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Politics / Re: Mike Igini, RO Begged Me To Accept Manipulated Result For Obot Akara Lga–witness by NextPresido: 1:28pm On Jun 25, 2019
Akpabio finally found a witness that was not useless
Crime / Re: Nigerian Army Arrests Notorious Bandit And 20 Others Terrorizing Katsina State by NextPresido: 10:21pm On Jun 23, 2019
micfoley:
Why are they not in chains?

Because they are about to be released

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Politics / Re: Dino Melaye On INEC Server: When they claim they don't have a server show them by NextPresido: 9:20pm On Jun 15, 2019
People that cannot even do simple arithmetic to cover up vote padding want to lie about information transmission to online servers grin

Fowl yansh go blow open by force jare

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Travel / Re: Fulani Man Helps A Stranded Lady & Her Friends In Jos (Photos) by NextPresido: 9:15pm On Jun 15, 2019
There are good and bad people across all ethnicities in Nigeria. The Nigerian Federal government led by PMB has woefully failed to protect us against the bad ones

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Travel / Re: African Lady Who Lost In The Middle Of Desert In UAE (Photos) by NextPresido: 8:55pm On Jun 15, 2019
Our leaders have truly failed us

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Politics / Re: SARS Operatives Leave Man, Who Refuses To Be Cowed By Shots They Fired by NextPresido: 3:11pm On Jun 15, 2019
For us that school in France, we don't see this kain of nonsense over here

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Politics / Re: Buhari Goofs On Reelection Date, GDP Growth Projection - The Cable by NextPresido: 3:14pm On Jun 13, 2019
Is this not the same Buhari that was handing flags to the wrong people during campaigns? Are we surprised?

He is suffering from gworo-chewing dementia. Ask his doctor in London

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Culture / Re: Quit Secret Societies - Oluwo Of Iwoland, Akanbi Tells Yoruba Monarchs by NextPresido: 1:04pm On Jun 12, 2019
This one na mission impossible 7 grin

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Sports / Re: Andy Ruiz Honoured By Mexico President To Presidential Palace After Win (Photos) by NextPresido: 1:03pm On Jun 12, 2019
When is Buhari hosting Anthony Joshua?

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Politics / Re: Atiku, PDP Seek Tribunal’s Permission To Inspect Inec’s Server by NextPresido: 1:01pm On Jun 12, 2019
All these people telling Atiku to let go, why una dey drink Panadol for him headache? Na una money him dey waste? If you are not worried at all, let him go to court so he will be proven wrong

Same with INEC. If they really believe the election had no irregularities, they shouldn't have any problems providing the servers for inspection immediately

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Politics / Re: Money Corrupted Our Recent Elections – Buhari by NextPresido: 12:53pm On Jun 12, 2019
He should start with jagaban who used several buillion vans filled with money to buy him fake votes in Lagos

Mtchewww

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Politics / Re: I Admit That We Failed To Give Nigerians Refinery –Kachikwu by NextPresido: 12:48pm On Jun 08, 2019
What do we expect from PMB who is the Minister of Petroleum and knows nothing about the sector. He hasn't finished handling security and the economy. Refinery is probably the last thing on his mind. The real petroleum minister in this country will be Dangote once his refinery comes online

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Celebrities / Re: Yinka Ayefele Denies Welcoming Triplets In USA by NextPresido: 3:18pm On Jun 06, 2019
The blogger already got traffic to his/her blog and is preparing the next fake news

Meanwhile, their adsense account continues to grow cool

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Celebrities / Re: Chika Ike Shares Underwear Photo by NextPresido: 1:10pm On Jun 05, 2019
Where is the faith she's talking about? Is it the pant that she's wearing? All these girls will post nude photos and be quoting scripture at the same time

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Celebrities / Re: Chidera Onyegbule, Okey Bakassi's Daughter Qualifies For Ontario School Athletic by NextPresido: 2:36pm On May 31, 2019
Buhari should learn from her. He's too slow

Hope he does not take another 6 months to appoint his cabinet this time around. He took his time the first time around around only to appoint people who spend-ed sports budget, forged NYSC certificates and used billions to cut grass

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Malawi’s Presidential Bodyguard Dubbed World’s Scariest [photo] by NextPresido: 10:08pm On May 30, 2019
PMB should recruit this one because the security in Nigeria is nothing to write home about
Politics / Re: President Buhari Taking The Oath Of Office (Video) by NextPresido: 10:00pm On May 29, 2019
He should enjoy his stolen mandate while it lasts. I have a feeling that this will be the first presidential election annulled by the courts in Nigerian history. Atiku and Livy Ojukwu are coming for you. Technology go blow fowl yansh open. Those INEC servers are all they need

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Politics / Re: Buhari’s ADC Whispered To Him To Wave During His Inauguration - Twitter User by NextPresido: 9:54pm On May 29, 2019
Now he can resume his travel abroad for 200 days checkup, allow bokoharam and fulani herdsmen to continue to cause carnage, generate policies that will cause another 20 million nigerians to lose their jobs and decide who belongs to the other room

He should clap for himself. Meanwhile Osinbajo will say the killing is all temporary and the future is bright. Shebi na person wey dey alive fit talk about the future?

Next level indeed

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Politics / Re: Residents Destroy Buhari, Masari Billboards In Katsina, Protest Insecurity by NextPresido: 9:52pm On May 14, 2019
sarrki:


Seriously I don’t give a hoot

They are all the same

Anyone that will rule good should emerge

They don’t add any value to the ethnic or religion they come from

Only thing I care for is the sanctity of life


Look at this clown. The only thing that's probably changed btw election and now is that you're no longer getting your paycheck. Didn't you care about sanctity of life when soldiers were killing Shias in Kaduna and Ipob in the East? Didn't you care about sanctity of life when Fulani herdsmen we're ravaging villages across the country, killing women and children with the support of your boss? Or did you suddenly start reading the news?

My friend shut up and sit down. Enjoy the fruit of your labor.

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Politics / Re: Leaked Audio: Emefiele, Edward Adamu Discuss How To Cover-up N500bn Stole - SR by NextPresido: 10:29pm On May 12, 2019
Meanwhile PMB will say nobody in my administration is kworupt.

We have not forgotten Maina, Akpabio, Orji Uzor Kalu, Ganduje, Abdullahi Adamu, Adams Oshiomole, Aliyu Wammako, Bola Tinubu, Abdul’aziz Yari, Amaechi, etc all of who should be in jail if this govt is truly fighting corruption. EFCC will also pretend like they did not hear anything. If na PDP members now, dem go start to flex muscle

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Politics / Re: Peter Obi Sick, Goes To Hospital by NextPresido: 1:21pm On May 07, 2019
Meanwhile the lifeless one is wasting all our foreign exchange on his London health trips and his son's German trips

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Politics / Re: Nigeria Denied Foreign Loans Over Herdsmen/farmers’ Clashes – Lai Mohammed by NextPresido: 11:59am On Mar 29, 2019
Can you imagine this clown? Thousands of people have been killed by Fulani herdsmen is a fact. Not a single person has been prosecuted is a fact. It is obvious that this government is not interested in solving the problem. Yet this agbaya is talking about misinformation. Would any reasonable lender take this government serious? Is there even a government?

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Travel / Re: See How "Stan" The Robot Is Parking Cars At France’s Lyon Airport by NextPresido: 6:39pm On Mar 17, 2019
Meanwhile APC is erecting giant broom for us

Chai diaris God oo

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Romance / Re: Lady Twerks In Front Of Soldier And His 2 Friends by NextPresido: 3:40pm On Mar 04, 2019
shebi na person pikin be this?
Politics / #atikuiswinning Trending In USA by NextPresido: 2:49pm On Feb 24, 2019
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Politics / Re: Segun Sowunmi Reacts To Alleged Leaked Tape Of Atiku Can't Win Except Rigging by NextPresido: 1:22pm On Feb 12, 2019
This incompetent government will do anything to discredit Atiku so I'm not really surprised by this pathetic blackmail attempt. They said he could not travel to America and he did. They said he's corrupt but never leveled a corruption charge against him for 4 years until he started to run for president

Let us go out there on Saturday and deliver the biggest ever election loss to a sitting Nigerian president in history. That way politicians will know that we the people have the final say. Atiku will know that if he messes up, he'll also be gone by 2023. Nigeria will stake a claim for the strongest democracy in Africa. The only loser will be PMB. He had his chance together with some goodwill and he heavily disappointed Nigerians

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Politics / Re: Apc Supporters Set Peter Obi's Convoy On Fire In Abuja (video) by NextPresido: 8:49pm On Feb 09, 2019
Party of blood, killing, destruction and intolerance. All the killings and terrorism that has happened so far will be child's play with if they remain in power after this election

Go out and vote! Protect your vote. Record anything shady practices with your camera. Nobody will get away with rigging this election

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Politics / Re: Apc Supporters Set Peter Obi's Convoy On Fire In Abuja (video) by NextPresido: 8:49pm On Feb 09, 2019
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Politics / Re: Are You Waiting For Babachir Lawal To Travel Abroad Too? Fayose Asks EFCC by NextPresido: 4:50pm On Feb 07, 2019
EFCC has never been this partisan in it's operations since it was founded. Once you join APC, you file in their office automatically disappears

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Politics / Re: FG Orders Arrest Of Ayodele Oke And Wife, Folashade by NextPresido: 1:52pm On Feb 07, 2019
Yet Babachir Lawal has free access to Aso Villa whenever he wants

No wahala. I can't wait to use my PVC on February 16. If anyone wants to know why Buhari should not remain in power, please read on

11 reasons not to vote for PMB

1. His wife does not support his administration
They say charity begins at home. Aisha Buhari has been married to PMB for almost 30 years and is arguably the person who knows him better than anyone else on earth. If she is repeatedly telling you that her husband’s administration has failed and that she does not support him then why should you? The concerning thing is that she is doing this despite the powerful forces that we know are present in her husband’s government which means she must be really worried about Nigeria. No wife of a head of state/president in Nigeria’s history has done this. She was conspicuously absent at the flag off of his campaign in Akwa Ibom and that is not normal. In any situation, if a man’s wife of 30 years with children tells you to not trust him, you should absolutely be concerned

2. Insecurity has worsened
Do you know how we can tell that PMB will not do anything about Boko Haram and the Herdsmen crisis if re-elected? We know because he has been there for almost four years now and things have only gotten worse. The man has no excuse. He borrowed a $1 billion loan specifically to fight Boko Haram – the same group that took over Baga while he was flagging off his 2019 campaign. Defence has had the lion share of the budget for the last three years as well. Where did all the money go? There is no arguing that this has been the most bloodletting this country has experienced since the civil war with thousands of people killed (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46593180
). Since 2015, innocent hardworking Nigerians have been murdered in cold blood in their houses, places of worship and farms with no arrests made. Less than a week into this new year, people have already been slaughtered. Even soldiers have not been spared. Yet, all this administration had to offer us was that the perpetrators are from Libya. Is it impossible to arrest someone from Libya?

3. Pervasive Corruption
Let us be honest, PMB came into office primarily on his reputation as an anti-corruption candidate. At least that was what he led me to believe and I voted for him. Now it is clear that the corruption eradication that occurred in the 1980s was all down to Major General Tunde Idiagbon because Buhari has only encouraged corruption since he assumed power in 2015. To find corruption, you don’t even need to look outside the president’s inner circle. People like Rotimi Amaechi, Abdullahi Adamu, Adams Oshiomole, Aliyu Wammako, Bola Tinubu, Abdul’aziz Yari, Orji Uzor Kalu and Godswill Akpabio who had corruption cases pending against them are now some of his best friends. EFCC immediately went quiet on their cases as soon as they joined APC. His prior SGF Babachir Lawal misappropriated funds and yet remained in his post until a lot of pressure forced Buhari to sack him. The same Babachir Lawal was sighted two weeks ago in the Presidential Villa at the launch of PMB’s campaign group. How can we forget Abdulrasheed Maina who after stealing N2billion was reappointed to the civil service? Anyone with a corruption case who joins the APC automatically becomes a saint. Ganduje who was caught red-handed filling his agbada is not being investigated. The same anti-corruption champion Buhari was raising Gandollar's hand at a campaign rally in Kano yesterday as he endorsed him for another term as governor? PMB must think we are fools. This administration does not fight but rewards corruption. Even Transparency International stated that corruption is getting worse in Nigeria (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/corruption-getting-worse-nigeria-transparency-international/)

4. He does not believe he is accountable to you and does not care about your opinion
Remember when PMB spent 103 days in London for health reasons and did not think we deserved any explanation? The presidential jet was parked there at a cost of £1,000 daily (https://punchng.com/presidency-explains-why-presidential-jet-remains-with-buhari-in-london/
). All of these expenses were shouldered by Nigerian taxpayers. He also thinks that women should not have an opinion and belong to “the kitchen and the other room” which makes you wonder if he listens to the female members of his cabinet at all. Additionally, he does not address any issues affecting the country directly with Nigerians but gives interviews only when he is outside the country. For example, he never addressed the Ganduje dollar scandal that everyone was talking about here only to go discuss it during a visit to France. Even his own campaign DG says he does not read or listen to anyone. To him, we do not exist. Now that it is time for elections, he is smiling for you because he needs your vote. Only someone with a short memory will fall for his antics

5. Lying about his financial status
PMB told us he had no money to purchase the presidential nomination form of N50million in 2015. Yet, his son spent N112 million on BMW powerbikes which he crashed and then used our money for treatment at a hospital abroad. Furthermore, both Yusuf and Zahra studied at the University of Surrey in the UK graduating in 2016 and PMB has not explained how he funded their education. Members of his family have also been pictured wearing expensive clothing and accessories. It is either Buhari lied about his financial status or is looting from our treasury to finance these things. Something does not add up

6. Killing and Harassment of innocent citizens
While Boko Haram was ravaging the Northeast and reclaiming territory that had been captured by the Nigerian Army under the GEJ administration, PMB was busy sending Army resources and manpower to peaceful zones in the country to harass and kill innocent citizens. Shiites who were peacefully protesting the illegal detention of their leader were murdered on the streets. IPOB members whose only crime was to ask for a referendum were also killed or arrested. How do you proscribe IPOB as terrorist organization while groups like MACBAN who murder thousands of people and talk openly about it are allowed to walk free? Video evidence of this harassment was even published by the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/africa/100000006196505/nigeria-military-protest-massacre-video.html). When called out by international groups like Amnesty International, PMB’s government responds by paying people to protest against such groups [(https://www.nairaland.com/4929439/amnesty-international-exposes-paid-protesters#74258528). Everyone who is a part of this administration or is supporting it has blood on their hands. A lot of blood.

7. We have lost 11 million jobs under this administration
This administration entered power with the promise to create 3 million jobs every year. Fast forward to almost four years later and about 11 million Nigerians have lost their jobs leading Nigeria to overtake India as the world’s headquarters for “extreme poverty” (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/buharis-administration-not-business-or-job-friendly/). I should add that these are numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), a government agency that is part of the PMB administration. Unsurprisingly, PMB and the APC have tried to pressure the Statistician-General, Dr. Yemi Kale to change the unemployment figures to make the government look better but he refused. This example typifies the mode of operation of the APC: lie to get into power, make things worse than you met it and then try to lie/force/bribe/blame other people to cover up your incompetence

8. Ethnic divisions
Whether you admit it to yourself or not, Buhari has been the most divisive and bigoted leader in the history of Nigeria. The man started his term by dividing the country into 97% vs 5% effectively stating that some people deserve more from his government than others. His appointments have clearly been lopsided and violate federal character. The administration tried to lie about this but were caught red-handed by the excellent PremiumTimes (https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/248417-fact-check-buharis-appointments-presidencys-list-inaccurate-several-names-omitted-others-wrongly-described.html). If he was appointing technocrats who are making a difference, we might look at things differently. Instead PMB took 6 months to appoint people who ended up not having NYSC certificates. Even his Vice President cannot be left out. While in Ibadan recently, Prof Osinbajo stated that PMB will hand over the presidency to the south west after completing his two terms of eight years in office. The man had to rely on ethnic sentiments to ask for votes because his administration's biggest accomplishment has been putting Nigerians through the worst hardship of their lifetimes.

9. Old Age and Poor Health
Let us recount how many times PMB has been out of the country for health reasons:
February 5, 2016 - Buhari embarks on a six-day medical vacation to London.
June 6, 2016 - Buhari takes to the skies for a 10-day medical vacation. Presidency says Buhari has to travel to deal with a “persistent ear infection”.
January 19, 2017 - Buhari is off to London again on a medical vacation.
February 5, 2017 - Buhari writes the national assembly, asks lawmakers to extend his London medical leave.
March 10, 2017 - Buhari returns to Nigeria but doesn’t resume work immediately. Presidency says “he’s working from home”.
May 7, 2017 - Buhari embarks on trip to London for another medical vacation. He returns after 104 days.
August 19, 2017 - Buhari returns to Nigeria and it takes him a while to resume work because rats have reportedly damaged furniture in his office. Presidency announces he’ll be working from home.
May 8, 2018 - Buhari is off to London for “medical review”—another name for a medical vacation.
Aug 1, 2018 – Buhari embarks on 10-day medical leave
(https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/buhari-all-the-times-president-has-flown-to-london-for-medical-vacation/93brd45)

PMB has spent about 20% of his time in office seeking medical care. I don’t have anything against a person being sick as we are all human beings and it is normal. However, with all due respect, I don’t believe that a frail 76 year old man who has spent over 200 days abroad on medical trips is in the best position to provide the leadership that this country needs at the moment. Furthermore, one does not need a medical degree to tell that something is not right mentally with PMB after watching his townhall performance and the fiasco in Warri where he obviously did not know who was contesting for the presidency or governorship

10. Hardship and Poverty
All you need to do to verify this is to speak with ordinary Nigerians and listen to what they are going through. People are resorting to doing things that they never thought of doing just to survive. There are no jobs and the price of everyday goods have gone up tremendously. After promising to lower the price of petrol to N40 and saying fuel subsidy was a scam during the 2015 campaign, the same Buhari raised the fuel price from N87 to N145 while still paying subsidy. Nigeria’s GDP also decreased from $568billion in 2014 to $375billion in 2017 (https://www.google.com/search?q=nigeria+gdp&oq=nigeria+gdp&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.2959j0j4&sourceid=chrome&{google:instantExtendedEnabledParameter}ie=UTF-8 ). As I mentioned earlier, Nigeria is now the world’s headquarter of extreme poverty with 87million people (almost half of the population) living in poverty after overtaking India. In fact, a lot of people will tell you that the last time Nigeria was like this was under guess who? The same Buhari during his military regime 35 years ago. Poor economic decision making and a lack of vision has been the mainstay of this administration resulting in high job losses coupled with unsustainable inflation. The presidency does not feel it as they budget billions for food, haircuts, newspapers and petrol. It is unfortunate that despite the lesson that history taught us between 1983-1985, we decided to repeat our mistake.

11. It will be his last term
If PMB can perform this poorly in his first term when he knows that he will be seeking re-election, you can imagine how worse things will be when he no longer needs anyone to vote for him. The killings, poverty, and corruption we have seen so far will only be the tip of the iceberg. As Albert Einstein once said, “doing the same thing over again and expecting the same result is stupidity”. Nigeria under Buhari was bad in 1985 and 2015. That will not change if he remains in power come 2019.


My fellow Nigerians, let us resolve to do away with all obstacles holding us back in life. A very good first step would be kicking out this mistake of a party called APC out of power come February 16

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Crime / Re: Herdsmen Ambush And Kill Police ASP In Delta State by NextPresido: 7:45pm On Feb 01, 2019
11 reasons not to vote for PMB

1. His wife does not support his administration
They say charity begins at home. Aisha Buhari has been married to PMB for almost 30 years and is arguably the person who knows him better than anyone else on earth. If she is repeatedly telling you that her husband’s administration has failed and that she does not support him then why should you? The concerning thing is that she is doing this despite the powerful forces that we know are present in her husband’s government which means she must be really worried about Nigeria. No wife of a head of state/president in Nigeria’s history has done this. She was conspicuously absent at the flag off of his campaign in Akwa Ibom and that is not normal. In any situation, if a man’s wife of 30 years with children tells you to not trust him, you should absolutely be concerned

2. Insecurity has worsened
Do you know how we can tell that PMB will not do anything about Boko Haram and the Herdsmen crisis if re-elected? We know because he has been there for almost four years now and things have only gotten worse. The man has no excuse. He borrowed a $1 billion loan specifically to fight Boko Haram – the same group that took over Baga while he was flagging off his 2019 campaign. Defence has had the lion share of the budget for the last three years as well. Where did all the money go? There is no arguing that this has been the most bloodletting this country has experienced since the civil war with thousands of people killed (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46593180
). Since 2015, innocent hardworking Nigerians have been murdered in cold blood in their houses, places of worship and farms with no arrests made. Less than a week into this new year, people have already been slaughtered. Even soldiers have not been spared. Yet, all this administration had to offer us was that the perpetrators are from Libya. Is it impossible to arrest someone from Libya?

3. Pervasive Corruption
Let us be honest, PMB came into office primarily on his reputation as an anti-corruption candidate. At least that was what he led me to believe and I voted for him. Now it is clear that the corruption eradication that occurred in the 1980s was all down to Major General Tunde Idiagbon because Buhari has only encouraged corruption since he assumed power in 2015. To find corruption, you don’t even need to look outside the president’s inner circle. People like Rotimi Amaechi, Abdullahi Adamu, Adams Oshiomole, Aliyu Wammako, Bola Tinubu, Abdul’aziz Yari, Orji Uzor Kalu and Godswill Akpabio who had corruption cases pending against them are now some of his best friends. EFCC immediately went quiet on their cases as soon as they joined APC. His prior SGF Babachir Lawal misappropriated funds and yet remained in his post until a lot of pressure forced Buhari to sack him. The same Babachir Lawal was sighted two weeks ago in the Presidential Villa at the launch of PMB’s campaign group. How can we forget Abdulrasheed Maina who after stealing N2billion was reappointed to the civil service? Anyone with a corruption case who joins the APC automatically becomes a saint. Ganduje who was caught red-handed filling his agbada is not being investigated. The same anti-corruption champion Buhari was raising Gandollar's hand at a campaign rally in Kano yesterday as he endorsed him for another term as governor? PMB must think we are fools. This administration does not fight but rewards corruption. Even Transparency International stated that corruption is getting worse in Nigeria (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/corruption-getting-worse-nigeria-transparency-international/)

4. He does not believe he is accountable to you and does not care about your opinion
Remember when PMB spent 103 days in London for health reasons and did not think we deserved any explanation? The presidential jet was parked there at a cost of £1,000 daily (https://punchng.com/presidency-explains-why-presidential-jet-remains-with-buhari-in-london/
). All of these expenses were shouldered by Nigerian taxpayers. He also thinks that women should not have an opinion and belong to “the kitchen and the other room” which makes you wonder if he listens to the female members of his cabinet at all. Additionally, he does not address any issues affecting the country directly with Nigerians but gives interviews only when he is outside the country. For example, he never addressed the Ganduje dollar scandal that everyone was talking about here only to go discuss it during a visit to France. Even his own campaign DG says he does not read or listen to anyone. To him, we do not exist. Now that it is time for elections, he is smiling for you because he needs your vote. Only someone with a short memory will fall for his antics

5. Lying about his financial status
PMB told us he had no money to purchase the presidential nomination form of N50million in 2015. Yet, his son spent N112 million on BMW powerbikes which he crashed and then used our money for treatment at a hospital abroad. Furthermore, both Yusuf and Zahra studied at the University of Surrey in the UK graduating in 2016 and PMB has not explained how he funded their education. Members of his family have also been pictured wearing expensive clothing and accessories. It is either Buhari lied about his financial status or is looting from our treasury to finance these things. Something does not add up

6. Killing and Harassment of innocent citizens
While Boko Haram was ravaging the Northeast and reclaiming territory that had been captured by the Nigerian Army under the GEJ administration, PMB was busy sending Army resources and manpower to peaceful zones in the country to harass and kill innocent citizens. Shiites who were peacefully protesting the illegal detention of their leader were murdered on the streets. IPOB members whose only crime was to ask for a referendum were also killed or arrested. How do you proscribe IPOB as terrorist organization while groups like MACBAN who murder thousands of people and talk openly about it are allowed to walk free? Video evidence of this harassment was even published by the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/africa/100000006196505/nigeria-military-protest-massacre-video.html). When called out by international groups like Amnesty International, PMB’s government responds by paying people to protest against such groups [(https://www.nairaland.com/4929439/amnesty-international-exposes-paid-protesters#74258528). Everyone who is a part of this administration or is supporting it has blood on their hands. A lot of blood.

7. We have lost 11 million jobs under this administration
This administration entered power with the promise to create 3 million jobs every year. Fast forward to almost four years later and about 11 million Nigerians have lost their jobs leading Nigeria to overtake India as the world’s headquarters for “extreme poverty” (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/buharis-administration-not-business-or-job-friendly/). I should add that these are numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), a government agency that is part of the PMB administration. Unsurprisingly, PMB and the APC have tried to pressure the Statistician-General, Dr. Yemi Kale to change the unemployment figures to make the government look better but he refused. This example typifies the mode of operation of the APC: lie to get into power, make things worse than you met it and then try to lie/force/bribe/blame other people to cover up your incompetence

8. Ethnic divisions
Whether you admit it to yourself or not, Buhari has been the most divisive and bigoted leader in the history of Nigeria. The man started his term by dividing the country into 97% vs 5% effectively stating that some people deserve more from his government than others. His appointments have clearly been lopsided and violate federal character. The administration tried to lie about this but were caught red-handed by the excellent PremiumTimes (https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/248417-fact-check-buharis-appointments-presidencys-list-inaccurate-several-names-omitted-others-wrongly-described.html). If he was appointing technocrats who are making a difference, we might look at things differently. Instead PMB took 6 months to appoint people who ended up not having NYSC certificates. Even his Vice President cannot be left out. While in Ibadan recently, Prof Osinbajo stated that PMB will hand over the presidency to the south west after completing his two terms of eight years in office. The man had to rely on ethnic sentiments to ask for votes because his administration's biggest accomplishment has been putting Nigerians through the worst hardship of their lifetimes.

9. Old Age and Poor Health
Let us recount how many times PMB has been out of the country for health reasons:
February 5, 2016 - Buhari embarks on a six-day medical vacation to London.
June 6, 2016 - Buhari takes to the skies for a 10-day medical vacation. Presidency says Buhari has to travel to deal with a “persistent ear infection”.
January 19, 2017 - Buhari is off to London again on a medical vacation.
February 5, 2017 - Buhari writes the national assembly, asks lawmakers to extend his London medical leave.
March 10, 2017 - Buhari returns to Nigeria but doesn’t resume work immediately. Presidency says “he’s working from home”.
May 7, 2017 - Buhari embarks on trip to London for another medical vacation. He returns after 104 days.
August 19, 2017 - Buhari returns to Nigeria and it takes him a while to resume work because rats have reportedly damaged furniture in his office. Presidency announces he’ll be working from home.
May 8, 2018 - Buhari is off to London for “medical review”—another name for a medical vacation.
Aug 1, 2018 – Buhari embarks on 10-day medical leave
(https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/buhari-all-the-times-president-has-flown-to-london-for-medical-vacation/93brd45)

PMB has spent about 20% of his time in office seeking medical care. I don’t have anything against a person being sick as we are all human beings and it is normal. However, with all due respect, I don’t believe that a frail 76 year old man who has spent over 200 days abroad on medical trips is in the best position to provide the leadership that this country needs at the moment. Furthermore, one does not need a medical degree to tell that something is not right mentally with PMB after watching his townhall performance and the fiasco in Warri where he obviously did not know who was contesting for the presidency or governorship

10. Hardship and Poverty
All you need to do to verify this is to speak with ordinary Nigerians and listen to what they are going through. People are resorting to doing things that they never thought of doing just to survive. There are no jobs and the price of everyday goods have gone up tremendously. After promising to lower the price of petrol to N40 and saying fuel subsidy was a scam during the 2015 campaign, the same Buhari raised the fuel price from N87 to N145 while still paying subsidy. Nigeria’s GDP also decreased from $568billion in 2014 to $375billion in 2017 (https://www.google.com/search?q=nigeria+gdp&oq=nigeria+gdp&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.2959j0j4&sourceid=chrome&{google:instantExtendedEnabledParameter}ie=UTF-8 ). As I mentioned earlier, Nigeria is now the world’s headquarter of extreme poverty with 87million people (almost half of the population) living in poverty after overtaking India. In fact, a lot of people will tell you that the last time Nigeria was like this was under guess who? The same Buhari during his military regime 35 years ago. Poor economic decision making and a lack of vision has been the mainstay of this administration resulting in high job losses coupled with unsustainable inflation. The presidency does not feel it as they budget billions for food, haircuts, newspapers and petrol. It is unfortunate that despite the lesson that history taught us between 1983-1985, we decided to repeat our mistake.

11. It will be his last term
If PMB can perform this poorly in his first term when he knows that he will be seeking re-election, you can imagine how worse things will be when he no longer needs anyone to vote for him. The killings, poverty, and corruption we have seen so far will only be the tip of the iceberg. As Albert Einstein once said, “doing the same thing over again and expecting the same result is stupidity”. Nigeria under Buhari was bad in 1985 and 2015. That will not change if he remains in power come 2019.


My fellow Nigerians, let us resolve to do away with all obstacles holding us back in life. A very good first step would be kicking out this mistake of a party called APC out of power come February 16

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Politics / Re: Tinubu Punctures Atiku’s Claim To Be A Democrat, Defender Of Democracy by NextPresido: 7:48pm On Jan 29, 2019
Tinubu must be really worried by Atiku's chances in this election

It is about to be game over for APC

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