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how do i register a business name like yahoo Inc, Google Inc, Nairaland Inc.
lawyers in the house please advice.

Shock horror, Seun your going to go into advertising through this site (Why does that not surprise me). I hope you find a good balance and don't spoil (Over populate) the forum look. I know this forum is a standard forum, and can be purchased at a reasonable cost ($60 / year including hosting) but you have done a cracking job so far. The stats speak for themself. Keep it up.

i wonder what this has to do with the topic.
@poster, my income for now is my salary, then outside work from people like Network/systems management and optimization, but saving money to complete my academics.

lids:
@Helen 123,there are lot of businesses to do aside your cafe business that you will net in huge income for yourself, if you care to know about 5 Businesses to do that will give you streams of income with little start-up capital, dont exitate to call me on 08056121259, 01-8282850 or your send me mail to lidsresources@yahoo.

ollyst:
Many are reserve about online business. Although it is true that some of this online business are scam. But you can go through this age with that mentality. Business generally involve risk, but I am presenting here a calculative risk of sure return. Dong online business is a sure and easy way to get rich now. To get the report on about 10 sure online business, mail me with subject tag ONLINE BUSINESS - ollystaffiliates@yahoo.com

Thats one thing about some people in nairaland. it irritates

@ poster, if you have big space u can actually do more business and render other IT services to your regular customers and outsiders may come and patronize you for those extra services.
you can add booking of flight tickets, free seminar on how to browse, believe me some people need it in your area, and make sure you are consistent.
wish you the best.

anyone with the minimum education qualification for their PGD should please list it out for me.

thanks.

For courtesy sake, I would say I luv u 2

even when you know you never meant it?

well, I'm using Visafine modem and is working well for me, have not seen any reason to complain so far.

first of all, i wouldn't be with a partner that i don't love. but if it's a friend or whatever then that's understandable
but it's an awkward situation to be in for sure. I would just let my facial expression do the talking and say "i'm sorry" in between.

I agree with you, letting hr know immediately that it wont work is better for me than giving a response that will give her hope.

i want to invest money and will need investment proffesionals to clear me on Arm discovery fund and GTB heritage account.
Thanks.

i was able solve it without losing any of my file

he is not asking you to help him not to loose his files, he has formatted and done some other stuffs, still the system is still showing blue screen instead of you to contribute in anyway that will be helpful to him, you are now seeking for special attention. lets be realistic.

Were u at middle of software installation then have power outage? then u exeprience blue screen of death (BSD) with error code. Before u format the system and load new os ? If yes, i have the solution b'cos something of that nature happen to me and i was able solve it without losing any of my file. If u need my assistant, Contact me @ ollymorex@gmail.com

This is what i hate about some people in forum, if you don't have anything to offer him in public here why replying at first ?

My honest advice for you, try and open it near a polytechnic or university in lokoja/kogi state.

@ poster we are still waiting for your reply.
hello deji2009, its been long, i have not been around for sometime but i think am back now and miss all the tech guys here, how is work ?

ISP:

believe me am not trying to scam anybody here after all is negotiable but the truth is that if he's going to use Vsat equipments dish, lnb buc, modem + first month bandwidth, that alone can consume upto N400,000. if you're budgeting N850,000 for it including rent, then maybe you're renting a shop in a remote village where rent is very very cheap.
You trying to establish a cyber business, things are not that cheap right now especially in technology market. you need to budget a little bit high.
Am not trying to scare you away, remeber am currently working in a cyber cafe and my boss just opened another branch in nasarawa state with 22 computers, am the overall Network | System Administrator , both in Abuja and nasarawa branch which am aware of how much he spent in opening that new branch, so i cant deceive or scare you away.

wish you the best .

if it is not a laptop, them check the power pack connections especially the one that gives power to the hard disk, or try another power pack on it.

Angry   am not angry, just noticed you made the post some minutes after mine, which looks somehow to me.

"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind"

i wonder what u s saw in him that made them put trust in him. Same people, same country, same Nigeria.

please check well before posting, you should know better than novice

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-408804.0.html

Review the course outlines of the two and check on the one you can do very well with full passion and dedication.
wish you the best.

I was shocked yestaday when i visited a cafe to do some downloads afta my monthly subs wt starcomm ended on d wkend. I was suprise to see a big cyper cafe wt abt 40 system running at a poor download speed of less than 5kb even less than my starcomm neo and yet guys were there wt their laptops. I was totally disapointed that i couldnt finish my downloads whch is nt up to 80mb in 2hrs. I get d greatest shock when they said that i cnt use a download manager bcoz it affects their speed. My question is wat type of ISP are they using? Are they using a broadband? Because d guy that connected me use a kind of ip address to log me in afta connecting d modem cable.
I told d guy dat they wont see me here again that i was there bcus of my subs that just ended and he was bold enuf to tell me dat they are nt begging me to come that they hav more than enuf customers to attend to and i saw that as a case of one eye man in midst of blinds.
Pls cn anyone gv me an estimate of running a cyber cafe wt abt 10 system because i saw ths as an opportunity to hit it big if i could be getting a speed of abt 50kb/s?

well i work in a cybercafe till present, big as what you prescribed, is only a cybercafe that don't have a good network administrator will leave there network open just like that without proper management of their bandwidth. In cybercafe business, getting a good and reliable Service provider is not that easy, and managing your network matters alot, why because some people come to cafe to download at the expense of others thereby causing slow browsing indirectly to others browsing in the cafe. why ? because they pull the network with software's like Internet download manager, Limewire, frostwire etc. for goodness sake cybercafe is just meant for normal browsing, like checking of mails, filling forms, downloading and uploading of attachments which includes  scanned pictures, c.v, and other vital documents.Cybercafes cant afford to pay for bandwidth that can serve for heavy downloads which will not affect other peoples browsing, is expensive unless they will increase the money at higher rate which some people can't afford and will not accept the price due to market competition. you can only download fast in cafe if only there are less people browsing at the moment in that particular cafe.
PIECE OF ADVICE: all cafe owners should be able to manage their network very well,use administrative privilege  and block some applications from working in their network, this will help those that just come to browse to enjoy the network and browse faster without complain, unless your ISP is bad in terms of giving good service.
I wont boast that my network is flying, but i can boast of the network am using, very reliable, truthful, and stable in service. If you need a good network and other cybercafe related issues, feel free to give me a trial

GOOD ISP +MORE MONEY WILL GIVE YOU MORE BANDWIDTH + PROPER MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ( NETWORK) IS = MORE SPEED

Dr. Akpelamen Godwin Dabo Adzuana, national president of Benue Elders Forum and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is at it again.

He is not only angry with the Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili but has also prepared to prove that the minister is bellyaching because her membership of the President Umar Yar’Adua’s cabal was terminated abruptly.

Hear him: “Yar’Adua’s cabal is made of eight people. I can’t name them now because I know all of them and it will be unfair for me to name all of them. But they all know themselves and Akunyili, my sister, knows the cabal. She knows those who constitute the cabal.

“She was a member of the cabal before. Akunyili was a member of the cabal before. She was among those who were close to President Yar’Adua before. But something went wrong. Something happened.”
When asked what happened, Dabo, who exuded confidence throughout the interview, replied: “What happened was that the cabal felt uncomfortable with her. They felt her leg was in Jonathan’s camp and also in Yar’Adua’s camp. That was why she had to be kept at bay. A few ministers, who are members of the cabal knew when the President was coming back. They arranged the logistics for his return. But because Akunyili was no longer a member, that is why she was left out.”

Dabo believes the General Ibrahim Babangida will succeed Yar’Adua, and he says: “The North is going to sit down and decide who is the most sellable.”

What is your reading of the political situation now?
Let’s put it this way - some very vicious people, members of the so-called cabal operating in Nigeria have heated up the polity by taking actions or making statements that are inflammatory; statements that will not move us forward, but retard our progress towards a valid and durable democratic culture. Everybody would be ill, but the way the illness of the President has been treated, I wish it had been treated differently. The most amazing aspect is that the president was coming back and the vice president was not informed.

The ministers were not informed. Only a few people knew that the president was coming back. On the day that the president returned, I was amazed that somebody called me from London a little before midnight. I was in Mike Ozekhome’s house when the person called me to say that the President would soon be landing at the airport in Abuja and that he had already left Saudi Arabia and was going to land. So, I was surprised how we in Nigeria did not know, but somebody who was in London called me. The person works in the Nigerian High Commission. He called me to say that the President was on his way.

The President arrived exactly within the time the man had stated. So, it’s obvious there was lack of confidence because, at least, somebody should have told the Acting President. He should have been informed. But he was not informed. Why was he not informed? He is the head of this government. He is the head of Nigeria. He should have been informed.

The explanation these people have given – some of the people who were involved in this smuggling exercise – is that Jonathan had some people around him that if they had told him, these people would have heard and they possibly would have taken counter measures. This was their contention. They mentioned about three or four names as people who are very close to him, whom they didn’t want to know and that was why they didn’t let him know.

They told you the names of the people?
Yes, they did. But it’s not fair for me to reveal the names. But they are people close to the Acting President. One of them is a businessman who was formerly based in Jos. He is one of the people who are very close to the Acting President. But I said to them that no matter what happens, you have a responsibility to have taken him into confidence because he is the law since he became the Acting President by enactment of the National Assembly. So, you should have taken him into confidence. They gave various reasons. But as far as I’m concerned, there is no extenuating circumstance why they shouldn’t have told the Acting President. They should have told the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Senate President. These three people should have known what was happening. But they’ve given reasons they did not because they didn’t want the whole thing to leak.

Did they explain to you why they didn’t tell the Speaker and the Senate President, even if they wouldn’t tell the Acting President?
They didn’t tell them because, one, the action that the Senate President and the Speaker had taken, by jointly passing that emergency resolution empowering the Vice President without consultations with the appropriate people made them unhappy. That is their explanation.

And then they smuggled in the President.
He was not smuggled. The President was brought in legitimately and accurately. Those who should know were informed. I have found out that those who were supposed to know were told. When you carry out a covert operation, like what was done in bringing the President in, you don’t let everybody know. You get only a selected clique to know and that clique is in existence. Now that Jonathan has become the Acting President, he will have his own clique. There is a clique in every leadership and the Yar’Adua administration cannot be an exception. The Yar’Adua clique has people who are very experienced and who have been in this business for several years. So, it’s easy for them to operate. But I am saying that Turai made a mistake. She should have spoken to the Acting President because the buck stops at his table. So, she should have spoken to him and briefed him. I still believe that that is the proper thing that should have been done.

You used the word smuggling. Now you are saying the President was not smuggled in. How do you reconcile that?
I used the word smuggling in the context that he was brought in without many people knowing. That’s the context in which I used the word ‘smuggle.’ He was brought in a way that many people were cut off from seeing him. So, to that extent, he was smuggled in.

It seems you know so much about the ‘smuggling’ in of President Yar’Adua. What was that meant to achieve?
There are extenuating circumstances. He is still ill. He was ill at the time and if he had been brought in so openly, so many people would have been at the airport. More than one million people would have been at the airport and that would have adversely affected his health. So, the way he was brought in, without any disturbance and interference from press watchers, wishers and other people, was the best thing to have done.

What would you say about the scenario created immediately he arrived? There was supposed to be a FEC meeting, which did not hold.
The FEC meeting should not have held the day after the President came back. They should have deferred that meeting because the President returned the previous night. They should have given time to study and speak to him, brief him and see whether he was capable of talking. So, that meeting shouldn’t have held. It was the right thing that the meeting was cancelled. The meeting shouldn’t have held because the President had returned and they didn’t know the state of the President’s health and they went and fixed a meeting. Do you want to carry the man in a trolley and bring him to the meeting? He has not been certified okay. Even if the physician had briefed the Acting President, the point here is that you needed time to allow the man to settle down. If you travel on a long flight from Europe to Nigeria, you need some rest.

But he was not to chair the FEC meeting because there already exists an Acing President.
Yes, there is Acting President, but if Yar’Adua comes back and he’s able to chair the meeting, he should have gone straight and chaired it. But he wasn’t able and that is why they said wait until today. There is an Acting President who is steering the affairs of the country today.

On arrival, President Yar’Adua is expected, by the resolution of the National Assembly, to transmit a letter about his arrival. Why would you not want him to follow the path of the rule of law?
Are you now telling me that the democratically elected President of Nigeria has to take permission from the National Assembly to perform his functions?

The Constitution is meant for us to follow. The National Assembly followed it and appointed an Acting President. Don’t you think it is important?
The moment the President steps on Nigerian soil, automatically, it is invalidated. When the President comes back and assumes duty and reports in office, that thing is invalidated.

Are you saying what the Senate did is illegal?
Well, the courts are going to decide whether what the Senate did was right. But, for me, all I am saying here is that the Senate and the House of Representatives acted within their understanding and competence. But there are many people who believe that they acted wrongly.

What do you believe?
As far as I am concerned, empowering the Vice President to take over to ensure continuity was okay with me. It was perfectly okay with me because we were stagnant. Nobody knew what was happening. Rumours were taking over and all kinds of stories were being fabricated. Nothing that was being heard was the truth. People were lying. But now that the Vice President was empowered to perform the duties of the President, which of course he was performing; there was nothing that he was not doing. During the Jos crisis, he deployed troops there. He was performing the duties of the President without the National Assembly’s approval. He was doing that and the President or his cabal did not query him.

You have used the word cabal, just like the Information and Communications Minister. Who make up the cabal, if I may ask you?
Well, the Yar’Adua cabal is made of eight people. I cannot name them now because I know almost all of them and it will be unfair for me to name all of them. But they all know themselves and Akunyili, my sister, knows the cabal; she knows those who constitute the cabal. She was a member. She was among those who were close to President Yar’Adua before. But something went wrong. Something happened.

What happened?
What happened was that the cabal felt uncomfortable with her. They felt her leg was in Jonathan’s camp and also in Yar’Adua’s camp. That was why she had to be kept at a distance. A few ministers who are members of the cabal knew when the President was coming back. They arranged the logistics for his return. But because Akunyili was no longer a member, she was left out.

Is this a privileged information?
What I mean is that she was one of those close to Yar’Adua and part of the circle of friends in the past. But suddenly, they noticed that she was vacillating from here to there and as a result of that, a decision was taken that she should be kept at arms length. That is why she did not know. Otherwise, she would have known about the plan.

Could that be the reason for her outspokenness of late?
I knew this young girl, Akunyili, from a very tender age. She had been as brutally frank as she is today. I remember her father. This girl, at a very tender age, will tell her father you are wrong when her father was wrong. The father was a rich man and she would tell him he was wrong. I think the problem was the methodology adopted. I think that those who are close to President Yar’Adua did not take so many other people into confidence. But if they had taken so many people into confidence, the plan wouldn’t have come to fruition the way it did. Akunyili was one of the most trusted people in the Yar’Adua administration. But between December and January 14, something went wrong. But that is not to say that she is not part of the government.

What really went wrong?
What went wrong was that some ministers were no longer consistent with their known position on the Yar’Adua development and as a result of that, they had to be kept at arms length.

What do you think generated that kind of suspicion?
The point is very simple. Abuja is very large and Abuja is very small. You know who sees who. You know who talks to who because there are people whose responsibility it is to know who is talking to who and who is not talking to who. But the point here is very simple: Akunyili was among the 12 people who were regarded as pro-Yar’Adua people in this cabinet. But around January 14, certain things were noticed in her behaviour, in her conduct, in her private and open speeches. About six days before the Anambra election, certain things were noticed and she was not the only one.

The same thing was noticed about some other few people too. They were not as consistent as they had been previously. Let’s put it this way. You are a democratically elected leader. You are not well. People you regard as your own close friends and allies are hobnobbing with other people that you are suspicious of. What do you do? You either take precaution or you cut them from the source of knowing what you are doing or you keep them in abeyance.

If you say this of Akunyili, will you also say the same of Dr. Jonathan? Was he also vacillating? Why cut him off, as it were?
He was not cut off because he has other sources of getting information. He, as the Acting President, has other sources of information that are available to him. So, he should have known that something like that was happening. It means he was not yet in control of the machinery of control. Otherwise, he should have known. The Director of SSS should have informed him. The Director of Military Intelligence would have informed him. There are many ways he would have known that Yar’Adua was coming back. The people in charge of the airport would have alerted his staff that a special flight was coming in at 1.44 a.m. So, what he has to do is to ensure that he has a reliable and effective monitoring system because he should have known. There is no reason he shouldn’t have known because I first of all knew about it in the night. Somebody called me from London and told me. But before that, a journalist who is a lawyer told me earlier in the evening, but I didn’t believe him. This was a reputable journalist who is also a lawyer who told me that he heard reliably that the President was coming back but I did not believe him.

Akunyili said she was fed up with the lies being told about the state of health of the President. Don’t you believe her?
I believe her. But there is justification for those lies. Dora cannot openly disown her colleagues and dissociate herself from what they are doing. It’s unfair. This thing was being done for a purpose. Even if they were lies, these are justifiable lies. Dora is like her father who would see black and say it’s black. Dora is not a politician. She is an academic politician and if she were a real politician, she will know that it is not every time you see black that you will say it is black. Those of us who have been in politics for a long time know there are times you see black and you say this looks like black but let me cross check and see if it’s really black. So Dora shouldn’t have said they were lies. There are many times that silence is better than speaking out the truth. I have learnt that in my years on earth. You must remain consistent and say the truth. But there are certain things, like this Yar’Adua health issue, which was so complicated that Dora shouldn’t have said her colleagues were lying.

Yar’Adua’s mother, Hajiya Dada, couldn’t see him. Are you aware of that?
There must be a reason. If she didn’t see him, there must be a reason.

What reason can you conjecture for a man not to see his mother but has been seeing others?
It may happen that maybe the mother will see him and she will break down or suffer emotional pains. She can be prevented from seeing him, as justification not to cause her disaster.

This is speaking like the politician that Akunyili is not.
I am saying that the mother could be prevented from seeing him, if seeing him would create more problems for the family. But I know of two young men related to Yar’Adua who came from Katsina and saw him last week, on Friday. One of them saw him on Friday and the other saw him on Saturday.

Then why is he not speaking to Nigerians?
The President is on medical leave and he’s not obliged to speak to Nigerians. When he is free and able, he will come and speak to Nigerians. Jonathan is now acting and should speak to Nigerians on his behalf because Jonathan is the Acting President or Akunyili can speak as the Minister of Information.

You are back from treatment and your deputy cannot see you. Is that part of being on leave?
Did he tell Jonathan or members of the Federal Executive Council that he was coming back? He came back because he’s still on leave. And when he came back, he said Jonathan can carry on acting as the Acting President. So, what else could he have done? I can see some people have taken Turai to court. This woman has a right to protect her husband. How can you hold a woman responsible for being protective of her husband? But let me say one thing that is very certain. I am happy that I have been vindicated because I told Nigerians that the North will not give up the Presidency in 2011 and the PDP yesterday took a resolution supporting my contention. Jonathan will act till the end of his tenure with President Yar’Adua and then a Northerner will take over.

Why would Jonathan act till the end of his tenure? You just told me that President Yar’Adua sits, gets up, drinks tea and sees people. What then would stop him from resuming soon? Will he not get well before his tenure expire?
He is not yet well and we have to acknowledge that. If he gets well tomorrow, he will resume work tomorrow and Jonathan’s tenure is ended. But we are saying that if Jonathan must act as Acting President, he will remain till May 28, 2011 when a new President will come on board on May 29, 2011. We have about two or three northerners who we have in mind that will come. The North is going to sit down and decide who is the most sellable, most acceptable of the three candidates.

Who are these three candidates so that northerners can start preparing their mind?
Well, the North knows. Among the three, there is one indisputable candidate. There is somebody who is just indisputable. He is there only to be invited to come in. That is one. The Presidency is going to be simple. It will be between Babangida and others.

Have you spoken to Babangida about this?
I don’t need to speak to him.

Did he tell you that he’s interested?
I cannot tell you whether Babangida is interested or not. The point here is that Babangida would have been the candidate in 2007, but he gave way for Yar’Adua. We have Babangida as the leading presidential candidate who knows Nigeria and Nigerians know him; who has been tested, very competent, a result-oriented leader who is capable of performing; a man who will restore Nigeria’s glory; everything that Nigeria has lost will be restored under Babangida’s presidency. I wish you were in Minna when Babangida’s wife died. Everybody who is somebody in Nigeria and who is not even somebody in Nigeria was there to sympathize with him. All the governors were there. All the former presidents were there.

All the ministers were there. Anybody who is important in Nigeria was there to participate and something happened which was very funny. At a stage, Babangida became emotional and I asked him, ‘Sir, why are you becoming emotional?’ He said I have seen people here that I have not seen for many years. I have seen friends and people I know don’t like me come. I’m happy that in death, most of those people are united with me. We who are Babangida’s boys happen to know that there is a ground swell of opinion that the only person who can stand the 2011 election on behalf of the PDP and will win convincingly is President Ibrahim Babangida. I’ve not spoken to him, but I’m saying that I wish he could stand for election. I know he’s the best candidate.

Can you really use the crowd that came to sympathize with him to judge his popularity?
I’ve seen death in Nigeria. What happened in Minna was a miracle. I wish you were there because I was there and I couldn’t believe what I saw.

Who are the other two candidates?
The other two candidates are any other candidate that may emerge. For instance, Bukola Saraki, son of Olusola Saraki and the Chairman of Governors Forum, may come in or you may have Alhaji Danjuma Goje, governor of Gombe State. These are people who have great acceptability. Forget about Buhari. He contested many times. Somebody completely new may come. But the point now is that the people I think about are very simple. I think of Goje, governor of Gombe State. I think of Saraki, the Governor of Kwara State. These are the two people I think of mostly. Shekarau of Kano State would have come into reckoning, but he’s not in the PDP and by hook or crook, the PDP will win the next election.

How come you are so sure about Babangida being the president of this country?
By the divine intervention of God, millions of Nigerians pray everyday for Babangida to become president of Nigeria. I want to tell you that if there is fairness, if there is justice and reward for what you have done right, then it means Babangida is there and will be there and he’s going to do Nigerians proud. Don’t forget that EFCC tried everything in the world to get Babangida; but they couldn’t. Ribadu came back and said he had tried every corner of the world but could not find anything on Babangida. This is a man of impeccable character. This is a man of honour.

main source HERE

Within the week, when the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) publicly declared that the North will occupy the Presidency till 2015, the coast was cleared for aspirants from that part of the country to oil their political machinery for the 2011 electoral contest.

One of those who may be the direct beneficiaries of that policy is former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, especially since it is almost foreclosed that President Umar Musa Yar’Adua will not seek re-election.
Saturday Sun gathered that in the last three months, as Yar’Adua’s health problem rocked the nation, many forces, within the country and outside, have been shopping for his likely replacement in 2011. Sources revealed that the choice has been narrowed down to Babangida, a member of the PDP.

It is generally believed that the death of his wife had put a stop to his ambition of returning to Aso Rock but a close IBB confidant said that, the manner Nigerians sympathised with him during his trying period has humbled him the more and if given the opportunity he wants to reciprocate by giving Nigerians quality and good governance. The message of appreciation he sent to Nigerians conveys his emotion on the love Nigerians showed his family. In the message, he stated, “my dear compatriots, you have once again stood by us at a time and moment when my family and I are need your support, consolation and prayers. No amount of gratitude and appreciation I could offer to you could convey succinctly how deeply touched and grateful my family and I are to all of you… my family is most humbled by these kind words and expressions you conveyed to extol the virtues of my late wife during your visits.”

Last September, three months before the death of his wife, he said he would make consultations before taking a position on the 2011 presidential elections. He then admitted that not only his aides and associates, but various interest groups were mounting pressure on him to return to partisan politics.

Now that the pressure has included the US, would he take a position? Time will tell. Some elements in the North believe that he is not only qualified to occupy the highest political office in the country but is also popular, having been head of state for eight years. Also, foreign countries, which want stability in the country are said to have equally penciled down Babangida for support, ahead of 2011 elections.

The US connection
It was gathered that the United States has indicated interest in Babangida and has actually reached out to him on its thinking. Sources said that the recent visit of a strong US delegation to Nigeria, comprising Jonnie Carson, the country’s assistant secretary of state for African Affairs and Robin Sanders, its ambassador to Nigeria is part of the plan to draft Babangida to the 2011 race.

It was gathered that even though Babangida has not come out openly to declare his interest for the 2011 presidential election, the pressure on him is high. Sources said that due to the calibre of forces urging him to join the race, he would buckle eventually.

A source maintained that the US has followed the political situation in the country and has come to the conclusion that Nigeria needs a president who would restore confidence and leadership. It said that many people have been considered.

Sources said that among those considered is Brig-General Buba Marwa, former Nigeria’s military attaché to the US and current Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa. He was said to have been dropped because the US group believes that it may be difficult for the former governor of Lagos State to be accepted by other parts of the country.
It was gathered that Babangida eventually got endorsement after people like Mr. George Bush Sr, who was president in US when Babangida was military president in Nigeria put in words. The Bush Snr. support, it was gathered, informed why immediate past US president, George W. Bush, wanted to meet with Babangida when he visited Nigeria for the ThisDay awards.

Before the President Barrack Obama’s delegation to Babangida, the US and European Union had lamented the uncertainty in Nigeria, caused by the absence of President Yar’Adua. In a joint statement signed by US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, France’s Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner and European Union High Representative, Catherine Ashton, the US and EU noted: “Nigeria is going through a period of uncertainty because of the prolonged illness of President Musa Yar’Adua. Nigeria’s stability and democracy carry great significance beyond its immediate borders, given its importance as a global oil producer and stabilising force in West Africa.”

In the quest to help Nigeria get stability, the US therefore, wants a leader it thinks would build institutions, as President Obama earlier suggested.
However, apart from the US, it was gathered that Nigerians, especially power brokers in the North are also putting pressure on Babangida to join the race for next year’s presidency.

Maryam death angle
It was gathered that the death of Babangida’s wife, Maryam, last December 27, served as a rallying point for some politicians, who want Babangida back at the presidency. Within the period when Maryam was buried and her 40th day fidau, paraphernalia of offices of state governments across the country literally relocated to Minna. At Minna even though politicians came for mourning, there were reconciliation of political foes and realignment of political forces.

Initially, there was the belief that the death of Maryam would sound the death knel on Babangida’s comeback hope, but the goodwill that came with it boosted the confidence of the retired general, it was gathered. Babangida’s confidant said that the manner Nigerians, from all walks of life sympathised with him, during his trying period, humbled Babangida the more and made him to hope that an opportunity would come for him to reciprocate by giving the Nigerian people quality and good governance. The message of appreciation he sent to Nigerians conveyed his emotion on the love Nigerians showed his family.

In the message, he stated: “ My dear compatriots, you have once again stood by us at a time and moment when my family and I need your support, consolation and prayers.”

The North’s thinking
It was gathered that the northern political elite, believing that it gambled and lost out with the Yar’Adua presidency, thinks that with a candidate like Babangida the geopolitical zone will bounce back to political reckoning, just as General Olusegun Obasanjo brought back South West to political relevance at the federal level.
Sources said that the declaration that no serving or former governor from the North will succeed Yar’Adua was part of the signal to draft Babangida into the race. Indeed, a frontline northern critic and retired Army Major, Abubakar Umar, had warned that the northern governors, who are nursing the ambition of succeeding Yar’Adua should bury such plans. According to him, none of these northern governors is competent to rule the country. He said that some of the governors, apart from their dismal performance, were found wanting when the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) checked their books.

Considering the offer
It was gathered that Babangida is considering the offer to succeed Yar’Adua. He is said to be examining the various forces angling for his entry into the race, to ascertain if they mean well or just want to drag him out and disgrace him. Also, he wants to be sure that Nigerians would accept him.

Sources close to him said that one of the ways the former Head of State wants to find out how Nigerians feel about him was for his associates to commission a research to find out how Nigerians would receive his entry into the presidential race. It was gathered that this move is preparatory to him officially declaring to replace Yar’Adua next year.

Former national treasurer of PDP, Dr. Godwin Daboh, who is among those putting pressure on Babangida to join the 2011 race, had said that result of research conducted in the six geopolitical zones showed that over 70 percent of Nigerians want Babangida in the presidency in 2011. This seems to have buoyed the confidence of the group, which are surreptitiously revving their political structures.

With such finding, associates of Babangida have subtly started making comments to prepare the ground. One of his former aides and ex-military intelligence officer when Babangida was in power, Captain Sagir Mohammed (retd), recently said that the constitution is clear on who could be presidential candidate. According to him, “the Nigerian people who decide who becomes the president have not, in any way, foreclosed his possibility of becoming the president and we have no proof that those few who want him not to contest, represent the view of Nigerian people.”

He remarked that General Babangida holds the record as one of the greatest leaders that have ever ruled the country, since the period of amalgamation, adding that he has a record of achievements unsurpassed by many Nigerian leaders before and after him. The former military officer said Nigerians now have the unique opportunity of comparing the Babangida regime with what the country has had after him.

Resurrecting political structures
It was gathered that Babangida has refused to disclose his political activities for fear of being accused of contributing in heating up the polity and destablising the Yar’Adua government. Sources said that he wants to meet with President Yar’Adua, to ascertain his plan for 2011 before making a public declaration on his intention.
In the meantime, it was gathered that his political associates have started resurrecting his political structures secretly, preparatory to his declaration.

One of them, who pleaded anonymity said: “We are now resurrecting our structures because it is evident that going by the internal and external pressures mounted on IBB to run for 2011 presidential election, he would succumb. The unity and progress of this country is very uppermost in his mind.”

His clout
Events have proved that Babangida is a force to be reckoned with in PDP and the polity. In 2006, many people picked nomination forms for various offices because Babangida was expected to run for the president. Some of them, especially those who wanted to be governors, had actually paid the non-refundable N2m to pick nomination forms. They, however, dropped their aspirations when it became clear that Babangida was no longer interested in the presidency, following the aspiration of Yar’Adua. Babangida had put what happened into perspective then when he said that he pulled out because he did not want to go into a contest with any member of the Yar’Adua family because he saw them as his brothers. He revealed that Yar’Adua’s father had told him not to ever do anything that would put him on collision course with any of his children, as they grew up together.

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The true story of how ailing president Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was smuggled into the country in the wee hours of Wednesday have emerged.
Daily Sun authoritatively gathered that the plot was hatched by a top security chief in the presidency who co-opted a foremost army top shot as well as some kitchen cabinet members of the ailing president.

Presidential sources told Daily Sun that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was kept completely in the dark about the whole plot, as the security chief went about doing his duties in the villa and pretending to be loyal to the acting president and acting as if all was well. Also kept in the dark about the plot were the majority of the service chiefs because as the Daily Sun source puts it “the security chief does not like cannot vouch for their loyalty in this kind of operation.”

The security chief was said to have found the kind of trust he was looking for an Army top brass who mobilized his soldiers to mount security at the airport while the operation lasted.
Daily Sun gathered that the plot to smuggle the ailing president into the country by the inner caucus members of President Yar’Adua began to emerge sometime last week when the Saudi authorities began to develop fears as Yar’Adua’s condition was said to have got worse by the day.
Sources also hinted that some world leaders who had expressed displeasure with the Saudi government over their refusal to allow Nigerians access to their number one citizen, had told the King Fahd AbdulAziz that Saudi Arabia would be held responsible should the Nigerian president die in his country.

As the pressure mounted, the Saudi authorities then got in touch with the president’s security officials and informed them of the need to fly the ailing president back to Nigeria.
A deadline was said to have been given for the return journey. After a careful thought, the security chief contacted the army top shot who in turn directed the presidential guards to be on standby for the operation.

The guards are charged with the responsibility of providing security for the president, his immediate family and other important dignitaries. They are also expected to provide security for the acting president and his immediate family.

Daily Sun gathered that as Acting President, Dr. Jonathan was supposed to be in the know when a large deployment of troops to keep security at the airport was being made, but he was kept in the dark as the presidential guards were deployed to the airport for Yar’Adua’s return.

To ensure that the soldiers did not leak the top secret operation to anyone, the authorities dispossessed them of their mobile phone handsets, switched them off and kept them at the brigade headquarters in Abuja. With that, the soldiers were unable to make contact with anybody.

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