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The evidence against INEC, APC is damn overwhelming

O boy...the evidence against Tinubu, INEC and the Federal government is overwhelming mbok

Total nonsense due to fear

You are a criminal; we will vote and the vote is to ensure the current governor does not return.

Igbos pls don't mind this person, he is scared to see the current governor lose and we must vote Labour all the way

HenryThegreat1:
Medicine after dead. The deal had been done.
Let's move on. If Buhari couldn't conduct free, fair and credible elections will Tinubu do? Only God can save Nigerians from Tinubu...

Move on to where?.....Jeez!

CoronaVirusRelo:
Gibberish, bunkum and balderdash!

Whoever composed this trash should be feed to hogs

What a senseless post!

Let us wait and see bro!

I am not emphatically saying the rumour here and there about Tinubu falling ill is true or false. Fact is the 3 major contenders have pushed beyond their limit during this electioneering season. Even a 35 year old go hear am.

I am 100% Obidient and I felt so sorry for my Principal when I watched him struggle with his voice a few days ago. The thing no easy knowing these guys attend various strategic meetings, interviews etc aside going to states for their campaigns.

However, one thing I know is Tinubu and the APC use this strategy sometimes to win sympathy and may be looking at using it this time around to win sympathy votes. Don't be surprised more APC urchins will push this narrative and BOOM!....Tinubu will appear and so many sitting on the fence will go vote for him.

Therefore as a core Obidients, let us ignore the news and don't help them make it go viral. Our target ,aim and objectives today is to vote Gregory Peter Obi and Datti Ahmed for President and Vice presidential; and this is what we should be contemplating and looking at how to join other Obidients to protect our votes and ensure our vote count.

If at the end of the day Tinubu is not seen in a video voting, then that one becomes APC cross and Wahala.

Pls all go out and vote the God sent gift of our time, look for the logo with Mama, Papa and Pikin ( Mother, Father and a child). Vote your future today, vote for Labour Parry mbok!

Hmnnnn....let those who have eyes to see, understand what the spirit is saying to the Nigerian voters

Obidatti 2023

We must get it right this time by voting wisely and defending our votes. A BIG NO to all the evil politicians that have held us bound in this country

'Unpredictable' election in Africa's largest economy is set to resonate around the world
PUBLISHED WED, FEB 22 2023 1:22 AM EST
Elliot Smith
@ELLIOTSMITHCNBC

The record 93.5 million Nigerians registered to vote will choose from 18 candidates to replace two-term President Muhammadu Buhari.
The country's landmark election will have a significant bearing not only on Nigeria's domestic economy and security, but on its place in the global trade and diplomatic framework and on faith in democratic transitions in West Africa.
Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party and the Labor Party's Peter Obi are the three frontrunners.
ABUJA, Niger,a - Feb. 18, 2023: Supporters of Nigeria's Labour Party parade in the streets during a global march for the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023.
ABUJA, Niger,a - Feb. 18, 2023: Supporters of Nigeria's Labour Party parade in the streets during a global march for the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023.
KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images
Nigerians head to the polls on Saturday, with an unprecedented youth turnout expected against a backdrop of widespread insecurity and economic hardship.

After 24 years of uninterrupted democracy since ending military dictatorship in 1999, Africa's most populous nation and largest economy is conducting its seventh election.


Nigeria is at a pivotal juncture amid record unemployment and inflation, a massive debt burden, fuel shortages, worsening security conditions, endemic corruption and crumbling public services.

The record 93.5 million Nigerians registered to vote will choose among 18 candidates to replace President Muhammadu Buhari, who has reached the two-term limit.

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's president, speaks during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in New York.
Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's president, speaks during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in New York.
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The aspiring successor chosen by the ruling All Progressives Congress party, 70-year-old former Governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu, is a frontrunner alongside former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, and Peter Obi, a relative outsider from the Labor Party.

Obi's disruptive and decentralized campaign has resonated with young and professional voters disillusioned by the two main parties, and some polls now have him leading the race.

Leena Koni Hoffmann, associate fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House, told CNBC on Monday that the presidential election will be the "most unpredictable" since the transition to civilian rule.


"We haven't had these technologies shaping Nigeria's elections before, and we've never had a three-way race before, and the context is not primed for an easy incumbent win," Koni Hoffmann explained. The Independent National Electoral Commission is rolling out an unprecedented technological innovations to ensure a free and fair election.

ABUJA, Nigeria - Feb. 20, 2023: Former South African President Thabo Mbeki speaks to media. The Commonwealth of Nations sent 16 observers for the presidential and governorship elections to be held on 25 February and 11 March in Nigeria.
ABUJA, Nigeria - Feb. 20, 2023: Former South African President Thabo Mbeki speaks to media. The Commonwealth of Nations sent 16 observers for the presidential and governorship elections to be held on 25 February and 11 March in Nigeria.
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During a period in which West Africa has been beset by coups and violent extremism, Hoffmann added that the region "needs Nigeria to have a credible election."

A deluge of international observers arrives this week, including a mission led by former Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson and a Commonwealth of Nations delegation headed by former South African President Thabo Mbeki. The U.S. has also announced visa bans on individuals identified as undermining confidence in Nigeria's democratic process.

Demographics
Nigeria has one of the world's fastest-growing populations — currently near 220 million and forecast to double by 2050. It also has one of the world's youngest average populations, with 42% of citizens under the age of 15 and a median age of just over 18, the UN estimates.

Political engagement has spiked in recent years, amid deteriorating prospects for Nigeria's youth — eras of economic growth have not expanded opportunities, social inequality has increased, and youth unemployment hit 42.5%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Almost 40% of registered voters are between 18 and 34, according to INEC.

"Recent years have been particularly brutal for young people in Nigeria, having to live through two recessions and a failing economy and with inflation in double digits and the impact of food inflation," Koni Hoffmann said.

Four in 10 Nigerians experience monetary deprivation and more than six out of 10 are "multidimensionally poor," the National Bureau of Statistics finds.

"The kind of social mobility and independence that you would project for yourself in your early twenties, the last couple of years haven't allowed young people that kind of space for pursuing opportunity, for self-determination, so that explains a lot of the frustration and discontent," Koni Hoffman said.

Economy
First Lady Aisha Muhammadu Buhari in September apologized to Nigerians for the economic problems and growing insecurity they have experienced since her husband was elected in 2015. Alongside the Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine, Koni Hoffmann noted "missed opportunities" and "self-inflicted crises" under Buhari's regime.

In 2019, the government closed goods movement through Nigeria's borders with neighboring Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, ostensibly to stem smuggling of rice and other agricultural goods.

Economists panned the decision, which Koni Hoffmann suggested rendered Nigeria and its neighbors more vulnerable to the damage of the pandemic.

The administration has come under fire for its multiple exchange rate system, aimed at defending the domestic naira currency by artificially inflating its value. Critics argue that such interventions heighten volatility by driving greater fluctuations in price discovery.

The oil sector accounts for more than 80% of national budgetary revenues, leaving Abuja highly susceptible to oil price variations and low production due to large scale crude theft.

Tinubu's foreign exchange policies are unlikely to deviate from those of the current administration, analysts say, while Abubakar and Obi propose more liberal economic measures and diversification, alongside greater fiscal prudence.

"No matter who wins the race to be Nigeria's next president, the public debt-to-GDP ratio is likely to remain on an upwards path in the near-term, but victory for an opposition candidate could make the fiscal outlook considerably brighter further down the line," said Virág Fórizs, Africa economist at Capital Economics.

"Opposition parties' fiscal discipline pledges put Mr. Abubakar and Mr. Obi in a better position to get Nigeria's fiscal house in order."

Fórizs concluded, "The upshot is that, from an economic standpoint, the polls offer a choice between marginal steps away from growth-sapping policies and a more meaningful shift towards pro-market reforms that could unlock Nigeria's economic potential down the line but involve near-term economic pain."

Security
Buhari took office vowing to tackle Islamist militant organization Boko Haram, whose insurgency killed thousands and displaced millions.

Government forces seemingly succeeded, reclaiming large swathes of territory from the jihadist group. However, the extremist contingent splintered into competing groups in the north, complicating the challenge facing the incoming president.

Meanwhile, cattle bandits terrorize the north-central and northwest states, secessionists in the southeast clash with police and cattle herders battle farmers in "middle belt" states.

The Council on Foreign Relations Security Tracker documented around 7,000 violent deaths in Nigeria in 2022, down from 9,000 in 2021. It also confirmed an increase in state violence against civilians.

This came to a head in late 2020, when thousands of young people demonstrated countrywide against police brutality. Security forces sought to violently quash the protests, culminating in the Lekki Toll Gate massacre in October 2020.

Peter Obi, the 61-year-old former governor of Anambra State, rode that wave with a vision for policy and governance reforms, including proposals for tackling deep-rooted insecurity and corruption, while promoting social and political mobility.

"The dominant parties did not seem to provide the kinds of channels or vessels that young people wanted, so they have turned to Peter Obi, who is the nearest proximate for them, for how various sections of young people in Nigeria would like to remake the nation's politics," said Hoffmann.

Na just 5days, make everybody out of fear dey post what he is Secretly praying for but inwardly scared of

Letter must have moved to all countries, each state/Province in each countries, local government/ Shires of each country of the world and to finally every street before it finally got to the original destination



I won't be surprised if this letter is put up for sale for 5million dollars

https://amp.9news.com.au/article/dd45ec7c-0a03-4c9d-9df4-2d9bd3ef62e8

News

NewsWorld
Letter arrives more than 100 years after being posted
By CNN - 2 days ago

A Sydney centenarian has received one of the last cards from the Queen celebrating the milestone.
A letter has finally been delivered to its destination in the UK - more than a century after it was written.

Sent in February 1916, the correspondence arrived at its intended address in Hamlet Road, south London, much to the bewilderment of the current occupants.

"We noticed that the year on it was '16. So we thought it was 2016," Finlay Glen told CNN. "Then we noticed that the stamp was a King rather than a Queen, so we felt that it couldn't have been 2016."


The letter posted to a London address in 1916 that took more than 100 years to be delivered. (Photo: Finlay Glen/CNN) (Supplied)
Glen said that the letter arrived at the property a couple of years ago, but he has only recently taken it to the local historical society, so they can research it further.

The envelope has a 1 pence stamp bearing the head of King George V. The letter was sent in the middle of World War I - more than a decade before Queen Elizabeth II was born.

"Once we realised it was very old, we felt that it was okay to open up the letter," said Glen, 27.

Under the Postal Services Act 2000, it is a crime to open mail not addressed to you. But Glen said he can "only apologise" if he's committed a crime.

After realising that the letter may be of historical interest, he gave it to the Norwood Review, a local quarterly magazine.


Finlay Glen aid that the letter arrived in 2021, but he has only recently taken it to the local historical society. (Photo: Finlay Glen/CNN) (Supplied)
"As a local historian I was amazed and delighted to have the details of the letter passed to me," said Stephen Oxford, editor of the magazine, in a release.

The letter was addressed to "my dear Katie," who, according to Oxford, was the wife of local stamp magnate Oswald Marsh.

It was written by Christabel Mennel, the daughter of tea merchant Henry Tuke Mennel, while her family was on holiday in Bath, in western England. In the letter, Mennel writes: "I've been most miserable here with a very heavy cold."

The neighbourhood of south London was a hub of business activity at the time.

"Lots of wealthy, middle class people moved into the area in the late 1800s," Oxford said.


"My dear Katie," the letter begins. It was written by the daughter of a businessman and sent to the wife of a leading stamp dealer in London. (Photo: Finlay Glen/CNN) (Supplied)
Oswald Marsh, the former resident of the Hamlet Road property, "was a highly regarded stamp dealer who was often called as an expert witness in cases of stamp fraud," according to Oxford.

The Norwood Review is producing a full report on the letter.

Yet it remains a mystery as to how the letter arrived at Glen's flat.

"Incidents like this happen very occasionally, and we are uncertain what has happened in this incident," a Royal Mail spokesperson told CNN on Thursday.

"We appreciate that people will be intrigued by the history of this letter from 1916, but have no further information on what might have happened."

Oxford noted that the letter was postmarked "Sydenham," an area in southeast London. He thinks it "may well have been lost sitting in a dark corner in the Sydenham sorting office and only recently discovered."

Glen said he and his girlfriend would be happy to give the letter to a local archive if it's of "serious historical significance." But, if it's found to be more "innocuous," he said, "it would be nice for us to be able to hold onto it."

Glen, a theatre director and playwright, said that he doesn't often include strange twists of fate in his plays. But, after this serendipitous delivery, "perhaps the next one will."

We must not rest until Peter Bassey Okon is declared the President of Nigeria. We must get it right

Outsider Candidate Peter Obi Tops More Opinion Polls as Nigerian Election Nears
Peter Obi is preferred choice in ANAP and Kwakol surveys
Obi also led in a poll conducted by Premise last month
Peter Obi
Peter ObiPhotographer: Benson Ibeaubuchi/Bloomberg
ByWilliam Clowes+Follow
15 February 2023 at 22:35 GMT+8
Nigerian presidential hopeful Peter Obi emerged as the preferred choice to become the country’s next head of state in two opinion polls, the third survey in the past week to show the outsider candidate is the frontrunner.

Two organizations based in the West African country – ANAP Foundation and Kwakol Research – published polling in which respondents identified the former governor of Anambra state as their favorite to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari after elections scheduled for Feb. 25.

Read: Outsider Candidate Leads in Opinion Poll for Nigerian President

In a survey by Premise Data Corp. released last week, 66% of participants who said they’ve decided how to vote selected Obi of the Labour Party over Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party.


Obi scored 21% in ANAP’s poll of 2,000 people, while Tinubu and Abubakar trailed with 13% and 10% respectively. A total of 53% of respondents were either undecided or refused to answer, according to a statement published on Wednesday. Obi’s lead is “significant but not sufficient to separate him from” the pack, ANAP said.

The Labour Party candidate was identified as the preferred president by almost 53% of participants in Kwakol’s 1,008-person survey that was released on Feb. 13. Tinubu and Abubakar both tallied less than 20%.

Kai PDAPC in severe pain right now!

I beg make una no come allow Tinubu collapse by increasing his drugs intake because this kind news fit cause casala...anyway I am sure his urchins will not let him know; afterall the drug kingpin does not visit social media

TakeNigeriaBack:
peter obi is a vatican (catholic church) agenda. Most of the polls that are favorable to peter obi are done by foreign (western) media. The catholic church has a huge influence in the west (reason why the molestation of children by the catholic church was largely swept under the carpet). The reason they are ginning up peter obi's poll numbers even though he has no path to electoral victory is because the vatican intend to rig the election for peter obi by hacking inec's bvas system. That way, the same media will bamboozle the population by saying its not rigging since many polls show peter obi winning before the election.

INEC IS GOING TO BE HACKED. MARK MY WORDS. YOUR HEARD IT HERE FIRST.

You guys are not called Zombies and urchins for
nothing , is this the new statement issued from your dru.ggie WhatsApp group?

What you don't understand is Nigerians are so very intelligent and can discern your falsehood and it also draw more people to the Obidients movement. Jeeez!

Honestly as an Obidients I think the Labour Party should not only go on the media to attract attention, we need to approach the court as well. At least fight these monsters from different front

Mad people everywhere

So very sad, Nigeria is in total mess.
I lived in towns in Australia some years back (Geraldton and Wyndham) with population of (43,000 and 6,000) or so both towns had sea ports despite the other major ports in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Freemantle and other major cities and towns in Australia.

Then you will have some deluded people shouting other tribes keep coming to Lagos when there is a grand conspiracy to deny my State AkwaIbom and other States a functional sea ports.

Federal government development and project skewed against a particular people; and many are clapping and happy...you know what the negative impacts will be felt by all no matter what. It is just like a family of 12 where only one person is making the money and others depending on him; the same person making the money will always remain poor...that is what Lagos is experiencing: much wealth without a meaningful development.

Udom or the next Governor should just go ahead and start construction, anyday the approval comes...we can start operations.

Blessed country with mad people in charge!

Mystic216:
Africa in a deep shit

...total bullsh.it we are in bro!

...lol! They are scared of the party without structure

Hmnnn...don't be surprised many of these terrorists also come out to attend the APC and PDP rallies ; collect their crowd rented money and crawl back to killing and maiming

May God save us !

Obi my President

Lol....I no fit laugh, the thing tire Urchins sef

He was 100% right...why would I an Akwaibomites be killing myself for Obi to win while his brothers hide in the background?

Obi for all and so all including the Igbos must not be intimidated by the noise of those who already ruined this country

Prince081:
My President

Our President!

The spokeperson of the most corrupt and useless candidate has spoken!...

Obidatti for sure, PDAPC can go and die!

Peter Obi na their Mate?

The people's President in waiting...God bless ,protect and keep this man against the plans of the evil men that have held us bound for years...A BIG Amen!

I hope "Testing/Tasting) of the microphone was not a coded message for him to lick the microphone laden with Cocaine seeing he was already worn out

Hmnnn...Na only God understand