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joeyekembele:
Why do you mix history up? Bola Ige was assassinated when a Yoruba son was the leader of this nation. You had better asked the sell out called Obasanjo ti explain that. Our able president GEJ had no hand in it ok.
Now I ask you a question. If these are not Yoruba leaders who are the Yoruba leader? Is it Tinubu, Fashola, Osibanjo, Aragbesola, and Amosu? Guy, think we'll pls.

waternogetemeny:
Whether yoruba vote or not. CIA is working hard to divide us.


A vote for GEJ is for Nigeria continuation.. Vote wisely!

EUROBOMBER:
Loads of shhit! Yoruba votes will be split and shared like tomatoes next month

vivalavida:
Of what benefit is this his chatham house appearance? Majority of the voters wont even watch it. Those who will be present reside mostly in the UK and they dont even have PVC's. So how does his speaking @chatham's house benefit his campaign?
This is pure cluelessness

AlfaSeltzer:
So this abokki carry only 1 cloth go london eh?

Barely three months, after it moved naira’s official exchange rate to N168 from N155 to the dollar, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has officially devalued it again as the Ni­gerian currency will now be traded at the rate of N198 to one US dollar.

This came after a cocktail of measures to arrest its consis­tent fall in value, which led to the closure of the Retail Dutch Auction System (RDAS) and Wholesale Dutch Auction System (WDAS) foreign ex­change windows, failed to halt its slide.

In a message posted on its website yesterday, the apex bank raised the naira/US dol­lar official exchange rate from N168/$1 to N199/$1 even as the Senate yesterday predi­cated the 2015 budget on an exchange rate of N190 to the dollar.

Meanwhile, the foreign market continues to thread softly, as customers show un­willingness to buy at the pre­vailing high rate.
The naira exchanged at N222/$1 to slightly weaken the position on Monday by 1 per cent when it traded for N219.80/$1.

In recent times, CBN has decided to bar commercial banks from holding any part of their funds in US dollars at the close of each business day as it stepped up efforts to reduce pressure on the naira.

It had to review the policy twice later, pegging the expo­sure at 0.1 per cent and after much persuasion, went ahead to move the limit to 0.5 per cent.

The CBN, in November last year, devalued the naira as it moved the midpoint of the official window of the foreign exchange market from N155 to N168 to one US dollar, which forced it to exchange between N168 and N174 to the dollar at the foreign ex­change market.

The explanation given was that official devaluation of the naira became inevi­table as a result of reduction in government revenue from oil production and sales. The development was expected to increase the volume of naira available to the Federation Ac­count and to various levels of government to prosecute their local programmes.

But in its bid to calm the raging volatility observed in the forex market, as well as save the naira from further de­preciation, the CBN increased the weekly supply of dollars to Bureau de Change (BDC) operators from $15,000 to $30,000 per operator.

The banking sector regula­tor said the move was also part of measures to deepen the BDCs segment. The lat­est policy took effect from Wednesday, January 28, 2015 auction.

J.P. Morgan analysts had placed Nigeria on a negative watch for the next three to five months following reservations over the country’s foreign ex­change position and the bond market, which was described as illiquid.

Not ready to give up on its rescue mission, the CBN, which realised that domicili­ary transactions are used for round tripping by banks, di­rected that banks submit de­tails of domiciliary account holders, including name, ac­count number and balances as at January 29, 2015.

The banks were also re­quired to present total balance of all domiciliary accounts as at the same date, list of cor­porate domiciliary account holders and their balances, list of individual domiciliary account holders and their bal­ances, list of public sector in­stitutions domiciliary account holders and their balances as well as the mode of lodgement to the account transactions (ei­ther cash or by wire transfer).

talktrue1:
When you think that you've had the last of GEJ, another surprise.

Borno elders to Defence HQ: We want to tour

Borno Elders Forum yesterday praised the Nigerian
military for taking the war to the Boko Haram
insurgents and recovering some captured territories.
However, the Forum advised the Defence
Headquarters to organise a special tour for
community leaders and journalists to visit the
liberated communities.

Spokesman of the Forum Dr. Bulama Mali Gubio said
the Forum was impressed by the way troops were
recording successes against the insurgents.
He equally gave credit to troops from Chad,
Cameroon and Niger, whom he said had proved to be
friends in need.

“It is evidently clear that the tide has changed for the
better, especially in the last two weeks. The regional
forces are doing well.

“However, we wish we would be taken to these
communities to see things for ourselves.

“It will also be a good credit to the Nigerian
authorities if opinion leaders and journalists would
be taken to Monguno and Baga as well as the
communities around them that are said to be free.

“When these leaders return from the visits, they
would brief their people and this will give
psychological relief to the thousands of IDPs that are
now living in Maiduguri who are oblivion of what the
future holds for them or whether they would ever go
back to their ancestral homes,” Gubio said.

He urged the committee set up by Federal
Government under the leadership of retired General
T.Y Danjuma to expedite action that would enable
the displaced persons return to their homes.

“There is doubt about the fact the next phase of the
counter insurgency approach will be serious
rehabilitation of the displaced and reconstructing of
ruined communities,” he said.

He added that this should be taken seriously by
those vested with the responsibility.
Gubio berated former minister of communication
Edwin Clark over his remark recently that one day an
Almajiri would become the President of Nigeria.

Clark had said President Goodluck transformed the
Tsangaya schools in Nigeria, a feat he added all the
northern governors could not achieve.

“The statement by Edwin Clark was in bad taste and
unless he wants to rewrite history, the Almajiris have
ruled this country at different times.

“To set the record straight, Sir Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa, The Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello
and even Alhaji Shehu Shagari have all attended the
Almajiri School,” he said.

http://www.google.com/daily/top-stories/47808-borno-elders-to-defence-hq-we-want-to-tour-liberated-towns

san316:
Shekau was never killed. the army were on the jollyride deceiving nigerians and covering their ineptitude.

I pray shekau is captured which i believe he will. and the bh menace brought to an end.

It is time we stopped politicising the whole issue and focus on securing the country

AustineE1:
[s]This is unacceptable,these yoruba jobless touts did it intentionally out of jealousy,they knew the company with massive investment is owned by an igbo-man whom they assume would be supporting GEJ and they saw this as an opportunity to burn it down.
tinubu,Fashola and a host of other APC criminally minded rascals has now brought in the ant infested wood into Lagos,they shld hence expect Lizards as their visitors.I said it Amaechi,Rochas,Ngige and any Igbo-man supporting APC is a total sell-out to our people.this is a tip of the iceberg on what Igbos and south-southerns shld expect if by a stroke of luck,Buhari/Osibanjo ever rules this country,God forbid!.Whatelse can you ever expect from these bunch of retrogressives,if nt total distructn.....this was exactly how boko haram was started by some northern politicians,using other peoples children for distructn of your enemies and tomorrow you start blaming GEJ....i believe that this act will help persuade some igbos who are still undecided on whom to cast their vote for in Lagos,to cast their votes where their interest will be protected. [/s]

Jonathan said the section of the broadcast which featured former president Obtained took place in 2011 during the PDP presidential primary.

He said that he did not want to join issues with Obasanjo because the party members were there for primaries and ]“I just wanted to win my primaries”.

ahaz:
take my advice, treat for ebola.

On the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress,APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd), the former federal permanent secretary, says the party made a mistake in picking him, because younger elements like Kano State governor, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal would have given Jonathan a tougher race.

Former Anambra State governor, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife is angry with everything connected with the forthcoming elections on March 28 and April 11, and declares that it should be put on hold until the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC , Prof Attahiru Jega leaves the stage. Ezeife toldSunday Sunin Abuja that Jega, is highly compromised and incompetent.

“I don’t even want the elections to go ahead , if it must be conducted by Jega as chairman of INEC,” he declares, matter-of-factly.

He demands that Jega should either resign or be suspended, and that if the elections should lead to the “death” of Nigeria, an Interim National Government, (ING) should be set up with President Goodluck Jonathan at the helm.

Ezeife, ever blunt, says he sees Jonathan taking another oath of office on May 29, despite the prevailing situation in the country even as he insists that those behind Jonathan’s campaign are just after the financial accruals.

On the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress,APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd), the former federal permanent secretary, says the party made a mistake in picking him, because younger elements like Kano State governor, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal would have given Jonathan a tougher race.

Ezeife, who was special adviser to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo gives reasons why he parted ways with the ex-president, describing him as ‘a bully’. He also speaks on APC propaganda, a new INEC, and the Ohanaeze crises among other burning issues.Excerpts.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=105990

oloye121:
It takes a average of 30 seconds to verify the voter. The accreditation period is between 8am and 12 pm. 4 hours. The card reader is configured to work during this period. That means that the reader will only be able to accredit less than 500 voters. In my unit we have more than 1000 registered voters. So what will happen to the rest ? . I hope this will not lead to a breakdown of law and order

egift:
Meaning Nigeria is still more corrupt than 135 countries on the list. Also "Just Kidding" forgot to tell them that under Jonathan more money have been stolen than any other administration in Nigeria.

The Esogban of Benin kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, has come under severe criticism over a statement that the Benins will not vote President Goodluck Jonathan in the 28 March, 2015 Presidential election, but will vote en-masse for candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
The statement has caused divisions among the people of the Kingdom.

Edebiri, a retired journalist, politician and Chairman of Benin Forum had accused President Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of removing former Minister of State (Works), Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi, from his ministerial appointment and replacing him with his enstranged wife from Anambra state, Princess Stella Oduah.

He lamented that the action of the President broke the home of their son, as well as depriving the Benins of ministerial slot, for which reason Benin people will not vote for him.

The declaration by the Benin High Chief has however generated rift among members of the forum who on Tuesday gave him a 12-hour ultimatum to resign as chairman of the forum.

The forum at an emergency meeting attended by Prince S. Ebuwa, Prince (Dr) Francis Omo-Osunde Iyasere, Col. Edward Igbinidu (rtd) representing retired Benin Military Officers, Lawrence Igbinosun and Lucky Osahon (Patriot) members in the Diaspora, United Kingdom, asked Chief Edebiri to resign as chairman within 12 hours.

A statement by the Media Director of the forum, Mr. Osamwonyi Osagiede for the concerned members, said that Chief Esogban’s resignation was necessary to pave way for the proper management of the forum in accordance with its Constitution.

“Chief D.U. Edebiri should be reminded that some months ago, our revered Benin monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba of Benin, who appointed him and twenty three other prominent Benin sons and daughters, who are members of different political parties to oversee the affairs of the forum, sent the Crown Prince to President Jonathan to express his support for the re-election of Mr. President and his constant prayers for his victory at the polls; therefore, it is odiously mischievous and rude for anyone for that matter to assume another position.”

They accused Chief Edebiri of dragging the Benin Forum to the political arena as well as using the organization to enrich himself to the detriment of the Benin people.

Members of the Forum described Chief Edebiri’s statement that the Benins would not vote for President Jonathan as
“unacceptable” because it amounted to undermining the sanctity and authority of the Benin Monarch, adding that, as far as every Benin man was concerned, the pronouncement and direction of the Benin Monarch was sacrosanct.

Also reacting to the statement credited to the Benin high chief, President of One Love Foundation, a non-government organization, Chief Patrick Eholor, warned Chief Edebiri to desist from using his traditional palace as the Esogban to speak on behalf of the people of Benin Kingdom on who to, and who not to vote for in any election conducted in the state or in the country at large.

Eholor noted that as a chieftain of the APC, Chief Edeibiri lacks the moral right to speak to the Benins when it comes to who to vote for. He noted that as an enlightened people, the Benins have the right to decide who they would vote for during the presidential election.

Chief Eholor, who is also the Enobore of Ute, said “Chief Edebiri has no moral justification to speak for the Benins on who to vote for during next month’s presidential election because he is a member of the APC.”

“This is a rat race and so he should remove politics from his traditional functions as Esogban of Benin Kingdom. He must remain neutral and should not use the Benin Forum to conclude that the palace has taken a stand on who the Benins should vote for and he should desist from such utterances or we will resist him.

“Benin has its proud culture which must be separated from politics and if we are to maintain our cultural heritage, the Palace should not be dragged into politics. That is why we are worried by what he said,” he said.

Eholor insisted that the Benins never held any meeting where they agreed that they will not support Jonathan, adding that, as a civilised people, the Benins were capable of taking any decision for themselves, just as he urged the people to come en-masse on 28 March, 2015 and vote for candidate of their choice.‎‎

But in his defence, Edo Youths Organization (EYO), an umbrella body of youths in the state, has warned that those criticizing the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief Edebiri, over his declaration, face the risk of being banished from Benin Kingdom.

President of the EYO, Derick Uhunmwagho, in a press statement made available to journalists in Benin, described the criticisms as unconstructive. They challenged the critics of Chief Edebiri to dispute whether the issues raised were true or false.

“Chief Edebiri is one of our respected Royal Fathers in Benin Kingdom and that is why we pity those criticising his comments because they don’t know the consequences of being banished.

“How can they say Jonathan will get votes in Edo land when even recently, the wife of one of our brothers, Prof. Omorogbe who was Permanent Secretary/Legal Adviser to NNPC was sacked.

“After we voted for him in 2011, he has done nothing for us. The President has failed to create jobs for our youths, rather the once who went for Immigration interview were killed. There is so much corruption in this administration and he has not been able to tell Nigerians what he is doing to ameliorate the economic hardship being faced by Nigerians.

“So we stand by our Father Chief Edebiri and whoever is criticising him is doing so at his or her own risk. And it is even sad that rather than address the issues raised by Edebiri, the PDP are hiring people to castigate the Royal father,making their matter worst in Benin land,” the statement said.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/02/18/benin-kingdom-at-war-over-jonathan-buhari/

chaberry:
The FOOOLISH OLD MAN'S carrear is dead very soon(May 29) we'll be hitting the last nail to his coffin