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Nysc is something that has been going on for the longest time and its like the next phase after graduation for every student but there seem to be something wrong about it, alot of misplacements, one full year in khaki uniform and the next year,joblessness happens. its just not cool to have a feel of being 'working-class' and at the end, you hear stories of no job and all. thats not exactly the annoying part of Nysc though because its actually full of fun, a good time of learning and mixing with different people but it still wastes our time. let me know when a better system is arranged for this,or something that leads to a desired job opportunity,thats the whole idea of going to school in the first place. www.okpeke.com

yhh...she looks different, her style is something to kill for.Miss Kedike just knows how to pull a killer outfit.nicee...okpeke.com

what young people do for love is just alarming,we know its fine to have feelings and have a crush as a teenager but going extreme in this way is out of it! young girls especially,needs to know when it is actually right to be in a relationship, if she was a little matured, she would have known how to handle the problem than suicide. okpeke.com

wow...this is the height of it! i can go mad if thats me, how can i be married and anoda woman will be talking about taking my husband with my eyes wide open. this is the part that follows murder, when they find themselves and one kills the other or something. the girlfriend is definitely serious about it and the wife is not finding it funny. Claiming ownership of anoda womans hubby is senseless,the girlfriend needs to get a life! what is not yours can never be yours and you fight for nothing when you dont know this. okpeke.com

Stephanie has always been my best actress of all time, and she keeps looking stunning,even with the big belly...u rock Steph okpeke.com

its just really funny tho, 18 year olds? what are they doing to themselves joining cults? its crazy! and a 16 years old girl leaving every important thing in her life and focusing on having a boyfriend. the boys were stupid and so were the girls but justice should be served. okpeke.com

Because young people want to gain admission and secure a bright future doesnt mean some shameless lecturer should try to take advantage of them in a terrible way as rape! he should not only be charged of rape but also of abuse of power,that he can help her with her admission processes doesnt give him the right to abuse her sexually. okpeke.com

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he is consulting for them. proven

dondo83:
Good analysis, he did not employ obama's campaign manager though

Making something perceived as mean to be soft
Its simple, and it possible. The picture below explains it all. Obamas campaign manager simply reused the trick he had used to show how friendly Obama is to show same for GMB
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Appealing to different ethnic groups
This were things Buhari never did before
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Reaching the youths

GMB joined twitter in December 2014. It was a deliberate act to reach the younger generation who perceive him as old-fashioned and not in tune with modern day realities. Buhari had declared cows as his assets adding to the voices that dismissed him as old fashioned. Jonathan had declared shares as part of his assets years ago- a characteristic of modern man
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Source: http://eloquentbrands..com/2015/01/what-business-owners-can-learn-from.html

Countering the Sharia mindset
That Buhari wants to Islamize Nigeria and introduce sharia was a strong belief held by most people especially as he has made comments in support of Sharia. Recently he said he would scrap the office of the first lady which most people saw as the sharia style of leadership that oppresses women with examples in Afghanistan’s Taliban. His campaign strategist quickly advised Buhari to go with his wife on campaigns, something the General has never done in past campaigns. They also organized his daughter to dress in a very attractive non-fundamentalist style. All these were shared on social media and the intent was captured by a commentator on Nairaland whose comment got over 300 likes showing how much the magic worked on Nigerians. See the comment from a Nairaland post below
the first is the look of GMB late daughter and the 2nd pix are fashion rebranding for photo shoot
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The Rebranding of Buhari
The rebranding of Buhari is working like magic in the minds of Nigerians. Even though Buhari seem to always to make statements that would discredit what his strategist s are making people belief yet the magic is working. Note that most of the recent campaign strategies had never been used by the General before.

Changing the fundamentalist belief
Whereas GMB greatest opposition is the belief that he is an islamic fundamentalist, his campaign strategist countered this several activities. First was by looking for a respected Christian body with the largest population in Nigeria-RCCG. A party that was poised to field a Muslim-muslim ticket suddenly made a u-turn picking a pastor of RCCG as a running mate. They also organized events that made Buhari appear on a church event(Lagos thanksgiving service) with the General Oversea of RCCG-Pastor Enoch Adeboye who may not even know Buhari will be attending. The event was well covered by the media and splashed all over social media as Pastor Adeboye showing support for Buhari. This was coming after Adeboye had dissociated himself from the political ambition of Professor Osibanjo-the RCCG pastor that emerged the running mate of GMB.
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What is Branding?
Brand is the perception someone holds in their head about you, or a product, service, organization, cause, or idea. It can be negative, positive, or somewhere in between. Some people erroneously think that branding is all about getting a professional logo design but its far more than that. A brand is not just a logo, ad campaign, spokesperson or slogan. Rather a brand is a product of the millions of experiences a company creates with employees, vendors, reporters, communities, and customers—and the emotional feelings these groups develop as a result of their experiences.

A brand is a perception
Yes branding is all about perception and perception is stronger than reality. People are constantly forming perceptions. But we don’t have to leave the process to chance. Every day, we have opportunities to shape other’s perceptions as is the case of the Buhari brand. This is a typical example of what brand building is about: the deliberate and skillful application of effort to create a desired perception in the mind of another person.

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General Muhammed buhari is a one-time military president of Nigeria and a present(Jan 2015) presidential aspirant of the APC. He had unsuccessfully contested elections three times in 2003, 2007 and 2011. Buhari lost elections consistently for several reasons which bordered on peoples perception of him as a die-hard Islamic fundamentalist, a mean, old-fasioned sharia advocate and ethnic bigot. The brand Buhari never sold until 2014 when they were said to have hired former campaign manager of Barrack Obama-the United States president. Suddenly Buhari started enjoying massive support across Nigerian youths and people of different ethnic backgrounds -the name is now a sellable brand.

This write up is based on my following up of events and how the mind of people shifted gradually. It is intended that this will help individuals and organisations believe in the power of branding/rebranding. It has often been said that there is nothing really special about the apple in the Garden of Eden, the Devil simply made it more appealing.
Read more: http://eloquentbrands..com/2015/01/what-business-owners-can-learn-from.html

Did you say church or club? The pastor needs Jesus PERIOD

I may not know everything Ayo is doing in office but I sure do know he is representing us well. Jesus says be as wise as serpent but as gentle as a dove. Some people are just not happy that the Pentecostals they used to call mushroom churches in the 70s have suddenly risen to lead them. Im not denominational and I hate those who try to scatter our unity because things ate not going their cold, passive, indoctrinated religious way.

You are waiting to be told in black and white. The preseident must be dumb to try that. But if you dont understand a thing just fold your hands as the truth unravels if it ever will

phemmyjohnson: Lady!! Who told you the weapons are being purchased to secure your life and mine??
This is a high conspiracy which must be unravelled..
What's is the probabilty its not being purchased for the insurgents..

I don't care what anyone says. When Boko Haram was buying, no one knew. If Christians decide to defend themselves it is a pity that it's fellow Christians that will write this trash. Stay there until Boko haram evolves to ISIS and start chasing you defenseless out of your country. The federal govt may not have told the whole truth but these jihadist know how to cover themselves that until now no one knows the sponsors of Boko and how they brought in heavy weapons into the country. At least it is not open in public circles. Festus, stay for Lagos I no blame you, you are not a northern Christian so you will not understand

Go and study history how turkey and some other former Christian nations to Islam. They did that by force from jihadists and there lack of unity amongst believers.

***Addition***
I have read the comments of most people who quoted me while the ones that called themselves Christians resort to insult because they think they are protecting their faith, the Muslims have only one argument "how did Spain become Muslim?"
First to my christian brethren, you say the govt should not hide such tns, well I never said the government said so I'm only speculating that if that be the reason then it is justifiable. You say that GEJ has caused more religious divide ever since he started, well thats because some faith don't want him in power and will do everything to unsit him like they do in other places like Egypt, remember this people are willing to die for the nonsense they believe. Jonathan owes it a duty to protect her citizens and that is what Ayo has been accusing the FEG for not doing. And for some ho say that self defence is wrong for a christian, I laugh because you have just imbibed the Jehovah witness misinterpretations. When soldiers met John the baptist, he didnt ask them to resign from fighting wars to be counted as repentants. This is because there is nothing wrong with the military. Islam needs the like of Israel to discipline and keep them in check

for the muslims who say that Spain is Islam, its surprising that people still believe this propaganda their imam fed them. Wikipeadia has it that "As of 2007, it is estimated that over 1 million (1.6 as of 2013[1]) Muslims live in Spain,[2] most of them recent immigrants from North Africa, Middle East, and South Asia; although there are also some Spanish converts, estimated at between 20,000[3] and 50,000." out of over 40million people, 1 million is islam and they say spain is islam. Muslim marry many wives and give birth in multitude so their number seem to grow while christians practice family planning. stop deceiving yourselves statistics show that spain is 78% christian and only 2% muslim

When Muslims are becoming more ferocious by the day does it not make sense if Christians start thinking of ways to defend themselves. It's a pity that it's still the foolish Christians that will come here to criticize it And support the Boko APC coalition. The children of this world are indeed wiser. When Muslim acquired there's no one knows till date but bet me it's a fellow Christian that will first blow an alarm. Until ISIS resurrects in Nigeria and starts chasing Christians away will we know what we did to ourselves

how do i post videos, you need see this

It is either you did not meet Christ in the process or you left a baby christian. I may not agree with everything they do in Christ Embassy but count me out of those who will come on a public forum to castigate the Body of Christ, no matter the Church. In would rather pray for him in private rather than hurt christ the more by exposing the wrinkles he is trying to purge by the washing of water by the Word. In an inner forum, we can talk about it (and weep about it). God needs to intervene in this last days and we can't bring him to the scene by joining the camp of the accuser of the brethren. When we know that Jesus says he that has no sin should cast the first stone, then we would be more careful how we are quick to cast stones on a fallen minister. We are in a warfare and it is surprising that the Church is one organisation that kills her wounded Generals.
Only those mature in faith will understand this, others will write against it.

I have always known that the church is ahead of the world in wisdom. I have always known that one day history will vindicate Bishop Oyedepo and co who in a bid to fulfill their callings have crossed limitations of religion and a poverty mindset to do the unusual. These people travel the world over to preach the Gospel in fulfillment of the prophecy that every nation will hear the Gospel before the end. They realize that there is no more time and everything ,ust he done as fast as possible and jet can ne a leverage. The world doesn't know their itinary but would prefer to criticize. The worst is fellow Christians who joined the debit in the camp of the accuser of the brethren

Nice

krall: i dont hope to see the times when no where would be safe to run to.

Oh so u think there's a safe place to run to now? Is it US where they're hunting blacks like bush animals or South Africa with their xenophobic attacks or Egypt Syria and Iraq where it's a crime to be Christian. My brother the only safe place is in Christ co there is no shaking and even if there is, you at least know where you are going

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If she's only intelligent but not smart(street smart) then let her settle for what she's got even though I'm still not down with someone doing something out of frustration. If I'm her pastor I will advice her to pursue her passion and stop relying strictly on a 5x11 sheet of paper called result/certificate.

Passion is the engine that drives achievement it burns out every disappointment and persevere against any setbacks. The reason many Nigerians end up frustrated is because they pursued public opinion and certificate not passion so they die anonymous and deny their generation of their contribution. In the West somebody can take an unfamiliar field out of passion and make an uncommon discovery in that field because there are few people there and end up etching his/ her name in the annals of history

Selah

victorVIC1: #Deep

Yeah! Very deeep

sheffyUTD: Intrigue and Interesting. Please I want to be your student. Can you educate me more? Especially on Catholics selling stuffs to Muslim.

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