₦airaland Forum

SaiBuharii:
followed closely, the APC National convention through out the day, sharing my time between work and information I left work early (9pm) and went to the Teslim Balogun stadium to witness a major event in the history of Nigeria, one that decides our future. I spent sometime there, and after seeing with my eyes the family structured convention, where Fayemi was up and down to make sure, everything is on point for the major event,I zoomed off home. I realised an atmosphere of Democracy was prevailing in the environment, all contestants had banners and deir fans all over the place, I particularly recognized Okorochas pple everywhere, and I said to myself, here is another man giving the Igbos an opportunity to line up and vote for deir blood, and not being attached with the South or being deceived that PDP is an Igbo party when the President, vice president, Senate president, House of rep are not from their land. I got home, I decided to put on the tv and continue the follow up. And then I put it on AIT, I was surprised it was being aired, becasuse as known AIT is controlled by Jonathan through Dokpesi, NTA is a govt controlled station, likewise Stv, where the chairman just won a PDP ticket to contest for the sente. With my sleepy eyes I settled down to watch my assumed Apc convention. After 15 mins I noticed the leaking Umbrella on my Tv screen, and then it confirmed my AIT-PDP connection. It was at that point I realized PDP had their own national convention in Abuja same day, with APC, the only Agenda for the election was the selection of the president, then I appreciated what ApC was doing, giving us the previlege of feeling what political tension feels like, even for the Taniods, they are all ears praying Atiku wins the Ticket, it's still part of the feeling your part can't give you. Through out the day I did not see or hear it on radio, Tv, Twitter, Facebook, even our Nairaland that PDP have a convention, but multiple threads have been opened for the APC election. I remember in the days of Peter odilii-Obasanjo elections, (Odili stepped down) when you see the moderator counting the votes keep saying "Obasanjo, Obasanjo...after 50 Obasanjo's, then they sight a vote for another candidate, that was when PDP was relevant, but now they don't even make the news...Nigerians are tired of an autocratic system. Never in the history of PDP has there been a selection process in which all forms were withheld. If all parties did selection, what will we be discussing and throwing jabs at ourselves on? As Nigeria stays on a standby to vote for their candidate, I implore you all to use your brains. Merci.

personal59:
Results of PDP Primaries held all over the country revealed that:

INEC cancelled Ekiti

PDP cancelled Ogun

Parallel primaries in Ondo

Boycott in Oyo and Akala defected to Labour Party LP

Over-voting in Lagos

Inconclusive in Kwara due to gunshots

Adamawa shifted to Abuja

Muhammad Abacha stormed court to protest in Kano

State Gov decamped to LP in Ebonyi

Imposition with serious fracture in Rivers

2 candidates from parallel primaries in Enugu

No primaries because of fight to finish in Taraba

Journalists shut out in Jos as Jang collected seat from a serving senator with promise of imposing him as a Gov, only to change his mind after the senator didn't contest his re election primaries.

8 out of 9 aspirants stormed out at the middle of primaries in Katsina

Imposition in Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Abia and Benue and so on!

Gbawe:
Buhari has a date with destiny just like America's Abraham Lincoln and Ghana's Atta-Mills

mikeansy:
Please like this thread and drop a note demanding Jonathan and Buhari to have a successful debate before elections

No noise by the crowd, no clapping, no booing

just 2 candidates; 1 or 2 or 3 moderators who are required to cross-examine candidates if necessary in an unbiased fashion and a silent audience only allowed to clap at the start and end of the debate.

I think our democracy has come far enough to have a sensible debate on the issues:

Let Jonathan defend his records in the last 6 years on security, economy, education, foreign policy etc

Let Buhari defend his military records, his records of public service, his public statements and views in the last 30years

Enough of the ducking of debates, if Abiola & Tofa could debate in 1993 then Jonathan & Buhari can do better in 2015!

the target is 1000 likes and responses if possible

Kentnickole:
Whom would you vote for................

Are any of them worth presidential seat come 2015?

great1:
If you are displeased with the just concluded presidential primaries, especially the way GMB was selected, dnt be afraid to burn your voters card, like I did today.... I believe that Rabiu Kwankwaso was the right man.. and with GMB as the flagbearer it will be too much pain to bear. Tinubu knows quite well what he is up to. I find this as a betrayal.. GMB has contested 4 times and lost, why not allow someone else to contest, is he that desperate for power..

we dnt need 75 years old as our president.. this is wrong and should not be allowed in our current democratic society. I have burnt my APC membership card, and will not be voting for this old dictator and religious fanatic..

thanks

MillionDollars:
d most times i've witnessed an accident, i've never seen a situation where the drivers or riders involved would simply say ''I'M SORRY'' and go their respective ways, but NO its d oda way round, they tend to quarrel or sometimes fight like they hit themselves on purpose. For crying out loud, no driver or rider was born with a steering(no one is perfect), i'd rather advice every driver and rider reading this to lets stop our ''FIGHT AFTER AN ACCIDENT'' mentality in Nigeria. THANKS

Chomzy19:
dejected fellow depressed over his loss of nt breaking a virgin. Just face d truth 'u were nt good enough' it has nothing to do wit virginity.

Vivalavida99:
That is where the real trouble start and it won't be long before we see a "Nigerian spring Revolution, mass demonstration that will lead to violent change of Government.

So we are still on same frequency, only from different angle.

Vivalavida99:
Nigerians MASSES will not feel it even if the oil comes down to $10, reason is that even when oil was above $100, they were't benefiting nada from it.

It is the corrupt politicians that will feel it, cuz there will be no money to steal and politics will be less attractive.

Naijasinglegirl:
I have been making most of my withdrawals across the counter since my ATM card got expired last month.

Anyway, I breezed into a random Diamond bank yesterday afternoon to withdraw money. Got the withdrawal slip and wrote out a whooping sum of two thousand, five hundred Naira. ( I had to spell it in full so the amount would seem huge)

My hands were stretched out nonchalantly to the female banker and when she raised her face to receive my slip, I recognise her as Seun, my room mate in my 200L.

'Damn!" I cursed. Not when I am appearing this shabby.

I should have added another zero to the N2500 if I knew I was going to bump into Seun. As girls who haven't seen each other in more than two years, there was bound to be some sort of comparison. I heaved a sigh when I remembered my account balance is just N22000.

"Lord have mercy! Naijasinglegirl? Is this yewwww?" she exclaimed, stretching out her short arms in an unsuccessful attempt to hug me over the counter.

She snatched my slip and gazed at me pitifully.

"Babezzz are things that bad? This one N2500 is bringing you to the bank. I could pay you from my pockets you know."

No thanks!

During our days in the university, Seun was a flippant part time student. We often teased her that her type may go as long as ten years without getting a job.
I even promised I was going to lend her my NYSC khaki to take Instagram photos in her backyard since part time students were not eligible to participate in NYSC orientation exercise.

Today, the wheels of fortune has spun in her favour.

I had to lie I actually came to the bank to withdraw 15K. I took the slip from her, tore it into two and wrote out another draft of 15K which she paid from my account.

On getting out, I had to board a vehicle to another branch of Diamond Bank to pay in the 12.5K balance sharp sharp! Zero tolerance for extravagance.

Last night, we had a lengthy conversation on phone.
She wanted to know why I was unemployed and I kept dismissing her with,

"Don't worry about me jare. I'm working on something."

"Something ke? Lie lie! You think this your good girl attitude would get you anywhere in this country? Don't you know I got my banking job through Chuwkudi, that my sugar daddy. If you didn't dull his friend your story would have been different today!"

Chuwkudi's friend was a stinking oil rich magnate in Portharcourt. I met him through Seun but there was a problem. He was married!

Seun is of the school of thought that there is absolutely nothing wrong in dating a married man so long as both parties share some fringe benefit in return.

Chuwkudi's friend was generous. He was ready to dash me one of Nigeria's oil well if only I was willingly to spread one of my legs to the South South and the other to the North East for him whenever he needed TLC.
Each time he came by my hostel, he would squeeze N10000 to N15000 into my palms for dinner.

During my first and unfortunately, my last tour to his company's lodge, he promised me an IT placement in Mobil. I was going to get an already furnished flat at his quarters after graduation. He was going to influence my NYSC posting to an oil company and of course, a well paying job upon completion of NYSC.
All these promises in exchange for my hymen...

"Sir, but I told you I cannot...I have not done this before..." I trailed off.

He tore off a page of his cheque book, scribbled something down and handed the paper over to me.

"This would be yours if you spend tonight with me. . . I would make you the envy of your friends." He swore.

Six hundred thousand Naira was written boldly on the cheque.

The highest amount of money that had ever been offered leisurely to someone in my family's genealogy. Honestly, It took a special level of grace to dropped the cheque on his table and walk out that door forever.

Did that singular 'goodgirl' attitude cost me my surest ticket to this good life I crave for? I hope not.

egift:
Those who will not vote a Buhari/Fashola because it it a Muslim/Muslim ticket will also NEVER vote APC no matter who are the candidates.

APC should be wary of playing a weaker team in an attempt to please PDP members who will never vote APC. No matter who APC put up as candidates, this group of People will look for any possible lie to demonize them.

Nigerians want to send the Zoologist home, APC will make it easier by presenting the best.

iceberylin:
Jah protect me,when the evil man comes and me dont have a gun