₦airaland Forum

chibwike:
Yes he woned the election

President Goodluck Jonathan may have prevailed on the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to challenge
President-elect Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in
last Saturday’s election.

Instead of planning a case for the Presidential Election
Petitions Tribunal, the Presidency will raise a Transition
Committee on Tuesday, a source told The Nation
yesterday.

Vice President-elect Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is likely to head
the All Progressives Congress (APC) team which will join
the committee ahead of the May 29 transition.
Ministers have started preparing their handover notes,
it was also learnt.

It was gathered that although some PDP stalwarts
wanted Buhari’s victory challenged at the tribunal, the
President thought otherwise.

The party stalwarts, it was said, believe that some
irregularities in some states are strong enough to
upturn the final results of the election, which was
hailed at home and abroad as substantially credible.
Jonathan, it was learnt, said it made no sense —
contesting Buhari’s victory— after he had conceded
defeat.

It was learnt that the PDP leaders referred to the
electoral scenario in Ekiti where the All Progressives
Congress(APC) went to tribunal despite the acceptance
of defeat by ex-Governor Kayode Fayemi.

The President, however, stood his ground that he would
rather stand by his statesmanship attitude than going to
tribunal.

A source, who spoke in confidence, said: “The President
has prevailed on PDP to drop plans to go to tribunal
against Buhari. He said he wants his word to be his
bond, having been applauded by the international
community.

“At a point, Jonathan said ‘I don’t believe in post-
election petition at tribunal because it distracts the
incoming administration’

“He also said Nigeria must emulate other nations where
once the presidential poll is lost and won, the new
government must not be distracted with election
petitions.

“He told party leaders that he was not interested in
going to the tribunal. It is now left for PDP leaders to
heed his advice.

“So as at Thursday, the government’s position is that
the PDP should not go to tribunal.”

Stating the PDP’s position on the elections in a
statement yesterday, Chairman Adamu Mu’azu, said:
“We have received reports of serious irregularities that
characterized the conduct of the election and we shall
channel our protests to the appropriate quarters in line
with our profound respect for the rule of law and
democratic ethos.”

He did not say whether the party would go to the
tribunal but added: “What is paramount to us is the
survival of our democracy, the unity, peace and
progress of our dear nation and the happiness of all our
people. Nigeria is bigger than any political party,
individual or group and her overall interest must be our
priority at all times.”

The President in 2010 at the 15th summit of the African
Union (AU) in Kampala, Uganda described post-election
litigation as a major distraction to governance.
Jonathan said: “It is inconvenient to already be in office
and be thinking about election litigation.

“The essence of the immunity clause in the constitution
is that if a president or a governor takes an oath of
office, he should sit down and concentrate on the job
and when he leaves office, he could be prosecuted for
any offence.

“But because of the way we conduct our elections, the
president who sits in office is still battling and being
distracted with election issues, and it affects us.”
The transition committee is likely to be constituted next
week.

Another source added: “The Presidency is working on a
seamless transition from Jonathan’s administration to
Buhari’s. The details are being worked out.”

“I think by next week, the picture of the transition
committee will emerge. The government is working
early on the transition because it involves a lot of work.

“The APC team will have to collaborate with the
committee and ask questions if there are grey areas.”
Meanwhile, Ministers have started compiling their
handover notes, which will be part of the integral
aspect of the report of the transition committee.

Islam, the world's fastest-growing faith, will leap from 1.6 billion to 2.76 billion by 2050, according to the Pew study.

Study collected data from 234 countries and territories; predicts fate of five major faiths -- Buddhism, Christianity,Hinduism, Judaism and Islam -- as well as folk religions and atheists.

(CNN)— If tech futurists are to be believed, by the year
2050, robots will do many of our errands and drive our cars. If a new study on religious trends is to be believed, many of those robot-controlled cars will stop and park at mosques and churches.

Yes, despite predictions that religion will go the way of
dinosaurs, the size of almost every major faith -- sorry,Buddhists -- will increase in the next 40 years, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.

The biggest winners, Pew predicts, will be Islam and Christianity.

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But it's clear from the 245-page report that Pew and the demographic experts they consulted did their homework, so the study is worth taking seriously. With that in mind, here are some of the study's top findings about what the world will look like -- at least, faith- wise -- in 2050.

-- Atheists, agnostics and religiously unaffiliated people will increase in the United States (from 16% to 26%) but decline as a share of the total worldwide population.

-- Also in the United States, Christians will drop from 75% to 66% of population. Muslims will surpass Jews as the largest non-Christian religion in the U.S.

-- Sub-Saharan African will be home to 40% of the Christian population and Nigeria have more Christians than any other country except for the United States and Brazil.

-- India will have the largest Muslim population in the world, passing Indonesia, but Hindus will retain a majority.

-- More than 10% of Europeans will be Muslim, while the number of Christians in Europe will drop by 100 million.

-- Hinduism (1.4 billion adherents) and Judaism (16 million) will increase, while Buddhists will be about the same size as in 2010 (5.2 million).

-- In the coming decades, 106 million people are projected to leave Christianity. (46 million will convert to Christianity, offsetting the losses a little.)

-- The number of countries with Christian majorities will drop to 151, as Christians are projected to decrease in Australia,Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Macedonia and the United Kingdom.

-- Muslims are expected to make up more than 50% of the population in 51 countries, including the Republic of Macedonia and Nigeria.

MrPresident1:
SMH...

Why you come they shake your head now?

sukkot:
make i port enter naija come enjoy free shoeshine. lmao . although those abokis na free today pay tomorrow. after the euphoria done end dem go increase the price of shoe shine to recoup their loss. not too sure about the ashewo ting though. that one na trap

my bro No b small thing o! I shined my shoe from an aboki, I tell am "saibuhari" he say "saibaba"... He say make I leave money

I enter bike. I tell am "SaiBuhari" he say "SaiBaba". He say make I no bother pay.

I go Mai suya. I tell am "saibuhari" he say "saibaba"... He say make I leave money.

I go Mai Shai. I tell am same thing he say aboki leave money...

Can't wait to go to dis my aboki car dealer for Kaduna 2mrw.

sukkot:
very true. how is naija looking today ? has the euphoria subsided ?

sukkot:
he gotta catch me first. i be first class athlete. 100 meters dash na my thing

sukkot:
oh boy that one na new word sha. i never hear am before .chei. i guess everyday we learn new things

sukkot:
no mind that craseman called el presidente

MrPresident1:
farceur
/fɑːˈsəː/
noun
noun: farceur; plural noun: farceurs
a writer of or performer in farces.

In other words, Sukkot na you Baba Suwe abi? Sukkot don turn Baba Suwe for Nairaland, LWKM

FrancisTony:
Boring and dry....

MrPresident1:
[b]Mark my face so if you jam me for area you go wound me ba? lol.

Nor follow Sukkot o, me I don tell you my own ]

sukkot:
thats a slamming poem. you write that yourself ?

MrPresident1:
Turn the tides around in a democrazy where he is hampered by Legislathieves and Legislooters as assembly men right? Turn things around Where loyal party men are such solid and experienced thieves right?
Buhari is not the messiah we seek, he is just a shadow of it. The Most High God is showing us patterns; and the interpretation is that we are in the season of judgment.
Rili, are you ready?

PS You dey follow Sukkot ba? that mad man , I fity you bery bery much [/b]

OREMUSSANCTUS:
Nonsense
If dis shit makes d front page, I kip ma fingers crossed!

OREMUSSANCTUS:
ma blood, ya better leave dat rilwayne001 alone, d guy is one m*a*d guy. Soon dat e-olosho will come here to say nonsense. Her name is b****

kay1one:
"Mofo"...

kay1one:
Why the unnecessary insults?

amzee:
Imagine how shameless Nigeria
Army & NTA could be... after
tanishing GMB's image & reputation,
Nigeria Army have found GMB's
certificate which they claimed it was
missing And NTA releases
documentry on how GMB obtained
Master Degree in Strategic Studies..


In ur opinion what should GMB do to
them?

PhockPhockMan:
I'm not a looser, and I will never be. I will quote you in no distant time. I can never congratulate APC and Buhari for grabbing an opportunity to drag us back.
I repeat, TIME SHALL TELL.

PhockPhockMan:
As I'm writing this, it's clear that the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari has won the keenly contested presidential election. I congratulate Nigerians for entering a new phase in our national live.
[s] As for APC and Buhari...... Time shall tell. [/s]