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What kind of reporting is this

Firefire:
''APC is the only party that will make you swear with the Quran to abide by rules and directives of the Party which we did but when we discovered that it is all deceit, we had to leave the Party back to the PDP where we left from''

Heey Feee Ceeee una dey try oooo

I guess those accusing GMB for being a religious bigot, have their proof now...BTW why did the guy make reference to the quran Why not the bible...

I guess the emphasis of this propaganda is on religion...

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has listed the strategies that he would adopt to end insecurity in the country if elected President.

The methods, were unveiled by Buhari during his meeting with the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, in Lagos on Sunday.

The source, who was one of the APC members that also attended the meeting, said on Monday that the strategies included the elimination of corruption, transparency in the management of defence budgets and an overhaul of the nation’s security apparatuses.

He said that Buhari highlighted the plans when Kerry expressed concern about the spate of insecurity in the North-East.

The source added, “Kerry said the US was interested in someone that could curb the Boko Haram menace. He said the concern of President Barack Obama was that terrorism should not spread beyond the North-East as it seemed to be doing so gradually.

“Kerry asked what the strategy of the APC would be in fighting insecurity.”

One of our correspondents gathered that while responding, Buhari said since he knows that corruption and lack of political will are some of the problems militating against the war against insurgency, he would tackle them headlong if elected.

Buhari was said to have told Kerry that the Goodluck Jonathan administration had spent billions of dollars on defence and that a large portion of the money was diverted by those in power.

It was also learnt that the APC candidate informed the Secretary of State that the President had turned a blind eye to this.

Buhari was said to have also stated that there was something wrong with the intelligence-gathering mechanism of the military. He therefore promised that he would revamp the security apparatuses of the government.

According to our source, the APC candidate said “that Boko Haram members were not ghosts but that they were gaining ground because the security agencies had been compromised.”

He said that the former Head of State also promised that transparency would be his watchword in the disbursement of defence budgets.

It was gathered that Buhari “promised to ensure that every kobo spent on security would be accounted for as this would ensure that our soldiers get the appropriate equipment and have their morale boosted.”

He was also said to have told Kerry that the Jonathan government once scuttled a hearing by the National Assembly on defence spending, an act that clearly showed that it was not ready to promote transparency in the management of the nation’s affairs.

“Buhari said when the National Assembly set up a hearing with the heads of security agencies to know how the defence budgets were being spent, the Presidency scuttled it because it was obvious that the money for equipment was not being spent judiciously. He said by such an act, the Jonathan government was not encouraging transparency in the way and manner money meant for security was being spent.”

The PUNCH gathered that APC leaders like the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, who were also at the meeting, urged the US to impress it upon the Jonathan government to ensure that next month’s elections were not postponed.

Kerry was said to have expressed worry at the pre-election violence in the country but the APC leaders told him that they had nothing to do with it.

The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation has however welcomed the call by the US for free, fair and peaceful elections in Nigeria.

The organisation, in a statement by its Director, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said it fully identified with Washington’s appeal to political parties to ensure credible polls.

According to the statement, the Jonathan administration and all responsible politicians should support the objectives of free, fair and peaceful polls as advocated by the US government.

The statement read in part, “He(Kerry) explained that the US and other members of the international community should not leave the Jonathan administration to its devices or whims and caprices, adding that the government must be held to these commitments to avoid any hanky-panky during the elections.

“On the US threat to deny visa to politicians that engage in electoral violence and malpractices, the APC Campaign organisation said it fully endorsed the measure to serve as a deterrent and give credibility to Nigeria’s democracy and electoral system.”

I can’t fight corruption by jailing people, Jonathan insists

Meanwhile, Jonathan has insisted that he will not fight corruption by jailing people.

He, however, stated that he would build a system that would block people’s direct access to funds.

The President said this at a corporate forum titled, ‘An Evening with Dr. Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan’ in Lagos on Sunday.

He said even if five million Nigerians were thrown into jail for corruption, graft would still continue if the system was porous.

He said, “People always say government is not fighting corruption but our position is very clear. We are fighting corruption and our position is that fighting corruption is not all about jailing people and showing them on television sets.

“In this country, we never had armed robbery until the civil war when small arms were being used. Initially, armed robbers were being shot in public and later in secret. But it did not stop armed robbery; so our commitment is in the British law system that states that it is better for nine criminals to go free than for one innocent person to suffer undue punishment. In that case, the concept of beyond reasonable doubt is always difficult to prove in corrupt cases and that is why they even accuse the EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) of going for plea bargain.

“In the area of arrest, the EFCC has prosecuted more people and has secured more convictions than before but even if you prosecute 10 million Nigerians and convict five million, it will not stop corruption. Yes, you are fighting corruption which must continue but the most important thing is to block those avenues that corruption can occur.”

The President also promised to bring the fight against insurgency to an end if re-elected.

Earlier, many of his key ministers had spoken about the administration’s achievements.

For instance, the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said the recent rebasing of the GDP showed that the Jonathan administration had actually diversified the economy better than its predecessors.

Okonjo-Iweala, however, warned that there would be tough days ahead but maintained that the diversification of the economy would cushion the drop in the price of crude oil.

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, said there had been giant strides in the oil sector but lamented that pipeline vandalism was affecting both oil production and revenue.

She said over 60,000 barrels of crude were still being lost to the act daily.

Also speaking, the Chairman, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said the economy should be diversified such that oil would constitute only about 40 per cent of the nation’s revenue.

Dangote, who called on the government to ensure job creation, said it was unfortunate that within 90 days the price of oil went from $110 per barrel to less than $50.

Source: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2015/01/jonathan-cant-crush-boko-haram-buhari.html?m=1

Kudos ceo4eva, I guess you are the official photographer of GEJ campaign...

Betcliq25:
Passing by

I guess another "FIXED" match gone bad right On your fb page you posted celta vigo to win and that's the opposite...I hope some gullible guys won't let you bankrupt them...Fixed indeed

If indeed this piece of news is true, then good for him...I don't think he would be missed...Because from his body language he is not with GEJ and his influence in PDP has greatly dropped...

I guess that's another avenue for him to remain relevant in politics...I wish him well in his new quest...

How did BH advance on maiduguri, with all the "heavy weapon" and no one got a wind of it We are really lacking in intelligence gathering...

We don't have to wait to repel them all the time, its high the army change their tactics in handling this rag heads...

Kudos to our gallant soldiers

#nomercyforterrorists
#killthemall

INEC really messed up in handling the distribution of the PVC, the 2 days holiday would be helpful though, but I doubt if they would be able to completely distribute the PVC in those 2 days...

I would have suggested a shift in the elections maybe by a month, to ensure everyone gets his/her PVC...IMO

The guy no do reach solomon, for where solomon they the guy na learner...

GMB is presumed innocent in the eyes of the law, until proven otherwise (beyond reasonable doubt) in a court of law, so till then i dont see why he should panic...IMO

GBAM!!! All we've just been hearing is Tranformation Agenda, forward ever and Change! Change!! Change!!!...

None of our political parties said anything about how they intend to achieve their manifesto, all we've be hearing are promises upon promises...

They just come and give us the false hope they give to us every 4years and we see people shouting Sai Buhari and GEJ till 2019, without asking questions like the one soludo asked...May God save us

sholatech:
Excellent From Soludo. I always rate him higher than Sls. Hope both parties, Pdp and Apc can learn. They don't have realistic plans for us in face of challenging global economy

GBAM!!! All we've just been hearing is Tranformation Agenda, forward ever and Change! Change!! Change!!!...

None of our political parties said anything about how they intend to achieve their manifesto, all we've be hearing are promises upon promises...

They just come and give us the false hope they give to us every 4years and we see people shouting Sai Buhari and GEJ till 2019, without asking questions like the one soludo asked...May God save us

SeverusSnape:
op, What's the matter with you.
please respect everyone's right, everybody has the right to vote who they prefer, do you have a problem with that?. Even though a person wants to vote shekau, allow that person. Pathetic!

This is the issue i have with most of this APC e - warriors, they lack respect for other people's opinion, forgetting that not everybody will vote for GEJ or GMB...

They would rather insults those that don't agree with them, than sell their "messiah" to the public...SMH

Well GEJ/PDP is still the man/party to beat...Need i remind tony that election is 50 - 50 it could swing in favour of GEJ or GMB....

We can only be certain of the winner after feb 14.....

Maybe ameachi forgot that respect is reciprocal...You don't ridicule the office of presidency and go scot free..

He was made to eat the humble pie, now he is crying blue murder...Yeye dey smell

Enough of all the stone throwing and mudslinging, nigerians putting themselves under the sun at campaign gorund (paid or unpaid) aren't interested in whether GEJ is clueless or GMB is certificateless...

They are interested in knowing what the politicians have to offer if given the chance for the next 4years...

https://www.nairaland.com/2112973/actual-declaration-bishop-david-oyedepo


I thought somebody has already dispelled the rumor, and the source is on nairaland here...How come the OP posted the first source of the news and not this one

I just wonder why some people derive joy is opening crappy threads...SMH

Yuguda coming out now to say this, MIGHT be the TRUTH or NOT, but this sure point to a fact...Those GEJ surround himself with are his enemies, they just share the same party with him that's all...

Its a season of propaganda, where both parties thrive on propaganda you don't come out and burst the propaganda of your party like this and still claim you are with GEJ....

Well GEJ beans don done be that...

Mbu should go ahead and his job to the best of his knowledge and according to what the law permits and leave all this distractions flying around by the opposition...

If the opposition has an issue with mbu, they should take him to court...

We've heard this so many times, I hope this will be the final time we will be hearing this same news...I hope they unite those rag heads with their so called 72 virgins...

argon500:
Why is our politicians don't have common sense? is this how they play politics in other part of the world? Whether APC or PDP they are all bunch of fools

You don't have to blame the greedy politicians, but their useless followers/die-hard fans who do not see beyond the money given to them to cause chaos and destruction, while the wards/families of the greedy politicians are far away in the UK/US enjoying their fathers/mothers loot...and the blinded followers are left to die because of the peanuts given to them...SMH

I thought someone posted some pictures about the rails in makurdi not been up to par or something...Well I guess another propaganda has been bursted

BTW...If GEJ is voted out, people will point to the fact that he revived the trains in other words not everything GEJ is bad...Good or bad, win or lose GEJ has done his own bit in nigeria's history...IMO

Good for them, its within their constitutional right to support anyone they wish to support...I hope some peeps will not start calling them names because of this decision...

Yungwizzzy:
Ndi igbo will massively vote for buhari

except the foolish ones (no apologies)

This is stup1dity of the highest order, why insult some section of a tribe because they won't vote for GMB Is that how you sell your candidate Or is this how you campaign

Need I remind you, that not everyone will vote for GMB or GEJ...What makes you think you are not foolish for wanting to vote for GMB going by the useless crap you posted above...

Always post maturely and clean, and not insult others because they don't agree with you...

Its only in nigeria a political party will be issuing warning to someone who is in charge of their security...

Why not leave Mbu alone to do his job, while they face their own campaign as far am concerned the guy hasn't done anything yet, why is APC pressing the panic button

They should rather be law abiding, and wait for mbu to go against the law before they start to cry blue murder...IMO

Akpan107:
I disagree with you.
GEJ got morethan the required 25% votes in 2011.
See it below

KANO:
PDP 440, 656
CPC 1, 624, 543

Do your calculations well, the figure you posted above is not up 25%, 516299 would have been the 25% of the total vote which GEJ/PDP didn't get...

If indeed this piece of news is true then that would be a big blow for GMB/APC...

Even if kwankwanso moves to support GEJ, PDP will still not win kano, because during the last elections GEJ had only about 15% despite the fact that they voted for kwankwanso in the governorship elections...

Kano is on lockdown for GMB maybe kwankwanso moving to support GEJ at the last minute MIGHT give GEJ the required 25%, which I doubt...

Well its a season of propaganda...I don't see any reason why the principal should receive a death threat...

Since the result he released is said to be in school's archives and I don't think the principal will be stup1d enough to append his signature on a fake result, those doubting the result should sue GMB for forgery...IMO

ishiamu:
You forget to add the fools and idiots like omenka, berem, barcanista, koboko, passingshot, Unibenstudent, holatin, LRNZH, et all


This guy's I mentioned above need some people to donate senses to them...who will indicate pls...help ya brothers above they need y'all most now b4 they go astray and end up with same treatment melted to jakande and others

The insult is uncalled for, they have the right to support whoever they wish...Everybody can't vote for GMB or GEJ...Let's be mature in all our replies

If indeed the above claim is true then GMB beans don done be that...It will be a shame if indeed his certificate were forged...

BTW GMB never released a certificate now or did he I thought premium times claimed they only got a copy they printed in their newspaper from his school in kastina and not from GMB himself...

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-s-supporters-stone-jonathan-s-campaign-train-in-bauchi/199837/


I just saw this link and decided to read the story, so which of this news agency should we believe now Punch say its PDP supporters, the above link attributes the attack to GMB's supporters...

codedguy1:
buhari had a press conference where he attempted to clear the air surrounding his certificate and at the end said his result would be released by the school. i have no problem with that. suddenly we saw a result from premium times claiming the school has released the result.

I believe if the school is releasing the result, it should have been released to Buhari who would have come out to say the school has released the result and present it to the public. As it is now, nobody can tie this result to Buhari, because Buhari has not come out to say this released result is his.

if for whatever reason this result is a fake, nobody an hold buhari.

There is somethings fundamentally wrong with that result as many people have pointed out andthey ned to be clarified. Its a shame the people bring out pix of Buhari in school to justify claims of him haven done an exam. i have a friend who attended classes with me in unilag up to final year and for some reason did not graduate with us, i have pix taken with him which can never proof that he was a graduate of unilag.

Has he presented it to INEC? This is not even a certificate, but will go a long way to prove he actually sat for that exam if the result being peddled around the blogosphere is actually his. it would put doubters to rest.

This is the kind of sensible post missing on NL this days...Instead people addressing congent point they result in mudslinging and name calling...