloyal that you cheated him during the presidential
elections. Atiku bawan Allah I respect that man!

“During the PDP presidential campaign in Kano, you
hired people from Niger and Chad to deceive Atiku
all to collect his money. Toh wallahi better return his
money. Atiku trusted you but you were too selfish.
Now see yourselves.

“I ignored you during my wedding because my
honeymoon was too sweet so no time for
commentary.

“Painting the picture that no one in Kano loves
Ganduje, Takai of the PRP who had almost a
hundred thousand votes told all his supporters to
vote for us not you. We played our part right and
you’re angry.

“Yes we were with Kwankwaso until when he
disrespected our late grandmother. Came for her
burial in Ganduje and insulted us, that was when the
line was drawn.”


https://www.thecable.ng/gandujes-daughter-fights-fathers-critics-on-twitter/amp

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to
halt the collation and announcement of the result of
the March 9 election in Rivers state.


The commission had suspended all electoral processes in the state following widespread
violence.

Last week, it announced that results of the elections
in 17 local government areas of the state were
intact and that it would make public its decision on
the election by Wednesday.

However, Iyang Ewa, a member of the panel which
presided over a suit filed by the African Action
Congress (AAC) ordered the commission to halt its
scheduled resumption of the announcement of the
results.

The applicant prayed the court for an order of
interim injunction restraining INEC from resuming,
collating or announcing the results of the suspended
elections in Rivers.

Ewa ordered INEC to appear before the court on
Friday for the hearing of the suit filed against it by
AAC.

He also affirmed that the court would give its final
order after it concludes the suits brought before it
by the plaintiffs.

INEC, represented by Ransome Uwa, a Senior
Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), approached the court
with a motion challenging its jurisdiction.

The judge ordered the electoral umpire to halt the
proceedings till the court gives the final order.


https://www.thecable.ng/court-orders-inec-to-suspend-announcement-of-rivers-election-result/amp

John Campbell, former US ambassador to Nigeria,
says the 2019 presidential election in the country
has been bad news for democracy.

Campbell, who also served as US Department of
State foreign service officer from 1975 to 2007,
said the election was “marred by historically low
turnout and credible allegations of rigging”.

In his election post-mortem for the Council on
Foreign Relations in Washington, DC, Campbell, who
has co-authored a book on “Nigeria: What everyone
needs to know,” also said Atiku Abubakar of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is unlikely to win
his electoral dispute in court.

“Buhari’s margin of victory—some four million votes
—is so large that it is unlikely courts will overturn
the result,” Campbell said.

He also suggested that the elections were a step
back from the 2015 presidential election, quoting
Situation Room’s report on the election.



THE FULL ARTICLE REPRODUCED BELOW

Nigeria’s latest presidential election cycle has been
bad news for democracy in Africa’s most populous
country and across the continent. Though President
Muhammadu Buhari won the election, it was marred
by historically low turnout and credible allegations of
rigging.


The Old Guard

Buhari and his main challenger, former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar, both Muslims from the
Fulani ethnic group in the country’s north, are part
of the political class that has dominated Nigeria
since independence in 1960. Their contest meant
there would be no generational leadership change in
a country where the average age is eighteen and
half of registered voters are under thirty-five.

Buhari, who spent much of his last term abroad for
medical treatment, hardly campaigned at all.

Buhari and Abubakar are the standard-bearers for
two political parties descended from the military
regime of General Ibrahim Babangida: the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP), respectively. Both parties
are undemocratic in spirit and function primarily to
contest elections rather than to promote legislation
or policy. During their campaigns, the candidates
and their parties offered little that was new to
address security breakdowns caused by Boko Haram in the country’s northeast ; conflict over land use, ethnicity, and religion in the Middle Belt; and the
division of oil revenue in the Delta. Moreover, they
were mute on climate change, urbanization, and a
population boom that is expected to push Nigeria
past 450 million people by the middle of the
century.


A Step in the Wrong Direction

The Situation Room, an umbrella organization of
Nigerian civil society groups, wrote that [PDF] the
vote marked “a step back from the 2015 general
election and actions should be taken to identify what
has gone wrong and what can be corrected.” Just
hours before polls were set to open on February 16,
the election commission delayed the vote by a
week. This was particularly disruptive for the many
Nigerians who had travelled from one part of the
country to another to vote. When voting finally took
place, there were numerous irregularities, and many
polling stations opened several hours late. There is
also evidence that the security services at some
stations prevented voters from casting ballots,
particularly in opposition strongholds, and
intimidated election commission staff.

Of the more than eighty million Nigerians registered
to vote this year, just thirty-five million actually
voted. In the north, where Buhari is popular among
the poor, turnout was around 50 percent . But in the
predominantly Christian south and east, where
Abubakar was favored , turnout stood around 20
percent , a continuation of a long decline in voter
participation .


The Nigerian Example

Nigeria’s influence across sub-Saharan Africa is
outsized. Its population and economy are Africa’s
largest; its cultural influence, symbolized by the
Nollywood film industry, is far-reaching; and its
traditional diplomatic activism, through participation
in peacekeeping missions and the regional economic
bloc ECOWAS, is consequential. When Nigeria
transitioned from military to civilian rule in 1999, the
effects on West Africa were palpable: coups lost
their legitimacy, and the region has pursued a
positive democratic trajectory ever since. But the
latest presidential election is far from an example
for those African countries consolidating their
democracies or emerging from quasi-authoritarian
regimes to emulate.


A Broken System
Younger and aspiring politicians also ran for the
Nigerian presidency: Oby Ezekwesili, leader of the #
BringBackOurGirls campaign and cofounder of
Transparency International; Donald Duke, a former
governor of Cross River State known for his
innovative business development initiatives; and
Kingsley Moghalu, an economist and former UN
official. But they were frozen out by a geriatric and
unresponsive system whose patronage politics
requires candidates to have vast sums of money and
the ability to distribute them. These candidates
failed to connect with voters, winning only a tiny
percentage of the vote.

Abubakar says he will contest the election, but
Buhari’s margin of victory—some four million votes
—is so large that it is unlikely courts will overturn
the result. Aside from some small pro-Abubakar
demonstrations, Nigerians appear resigned to the
outcome. The poor quality of this election cycle and
the low and declining number of voters do not
inspire confidence, and some Nigerians have begun
to question whether democracy is right for their
country.

https://www.thecable.ng/ex-us-ambassador-nigerias-2019-presidential-election-has-been-bad-news-for-democracy/amp

which Igbo?


Igbo abi Igbo (weed)

Breaking News:
The Commission met today, 12th March 2019 and reviewed the conduct of the 29 Governorship and 991 State constituency elections held on 9th March 2019. In all, the Commission declared winners in the Governorship elections in 22 states...


# NigeriaDecides2019

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A member representing Pengana State Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Ezekial Afon, who
was reelected Saturday on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, has died.

Mr Afon died hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission confirmed his reelection.

The deceased hailed from Bassa Local Government Area of the state.

Sunday Afon, his brother, confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday.

“The deceased slumped in his house and died while celebrating his victory with family, friends and supporters on Sunday,” he said.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/319263-breaking-apc-house-of-assembly-member-elect-dies.html

so sad

There are over 30 idiomatic expressions in this picture.

Can you identify one besides "Hit the nail on the head"



lalasticlala

Temitope Olatoye ‘Sugar’, as he is popularly referred to, a serving federal lawmaker representing Lagelu/Akinyele Federal Constituency in Oyo State, has been shot,


SaharaReporters just learnt. Olatoye was shot by suspected thugs in Elesu village in Ward 13, Lalupon, Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Saturday evening. It was learnt that Olotoye was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Centre of the University
College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan.


A source in his village, who confirmed the news to SaharaReporters, said he was shot by persons suspected to be thugs.

"Mr. Olatoye Temitope, a.k.a., ‘Sugar’, has just been shot at his village in Lagelu area of Oyo State, but I can't say if he was shot dead. He was shot in the eye by some of the thugs who stormed his area and they have rushed him to UCH here in Ibadan," he said.

The lawmaker, who is a member of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), had contested in the
February 23, 2019 national assembly poll for the Oyo State senatorial district seat, but lost to Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC).


SaharaReporters could not confirm at press time the authenticity of the report that he died after the incident.

Olugbenga Fadeyi, spokesperson of the Oyo State Police Command, confirmed the news but said he was yet to “get the facts of the story”.


"Well, I have not gotten the facts yet, but give me more time to confirm and I will get back to you,” he briefly told our reporter over the phone.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/03/09/breaking-house-reps-member-olatoye-‘sugar’-shot-ibadan

that money do reach to buy one full cow

where is FELA?

AIT is the worst. I never liked that station

.

let them continue to hate because of one person. Their god who refused to answer all their hateful prayers will see them through.

.

And he's still alive?

metchewwww

this is just bad, we need an explanation for this!

The president emerged winner after a keenly
contested election with the candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar .
Legit.ng brings you 10 most interesting facts about
Buhari that you may not know.


1. Military Career

President Muhammadu Buhari is a retired general in
the Nigeria Army who was also once the country’s
head of state for two years (Saturday, December
31, 1983 to Tuesday, August 27, 1985).


2. Buharism

The term is coined after the name of the president-
elect, Muhammadu Buhari, and it refers to the
economic principles and the political ideology of
the military government led by Buhari.


3. On being president

President Muhammadu Buhari contested for the
presidency of Nigeria for three unsuccessful times
in 2003, 2007, and 2011. He finally became the
president of the country when he ran again in 2015
and won the then incumbent president, Goodluck
Jonathan.


4. A mark in history

President Buhari was the first person to unseat a
sitting president in Nigeria.


5. Family

President Buhari was the 23rd child of his father,
Hardo Adamu, and mother, Zulaihat. However,
Buhari was raised by his single mom after his
father died.


6. As a governor

The president-elect was once the governor of
Borno state for a month which ran from Tuesday,
February 3, 1976 to Monday, March 15, 1976. He
also served as the governor of the north-eastern
state for seven months from Friday, August 1,
1975, to Tuesday, February 3, 1976.


7. Military success

Buhari led the military command that defended the
Nigerian territory against the Chadian military force
in 1983. The Chadian military forces invaded the
country but Buhari pushed the force off the
country’s territory.


8. WAI
War Against Indiscipline (WAI) was one of Buhari’s
policies, and in fact legacies, when he was the
country’s military head of state. The policy was
created on Tuesday, March 20, 1984. The policy
was directed towards a lack of public morality and
instituting a high sense of civic responsibility. Late
coming to work by public servants was severely
frowned at as latecomers were made to “frog
jump”.


9. Chairman of PTF

Buhari was the chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund
(PTF) under the late General Sani Abacha. The PTF
was charged with responsibility to create
developments around the country and was funded
by the money generated from the increase in
petroleum products.


10. Awards

The president-elect has eight prestigious awards
and they are:

*Congo Medal (CM)

*Defence Service Medal (DSM) Defence Service
Medal (Nigeria)

*General Service Medal (GSM) General Service
Medal (Nigeria)

*Global Seal of Integrity (GSOI)
Gran Collar De La Orden De La Independencia translated as Grand Collar of the Order of the Independence was conferred on Buhari by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea at the Presidential Palace on 14 March 2016

*Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria (GCFR)

*Loyal Service and Good Conduct Medal

*(LSGCM) Loyal Service and Good Conduct
Medal (Nigeria)

*National Service Medal (NSM).

https://www.legit.ng/1222202-10-nigerias-reelected-president-buhari.html

more...

more

Now that President @MBuhari has been reelected, what would you suggest he should do better or give more attention? You might want to add yours using hashtag


# BuhariShould , for easy tracking. Kindly RT to reach more audience.

https://mobile.twitter.com/search??s=tren&p=c&q=%23BuhariShould

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday
received certificate of return as President-elect
in an occasion he used to sue for peace as
election is not war.

He said at the International Conference Centre
where the certificate was presented to him
that “election should not be seen as do or die.”
He said: “Election is not war, and should never
be seen as a do or die affair. I pray that we
all accept this democratic approach to
elections, however contentious.


“Now that the elections are over, and awinner
declared, we must all see it as a victory for
Nigeria, our dear country.

“That was why I encouraged my teeming
supporters, in a speech I read earlier today,
not to gloat.

“Our God-given victory is enough cause for
joy, without deriding those who were in the
opposition. All Nigerians, going forward, must
stand in brotherhood, for a bright and fulfilling
future.

He assured the nation that he would continue
to engage all parties that have the best interest
of Nigerians at heart.

“Our Government will remain inclusive and our
doors will remain open. That is the way to
build the country of our dream; safe, secure,
prosperous, and free of impunity and primitive
accumulation by those entrusted with public
offices.

He said that he would work hard work to
deliver a better Nigeria, and continue to build
on the foundations of peace, rule of law and
opportunities for all.

Buhari and Osinbajo display their certificates
of return


“We will roll up our sleeves afresh, and give it
our all. We have no other motive than to serve
Nigeria with our hearts and might, and build a
nation which we and generations to come can
be proud of.

“I am very grateful to the over 15 million
citizens who voted for me, those who
contributed in many ways in the running of our
successful campaign, and those at home and
abroad who expressed confidence in me and
the APC Government. I thank you all.

“I can assure that you will see a country
moving to the Next Level, as we consolidate
on our fundamental areas of securing the
country, reviving the economy, and fighting
corruption. Many other focal areas, as stated
in our campaign manual, will be added, to the
good things we plan for our country.

“Let me pay tribute here to those who lost
their lives either through accidents or mindless
violence during the course of these elections.
My heart and thoughts are with the families of
the victims. May God comfort and give them
the fortitude to bear the loss.’’

He explained that from the comments of
several observers both local and foreign, it
was obvious that the elections were both free
and fair.

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) and the Returning Officer of the
election, presented the Certificate of Return to
President Buhari, winner of the Feb. 23
Presidential election.

Yakubu first invited the Vice-President, Prof.
Yemi Osinbajo, who in turn invited the
President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to sign
and collect the Certificate of Return.

INEC had earlier today (Wednesday) declared
President Buhari, candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the
2019 presidential election.

Speaking at the event, the president assured
Nigerians that they would soon see “a country
moving to the `Next Level’ as the APC-led
administration consolidates on its
achievements”.

President Buhari also pledged to continue to
engage all parties as his administration would
be operating an open government for the
general progress of the country.

He, however, vowed to continue the fight
against corruption, saying accumulation of
public wealth would not be tolerated.

The president, who thanked God for the
electoral victory, also reiterated his call on all
APC supporters not to gloat or humiliate the
opposition, saying “victory is enough reward
for your efforts”.

Personalities at the event included APC State
Governors, Cabinet Ministers, Security Chiefs,
Heads of Para-Military agencies, Acting
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed
Adamu, and the Director-General of the
Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi.
Others were the Director-General, National
Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ahmed Rufa’I,
presidential aides and political appointees as
well as the chairman of the APC, Adams
Oshiomhole.

The National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu, and family members of both the
President and the Vice-President also
witnessed the event.

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/02/27/buhari-says-election-not-a-do-or-die-affair/

My own is that I thank God that Saraki is not there

who God has blessed No one can curse

please picture of Atiku watching AIT

Nigerian songstress, Simi has said she prays that
the next four years under the leadership of the
man, who eventually wins the presidential election
be better than the last 12 years.


The ‘joromi’ singer said this on Tuesday evening,
after results being announced by the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the
presidential elections, continue to show that the
North will eventually decide, Nigeria’s next
president.

https://i0.wp.com/www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/simi-blatantly-denies-being-proud-or-a-snub.jpg

Simi wrote; With these numbers, the North most
likely decides. It’s like more than half of Naija.
Lol. Either way I pray these next four years are
better than the last 12 #GodblessNigeria

http://www.informationng.com/2019/02/nigeriadecides-whatever-happens-let-the-next-4-years-be-better-than-the-last-12-years-simi-prays.html

is that the backside?

mhen!!!

hmm

hmm

See what we are reduced to.

the mumu even carry Dino hair style