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Its official, Donald Trump has been nominated as the republican nominee:

Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman whose outsider campaign has both galvanized millions of voters and divided the Republican Party, is the 2016 GOP presidential nominee.

The New Yorker's embrace by the Republican National Convention marks a remarkable moment in U.S. political history and validates a campaign that shattered precedent, defied pundits and usurped the GOP establishment.

His son Donald Trump, Jr., cast the votes for the New York delegation that put the billionaire businessman over the top of the 1,237 delegates he needed to clinch the nomination, as any talk of disruptive protest votes or walkouts dissipated.
"It is my honor to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates," Donald Jr. said, surrounded by three of Trump's other children -- Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany.

"Congratulations Dad, we love you."

An emotional Ivanka Trump told CNN's Dana Bash immediately after her father was confirmed as the Republican nominee, "It's unbelievable, it's surreal, I am so proud of my father."

"I have never underestimated my father, ever," Eric Trump said.
Donald Jr. was tearing up when he told Bash that putting his father over the top was "one of the more surreal moments of my life other perhaps than the birth of my children. To be able to do that is historic, its awesome."

"It's pretty real."

Trump is scheduled to address the convention via remote from New York in the evening, but tweeted shortly after the vote.
"Such a great honor to be the Republican Nominee for President of the United States. I will work hard and never let you down! AMERICA FIRST!"

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/donald-trump-republican-nomination-2016-election/index.html?adkey=bn

These figures look rather inflated.

With the way the economy is going,i think it is not just right but necessary for Mr president to bring back Madam Ngozi Okonjo Iweala (or her likes) to help stir the economy of Nigeria to a better place.

I really thought that Mr President would have chosen people like Chukwuma Soludo or Pat Utomi as part of his economic team but.......

Guys make una yarn!

With the way the economy is going,i think it is not just right but necessary for Mr president to bring back Madam Ngozi Okonjo Iweala (or her likes) to help stir the economy of Nigeria to a better place.

I really thought that Mr President would have chosen people like Chukwuma Soludo or Pat Utomi as part of his economic team but.......

Guys make una yarn!

Good

Who else has noticed the sudden boring song MTN uses almost for everyone's ring back tone. " You haven't seen the best of me, don't write me off......" the songs goes.

Who do you think they are referring to? The FG, for sanctioning them?

Ok

E no get meter! Just pray to your God for faithfulness!

DesChyko:
Since they didn't ask for it and when it left, we never knew until much later, we must be patient for them to process the return. After all, once it has been announced, the world starts counting.

I hope they return it all during our lifetime!

I recently read the article on the repatriated art work from France by French officials which is a very commendable act by the French government. That however brings to mind why and how it is almost impossible and an unending procedure with repatriating all the stolen funds that are safely stowed away in all "them" foreign nations in their trillions of dollars!

Has someone noticed that these funds are never easily brought back? Some, even after they have been announced still are never returned?

The reason is simple: These nations use our stolen wealth to develop their nation while ours is depleting.

Why can't these funds be immediately returned when they are discovered?

Like the President said ".....WE want something more tangible"

A food for thought!

This is the reason

nigeriancritic1:
Una don take "I pass my neighbour" spoil the ozone layer

Although I do not use "I pass my Neighbour" , I don't blame Nigerians who can only afford it as an alternative to unstable power supply.

Will you blame them? No! Blame our corrupt leaders who have squandered our national wealth for personal aggrandizement in annoying ways.

Foreign nations are living on our stolen wealth which they do not want to return even when they are discovered.

Did anyone notice that the weather has been on the upper Celsius this year? The hotness of the weather is not funny and people in the North and Central Nigeria can bear witness. Lagos and the western axis is not left out.

The use of A.C has become the saviour from the firmness of daily temperatures.

Could this be the global warming we've been hearing about?

Whoever knows this girl should ask her to go natural (I mean without makeups). She looks more tender and lovely without them.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the Federal Government was planning to impose more hardships on Nigerians by increasing Value Added Tax (VAT) from the current five per cent to 10 per cent, describing the move as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians who are suffering from the bad economic policies of the President Mohammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) government.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had said on Thursday, in Lagos that the current five per cent VAT rate in the country was very low, and went on to add that the Federal Government would increase the taxpayer base this year. Reacting through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said any increment in VAT or any other tax being paid by Nigerians at this time will further make life unbearable for the people.

“Nigerians are suffering and the little that they have, federal government is planning to take back through VAT increment, this is wickedness! “Under three months, electricity tariff was increased despite epileptic power supply, N50 stamp duty was imposed on bank customers for money received into their accounts via electronic transfer, cash and cheques; petrol is being sold for as high as N400 per litre and now they are talking about increasing VAT to 10 per cent, this is the height of insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians,” he said.

The governor, who lamented the increase in the cost of living of Nigerians, occasioned by the bad economic policies of the Federal Government, said “even recent figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that prices of food have hit a record high and inflation is worsening.

“How can government be considering 100 per cent increment in VAT when businesses are folding up, prices of essential commodities have skyrocketed, millions of Nigerians are losing their jobs and those who are still employed are no longer getting paid regularly? “For even contemplating the increment of VAT at this difficult time shows that the Buhari-led government does not care about the welfare of the citizens and only God will save the poor masses from the hands of this government.”

Governor Fayose said rather than imposing more hardships on Nigerians, President Buhari should seek help from experts on how best to revive the country’s economy, adding that; “As at today, the Buhari-led government is yet to show that it has any clue to the revival of the economy.”

Source: Lindaikejisblog.com

Wow! That's exemplary.

Awesome!

Ok oo, oya President Buhari over to you

I have been monitoring my data since I spent 1500 to buy data on my phone and it zapped away so quickly to my amazement. Who has noticed this or is it just me? The rate the my MTN data runs out is alarming.

Praise God

I agree to everything he said but the re-colonisation. That's extreme and an insult to the people of Africa.

MathsChic:
The only people who don't like Trump are those who want to continue to benefit from America's charity. Of all the candidates on offer, he clearly is the more presentable, but this could be because there is no better choice among the lot of contestants.
He's a warmonger though and for that reason I personally won't vote him. I'm republican and voting Cruz.

So assuming he becomes less of a war monger, will you vote him?

After listening to trumps interview with CNN. I think this guy is the best candidate for the seat of the president in the United States.

His view on the Wall, Saudi Arabia and immigrants is just so practical.

One of the most experienced people are business people, they've been in the field facing real challenges and making excellent decisions. This man has failed and then gotten up to succeed. I think he can run America.

Guys your view pls.

Very Funny Pic!!!

I usually don't take critics seriously but the height of the complaints around cannot be ignored anymore ooo.

The economy is harsher! Everybody is crying! What are all the brains around our president doing?

Somebody should please let our president know.

shooooo!

Nigerian army no dey mess around oooo. Haaaa!

I wish him well!

Ibos are a very great tribe in Nigeria. Blessed by God and endowed with all kinds of talent and capabilities. They are the most enterprising tribe in Africa. Like the popular saying goes "if you go anywhere and don't find an ibo person, please leave immediately as that place is not habitable". Let me also mention that ibos are wealthy and blessed by God!

Recently there has been a clamour for "Biafra" and the right to become a nation, fuelled by the arrest of its acclaimed leader Nnamdi Kanu.

However, several questions arise in my mind for the Ibos. A lot which are genuine and practical:

1. How have the ibo people faired politically in the current Nigeria.

2. Do they have an sense of purpose and direction when it comes to united followership? Are the Ibos united as one people?

3. Do they have a leader who can take over as the head of government if they get what they are asking for,or will that be th beginning of another in-house crises?

4. Why haven't the ibos united themselves to produce a president in the current Nigeria? Who do ibos fond of fighting themselves when it comes to taking political opportunities. I heard that Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has said he will vote for an ibo president in 2019 if there is one. Even if it is 2023 my advise is that ibos rule Nigeria, maybe they are the messiah that will take Nigeria to the promised land.

Dey done dey talk this fossil fuel replacement like joke now. Nigeria needs to really diversify now so that the shock won't be too much when an alternative is discovered.

Ok

Femi absconded the inauguration of the committees in rebellion with some of his gang members whom he has named 'Loyal APC members' of whatever...The man is a looser but yet to digest that. Advice: Let him just work with his boss since he (femi) is already the majority leader.

Nigeria is greater than anyone's selfish ambitions.