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mikeansy: what some people do not realise is that rigging is like coup-de-tat, you need a level of public support to succeed.

Jonathan did well in 2011 because of strong support from the whole South. If Jonathan looses South West in 2015 he will definitely loose because he has no leg in NW and NE for obvious reasons.

The battleground will be Middle belt . . . with a half hearted or lesser support from Igbos in 2015 compared to 2011 Jonathan is headed for defeat.

If APC select their candidate wisely and lets say Fashola emerge. Fashola is a Yoruba Muslim and will have both ethno-religious advantage and a moral advantage because of his Governance records in Lagos.

before the 2011 election, some of us predicted the outcome of the electoral map as it happened.

The only way Jonathan wins in 2015 is if APC defeat themselves in their own primary and field a Buhari or that sort of figure.

Fashola/VP candidate from Benue, Plateau, Taraba or Adamawa who is a Christain will defeat Jonathan in a landslide.

This is politics 101!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shut up,guy.You are wise erhhh?It is good that a yoruba man Fashola is fielded and he wins.At the same time Igbo cannnot taste the presidency.You are not God,my friend.Whoever thought a Christian would be governor in Kaduna? Who gave South South a chance to the presidency. If you think no Igboman would ever emerge the president of Nigeria in your life time sorry you chose to die early.I don't blame you.Igbos have been consigned to perpetual servitude while the yorubas are the kingmakers.O GA-EME GI BAM N'ANYA.

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With all the wealth associated with this man of what use is he to Nigeria.Though I pray to be rich and I'm working hard to be comfortable I don't jealous this man at all.No wonder he is an occultist.

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I have this recurring problem with my laptop, a Compaq Presario CQ56.I access the net via MTN Fastlink. Most times within the first few minutes into use it begins to hang and all applications will indicate 'unable to respond'. This makes the use of the system unpleasurable.Even when I'm not using the internet it keeps happening.What could be the problem?

My sincere piece of advice is that Owelle Rochas should consult with seasoned constitutional lawyers,the likes of Prof. Ben Nwabueze and if it is practicably approach a court to seek an injuction to restrain INEC from conducting elections in the remaining LGAs and also seek the declaration of results based on the available results since it it against the Electoral Act to conduct such elections less than 30 days to swearing in of elected officials.Before the court would be through with the whole process Ikiri would have vacated office and even if at the end the court request INEC to go ahead and conduct the elections Ikiri would have left office and contest  as an ordinary individual.Ikiri have been going around bribing the electorate heavily and recruiting thugs to rig for him.

Ikiri has been totally rejected by the people of Imo state.A man so rejected is still using his 'structures' to retain power against the wishes of the people.The best weapon a leader can have is to avoid being hated by his people.But since Ikiri could not avoid being hated he has lost the confidence of Imo people to lead.He should bow out without exposing himself to further ridicule.This reminds me of how a korofo (soldier without any rank ) gave a captured Gbagbo the dirtiest slap of his life immediately he was smoked out of his hiding hole.(I am still wondering  if that cheek has regained its shape and size by now).

My sincere piece of advice is that Owelle Rochas should consult with seasoned constitutional lawyers,the likes of Prof. Ben Nwabueze and if it is practicably approach a court to seek an injuction to restrain INEC from conducting elections in the remaining LGAs and also seek the declaration of results based on the available results since it it against the Electoral Act to conduct such elections less than 30 days to swearing in of elected officials.Before the court would be through with the whole process Ikiri would have vacated office and even if at the end the court request INEC to go ahead and conduct the elections Ikiri would have left office and contest  as an ordinary individual.Ikiri have been going around bribing the electorate heavily and recruiting thugs to rig for him.

Ikiri has been totally rejected by the people of Imo state.A man so rejected is still using his 'structures' to retain power against the wishes of the people.The best weapon a leader can have is to avoid being hated by his people.But since Ikiri could not avoid being hated he has lost the confidence of Imo people to lead.He should bow out without exposing himself to further ridicule.This reminds me of how a korofo (soldier without any rank ) gave a captured Gbagbo the dirtiest slap of his life immediately he was smoked out of his hiding hole.(I am still wondering  if that cheek has regained its shape and size by now).

This people should release this result.We are running out of patience.If they fail to declare Rochas winner,the result will not be accepted by Imo people.Ohakim is desperately trying to impose himself to an unwilling people.It is not by force.

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Rotimi Toys with Historical Sore Points
The Horizon By Kayode Komolafe, Email:kayodekomolafe@thisdayonline.com, 02.18.2009


It is pertinent for the nation’s collective psyche to view the recall of Ambassador Oluwole Rotimi from his station in Washington beyond a diplomatic routine. He has been asked to return home latest in 43 days time. But should that be the end of the matter ? We do not think so because of what Rotimi’s missteps could do to national sensibility.

Rotimi reportedly told the Foreign Minister, Chief Ojo Madueke, that "I have dealt with people like you in the past. I was the Adjutant General of the Nigerian Army that thoroughly defeated your rag-tag Biafran army". The ambassador accused the minister of ethnic chauvinism. Indeed, Rotimi was making reference to the tragic civil war that was fought for 30 months with the Nigerian federal forces and the forces of the defunct Republic of Biafra as the “enemies” on both sides. The Republic of Biafra was declared in the old Eastern Region in which the Igbo were the major ethic group. Rotimi, a Yoruba and a graduate of the University of London, retired from the Nigerian army as a Brigadier –General. He was military governor of the old Western State comprising today’s Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states. Madueke is Igbo and a lawyer and a politician, who incidentally was in the Biafran army as a young man.

It is little surprise that since the report of the unfortunate statement made by Rotimi another civil war had virtually broken out on the internet in the various discussion forums on Nigerian affairs. As it is typical of any Nigerian affair, quite a number of Igbo elements in the Diaspora have angrily been taking up issues with their Yoruba compatriots, some of whom illogically think they have reasons to rational Rotimi’s grave statement. Incidentally, quite a number of these internet warriors (as Professor Pat Utomi referred to them sometime ago), are so immature and uniformed about the Nigerian history and reality. For instance, the arguments assumed an absurd level when in trying to prove that Rotimi’s faux pax is in the pattern of the Yoruba perfidy against the Igbo, a contributor wrote that Obafemi Awolowo allegedly collected some money from Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa during the civil war to plot against the Igbo. Meanwhile the civil war broke out in 1967 and Bello and Balewa were killed in another tragic circumstance on January 15, 1966 at a time Awolowo was in Calabar prison. The manner of the discussion of the issues by some young Nigerians is another indication of the levity with which the history of the nation is being treated.

The matter is made worse when those who are expected to show leadership choose to talk or act without any historical sense of purpose as Gen Rotimi has done. Rotimi’s irresponsible statement ought to be severely deprecated; but the response to him should be mature while putting the issues in the correct historical perspective. Every nation has sore points of its history. The civil war is one of the sore points of the Nigerian history. A man who has risen to the posts of a general in the army, governor of a huge state and ambassador in Washington ought to view that historical conjuncture with a greater sobriety. The civil war should not be an issue for any one to gloat about even in a fit of anger. In any case, is it not said that when even others are loosing their heads, a man with a diplomatic brief ought to keep his own? There can never be any justification for the reckless statement made by Rotimi who is expected to act diplomatically even in a war situation. Here was a man representing Nigeria in a very important mission harbouring so much darkness in his heart against his fellow countrymen. As ambassador, this gentleman’s job is to protect the interest of all Nigerians resident in the United States, a good number of who are of Igbo extraction. How does he now convince those Nigerians of Igbo origin in the United States that he ever had their interest at heart in the spirit of his oath of office? How could this septuagenarian be so insensitive to the mood of his nation as its representative in a foreign land ? A symbol of the nation’s sovereignty in another land is boasting of vanquishing fellow Nigerians in a tragic war ! It is simply unpardonable.

With his impeccable background, Rotimi ought to have a better grasp of the issues involved in the war and the progress Nigeria has since made towards national integration. As a retired officer of the Nigerian army Rotimi ought to remember that his Commander-in-Chief during the war, General Yakubu Gowon, made a “no victor, no vanquished declaration” as the first step in peace building. The nation then embarked on a triple programme of “reconciliation, reconstruction and rehabilitation”. As Head of State and Commander-in-Chief Gowon made it clear even at the height of hostilities, that the war was that of unity and not a war of conquest. Thank God, Gowon did not have the sort of dark mind of his junior colleague, Rotimi. Otherwise, the course of history could have been different. Pray, what is the basis of this resurgent swagger of Rotimi about the war? And to serve which purpose? Why should he take pleasure in rubbing salt into injuries? One account of the war put it that over a million lives were lost on both sides during the crisis. While nation-building remains a work in progress for Nigeria, no one can deny some visible achievements in national integration. Nine years after the sounds of guns went silent, an Igbo, Alex Ekwueme, was elected the Vice-President of the Federal Republic. Since the war, officers of Igbo origin have since risen to the ranks of Generals of the same Nigerian army about which Rotimi is boasting. In fewer than 20 years after the war, Major-General Ike Nwachukwu, an Igbo, was the General Officer Commanding the 1st Mechanised Division. Another Igbo, Admiral Allison Madueke has commanded the Navy. There have been officers of the armed forces of Igbo extraction in charge of important commands. That is how far the story of integration has gone. War-torn countries have been advised to learn from the exemplary post-war integration and reconciliation in Nigeria. Why is Rotimi’s mentality still trapped in the sordid past? Who will liberate him from this prison of history that his mind has put him? Let no one rationalise that his behaviour was due to his military background. Nwachukwu, cited above, showed as foreign minister that a soldier could be a fine diplomat with an urbane demeanour. In any case, there is nothing that justifies a soldier making unpolished statements.

All told, Rotimi has not only cast aspersion on the person and office of Madueke because he is Igbo, he has indeed egregiously assaulted the nation’s collective sensibility. As the ambassador in Washington, he has every right to protest on matters relating to his assignment, but he certainly has no right to toy with the nation’s historical sore points. That is why whenever he returns home he must be made to apologise publicly to a nation whose assignment he has so badly handled. At his age, we hope no one would dare give him another diplomatic assignment, so it is pointless advising him on how to control his temperament in the future.

I negotiated to buy a friend's Zenith bank shares.I then contacted my broker.He told me that he would not be party to any deal outside the floor of the NSE.

I don't really want to miss this opportunity because I got those shares at good price.Can I do the deal with another broker ?

Please advise me accordingly.

I am in the same dilemma.

I have a total of 9000 units(that is exluding the 2007 bonus).What is the best thing to do now?Sell off all or some part of my holdings and buy in the primary market.

I also have 2900 units of Nigeria Breweries and I think of selling off all to take up my rights in Zenith Bank.

I need advise to avoid mistake.

Please treat as urgent.

I recieved my warrant for the previous holdings.I was surprised that the last PO shares was nor included.Please does anybody know if it is supposed to be so.I had thought all my holdings would be consolidated.

My fears is that I have not also received my certificate as per the 2006 shares and it could turn out to be that I was not alloted shares.

Please comment.

I wonder why Zenith is delaying this time around.I am yet to recieve either.

I have not seen any other company that pays early as GTB.

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Dangote Flour has not been listed on the exchange and as such your question should not have arisen.You have to wait for it to be listed before trading can take place.This is their Initial Public Offering(IPO)

I got my intercontinental dividend last wk but yet to get my certificate. plz what is the add. of their registrar. do they have add. in PH?


Be patient,they will send it.As I write it may as well be with the post.I got mine about 2 weeks ago.

I have not recieved mine yet.I gave them my Account number to paid directly into my account.

Could you believe that I am yet to recieve my Union Bank warrant for 2006.I wonder why they delay this much.

A show of shame.

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Hello Nairalanders,Zenith has just released its 2007 Full year audited result showing total assets plus contingents of N1.2- trillion,Gross earnings rose to N94.88-billion while Profit After Tax increased by 63.5 percent, from N11.48-billion in 2006 to N18.77-billion this year.


Consequently,it has announced a bonus of 1 for 4 and a dividend payout of about N9.26 Billion. How do you react to this?

Does it meet your expectations?I think it is not that bad.

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What is the source of your information?

I regard cooking as one of those vital roles a woman should play in a family.Any woman that cannot cook definitely cannot command my respect.

As a matter of fact a woman's ability to cook should form one of the "qualities" I should look out for when I choose my wife.I believe that if a woman cannot do cooking she has failed to learn many more things which makes her useful as a wife and mother of the house.

I CANNOT marry her.

I am aware that most Shareholders Associations in Nigeria are headed by the "Old School" group.The Asalus,Farouks,Nwosus.I have no problem with their age anyway.My only problem stems from the fact that they are seemingly opposed to changes in the capital market:e-bonus,e-dividend,etc.

This is the age of technology and we cannot afford to be left behind.We shall therefore take advantage of all that technology can afford us.If they insist on piling their share certificates on their cupboard that means they are still living in the past and therefore not worthy to represent the new generation of shareholders.

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Most of my stocks are doing well:Zenith,Gtb,Oceanic,Intercontinental.Nigerian Breweries neither moves up or down.One is average:Union Bank.I have not even got my Union Bank 2006 dividend warrant as I write.My worse stock is Oando,losses all the way.

Has anybody in the house got information concerning 2006 Union Bank dividend warrant?

Most of my stocks are doing well:Zenith,Gtb,Oceanic,Intercontinental.Nigerian Breweries neither moves up or down.One is average:union bank.I have not even got my Union Bank 2006 dividend warrant as I write.My worse stock is Oando,losses all the way.

Is anybody in the house got information concerning 2006 Union Bank dividend warrant?