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Politics / Re: Niger State Youths Destroy Political Banners: 'We Have Not Seen Any Change' by sowore2019: 1:50pm On May 27, 2018 |
It is time to take Nigeria back from analogue leaders that considered it their social security 1 Like
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Business / Re: Nigerian Stock Market Loses N416b In One Week Amid Political Anxiety by sowore2019: 7:52am On May 27, 2018 |
No doubt President Buhari has failed in governance, he lack the mental capacity and drive to administer a modern Nigeria. Let us Take Nigeria back from analogue leadership #Sowore2019 5 Likes
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Politics / Re: Three Years Of Buhari: What Has Changed? by sowore2019: 7:44am On May 27, 2018 |
Nothing has changed, rather 1. Intimidation of Nigerians by the police have increased greatly. 2. Nigeria debt profile has risen by over 100% in 3 years 3. Over 2M young people have graduated from higher institutions in the past 3 years, yet Buhari is still basking in the euphoria of providing less than 300,000 meagre and unsecured jobs with N-Power. 4. They celebrated high FX investment in the country without telling us how it affects the lives of over 150 Nigerians living below the poverty level. 5. Armed herdsmen are also on the prowl 6. No serious investment in education and health They are yet to come to terms that IT innovations is the biggest employer of labour in the world right now, it is time for Nigerians to elect a Digitally inclined leadership and not mediocre with analogue mentality.. 2 Likes 1 Share
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Politics / Re: Obasanjo, ADC, 30 Other Parties In Alliance Deal by sowore2019: 7:06am On May 27, 2018 |
No to association of vampires, it is time to take Nigeria back. #Sowore2019 1 Like 1 Share
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Politics / Re: Sowore Becomes First Presidential Aspirant To Visit Bakassi Idps Camp by sowore2019: 12:26am On May 27, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: A Sincere Analysis Of Buhari 2019 Ambition by sowore2019: 10:16pm On May 26, 2018 |
Well articulated, that is why we need a young vibrant man like Omoyele Sowore 2 Likes
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Politics / Re: Sowore Becomes First Presidential Aspirant To Visit Bakassi Idps Camp by sowore2019: 8:45pm On May 26, 2018 |
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Politics / Sowore Becomes First Presidential Aspirant To Visit Bakassi Idps Camp by sowore2019: 8:39pm On May 26, 2018 |
It was a very emotional moment for everyone of us on trip, especially #Sowore who was visiting Bakassi for the first time. There are over 3000 IDPs in one of the camps. They are housed in open classroom blocks. No electricity, no water, no Medicare, no toilets, no school for the kids, etc. A woman had died, just under two months ago while trying to deliver a baby and the corpse is still being embalmed because the husband can't afford NGN200,000 to buy a casket and a piece of land to bury her. The baby was successful delivered and he is being taken care of by another lady. "If not for Channels TV that has been buying milk to feed this boy, he would have died by now. It is only Channels TV that has helped with the milk he drinks everyday. They have been buying for him since he was born about two months ago. God will bless Channels TV." Those were the words of Ene, the IDP camp commander. #Sowore immediately provided the NGN200,000 so that the dead can be buried. He provided another NGN50,000 for the upkeep of the baby for the next one week after which he pledged to personally continue and ensure the boy's fortune changes for good. #Sowore has also commenced arrangements to begin drilling a borehole in the camp to ease the plight of the IDPs who still get their water from a nearby stream. I (Yours Sincerely) is already making arrangements for the borehole which should be done within the next one month. Above all, #Sowore promised the IDPs that: "If I ever had any doubt that we need to chase our current leaders out, what I have seen here today is a further confirmation of that my conviction. By next year when we win, we will immediately do something about this terrible situation I am seeing here within our first three months in office. We will provide a permanent solution to this inhumanity that these Nigerians are being subjected to here by our leaders." Hope was evident on the faces of the IDPs. They said he is the first presidential aspirant who has thought about them and visited to see their plight first hand and assured him of their readiness to #TakeNigeriaBack with #Sowore. 1 Like
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Politics / Re: 2019: Obasanjo In Closed-door Meeting With Afenifere by sowore2019: 9:01pm On May 21, 2018 |
Sowore for President 3 Likes
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Politics / Re: Here Is Why Nigerians Should Stop Praising Politicians When They Provide Jobs by sowore2019: 1:42pm On May 16, 2018 |
Andyibest: This is so far the best article on Nairaland in 2018 2 Likes |
Politics / Omoyele Sowore – A New Dawn For Nigeria by sowore2019: 7:45pm On May 14, 2018 |
Fearless, a fighter … recurrent words used to describe Omoyele Sowore, the owner of founder of Sahara Reporters, by the hundreds of Nigerians based in the UK, that came to the University of East London, Water Lane, London on Saturday 12th May to see and hear the Presidential Aspirant for the Nigerian Presidential Election that will take place on 16th February 2019, incidentally on Omoyele Sowore’s birthday. Representatives of the Nigerian Diaspora in the UK at the townhall meeting in London are thirsty for a total turnaround of Nigerian politics and see in him their best candidate and a just man. Omoyele Sowore started his campaign just over 10 weeks ago and has already completed a 23 day tour of Nigeria, namely #takeitbacktour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhSpkwopKU As he arrived in Lagos on 3rd April, he would also be welcomed at the airport by thousands of Nigerians who see him as the incontestable hope to take Nigeria into a new era. It is not surprising when the 2019 line up is, to name but a few, Muhammadu Buhari, incumbent president now aged 76 or Atiku Abubakar, 71 years old. Nigeria has 40 million youths aspiring for change, opportunities and justice and Omoyele Sowore has a proven trackrecord as a human rights activist. Dr. Gbenga Oduntan, reader in International Commercial Law, at the University of Kent, stated in his address at the Town Hall Meeting: 62 % of Nigerians live in absolute poverty, that is over 100 million According to Transparency International, 96% of Nigerians mistrust the police and 46% its education system Omoyele Sowore, in his speech, would refer to Nigeria as “The Federal Republic of all kinds of injustice” His manifesto is ambitious and would require fresh blood and a change in culture, especially to tackle corruption at the highest level in office for which he proposed to remove immunity for all elected civil servants. Reforming the Civil Service will be key by incentivizing current civil servants close to retirement to leave and be replaced by younger ones accustomed to new technologies. Switching to Nigeria being an oil and passive economy soon extinct is also paramount to him by reforming agriculture, developing renewable energies sources, especially solar energy. Education and Healthcare would also see the creation of 360,000 jobs, 200 000 posts created for the recruitment of teachers and 160 000 for healthcare practitioners which would absorb the current unemployment of graduates (300,000 are jobless). Raising the minimum wage of the average worker to increase their spending power and boost the local economy are also on the agenda as well as enforcing current legislation to tackle capital flights due to the abuse of expats quota being brought in to work in Nigeria. Restructuration is on the table as long as the process is consultative and representative of what Nigerians want. In terms of gender equality, Omoyele Sowore is committed to a fair representation of both men and women in the political life of Nigeria and wants a 50/50 cabinet. He also dares to say that if only women are found competent while constituting the cabinet, he will have a 100% female cabinet ministers. From a panafrican stance, I was happy to hear that Omoyele Sowore is in favor of the ECOWAS currency and economic integration. When it comes to his political platform, Omoyele Sowore has promised that he will make no alliance with the current parties tarnished by alleged claims of corruption. He wants to totally breakaway from former politics and the current political culture forcing political aspirants to have a Godfather to enter politics. How can Omoyele Sowore win the 2019 election? Living in the U.S himself, it is clear that Omoyele Sowore sees the Nigerian Diaspora has a powerful ally. In fact, his first act as a president, he wants it to be diaspora voting in their country of residence and no visas required to travel back to their homeland. To counter attack "the cash for votes" mentality at grassroots level in Nigeria where voters would actually be bribed to vote for a candidate, Omoyole Sowore recognises the influence that the UK diaspora and others have back home as they send their remittance on a monthly basis to support their families. It is key that those on the ground register to vote and hold a PVC card (permanent Voter’s Card). The solution, as suggested too by AY Citizen, Ayo Ogundimo, one of the organiser for the TownHall meeting in London yesterday “Get your PVC!!!”. Omoyole Sowore, ups it, he suggests that to their next remittance, be attached a request to see their family members PVC card. There is no doubt that Omoyele Sowore has the support of the majority of the Nigerian diasporas who want a Nigeria where they can invest and retire. He now has 9 months to convince those back home that he is the candidate of the future, of a new dawn for Nigeria. http://afrocultureblog.over-blog.com/2018/05/omoyele-sowore-a-new-dawn-for-nigeria-takeitback2019.html
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Politics / Re: Live Feeds From Omoyele Sowore London Town Hall Meeting - VIDEO by sowore2019: 5:24pm On May 12, 2018 |
1K views and more, Nigerians around the world are yearning for Sowore 1 Like
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Politics / Re: Live Feeds From Omoyele Sowore London Town Hall Meeting - VIDEO by sowore2019: 3:55pm On May 12, 2018 |
Achuwa1: He was welcome with open arms in Owerri and Onitsha 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: Live Feeds From Omoyele Sowore London Town Hall Meeting - VIDEO by sowore2019: 3:44pm On May 12, 2018 |
These persons were not paid £500 by the Kyaris of this World. Even in 2014, Buhari never had the turnout in London. The Movement to liberate Nigeria and Nigerians is here. #Takeitback. Show me who else is doing this! Massive Town Hall Meeting in London: WATCH LIVE: https://www.facebook.com/OSowore/videos/10158032861292837/ 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Live Feeds From Omoyele Sowore London Town Hall Meeting - VIDEO by sowore2019: 3:37pm On May 12, 2018 |
Watch the event live https://www.facebook.com/OSowore/videos/10158032861292837/ 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Live Feeds From Omoyele Sowore London Town Hall Meeting - VIDEO by sowore2019: 3:36pm On May 12, 2018 |
Full house in London 2 Likes
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Politics / Live Feeds From Omoyele Sowore London Town Hall Meeting - VIDEO by sowore2019: 3:28pm On May 12, 2018 |
The UK is home to the highest number of Nigerians outside Nigeria per sq. mile, so it is only right that you hear from Presidential Aspirant Omoyele Sowore: - what will he do differently? - What are his plans for the Nigeria? - How will these plans materialise or are they just pipe dreams? - Will we see a Nigeria that is transparent, accountable and progressive? Or will his Movement be business as usual? This is your opportunity to be heard and to find out what the future holds! Don't miss out! Watch livestream of Omoyele Sowore London Town Hall Meeting > https://www.facebook.com/OSowore/videos/10158032861292837/ 2 Likes
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Politics / 2019 Elections And A Recent Poll by sowore2019: 10:11am On May 12, 2018 |
2019 ELECTIONS AND A RECENT POLL by Deji Yesufu A recent poll conducted on my Facebook wall had 159 entries made. Of this number, former Vice President Atiku got 3 votes, Chinedu Moghalu had 9 votes, Fela Durotoye polled 10 votes, Donald Duke had 22 votes, Omoyele Sowore got 57 votes and Muhammadu Buhari had 58 votes. Anyone that knows anything about polls will know that polls cannot always be trusted. Too many factors play into the outcome of a given poll. The demography and location of the persons involved in the poll is a leading factor. At the same time, polls can give a correct prediction of the outcome of a coming election. For the sake of this essay, I want to assume the above poll result as the outcome of voting in just one polling unit in a given ward in the coming presidential elections. I also want to suggest factors that could bring about a different result. My poll makes Muhammadu Buhari the winner of the 2019 presidential elections. He is hotly pursued by Omoyele Sowore. While Donald Duke, Fela Durotoye, Chinedu Moghalu and Atiku Abubakar tag along the two of them. Muhammadu Buhari is likely to emerge the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Donald Duke is being tipped to get the ticket from former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s newly enacted movement. Atiku Abubakar may grab the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). This leaves us with three young men who have emerged into the Nigerian political stage and are shaking it to its roots. They are Omoyele Sowore, Fela Durotoye and Chinedu Moghalu. Going by my poll, if the votes of all these three are put together, they would have 72 votes. This is a clear 18 votes above those of the incumbent President Buhari. My poll suggests that if the new order, being championed by youths in this country, is going to make any head way at all, Sowore, Durotoye and Moghalu must come together in some kind of coalition to wrest power from the old block of politicians in this country. What is clear as noon day is that Atiku, Duke and Buhari cannot enter a coalition. This should give the opportunity to these young men to rescue Nigeria. Going also by my poll, the leading candidate of these three is Omoyele Sowore. I admit that many other polls have placed Fela Durotoye ahead of Sowore but again, for the sake of this article, we are working with my poll. And a Sowore advantage over the three is not just something my poll suggests, even the talk of the town also say the same thing. Omoyele Sowore’s media activities via the online news medium, Saharareporters, places him at a head start over Durotoye and Moghalu. Besides this, even before campaign has commenced, Sowore has embarked on a massive worldwide tour of cities to share his vision of ruling Nigeria with Nigerians living all around the world. Sowore’s town hall meetings can simply be said to be unprecedented in the history of Nigeria. Young and old people come to this town hall meetings and engage him with questions, while he answers them thoroughly. His popularity has soured greatly to the extent that even the powers in Abuja are already quaking. The talk of “youth taking over” is now so frequent in our body polity. Therefore the wise thing to happen in a coalition move will be for Sowore to emerge the presidential candidate for this coalition, while the likes of Durotoye and Moghalu join Sowore to form a government when they eventually take over power. It is now that the political calculations must be made. Elections are a mere ten months away. The incumbent President while promising to run for a second term, has not shown Nigerians what it takes to lead a country. To be fair to Muhammadu Buhari, he is not a complete failure in governance. This might be the reason for the high number of votes he got from my poll. While many people are not impressed by his style of governance, they would rather dine with him than with a devil they do not know. But for some of us, Buhari just does not cut the picture of leading this nation for another four years. In many ways, the Buhari administration has simply repeated everything Nigerians complained about in the Jonathan government. Jonathan failed Nigeria in security and corruption. Buhari has not fared any better in the matter of security, especially with the unending killings going on around the country. At first this administration behaved as if the killings were not happening. Now they simply come out and lament about the killings just like every other Nigerian. I am part of those who are convinced that there are people who are set to bring down this government and they are the ones sponsoring these killings. But a proactive government does not wait for people to spoil its work; it puts in modalities into place that will discourage these things from happening. The Buhari government is plain too reactive for some of us. Corruption has also not dwindled in this government. We have watched as enemies of this administration and people who worked for the former administration have been hounded for corruption. We have however not seen one person in this government, who has been alleged of corruption, punished or even tried. It seem as if corruption has just changed faces with this present government. A youthful government, hopefully one that is led by Omoyele Sowore, will bring vigour and vitality to governance. Nigeria can simply not survive geriatric leadership. We need a President who is up and doing. With all due respect to President Buhari, people of his age should be enjoying their retirement and not competing with their children in elections. Many people may hold a lot against Omoyele Sowore but one thing they cannot hold against him is his innovation. Sowore’s Saharareporters has simply disrupted the Nigerian media space. In less than three months of joining the race to the presidency, he has shaken the whole foundation of our political space. We need minds like this to lead this nation. It is OK for anyone to conclude that this article is championing a Sowore presidency. That is fine. What is also abundantly clear is that every hour, day, month and year this nation is left to be led by people who do not have what it takes to lead, leaves us in a precarious situation. Nigeria’s problem is not Boko Haram, or IPOB, or even corruption. Nigeria’s problem is leadership. If this country elects a leader that can take the political problems in this country by the horn and bring it to submission, Boko Haram will end; IPOB members will find other jobs to do and we will all live happily ever after. The ball, like they say, is in our court.
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Gambia Sells Yahya Jammeh's Cars, Planes To Pay Off Debt by sowore2019: 1:21pm On May 11, 2018 |
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Travel / Re: Rat Attack In The Male Toilet Of The Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (video) by sowore2019: 7:14am On May 10, 2018 |
Not suprised, the official governing office of the country was once shut down because of rats. |
Politics / Re: EXCLUSIVE: Presidency Asks INEC To ‘slow Down’ Voter Regi by sowore2019: 10:07pm On May 09, 2018 |
Truth 2 Likes 1 Share
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Politics / Takeitback: Sowore’s 23 Days Journey Across Nigeria by sowore2019: 9:18pm On May 09, 2018 |
Here you have it In 23 Days, a burning desire to reclaim Nigeria and set the nation on the path to progress and growth turned into an aspiration; something to aim for, fight for, live for. The desire to #TakeItBack from the hands of those who have held Nigeria back for almost 58 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4p0pBt-F_Y |
Crime / Re: Corpses Still Litter Birnin-Gwari Kaduna After Attack As Death Toll Rises. Photo by sowore2019: 8:38pm On May 09, 2018 |
What is happening is the result of years of injustice melted out to the Nigeria people by the elites, the future they plan for us is here
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Politics / Re: 2019: Nigerians Will Elect President Without A Godfather- Sowore by sowore2019: 4:18pm On May 08, 2018 |
Where we are now is the FuTUrE they created for us! Let us take our country back from those that created it and re-created a better FUTURE for our children and those coming behind.
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Politics / 2019: Nigerians Will Elect President Without A Godfather- Sowore by sowore2019: 4:16pm On May 08, 2018 |
Media personality and presidential hopeful, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, has declared that come 2019 Nigerians will elect a new president that owe no allegiance to “kingmakers and godfathers.” Sowore, who is the founder of online news medium, SaharaReporters, said this when he held a town hall meeting in New York on Saturday. The event was attended by about hundreds of Nigerians in New York and viewed by thousands online. The town hall meeting was a continuation of his goal of meeting Nigerians everywhere they can be found to present his vision for Nigeria. At the event, Sowore discussed and answered questions varying from terrorism, herdsmen menace, government’s neglect of the farmer/herdsmen conflicts and ransom paid to Boko Haram. Sharing observations from his recent nationwide tour of Nigeria with the attendees at the meeting, Sowore recalled meeting with poor and destitute women in the streets of Kano who did not ask for money but were begging for education for their children. He described the scenes in Onitsha and Owerri, where attendees expressed a yearning for a Nigeria that is fair, just and works for all. Sowore further described his excitement at a similar event in Kaduna where attendees expressed their desire to see the dichotomy between North and South Kaduna bridged. He said they demanded a happy Kaduna. He vowed to commit resources to ending Boko Haram’s reign of terror and providing protection to Nigerians in the North East who continue to be victims of kidnappings and mayhem unleashed by the group. He declared that he is committed to listening to the people and giving them the Nigeria they want and deserve. Sowore vowed that the Nigeria that he will work for is one in which the economy works for the majority of Nigerians and not just a select few. He reiterated that the #TakeitBack Movement is for all Nigerians regardless of ethnicity, age, religious affiliation or gender. The town hall meeting was moderated by a former University of Lagos SUG President and prominent US-based engineer, Malcolm Fabiyi, and leader of the Nigeria Liberty Forum, Bukola Oreofe. http://www.punchng.com/in-2019-nigerians-wont-elect-a-president-that-owe-allegiance-to-godfathers-sowore/
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Politics / Re: Attend Omoyele Sowore London Town Hall Meeting, 12th May 2018 by sowore2019: 12:42pm On May 08, 2018 |
IgboBasthard:How has those with political sagacity delivered the dividends of good governance to the people? Think man and liberate yourself, what is required to govern is the will. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Buhari Appoints Keyamo, Six Others As NDIC Board Members by sowore2019: 12:36pm On May 08, 2018 |
Don't let us lose hope, we can collectively take back Nigeria from those that considered it their social security. 2 Likes
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Politics / Attend Omoyele Sowore London Town Hall Meeting, 12th May 2018 by sowore2019: 10:16pm On May 07, 2018 |
London, UK - the time is finally HERE! The UK is home to the highest number of Nigerians outside Nigeria per sq. mile, so it is only right that you hear from Presidential Aspirant Omoyele Sowore: - what will he do differently? - What are his plans for the Nigeria? - How will these plans materialise or are they just pipe dreams? - Will we see a Nigeria that is transparent, accountable and progressive? Or will his Movement be business as usual? This is your opportunity to be heard and to find out what the future holds! Don't miss out! 2 Likes
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Politics / Re: 2019: Only God Can Say Who Wins Election ―buhari by sowore2019: 8:14pm On May 07, 2018 |
Drchristian: As you might have been aware, Sowore's campaign is organic, individuals and groups are powering the movement. In his word "We don't have money, ankara or rice to give anybody, what we have is our conscience". Please keep in touch as events unfold. |
Politics / Re: 2019: Only God Can Say Who Wins Election ―buhari by sowore2019: 8:01pm On May 07, 2018 |
He is taking cognizance of hurricane Sowore 12 Likes
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Science/Technology / Re: Chimpanzee Follows Farmer Home In Cross River State (photos) by sowore2019: 6:08pm On May 07, 2018 |
The man millions is loading, he should just keep taking care of the gorilla. |
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