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The people that condemned Femi Falana for suing VDM are the ones praising Peter Obi for the same act ....

It's not new. Not the first time it would happen that a ruling party would lose massively in local election. I don't see Reform winning major election. Even the Green Party did better than Labour in the local election

There was a time some persons said Tinubu cannot touch the hair of any politician in the North.
I hope they are still alive seeing all this.

Malami is still detained ......and here is another

If na our guy wey dey wash toilet now, una go say he dey humble.

Shame catch me for this liverpool...how could 8 players still be playing 10 players and dominating and mounting pressure on them...oga o

Where are the set of people saying they cannot touch anybody in the North. Very soon una go bring up another theory

Where are the gang defending him when he said he wanted to defend himself. They said he knows what the lawyers do not know and will use it

Bunch of deluded individuals

When Falana sued VDM, everyone started condemning Falana calling him different names saying he went to court cos he was guilty

Obi just sued Adeyanju now and I now see Adeyanju being condemned and horse whipped. People saying he has bitten more then he can shew

Some of you are irredeemable with your double standard

Playoff secured!

If BAT had given the position to another region, they would have still complained that the position doesn't have JUICE.

Any coalition that Obi is not the Flagbearer is dead on arrival...

I thought a lot of you folks said they can't do anything to him because he's from the North.

Now, mouth don change abi...

No 3 is false. Once you have registered to vote. You can vote in General election without being a citizen...

And to register to vote is as simple as filling a form online...

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belthommy02:
.. senseless question.

Why did she take drugs in the first place?
That's the question.

She wasn't banned because she took drugs but because they said she missed second or third test scheduled for her to take. Get your facts right please. Everything shouldn't be about tribe because of bragging rights

Ekaka14:
Forget foreign coach or no foreign coach...the problem big pass coaching when professionals can't read games and take chances na coach go come play for them..??

You sabi jawe. I sometimes wonder if the word 'professional' is applicable to those ladies. Coach won't do everything for them na. Even one-on-one with GK Ajibade couldn't shoot, same with Assisat

Please read again. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tuggar, is the one lodging a complaint against the P.S onbehalf of Mrs Ajayi...Tuggar is not the culprit here but Lamuna, the P.S

Robertgreene1:
Interesting...l didn't even know that Nigeria has a new minister of foreign affairs since Buhari's Onyeama left...once watched a clip on Aljazeera of when that Onyeama visited South Sudan...that man get swags l swear...the way he spoke sef...very intelligent and simple man...his whole convoy in that clip had only three cars finish...
But this is the very first time I'm hearing about this Rugger abi na Tugger sef...
Buhari's ministers were 100 times better than what we have today... that's my point
If someone had told me Nigerians even me sef will be missing and glorifying Buhari just a year later...l would have cursed that person...
But just see the mess this one has thrown the whole country into in just a year.... seven more years of hell to go oo!!! SMH

Passion plus hard work

Suddenly Liverpool developed the habit of passing at the back without going forward. Allison having more touches as many as other players

I wan go crazy when my wife (now) went to check hers and she called me she's AS (crying). I had planned to do mine the following day before. I quickly abandoned everything, left work and ran to the nearest health centre. Only to be told there was no electricity, that I should come the following day for result, they had already taken my blood sample. I told them I would go and buy fuel. Las Las, they bought fuel, did everything, gave me the result. I opened it there, saw AA, I still asked them if AA was the result 😂. They were like 'are you okay'?😂 . Omo that thing called LOVE na bastard.

Super Eagles playing defensive football against GNB. It's a shame. I feel frustrated watching Chukweze, Iwobi and Moses.

Funny man. You want to cage a team that has no attack...lol. He's according so much respect to Super Chickens

abuhusna1:
Go with her on your appointment day. They will ateltend to tou all as family but she may have to pay for walk in on that day

Good day...I have booked for Flexi for myself. Mu dependants are on just Prime for another date...can they do Walk-in with me on my appointment date? Is the payment onsite please? Thanks

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PremiumTech:
I think many people in the APC lacks emotional intelligence.

1. They are so blinded that they failed to understand that they are further widening our already fragile unity.

2. I am a Yoruba, but the kind of divide that Tinubu and the so called elders set in motion will hunt the entire country for a very long time.
We were not allowed to join the queue on Saturday because they say we didn't look like Yorubas. I mean, what an injustice?
Just to have access to the state funds and continue looting our money.

3. GRV is more Lagosian that Tinubu, Sanwo Olu, Fashola and every others combined. None of these people are originally from Lagos. Tinubu is from Iragbiji in Osun state, Sanwolu from Ondo and all. GRV's father is an "original" Lagosian. So I wonder how this being an Igbo came into play in the first place.

4. Tinubu's son is married to a foreigner (non Nigerian), Tinubu's wife is originally an Itsekiri lady, Tinubu is from Osun state. I just can't process this whole Lagos take over by Igbos.

So if tomorrow Seyi Tinubu decides to contest, I hope the same people should be able to tell him that he's an alien and not a Lagosian?

5. How some baales and oba heartlessly joined in the destruction is what is left of our heritage baffles me. I thought they were elders.

6. And I ask again, where's the receipt or any evidence of Igbos saying Lagos is no man's land and that they want to take over Lagos? I thought that people would demand for evidences before they joined in causing this indelible enmity or hatred?

It is so sad that people don't think about the consequences of their actions before venturing into injustice.

The little trust is broken and it will backfire even in the APC because some southeasterners are members of the APC too.

And I guessed you forgot when GRV said he doesn't think like Yorubas. I wonder why people are turning this around. LP and their supporters in Lag singlehandedly made this a tribal issue. My opinion though

That's a fake news. I still watched Channels this morning where they were discussing about rise in the market. All this malignment of personality will not benefit anyone. The best thing is to pray to God for personal prosperity, success and protection. This period might actually be the best for someone who doesn't even like the President-elect. God doesn't work with time

raumdeuter:
POL 501 Tinubu masterclass (Sparsky vs Fisher 1972)
To followers of Chess, The game between Sparsky and Fisher in 1972 was dubbed the game of the century

I will use some Chess analogies to describe this historic victory of Asiwaju Tinubu

The Tinubu masterclass


Opening move decided to go a conservative Sicilian opening

In 1999 he won Lagos State governor

In 2003 when OBJ deceived all SW governors and the AD to not float their candidate that they should support him and in turn he will ensure they retain their seat, Tinubu disagreed with AD leaders on that arrangement. tsunami swept all AD governors only Tinubu survived

Queens gambit declined

He left AD, formed his own party AC and he was the only governor
By 2007 to grow the party he reached out to Oshiomole offered him the AC ticket in Edo vs Prof Osunbor. Oshiomole lost
Atiku and OBJ got into a fight a major fight, Atiku was in charge of PDM he was the strongest Northern politician and as the heir to Yar Adua, OBJ used YarAdua younger brother Umaru to break Atikus hold on PDM
Tinubu saw an opportunity to woo a powerful politician and get on his good side, he gave Atiku a platform to contest the 2007 election obviously Atiku had no path to win. He made Ben Obi Atikus vice. They lost but Tinubus profile started rising
Short side castling

He sponsored candidates in AC all over Nigeria. He brought many politicians treated badly and denied a ticket into his fold e.g Ngige Akume
He brought Fashola a technocrat as governor but didn't hand over the political keys to him
Fasholas performance became the standard for ACN to campaign and win many hearts across the nation
Knight advance

Below is the critical part of the game which would have effect in the future

The criminal elections of 2007 conducted by Obasanjo which was reputed to be the worst election in Nigerian history handed Tinubu a huge opportunity
He found an ally in Justice Salami of the appeal court who was instrumental in restoring the Oshiomole and Fayemi and Aregbesola into power
AC grew into 4 states.
Open file Bishop

Mimiko of Labour Party who was denied the ticket was also in tribunal vs Agagu. Tinubu approached him to provide logistic support with belief that Mimiko will decamp into ACN. Mimiko won but declined to join ACN

By 2011 Tinubu spread beyond the SW approached strong politicians who were denied a ticket or chased out of strong parties but knew he couldn't take on the FG alone at this time. He was the 3rd force in 2011

Mid game starts with slight positional disadvantage

Buhari controlled all Northern states with his new CPC, Jonathan and PDP controlled most SE NC and SS states
CPC and PDP were stalemate here comes tie breaker Tinubu.
Buhari in his idealistic thinking felt he could do by picking Bakare a Pastor with zero structures. He didn't agree to Tinubus terms.
GEJ saw the opportunity approached Tinubu who tactically floated a dummy Ribadu and Fola Adeola(2 moslems who had zero political structures and were barely politicians) he knew weren't going anywhere. Tinubu stepped down all ACN machinery in the SW and allowed the PDP a free ride.
Now he has become a major power broker who tactically made Jonathan president without appearing to.
Knight fork

After winning in 2011, Jonathan started some aggressive moves to break Tinubu so he won't have to beg everytime. One of such moves was to make a SW Mulikat Adeola Speaker, Jonathan thinking was to raise a powerful SW politician that will be an alternative to Tinubu.
Tinubu knew this was an act of aggression on their gentleman handshake and he mobilized the ACN reps to reject Mulikat and support Tambuwal,
Counterplay sacrificed pawn to gain positional advantage

Buhari lost 2011 again and started crying on TV and was hopeless. As a man of strategy Tinubu knew Buhari was at his low and vulnerable point, he approached Buhari this time Bubu was more than willing
Tinubu started the cleanup of Buhari's image from a clueless out of touch military religious extremist guy to this misunderstood charming, introvert, gap toothed, strong man that Nigeria needed at this critical time to get rid of corruption and PDP indiscipline
This chess player goes into deep analysis and thinking

Thus APC was birthed with the plan to use Buhari's popularity with Tinubu's money and skilled politicking to push Buhari into power but this time Tinubu was to pick Buhari's vice.
APC also won over Atiku after he lost out in PDP and breakaway PDP governors. Atiku came into the convention ground hoping to buy the ticket as usual
Buhari has never done any real competitive primary in a party everyone didn't worship him. Primary ground, Buhari was stunned about how Atiku was about to steal the ticket right there with money . Until Tinubu matched Atiku dollar for dollar and Buhari won the ticket
Middle game management used knight to fend off offensive

This is where the game starts getting interesting..
Now the deal was for Tinubu ACN to provide the Vice.
Tinubu knew he was interested in succeeding Buhari. And giving a strong vice would build up the Vice politically over 8yrs and might build enough goodwill to succeed Buhari
This was Tinubu's biggest masterstroke. He gave Buhari an Osinbajo who was smart but has the political clout of a 13yr old girl. Osinbajo was a very safe choice, he was not popular nor charismatic enough to gather the clout to state Jagaban in the face
There were other options like Fashola and Fayemi but they were risky and could get ambitious and endear themselves to people
Buhari asked Tinubu for 3 choices, Tinubu returned with one choice an unknown Yemi Osinbajo who will complete 8yrs and have less to nothing in political power to challenge for the seat
Queen advance

Buhari won election and Tinubu is in a good position Nationally acknowledged as the brain behind the success, thus issues started cropping up, fissures grew in the hurriedly assembled APC. Saraki wanted more than he was offered and broke the party, Buharis packaging has now begun to fall off, the makeup was beginning to melt and the man behind the mascara was beginning to show and its not pretty, Tinubu was schemed out by Buharis CPC friends including Abba Kyari and ElRufai, Things were not going to plan
Should he pull out of the APC, blurt out or maintain status quo and reach out to enemies
The Queen beat a tactical retreat

Throughout Buharis regime, many party internal issues came up, Buhari stayed aloof, Osinbajo stayed on the fence but Tinubu dove head on into the murky waters, aggressively supporting his men, He got bruised in many places like Ekiti, Ondo, Edo, Kano, Oyo but he stuck to his men and was even rumored to be schemed out
Officer exchange, Sac Bishop for Knight

Comes 2022, Tinubu has broken into the ranks of governors in his party and showing loyalty to them in times of trials won him a lot of die hard loyalists like Oshiomole and Ganduje who will lay their lives for him
By now Tinubu had taken control of all the APC structures and wanted the party to go for a direct primary, Some felt there was no way they could match the network of Tinubu in a direct primary and pushed for indirect where only chosen delegates voted
Tinubu called upon his network of Governors and allies when Buhari wanted to anoint Lawan, they stood up and insisted it goes to the South. He won the primary
Rook to center, End game starts with significant positional advantage

Opposition started panicking, the were split into multiple factions Obi, Kwankwanso G5 and Atiku. Tinubu though weakened by many of the policies under Buhari including Cash swap, fuel scarcity, general insecurity, failing health, etc. His generals stood behind him like Allied forces stood behind General Eisenhower in the battle of Normandy in the final offensive against Nazi Germany. When the boats were rocking his Northern governors came out forcefully, He then found an invaluable ally in the G5 and Wike who was aggrieved from PDP and swore to neutralize Atiku everywhere. Late hour Wike declared for Tinubu, neutralizing an important state for Obi and Atiku
Rook moves to the 7th rank

Elections are conducted Tinubu leading and appears ready to make his checkmate move on May 29 when he is expected to be sworn in as Commander in Chief


You can see it was a gradual ascension filled with scheming which he lost some but won many
This man called Jagaban who many people do not like but smart people deeply respect
He understands politics. He is smart enough not to fight anyone dirty thus always leaving the room for reconciliation open, the power of compromise give & take, persuasion and when to use the power of money

Most times those who fight Tinubu can only do it on the pages of paper By the time you meet him, His humor, his slow thick voice, his offer he will give you, You most likely will leave him calm and ready to compromise

u sabi too much boss

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OhMyG0d:
A lot of you folks doesn't understand what being blacklisted entails. All what you lots are fixated on is "who wan travel to Russia b4".
Did you lots understand what those people on both Russia's and Europe blacklists are in right now?
You think it's all about banning them from entering each other's countries.
Maybe you should asked Abrahimovic and other Russian billionaires, or ask Joe Biden son, Hunter Biden, what Russia's blacklist had done to him.
You lots need to learn and research more beyond this local politics and knowledge you all parade about bro.

So far, you didn't tell us the consequences it will have on them. Or am I missing something?

AsomArchitectNG:
Thieves supporting themselves. Apc is set to loose the general election with Tinubu as aspirant. Mark my words

You have started again.

I'm just here to announce my arrival. Lol

Wow! First page.

Third to comment. Okay too. I hope no is typing as I am.

Yinmu...I guess that's another name for something bad