That is no robot, it's human being in that costume. You find them at wonderland

You can clearly notice that all those trying to betray Labour Party are yorubas. A coincidence or just their nature?

Why tell your husband everything except the so called harmless date. You’re just trying to be intelligent by half

PlayerMeji:
All a candidate needs is simply to work on winning Abuja now...according to Mike

You must not win Abuja, just score 25%. Besides every candidate puts in effort to score same 25% in at least 24 states.

IgOga:


Where does the constitution say the President is the governor of the FCT?

Anyways if na there you put your hope......supreme court will disappoint you o

Section 299 tells you the president is the governor of FCT

Okealaaye:





1. Dr. Alex Otti is an IGBO MAN from Isiala-Ngwa area of Abia State. He has ALWAYS been identified to be from there.

But today, the same Ngwa people say Otti is a FOREIGNER IN ABIA by virtue of the area of Ngwa that he comes from.



They are of the opinion that he isnt an "original Ngwa man".

They say he is "Not Abia enough" to be the Governor of their state!!!

It is what has caused all the wahala in Abia State Guber.

He has won eventually but I can imagine that he will have problems.

2. Not too long ago, in this 4th Republic , a Yoruba man who had stayed forever in ONITSHA went beyond this boundaries.

He wanted to contest COUNCILORSHIP POSITION in one of their WARDS in that town.

Ordinary Councilor o!!!

They told him to clear out but he didn't understand.

He was summarily liquidated.

3. In Enugu we saw a viral video of a Leader, an elderly man, insisting that a particular politician whose ancestry was traced to nearby EBONYI STATE can never be allowed to be their Governor in Enugu.

He said NEVER.

He was terribly agitated about it.

They didn't allow that man.

4. In Anambra again, Bianca Onoh is an IGBO WOMAN. Her father was from neighbouring Enugu which used to be one state with them but she married no less a man than Emeka Ojukwu himself

A whole Ojukwu.

But Ojukwu was Anambra.

Bianca indicated that she wanted to contest the senatorial election in Anambra.

Anambra People told her to go to HER FATHERS LAND!!!!

That was it.

5. Ironically, Mrs Betty Akeredolu came to her own fathers land to ask for Senatorial ticket

Her father's land is IMO.

Imo people promptly told her to go back to her HUSBAND'S LAND IN ONDO STATE to find the ticket.

6. Till this day they still have the OSU CASTE system in that Igbo land.

Christianity couldn't wash it away.

OSU people still suffer humiliations amongst fellow Igbo people.

They have limitations to their rights up till this day.

They are discriminated against.

7. But these Abia, Anambra , Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo men are all over the place in Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Ekiti, Osun and Lagos states telling you stories of 'One Nigeria" and preaching against"Tribalism " that it is fair and okay for them to become anything of politics in your land as they LIVE AND OWN HOUSES IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.

The want to be able to contest elections as GOVERNOR in Lagos and infact they want to achieve it by IGBO BLOC VOTES as they have moved half of their population into Lagos.

They want to be SENATORS in Lagos.

They want to be DEPUTY-GOVERNOR in Ogun.

They actually feel they deserve to be consulted in Ekiti before you chose your leaders.

They OPENLY tell you that LAGOS IS NO MAN'S LAND.

HOW A PEOPLE DEMAND FROM YOU WHAT THEY CAN'T GIVE YOU IS WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND.

They don't do these things in the NORTH because they are very much aware that the NORTHERNERS KNOW THEM.

They do it to the Yoruba people because they are also very aware that the Yorubas don't travel to the EAST and therefore don't know the IGBO characters.

Yorubas are a very easy-going and easily contented, we hardly have had reasons to be going up and down to the spaces of other people.

But you come to us when we DIDN'T INVITE YOU and then begin to harrass us with games of competition which is something that isn't part of our own culture.

We don't go about with crazy aggression trying to outdo or get better than our neighbours.

Our ancestors taught us to be okay and satisfied with what we have.

We only look to be the better of ourselves, to become a better person than we were yesterday.

Money was and still is not a yardstick of measuring the quality of men in Yoruba land - YOUR OMOLÚÀBÍ CONTENT IS.

We will continue to educate our people.

Things can't be the same again.

©️ Adedamola Adetayo
23 March 2023

Alex Otti is from Arochukwu, stop talking nonsense on public fora

It’s actually normal especially when it’s happening not exactly how you both wanted it.
But I think with time everything will be fine. Reality has set in, not love

Epistasis:


Yeye.
Wole Olanipekun will school those your charge and bail lawyers....

Oga the case is already in court, relax and watch as the case unfolds. No need for all these unnecessary noise

Wole Olanipekun
Akin Olujimi
Yusuf Ali,
Lateef Fagbemi A.U
. Mustapha Ahmed
Raji Abiodun
Kemi Pinheiro
Niyi Akintola H.M.
Liman Taiwo
Osipitan Babatunde
Ogala Roland
Otaru James
Onoja Muiz
Banire Olusola Oke
Mohammed Abubakar.
These are Tinubu’s lawyers. How many Igbo men are there and of what tribe are these lawyers?

How did you forget Tinubu’s children, is Remi a Yoruba woman? Also Seyi Tinubu I think also got married to a Lebanese. So karma awaits them

Way to go

May they all be found alive

As the president in-wait, he must carry him presidentially

Banilla:
Mods, take this to the front page. Thank you.

Hi everyone! I have a boyfriend, we've been together for a year. I absolutely love him, he's my whole world! And that's the reason I'm pressuring him to save, if we're going to have a future together. And he's down for it, he makes nothing less than 200k monthly. I'm still a student, searching for a decent job. I can't invest sh** presently but I hope to start soon. Yesterday, I brought it up. I want him to send money monthly to my bank account, no matter how little. I'll
save it for him. He's hesitating. He said I should be patient, he'll give me everything I need but he wants more time. I don't want to ruin our relationship but I need his co-operation. I'm scared he might leave me, after I've given him the best years of my life. I subtly threatened him that my family would force me to marry a Nigerian but he made a joke out of it, saying I would never, that I'm his...

What should I do?

NB: I've never taken a dime from him. He drinks often and I don't want him spending 'our future' on alcohol! I'm way better at saving.

I'm worried if I press the subject, he'll get mad at me.

I also told him I want to leave Nigeria, he thinks it's a good idea and I also told him I can't afford it alone. He said he needs time.

Doesn't he love me? Should I let it go? Or insist we resolve this?

You don’t know how to make money, but you can save. Tell that to a toddler

miracleabj1:
Please good spirited people in the house, i need your help.
I am a young lady of 25yrs, i prefer to hustle on myself than to depend on any man.
I live in Abuja, Please can anyone here connect me where i can be train on how to drive forklift in Abuja?
I am waiting for your help.
Thank you

Hi, good day
Pls did you get a place to learn forklift? I really need it now. Thanks in anticipation

senatordave1:


Kid,go and check again.buhari won oru east,ideato north,ideato south,isiala mbano and nkwrrre in 2019

Oga you forgot the election was between two Fulanis?
This time is different, a capable Igbo man is in the ballot

EXCLUSIVE: In plot to be CBN governor, Aishah Ahmad rejects N1 trillion bid for Polaris; sells bank N50 billion to Mamman Daura, Tunde Sabiu, Auwal Gombe
The only female deputy governor has steered several missteps that went unreported, but her involvement in a scheme to topple her boss has grown too elaborate for ceaseless secrecy.

CHUKWUEMEKA AYOMIDE AND ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE • DECEMBER 31, 2022
Mamman Daura, Aishah Ahmad and Yusuf Tunde Sabiu (Credit: Ahmed Oluwasanjo/Peoples Gazette)
Mamman Daura, Aishah Ahmad and Yusuf Tunde Sabiu (Credit: Ahmed Oluwasanjo/Peoples Gazette)
The provocative sale of Polaris Bank to an influential clique of President Buhari’s cronies was itself part of a ferocious plot to elevate Aishah Ahmad as the next governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Peoples Gazette learnt from documents and informed officials, stressing how a massive loss was inflicted on the country for personal headways while echoing an administration that never flinched from its rudderless reputation — even at five months to its termination.

With her eyes on the highest job for monetary transactions and regulations in Nigeria, Ms Ahmad, the only female deputy governor at CBN, played along in a scheme that ultimately handed a key federal asset to the president’s cronies at “a giveaway price.”

Polaris was announced sold in October to Strategic Capital Investments Ltd for N50 billion, despite strong opposition from lawmakers and national voices that included Femi Falana. The firm was registered only six months earlier on April 28 as a subsidiary of Ponglomerape Limited owned by Auwal Abdullahi Gombe, a self-touted businessman more recognised as Ibrahim Babangida’s son-in-law.

Auwal Gombe
Auwal Gombe
The Gazette has also been informed that Mamman Daura, the president’s octogenarian nephew, and Yusuf ‘Tunde’ Sabiu, the president’s administrative aide and confidant, also have significant interests in the SCIL.

Mamman Daura
Mamman Daura (Photo Credit: BBC)
State-run bad bank administrator AMCON was also shut out of the purchase process, which was handled entirely by Ms Ahmad’s Financial System Stability Department at CBN, according to complaints of senior directors shared with The Gazette.

Instead, as she raced to satisfy her allies, Ms Ahmad flunked public interest and accountability by hushing up a larger and more prudent deal for the taxpayers, The Gazette found.

The lucrative deal of N1.04 trillion was placed for Polaris Bank by London-based Fairview Acquisition Partners, which offered N200 billion in immediate disbursement for the asset, a document said.

CBN document
CBN document
In its March 18, 2020, proposal to the CBN, Fairview Partners said it had conducted a review of its offer, first placed on March 15, 2020, and determined that it could also acquire a struggling Heritage Bank for an additional N160 billion, pushing the deal to N1.2 trillion.

But rather than present the offer, Ms Ahmad suppressed it and continued scheming to hand over Polaris to individuals close to power. She finally sealed the deal in July 2022 after receiving assurances that she would be made the CBN governor upon brokering.

The Gazette first reported the deal in early August, two months before CBN’s announcement. Ms Ahmad initially pressured Polaris’ management to deny The Gazette’s story publicly in order to buy herself time to deal with the backlash and perfect the minutia of the deal, a bank official said.

After rigging the acquisition process for Messrs Daura, Sabiu and Gombe, Ms Ahmad then presented her decision to the board for approval and onward announcement to the public. An official said Mr Emefiele would not have signed off on the deal had he known it would be his undoing.

Ms Ahmad, 46, denied selling Polaris at a grossly-undervalued rate, saying the SCIL was asked to pay back over N1.2 trillion that was injected to rescue the bank and keep it running for years. After being reached for comments, she suggested CBN spokesman Osita Nwanisobi as the official to speak on the deal. Mr Nwanisobi said Fairview Partners, established in 2016, was dropped because it did not go through the third face of the bidding process.

While Fairview Partners has little information in public to suggest it has a robust financial standing and corporate credentials, The Gazette learnt that the firm had already rallied investors for the acquisition — and it is not unusual for a start-up or midsize firm to raise capital towards a major acquisition.

She, however, failed to say whether or not she knew people in Mr Buhari’s administration were acquiring the bank or whether the deal was the best for Nigeria. She also did not deny being promised the top job at CBN in exchange for aiding the Polaris acquisition.

President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari
Messrs Daura, Sabiu and Gombe did not return requests seeking comments. Mr Sabiu passed The Gazette’s request for comment to an associate, who said they could not go on the record about his role in the deal.

All the officials who shared information and spoke with The Gazette sought the protection of their identities to do so — which was granted in line with our editorial policy on anonymous sources.

‘Madam Governor’

Two months after Polaris was handed over, the State Security Service levelled grievous charges of terrorism financing and economic sabotage against Governor Godwin Emefiele, a move that tossed the nation into confusion. Although the SSS failed to sustain its claims before a federal judge, the allegations alone have jolted Mr Emefiele and placed his job on the line.

Speculations have flared about how Mr Emefiele was being hounded for redesigning the national currency while limiting cash withdrawals, with many linking his ordeal to politicians not comfortable with such moves ahead of a major election in which money is expected to play the biggest factor.

As of Saturday afternoon, only a few people in the administration believed Mr Emefiele would still have his job in the new year. Already, the CBN governor himself has started preparing to seek asylum in the United Kingdom or the United States, barring any serious assurances of his safety by the president, The Gazette reported.

Whereas the president has not indicated his preferred successor to Mr Emefiele, The Gazette heard that Ms Ahmad had been seen as the top favourite because of her northern roots and status as the most-senior deputy governor.

The Gazette learnt that Ms Ahmad became engrossed in the conspiracy to trade Polaris for the top job at CBN as soon as it was up for acquisition.

A composite of Polaris Bank and CBN logos
Polaris Bank and CBN logos
Polaris Bank was nationalised in September 2018 after AMCON bought its debts. It was known as Skye Bank until the takeover. But AMCON has not been able to sell the bank to investors since the takeover, which was precipitated at the time by the financial crisis and recession of 2016 and 2017.

But Messrs Daura and Sabiu became desperate to take over the bank as the Buhari administration began winding down, people familiar with the matter said, and subsequently sought Ms Ahmad as an ally in their plot.

It was unclear who first initiated the conversation about trading Polaris for CBN governor’s seat, but Ms Ahmad was eager to be a party to the arrangement, people familiar with the matter said.

“She suddenly started holding meetings with Auwal Gombe,” an official said. “At times, the businessman will be in her office for three good hours.”

“She was meeting frequently with the son-in-law of Ibrahim Babangida, who has been partnering and fronting for Mamman Daura and Tunde Sabiu,” the source added. “It was then that they started calling her ‘Madam Governor’.”

The deputy governor suddenly became arrogant at the office beginning months before the deal was finalised, another official said while corroborating Ms Ahmad’s closeness to the president’s cronies.

Double portion

Ms Ahmad was nominated as a CBN deputy governor in October 2017 and was confirmed by the Nigerian Senate in March 2018. Prior to her appointment, she was a director in charge of retail banking at Diamond Bank, now part of Access Bank. At CBN, she has supervised financial system stability.

But recognising her weakness as a central banker without any education or practical background in economics, Ms Ahmad, who has been a practising Christian until her appointment, started embracing Islam in order to ingratiate herself towards the inner circles of the president, which conduct state affairs mostly on the basis of religion and ethnicity.

The Gazette’s findings revealed that Ms Ahmad was a devout Christian at Diamond Bank. But suddenly, as she moved to the CBN, she started wearing headscarves and putting an Islamic praying mat in her office.

“Everyone at CBN now calls her ‘Hajia’ and she would be replying ‘as-salamu alaykum’,” an insider said.

Still, the CBN chief still regularly worships as a Christian and sometimes attends Christian services secretly in Abuja and Lagos, The Gazette understands.

Ms Ahmad did not clarify what informed her decision to embrace Islam suddenly after becoming a CBN official.

‘Criminal cronyism’

Ms Ahmad’s role in the controversial sale of Polaris has been described by anti-corruption campaigners as criminal and deserves a steep inquiry and potential prosecution.

“The bank was worth N1.8 trillion according to expert evaluation,” said senior rights attorney Femi Falana. “Selling it for N50 billion is a criminal act that should not be allowed to stand.”

Femi Falana
Femi Falana
Mr Falana said Ms Ahmad’s claim that the president’s cronies who bought the bank would repay N1.2 trillion in 25 years was a fig leaf aimed at closing further discussions about the bank’s sale.

“They have no intention of recovering the public funds from the president’s cronies they transferred the assets to, that’s why they came up with the joke of 25-year repayment plan,” Mr Falana said, adding that the sale would be challenged in court.

Lanre Suraj, an anti-corruption campaigner, said the excuse that only a firm backed by the president’s cronies was competent enough to buy Polaris was a transparent folly.

“You cannot tell me that a group that was ready to pay N200 billion immediately and subsequent N100 billion per year in order to close the deal in just about right years is incompetent,” Mr Suraju said. “But the characters around the president who bought the bank for N50 billion with a 25-year repayment deal is competent?”

Mr Suraju said the president should constitute a panel to audit assets sold under Ms Ahmad and the current CBN regime, and prosecute those found to have grossly undermined public interest for personal corrupt purposes.

“The losses already inflicted on Nigerian taxpayers could still be mitigated if people behind the conspiracies could be brought to justice,” he added.

Shokoloko:

You digress, my dear one.
Please read again

Actually quoting you not exactly because of this comment but after reading through your arguments.

My dear, the problem here isn’t necessarily how much the women earn as nurses. These men knew the prospect of nurses even better than the women they brought from Nigeria, they were fully aware the women will earn pretty good but all what they needed was a woman to have a decent family with.

But as is usually the case, when a man attains financial stability he needs a woman in his life to build a family but women on the other hand feels they don’t need a man upon attaining financial stability

If this news is true then I wonder why this guy likes controversy.
You loose your son in a strange circumstance and immediately you remember you need to wed his mum. Quite strange I must say

Certainly Labour Party won’t welcome. Aside having no national appeal, he also has no electoral value

I knew for sure a time will come when the southern politicians becomes wise. Buhari and Atiku just made it happen fast.

Actually no one is willing to sponsor the campaign simply because they’re not convinced he can win

I

Honestly Atiku has an uphill task in this election, and I don’t see him pulling through.

Whom among those men on side aside Okowa are willing to help him fund the election? Many of them like Dino are just trying to cash out while hoping a miracle can get them the presidency.
Atiku miscalculated, should have supported another candidate at the primaries

Exactly what Wike tactically avoided. Let Tambuwal and northerns that need a northern president fund his campaign

Just to create nuisance abroad.
Same culture of wastage, what’s the importance of all of them being there?

In a working system and developed countries, no one goes about sharing money to anyone. You work, earn and take care of your needs

Beremx:
Yoruba women are very industrious and hardworking. Most of them are breadwinners in their families while their husbands do menial jobs. Go to Idumota and Lagos island as a whole and you will be stunned to see Yoruba women competing heavily with Igbo people in terms of business.
Yoruba women have the Igbo spirit of business in them.
Thumbs up to my Yoruba women

No doubt Yoruba women work harder than their men

Just maybe Buhari wants to sanitize the electoral process

The meeting is definitely not in Favour of Tinubu.
You should ask yourself how committed is Umahi and Ayade to Tinubu’s presidency?