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ceo4eva:
DON'T EVER FORGET THIS:

For the records, these photos I've uploaded here are REAL photos from the campaign venue, and not photos taken from Reinhard Bonnke's crusades, like the way APC does!
We don't show fake crowd like the APC!

God Bless Jonathan!
God Bless Plateau State!!
God Bless Nigeria!!!

Wendell Simlin... you are back again

Wallahi I agree. I must've been Hitler or Stalin in the past to be Naija now

GEJ na fisherman and Ibinabo stinks of fish... match made in heaven

Can you blame him for trying to escape election violence. I sure sey he carry im family join

ftc

JECBOSS:
Obviously, It's GEJ. He's really a handsome looking man.

WTF?!

Stay away from drugs JECBOSS!

I wonder how much they paid these buffoons!

They probably won't come back to the country so what should they care if they help elect the worst possible candidate.

Austerity measure my a$$!

Bureau de change!!!

I can't believe this guy has the cheek to run again, and people will probably vote him in.

I am finally tired of Nigerians, I give up. I am taking all my money abroad and starting afresh with like minded people.

We deserve the leaders we get because we are a bunch of idiots focusing on religion and tribe, ignoring reputation, competence and integrity. I am tired of complaining because things never change. BH will diminish the north while corruption and Niger-Delta boys diminish the south. If you can, get the hell out of that country because there is no future after February 2015.

Nigerians are idiots being ruled by more idiots so if you are smart, get the hell out before it implodes. Bloody religious bigots...

Both God and Allah can suck my BBC!

I am finally tired of Nigerians, I give up. I am taking all my money abroad and starting afresh with like minded people.

We deserve the leaders we get because we are a bunch of idiots focusing on religion and tribe, ignoring reputation, competence and integrity. I am tired of complaining because things never change. BH will diminish the north while corruption and Niger-Delta boys diminish the south. If you can, get the hell out of that country because there is no future after February 2015.

Nigerians are idiots being ruled by more idiots so if you are smart, get the hell out before it implodes. Bloody religious bigots...

Both God and Allah can suck my BBC!

temitemi1:
If u like vote,if u like no vote but come 2015 is GEJ. GEJ till 2019!!!

@seun wtf? this is another data centre guy. pls do smthin...

@seun
@ishilove

Please this issue is undermining the objectivity of the forum. Even if you can't resolve it please acknowledge it to disassociate yourself from what is going on because u guys look complicit.

And abeg, this is FP material.

chibwike:
Na wa oh...some peeps dont sleep sha.

@chibwike GEJ till 2050 abi? How much do they pay you guys sef, I always wondered.

If you get the time, read this article here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29237507

See how @presher below quickly politicized this issue. If you follow his trail of posts, you will see a string of illogical APC bashing so safe to say he is one of them.

@saintneo Unlike you, I am not a full time internet warrior so I do not have time to pick out the PDP and APC data centre workers. However, it is plain to see and I hope the mods can highlight this topic because many pple I know are losing confidence in NL.

Very soon, the only members will be political internet warriors bashing each other.

FTC!!!

Follow @masterpower to see how these guys operate. @masterpower works in a PDP data centre.

If I can spot one that easy, WTF are you NL mods doing?

I do not need to say too much on this issue, but I am sick and tired of every story being hijacked by PDP and APC data centres bent on distorting public opinion. It is always obvious when a topic has been hijacked and this seems to be just about every single topic now.

I have been on Nairaland for a long time but if @Seun cannot do anything about these people, then we have to assume NL is complicit in brainwashing Nigerians for their own gain.

We need to start to identify and exposing these people, or they will ruin NL.

Ibadannimowa:
Trust me, the forum has gone to d dogs.

You're right, maybe @Seun has also collected his PDP donation... can't understand why else he is tolerating this BS.

I think I'll just stick to Linda Ikeji/Bella Naija then, goodbye NL.

dunkem21:
Ride on, sweetie. Your achievements and innovations speak for you.

..and your beauty.

Congrats damsel, Diezani.

Why can't you remove such comments @seun. This is clearly from one of those data centres aimed at distorting public opinion. I feel less keen on reading NL these days because of these idi*ts!

Or you can eat all the Nkwobi you want and pass the Mrs to me... I don't miss.

N100k for a girl, N300k for a boy and N500k for twins (promo price)

jaytee01: Na wa oo...e come resemble Shekau before he grow bia bia!

NL always makes me laugh. Serious article like this and this guy can somehow carve a joke out of it.

*** How many people on Nairaland are internet warriors hired by GEJ and the like. ***

*** Mods, this is FP material ***

In our series of letters from African journalists, writer and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at the online battle hotting up ahead of next year's elections in Nigeria.

When it comes to providing work for idle minds, the devil seems to have a particular fondness for Nigerian youths, especially around election times.

Most elections conducted in Nigeria over the past decades have been characterised by thuggery.

Politicians turn to the country's pool of unemployed millions to recruit young people who will aid their democratic ambitions.

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
These youths are then trained and empowered to manipulate the electoral climate.

Their job description includes anything from intimidating political opponents to seizing ballot boxes and clobbering uncooperative electoral officers.

But times are definitely changing.

Rather than supplying them with machetes, missiles and matches, Nigerian politicians are now arming their hirelings with laptops, smart phones and internet connections.

Political thuggery has gone digital.

As Nigeria gears up for the 2015 general elections, squads of young people are being recruited across the nation to storm cyberspace: To harass, intimidate and persecute their employer's opponents or those with views that oppose his ambitions

For many Nigerian youths, being an "internet warrior" is a full-time job.

Chemistry graduate turned internet warrior
Some work from home; others work from an office - many work round the clock.

I spoke to a 28-year-old chemistry graduate who patrols the online war front for one of Nigeria's popular politicians.

Every morning, he gets dressed and embarks on a 20-minute drive to work, where he sits in an office with dozens of other young people on the same mission as himself.

With a burst of laughter, he summarised his job description in three words: "Distort public opinion".

He and his colleagues have about 10 different pseudonyms each for news websites and blogs, but fewer for Facebook and Twitter.

They bombard articles about their politician with positive comments, and blast those of his opponents with negative posts.

I usually use corruption and ethnicity to attack," he said.

Some months ago, he was engaged in the exact opposite: Maligning his current employer.

At the time, he was working in an enemy camp, but the pay and conditions were not as favourable as those offered him now.

"They had promised us jobs," he said, "but when the time came, they offered all the positions to people from their constituency."

I wonder what these armies of young Nigerians will do with their laptops, smart phones and internet connections after the 2015 electoral battle is over”

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Another young man told me that certain online platforms, especially newspapers, block any comments his team members post in support of their candidate.

Others allow support for his principal, and disallow negativity from enemy camps.

It all depends on whose payroll the newspaper's online editor has been signed.

These internet warriors, while not stealing ballot boxes or bullying electoral officers, are manipulating the electoral climate.

Public opinion is being rigged.

At this rate, the forthcoming elections will be full of many surprises, especially for those who depend on online forums to gauge Nigerians' sentiments on any issue.

Meanwhile, the multitude of Nigerians who actually go out to stand in the rain or sun for hours to vote on election day, often do not have internet connections in their shacks.

Being an internet warrior certainly comes across as a more acceptable form of thuggery than ripping shirts and hurling stones in the streets.

Brain instead of brawn. No bones broken, no limbs amputated, no blood shed, no lives lost.

Broken promises
The pseudonymous adversaries may even be best friends.

At the close of business, they shut their laptops and meet at the pepper-soup joint down the road for a stout, the day's vicious tasks safely behind their screens.

Nigerian voters queue as they wait to cast their ballots on 26 April 2011 at a polling station in Jos
Many voters in Nigeria will not have access to the internet
But what will become of all these recruits when the 2015 battles have been lost or won?

Despite the promises that may have been made to them, not all will be given better jobs or government appointments.

The Niger Delta oil militants who terrorised southern Nigeria a few years ago were reported to be thugs used during election campaigning who suddenly found themselves jobless - but adequately armed after the ballots had been cast.

Some of the Boko Haram insurgents currently terrorising the north were also born out of a similarly expired campaign contract.

Increased armed robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in different parts of Nigeria after elections have also been linked to youths with weapons who find an alternative use for them.

I wonder what these armies of young Nigerians will do with their laptops, smart phones and internet connections after the 2015 electoral battle - which many politicians view as Armageddon - is over.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29237507

I miss her energy, her smile, the sex, the conversations... but I suspect she was a f*&%ing cheat the whole time.

Let us be careful here guys, it seems likely that GEJ will get rid of Sambo very soon, and Ribadu would then be a prime choice for VP in 2015. I suspect that is what is at play here. Why else would he leave APC since he was a prime candidate for Adamawa state governor with APC. I believe he wanted more than just a governor appointment and PDP offered him VP in 2015.

Thank me when this is all revealed...

Fela could not bee more right... Pastor dey enjoy and his flock or sheep will come here and start talking absolute rubbish.

Anyone still going to this church after such allegations is a complete idi*t. The guy is a fraud fellow Nigerians, wake up and smell the coffee!!!

To think that some idi*ts are even paying tithes to this man is infuriating.

We have light here 24/7. Maybe that's because I am in Aso Rock!