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MOUA:
President Jonathan's daughter, Faith and her husband, Godswill Osim Edwards are expecting their first child together. The couple got married in April 2014. Faith and her baby bump pictured at the presidential Thanksgiving and Farewell service which held at Aso Vila Chapel yesterday May 17th.http://www.mouaue.com/2015/05/pres-jonathans-daughter-and-hubby.html

Choi see as my man Godswill hammer, abeg where I go meet one of Buhari's daughter?

MrFairplay4ume:
Since he (Jonathan) assumed office in 2011, corruption has
gripped and crippled all sectors: oil industry,
pension commission, the police, the military,
aviation, civil service, mint and printing company,
name it. The monies involved run into millions and
billions if not trillions. He promotes corruption by
his actions and inaction. He surrounds himself
with felons and proven thieves and thugs such as
Femi Fani-Kayode, Ayodele Fayose, Doyin Okupe,
Kashamu Buruji, Bode George, Iyiola Omisore, and
other illustrious criminals. He pardoned his former
boss the poster child of corruption, Diepreye
Alamieyeseigha.
Our foreign reserve account, which was $62 billion
in 2008, is down to $38 Billion while the excess
crude oil account, which in 2009 was $20 billion is
down to zero. The domestic gas project aimed at
generating power has gulped $12 billion by
December 2014 and nothing to show for it.
Jonathan remains silent till now on N155 billion oil
scandal involving government officials, Shell,
Subsidiaries in Nigeria. The money was paid on
the order of Jonathan to Malibu Oil and gas, a
company owned by Dan Etete, a former oil
minister under late General Sani Abacha.
Ten billion Naira was expended on chartered jets
by the oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. On top
of the $20 Billion missing from NNPC accounts,
Alison-Madueke was involved on royalties and
signature bonuses and was ordered by
PriceWaterhouseCoopers auditing firm to refund $
1.48 billion to the public coffers. Stella Oduah
former aviation minister, with taxpayers' money
purchased N225 million BMW armored cars for her
personal use.
Alison-Madueke on behalf of Jonathan bankrolled
AIT $10 billion bribe to produce and air negative
documentaries on leaders of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) – Muhammadu Buhari, Ahmed
Tinubu, and Yemi Osinbajo. Under Jonathan, the
federal government's debt has risen by $18.40
billion (N3trillion) in the last four years.
Jonathan paid N7 billion bribe to Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN) for the group to
campaign against Buhari. The cost of Jonathan's
campaign for the March 28 elections was a
staggering one trillion Naira. In fact, by the first
week of March, Jonathan had spent about N1.05
trillion.

A writer once described Jonathan as a “serial liar.”
Each opportunity he has to address the problems
of the nation, he oozes out a bagful of lies.
Samples: Jonathan vows to end Boko Haram
menace (AFP April 19, 2012). Jonathan vows
'Major changes' for Nigeria (Dailymotion, April 20,
2011). Nigerian President vows to Return nation to
Order (Vanguard Apil 21, 201). Nigerian President
vows to Strengthen Democratic Rule (Voice of
America, May 30, 2011). Jonathan vows to “crush
terrorists” (Reuters, Dec. 31, 2011). Jonathan vows
not to shield any corrupt person from investigation
or prosecution by anti-graft agencies in the
country (NewsDiary, May 4, 2012). Corruption: No
more sacred cows, Jonathan vows (vanguard July
26, 2011). I've fulfilled my promises to Nigerians –
Jonathan (Premium Times November 11, 2014).

Copy and paste trash!
Dude you're not good at propaganda

Ramnon2:
You really do delude yourself with the bland idea that everyone is like you: a low-level party thug and political name-dropper

Easy na bros, today na Sunday o, you wan suffocate the guy

nationwide1:
Read my post again and also read the post of the guy I quoted. I'm not attacking the trekker but rather against those attacking him.

I get you now

nationwide1:
You mean one can inflict suffering upon himself in hypocrisy? I doubt.

Is the dude complaining?

Allow him to do what he has chosen to cos no one forced him!

For your info, more volunteers are joining him in the trek and it's all fun. I would have joined except for my work schedule.

egift:
As a Zoologist he is, how about reporting for National Geographic from the creeks of Bayelsa.

Safe journey Presido. Nigerians did it, when everyone thought incompetence cannot be kicked out of Nigeria. Up Nigeria!

Just quit being so bitter, it's not good for your health.
Haba its too early

cramjones:
Never come to my thread and insult people. I will get you banned if you do so. Kindly stick to the topic.

-CramJones

But you'll come to Seun's forum(Nairaland) to insult Ben Bruce and others.

Nwoguphillip:
(A Statement Made By Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Special Guest of Honour at the Public Presentation of Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years in Lagos on May 14, 2015).


PROTOCOL



In the course of the historic campaigns for the 2015 Presidential election I was emphatic that the election itself was a great opportunity to popularise and test the noble idea of a Common Sense Revolution in Nigeria. Soon enough we found in the resonance of the APC Change mantra with the electorate a confirmation that Nigeria needed a Common Sense Revolution that is non-violent.

2.Indeed there is a publication with that title authored by me in which I argued that Nigeria was ripe for a change of leadership and Nigerians must act in a Common Sense and rational way in choosing their leaders. The results of the March Presidential elections and that of April have demonstrated clearly the desire by Nigerians for change.

3.Elections over, both the leaders and citizens must brace up to meet the challenges required to built a better, more prosperous nation. Indeed, even as we subscribe to the tenets of Common Sense Revolution, we must retool ourselves the new leadership must embark on policies that will improve the general well being of the mass of our people.

4.Permit me to recall here how I once attempted to encapsulate the idea of Common Sense Revolution: “… This revolution is not a violent one to tear things down it is a revolution to rescue us from violence, injustice and poverty.
It is a positive one to rescue, repair and restructure the nation and its institutions in ways that further collective prosperity and well-being. The only violence that is to be done is to violence, injustice and poverty themselves. At its essence, a common sense revolution is a call to return to a level of decency in the relationship between government and the governed, between each one of us and his neighbor...” That was at commissioning of people-centred projects on March 23, 2015 in Kano under the leadership of Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

5.We are here today, because one of the generals in the Common Sense Revolution Army, Rotimi Amaechi is bold and willing to show the world what he has achieved in the task to chart the critical path to total political and economic emancipation of the people whose mandate he enjoyed for 8 years.

6.In my view, our gathering to celebrate the landmark achievements of my brother, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, in Rivers State in the last eight years is also another justifiable celebration of idea of Common Sense Revolution for development. The publication of the book, Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years is a timely service to history. This occasion is all the more remarkable because of the huge challenges Amaechi has been facing especially in his second term from an extremely hostile federal government. His role as the chairman of the Governors’ Forum invariably brought him into a bitter collision with President Goodluck Jonathan.

7.Governor Amaechi and most of the governors want a properly defined federalist relationship with the government at the centre. The President would have none of that as in the notable example of the management of the federation account. This is, therefore, another great opportunity to salute Amaechi’s rare courage of conviction and sense of purpose. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has every cause to be proud of him.

8.You can, therefore, imagine how much gratified I feel at the immense intellectual efforts invested in the publication of Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years. I salute the editors and authors of essays in the book. It is thoughtful of them to document the legacy of Amaechi in Rivers state. The high quality schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, security and human capacity projects, among others, richly documented in the book are a testimony that social democratic ideas can indeed be implemented in this clime.

9.It is our hope that the legacy of governance for genuine development that Amaechi is leaving behind in Rivers would inspire state governments to make the welfare and security of the people the focus of governance. It is important to empahasise that security here includes social security if the war against poverty must be won.

10. The APC change agenda is anchored on the three Rs- Reform, Relief, Relief, and Recovery. It is the Tripod upon which Nigeria must operate in order to unleash her potentials.

Rotimi will go on from here to continue to serve Nigeria in key positions. He will not be alone. He will share the company of many change agents and professionals who have cast their lots with the new political order under the Leadership President elect, General Muhammadu Buhari.

Once more, I congratulate Governor Amaechi as he leaves behind this proud legacy in Rivers State.

I thank you for listening.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Tinubu please remind your boy Amaechi to come back and pay outstanding salaries of civil servants and pensioners in the state, or is it too much to ask for that a worker be paid his wages?

Change agents my foot

oubi:
A lady who identified herself as AGU CHIDERA JOY has been trekking for 9 days now (probably before the guy heading to otuoke). She began her journey from ENUGU and is walking all the way to ABUJA.
She has just passed Lokoja kogi state and walking towards koto-karfi still in kogi state as at this time (10:35am, 15-05-2015)
Her trek isn't for any of the two parties but for both parties and for every Nigerian as she has chosen her theme to be #UNITYWALK.
I'll keep u posted on latest development.

And she's trekking with a photographer who snaps her at intervals

onoikenna:
This is damn funny

Smart guy, I'll sure try this some time

shachris02:
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/south-south-regional/182719-rivers-apc-labels-state-deputy-governor-modern-judas-for-attacking-amaechi.html

Bunch of hypocrites!

If the deputy is modern Judas, then Amaechi is the grand patron of Judasism

Dannyset:
Short STORY:

A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands.
Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile: my sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?
The girl looked up at her mum for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick bite on one apple, and then quickly on the other.
The mum felt the smile on her face freeze. She tried hard not to reveal her disappointment.
Then the little girl handed one of her bitten apples to her mum,and said: mummy, here you are. This is the sweeter one.

No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always delay judgement. Give others the privilege to explain themselves. What you see may not be the reality. Never conclude for others.

Am so touched,
Imagine such love and innocence

baybeeboi:
Gloria, the lady trekking to Otuoke for President Jonathan tweeted these. Continues after the cut.

Make she just know say my guy don !

Sunnybobo3:
While others were cutting their coats according to their cloth, Aregbesola borrowed money to build the world's tallest talking drum.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/01/15/aregbesola-unveils-worlds-tallest-drum/

This is crass irresponsibility!

When workers are being owed arrears of their stipends,
God'll will judge all of them, but wait o...is that Soyinka?

Even the talking drum can't tell him to do the right thing, smh

buskie13:
what i think made de female trekker to retreat may be the guy told her he was happily married n he can't burst another nut..n she(Gloria) informed her family about de situation n dey told her to quit....but unfortunately, they saw a lot of opportunity if she(Gloria) could complete the task.



hey....before una go judge me...

all

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ASSUMPTIONS oOo

Very wicked assumption!

FlirtyKaren:
Words fail me

http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/05/see-nasty-photo-guy-posted-to-celebrate.html

He's just an onye "ara" !

WhoDeyThere:
Mr nihi tweeted this to honour his wife. Who he says initiated the trek.

Someone please let the female trekker know the guy is happily married

ECOTERRORS:
Dangote will never do such, with the amount of money he has and the number of almajiri in the north leaves a sour taste in our mouth.

It's all about the money, the Chinese only made the trip to promote his company ,,that's all

Welcome back my first Lady

MizMyColi:
Interesting!
As a democrat or a republican?
Owh, turns out he was formerly an independent who's now with the republicans.

Besides, he hasn't declared yet.

Would America allow two blacks in a row?
Especially seeing as Hilary Clinton's kinda entitled this time? I remember she was to go against Obama one of those years and then stepped down. (If my memory just served me correctly).

Hmmm

Hillary Clinton vs Ben Carson...

Either ways, history'll be made.

She didn't step down, she contested and lost the primaries to Obama

Only if he can utilise those potentials

God bless my teachers, Mr Okpanku for all the floggings, Anty Anyalogbu, Miss Koi Koi, Dr Okpe, Prof Nweze, Prof Taiwo and others

icnsystem:
…We’re sorting out professional, ethnical issues with them—Media Aide
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA—President-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari may have just started a revenge mission on the African Independent Television, AIT when, yesterday, the security men attached to him barred the station’s correspondent, Tinabeso Bebei from covering Buhari’s functions.
Vanguard gathered that the directive was discreetly given to the correspondent by an official at the Defence House where the crew had gone to cover the visit of Cuban ambassador to Buhari.
It was learned that Buhari’s family had raised security issues which prompted the ban.
Confirming the issue, Buhari’s media aide, Mallam Garba Shehu said that such warning was given and may be revoked when some security and ethical issues were resolved with the station.
He said: “AIT has been asked to stay aside based on security and family concerns. In addition, Buhari has decided that they will have to resolve some issues relating to issues of standard and ethics.
“We will be talking with them to try and resolve the matter, but for now the station has been asked to stay aside, because like I said there are some family and security concerns. They have been asked to step down their coverage until we resolve the matter with them on ethics and standards.”
When asked whether he should be quoted, Shehu said, “yes you can quote me that I said we have asked them to step aside and that we are resolving the issues of ethics and standards with them.”
He, however, stated that the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, was not involved in the ban, saying the crew was at liberty to attend any official engagements of the President-elect.
Meanwhile, there were feelings that Buhari’s ban of AIT came against the background of the hate documentaries and campaign messages played on the station’s network during the polls.
Source:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/hate-campaign-buhari-fights-back-bars-ait-from-covering-activities/

This is 2015 for pete's sake!
You don't suffocate opposition or media because they don't favour you.

Jonathan will forever be missed!

nabiz:
Pls is there any ogoni person in the house to tell us more about this beautiful cultural wedding.

Guy this is not ogoni or anywhere in Rivers state!

Ponponkon:
Wikipedia na source? I am telling you awara according to Ngwa tradition and custom. If you were born and brought up in Ijebu ode Ogun state,does that make you an ijebu man even when you have a country home at Unuahia? He even claimed Rivers State Indegene just to get scholarship. He's an Arochukwu man 100% and he even boasted that he has come to deny NdiNgwa their right

Ok thanks, nice lecture sir

Ponponkon:
look at this head very well,have you ever seen an Ngwa man with this kind of head? Otti is from Attan in Arochukwu.

Lols at the jab,

But his Wikipedia page says he's from Isiala Ngwa.

Could that be a mistake?

Ponponkon:
@ Op the big Mugu,if you conduct election 1million times in Obingwa,Ikpeazu will continue to defeat Otti by 100 goals to 1. 139k registered voters nobe beans. Aba will be so beautiful and we will drive out dirty creepers like you. You want garri ngwa but you don't want Ngwa governor. Egbe eluigwe gbariakwa gira nde otu gi isi.

Abeg is Otti not from Isiala Ngwa?

Or his own is fake

I only wish the "shaping" will be in the interest of Nigeria and her common masses.

mikolo80:
if haters like make dem no give am any benefit
dem no get choice but to wait for four years to change him
but i a believe that they will become his ardent supporters
when they see what patriotic governance looks like

There's no hater here. The mandate Buhari has is the mandate of Nigerians irrespective of political or religious affiliation.
I only wish your last statement turns out true, as it'll be to our over all good.

The events of the few days shows clearly how much Nigerians expect Buhari to hit the ground running.

We have seen a thorough analysis and counter analysis from Barcanista, Obiagelli, Cramjones and others respectively, all with good points but my take is, the president elect and his team are yet to assume office and as a result, should be allowed to take control first, then reminders to their campaign promises can start rolling in.

It'll be in our best interest as Nigerians for for the new govt of Buhari to succeed and deliver in their programs for the country, consolidating on the progress being made in the power sector, rail transportation, agriculture, electoral process, rule of law and freedom of information.

This no doubt will be difficult for the pro-Jonathan's group knowing how much the Jonathan's administration was attacked by the opposition even they had no reason to, but no two wrongs can ever make a right.

Election is over, So let's all pray and wish the winners the best for now, maybe by the time the new government does like a 100 days in office, we will be able to see clearly their direction.

Thank you

Cc Barcanista
Obiagelli