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McWhillion: Bro, its been over 5 months now.

Why do you people always look for something to criticize dis president with. If it's 5 months, is it not over 3 months? Or u don't understand d meaning of 'over 3 months'?

Wealth-X CEO Mykolas Rambus

Global billionaire population has reached a record
2,325 with the addition of 155 new billionaires in
2014.
According to the Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire
Census 2014, released yesterday, 155 new
billionaires were minted this year, pushing the
global population to a record 2,325 – a 7% rise
from 2013.
The combined wealth of the world's billionaires
increased by 12% to US$7.3 trillion, which is
higher than the combined market capitalisation of
all the companies that make up the Dow Jones
Industrial Average.
The Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014 –
the only comprehensive, global study on the
composition and dynamics of this top tier of the
global ultra-high net worth (UHNW) population –
shows that Europe, with 775 billionaires, is the
region with the most billionaires and billionaire
wealth (US$2.37 trillion). North America – the
region with the most billionaire wealth in 2013 –
was overtaken by Europe in terms of billionaire
wealth in this year's census.
Asia, however, boasted the largest billionaire
wealth increase, with the region's billionaires'
fortunes growing by 18.7% over the past year.
The region is responsible for 30% of the net
increase in global billionaire wealth in 2014.
Asia's billionaire population grew by 10% in 2014,
with 52 new entrants into the billionaire club – 33
are from China.
The United States maintains its position as the
world's top billionaire country with a population of
571 billionaires in 2014, followed by China (190)
and the United Kingdom (130), which took the
third spot from Germany (123) on the Top 40
Billionaire Countries/Territories list
The census – which looks at the global billionaire
population from July 2013 to June 2014 –
examines this top-tier wealth segment by
geographical location, gender, sources of wealth
and personal traits.
"Wealth-X is pleased to partner with UBS for a
second consecutive year to produce the Wealth-X
and UBS Billionaire Census," Wealth-X CEO
Mykolas Rambus said.
www.thisdaylive.com/articles/global-billionaire-population-reaches-record-2-325/189470/

Adegbenga Kaka of the All Progressives Congress
is the Senator representing Ogun East in the
National Assembly. The erstwhile deputy governor
of Ogun State under Olusegun Osoba, in this
interview with Femi Ogbonnikan, talks about the
genesis of the intra-crisis rocking his party in the
state and his faction’s grouse with Governor
Ibikunle Amosu
There are speculations that you and other National
Assembly lawmakers from Ogun State are
threatening to pull out of APC. Is this true?
We never threatened to pull out of APC. We didn’t
promise anybody that we are pulling out of APC.
And to the best of my knowledge, there was no
time we said we are pulling out. We jointly believe
in the ideals of APC, as derived from the
dialectical principles enunciated by late Pa
Obafemi Awolowo in 1983, regarding thesis, anti-
thesis and synthesis of bringing like-minded
people of progressive inclination from all
tendencies together so that, we can provide a
clear-cut choice between progressives and
conservatives that have been dominating the
electoral space since our independence. The fact
that we believe in the ideals, it won’t be to our
own pleasure or joy to say that, we are leaving
APC, the house we jointly built. But, because of
the expediency of our time, the miscalculation of
bringing in a non-team player, who is now
proving, not only to party members, but to the
masses that, he doesn’t belong. So, we are
saying that, in case, the national executive will not
be able to enthrone justice and ensure that what
we stand for, is what will be implemented by the
government of the day, then, we may have no
choice than to take a sabbatical leave and wait for
the most appropriate time to pursue what belief
we are standing for. So, what we have told our
people so far is that, ‘tough time doesn’t last, but
tough people do’. We believe that, everything that
has a beginning also has an end. It is established
in the Bible, and I believe there is time for
everything under the sun. So, the four-year tenure
that appears to some people as endless period is
very much ending. It is very much around the
corner. So, we are undaunted, and we believe the
process we are going through is as decreed by
God, because we believe, according to the Quran
that, when God wants to do something great, it
starts with difficulty. And if that thing, it is going
to be great and everlasting, it starts with
impossibility. As a result, the difficulty and
impossibility I am talking about, as promised by
God, is a test of our will. And if He tries us with
some deprivations, of hunger, of loss of property,
of loss of lives, He will now give good tidings to
those who can persevere, who are patient enough,
to say we are from God and to Him alone, we shall
return. As a result, we believe in that, and we are
standing by it. And we are so sure that at the end
of the day, we will triumph over whatever test that
we are going through. It is a temporary test.
When will that sabbatical leave commence?
By the grace of God, if the expected resolution is
not carried out before the 30th of this September I
can say that a definitive path would be charted for
our people, because we can’t afford to abandon
our people. We adore them, we respect them.
What is on ground and the challenges we are
facing is beyond an individual. The state is
greater than an individual and the interest of our
people is greater than that of an individual. So, if
anybody is thinking of perpetuating himself in
office and then, thinks he can ride rough-shod
over the people, he should know that his time is
up, because we won’t abandon the people. And I
am sure the people are not even ready to abandon
themselves.
Hasn’t the national body of your party done
enough to resolve the crisis?
Well, I don’t know what you mean when you
talked of ‘enough’ I don’t know whether they have
done anything at all or not because for the past
three and a half years, we have had cause to
interact, to inter-face, with them and we have
stated what was on ground and we have made
them realise that the issue were beyond an
individual. And if we are building an institution, it
will be everlasting. But if it is an individual that
we are building, we are doomed to fail. We have
interacted with them and there is nothing concrete
coming from them. It is not that we are
threatening, but we are saying that the time is
stolen and the time is up. So, by 30th of this
month, if nothing is forthcoming, the battle line is
already drawn and we will not shy away from
charting a cause that will be in the overall interest
of our own people.
It is alleged that you have formed a group called
‘Matagbamole’ (don’t step on elders’ toes) within
your party. What is the import of the name?
We didn’t form a splinter group, but some of our
followers in Matagbamole did. They were not
grouped together by anybody, nor by our leader,
nor by me or by any other senator to the best of
my knowledge, but they stand as a pressure
group of aggrieved individuals. It is a pressure
group and I believe, as they also, believe that,
they are pursuing a just cause, because there is
no reason why we can say because we want an
individual to continue then, he can ride rough-
shod on anybody. He can apply what I can call
wrong performance. If some people say he has
performed in some areas, well, it is possible for
one to be a one-product marketer, but to me,
there should be a holistic development of our
polity. Since the whole body works in
synchronisation, there is no reason why we will
say, ‘o! I don’t want to go blind then, all my
money would be expended on my eyes’, leaving
my stomach, leaving my nose, leaving my ears or
abandoning my reproductive system. It is just not
feasible. So, if anybody is not in the know of what
governance is all about, then, there is no reason
forcing himself on anybody.
Specifically, what are your grouses with Amosun?
I don’t have any personal grouse with Mr
Governor.
I mean the collective grouse of your faction with
Mr. Governor…
It is not personal grouse, but collectively.
Continue reading @ www.thisdaylive.com/articles/kaka-nobody-can-force-us-out-of-apc/189479/

Object was a dictator, GEJ is a Democrat! That's d difference

the coast is getting clearer for Mr. president.

Waiting anxiously to see who APC will present that can challenge d people's president!

Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu,
yesterday disclosed that there was vacancy in the
presidency for any member of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
Aliyu, who stated this in Minna when some youths
under the aegis of Babangida Aliyu Youth for
Peace Initiative paid him a courtesy call in the
government house where they asked him to
contest for the 2015 presidential election on the
platform of the PDP, said: “For the 2015 election,
there is no vacancy in Aso rock.”
The youths led by Inienimi Ballantyne Agiri, told
Aliyu that “by tenure and sheer leadership for
development capacity, you are the most qualified
for national service, we feel duty-bound to also
make a clarion call on your humble and hard
working self to respond to the earnest yearnings
of the patriotic youths of Nigeria for a focused
service to the entire citizens of this country by
accepting to present yourself as an aspirant for
the 2015 presidential election.”
Responding, Aliyu said: “As a loyal party man, we
will watch as things unfold in the PDP.”
He, however, said for the PDP, “we have an
incumbent in place. Usually the incumbent, no
matter the performance, you will not want to
remove him,” adding that: “I believe the PDP will
want to offer him that position.”
He added that everybody in the PDP would wait
until the president declares to run for a second
term before any scrambling can begin for the
position if he acts in the negative.
Aliyu said he had never shown any inordinate
ambition for any political office since he joined
politics, adding that providence had always had a
hand in whatever he becomes.
He challenged the youths to join the vanguard of
campaigning for the PDP in all parts of the
country because the PDP means well for all
Nigerians and Nigeria.
www.thisdaylive.com/articles/-no-vacancy-in-aso-rock-says-aliyu/189321

Delta State governorship aspirant of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) in the 2007
general elections , Sunny Onuesoke , on
Tuesday, lashed out at Governor of Kano
State , Rabiu Kwankwaso, for describing
President Goodluck Jonathan as lacking the
political will to tackle the Boko Haram
insurgency.
According to Onuesoke , Kwankwaso also
accused Jonathan of witch- hunting the All
Progressives Congress ( APC ) governors due
to his ( Jonathan) presidential ambition .
Reacting to Kwankwaso ’ s allegations in a
press statement , Onuesoke said the
governor cannot pull down Jonathan
because of his over -ambition , stressing that
if Kwankwaso were in Jonathan’ s shoes, he
would not have done one-tenth in curbing
security challenges in Nigeria .
Onuesoke, who is also the Country Director
of Network for Good Governance ( N 4GG ) ,
said if Northern leaders like Kwankwaso
were up and doing in their responsibilities
by providing their people with the basic
necessities of life , Boko Haram would not
have existed and the people would have
been living in peace.
“ Kwankwaso was a governor from 1999 to
2003 . He was a Minister of Defence before
he won his second term election in 2011 .
All these years he was in the PDP .
“ To him, PDP was the party to beat , the
PDP was a national party, the PDP was the
only party that can take Nigeria to the next
level, the PDP was the epitome of
democracy and good governance .
“ But when his personal interest clashed
with some powers in the PDP , he left PDP
and he is today telling us that PDP is made
up of evil men, ” Onuesoke disclosed, just as
he alleged that Kwankwaso is part of what
is wrong with Nigeria .
He wondered why the Kano governor is
accusing Jonathan falsely when his people
decided to grow the seed of insecurity and
poverty in their region at a time when other
people were looking for ways to improve
their lives by controlling their resources.
He added that the Kano State governor and
his co -travellers are making Jonathan much
popular and his second term election
easier .
dailyindependentnig.com/2014/09/cant-pull-jonathan-kwankwaso-told/

President Goodluck Jonathan met yesterday with
some security chiefs over the $9.3m arms deal
that went away in South Africa, a source said.
Jonathan reportedly demanded “full briefing” on
how South African security agents impounded the
cash from two Nigerian and an Israeli in Pretoria
after it was flown in by a private jet.
The Nigerians and the Israeli were said to have told
security agents that the money was meant for
some arms purchase.
Security chiefs, it was learnt, defended the arms
deal as “legitimate”.
Also yesterday, the Federal Government and South
African authorities appeared to have struck some
understanding on the matter.
Based on diplomatic understanding, the aircraft, a
Challenger, and the crew have been released.
But a top intelligence official yesterday claimed
that the transaction was “legitimate” and the facts
had been made available to the South African
government.
He said the arms order was based on “urgent
security” concerns in Nigeria.
Investigation by our correspondent revealed that
South Africa raised the alarm because of alleged
abuse of protocol.
A highly-placed source said: “For more than five
hours, the President met with some intelligence
and security chiefs on the arms deal.
“The security chiefs took time to explain that
urgent security issues warranted the direct
purchase of the arms.
“The President opted for full briefing to avoid any
backlash on his administration. It will also assist
the government to come up with a clear position to
the public. Now that the Presidency has the details,
it is left to the government to clarify things.
“When the government speaks, you will get the
details of what transpired on the $9.3million arms
deal.”
news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/377923-jonathan-meets-security-chiefs-over-seized-9-3m.html

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/jonathan-meets-security-chiefs-over-seized-9-3m/

The former PDP National Chairman, Dr
Ahmadu Ali, on Tuesday in Abuja said that Nigeria
would remain united and prosperous in spite of
some evil machinations.
Ali said this at a national rally of more than 7,000
groups under the aegis of Goodluck Support
Groups (GSG), organised by the National
Coordinator, Prof. Rufai Ahmed.
Ali, who chaired the rally, enumerated the benefits
the populace had enjoyed under the leadership of
President Goodluck Jonathan.
“In spite of evil machinations, Nigeria has
remained undivided; we shall remain one and `we
dey kampe’ and the Jonathan administration has
provided meaningful, feasible ideas to sustain
democracy.
“He has invested in the youth and developed
national consciousness among them. The nation’s
GDP has risen from 169 billion dollars in 2013 to
283 billion dollars today.
“Food importation has reduced from trillions to the
region of hundreds of thousands of dollars; Nigeria
is the number one destination for foreign direct
investment in Africa; our oil is witnessing a
projection.
“Come rain, as it has fallen now or come sunshine,
we stand behind Goodluck.’’
Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom said
“everyone keeps saying I’ve performed well and
that there is uncommon transformation in my
state. I didn’t do it in a tenure; I am in my second
tenure.
“For Nigeria’s total transformation, one tenure is
not enough. He has put measures in place to stop
gas flaring, decided to address the problem of the
north-east by building schools for almajiri.
“He has been the most distracted but the most
focused president; has faced Ebola squarely and
made Nigeria the biggest economy in Africa,’’
Akpabio said.
The convener, who is also the Special Adviser to
the President on Political Affairs, said the rally was
a platform to “create synergy and an interface
among all GSG to strengthen our bonds of unity.
“In spite of our challenges, our bond remains
unshaken. I commend you all and your presence
on the social media, print, airwaves and other
platforms has not gone unnoticed’’.
Ahmed, who also read out the communique after
the event, said the GSGs resolved that the
president had performed well to the satisfaction of
Nigerians and in the interest of citizens, should
return in 2015.
“He should step forward and contest in 2015. The
PDP should nominate him for the presidential
elections and as leaders, we endorse him for the
presidential elections.
“This is signed by the leaders of the more than
7,000 groups.’’
Prof. Jerry Gana, also a PDP chieftain, commended
the groups for assembling for “a good course; a
good man of a good nation’’.
Among other names, he called Jonathan “an
energiser to the private sector; a mobiliser of
goodwill; defender of justice and driver of
transformation agenda’’.
***He said that Jonathan must succumb to the
pressure to run for elections in 2015.
Former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu,
applauded the GSGs for “coming here today in our
thousands even when nobody gave you a kobo to
be here.
“Mr President, the voice of the people is the voice
of God; the people have spoken. They want you to
speak soon; don’t delay, they need a response to
their demands”.
Hajiya Baraka Sani, the Special Assistant to the
President on Agriculture, said politics was about
development, not repeating past mistakes.
“Our elders have always said we are the leaders of
tomorrow but tomorrow never comes; Mr
President is the link to the tomorrow we want,’’
Sani said.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Anyim Pius Anyim, who was the special guest of
honour at the rally, said “even the rain cannot stop
us.
“I am particularly excited because I’ve not seen a
rally where Nigerians have defied the rain. The rain
started, stopped and we stayed back; no one has
eaten or drank anything since morning.
“What people have been asking after since morning
is the return of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, even the
opposition supports Goodluck. I commend the
political adviser. It is not easy to register more
than 7,000 groups”. (NAN)
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/come-rain-come-sunshine-stand-behind-goodluck-ahmadu-ali/

The former Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji
Mohammed Danjuma Goje, was on Monday
quizzed by the state Police Command for
campaigning unlawfully in parts of the state.
Goje, now at the Senate who, it was learnt was
invited by the state Police Commissioner
Abdullahi Kudu Nma, for embarking on political
campaign at a time there still exist a blanket ban
on political activities.
The Senator, who was detained for over two hours
at the state Police Command, spoke to newsmen
shortly after his release.
He said: “I wasn’t campaigning but was rather
consulting my constituents to know their
problems and look into how I can assist them
within my power and available resources.”
Goje used the opportunity to call on law
enforcement agencies to be fair and just to all
Nigerians.
“We are calling on the authorities and security
agencies to be fair to all political parties. The
Nigerian constitution allows for the existence of
different political parties.” Goje pleaded.
He however said the discussions he had with the
Police were fruitful, as they were able to
understand themselves.
Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy
Superintendent Fwaje Atajiri however revealed that
the former Governor was only invited for
questioning because he was moving about
campaigning with a large number of followers,
who were wielding dangerous weapons.
“Senator Goje was invited by the Police for a
chat, which went peacefully. He came into town at
the weekend, gave us a letter that he was
attending a wedding but later we got to know he
was holding a campaign rally at Kumo in Akko
Local Government Area and some hoodlums were
there with all sorts of dangerous weapons.” He
said.
www.punchng.com/news/police-detain-goje-for-early-gombe-gov-campaign/

The crisis in All Progressives Congress in Ogun
State deepened on Sunday as one of the special
advisers to the Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Mrs.
Abimbola Lanre-Balogun; defected to the Peoples
Democratic Party.
Lanre-Balogun, was Special Adviser on
Environment to the governor until Thursday last
week, when she resigned her appointment.
Explaining the reason for her defection, at a PDP
stakeholders meeting at the Goodluck Jonathan
Political Centre in Ijebu-Igbo, Lanre-Balogun, said
she was tired of enduring the style of governance
being adopted by Amosun, which she described
as “family affair.”
She further alleged that Amosun was “running a
government of me, myself and my family.”
www.punchng.com/politics/amosuns-aide-defects-to-pdp-2/

Members of the Northern Elders Council, which is
sympathetic to the second term ambition of
President Goodluck Jonathan have blasted the
members of the Arewa Consultative Forum for
criticizing the President over the security situation
in the country.
The group, which is being led by Alhaji Tanko
Yakasai said at a press briefing in Abuja on
Monday, that it was wrong for the ACF, which is
chaired by a former Inspector-General of Police,
Alhaji Ibrahim Coomasie to always criticise the
Federal Government.
Yakasai, who spoke on behalf of the group,
alleged that the ACF had been taken over by those
he described as desperate opposition politicians.
He said there had been a change in the activities
of the ACF since Coomasie became its chairman.
Yakasai said, “We wish to observe that since the
emergence of the current leadership of the ACF,
there has been a derailment and non-compliance
with the mission of the founding fathers of the
forum.
“A motley crowd of opposition politicians have
hijacked its machinery. It is becoming more and
more isolationist even within the region.
“This has greatly degraded the ACF.”
Asked if he was speaking on behalf of the
majority of the northern region, he said no, adding
that he was only speaking on behalf members of
the NEC.
He said members of his group regretted the “way
and manner the ACF chairman addressed the
President in his rodent press conference.
“To say that ‘President Jonathan doesn’t like the
north’ is outrageous and uncharitable. And to say
that he has failed, is untrue.”
He said this statement has confirmed the
allegation that the ACF leadership has derailed
from the original aim of those he said established
the forum.
He said Coomasie has also confirmed the
allegations of partisanship and the claim that the
ACF was hob-knobbing with opposition elements
and unrepentant critics of the Jonathan
administration.
www.punchng.com/news/northern-elders-council-blasts-acf-over-attacks-on-jonathan/

So living on pension is what Buhari DOES for a living?

That means he's not productive, depending on what is given to from the sweat of other Nigerians. that is called parasitism.

When u say he's paid what d current president is paid, it's d basic salary, without d allowances. and how much do you think d basic salary is? It's not more dan 3million naira.

That means Stephen Keshi is richer than him. My friend who works wt Shell is richer dan him. and none of them lives as flambouyantly as Buhari.

Try to come up with something else as Buhari's source of income, not pension. It's an insult on him!

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
and close associate of the former Head of State,
Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), Chief
Okoi Obono-Obla, has declared that former Vice-
President, Atiku Abukakar and Kano State
Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, cannot defeat
President Goodluck Jonathan in a the presidential
contest in 2015.
Obono-Obla, who made the delaration on the
much-talked about presidential ambitions of Atiku
and Kwankwaso, said they bereft of political
morality and followership and cannot be fielded as
presidential candidates of the APC.
Obono-Obla, who functioned as the deputy
national secretary of the defunct Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC), is of the view that
given what he perceived as their short-comings
politically, they should step down voluntarily for
General Muhammdu Buhari to emerge as the
presidential candidate of the APC.
Making his stance known to THISDAY yesterday
through a statement he issued tagged:
‘Presidential Candidate of APC Must Be an
Authentic Opposition Figure,’ Obono-Obla
described Atiku and Kwankwaso as politicians that
lacked the political quality to defeat Jonathan
should he be fielded as the presidential candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Going down memory lane, Obono-Obla, a radical
lawyer and anti-corruption crusader said: “Atiku
Abubukar’s vaulting ambition led him into a
collision course with President Obasanjo.
Obasanjo side lined him and even made a spirited
effort to dismiss him as vice -president when
Atiku abandoned the PDP and started romancing
with the opposition.
“Atiku fought back and caused the Supreme Court
to rule that under the Nigerian constitution a
president has no power to remove his deputy.
“Atiku finally resigned from the PDP and contested
the 2007 presidential election on the platform of
the then Action Congress (AC). In the election, he
unexpectedly scored a distant third in the
presidential race.
“He failed woefully and spectacularly to re-enact
his reputed political craftsmanship and
shrewdness in the election as he performed
poorly in his ‘catchment area’ - the 19 northern
states.
“In 2010, there was a spirited effort by opposition
leaders in the country to come under one platform
to save the country from the corruption,
floundered economy, bad governance and
dictatorship unleashed on it by the PDP.
“The opposition leaders that masterminded the
movement were Bola Tinubu, Buhari, Atiku, and
Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa. Series of meetings were
held to discuss the possibility of the opposition
coming together to form a national mega
opposition party that would be an alternative to
the PDP. However, Atiku chickened out in the last
moment. He returned to the PDP to seek a failed
nomination under the platform of the party that
left him badly bruised politically and demystified
him as a political strategist.
“Atiku opportunistically jumped camp from the
PDP for the second time since 1999 and joined
the APC after its formation early this year. He is
presently one of the aspirants for the presidential
nomination. But, he surely does not fit in my
permutation of a genuine and authentic opposition
leader that should be given the presidential ticket
of the APC.
“Atiku does not have what it takes to defeat
President Jonathan. He does not have a strong
support base. He even lost Adamawa (his own
state) in the PDP presidential primary election to
President Jonathan in 2010.”
On the aspiration of Kwankwaso to fly the
presidential flag of the APC in 2015 Obono-Obla
said: “Another aspirant for the APC presidential
ticket that does not in my view fit the bill of a
genuine and authentic opposition leader that
should have the nomination for the presidential
ticket of the APC is Kwankwaso.
“He came to national limelight in 1992 when he
was elected the Deputy Speaker of the House of
Representatives in the botched political transition
programme of General Ibrahim Badamasi
Babangida. Kwankwaso is a founding member of
the PDP. “He became Governor of Kano State in
1999 and was one of the governors that
introduced the controversial Sharia law in the
country after the return of democratic civil rule.
He is widely regarded as a protégé of former
President Olusegun Obasanjo, who would do
nothing to hurt Obasanjo. After he lost the 2003
general election to become a second term
governor of Kano State, President Obasanjo
appointed Kwankwaso Minister of Defence from
2003 - 2007.
“Again, in 2007, Kwankwaso was appointed by the
then President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as a
member of the governing Board of the Niger Delta
Development Commission (NDDC), to represent
the interest of the North-west geo-political zone.
So, Kwankwaso is a dyed-in-the-wood political
conservative that had enjoyed political patronage
of the PDP now masquerading as a progressive
after he joined the APC early this year.
“A President Kwankwaso would surely turn a blind
eye to the controversial investment of a whopping
$16 billion itowards the resuscitation of the
comatose power sector by president Obasanjo in
2005-2007 that went awry because of graft and
corruption.
“In the 2003 general election, Kwankwaso lost his
re-election bid when he was trounced by Malam
Ibrahim Shekarau of the defunct ANPP.
“Political pundits are of the view that Kwankwaso
lost to an obscure Shekarau in 2003 because of
the enormous and tremendous political goodwill
and support Buhari enjoys in Kano State.
Buhari has consistently won presidential elections
overwhelmingly in Kano State. In the 2011 he
scoreed 2, 193, 206 votes (82.04 per cent).
Buhari won Kano State in 2003 and 2007 general
elections with wide margins.
“It is widely believed that in the 2011 Kwankwaso
won the governorship race in the state because
he cleverly urged the people of Kano State to vote
for Buhari in the presidential election.
“Undoubtedly, Kwankwaso does not have the
infectious followership Buhari commands in the
North. So, his support base in the North is
suspect and if he is picked as the presidential
candidate of the APC, President Jonathan with a
huge war chest of funds obtained from ‘business
people’ and individuals that enjoy the patronage
of the federal government coupled with the
support of the police, security service and the
army would make a mince meat of him.”
The associate of Buhari, one of the leaders of the
APC offered an advice saying, “In the light of the
above, the likes of Atiku and Kwankwaso should
humbly step down for Buhari (who with Bola
Tinubu are the grand masters of opposition
politics in Nigeria today) in the forthcoming
presidential primary election of the APC.
Kwankwaso and Atiku are younger than Buhari.
Let them wait until 2019 when Buhari would have
bowed out of politics after cleaning and
rejuvenating the country for a younger person.”
Obono-Obla had last week declared that the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.
Aminu Tambuwal, is not qualified to contest the
presidential election in 2015 on the platform of the
party.
www.thisdaylive.com/articles/2015-presidency-atiku-kwankwaso-can-t-defeat-jonathan-says-buhari-s-associate/189049/

APC crying because no NGO agreed to rally for any of their candidates. The financier of Tan is Ifeanyi Uba. He's not a member of PDP. He contested Anambra election under Labor Party.

If APC believe dat TAN rallies violate Nigerian laws let them go to court.

Those who rejoice every time boko haram strikes because it gives them opportunity to criticize and play politics are now pretending to be concerned abt boko haram activities.

we are not deceived.

APC has been banking on votes from d north to win d 2015 presidential election and now d fulanis have declared for Jonathan, what then is d hope of APC?

Onyebuchi Ezigbo
The founding National Chairman of the defunct
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and a
prominent Kano politician, Senator Rufai Hanga,
yesterday doubted the possibility of the former
Head of State, General Muhamm adu Buhari (rtd)
emerging as the presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
In an interview with journalists in Abuja, Hanga
also said some factors and intrigues might
prevent both the former Vice-President Atiku
Abubakar and Kano State Governor, Rabiu
Kwankwaso, from picking the presidential ticket of
the opposition party.
Speaking on the politics of the APC presidential
candidacy, the Kano- born politician, who had
worked closely with Buhari to float CPC just
before the 2011 general election, said from the
look of things, Buhari appears to be losing
grounds to Kwakwanso in the North-west.
“I can tell you that Buhari did not move to APC
with the genuine CPC structure. All those CPC
structures are with us and we went with them to
the PDM. And that is why when we decided to
put a stop to our relationship with the PDM,
more than 15,000 members brought back their
membership cards and dumped the party.
“So you see the posture and unfortunately, I am
not happy about it, but that is why Buhari is in
deep trouble because he did not move to the APC
with the real CPC structure. It is a naked fact that
Buhari is greatly disadvantaged and no matter
what anybody says, he would not win under a free
and fair primaries,” he said.
However, efforts by THISDAY to get Buhari’s
spokesman, Yau Darazo, to responsed failed.
However, one of the key political associates of
Buhari in the CPC and leader of the APC in the
South-east, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, responded to
Hanga’s assertions, insisting that Buhari is the
de facto candidate of the APC.
Okechukwu said though Hanga was entitled to his
view in a democracy, he should know that Buhari
is the signpost of the anti-corruption war, pro-
people programmes and egalitarian society the
APC is constructing for Nigeria.
“I am surprise that Hanga is feigning ignorance to
Buhari’s vote bank of 12 million that was
exhibited in 2011 presidential election via a micro
CPC, a vote bank, which only needs supplement
from other members of the broad based APC.
Hanga is making an assumption that since Buhari
does not have the money to share, that the APC
leadership and membership will be carried away
by ‘stomach infrastructure’; that is a wrong
assumption.
“Buhari is the de facto candidate coming through
consensual agreement, especially now that
President Goodluck Jonathan has almost locked
down South-south and South-east. Buhari
accordingly is the only person who can lock
down North-west and North-east, “ he said.
But Hanga who apparently lost a bitter struggle to
retain Buhari’s favour noted that even as things
stand, the former general had not been able to put
any of his loyalists in the APC organ at the
national or state level.
“If Buhari had gone with his people, they would
have had positions within the APC, but I do not
think that Buhari has got even a messenger in the
party at the national level, Kano or any of the
state.
“And even in Katsina State, his home state, there
is still trouble because elections took place and
his people could not win because all the
politicians that would have made him hold the
structures and win in these places are with us.
“This is why I maintain that the APC is not a
merger but an acquisition. A merger is supposed
to be based on equal partnership. It is a pity and
my heart bleeds over his present ordeal. Though
he has no structure in the party, he has the
masses.
“Unfortunately the masses cannot do anything for
him if he has no party structure with which to run
as a presidential candidate. It is a naked fact that
Buhari is greatly disadvantaged and no matter
what anybody says, he would not win under a free
and fair primary.
“Buhari does not have a political structure, in
politics, you have to have a structure for you to
make any impact. However, if he can be made a
candidate, he has a lot of followers who strongly
believe in his ability rightly or wrongly who want
him to become president because they believed
once he becomes president he will arrest all the
richmen and all the ills of the country will
disappear.
On the possibility of the Kano State Governor
stepping in to clinch the APC ticket, Hanga said
Kwankwaso would find it very difficult to win the
presidential election.
“Kwankwaso is not a presidential material. I am
an experienced politician, not a bootlicker or
someone who will like to sing praises in order to
get patronage. I speak the truth. I believe in
Nigeria and I want Nigeria to be governed well. If
you are looking for a president who will be a true
Nigerian and effective in office, Kwakwanso is not,
“ he said.
He said because Kwankwaso is in the good
books of former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
the Kano-born politician will not be able to agree
to any truce between him and Atiku, thus making
it difficult for any consensus agreement.
According to the former CPC chieftain, Atiku
should not be deceived by the much publicised
make-up between him and Obasanjo, adding that
the former president will still not support his
wining the APC ticket.
Hanga, who said his assessment was from a
neutral point of view, assured his supporters that
he would soon decide which way to go as far as
politics is concerned.
“For now, we are at the point of decision-making,
trying to assess the situation and to choose
where to go. No, do not make any fast
conclusions about our moving into the PDP yet. I
just cannot go into a party that I am not invited to
or recognised. I will rather stay out and be
neutral,” he said .

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-cannot-win-apc-presidential-primary-says-hanga/188666/

some pple just like to answer former presidential aspirants, just to improve their cv.

SambisaKing: نقش دیوار و چشم خیره ما نور اگر رفت سایه. ر رفت سایه پیدا نیست نقش دیوار و چشم خیره ما نقش سایه دگر نمی دان نور اگر
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And when they say APC is an Islamic party, some pple kick...

He will also be rmemberd for
1. increasing workers minimum wage by up to 100%.
2. increasing Corpers allowee by 100%.
3. for d 1st time aircraft's can fly from Nigeria direct to America.
4. under him Nigeria became d largest economy in Africa.
5. total radar coverage of our airspace.
6. etcetera

akoraye: But i dont think there is something bad in relating with your people by touring from one ward to other to know where they need the presence of government. abi na?

nobody said he shld not go to his 'people'. the only said 'don't campaign '. the ar two different things abi?

NgeneUkwenu: Why should he be invited? Is it a political gathering?

Didn't u read that they're going to discuss 2015 election? what cld be more political than that?