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Politics / Re: We Want Good Leaders While We Remain Bad Followers by macpetrus(m): 1:39pm On Mar 23, 2015
Nice one Op...
Politics / Re: Live Update- PDP Officially Welcomes Dep Gov Ikuru by macpetrus(m): 1:37pm On Mar 23, 2015
Hahaha... Pls post the picture....
Another high blood pressure to the camp of APC!!!

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Politics / Re: PDP Campaign Rejects Ig’s Vote-and-go-home Order by macpetrus(m): 12:53pm On Mar 23, 2015
dunkem21:
Good. The PDP, APC and INEC now agree for voters to stay behind and defend their votes.

No matter what, I still stand by IGP's directive to vote and go home.

..Dead men don't count grin

True dead men don't count vote!!!
I said it when the APC said their supporters should wait behind to defend their votes that with the security challenges facing our dear country that its not the best and i stand by it , the country now is still under heavy security threat and i will not advice anyone to stay behind after casting their vote, the IGP has said no one should wait behind that the counting and other necessary things to be done be limited to the INEC officials and the party agents, Nigerians should be security conscious. Peace not violence!

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Politics / Re: What If Court Disqualifies GMB For Not Complying With WASC Cert Requirements by macpetrus(m): 10:30am On Mar 23, 2015
soe:
From court of appeal (2yrs) to supreme court (2yrs)

Game over!!!
Politics / PDP Campaign Rejects Ig’s Vote-and-go-home Order by macpetrus(m): 10:18am On Mar 23, 2015
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation has rejected a recent order by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, asking the electorate not to stay back at the polling units after casting their votes.

The PDP campaign said party supporters should stay back at the various polling units to check rigging and other forms of electoral irregularities.

The Director-General of PDPPCO and a former PDP national chairman, Dr. Ahmadu Alli, said this in Abuja on Sunday evening at the official endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan by the Association of Local Government of Nigeria.

Alli said, “During elections, vote and do not look for any trouble. After voting, stay with your votes and ensure that you follow them when they are counting your votes. Do not allow them to rig. Stay with them and ensure nothing happens to the votes.

“A lot has been said about this election. I want to bring an aspect to you, which is vital; the changing of guards at the presidential villa is crucial because it is our post-100 years of co-existence. We must use this election to prove our enemies wrong. Goodluck Jonathan is our solution to the series of problems we have in this country. He is well tested and has risen through the ranks to become the President. Can you say such a man does not have experience?

“Our product is marketable unlike the other old man, who is part of my generation. He wants to come and rule this nation in this age when everyone is moving to endorse younger leaders. We must support Jonathan to ensure that the old are not allowed to come back.”

In their separate speeches at the event, the Federal Capital Territory minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, and his counterpart in Special Duties/Labour, Alhaji Taminu Turaki (SAN), listed what they said had been the achievements of Jonathan.

Mohammed said, “Jonathan’s government is sincere. When Jonathan came on board, he came with an agenda and not propaganda. I am not surprised that ALGON could find Mr. President worthy enough of endorsement. It was Mr. President that insisted that allocations meant for local governments get to them directly. That is the kind of leader we need. Jonathan has intervened in all the sectors of the economy. The only way to appreciate him is to vote for him.”

Turaki said, “Everybody is aware that ALGON is a body of elected LG chairmen in Nigeria. They hold the trust of grassroots people that they represent. The wish of many Nigerians today is that President Goodluck Jonathan should be returned. Never in the history of Nigeria has there been a leader who is bent on making the life of Nigerians better.

“Even if you want changes, people will want positive changes. Even if Jonathan has touched the lives of people, he can do more. That is why we must return him.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-campaign-rejects-igs-vote-and-go-home-order/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Politics / Re: I Would Have Remained In PDP, If I Knew My Deputy Would Betray Me–gov. Amaechi by macpetrus(m): 9:43am On Mar 23, 2015
Hahahaha.... I can't stop laughing grin see who is taking about betrayal!!! Amachi seem to forget one thing in politics..  “No Permanent Allies, No Permanent Enemies, Only Permanent interest" ..... Anyway Amaechi took the greatest gamble of his life and career when he decided to be APC's insult instrument to Mr President ...

Asylum?... Na alum u for ask For!!! tongue
Literature / Re: 1985.... 1987.... 2014--[a Crime Story] by macpetrus(m): 9:30am On Mar 23, 2015
Ghen Ghen... Clara and adeola trying to kipnap the same boy?.... Na wa Oooo..
D9ty7 nice one.. The twist is twisting me!!! grin
Politics / Re: Jonathan Vs Buhari: How They Stand In 36 States, FCT - VANGUARD by macpetrus(m): 7:49am On Mar 23, 2015
It going to be a diffcult Game for PDP and I expect Jonathan foot soldiers to deliver more in their respective places in which I believe they will.....

Forward Nigeria
Vote Goodluck Jonathan
Vote PDP
Transformation!!!

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Religion / Re: Fr Mbaka Shuts Adoration Ground Over Alleged Threat To Life by macpetrus(m): 7:02am On Mar 23, 2015
.. Fr Mabaka start the drama without knowing how to end the drama.. It is a pity
Why involve yourself in a political talk to the level of insulting the President office, that is bad.. I don't think Mr president is after your life but your people are!!!

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Literature / Re: The Thomas....(a Family) by macpetrus(m): 7:01am On Mar 23, 2015
Finally... The serect of the sound is coming out!!!... Nice one nath for informing Dave!!!. Serena caant hold the serect for now becausee, she is going to break Down!!!!
Education / Re: FUT Minna Post-graduate Studies 2013/2014. Anyone? by macpetrus(m): 8:39pm On Mar 22, 2015
sylgreat:
I called the sch of postgraduate and I was told that screening is on that I should come n do mine.
thaanks for the info!!!!
Literature / Re: The Thomas....(a Family) by macpetrus(m): 3:52pm On Mar 22, 2015
Am happy for serena... Dave is are saving Grace...
Literature / Re: The Thomas....(a Family) by macpetrus(m): 9:46am On Mar 22, 2015
D9ty7:
Sorry guys for the delay. I might update before 12noon today, but if it happens that I couldn't, that means we'll get two quick updates before 2pm.
But, first things first. #charging
grin
Literature / Re: 1985.... 1987.... 2014--[a Crime Story] by macpetrus(m): 9:45am On Mar 22, 2015
Nice One Mark..... I hope clara doesn't play foul Game!!!
Politics / Re: Jonathan Vows To Arrest And Deal With Those Behind ING by macpetrus(m): 8:57pm On Mar 21, 2015
Hahahah.... Buhari home Town!!!

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Politics / Re: Jonathan Inaugurates Kano Bridge, Names It After Late Emir by macpetrus(m): 6:48pm On Mar 21, 2015
Transformation!!!

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Politics / Re: Nigeria Profile - Timeline by macpetrus(m): 4:00pm On Mar 21, 2015
just2endowed:
2000 - Adoption of Islamic, or Sharia, law by several northern
states in the face of opposition from Christians. Tension over
the issue results in hundreds of deaths in clashes between
Christians and Muslims.


This was Nigeria biggest mistakes. Planting this demonic law into our constitution. At the end, it give breeds to boko Haram and Isis sympathizers

True... That is Nigeria greatest mistake!!!

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Politics / Re: Nigeria Profile - Timeline by macpetrus(m): 3:57pm On Mar 21, 2015
HopeAlive14:



President Jonathan's period in governance has been marred by series of politically motivated violence.

I suppose those who said they will make Nigeria "ungorvernable" for him can now beat their chest on their success?

It is very crystal clear that the purposes of these evil geniuses is to discredit him at all cost; not minding his faults anyway.

Thanks... I can see that mr President have not enjoy a single month without a problem on is table to solve.. It not easy to be in is shoe (since he havee a new shoe now).. GEJ still have a long way to Go

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Politics / Re: Nigeria Profile - Timeline by macpetrus(m): 3:46pm On Mar 21, 2015
simplemach:
Wait o, am I expected to read all of these things and store them in my head or should i cramm them like I have an exam to write? No, op, just print this out on paper and share to us.
Things like this should not be put here, u know there are so many apc fans here on Nairaland and if we tell ourselves truth, we all know that they are having little problems with reading and writing.
No offence intended pls, but #GEJtill2019

Lol... This is the best you can Get, just try and read it!!!
Politics / Re: Nigeria Profile - Timeline by macpetrus(m): 3:32pm On Mar 21, 2015
masterpower:
And what next.............?

March2015.... The Month is still young!!!
Politics / Re: Nigeria Profile - Timeline by macpetrus(m): 2:46pm On Mar 21, 2015
Cc lalasticlala..

I guess some or most of us can predict what will happen in March 2015!!!...

Let us learn from our history!!!!
Politics / Nigeria Profile - Timeline by macpetrus(m): 2:41pm On Mar 21, 2015
A chronology of key events:

circa 800 BC - Jos plateau settled by Nok - a neolithic and iron age civilisation.

circa 11th century onwards - Formation of city states, kingdoms and empires, including Hausa kingdoms and Borno dynasty in north, Oyo and Benin kingdoms in south.

1472 - Portuguese navigators reach Nigerian coast.

16-18th centuries - Slave trade: Millions of Nigerians are forcibly sent to the Americas.

1809 - Single Islamic state - Sokoto caliphate - is founded in north.

1830s-1886 - Civil wars plague Yorubaland, in the south.

1850s - British establish presence around Lagos.

1861-1914 - Britain consolidates its hold over what it calls the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, governs by "indirect rule" through local leaders.

1922 - Part of former German colony Kamerun is added to Nigeria under League of Nations mandate.

1960 - Independence, with Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa leading a coalition government.

1962-63 - Controversial census fuels regional and ethnic tensions.

1966 January - Balewa killed in coup. Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi heads up military administration.

1966 July - Ironsi killed in counter-coup, replaced by Lieutenant-Colonel Yakubu Gowon.

1967 - Three eastern states secede as the Republic of Biafra, sparking bloody civil war.

1970 - Biafran leaders surrender, former Biafran regions reintegrated into country.

1975 - Gowon overthrown, flees to Britain, replaced by Brigadier Murtala Ramat Mohammed, who begins process of moving federal capital to Abuja.
Obasanjo - first time round

1976 - Mohammed assassinated in failed coup attempt. Replaced by his deputy, Lieutenant-General Olusegun Obasanjo, who helps introduce American-style presidential constitution.

1979 - Elections bring Alhaji Shehu Shagari to power.

1983 January - The government expels more than one million foreigners, mostly Ghanaians, saying they had overstayed their visas and were taking jobs from Nigerians. The move is condemned abroad but proves popular in Nigeria.

1983 August, September - Shagari re-elected amid accusations of irregularities.

1983 December - Major-General Muhammad Buhari seizes power in bloodless coup.

1985 - Ibrahim Babangida seizes power in bloodless coup, curtails political activity.

1993 June - Military annuls elections when preliminary results show victory by Chief Moshood Abiola.

1993 August - Power transferred to Interim National Government.
Abacha years

1993 November - General Sani Abacha seizes power, suppresses opposition.

1994 - Abiola arrested after proclaiming himself president.

1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa, writer and campaigner against oil industry damage to his Ogoni homeland, is executed following a hasty trial. In protest, European Union imposes sanctions until 1998, Commonwealth suspends Nigeria's membership until 1998.

1998 - Abacha dies, succeeded by Major-General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Chief Abiola dies in custody a month later.

1999 - Parliamentary and presidential elections. Olusegun Obasanjo sworn in as president.

2000 - Adoption of Islamic, or Sharia, law by several northern states in the face of opposition from Christians. Tension over the issue results in hundreds of deaths in clashes between Christians and Muslims.

2001 - Tribal war in Benue state, in eastern-central Nigeria, displaces thousands of people.
In October, army soldiers sent to quash the fighting kill more than 200 unarmed civilians, apparently in retaliation for the abduction and murder of 19 soldiers.

2001 October - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, South African President Mbeki and Algerian President Bouteflika launch New Partnership for African Development, or Nepad, which aims to foster development and open government and end wars in return for aid, foreign investment and the lifting of trade barriers to African exports.
Ethnic violence

2002 February - Some 100 people are killed in Lagos in clashes between Hausas from mainly-Islamic north and ethnic Yorubas from predominantly-Christian southwest.

2002 November - More than 200 people die in four days of rioting stoked by Muslim fury over the planned Miss World beauty pageant in Kaduna in December. The event is relocated to Britain.

2003 12 April - First legislative elections since end of military rule in 1999. Polling marked by delays, allegations of ballot-rigging. President Obasanjo's People's Democratic Party wins parliamentary majority.
Obasanjo re-elected

2003 19 April - First civilian-run presidential elections since end of military rule. Olusegun Obasanjo elected for second term with more than 60% of vote. Opposition parties reject result. EU poll observers cite "serious irregularities".

2003 July - Nationwide general strike called off after nine days after government agrees to lower recently-increased fuel prices.

2003 August - Inter-communal violence in the Niger Delta town of Warri kills about 100 people, injures 1,000.

2003 September - Nigeria's first satellite, NigeriaSat-1, launched by Russian rocket.

2004 January - UN brokers talks between Nigeria and Cameroon about disputed border. Both sides agree to joint security patrols.

2004 May - State of emergency is declared in the central Plateau State after more than 200 Muslims are killed in Yelwa in attacks by Christian militia; revenge attacks are launched by Muslim youths in Kano.
Trouble in the south

2004 August-September - Deadly clashes between gangs in oil city of Port Harcourt prompts strong crackdown by troops. Rights group Amnesty International cites death toll of 500, authorities say about 20 died.

2005 July - Paris Club of rich lenders agrees to write off two-thirds of Nigeria's $30bn foreign debt.

2006 January onwards - Militants in the Niger Delta attack pipelines and other oil facilities and kidnap foreign oil workers. The rebels demand more control over the region's oil wealth.

2006 February - More than 100 people are killed when religious violence flares in mainly-Muslim towns in the north and in the southern city of Onitsha.

2006 April - Helped by record oil prices, Nigeria becomes the first African nation to pay off its debt to the Paris Club of rich lenders.

2006 May - The Senate rejects proposed changes to the constitution which would have allowed President Obasanjo to stand for a third term in 2007.
Bakassi deal

2006 August - Nigeria cedes sovereignty over the disputed Bakassi peninsula to neighbouring Cameroon under the terms of a 2002 International Court of Justice ruling. A special transitional arrangement for the Nigerian civilian administration will be in place for five years.

2006 October - Spiritual leader of Nigeria's millions of Muslims, the Sultan of Sokoto, is killed in a plane crash, the country's third major civilian air disaster in a year.

2007 April - Umaru Yar'Adua of the ruling People's Democratic Party is proclaimed winner of the presidential election.

2007 September - The rebel Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) threatens to end a self-imposed ceasefire and to launch fresh attacks on oil facilities and abductions of foreign workers.

2007 November - Suspected Nigerian militants kill 21 Cameroon soldiers in Bakassi peninsula.
Nigerian senate rejects Nigeria-Cameroon agreement for hand-over of Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon.

2007 December - Anti-corruption chief Nuhu Ribadu is sidelined, but a high-profile graft-related arrest follows soon after.
Oil prices soar

2008 January - Oil trades at $100 a barrel for the first time, with violence in oil producing countries such as Nigeria and Algeria helping to drive up prices.

2008 February - Mend leaders Henry Okah and Edward Atata extradited from Angola on suspicion of involvement in attacks on oil companies. Report that Okah was subsequently killed in custody proved to be untrue.
Tribunal upholds election of Umaru Yar'Adua as president following challenge by rivals who wanted the vote annulled because of vote rigging.

2008 April - Two former health ministers and a daughter of President Olusegun Obasanjo are among 12 top health officials charged with embezzling around 470m naira (4m dollars) of public health funds.
Oil production cut by about half as a result of strike action and attacks on pipelines by militants; problems in Nigeria help keep world oil prices at record highs.

2008 August - Following agreement reached in March, Nigeria finally hands over the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, ending a long-standing dispute.
Iran agrees to share nuclear technology with Nigeria to help it increase its generation of electricity.

2008 September - Militants in the Niger Delta step up their attacks on oil installations, in response to what they describe as unprovoked attacks by the military on their bases.
Oil prices fall

2008 October - The government announces major budget cuts following steep falls in the price of oil.

2008 November - At least 200 people are killed during clashes between Christians and Muslims in the central Nigerian town of Jos.

2009 January - The main militant group in Niger Delta, Mend, calls off four-month cease-fire after army attacks camp of an allied group.

2009 March - Nineteen opposition parties unite to form a "mega-party" to compete against the governing People's Democratic Party in elections due in 2011.

2009 May - Niger Delta militant group Mend rejects government offer of amnesty and declares offensive against Nigerian military.

2009 July - Hundreds die in northeastern Nigeria after the Boko Haram Islamist movement launches a campaign of violence in a bid to have Sharia law imposed on the entire country. Security forces storm Boko Haram's stronghold and kill the movement's leader.
Government frees the leader of the Niger Delta militant group Mend, Henry Okah, after he accepts an amnesty offer.

2009 August - Two-month offer of a government amnesty for Niger Delta militants comes into force.

2009 November - President Yar'Adua travels to Saudi Arabia to be treated for a heart condition. His extended absence triggers a constitutional crisis and leads to calls for him to step down.
Jos clashes

2010 January - At least 149 people are killed during two days of violence between Christian and Muslim gangs in the central city of Jos.

2010 March - More than 120 people are killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians in the flashpoint city of Jos.

2010 May - President Umaru Yar'Adua dies after a long illness. Vice-president Goodluck Jonathan, already acting in Yar'Adua's stead, succeeds him.

2010 October - Nigeria marks 50 years of independence. Celebrations in Abuja marred by deadly bomb blasts.

2010 November - Nigeria intercepts arms shipment from Iran, reports find to UN Security Council.

2010 December - Christmas Eve bomb attacks near central city of Jos kill at least 80 people. Attacks claimed by Islamist sect Boko Haram spark clashes between Christians and Muslims. Some 200 killed in reprisal attacks.

2011 March - Goodluck Jonathan wins presidential elections.

2011 July - President Jonathan says he will ask parliament to amend the constitution so that presidents will serve a single, longer term in office.
Government says it wants to start negotiating with the Boko Haram Islamist group blamed for a series of recent attacks across northern Nigeria.

2011 August - Suicide bomb attack on UN headquarters in Abuja kills 23 people. Radical Islamist group Boko Haram claims responsibility.

2011 November - At least 63 people are killed in bomb and gun attacks in north-eastern town of Damaturu. Boko Haram claims responsibility.
President Jonathan sacks the head of Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, saying that the body has failed to get to grips with graft during her tenure.
Christmas Day attacks

2011 December - Nearly 70 people are killed in days of fighting between security forces and Boko Haram militants in north-eastern states of Yobe and Borno.
Christmas Day bomb attacks kill about 40 people. Boko Haram claims responsibility.
President Jonathan declares state of emergency to contain violence by Boko Haram.

2012 January - Fuel price strike causes major disruption. Unions suspend action when government reverses decision to drop fuel subsidies.
More than 100 killed in single day of co-ordinated bombings and shootings in Kano, shortly after Boko Haram tells Christians to quit the north.

2012 April - Chadian President Idriss Deby calls on countries neighbouring northern Nigeria to set up a joint military force to tackle Boko Haram militants as they continue their attacks. He warns of the danger of the Islamist group destabilising the whole Lake Chad basin area.

2012 June - Boko Haram claims responsibility for attacks on two churches in Jos city and Borno state, in which one person died and dozens of others were injured. An angry crowd kills six Muslims in Jos in retaliation.

2012 July - Nigeria signs a preliminary $4.5bn deal with US-based Vulcan Petroleum to build six oil refineries. Nigeria lacks refinery capacity and has to import most of its fuel needs, despite being a major oil producer.

2012 August - The army kills 20 Boko Haram fighters in a shootout in the northeastern city of Maiduguri. The government says it has started informal talks through "backroom channels" with Boko Haram to try to end attacks. Boko Haram ruled out peace talks shortly beforehand.
Maiduguri clashes

2012 October - Boko Haram bomb army bases in Maiduguri. The army says it kills 24 Boko Haram fighters in subsequent clashes.

2012 November - At least 100 people are charged with treason after a march supporting independence for Biafra in the region's main town, Enugu.

2012 December - A French engineer is abducted in northern Katsina state. The Islamist group Ansaru claims responsibility.
At least 20 Christians are killed in attacks by suspected Islamist militants in the northern states of Yobe and Borno over the Christmas/New Year period.

2013 May - Government declares state of emergency in three northern states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa and sends in troops to combat the Boko Haram Islamist militants.

2013 July - Secondary schools close in Yobe state after a massacre of 22 pupils at a boarding school, which the government attributes to Boko Haram. The Islamist group has burned down several schools since 2010.

2013 September - Boko Haram Islamists
murder more than 150 people in roadside attacks in the northeast. Separately, security forces fight Boko Haram armed insurgents in the capital Abuja.

2013 November - Six state governors defect from the governing People's Democratic Party (PDP) and merge with main opposition All Progressives Congress, leaving the PDP with fewer governors supporting it than the opposition.

2014 April - Boko Haram kidnaps more than 200 girls from a boarding school. The US and Britain sends planes to help search for them and West African leaders agree to co-operate to fight the Islamists.

2014 May - Nigerian cities are hit by a series of fatal bomb blasts blamed on Boko Haram.

2014 July - Nigeria and neighbours agree to form a joint military force to combat the growing regional threat posed by Boko Haram.

2014 August - Boko Haram proclaims a caliphate - an Islamic state - in the territory it controls in the northeast, a declaration dismissed by the government.
Re-opening of schools for the new academic year is postponed because of the ebola outbreak in the region. Five people have died in Nigeria.

2014 October - Nigeria's military says it has agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram, and that the schoolgirls the group abducted will be released. The group denies it has agreed a ceasefire and says the girls have been married off.
President Goodluck Jonathan says he will seek a second term in office in elections, but these are postponed from February 2015 because of the Boko Haram insurgency.

2014 November - Boko Haram launches a series of attacks in northeaster Nigeria, capturing several towns near Lake Chad and running raids into neighbouring Chad and Cameroon in early 2015. Hundreds of people in the north-east are killed and thousands more displaced.

2015 February - Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger form military coalition against Boko Haram, claim successes in pushing it back in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13951696

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Politics / Re: 10 Most Influencial Politicians In Nigeria by macpetrus(m): 1:59pm On Mar 21, 2015
Atiku..
Abdulsalami Abubakar..
MUAZU BABANGIDA ALIYU

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Politics / Re: Photo Of Dakuku Peterside Fighting On The Floor Of The House by macpetrus(m): 11:28am On Mar 21, 2015
Huh?.... Na wa Oooo

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Politics / Re: Stoned To Death For Being A Gay.disturbing Photo by macpetrus(m): 10:38am On Mar 21, 2015
Pls which state is this pls.... This is so wrong @ all level...
NYSC / Re: See What This Corp Member Is Doing Towards The Upcoming Elections. by macpetrus(m): 9:59am On Mar 21, 2015
Nice One.....No to Bitter politics!!!
Your vote, Your duty!!!
Vote Goodluck Jonathan
Vote PDP

Transformation!!!

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Politics / Re: [picture] See what Edo People did to Aisha Buhari by macpetrus(m): 9:03am On Mar 21, 2015
Wow... My Edo people why?.. At the age of 9yrs cry

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Politics / PDP Not A Propaganda Party, Says Patience Jonathan by macpetrus(m): 8:55am On Mar 21, 2015
Wife of Nigeria’s president, Dame Patience Jonathan has urged Nigerians to come out en masse to vote during the March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections, noting that, the party will deliver on its promises.

NAN reports that she spoke at the Lagos Women’s Rally in support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid.

The women’s rally, initiated by the first lady, was also to support the PDP gubernatorial candidate in Lagos, Mr Jimi Agbaje and all other Lagos PDP candidates.

Addressing the rally, which held at the National Stadium in Surulere, the first lady urged the women to vote wisely and choose the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the elections.

“If you vote for PDP, you will never regret it,” she said.

Jonathan urged the people of Lagos to vote for the Jonathan/Sambo ticket in the presidential election and for Agbaje in the gubernatorial election.

She also canvassed support for all other PDP candidates in the state., assuring the women that the PDP, which has delivered, will continue to do so.

“We do what we promise; PDP is not a propaganda party,” she told the crowd.

The first lady said that the President implemented the 35 per cent Beijing affirmative action for women.

“Jonathan will give us more female ministers. There is a lot of skill acquisition and free grants from N1million to N10 million for Nigerian women by the Jonathan administration,” she said.

Dame Jonathan said that Agbaje would also deliver on his campaign promises in Lagos.

“Jimi will win and will not dupe you,” she said, while commending the governorship candidate for carrying women along.

Addressing the crowd, the National Woman Leader of the PDP, Amb. Kema Chikwe, said that Nigeria had a first lady that was working hard to ensure that Nigerian women were properly taken care of.

“Patience Jonathan has written her name in the history of Nigeria as the best first lady Nigeria ever had.

Chikwe also lauded President Jonathan for giving serious recognition to women.

“We have female Ministers of Petroleum, Information and Finance and a woman is the Chief Justice of the Federation. “We (women) should always thank God for such a President,” Chikwe said.

Earlier, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro urged Nigerians to vote for Jonathan for continuity of his transformation agenda.

NAN reports that the rally, which drew a large crowd, attracted Nollywood stars, representatives of various socio-cultural groups, chieftains of the PDP in the state and other party faithful, among others.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/03/21/pdp-not-a-propaganda-party-says-patience-jonathan/
Politics / Re: Answer This With All Sincerity by macpetrus(m): 7:56pm On Mar 20, 2015
MCDanselm:
u think so

Yes now... Most Nigeria women won't forget her because she is the only one that is fighting for woman to partake or be Government!!! My Opinion

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Politics / Re: Answer This With All Sincerity by macpetrus(m): 7:47pm On Mar 20, 2015
Mama peace...
Politics / Re: What Is Governor Rochas Building? (pics) by macpetrus(m): 7:45pm On Mar 20, 2015
Hand of Rochas

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