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The pesky ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan to seek a second term in office was given the green light by an Abuja High Court ruling. Though he has remained coy – a loud silence to me – on his ambition to seek re-election, his body language, actions and inactions have suggested he is set to run for a second term. He seem to be fully persuaded for 2015 by the trappings of Aso Rock, the lure of power, fame, a horde of sycophants and hangers-on whose only interest is another four years of the continuous milking of the cash cow – Nigeria.

We all can recall, on the first of January 2013 residents in Abuja woke up to behold the posters of Jonathan in their neighbourhood, the strongest indication of the new year that he will contest in 2015 at a time Nigerians were trying to grapple with the stale air of his administration. It was no mistake that thesame posters resurfaced in Abuja, less than 24 hours after the election of Tony Anenih as the BoT chairman of the PDP.

No one will believe the tale that Mr Jonathan will not contest the forth coming election. The recent repositioning of the PDP field marshals and foot soldiers in the Board of Trustees (BoT) and the PDP Governors Forum, carved out of the NGF, are strong indications that the ground is being prepared in the forth coming elections. The unanimous election of Tony Anenih to double as the chairman of the money spinning NPA and BoT of the PDP on one hand and Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state, loyal servant of the PDP as the chairman of the newly formed PDP Governors Forum, on the other hand is a loud political statement in itself. The formation of the PDP-NGF was in a bid to whittle down the influence of the chairman of the NGF, and Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi. The PDP wing of the NGF was apparently formed to promote the interest of Jonathan’s second term ambition within the ranks of the PDP governors. With the PDP machinery in motion, and more billions needed to keep it steamrolled, we should expect more frivolous white elephant projects in the coming months. Unsurprisingly, a diffident President Jonathan in 2011 has shown lately, with his deft political alignment that he knows his way around his party and he is capable of playing politics dirty.

Advertently, his rumoured ambition has been amplified in decibels from the ruling party. The chairman Bamanga Tukur has been effusive about it, declaring he is free to contest the election on the platform of the party. With the appointment of the PDP election machineries to key government agencies, fictitious multi-billion naira projects awarded and those on the cards, delibrate non-implementation of budgets, the party is sure to be armed with a war chest for 2015.

For incumbent President Jonathan to renege on a gentleman arrangement, written or verbal, he entered with his PDP cohort from the north raises integrity and credibility questions. The fact that Mr Jonathan has not denied the existence of an agreement, speaks volumes.

Needless to add, am not a proponent of zoning. Overtime, zoning has become insidious and the aftermath disastrous for our fledging democracy. The likes of Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu should realise that zoning as a political philosophy is as of today, pernicious and inconsistent with the changing political landscape and must be jettisoned. For second term seekers, performance in office, character, proven track record and merit should be subject to competitive forces that will throw up a competent winner at the polls. The office of the president or any other elective public office is nobody’s birth right, everyone has the right to contest. The way to eliminate mediocres from leadership positions is to create a level playing ground for all aspirants where the worst prepared and least capable candidate is weeded out by the most competent aspirant.

The jostling for 2015 is uncalled for. It has overheated the polity, breeding unnecessary tension. The NGF has been polarised along party and regional lines, the PDP is a house divided against itself, the National Assembly is crossed with the executive. In the months to come in Jonathan’s administration, all hope is virtually lost on his ability to deliver on whatever remains of the dividend of democracy that was promised.

Nigerians, and particularly the opposition must be vigilant and not get carried away with the perpetual contrived internal crisis in the PDP. Make no mistake about it, they aren’t fighting just yet, ignore the nollywood movie playing out between the presidency and the NGF. Sooner rather than later, Jonathan will have dinner with the governors like he did with Obasanjo.

With the benefit of hindsight, it is practically impossible to stop a Nigerian political office holder from running for a second term. It is futile dissuading Jonathan from contesting. Cast your mind on Obasanjo’s second term debacle in 2003 for a better understanding of the scenario playing out this time around.

For a president who was quoted as saying one term is enough to make meaningful impact on the lives of the people, it is not so difficult to see why even his kinsmen are opposed to his second coming. Convincing the rest Nigerians to vote him again will be an uphill task, even those who said they voted for Jonathan rather than PDP in 2011 will have a rethink. Opposition parties should rather start mapping out strategies on how to defeat him at the polls.

In the light of his poor performance, unfulfilled promises, the slow pace of his administration, his preposterous fight against corruption and the growing apathy of Nigerians against the PDP for their failure to bring the country out of the wood since 1999, it makes Mr Jonathan an easy candidate to beat in a free, fair and credible elections. The opposition and those opposed to his candidature need not lose sleep, but close ranks to sensitise and strategise on how to oust him through the ballot. With the new drift towards a two party system like what is obtainable in advanced democracies, political analysts are predicting a keen contest, maybe the most keenly contested in recent time.

Jonathan should indeed be allowed to run for 2015 presidency, his scorecard should speak for him. The changing political terrain and the seeming uncertainty the emergence of APC has brought to the mix will deepen our democracy and strengthen the opposition parties when dynamic democratic forces throw up the best candidate; the people will ultimately be the better for it. There is nothing to fear about the incumbent’s candidature, as it will not be the PDP against the numerous minor opposition parties, as it was in time past, but an epic battle between two formidable political parties.

The die is cast, the race has begun in earnest with Jonathan as a presidential aspirant! The only option left for the opposition is to raise their game. Their alliance has already changed the political terrain, disturbing the “smooth sail” the PDP would have had. http://www.informationng.com/2013/03/run-jonathan-run-for-2015-by-theophilus-ilevbare.html

Table Leg :
You are going to hell for that!

says WHO?
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Today’s attack outside a bank in the city has claimed the lives of more innocent Nigerians and follows the shootings at schools in Maiduguri yesterday in which a number of teachers were killed and students injured, as well as a bomb attack at a bus station yesterday in Kano.

“I wish to offer my condolences to the bereaved and injured and condemn those responsible for such despicable acts of violence. There can be no justification for these attacks which have killed and injured ordinary Nigerians going about their daily business.

The UK will continue to support the Nigerian authorities in their efforts to counter the terrorist threat in Nigeria and to help bring those responsible to justice.

CAN urges FG to prosecute suspects

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on its part, called for synergy of the kanoState Government and the security agencies to forestall future occurrence.

The President of CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor who condemned the bombing also called for speedy prosecution of Boko Haram suspects by the Federal Government, while fishing out the sponsors of the sects.

Oritsejafor in a statement by his Special Assistant, Media and Public Affairs, Kenny Ashaka, in Abuja, urged security agencies to intensify intelligence gathering, and that, people should volunteer information to assist them, just as he commiserated with the families of the victims.

According to the statement: “The Federal Government cannot continue to condemn these heinous acts of the enemies of unity and agents of death without prosecuting those already arrested. This does not add up in any way. The Federal Government should do the right thing by prosecuting those already in its net with proven record of complicity.

“I plead with the government to fish out the sponsors of Jama’atul Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal commonly called Boko Haram and the Islamic group, Jama’atu Ansaril Muslimina fi Sudan better known as Ansaru, an al-Qaeda-aligned group and a splinter group which specialty is the kidnapping and killing of Christian foreigners.

“Those betraying others by working underground with enemies of the nation should also be fished out and dealt with in accordance with the laws of the land.

“The barbaric and sustained bomb and gun attacks on innocent Nigerians is the reason why we in CAN are calling on the Federal Government to support our call for the branding of the Boko Haram sect as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, FTO.

“I, therefore, call on Nigerians to volunteer information to the various arms of the nation’s security agencies. I also call on members of the sect to remember that in Islam, killing a human is an act that is equal in gravity to unbelief and regretted that some religious leaders and immature Clerics have no other weapon to hand than their fundamentalist interpretation of Islam which they use to engage people in struggle that serve their purpose.

OPC cautions Arewa, says attacks will generate bad blood

President and founder of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Dr Fredrick Fasehun who also condemned the bomb attacks said: “With the recent cold murder of several polio immunisation officials, the killing of seven foreign hostages in the region, killing of school teachers and pupils and several senseless murder, it would be difficult for any citizens from the south to venture into the far north for business opportunities. Should this orgy of violence continue, the North will be the loser, as violence will only retard development and make the zone unattractive to investors.”

He warned that if the killings continue, it may reach a situation where people will not be able to travel to that part of the country. “And in reprisal, the South may create an unhealthy atmosphere for Northerners to campaign in these parts. This madness must stop. Northern politicians must lead the battle for peace in their region and put insurgents on the leash.

Reps to meet SGF on terrorism

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives, yesterday in a resolution, mandated the committees on Public Safety, Army, Defence and Police Affairs to engage the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, to solve the problem of terrorism in the country.

In the motion simply titled ‘need to end terrorism activities in Nigeria’ Olaifa who moved the motion said, “Several innocent Nigerians have been killed in the last threes years due to the activities of Boko Haram.”

Olaifa explained that “several conflicting details have been given as the reasons why the group decided to unleash terror on the Nigerian establishment and innocent Nigerians.

“The economy of the northern part of Nigeria, its education and other social welfare programmes have nose-dived significantly, further worsening the standard of living of the citizens.”

Kano bomb Attack: It is callous, atrocious and ungodly — Ekweremadu

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu in his reaction described the Monday killings by a suicide bomber as callous, atrocious and ungodly.

In a statement by his Special Adviser, Media, Uche Anichukwu, Senator Ekweremadu who condemned in very strong terms, the bomb attacks in Kano, however, stressed that what took place was at variance with Nigerian cultures and religious faiths.

He said: “While calling on the security agencies to fish out the culprits, it is my fervent prayer that those behind these wicked acts come to repentance, embrace dialogue, patriotism, and respect for human life as prescribed by our laws, cultures, and religious faiths.”

The Deputy President of the Senate, who prayed for the peaceful repose of the dead and quick healing of the wounded, also condoled with the government and people of KanoState and all Nigerians who lost their loved ones in the attacks. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/uk-reps-can-opc-others-condemn-kano-suicide-bombing/

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adewasco2k: Since if have an HP computer goto HP support assistant and run a battery check. see what the battery status is, to be sure its not your battery that is dead.

If battery check shows your battery is okay, try to check your power management settings, look for power scheme and select Rixane Power Scheme or Portable/Laptop. thats the utility that switches between AC and Battery when the power cable/charger is plugged in or unplugged while the laptop is on. I dont know if you have that option on your PC though.


You can also check under the battery option, goto advanced power settings and check what the level set for low battery and action selected. if its set to like 100% and action is shut down, you can have that problem, you simply do a restore settings for that if you dont know what to do

ok tnks let me try it or even restor it and i will b bak

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Hi every one in d hause, first af all enough respect 2 onegig & others 4 helping last time

i knw dis one may b a litle problem but it not 2 me
am using HP compaq 6220
when i unplug it 4rm d light it will short down dsam time
and i try my best 2 set it, and nw it short dawn even with d 100% power remaining after unpluging 4rm d light

is't 4rm d setting or?
any help?

The process is changing & we like it, but i hope they will all listen 2 this

onegig: then maybe your network connection is not too strong then...try using your modem in someplace and send it somewhere.

tnks 4 d respond
send it some where; like another brower? But t thought dat airtel modems r one of d best?

onegig

Do you see Edge or HSPDA by the bottom right corner of the application. What do you see there? Sorry 4 d dlay, i sees HSPDA

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onegig: Then thats a problem with your service provider. Is it 3G network or EDGE and whats normally the signal strength.

Break it dawn [signal strength] am using airtel broadband 3g modem

[quote author=onegig]Slow connection as in what exactly?. Is the modem very slow or what?[/quote]

IT CONNECT SLOW WHEN OPENING A WEBSITE LIKE FACEBOOK & OTHERS BUT SOME TIMES IT'S FASTER

mdsocks: Since you use avast..here's how to turn off auto update. Also watch to see you dont any other programs doing an automatic update.
* 1 Open Avast! Free Antivirus, Avast! Pro Antivirus or Avast! Internet Security.
* 2 Click "Settings" in the top right corner.
* 3 The Settings window opens.
* 4 Click "Updates" in the left pane of the Settings window.
* 5 Check the box next to "Manual Update" under Engine and Virus Definitions and click "OK". Note that you can also check the box next "Manual Update" under Program if you want to prevent the program from automatically updating when the latest version becomes available.
* 6 Click "OK".

I HAVE DON DAT AND IT IS HELPING AND IT REMAINS THE SLOW CONNECTION OF A THING

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Course ₹ :.. A hard they were singing mamy water power... Powerless power, it' 2ru?

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tnx 4 d inf but i hv dis agains 1 of contestant

Pls . I want 2 contest in dat election Can some 1 tell me how 2 go abaut it, no insult pls.

Pla can some help me out, my Airtel Broadband model wants to finish my money, with high consumption rate of MB data,
for example if i hvae abaut 270 MB data it will not take up to 3 minits the thing will finish
and my browser {M firefox, internet expl dn't fast
am runing window 7 Utimate
on HP compaq nc6220
32 bit
1.25GB of ram
1:60GHz prs
with avast antivirus

and if u knw any application that consums MB data pls let me knw so dat i ll uninstal it fast

i ll b happy if i get help tnz

Point of correction! It z no longer 36 b'cus BOKOHARAM HAS taking 6 MILITANT 6 so check it out

Regreatin tinz......... Hard it ben i hv a girl frnd 2 celebrae d val. with

Girls needs supricess
suprice ur girl this valentine, inroduce her 2 ur real girl friend

MAY BE OGA DANGOTE WANTS TO BUY THE TEAM
LOLS

cyzzy: Are people still watching those diabolic thieves?

i woder oh, even d ode with that kind of money self hmmm....

If i was d fulani man i for just disapear jor

kheart: Ibos can never stop their criminality, how can a monkey swallow a whole 200k? Aside bein impossible self, how comes no one saw when he was swallowing d money? The whole story is just trash and only fooooolz will be believe this.

with magic somethings are possible, dn't b an Adamu

Story story
.......looking 4 what 2 post abi?

I slo need it pls. Ifecux@gmail.com