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Did he actually say this?

BrosPeter:
how come buhari couldn't pass our own NDA? He went abroad for military training, he didn't go there in pursuit of academic qualification. Buhari is the only general of old that does not use psc after his name, he failed at NDA.

He failed at NDA ,so what?
Failing at NDA does not make one a failure. Many wrote UTME four times it more and still came out successful in their future endeavour.

vodacom:
The market is saturated already. Infinix phones has battery issues especially when it's hot.most of their phones if not all batteries doesn't last for long like Gionee M2,Tecno R7,L3, Samsung e.t.c

You can lie :-)

Maku should decamp to the APC

Abati should tell us which particular part of the North East the president has visited in the last two years?
He should help provide us with the the dates the president visited Maiduguri, Yola and Maiduguri.?

Like what GEJ did to the Chibok parents, I had thought he would invite residents of the North East to Aso Rock in order to campaign to them.

Only an insensitive president forgets his citizens when they need help but remembers them when he needs their help

President Goodluck Jonathan is set to hit the
North-East with his campaign train to seek the
people’s support for his re-election bid.
It’s been 266 days after the President shunned
the troubled region following the abduction of
over 200 schoolgirls by terrorists in Chibok,
Borno State.
The Peoples Democratic Party National
Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo, who spoke with
Saturday PUNCH during the week in Abuja, said
that the President would visit all parts of the
country, including the North-East, to seek the
people’s support.
The President had cancelled his supposed trip to
Chibok on May 16, 2014 to sympathise with the
parents of the abducted schoolgirls, who have
been missing for the past 257 days.
Though his aides, in a statement, later said the
President was not meant to visit Chibok that
day, the President’s advanced team, according to
reports, had visited Chibok in preparation for
Jonathan’s visit.
But Oladipo told one of our correspondents that
no part of the country would be left out by the
PDP and Jonathan to campaign for support.
He said, “We will visit all parts of the country to
campaign. There is no state in Nigeria that the
PDP and the President will not visit, including the
North-East.
“We believe in the sovereignty of the country and
that is why we are taking every part of the
nation seriously.”
Asked if this would not be seen as daring and
contemptuous of the people of the North-East,
who the President refused to visit even when
their towns and cities were being bombed almost
every day, he said, “The President does one thing
or the other on daily basis. He could be busy
attending to issues, some of them if not all,
could have positive effect on the lives of the
people of the region.”
Also the Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, reinforced
Oladipo’s comment, saying notwithstanding the
security challenges confronting Nigeria, Jonathan
would visit all the states affected by the Boko
Haram violence to campaign ahead of the 2015
general elections.
Abati said, “I have no doubt that the President is
going to campaign to all Nigerians. A campaign
timetable will be issued and the President will
visit all parts of the country because he knows
that we are facing another election.
“He is not taking any Nigerian for granted
because he has served Nigerians faithfully and
he is coming to them again in humility to ask for
their supports and votes.
“We have no doubt that Nigerians will stand
solidly behind him.”
Abati, however, flayed claim that Jonathan had
not visited the North-East, saying he did so
many times before now.
He said as Nigeria’s President, Jonathan was
not afraid to visit any part of the country.
Abati said, “This is the period of politics and the
President’s message and campaign will be for all
Nigerians.
“It is not true that the President had not visited
the North-East. Go and check his itinerary in the
last one year, he had gone there for
programmes.
“The Presidential Initiative for the North-East
was launched in one of the states in the region.
He has visited many parts of the North-East.
“He is the President of Nigeria. He can travel to
any part of the country. So, those who are
asking whether he will campaign in the North-
East should just check his itinerary.
“He has visited many of the states in the North,
not once, not twice. I don’t see why there should
be any anxiety.
“In any case, the Independent National Electoral
Commission, security agencies and other relevant
stakeholders have made it clear that they remain
committed to ensure that no Nigerian, for any
reason whatsoever, is denied the right to vote.”
But some northern groups have described the
planned campaign trip to the North-East as
belated, ill-timed and insensitive.
They said for the President to go and campaign
to a people who were traumatised by his lack of
concern for their plight was, to say the least, “
immoral, irresponsible and callous.”
The spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum,
Prof. Ango Abdullahi, expressed shock at the
reported plan by the President to embark on a
campaign trip to the troubled region. He said it
was left for the people of the area to let their
guest know how they feel.
According to him, it beats the imagination that
the President, who gives every excuse under the
sun to stay away from the North-East, has
suddenly developed courage because of his re-
election bid.
Abdullahi said, “It will be immoral for the
President to go to the North-East in the name of
campaign when he has been unable to visit the
people for the three years they have suffered
from the wanton destruction of their lives and
property by the Boko Haram sect.
“It is left for the people of the North-East to
show him how they feel. If you recall, Jonathan
was quoted as asking where Bama is.
“We have a President who does not know the
geography of the country. Maybe his friend,
former Governor of Borno State, Ali Sherriff, will
show him the way.”
Second Republic federal lawmaker and a Kano
State delegate to the just-concluded National
Conference, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, said he had
nothing but contempt for the President and his
handlers, especially when it had to do with the
issue of national security.
He said, “I never thought that we could have a
President who is this insensitive, who is this
irresponsible, who is this irredeemably
shameless.
“It is now clear to me that politics and this
political gamesmanship is the primary purpose
of this guy’s life.
“Human life does not mean anything to him,
since the advent of the Boko Haram insurgency,
the massive killings and abductions of young
Nigerians, he has not even genuinely
commiserated with these people.
“What is available to him today in terms of
security was available to him three years ago
when the insurgency began to spiral out of
control.”
Mohammed appealed to all men of goodwill,
including foreign powers interested in the
development of Nigeria to tell the President that
the lives of Nigerians are worth much more than
his political ambition.
The spokesperson for the All Progressives
Congress, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, said that
whether it is morally right or not for Jonathan to
seek the support of the traumatised Chibok
parents many months after he had failed to
rescue their children from the terrorists’ den
should be left for Nigerians to judge.
“We cannot always be the judge; we are going to
allow Nigerians to be the judge in this case. Let
Nigerians judge the issue,” he said.
The Secretary of the Borno Elders’ Forum,
Bulama Gubio, doubted that the residents would
warmly welcome Jonathan because the President
had not visited the traumatised parents of
Chibok girls since their children were abducted
on April 14, 2014.
Gubio, however, said the President was welcome
in the North-East because he is a Nigerian and
not necessarily because he is the leader of the
country.
He said, “Let him come, he is a Nigerian; he is
welcome. If all he wants to do here is to come
and campaign, let him come and do so, at least
he is a Nigerian and he has the right.
“Those who will receive him, if there are, will
receive him because he is the President. But
really, we don’t see ourselves as Nigerians again.
If there are people here who feel they are still
Nigerians, they will receive him.”
On the security crisis in Borno State, Gubio said
many youths were losing their lives daily to the
Boko Haram insurgency as they were confronting
the terrorists.
He said, “We are doing our best; we are praying
to God. We don’t think of any President now
because there is none who is doing anything for
us now. Our youths are helping some of the
military personnel here to fight the insurgents.
“Many of us have children in the military and in
the vigilante group and they are ready to lay
down their lives for us; they are doing the best
that they can. We are losing many of them, we
are not happy, but we have to keep fighting.”
As the 2015 general elections are moving closer,
however, sources said Jonathan’s campaign
posters were conspicuously missing in strategic
locations in the North-East.
The sources said that the posters were only
visible within the premises of the residents of the
PDP chieftains in the region.
They said the PDP chieftains were afraid to
paste Jonathan’s campaign posters at the
strategic locations for fear of being assaulted by
the people, especially those who felt aggrieved
that the President had yet to stop the persistent
terrorist attack on their communities.
The Chairman of the displaced persons in the
Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Philemon
Emmanuel, said Jonathan would be welcome in
the North-East, but would only campaign to
Boko Haram members who he said had taken
over most of the local government areas in the
region.
Emmanuel, who fled to Abuja from Gwoza,
Borno State, after the town was attacked by
terrorists, said all the residents had fled to
Cameroon, which he said is about 15 kilometres
to Gwoza, to avoid being killed.
According to him, there are no voters to woo in
the North-East because Boko Haram terrorists
have taken over the area and that many
residents are hiding on the mountain to avoid
being killed by the terrorists.
Emmanuel, who recalled that the residents had
peaceful celebration of Christmas last year,
however, called for adequate deployment of
security agents in the troubled region.
He said, “Boko Haram members came to Gwoza
in November, 2013, they went to Gwoche and
burnt churches and killed many people, but when
soldiers came, they ran away. We celebrated
Christmas successfully because soldiers were on
the ground but the moment they were
redeployed, Boko Haram took over the place and
we all ran to Cameroon.
“We want the Federal Government to deploy
more soldiers in the North-East. If troops were
deployed in all the places taken over by the
terrorists, they would not have succeeded.
“This is what Cameroon has been doing and the
soldiers there have been killing hundreds of Boko
Haram members. Last week, the Boko Haram
insurgents kidnapped many people at Gwoche
and kept them in one house but they were
rescued by Cameroonian gendarmes. Gwoche is
just 10km to Cameroon.”
The Chairman, Kibaku Development Association,
Dr. Bitrus Pogu, said Jonathan would be
welcome to campaign in the North-East.
Pogu, an elder statesman from Chibok, said the
President had visited Maiduguri, the Borno State
capital, but did not visit Chibok, where the
schoolgirls were abducted, for security reasons.
He said, “I think it is a moral issue for the
President if he did not visit Chibok to condole
with the people and for him to go there and
campaign now, but I support him because it is
not wise for him to visit that area due to the
activities of the insurgents to avoid a problem.
“The President is free to campaign in every part
of the country and he would be welcome in the
North-East.”
With the fear that the Boko Haram insurgent
group could strike during the festive period, some
residents in the North-East and North-Central
Nigeria have fled the zones.
A resident of Jos, Plateau State, Mrs. Bimbola
Ayanwale, who is currently in Lagos, told
Saturday PUNCH that she had fled the city with
her three children because she was scared that
the insurgents could strike during the festive
period.
She said, “I am afraid; everyone is afraid. We
want to celebrate this season with peace of
mind. Many of the people who have relatives in
the peaceful regions have fled the city.
“There is still insecurity in the region and no one
knows what could happen. The Boko Haram
insurgents could just decide to go to parks and
other entertainment centres to strike; God forbid,
though.”
Likewise, a resident of Yola, Adamawa State,
simply identified as Mr. Yakubu, said he had left
the state to stay with his brother in Kaduna, a
relatively more peaceful city.
“No one prays that evil should occur, but we
have to be on our toes. It is just a precautionary
step,” he said.
And Miss Samuel, who was once residing in
Mubi, Adamawa State, also said that her family
had left the region to celebrate the festive
period.
Meanwhile, following a meeting with the heads
of law enforcement agencies, the Governor of
Yobe State, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, had during
the week approved the placement of special
restriction on movement across the state.
In a statement from the office of the Special
Adviser on Media, Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, which
was made available to journalists in Damaturu,
Yobe State, Gaidam said that the restriction of
vehicular movement starts from 6pm on
Wednesday, December 24, 2014 to 7am Sunday,
December 28, 2014.
The statement read, “No vehicle coming into or
leaving the state will be allowed within this
period.
“However, people in respective towns across the
state can move with their vehicles freely within
their own towns, except during the curfew hours
that were imposed and announced earlier.”

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Section 91(9) of the Act reads, “An individual
or other entity shall not donate more than N1m
to any candidate.”
Sub-section 10 of the same section adds that a
presidential candidate “who knowingly acts in
contravention of this section commits an offence
and on conviction is liable to a maximum fine of
N1m or imprisonment for a term of 12 months
or both.”
Section 91(2) of the same Act states that, “The
maximum election expenses to be incurred by a
candidate at a presidential election shall be
N1bn.”

Okupe should desist from telling us why we should not vote for Buhari he should rather sell his own candidate (GEJ) by telling us why we should vote for him.

ifecoman:
30,000 APC members in ebonyi set to dump party

Who counted them?

If it's true that GEJ has a PhD then education is truly a sin.

See the height of insensitivity , state governors who are still owing civil servants in their states contributed N50m each to the campaign fund. Na God go judge una

‘if
voted into power within the next
four years, the issue of power will
become a thing of the past. Four
years is enough for anyone in power
to make significant improvement
and if I can’t improve on power
within this period it then means I
cannot do anything even if I am
there for another four years.” ---GEJ

‘if
voted into power within the next
four years, the issue of power will
become a thing of the past. Four
years is enough for anyone in power
to make significant improvement
and if I can’t improve on power
within this period it then means I
cannot do anything even if I am
there for another four years.”-GEJ

ARKdiscloser7:
We will receive them, dance with them, eat their food and take their money but on the d-day we shall vote for PDP. We can't afford another APC wickedness, anti Igbo, fir another 8years. Fashola's tenure was a hell for Igbo. All his laws are anti Igbo, extortion of money from Idumota, Alaba , Trade fair etc, consistent closure of Ladipo market, the deportation of our brothers and sisters is still fresh in our mind. No APC in Lagos.

The last time I checked

Ndigbo are still in Idumota,Ladipo,Alaba etc doing their business.

A lot of Ndigbo are in the employ of the Lagos states govt

The spokesperson of the APC in Lagos is an Igbo man

and u say u don't want APC ?
Where were you when Abia state sacked Ebonyi indigenes in its employ?
Has Lagos under APC done that to any Ndigbo?

waternogetemeny:
Does he have an Igbo vice? If not, i am uninterested. PDP bu ebe anyi nooo!

How many of ur Igbo gubernatorial candidates in the east have a Yoruba/Hausa deputy?

waternogetemeny:
Wait till GEJ makes a visit, with PDP candidate...More of dem are with GEJ, than this small crowd. I will turn up then. Find my head in the crow. oshi!

What effect did GEJ's visit have on the results of the 2011 gubernatorial elections?

Blackchampion:
Anything dat wud stop GMB from clinching d seat of Presidency is highly acceptable by us.
.
Vote GEJ for a continuous transforming Nigeria.
.
#GEJ for continuity

Anything,including BOKO HARAM wiping out ur family abi

gratiaeo:
GEJ must be reelected next year if there will be one entity called Nigeria

What if he's not reelected? When has the presidency become the birth right of an Otuoke indigene ? Why conduct an election if it's a must GEJ is reelected? You are druunk

PehaKaso:
Wit such a financial war chest, d PDP campaign train will definitely hit d nooks & crannies of Nigeria canvasing 4 votes. The funky terrorist, on d other hand, will b living in a fool's paradise believing that there is no reason 2 reach out 2 voters since he already has the assurance of Almajiris. When he finally loses, hell will b let loose in d North......smh

Instead of you to lock the door behind you and start crying you are here celebrating the stupidityy called donation towards GEJ reelection.

It's unfortunate that these same set of people who contribute billions in support of Jonathan's reelection close their eyes to the plight of the needy .

It takes some people months and sometimes years to realise a few million to do a kidney transplant abroad

Some Nigerians have been in total darkness for months because they cannot raise a few thousand to buy a distribution Transformer .

And In just one day Jonathan,who has enough in his grip,realised billions of Naira.
Na God go judge una

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A Senior Special Assistant to
President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin
Okupe, says the President is just like
Jesus Christ.
He said the burden Jesus carried
when he died for the sins of
mankind was similar to what
Jonathan is presently carrying.
Okupe said this during a
programme on Channels
Television, Sunrise Daily, which was
monitored by our correspondent on
Monday.
“People do not understand the
burden this President is bearing.
He’s like Jesus Christ. He’s bearing
the burden of everybody,” he said.
He said despite the many problems
the Jonathan administration was
grappling with, the President would
still defeat the All Progressives
Congress in February next year.
“I can’t see GEJ losing this election.
It’s not possible,” he said.
He also claimed that insecurity in the
North-East had reduced significantly.
He commended the Federal
Government’s efforts, noting that all
aspects of the war against terror,
including funding, were being
worked upon.
“Today, the Nigerian Army is in total
and perfect control,” he said.
He berated the Governor of Borno
State, Kashim Shettima, for not
trying enough to curtail poverty and
deliver the dividends of democracy
to his people.
When asked by the presenter to
justify the claim in view of Shettima’s
allegation that Jonathan was not
doing enough to tackle insecurity,
Okupe said, “He (Shettima) never
fails to amaze me. Most of the
problems of insurgency is situated in
his state but he is travelling to Lagos,
London and other nations to discuss
insurgency but fails to meet the
President on the matter.
“Boko Haram is a multi-national,
international insurgency
arrangement in Nigeria. The group
has links with other international
terrorist groups.”
The presidential aide said the fight
against Boko Haram also had
political undertone.
He accused the APC presidential
candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari, of not assisting the Federal
Government through his utterances.
Okupe alleged that Buhari had said
any attack on Boko Haram was an
attack on the North and that Buhari’s
recent condemnation of Boko
Haram was as a result of his fourth
bid to become Nigeria’s president.
He said the over 200 girls that were
abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok
were still a priority.
He said, “The issue of Chibok girls is
a tragedy but it is a tragedy that we
must bear with fortitude. Chibok
girls are a major thorn in the flesh of
the administration. If it was possible
to get them yesterday, I know that
this government would have done
it.”
Okupe admitted that Jonathan had
not been able to solve the electricity
problem as promised but noted that
it was not a problem that could be
solved overnight.
He said for instance, in the Ikeja area
of Lagos State, the facilities used in
supplying electricity were over 35
years old.
“On the power situation, we are not
there yet. We are definitely on a
road that cannot change,” he said.
He also claimed that government
efforts were being sabotaged by
politicians who sponsored vandals
to attack gas pipelines.
Okupe, however, added that the rate
of sabotage had reduced in the past
year.

Someone should please help me with these
1)Does OAU admit HND for its post graduate diploma in electronics and telecommunication engineering?
2)What form does the programme take, part time or full-time?

tanfani:
8 or 8s?

8s

House please
Does Infinix Joypad 8 S make voice call?

I studied Electrical Engineering but got an invite for technologist in the Mechanical engring department,what do you guys think?

arkdiggs:
Which dept ? I applied into Geology/Geophysics Dept

Mechanical Engineering

Jonathan should say this to Edwin Clarke whose mouth, brain and senses are full if misguided statements

I got a text msg inviting me for a test at FUOYE for the position of technologist.
Anyone wt me?

Just got a text inviting me for a test at FUOYE for the position of technologists

Has BAT called instrumentation technicians interviewed not long ago?

ehisdan:
Them don already collect people b4 dis advert.

This mentality will take you nowhere
Wake up from ur slumber