I actually got to see the popular Huawei G-Power where they allowed everyone access to touch the phone and explained the features of the smartphone. The phone actually had the ripple design but not enough money to purchase the phone. I really wished I could as people were entitled to a lucky dip to win exciting gifts. Anyway, they were kind enough to at least offer your boy a voucher for free small chops.

The Nintendo Wii and Air hockey was a blast especially with the music at the background from the DJ. This DJ dey serious sha, see his face.

Unfortunately I didn't win any gifts but I noticed other guests winning Bluetooth Speakers, Flash drives and someone won a Refrigerator while I was there (lucky girl).

Kudos to Huawei…more of such engagements please.

Once I walked in, some beautiful ladies welcomed me and gave me a Huawei branded water and ushered me into the venue. Have you all ever seen branded small chops, I did!! Is like Huawei had this well planned this time as the place was packed full with people.

On getting to the event, the entire place is fully branded with Huawei banners, balloons etc.

So last week, I was on Twitter to be specific and I noticed some tweets about an upcoming fun filled event (as they put it) that was happening at Computer Village on Friday and Saturday 4th and 5th of March. I don’t know if everyone heard about it but Huawei was organizing something called The Gamicon. Amongst all the proposed music and games I was down to win some gifts for myself especially the newly launched Huawei G-Power (who doesn't want a free phone).

As a sharp guy, I quickly made plans and decided to pop into Computer Village on Saturday to witness the event.

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OgidiOlu3:
Agege bread seller ko, palmwine seller ni. Abeg let's hear word jor. So, she just happened to hawk bread to where they were having a photoshoot session in the evening, wearing a nice gown, eh?
It's good for her publicity sha. I hope she succeeds in her "newly found" modelling career.

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I can feel your pain @dmobee . I used to feel this way too about Telcos deducting money anyhow too until i found out that the networks are not fully responsible for this. These messages are actually initiated by companies called VAS (Value Added Services) providers. it is actually VAS companies that send these messages to unsuspecting subscribers. The network is just a vehicle for them to reach you. There are actually two types of messages, one is a direct sms message while the other is a prompter that shows up on your phone. I am sure it is the prompter you mistakenly clicked on and not that you subscribed to the service. There was a particular message i mistakenly subscribed to and i had some issues undoing it. I later found a way round it by sending 'Stop' with the code to the short code. Here's a short example (e.g. STOP Free Food to 30010 - something like this). I honestly think the NCC should clamp down more on these VAS companies for their indiscriminate activities. NCC really needs to put down strict guidelines for Networks and VAS companies to operate in Nigeria, it can be very annoying receiving those messages. You can try sending (STOP CONCEPT PRO FOOD SERVICE to 922)

dmobee:
Poor Airtel Nigeria . . .
It is very painful that Airtel cannot sort out issues their subscribers have on a poor network they are running. I have had the bad experience of having deductions from my loaded units everyday by a 922 code called 'CONCEPT PRO FOOD SERVICE' which I never subscribed for!
I have called Airtel on their 111 customer care line about 11 times over this same issue and they have not been able to resolve it. All I get is apologies every time I call and I am at the brink of dropping this network for ETISALAT or some other network THAT WORKS.
I wonder what NCC is doing about these kind of issues. As there are other instances where units are loaded and without a single call from the phone, the units vanish and AIrtel, when called, only apologize and never reverse the disappearance. It is counted as the customer's loss with their usual "we apologize for the inconveniences caused you"
It is almost clear that it is a thieving gimmick and such trends always lead to the extinction of such businesses. If things don't improve, I will gladly go on to another network and "we apologize for all inconveniences caused" my friends and family as you will have to await a NEW NETWORK's number from me.
I don tire o!

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L-R Nasir Mohammed Askira, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Transport, Bornu State; Muhammed Bashir Ibrahim, Zonal Business Manager, North East, Airtel Nigeria; Alhaji Mustapha Zanna, Deputy Governor of Bornu State; Mamman Shehu, Area Business Manager, Airtel Nigeria and Alhaji Ali Maikinta, Permanent Secretary, Teachers Service Board during the donation of relief materials to IDP camp in Maiduguri.

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L-R Managing Director, Multi Links, Nur Muhammed Idris; Zonal Business Manager, North East, Airtel Nigeria, Muhammed Bashir Ibrahim; Deputy Governor of Bornu State, Alhaji Mustapha Zanna and Permanent Secretary, Teachers Service Board during the donation of relief materials to IDP camp in Maiduguri.

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L-R Managing Director, Multi Links, Nur Muhammad Idris; Zonal Business Manager, North East, Airtel Nigeria, Muhammad Bashir Ibrahim and the Deputy Governor of Bornu State Alhaji Mustapha Zanna during the donation of relief materials to IDP camp in Maiduguri

Nigerian journalists across various media have lauded Airtel Nigeria for its immense contributions towards the development of the media industry.

Select journalists who were speaking on Monday (July 27th) at the kick-off of the first leg of the Airtel multimedia training for 100 Nigerian journalists showered encomiums on the nation’s leading telecommunications services provider, saying the telco has always played a key role in the growth and development of the media.

Sunday Okobi, a journalist with ThisDay Newspaper said, “I have always had great admiration for the work Airtel Nigeria does. This good corporate citizen has given me the opportunity to not only improve on my professional skills but also to develop myself.

“After this training, I am sure I am going to be an asset, not only to the world of journalism but to the nation as a whole. Thank you Airtel Nigeria”.
Uche Akaolisa, a seasoned journalist with Hallmark newspaper expressed her excitement for the training programme.

“Airtel Nigeria is giving me the opportunity to be social media savvy. With this knowledge I will be able to respond effectively to the demand for online content,” said a delighted Akaolisa.

The Lagos edition of The Journalism Clinic is holding at The Hub, Surulere, Lagos. The exciting initiative is exposing select participating journalists from across Nigeria to tools and techniques to make their content more compelling to the vast audiences who now, more than ever before, consume news and other content on digital platforms.

Segun Adeleye, Publisher, Worldstage Newsonline, highlighted on Airtel’s contribution to his career and business.

“Although I am already a player in digital media, this training by Airtel Nigeria has exposed me to another world of opportunity. With this training I will be able to implement the latest skills and technology in the digital world, get the best traffic and attract more advertisement.

“In fact, Airtel Nigeria is giving me a chance to compete with not only the Nigerian digital media space but the international media space,” said Adeleye.
The journalists also shared their excitement in getting the opportunity to train with Dan Mason, an international trainer and specialist in digital media.

Also speaking at the event, Emeka Oparah, Director, Corporate communication and CSR, Airtel Nigeria, said the telco is committed to creating exceptional platforms and opportunities for Nigerian journalists.

According to Oparah, Airtel is intensely interested in developing the media industry and is partnering key stakeholders in the development of the Nigerian Industry.

“One of our core values, at Airtel Nigeria, is inclusivity. We believe in touching the lives of members of the communities we operate in. And we will continue to provide the relevant platforms for all our critical stakeholders to succeed,” said Oparah.

Taiwo Obe, The Journalism Clinic’s Founder/Director said “This training platform provided by Airtel Nigeria will teach our journalists how to create multimedia stories that are intriguing, accessible, and easy to share on social media.”

The Airtel multimedia training is a four-city-four-week multimedia journalism training/road show powered by the nation’s leading telco, Airtel Nigeria, to change the face of digital media in the country.

The Airtel multimedia journalism training which is aided by The Journalism Clinic, will train 100 Nigerian journalists across four regions. Asides Lagos, other training workshops will be held in Ibadan (3-8 August); Abuja (10-17 August) and Port Harcourt (17-21 August).

I,don't think its so difficult anymore. She should open up to her fiancee. Together they can lure out the guy and with the help of the police ensure he signs an undertaking not to blackmail her. Blackmailing is a serious offence. If truly he is all what she has described, he'll have a reputation to protect too. It's about playing him at his game.

The iconic House of Lords was the venue for the Alumni event organised by University of Hull, which saw over 220 fellow alumni join the University Chancellor Baroness Virginia Bottomley and the Vice-Chancellor Professor Calie Pistorius at the annual House of Lords Alumni Reception. The evening also saw the presentation of two Alumni Laureate awards, which went to lawyer and politician Dr Alimi Abdul-Razaq, (Law, 1989) and Ben Allen, (BA Sport and Leisure Management, 2007) founder and CEO of Oomph Ltd.

The Alumni Laureate awards were introduced in 2014 and were the first to be awarded in the UK. The award goes to alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen field, and contributed to the life of the University and to the wider community. Dr Abdul-Rasaq comes from a long line of notable lawyers and eminent members of government and society in Nigeria. His father was an ambassador in early post-colonial Nigeria and served as the first Federal Minister for Railways in 1964.

Dr. Alimi has held several positions as a lawyer, businessman and politician. He started his career in the family firm, AGF AbdulRazaq (SAN) & Co. which was established by his father in 1955. Dr. Alimi is currently the Managing Partner of the firm, renamed House of Laws (Solicitors). The firm specialises in commercial law and practice. He has served on the board of several companies, which has seen him manage Nigeria’s largest iron ore plant as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Iron Ore Mining Co. Ltd from 2000 to 2004, served as a regulator; as a commissioner of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission from 2004 to 2010, supervising the drafting and establishment of the legal and licensing framework for the Nigerian Electric Power Industry to mention a few. According to him however, his most fulfilling role yet is being the Chairman of the board of Bridge House College, Lagos - a 6th Form College, established by himself and his wife Foluke in 2005. The college is a preparatory school for young Nigerians who aim to study abroad.

Dr. Alimi is a leader, a humanitarian who continuously strives for the cause of justice and a philanthropist. His career glitters with successes and accolades and this recent Laureate Award adds another feather to his magnificent cap. Congratulations!

Source: http://cmcconnectbm.com/university-of-hull-honours-prominent-lawyer-and-politician-dr-abdul-rasaq-alimi-with-laurate-award/

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Politics, according to cynics, is a dirty game. Many Nigerians tend to accept that negative characterisation of politics and politicking without question. However, in my view, Aristotle’s depiction of politics as the endeavour for the noblest of human beings is nearer the truth than the cynical standpoint. Briefly defined, politics is the authoritative allocation of power to make decisions and implement them within a geopolitical space.

In both democratic and aristocratic or authoritarian systems, a tiny minority or group exercises political power by determining the nature and structure of governance for the vast majority of the population. Therefore, since political institutions evolved mainly to promote the well-being of members of the society over whom political authority is exercised, it is extremely important to create transparent processes for selecting the noblest of minds for political office.

Unfortunately, human beings have not invented foolproof reliable method which would guarantee that the best individuals would always emerge as leaders. Indeed, perfect implementation of the recommendations by Plato and other political philosophers cannot occlude the possibility that political power might be in the hands of men and women of inferior intellectual, emotional, and moral quality.

The impossibility of creating perfect socio-political institutions that can guarantee that only the most suitable would occupy political offices entails that individuals should channel their creative energies towards constructing democratic institutions in their respective countries capable of minimising the repercussions of bad leadership. According to the Austrian-born British philosopher, Karl Popper, this is achievable only through periodic elections.

Democracy is not an ideal political system, but it is preferable to other arrangements because it allows members of the society to play some role in selecting those that would lead them for a specified period. Like other non-authoritarian countries, Nigeria is still trying to create a viable democratic process appropriate for her historical experiences and developmental needs.

Of course, the 2015 elections are crucial in this respect because, if conducted successfully, that would go a long way to consolidate the modest progress made since 1999. On the other hand, if politicians derail the process because of inordinate desperation for power, it would be another disappointing case of “hope deferred.”

The presidential contest between the two frontrunners, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has brought to the fore once again the perennial problem of selecting political leaders in a fledgling democracy. The All Progressives Congress (APC) on whose platform Gen. Buhari is contesting has mounted vuvuzela-sounding campaigns with the sole purpose of dislodging the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power.

In fact, the heat and tension from APC was so palpable that many Nigerians became too pessimistic and apprehensive about what would happen next. Despite the unnecessary threats by Gen. Buhari and his cohorts, the presidential and gubernatorial elections have been postponed; tension has gone down somewhat, although there is still a sense of foreboding because of ferocious propaganda by the major two parties.

A disturbing product of the vociferous APC campaign machine is Buharimania, that is, worshipful support bothering on religious and cultic excitement for Buhari by a section of the Nigerian population especially in the North, coupled with fanatic belief that APC can deliver positive change in the country if Buhari wins the election. It would take a lengthy treatise drawing on the resources of psychology, sociology and contemporary Nigerian political history to explain in details the provenance of Buharimania.

It must be pointed out, however, that Buharimania is a phenomenon rooted in devotion to and uncritical preference for a retired military dictator with a reputation for rigidity, integrity and honesty over a well-educated, humble and methodical democrat with an easy going disposition towards governance. The danger here is that wily APC kingpins can exploit it to foment trouble if the party loses the elections. Understandably, the propaganda machine of APC deliberately suppresses President Jonathan’s achievements by continuously denigrating his administration.

It projects Gen. Buhari as the only presidential candidate with the capacity to eliminate corruption, mount a decisive fight against insecurity, and promote economic development. In addition, the party has been working hard to minimise the collateral political damage that Gen. Buhari’s image as an inflexible, not so well educated, ageing military dictator with outdated understanding of economic management might cause it in the general elections.

Now, because the full positive impacts of the modest achievements by President Jonathan are yet to be felt nationwide, it appears that the message of “change” from APC is resonating with the masses. But a closer look at the antecedents of APC leaders reveals that the gospel of change is fundamentally unrealisable and illusory, a desperate attempt to exploit the hopes, aspirations and anxieties of Nigerians to wrest the highest political office from the ruling party.

Unscrupulous conservative politicians who benefited immeasurably from the corrupt system they helped to create and impose on Nigerians dominate the top echelons of the party. In order to substantiate my claim, I will embark on a systematic deconstruction of Buharimania and APC’s desperate quest for power. My main argument is that the party, as presently constituted and managed, cannot deliver sustainable meaningful change to Nigerians.

For starters, consider the major figures in APC. The arrowhead of the party is Gen. Buhari, who pledged in 2011 never to contest for any political office after the election held that year. Now the question is: why did the retired general renege on that promise, especially considering his hyperbolic reputation as a man who keeps his word? Was the change of mind motivated by strong desire to get even with President Jonathan who defeated him in the 2011 presidential election or was it necessitated by messianic delusion about being the only one capable of addressing the hydra-headed problems facing the country presently? Why did he succumb to the opportunistic persuaders desperate for political survival and relevance at all cost?

In my opinion, Gen. Buhari’s decision to contest again and failure to mentor a younger and better-educated politician to political prominence as his successor after losing the presidential election thrice are indicative of a man obsessively preoccupied with power. Bola Tinubu’s argument that Gen. Buhari had to be drafted into the presidential election because countries at crossroads in the past were rescued from perdition by their army generals is, to put it mildly, ludicrous and historically inaccurate. Moreover, in Africa particularly, military intervention in politics has had a detrimental effect on the economic and socio-political development of several countries, to the extent that coup d’états are detested everywhere.

Therefore, it is plainly unrealistic to believe that seventy-three years old Gen. Buhari who three decades ago presided over the most draconian military regime in Nigerian history has suddenly completely mutated into an apostle of democratic change. APC chieftains know that old habits die hard, and that it is harder still for a conservative Muslim and former soldier like Gen. Buhari to change so dramatically. Keep in mind that one of the reasons Gen. Ibrahim Babangida gave for overthrowing Gen. Buhari was that the latter was too rigid and opinionated to preside over a multiply plural country like Nigeria. Thus, I am not sure that APC’s presidential candidate has developed the degree of emotional intelligence required to navigate successfully the treacherous landscape of Nigerian politics.

Several kingpins of APC have held, and are still holding various public offices. Yet there is very little to show that the era of “business as usual” has ended. For instance, in APC controlled states, the problems of bloated cabinet, overconcentration of development in the urban centres to the detriment of the rural areas, emasculation of local governments, cronyism, and financial rascality are still rampant.

Meanwhile, a sizeable number of prominent APC members were formerly in PDP. It would be surprising if Nigerians have not recognised yet the hypocrisy in chieftains of APC welcoming enthusiastically renegades from the very party they have been disparaging and criticising for years. Perhaps, Tinubu and others are too desperate for power and would do anything to get it, and their criticisms of PDP might stem from jealousy towards a party that has dominated the political space since 1999. Whatever might be the case, frankly there is very little to show that APC can be trusted as the vehicle of positive change in the country if its candidates win the elections.

Source: http://ynaija.com/douglas-anele-deconstructing-buharinamia/?utm_content=bufferc6a7d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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This should be ranked the most R£TARDED comment of the day. You hide behind your keyboard and call those at the battle front cowards. Really pathetic!

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By Femi Aribisala

ON Friday, 23rd August, 1985, the military government of Major-General Mohammadu Buhari decided to place me under arrest. My crime was that I wrote, among others, an article entitled: “Counter-trading Nigeria’s Future” in the National Concord, exposing the government’s scam of diverting public funds into private coffers through barter-trade with Brazil. A man by the name of Benson Norman was sent from the State Security Services (SSS) to my office to get me. Not finding me, he left a note that I must present myself unfailingly at the SSS office at 15 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos the next Monday morning.

However, on Sunday, 25th August, 1985, Lateef Aminu came first thing in the morning to my house to inform me that the government of Buhari/Idiagbon had been overthrown. For this reason, I am fond of telling people that God brought about a change of government in Nigeria just because of me.

Coup-plotter

Under the Buhari/Idiagbon regime, once you ended up at 15 Awolowo Road, you may never be heard of again. Decree Number 2 of 1984 empowered Tunde Idiagbon to arrest and detain anybody indefinitely without trial and without legal reprieve. After Buhari was overthrown, Mohammadu Gambo opened the prison doors of 15 Awolowo Road on public television, revealing people in various stages of UnCloth and malnutrition that had been kept in the dungeons without trial by Buhari’s hound-dogs.

As self-imposed Head of State, Buhari had no regard for human rights. Immediately he seized power, he announced that he would “tamper with” the press. Soon, the infamous Decree Number 4 was promulgated which made even the publication of the truth a punishable offence. Under this cover, Buhari jailed innocent journalists, including Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabo. He abolished civil liberties, promulgated retroactive decrees enabling him to kill Nigerians through jungle justice, proscribed civil society organizations and professional groups and exercised “absolute” power.

This same Buhari would now have us believe that he has gone through some metamorphosis and has become a democrat. I am sure you will forgive me if people like me don’t believe him. Buhari is not, has never been, and will never be, a democrat. Only in Nigeria would a man with his track record, who came to power through a military coup that illegally overthrew a democratic government, now be acclaimed as a democrat. It is on record that Buhari’s military regime is the only one in Nigeria’s history that failed to promulgate a programme for return to civilian rule.

Facts and fiction

So what exactly qualifies Buhari as a democrat today? Precious little! There is nothing democratic about forming and joining political parties just in order to be the presidential candidate. Little wonder then that Buhari’s parties have a short shelf-life. Buhari would like to be Nigeria’s head of state once again. He can no longer achieve this through the barrel of a gun. The only route now open to him is through the democratic process. That is the reason he now conveniently fashions himself as a democrat. It is merely a means to an end; no more, no less.

Buhari’s reputation as an anti-corruption crusader is also a myth. As head of state, he did not make any dent in Nigerian corruption. All we got was a cosmetic “war against indiscipline.” The counter-trade scam happened under his watch. Rather than deal with it, he sent his hound-dogs after nonentities like me who dared to expose it. That scam was no different, in scope and scale, from the petroleum subsidy and other corruption scandals that have since plagued Nigeria. The Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) that Buhari headed under Abacha was also a citadel of corruption. While Buhari himself might not have enriched himself, his cronies and those who worked under him did so handsomely.

On three different occasions, Buhari has run for the presidency. On three different occasions he has failed. That should really be enough. If, as seems likely, he were to run for the presidency a fourth time in 2015, there is no question that he would fail yet again. Try as he might again and again, Mohammadu Buhari can never be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Buhari’s sectarianism

There is a fundamental reason behind this. Buhari is a bad politician. He is an unbending former military dictator and not a democratic consensus-builder. Like his new ally, Bola Tinubu, Buhari is a regional, sectional politician. Such politicians are practically impossible to package and market nationally in the ethnically-delicate Nigeria of today.

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El’Rufai, one of those Northerners who deserve to be serious contenders for the presidency of Nigeria, observed that Buhari remains “perpetually unelectable” as a result of his “insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity and his parochial focus.” This is an elegant way of saying that politically, Buhari has an uncanny tendency to put his foot in his mouth. He talks before thinking of the political implications of his words. He shoots from the hip.

The strength of Obasanjo, which enabled him to capture the presidency on two different occasions, was that he was perceived as a broadminded politician, not overly partial to his people in the South-West. As a matter of fact, in his first election, his people did not want him. The strength of Goodluck Jonathan, which propelled him to win the presidency, was that he was able to string together a coalition that stretched both north and south of the Niger. The weakness of Buhari is that he is totally unacceptable to people outside his region.

Buhari is a Northern regional champion. As head of state in the 1980s, his government was unapologetically Northern. No attempt was made to balance the ticket at the top. It was the only regime in Nigeria’s history headed by two Northerners. When he seized power, Buhari put Shagari, the Northern head of state he overthrew, under house arrest. But then he jailed Alex Ekwueme, the Southern vice-president. You may well ask what makes Shagari less culpable for the misdeeds of the Second Republic than his number-two man. The simple fact was that Buhari was Fulani as was Shagari; but Ekwueme was Igbo.

Impolitic words

At the height of the Sharia debate during the Obasanjo administration, Buhari declared that Muslims should vote only for fellow Muslims. This was politically suicidal for a man seeking national office. He became an advocate for implementation of Sharia all over Nigeria. He protested to the Oyo State governor, in the context of a dispute between Fulani herdsmen and indigenous farmers in the state, that “your people are killing my people.” This turned out to be unfounded and perhaps the reverse.

His threats during the campaign for the 2011 elections incited widespread violence in the North after he lost. His supporters went on a rampage; looting and killing; in spite of the fact that, by all accounts, the elections were adjudged the most free and fair in the history of Nigeria’s current democratic experiment. By the time the mayhem had subsided, over 1000 people had been slaughtered in cold blood and some 65,000 displaced.

Forgetting that a statement made in Hausa would readily be translated into English, Buhari later declared unapologetically in a BBC interview: “If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.” These are the tokens of an irresponsible politician, whose ambitions for power supersede the national interest. Who then are the dogs and baboons that Buhari has in mind to soak in blood if and when he loses yet again come 2015? Are they his children or are they those of others?

With the Boko Haram insurgency in the north, Buhari played to the Northern gallery yet again, calling the Jonathan government “the biggest Boko Haram.” Wole Olaniyi was a fly in the wall at a meeting in Kano Government House designed to persuade PDP rebel governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to decamp to the APC. Assuming that only Northerners were present, Buhari declared the Boko Haram was a “strategic plan” by the government of Goodluck Jonathan to “destroy the North.” When Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states, Buhari still saw this with Northern goggles, insinuating that the President is waging war on the North.

President of the North

Without a doubt, Buhari has massive support in the North. Indeed, he is the most popular Northern politician in the North today. But that precisely remains his undoing at the centre. The more he has been identified as a Northern champion, the less attractive he has become as a national choice. Even in the North, his support base is limited to the Muslim population. He does not appeal to Northern Christians. Then there is the added factor of the opposition of his implacable opponents among the Northern elite. Men like Babangida and Atiku would rather die than allow Buhari get to Aso Rock.

One thing is certain, the South-South and the South-East will not vote for Buhari in 2015. Not only that; there are no buyers for Buhari’s sectarian politics in the South-West. No matter what Tinubu might be telling him, the people of the South-West will not vote for Buhari in 2015. We already had the template in 2011, when Buhari tried to sell himself, first by balancing his ticket with a Yoruba man; and then by making sure the Yoruba man is a Christian; a pastor no less. But it just did not wash. It will not work in 2015.

The worst thing that can happen to Northern presidential aspirations in 2015 is for Buhari to be on the APC ballot. That is a sure guarantee that the North will not be providing the next president. Buhari would be a shoo-in in an election for president of Northern Nigeria. But in an election encompassing the entire country, the best he can envisage is to be a kingmaker. He cannot be king. The nearest Buhari will get to Aso Rock in 2015 is by attending the Council of State meetings.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/buhari-will-never-president-nigeria/

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