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explorer250:
what proof do you want me to show you? Enlightened yoruba nairalanders knows that what i am saying is true. And it actually happened to one of my uncles.

Even if true why are you complaining? Don't you love a disorderly society where there's little regard for law and regulation? So why are you complaining?

Chigold101:
you are right. But know that it is cos GEJ is not using it hunt his politcal enemies like OBJ did. If GEJ goes the way of OBJ, someone like atiku would be telling EFCC how he made his billions as a costum officer & Buhari too would be telling how 2.8 billion dollars that got lost was traced to his account and the NTA person to investigated & discovered itwas sacked.
The only problem of GEJ is thathe is a true democrat. He doesnt fight, kill & jail percieved enemies. OBJ would have caution seun of shot down nairaland if he is the one that people use this medium to hip insult and abuse everyday..

Aren't you tired of saying things that don't make sense?

CrinkumCrankum:
Instead your Prayer should be that other Southern Tribes and the middle Belt should wake up and foresee things the way IGBOs have seen them for their own betterment

Why? You're mostly intolerants of others' religions and culture. You're usually condescending and have no respect. Plus, you have a tendency to act first and think later. I think you'd be better off as a group to learn how to negotiate instead of being brash, crude and unruly all the time.

ZKOSOSO:
I have placed order for the victory champaign of GEJ come feb 14!
He cannot loose!! Cos GEJ is born Lucky!!
Not under my watch!! Hahaha!

You can't spell "Champagne", you can't spell "lose" yet you're celebrating victory.

You need to get your priorities straight.

berem:
don't tell me you quoted the whole bullshit when I was even finding it to read it all?

*ihatelongposts*

ROFLMAO I actually speed-read it myself.

eye4eye:
In a sane world, Tompolo would have been invited this morning for questioning and possible prosecution. We now live in the world of Jonathan that criminals are being paid $40,000,000 per year to "secure" oil facilities in the country. Criminals are the top brass in GEJ administration.

Buhari needs to come and clean the system. Nigeria does need cleansing.

$40million +$10million/ every week in stolen crude oil.

SamIkenna:
We, the people of the East, will never allow an avowed Sharia monger and Fulani supremacist to lord over us again. Keep on hating on Igbos while we deliver on our promise.

I'm pretty sure other Nigerian tribes are reading this. Yall will mess around and turn this next election into Ibos v The rest of Nigeria. Dont think other Nigerians can't see through you.

ZKOSOSO:
When d chips are down,
When d time is ripe
When the much awaited WAR is up
When its time to go as of old
Then u will know that all of South is ONE

Yorubas, Edos and Other tribes in the West will join hands with Ikwerres, Ibos,IBIBIO , Ijaws etc to fight who exactly?

You're a joker.

SenseiX:
NL's resident APC crew, berem,egift,barcanista,omenka,gbawe will claim GEJ paid off The world's top news agency

Dude, this article actually insults Nigerians as unthinking for supporting GEJ.

TheImp:
ABUJA (Reuters) - Not many presidents could survive three multi-billion dollar government oil corruption scandals and a wave of cold-blooded killings and kidnappings of civilians by Islamist militants still holding hundreds of schoolgirls aftersix months.Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan has not only survived, he will seek reelection in February stronger than ever, after five years in a job no one expected him to get.Jonathan's support base within the ruling party is now unchallenged, a rare feat for the often fractious People's Democratic Party (PDP), while the main opposition APC coalition is split between two contestants for the presidency.The government announced a ceasefire with the Islamist Boko Haram rebels 10 days ago, ahead oftalks in neighboring Chad to secure the release of more than 200 girls seized from Chibok village in April in an abduction that shocked the world.If the talks are successful it would help the president's image. But nothing has come of it yet and violence has since surged, with dozens more children kidnapped.Jonathan has defended his overstretched military's efforts against a Boko Haram insurgency that has killed thousands. In the case of the failure to free the schoolgirls, he has said any rescue attempt would endanger their lives.Meanwhile, apart from the security challenges, his government also has been beset by corruption allegations.A parliamentary report detailed a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud. A government investigation revealed corrupt cut price crude sales to oil majors that cost the treasury billions. And a former central banker has reported that between$10 and billion $20 billion had been diverted by thestate oil firm over 18 months between 2012 and last year.The government pledged to investigate the first two cases and denied the third.Last month, South Africa froze two payments fromthe Jonathan administration totaling $15 million that it suspected were for illegal arms deals. Nigeria said the deals were legal.Yet it is a testament to Nigeria's complex mix of ethnic rivalry, patronage and intense competition for centralized oil wealth in Africa's top producer that Jonathan can brush off these various scandals and attract a high level of support.
WEAKER OPPOSITION
Jonathan, a Christian southerner, was an accidental president, taking over in 2009 after President Umaru Yar'adua, a Muslim from the north, died from illness.When Jonathan was elected to his own term in 2011, many in the north resented his decision to run, believing he had torn up an unwritten rule that power should rotate between mainly Muslim northand mainly Christian south every two terms.Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, who lost to Jonathan in 2011, and defected PDP ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar are vying for the opposition APC ticket. Both launched bids in the past month, focusing on security and graft.Roddy Barclay, senior Africa analyst at Control Risks, a political risk consultancy, sees two"principle factors for Jonathan's robust position in spite of the scandals and failings which have rocked his government"."Firstly, the primacy of money and patronage in determining electoral outcomes in Nigeria," meansan incumbent gets a huge advantage, and second,"the opposition lacks steadfast unity".That marks a big change from less than a year ago. In December it was the PDP that was in crisis. Thirty seven lawmakers defected to the APC that month, demolishing the PDP's lower house majority. Rotimi Amaechi, powerful governor of the oil hub state of Rivers, also defected.The same month, Jonathan's mentor and PDP Godfather, ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, wrotea scathing letter saying it would be "fatally morallyflawed" for Jonathan to seek re-election in 2015 because of corruption under his rule. Jonathan called the intervention "unjustifiable and indecorous".Ten months on and the APC has failed to capitalize. It has not agreed on a presidential candidate and several disillusioned APC figures have flipped to the PDP, underscoring the fluid nature of Nigerian party politics.They include popular two-term ex-governor of Kano state Ibrahim Shakarau, a Buhari rival, and former anti-corruption chief Nuhu Ribadu, denying the APC a strong anti-graft platform, although Buhari still has strong anti-corruption credentials.
"MODEST EXPECTATIONS"
In June, the APC then lost a governorship election in southwestern Ekiti state to the ruling party."The opposition is cannibalizing itself. Its top elites are vying against one another. That's a glidepath for President Jonathan," said Eurasia Group's Philippe de Pontet."Had the APC sustained its momentum from 5-6 months ago ... we'd be in a different world."On Dec 2, the dynamic could shift when the party picks its candidate. Buhari earned a reputation for cracking down on corruption during his time in power in 1983-85, and most Nigerians agree he did not use the post to enrich himself, but it is not clear whether he would win votes from APC supporters in the south.The emotional conflict felt by Barrister Isaac Matthew illustrates Jonathan's staying power.Driven by the plight of the schoolgirls to leave a court case he was defending to join protesters demanding more action to rescue them, he says Jonathan bears ultimate responsibility since"leaders are supposed to protect their people"."I'm still probably going to vote for him," he said, citing Jonathan's concentration on power reform and some works Matthew said had greatly improved the road network."The opposition has no credible candidate to stand against him. Not Atiku (Abubakar) and not Buhari."The power sector is under improvement, but that may not draw votes since the supply in one of the world's most electricity-starved countries has fallen in the short term.Many voters are likely to see the Boko Haram insurgency, which only affects the remote northeast apart from occasional bomb attacks in the capital or other cities, as just one problem in their large, diverse country."Expectations in the electorate are fairly modest and they are hugely disenfranchised, despite ... years of civilian rule," said Antony Goldman, head of Nigeria-focused PM Consulting."You don't need to be popular or successful in conventional terms to win an election in Nigeria," he said, although he added that no president had managed to stay popular after four years in office, and the APC had yet to present a clear alternative.
EBOLA NOT A FACTOR SO FAR
One issue that has not yet played an important role is Ebola, rampant in some other West African states. A mixture of luck and impressively decisiveaction has meant Africa's most populous country was able to avoid a potentially devastating epidemic after a Liberian brought it to the megacity of Lagos, but the virus could still come back to plague Nigeria, with unpredictable politicalconsequences.Jonathan's assumed decision to run has widened a divide between elites in Nigeria's south and north because of a feeling in the north that it is stilltheir "turn" to rule.That makes violence likely, especially if the poll is close. In 2011, more than 800 were killed and 65,000 displaced in three days of violence after Jonathan beat Buhari in the poll.If Buhari, now 71, gets the ticket but loses the election again, his supporters may have less reason to end the mayhem so quickly if they sensehe has missed his last chance.(This story has been refiled to add missing letter to 'beset', paragraph eight)(Editing by Philippa Fletcher and Peter Graff)
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0IG1E220141027?irpc=932

You do know that Reuters basically called Nigerians ignorant, backwards and uncivilized with this article, right? Especially with the first 3 paragraphs.

If most of you aren't dull, you'd have seen the video where he denied ever making such a statement.

activatenigeria:
Ali was murdered literally and his blood is on the hands of Buhari.

BUHARI'S TRIBUNAL SENT HIM TO JAIL FOR 100 YEARS. HE WENT BLIND IN PRISON.

Meanwhile, another Northern Governor named AWWAL was caught in London with 14 million pound and dollars, BUHARI KEPT HIM UNDER "HOUSE ARREST."

THERE WERE ONLY 3 PEOPLE ALLOWED TO BE UNDER HOUSE ARREST BY BUHARI. ALL 3 WERE NORTHERN MUSLIMS.

AMBROSE ALI DIED WITHOUT A COMPLETE HOUSE TO HIS NAME.

Professor who built 600 secondary schools and 6 Tertiary institutions and loads of roads, Buhari and his kangaroo tribunals said he mismanaged 980 million naira on road construction.

Professor Ambrose Ali of UPN did not even have enough money to withstand Ogbemudia of NPN in an election. Ali's supporters did not even have enough posters.

AMbrose Ali got blind inside prison and would have died in jail, but for the Esama of Benin who went and paid money for him to be released. Ali died leaving one wife.

FACTS ARE SACRED. KNOW YOUR HISTORY.

I challenge any Buhari supporter to say one lie that I have told. I challenge them to show me what Buhari has done better than this man. 6 Tertiary institutions, 600 secondary schools. No house. One car. One wife. No money for election against Ogbemudia. Did not have "personal relation" with any bank to give him loan to challenge Ogbemudia well.

FACTS ARE SACRED. The Professor soul will avenge itself, either in this life, or the next. There shall be no peace nor presidency for the wicked.

I am out to remind you of saint BUHARI, Follow closely and please challenge me with evidence.

by Chinedu Nwosu, Port Harcourt.

all of a sudden Ibos love the same Bendel Region people they continually degrade and insult on NL....

Sincere9gerian:
What about in 2002 when a certain buhari said Muslims should vote for only Muslim? Continue deceiving yourselves

GEJ also called Yorubas and their leaders rascals, said if not for Ibos he wouldn't be President, Ibos are his bedrock and they are the only reason why he's happy to be President. We also see him in Israeli churches every other day, so I guess intolerance and bigotry is a two-way street.


P.s: Buhari never said that which you accused him of.

warrior01:
Presidency fears on Buhari winning? We know he can't win; we are only concerned about the young ones especially Youth Corpers and Christians that would lose their lives. Shebi, he said monkey and baboons will be soaked in blood.

Who is "We"?! Those old men, with big stomachs and Private Jets couldn't distinguish you from a pebble in clear sand even if they focused their sights and stared at both of you for ten minutes straight.

Stop deceiving yourself.

talktimi:
Okay he contradicted himself but does that mean you should describe him in a derogatory term when you could have easily corrected him without such ?

Maybe you shouldnt be the one pretentiously preaching peace as theres never been anything but spite shown towards me from you, so stop with the fake attitude.

manny4life:
He ALWAYS stalks me on NL, and I mean it's been going on for like 5 years or more and I have done nothing to the man. Even my inactivity for several months did not deter him. Often when he quotes me, I ignore him and keep it moving. He is my nemesis; he made me break my silence of several months... And I am on here, and will yet again, treat his fvck up.

First off, I never knew who you were until you and your Ibo brothers took to attacking my positions on issues involving Nigeria. Second, I havent been on here for that long. Third, stop crying wolf when you were the first to sling mud. Fourth, stop pretending you know it all.

Fifth, like someone said above:Obinna be quiet, youre a noise maker.

manny4life:
[size=20pt]Who is the cretin, a retardious FUCKTARDD?
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Why the hell are you stalking me? Go get the definition of a "millionaire" by U.S. standard, then come back and holla..

See the bolded?! Youre a bush village man like I said.

A "Millionaire" simply means theyve passed the "Thousandths", end of, whether "U.S Standards", "JAPANESE Standards" or even "Aba Standards".

Don't worry, you're still enroute the 2015 disaster date. The mistake most of you make is thinking the trouble making will come from the North if APC loses next year.

No, the Niger-Delta is the area stocking up arms to unleash on Nigerians if GEJ loses next year.

ducii:
I swear it is really unfair, with all the Shale Oil and Gas. they are still disturbing poor people.

Pay your tax. That's how a functioning society is run.

manny4life:
Lmao... Honestly though, it isn't only for millionaires like you think. It affects the average citizen living abroad and making the big bucks. It means for instance, U.S. Nationals living abroad are subject to the evil taxation... e.g.,if Nigerians living abroad finally come back home, as long as they are U.S. Citizens, any income they make, or business they transact and make an income, by law, they will report it. Nigerian banks they fail to turnover documents of U.S. Nationals held accounts are subject to huge penalty. This isn't fair at all.

You're nothing but a bush village man; always acting like you know it all and can never stay out of any topic because of this attitude. Tell me, in one breath you said this law "isn't only for millionaires, it affects the average citizens making the big bucks"....

Please enlighten me how an "average citizen making 'big bucks' " won't fall into the category of a millionaire, or what do you call "Big bucks" in your hamlet?1

talkintruth:
It shows you are not informed. Go and read about the Jews and you will know they are the most blessed of all tribes

Ignorant Africans.

Smh.

PhockPhockMan:
Buhari is in trouble.

Actually, GEJ is the one in trouble.

GenBuhari:
Tell me how could a thief ever leave $22Bn it is just not believable.

Can you provide your source?

You're just a pest, aren't you?

GenBuhari:
Buhari can not deceive you.

Abacha was indeed a great leader.

You do realize you irritate a lot of people on here with that statement, right?

Sunnybobo3:
How about this kind of pictures?

In the second pic is Sir Ahmadu Bello, sardauna of Sokoto (5th from left)

1960 Nigeria is different from 2014 Nigeria. Your President is too divisive only because he's egged on by ignorant folk like yourself.

ahaika23:
REVEALED! 2015 Election: Amaechi Wastes N5billion For Rally In His Desperate Bid To Edge Out Fashola As Buhari's Running Mate | NewsDay Reporters
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"Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others" - Niccolo Machiavelli
London (NDR) – It seems that Niccolo Machiavelli had Governor Chuibike Amaechi of Rivers State in mind when he made the above statement. This aptly captures the political situation he is in presently.
From been the Personal Assistant (PA) to the former governor of Rivers State – Dr. Peter Odili to Speaker Rivers State House of Assembly and now Governor of Rivers State, he has secured himself and can now attack anyone (including President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife) who dares to be an obstacle in his desperate quest for more political powers. Call that ambition. Yes! Amaechi is very ambitious, but to waste N5 billion just to lobby for vice presidential slot is very outrageous! Is that all? No. Few months ago, NewsDay Reporters reported how Amaechi shared N300 million to selected “Bloggers” otherwise known as Cashivists during #TheAmaechiIknow. He has also put aside over N30 billion for this ‘special project.’ No thanks to the recent approval of N19 billion by the State House of Assembly to be withdrawn from the State reserve.
Many people that attended the All Progressive People (APC) mega rally held at Adokiye Ameisima stadium of Greater Port Harcourt City on the October 25, 2014, thought that it was actually to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the historic Supreme Court verdict in 2007 that enthroned Amaechi as the authentic and duly elected Governor of River State. That was just a front.
One of Lai Mohammed’s aides – who doesn’t want his name in print has it that, the rally was meant to show APC stalwarts that Amaechi can pull the needed South-south and Southeast votes if given the vice presidential slot, so as to edge out the preferred candidate for the position – Govern Babatunde Fashola. In his words:
“Amaechi is just wasting his time and money. How does he think he can edge out Fashola as the VP? He spent billions of naira, to make his man – Sam Jaja – APC national chairman, yet failed and now he is spending another billions to become the VP. He will definitely fail again because if Fashola is dropped, the Yoruba voters would vote Goodluck Jonathan”
True to that, Southwest APC governors and other members led by Governor Adams Oshomole – who support Fashola’s candidature, shunned the rally. But the success of the rally has put their camp in political disarray. Fashola is Buhari’s preferred candidate as a VP which made him to say that, he has no issue about Muslim-Muslim ticket. One of the reasons is that, Buhari wants to run with a conservative and coolheaded Fashola than a radical Amaechi. He is also adamant about the Muslim-Muslim ticket, having ran with Christians and failed in his last three presidential bids.
However, the only problem is Bola Tinubu – who doesn’t want Fashola as VP. Tinubu prefers Amaechi as VP because he feels that Fashola has come to an end of his political career for whatever reason. He has been working behind the scene to achieve this and was the brain behind this mega rally.
People have been asking how did Amaechi pull so many crowds in this rally? Tinubu told him that, the only way to edge out Fashola on the VP slot is to show APC bigwigs that he can actually secure the so needed South-south and Southeast votes. So, Amaechi brought out a whopping sum of N5 billion for the rally and disbursed to the following persons to mobilize the youths for the rally:
Mrs. Ibim Semenitari – the commissioner for Information and Communication – who also doubles as Amaechi’s mistress was mandated by the governor to see to the success of this rally. This woman is Amaechi’s “anchorman” and she is so powerful that men in Rivers State govt fear her more than the governor.
Pepperoni – the laundry man that runs a fast food chain and whose boss is Eric Idogun, mobilized people from Abia and Imo States. Most of the funds were and are still being disbursed from his Ada George office
Preye Aganaba – the lapdog who happens to be powerful due to his illicit affair with Ibim Semenitari (Amaechi’s powerful mistress) used his football foundation and mobilized the Bayelsa group
Henry Amadi – the Chairman PHALGA was also given huge sum of money as he hired dozens of 18 sitter buses to mobilize the youths in and around Port Harcourt city.
The youths mobilized for this rally were paid N5, 000 each as appearance fee. This is happening in a State where 2012 Corp members have not been paid their “allowee”; the over 13, 000 teachers the governor hired are still being owed many months salaries. Some of them have not been paid for once since they were employed. The Port Harcourt monorail where billions of naira was invested into has been abandoned due to “lack of fund”, yet the governor has the fund to rent crowd to lobby for VP slot. It is really true that a man with ambition can act desperately.

http://newsdayreporters.com/what-s-hot/537-revealed-2015-election-amaechi-wastes-n5billion-for-rally-in-his-desperate-bid-to-edge-out-fashola-as-buhari-s-running-mate-newsday-reporters.html

Amateur writing. This article --- based on its grammatical composition --- is a disgrace to journalism.

GEJ needs to fire his stylist, ASAP.

Acidosis:
But Your master Fashola and Buhari are Muslims; if religion isn't important, why can't he (Fashola) change religion for the sake of politics and vice-presidential ambition?

If religion is so important to you as you proclaim with every post on here you would know what Christianity stated about hypocrisy.

CFCfan:
The recent body language of Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, suggests he wants nothing to do with being a running mate to either Buhari or Atiku. Instead, Fashola may likely seek a Senatorial nomination; and he is a sure bet to win both the Senatorial primary and the February general election.

However, if the APC loses the presidential election, I wouldn't mind a Senator Fashola becoming the APC presidential nominee for the 2019 election. By then, his combined 8 years as a governor, and 4 years as a Senator should be adequate experience needed to run for the highest office in the land.

You're making permutations as if we don't know that that's not how Nigerians think. 4yrs from now, if he's not V.P, Fashola would be all but forgotten.

basisop:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1812520_wp20141025001_jpeg96dad79a13b490d06bc5df151ca82ba9

Wrong! We the grassroot support PDP. People were looking at the bought crowd in Port Harcourt like fools. Ask the street. PDP is the main party.

Btw, see the PDP truck parked along Rupkokwu/Igwuruta Road on APC's way to the stadium that attracted eyes.

Flaunting absurd wealth in the faces of people who are mostly desperately poor. Silly campaign style if you ask me.

basisop:
Wrong! We the grassroot support PDP. People were looking at the bought crowd in Port Harcourt like fools. Ask the street. PDP is the main party.

Btw, see the PDP truck parked along Rupkokwu/Igwuruta Road on APC's way to the stadium that attracted eyes.

Flaunting absurd wealth in the faces of people who are desperately poor. Silly campaign style if you ask me.

These kind of Pictures just make the black man look ignorant as hell.