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Truckpusher: I can hear OXYGEN01's heartbeat from here

Na God save you say the economy of Ghana has affected his ability to buy time inside Cybercafe.

You for hear am.

I hope my Ghanaian friends are okay o! President Jonathan should please secure our borders before these Ghanaian refugees start sneaking into Nigeria in search of food and shelter.

emma4much4u: I'm really confused and I need candid advices As the wedding day draws closer,I just feel more uncomfortable. My feelings for her is getting thinner by the day.And I don't want to hurt her..

Brand_new: F@ck you.

victokafor: if someone like Babaginda, Obasanjo, Buhari, Tinubu or Atiku is to be chosen as the new pope, what kind of smoke do u think will be revealed?

vanstanzy: U didnt even consider the lifes that were involved but the car, SMH! Thank God, noone perished.

So you dont know that cars also have feelings!! Have you not heard of cars like Herbie, Kitt (Knight rider), chitty-chitty bang bang, Bat mobile and co..

Think about the hurt that car is going through right now.. I knew everyone would talk about the driver but not the car, forgetting it was the drivers fault and not the cars.

Jeel: The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday dared the Independent National Electoral Commission, saying it would not change its name as suggested by the electoral umpire.

The yet-to-be registered party also said there was no iota of truth in the claim by INEC that a group with the same acronym had approached it for registration as a political party.

The Chief Press Secretary to the commission’s Chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, was reported by a national daily (not The PUNCH) to have urged opposition parties in the APC to consider a new name and abbreviation to facilitate the registration of their group as a political party.

“We don’t encourage political parties with similar names, manifestoes, logos and acronyms and this is aimed at avoiding confusion between registered political parties with similar names and acronyms,” the newspaper quoted Idowu to have said.

But some leaders of the opposition political parties that merged to form the APC said INEC must be lying about its claim.

They said the APC , which came into being as a result of the merger of three opposition political parties, would not change its identity.

The leaders were asked to comment on the speculations that other leaders of the APC were already considering to change the name to ADC.

Speaking with one of our correspondents, the National Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the APC would not change its name.

He said, “No, we won’t change our name. We will stand by that name and that is what we want to be called at the commission.”

The Congress for Progressive Change spokesman, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, said he agreed with Mohammed.

Fashakin said, “ We shall show to the Nigerian people nay, the whole world that INEC is indeed in collusion with the ruling party, the PDP, to extirpate any vestige of constitutional democracy from Nigeria’s political space.”

He stated that the subterranean move by the PDP to scuttle the merger had boomeranged.

“They are unaware that their plot to surreptitiously lay this subterfuge as an impediment for the emergence of the new mega party would be unravelled at such an early stage,” the CPC spokesman added.

He then asked, “Did INEC intend to use this terse letter from a law firm as a reason for refusing the registration of the new mega opposition party even when requirements for registration have not been satisfied by this ‘African People’s Congress’ and its phony sponsors? Is there any collusion with INEC leadership in this secret plot?

“Did the Electoral Act contemplate a letter from a law firm as the condition precedent for the registration of a political party or such as enshrined in section 222 (a – e) of the 2010 constitution (as amended)?’

http://www.punchng.com/news/apc-dares-inec-says-we-wont-change-name/

APC (Boko Haram Political Party):
Threat to APC: PDP, ACN, CPC in war of words

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor



LAGOS — The parties in the fledgling All Progressive Congress, APC, were last night engaged in a war of words with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over alleged plans by the ruling party to sabotage their merger.

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, were furious over what they claimed to be plans by the PDP to sponsor the registration of a new party to be known as the African Peoples Congress, APC.

The new political association with the same acronym with the mega opposition party, it was alleged, is being sponsored to deny the mega opposition party registration before the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The PDP in a reaction denied the claim, saying it would not be held liable for the negligence and incompetence of the merger parties it described as “our grossly inferior opponents.”

The plan by the opposition political parties to merge into APC ran into trouble on account of the proposal for the registration of another party to be known as the African Peoples Congress. The sponsors of the new party could not be identified last night.

Registration remains open —INEC

INEC officials contacted on the matter, yesterday, said registration remained open to either of the two parties which first met its conditions for registration.

Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, confirmed that the commission received a proposal for the registration of the African Peoples Congress, APC, last week but would not confirm the identity of the sponsors.

Asked of the implications, Idowu said the fate of the two proposals would depend on the provisions of the law.

He said: “What the law requires is that if a group applies and the law has already provided for things to be met, like a checklist, it is not a matter of INEC cherry picking or preferences. There is a checklist and once a group meets that checklist, any group that meets that checklist is registered with that name.”

Asked if two parties could bear the same acronym, Idowu said:
“That is what I said, I doubt it, I doubt it, but the point I am making is that it is an application and whoever meets the conditions first gets registered.”

ACN, CPC finger PDP

[b]The ACN and the CPC were, however, not hesitant in identifying the PDP as sponsor of the new party which they claimed was being pushed as a deliberate effort to deny their mega party registration.
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“If INEC refuses to register the All Progressives Congress, APC, when all the legal requirements have been met, the protest in Tahrir Square in Egypt will be a child’s play compared to what we will do at the Eagle Square,” the ACN’s national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said in a statement, yesterday.

“We say this because we are aware that the PDP, which is mortally afraid of the rise and rise of the APC, is behind the phantom African Peoples Congress which has applied to INEC for registration, in an effort to instigate an acronym crisis and give INEC a reason, if it needs any, not to register the All Progressives Congress.

“But we will like to warn that if indeed INEC has not merged with the PDP, as one of our leaders, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has brilliantly said, then we do hope that the electoral body, which by the way is not unaware of the All Progressives Congress as the authentic APC, will not succumb to the evil machinations of the apprehensive PDP.

“It is a PDP plan in collusion with INEC but we will not take it lightly with them and all their plans will come to nothing. Indeed, we are very much aware of that and it won’t work, it will fail. We are just watching the INEC as an umpire to check them.

“We have already given indication and the whole world has heard us that we are APC and if they are trying to bring in another APC it won’t work.”

PDP denies allegations

But denying any involvement of the PDP in the alleged plans, the party’s national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, told Vanguard, yesterday: “The PDP is totally unaware of the status of the APC registration. We are unconcerned and completely unperturbed. In the words of our Board of Trustees’ chairman ‘we wish them well’.

“PDP cannot be held liable for any negligence and/or incompetence on the part of our grossly inferior opponents.”

The legacy parties in the APC announced their plans for merger on February 6, 2013 and forwarded a formal letter to INEC to that effect on March 6.

Mohammed was, however, insistent last night that INEC had a constructive knowledge of their proposal since last month when they made their intentions known.

Yerima’s arrest, move to clamp down on opposition

The ACN, meanwhile, has flayed Saturday’s arrest of Senator Ahmed Yerima, describing the action of the security agencies in Kaduna as a demonstration of the administration’s plans to clamp down on the opposition.

The party’s spokesman, Mohammed in a statement said the arrest of Senator Yerima for alleged incitement was indicative of the fact that the administration is jittery.

The party said Senator Yerima did not say anything extraordinary by threatening a protest, because protests are an integral part of liberal democracy and cannot be wished away or banned by anyone.

The party said it expects more arrests, investigations by anti-corruption agencies and other acts aimed at intimidating its leaders in the weeks and months ahead, but warned the Federal Government to make sure it had enough prison space to accommodate those it plans to arrest.

Mohammed said: “After all, it is generally believed that the recent redeployment of Police Commissioners in the states was done in readiness for the pre-2015 clampdown on the opposition.

“We know the arrest of Senator Yerima is just a tip of the iceberg, as the PDP-controlled Federal Government gets ready to bare its fangs. But we must warn that fascism can never prevail over liberal democracy.’’


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/threat-to-apc-pdp-acn-cpc-in-war-of-words/

victokafor: if someone like Babaginda, Obasanjo, Buhari, Tinubu or Atiku is to be chosen as the new pope, what kind of smoke do u think will be revealed?

adaobi123: what kind of nigerian time are they doing ?? open the doorrrssss

You no see say them just smoke egbo finish!!

Wait let their red eye clear first..

Red-Light:
must government do everything

nmagirl: i witnessed a similar thing at a salon one day. A lady just finished making hair when the husband came to meet her; with smiles on his face he told the wife that her hair-do is fine and wanted to touch it, to my utmost surprise, she slapped the husband's hand away telling him that he's not ashamed to touch a hair that a man like him paid for. It was so embarrassing, in fact shame leave the man catch me. Some women can be so mean; just because her husband lost his job.

Did he remind her that he was a Spartan?!

Abujafood: Poverty will make most women to disrespect their husbands!

Idileke: All Aero Contractors flights were grounded on Wednesday and passengers were stranded nationwide, following an industrial action embarked upon by staff of the troubled airline.
Nigeria’s second biggest airline has been struggling for almost two years and was last year taken over by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, because of its heavy debts.
Exact demands of the staff were not known at press time, but a source told our correspondent that they bordered on unpaid salaries and poor conditions of service.
Aero Management apologised in a brief statement for “the inconvenience suffered by our highly esteemed customers due to an abrupt industrial action by our staff which has led to grounding of all our scheduled operations.” The airline said it is engaging with the unions to find a quick and amicable resolution.
“Further details will be given in due course,” the airline said.
At the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2, passengers moved to board other airlines such as Dana Air and IRS.
Many passengers who had booked Aero flights online were yet to be attended to.
Aero Contractors has tried to cut costs for years and stopped giving passengers free snacks on board more than three years ago. It is the only airline in Nigeria that gives nothing to air travellers during flights.
With the price of Jet A1, as aviation fuel is known, now sky high, many Nigerian airlines have been struggling. While some have been grounded over the past year, others are simply gasping for breath.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/03/13/aero-flights-grounded-nationwide/

Idokojimmy: See DPO Jumping Fence To Escape From Armed Robbers

This happened in the police station close to Old Market in Sokoto State. At the sound of the armed robbers heavy guns, which was like bombs, the DPO and one of his men quickly escaped through the back of the station, thinking they were about to be attacked by the dreaded Boko Haram.
This is how precarious the security situation in Nigeria has become. How sad!
If senior police officers are being killed by men with more sophisticated weapons and others are running away like this ones, what then is the hope of ordinary Nigerians?
Recall that the IGP announced recently that the force budgeted 2billion for police games. Wouldn't it have been better if such fund were used to renovate their deplorable colleges, training of officers and procurement of more sophisticated firearms? God help us.
http://worldnews.freshgists.com/2013/03/see-dpo-jumping-fence-to-escape-from.html

lordZOUGA: all it takes is a well trained assassin..

~Bluetooth:
Bullet-proofed cars have special run flat tyres that even when you shoot at it,the cars continue their journey without wobbling.

bishopoliver: have you just choosen to remain stupid? some gay s using state funds to buy inneccssities and you are here rationalising it....fool!!!

Chillypelly: @Esulaalu Insulting Unknown Member We dont need rocket science to know that your cerebrum is damaged. I empathize with your people considering the amount of resources wasted. Pls consider embarking on a trip to india for mental restoration ** My candid advice**

Hackin: woman u get mouth o!