₦airaland Forum

bokohalal:
A look at the looming political landscape of Nigeria will reveal the side lining of one of three major ethnic groups unless something drastic is immediately done to rectify it.
Since the first two political positions are occupied by an Hausa - Fulani and Yoruba as President and vice respectively, it would be in the interest of national unity and inclusiveness to allocate the third most powerful position, Senate President, to the third leg of the tripod, the Igbo.
Granted that the Eastern states overwhelming voted for the PDP and thus ensured that all the lawmakers in the Upper House of the National Assembly are all PDP legislators, the APC has a chance ,before the commencement of the new Assembly, to Nick a few present PDP elected lawmakers to the APC. Any of this lawmakers, preferably from Imo State, should forthwith be made the senate president.

Jaydenphoenix:
Someone once said if you stand for nothing....you fall for anything (or something like that).

Well my point is, the SE thinks it's about time they produce a Nigerian president. I do too but it's not going to be handed to them on a platter.

They need to go out and work for it....I mean work hard.

They need to pair up with either the west or the north. they r not talking to the north and they r busy fighting the western guys over Lagos.

Now, a new govt would be constituted by a party the SE didn't vote for. It's back to square one.

What amazes me is that the best the SE got under the Pdp in the past 16yrs is the Senate president office....and they still keep voting Pdp.

How does that work?

olaboy001:
OP. Does that mean GMB will not become PGMB?
Matcheew!

CHESSBOARD:
you can see all the APC e-rats, cleverly and egift should be in this room.

diamondcrownltd:
From the results so far,it is obvious that the north hated GEJ though he worked to favour them

tit:
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Nigerian troops battled scores of Boko Haram fighters outside the northeastern city of Bauchi on Sunday, residents and a military source told AFP.






Soldiers supported by two fighter jets intercepted the militants who were in 20 pick-up trucks at Dungulbe village, seven kilometres (four miles) from the city, and engaged them in fierce fighting.

"The fighter jets are pounding the enemy position while ground troops are engaging them," said a military officer in the city, who asked not to be identified, in an account supported by residents.

"The operation is still ongoing but the terrorists have suffered serious losses and are in disarray," the officer added.

The fighting was taking place as Nigeria was holding a second day of voting in its general election after technology failures hampered polling on Saturday.

The Islamists arrived in the village around 10:00 am (0900 GMT) and set up camp in preparation for an invasion of the city, said Dungulbe resident Mudassir Hambali, who fled to Bauchi.


Nigerian troops inspect the former emir's palace in Bama that was used by Boko Haram as their he …
"They came in 20 vehicles carrying heavy weapons. As soon as I realised what was happening I fled through the bus with my family.

"I saw a large convoy of soldiers heading towards the village while I and my family were trekking to Bauchi."

Anas Uballe, from Inkil village, two kilometres from Dungulbe, said: "I saw two military jets dropping bombs and the huge explosions terrified our village which forced us to move into the city."

The militants were believed to have come through the town of Alkaleri, 60 kilometres away, where there was a dawn raid on Saturday, according to the military source and residents who fled.

Gunmen in several vehicles attacked public buildings and security checkpoints.


A police station, the office of the paramilitary Nigeria Security and Civil Defence force and the local electoral commission premises were all burned to the ground.

"They moved to Bishi, 35 kilometres away, where they shot dead a man in his car on the highway," said Alkaleri resident Babale Shehu.

"They were no doubt the same gunmen that went to Dungulbe."

The gunmen also on Sunday attacked polling stations and destroyed ballot boxes in Bauchi, state police spokesman Haruna Mohammed said.

"Today... at about 0025 hours, unspecified numbers of unknown gunmen in a convoy of over 10 vehicles stormed many polling units in Kirfi... and destroyed many electoral materials," he said.

"(The) hoodlums further attacked Kirfi and Alkaleri Divisional Police Headquarters but were repelled and pursued towards Dindima town."

The police statement did not mention Boko Haram or the operation in Dungulbe, which comes after at least seven people were killed in suspected Boko Haram attacks in neighbouring Gombe state Saturday.

"The entire surroundings has been cordoned off by combined security forces and effort is being intensified to restore normalcy in the area," said Haruna.

jom28gy:
Jona is the winner.

jerusalem101:
Despite the warning by relevant agencies, APC and their supporters have resorted to increase their propagandist tendency by flaunting the warning just for political gain. Knowing the implications of peddling falsehood ahead of the announcement of results by the INEC, we are pleasing with the agent of Change to desist from acts that could threaten law and order.

Please be aware that INEC is the only authorise body to announce or release elections results.

SeverusSnape:
I like Osinbajo, But I dislike his illiterate boss!!!

kittypraise:
Thought there is a section that gives a certain age for franchise... The extent at which we beg to be voted for is appalling...

ckenneths:
Card readers not working at my polling station. ..... http://amazingviewpoints..com/?m=1

MiracleDgreat:
Less than an hour that a bomb exploded at a polling unit in Enugu, a similar incident has occurred in Awka, Anambra State.

The Anambra explosion took place at Atom a polling unit at Umuokpara Primary School, Awka ward one.
Details later…
source: http://africansgist.com/politics/explosion-rocks-anambra-polling-unit/

godfrey01:
i have visited several pulling centres in delta state, the card readers brought to the centres not all are working.... some are not working at all... is this a problem from the manufacturer or it was delibrate so that a particaular party will win..... here in my centre, they have resulted into manual verification.. did the card brought to your pullling centre worked welll?

eaglechild:
Just as anticipated, reports coming from, Imo state, Anambra and Enugu show that the card readers have seriously hampered the voting process.