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PoliticsRe: Obi Most Popular Choice Among Nigerians — Kwakol Poll by pedologist(m): 6:24pm On Feb 14, 2023
nameo:
Lolz.... you mean a sample size of 774,000 people?

Lolz....again.

Bros, it means you know nothing of polling then. No polling sampling size can ever get to that level i.e it is impossible to do and even negates the very essense/reason of polling. Even in the U.S. where the population is almost twice ours, the sampling size is usually between 1000-3000 persons(Gallpoll usually uses just 1000 persons).

This is statistics. As long as the sample is weighted(to mirror the voting society) so that it is representative and is RANDOM, any increase in numbers would not affect the overall polling outcome. This is statistics 101.

I am not well versed with the methodology of this particular polling, altho i see that their sampling was both random and weighted, i will accept the outcome cos it aligns with ALL other polling done by EVERY polling organisation at various times within this election campaign cycle(some even repeated more than once). It is almost impossible in statistics for you to have different outcomes if different "experiments" is done repeatedly using similar methodology.

The highly expected last NOI/ANAP poll will not be different.

From a data perspective, Obi is expected to win the coming Presidential elections. What Obi and his supporters do with that is another matter entirely
The US polls u mentioned is also faulty and unreliable.
U mean the Poll that shows Hillary Clinton winning by Landslide that she end up losing 3 Blue wall states or just recently during midterm election when the Polls forecast Red Tsunami but Democrats not only maintain Senate Majority but even gained One seat and lost House by handful of seats.
This pollers are either too partisan, ignorant or doesn't understand Nigeria
PoliticsRe: 2023: Fresh Nextier Poll Projects Peter Obi’s Victory by pedologist(m): 6:04pm On Feb 06, 2023
achymmania:
I don't know how to say this without being insulted. The truth of the matter is, that obi is not going to win this coming election.

As a matter of fact, he won't come anywhere near the two major candidates. He's just popular in Lagos, southeast and amongst few young elites.

The real voting strength is in the core rural areas. Not to even mention, that a vast percentage (if not more than half) of those who want him at the helmes of power, do not have PVC.

Mr Obi is just going to spoil market for PDP in the south and if care is not taken, Tinubu might win this election.

This is my own personal objective analysis. Please don't insult me ooooo.
Your analysis is right.
This is better than the Truth, it's a Fact with reasonable analysis.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Can Repeat The Sunak & Macron Examples By Electing A Young President by pedologist(m): 8:26pm On Dec 27, 2022
We're more alike Politically with US than France or UK

Youthful Emmanuel Macron Won French Presidency as Outsider with new Party.

That will never Happen in US or Nigeria.
Nigeria are so much divided by Tribe, Ethnicity and Religion.

US also is divided between Liberals and Conservatives.

Us Vs Them Politics
PoliticsRe: Thisday 2023 Election Centre: Why Presidential Run Off Is Increasingly Likely by pedologist(m): 6:35pm On Dec 27, 2022
Think9ja:
In Tinubu and Atiku's strongholds, they didn't give them 70% winning margin in any state. But in the South East which is Mr. Pandora Greengory's stronghold, they are giving him 70% winning margin. But anything to raise the hopes of these wishful thinkers is welcomed.

25% in Sokoto is more than 50% in some Southeast States.
It's just Obi Mirage
Here this....

Atiku will win the election at the first ballot

Pandora Greengory will not win a single state
Zombiedients will wail and wail and end up saying Pandora "tried"
IPOBs and UGM will go on an agitation and killing spree.
South East will be further depopulated
Pandora will try to come back to the PDP and negotiate for a ministerial slot.
Atiku will go on to become the best president since the beginning of the fourth republic.


Congratulations to PDP
PoliticsRe: We Won’t Tolerate Another IPOB In Yorubaland — Akeredolu by pedologist(m): 11:24pm On Dec 24, 2022
derecho:
That's why we are voting ObiDatti
We won't allow killer herdsmen too and a Silly Tinubu will come and ask "where are the cows?"
We won't allow an islamization of the SW too.

By the way, how far with the Owo massacre?
Calm down, it's Politics and you're bringing religion into it,
Islamization? Are you serious? Nigeria is secular country even though Muslims are majority, everyone has a right to practice his religion in any Region.
Have you ever heard a Muslim in Nigeria agitating against Christianization of Nigeria?
PoliticsRe: Now That The North Has Found Oil By Simon Kolawole by pedologist(m): 12:34am On Nov 29, 2022
TheGiftedOne:
... Can the south now go their separate ways?
Yes please, North already have abundance of Clean Water and Vast Arable Land, Oil is Just Plus Point.
Free Advise, stop limiting yourself to Nairaland as only source of News and Knowledge, You sound like you don't know we're in 21st century.
PoliticsRe: Supplementary Election: Ganduje Executes More Emergency Projects, Shares Money by pedologist(m): 12:16am On Mar 23, 2019
Avedonn:
Kano people will surely regret if they they vote out Ganduje because faulty as its, the man has transformed Kano state. So basically Abba is wasting is time and resource on futile and bleak quest.



Sai Ganduje tsoho Uban Abba;

Baban Abba Ganduje;

Gatan Abba Ganduje;

Kai Abba ga baban ka Ganduje;

Kabi ubanka kai Abba.
Seriously?
i thought your language is too partisan before i saw ur Rarara quote,
Dan Jagaliya Shame on you
PoliticsRe: Buhari Appoints Junaid Abdullahi, His Son-In-Law As Head Of Border Agency by pedologist(m): 8:44pm On Nov 05, 2018
kirajustice:
@POLITICSNGR

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has silently appointed his Son-in-law, Junaid Abdullahi as the head of Nigeria's Border Communities Development Agency, PoliticsNGR has learned.

According to Premium Times, Abdullahi was married to President Buhari's first daughter, Zulaihat, who passed away in 2012 from complications developed during childbirth at the age of 40.

The retired army captain quietly resumed duties on October 18, taking over from Ummai Idakwo, the former director of the agency.

According to a Government Source, the appointment was likely hushed in order to save the President from accusations of Nepotism. President Buhari has been plagued with accusations of nepotism since 2015 from critics who believe his appointments were lopsided.

https://politicsngr.com/just-buhari-appoints-son-law-head-border-agency/
i really don't know what is wrong with us Nigerians, Donald Trump appoint his Daughter & Son In law as Special assistant, Nobody call him out,
don't let hatred cloud your judgment.
BusinessRe: Please Help! Gtbank Is Trying To Charge Me For ATM Card Twice by pedologist(m): 4:06pm On Sep 05, 2018
NuclearWeapon:
Got my GTB and Access ATM cards transferred from Akure to Lagos couple of weeks ago. Op should calm down and explore other compliant channels before coming online. The way we Nigerians reason sometimes sef, that doesn't mean the banks are not guilty in other areas o.
No, this is for real, it happened to me today, and honestly this is bad policy, or should i say stealing people's money legally
BusinessRe: Please Help! Gtbank Is Trying To Charge Me For ATM Card Twice by pedologist(m): 4:03pm On Sep 05, 2018
Babygiwa:
So last week, I noticed that the expiry date of my Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) ATM Card is 09/18 meaning it will expire September (this month) so I went over to their branch at Oke-Ileowo/Kuto in Abeokuta hoping to get a new one or place an order for a new one so as not to be blind-sighted.

I was on the queue when one of their staff asked me what I needed, I explained to her and she told me that I can’t place an order for a new one until the old one expired or at least until the middle of September and in any case, I will receive an alert from the bank telling me it has been renewed and then I can order for it so I left thinking it was all good.

Fast forward to earlier this week, I got an alert from GTBank telling me that my ATM has been automatically renewed and I should come over to their Oregun branch to pick it up. Note that I have never been to that branch as I opened the account on the road via a marketer and later took my personal documents to another branch to regularize my documentation for the account.

So I went there this morning to get the shock of my life. I was on the queue once again waiting for my turn when a young man apparently a staff since he was wearing a GTBank shirt and had an ID card with the name OLALEKAN. He asked what I wanted and I told him and he said, they have stopped transfer of ATM cards and I will have to cancel the one that was renewed and order for a new one there which will mean I will have to be charged twice.

I stayed on the queue hoping the lady in charge will have better news. It got to my turn only for her (TITILOPE) to tell me the same thing that it is not the bank’s fault but I will have to pay for a new one and then she flippantly added that “Or you can pick up the other one when next you go to Lagos”

Now people, help me out here oo why should I have to pay for an ATM card twice or why can’t I request that my new ATM card be delivered to the branch close to me like sane banks like First, Zenith, Diamond etc? Hmmmm. Maybe this is why some people call them GBT Bank saying this is why they are declaring profits upandan
that's exactly what happened to me today, i opened my account at Oke-arin branch lagos but now i reside in kano, they deduct 1000+50 naira from my account and today i visit zaria road branch in kano, they said they stop card transfer, i should issue another card or i will wait till i visit lagos to collect my card.
EducationStudents At KUST WUDIL To Pay #17,000 Penalty For Riot by pedologist(op): 10:36am On Jun 23, 2018
According to the circular, each Kano University of Science and Technology Student will pay #13,000 penalty and #4,000 for Medical screening.

EducationRe: Bayero University Kano Post-UTME 2017/2018 Aptitude Test Announced by pedologist(m): 7:30pm On Aug 31, 2017
Naijacost22:
Nonsense. No be school where aboki they get 100 for jamb and still get admitted to do Mechanical engineering and Medicine? Abeg this secondary school standard university should be begging Southerners to come give the school value.

Edit: If you no like my post please go drink rat Poison. I dey wait you for my house, come fight me.
You speak like someone who never left his rotten state, i will say u should ask ur colleagues who study in northern universities but u don't sound like someone with educated friends.
PoliticsRe: 'i'm Okay, I Only Need To Obey Doctors Orders' -president Buhari by pedologist(m): 10:53pm On Aug 12, 2017
paBuhari:
In sane climes, Buhari would have been impeached long ago for abdicating responsibility. But because this country is a zoo, mediocrity is the order of the day.
Wait and see how mumu members of the vegetable's govt will tag Buhari's illness and recovery the biggest achievement of Buhari's govt. grin Since they have nothing to show for in terms of achievement, Buhari will soon be celebrated by zombies for spending 6 months in London. grin grin grin
do u always talk nonsense or u don't know how to read & understand constitution?
PhonesRe: MTN Has Stopped Night Browsing by pedologist(op): 1:36pm On Dec 01, 2016
Sandydayziz:
Ahh! dat's serious.... Omo dis country's going backward o
touché
PhonesRe: MTN Has Stopped Night Browsing by pedologist(op): 11:43pm On Nov 30, 2016
Sandydayziz:
Chai!!! Re u serious shockedshockedshocked

PhonesMTN Has Stopped Night Browsing by pedologist(op): 9:16pm On Nov 30, 2016
Yesterday night i didn't sleep early because i want to subscribe for MTN night plan but after i sent 'Night' to 131 They reply me with:
Sorry, this offer is no longer available. Please dial *131*1# to see all data plans.
PoliticsRe: Grand Total Federal Allocation To States From May 2015 To June 2016 by pedologist(m): 5:08pm On Aug 23, 2016
yinchar:
Based on this estimate, Bayelsa has been collecting the highest allocation per local govt close to N1Billion every month. The state should be the richest and the most developed state in the country, this is not mentioning the separate LGA allocation.

However, despite all these, the state is still owing workers and lecturers up to 6months salary. A state being ruled by PDP since inception. My brothers from the south should ask their leaders what they have been doing exactly with all the money allocated to them, it's their collective wealth being squandered by some useless corrupt politicians.

But the way nature will have it, they won't, due to their ethnic bigotry.....

[size=22pt]N1Billion/LGA every 4weeks[/size]...... shocked shocked shocked
touché
Foreign AffairsOmran Daqneesh, 5, Was Rescued After An Airstrike In The Syrian City Of Aleppo. by pedologist(op): 2:21pm On Aug 19, 2016
BEIRUT, Lebanon — In the images, he
sits alone, a small boy coated with
gray dust and encrusted blood. His
little feet barely extend beyond his
seat. He stares, bewildered, shocked
and, above all, weary, as if channeling
the mood of Syria .
The boy, identified by medical
workers as Omran Daqneesh, 5, was
pulled from a damaged building after
a Syrian government or Russian
airstrike in the northern city of
Aleppo. He was one of 12 children
under the age of 15 treated on
Wednesday — not a particularly
unusual figure — at one of the
hospitals in the city’s rebel-held
eastern section, according to doctors
there.
But some images strike a particular
nerve, for reasons both obvious and
unknowable, jarring even a public
numbed to disaster. Omran’s is one.
Within minutes of being posted by
witnesses and journalists, a
photograph and a video of Omran
began rocketing around the world on
social media. Unwittingly, Omran —
like Alan Kurdi , the Syrian toddler
who drowned last September and
whose body washed up on a Turkish
beach — is bringing new attention to
the thousands upon thousands of
children killed and injured during
five years of war and the inability or
unwillingness of global powers to stop
the carnage.
Maybe it was his haircut, long and
floppy up top; or his rumpled T-shirt
showing the Nickelodeon cartoon
character CatDog; or his tentative,
confused movements in the video. Or
the instant and inescapable question
of whether either of his parents was
left alive.
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In any event, by Thursday morning,
Omran’s image had been broadcast
and published around the world, and
Syrians were sharing mock-ups of his
photograph in memes that both cried
for help and darkly mocked the futile
repetitiveness of such pleas.
One, riffing on Omran’s officelike
chair, showed him at a desk as if
representing his country to the world.
The real representative of the #Syrian
people pic.twitter.com/eRPCRJUENU
— Zaher Sahloul (@sahloul) August 18,
2016
Another pasted him like a silent
accusation between President Obama
and his Russian counterpart, President
Vladimir V. Putin.
Syrians are tweeting Omran's picture
as they ask why the world is doing
nothing about the killing in #Aleppo
pic.twitter.com/ioXM3Tgmke
— Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) August
18, 2016
The drafting of Omran as an emblem
of despair is not new; images of dead
and injured children from Syria are
shared daily on social media, many of
them indescribably more harrowing.
Pieces of children’s bodies being
pulled from rubble are photographed
with appalling regularity in a war of
indiscriminate attacks, most often
from government airstrikes and
shelling but also from rebel mortars.
But while the mind revolts against
looking too long at those pictures, and
many news media shun them as too
gruesome, it may be the relatively
familiar look of Omran’s distress that
allows a broader public to relate to it.
In the case of Alan, the Syrian toddler
who washed up on a beach after his
family tried to reach Europe on a
smuggler’s boat, the child was dead.
But his body was intact, lying in the
sand as if sleeping, and dressed neatly
with evident parental love for his big
journey.
Omran, as he is carried from a
damaged building in the dark, could
be Everychild. He looks around in
confusion, his chubby forearm draped
trustingly across the reflective stripe
on his rescuer’s back, before he is
plopped into the chair at the back of
an ambulance, lit blindingly white.
He settles into a thousand-yard stare,
apparently too stunned to cry. Then
he puts a hand to his bloody brow,
looks at his palm in surprise, and tries
to wipe it on the chair. He glances
around, as if trying to understand
where he is.
Omran’s picture and video were
distributed by the Aleppo Media
Center, a longstanding group of
antigovernment activists and citizen
journalists who document the conflict.
They were also shared with journalists
by doctors from the hospital where he
was treated, which is supported by the
Syrian American Medical Society .
The video shows two more small
children brought to the ambulance,
and then two adults. They were taken
to a hospital already swamped with
casualties.
Mohammad al-Ahmad, a radiology
nurse, was in the emergency room
when Omran arrived around 9 p.m.
with bruises and cuts all over his
body.
“The boy was traumatized,” Mr.
Ahmad said. “He wasn’t speaking
when he arrived. A few minutes later,
he started crying from pain.”
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Mr. Ahmad cleaned Omran’s face and
bandaged his head, as images shared
by the hospital’s medical staff showed.
Doctors said they found no apparent
signs of brain injury.
In the chaos, the hospital workers,
who communicated via online
messages, could not immediately say
which of the boy’s adult relatives were
alive and whether they were with
him.
That is not unusual, medical workers
say, in a city where some dead and
injured children cannot even be
identified because they are brought in
alone. Bombings bring so many
patients at once that doctors treat
them on the floor, and hospitals and
medical workers have been
systematically targeted in the war.
Later, doctors at the hospital said they
had verified that Omran’s parents had
survived, though their home had been
destroyed. Relatives declined to speak,
saying they were afraid of
government reprisals. The doctors said
the family may have relatives living in
government-controlled territory.
Mahmoud Raslan, who had taken some
of the video and photographs of
Omran, said in an interview that the
boy lived with his mother, father and
three siblings, and that they were all
injured.
Cases like Omran’s are a daily sight in
eastern Aleppo, several doctors said,
adding that he was lucky in that he
made it to a hospital that was still
open.
Mr. Ahmad, the nurse, said three
other children had been hospitalized
with Omran, along with a 22-year-old
man who had been stuck under rubble
for eight hours. He said that at least
three people had died in the strike.
“But Omran took all the attention,” he
said.
Mr. Raslan, the photographer, was
surprised that the images of this one
boy drew so much news coverage
when, he said, he photographs similar
events every day.
On Thursday morning, journalists
from around the world were
clamoring in an online chat group for
more information about Omran and
his family. But the doctors had moved
on.
They were handling yet another influx
from a bombing that morning, later
posting new images. A boy lay on the
floor, his legs missing. A woman in
black put her hand to her mouth in
anguish.
Another boy lay on a gurney, soaked
in blood, as a clinician worked on
him. A few minutes later came another
text message: The boy had died. His
name was Ibrahim Hadiri, and there
was a new photograph of his face,
eyes closed. It is not likely to go viral.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/world/middleeast/omran-daqneesh-syria-aleppo.html

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