₦airaland Forum

buksarki:
Check yourself; if you are campaigning against Obi, you are doing so because of one of these factors:
1. Tribal or sectional sentiments
2. Religious sentiments
3. Party affiliation
4. Brown envelope

Aside these, any neutral person will naturally chose Obi ahead of other aspirants.

Even those campaigning against Obi secretly admire him as the most competent candidate

There is a 5th and 6th reason.

5. He doesn't have the capacity or antecedent to do what he is promising
6. He is being projected by secessionists who previously didn't see anything good in Nigeria.

Fkmodhi:
Arise tv we know, tvc is even worst...

There is nothing worst about TVC. Don't play the game of deflections.

TVC is quite balanced and doesn't harangue guests who come on their show or try to force their opinions down the throat others.

TVC Breakfast, Your View and This Morning are very very balanced shows. Except you don't watch TVC then you can be making false assumptions.

It is high time the NBC intervened.

dangermouse:
But you have just admitted he has been going abroad for treatment.
What is he treating if not sickness?

A leg surgery which was successful is not akin to sickness.

Moreso, I did not admit that he has been going abroad for treatment, this is false. He has only gone once as per public records and it was for his leg surgery at John Hopkins. If you have records showing otherwise, then provide it.

Kindly quote my words in their proper context.

dangermouse:
We all are witnesses on how Buhari through his acrions and inactions plunged this country into a mess that it is today partly because of his old age and ailments associated with it. Granted everybody falls sick and all that, but trusting the faith of millions of Nigerians in the hands of such a person is too risky owing on how tje country is today.

Can you in all honesty trust your life in a drivers hand, on a long journey, who is sick?
Dont you see the journey would be frought with so many hiccups and uncertainties, slow, unpleasant and that you might end up not reaching your destination?

Different contexts which aren't comparable. A president is not a driver in the scenario as presented.

I have made my choice, feel free to make yours.

p.s. There is no factual or empirical evidence proving that Asiwaju Tinubu is sick.

dangermouse:
where is the death treats coming from? It was only rumoured that he was dead when he went for treatment abroad.(I dont wish anyone death though).

Yoruba land has a lot of leaders who can be president and presidential.Nigeria right now cant afford the mistake of 2015 all over again. We cant waste another 8years.

Sorry, I meant death rumours not death threats.v Asiwaju Tinubu by God's grace and his past antecedents will never be a mistake.

dangermouse:
Did it happen or not?
Is he well enough now?
These and more are the questions we should be asking

He never went to Paris. He never returned to Nigeria because of death threats.

Yes, he had his surgery in the US and from there proceeded to the UK to recuperate.

It was in the UK that all the well wishers including Mr. President met with him.

The Sahara Reporters story is cut and join. Half truths, misinformation and disinformation. The totality of which is a hatchet job.

Na wa o, this political season sef.

Fake news flying around left and right.

What will Isaac Fayose do now, as he further propagated it. We all should be very careful of what we pick on Social Media.

It is well.

This Sahara Reporters piece is a hatchet job honestly.

Sources close to Tinubu had told SaharaReporters that he wanted the surgery in Paris, France but changed his plan over rumours of his death.

“Tinubu had his second surgery at John Hopkins University in Maryland recently. He was accompanied by a popular Nigerian doctor in Chicago. He had wanted the surgery in Paris but when rumour was rife about his death, he hurriedly left for Nigeria and went to John Hopkins,” one of the sources had said.

Just look at this part. He wanted surgery in Paris and then later came back to Nigeria because of death rumours and then went to John Hopkins in US.

This is shameless journalism

Rufai own don dey too much nowadays.

He is very anti-APC, quite antagonistic in his manner of approach and doesn't seem to properly put into context the questions he poses to his interviewees.

Good news to start the week!

Up NAF!!

There is something wrong with this news o.

Which bye-election was conducted in Bauchi?

When last I checked, Dogara won the ticket to contest his Federal Constituency on the platform of APC.

Abeg make una explain ooo

It's ok. I can see that we are on two different spectrums. I don't see the issue the way you do and you don't see the issue the way I do.

jimyjames:
The first and second report are the same

1) first report, terrorist attacked ABC village, 3 people were killed. The question is, was it only 3 people that were killed or the number was reduced to 3 just to give keep the people from knowing the actual number of how many were killed? The military is currently hunting the terrorist and have assured that they will be dealt with, the question is where were the military when the terrorist attacked ABC village and operated for 24 hours with no military intervention? How many times has the terrorist attacked same ABC village with the military doing nothing about it? The government pays bills and assures residents that all is been made to protect them from the terrorist, yet the attacks are coming in every day, what explanation has the government given to the people why the attacks are still coming in?


2) report 2, is the same, were 3 killed? is the village in panic? Are the military trying to engage the terrorist but falling? Are the terrorist getting bolder? Are people considering self help?

So both report one and two left unanswered questions
That's where report 3 comes in, report 3 is not just a report but and investigation, and they were able to answer all the unanswered questions by speaking directly with the terrorist and the victims , that was what the documentary was all about, report the truth as it is

Good one. I hope persons supporting other candidates can equally do same in the South East?

ajekpaks:
Some of you are so unintelligent it's disgusting

Thank you

jimyjames:
Then why attack the press for doing their job?

You are not getting my point.

Scenario 1: Terrorists have attacked ABC village, 3 were killed but the military is currently hunting the terrorists and have assured that they will be dealt with. Our correspondent is currently at the hospital where the injured persons are being treated. Those killed were two men and a woman. The State Governor has promised to cover the hospital bills, while assuring residents that all is being made to keep them secure.

Scenario 2: Terrorists have attacked ABC village, 3 persons were killed and the entire village is in panic with people running helter-skelter. The military are currently trying to engage the terrorists, but considering that 6 soldiers were killed last week, we are not sure they will be successful. The terrorists are becoming more and more bolder by the day, and very soon they will overrun the entire LGA and maybe even take over the state. People are evening considering self help, there is disaster everywhere.

Please out of the 2 scenarios, which kind of reporting is better for the society?

My point is that the press should not magnify or glorify the situation as it is not hopeless. We are in the fight together as Nigerians and the pressmen and presswomen are Nigerians too.

If you still don't get my point then....I give up.

jimyjames:
The bandits don't need to lie to the press to destabilize the government and sow panic, cause they have successfully done that without the press , so what are you talking about? Is the kidnappings, killings and destructions carried out in the North on daily basis a lie?

It's rather evil and wicked for the government to keep lying to its citizens that such things don't exist when they do, and innocent people are paying the price everyday, covering up the bandits by the government won't let it go away

If the press doesn't report what the terrorists do, how will you know? Furthermore, did I claim that kidnappings and killings done by terrorists is a lie? Because I never said so, neither did I imply such. See, I will summarize by saying that you are entitled to your opinion if you are not getting the points I raised.

jimyjames:
We gained a lot of truths from that documentary

1) yes that they bandits are powerful and they are fellow Nigerians not foreigners from Mali as federal government said
2) that government is paying them anytime they kidnap people not the other way round which government has denied payment of ransom
3) yes that the Hausa Farmers and Fulani herdsmen are fighting each other cause of territories
4) in the documentary those bandits clearly stated why they are doing what they are doing and if the government cares about this country they will take steps to look into it and solve the problem instead of just given the Nigerian citizens false hope that they are doing something about it when it's clear they are funding this bandits


Every Nigerian is a potential victim including those who left their farms and cattle to fight for themselves , so even the bandits are victims

And what makes you think that what the bandits said is the ultimate truth? I hope you realize that the aim of the bandits/terrorist is to destabilise the government and sow panic. Remove your bias against the government and re-analyze the situation again.

lexy2014:
Can you negate the points raised by kperoogi?

How does one "repress the voice of banditry just like Kadaria emphasized"?

What has the govt done to deal with this banditry issue all this while?

Do you know that in Israel, you cannot report on terrorism or counterterrorism stories without first clearing it with the military?

Don't promote terrorists. If they carry out any terrorists acts, focus more on the victims and the efforts the government is putting in place to stop them. That is what repressing means. Still in the same line, do you know that immediately after the Guards brigade was attacked and 6 soldiers were killed, the military immediately countered and killed about 30 terrorists in the Bwari forest? It was only The Cable that I recall carrying that news. Why couldn't our mainstream media promote the fact our military are also trying and sometimes dying in this fight?

Why the constant to always churn out headlines that are meant to instigate fear? WHY?

OBAGADAFFI:
Kadaria Ahmed is crying because the BBC finally exposed terrorists they have been hiding.
She even lied the BBC or any British Media won't do this in UK.

Show proof where the Bristish media ever gave airtime to a domestic terrorist....starting with the IRA

This Farooq Kperogi of a guy will just sit abroad and be writing what does not profit us.

Kadaria Ahmed was on Arise TV sometime this week and she clearly explained her reasons for condemning the documentary.

None of the Western countries which we are so quick to praise will ever allow their domestic terrorists any form of airtime or promote them in any way. What did we gain from watching the documentary? That bandits are powerful? That the bandits cum terrorists are making a lot money from their evil activities? That Fulanis & Hausas are fighting each other? What exactly in that documentary is meant to help us as citizens overcome the menace of these bandits/terrorists? What was in that documentary that could help us heal from the scourge that they have brought on our land?

Focus should always be on the victims and how they are struggling to cope through the situation and never on the terrorists who gloat when they are the focus of attention.

But then trust my fellow Nigerian youths not to reason things properly. They all went online to start insulting the women and tagging her a "lover of terrorists".

It is just sad.

P.S. If Oga Farooq is such a press freedom advocate, let him as a Nigerian journalist write articles or present a documentary on school shootings in the US and focus on the perpetrators instead of the victims. Let's see if they won't revoke his visa and sent him back to Nigeria on the first available flight.

sonature1:
I perfectly understand the perspective he was looking at things from. Despite that, I strongly believe that Atiku Abubukar has more experience than Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu because he has served in Aso Rock in the past.

However, Nigeria's leaderhsip problem has gone beyond experience. It is now about trust, political will and stamina to see that the right thing is done. Peter Obi has my vote.

How is Obi trustworthy when most of he says are lies? Claiming not to give "shishi" when he clearly does, claiming to wear only one wristwatch when he clearly wears several wristwatches, claiming to have only one house in Anambra, when he has houses both in Lagos & London? This is without even going into his false claims on Statistics. You also talk about Political will, but how do you rate that? Is it just by what he says? In what areas has Obi displayed Political will? What Political will did he display in settling the security issues in Anambra state - especially kidnapping that was rife during his time as Governor or in condemning the calls for division by IPOB? What Political will did he display in settling the crisis between the Catholics and Anglicans in Anambra state? These are important questions to ask.

You also talk about stamina, but on what criteria do you use to judge that? How many states did Obi visit during his quest to become the Presidential candidate of the PDP and later that of the Labour party? Or are you implying that because he is younger then he automatically has more stamina?

See I have interacted with lots of youths and if you do a deep dive of their understanding on the issues confronting us as a nation and how exactly Obi fits in as the solution, one clearly see that there is no argument. The "love" for Obi is simply being driven by feelings of marginalisation by the Igbos, hatred for Buhari who they perceive is old and has failed them, subtle hatred for Tinubu for allegedly "bringing Buhari", and feelings that the current ruling class has failed them hence the need for radical change while discounting the fact that the same Obi is very much a part of the current ruling class.

I won't begrudge your decision, but I do hope that you and other youths in general are not making decisions based on blind emotions.

Vulturereloaded:
So Tinubu's condition is now low? And you want to present low to Nigerians when there are better options?

Sorry, my mistake. I didn't realize that you are not sensible enough to have a conversation with you. Run your campaigns and threads however you see fit. Bye bye

Is this how poor your campaigns have now become? Nothing tangible to use in selling your candidate? How have you come this low, to begin wishing someone death as a campaign strategy?

What a sorry state you are in.

For your information, only God knows tomorrow.

Too much of fake news everywhere!

Ok, let's allow the courts to decide then.

adesola89:
Please don't mislead the public...the electoral act stated that vote closed at 2:30 pm if no one is on the que anymore. However, if by 2:30 pm, people are still on the que, the voting will continue until the last person on the que as at 2:30pm cast his/her vote. So, the issue is that the person that will vote must be on the que not later than 2:30 pm while the voting can last till 10pm.
In the case of Ede you mentioned, I voted at Ede. I got to the poling unit at 11am but as 2:30pm when the remaining number of people on the que was counted, I was given number 160 while people that remain as at that time were about 300. INEC had to bring 4 extra BVAS machine to join the 2 we were using before arround 5p. So I voted arround 5:30pm and the poll closed in my unit at about 6pm.
For your information, the unit I am talking about has arround 1800 registered voters while that of Owode that they make reference to has more than 3000 registered voters in that unit.

MrMcJay:
The argument would be that Adeleke had majority of votes cast while Oyetola had majority of LAWFUL votes cast.
That is how election petitions are won and lost.

Congratulations to the lawyers about to cash out.

Very apt, you have hit the nail on the head. The issue here is LAWFUL votes and the contention is what happened at Ede.

The Electoral rules was contravened when voting was allowed to continue until late into the night. All votes cast after 2pm on that day should be considered as invalid.

What is wrong with some of you guys sef?

Campaigns haven't officially started yet, so why the need to start making TV rounds? When the campaign does start, Asiwaju will visit media houses for TV interviews if that fits into his strategy.

Afterall, yesterday he had a press conference with journalists when the DG was presented.

Some of you have this secret myopic understanding that Asiwaju is some sort of dunce who will flunk a TV interview. You will be highly disappointed when the time comes.

OgunkeelAllMod:
irrelevant

Irrelevant to you, but not irrelevant to others.

Cynical and forced evacuation.

The Ukranians are simply trying to depopulate the remaining parts of the Donetsk region not yet liberated by the Russian and allied forces. They are just wicked, as they never cared about the people of Donbass who they constantly abused until Russia came in to save them.

Rather than excel on the battlefield, they prefer to score cheap propaganda points using their current beneficial relationship with Western mainstream media.

Zelensky must face a War Crimes Tribunal

They went to visit the British High Commissioner, so using the term "received" is misleading as it implies that she went to visit them.

Please note!

Upworkwriter007:
wamako is the godfather of APC in sokoto. Looks like he's trying to show PDP he has options. and he's ready to take it.

Yeah Wamakko nah di Al Capone of Sokoto APC, but I don't think Wike will defect now, because of his own candidates in PDP.

He really does have options sha.