₦airaland Forum

Goke7:
A kachikwu will not be a bad idea, especially should another yar adua episode happened again [God forbid sha]. It will make common sense to give an igbo man a chance and a Kachikwu candidacy will not be a bad idea especially to the SW. Obj from the SW was President for 8 years and since a SS man GEJ has been a given a chance, I think its only fair the igbos to have their turn too

Mind you this is not a list of those I deem most fit for the job,it is the list those with the potential to achieve it (the seat not the job).
Kachikwu isn't even a politician to start with. you don't expect people like Ameachi to take a back seat when they were all the party depended on in the region to make it were it is today.

theSpark:
Kwankwaso has the appearance of a northern-centric person. That aside he has a strong chance of winning. However I have this feeling that the current VP will do so well that he's going to contest and probably win because of his style of government.

The rest don't cut it.

Whenever PDP settles I'll add Sule Lamido to my list of possibles.

You are on point however may I point out to you that Kwankwaso isn't perceived as "north centric" half the extent Buhari was. Yet he was elected.
Osinbajo like I said has no party loyalists or big boys yet. And PDP isn't going anywhere, mind you I am from the same ward with Sule Lamido.

SamuelAnyawu:
I Stand With Osinbajo

An Osinbajo presidency would stabilize Nigeria, and he really seemed focus and determined. Only problem is that he is still a baby in the party. So they might muscle him out of the contest.

Ngokafor:
..lmao!!..so its no longer 'sai baba buhari till 2023'??...In 2015,it was 'buhari will rull till 2023,after that Osibanjo will rull for another 8 years blablabla!!

...Funny clowns!!...you all sit down in one dingy corner making permutations in future tenses you have no control over..'Igbos will never rule,Biafra will never come,we will control the destiny of Igbos till eternity blablabla..

..Now its another set of calculations for 2019,with buhari's name missing

..Buhari himself on ascension of the throne was behaving like a demi-god with his 97% and 5% thingy,now he is lying sick while the 5% are alive and kicking and the 97% crying of hunger and starvation..

..Let the uncertainty surrounding buhari and 2019 presidency now be a lesson for you numb-skulls(apc supporters)..thats if you have any common sense ..Never say never is the watch-word for the wise.

Lol! You have succeed in saying nothing actually.
We supported PMB in 2015 and today he's the president while you were beating chest. Your hero lost and nothing happened.
Unlike you who are blinded by sentiments and lack of vision, we can decode and analyze political happenings to predict and plan for what's gonna happen. And the prediction is that nor PDP nor any other political party is gonna stop an APC candidate from winning.

kropotkin2:
I don't think all will be well with the APC north-SW alliance if an Osibanjo presidency does not succeed Buhari's. No northern APC politician will ever command the kind of following Buhari has for a very long time

You are right, but a Kwankwaso with even a neutral Buhari would get like 70% of Buhari's support in the north. That's I put him top of the list.

kettykings:
even if all the contestans from the north withdraw can tinubu win ?

Do you mean the general election or what? If it where primary who'd he be contesting against then. If it's general election then you should know there isn't gonna be any other party to be close to being strong enough to defeat APC nationwide.

989900:
Fashola.
Osinbajo.
Kachikwu.

Fashola's popularity and political fortunes have nosedived as a result (or lack there of) of his below expected performance in the ministries he commandeers which makes Osinbajo the most popular contendant from the whole south. However most of those to rally for him (Osibanjo) especially from the south as his base are Tinubu loyalists. If Tinubu then decides to join the race Osinbajo has no chance in APC.

princejonhealth:
even in our Dreams we can't vote APC again

Edo and Ogun say otherwise.

Continued...
4 Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
2019 might be the best time for Turaki to actualize his more than a decade old dream. His main challenge however is that he has more friends outside APC than inside. For example PMB still believes Atiku was part and parcel of the repeated mantra of 16 years PDP corruption. While he may overlook a minister or a state governor who may not have done much of the damage, Atiku especially pre-2003 was the de factor president. Therefore we all know Atiku wouldn't be the idlest candidate for PMB to support.
But due to the different vested interests in the party, Turaki could mobilize all the former PDP members in the party and we all know they are strong enough to hijack the party and nominate him as the presidential candidate. With people like Saraki, Tambuwal, Ameachi Dogara on his side, Atiku stands a very good chance against whoever Tinubu's camp will support. As I keep emphasizing, winning the primary election is the main issue.
5. SP Sen. Abubakar Bukola Saraki
Giving the Turaki situation above, the Senate president may succeed in beating Turaki to get the "PDP members in APC" caucus support. A crisis is likely to erupt and trust these cunning PDP members to exploit it like they did in the Senate president election.
Conclusion
Barring any major change like the death of the president (God forbid) or him anointing his preferred candidate outside these five (People like El-Rufai, but I believe he'd be more interested in a second term than this gamble unless the president asks him to fill in his shoes like OBJ did to Yar'Adua), I strongly believe the next president of Nigeria is up there.

2. Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu
It's still no argument the Jagaban Borgu wields a lot of political clout follwership perhaps he's second only to PMB in terms of political base consolidation.
If Asiwaju were to throw his at in the ring in 2019 am sure even the now popular VP Osinbajo will mobilize for him. It is noteworthy Asiwaju's base was instrumental in PMB's emergence as presidential candidate because much of northern voted were decided among PMB, Kwankwaso and Atiku. It was Asiwaju's camp that boosted the former's votes to outweigh the rest.
May be if northern candidates (the likes of Atiku, Kwankwaso, Saraki who might contest) were to divide their votes in 2019, a lone Asiwaju from the south could clinch the ticket.
Forget PDP fielding a Dankwambo from the north, PDP is generally viewed as the main cause of Boko Haram, it's defeat is now credited to APC. Hence a northern candidate won't make any difference.
3 VP Prof. YEMI Osinbajo
The VP is arguably the most popular Nigerian politician today, especially giving his performance as Acting President. Unlike an overreaching Atiku or a docile GEJ as a VP and later Namadi Sambo, Osinbajo carries out his duties professionally and diplomatically. Also giving the level of trust, mutual respect and support he enjoys for PMB, I believe the president wouldn't mind giving him a chance to succeed him in 2019.
The only issue an Osinbajo candidacy might face could mainly be from the interest of Asiwaju if he also decides to join the rest. Giving the latter's grip on the loyalists of the party, Osinbajo may be defeated in the primary election by Tinubu himself. That is of course giving the divided nature of northern votes among those possible contestants.
The rest of the main election is going to be a walk in the park.

*Modified
Wow! it made FP without asking any Mod. I feel encouraged. Giving my interest in politics I'll definitely be writing more.

1. Sen. Muhammadu Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso
Kwankwaso of course is the most popular northern candidate after PMB, and if you take the latter out of the race vast majority of northern electorates will vote for Kwankwaso.
Also Kwankwaso are in a very good term with PMB and he seem to be one of the most idle candidates for him to anoint. Remember also Kwankwaso came second in 2015 APC presidential primary election, now imagine PMB out of the picture.
Kwankwaso also seem to be the only nPDP decampee who has an excellent rapport with the presidency certainly more than a Saraki and Atiku.
As I stated earlier we currently lack story opposition, and it appears the way things are going there isn't gonna be an opposition with momentum, resources, members, and acceptance in 2019 the kind APC had prior to 2015 elections. So the main rumble is gonna take place within APC, the emerging candidate may just sail through.

Having closely followed Nigerian politics especially 2011 and 2015 elections, I believe there are enough indications to safely predict who and who might be most likely victorious presidential candidates in 2019.
Until PMB's recent medical trip I was convinced there was no major obstacle for a PMB's second term. This I believed was simply due to the lack of a viable presidential candidate that can challenge the president at the polls.
May I remind you in 2011 that people voted mainly against GEJ due to his failures (real or perceived). Likewise in 2019 people (the majority at least) may consider voting against PMB (also against real and perceived flaws), but the deciding factor is lack of a reliable opposition figure to do to PMB what he did to GEJ .
So foreclosing the above scenario due to the president's health gives room for predicting his likely successor. Going by the president's decision to play neutral in legislature leadership elections, it's safe to say the president may decide to do the same thing in 2019 regarding APC presidential candidate.
This brings us to the top five people I'd consider most likely to succeed PMB.
Disclaimer: This is entirely my opinion, you are entitled to yours.

I thought some people from a certain region get admission with just three marks, how come not all of them are admitted.
On a more serious note Nigerian academy is overrated.

ezechima132:
Fuc.k

This Is improper take it down ASAP.

OluchiDelly:
Pls do you know or can you help confirm from d neighbor if they start paying salary or stipends IMMEDIATELY after the camping. I have someone who is bid to go for the camping but still gainfully employed. He didn't want to resign and go for peace Corp training and return home without salary.

There is no such thing as payment o!
It's just an NGO that organizes camp training and ask participants to pay for the training.

Our police get mind o! Imagine giving a suspect a gun and bullets to take a picture.

Yarduni:
Who gave you the authority to form your questions?
Because you can make one by adding 'a little bit e.g He is a little bit semitic because I think least means a little bit or smaller in quality or quantity.

OK suit yourself. Mind you even this how aptitude test questions I test your level of English sophistication. Take it from someone who has scored high in IELTS and many other English language aptitude tests.
This format of question is very common. And if you think taking literal meaning of individual words into exam halls is going to help you, then am sorry for you.
Am done here. Have a nice day.

I agree with the OP completely our warm attitude towards corruption suspects is what emboldens them.
And we can find our first solution by electing new set of political leaders who can then make the right laws for us.
All those protesters for example let Tufsce, Charleyboy, Sowore and their likes form a new party and contest themselves, then they can hijack the legislative arm of government and enact the right laws.
Protesting and hoping these our present crop of politicians would do the right thing is a wishful thinking.
As a popular saying goes, you want something done do it yourself!

There are aptitude test questions that use the same logic to test candidates. Saying "He is the least anti-semitic person" then you'd be given options like.
A. He is anti-semitic
B. He is not anti-semitic
C. He is sometimes anti-semitic
D. Non of the above
Which would you chose?

Useless Vanguard again! They are getting more unprofessional day by day with their IT Student reporters.

Yarduni:
Let's see this from the face value, as it is. Let's not be expert in reading people's minds.

Not is nothing, least denotes a certain amount of quantity or quality. So why would you say not and least can be used in the same terms?

Check out these two applications by Mcmillan and Dictionary.com in both cases least was used as an adverb to describe someone who has the smallest amount of anti-semitism than any other person which in real sense is like saying that someone isn't anti-semitic at all!

It's a touching story, I am in kind of a similar situation. But can't you use the funds for the course to set up a business? Self employment is the best.

Yarduni:
Whats the difference between "not" and "least"? If you can get the correctanswer then you will understand why your response is flawed

Grammar is not basically how individual meanings of words are put together to provide interpretation, it is how the general consensus agreed to apply to those meanings.
Many words tend to metamorphose when used together with other words in a phrase or sentence.

Trump finally Ipob hand! zithank God a senator is up to their defense.

Did they just type Computer Engineering and a Degree? You a B.Tech or a Be.Eng? I don't believe this. May be they are just trained in computer operations and maintenance.

Chai!! See news reportage! Oga journalist OP I dey hail o!

Idonblifit!
A close friend of mine had one last year. It was shared as an inheritance. His siblings said they don't want it so make him carry am go if he liked it. We played with it like a toy. I don't know we dropped it sef now. Make I go ask am!

There these types of rice Mills all over the north, you just don't hear noise about Jigawa Rice Kano Rice Abuja Rice....

freeDR:
For those who do not know what gegemu is; that's it.

Bura Uba! Thats called Zaqami in Hausa, very dangerous!

That's interesting.

It means you are not anti semitic. It's only a way of a emphasizing. miss like saying Dangote the least broke Nigga among them. Doesn't mean he's broke.

I hope Tonye's boss isn't affected. Just when he is half way into writing his latest epistle.