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simplyOJ:
Professor Tam David-West, former Minister of Petroleum Resources, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to start preparing his hand-over note because his days in office as president of Nigeria are numbered.

The reason, according to David-West, is because Jonathan’s party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will suffer a humiliating defeat in the hands of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general elections.

“Jonathan should quickly look for shoes and go back to Otuoke. I have shoes in Ibadan and Abuja, I can give him some if he is in need of shoes.

“Everywhere you go, you see signs that the end of this government, led by Jonathan, is very near. Honestly, I do not have anything against him, but a party and a man that can better manage Nigeria has appeared on the scene, and we have no choice but to save our country from an impending doom.”

The elder statesman and Professor of Virology said Nigerians cannot continue to tolerate a government that is evidently confused and incapable of providing leadership. He warned that the drift in almost every sphere of our national life will continue if Jonathan is not shown the way out because, according to him, the president lacks the capacity to lead.

David-West also called on President Jonathan to show Nigerians his doctoral thesis, and end the ragging controversy around his certificate. “I became a professor in 1974, so when I see a scholar I know. I have asked people to look for the PhD of Jonathan but I am yet to find it. I think he owes Nigerians an explanation because he is our president, Professor David-West said.



http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/09/%E2%80%9Clook-shoes-quickly-and-go-back-otuoke%E2%80%9D-david-west-tells-jonathan

who is tam David west? I dnt knw him,d only west I knw is former super eagles defender Taribo West. So tam or whoever u r short up.

itetemi:
OMINIOUS clouds gathering above the country thickened on Saturday night when the Independent National Electoral Commission, bowing to executive and security blackmail, postponed by six weeks the general election earlier scheduled to begin on February 14. To the dismay of Nigerians and the consternation of the international community, the military and the entire security community joined in the conspiratorial schemes of the Presidency and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to frustrate the electoral process and push Nigeria once more to the brink.

But Nigerians should learn from our inglorious past and take a resolute decision to resist a fresh descent into contrived crises by a decadent cabal.

A collective gasp of disappointment greeted the announcement by a flustered Attahiru Jega, Chairman of INEC, shifting the presidential and National Assembly elections to March 28 and the state governorship and legislative polls to April 11. They had earlier been scheduled for February 14 and 28 respectively.

Jega’s anguish can only be imagined. While he had consistently said that the commission was ready for the polls, the security agencies, led by the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and the service chiefs, forced his hand by writing to INEC to declare emphatically that troops and other security personnel would not be provided if the elections went on as planned. According to them, all military assets would be concentrated, for the next six weeks, on tackling the insurgency in the North-East zone. Though couched under security concerns, the military’s action was, in fact, nothing but mischief.

Everyone saw it coming since the conspirators lacked the subtlety to disguise their intentions. It was the ineffective NSA that first gave official voice to whispers of the sinister moves against the elections when, at a forum organised in London by Chatam House, he suggested the shifting of the polls. Then followed forceful calls for postponement from the PDP, rented crowds of protesters and some “briefcase” political parties. President Goodluck Jonathan revealed his soiled hands when Doyin Okupe, his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, declared that it was “impossible” for security chiefs to guarantee security. Acting out the nefarious script, Edwin Clark, Femi Okurounmu, Chukwuemeka Ezeife and Alex Ekwueme, elders, acting in the name of the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly, bizarrely urged the arrest of Jega.

Worried, American President, Barack Obama, dispatched his Secretary of State, John Kerry, to Jonathan to lend his weight to calls by the opposition and other Nigerians that the polling dates should stay. Hiding behind a finger, Jonathan only made a woolly statement to the American diplomat that the May 29 swearing-in date “is sacrosanct.” Nigerians, who have endlessly been treated to political chicanery in the past, from the subversion of the constitution in the defunct Western Region in the First Republic to the brazen rigging of the 1983 elections and the manoeuvring that culminated in the June 12, 1993 electoral debacle and the brutal Sani Abacha dictatorship that followed, are bracing for another round of crises. They are not deceived.

Insurgency has been raging in the North-East for five years. Under the watch of Sambo and the current service chiefs, our military have become the laughing stock of Africa. They have been taking beating after beating from Boko Haram terrorists in the three affected states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. But Iraq, even at the height of its raging civil war, held several elections. Afghanistan, when Taliban insurgents controlled some of its territory, held elections back-to-back.

Syria, embroiled in a brutish civil war, successfully held a presidential poll in 2014. With the Crimean peninsula forcibly annexed by Russia and rebels controlling Donetsk and other regions, Ukraine still held, first, a presidential and, months later, parliamentary elections. Using the excuse of fighting insurgency in parts of three states to deny the 36 states of the federation and a federal territory elections as scheduled is fraudulent. In those countries cited, extraordinary security and massive deployment of troops were enough to guarantee credible polling.

In any case, Sambo and the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, had earlier emphatically assured the nation of adequate security arrangements for the elections. Besides, when he first called for a postponement, Sambo not only re-echoed this assurance, he restricted himself to the need for more time to distribute the 68.83 million permanent voter cards. The security joker he and the service chiefs pulled is widely recognised as a mischievous afterthought. By February 5, said Jega, 45,839,808 PVCs had been collected – about 66.58 per cent of the total – while INEC had extended the collection window to February 13 and many states had declared holidays to enable voters to collect theirs. The Council of State – an advisory body – had also met and recommended sticking to the February 14 date.

Jonathan and the security chiefs are toying with Nigeria’s destiny. We regard the military interference as a deliberate plot hatched with the connivance of the Presidency and the PDP to frustrate the elections. There is a very dangerous convergence between the military and the partisan interests of Jonathan. The actions of the military are provocative and Badeh, the Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah and others are unwisely enmeshing the security forces in politics. The Army had already allowed itself to be dragged into the certificate affair where it did not mind being used to embarrass one of its own, a former commander-in-chief to boot, Muhammadu Buhari, as it bent to the partisan whims of the ruling party.

One grave implication of the military’s blackmail is that the sole authority invested in INEC by law to conduct elections at a time of its own choosing has been hijacked by the security forces and, by implication, the Presidency, to whom the service chiefs report. All it now takes for the military and the police to annul an election date is to refuse to provide security as they are legally bound to do.

Jonathan’s desperation is leading him to a dangerous zone that neither he nor those egging him on can predict the outcome.

Under him, impunity has become monstrous. We cannot ignore the conspiracy theories flying around if only because the blackmail against INEC has proved unerringly accurate, even to the last detail of the military denying INEC security cover. We strongly advise those plotting to subvert or manipulate the 1999 Constitution in order to rig elections, derail them or arrange tenure elongation as being alleged, to desist forthwith in the interest of this country.

Similar plots and subversion of the popular will by the trio of Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa and Ladoke Akintola (1965/66) in the old Western Region; Ibrahim Babangida (1993), using the infamous Association for Better Nigeria and the courts; and Sani Abacha (1993-1998), using five pseudo parties dismissed by the late Bola Ige as “five leprous fingers” ultimately failed, but plunged the country into prolonged crises, atrophying development and consuming hundreds of Nigerians in blood-soaked turmoil. Jonathan should, for once, demonstrate an awareness of history, avoid ignominy by pulling back from this dangerous track, and allow the electoral process to go on unhindered.

Can the military fix the Boko Haram insurgency in six weeks? What if they still refuse to provide security after this period? In a country where elections are warfare, police and military assistance is crucial, more so in the North-East where terrorists are reported to have captured 130 villages and towns.

Also worrisome is the implication of having elections close to the constitutional swearing-in date of May 29. The ingenuity of INEC and the parliament in fixing elections early to allow enough time for any hitches and litigation is now threatened. It returns us to the days when an election rigger could be sworn in and, thereafter, deployed state resources to defend the stolen mandate. Allegations of military partisanship in the recent Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections raise fresh fears of the abuse and misuse of the instruments of coercion.

Nigerians should not be deceived; we are in the grip of a ruthless, power-hungry and infinitely corrupt cabal that appears ready to do anything to have its way. The June 12 struggle may be a child’s play compared to the unfolding sinister manoeuvres. Jonathan is so enamoured of power that he fails to see the danger of excessive exposure to politics by a military that usurped power for 28 of the 55 years of Nigerian independence.

But in this modern world, the people are not helpless. The lessons from Tunisia, Egypt, Ukraine and Thailand are that citizens can peacefully assert their sovereignty and insist on having a say in how they are governed. We are paying a very high price for our complacency and impunity has run riot.

All stakeholders should raise their voices against the insidious military encroachment on INEC’s remit with the active connivance of the authorities that cannot weigh the consequences of their desperate ambitions. Civil society groups – those that have not been bought over – should wake up from their slumber, while every Nigerian should demand accountability, free and fair elections and a professional, non-partisan military.











http://www.punchng.com/editorials/poll-shift-averting-the-looming-darkness/

Rubbish propaganda, what is the writer trying to say here? Wether the election is held feb14 or march28 the winner wil still be the winner. Or does Apc have something on dere sleeves

Make them come dance again, there nyash don open like basket. PDP GEJ 2019

Will he go and pursue d bombers. U guys are bunch of idiots to blame him

Danhumprey:
Citizens of this 'great' nation are living as refugees in a strange land because of the cluelessness and ineptitude of the incumbent government to provide security and curb the menace of this religious fundamentalists,and yet they(the government) feel like using the refugees's situation to score cheap political points and garner votes for itself. Smh.

you among those that put this country behind, if u knw hw to tackle d insurgency why dnt u come out and give ur ideas. Is not to relax in ur sitting room and type rubbish and post. If they didn't send relieve materials it's ur type that wil open there smelling mouth to criticise, now they hav sent u criticise again. Rubbish #

A bomb exploded in Gombe @ army barracks entrance this evening causing panics and commotion. Soldiers short sporadically to scare away and danger, the cause of the blast is still unknown at as the time of writing this post.

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What is your opinion on the chances of the super eagles of Nigeria in the forthcoming qualifiers against Congo and South Africa. Can the Stephen Keshi tutored side be able to change the table with two games remaining?

Why do some people eat without praying and after eating too?

Why calling jonah's name? Was it d one that bombed there?

It seems u r one of the so called pastors that milked people in the name of tithing. If tithing is part of the law,why is the pastors emphasising on it so much and leaving the others or are the others not laws too?. They make tithing mandatory which is not suppose to be. Even Christ Jesus said it clear in Matthew 23:23 that the wealthier matter of the law which is showing mercy,being faithful and being fair. This is to show u that they r more important than tithing. If christ has fulfilled all the laws,why the fuss about tithing.

Well justice is served,no man is above the law. Only God knws the motive he shot his girl friend. First to comment, dancing sekem sekem.

My friend get a glo cug for ursef n ur girl,d recharge is 1000 each per month. In ds plan calls r free n u dnt hv to recharge until d following month. Try it,is more cheaper than buying card of 400 every day.

My fellow nairalanders,i dnt knw if u guys have been noticing this about robbers. Why are they always confessing all there crimes whenever they are caught?

Many ways dey to treat dis matter na,go to the hotel pay for a room,then set up a camera and play along. Then involve two or three lecturers that r strict with CSO too and police force. When he arrives then she flash dem wen to com,by then. He will be naked,,,,case dismissed

The girl is 47 years and 5 months. First to comment

Why dnt u give it all for free?

Abimloaded: Hahahahahahahaha... nothing that ends with ''N'' is good. All are bad. Examples:-JONATHAN, MTN, PHCN,

wetin mak jonathaN. Bad? Tak ur time cos he is ur leader.

dvdon: Incredible!!! I remember when I controled a bus from running into a bush when the driver dosed off. I felt like a hero after I woke the driver with a hot slap.

hahahahhahahahahaah,him head go hear am be that. Thumbs up dude.

I pray they call it off o

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Abeg make una leave the guy to go were wants to,he needs a champions league football and Arsenal will offer him that.

Boy,dis ur post is long oo. Good one

How often do u pray before u go to bed and when u woke up in the morning?
As for me I do but sometimes I forget.Let me hear yours. Please no insult.

[color=#990000][/color] They choose taller guys to balance the equation. Wat if dem com marry finally nko,the decendants go be average.

He is not a taxi driver,he has come up to deny it.searching for a club after been sacked by cska last 2 seasons

The issue here is that,Jamb were out against exams malpractice in this yrs exams,and many of d candidates were unaware of thiz. Many changes there exam type to anoda to suit them in cheatin,meanwhile watever type u hv on ur questn paper is same that wil be in ur answer booklet wen computer wl be marking it. So many fall on this trap,that was why d failure was massive. I think if exam malpractice should be stopped,this measure is recommendable.

I love every bit of it poster,catch ya fun.Hoping to be there soon.

Though wat she did was not right,but y will she keep d baby wen he is not legally married to her?If na ur sister nko.

Its fake mehnnnnnn