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Ahead of the February general elections,
leaders of Nigeria’s major political parties
and their presidential candidates on
Wednesday signed an undertaking to avoid
actions that could promote violence during
and after the polls.
At an event attended by former United
Nations Secretary General, Kofi Anan, and
former Secretary General of the
Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, seven
presidential candidates including
frontrunners, President Goodluck Jonathan
and Muhammadu Buhari, openly spoke
against violence and committed to a
peaceful poll.
Other political parties that signed the non-
violence pact included the Action Alliance,
AA, Alliance for Democracy, AD, United
Democratic Party, UDP, United Progressive
Party, UPP, African Democratic Congress,
ADC, and Hope Democratic Party, HDP.
The event was a rare meeting between Mr.
Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, and Mr. Buhari of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, since public campaign for
the crucial elections began with a flurry of
attacks between the two sides.
The two men shook hands and embraced
after delivering remarks renouncing
violence.
Mr. Jonathan urged politicians to avoid
actions and utterances capable of inflaming
passion among the electorate.
The president said the country must avoid a
repeat of the 2011 post-general elections
which he said was adjudged the best in the
country’s history.
He said the conduct of the election cannot
be blamed for the outbreak of violence since
he even lost in the states were clashes
erupted leading to hundreds of deaths.
Mr. Jonathan drew attention to the murder
of 10 members of the National Youth
Service Corps, NYSC, in Bauchi State and the
killings in Kano State even when the PDP
lost the presidential election in the two
states.
“You cannot say there were malpractices
because in Kano, we got only 15 percent of
the votes. In Bauchi, I got 15 percent of the
votes. Even in states where we got 80
percent in places considered as opposition,
we did not experience any violence,” Mr.
Jonathan said.
“What leads to violence is not necessarily
due to electoral malpractices. There are
other causes of violence.
“What leads to electoral violence in Nigeria
and other African countries can be
categorized into three factors. One of the
key things is the provocative statements we
make and when we are making these
statements the younger ones are listening,
followers are listening. We threaten our
opponents.
“A particular governor told me that his
colleague in another party told him that
immediately they took over the government,
he will be sent to jail.
Mr. Buhari called for the strengthening of
democratic institutions in Nigeria. He said
before every general elections, there is
usually amendment to the Electoral Act
making difficult to cheat Nigeria.
Former UN Secretary General, Mr. Anan,
said Nigeria must do all to avoid conflict
because of its strategic importance to the
West African region.
“Nigeria is also a major actor on the
international scene not only does it host the
regional governmental body, ECOWAS, but
it is also a major troops contributor to the
United Nations peace keeping operations and
also sits at the United Nations Security
Council. But now Nigeria faces three critical
tests for its future progress and prosperity,”
he said.

http://www..com/2015/01/jonathan-and-buhari-sign-anti-violence.html

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/174913-jonathan-buhari-presidential-candidates-sign-pact-rejecting-election-violence.html

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Lionel Messi celebrated the win that moved
Barcelona to within one point of Real Madrid
at the top of La Liga by saying he would not
leave the club for the Premier League.
Messi said after the 3-1 win over Atletico
Madrid: 'I have not laid down any conditions
for me to stay at this club and neither do I
have any intention of leaving. I have heard
stories about my father already having
spoken to Chelsea and Manchester City but it
is not true.'
Messi mysteriously started following Chelsea
on Instagram last Monday - the day he failed
to turn up for training complaining of a
stomach bug. Sources close to the dressing
room claimed coach Luis Enrique had been
upset by Messi's no-show to the point of
wanting to fine him, and it was suggested
Messi had demanded the coach be changed
at the end of the season.
But after assisting the first two goals last
night and scoring the third, Messi gave a rare
interview for the club's in-house television
channel and said: 'I hear so many things
about me. It has been claimed in the past
that I have had a bad relationship with [Pep]
Guardiola, [Samuel] Eto'o, [Zlatan]
Ibrahimovic, with Bojan [Krkic] and even that
I had got rid of a lot of people. It is not true.
And it is not good for people to look for
rivalry between me and the coach.
'I am painted as the one who runs the club
but I am just a like any other player in the
dressing room. I don't take the decisions.
And I don't decide who takes the decisions.'
Messi will be in Zurich on Monday for the
Ballon d'Or ceremony where he is expected to
lose out to Cristiano Ronaldo for the second
consecutive season. He called for unity at
Barcelona as they try to catch Carlo
Ancelotti's leaders.
He said: 'We have six months left and we
want to try to achieve some important things.
That they throw the dirt at us from the
outside is not going to stop us doing that.'


http://www..com/2015/01/i-have-no-intention-of-leaving.html
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The Chairman of Global Business Policy
Council of A.T Kearney, a top global
management consulting firm, Mr. Paul
Laudicina, has named the Coordinating
Minister for the Economy and Minister of
Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, number
one on his list of five “Unsung Leaders of
2014” based on a survey.
Writing in Forbes magazine, Laudicina said
the minister and four other distinguished
leaders stood out for demonstrating
“capability, reliability and authenticity” in the
discharge of their duties at different levels.
Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman finance
minister of Nigeria, the world’s seventh
largest country, was lauded for fighting
endemic corruption and helping to refurbish
Nigeria’s image and economic prospects.
The management expert stated that while
there is a tendency to focus on the negative
and on leaders who fail to live up to
expectation, “maybe we have not looked long
or hard enough to find the real leaders right
under our gaze.”
He stated that “We all know intuitively that
none of our institutions would be working at
all if there weren’t committed, capable,
reliable and authentic leaders delivering on
their promises day in and out, and adding
value to the lives of the people they serve.
“We also know the difference a respected
leader can make in inspiring broader support
for noble humanitarian, peacekeeping, or
governmental missions.”
The others on list are: Pope Francis’ right-
hand man and Vatican Secretary of State,
Pietro Parolin, Indian-born engineer, Arati
Prabhakar, who is the Director of the US
Department of Defence’s Defence Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the
brother of Jordan’s King, Prince Feisal Al
Hussein, Prince Feisal, and former President
of Mexico, Felipe Calderon.

http://www..com/2015/01/forbes-names-okonjo-iweala-one-of.html

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/okonjo-iweala-named-unsung-hero-of-2014-in-forbes-article/198422/

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What do you mean ''unlike in new generation churches''?

I don't want to specify any church

.. But something like winners Chapel should ring a bell

Cyb3rhack3r:
In many churches in Nigeria, It Is Common To See Men On One Row and Women On the Other Row.

What do you think is the reason for this?

cc luigiajah
cc Rodriquez
cc lalasticlala

Each Church Has Doctrines Guiding Them.. Segregation might be to avoid distraction.. Unlike in New Generation Churches Where A Guy Would Be Toasting One Babe During Service

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2. If you are a lady and you can't take a Selfie without make-up.. Sorry You are Ugly..

3. Never Take A Selfie In The Toilet.. You might See Something Else In The Picture

4. The hash tag to #Selfie Has Been Used In Instagram more than 35 million times

5. The Word Selfie is the most used English Word Of 2013

6. 75% Of Nigerian Ladies Pout In Selfies

7. 8 out of every 10 Android users has taken a selfie

8. The word selfie was originally formed by a drunk Australian Man..

9. No person is known to have taken up to 6000
Selfies.. That's A World Record You could Aim For - -

10.. IF you are extremely dark complexioned- never take a Selfie in the dark - na only your teeth we go use know if you dy there

Feel free to add yours..