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Nice one OP.

A lot of people are encouraged with your story. And please do pass on the goodnews of BB2011.

Our nation must change for good!

Ha!

U revived this thread!

Good thinking!!!!

And the same Dokpesi has pitched camp with Jonathan today?

And this is the same Jonathan we expect to entrust security of lives with

Nigerians think twice!

aisha2:
Yes Opalu am serious plus each district have different security features so rigging this senatorial election cannot be through ballot papers. Fake papers will be detected

Wow!

Thanks for updating us Aisha. I am impressed if JEGA could achieve this feat.

@ Orikinla,

Could you please modify your OP with some paragraphs?

Political parties and individuals hoping to use telephone text messages to check electoral malpractices or relate on other election matters may be in for a shock as strong indications emerged on Thursday that the services of GSM operators might be restricted on election days (April 2, 9 and 16).


Our correspondent learnt that it was the thinking of the Federal Government that mobile telephone calls and text messages on the general elections should be restricted during the polls.


Sources said that government’s fears over possible abuse of mobile telephones on the days of the polls informed a meeting between security chiefs and the GSM operators in Abuja recently.


The meeting, which was at the behest of the Nigerian Communications Commission, deliberated on how to contain the possible spread of unverified results or other messages capable of increasing tension during the elections.


An integrated network of security for the elections, according to our source, was constituted by the security chiefs drawn from the military, the Police, the State Security Service and the office of the National Security Adviser.


The National Council of State had on Wednesday okayed the deployment of military on the streets to deal with thugs and other miscreants who might want to breach public peace during the elections.


The Executive Vice-Chairman, NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah, confirmed THE PUNCH findings on Thursday in Abuja, during an interactive session the Minister of Information and Communications, Mr. Labaran Maku, had with journalists on the general elections.


“The NCC and security chiefs have already invited network operators and, as we are talking, measures are being put in place. The networks are so large and connected to the international community. These things (unwholesome text messages) cannot be stopped overnight,” Juwah said.


He assured that something was being done, but warned that telephone or text exchanges might be difficult to control.


Earlier, Maku, had expressed the displeasure of the government over the circulation of what he described as “unwholesome messages” through the mobile networks and, therefore, asked the NCC, the industry regulator to check the menace.


He said journalists and the GSM networks could constitute greater danger to the electoral process than religious fundamentalists.


The NSA, Gen. Owoye Azazi, had on Wednesday in Abuja expressed similar concerns on the reportage of the elections in an interactive session with the media. He urged that “national interest” should be above other considerations.


Maku, therefore, warned foreign journalists that had been accredited to cover the elections against picking their stories from local newspapers that he accused of aligning themselves with different political interests in the country.


The minister said, “In every election, security agents estimate threats that can be a problem to the election. There are no known threats that can disrupt the nation’s election.


“We have isolated cases of religious fundamentalism in Borno State, but there is no threat to the elections. The parties have concluded their campaigns in these places without any incidence.


“In fact, the only threat we fear is sensational reporting. If reports go wrong, they can threaten an election. A fundamentalist can disrupt election in one place but a reporter can disrupt election in the whole country.


“I am worried by the role played so far by telecommunications networks. Attacks are carried out daily through the networks without control. The NCC should meet with the heads of telecoms companies.”


An information technology expert who spoke with our correspondent confirmed that the GSM operators have the ‘functionality’ to restrict text messages or calls through their networks.


According to him, a ‘functionality’ such as text messaging can just be switched off.


“When that is done, it will affect everybody on the network. However, it can also be done on selective basis. Networks also have the capacity to screen text messages before allowing them to go to the recipients. However, these must be for numbers that are already on the watch of security agents,” he said.


The expert, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said blanket restriction would amount to taking actions that are only common in police states.


He added that because of competition, private operators were not likely to agree to such a measure since it had the capacity of limiting customers on their networks.


Apart from text messaging originating from mobile phones, advancement in information technology has made it possible for subscribers to originate and send messages to mobile phones through the Internet.


Sending text messages through the Internet could be cheaper and more convenient since bulk messages can be sent to hundreds and thousands of recipients simultaneously and even anonymously.


The Federal Government had in recent times been worried over the rising rate of technology-assisted crimes in the country.


Only on Monday, the NCC inaugurated the registration of Subscriber Identity Module cards and set a deadline of September 28 for the exercise to be completed.


The rationale is that if the owner of each SIM card in the country is known, it would be easy to trace any crime committed with the aid of a phone to a person.


THE PUNCH had recently reported that a total of 114.63m telecommunications lines had been connected as at the end of January, confirming the huge potential of the Nigerian telecommunications network as asserted by the NCC boss.


However, the total number of active lines, including mobile and fixed lines, by the end of January stood at 89.84 million.


In segmented terms, the number of connected GSM lines by the end of January stood at 96,547,864 lines, while active lines stood at 82,618,510.


The number of connected mobile lines offered by Code Division Multiple Access operators stood at 12,338,686, while active lines stood at 6,186,442. Out of a total of 2,741,983 fixed lines that were connected, 1,035,391 were active.


With the ubiquity of mobile phones and users, observers of the general elections say it would be easy for everyone at each polling booth to broadcast the result of the centre without having to wait for INEC to collate all the results.


The National Broadcasting Commission had warned recently that it was wrong for anyone to announce election result without a final word from INEC.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201104011564117

Knowing the notoriety of the Power Disaster People (PDP) and a President whom upon becoming a President, there has been escalated bomb threats attacks across the country, I would not be far from the truth that this alleged bomb attack is possibly from the PDP quarters.

The sheer malady and despondency of GEJ over this election is beyond him being a clueless President. GEJ surely knows how to spend money without being prudent! And in true accountability of public funds, he must be questioned on how he got this money?!

How long does he (Goofluck) think people's conscience can be bought with our own stolen money?

Nigerians are wiser now. Save Nigeria Group told us of the $50,000US that Jonathan tried to give them upon their visit to him.

Now it is about offering each participant, $7,000 for been members of the National Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs.

This decaying system of government surely must come to an end by Nigerians collectively rising up and casting their vote for CHANGE.

The only constant thing in life is CHANGE not goodluck!

Let us arise and vote out PDP/GEJ. We cannot continue to live in this country like this dear God.

The voice of reasoning has prevailed.

Nairaland must be changing!

I heard they are planning on restricting mobile phone access as well.

Is PDP really this desperate to cause confusion and chaos in the country?

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201104011564117

Tell us what he achieved as Deputy Governor and Governor of Bayelsa state?!

12years in PDP government - what has he accomplished? Aside from ''I never wore shoe to school, I drank garri, I was born poor'' bla bla bla bla!!!!!

Tell us what educational research achievement got him his PhD in Zoology?

What is the ONE outstanding performance of GEJ in Bayelsa state?

Otherwise please keep shut with this clueless President.

Nigerians have not forgotten GEJ and his numerous noble gaffes!

A GEJ who plays tribal and ethnic politics

A GEJ who comes to the SW and calls his political opponents Rascals, and totally refused to apologize for it.

A GEJ who rather than act as the custodian of security of lives tells Nigerians to pray that those responsible for the Oct 1. 2010 would come out and confess.

A GEJ who would not rather come out and debate, but panders to the likes of D-Banj to debate with him.

A GEJ whom sources tells us drinks alcohol excessively.

A GEJ who sits in the FEC every Tuesday but yet, cannot tell vital statistics when needed but refers us to his Ministers.

A GEJ who sends his owns Ministers and wife to welcome an Ex-convict from Kirikiri maximum prison.

A GEJ who depleted our ECA.

A GEJ who was nowhere to be found when this nation was desperately in need of a President when Yar'Adua went missing.

A GEJ who flew another convict from jail in presidential aircraft to PDP election grounds.

A GEJ who is fond of dashing his visitors $50,000US upon every visit.

How long must we continue to tolerate this man and his many clueless gaffes?!

Enough is ENOUGH!

THE ONLY CONSTANT THING IS CHANGE!

Buhari/Bakare 2011!!!!

Don't count your fingers because this thread will NEVER come on the front page.

Take a cursory look at any Buhari's topic that hits the front page. It is either an anti-Buhari topic or the topic is been questioned as likely untrue.

How a purported website was created just yesterday night to denigrate the person of Buhari, and in the morning becomes a front page topic on Nairaland is never beyond belief for me!

So just forget about this rebuttal hitting the front page of Nairaland.

What a hilarious thread.

Husband: Jonadense Clueless Goofluck.

Wife: Dames Stark illiterate Goofluck.

And they both sit down in Aso Rock, claiming Nigerians are their children. Surely, we have been intellectually gang-b*nged as citizens to allow these madness to go on.

ejunkie:


@9ijaMan Nothing is over till they publish every evidence they claim to have. Talk is cheap. Let them publish alleged recorded calls, and all the ther things they claim. Simple!


Whether Buhari wins or loses the elections, he still has to pay for wrong uses of intellectual property. It doesnt get simpler than that.

Go to court.

All these lame barking would not deter Nigerians from the transformation we all desire.

We have moved on from the 20hrs of fame Nigerians have accorded Blueband entertainment.

So these nincompoops of labalaba limited still do not get it?

You have no case against CPC. In fact, you are slapping yourself as a glorious inane person Mr. Femi Odewunmi.

Totally ridiculous!!!

Don’t Blackmail CPC and General Buhari

We consider it a privilege to document our thoughts on this distraction attempt by so called youths and their childish attempts at blackmail.

The logo of the CPC is a pen and a flag, it means the party is keen on knowledge, deeply patriotic and eager to re-write Nigeria’s history. We are amazed that digital youths can be so uninformed about the social media we have all come to taut ourselves as experts on.

There are a few documents on this that state actual facts about how this is a cheap blackmail attempt. Some of the documents will be held until further evidence is required.

1. We have documents showing the letters received by CPC officials from third party individuals, the date it got to CPC officials and required time for response. These documents show that we communicated with them within their time frame.

2. We have records of email from Femi Odewumi, MD of Bluelabs LLC indicating their intention to sell the “project” to CPC.

3. We have records of our phone conversations with the MD of Bluelabs LLC, Femi Odewumi where we requested a meeting to make available to him the facts about this case that they have not put into consideration. We also have a record of his return call indicating that his team is meeting in the afternoon and he will get back to us. All these conversations happened hours before launching their malicious website and Femi Odewunmi has not called back.

4. We have records of the the source of the YouTube video, an individual (a fan of the Buhari/Bakare 2011 Campaign) who made it and the various people who have uploaded other videos using the same soundtrack. This YouTube video was a user generated content offered to Buhari4Change Fanpage publicly on Facebook with permissions for use.

5. We have screen shots backing up every detail, some of which are already being adjusted by the people perpetrating this ill.
While neither CPC nor any of it’s officials own, designed or developed the YouTube video montage in question, please find below the terms and conditions of Youtube. This “Transformation soundtrack” has been used to create videos and uploaded to YouTube since, the Jan 30, 2011 (or earlier). YouTube’s Terms of Service about video uploaded to their website states:


by submitting Content to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Content in connection with the Service and YouTube’s (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the Service a non-exclusive license to access your Content through the Service, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such Content as permitted through the functionality of the Service and under these Terms of Service.

– Excerpts from YouTube Terms of Service.

If you feel strongly that the people who initially uploaded your music have violated your rights. There is a process with YouTube to notify them before it becomes viral.

It is a big shame, that opposition politicians can go to any length to corrupt the youth of a nation, at this time, when we are battling for the nations soul.

CPC and Buhari-Bakare have become a growing movement in Nigeria, social media and user generated content are an integral part of ensuring information dissemination beyond government controlled media. While CPC and General Buhari will not infringe on people’s intellectual property, WE WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO BLACKMAIL.

Knowing the notoriety of the Power Disaster People (PDP) and a President who upon becoming a President, there has been escalated bomb attacks across the country, I would not be far from the truth that this alleged bomb attack is possibly from the PDP quarters.

The sheer malady and despondency of GEJ over this election is beyond him being a clueless President. GEJ surely knows how to spend money without being prudent!

How long does he think people's conscience can be bought with their own stolen money?

Nigerians are wiser now. Save Nigeria Group told us of the $50,000US that Jonathan tried to give them upon their visit to him.

Now it is about offering each participant, $7,000 to members of the National Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs.

This pollution surely must come to an end by Nigerians collectively rising up and casting their vote for CHANGE.

The only constant thing in life is CHANGE not goodluck!
www.nairaland.com/attachments/416126_157938_133441700025962_6994155_n_jpgaa0916aa3fe9f7c4c00eb8dd27f43c60

www.nairaland.com/attachments/416126_157938_133441700025962_6994155_n_jpgaa0916aa3fe9f7c4c00eb8dd27f43c60

babytoun:
^^^^^^^^^^

You guys and this gang mentality. what exactly is Buhari bringing to the table? Forget all this anti corruption sentiment.

Why bother responding to you?

Men of of the Nigerian police claimed they foiled a bomb plot at the venue of Muhammad Buhari's rally in Katsina earlier today. Policemen protecting the venue of a massive rally in Buhari's home state of Katsina said they  detected and removed two bombs hidden a bag before the rally.

The bomb scare is coming on the heels of an unsuccessful attempt by the Goodluck Jonathan campaign to bribe the Emir of Katsina. Our source at the emir's palace disclosed that an advance team sent by Dalhatu Sarki Tafida and Isayat Balat, two senior campaign advisors to Mr. Jonathan, met with the Sarkin Katsina before a scheduled meeting between Jonathan and northern emirs as well as Islamic scholars in Kaduna. "The team offered some money in dollars,  but the Emir rejected the bribe," said the source.

[size=14pt]The emir reportedly told Jonathan's emissaries that the People's Democratic Party (PDP) was buried with the late President Umaru Yar'adua in the ancient burial ground of the city of Katsina.

After the meeting in Kaduna with members of the National Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), each of the participants was reportedly offered N1 million ($7,000) for transportation back to their respective states.[/size]

https://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/KT%203.jpg?1301606015
www.nairaland.com/attachments/416126_157938_133441700025962_6994155_n_jpgaa0916aa3fe9f7c4c00eb8dd27f43c60
http://saharareporters.com/news-page/two-bombs-defused-buharis-rally-katsina

bb2011!

debosky:
how did a thread like this get on the home page?

If 'dontbanme' just arrived in Nigeria then I am the Pope's first born. . . .this is appalling.

Exactly my thoughts.

And more appalling is the point that this thread originated from a certain member of this forum who is well consistent with multiple IDs.

Where and what is a Nigerian made vehicle?

And yet we still continue to import dustbin and toothpick from the UK??

This GEJ is definitely a joke!

Well, I will not say much again.

Buhari's Official Facebook Fan Webpage has said they will publish their own side of the story by 1pm today!

So all the anti-Buhari noisemakers, please continue!!!

How really low can you GEJ fans get?

I am not disturbed with this PDP news at all. The facts are glaring that this is a PDP stunt to pull down the credibility of Buhari once again.

1. The website alleging ownership to the song never for once made mention of Omolara and Cobhams as the people involved in producing that song. The website is a PDP website.

2. A glossary view at their own version of the video showed the concept was from PDP. They showed PDP logo in that video and equally had GEJ displayed twice in that video. If indeed they are claiming Intellectual Property to that song, why must PDP umbrella be in it? Why did they refuse to mention the lady whose voice was used with the song? Why was GEJ shown in that video with a recent picture he just took and placed on facebook?!

If PDP wants to play the internet battle of maligning credible people, be rest assured that the battle has just began!

Let's see how far and low they can get.

Buhari/Bakare 2011!!!!

Beaf is back with his numerous IDs on the forum.

That boy needs a real life inside Kirikiri prisons.

[size=14pt]This is the most shameless, most clueless, most useless, most ''olodo-rious'' President Nigeria has ever had![/size]

Haba!!!!

May this President not suffer from heart attack from this hopeless state of being clueless about the affairs of the nation!

KnowAll:
[size=14pt]why should Buhari make a house wife her vp. abi which kin talk be that just because she had a couple of years internship in the WB(just like Monica Lewinski) she don become hot property abegiiiiiiiiiiii[/size].  

This is so wrong of you to say. Yes we all want a change. But gender discrimination coming from you is far worse off. I expected better from you than what you are presently saying.

@ OP,

Buhari a chauvinist? How

Racist? You need to buy a dictionary apparently.

They have come again. PDP sponsored agents. Out to malign and corrupt the innocent minded people that PDP is now clean of their well rated thieves.

I know Buhari would come out and refute these nonsense stories from these bag of confused and clueless GEJ party.

Who needs them Atiku, IBB and Gusau support now?

At least we do not have a GEJ in CPC who would claim IBB is his godfather.

Nor do we have a Ribadu who would travel to Minna and be genuflecting to IBB.


@ Moderators,

Could you please modify the title of this thread? None of the three people mentioned in the headline has categorically stated they are for Buhari. These sheer lies from them GEJ really needs to be curbed.

slap1:
How come nobody is screaming "rented crowd"?

Maybe they think we can be fooled again with rented crowd wearing the same kinda dress. Nigerians are saying ''Enough is enough''!

Wadeoye:
Is it even thinkable that Buhari who is so loved by over 70 percent of the north and more than 25% of the south will stepdown for a candidate that can't command 10% of the total votes Buhari will get?

Let the truth be told, the people know who they want and I think Ribadu and Shekarau also know. It is in view of this that I will say they should allow the wish of the people to prevail and stepdown for Buhari. Whoever is thinking that Buhari will stepdown for people that can't even win in their local government is deceiving himself.

Well there are still on-going talks about a coalition of forces to join hands with Buhari. So all hope is not yet lost.