The point being made is that they have the numbers to determine who becomes the president.
And he is right about our attitude in the south to elections.
Lagos has 6 million registered voters. Less than 2 million come out to vote.
Yet you see notherners moving enmasse to their states to vote during elections.
They will stand for hours traveling from Lagos, ibadan and other cities in the South West to travel to their place to vote.
They understand political power better than us, we should admit that.

Without Zoning, North Will Rule Nigeria For 300 Years – Sen. Owie

How would you react to the allegation that southerners championing a northern presidency in 2023 are doing so for pecuniary interest and political relevance?

If you are talking about poverty, it is 90 percent in the North. The southern parts of Nigeria do not have that level of poverty. A number of the northern political leaders will leave Abuja on a Friday and move to their towns, they will visit their homes where their wives are and after some hours, they leave for their guest houses. Which money are they talking about? Election is a game of numbers: check the voters register for now and see the votes in the various zones of the country. If you don’t have the votes, can you make the change? If because of greed we jettison zoning, in the next 300 years, the South will never produce the president of this country because this is a game of numbers.

Go to some parts of the North and you will see a man with 78 children, which he can’t take care of, they are on the street but when it is election time, they will go and vote. Economically, they are useless but politically they are useful. But you and I here are not ready to have more than three or four children. I went to New Benin to see my aunt and tell her to go and register, she asked me whether I am contesting any election. That means it is only when I am contesting that she will register, whereas in the North, they will queue to register. North West alone has 29 million registered voters excluding the new one, yet South-East and South-South put together have less than 19 million, so how do you win?

In the on-going registration exercise, Borno State where there is war has registered over 3.7 million, here in the South we are still talking grammar. I always tell the truth; when Jonathan wanted to contest for a second tenure, I told him not to contest based on the circumstances, that he will be defeated woefully but other leaders asked him to go ahead, saying ‘this is our time’, but what happened? When there is no truth, there is danger, and we pretend because we are self-centred.

You preach equity, fairness and justice, how can we achieve this considering the present situation?

When you talk about marginalization, in 1999, the PDP zoned presidency to the South West, Vice President to the North, Senate president to the South East, Chief Whip South-South, Deputy Speaker to South-South, Speaker to the North. The Speaker of the House was only changed once because Salisu Buhari had issues with his certificate and after him Ghali Umar Na’aba emerged Speaker and through the remaining seven and a half years, in spite of all the resources Obasanjo pushed out to the northern members in the House to impeach him, they will collect his money and refused to do his bidding. That is a sign of people with conscience, people that believe in themselves but the Senate Presidency that was zoned to the South-East, they were ready to change the Senate president every hour. Within that period, five presidents of the Senate came from the South-East. Is that a good testimony? Christ said if you are not accountable in little things, how will you be accountable in bigger things? Even if today the presidency is zoned to the South, 100 people will come out from the South-East and at the end of the day, another person from another zone will clinch it. Everybody needs to put their homes in order and then you can be a good player at the centre.


Daily Trust

Tinubu nominated me to be vice-president, Osinbajo finally speaks

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has broken his silence on the person behind his nomination into the second most powerful office in the land.
John Paden, a professor ofhistory, who wrote a biography in honour of President Muhammadu Buhari had ruffled feathers by saying it was Buhari who picked Osinbajo.

Paden’s assertion punctured the widespread belief that it was Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, who single-handedly picked Osinbajo for the job.
But speaking during the Coalition of Nigerian Apostolic Leaders in Lagos, Osinbajo said it was his former boss (Osinbajo worked under Tinubu as a commissioner) who nominated him.
though Osinbajo did not mention Tinubu’s name, it was obvious that he was referring to the former governor.

“An APC national leader whom I had served when he was governor was interested in putting me forward as the running mate of President Muhammadu Buhari in consensus with other national leaders of the party,” he reportedly said.

“I was a product of this system (Coalition Leaders). The church was reluctant and I understood why the church was reluctant. The church was looking at the head of the ticket (president). This is our first opportunity. This is our first shot at it. We need to maximise it and do the best we can.

https://www.thecable.ng/tinubu-nominated-vice-president-says-osinbajo/amp

In my opinion, I think we all should be concerned about the happenings in First bank given it's systemic importance to the economy. But also rather than arguing with ourselves, we should be looking at how the super rich control the stock market.
Years ago, this same Otedola fought with Dangote over the manipulation of AP shares in court. Now he has been able to buy up this holding.
Why is he interested especially in this bank? Is it related to what happened earlier this year?
What would be the effect of this on the banking system?
These are some of the issues I feel we should be analyzing, not fighting ourselves.
The elite have a way of getting us to talk about them while they don't care about we the people.

Ontario invited bilingual candidates in the Express Entry system to apply for a provincial nomination on June 18.
https://www.cicnews.com/2020/06/ontario-holds-second-draw-in-2-days-for-express-entry-candidates-0614773.html/amp

Bonab:

I'm interested. I don't mind paying.

I've replied your PM as well as all others who sent to me. regards

Worldtaker:
Finally I can come out of my hiding place. TEF results out:
EO C1
EE C1
CE C1
CO C1
Wow!! It is a thing of joy to see one's efforts crowned with success.I have been mute in action since.I know the journey just begins sha. Special appreciation to Almighty, and also to my Monsieur ,Tobi, the face behind the online school, www.tobidam.com Thanks for the encouragement, interesting ,fun and imparting class. And of always reminding me,:« you're now a senior student, work harder, no more English.»
Back to my hiding place, journey still long small.Thanks to all who made the thread alive too. Peace!!

congratulations on this result.

Ife2022:


On WhatsApp?

Yes

Ife2022:


Hi, pls I'm new here..I need info on TEF. can any one put me tru.

I'm having issues with IELTS, I've written it for 5 times now. My reading and writing is not improving. Can anyone help with suggestions?

Also which one is better btw BC and MOD?

You can PM me for IELTS coaching if interested. have helped a number of people successfully. no costs involved

Mamaroon:
Wake up sleepy thread!!!

Anyone about to take the exams? How are preps going?

Anyone who has just taken the exams? How did it go?

TEF or TCF? Paper or CBT?

Please share to encourage others.
Please shout if you need encouragement.

All the very best!

Bonsoir. Please can you the elders do something to make the thread active? on some days there's nothing new and it slips to page 3 on the travel section.
I need people to talk/ converse with in French.

Worldtaker:
Another option sis, is to get like two people to join you for a group class. Group class is lesser and all must agree to the same time. However me , I am a questionnaire so I prefer private class. Hope that helps.

Good idea. Is there any such group existing already? is there any in Ibadan or anyone willing to form one?

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morningstar55:
If you are sure the laptop is running and there is no display,simply take out the RAM clean it and re-insert,make sure to take off the battery before doing that.
If that doesn't work,you might need to connect the system to an external monitor to assertain the functionality of your screen...goodluck

I tried your suggestions time and time again to no avail.its still not showing anything.i even tried pressing f10 to show bios but the screen is blank.yet the keys are working.

Good evening. Pls I have a mini HP laptop, unfortunately, yesterday my bag fell down while the laptop was in it. I was able to work briefly with the laptop this morning without any problem but after shutting down and trying to put it on again, it refused to come up. The display unit is just blank, it appears to be working because the fan is working but the screen is not showing, nothing is coming up at all. PLEASE kindly help me

hi.please kindly help out with this issue. our 2003 Honda EOD stopped moving,so we gave it a person to fix.he said it was the brainbox,that he needed to collect another one to trace the fault.now,he said he got another brainbox ,that rats ate the previous one and is now claiming a rather high amount. he said there is IBO brainbox and European. though the car is moving now,but are the claims he made true?I seriously doubt them.thanks in advance

GAZZUZZ:

if my hunch is right, te harness for 1 of your O2 sensor is open and currently causing a short circuit intermittently. You should solve the p1157 and P135 codes to be sure.

thanks a lot.will let you know how it goes

Move2:
sirs,good morning. please I need your advice on my 2003 Honda EOD,4 plugs engine. it was giving out black smoke for some days,the Meko just refixed the airflow meter, said I should watch for some days before going to a rewire for possible trouble shooting. on Sunday,the car stopped by itself twice on the way to and from Church. though it restarted when kicked, it appears something is wrong.please sirs could you help?thanks

the codes are P1157,P606,P135.thanks

sirs,good morning. please I need your advice on my 2003 Honda EOD,4 plugs engine. it was giving out black smoke for some days,the Meko just refixed the airflow meter, said I should watch for some days before going to a rewire for possible trouble shooting. on Sunday,the car stopped by itself twice on the way to and from Church. though it restarted when kicked, it appears something is wrong.please sirs could you help?thanks

same here.have been trying since 12 to no avail.

namelesss:
Any one in the house noticed that the AirTel trybe night browsing is not working? Ive tried it yesternight and this night too (11-12 September) but its not working....

same here.have been trying since 12 to no avail.

hi.I have an Asus medium laptop, celeron processor.bought it brand new. 3 months ago,water poured on the keyboard. the engineer said we had to change the battery which we did.just last week,the battery stopped working again. now,it only works but the battery doesn't charge at all.now,he is hinting that we sell it.what do you advise,to sell or repair?and if to repair, what else can we do?thanks in advance

horllamy:


Try to change ur harddisk first.

I ran an extensive hard disk test.it came up with no errors or problems.could it still be the HDD?

HP laptop,amd processor, windows 8

hi.I use a HP laptop,amd processor,windows8.
after starting, it works for a minute or two,then freezes and doesn't work again.someone said it was d screen,so I connected it to a monitor.same problem remained. what could be wrong? i have tried to use it in safe mode but still hanging.thanks

hello.my HP laptop freezes after startup.it boots,starts working then freezes totally. someone said it was the screen,so I connected it to a desktop monitor.same problem still.please help.thanks