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PoliticsRe: Jonathan Has Ruined The Economy, APC Governors Cry Out by farem: 6:52pm On May 05, 2015
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RomanceRe: Do You Ladies Ever Wished To Get Married To Virgin Males ? by farem: 7:52pm On May 01, 2015
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PunkyOh:
A big fat NO. Hahaha. I don't have the patience of teaching an old dog new tricks, if you kwim wink
First ever person who prefers USED car to tear-robber! Just because s/he doesnt want to go through number-plating and other documentation procedures
PoliticsRe: APC Zoning Of SGF To SE Divides Igbos by farem: 5:01pm On May 01, 2015
ZUBY77:
And as usual, every idiotttt is shouting Ngige, ogbonia onu.

And you want CHANGE.

FROM WHAT TO WHAT?
FROM WHAT cluelessness TO WHAT cluefulness
RomanceRe: Nigeria Ranked Most Sexually Satisfied Country In The World by farem: 4:33pm On May 01, 2015
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shakazuldadon:
so what














pre marital sex leads to hell.
pre marital sex is the single biggest current passport to hell
PoliticsRe: Photo Of Buhari,Gov. Rochas Okorocha And Ngige Laughing So Hard At Each Other by farem:
It's now clear somebody has been assigned as hard-laughters photografa. or else how we con de see hard-laff like this?
PoliticsRe: Okorocha, Ogbonnaya Onu Led Barth Nnaji Other Igbo Leaders To Buhari (pics) by farem: 3:25pm On May 01, 2015
peckhamboi:
Every day, different set of Igbo leaders are meeting Buhari despite less than 1% of them voting for the man.

Even the Yoruba, Middle Belt and Hausa people who truly voted for him in droves are yet to visit him.

Some people are truly not shameful at all.
RomanceRe: Ladies,which Of These Guys Would You Have Said Yes To? by farem: 2:41pm On May 01, 2015
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Phens:
pls go for peter...at least someone she enjoys being with, apart from the money aspect[color=#770077]pls go for peter...at least someone she enjoys being with, apart from the money aspectpls go for peter...at least someone she enjoys being with, apart from the money aspect
PENarrhoea
PoliticsRe: BREAKING: Nigerian Military Rescues 200 Girls From Sambisa Forest - PREMIUM TIME by farem(op): 10:00pm On Apr 28, 2015
Einsthawkton:
Time will tell,




They might say something else later
PoliticsRe: BREAKING: Nigerian Military Rescues 200 Girls From Sambisa Forest - PREMIUM TIME by farem(op): 9:59pm On Apr 28, 2015
sammyp01:
For the psychophant that said no girls were kidnapped.eat ur words
Congrats NA.good news
PoliticsBREAKING: Nigerian Military Rescues 200 Girls From Sambisa Forest - PREMIUM TIME by farem(op): 9:53pm On Apr 28, 2015
Nigerian military rescues 200 girls from Sambisa forest


April 28, 2015Sani Tukur

Nigerian troops have rescued 200 girls from Sambisa forest, the notorious hideout of the insurgent group, Boko Haram, the defence headquarters said Tuesday.
The girls were found Tuesday afternoon alongside 93 women who were also rescued, the military said.
The military however said it could not confirm whether the girls were students abducted more than a year ago from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State.
The girls were being “screened and profiled”, the military said.
“Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls & 93 women from Sambisa Forest. We cannot confirm if the #ChibokGirls are in this group,” the military said in a series of tweets.
“Troops captured and destroyed 3 terrorists camps including the notorious Tokumbere camp in the Sambisa Forest Operation.
“The freed persons are now being screened and profiled,” while promising to provide more detail on the operation later.”
The Chibok girls were abducted by Boko Haram militants on April 14, 2014.
PRNigeria, a news website which distributes press statements for the military and other Nigerian government agencies, reported that at least three major terrorists camps were destroyed during the operation.
The website quoted the Director of Defence Information, Chris Olukolade, a major general, as confirming the operations.
“I can only confirm the rescued this afternoon of 200 girls and 93 women in different camps in the forest. We are yet to determine their origin as all the freed persons are now being screened and profiled. Please don’t misquote me on their origin. We will provide more details later,” Mr. Olukolade said
PoliticsRe: Probe Electoral Fraud In South- East --- APGA Urges Buhari by farem: 4:13pm On Apr 27, 2015
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arewafederation:
Why are these ibos always calling Buhari to come to their rescue? Is he now their new messiah? undecided



SMH for the Igbos. huh
Question for the gods
PoliticsRe: Exclusive: Amaechi To Head Buhari’s Cabinet As SGF, Ngige, Fashola... by farem: 4:30pm On Apr 24, 2015
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seankafor:
this guy just keeps hating the south east........... Well God is in control..
Hmmm.. you expect to see Peter Obi, P. Anyim, and other bloody electoral commanders of our military from the East, well, live with the disappointment!
PoliticsWhy Was IGP, Suleiman Abba Fired? By Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu - Sahara Reporters by farem(op): 4:19pm On Apr 24, 2015
Why Was Suleiman Abba Fired? By Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu
Suleiman knew he wasn’t the brightest man for the job. He knew deep within him that he was picked because he showed the promise of having the ability to lend the Nigerian Police to a Jonathan’s landslide win.
BY EMMANUEL UCHENNA UGWUAPR 23, 2015

What sin did Abba, the policeman, commit that is worse than the obliteration of a dozen plus three souls executed by his namesake, the sack-proof Minister?

Why Suleiman Abba? The Inspector General of Police who got his men to
besiege the National Assembly, teargas opposition members of the House
of the Representatives, lock out Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal? He was
the man who pronounced cheekily that his say-so determined who had
legitimacy to remain Speaker!

Reuben Abati, Jonathan’s spokesman defended the sack with a predictable line: The President has the powers to hire and fire.

We know that cliché. But we also know that President Jonathan is not
big on sacking. We know he shrinks from firing those who are most
deserving of dismissal. He would protect and cuddle them, as if he was
positively validating their atrocity.

However, we remember that when the luckier Abba orchestrated and
supervised the murder of 15 Nigerians in a job scam that should enter
the Guinness Book of Records as the most subscribed in the world,
President Jonathan didn’t flex his sacking muscle. Jonathan harbored
Moro. And he still harbors him one full year after the bloodshed. The
murderer is still Minister of Interior, the overseer of very agencies,
including the Nigerian Prisons!

So why did President Jonathan fire Suleiman Abba?

Simple answer: Suleiman Abba failed to deliver.

He was an election time IGP. He was hired to twist the men and the
services of the Nigerian Police into the scheme to concoct a victory
for President Jonathan.

Suleiman Abba knew it. He was under no illusion that he had been
tapped to bring crime rate down. He knew he wasn’t the brightest man
for the job. He knew deep within him that he was picked because he
showed the promise of having the ability to lend the Nigerian Police
to a Jonathan’s landslide win.

But what did Abba do few weeks to the election? He launched some code
of conduct for his men. The handbook detailed the nice behaviors the
policeman was required to exhibit around a polling unit. He was to be
civil, polite and alert. He was expected to watch over the integrity
of the voting exercise. Not to act in collusion with some desperate
politicians to sabotage the process.

Somehow, the men of the police seemed to abide by the rules of that
handbook. They did not act as if they were minions of Wadata Plaza.
They were not captured on cell phones, running into some bush with
ballot boxes. They were not sighted thumb printing on behalf of voters
who did not show up. They behaved decently, as though they synced
their election duty with enlightened self-interest. They knew that
many cycles of aiding and abetting grand vote heists have not improved
their lives and livelihood. They acted like they were as hungry for
CHANGE as other folks elsewhere. This is one of the reasons why
Jonathan lost.

And that is why President Jonathan pushed Suleiman Abba into the sack Lagoon.

I know this looks vindictive. It’s bad optics. Not exactly an act that
should emanate from a gentleman who used a one minute telephone call
to his rival to graciously concede defeat and secure for himself
statesmanship, even charming admirers to imagine him a contender for
the Nobel Prize for Peace. But there is a part of every human that has
an appetite for revenge.

When President Jonathan bypassed other higher ranked officers to
appoint Abba, it was done in the understanding that a sense of
gratitude would obligate the lucky chap to pay back. Both Jonathan and
Abba knew the favor put Abba in debt. Abba was supposed to do
everything he could to make sure the man who appointed him wins his
re-election bid. Abba did not do anything substantial to influence the
outcome of the process. This is why President Jonathan felt bitter.
Jonathan must have said words to this effect to himself, ‘’ if I am
going down, that guy is going down too: And he is going down before I
go down’’.

In his widely acclaimed novel, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
described the implications of a royal death in an effete Igbo milieu.
He told of how a dead king was never committed to the grave alone. The
dead king was provided some company. Some people had to die because
the king died. Something like a transition entourage.

These are Goodluck Jonathan days; not those pre-colonial days. But the
loss of a king still produces casualties. And head hunting still
follows political deaths, as a matter of course.

Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu

@emmaugwutheman
PoliticsRe: Photo : GMB Inspecting The Train For New Nigeria by farem: 4:04pm On Apr 24, 2015
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Super1Star:
That is a train and not the 16th century locomotive that the Mandela of Otuoke was celebrating.
"the Mandela of Otuoke"! Don't kill someone with laughter o
Christianity EtcRe: One More Reason Why You Shouldnt Bother To Praise God. *MUST READ* by farem(op): 6:24pm On Apr 19, 2015
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kodded:
misleading topic..........please change it
Yes, it is misleading. It will meet it's goal: TO GET PEOPLE TO READ IT!
Christianity EtcOne More Reason Why You Shouldnt Bother To Praise God. *MUST READ* by farem(op): 6:09pm On Apr 19, 2015
You will NEVER get the gist UNTIL you reach the end of this post
*MUST READ*
I want to weep when I look at this pic.
She has no arms and legs
yet she is worshiping God
with her whole heart.
What a touching photo!!!
If you do have a reason to always
serve Him, please join
us and worship Him whether
you are Muslim or Christian
by liking, sharing and writing,
"Thank U God".
in the comment box..
He wakes U up in good, please
be grateful to God cos without
Him, U are nothing!
Please SHARE to motivate ur
friends. They really need to see this.
Ignore if U are ungrateful to God.

Unto the Most High, I live my life to say[b] "THANK U LORD"[/b]

Science/TechnologyRe: We Now Generate 5,500 Megawatts Of Power, Says FG by farem: 5:39pm On Apr 18, 2015
Flye:
A month to hand over power, they now generate 5500 mega watt. What a pathetic government, they want to leave[b] paper achievement[/b] has their 16years legacy.
No to "paper achievement[". Where is our billions of dollars spent?
PoliticsRe: What Could President-elect Buhari Be Thinking In This Picture? by farem: 5:28pm On Apr 18, 2015
The extent of management DAMAGEment of Jeg on Nigeria and Nigerians
PoliticsRe: Ten Reasons Why Buhari Will Succeed by farem: 5:23pm On Apr 18, 2015
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GeneralBosco:
Oga, there's still 2million up for grabs on a thread (i'll provide you with the link). The simple task is just to provide "video proof" where Buhari said "I will make 1Naira equal to 1 dollar". The thread has been up for almost 2weeks. Till today, none of you fools have been able to do that yet you go around the forum spreading falsehood just to hide your pain grin



Buhari is the owner of Times Magazine?? This is a new level of stupidity. shocked
"Stupidity" is an understatement for him!
PoliticsHow Buhari Can Arrest Deziani And Okonjo-iweala On May 29 By Illesanmi Omabomi by farem(op): 11:33pm On Apr 17, 2015
How Buhari Can Arrest Deziani And Okonjo-Iweala On May 29 By Illesanmi Omabomi
These two individuals are not the most corrupt members of the now infamous Goodluck Jonathan led presidency—and it will take a very long time before the full extent of the damage done to our economy can be fully established, if at all possible! However, in the case of Deziani and Okonjo-Iweala, the information gleaned from the several House of Representatives investigations into the 10 Billion Naira NNPC plane maintenance contracts, and oil subsidy payments that were not budgeted for provide the incoming President with enough information to order their immediate arrests and have them charged with the appropriate offenses the same day.
BY ILLESANMI OMABOMIAPR 17, 2015

I can afford to take the risk of concluding that the majority of Nigerians would like to see brought to justice, and swiftly so, the people who brought Nigeria to her knees through the looting of our commonwealth.

Many Nigerians are afraid that some, if not most of these looters, may flee the country after May 29, 2015, before investigations are commenced/concluded. The purpose of this article is to advocate that the President elect, Mohamadu Buhari, should start the blitzkrieg against corruption immediately after concluding his swearing-in ceremony at Eagle Square on May 29, 2015.

Based on readily available public information, there is no better way and place to start that fight than the arrest Allison Deziani Madueke and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala before the end of day on May 29, 2015. Both women are currently serving as minister for Petroleum and Finance respectively. They both represent some of the biggest fishes, yes fishes, in the pond.

These two individuals are not the most corrupt members of the now infamous Goodluck Jonathan led presidency—and it will take a very long time before the full extent of the damage done to our economy can be fully established, if at all possible! However, in the case of Deziani and Okonjo-Iweala, the information gleaned from the several House of Representatives investigations into the 10 Billion Naira NNPC plane maintenance contracts, and oil subsidy payments that were not budgeted for provide the incoming President with enough information to order their immediate arrests and have them charged with the appropriate offences the same day. The new president should demonstrate his commitment to the rule of law and the time limit requirement for charging arrested persons with offences known to law and having such persons presented before a court of law by ensuring that both women appear in the court on Monday June 1, 2015 to enter pleas and apply for bail. (May 29, 2015 being a Friday). Like many other Nigerians, I believe that both women are surely guilty of more heinous offenses than the ones mentioned above. However, arresting and charging them will send a clear and unambiguous message about the ferocity of the incoming President’s war against corruption, yield valuable information into the more complicated investigations and encourage others to step forward and make voluntary disclosures, thereby reducing the time and resources needed for the fight against corruption.

The President-Elect can then offer leniency on the basis of voluntary disclosures, have a hiatus of a few days and wait to see if there will be takers of the offer. The majority of Nigerian politicians are cowards and trust me, seeing the powerful Deziani and Okonjo-Iweala charged before the court, they will be lining up to confess. This approach will be cheaper, point you to previously unknown and maybe otherwise never possible to find stolen resources. I believe it will also yield more of the stolen resources. This topic will be fleshed out in full in another article.

For me, calling for the arrest and trial of Okonjo-Iweala is personal anguish for me but the nation’s interest must be the over-riding consideration. It is anguish for me because at the tail end of Obasanjo’s presidency she was one of those I sincerely considered worthy of becoming the President or Vice President at the very minimum. How she allowed herself to be sucked into the bowels of Goodluck Jonathan’s rampaging corruption whale is an examination that would have commenced inside her head by now.

Let PDP supporters call me what they want and I am not a member of APC. The party I support is the one I believe has the interest of Nigeria at heart. I believe Mohamadu Buhari of APC does at this point in time. Nigerians, including me are eager to see these corrupt and arrogant politicians from all parties who bestrode our political landscape in the recent past like Colossus, feeding fat on our collective inheritance brought to justice and swiftly so. The stoppage or reduction of corruption and the recovery of our stolen resources is critical the efforts to build a sustainable society in which we all have a reasonable chance of achieving our legitimate aspirations.

Illesanmi Omabomi
PoliticsRe: Anti Igbo Buhari's Silence On South Africa's Violence. by farem: 10:55pm On Apr 17, 2015
sCun:
The stupîd OP is a disgrace to all Igbos.
The type that is sacrificed to the gods.
What a frustrated fool!
PoliticsRe: Anti Igbo Buhari's Silence On South Africa's Violence. by farem: 10:53pm On Apr 17, 2015
abduljabbar4:
If they will kill ONLY Igbos, I'm in support of their actions though I don't like the fact that they are attacking people from other counties.

Buharis cows are more important to him because he benefits from them. What has he benefited from igbo people?

The igbos were rejoicing when boko haram was killing the northerners to the extent of saying"let them kill themselves"

Has Gej made any statement? Do you know the difference between a president and a president-elect?
Don't mind the mor0n. Agent of divisiveness. Live with the defeat, you have failed!
EducationRe: Some Interesting Facts About The World. by farem: 7:13am On Apr 17, 2015
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joeblac07:
13. The Earth is 4.56 billion years old the same
age as the Moon and the Sun.

The holy book of Christians say otherwise. The Bible posits that the earth is about 6,000 years old.

So are you gonna believe what the Bible says by faith or are you gonna belief what science has proved so clearly, by evidence.
The gap between Gen 1: and Gen 1:2 is unfathomable! ONLY GOD can tell us the gap between the two verses. So, Bible and Science are on the same page.
Verse 1 says iIN THE BEGINNING,GOD CREATED THE HEAVEN{S} AND THE EARTH... then THE EARTH BECAME VOID! Verse three down ward talks about your 6000 years thing
PoliticsBREAKING: What Jimi Agbaje Tells Supporters Today by farem(op): 7:04pm On Apr 15, 2015
I know that a lot has been said following the declaration by INEC on the governorship election for our great state Lagos State. As you may already have heard, I have since called Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to congratulate him and wish him well.
It would be unfair, however, not to stop by here to thank all of YOU who came on this platform, invested your time and energy to support our cause.
To my fellow Lagosians, especially those who stood by our campaign every step of the way, I want to thank you. The passion that you have brought into this democratic process and your participation have not been in vain. On the contrary, because you have made your voices heard in this election, in the final analysis, win or lose, our dear state will be the better for it.
To my team - my friends, my supporters, donors and volunteers, your extraordinary work over the last 4-months gave us more than a fighting chance. Your intellect, passion and motivation kept the engines running. I sincerely thank you, for all the long hours, sleepless nights and immense sacrifice that you have all made towards this cause. Not minding the outcome of the elections, I can guarantee that your contribution to this campaign has helped expand the wider narrative of democracy and good governance in Lagos. You can hold your heads high knowing that you have all done a great job as citizens of this great state and country.
To my family and my wife, Biola, I couldn’t have done this without you. Your prayers, perseverance and words of wisdom were ever so priceless during this campaign. Thank you for tolerating my crazy schedules and intense routine.
I believe in Lagos. I believe in the people of Lagos. Elections come and go - sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. But through it all, democracy teaches us that we can agree to disagree without necessary compromising our stand, or values or the very principles that make us unique. For Lagos, we must keep on pushing for a government that does not only work for a few elite but for the greater good of our people. We have an obligation to ensure that Lagos continues to be inclusive and that our development must have a human face. This is what I committed to when I decided to run and this is worth fighting for.
Although this election is over, our work as citizens must continue. Each and every one of us has a duty to ensure that our government continues to be transparent and accountable. Only then do we really reap the rewards of our democracy.
As always feel free to drop a message or two here and I'll try to keep up my engagement as time permits. It is my greatest honor to have competed in this race and interacted with so many of you in the course of this campaign. May God almighty continue to bless the people of Lagos. And may God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Thank you.

PoliticsRe: Buhari's Ministerial List: Who Will Make It...? by farem: 6:11pm On Apr 15, 2015
Mrs. Allyson-Madueke- Finance and foreign Reserves Management

FFK- Minister for Igbos affairs

Shekau- Peace and Religious harmony

Bipi- Youth and Re-orientation

... add ya own!
PoliticsRe: Jonathan Hands Over Power On May The 28th Not The 29th by farem: 5:48pm On Apr 15, 2015
temitemi1:
We will miss u Mr President cry cry kiss. GEJ my HERO! FAYOSE my ROLE MODEL and SHEKAU your MENTOR!!
PoliticsRe: Buhari Has Drawn The Battle- Line With South-east, South- South. —intersociety by farem: 1:30pm On Apr 15, 2015
lionstone:
....The President-Elect’s perceived primordial sense of reasoning and judgment totally makes it very difficult for him to pause and ask: “Why are the people of the South-South and the South-East both home and outside rejecting my party and candidacy at polls and how can they be pacified for the sake of united, purposeful and prosperous Nigeria?”....



Source http://www.newsexpressngr.com/news/detail.php?news=10745&title=Buhari-has-drawn-the-battle-line-with-South-East,-South-South;-he-should-be-sent-to-the-USA-for-lessons-%E2%80%94Intersociety&scid=16
[b]The above was the concoction of the political hawks in the SE and SS. Why is it that our people from these zones were projected as politically naive and un-enlightened by making sure the card readers did not work there while considerable illiterate north had it smooth with this technology. NOBODY should ever project them as not supporting GMB/APC. They stopped them from exercising their free-will. Now I am not saying PDP would have lost BUT not with that miserable marging. I am greatly appalled by what happened in the SE and Rivers while APC recorded a win in BAyelsa House of Assembly. Rather, they voted out all chances of becoming anything. Now some are saying Yorubas did not die in the last 6 years for not having 'somebody' high, I ask can my IGBOS (who still cry marginalised despite the 'good show' in the last 6 years) remained unperturbed and focus like them? It's high time we arise and put to work our political weight rather than playing spoilers or being blind supporters of and claiming (minority Ijaws) someone who doesnt have any trace of Igbo in him as 'our own' EVEN at expense of our posterity. LASTLY, every tribe (one) is free to support any party/person BUT it has to be strategically.

I await your vituperations![/b]
PoliticsRe: Ijeoma Ozichi Writes Chimamanda Adichie On The Oba Of Lagos Statement To Igbos by farem: 11:03am On Apr 15, 2015
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M17:
AMADIOHA WILL SURELY STRIKE YOU EFULEFU



WE WILL SEE HOW YOUR BETRAYAL WILL LEAD YOU ,



KEEP TYPING , UNPOPULAR OFE OWERRI slowpoke .
I don't expect anything less. In fact, this is mild! This lady is 'cursed' for being objective. Who be am (she)? Even Dim Ojukwu, the Gburugburu himselfwould be disowned, excommunicated and ostracised, if he writes this. But Shekau, Tinubu, Fayose, FKK will be indigenized once they 'rise' angrilly in defence of Igbo-man no matter the situation.

Sister, I don't envy you o. You are hereby marked for 'destruction' by teenage to thirty-something years Igbo defenders who have in them planted the Biafran's resentment for you to have spoken like a Nigerian
PoliticsRe: PDP Chieftain Abandons Agbada, Jumps Fence Evading Arrest by farem: 9:06am On Apr 15, 2015
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modelmike7:
That is the way he will keep running till he finds himself in Cotonou Kabul, Afghanistan!
Fixed
Politics2015: The 9 Biggest Political Casualties Of The 2015 Nigerian General Elections by farem(op): 7:36am On Apr 14, 2015
Below are 9 biggest political casalties in this political dispensation. What is your opinion? Do you have anyone to add or remove? Back this up with facts.

Set.... Go!

The 9 Biggest Political Casualties Of The 2015 Nigerian General Elections By Carlhz Chinedu

Winners have emerged and the also-rans are counting their financial and political loses. Some losers, however, were obviously worse affected than others. Below is a compilation of the biggest casualties of the March 28 and April 11 political hurricanes.
BY CARLHZ CHINEDUAPR 13, 2015

The April 11 Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections have come and gone, bringing to an end over 12 months of rigorous electioneering and scheming. Winners have emerged and the also-rans are counting their financial and political loses. Some losers, however, were obviously worse affected than others. Below is a compilation of the biggest casualties of the March 28 and April 11 political hurricanes.


Mua'zu Babangida Aliyu
: The Niger State "Chief Servant's" woeful performance at both the March 28 and April 11 elections has called into question his supposed status as a force to be reckoned with in the Nigerian political equation. The long-serving Chairman of the Northern States Governors' Forum (NSGF) not only failed to "deliver" his state to the PDP's Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in the Presidential Polls and in his bid to ensure that his anointed candidate, Umar Nasko, succeeds him at the Minna Government House, but he also fluffed in his quest to represent the Niger East Senatorial Zone in the 8th Senate. It's really been a season of reality checks for the once-influential governor, a politician who was reportedly being groomed by some power brokers in the North to succeed Goodluck Ebele Jonathan come 2019. He was even widely quoted in the local press few weeks ago as saying that he intends to "mark time" in the Senate while he awaits the 2019 General Elections when he would take a shot at the country's top job. All that is up in the air now. As it stands, instead of waiting in the senate, he will be marking time at home while he counts his loses and plans his next political move.

Lagos PDP: These are not the best of times for the PDP nationwide, more so in Lagos state. The party's huge losses at the polls is made much worse by the fact that Lagos state is the de facto nerve center of the APC. Depending on how the APC goes about governing both the country and the state, the once-dominant PDP may be reduced to oblivion. The PDP's sudden loss of prominence will definitely instigate a flurry of realignments and defections into the new ruling party. The losses will be asphyxiating no doubt, but the PDP's continued survival and robustness in Lagos state is crucial for the democracy over there, else the "Center of Excellence" runs the risk of becoming a one-party state where no-one dares question or check the excesses of the ruling party. Four years is not eternity; 2019 is not as far as it seems. There's enough time between now and then for the party to rediscover itself and mount a greater challenge.

David Mark and Gabriel Suswam: Not even the combined might of a two-time Senate President and an incumbent governor could stop the APC from snatching a hard-fought victory in Benue state. The PDP's latest defeat in Benue didn't come as a surprise to many this time around, following its shock loss in the state at the presidential polls. The party's overall poor showing at the National Assembly elections will almost certainly cost David Mark the presidency of Nigeria's Upper Legislative Chamber — a position which he has held since 2007 — while Governor Suswam's running battle with the Benue state civil servants has cost him both a ticket to the 8th Senate and a governorship ticket for his anointed candidate, Terhemen Tarzoor. What becomes of both men in the Nigerian political arena come the next administration is anyone's guess.

Nuhu Ribadu: The revered former anti-corruption boss' sojourn into the murky waters of politics has so far not been fruitful. He contested and lost the 2011 Presidential elections on the platform of the ACN to the PDP's Goodluck Jonathan. In 2014, he controversially defected to the PDP from what had morphed into the APC with hopes of contesting on the platform of the PDP and probably winning the Adamawa state gubernatorial election. However, it was not to be. He was gifted the opportunity of running for the office, but he was always doomed to fail, following alleged anti-party activities and sabotage by members of his own party. This culminated in a comprehensive defeat on April 11, where he finished in an embarrassing third place.

Chibuike Amaechi:
His party may have been victorious at the Presidential polls, but it's been a pyrrhic victory for the APC chieftain. His failure to "deliver" his state to the All Progressives' Congress a fortnight ago was partially overlooked and forgiven amidst the euphoria surrounding their triumph at the national level, but April 11's heavy defeat will not go unnoticed. The Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council could do little as his party was trounced in a state where he is the governor, at the hands of the his arch rival, the Dame Patience Jonathan-backed Nyesom Wike of the PDP. Amaechi may be an integral part of the incoming APC-led federal government, but back home in the South South, his influence has been significantly whittled down.

Namadi Sambo: Even his status as the incumbent Vice President and a one-time governor of Kaduna could not ward off a heavy loss for his party in his home state. Though no-one really expected him to "deliver" the North — or even the North West — to the PDP, the low-key and ever-smiling Vice President should have brought much more to the table in the March 28 and April 11 elections than he ended up doing.

Adamu Mu'azu: This has been the People's Democratic Party's worst performance since its inception in 1998, prior to Nigeria's return to civilian rule. Every organization has a leader whose responsibilities are to manage its affairs and accept culpability for the outcomes of his managerial decisions and tactics, especially when they are negative. In this instance, Mu'azu (branded the "Game Changer" by his PDP colleagues) must shoulder the blames for his party's disastrous outing in the just-concluded polls, though it was not entirely of his own making. Under his watch, the PDP lost several states where it was once dominant, including Plateau, Niger, Adamawa, Benue, Katsina and Kaduna (Abia will also likely be lost to APGA), and it put up a limp performance in Opposition-controlled states where it was expected to do much better, including Oyo, Ogun, Nasarawa, Kano, Kwara, Sokoto, Lagos and Bauchi, his home state. Considering the amount of resources that was poured into the 2015 general elections by the PDP, the end product has been nothing short of disastrous.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan: He's, without a doubt, the biggest loser here, yet the manner in which he quickly conceded defeat and saved the country another round of senseless bloodshed has made him victorious in defeat. His political miscalculations, faux pas, misguided appointments and perceived leniency towards corruption all conspired to make him the first incumbent Nigerian Head of State to lose a presidential election. That notwithstanding, His Excellency deserves our dispassionate commendation for overseeing one of the most peaceful and successful elections in Nigeria's history, even in the face of intense pressure to manipulate the process.

Carlhz Chinedu is a sociopolitical commentator and a social justice activist.

He can be reached via CarlhzChinedu@gmail.com
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