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There was mild tension in parts of in Imo State on Sunday as armed security personnel, including men of the Department of State Security, the Police and the Army barred journalists from collation centres in the state.

At the collation Centre in Owerri Municipal Council Secretariat, journalists were turned back from the gate by stern looking security operatives who could not give reasons for the action.

The anxious journalists who were at the centres to get the results of the National Assembly and Presidential election results were told to return home and wait until the results were announced.

All efforts to reach the Resident Electoral Commissioner, George Ada, were abortive as his phone was switched off.

Meanwhile elections were conducted yesterday in the polling units where the exercise could not hold yesterday as a result of non availability of voting materials.

It will be recalled that many supporters of the All Progressives Congress were arrested and manhandled by security operatives at the alleged instance of the People’s Democratic Party.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/dss-others-bar-journalists-from-collation-centres-in-imo/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

I'm very impressed with how the enthusiastic the electorates have become in our nation's politics. This goes a long way to show that our 'infant' democracy is growing into a toddler.
Just look at the number of people viewing this thread - shows how interested the people are in monitoring the collation of votes and trying to ensure their votes count.
The days of voting and leaving INEC to do their manipulations is gone.
It's close to impossible to rig elections in Nigeria again

UnknownT I shall respect your wish not to be quoted. However, I'll mention you and drive my point home.
A governor would choose to appoint whoever he deems fit for a particular role (based on the person's experience and exposure) and what the person studied in school is very inconsequential.
This has no peculiarity whatsoever to Nigeria. Please get over your epic ignorance

UnknownT:
A commissioner of Information an Engineer? Welcome to Nigeria

Just look at this one's public display of very shallow reasoning.

So in your own perfect world a commissioner of information MUST study information management?

Why is a zoologist ruling the nation? we would have had someone that studied political science (or government) instead

Please I don't know what's happening. I couldn't download the past questions from the website given.
Please can anyone help me forward the three parts to : xxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com
Pls pls pls

Modified :

Never mind!
I've used a different browser to download the stuffs.

I've come to just congratulate you op for hitting the fp with your very first story.
Trust me it isn't an easy feat and the story make sense.

Ok. Let us find out from this forum:
Have you changed your mind about who you want to vote for between February 14th and now? Like for YES and share for NO

I'll just drop this here

I found this a very interesting read and thought to share

It will please some of you to know that I almost titled this article “My President is a Bitch!” It will please the rest of you to know me and my mum unanimously agreed I wouldn’t survive a day in Kirikiri prisons hence begrudgingly decided against it. With elections a mere five days away, both camps are fully into desperation mode. The mudslinging and cat fighting from both parties would leave even the cast of Jersey Shore in awe. For the most part, the attacks have been targeted at the opposition candidate, retired General Muhammadu Buhari. He has been called every word synonymous with dictator. He has been called a bigot, old, tired, uncompromising and more. Some have even questioned his sincerity of purpose and return to active politics after having had multiple opportunities to “chop” in the past.
It is glaring where both candidates’ priorities lie. While Buhari has spent most of his campaign underlining ways to tackle the issues crippling the giant that is Nigeria, Jonathan has spent his attacking the person of his main rival. A government that after 5 years in office needs billboards and radio jingles to prove its achievements is a failure. Imagine you lived in London and had two brothers named Musa and Obi in Nigeria. For 6 years, you’ve been sending Musa money to build you an estate in your village. Your choice of picking Musa over Obi who already had experience as a project manager was simply because Musa is 15 years younger than the 70 year old Obi therefore should be vibrant and up to the task. However, upon arrival 6 years later, you find out all Musa has to show are pictures of houses and construction sites with no tangible estate. My question is if you had to build another estate, would you send your money to Musa or the older, more reliable Obi? If you answered Obi, you’re no Einstein as that is the obvious choice. Lest we forget, the real Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” If you agree with Einstein’s logic then you’ll probably agree that supporting a government which The Economist described as “an utter failure” to succeed after 5 years of consistent failure is insanity. If you still agree with this argument then you should also agree that the only logical choice is to seek to change such a government.
Let’s be clear on one thing; the change we strive for is not a change in acronyms. We do not seek to change a GEJ to a GMB or a PDP to an APC. What we seek to change is the “I don’t give a damn” style of governance. If APC comes in and continues with that callous style of governance then we shall change it to XYZ and so on until we get real change. The PDP will tell you how Buhari is only a puppet doing the bidding of certain fifth columnists. They back this claim up by pointing to how he is only allowed to speak for three minutes at rallies. My question is how long does it take to mention corruption, power and insecurity?
Corruption is the single greatest malaise threatening to snuff out this nation. It is both the nucleus and the lifeblood of all other disorder jeopardizing us as a people, and making us the laughing stock of the civilized world. If you can’t guess what happens when that is tackled then this conversation is over as you probably subscribe to the “stealing is not corruption” school of thought. While Buhari is infamous for jailing people for stealing diminutive amounts that cannot even secure them a Peugeot, President Jonathan has made his position on corruption clear to us. According to GEJ, during a presidential media chat a year ago, most of the cases being tagged as corruption are just cases of mere stealing or a case of a goat’s natural craving for “nyam” as he most recently clarified.
Never mind how the goat and yam illustration is an unfortunate analogy to come from a person with a PhD in zoology; that is a story for another day. Nevertheless, I must ask, was the Pension Fund that went missing under Abdulrasheed Maina’s watch stealing or corruption? Was the subsidy fund allegedly siphoned by Femi Otedola and friends stealing or corruption? Did Senate President David Mark’s wife steal from Immigration job seekers or was that corruption? Was the $270m Princess Stella Oduah misappropriated as Aviation minister stealing or corruption? Was the N10b Mrs. Diezani Madueke unconstitutionally allocated for private air trips stealing or corruption? Was it stealing when $20b magically disappeared from the federation account or was that also corruption? Fact is if GEJ didn’t actively engage in corruption then he passively supported it.
As celebrated Greek philosopher Plato would have you know, in times of immorality “your silence gives consent”. This reminds me of when Buhari told APC delegates “you cannot trust a corrupt man to stop corruption”. The weight of this quote alone is enough to convince a person not to vote Jonathan. Nigeria needs a president that understands it is the crime that is a vice not its extent.
Buhari has promised to be at the forefront of the fight against insurgency, a promise which prompted our very brave vice president to say he (Buhari) must have a death wish. You see, these are the kind of people we have at the helm of affairs. The kinds that think leading a war to defend the honor and integrity our nation is a death wish. What Nigeria needs is a president with the compassion, dignity and common decency required of a leader of people, not one credited with the unprecedented acts of throwing lavish parties to follow tragic events. The president partied a day after 59 schoolboys in Buni Yadi were killed and partied again a year after their death at Shagari’s 90th birthday celebration. If the fact that this government waited 5 years, after about 15,000 citizens have been killed, 2.1m displaced and several LGAs lost to insurgents before deciding to finally fight back doesn’t make you cuddle your PVC in anticipation of March 28, then I don’t know what will.
In May, 2010, when President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office, he promised that his priority would be to confront Nigeria’s age long electricity conundrum. On August 26 of the same year, the President came out with his elaborate power sector roadmap and assured Nigerians that noticeable improvements would be achieved in power supply across the nation. They gave a date in October 2014 as when Nigerians should expect stable power supply. Although I had my doubts, I was praying they would prove me wrong. On October 20 2014, the Minister for Power, Mr Chinedu Nebo speaking in Abuja said the poor electricity supply across the country was because power generation had dropped by 1,000 megawatts from the 3, 500 megawatts it was the previous month. In other words, this administration has spent billions on power (including the recently approved two hundred and thirteen billion naira facility as bailout for the power sector) only to reduce us from 4,350MW to about 2,628.4MW.
As bad as Jonathan’s failure to fulfill his electoral promises to Nigerians is, the barefaced lies told by his henchmen to cover such atrocity is worse. Jonathanians will try to mislead you with empty statistics but I must warn you to desist from using theoretical analysis to draw logical conclusions. They will tell how average life expectancy is up by about 4 years but ask yourself, do you feel safer now than you did 6 years ago? They will sing like canaries about all the inroads they have made in the power sector, but I ask you if electricity supply has increased in your homes. The president’s apologists will tell you how Jonathan is really a good man deep inside and I always tell them how I’m only interested in him being a good president on the outside. All I want is a president that gives a damn, surely that isn’t too much to ask for. A loss for Jonathan will be a victory for common sense, your move Nigerians.

Author/Reference : @Zvyyvd on Twitter

kroy:
This is not a job but a business. Pls visit our website for information

If you won't say what the business is about on here, I'll have no reason to visit your website

In addition,

kroy:
You are not expected to pay us and we have not discuss 15k with anyone

If this is true, then give out all the details of the job on this forum. There's no need for private talks.
Every reputable company makes an open advertisement of job vacancies with the job description conspicuously stated.
What are you afraid of?

chidyhels:
When will these health networkers ever be proud of what they do ?

Seriously you just said my mind. I've ignorantly attended two of such interviews.
The health networking thingy seems to be the latest formal job scam in vogue.

Sahara group is a very reputable company. However I strongly recommend that you ensure these links would lead to their official website (and not the source-motherlandjobs.com) before applying.
I didn't bother checking cos I don't meet the minimal 1yr post NYSC criterion

donald1010:
Ok.....here add me on whatsapp 08132393252

MrsSuntop please be very careful about these "add me on WhatsApp" kinda helpers. If anyone genuinely wants to help he/she can say whatever it is here on this forum.
And if it must be private, there is provision for PM (private message)

Dossypretty you've got a very cute hubby.
God bless your union.
So is this ur ex that came back from abroad or the new one you met in the new city?

That camera actually caught my attention.
Thieves would just cover the thing with a thick cloth and loot a victim's account

Dancehall singer Patoranking has revealed he doesn’t give in to promiscuity.

The singer whose real names are Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie stated he would rather masturbate than sleep around with random girls.

The singer who also disclosed that he was single said he is more concerned about his career and his family as marriage is not in his plans at the moment.

In his own words, “If I tell you that I want to marry right now, would you not lie me down and beat me? I am single and ready to mingle. Right now, I am just concerned about my career and family. Marriage is not in the question for me. I don’t have a girlfriend. I am not a promiscuous fellow and if I ever need to blow off steam, I would rather make use of soap in the bathroom than be with random girls.”

Source: http://www.radar.ng/gist/i-would-rather-masturbate-than-have-with-prostitutes-patoranking/

Dear men, your thoughts please?

Pipsland78:
Is he a landlord? Does he have any investments? Nigerian celebrities and their shallowness

Is this not the same Iyanya his enraged brother informed the press has been kicked out of his rented house by the landlord?

Nigerians it's high time we stop allowing ourselves to be deceived by the make-believe our celebrities feed us with.

#BabaWhenYouGetThere make all of this worth it. Lead us in such a way that although it seems impossible, we will love you even more.

mifavour:
lol... olo . Orlu though I school in Owerri..

Haa! Your ibo z xo sexxy

Dude's not even alive anymore

mifavour:
are u stupid or what

#hope you found yourself the foreign biatch u been searching for!!!


kparikwa onwe gi!

Choi! Nne I bu onye Owerri?

Most comments here are just pathetic. People have decided to allow themselves to be blinded by hatred.
When you ask yourself in all sincerity the basic features a student needs in a laptop (strictly for enhanced studies) and check the features of the laptop the students were given then you'll shut up already.
As long as it's a Rochas initiative, haters would just start making querulous comments. Most of the students didn't own a laptop before now; this one would help them get used to one, increase their typing skills as well as save soft copies of textbooks. We should be appreciative

lovat:
What are these fulani herdsmen turning into? The other day they killed some yoruba farmers in Osun state, we need to put these herdsmen where they belong

They've abruptly made GEJ their patron. There's very little that can be done to put the twats where they belong

Cycle of life! Dear men any of you been through this?

newsprocom:
Sincerely, I didn't read it all.. I just read a few lines, got uninterested and appalled by the topic, I felt its just unfair to label a human being Evil and then show it to the world.. I'm not a supporter of both APC and PDP, i'm neutral. Anyway, thanks for making your point with humor and without being insulting , ive now read the article, makes sense...

Just noticed your moniker. If I tell you exactly what I feel about you, you'll say I'm insulting

I was in the process of writing an article to exhaustively explain the very successful Accomplishments of our brother, friend and trust worthy Governor Owelle because I personally believe he doesn't get enough credit for his tremendous transformation of Imo state promulgated via the RESCUE MISSION.
I just haven't had the time to complete it. But I'm relieved that we still have the likes of the very honest OP alive. God bless you abundantly.
For those Imolites still
1. sitting on the fence
2. subjected themselves to becoming vuvuzuela for PDP and APGA for personal (very selfish) gains,
kindly tell your consciences the truth and remember that the decisions we make today forms a foundation for the next generation.

ROTFL.
I've never been to Lagos but the person that wrote this has successfully convinced me that there's no sane driver in Lasgidi

QuiverBox:
Infact Ehn, Nairaland is becoming a shadow of itself, the Mods and Seun are always in slumber, only busy banning pple and closing thread.

Why am I not surprise, Nairaland has further dropped to 15th postion from 14th on alexa ranking

Na God help me make it outta the ban zone o