rass. Who is comparing website?

We are talking about initiative- you are talking about comparing websites. You lack ability to reason, honestly.

Na be the same Buhari kill the plans?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/my-greatest-regret-in-politics-jakande/


Lagos - A former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande said in Lagos that his greatest regret in politics was the cancellation of the metroline project started by his administration in the 80s.

The metroline project was conceived as a means of mass movement of goods and services by rail within a thickly populated city such as Lagos metropolis, and Jakande was governor from 1979 to 1983 in Lagos State.

Jakande, who went down the memory lane in an interview said it would have helped to reduce the problem of traffic congestion in the metropolis.

“The greatest thing I regret in the politics of our country is the cancellation of the metroline project, I had foreseen that we would need a metroline.

“The land size of Lagos, compared with the potential growth of the people, made it imperative in my view to have a quicker means of transport to reduce vehicular traffic.”
The former governor said the project was cancelled by the military junta that truncated democratic government in 1983 and had made traffic problems in Lagos state, at present, a big issue.

Jakande, while commending Gov. Babatunde Fashola for embarking on the light rail project, advised him to expedite action in order to complete it as soon as possible.
Jakande also argued that the passage of the Freedom of Information, FoI, Bill by the National Assembly will strengthen journalism in the country

Jakande, an 81-year-old veteran journalist said: “The FoI Bill or law will strengthen the profession because it will give the journalists the backing they require to probe information, to acquire information and to publish it.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/30066.html


The era of rigging of elections to get into political offices is gone, Senate President David Mark has said.

Mark, who is representing Benue South Senatorial District, spoke at the weekend during the commencement of his re election campaign in Oju Local Government Area.

The Senate President told his supporters that the consciousness and alertness of Nigerians, the Electoral Act 2010 and the credibility of the Prof. Attahiru Jega-led leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would not permit any form of electoral malpractice.

He said: "Our citizens are now very conscious of their rights and are determined to take their destiny in their hands."

Also at the weekend, the Bishop of Remo Anglican Diocese, the Rt.-Rev. Olusina Fape, criticised politicians for failure to develop the country while enriching themselves.

Rev. Fape spoke during a sermon entitled: "Selfless service: Solution to Nigeria’s problem", delivered at a Holy Communion Service in Ikenne, Ogun State, to mark the 102nd posthumous birthday celebration of the late nationalist Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40782:-jonathan-reviews-campaign-strategy-visits-edo-tomorrow&catid=1:national&Itemid=559


PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has tinkered with his campaign strategies to enable more Nigerians reached him on what they expected from his administration.

The new approach also creates room for the President to address issues raised by the electorate and what roles they can play in the transformation of the country.

Jonathan particularly wants the citizens’ views on power sector reforms, attaining sustainable peace in the Niger Delta, the education and agriculture sectors, job creation, and national security

The President, who at the weekend launched an updated campaign website at goodluck.org.ng, also called on all Nigerians to sign up and join the cause of “transforming our country and building one Nigeria.”

In a statement yesterday, the Director, Media and Publicity of Goodluck/Sambo 2011 Campaign, Abba Dab, said the website enables Nigerians “to create and sign-up for events, spread the word to family and friends, and provide input and ideas on issues like building lasting peace in the Niger Delta, reforming and expanding Nigeria’s power sector, investing in Nigerian education and agriculture, and creating sustainable new industries, jobs and national security.”

He further said the website is integrated with the President’s existing presence on social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

At present, Jonathan has nearly 500,000 followers on Facebook and he uses Facebook and other technologies to connect directly with Nigerians.

“Our new website will provide another channel for Nigerians to participate in my campaign and our democracy,” Jonathan said, adding: “Nigerians, particularly the youths, must stand up and take charge in our democracy. Our new website, along with our vibrant Facebook and Twitter communities, gives you the power to engage and shape Nigeria’s future.”

Ahead of the President’s visit to Edo State tomorrow, the state police command yesterday placed 6,000 of its men on special duties to ensure the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign is hitch-free.

Speaking with The Guardian yesterday, the Commissioner for Police, David Omajola, said a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) has been deployed from the Force Headquarters to co-ordinate security for the President’s visit.

He hinted that 6,000 of his men had been deployed for that purpose. “We are ready and prepared for the President’s visit. There is a DIG from Force Headquarters who is coordinating but we have met with sister security agencies such as the State Security Service (SSS) and the Army. We are all working together to ensure a successful visit for Mr. President,” he said.

The state chapter of the party, which is hosting the President, said yesterday that it would regain control of Edo at the April general elections by first reclaiming the House of Assembly and maintain the 100 per cent representation from the state in the National Assembly.

At a press briefing yesterday at the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation Secretariat, the PDP Publicity Secretary, Nosa Adams, said the President would visit the Oba of Benin before meeting with his supporters at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium.

He said the party and the people of the state have lost confidence in the ability of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)-led government to salvage the state from its present state, adding that the people were groaning under the government’s tax regime which he said the PDP would ease once it gets back to power.

Adams also insisted yesterday that the PDP would be welcoming the President as a single entity, as he said the party was no longer factionalised.

Meanwhile, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has denied accusing Jonathan of voting four times in the 2007 election.

A national daily (not The Guardian) had reported at the weekend that Oshiomhole accused the President of voting four times at the 2007 polls.

But in a reaction yesterday, the state government said: “Our attention has been drawn to the story published yesterday (by a) newspaper, which falsely alluded that the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole told some United States (U.S.) diplomats in December 2008 that President Goodluck Jonathan voted four times as Vice President in the April 2007 election.

“We are completely at a loss how the newspaper came to that conclusion which is attributed to the highly controversial whistleblower site, Wikileaks and said to have been made exclusively to it. We wish to say that at no time did the governor ever make such a weighty allegation against President Goodluck Jonathan.

“It is obvious that there was a clear mix-up in the story as the person in reference is a former military vice president, whose name was tendered in court as voting four times during the epic case to regain the mandate popularly given to Oshiomhole by the Edo people and not President Goodluck Jonathan.

“In addition, what was tendered in court was the electoral register bearing the names of voters in Edo State which had nothing to do with Jonathan who voted in Bayelsa.

“Why we still ponder over the import of the strange linkage to the President, we are particularly moved not to suspect that the newspaper is opening its flanks to the whims of mischief makers or some unscrupulous elements who deliberately wish to drive a wedge between Jonathan and Oshiomhole.

“We wish to place on record that there was nowhere either in the tendered court documents or the brief with the U.S. diplomats where President Jonathan’s name featured as voting four times. We want to plead that the media should endeavour to verify their facts painstakingly before going to press in order to avoid causing unnecessary disaffection.”

Meanwhile, former Director-General of the Centre for Democratic Studies (CDS), Prof. Omo Omoruyi, has called on Oshiomhole to back Jonathan’s presidential bid.

He said the support is imperative “for us to survive in this federation.”

Also, a PDP gubernatorial aspirant in the state, Ken Imansuagbon, has called on all the party’s candidates in next month’s general elections to close ranks and ensure that Jonathan returns as President and the party also wins the various elective positions in the state.
He stated this over the weekend when he had a breakfast meeting with all the party’s candidates and made various financial donations to assist their course. Imansuangbon, who used the opportunity to inform the PDP candidates of their support during the state governorship election, further stated: “We need a change and you are the candidates for that change. I count on your support to get the party nomination in 2012 and as you are doing this, we all will be victorious.”

In a chat with journalists in his house yesterday, Omoruyi advised Oshiomhole, who he described as a “very nice man” not to drag the people of the state into the politics of the South West, who are predominantly Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) members. “Edo State is not part of Yoruba region where you have all the Yoruba as a force. There is nothing they cannot get in this country no matter the party they belong to. They dominate the banks, they dominate the judiciary, where do we stand, no where.”
He continued: “I believe that Jonathan’s coming is an opportunity for us to demonstrate that we will get out our votes for him and that we are not following the ACN South West strategy of stalemate. And therefore, our governor, a nice man should try to distance himself from that stalemate strategy because it will not do us any good,” Omoruyi said.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40780:nigeria-evacuates-1243-citizens-pope-laments-libyan-carnage&catid=1:national&Itemid=559



THE Federal Government at the weekend moved to avert the brewing humanitarian crisis in war-torn Libya by evacuating 1,243 stranded Nigerians from that country.

By Wednesday last week, over 1,000 Nigerians were holed up at the Tripoli airport following the inability of the Nigerian government to send further planes to the distressed after an understanding had been reached to the effect that a third batch of stranded citizens would be brought home on Tuesday last week.

The latest beneficiaries of the on-going joint exercise brings the number so far ferried home, which included children, to 2,278. The first jumbo jet ferrying 160 persons came into Abuja at about 8.00 a.m. yesterday morning instead of the earlier expected time of 2.00 a.m. A second jumbo jet which ought to have arrived at 4.00 a.m. brought in 529 Nigerians while a commercial plane, the third to arrive yesterday morning, brought in 552.

But there are still some 4,000 stranded Nigerians in Libya most of them without proper documentation. Before the lacuna in operations set in last week Tuesday, a total of 1,035 Nigerians had been ferried home.

The operation is being jointly conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency.

Meanwhile, Pope Benedict XVI has lamented the deaths and humanitarian crisis caused by the fighting in Libya between forces loyal to long-time strongman Muammar Gaddafi and those demanding his ouster.

“My heartfelt thoughts go out to Libya, where recent clashes have caused many deaths and a growing humanitarian crisis,” Benedict said in his first public comments on the fighting in the North African country.

“To all the victims and to those who find themselves in situations of anguish, I assure my prayers and my closeness, while I call for aid and help for the stricken populations,” the Pope said.

Last week, the Pope was briefed at the Vatican by the head of the UN World Food Programme on the crisis on the Libyan-Tunisian border, where tens of thousands of Egyptians and other immigrant workers have been massing after fleeing Libyans.

Meanwhile, troops loyal Gaddafi yesterday launched counter-strikes to try to take back strategic towns from rebel forces, while intense automatic gunfire reverberated around the capital.

The resilience of Gaddafi’s forces in the face of the widespread insurrection and their ability to counter-attack will increase fears that Libya is heading for a protracted civil war.

While Gaddafi’s troops attacked and heavy fighting ensued, a government spokesman claimed a series of swift victories.

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Seriously speaking? I dont have anything to tell you but that you should not commit suicide once Buhari fails to win at the coming elections, from the way u r going.

If all i have listed are strengths, then, let the voters decide.

seanet02:

For God sake how many people will GEJ sacrifize just because he wants to be a President? Tell me. In PH tens of people died because of his clueless planning, at Niger state people were blown up. Now do you want to add me to the list? Never it aint gonna happen. Why do GEJ leave a tale of sorrow everywhere he goes?

Shut up bomb thrower. Have you heard your brother bomb thrower was caught?

Odemerije. You can keep quiet for all I care.

these are serious people.

OH YES. I will.

9ijaMan:

Haba! Olopa ewon'tepe? Baby girl na wetin I do you na?
I didn't know I touched where it hurts badly. Ndo, pele, ishuru!

The problem is that you are too confused about Buhari to reason that the opposition - PDP- is possible to win.

^^^

No need to answer that one because he aint getting there.

Odemerije.

Rented crown in the Niger Delta where the President comes from. You are so daft:

The only way you can convince me not to support GEJ again is for you to slit your own throat and bring your own head to NL for us to see.

You have been sent the ChannelsTV video showing the crowd in Lagos. You are so confused. For once, try and reason and reflect. All these rants on NL will not help. Go out there and do a door to door campaign if you want us to take you seriously on NL. Goooo ooouuuttttttt thereeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Dumbo.

The majority that goes to all those rallies, the real voters, they have never heard about NL, neither do they even have access to the internet. So, why wasting all your energy here?

The only way you can convince me not to support GEJ again is for you to slit your own throat and bring your own head to NL for us to see.

tlops:

The figure looks questionable to me! this number suggests that Half Nigerian population are eligible to vote and actually registered to vote considering the nature of the registration exercise. Good one.

We should wait till after the election when 90 million people would have voted.

Cos this people dont know how to cover their lies.

Did u register?

9ijaMan:

Are you really this re'tarded?

Odemerije. Mumu. Poison is next to you. U never re-tarded person until u reach hell. The only way you can convince me not to support GEJ again is for you to slit your own throat and bring your own head to NL for us to see.

PapaBrowne:

The typical rhetoric of an internet voter! You are not voting on April 9th!  While you stay in London screaming BB, people here in 9ja are moving from house to house preaching[b] Fresh Air![/b]!
Be there!! Villagers are already being given rice and they would vote enmasse for Jonathan! My advice to you is to match the Jonathan camp rice for rice, kudi for kudi and lace for lace!! Nigeria is 70% rural and PDP understands that!! So all these internet rhetoric would not help you in any way!!

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Classic. Dont mind them. Majority of them are outside and wont even vote, yet they are ready to slam their head on their computers to prove a point on Buhari/Bakare.

^^^

Extra Judicial murders/killings are positive. Only if you are in the Buhari camp

Slamming journalists in jail for writing the truth is positive only in the Buhari camp

Extra draconian laws are positives only in the Buhari camp.

No wonder - bomb throwing is a positive one from the Buhari camp.

Odemerije.

At 68? Why is there no age limit for political office contestants if there can be retiring age in every other sectors of Nigeria?

lol

^^^

Odemerije - calling someone stupid because they dont agree with you is plain animalistic behavior.

old news.

the second picture shows an infinity not a benz.

someone will just commit suicide when Buhari finally loose the third bid.

Take it easy, dont get worked up with hypertension. Sit down once and think that it is possible Buhari or Ribadu fails to win. What u go do?

Commit suicide?

9ijaMan:

It's appalling that after someone pointed out your error, the best you can come up with is name calling. Why are you so intellectually lazy? All it takes is for you to modify your original post.
You made a gullible attempt at denigrating the person of Buhari with 17 points, 90% of which are actually the positive qualities of the man and you are here referring to someone else as "Odemerije". If there is anyone who truly deserves that name, it's the very same person you see when you look into a mirror. I weep for those who laboured hard to see you through the 4 walls of a school.

Another odemerije. When he called me olodo, did u leave your eyes at the campaign ground? You will just kill yourself the way u go about this Buhari problem, trust me.

dayokanu:

Almost all these points are great reasons to vote Buhari.

Anyone looking for a reason to vote Buhari should chose any of the above reasons given by the OP.

When did the 2 become religious leaders? Are all GEJ supporters just as daft as Odechukwu himself?

Odemerije - go and read again.

sanya404:

Thank you Justwise, Tell her about it!!! Sounds like shes outta the world

You are kidding, right?

You are talking multiple entry visa?

That doesnt allow you to stay in the UK at a stretch of two years complete. You are joking.

Seun:

You didn't present your points in the right way to convince these non-thinking people.

I think most of them are extremely too young at the time or even were not born to remember who the real Buhari is.