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Sun of god:
See another crazed lunatic -

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honeric01:
^^^^

 Stop saying what you don't know Agba1

[b]Bakare was to drop from the position after winning the election but refused to sign a post-dated document, [/b]so stop saying Buhari refused to drop his vice for ACN

you guys should stop lying, at least, it's going PDP's way for now, so just let the final results be released and stop peddling more lies.

agabaI23:
Even if they give all the votes in taraba for BB, it won't change nada.
But considering that BB won only in sharia practsising states, a state that had a Rev as a gov may not lean towards him.

And BTW, Buhari did not do much in the south which was a wrong calculation. He has the core north in his boxer pocket I wonder why most of his parties were there.

Do you know how many times Goodluck went to Lagos?

agabaI23:
Even if they give all the votes in taraba for BB, it won't change nada.
But considering that BB won only in sharia practsising states, a state that had a Rev as a gov may not lean towards him.

Beaf:
That might be the real reason he's crying. He has looked at the transparency of the elections and realised that his "lynch riggers" mantra will affect only him, cos 90% of his supporters are 10 year old almajiri's.

A Buhari supporter in Katsina state:

www.nairaland.com/attachments/423419_childVoter_jpga0121e13767e398d906505a90b2c5b0b

swiftycool:
A liar is a Thief, ure fond of fighting hard in a desperate bid to cheat & cover up corruption like d pdp u support. oya provide d source to dis new gist if your not a LIAR!

There was tension in Abuja yesterday over the interception of presidential ballot papers stuffed in a bus without escort from either the police or any security agency.

There were conflicting reports on the number of suspects arrested as some put the figure at 10, others said two.

But the police and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said there was no cause for alarm as the election materials in question were “Tendered ballot papers.”

According to sources, some ‘good Samaritans’ had at about 1.15pm raised the alarm over strange movement of presidential ballot papers without security cover.

The concerned Samaritans had alerted the Utako District Police Division leading to a stop and search operation by the police.

But before the police could intercept the bus, there was tension in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The police team however succeeded in trailing the bus and took the suspects to Utako District Police Station for interrogation.

As the suspects were being interrogated, many anxious residents surrounded the police station to await the outcome.

It was however gathered that “Tendered Ballot Papers” were found in possession of the suspects.

A man, who was part of the vigil crowd, said: “We learnt that 10 people were arrested in Utako for printing ballot papers for the presidential election.

“Those who raised the alarm claimed that the printed ballot papers were being taken to the North in favour of a candidate. We became curious when no policeman or security agent accompanied the bus.

“We were all upset but we decided to alert the police. We were happy that the police responded by apprehending the suspects.”

The Divisional Police Officer for Utako Police Station, CSP Usman Umar, however, said two suspects were arrested.

He said: “Truly earlier on today, our men on stop and search accosted a NLC passenger bus conveying presidential ballot papers. The driver and the other man with him told our men that they were ‘tendered 2011 presidential ballot papers’ and that they were conveying them for INEC.

“But when we noticed that they had no security escort and based on the sensitive nature of the materials we decided to arrest them.

“After that, I alerted our headquarters who later confirmed from INEC. We had to release them after I was informed that INEC was aware of the movement of the ballot papers.”

[b]]The Chief Press Secretary to INEC chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, said: “Those arrested were found in possession of Tendered Ballot Papers. Tendered ballot papers are dummy ballot papers to prevent people making trouble when they are not eligible to vote.

“Such tendered ballot papers shall not be counted, Instead they will be set aside by the Presiding officer.

“Section 60 of the Electoral Act 2010 empowers INEC to print Tendered Ballot Papers. So, there is no cause for alarm. No one is smuggling presidential ballot papers anywhere.”

Section 60 of the Electoral Act reads in part: “If a person claiming to be entitled to vote applies  for a ballot paper after some other person has voted in the name given by the claimant, he  shall, upon satisfactory answers given to any questions put to him by a poll clerk be entitled to receive a ballot paper in the same manner as any other voter; but the ballot paper( in this Act referred to as “the tendered ballot paper”) shall be of a  colour different from the ordinary ballot papers.” [/b]

recoome:
PDP sweeps taraba state defeating the ACN machine constructed by fmr gov jolly nyame, the CPC performed dismally in the elections. Also in benue, which was said 2 be going the ACN way, the PDP won the 2 declared senatorial seats, the PDP also took majority of the reps seats. The PDP also picked up the two up the 2 declared senatorial seats in gombe & majority of the house of reps seat. Despite the CPC's onslaught in kaduna, the PDP clinched the kaduna south senatorial seat through mrs. nnenadi usman. The ANPP picked up all the senatorial seats in yobe state.

9ja4eva:
Aww thats touching

Nicklee:
@goggs: That was excellent reporting. Thanks a lot.

US 'disappointed' with election delays in Nigeria
(AFP) – 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON — The United States said Thursday it is "disappointed" with a third delay in legislative elections in some parts of Nigeria because of logistical problems.
"We share the disappointment of the electoral commission and the Nigerian people that this important electoral event had to be postponed," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.
"And we renew our call for credible and transparent elections in this critically important country," he added.
"We believe Nigeria has an historic opportunity to allow the Nigerian people to elect their local, state and national representatives in a climate free of violence and intimidation and we hope that opportunity won't be lost," he said.
Nigeria's electoral agency on Thursday announced a third delay in legislative polls in some parts of the country after it failed to sort out logistical problems in time for the weekend vote.
The independent electoral commission chief Attahiru Jega told reporters that "the postponed elections affected only about 14 percent of all senatorial districts and 13 percent of federal constituencies."
The National Assembly election, now set for Saturday, has already been postponed twice due to widespread organizational problems.

The chairman of Nigeria's electoral commission says a twice-postponed vote for the oil-rich nation's National Assembly will be held on Saturday, though not in every region.
Independent National Electoral Commission chairman Attahiru Jega told a news conference televised nationwide on Thursday it would postpone elections in 15 out of 109 Senate races, while another 48 areas for House of Representatives races would be postponed.
Jega called the delay "inevitable" and blamed it on both domestic and international companies hired to print ballot papers.
The election was to be held April 2, but Jega stopped the election as ballot papers and tally sheets were missing from poll places across the country.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/07/nigeria-elections-delayed/#ixzz1IsDBCwSN

The downed plane was a trainer aircraft. Trainer aircrafts are usually cheap versions of the real thing (e.g. the NAF trainer ''air beatles'' of the 80's and 90's) expensive jets cost money (above $10 million or N1.5billion) and are not the first line of trainer aircrafts. Infact US and UK now use simulators cos the real thing are damn expensive, any mistake and its billions of naira down the drain. Thats also why driving schools use the the most rotten tokunbo for driving lessons.

GAR3TH:
Nigeria went for the F-7 because they are fairly cheap. . .and its similar to the Mig21 (in which nigeria operates) so its familiar to nigerian Pilots. Plus even with nigeria's old Mig21 we still dominate the skies of west-central africa. There is no threat to Nigeria, Its not like Ghana is going to attack us. so why buy expensive aircrafts like the F-22 which cost 150 million a jet or Su-33 which cost $55 Million a jet, when we already control the skies of west-central africa. Imaging if nigeria bought 20 su-33 jets, thats over 1 billion dollars. couldnt we use that 1 billion dollars for something else such as power. thats why nigeria bought 15 F-7 for $250 million which was reasonable. If Nigeria did buy su-33 or F-22 you guys will be arguing that Nigeria is wastefully spending.

Bintus2much:
Nigerian military jet crashes, killing pilot

KANO, Nigeria — A Nigerian Air Force fighter jet crashed Tuesday while taking off from a flight school near the northern city of Kano, killing the pilot, officials said.
The plane, one of several Chinese F7 jets purchased by oil-rich Nigeria, failed to lift off from the runway the military flight school shares with Kano's Mallam Aminu International Airport around 12:30 p.m., witnesses said. The plane crashed while still on the airport's ground and immediately exploded.
Air Commodore Yusuf Anas told The Associated Press that the pilot died in the crash. Anas said the plane recently had been brought from an air base in Makurdi.
"The Nigerian Air Force headquarters has already set up an accident investigation panel to unravel the circumstances that led to the accident," Anas said in a statement. "Further details on the crash will be made known as soon as the family of the deceased pilot is informed."
Airport officials postponed some afternoon flights out of Kano, an ancient city in[b] Nigeria's Muslim north[/b], as workers struggled to put out the fire and clear debris.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has one of the biggest militaries in West Africa. Its Air Force has a fleet including fighter jets, transport aircraft and the small jets flown by its president. However, mechanical issues have grounded its planes in the past.
In 2002, a commercial airliner crashed during takeoff from Kano's airport, which sits nestled among homes and businesses in the sprawling ancient city. The airliner crashed into a neighborhood, destroying homes, mosques and a school, killing 145 people. In 1992, a military plane carrying 163 people crashed just after taking off from Lagos.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7485825.html

9ijaMan:
@Jakumo,
I hope you realize that chinko F7 fighter jet was purchased by the rotten PDP administration GEJ currently heads. While the sad incidence is indeed painful, why would such not happen when the corruption in government right from the president down to the lowliest of messenger smells to the high heavens.

May the sould of the departed NAF pilot rest in peace.