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NgeneUkwenu:
So when the TAINIODS have refused to come up with any false propaganda, do you expect me to keep quite?

Just give them time...I assure you they will.

I can almost feel the PDP machinery working overtime to churn out a scandal on Osinbajo.

I think it is an attempt to balance out the ticket so that religious bigots will not continue to use their shallow minded views to rob the nation of the opportunity to have Buhari at the helm of affairs.

2011 is now history...2015 is ahead and holds a lot of promise for the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket.

Even President Jonathan and his team know that they have a true battle on their hands this time because for one, GEJ does not have a Tinubu playing spoiler with Southwest votes this time around...I may be wrong

Hilarious!!!!

It is wishful thinking for anyone to think they can impose Sharia on the whole nation in a democracy, especially in a country like Nigeria.

I am sure Buhari knows that and will not even try to do that. But if he does, we will deal with that matter when it becomes an issue.

Until then, he has my vote. Even if I was going to let anyone talk me out of voting for Buhari in the next elections, it definitely wont be a duplicitous turncoat like Femi Fani Kayode.

Very good news.

donmalcolm21:
All PDP clowns supporting Jonathan need to ask themselves "IF one of the chibok girls or the thousands of Nigerian civilians and soldiers killed under the watch of this government was related to me, will I still support GEJ?"

Fixed.

Stop the bigotry and falsehood.

Vote who you will in 2015 and allow others their choice.

great1:
reflecting back on the speech that Muhamadu Buhari gave last night, I have every reason to cast doubt that he never paid out bribes to politicians to vote for him. I believe on his behalf other politicians would have dolled out millions of dollars to greedy delegates to vote for him... I have every reason to question his mandate and whether he is the messiah to save Nigeria..

In 1983 he single handedly created the problem we are experiencing today by tampering with a democratic government claiming to be a hero. This dude is 75 years old. I'm sure Amaechi is only using him as a vehicle to get to Aso Rock and replace Jonathan. But I rather have GEJ voted in because he is trust worthy and he is the Leader we need. Not some old looking scarecrows with missing tooth coming to tell us Nigeria is corrupt, when he was the person who brought corruption to Nigeria...


Perhaps if APC had picked Kwankwaso, it would have been much clearer for them to win, but picking Buhari is the worst mistake they've made.
I rather not VOTE than to Vote for the same person who Killed my uncle because of his political hatred for minorities.




Goodluck to them..

You don't sound like you ever owned an APC membership card...which makes me question the integrity of the rest of your post.

Goodluck to you too.

I wonder what it is about Nigerian politics that makes people lose their sense of reasoning.

First of all, like Obasanjo rightly pointed out, Sharia as a system of justice exists and is enshrined in the Nigerian constitution.

Currently we have Sharia courts overseen by Khadis and Grand Khadis...it is not a new introduction.

Having said that however, I don't understand how a anyone will believe that any leader can just wake up and announce full sharia for a country like Nigeria.

It is a democracy for crying out loud guys!!! Apply common sense I beg.

I wish Buhari will select Fashola as his running mate.

Fashola is a moderate muslim and will surely add a lot of value to the ticket.

Mr Ifeduba please edit your thread title.

You made it sound like Agbaje had announced a running mate.

Announcing an Igbo man could be a double edged sword.

On one end, it might position the PDP to ride on the votes of the Igbo populace resident in Lagos, to Alausa.
On the other hand, it could mean the PDP will have to run a "Christian-Christian ticket". While the average Lagosian might not have a problem with that, the teeming muslim population of the State could feel alienated, especially if the APC fields a muslim running mate.

The truth is that Ambode would have decimated Koro at the polls.

With Agbaje, it would be a more even battle pitting Ambode with the support of the formidable Tinubu political machine against Agbaje's charm and youth appeal.

Kudos to the Lagos PDP leadership for correctly analysing the situation. I hope they can find a way of pacifying Koro so he does not pull a "Gbenga Daniel" on the party. There is no denying the fact that the ex minister has his loyal crowd and could play a spoiler's role.

A popular yoruba idiom says "Kaka ki eku ma je sese,afi she awadanu ni"

The elections in Lagos will be very well contested next year.

May the better man win it!

oscarforreal:
The situation is very dire in the sense that both candidates are credible. Both of cause certain factors would come to play here. Without not wanting to be sentimental here cause I am supporter of APC at the presidential election, I am convinced Jimmy Agbaje would make a better candidate. Ambode with his wealth of experience would have had an edge but of course the endless list of political heavy weights waiting to feast on the state treasury if elected would deny the state too many infrastructures that would have benefited the local populace.

So I will give my vote to PDP at the state level and APC at the national level. That's my humble take on this. Thanks.

So you think Jimi Agbaje does not have his own "endless list of political heavy weights waiting to feast on the state treasury" to worry about?

So you think it was by his own political ingenuity that he was able to defeat Koro's political machine? Don't forget he only recently joined the PDP to run against a Koro that has been nursing his ambition and putting structures since 2011.

Don't be naive my friend. the situation in Lagos is such that the "godfathers" have become like the proverbial tsetse fly that perches on the scrotum...there is almost no way of getting rid of it without doing untold damage to your balls.

It will take a lot of wisdom and balls for any politician to rid himself of the godfather palaver in Lagos.

Ambode...with the hope that he will continue with the developmental strides of the current government.

Jimi Agbaje also wont be a bad option if it comes down to it...just hope there is more to him than the boyish charm and gold necklace.

That is the spirit.

My respect for this gentleman hitherto unknown to me, just doubled.

I was actually surprised to see how well he did at the primaries over and above Supo Sasore who i assumed would give Ambode a run for his money.
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I wish other candidates would adopt a similar philosophical approach to their defeat and support the elected candidate to win the gubernatorial election next year

Absolute nonsense!!!

OP, But I read a post here on nairaland where this same Soyinka took Buhari to the cleaners in a very long and well written essay. How come he was not touted then as a Pro-APC public commentator?

https://www.nairaland.com/1338941/crimes-buhari-wole-soyinka

To think that WS was one of those in the vanguard of the campaign to instal GEJ as president after Late President Yaradua's kitchen cabinet refused to acknowledge him. Now that same man is accused of been a paid APC agent

Diarisgodoooo!!!!

UkwuNnu:
I can see you just learnt a new phrase. keep practicing, who knows you might be perfect in no time

Oh look!!! He just made a joke!!! He even got a couple of fans to boot!!! Clap for yourself!!!

Dolt!!!

I did....and I still wonder why people feel inclined to pen drivel like that.

I sometimes wonder why people feel inclined to sit down and pen drivel like this.

omonuan:
For those of you who refer to Paul as an apostle, you should cease and desist because he was not. He was simply an impostor.There were TWELVE apostles, or twelve who were with Christ at the time doing his ministry with him. Here are their names according to Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:12-19 and Acts 1:13,

Simon (also named "Peter)

•Andrew.

•James.

•John

•Philip

•Bartholomew.

•Thomas.

•Matthew.

•James (there were two apostles with same name - James)

•Thaddaeus.

•Simon the Zealot

•Matthias (in placement of Judas Iscariot who betrayed Yahushua)

Errrrr ... and according to you, the word "apostle" and thw concept thereof ceased to exist in Christiandom after these 12 right

Please enough of this nonsense already!!!

I just took my time to google this Aribisala and I discovered he has been on this pursuit of pitching Pauline doctrines against Christian doctrines for long. Paul's messages were not different from Christ's.

For instance, Ask that idiot Aribisala that if works alone is what is required to get you into heaven, why did Christ tell the robber crucified with him that he would be in heaven with him? What "works" did that robber do that would qualify him for heaven but for the GRACE of God that saw him crucified with Jesus Christ?

Aribisala is no Christian. He is a demagogue who undertakes to write academic treatise of various topics in order to show off some measure of intelligence.

True Christians will do well to be wary of Femi Aribisala and his ilk in these times that we are in...

Isn't Femi Aribisala that pro-PDP/anti APC public commentator who can barely mask his hatred for an entire region of the country

A religious and ethnic bigot?

Am I supposed to take such a one serious when he mouths off about biblical doctrines?

Seriously?

Mtchewwww....

As far as I know, the suspect was not set free per se. The case was struck out for a lack of diligent prosecution from the FG. All that the FG needs to do is to re-arrest the guy, put their house in order regarding the prosecution and represent the case for trial.

A judge cannot lock away a suspect indefinitely if his accuser is not showing any interest in pushing the case. The judge did nothing wrong.

mikeansy:
http://leadership.ng/news/metro/391179/ozekhome-san-urges-tambuwal-resign-reps-commotion

Bullcrap!!!

The tension in the House of Reps was not initiated by the members but by external forces bent on interfering in the smooth running of the House. Leave the legislators to resolve their issues. Leave them to deal with the speaker they elected. Stop sending policemen and soldiers to hassle members.

The police had absolutely no business trying to prevent members access to the House yesterday on the silly excuse that they heard that thugs were planning to invade. If that was the case, why was the gate shut against the Speaker but not the deputy speaker?

This is total rubbish.

TB Joshua should prepare for his day in court and quit all these theatrics. It is so unfair to the souls of all who died in that tragedy and their mourning families.

MEND ko, Repair ni...

Don't know how true but I just read on twitter that there is an ongoing impeachment plot against the Speaker by the 7 PDP members of the 26-man Ekiti house of assembly.

Is there anyone that can confirm this please?

egift:
OP, with due respect - you are a Religious Fanatic and bigot. You represent nothing Christianity. And if you don't repent from this deep-seated hate and inability to respect other people's religion, you will go to Hell. (That is frank as it can be).

As long as one is not engaging in crime or illegality, everyone has the right to practice any region they choose.

Economically, politically and what have you - Nigeria is depreciating. We need a best leadership we can get to stay afloat. Jonathan/Sambo have driven Nigeria on Auto-Pilot for 6yrs - We need Change.

Buhari/Fashola ticket is miles ahead than what Jonathan/Sambo is doing.

Easy bro. I think this writer was actually making fun of the anti-muslim/muslim proponents.

Read it again.

chukwudi44:
Are they people complaining?

Are you serious

I doubt very much that this has anything to do with what "they people" think.

This is about the constitution and if there is any truth to this story, then the governor needs to tread with caution...except the people of Ekiti now operate a different constitution. The governor cannot afford to trample on the very constitution from which he draws his powers.

There are just some things that should not be reduced to the banal level of petty party politics.

Seun:
Frank Edwards, the well-known gospel musician, posed for a selfie with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's daughter, Sharon Oyakhilome, and called her a "super star" and "my personal person". What do you think that means? To me, it sounds as if they are dating each other.

https://photos-d.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xpa1/10802630_1542354469312427_1094704312_n.jpg
Source: http://instagram.com/p/vYp06THMbw/

Seun, did you really put up this post or your account has been hacked?

Strange...

This is a very interesting thread. I am particularly impressed by how the OP has resisted the multi-pronged attempts to reduce the thread to another banal APC vs PDP or Akpabio vs Fashola thread.

I wish this is how all threads on Nairaland go...hard facts vs hard facts.

Regarding the topic, sadly Akpabio is not alone in this subterfuge. Many of our governors are media superstars with very little real development that impact on the lives of the real people on ground...not those that live abroad and need to see glitzy images of their countries so they can "boast to their foreign friends."

The government at the federal level is no different. We continue to hold the short end of the stick while our demigod politicians continue to sell us hot air.

Balkan:
what could be more tribal than the whole north saying that in national dalies?

The "WHOLE NORTH" made that statement and yet you had northerners standing on the same podium with GEJ during his declaration yesterday right?

If the only reason you have for campaigning against Buhari's candidacy is his tribal origin, then you belong in the same pot as the retards that issued the statement captured in that headline.