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Politics / The Destiny Of Nigeria Res On The Shoulders Of A General by talentarena(m): 1:41pm On Jan 01, 2015
In a land of myth, corruption, insecurity the destiny of nigeria lies on the shoulders of a General: his name is? ---------

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Nairaland / General / Here Is What Buhari Has To Offer. by talentarena(m): 9:53am On Dec 22, 2014
Here is what the peoples general has to offer when elected.

Nairaland / General / New N100 Note Goes Into Circulation. Please Handle It With Care. It's Worth Less by talentarena(m): 9:48am On Dec 22, 2014
New N100 Note Goes Into Circulation. Please handle it with care. It's worth less than the cost of producing it

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Nairaland / General / Photo Of The Day. by talentarena(m): 9:41am On Dec 22, 2014
This bride sef.

Politics / Re: GOODNEWS: REDEEMED Pastor Adopted As Buhari Presidential Running Mate by talentarena(m): 6:16pm On Dec 15, 2014
Alutasenator:
Am a full time redeemer but will never vote for that goat of a lawyer.GEJ TILL 2019.

May GOD forgive u. U call ur self a christian and openly call one of ur pastors a goat- ur kind shud be----- (lip zip)
TV/Movies / GOSSIP: Saint Joseph Ovensehi - The Director Of ''EBUN'' (the Gift) Releases The by talentarena(m): 10:50pm On Dec 03, 2014
GOSSIP: Saint Joseph Ovensehi - The Director of ''EBUN'' (The Gift) Releases the Promo Posters

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TV/Movies / EBUM "The Gift" Directed By Saint Joseph Ovensehi by talentarena(m): 10:34pm On Dec 03, 2014
GOSSIP: Saint Joseph Ovensehi - The Director of ''EBUN'' (The Gift) Releases the Promo Posters

Politics / A Nation That Moves On, Unconcerned, While Its Children Die. by talentarena(m): 6:42am On Nov 11, 2014
A nation that moves on, unconcerned, while its children die will end up vanquished from East to West, North to South. DNA check- I am definitely not from here.
Education / I Get Tired Of Things So Early- How Do I Stop This Habit? by talentarena(m): 8:02pm On Nov 06, 2014
I have a bad habit of only exited over things when they are new and in a very short while I get weiry of them, this is affecting all areas of my life. What can I do to stop this habit.
Politics / Re: Supporters Of GEJ And PDP, Please Say Amen To These Prayers by talentarena(m): 4:30pm On Nov 06, 2014
Amen
Politics / Supporters Of GEJ And PDP, Please Say Amen To These Prayers by talentarena(m): 3:56pm On Nov 06, 2014
Any Supporter of President Jonathan and PDP here? Pls say amen to this prayersA PRAYER FOR G.E.J. and PDP SUPPORTERS1.)
May God run your Life th e way GEJ is running this country.
2.) May God give u and your family the kindof peace GEJ gives to this country.
3.) May God subsidize your blessings the way Jonathan subsidised the Nigerian Oil.
4.) May God secure u and your entire family the way GEJ secures this country. As a Good supporter of GEJ and PDP all u have to do is to Quote this and reply"Amen" and disgrace the ‘Misinformed’ General public that he is God Sent. Be brave to type Amen b4 you start d insult.
Science/Technology / Puzzle Of The Day: Win Five Thousand Naira By Solving This Interesting Puzzle- by talentarena(m): 5:08pm On Oct 23, 2014
Puzzle of the Day: Win five thousand Naira by solving this interesting puzzle

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Science/Technology / Re: 5 People To Win 1000# Recharge Card Each By Answering This Simple Question. by talentarena(m): 5:07pm On Oct 23, 2014
You where to post your answers in the comment blog.
Science/Technology / 5 People To Win 1000# Recharge Card Each By Answering This Simple Question. by talentarena(m): 5:55pm On Oct 22, 2014
5 people to Win 1000# recharge card each by Answering this simple question.

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Education / 5 People To Win 1000# Recharge Card Each By Answering This Simple Question. by talentarena(m): 5:04pm On Oct 22, 2014
5 people to Win 1000# recharge card each by Answering this simple question.

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Politics / Re: Oscar Pistrious Got 5yrs But Will Only Spend 10 Months. by talentarena(m): 7:08am On Oct 22, 2014
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Politics / Oscar Pistrious Got 5yrs But Will Only Spend 10 Months. by talentarena(m): 3:12pm On Oct 21, 2014
Oscar Pistrious got 5yrs but will only spend 10 months. The opposite happens in Nigerian universities. You go in for 5 & come out in 10yrs.
Crime / Re: Crazy Real Life robberies /Crime Stories by talentarena(m): 9:19am On Oct 19, 2014
BREAKING NEWS: Bomb blast in BENIN, at PDP Chieftain pastor Ize-Iyamu’s wife’s Clinic.

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Politics / Boko Haram Breaks Ceasefire, Kills Dozens In Borno by talentarena(m): 9:51pm On Oct 18, 2014
BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Breaks Ceasefire, Kills Dozens In Borno.


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Politics / Comedia Youngest Landlord Drops Uk Comedy Tour. Too Funny. by talentarena(m): 3:29pm On Oct 16, 2014
Youngest landlord drops comedy documentary - 9days in Uk- laugh out

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Jokes Etc / Meet The Jobless Man With Two Wives And Two Kids In One Room by talentarena(m): 11:36am On Oct 16, 2014
proud father of two children and  two wives in one room apartment. I was amazed and wondered how he runs his home. 
I am a strong man that's why I can manage such home, he said. In my own opinion this guy should be locked behind bars for child labour. What do think?

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Celebrities / Check Out This Funny Pic Of The Day. by talentarena(m): 11:03am On Oct 16, 2014
Do u agree with this?

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Politics / Bei Understand People Can Be Bought To Keep Quiet, But Paying People To Become by talentarena(m): 10:13am On Oct 16, 2014
I understand people can be bought to keep quiet, but paying people to become outrightly stupid is novel, quite new to me....

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Nairaland / General / I Understand People Can Be Paid To Keep Quiet by talentarena(m): 10:07am On Oct 16, 2014
I understand people can be bought to keep quiet, but paying people to become outrightly stupid is novel, quite new to me....

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Politics / Buhari Or We Sell The Country. Lol. by talentarena(m): 12:31pm On Oct 15, 2014
Buhari or we sell the country- oya.. all road leads to eagle square abuja for buhari's declaration. Sanity must be restored.
Politics / Shocking Revelation: General Elections May Not Hold Till 2017. Must Read by talentarena(m): 10:29am On Oct 15, 2014
Shocking revelation: General election may not hold till 2017. must read.



resident Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is not interested in running for reelection in February 2015. Instead, Mr. Jonathan and his most trusted associates are surreptitiously plotting to build a consensus for a two-year tenure elongation for the president and other public office holders across the country.

President Goodluck Jonathan The Wall Street Journal SaharaReporters first learned about this presidential design two months ago. Our investigations since then reveal that Mr. Jonathan and his most trusted associates have been working underground to sell the plan to some lawmakers, governors, and political office holders tagged “key stakeholders.”

Our investigation indicates that the president and his trusted allies are still playing the card close to their chests, ensuring that they sound out only those political actors deemed likely to be sympathetic to the plan. One strategy, according to one source, is to seek support from governors who are already in their second and terminal term as well as senators and members of the House of Representatives who may be vulnerable to challenge in an election. Among the political personalities identified as tacitly backing the elongation plan are Senate President David Mark, Governors Martin Elechi of Ebonyi, Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta, and Segun Mimiko of Ondo, former minister Kema Chikwe, the chairman of the PDP’s board of trustees, Tony Anenih, and Ijaw political figure, Edwin Clark. At various times, both Mr. Mark and Governor Elechi have insinuated that the 2015 elections may not hold, hinting at severe security challenges.

Sources who spoke to us on the plan included several legislators in Abuja and aides to two PDP governors. They disclosed that President Jonathan intends to defend the politically explosive scheme on two grounds.

One is that a general extension of tenure, for a minimum of eighteen months, would be necessary to enable Mr. Jonathan to shepherd the creation of a new constitution. This argument rests on the need for Nigeria to fashion a constitution that incorporates some of the important recommendations of the national confab convoked by President Jonathan and chaired by retired Chief Justice Idris Kutigi.

According to several of our sources, the Jonathan administration plans to contend that the task of writing a new constitution should be resolved before Nigeria is subjected to another potentially volatile general elections.

“We should not see this as a matter of Mr. President trying to stay longer in power. The fact of the matter is that we should address the constitutional issues first before talking about another election,” said a source who is a confidant of Governor Elechi.

The source added that the sheer task of going through the voluminous report submitted by the national confab on August 21, 2014 would require “almost a year of hard work.” According to him, it would be politically suicidal for Nigeria to go through another election and transition on the basis of the current constitution “which most Nigerians are dissatisfied with.” He added: “If elections happen next year and President Jonathan wins, he may no longer feel the need to push for constitutional reforms. If another person wins, then that new president may not make a new constitution a priority. That means that this country will be back to square one. It will also mean that all the efforts we made in the confab would be in vain.”

President Jonathan’s other argument for tenure elongation is that he needs about two years more in office to stabilize Nigeria by finally handling the security crisis posed by Boko Haram. A few sources disclosed that the president intends to make a strong case to potential critics in the US and European Union that the situation in Nigeria’s northeast zone is so dangerous that it would be impossible to hold elections in the area. He would pledge to devote the extra time in office to a decisive plan aimed at dislodging Boko Haram from all parts of Nigeria. Mr. Jonathan is expected to cite the recent string of successes by the Nigerian military against insurgents as proof that he has a formula for defeating Boko Haram.

Nigeria’s political calendar sets aside next February 2015 for the next set of elections, but President Jonathan has not formally declared his intention to run. Our investigations revealed that the president’s silence is deliberate, part of his strategy for pursuing tenure elongation. Mr. Jonathan is reluctant to ratchet up the rhetoric of elections because he wants more time to quietly fine-tune and sell the option of a two-year tenure elongation.

Opponents of any form of tenure elongation contend that President Jonathan wants to avoid an election because he is scared of losing to the opposition. “He has had six years to fix the security problems and also advance a new constitution, but failed,” said an Abuja-based activist. The activist added; “President Jonathan may also be afraid of a possible constitutional crisis. The Nigerian constitution forbids anyone running more than two terms in office. The president has been sworn in twice already, once to complete the tenure of [the] late President Umaru Yar’Adua and then as substantive president in 2011. There is likely to be a legal challenge seeking clarification on whether he can run and possibly rule Nigeria again.”

A source at the Presidency stated that Mr. Jonathan had sounded out some members of national confab about the idea of the body declaring that he should be given extra time to complete a constitutional process, but the response was not encouraging. “Those who were consulted in the confab felt that any talk of elongation would have divided the confab. So they asked us to try alternative ways.” Our investigation also revealed that the Presidency considered the idea of using the Boko Haram insurgency as a pretext to declare a state of war, thereby shelving elections. That plan also fell apart.

Mr. Jonathan’s current approach is to send his associates to approach potentially sympathetic senators and members of the House of Representatives with the proposal of a new constitution as justification for tenure elongation. Our investigation disclosed that the latest approach has met with mixed reactions.

Several senators who spoke anonymously with SaharaReporters disclosed that Mr. Jonathan’s emissaries spoke about postponing the elections for two years in the interest of “Nigeria’s unity.” The sources said legislators who are most likely to lose elections seemed enthusiastic about the prospect of elongation. Two senators also admitted that the president’s associates are likely to win over some legislators because of their ability to offer hefty sums to bribe those willing to support the elongation agenda.

A political adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said he had heard speculations about extending the tenure, but said he had no independent confirmation of it. However, he stated that Mr. Jonathan must be scared of running in an election in which most northern voters will be against him along with a significant number of southerners voters disenchanted by the president’s non-performance.

He said that Mr. Jonathan’s electoral fortunes would be precarious in all the northern states because of the divisive nature of the president’s governance style.

“Apart from Benue and Plateau states and a section of Southern Kaduna Christians, the president has little chance of campaigning let alone winning in the north,” said one of the critics of tenure elongation.

A strong opposition also looms in the southwest, except in Ondo state where Governor Olusegun Mimiko might help sway voters. But Mr. Mimiko’s electoral boost may have fizzled with the governor’s mismanagement of state resources that has led to the non-payment of workers salaries for at least four months.

Mr. Jonathan will likely win easily in the five eastern states as well as the Niger Delta zone, but votes from the two areas would be insufficient to steer him back to Aso Rock. Besides, the enthusiastic welcome received in Imo State over the weekend by Muhammadu Buhari, a former military head of state and opposition presidential aspirant, suggest that some parts of the southeast may not wholly back Mr. Jonathan.

The president also faces considerable political threat in Rivers State. Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s opposition to Jonathan’s candidacy suggests that the electoral victory figures cannot simply be written.

Several political sources, activists and pundits who spoke to us predicted that Mr. Jonathan’s tenure elongation plan would be doomed in the same way that other such plans, hatched by retired General Ibrahim Babangida, late maximum dictator, Sanni Abacha and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, also collapsed.

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Politics / Advice To Our Pastors. by talentarena(m): 9:29am On Oct 15, 2014
Pls pastors: be a man of God and stop being god of men. Nigeria pastors needs to be born again.

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Celebrities / Mercy Johnson Delivers A Bouncing Baby Boy. by talentarena(m): 8:56am On Oct 15, 2014
Congratulations mercy johnson. The star actress delivered a bouncing baby boy today 15th October @ joseph hospital, University of Maryland, Baltimore. Mother and child are said to be doing great! Nollywood celebrates you. The vibrant actress is now a proud mother of two children.

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Webmasters / Re: Free Blogger Followers And Blog Comments by talentarena(m): 6:02pm On Oct 13, 2014
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Politics / Re: Support Gen Buhari by talentarena(m): 3:10pm On Oct 13, 2014
A country needs a leader and a teacher not a learner, so leave age out of this.
Politics / Support Gen Buhari by talentarena(m): 1:44pm On Oct 13, 2014
Corruption is the greatest enemy of a nation, buhari will restore all that has been stolen, bring sanity, and jail those that needs to be jailed.

From a concern citizen.
Saint joseph ovensehi

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