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helinues:
Don't you have any respect for yourself. Who are you to be asking me nonsense question.

Dey your lane or I will renew your blocking

Respect is mutual, and asking a question isn’t disrespect. If the question is a dumbo question, answering it should be easy.

So, who will teach whom a lesson? And please, you don’t have to announce your blocking plans to me

helinues:
Don't ask me dumbo question

If it’s such a dumb question, answering it should be easy. So, who will teach whom a lesson?

creativejagaban:
Does that remind us of Obi's supporters

Tinubu till 2031.

Actually, this picture below is what his comment reminds us of

helinues:
Stop crying. The table is only turning around

Sebi you can't control your rude supporters abi, they will teach them lesson.

Who will teach whom a lesson?

No one has the monopoly of violence

Tareq1105:
No. However, supreme Court judgement says that INEC, as the umpire has the right to issue Time table, set rules as stated in the electoral guidelines which every political party must comply with.

Therefore, those who failed to comply are now being deleted one by one bcoz INEC must implement the judgement.

Ofunaofu, you haven't seen anything yet. Atikulooters like you wouldn't have rest of mind henceforth even after the results of the election is declared in January.

Wait till national and state Assembly candidate lists are released. When you guys were supposed to follow guidelines and upload within the time, you guys were looking for FBI report.

Thank you for the bolded

Lanretoye:
Randy peters and mama pee that were not up to 10 years old as at when obi was governor are now leading his presidential campaigh...jokers be following their leads like goat

You, on the other hand, weren’t even born, yet you somehow believed a lie, falsehood and propaganda that a notorious drug baron, identity thief, and forger single handedly built Lagos from scratch and even tamed the Atlantic Ocean.

shortgun:

With the way Tinubu is running the country currently, this should be taken to the jokes section

Absolutely 💯

Just a reminder of Daniel Bwala’s now famous statement below. 👇

BATified2023:
u are consoling yourself with ommision right?

The electoral act judgement was used, go n check front page n see many candidates whose name didn't appear

It's not about omission but what d law says

Did the Supreme Court judgment say that the candidate should be disqualified?

Please, don’t forget to mention me when it’s reinstated. Since you’re so convinced it wasn’t an omission, I’ll be waiting for your explanation when the situation changes

Even Remi Tinubu knows that her husband cannot deliver the prosperity she keeps talking about. She knows she is lying.

She knows that he lives in a bunker, doesn’t communicate with Nigerians, is detached from the harsh realities ordinary Nigerians face, and lacks the competence to deliver the prosperity she is promising.

Willy2025:
Are you comparing APC senatorial ticket with that of NDC? You are not serious at all

Take a trip to Kano today, assess the situation on the ground, and come back here with your findings.

Kano is NDC top to bottom!

You clearly underestimate the power of Kwankwasiyya.

stop mistaking keypad assumptions for facts.

Kano NDC reveals why guber candidate is missing from INEC list, calls for calm

Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has urged its members to remain calm following the omission of its governorship candidate, Aminu Abdussalam-Gwarzo, from the final list of candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Saturday.


The party’s Public Relations Officer, Yusif Fasaha, gave the assurance in a statement made available to journalists in Kano shortly after INEC released the list.

Fasaha said the omission was not caused by the party, adding that INEC had attributed the development to a computer glitch and promised to correct it.


“I want to assure you that, as the PRO of the party, the problem is not from us.

“We have consulted INEC, and they told us that the problem was from the computer and that they would rectify it.


“So, everybody should remain calm. Between now and Monday, another list containing his name will be released,” he said.

The NDC spokesman maintained that Abdussalam-Gwarzo had fulfilled all the requirements for the election, insisting that the necessary processes had been completed within the stipulated timeframe.

He added that the party had reviewed the published list and would continue consultations with relevant authorities to resolve the issue.


DAILY POST reports that the list contained 17 governorship candidates and their running mates from various political parties.

Governor Abba Yusuf was listed as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congres, APC, alongside his running mate, Murtala Sule-Garo.

https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/11/kano-ndc-reveals-why-guber-candidate-is-missing-from-inec-list-calls-for-calm/?utm_source=operamini&utm_medium=feednews&utm_campaign=operamini_feednews

FSBoperator:
It's an NDC Anambra state chairman that is lamenting and declaring that Giringori will not win a ward talk more the state this coming elections

Deal with your NDC Anambra state chairman lamenting over Giringori relegating them instead of trying to deflect to APC .

Typical whataboutism from the notorious Nairaland wanderer

It's an Obi thread

A thread for tata boys to girate on

2027: We’ll match APC ‘fire for fire’, says NDC, inaugurates campaign council October 20

…warns against election manipulation

ABUJA — The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) will inaugurate its Presidential Campaign Council and present certificates of return to its candidates on October 20 as part of preparations for the 2027 general elections.


The National Chairman of the party, Senator Moses Cleopas, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja after a two-day meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC), explaining that consultations with the party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates had delayed the constitution of the campaign council.

Cleopas reaffirmed the party’s support for its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, saying the leadership was determined to establish a coordinated campaign structure capable of managing the demands of the forthcoming elections.

He said the delay was deliberate, adding that the party wanted to avoid mistakes in appointing campaign officials and ensure that the structure was properly constituted before full-scale campaigns commenced.

“Constitution and inauguration of presidential campaign council is a responsibility of the party at the highest level. But the party itself cannot do that without recourse to the presidential candidate and the vice-presidential candidate,” he said.

According to him, the candidates must be involved in the process because they would lead the campaign and contest the election on the party’s platform.

Cleopas said the NWC had held several meetings since August and submitted proposals on the campaign structure to the party’s leadership.

“Since after August, this party, as well as the National Working Committee, have had a series of meetings. A blueprint for our campaign council has been drawn and submitted to our leaders,” he said.

“It is better to get it right. It is a sensitive election that we are going into. And we must check characters.”


The NDC chairman said the party would also hold a dinner on October 20 to strengthen cooperation among its candidates ahead of the elections.

He warned against rushing appointments without adequate scrutiny, saying the party needed people whose loyalty and commitment would remain unquestionable throughout the campaign.

“It is not today you are going to have one DG of your campaign and in the middle of the campaign you will hear that your DG is one leg in NDC, one leg somewhere else. It will jeopardise the whole hope of this country,” he said.

Cleopas explained that the NWC had consulted the party’s National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, as well as Obi and Kwankwaso on major decisions, given their political experience and the responsibilities they would assume during the elections.

He said Kwankwaso’s political experience and national reach made his input essential to the campaign structure, just as he described Obi as a nationally recognised political figure whose campaign required careful planning.

“How would you have somebody like Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, who is a veteran from the northern element, a Muslim, and you want to have a campaign structure and you will not depend on him? Then why did you give him the ticket to be the vice-presidential candidate?” he asked.

The party had last month announced that Obi and Kwankwaso would nominate key officials of the campaign council in consultation with its leadership.

Under the arrangement, the candidates are expected to nominate the Director-General, Deputy Director-General for the North, campaign spokesperson and deputy spokesperson, Head of New Media, Finance Director and Deputy Finance Director, among other officials.

The party also said the Finance Director and deputy would work with the National Treasurer to manage campaign funds in line with transparency and accountability requirements, including the obligation to render accounts to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Cleopas said nominations had also been received from stakeholders across the country, adding that the final structure would be announced and inaugurated after the candidates submitted their recommendations.

NDC vows to match APC ‘fire for fire’

The NDC chairman also vowed that the party would match the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) “fire for fire” before, during and after the 2027 general elections, while insisting that it would defend its votes and pursue victory within the law.

He warned against attempts to manipulate the electoral process or prevent the will of the electorate from prevailing, declaring that the party was prepared to contest all elective positions.

“Our commitment to the elections is sacrosanct. Our resolve is absolute,” he said.


Cleopas said the NDC had fielded candidates for the presidency, Senate, House of Representatives, governorship and state Houses of Assembly, adding that the party intended to challenge the APC-led government at all levels.

He accused the ruling party of spreading false information about the NDC’s participation in the elections, insisting that the party remained prepared for the contest.

The chairman also dismissed reports of divisions within the NDC over its presidential ticket, saying the party’s leadership at the national, state, local government and ward levels remained firmly behind Obi and Kwankwaso.

“I want us to know today that the entire leadership of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, from the national leader to me, the national chairman, NWC, state chapters, local government chapters and ward chapters, are solidly behind all our candidates,” he said.

Describing Obi and Kwankwaso as the best combination for the country, Cleopas argued that the ticket could appeal across religious, ethnic and regional lines.


“We believe that the NDC have the best of candidates, Mr Peter Gregory Obi and Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. That pair, if you want to talk of religious lines, tribal lines, or Nigeria as a nation, there is no pair that can beat that right now,” he said.

He also defended the party’s decision not to conduct a competitive presidential primary, saying its leadership had been clear about its preferred direction.

“We were clear on the direction we were going, and no regrets,” he said.

Cleopas dismissed suggestions that the party had become inactive or was divided, citing consultations and town hall meetings held by its presidential candidate and other party officials across the country.

“We have been in Sokoto, we have been in Kaduna, on the 15th, we shall be in Enugu. So it is not to mean that we have not been working,” he said.


Defends Dickson over alleged APC links

The NDC chairman also rejected allegations that Dickson was working with the APC or President Bola Tinubu to undermine Obi’s presidential ambition.

He said Dickson had deliberately chosen not to pursue the presidency and had instead provided the NDC platform for Obi and Kwankwaso to contest the 2027 election.

Cleopas challenged those making the allegations to explain why the national leader would have relinquished the opportunity to seek the presidency if he intended to undermine the party’s candidates.

According to him, Dickson had rejected suggestions that he should use the party he helped establish to pursue his own presidential ambition.

“Senator Seriake Dickson said, ‘No, no, no, no, no. That is not my pattern of politics. I have not made up my mind now to contest for presidential election, and so I can’t go deceiving’,” Cleopas quoted him as saying.

He further questioned why Dickson would have declined the presidential ticket if he intended to use the party to negotiate with the ruling APC.

“Do they even think, if he wanted to play so, couldn’t he have taken the presidential ticket of this party and by now all of us would have aligned with APC, which was most convenient at the time?” he asked.

Cleopas urged the media to reject what he described as false propaganda against the party’s leadership, saying factual reporting was important ahead of the 2027 elections.

NDC begins recruitment of polling agents


On preparations for the elections, Cleopas disclosed that the party had commenced efforts to recruit and train polling agents, drawing lessons from what he described as challenges encountered during the 2023 presidential election.

He said the party was activating its structures across the states to ensure that its agents were adequately positioned to protect its votes.

According to him, senatorial and House of Representatives candidates would work with stakeholders in their constituencies to nominate agents for federal elections, while governorship and state House of Assembly candidates would coordinate similar arrangements at the state level.

The chairman said vote protection would be a major priority for the party in 2027, urging voters to remain at polling units until their votes were counted and properly transmitted through the electoral process.

“Voting alone is not it, but vote and protect your vote, and make sure that your vote gets to the point that it will be counted for,” he said.


Cleopas expressed confidence in the party’s prospects, particularly among young Nigerians, whom he described as the country’s largest voting bloc.

He said the NDC was being developed as an institution that would provide young people with greater opportunities to participate in politics and leadership.

The chairman also urged all party candidates to work closely with the NDC’s established structures rather than conduct independent campaigns.

“There is no candidate that is running an independent campaign or an independent election,” he said, adding that every candidate must work with the party because their candidacies were products of its platform


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/10/2027-well-match-apc-fire-for-fire-says-ndc-inaugurates-campaign-council-october-20/#google_vignette

Kano is NDC and NDC is Kano

NDC top to bottom

Willy2025:
If it is not Peter Obi who was excluded, we Nairalanders are not interested. The only news worth celebrating is the total exclusion of NDC. They are just political irritants. Nasiru Gawuna is the biggest loser. This is a man offered an APC senatorial ticket on a platter of God. Even PO can never resist such an offer

Gawuna still has a senatorial ticket in the NDC, and his chances of winning are much higher under the NDC than under the APC.

Visit Kano and see things for yourself.

Don’t just sit behind your keyboard, making assumptions that have nothing to do with reality.

seunmsg:
Lmaoooo. We warned all these NDC people not to look for trouble but they publicly demanded for the implementation of the Supreme Court judgement in respect of section 77 of the Electoral Act with the thinking that they've seen how to get back at Wike. Politically, Wike is way smarter than Peter Obi and Kwakwanso put together. Na that kain guyman una wan fight? Now, they have lost Kano even before the actual election. Scoreline: Wike 10 - 0 Obidients 🤣🤣🤣

Chai! 😂

Seunmsg, is this what you have become?

Don’t celebrate just yet. APC winning Kano? Not so fast!

Kano is NDC, top to bottom.

It was just an omission, and it will be sorted out. When that happens, you’ll be the one crying and shedding tears on 16 January 2027.

Keep the celebration on hold!

Please don’t bother reading this shii!!t.

The OP has no authority to speak on this matter. He is neither the Pope, a cardinal, a bishop, nor a spokesperson for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

He is just a notorious Nairaland wanderer, hopping from thread to thread, manufacturing nons.ense.

And somehow, a Nairaland mod moved this to the front page?

SMH!

TheStoriesOfMan:
Leave that guy. He's just talking to fill their data boys quota for the weekend.

Absolutely 💯

Vision101:
Just one answer:
We are suffering today as a result of the decisions of lily-livered leaders.
30 trillion debt through ways and means used to subsidize consumption is now part of our national debt stock. We ate our today in yesterday

We produce 1.8 million barrels of crude today but we can't give Dangote 700,000 barrels because we have forward sales in the past used to subsidize fuel. We barely have half of the production available for use today.

How many FID did we attract in the oil sector in the past 12 years? Gas production decision that ought have been realized since 1973 was abandoned but have now received final FID.

Sokoto-Badagri supper highway conceived by Shagari regime in the 80s is now becoming a reality in 2026.

Can you see the power to dare? I have the same traits.

So, the power to dare” is now the power to make Nigerians suffer and then blame the suffering on previous governments? What a spectacular rebranding of failure!

Nobody is denying that previous administrations made mistakes. But Tinubu didn’t campaign to become president of Nigeria’s past; he campaigned to govern Nigeria’s present and secure its future. You cannot promise renewed hope, impose unprecedented hardship, and then demand applause for having the courage to do so. The courage to inflict pain is not the same as the capacity to deliver progress.

Now, let’s address your crude oil argument. Your claim that forward-sale obligations from the era of fuel subsidy are why Nigeria cannot supply Dangote Refinery with 700,000 barrels per day is not the full story. Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele himself acknowledged the supply shortfall, stating:

“We (Nigeria) are still not at the point where we can give Dangote Refinery 700,000 barrels of crude oil; we don’t have enough to service Dangote Refinery.”

That statement points directly to a production and supply problem. So, where is your evidence that forward sales alone explain the shortfall? You cannot turn one possible contributing factor into the entire explanation simply because it fits your political narrative.

As for the N30 trillion Ways and Means debt, let’s be honest: it was accumulated under previous administrations, and it deserves scrutiny. But it is equally on record that the Tinubu administration has continued borrowing heavily despite removing petrol subsidy. If subsidy removal was supposed to free up enormous public resources, where are the verifiable savings, where is the transparent accounting, and where is the measurable improvement in ordinary Nigerians’ lives? Where is the relief that was supposed to justify the sacrifice?

Announcing an FID is not the same as delivering the finished project, and reviving an old highway proposal is not a blank cheque for every other policy failure.

And that so called Sokoto/Badagry Superhighway you mentioned? A project conceived decades ago and being constructed today does not erase the cost of food, transport, electricity, and basic survival today.

Your final statement is perhaps the most revealing: “I have the same traits. IIf by that you mean the willingness to make people suffer and then tell them to be grateful, Nigerians certainly do not need more leaders with those traits.

Leadership is not measured by how much hardship a president can impose, how boldly he can defend it, or how eloquently his supporters can explain it away. It is measured by results.

The real question remains: after all the sacrifices Nigerians have been asked to make, are they living better today than they were before Tinubu took office?

You can celebrate the courage to dare. The rest of us are asking for the competence to deliver. Because Nigerians did not elect a president to teach them how to endure suffering; they elected one to make suffering less necessary.

Imagine blaming Trump for the hunger, hardship, and worsening insecurity Nigerians are enduring under Tinubu’s disastrous policies masquerading as economic reforms.

Honestly, Daniel Bwala was right about the quote below. Some people will blame the whole world rather than hold their own government accountable!

The woman did well. The guy was about to commit suicide in her shop

yarimo:
Very massive jubilations and celebrations all over imo state, 2027 will surely be ATIKU and obi worst political outing in history 🤣

Hahahahahaha!
Massive indeed

Vision101:
Aren't you tired? The same line all the time. Where are your chosen candidates policies? No policies. Theirs is to attack the policies of the man that dare.

The man that dare? You mean the man who dared to inflict untold hardship and suffering on citizens, making food, transport, and survival unaffordable?

Is leadership now measured by how much pain you can impose on the people? We’re not discussing other candidates; we’re asking what Tinubu has delivered beyond suffering and endless promises. Leadership is not the courage to make life miserable for citizens; it’s the ability to make life better for them. That is governance

We are yet to see any mandate of the Tinubu government being implemented, apart from the thoughtless “subsidy is gone” statement. Of course, that’s the one policy they had no problem implementing because the masses are the ones paying the price.

Tinubu is a known dullard

Apart from the thoughtless “subsidy is gone” declaration that has plunged this country into unprecedented drift, deepened insecurity, and worsened hunger, what exactly has Tinubu implemented that benefits the common man? Plenty of promises, endless suffering, and nothing to show for it!

Tinubu have been rejected all round

This Daniel Bwala's quote perfectly captures an APC member and supporter