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Whatever PDP and APC does during this election should not tamper the existence of Nigeria cos Dats what our heroes and heroines died for.....only a useless goat like agbakoba will call for dissolution of Nigeria......all dose soldiers and other security officer DAT laid down their lives for dis country must not die in vain.....#nigeriamustsurvive

does dis really necessary?.... I thought right to associate is fundamental!

Resolute Abdullahi Muhammad, the former Senior
Special Assistant to Gombe State Governor was quoted
saying;
“IF I HAVE TO PAY THE SUPREME PRICE, FOR MY
PEOPLE TO GAIN SUCCOR, SO BE IT. I DECAMPED TO
APC AND NO GOING BACK. IF HIS EXCELLENCY
FEELS KILLING ME IS WHAT WILL RETURN HIM COME
11TH APRIL, THE MASSES WILL DECIDE HIS FATE
EVEN AFTER MY DEMISE”.
Abdullahi Muhammad was attacked by Hoodlums and
beaten mercilessly after he publicly tore his PDP
membership Card.
I just hope the same thugs have not been mobilized to
go and attack Baba OBJ in Abeokuta?

www.newspunch.org/pdp-thugs-unleach-terror-heavily-on-gov-ssa-for-tearing-pdp-id-card-see-photos/

sincerely I can't see jimmy winning Lagos......its all.most impossible...Lagos has become a dynasty for APC....sori jimi just kidding

kakakibuy:
A very good evening to you Justbright. I don't resell cars for profit. Everyone pays the exact cost of the car, shipping and all plus my service fee which is the commission. The prices I give are the best prices possible for the exact cars in the pictures i upload. These are the 2 reasons why the quote I give may be on the high side:

1. The car I pick is in top condition, well maintained, clean history, low mileage and subsequently a higher value as advertised by the dealer. There are many reasons I don't offer my clients the cheapest car available for sale in the market. Paramount is the fact that the cheapest car is in very terrible condition, hence the low price. I always go for cars which are Buy and Drive, and cars which you the client will not have to spend more money repairing one thing or the other. Once you receive your vehicle, a proper and honest market survey in Nigeria will reveal that the amount you paid for that exact car in its exact mechanical and physical condition was a very very good bargain. Please take time to read through the testimonies of people who have gotten their cars through this platform.

2. Lately, I am also shocked at the final prices I arrive at when giving quotes - But there is a simple explanation - The Naira which normally was at ₦165 - $1 is now at ₦215 - $1 at the parallel markets. Since these vehicles are coming directly from the US and are being paid for at the time the client places the order, the value of the Naira on that day is a huge factor.

I hope you will look at the process of owning a car in its totality. It's not enough just to say for example "Oh, I was offered a pencil light for 800k and Kakaki gave me a quote of ₦1.1" Cars should be looked at in totality. What it costs you now plus what it will cost you down the road plus its resale value when God elevates you and you decide to sell and buy a better car.

You are in good hands with me. Place your order today.

Contact: kakakibuy@hotmail.com

WhatsApp: +36705369050

very explainatory.....I am not disputing Ur point...my point is an average Nigerian still struggling to own a car mite not be able to patronise u......as I speak to u I have a budget of 1.4m for said Toyota corolla 2004,so wen I heard of what Ur clients have been writing I decided to contact u but sincerely I can't afford 1.9m for an 04 corolla..

d car is clean but seem kakaki price is a bit on d high side...imaging giving a quote of 1.87m for 2004 corolla....I tot dey said dey Dnt sell for profit d car is clean but seem kakaki price is a bit on d high side...imaging giving a quote of 1.87m for 2004 corolla....I tot dey said dey Dnt sell for profit

GMB

dream on.......Gej will not have 30% in any of d southwestern states including g ekiti and ondo...mark ma word

The implementation of the 35 per cent import levy on used cars will now begin on June 30, 2015 as the Federal Government has once again shifted the commencement date by two months.

In a move to encourage local assembling of vehicles, the government had in September 2013 raised the import tariff on fully-built cars and used vehicles from 22 per cent to 70 per cent made up of 35 per cent duty and 35 per cent levy.

It also announced a zero per cent tariff on Completely Knocked Down units (vehicles) and five per cent to 10 per cent on Semi Knocked Down units.

The first phase of the policy, involving the payment of the 35 per cent duty came into effect in February 2014.

The Director-General, National Automotive Council, Mr. Aminu Jalal, informed our correspondent through a text message on Monday that a circular had been issued by the Federal Ministry of Finance deferring the implementation of the levy to June 30. He did not give any reason for the postponement.

When the implementation of the second phase was first moved from July 1, 2014 to January 1, 2015, the government had said that it was to enable local vehicle assembly plants to ramp up production in order to meet the nation’s demand for brand new vehicles.

When it was last month deferred again to April 30, 2015, the Federal Government said through NAC, an agency of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, that the postponement was due to the delay in establishing a vehicle finance scheme.

Jalal had said, “The arrangement for the establishment of the affordable vehicle finance scheme suffered a delay of about four months due to the Ebola Virus Disease. The staff of the collaborating bank, Wesbank of South Africa, delayed their planned trip to Nigeria to set up operations from September 2014 to January 2015.

“Hence, the new date for the start of operations of the financing scheme is April 2014. Accordingly, the Minister of Finance has been asked to extend the levy deferment on used cars to April 30, 2015.”

Nigeria imports about 400,000 units of vehicles annually, with about 300,000 being second-hand. As a result of the devaluation of the naira and the subsequent rise in the cost of buying used vehicles and clearing them at the nation’s seaports, auto dealers at the Berger Yard Auto Market in Lagos have reduced the volume of importation by over 50 per cent.

Port and Terminal Multi Services Limited, the largest terminal for vehicle imports, has recorded a 61 per cent drop in the volume of imported vehicles. The terminal had in January 2014 handled 16,000 units of vehicles, while only 6,200 passed through it last month.

Efforts to get a response from the Special Adviser to the Minister of Finance on Media, Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu, proved abortive as he neither picked his calls nor respond to a text message sent to his mobile telephone

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pls I house I am a graduate of microbiology.. pls can I apply
for MBA at noun wtout any PGD?...I have a go of 3.3
which is second class lower....
also I will like yo known the cost implications for d program
and d duration....all Ur contributions are welcome...thanks

PDP ship is sinking deeper by d day...watching in 3d

seunadeolu:
yes i will be willing to negotiate with you

so what is Ur last price ...am not in town right now BT can pick up by proxy

no wonder dis indigbo are d slaves of all other tribes in naija and if care is not taking they will continue to be in d sate of political redundance till they can do d right thing.....how can a sane man come out to say election should not hold even after postponement?.....south easterners are political parasite and will never taste power in dis country unless dey change this their shameless and scanvenger-like behaviour

is it HD display...if yes am ready to offer between 35-38k....08036253428

pls I house I am a graduate of microbiology.. pls can I apply for MBA at noun wtout any PGD?...I have a go of 3.3 which is second class lower....
also I will like yo known the cost implications for d program and d duration....all Ur contributions are welcome...thanks

I have a feeling if jega does not sense his effort on d card readers could be sabotage today den he's a learner...PDP WL do everything to make him look stupid at d plenary today...he should be wise

I laff in Swahili....
.hahahahahahajajeeeeeeeeeekkihhhgookkpigfcvbjjhahahahahahajajeeeeeeeeeekkihhhgookkpigfcvbjj

Source pls......I just can't believe disbis happening

Sir pls tell d oooo

dey are welcome...as long as dey know DAT its not gonna be "business as usual"...

sai Buhari

"surely they shall gather together,but not for Nigeria's sake,they shall speak the word but it shall not stand ,for d Lord is with Nigeria"......
let dem keep planning evil but d Lord will scatter dem

its a tough decision but I think its worth it...inec can use d time to perfect all other necessary electioneering process....
BT pls Gej should not try to sack jega or ask him to go on terminal leave...DAT could be suicidal...
God bless nigeria

I just hope sacking jega or a asking him to go on terminal leave is not parrrt of gej plan to plunger dis nation into political crisis

The Presidency on Friday listed some of the reasons it feels that going ahead with the February dates for the general elections as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission can “throw the country into turmoil and confusion.”

It however said President Goodluck Jonathan would not engage in any form of subterfuge to pressurise INEC to change the dates of the elections.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, stated these in Abuja at a press conference called to clarify the outcome of the Council of State meeting held on Thursday.

Okupe said there was no time during the meeting held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when the chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, insisted on the February dates as quoted by some media reports.

He listed the level of preparedness of the electoral body and security situation in some parts of the country as some of the reasons why it will be wise to revisit the February dates.

On preparation, Okupe said in all INEC’s submissions at the meeting, the only process that was 100% concluded was the preparation and availability of the voters register.

He claimed that all other processes including provision, distribution and collection of PVCs, printing of ballot papers, distribution of verification machines and other non –sensitive materials, recruitment and training of ad hoc staff are all “work in progress.”

He added that Jega himself admitted that given a little more time, INEC would be in a better position to perfect the processes and its readiness for the elections.

He said, “Also in his presentations to the Council, the INEC Chairman, stated clearly that for the electoral process to be free, fair, and credible,  there are other matters which were not under the control of INEC, principal among which is the issue of provision and guarantee of security of lives and properties.

“The Security Chiefs were unanimous in their advice to the Council that it will be impossible for now for them to guarantee security of electoral materials, INEC Staff, and the voting population in the areas currently engulfed by the war against insurgency.”

Okupe said while some opinions were proffered that elections could be allowed to hold on February 14 in 32 states not affected by insurgency, Jonathan made it clear that he would not allow an election where some people will be excluded for no fault of theirs.

He quoted the President as further saying that endorsing such would tend to confirm the falsehood already being propagated in some parts of the country that he was encouraging the war in the North East to ensure that voters in the APC states were not allowed to vote in the 2015 elections.

He added, “For the avoidance of doubt, Nigerians are hereby re-assured that there has never been, and never shall be any plan to cancel the 2015 elections, for any reasons whatsoever. It will not happen, and the May 29th date for the swearing-in is sacrosanct. All talks about interim government arrangement is pure fiction.

“The consideration behind the possibility of change of date is to allow those who may be disfranchised from voting on the 14th February to have an opportunity to exercise their lawful rights to vote and participate in the general elections.

“The new wave of successes being recorded by the Military in the War against insurgency, especially with the arrival of new effective combatant equipment and machinery, plus the newly revamped cross border co-operation with Niger, Chad and Cameroonian Military, offer a very genuine hope that in a very short while, the situation in the affected states will be brought under such reasonable control that will guarantee safety of the electoral process and electorate in the war front region of the North–East at a no distant future.

“We repeat that the only set of people who stand to benefit from a shift in election dates are Nigerians who desire to vote and have not been able to collect their Permanent Voters Cards and other innocent citizens living in the war zone who may not be able to vote on the 14th February.

“We also wish to recollect that in 2003, 2007, and 2011 the elections were held in April, and the hand over date was not affected.

“We therefore challenge the opposition to tell Nigerians in clear terms, what dangers the change of date from February 14th portends to the electoral process or to the Nigerian electorate. It will also be good if the opposition tells us who stands to benefit or be disadvantaged from any shifting of date and how.”

Okupe, while saying that INEC was not fully ready for the elections, dared the commission to direct its Resident Electoral Commissioners to swear to an affidavit to prove their readiness for the polls.

“It will be very re-assuring if the INEC can get its RECs to attach their state of readiness to a sworn affidavit and show it to Nigerians.

“The interest of this government is to ensure that we do not have a rancorous and poorly conducted general elections that will throw the country into turmoil and confusion with the likelihood of an unnecessary internal and external rejection and condemnation,” he said.

Okupe claimed that in Sokoto State, nine local government areas are yet to receive PVC for the continuous voters registration, barely nine days to the election.

He also claimed that the majority of the 960,000 ad hoc staff needed by the commission are yet to be recruited and trained especially on the operations of card readers that are yet to be made available.

He added that Lagos State is yet to receive a balance of about 12,000 card readers for elections


Presidency lists grouse with February polls date
Via Top 20 News Websites.
http://www.punchng.com/news/presidency-lists-grouse-with-february-po

its a victory for democracy

The meeting was Mr. Jonathan’s final open effort to rescue
an election that seems to have got away from him very
quickly.
Under the Nigerian constitution, the Council advises executive
branch, and is chaired by the President. Other members are
the Vice-President, who is the Deputy Chairman; all former
Presidents of the Federation and all former Heads of the
Government of the Federation; all former Chief Justices;
the President of the Senate; the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; all State Governors; and the Attorney-
General of the Federation.
Also at Thursday’s meeting was the chairman of the
Independent National Election Commission (INEC).
President Jonathan cited security concerns and lack of
preparedness by INEC as his reasons for seeking
postponement of the elections.
Our presidency sources at the meeting said that
all the former Heads of State spoke in favor of holding the
general elections on February 14th and February 28th 2015,
as scheduled by the electoral commission. Muhammadu Buhari,
the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
also spoke calmly but firmly against the proposal.
However, when it was Jega’s time to speak, he shocked the
meeting by disclosing that just before he entered the Council
chambers, the president’s National Security Advisor,
Col. Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), had handed him a report saying
that the security services could not guarantee security
during the elections. Dasuki, he stated, emphasized that 14
Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the North East would be
compromised.
Presidency sources inside the meeting
tell SaharaReporters that Jega responded the security question
stating “We are better off [more secure] than in 2011”
elections. He also argued that the security situation in 14
LGAs should not interfere with acountry of over 700 such
councils.
Professor Jega also said that all Permanent Voting Cards
(PVCs) were ready for voters and that their
availability should no longer be considered an issue. Our
sources say that when Jega finishing giving his presentation,
the majority of the room clapped in support and respect.
One source disclosed to SaharaReporters that
after Jega’s presentation, aides to President Jonathan sent
a signal to Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, Alex Ekwueme and
Senator Okunrounmu to release a “dossier” that
was in the possession of the group against Jega. That group
then quickly organized a press conference in Abuja to
demand Jega’s removal from INEC and get himarrested and
tried for “treason”.
Contrary to Jega’s positive reception at the Council of
State, the group, in a fall-back strategy the president
seemed to have approved of in advance, claimed that the
INEC boss had colluded with some Northern “leaders” to
cheat the South of the presidency.
After today’s meeting the Council of State decided that
INEC and the security agencies must hold meetings leading
to the elections in order to harmonize and coordinate their
activities to ensure that all elections are free and
fair starting this month.
The meeting then nominated Governor Olusegun Mimiko of
Ondo State to brief the press about its decisions.
Governor Rochas Okorocha strategically joined Mimiko at
that event to ensure that nothing was added to, or taken
away from what Nigerians needed to know.


http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/05/how-council-state-rejected-president-jonathan’s-proposal-postpone-general-elections

postponing d election will cause chaos and anarchy...Gej should thread wit caution.....some bad eggs will hide under this excuse to forming trouble

no more story...
let d election beging

Attahiru Jega, chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), has told his aides that he plans
to inform tomorrow’s meeting of the Council of State that
his commission is fully prepared for the February 14, 2015
elections. According to INEC sources who spoke to
SaharaReporters, Mr. Jega indicated that he also intended to
brief the council on a few outstanding minor logistical issues
which he said INEC would be able to take care of in the next
week.
The chair of the electoral commission however expressed
concern that the Nigerian armed forces, despite openly
claiming to be fully prepared for the elections, had refused
to meet with INEC to discuss specific roles that each of
would play in order to help safeguard electoral materials and
distribute them across the nation.
One source said that some INEC officials believe that the
military’s uncooperative attitude arose from a scheme by
President Goodluck Jonathan and his supporters to frustrate
the elections. As far back as October 2014, SaharaReporters
had disclosed that Mr. Jonathan was less interested in the
elections than in the elongation of his tenure.
Mr. Jonathan called a meeting of the Council of State to
hold in Abuja tomorrow, February 5. Our sources said the
president’s major agenda was to persuade former Nigerian
leaders, some state governors and opposition figures to
agree to the idea of postponing the elections for at least
two months. The president’s main argument, according to
those familiar with the scheme, is that INEC was ill-
prepared to hold elections on February 14.
One source told our correspondent that Mr. Jonathan had
secured the full support of former military dictator, Ibrahim
Babangida, for the postponement of the elections. Mr.
Babangida’s political legacy included annulling the June 12,
1993 presidential polls, an action that precipitated a major
political crisis in Nigeria for several years. The election had
been described by local and foreign observers as freest and
fairest.
A source told SaharaReporters that former President
Olusegun Obasanjo plans to boycott tomorrow’s meeting of
the Council of States. As at press time, our correspondence
was unable to find out if Muhammed Buhari, the presidential
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), plans to
attend the council meeting. An aide of Mr. Buhari’s said the
presidential candidate would lead opposition governors to the
council in order to fight against the extension.
Should Mr. Jonathan succeed in postponing the election by
two months, Mr. Jega would be approximately one month away
from the end of his tenure. , the President will send him on
a terminal leave and bring in his replacement to conduct the
election, but Saharareporters has learnt that the President
doesn’t have any interest in conducting elections instead he
is interested in pushing for a two-year Interim Government
of National Unity to be headed by him. His aides are
supposed to meet with the National Leader of the APC, Bola
Tinubu to offer his a position as the VP slot on the IGNU.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/05/inec-chair-jega-tell-council-state-he-ready-elections-getting-no-cooperation-military

we are waiting for more outburst pls baba

A former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said he will henceforth maintain silence on the state of the nation until after the forthcoming general elections.

He said this on Wednesday while addressing traditional rulers from Egbaland who were attending a seminar organised by a non-governmental organisation, The Village Network Empowerment Initiative. The seminar held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta.

The former president, who had in recent times criticised President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, said it was unfortunate that some people could misconstrue his good intention for the country.

Hence, he said he had chosen to keep mum until after the elections.

Obasanjo, who also flayed the situation in which teachers in some states were being owed salaries for upward of six months, said Nigerians had an opportunity from February 14 to play their own part in enthroning leaders of their choice.

He said, “Where we are now, I have spoken. I have used body language and whoever still does not understand all I have been saying, it would take such a person a long time to understand.

“It is something that is very clear for us all to see. Some people came to visit me from Benue State three days ago and told me teachers in that state had not been paid for six months.

“There are states where teachers have not been paid for four months, three months and two months. That is not good at all. It’s only God that can help us to overcome all these problems.

“All I know is that God has done His own part and it’s now left for us as human beings to do our own bit. Do we, as Nigerians, say that God has not been magnanimous enough to us?

“Is it human or natural resources that we do not have? We are blessed with a lot of fertile land. Shakespeare says the fault is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings.

“God has done his own part and it’s now left for us as human beings to play our own part. That our own part starts from the 14th and it’s now left to you and me. I won’t say more than that. I’ve said I won’t say anything anymore until after the elections.

“You’ll hear from me after the elections. But I’ve said it verbally and through body language and how you understand it all is now left to you. But whatever you still don’t understand about all of these, I will put it in prayers that God should enable you to clearly understand it all better.

“But I won’t say more than this until after the election.”

Delivering a lecture to the traditional rulers on “Waste to Wealth, Health, Biogas productions as an alternative source of energy for sustainable rural development,” the Director of the Zoo Park of the Federal University of Agriculture, Prof. Moses Oyatogun, enumerated the uses of different waste for energy production.

He advised them to take advantage of all manner of waste in their environment.

The initiator of the Village Network Empowerment Initiative Network, Oba Olufemi Ogunleye, said he organised the seminar to enable the traditional rulers to acquire knowledge and exposure towards the development of their communities

http://www.punchng.com/news/no-comment-on-national-issues-until-after-elections-obasanjo

to me inec seem ready....almost 70% PVC distribution......we can't av 100% collection so let inec do d needful