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The title though....

'An funny' chai.....OP!!!☺😂😁

Gbagahun..........the bell still de ring oh

I think 'A funny' would have been better.

Abeg, na who win the election? I bin de fight for sambisa.

PRAYER FOR NIGERIA by Reinhard Bonnke
(Please pray with me and respond.)


Heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of
Jesus and pray for the well-being of the great
nation of Nigeria. You are God and no human
occasion is insignificant to you. You come in at
every crisis point. I pray for tolerance and peace
in the upcoming election and that your will be
done. I also pray that the howling winds of death
and destruction through Boko Haram will die
down. You said in the Book of Exodus “when I see
the blood, I will pass over you.” Each one of Your
children is beyond the reach of the powers of hell,
witches, and spells, curses, demons and war. The
principalities and powers in heavenly places
cannot touch Your people while we rest beneath
the banner of the precious blood of Jesus our
Savior, our Passover Lamb. Your protection
surrounding us is impenetrable and invulnerable.
Let Your wonderful face shine love, peace and
prosperity upon Nigeria and all its wonderful
people, especially the Family of God. In Jesus’
Name I pray. AMEN.

Jesus sculpted our land
With a nail-print in His hand.
Even in the highest places,
One can find redemption-traces.
The cross of Christ is our faith’s foundation,
A solid rock for our nation.
Nigeria to Jesus come!
Be marked by Him - not just by anyone!


(Poem by Reinhard Bonnke)

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155342626600258&id=210552700257&_rdr#10155342640260258

nairalife2013:
u r right.

Good.

nairalife2013:
He has a dull face and his hands strike a resemblance to the faint-hearted and, clad in a silky shirt atop a cotton knickers, I would be damned that fellow is not a lowman just passing by a mock range field!

Don't make a mistake of judging a book by its cover

He is a Progressive and patriotic Nigerian

Unplanned pregnancy = planned delivery (baby)

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told
Nigerian voters to ignore the unlawful order by
the Inspector-General of Police urging them to go
home after casting their ballots during the
forthcoming elections.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, the party said the electorate should
rather listen to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru
Jega, who said the electoral law does not state
anywhere that voters cannot or should not wait
to watch and ensure that their votes are counted.

It therefore urged the electorate to make sure
they stayed behind to protect their votes after
casting their ballots, as was the case in 2011.

APC said contrary to the suspicious directive by
the IGP, INEC encourages voters to stay behind
and watch their votes counted, saying the law
expects such voters to stay behind but to
conduct themselves in an orderly manner.

”According to Jega, who appeared on Channels
TV on Friday morning, the electoral law says
anyone that has no business with the electoral
process at the polling booths but desires to
monitor events should stay at least some metres
away from the polling agents and completely
away from the ballot box after casting their votes.

”The INEC Chairman further clarified that all
registered voters have businesses with the
process and can therefore not be classified as
people that don’t have businesses at polling
units.

”Therefore, the IGP has no constitutional right or
powers under the constitution or Police Act to
rewrite the electoral law. The role of the police is
to maintain law and order or such other
assistance as may be sought from the police by
INEC,” the party said.

It also called on Nigerians to ignore the so-called
public service announcement concerning the show
of force by government security agencies, saying
it is part of efforts to intimidate the electorate
and pave the way for the PDP to rig the elections.

APC also asked Nigerians to ignore the SMS
being sent around by the agents of the PDP,
asking them to send their names and the last five
digits of their VIN (Voter Identification Number) to
certain numbers.

”These and other messages are being sent out by
the PDP to steal people’s PVCs, intimidate voters
and manipulate the elections. Nigerians should
never allow that to happen,” the party said.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/ignore-igp-protect-your-votes-apc-tells-voters/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

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Bradford, and i'm calling from Lagos state.

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Me: i'm looking for a wife to marry..

Lady: is that why you called this customer care
service??

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you...you know you have a very nice voice....

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too...because i spend much credit calling so
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call...

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make you happy...you would be happy with
me...can I have your number please??

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something is wrong with you....

Me: *cutting in*...hey, hold it there...i hope you
can now feel hw frustrating it is to receive a call
and hear rubbish?? From today, warn yourself
and every other staff there..let nobody call me
with a funny number only for it to be an advert or
send me those nonsense messages you guys
disturb my phone with daily.....

*call disconnected*

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday
told Nigerians to expect change in the
forthcoming general elections. Obasanjo, while
fielding questions from reporters after speaking
at the two-day Global Education and Skills
Forum (GESF) 2015 in Dubai on ‘growing
problem of attacks on schools,’ said the
forthcoming general elections in Nigeria would
bring about a change.

He also knocked President Goodluck Jonathan
for the poor handling of the Boko Haram
insurgency. According to him, the good thing
about democracy is that it brings change, such
as Nigerians will witness in the forthcoming
general elections. He said: “The good thing
about democracy which we are trying to practice
in Nigeria is that the people have a choice;
people have a choice of making the incumbent to
bring about a change; a change of policy, change
of direction or in the alternative, the people bring
about a change; change of regime, change of
personality.

And I believe that our election, when it comes
less than two weeks from now, will bring about a
change; either change of policy or change of
direction or change of regime or change of
personality. “I pray and I hope that that we will
have a free, fair, uninterrupted, transparent,
credible election. What is important in any
election is to ensure that nobody is
disenfranchised and those who want to vote are
able to vote freely and uninterrupted. And the
result is not interfered with in any way.

“I will decide who I will vote for when the time
comes for me to vote. When the time comes for
me to endorse anybody, I will say who I endorse.
But people are putting words into my mouth and
for now I will split it out.” Obasanjo also denied
tearing his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
membership card.

“I didn’t tear my PDP membership card;
somebody else tore it because I said to him,
‘here is the card, do whatever you like with it. If
you like, keep it; if you like tear it, if you like burn
it. Here it is because they say it is giving them
concern and they don’t know what is
happening.’ I do that to prove to them what is
happening.

At the moment, I do not possess the card of any
political party,” he said. Obasanjo, in his address,
gave an insight into why the Boko Haram
insurgency worsened under the Jonathan
administration. He accused the president of not
paying much attention to the insurgency until it
was too late.

He said the activities of the sect escalated under
the Jonathan administration due to politicisation
of Boko Haram. “When Boko Haram started
about four years ago, the present government
saw it as a manifestation of the certain areas of
the country that does not support the
government, rather than seeing it as menace.

So, it took about three years before government
really came to the realisation that Boko Haram is
more than an antigovernment group. “When the
news of the abduction of the (Chibok) girls came
to the president the morning after the night that
it was done, the president’s reaction was that it
cannot be true.

And if it cannot be true, then you don’t have to
do anything about it. And, for 18 days, the
president didn’t even have any meaningful
discussion with the governor of Borno
State,which he ought to have done immediately.
If immediate action had been taken, maybe those
girls may have been rescued very early.

“Now, the Boko Haram has festered like a bad
sore and it is no longer in evident in the north-
eastern part of Nigeria, it has gone beyond that
to other countries like Cameroon, Chad and Niger
Republic and now it has become a regional issue
and we have to deal with it regionally and that is
the combined military action that has been taken
now.

But we must not forget the underline cause,
which is development,” he said. He identified
corruption, incompetence and lack of
development as the root cause of the insurgency
and Boko Haram menace in the North-East. He
described the various terror attacks on some
parts of the world, especially attacks on schools,
as a symptom of a disease that needs to be
treated urgently.

He said an attempt to tackle insurgency without
providing solutions to the basic problems that
gave birth to terror would amount to “treating a
headache that emanates from high blood
pressure.” He added that tackling the insurgency
should begin with local communities before
looking for national or international solutions.

According to him, it has taken Nigeria a few
years to really realise the severity of the threat
posed by Boko Haram, which has now become a
regional issue that must be urgently tackled. He
said: “About threeand- a-half years ago, I
wanted to know what the Boko Haram is all
about; who are they and what are their
objectives?

The man who conducted the meeting by proxy,
because I cannot see them, told me that the
leader of Boko Haram, Mohammad Yusuf, who
was killed in cold blood by the police, has 27
children and part of the problem is how to give
them good western education. So, they are not
averse to education.

“One of the things that Mohammad Yusuf did
when he was alive was that he asked his
followers to bring out their certificates. Some
have first degree; first class, second class; some
have Master’s degrees. He asked them: ‘with
your certificate, where is your job?’ They told
him they had no job.

He told them; ‘of what use is your certificate?
Tear it.’ Some tore their certificates, some didn’t.
That is actually where their name came from;
Western education is good for nothing.” On how
to solve the Boko Haram menace in Nigeria, the
former president said: “In the short term, we
have to offer two things; the stick and the
carrot.

The stick will be the military and the carrot
would be where we have failed in the area of
development, particularly education and
employment, we have to address them. I believe
that in the long run, the gap in the area of
development and the real and perceived injustice
must be removed. But in the short, we have to
deal with it with stick and carrot approach.”

Obasanjo blamed poor leadership for insecurity
problems and terror attacks in some parts of the
world, especially in Nigeria. “Leadership matters
in virtually all human institutions and
organisations. So, any lapses or laxity in any
human community, particularly in our country
(Nigeria) is leadership problem.

I will say to a large extent, it is leadership
problem. “I have always maintained that political
leaders must, first of all, give good governance in
all its ramifications and that is very important.
You cannot have corruption and expect people to
feel happy. You cannot have corruption and good
governance as strange fellows; they don’t live
together.

“You have to be honest with the people. Tell
them the truth. You cannot be lying to the
people and expect that will give people
satisfaction. For me, I believe it is good
governance in all its ramifications. Good
governance which comes from good leadership,”
he added.


http://newtelegraphonline.com/obasanjo-nigerians-will-vote-for-change/

Abuja - Hundreds of Arewa leaders on
Sunday said that they rejected hundreds of
thousands of dollars from President Goodluck
Jonathan when he visited the state two
weeks ago, PUNCH reports.

Speaking during the reception of Kano State
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso in Lagos, the
leaders distanced themselves from any
endorsement of Jonathan, saying those that
did offer Jonathan support are frauds.

The group claims that a select few
individuals visited Jonathan at the State
House and posed as emirs in an effort to
deceive the President and gain monetary
rewards.

In addition, Arewa Community Chairman
Alhaji Sani Kabiru has promised to get All
Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential
candidate Muhammadu Buhari one million
votes along with support for APC state
governorship candidate Akinwunmi Ambode.


Read more at PUNCH

http://www.news24.com.ng/Elections/News/Arewa-community-denies-accepting-money-from-Jonathan-20150316

Former Governor of Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi says he
has evidence that national leader of All
Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu, was wooed to be part of the Interim
National Government by President Goodluck
Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party,
(PDP).

Last week, Tinubu had alleged that the
Presidency had invited him to be part of an
interim government.

Fayemi, while speaking at Aramoko Ekiti, on
Sunday, March 15, said he has strong proof that
Jonathan plans to impose an Interim government
on Nigeria.

Fayemi said: “President Jonathan is becoming
desperate by the day and he would stop at
nothing to return to government. You know what
they did in Ekiti. So, there was nothing Tinubu
said that was not verifiable.”

“I have evidence that he was invited to be part of
Interim Government as a way of dividing us as a
prominent member of our party. There is
absolutely nothing they cannot do to distract us
because they could see that the Presidency is
gradually slipping off their hands. It was good
that these alarms were being raised and put on
the front burner that there was a sinister intention
to subvert the will of the people.”

“What Nigerians are looking for now is for the
elections to be held on March 28 as scheduled by
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
and for the victor who is overwhelmingly elected
by the popular votes to be announced.”

“We as party leaders and members of the
opposition are ready to congratulate the winner,
but if they go ahead and subvert the will of the
people, they will surely go to jail.”

Now that there’s proof, why not release it to the
world?

http://ynaija.com/fayemi-claims-evidence-jonathans-plan-interim-government/

shadowgwalker:
the hungry northern child.

You think so?

Very cool

Abuja - President Goodluck Jonathan has
reached out to some traditional rulers in the
north to help persuade the National
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party to
reconsider his stance of leaving the party,
reports Osun Defenders.

The President has mandated top presidential
aides of Northern extraction led by the
National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki
have been mandated to reach out to some of
the emirs sympathetic to the President to
beg Mu'az to stay in the party.

One of the traditional rulers strongly
considered to lead the begging is the Emir of
Bauchi, Muhammadu Adamu, who Muazu
holds in high esteem.

Mu'azu was reported to have tendered his
resignation letter following some hate
speeches credited to the First Lady, Patience
Jonathan during the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) campaign rallies.

Patience Jonathan threw caution into the
winds when she called people from the North
irresponsible fathers and mothers who give
birth to many children they cannot cater for.

http://www.news24.com.ng/Elections/News/Jonathan-reaches-out-to-emirs-to-beg-Muazu-20150313

Abuja - The Presidential Campaign
Organisation of All Progressives Congress
(APC) on Thursday applauded the Armed
Forces recent victories in the fight against
Boko Haram terrorists.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the Director of
Media and Publicity of the organisation,
Malam Garba Shehu, said the achievement
was commendable.

Shehu stated that nobody could pretend to
be ignorant of the huge progress that the
military had made in the counter-insurgency
war in the north eastern part of the country.

"The Armed Forces, in collaboration with a
multinational force made up of armies of
neighbouring African countries, have recorded
a number of significant victories in the fight
against Boko Haram.

"About 36 territories formerly in control of the
insurgents have been taken back over the
past few weeks. This is commendable. We
congratulate our armed forces," he said.

Shehu, however, wondered "why it took the
Federal Government this long to apply the
current level of force against the insurgents."

He said the government left the issue to
fester for too long, resulting in the deaths of
hundreds of lives and displacement of
thousands of persons in the north east.

Shehu also queried the 89 per cent reduction
in the 2015 budget of the Federal Ministry of
Works.

It will be recalled that the Minister of Works,
Mr Mike Onolememen, disclosed the
reduction when he appeared before the
Senate Committee on Works to defend the
proposal on Monday.

Onolememen had said that the Ministry of
Finance slashed the N100 billion proposed
by his ministry for 2015 to N11billion.

Shehu said "who were the intended
recipients of the unnecessary, extra 89 per
cent? Into whose pockets were the
superfluous millions intended?"

www.news24.com.ng/Elections/News/APC-applauds-military-onslaught-against-Boko-Haram-20150313

Abuja - Religious leaders across
denominations have pledged to hold a joint
rally in support of People's Democratic Party
(PDP) presidential candidate Goodluck
Jonathan, Sun News reports.

Operating under the aegis Inter-Faith Prayer
Forum, the leaders made their plans public
through a meeting with PDP Director General
Ahmadu Ali.

Led by Archbishop Leonard Kawas and Sheik
Dan Zanga, the group has pledged their
support for Jonathan's administration and
has commended apparent improvements
made in all sectors of society.

The group also cautioned all aspirants
against being power hungry, noting that both
the Q'uran and the Bible agree that only God
gives power.

In his remarks, Ahmadu Ali expressed
appreciation towards the group and thanked
them for their prayers and support during the
electioneering process.

Read more at Sun News

http://www.news24.com.ng/Elections/News/Muslim-Christian-leaders-plan-joint-rally-for-Jonathan-20150306

Abuja - The House of Representatives has
summoned the Minister of Petroleum Resources,
Diezani Alison-Madueke, over the decision of Shell
Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria
(SPDC) to relinquish its interest in some oil
blocks in Oil Mining Licence II, Punch reports.

The House noted that some “discrepancies and
insider trading arrangements” within SPDC on the
bidding process for the blocks had been reported.
Madueke will appear alongside the Managing
Director of SPDC to explain the bidding process
for the blocks.

The House of Representatives Joint Committees
on Petroleum (Upstream and Downstream) and
Gas Resources had last year summoned the
Petroleum Ministe over a looming crisis in the
sector.

Others summoned were Dr Joseph Thlama
Dawah, Group Managing Director of the NNPC
and the leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
Read more at Punch

http://m.news24.com/nigeria/National/News/Petroleum-minister-summoned-over-sale-of-oil-blocks-20150306

Daar Communications Plc has rejected in their
entirety the demands of Tunji Abayomi and co on
behalf of Bola Tinubu over a documentary titled
“Unmasking The Real Tinubu” transmitted on
African Independent Television, AIT, according to
a publication on its website.

The demands, which Mike Ozekhome’s chambers
describe as laughable, include the stoppage of
further transmission of the alleged defamatory
documentary, failure which daar communications
will be made to pay twenty billion Naira
representing damages.

In its reaction, Mike Ozekhome’s chambers on
behalf on behalf of DAAR communications
declares that AIT, in transmitting the
documentary was only carrying out its
constitutional responsibility to uphold the
fundamental objectives of the constitution.

It states further that the documentary merely
stated that Bola Tinubu generally breached
various portions of the Nigerian constitution.

DAAR communications plc is therefore demanding
a complete withdrawal of the letter under
reference, which must be given wide publicity as
that accorded the letter from the chambers of
Tunji Abayomi.

The media company demands an apology to be
published in at least four leading national
newspapers and four television stations, which
must include NTA, Channels and AIT.

The sum of one hundred billion Naira representing
aggravated, punitive and exemplary damages for
the irreparable injury inflicted on AIT is also being
demanded.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/ait-replies-tinubu-demands-n100bn-damages/

Live on NTA is Tinubu corruption documentary. My question still remains, WHO IS REALLY CORRUPT?

Abuja -The All Progressives Congress (APC)
has said it is seriously concerned about the
mental state of the spokesman of the
Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-
Kayode, reports Leadership.

The party said Fani- Kayode’s incoherent
statements and inconsistent behaviours call
into question his state of mental health.

Lai Mohammed, APC’s National Publicity
Secretary in statement on Monday, said Fani
Kayode's lifestyle raises concerns about his
sanity.

He noted that it is only an unstable mind
that will conjure up the kind of improbable
scenarios that have been put out there in
quick succession by Fani-Kayode.

Read more at Leadership.

- News 24

http://www.news24.com.ng/Elections/News/APC-raises-fears-over-Fani-Kayodes-mental-health-20150303

One of the men convicted of the gang-rape and
murder of an Indian student that shocked the
world has said he blames the victim for “roaming
around at night”.

The comments are made in a documentary to be
screened on International Women’s Day.
Mukesh Singh, who was sentenced to death for
his crimes, said the victim should not have been
out at night, and should not have resisted the
attack on a moving bus in 2012.

“You can’t clap with one hand -– it takes two
hands. A decent girl won’t roam around at 9
o’clock at night,” he said in an interview for
“India’s Daughter”, a BBC documentary to be
broadcast on Sunday.

“A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy.
About 20 per cent of girls are good.”

The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died from
her injuries 13 days after she was savagely
attacked on her way home from the cinema with
a male friend on December 16, 2012.

Before her death she was able to speak to police
about the crime, which caused outrage across the
world and triggered mass protests in India.
The attack highlighted the frightening level of
violence against women in the world’s second
most populous country and led to a major reform
of the rape laws, speeding up trials and
increasing penalties.

But Singh, 28, said his execution would “make life
more dangerous for future rape victims”.

“Now when they rape, they won’t leave the girl
like we did. They will kill her,” he told Leslee
Udwin, the award-winning British filmmaker
behind the documentary.

He also criticised the victim for fighting back
against her attackers.

“She should just be silent and allow the rape,” he
said. “Then they’d have dropped her off after
doing her.”

“India’s Daughter” will be televised in seven
countries including India and Britain on Sunday,
International Women’s Day.

Udwin will speak to media at a screening of her
film later Tuesday alongside the victim’s parents,
who have campaigned vocally for improvements
in women’s safety since their daughter’s death.
She said she was inspired by seeing ordinary
Indians take to the streets to protest “in
unprecedented numbers” following the attack.

“In my lifetime, I can’t recall any other country
standing up with such commitment and
determination for women’s rights,” Udwin said.

The case sparked much soul-searching about
India’s treatment of women, but women’s rights
campaigners say little has changed in the deeply
patriarchal country.

Singh, one of five people convicted over the
attack, admitted driving the bus during the
incident but denied taking part in the rape.

He is appealing the verdict against him.
One of the alleged attackers died in jail before he
could be tried, while another was too young to be
tried as an adult and is serving a three-year
sentence in a reform facility.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/a-girl-is-far-more-responsible-for-rape-than-a-boy-rapist/#sthash.pNIxK94C.dpuf

PassingShot:
We don't "protect" with broom nah. We use it to sweep jagajaga commot from Nogeria. It's a strong symbol of unity in cooperation.

Of what use is mud-soaked dirty broom sweeping a dirty house?

Op, you didn't mention Stella (a body cream)

PassingShot:
The umbrella is torn and leaking.

Btw, how are you coping now?

However rip the umbrella is, it is still more protective than broom.

9jandus:
@oluvick

if i may ask do you have Christ in you?remove the dirt in ur eyes b4 u remove from anoda person own..

My dear, read this post very well oh. It's not my work. I posted it so people, like you, can contribute. Why should a Christian write such against a fellow Christian? Hmmmm. The writer is entitle to his own opinions. But be that as it may, he is not right on one.

There are many ways to say you love someone without actually voicing it. So, so worry less if your love hardly say *I love you* but rather watch out for the his/her unspoken words. Below are just a few:

Eye contact, stares, and glances: People who
love each other can’t help it and their eyes often
show how much they adore one another. Just
from the way he keeps staring at you can get
you thinking about how much he adores you.

They listen to you: People who love one another
are attentive to the other’s problems, issues or
sad stories. They can listen for however long and
help come up with a solution, provide comfort, or
reassurance.

Meaningful Surprises: Does he ever just show up
with a gift? Is he good at keeping a smile on
your face? He could surprise you with flowers on
a random day, or take you out on a date to a
really romantic place. Chances are if a guy takes
the time to buy you random gifts, he really cares
about you. You can tell you have a place in his
heart.

Spontaneous Touching: Guys are very
perceptible. If he reaches for your hand during
dinner or rests his hand on your back as you’re
walking, he can’t help but want to be closer to
you. He’ll find any reason to touch you, no
matter how small. Think of those little hand
squeezes as bursts of love.

He Cancels Plans to Be with You: If he’s really
crazy about you don’t be surprised if he blows
off his boys just to spend another night with
you. Sometimes getting to see you is the best
part of his week. Sure he would love to be at the
bar with his guys and watch the game, but he
also can’t help but think that spending time with
his special lady might be just a little bit better.

http://www.post-nigeria.com/5-ways-he-says-i-love-you-without-speaking/

It was Mahatma Gandhi who said he admired
Christ not Christians. I guess he said this to
remind people that most Christians are definitely
not Christ-like. One cannot claim to be a
Christian when his attitude is opposite of the
principle that we are called to live by. There is
no middle ground in this race. It is either you are
living like Christ or you are a pretender. People
like pretending to be what they are not. It is for
this reason that one writer defined hypocrisy as a
tribute that vice pays to virtue.

There is absolutely nothing Christ-like in
President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
His policies are harsh towards the common man.
He has done absolutely nothing for the poor of the
land. Rather, he has done a lot to favour the rich
and eminent personalities. Any true Christian
knows that God loves the poor and is earnestly
seeking to do them good. He is seriously looking
for those to use to render service to the poor. It
can only take a wicked man to increase the
prices of petroleum products on a New Year day
thereby causing immense hardship to numerous
poverty stricken citizens. Any government that is
anti poor is anti God.

Jonathan has refused to go after those who are
squandering our patrimony. Corruption is rampant
and he is pretending that all is well. You cannot
be a follower of Christ and allow evil to run
rampant around you. How long can we continue
this dance of death? How long are we going to
allow these men from the forest of thousand
demons to continue to desecrate our land? It is
about time we chased them away. We need
discipline and decorum in governance. And that is
what Muhammadu Buhari is about.

Buhari is everything that Jonathan is not. He is
disciplined, painstaking and has a visceral dislike
for corruption. He has promised to confront
corruption and he is just about the only politician
that has the credential to do that. He has done it
before and he will do it again. The man cares
passionately for the poor of the land and wants to
do his bit to help them. Buhari is not a drunk and
he is not in the business of running around with
other people’s wives. As a Head of State, 11 out
of 19 Ministers appointed by him were Christians.

Buhari showed leadership when a dangerous
Islamic sect known as Maitatsine threatened our
peace. He refused to register Nigeria as a member
of the Organization of Islamic Countries and
banned government sponsorship of pilgrimages to
Mecca. It is a well- known fact that his personal
aides and domestic workers are mostly Christians
and under him no one was victimized on the
basis of religion. It is on record that Jonathan is
the first President to lead Nigerian delegation to
the Organization of Islamic Countries in February
2013. He has spent an average of $14 billion on
26, 000 Haji pilgrims annually from 2010. From all
ramifications, Buhari has more Christian qualities
than Jonathan.

Buhari’s government will focus on building a
society that would begin to move the powers of a
smothering federal government back to states
and local government. Government will be closer
to the people and better aware of their real needs
and wants. APC as party is open and beckoning
to a majority of Nigerians not because we are
handing out goodies to people but because we
have a better proposal for them and their
families.

As a transformational leader, Buhari is sure of
what he wants happen and is extraordinarily
strong-willed about it. He has one thing in mind
instead of a variety of passing impulses. He
wants a society full of opportunities. In short, the
key to a successful transformational leader is to
keep your eyes focused on your goals. And the
people’s general has a knack for ignoring
unproductive criticism and feels neither
threatened nor moved by it. He is not one of such
politicians that display so much pettiness and
hostility that is simply not productive. Surely,
Nigeria will be better under him.

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- Ikechukwu Orji is a Media Consultant and
Journalist.

http://ynaija.com/ikechukwu-orji-buhari-better-christian-jonathan/

Abuja - A former Senate President in the Second Republic, Joseph Wayas has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), reports Thisday

He blamed the PDP for neglecting his contribution to the growth of the party. The former Senate President defected alongside his son, Joseph Wayas Jnr.

He accused some people in the PDP of frustrating all attempts by his son to vie for the seat of the House of Representatives in Cross Rivers State on the party’s platform.

He dismissed the insinuations that by joining APC, he would be embracing Muhammadu Buhari who sacked the civilian government in 1983, saying it was a non-issue.

Read more at Thisday.

http://www.news24.com.ng/Elections/News/Ex-Senate-President-dumps-PDP-for-APC-20150302