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He must then make a concerted effort to change his tactic to get his message across, as the priest method seems not to resonate with most Nigerians. The only Foolish person here is unfortunately you.Politics is much more than rhetorics, if you don’t understand that you can’t make any progress.

TeeKings:
If not that you guys swallows anything the biased media throws at you and are blinded by sentiments, you would have taken your time to listen to the whole interview and get to hear what he has to do for Nigerians because the media will never show you that part but they are quick to lift an excerpt from the whole and here you all are acting like the foolish people you have always been

You are never in the news trending for what it is you intend to do to make the country Nigeria better for its citizens. Instead you spend your time speaking about other candidates and on issues that wont resonate with voters beyond the 5mins fame it earns you on Twitter. Candidates who just joined the race like Peter Obi have shown you what it takes to cultivate a following, Solutions....Turakin Adamawa Alhaji Atiku Waziri Abubakar GCON is not your problem you have work to do! We know that you are on the payroll of the city boy and thats okay! You have just exposed yourself as a serial Blackmailer, its your claim to fame.

A waste of time and a lack of clear priorities, typical for the APC and our candidate.. Can you now go and get interviewed also?

Very fertile woman with loins that fruit in multiples

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FreeStuffsNG:
Hmmm. This article below is a reminder again. Do not outsource your role as a father.


EKWEREMADU: Between Fatherhood and Ambition


I recall having this conversation with my wife during the week when the case of Sen. Ike Ekweremadu came up and I was completely in an incandescent shock that this man actually has a sick daughter yet has been all over the place attending political meetings for his political ambition instead of taking time out from the highly demanding world of politics to sort out his daughter's pressing health needs.


He was all over the place during the PDP  primaries, he lost the PDP gubernatorial primaries for Enugu state then started planning to decamp to APGA, then APC , reportedly taken to APC national Chairman by HE Uzodinma, Imo state Governor, when APC stalwarts in Enugu APC, led by their state APC Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, outrightly rejected him. 

He eventually lost and , unlike previous election cycles, Senator Ekweremadu is not returning to the Nigerian Senate.He lost on all the political fronts.


Sen. Ike Ekweremadu was all over the place so much that it appeared like he did not follow through on the health and lifestyle choices of his children.


He did not follow through on what I believe is more important than his political ambition; the life of his daughter and a family at the low ebb of the apprehension of losing a child  to kidney failure.


Ike Ekeremadu was so consumed by his political ambition that he had no time and seriousness to do due diligence and background check on the character they got him as a donor for his daughter , I doubt if with his PhD, he even had the time to follow through and read up to ask the right questions from the professionals,  understand the risks and benefits of why it could be better for one member of his family of six to donate to the daughter instead of a stranger and seek help to find out if there are some of the tests which can be done on the stranger here in Nigeria before bundling a total stranger overseas. 


He was so consumed by politics that when the 22-year old donor went rogue and was allegedly scheming behind him to deny his age and report Ike and family to UK police, it probably escaped his detection and intervention soon enough so he can be the first to report to UK police and then return the donor to Nigeria for him to immediately restart the process of getting alternative donor(s) for his ailing daughter whose life was more important to him.


He forgot that he was first a father and husband before becoming a Senator,Deputy Senate President and SSG. 

He forgot that he will finish as a father and husband.


I compared Senator Ekweremadu to Joe Biden and I believe that he could have followed the Biden example. Then in 2015 , US Vice President Biden had a dying son and had the opportunity to contest in his party's primaries to emerge against Trump for the US Presidency but Biden stepped down from that race in order to support his dying son.


At a point, Biden was to sell his family house before Barack Obama intervened and offered to pay for the treatment. Biden's boy made his Dad promise him that no matter what happens, Biden must not give up his life long ambition to be US President, Biden's boy, Beau Biden later died. Biden grieved without the guilt of abandoning his son for his political ambition.


 In 2021, years after his son had passed on , Biden contested and won. There are many Nigerian politicians (and professionals) who will do like Biden but not like Ike.   


Family is so important that we even need the approval of a sick dying one before we place anything above their life


That is the lesson Ike missed and was almost about to lose from both ends as his wife who takes care of the daughter remains in prison until July 7 and now August 4.      


Last two Sundays ago was Father's Day , I really truly hope that fathers used that day to reflect and understand the real responsibility of fatherhood. It is the hardest job for a man but it gives the greatest reward if you do your best at it.


As a father , I have realized that it is not possible to outsource that role of a father and not pay heavy fines.  


May God heal that Ike Ekweremadu's daughter and may God help the Ike Ekweremadu family in this their difficult time. I know it is a difficult place for them. 

May God help all fathers to realise that "your child is your responsibility". 


That you pay all the bills and have a devoted and responsible wife/mother of your child won't still make up for your negligence. 


Your child is your responsibility and not even your ambition can replace what you will miss if you neglect your role in the life of your child. 


This a lesson to all fathers: Do not behave like Senator Ike Ekweremadu who was literally chasing rats around the house when his house was on fire.


May God help us all to succeed and may our children not develop kidney failure. May our labour of love and sacrifice be rewarded in our life time and when we are long gone, Amen.
Sunkanmi Vaughan is a Lagos-based Pharmacist and Author.

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Okay . David Hundeyin scores Big in my eyes again as a top Investigative Journalist

Well your point was that he was unwilling to release it because it may possibly shed light on his nationality.I do agree with you that these candidates owe Nigerians and Voters a duty to be transparent with every information about them with the law.I am swear that this issue has been trashed out in court and so there should be no ambiguity about it. It’s public. Knowledge

kafeii123:
Well...you worded it like you were responding to a Peter Obi campaign executive who is peddling lies...whereas that was far from the case.

I remember his primary and secondary education not being issues prior to now...but now that it's sort of generating a furore...he can simply re-release such details with proof.

It's the same BAT should've done.... except they're both getting a kick out of this...they both should have sorted this out since

I have not insulted you! I actually meant no offense beyond pointing out that you in this case you have chosen to be willful misinformed when all the information is available to you at your fingertips. You don’t have to hear it from me. Do your research my brother. Don’t take offense too quickly it’s not a sign of maturity.

kafeii123:
You could educate my glaring ignorance rather than insultively posing a question..

I know about Nigeria ...but northern Nigeria is not an area I ever lived in or know so well so...are you intending to educate me or you were seeking an opportunity to show a lack of home training?

Have you just decided to be Willfully Ignorant or you don’t know about the history of Nigeria?

kafeii123:
except it was a mixup....the man's earlier schooling may be in neighboring cameroun where his father is rumoured to have immigrated from. listing them may bring up the matter of his real place of birthband indigeneship... hopefully this issues will be sorted out early enough...we're too close to elections to still be dragging this type of things

Atiku has this information all over the internet.Has this ever been an issue for conversation regarding the man in his previous contests? We know Late Gani had reservations about Tinubus Academic Qulifications as far back as 2000. Atiku went to Jada Primary School and eared a Grade 3 in WAEC in 1965.This information has yet to be disputed.on the issue of qualifying to work as a customs officer, your opinion not facts.

Faiththatworks:
Let me start by making it very very clear,I will vote for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Now that my bias is out of the way, back to the matter, Oya Atiku supporters we are waiting for your defence of your Master,where's his primary, secondary school certificate oooooo.
I'm sure Atiku secondary certificate is full of F9,that's why he can't present it.
For those who don't understand,let me break it down to you, Nigeria Custom in 1965 was for only the laziest,most unintelligent people in the country.
Only people with very very low IQ joined them because Nigeria was thriving back then,even the private sector were recruiting Directly from secondary schools and the very few Universities available in the country due to shortage of labor,so u understand why someone like Atiku had to join the Nigerian Custom.
Back to the matter,I still don't understand why any sane Nigerian will.look at the credentials of Asiwaju Tinubu,a man who worked in only Forbes Top 500 companies in the world,and ask me to chose between him and a retired custom officer and a local banker who spent all his working life in a small local bank called Fidelity bank,haba make una fear God.
Asiwaju on your Mandate we stand GIDIGBA,no shaking.
I must say this before I leave,I challenge Reno Omokri to stop all these childish tantrums and tell us one company he ever worked for before relocating to work as Jonathan sycophant,he's always quick to throw stones at Tinubu,but I dare him to drop his CV, let us his know his academic worth.
God bless Nigeria

Have you visited NIMC office before? The most frequent issue there is correction of age So it's a normal Practice in Nigeria.

But Tinubu is the reason why Lagos is what it is today.

Privatepart00:
Praising a Governor for using public funds to do what he’s elected for?

So wore the political Jobber

Your eye don clear as e be… You should count yourself as truly lucky that you were not sent into bankruptcy.

Thomas Partey reveals he has changed his name to Yakubu after marrying his Muslim wife and changing religion - but midfielder will still be referred to as Partey when playing for Arsenal and continue wearing Thomas on his jersey

Thomas Partey has changed his name to Yakubu after converting to Islam following his recent marriage to Moroccan Sara Bella.

However, despite the name change, the midfielder will still be referred to Partey when playing for Arsenal.

In addition, the 28-year-old will keep Thomas as the name on the back of his shirt when in action.

'I have a girl I love, I know my side chicks will leave me but it's no problem,' he joked in an Instagram video posted by Ghanaian journalist Nana Aba Anamoah, as quoted by Pulse.

'I grew up with Muslims so at the end of the day it's the same thing. I'm already married and my Muslim name is Yakubu.'

Raised as a Christian in east Ghana, Partey told his national media in March that he had become a Muslim due to Bella.

In mid-March a picture of him in London with a Sheikh circulated on social media as the pair held the Quran - the scripture of Islam.

And devoting himself further to Islam, Partey has now taken on the name Yakubu after tying the knot to Bella.

Partey featured just 26 times for Arsenal in all competitions last season as injury and suspension curtailed any further part.

A hamstring injury during a 3-0 defeat at Crystal Palace on April 4 saw his campaign end short as the Gunners missed out on finishing in the top four to bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

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You call it first. Kudos

They have called it almost to perfection. Impressive from our media

Two great leaders of our party.The party is supreme Ahmed Lawan is Mr President's Choice.

Show them Photo so they will know waussup. Doubtful Thomas

Latakia:
I'm live at the venue, na Jagaban cap and logo every delegates dey wear.

Do not deceive your self, Apc Governors control delegates but sadly don’t control the Northern electorate.The Northern electorate will vote for their own and Atiku will win. Go to you bookmakers and places handsome chunk of money on that.

The conversation sadly is about the wrong things. None of the candidates you have mentioned will stand a chance against Turakin Adamawa HE Atiku Abubakar.

When Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo won 1999 elections that ended a decade and half of military rule, he created an unusual political record. He scored the least votes among his Yoruba kin in the country's southwest, even failing to win in his ward at his hometown, Abeokuta.
But he swept the rest of the country, winning most votes in the northern Hausa-Fulani Muslim heartland, in the southeast dominated by Igbos as well as the central region and the southern Niger Delta populated mainly by ethnic minorities.

Obasanjo had made overtures to his kinsmen in a bid to build a political base for himself, to the disappointment of his backers. But the Alliance for Democracy (AD), the dominant party in the southwest, said it would only support Obasanjo's re-election if he accepted its political programme.
The key element of this programme was the demand for a "sovereign national conference" to work out a new political structure for Nigeria that would give more power to the regions and leave a weak centre. It was a demand shared by all other regions except the north. But it went against Obasanjo's political grain. Since his days as military ruler in the 1970s he had sought to build a Nigeria with a strong central government and weak regions.

"Some people in the South West have gone as far as to argue that Obasanjo is not a Yoruba man. He is an Igbo man from the South-East. His father is from Anambra while his mother is a Yoruba woman. And that was why during his tenure, he completely ignored the South West. For example, throughout his eight years, he did nothing on the Lagos- Ibadan expressway. "But he did a lot for his people in the South-East. He picked five Ministers from there and even appointed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from Anambra where his father comes from.

People will say different reasons why the South West should support a South eastern candidate, and the South east will say the same thing which is fair argument in all honesty.

The truth is that equity has eluded mankind ,Most especially Africa, same reasons the North does not want to restructure Nigeria they instead want to continue to benefit from our divisions to continue to produce leaders that they totally control their political lives.This is the reason why a candidate like Goodluck Johnathan was even a consideration with his disastrously poor 5yrs in office, they prefer that to credible candidates.

I totally disagree with the Notion that a Muslim Muslim ticket offers some sort of better solution. I see that BAT is your candidate and you are entitled to your choice, but to force a Muslim-Muslim ticket on Nigerians is a Mistake that Vice President Atiku Abubakar can’t wait to capitalize on.Don’t be delusional.

PrinceofAnambra:
They want to pick a running mate for Tinubu. A Muslim/Muslim ticket undoubtedly sets a very bad precedence but so also does a Fulani Buhari 8yrs president followed by another Fulani Atiku 8 yrs Presidency, which is far worst.

I have chosen my poison carefully. I would rather a Muslim/Muslim ticket where federal power returns to the South so that we can speak to those killer fulani herdsmen and other terrorists in the language they understand and stop their carnage across the South, than to have another Fulani Miyetti Allah sponsor and Sheik Gumi friend named Atiku continue the disaster from where Buhari stopped. Atiku that has said he is against anti-grazing laws, that it is unconstitutional, he will definitely be worst than Buhari.

Atiku can pretend all he wants and deceive his foolish supporters in the South but some of us can see through his ethno-religious coloration and tribalistic shenanigans.

Funny! Another beer-palour journalism and reportage. Their views carry no significance to the overall outcome