Donald Duke continues to be my first choice. I challenge anyone to tell me who amongst the lot of them has done better. And before you do that, check out www.dukepac.biz

Cross river state is the 30th of 36 states and the least in Niger delta in terms of Monthly allocations but see what he has done with the little resources he has. Like he said; it is not how wealthy a state is but the will to carry out developmental projects.

The appeal court sitting in Ibadan this afternoon nullified the impeachment of Rasheed ladoja of Oyo state.

Happily married to my best friend

This is the criteria:
How would you feel when you see your man/woman kissing someone else? If you will feel glad ( I wonder who will, )that your boo kissed someone else then its no cheating but if you will feel otherwise then consider yourself a cheat when you do it.

Let me break it down.
If you have no qualms with ur boo kissing someone else then you really should not be with him/her and you are among the "dont cares". Maybe u need something else from the relationship and dont care what the other person does and who he/she mingles with.

If you feel bad with ur guy/gal's action then when you kiss someone else, that is the way he/she will feel and that is cheating.

Donald Duke is the man

Wow! This is good news. He already has my vote. I've been praying for this. Donald Duke is one man am sure will do well. I'll pray harder for God to make this a reality. It is time we vote in people based on merit and past antecedents not on political sentiments or tribalism.

My only regret is that Zizou went for Materazzi's chest instead of mouth. I would have loved to see that his mouth bleed like hell. Zizou is human. Most of us will do worse if confronted with the same situation. And why is Materazzi ashamed of telling the world what happened? Ofcourse, he wont be proud of what he said and knows he deserved what he got. He should tell the world exactly what he said to Zidane instead of denying everything.

I love Zizou and I loved him more after the head butt.

There's no big fuss. Ikwere's dissociated themselves from the mainstream Igbos during and after the civil war and that is understandable for fear of being killed during the war and counted among those who lost the war after. Their culture, language, names are still Igbo. Also Ichie and Opobo people of Rivers state are also Igbo completely in language and names but they chose what they want and still deny their origin but that is ok. They can be what they chose to be.

@Anigboinam,

The (oil) resources of Nigeria are also located in Abia and Imo in the southeast as well as in Ondo in the southwest and they are also part of the nine states that make up the Niger Delta. So, some part of southeast and southwest are part of niger delta and that is why you have the former chairman of NDDC (Onyema Ugochukwu) coming from Abia.

Okonjo-iweala has tried for this country and deserves commendation. I dont know how OBJ got this advice but this is surely a wrong move.

Abeg, my people, forgive my little baby, afeni. he can't think beyond his age and that is very understandable. He'll grow up someday.

Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion, no matter how stupid. So we can actually understand when Some people have too much time to argue endlessly and unnecessarily like dummies. I ain't got the time. I have a business to run.

@ Afeni,

You're 19yrs old? I understand. You reason your age. When you grow up we can have a chat. For now, there's no basis and don't forget ur lunch box kid

It is very sad indeed that a forum like this that we should use to foster unity and togetherness in this country is just about achieving the opposite. People spend their time trying to badmouth one ethnic group or the other. I wonder the impression that we give to the outside world. That I am born into an Igbo, hausa or Yoruba family is just by chance. Such ethnic threads should not be allowed in nairaland. Naira is a nigerian identity and as such nairaland should be for all nigerians. This forum should be used to foster unity among nigerians until a day when we will finally agree to live together or separately. I remember some weeks ago when someone posted a thread about some killings in Aba and after a few people responded, it was decided that the post should be removed because that might cause other parts of the country to violently retaliate. And one question  that always comes to my mind is this; why is it that we so much disagree when it comes to politics but in sports and other things we come together as Nigerians. When Kanu scores a goal nobody cares if he is from zango kataf, Owerri or Iseyin, we all dance and jubilate together. But when it comes to politics, the scenario changes. We thirst for one another's blood. And at the end of the day, after the innocent ordinary people must have been killed or maimed, the politicians that are promoting this ethnic rivalry will still feed fat on our resources and at our own expence.

Seun, I dont really know your objective of setting up this forum but I believe that one of them should be to promote unity between nigerian youths both home and abroad. If my assumption is correct, then I believe you should take the time to do just that - by discouraging any thread that will do the opposite and removing it. If you don't have all the time, then delegate other people that will help administer the site. Enough is Enough. This has to stop. we, the youths has many more important things to discuss. Why dont we focus on our strenghts. We should stop saying it is the turn of yorubas, igbos or hausas but rather it is the turn of MR. A or MR. B. That way we focus on the person and know why the person is fit to be president regardless of his ethnic origin. I have someone that I support to be President, based on his record. He's not from my ethnic group and If he contests, I will vote him over anyother person from my ethnic group. Let us desist from posting threads like this. If you are prejudiced against any ethnic group, just keep it to your self. Do not look for disciples. It is your own personal experience. Thank you all.

I read it too and I wondered why it did not make headlines in CNN or BBC. Its time we start playing the same politics with them. The BBC or CNN only reports what is bad in Africa. They will never report the good things that are happening in Africa. If it is UK or US that issued a travel advise, it will make headlines in BBC or CNN. The reverse is now the case and its conspicously missing in their news. Its time we dig out their own dirt too and and broadcast it worldwide.

Donald Duke

Donald Duke (born 30 September 1961 in Calabar) has been the Governor of Cross River State since 1999. He has been at the helms of affairs of the State since the commencment of the present democratic dispensation in Nigeria. He received LLB degrees from Ahmadu Bello University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Spearheading the incumbent debt of Nigeria, Duke pushed for democracy and against military control. He stated; "What got the military out of power was not democracy but the dreadful state of the economy. If we, the democratic government, cannot deliver food for the mass of people we can forget about democracy.(1)"

Duke has been appraised for his contributions to the fields of Agriculture, urban development, government, environment, information and communication, investment drive, and tourism. Through his work Cross River is considered the "cleanest city in Nigeria."

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Duke

count me in.

It depends on his reason. If his reason sounds so stupid to me, I will tell him he is forgiven but he should go and never try to contact me again. Chikena! One thing I believe is no matter the situation never you run away from your responsibilities.

The poll ends on the 25th of June.

The rythm poll is still on. But the number to text to have changed. You can nominate your candidate by texting NP(or Next president) and the name of the nominee to 937 to MTN and 32413 to Vmobile.

For example, NP Donald Duke.

Lets nominate Donald Duke.

Good Job is more difficult. You can find a good wife when u look in the right places.

Ashiwaju:

the list are endless
i ll mention just a few,
Ken Nnmani

Ken Nnamani is not a Governor but the senate presido. I am sure u meant Chimaroke Nnamani.

Do you think that the present govt have been transparent enough in its dealings? What do you say about due process and accountability of the OBJ govt?

I saw the article below on thisday site and sought to know your reactions on it.
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=50345

Read the article b4 posting please.

Haba Seun! How did even death sentence, in the first place, cross your mind for an offence like exam malpractice? My brother, I totally disagree with U on this one. Agreed, exam malpractice is bad but we can really minimise (not eliminate - because u can't. it's part of human nature to cheat) it by doing so many things right. But as long as those saddled with the responsibility of conducting the exams as well as our parents still aid and abet the crime, the end to it is not in sight.

If as you suggest Death penalty be used for exam cheaters then it should also be used for liars and ofcourse you have to wipe off almost the entire world. Death penalty will not solve the problem. Never!

Its definitely Odili of Rivers and Chimaroke of Enugu. This two are way ahead of the rest. If this two are properly investigated, I tell u the whole world will go mad at what will be exposed.

CNN is simply biased.

I will nominate Odili of Rivers and Nnamani of Enugu. Nnamani is a thief and Odili, a bigger thief. Both are being protected by Aso rock.

Sometimes I feel the best thing is to line up these thieves and execute all of them. I am beginning to think that is the way forward for this country.

Donald Duke has my support. Please can we leave out IBB in this discussion. Haba! do we have short memory or what? IBB destroyed this nation. He introduced corruption at the highest level. We should be moving forward not backwards. If the system is working well, the likes of IBB should be languishing in jail.

I've been waiting to hear the result too. I've not had time to listen to radio today. I also assume they must have announced it.

Yes o

See me see trouble o. who cares if they play or not? Ungrateful Idiots. After what they did to Keshi, they no go see better.