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He has a valid point only if he is saying the truth.

May God help Nigeria

ovieigho:
Omg!!
I read this and i forgive Tinubu

lol is this a joke?

All of them together don’t dare diss Remy Mad woman

Wow, things dey happen for 9ja. Seems this was all planned from the start.

Most of these PDP guys are most active on Twitter. The likes of Ben Bruce, Reno, FFk and the rest. They have no value outside twitter. Since the beginning of this election, i have not read where Oyetola, Aregbe, Tinubu or Apc as a whole said anything, they were busy strategizing but the other party was busy tweeting, reacting, and playing around.

BestDude:
It is a pity what this country has turned into... There is no way I am not leaving this shithole.

lol abeg carry me along

This is wrong, what happens to privacy. The journalist should be arrested.

Airforce01:
I heard Hausa girls up north are loose and always ready to mingle.

I want to visit a relative in Minna soon , I just can't wait to lay my hands on their girls

And their Shariah will lay hand on your pric,k

Shortyy:
I don't know baby, but I'm wearing that white veil on my day!

how short are you?

You better convince her to abort it. I am not even sure you are the owner of the pregnancy.

HungerBAD:
These things don't work.

I have repeatedly stated it here, that those that believe in juju are not only ignorant, but that they are getting scammed by the so called juju men or herbalists. If there was JUJU, how did the British come into this Country with just Guns, and were able to take over Nigeria? why did the Juju not catch them?

In fact the so called juju places in Nigeria were among the first to be captured. Oba Ovonramwen, with all the Benin Juju he had, was not only captured, but he was also Frog-Jumped in Chains from Benin to Calabar, where he eventually died. The other day i heard one boasting "Try me you go know say i be Bini Man" and so i am thinking, which Benin?the one the British ran through?

The Ijebu's too that claim to posses juju, had all their villages and towns burnt to the ground by the British, and their juju did not work. The British-Ijebu war of 1892 (The battle of Imagbon) is something those interested in history should go and read about.

Let us stop glorifying these black magics. They do not work.

You know nothing bro.

Buynownow:
The one I have works perfectly with all brands of car made from 1996. If you are in Lagos, I'll personally deliver to you, and show you how it works.

how much is it? And i will need to know how it works.

stnkembu:
What type of OBD2 car scanner will u recommend for an '03 Corolla?

Please, how much can i get a car jump starter for a Toyota corrola 2004? How much is the dash board camera?

AnonPoet:
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s senatorial by-election in Katsina, Ahmad Babba-Kaita, is the winner, released results show.
The Independent National Electoral Commission is soon to formally declare the winner.
But its released results, already pastes at the collation centre, show that Mr Babba-Kaita, currently a member of the House of Representatives, polled 224, 607 votes to beat five other contestants.
His closest rival, who is his elder brother, Kabir Babba-Kaita, was only able to garner 59, 724 votes. The elder Babba-Kaita was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The other results show that GPN scores 1056, DA got 796, MPN secured 633 while MMN got 343 votes to emerge third, fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.
The seat became vacant in April following the death of Senator Mustapha Bukar.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/279825-breaking-apc-candidate-ahmad-babba-kaita-wins-katsina-north-by-election.html

What will now happen to his seat in the Lower Chamber? Someone should kindly respond.

veekid:

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I just googled "trypophobia" and I can't sleep again, I need help

gosh! Please delete this post

So many Nigerians went to school but are uneducated. No media literacy. Grown up people, people with degree and doctorate yet they believe anything thrown at them by the media and politicians. This whole NASS stuff, intelligent and sensible people know what is really going on. Personally, i refuse to be fooled by these politicians.

My find out so far in this mess;

1)Buhari may have integrity but he has no intelligence at all. For a president to succeed in this kind of country, you have to be a good politician in respect to the rule of law and democracy.


2)PDP is really playing some dirty games right now, and buhari and Oshiomole led-APC are falling for it. Seems they are now waking up.

3)Oshiomole stubborness and Buhari act of disobeying court verdict may back fire on them.



This people are playing games with you people’s head. Let me keep oberving and learning.

eyeview:
Frankly, apc left saraki with no choice. He was instrumental to the building of apc from inception but immediately he became the Senate president which was the only top office the nPDP got, the entire apc turned against him, starting from tinubu's acn and then the cpc.
So I wonder what they expect him to do. No Senate president has been dragged around the way they dragged this man, yet he kept doing his best to be accepted.

You are right but we should not forget how he became the SP. This whole game has been planned among Saraki, Atiku and the rest nPDP before Buhari became President.

dodelight:
That doesn't change the fact that you're still a Coward!

Modify: For those quoting me and saying rubbish, and thinking I belong to the indomie generation.
Well, I was born into Buhari's first reign.
Being a coward has nothing to do with your past achievements or heroic feat.
Did you think Shehu Sani changed his mind about defection because he has Nigeria's interest at heart? Only a fool will believe that. The change of mind was forced on him by lack of support from his political base. So wise up. He is a coward!

Mr. Brave, buy form, contest for councilorship and win first, then come back to tell how brave you are. All of these kids think leadership and politics is biscuit.

Wow, this is Nigeria, everybody is dumb. In this whole thread so far, no one tried to question the authenticity of the story, that is an unknown blog for god sake, how are we sure that is not just a well written story by a tribalistic religious bigot blogger?

englishmart:
funny. Which one is Facebook, and who is Zuckerberg? Did they have a choice?
They should have just told us that Zuckerberg budgets $10m annually for his security..

It's just like saying "Abrahimovic applies for $2m loan from Chelsea..

He is not the sole owner of facebook, he is just the founder and the largest shareholder.

ionsman:
So there are still good politicians like this? Incredible!

I am highly impressed reading that piece, if this piece is true, then this person is one of the few people who have integrity in Nigeria politics.

danie09:
I work and live in Sagamu which falls in Ogun east senatorial district.
Contrary to general opinion of people, if you understands ogun state politics you will know Buruji is not loved by all especially the elites because of his shady past, but this is a man who built his political career on large scale poverty alleviation.
He's a crowd mover and he has a very large crowd who have sworn allegiance to him so him been expelled from the PDP is a big blow.
Now let's talk about why he was actually expelled
Again contrary to people's opinion buruji wasn't expelled because of his commentens on PDP's loss in Ekiti state .
He was kicked out because he had been controlling a renegade faction of PDP in Ogun state for a while and just recently the former governor of the state Otunba Gbenga Daniel reconciled wit him and that automatically swelled his massive crowd of followers,hence there was need for PDP at the national level to react.
How did he come about a renegade faction ?
Remember the Sheriff vs Makarfi brouhaha?
We all remember buruji was sheriff's number one supporter .
So while the fracas was on the party was divided into two factions by makarfi's and sheriff's loyalist. Buriju controlled the sheriff's faction while honorable Ladi Adebutu (Baba Ijebu's son) who is the house of reps member representing Demo federal constituency controlled the makarfi's faction.
After the court declared makarfi as the winner all of sheriff's faction all leaders and members across the the naturally gave up their rebellion and decided to accept the decision in good faith but that didn't happen in Ogun state .instead Buruji and his group got a court injunction that says they are the authentic leaders of the party in the state. Subsequently the party chairman
Uche Secondus released a press release saying he doesnt recognize Buruji's factional excos in the state but still They continued with their faction insisting on been the authentic leaders of the party in the state.
So ever since then there are two different Secretariat of PDP acroos all wards and local govt in the state .they have different excos they have separate members and separate aspirants competing for the same positions under the same party called PDP. They hold meetings on separate dates and they have been having separates rallies and both claim to be the authentic PDP.
And also it is important you all know that both Buruju and Ladi Adebutu are governorship aspirants in the state under their respective factional PDP umbrellas.
So if this is either a blessing for ladi's faction of PDp or APC or even ADC only time will tell .

God bless you, bro.

True. Half of these techniques are part of me. They work perfectly.

Where is Kante

EntertainingYou:
By Rwang Patrick Stephen

The 2018 Ekiti state gubernatorial election has traveled every which way. To be sure, the nascent democracy of Nigeria is flourishing. Our blossoming democratic journey is developing without question.
The event in Ekiti state has made thinkers, observers and watchers of politics, both at local, translocal, national and international levels to begin to ask the hallowed question of: “what went wrong in the PDP moving retrogressively backwards from 16/0 in 2014 to about 12/4 in favor of the APC in a state that was known as a ‘broomless’ state in 2014?”
For now, Ekiti is the only state in the southwest that is controlled by the PDP as well as the only state won by the PDP presidential candidate in 2015, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

The event calls for concern indeed. Like the legendary saying or maxim goes; “How are the mighty fallen? Gold has rust in Ekiti, what then would iron do?”
Some will argue that the Presidency played a role and the military and police were pro-APC. That fact and was applicable to the PDP victory in 2014 elections, where the state was said to have been militarized. But we mustn’t rely on the same baseless emotional attachment to sentiments. Money was used, as a core factor, and both parties played the money politics definitely.
The victory of Dr kayode Fayemi has been described as a hard fought battle by the presidency. That is true indeed.

CHALLENGES OF THE PDP THAT LED TO THEIR DOWNFALL IN EKITI STATE

1. IMPOSITION OF CANDIDATE: It was very clear, loud, and strong in the state the governor imposed his deputy against the wishes of so many members of the PDP. There were reactions, but Governor Fayose used his executive power to silence them. Some of the party members decamped or cross-carpeted to the APC. Some honourable members too did same. How then did you expect the PDP to come out victorious?
If the PDP had remained united and unanimously chose their candidate without any imposition, they would have come out victorious in the election. A house divided against itself shall fallout.

2. LACK OF PAYMENT OF SALARY TO CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE STATE:
There is a concept in Ekiti state known as ‘Stomach Infrastructure’. This is a nomenclature posed by the Fayose regime. No one is arguing about the authenticity of the stomach project, but paying the people their monthly salaries is very necessary. People are becoming wiser by the day. Any form of stomach analysis without bank alert to the workers ends in failure. The PDP missed it here, the same thing happened in plateau state. The government owed civil servants about six (6) months salaries into the 2015 elections, and they lost because of the owing factor.

3. DISCONNECTION FROM THE PRESUMED GRASSROOTS CONNECTION OF THE PDP: Governor Fayose has over the years been bragging about his grassroots connection. Let be clear on this point, it is very easy for the governor to gather youths in the Ado Ekiti metropolis to walk with him. It is another thing for him to have huge acceptability in all the remaining sixteen (16) local government areas. If truly he controls the grassroots as acclaimed, why didn’t they deliver his party in the just concluded elections? There was an election in Anambra state and the governor won the election because of his massive link to the people at the grassroots. Gov Ayo Fayose says things that never exist. In all ramifications, he lacks that grassroots connection in totality.

4. PRESUMPTUOUS PROPAGANDA: It was very worrisome to note that while Dr Fayemi was busy working hard to victory, the PDP camp were busy looking for propaganda to sell in other to gather or get sympathy. In politics, one thing is sure, number. Instead of gathering the taxi drivers and motorcycle riders in Ado Ekiti by the governor, he would have been busy in one of the local government that day mobilizing and campaigning for PDP. Another off strategy of the PDP was the police incidents teargas. Instead of the victory walk, he should have gone to an interior local government to campaign. Insulting the president was another mistake that was unnecessary.
The PDP in Ekiti failed to work. Rather was basing on propaganda to lure in the international community for possible intervention. That’s not good and correct at all.

5. WEAKNESS OF THE PDP CANDIDATE OR WEAK MOBILIZATION OF THE PDP CANDIDATE: While the APC candidate was busy working for his victory, the PDP candidate was just in government house receiving instructions and allowed his boss to do the work for him. He was not showing any meaningful seriousness to the people of the state on his capability and agility to lead. He forgot that his boss is not going to be the governor but him. There was a disconnect between him and the people. All what Ekiti people sees was Fayose. It is not Fayose they want to hear or see buy the governorship candidate. He never acted on his own to show the people his ability, he depended on the popularity of the governor. That’s not correct.

STRENGTH OF THE APC
1. Identification of PDP weakness: The APC maximized the loopholes discovered in the PDP. They took advantage of the weakness of the PDP candidate. They heard what they people said about his inability to represent himself. It worked for them, congratulations.

2. Blocking of PDP strongholds: The governor-elect did his homework very well. He lost to the PDP in 2014 and decided to study and understudy the system again. He knew the strength point of the PDP in the state and decides to block them from area of strength.
He also knew the local government areas he was popular in and build the bond there solidly.
The PDP failed to do this. They were busy doing mouth work while Fayemi was working.

3. Past experience knowledge: It is said “once beating twelve shy” the governor elect knew how it feels to lose. He vowed to work hard and avenge the disgrace while the PDP was busy sleeping on past glories of 2014. Experience worked and aided the victory of APC. Inexperience worked against the PDP. Lesson for all to learn from.

4. Military and police: it is arguably to say that same thing was done in 2014. Both parties are guilty of this. So the APC claimed they are doing something the PDP did while in power. Onlookers and observers described the APC use of military as worse. But the military and police has declined colliding with APC. They have said time and again that they are apolitical.
If the PDP did it home work correctly, they would have won. Many states have succeeded in past despite military presence.
As a political scientist, we look into the polity with our political microscope and political eyeglasses, to think deeply into the political jamboree and rigmarole in the state. We look beyond propaganda and political correctness. We investigate happenings to proffer solutions.

As discussed above. Other states governors are advised not to repeat the mistake make in Ekiti state. The fact that you are a seating governor doesn’t mean you can’t be unseat.
Political gladiators and leviathans must learn to work for themselves, not allowing others to work for them. Ekiti state has been described as an uncommon state of surprises. The PDP needs to seat up in the forthcoming Osun election. If the learn from the Ekiti mistake, they may come out victorious. Security maybe much but only the strong would survive the political drill.
APC is a ruling party, but the hard work of the governor-elect spoke for him. This victory is about grazing reserve, cattle colony or ranches, rather it is about the people of Ekiti.

Rwang Patrick Stephen, Political Science department, Federal University of Kashere, Gombe State.

http://olubravo.info/2018/07/17/fighting-factors-pdp-lost-ekiti-apc/

Brilliantly written. God bless you.

Lol people should choose one

shadrach77:
I thought I was the only one who thinks Odunlade overacts

No, many people are aware. By the way, you have spent a good number of years on here, are you part of the MOD?

Toks2008:
Your opinion...to me he is not even close cos he over acts.

I was in Nollywood in the late 90s so I know what it means to be a good actor.

He does not, he is natural, he makes it real, he is too real. When you talk of "over acting", that is Odunlade, not this guy.

owomida1:
Best Yoruba Actor Ever

I swear, this guy is one of the best i have seen in Nigeria.

I sense this guy is having guilty conscience. God pls if i am wrong, forgive me.