How Buhari Won

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How Buhari Won

Shortly before the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega formally announced the final collated results for Saturday Presidential elections yesterday; President Goodluck Jonathan put a phone call to General Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him on his victory and emergence as President- elect. The President in his call, which he made at 5:15, even before the results of the last state, Borno, was yet to be taken from the state Collation Officer in the situation room of the INEC in Abuja, promised the president-elect cooperation and smooth transition.

According to the results released by the INEC, the APC won out rightly in 21 states while the PDP won out rightly in 15 states including the FCT, Abuja. But in terms of spread the APC and the PDP fulfilled the Constitutional provision by securing 25 per cent in 24 of 36 states with the APC achieving that feat in 27 states, while the PDP also fulfilled it in 25 states.It was in the second Constitutional requirement of majority of votes cast that the APC clinched the ticket by securing the total votes cast in the 36 states of the country, including the FCT, Abuja.

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Reps Adjourn Due to Low Turnout

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Reps Adjourn Due to Low Turnout

The House of Representatives yesterday could not hold its plenary session due to the low turnout of members to the chamber. The Speaker Aminu Tambuwal who was present to preside over the business of the day expressed dissatisfaction over the low turnout of lawmakers stating that the ongoing collation of elections result by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may be the reason.

To this end, the majority leader of the House, Mulikat Adeola moved that the plenary session be adjourned till Wednesday as seconded by Deputy majority leader, Leo Ogor. In an interview with Correspondents of the House shortly after the adjournment, Abdulmimin Jibril expressed satisfaction on the conduct and collation of the INEC result so far.

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Jonathan A True Statesman

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Jonathan A True Statesman –Abubakar

Former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, yesterday described President Goodluck Jonathan as a “true Statesman who will be remembered for his courageous decision to concede defeat as a sitting President”. This followed the decision by President Jonathan to congratulate his rival on last Saturday’s Presidential election, General Muhammadu Buhari.Gen. Abubakar, who stated this while speaking with State House Correspondents after meeting with President Jonathan, eulogized him saying that his name would go down in the annals of Nigeria’s political history for having the courage to congratulate General Buhari on winning the Presidential election. The former Nigerian head of state disclosed that Buhari had informed him that President Jonathan had called him about 5:15pm congratulating him for winning the Presidential election.

According to him, “We are here to ensure that peace is maintained. As you are aware the election has been very peaceful.” Gen. Abubakar, recalled the incident that took place at the INEC Situation room while the election results were being announced. “The elections have been very peaceful despite the hitches here and there. At the end of the elections, at the counting there were a lot of upheavals that have happened but thankfully they have been contained. “We were at the middle of a meeting with the international observers to try to see how we can still water the tension down, when gladly I called Gen. Buhari that we are going to see him, he told me that Mr. President has called him at about 5:15 p.m. and congratulated him and conceded defeat. “We were spell bound and the reason we have come here is to thank President Jonathan for this statesmanship. “On behalf of Nigerians I want to thank President Jonathan for being the statesman that he is; he has proved that he is a statesman and he has the love of this country in his heart.

So Nigerians should please help him to ensure this is real,” he said. He added that “in the history of Nigeria I think this is the first time where a contestant has called his rival to congratulate him and through this point, President Jonathan maintained a point that the blood of Nigerians is not worth his presidency and by his action he has proved that. “He has proved that he is a man of his word because during our interaction on this peace committee he always maintained that he is going to accept the result of the elections whichever way it is done. And he has proved this.” He also appealed to all Nigerians, to join hands to assist the President to ensure a peaceful handing over, even as he also appealed to those celebrating to do so moderately. “And I will appeal to all politicians, those who are celebrating and those who are sorrowing, to please give peace a chance and to be moderate. In any contest there is always going to be a winner and President Jonathan has accepted that he lost and we want to thank him. “For any Nigerian who is aggrieved, the electoral laws have procedures seeking re-address, so if anybody has any grievance he should apply through the law. I appeal again to our youth, to everybody to please give peace a chance and accept that the chief contestant himself has accepted. So nobody should go and raise any eyebrow and cause any destabilization of this country”, he appealed. The President was last night also meeting with top hierarchy of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the Presidential Villa.

The meeting was summoned to review the current political development in the country and chart the way forward. The President however broke away from the meeting to also meet with members of the National Peace Committee on the 2015 general election led by retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Other members of the delegation were Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (rtd.), Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Justice Rose Ukeje, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III among others. The Peace Committee had met with President Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari before the elections. The Committee were also instrumental to the re-enactment of the Non-Violence Accord signed in Abuja last January which was renewed at the Sheraton Hotel on the eve of the presidential and National Assembly elections.

UPP Congratulates Buhari

Presidential Candidate of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Chief Chekwas Okorie, also yesterday congratulated Gen. Muhammadu Buhari for winning last Saturday’s election.Speaking in a congratulatory message made available to The UNION, Okorie said “in the tradition of democracy, the Nigerian people have spoken in your favour and entrusted you with their mandate to oversee their welfare and development in the next four years, beginning from 29th May, 2015, when you are expected to be sworn-in to office as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by the special grace of God. “It is common saying that to whom much is given much is expected. There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigerians expect real positive change in their social, political and economic life during your presidency. “Although UPP is by definition in the opposition as a result of the accepted outcome of the 2015 Presidential Election, I however, extend our hand of fellowship to your Government in the interest of national unity and development. “I shall be constructively engaged with your Government to the benefit of the Nigerian people and to the glory of God. “The ball is now in your court and we have no doubt that with your experience, track record and maturity, the unity and development of Nigeria where justice and equity shall reign will be your guiding principles”.

Mamora Lauds Jonathan

Presidential agent of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Olorunimbe Mamora, yesterday praised President Goodluck Jonathan’s gallantry in accepting the emergence General Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28 presidential election. Mamora, who confirmed that the President Jonathan had called Gen. Buhari to congratulate him on his victory at the polls, described the action as that of “a revered statesman with maturity and gallantry”. “I can assure you to the extent that Mr President, Goodluck Jonathan, has already put a call to Gen Muhammadu Buhari. “I can confirm to you that I put a call to Gen Buhari. And I am not getting this from a second party, at about a quarter past 5pm, this evening that Jonathan called to congratulate him. ”I must commend him for that show of gallantry and display of maturity. I commend him for that singular display of maturity and goodwill”, Mamora said. He also noted the victory was more for the people of Nigeria.

”Of course it’s a song of victory all over. I can assure that if you go to streets you will see jubilation on the streets. “We have to congratulate the determination, the courage exhibited, at a point it went beyond the party and became a movement”, he said.

Lai Mohammed Reacts

National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Lai Muhammad, also told journalists yesterday that President Goodluck Jonathan called Muhammadu Buhari at about 5:15pm to congratulate him on his victory in the 2015 polls even before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the final results. “President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari on his victory in the Saturday’s election. In a telephone call at exactly 5:15pm to Buhari in Abuja, Jonathan assured him of maximum cooperation and smooth transition”, he said. Muhammed also said that President Jonathan has also called National leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, to congratulate him on his party’s victory at the poll. Speaking on the secret behind the party’s success, Muhammed said, “the moment our leaders made the supreme sacrifice to drop their personal ambitions and agree at a merger that gave all of us a broader platform with a national outlook which was able to combine the expertise of the technocrats in the sagacity of the politicians. “For the first time in Nigeria, we are having a truly pan Nigerian opposition political party. The issues that defines this election were primarily corruption, ineptitude, bad economy and insecurity and in General Muhammadu Buhari we have found the qualities to tackle all. These are much the reasons why Nigerians voted for him across board, “he said.

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Anyaoku, Abubakar, Dangote, Onaiyekan Hail Jonathan for Conceding Defeat

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Anyaoku, Abubakar, Dangote, Onaiyekan Hail Jonathan for Conceding Defeat

Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Emeka Anyaoku has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat and congratulating his opponent, the All Progressives Congress’s candidate, Muhammadu Buhari.

Just as the Peace Accord Committee has congratulated Goodluck Jonathan for for his statesmanship.

The chairman of the committee and former Head of State, Abdusalami Abubakar, who spoke to journalists after a closed-door meeting with the President, said the committee was spellbound when Mr. Buhari informed them that Mr. Jonathan had called to congratulate him.

“We were at the middle of a meeting with the international observers to try to see how we can still water the tension down, when gladly I called Gen. Buhari that we are going to see him,” Mr. Abubakar said. “He told me that Mr. President has called him at about 5:15 p.m. and congratulated him and conceded defeat.

“We were spellbound and the reason we have come here is to thank President Jonathan for this statesmanship. In the history of Nigeria, I think this is the first time where a contestant has called his rival to congratulate him and through this point, President Jonathan maintained a point that the blood of Nigerians is not worth his presidency and by his action he has proved that.

“He has proved that he is a man of his word‎ because during our interaction on this peace committee he has always maintained that he is going to accept the result of the elections whichever way it is done. And he has proved this.”

He further appealed to politicians to accept the state of things as the president has already conceded defeat.

“I think we need Nigerians, all of us, to join hands in making sure we assist him in the peaceful handing over,” Abubakar said. “And I will appeal to all politicians; ‎those who are celebrating and those who are sorrowing to please give peace a chance; to be moderate. In any contest there is always going to be a winner and President Jonathan has accepted that he lost and we want to thank him.”

Ha thanked the President on behalf of Nigerians “for being the statesman that he is”.

“He has approved that he is a statesman and he has the love of this country in his heart,” Abubakar said. “So Nigerians should please help him to ensure this is real.”

He urged aggrieved Nigerians to seek redress through the law.

“The electoral laws have procedures for seeking re-address,” he said. “So if anybody has ‎any grievance he should apply through the law. I appeal again to our youth, to everybody to please give peace a chance and accept that the chief contestant himself has accepted. So nobody please go and raise any eyebrow and cause any destabilization of this country.”

Others at the meeting include: Ubitu Ukiwe, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Priscilla Kuye, Catholic Archbishop, John Onaiyekan, Primate of Anglican Communion, Nicholas Okoh and Aliko Dangote.

Anyaoku, on his part, said Jonathan has shown example for other African countries.

He expressed hope that the President has set the tone for the reactions from other Nigerians.

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Jonathan thanks Nigerians, asks PDP members not to despair

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Jonathan thanks Nigerians, asks PDP members not to despair

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2015

Fellow Nigerians,

I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections.

I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process. That is one legacy I will like to see endure.

Although some people have expressed mixed feelings about the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), I urge those who may feel aggrieved to follow due process based on our constitution and our electoral laws, in seeking redress.

As I have always affirmed, nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. The unity, stability and progress of our dear country is more important than anything else.

I congratulate all Nigerians for successfully going through the process of the March 28th General Elections with the commendable enthusiasm and commitment that was demonstrated nationwide.

I also commend the Security Services for their role in ensuring that the elections were mostly peaceful and violence-free.

To my colleagues in the PDP, I thank you for your support. Today, the PDP should be celebrating rather than mourning. We have established a legacy of democratic freedom, transparency, economic growth and free and fair elections.

For the past 16 years, we have steered the country away from ethnic and regional politics. We created a Pan-Nigerian political party and brought home to our people the realities of economic development and social transformation.

Through patriotism and diligence, we have built the biggest and most patriotic party in Nigerian history. We must stand together as a party and look to the future with renewed optimism.

I thank all Nigerians once again for the great opportunity I was given to lead this country and assure you that I will continue to do my best at the helm of national affairs until the end of my tenure.

I have conveyed my personal best wishes to General Muhammadu Buhari.

May God Almighty continue to bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I thank you all.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR
President,
Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Jonathan concedes defeat, congratulates Buhari

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Jonathan concedes defeat, congratulates Buhari

With presidential election results from all but one of Nigeria’s 36 states counted, and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, clearly in unassailable lead, President Goodluck Jonathan has telephoned Mr. Buhari to concede defeat.

The spokesperson of the APC, Lai Mohammed, told reporters in Abuja that President Jonathan has conceded defeat.

He said the president called Mr. Buhari to congratulate him on wining the presidential election held Saturday.

“The President called General Buhari at 5: 05 pm this evening to congratulate him for emerging victorious,” Mr. Mohammed said.

He commended the president for “that singular act”.

The Independent National Electoral Commission is yet to declare Mr. Buhari winner because it is still expecting results from Nigeria’s remote Borno State.

By the time the Borno vote is added to the tally, Mr. Buhari would have garnered 15,416,221 votes. All of Mr. Mr. Jonathan’s 12,853, 162 votes have already being counted.

Celebrations have broken across Nigeria as news of Mr. Buhari’s victory dribbles around the nation.

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Buhari in historic election win, emerges Nigeria’s President-elect

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Buhari in historic election win, emerges Nigeria’s President-elect

After three previous failed shots at the presidency, Muhammadu Buhari is finally moving into Aso Rock, Nigeria’s presidential palace,as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

A retired Major-General, Mr. Buhari, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, polled a total of 15,416,221 votes to defeat the incumbent and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan, who got 12,853,162 votes.

The APC candidate got the highest number of votes in 21 states while Mr. Jonathan prevailed in 15 states and Abuja.

Mr. Buhari has also met the constitutional requirement to be declared President-elect by getting more than one quarter of the votes in 27 states.

The APC candidate won in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara.

Mr. Jonathan on the other hand prevailed in Rivers, Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa, Imo, Enugu, Ekiti, Edo, Delta, Ebonyi, Cross River, Bayelsa, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Abia and the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja).

The Independent National Electoral Commission is yet to announce Mr. Buhari’s victory because the commission is still expecting results of the presidential election from Borno.

But we can report that Mr. Buhari got 473,543 votes in Borno compared to the 25,640 earned by Mr. Jonathan.

So, the APC candidate has practically won the election by beating Mr. Jonathan by 2,563,059 votes.

Mr. Buhari’s victory makes it the second time since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democratic rule, that a retired military officer would become Nigeria’s president.

Mr. Buhari, who wields enormous support in Northern Nigeria, won in 21 states to emerge victorious.

The retired army officer’s journey to the presidency began in 2003 when he contested under the platform of the now defunct All Peoples Party, APP.

That year, he got 12.7 million votes to lose to Olusegun Obasanjo, also a retired army officer, who was seeking a second term as president.

Despite picking a southerner, the late Chuba Okadigbo, as a running mate, Mr. Buhari got a huge chunk of his votes from the north.

Four years later, Mr. Buhari, contesting under the ANPP, attempted another shot at the presidency, this time going head to head with a fellow northerner, Umar Yar’adua of the PDP.

Again, he lost.

Despite still picking a southerner as a running mate, his performance in 2007 was far worse than that of 2003 – he polled a meagre 6.6 million votes while the eventual winner got thrice his vote.

By 2011, Mr. Buhari helped found another party, the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, and, once again, he aimed a shot at becoming president.

Once again, he picked a southerner as running mate.

On April, 16, 2011, he ran against the incumbent, President Jonathan.

He polled 12.2 million votes to lose to Mr. Jonathan who got almost twice his votes.

After the 2011 general elections, three major political parties – the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and Mr. Buhari’s CPC – began talks on a merger that would enable it provide a formidable platform to challenge the dominant PDP.

On February 6, 2013, the APC was founded.

“We promise not to disappoint Nigerians who have reposed much confidence in us,” Lai Mohammed, then interim National Publicity Secretary of the APC, said at the time.

“We say that contrary to the lies peddled by the naysayers, we are not seeking political power for the sake of getting it, but in order to use it to empower our people and allow their long-nursed hopes and dreams to become a reality.”

At the APC presidential primaries in December 2014, Mr. Buhari contested against political heavyweights like Atiku Abubakar, former vice president; Rabiu Kwankwaso, governor of Kano State; and Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo State.

At the end of the day, the retired general polled 3,430 delegates votes to defeat his challengers.

For his running mate in the run up to the 2015 general election, Mr. Buhari again picked a southwesterner as a running mate.

During his campaign, the 73-year-old traversed the length and breadth of the country canvassing for votes.

The 2015 presidential election was the first time Mr. Buhari won in states outside northern Nigeria, winning all the south-western states except Ekiti State.

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Ifeanyi Uba, Obi Jackson Fight In Anambra

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Ifeanyi Uba, Obi Jackson Fight In Anambra

Daily Times reports that there was commotion in Anambra as the Group Managing Director of NESTOIL PLC, Dr. (Sir) Ernest Azudialu Obiejesi engaged in a fight with the Director of Transformation Ambassador of Nigeria (TAN), Dr. Ifeanyi Uba.

The Free-For-All Fight began around 3.30pm at the headquarters of Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra which is the collation center for Ihiala Federal House of Representative, and lasted for more than 45 minutes over an alleged result mutilation.

Daily Times reports that trouble started when Dr. Ifeanyi Uba allegedly found Sir Obiejesi while falsifying the original result sheet been submitted to the collation center in favour of his party, APGA. Ifeanyi Uba was supporting PDP.

“When Uba found Sir Obiejesi popularly known as Obijackson falsifying the original sheets to favour APGA and his candidate, Uba encountered him, snatched the paper away from him and they began to fight to the charging of their respective supporters,” our source said.
Sir Obiejesi clothing was torn even as two vehicles were badly damaged at the process but the key players refused to grant the press interview on what truly transpired.

Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer (PPPRO) Uche Eze confirmed the report on phone,saying“there was crisis at ihiala local government area which is the collation centre but I do not know the names of those involved in the fight.

But two Police men were injured and already taken to hospital for treatment. It was also gathered that it was effort of policemen sent from the state police command that brought the matter to a halt. Five people were also reportedly injured.

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APC Wants Poll Results Cancelled

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APC Wants Poll Results Cancelled

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been told to cancel the entire results of the 2015 Presidential Election and National Assembly elections in Enugu and Akwa-Ibom states, This Day reports.

The All Progressive Party, APC, made he call because as at 8pm, Sunday, only three out of 17 local governments in Enugu state had had their presidential election results released.

None of the National Assembly results had been released as collation was still ongoing at different collation centres.

The Chairman of APC in the state, Dr Ben Nwoye, who spoke to reporters Sunday night , accused the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Chukwuemeka Onukaogu of conniving with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and security agents to rig the election in favour of the PDP.

The Akwa Ibom State Chairman of the APC, Dr. Amadu Attai who made the call yesterday evening at a press briefing also demanded that the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State Barrister Austin Okoji should be redeployed immediately.

The position of the party was also collaborated by the APC governorship candidate, Obong Umana Okon Umana who said with the conduct of the election outside the INEC guidelines it was very clear that the election was not free and fair in the state.

Already, a petition dated March 29, 2015 has been forwarded to the National Chairman of INEC and the State Resident Electoral Commissioner over alleged connivance of PDP with institutions meant for the conduct of the election including INEC officials and Security operatives to rig the election.

The party displayed some of the recovered ballot papers thump printed by officials of the Peoples Democratic Party saying that the party intends to carry the exhibit to INEC office in Abuja today.

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Oyegun Suffers Major Setback In Edo

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Oyegun Suffers Major Setback In Edo

Reports coming in from Edo state indicate that, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, suffered a major setback in his ward yesterday.

The reports reveal that Chief Oyegun lost his ward to the People’s Democratic Party in Saturday’s Presidential elections.

Punch reports that two units made up Ward 2 of the Staff Training School at GRA Benin and the APC lost in both units.

At Unit one, the PDP polled 95 votes in the presidential election while the APC polled 78 votes.

The party also polled 94 votes in the Senatorial election while the APC polled 85 votes.

In the House of Representatives, the PDP polled 95 votes while the APC polled 80 votes.
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At unit two where Oyegun voted, the PDP polled 88 votes in the Presidential election while the APC polled 65.

For the House of Rep, the PDP polled 79 votes while the APC polled 75.

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INEC Website Has Been Hacked

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INEC Website Has Been Hacked

The website of the Independent National Electoral Commission has been hacked. The website is hacked by a group that parade itself as Nigerian Cyber Army. The hacking was confirmed by INEC on its Twitter handle, @inecnigeria
“We are aware of the recent hack of our @inecnigeria website, we are currently investigating this incident
#NigeriaDecides”
Information on the INEC website: www.inecnigeria.org reads:
[!] StruCkED by Nigerian Cyber Army[!] Sorry xD Your Site has been STAMPED by TeaM Nigerian Cyber Army
FEEL SOME SHAME ADMIN!!
Security is just an illusion
Remember US

GREETINGS OF PEACE TO CITIZEN OF NIGERIA FROM TEAM NCA
NIGERIANS No Body Can Give You Freedom No Body Can Give You Equality Or Justice If You Are A Man/Woman YOU TAKE IT
Its 2015 Elections And We Are Here AGain But This Time In A Different Form, APC Claimed They Hacked Into INEC DATABASE But We Own The DATABASE Long Before Now So No Worries No Fear To All NIGERIANs…GO And Cast Your Vote And We Assure You That Your Vote Must Count Because We Are The Kings Of The NIgerRian CYber SPACE.
NOTE: WE GAT ACCESS TO OTHER HIGH RANKING NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT SERVERS, BUT WE ARE NOT HERE FOR THAT TODAY!.
INEC DONT TRY TO RIG BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU DAY AND NIGHT FOR MONTHS NOW BUT DONT BE SCARED WE MEAN NO HARM COS IF YOU ATTEMPT TO RIG YOU WILL PAY!!
WE ARE THE THE VOICE OF THE YOUTHs!!
WE ALSO USE THIS MEDIUM TO ADVICE ALL POLITICAL PARTIES: WHO PRICE GO PAY.
WE DO NOT FORGIVE
WE DO NOT FORGET

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INEC orders manual accreditation, extends exercise till Sunday

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INEC orders manual accreditation, extends exercise till Sunday

Prof. Attahiru Jega, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the use of manual accreditation in areas that the Smart Card Readers malfunctioned during the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the country.
He also extended the exercise till Sunday in where the elections were not held, directing all Resident Electoral Commissioners in the country to conduct the election on Sunday in areas where there were hitches.
Here is a statement from the Independent National Electoral Commission.
INEC has been monitoring field reports on the accreditation process since commencement this morning. Whereas the process has gone well in several places, in some others it has encountered some challenges especially the card readers.
Consequently, accreditation has been slow in many places and has not commenced at all in some others .
Even though the guidelines for the 2015 general elections provide that where card readers fail to work and cannot be replaced, elections in such PUs will be postponed to the next day.
The scale of the challenge we have observed has necessitated a reconsideration of the provision of the guidelines
The Commission has therefore decided that in PUs where card readers fail to work, the Presiding Officer shall manually accredit voters
The Presiding Officer shall mark the voters register upon being satisfied that the person presenting a PVC is the owner.
Notwithstanding, in PUs where accreditation was suspended to the next day in accordance with the guidelines, arrangements will be made for voters to vote tomorrow, subject to the provisions of the Electoral Act 2010
The Commission reassures the public that it will thoroughly investigate what happened while it stays committed to credible elections

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Experts Raise The Alarm Over INEC Website Hacking

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Experts Raise The Alarm Over INEC Website Hacking

While the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) dismissed as nothing the hacking of its website during accreditation time for final voting yesterday, information and communication technology (ICT) experts have said that INEC may not be telling the nation the truth.

Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman while responding to questions on the hacking of its website said there was no cause for alarm as the engineers were in full control. But the ICT experts that spoke to The press said that contrary to the INEC position there was real cause for alarm. The experts said what the hackers did was that they brought down the index page of INEC website blocking the Commission from having access while doing damage on its database.

They said the implication is that every information INEC had on its database must have been tampered with and this is not good for the nation.

Godwin Uche, one of those who spoke said it is shame that INEC website could be hacked on day like this. He wondered how much the Commission must have budgeted for IT and how much that was actually spent to do the job.

“It simply showed INEC hired the wrong people to do the job and this is incompetence on the part of the INEC Chairman. What does it take to provide 24 hour security for INEC website on a day like this”, he snapped.

He said that the manner of hacking showed that apart from the fact that the hackers may have been hired by some desperate politicians who wants to do damage, the manner of hacking and the comments that followed it, showed that it was done by youths who may be aggrieved with the system and who may be reacting to the fact that the right professionals were not hired to do the job.

“When INEC advertised for IT staff, most of Nigerian youths that applied did not even get acknowledgment for their application
letters not to talk of being called up for interview.

When they complained nobody bothered to do anything about it. “Some of these people that applied were professionals who knows the job. Now if people could hack into INEC website for any reason on a voting day like yesterday, when professionals were supposed to be securing the site; it means that those manning the website are not the right people and may have been hired on man know man basis which is really dangerous for this country”, he said.

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Meet the top six contestants of the ‪#‎TheBroadcasterSeason5‬

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Faith Onyebujoh "Faithelicious" @faithelicious Mr Gee @godwinadogame and Mc Ebenezer @McEbeneza on the ‪#‎MiddayOasis‬

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MASS EXODUS FROM APC TO PDP IN NIGER & KEBBI STATES

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MASS EXODUS FROM APC TO PDP IN NIGER & KEBBI STATES

Thousands of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger and Kebbi States. News Agency of of Nigeria (NAN) reports indicate that, while 2,000 members left the APC for the PDP in Suleja, 2,750 members also defected to the PDP in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi state.

Speaking on behalf of the defectors in Suleja, Niger State, a three-time chairman of the local government area, Alhaji Abdullahi L. Suleiman, said they had to leave the APC because the party had no direction, adding that they were also made to swear by the Quran to abide by rules and directives from the party.

“APC is the only party that will make you swear with the Quran to abide by rules and directives of the party, which we did but when we discovered that it is all deceit, we had to leave the party back to the PDP where we left from.

“We had to return to the party that we can see its structures and development on ground, because there is no ward in the 25 local government councils in the state that has not received dividend of democracy through the Ward Development Project,” he explained.

He also stated that the over 2,000 decampees are from ten wards in the state adding that more would join them. According to Suleiman, he was not financially induced to return to the PDP, adding that he returned because of his conviction that PDP has better things in stock for the people of the state.

He stated that people are worried about the continuity of some of the policies of the Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, adding that voting for the APC will mean discontinuation of the policies like paying of NECO and WAEC fees, which is difficult for some parents to pay.

Speaking after he received them into the party, Aliyu said most people, who left the PDP felt that the popularity of the APC because of the Presidential candidate was going to ‘catch fire’ but when reality dawned on them that it’s a party revolving around one person they had to come back home. “They had to come back to what they are used to.”

Meanwhile, in Kebbi State, the spokesperson for the defectors, Alhaji Maikano Koko, told Governor Saidu Dakingari in Koko yesterday that the defection was sequel to the numerous development projects sited in the area by the current administration.

He said the PDP-led government had provided infrastructural facilities while giving attention to agriculture and youth empowerment. Koko also said the defectors decided to join the PDP due to the equitable provision of state resources.

Also speaking, the state Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bello Doya, assured the defectors that they would be treated fairly, saying “ the PDP family cherishes honesty and fairness among members. “

Doya, who called on the new members to shun money politics, said “ we need trust worthy leaders who fear God and can impact positively on the lives of the people.’’ In his remarks, Dakingari commended those who defected and promised them equal treatment.

“Political activities are for development to take place and not primitive accumulation of wealth to the detriment of the generality of the people. We would sustain prudence and equity in leadership,’’ he said.

He urged the defectors to eschew violence and politics of blackmail and thuggery, stressing that peace was paramount to the nation’s existence and development.

The PDP governorship candidate in the state, Sarkin-Yaki Bello, has promised to lead by example if elected. Bello, who said he would consolidate on the gains recorded by the present administration in the state, advised those who defected to ensure that they collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), thousands of APC supporters recently defected to the PDP in Sakaba, Fakai and Shanga Local Government Areas of the state, as well.

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Nigeria Army Retakes Pulka,Nabs Male Terrorist Dressed in Hijab

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Nigeria Army Retakes Pulka,Nabs Male Terrorist Dressed in Hijab

The town has been serving as one of their major access to the Mandara Mountains and supply route out of the country and link towards Cameroon. Cordon and search has commenced after the air and land operation that overpowered the terrorists.

Also in the mission area, a male terrorist suspect who disguised himself as a lady fully dressed in hijab was nabbed by vigilant troops as he made for a mission to kill innocent citizens in Kwaya Kusar Market in Borno State on Saturday. He is currently in custody of the troops and has already given useful information on the mode of their operations.

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Tension in APC camp over court case

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Buhari certificate saga: Tension in APC camp over court case
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There is tension in the opposition All Progressives Congress as a Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Abdu Kafarati, has given an order for accelerated hearing in a suit brought by a non-governmental organisation, Global Center for Conscious Living Against Corruption, asking for an order of mandamus to compel the Inspector General of Police to investigate allegations of forgery and perjury against the party’s presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari.
In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/172/2015, filed by Professor Andrew Chukwuemerie, SAN, the plaintiffs are seeking the order of the court to order police investigation into the “alleged acquisition and possession of the West African School Certificate by Gen. Muhammad Buhari at Provincial Secondary School, Katsina in view of non-production of the said School Certificate of certified true copy thereof”.
Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd),
The court originating summons, supported by a 31-paragraph affidavit, sworn to by Joy Odoh, averred that the Inspector-General of Police has an obligation under the Nigerian Constitution to investigate allegations of forgery and lying on oath made against the APC presidential candidate and that the police had refused to do so despite repeated demands.
One of the exhibits attached to the originating summons by the plaintiff is a copy of a letter written by the Test Department of the National Office of the West African Examinations Council in Ghana which states that Buhari’s name and records were not in its examinations archive thus suggesting that he was never a candidate for the examination set by the body.
The plaintiffs contended that Buhari lied on oath and ought to be tried for perjury when he declared in an affidavit submitted to the Independent Electoral Commission that his Secondary School Certificate was with the Military Board, a claim denied by the Board.
The group said the allegations of forgery and perjury were too weighty to be ignored by the police “which has a constitutional duty to investigate all allegations bordering on crime in the interest of justice and that all efforts made to make the police perform its duties have proved futile”.
Meanwhile, subsequent upon an application by the plaintiffs counsel, the court gave an order for accelerated hearing and directed the Inspector-General of Police to enter his defence within seven days.
The plaintiffs are also asking the court to determine whether by virtue of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Police Act, the Inspector General of Police is not duty bound to investigate the allegations especially when the APC candidate has not submitted either an original copy or a certified true copy of his secondary school certificate to INEC as required by law.

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Nigerian Singer, D’banj Mobilises Support For Goodluck Jonathan’s Re-election In Lagos

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Nigerian Singer, D’banj Mobilises Support For Goodluck Jonathan’s Re-election In Lagos

Nigerian singer, D’Banj Joins Nigerian Youths Positively Driven(NYPD) to mobilize support for the re-election of incumbent President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

His posted a promo minutes ago and the following written and watch the promo below and find out about the movement.

“N.Y.P.D has been a hot trending topic on the internet for the past few weeks. It has raised a lot of questions and curiosity, regarding the meaning. Think no further.. N.Y.P.D stands for Nigerian Youths Positively Driven.”

“We are proud to announce to you that after much persuation, Superstar Musician and Global Youth Ambassador D’Banj has joined Our movement of visible hope.. He is officially an Ambassador of Nigerian Youths Positively Driven to champion our course..”

“On Tuesday 24th March 2014, History will be made in Lagos as we celebrate the great and positive achievements of the President Goodluck Jonathan Administration. Are you positive-minded? Are you driven by positive vibes? Then take a positive stand.. Join NYPD…NYPD needs you!”

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Read Pope Francis’ Open Letter To Nigeria

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Pope Francis sent out a warm letter to Nigerians & Nigerian Priest/Bishops yesterday March 17th encouraging everyone in the face of the various boko haram attacks. The Pope’s letter below;

To the Bishops of Nigeria
Dear Brother Bishops, While we walk this Lenten journey towards the Resurrection of the Lord united with the whole Church, I wish to extend to you, dear Archbishops and Bishops of Nigeria, a fraternal greeting, which I extend to the beloved Christian communities entrusted to your pastoral care. I would also like to share some thoughts with you on the current situation in your country. Nigeria, known as the “African giant”, with its more than 160 million inhabitants, is set to play a primary role, not only in Africa but in the world at large.

In recent years, it has experienced robust growth in the economic sphere and has again reasserted itself on the world stage as an attractive market, on account of its natural resources as well as its commercial potential. It is now considered officially the single largest African economy. It has also distinguished itself as a political player widely committed to the resolution of crisis situations in the continent. At the same time, your nation has had to confront considerable problems, among them new and violent forms of extremism and fundamentalism on ethnic, social and religious grounds.

Many Nigerians have been killed, wounded or mutilated, kidnapped and deprived of everything: their loved ones, their land, their means of subsistence, their dignity and their rights. Many have not been able to return to their homes. Believers, both Christian and Muslim, have experienced a common tragic outcome, at the hands of people who claim to be religious, but who instead abuse religion, to make of it an ideology for their own distorted interests of exploitation and murder. I would like to assure you and all who suffer of my closeness.

Every day I remember you in my prayers and I repeat here, for your encouragement and comfort, the consoling words of the Lord Jesus, which must always resound in our hearts: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you” (Jn 14:27). Peace – as you know so well – is not only the absence of conflict or the result of political compromise or fatalistic resignation. Peace is for us a gift which comes from on high; it is Jesus Christ himself, the Prince of Peace, who has made of two peoples one (cf. Eph 2:14). And only the man or woman who treasures the peace of Christ as a guiding light and way of life can become a peacemaker (cf. Mt 5:9).

At the same time, peace is a daily endeavour, a courageous and authentic effort to favour reconciliation, to promote experiences of sharing, to extend bridges of dialogue, to serve the weakest and the excluded. In a word, peace consists in building up a “culture of encounter”. And so I wish here to express my heartfelt thanks to you, because in the midst of so many trials and sufferings the Church in Nigeria does not cease to witness to hospitality, mercy and forgiveness.

How can we fail to remember the priests, religious men and women, missionaries and catechists who, despite untold sacrifices, never abandoned their flock, but remained at their service as good and faithful heralds of the Gospel? To them, most particularly, I would like to express my solidarity, and to say: do not grow tired of doing what is right!

We give thanks to the Lord for them, as for so many men and women of every social, cultural and religious background, who with great willingness stand up in concrete ways to every form of violence, and whose efforts are directed at favouring a more secure and just future for all. They offer us moving testimonies, which, as Pope Benedict XVI recalled at the end of the Synod for Africa, show “the power of the Spirit to transform the hearts of victims and their persecutors and thus to re-establish fraternity” (Africae Munus, 20). Dear Brother Bishops, in perseverance and without becoming discouraged, go forward on the way of peace (cf. Lk 1:79).

Accompany the victims! Come to the aid of the poor! Teach the youth! Become promoters of a more just and fraternal society! I gladly impart to you my Apostolic Blessing, which I ask you to extend to priests, religious, missionaries, catechists, lay faithful and above all to those suffering members of the Body of Christ.

May the Resurrection of the Lord bring conversion, reconciliation and peace to all the people of Nigeria! I commend you to Mary, Queen of Africa, and I ask you also to pray for me.

FRANCISCUS PP

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We Live Together But We Have Issues With Commitment” Reminisce On Mother Of His Children

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Reminisce with Toke Makinwa during a recent interview

I am sure most of you know Reminisce, rapper and Samsung ambassador, Reminisce is a father. Not just a father of one, but two. Reminisce lives with the mother of his children, but he says he is not ready to formalize the union because he is still planning his future. I am having issues with
commitment he said. He also noted that he wrote Goldie’s popular song, Don’t Touch My Body, but he has no issues with her and her management for not crediting him. He also spoke about the reason why he does not flaunt his wealth on social media. His words to Punch;

About formalizing his union with the mother of his two kids;
“Yes, we live together. But we have issues with commitment. I think we are not ready for marriage yet. We will formalize things when the right time comes. I am still planning my future because I am not going to be a musician forever. I will quit music, maybe after a decade. I hope to also study
Political Science overseas because I want to go into politics (House of Representatives) at some point as well.” On why he does not flaunt his wealth on social media;

“I am a very reserved artiste. I am able to differentiate between Reminisce the artiste and Remi the family man. That is why I don’t promote luxury. There is nothing I need that I can’t afford, but I am not going to show off on social media. When artistes do such a thing, they appear superficial and unapproachable to their fans. Instead, I simply invest in people.”

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F.G Reduces Electricity Tariff By Over 50%

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The Federal Government has nnounced the reduction in electricity tariff by half. Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sam Amadi, who made the announcement in Abuja today March 17th, said after a review of the tariffs being paid by Nigerians, the commission agreed to slash it by half. The reduction takes effect from the end of March.

He said the commission agreed to remove the Multi-year tariff order, MYTO 2.1 following multiple petitions and complains from Nigerians especially members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria who said inclusion of the MYTO 2.1 caused them to spend more on their businesses and in some cases loss of jobs.

“The Commission also invited the Chief executive Officers of the distribution companies to the hearing to respond to the case of the consumer groups. Furthermore, the Commission reviewed the technical and financial assumption of MYTO 2.1. The review shows that the major underlying cause of the skyrocketing increase in the tariff is the huge Aggregate Technical, Commercial and Collection (ATC&C) losses, which are passed through to consumers. In some DISCOs ATC&C losses increased tariff by as much as 80-103%.”

It is the responsibility of the DISCOs to collect their revenue from their customers. Failure to do so should not be a penalty to customers who pay their bills. It is clear that removing the collection losses will lead to lower tariffs for consumers. The removal of collection losses from customer tariff has reduced tariff by more than 50 percent in some places. Please note that the reduction does not affect the CBN facility and its repayment.

“Therefore, On Monday, March 9, 2015 the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) issued a new order to the effect that henceforth collection loss, which is defined as the ‘amount billed but not collected’, will not be automatically passed on to consumers of electricity. Consequently, the collection loss for all DISCOs is set at zero. It is now the responsibility of DISCOs to convince the regulator of any exceptional circumstances for such loss to be passed to the consumers,” Amadi said in a statement.

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Buhari Reveals Why He Refused To Debate With Jonathan

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Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari has said he is not ready to participate in the presidential debate with President Goodluck Jonathan. According to him, there is no basis for debate since the record of the PDP and Mr. Jonathan in government is public knowledge.

While addressing a media parley in Abuja today, Gen Buhari pledged if he wins the March 28 poll, he will ensure strict adherence to the constitution, saying he is now “a converted democrat”.

“I want to assure you that Nigerian constitution will be adhered to,” he said.
He reminded the audience of the controversial Decree 4 promulgated in 1984 while he was military Head of State. He said there will be no such controversy should he win the presidential election.

“I cannot change the past but I can change the present and future. Dictatorship goes with military which made possible decree four.

I am a former military leader. Note the emphasis on former. But I am now a converted democrat.

“I give full assurances to Nigeria media will be free under an APC government,” he said.

Asked if he was prepared to apologise for jailing journalists as military ruler, the Director General of Mr. Buhari’s campaign and Governor of River State, Rotimi Amaechi, prevented the former general from responding, saying “the general has said he could not change the past”.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar attended the media event.

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Patience Jonathan’s Visit To Ekiti State [See Photos]

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First Lady , Patience Jonathan visited Ekiti state today . She was received by Gov. Ayo Fayose, Prince Dayo Adeyeye and Ekiti State First Lady on her arrival .

The people of Ekiti State welcomed her with their rich culture and heritage during her visit .

Mrs. Jonathan also paid a courtesy visit to the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe Aladesanmi III.

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Buhari’s Wife’s Convoy Reportedly Attacked In Ilorin This Evening

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The convoy of Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of APC Presidential candidate was reportedly attacked by some hoodlums around a film house along Emir road in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital this evening.

According to a statement by APC Chairman in Kwara state, Alhaji Balogun Fulani, 10 vehicles in her convoy were vandalized. Continue to read the statement posted on Bukola Saraki’s Facebook wall. Meanwhile, Mrs Buhari and her women reached their destination in tact.

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I’m Not Ready To Feed My Husband In Prison

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Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has said she is not ready to feed her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, in prison.

The President’s wife spoke in Ado Ekiti, on Monday, during the rally of the women’s wing of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Making a reference to the All Progressives Congress, she asked, “What did they forget in Aso rock? If you vote PDP and Jonathan, it would be better for you. If you vote APC, you will go to prison. How can you jail somebody for 300 years? I’m not ready to carry food to my husband inside prison oh!”

She openly admitted that the Office of the First Lady, which she occupies, is illegal.

She, however, said there was nothing wrong in a woman supporting her husband in office.

She said, “They said there is no Office of the First Lady. Already, we know that there is no Office of the First Lady but there is wife of the President.

“As (the) wife of the President, if you are good, people will love you. You will have a Non-Governmental Organisation through which you will touch people’s lives. That is why I brought Women for Change Initiative.”

While she was talking, women – both old and young – fought to have their share of the leftover of rice distributed by Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, during the last Christmas festival, packaged in small bags.

The women were still struggling over the rice packaged in small bags when attention was diverted to another struggle for buckets presented by Senator Gbemi Saraki in commemoration of the October 16 inauguration of Fayose.

In the struggle, which almost resulted in a stampede, many of the women got injured.

Shoes, headgears, wigs and bags littered the floor while a woman was heard complaining to a friend that she lost her bangle.

Security men had a hectic time controlling the surging women who engaged in a brawl.

Mrs. Jonathan described APC as a poison, saying, “If you drink APC, you will die.”

Accusing the party of having to change name several times, she said, “Since my father was born, they have been around changing from one name to another. Very soon they would answer Ebola. The name can’t change you; it is only performance that can change you. If you like change it 100 times.

“Nigerian women shine your eyes, don’t go for analogue, go for digital. PDP is digital, APC is analogue.

Fayose at the event took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying his tacit support for the APC presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhamadu Buhari (retd.), would get him nowhere.

“After Jonathan, the North can have their own eight years. Whether they like it or not, whether that our baba, you know him, whether he tore his card or not, whether he ate the card or not, Buhari is going nowhere,” he declared.

“Goodluck is our own. He is coming back. I am carrying the madate of a people who believe in me. If they do elections here 20 times, I will win,” he boasted.

Mrs. Jonathan said it was time for the women to pay back her husband for appointing several women into positions of authority.

“This is the time to say thank you so that he will do more. Those people when they were there, they said we didn’t have brains. Jonathan came and lifted us from where we were lying helplessly.”

She urged the women to collect their Permanent Voter Cards and vote massively for the president.

“PDP is not a party that tells lies. Whatever we promise to do, we do. We are not a propagandist party. Ekiti women, your mother is here and I will not tell you lies, but the truth.

“Nigerian women shine your eyes o! Vote with what you have seen, who you already know and who has performed. If anyone is telling you change, they are deceiving you.

“These were people that when they were there before Goodluck Jonathan, they did not count you women as anything. But today, PDP has wiped away our tears. Jonathan has wiped off our tears. He has fulfilled his promise of giving women 35 per cent participation. He gave 16 seats to women out of 42 slots in his cabinet. He is a performer.”

Earlier, over 100 wives of Ekiti monarchs welcomed the President’s wife to the palace of the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, where seven of them prayed for her while she knelt down in their midst.

Speaking through the wife of the Ewi, Mrs. Abosede Adejugbe, the wives of the monarchs appealed to the President’s wife to extend the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme to Ekiti State fully.

She assured her of total support in the coming general election.

The wife of the Ewi also called on six other ‘oloris’ in addition to herself to pray for Mrs. Jonathan, describing seven as a powerful number.

Source:- Punch

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Photo Of PDP Members Returning Their Cards In Katsina

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Tsunami of change hits Katsina as PDP members in their hundreds return their party membership cards to d secretariat.

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Diapers-Wearing Buhari Funded With Corruption Can't Fight Corruption - Fayose

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Diapers-Wearing Buhari Funded With Corruption Can't Fight Corruption - Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate that he will fight corruption if elected as president as the height of deceit, saying; "a diapers-wearing old man surrounded and being funded by notoriously corrupt people cannot fight corruption."

The governor, who said Buhari must first fight his own personal corruption and health issues before talking about fighting corruption in Nigeria, added that; "President Goodluck Jonathan is already fighting corruption by allowing rule of law to thrive, and this was acknowledged by the Transparency International (TI), which rated Nigeria as the 39th most corruption country in the world in 2014 as against the most corrupt country and second most corrupt country in the world that Nigeria was rated in 2001 and 2003 respectively."

According to a statement issued on behalf of the governor by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, "If Buhari cannot be above board on issues regarding his academic certificates and health status; he should as well tell the story of his plan to fight corruption to the marines."

The governor said; "I have listened to Buhari saying everywhere he goes that 'I will fight corruption, I will fight corruption, I will corruption' as if that statement was pre-recorded in his brain and it's just being played back. Today again, the only word that came out of Buhari's mouth was 'I will fight corruption'.

"Can a man like Buhari who can hardly do anything on his own because of ill-health fight anything? Can a man, who is contending with wearing diapers when he wants to sleep fight mosquitos not to talk of corruption?

"Can a man, whose election is being funded with money from questionable sources fight corruption? Or is Buhari telling us that he also borrowed money to run his campaigns the way he 'borrowed' N27 million to obtain his party nomination form?

"Most importantly, is Buhari going to fight corruption by jailing people for 400, 300, 200 and 100 years like he did when he was Head of State? Is he going to just dumped people in detention the way he dumped our illustrious fathers like late Chief Adekunle Ajasin, late Chief Bisi Onabanjo, Alhaji Lateef Jakande and late Chief Bola Ige, all of whom served Yorubaland diligently by giving us free education and free health?

"I think Buhari should just face other issues and stop this replay of 'I will fight corruption' that was obviously recorded in his brain because President Jonathan is already fighting corruption and that has been acknowledged by the Transparency International (TI), which placed Nigeria as 39th most corruption country in the world in 2014 as against the second most corrupt country that Nigeria was rated in 2003.

"It is a fact that in year 2000, Transparency International rated Nigeria as the most corrupt country in the world and the country only improved marginally in 2001 and 2003 when it was rated the second most corrupt nation in the world. It was only under the President Jonathan's government that Nigeria made steady improvement in Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by becoming the 31st most corrupt country in 2013 and 39th in 2014.

"So, Buhari should tell us what else he intends to fight because under President Jonathan, corruption is already being fought, using global best practices."

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APC, Fayemi Lack Moral Rights To Oppose Jega’s Removal – Fayose

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APC, Fayemi Lack Moral Rights To Oppose Jega’s Removal – Fayose

Governor Ayodele Fayose Of Ekiti State has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, do not have moral rights to oppose any move to remove the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega.

Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Mr. Lere Olayinka, the governor noted that “asking Jega to go on his mandatory terminal leave is not the same as sacking him; more so that his tenure would lapse in June and he is entitled to three months terminal leave.”

He said the APC must tell Nigerians what has changed in Jega’s handling of elections since the party was led by General Mohammadu Buhari, Senator Bola Tinubu and others on a street protest in Abuja on November 28, 2013 to call for the sack of the INEC Chairman and the entire management of the electoral commission after the Anambra State governorship election.

The governor said; “Nigerians must ask Buhari, Tinubu and other APC leaders, who led street protest against Jega, carrying placards with inscriptions such as; ‘INEC not fit to conduct 2015 election,’ ‘2015, no hope with Jega,’ what has changed about Jega’s credibility.

“Has the same Jega that they said cannot conduct the 2015 elections seized from being a bad person? “APC lost the Anambra election and took to the streets in Abuja, calling for Jega’s head, is the INEC boss now doing their biddings because the APC will only stand against any individual or organisation that refused to be corrupted? “No doubt, the hullaballoo of the APC and its agents concerning Jega’s position is suspect.”

On Fayemi’s position, the governor said; “it is laughable that the same Fayemi, who, as Ekiti State governor sacked the vice chancellor and two deputy vice chancellors of the state university, as well as chairmen and members of statutory commissions is the one sermonizing about legality or otherwise of asking Jega to proceed on terminal leave.”

“Fayemi, as governor, sacked democratically elected local council chairmen and councillors; killing Chief Adeleye Awolumate in the process of enforcing his illegal action, he sacked the Ekiti State University Vice Chancellor, Prof Dipo Kolawole via radio announcement, and dissolved statutory boards and commissions.

Even when courts ruled that his actions were illegal and unconstitutional, he refused to reinstate them.

“Isn’t it shameful and hypocritical that the same Fayemi is the one saying his party was fighting against the move to remove Jega because it amounted to breach of the law?”

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Boko Haram Out of Adamawa

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Boko Haram Out of Adamawa

The Nigerian army has successfully rid Adamawa state of the Boko Haram insurgents, a Thursday report confirmed.

This was contained in an announcement by the director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade when he said that Madagali, a former Boko Haram stronghold, was the last area in the state under terrorist control and now it has been reclaimed by multi-national troops.

He also said that the Nigerian forces suffered no casualties in the operation.

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NOA Rewards Airport Cleaner Who Returned N12m

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NOA Rewards Airport Cleaner Who Returned N12m

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has given Josephine Ugwu, female contract staff of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos with the NOA Citizen,s Responsibility Award, The Cable is reporting.

This award is in recognition of her outstanding display of honesty.

The NOA DG, Mike Omeri noted that the NOA was honoring the cleaner for returning the N12 million which was forgotten by a traveler at the airport's screening centre.

Such honesty was typical of true Nigerians, he said, and in line with the national core values.

“She is one of the many Nigerians who, through their noble character while performing their routine duties, show their commitment to the national pledge of faithfulness, loyalty and honesty. She deserves to be honoured and celebrated as an icon of doing the right thing,” he said.

Ugwu is now one of 15 other Nigerians who received the NOA Citizen's Responsibility Award for outstanding character. This number includes seven of the police officers who investigated the Cynthia Osokogu murder in 2013.

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PDP TO BUHARI: COME CLEAN ON GAY PROMISE

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PDP TO BUHARI: COME CLEAN ON GAY PROMISE

Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) is now in dilemma over how to manage the position it has allegedly been forced into by its presidential candidate, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who had, during his recent medicals in the UK, also, allegedly dangled legalisation of gay unions before pro-gay western nations, in the bid to win their financial support. To this end, Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) has challenged the party to come clean on the allegation and tell Nigerians whether or not its presidential candidate has dropped the idea. Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fami-Kayode, in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, said this was more important to Nigerians than the issues that had been raised as a consequence of Morocco’s withdrawal of its envoy from Nigeria.

According to Fani-Kayode, “Our attention has been drawn to the unpatriotic stance of the APC on the issues that have been raised as a consequence of Morocco’s withdrawal of their Ambassador from Nigeria. “It is very unfortunate that rather than join hands with the Federal Government and endeavour to stand shoulder to shoulder with their compatriots and their country when it comes to the conduct of international affairs, the APC are always ready to assume the worst about their government and about their President. “Our counsel to them is to grow up, get real and stop playing politics with such sensitive matters that border on the interest and credibility of our nation and our people. “If they want a clarification about the Moroccan affair, they ought to go through the appropriate channels and perhaps attempt to reach our Foreign Minister in order to find out what really happened. “That is the proper and responsible thing to do.

They do not need to make a song and dance about the whole thing and they certainly should not try to gain political mileage out of it or join forces with those from outside our shores that do not wish Nigeria or the Nigerian people well. “We are fully aware of their obvious and pronounced intellectual limitations when it comes to such matters; yet, regardless of that, they must always endeavour to remember that we are, first and foremost, Nigerians and regardless of whichever side of the political divide we find ourselves or whichever political party we belong to, we must always seek to protect our nation’s interest before anything else. “For the APC to even begin to assume that it is true that our President or any of our government officials lied in this episode with the King of Morocco and for them to so readily accept the suggestion that we have done anything wrong or that we have somehow misled our people about what actually transpired speaks volumes.

“Our President is certainly not a liar. The only liars here are the APC and their perfidious and conflicted spokesman, Lai Mohammed. Our President and our government have done Nigeria proud when it comes to the conduct of foreign affairs over the last few years and when it comes to building bridges with other nations. This is particularly so when it comes to our relationship with other African countries. “Our military collaboration with the nations of Chad, Niger and the Cameroons in the fight against Boko Haram and the great successes that we are jointly recording in that bitter fight is a glaring testimony to that. “Any Nigerian or any Nigerian political party that joins hands with foreigners to denigrate our nation, to belittle our foreign policy, to undermine our credibility in the comity of nations or to work against our country’s vital core interests by assuming the worst about the conduct of our foreign affairs is simply a traitor and is not worthy of being called a Nigerian.

“Once again, the APC has shown, by their plea for a clarification on this matter, that they are a party that simply cannot possibly comprehend or grasp the complexities of national leadership or the conduct of foreign affairs. “They have proved that they will always put their own personal and narrow party interests before the interests of our people and our nation. The basic lesson that they need to learn is this: in a time of war, you do not join hands with foreign governments or foreign kings to undermine the interest of your nation or to denigrate your President. “Instead of talking about the King of Morocco and who spoke to who, the APC should tell us whether it is true that their presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, in response to a request from some western countries, is considering scrapping the anti-gay laws in our country and pushing through legislation that would allow same sex marriage. “We are far more interested in that than in the King of Morocco because if it is true that that is what they are planning, it would be a reflection of their moral depravity as a party and it would be a negation of our values as a God-fearing nation”, he said.

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Boko Haram War in Gombi: NigPhotoseria's Troops Release Aftermath

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Boko Haram War in Gombi: NigPhotoseria's Troops Release Aftermath

Following the battle with Boko Haram in Gombi, the Nigerian military has released images of the successful outcome. x vehicles and a number of motorcylces belonging to Boko Haram were destroyed.

Daily Post reports that "weapons and ammunitions recovered include 3 anti-Aircraft guns, one-50 inch Browning Machine Gun and one General Purpose Machine Gun.

"Others are 5,000 rounds of 12.7 milimetre ammunitions, 2 boxes of .50 inch ammunitions, 1,000 rounds of Light Machine Gun ammunitions and one Rocket Propelled Grenade 7 tube."

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Fulani Leaders Dump Buhari

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Fulani Leaders Dump Buhari

An umbrella association, with sole responsibility of guiding affairs of Fulani people across the country, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, said yesterday that all its leaders have been mandated to mobilise their subjects, especially in northern parts of the country, to ensure victory for President Goodluck Jonathan. National President of the association, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo stated this weekend, in his office at Masaka in Nasarawa State.

He said the association has adopted a robust campaign strategy in such a way that it would be able to attract all Fulani pastoralist across the country to vote for President Jonathan on March 28. “No votes will miss out from the Fulani in the coming elections. They are all going to vote for the PDP”, he said.

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hotore leader described President Jonathan as “a man of transformation, trusted and reliable person who have the Fulanis at heart all the time”. “Without Jonathan, the Fulanis would have been backward by now; he is committed to achieving the agricultural transformation agenda by 2015.

“He had also provided an enabling ground for all Fulanis by providing huge sums of money for their resettlement schemes and provision of grazing reserve for their businesses,” he added.

The Fulani leader who restated his unflinching support and commitment assured that he would continue to do everything possible to ensure victory for Jonathan. He therefore appealed to the teaming supporters of PDP to come out en-masse and vote the President. Stating the opposition of the Fulani to Buhari, Alhaji Bodejo said the former military Head of State no longer has anything to offer the country.

He stated that Jonathan had done a lot for the Fulanis, adding that “we must support him”. “If you take a good look at the ministries and parastatals in the country, you will find out that it is dominated by Fulani men as we want to pay President Jonathan back by ensuring that he is re-elected”, he said

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Shettima May Face Prosecution Over Chibok Girls

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Shettima May Face Prosecution Over Chibok Girls

Governor Kasim Shettima of Borno State has been put on notice to prepare for prosecution over the alleged curious manner with which the Chibok girls were exposed to the attack and abduction of insurgents under his watch. The Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode said this yesterday in a statement noting that, should the governor be found culpable after investigation, he would be prosecuted. Fani-Kayode berated Governor Shettima, for allegedly ignoring security reports and the counsel of the Federal Government against holding the 2014 May/June West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Chibok 330 days ago.

Fani-Kayode said the abducted Chibok school girls would have been saved the ordeal to which they have been subjected these past 329 days had the governor taken the advice and acted in accordance with the security reports that the town was not safe for the examinations. He stressed that Governor Shettima should be ready for investigation and prosecution after leaving office if found complicit in the circumstances that led to the abduction of the girls. Fani-Kayode who was responding to Governor Shettima’s attack on his comments on the fate of the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram, the PDP-PCO spokesperson was quoted to have said: “Shettima will not be governor forever and when he is no longer in office, his role in the Chibok affair would be investigated and, if found wanting, he would be prosecuted.” He accused the governor of reflecting the thinking of his party over the whole mess that his insensitivity allowed to happen.

The statement reads: “The governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima is the most irresponsible, insensitive and callous governor in Nigeria. He is a wicked man whose mindset reflects the thinking of his party, All Progressives Congress (APC). He, more than anybody else, is responsible for the abduction of the Chibok girls. “And he should bear full responsibility for it. The man should shut up and bow his head in shame because it was due to his irresponsibility as the chief security officer of Borno State that those little girls in Chibok were abducted, raped, sold into slavery and subjected to terror. “The circumstances that led to the abduction of the innocent girls, who were writing their examination in an environment that was everything but secure, underscored the governor’s negligence.

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How Jega Will Be Removed

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How Jega Will Be Removed

There are indications that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, may have started clearing his table and preparing hand-over notes preparatory to the commencement of his terminal leave which is expected to begin on March 24. What this means is that Jega may not conduct the 2015 general elections despite insistence by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) that he must supervise the elections. The UNION learnt yesterday that Jega, who had severally been blamed for shoddy preparations for the election prior to the February 14 date, may actually be on his last days at the commission. It was gathered that due process will be applied in Jega’s removal as had been applied in other such circumstances including the removal of Charles Soludo as CBN governor.

According to The UNION findings, Jega, whose four-year tenure expires in June, is entitled to a renewed tenure but at the discretion of the President. Rule guiding Jega’s appointment as INEC chairman, gives the president the powers to either remove or retain him upon expiration of his tenure. However, it was learnt that if Jega was to have a renewed tenure, his name ought to have been forwarded by the Presidency to the National Assembly, for consideration, as at March 6th. “In the event that that has not been done so far, it means he is not being considered for another term of office.

That means he will have to leave by March 24”, our source which is close to the electoral commission said. According to the source, “if he does not get a letter informing him of the submission of his name for re-appointment at least two weeks to when he is supposed to commence his terminal leave, it means that he will be expected to write government informing of his decision to commence his terminal leave on March 24; if he does not write, then, he will get a letter from the office he reports to, telling him who to handover to on March 24. “If that happens, it means he will not sit in office by March 28 and April 11 when the elections will hold”, our source informed. “That is what the procedural rules say”,

On the effect this will have on the election dates, our source informed that “elections can be conducted by anyone at the commission. It is not a Jega personal affair. INEC has national commissioners and executive secretary who could handle such responsibility. Who says it must be Jega?” Jega, our source noted, is not unaware of his fate with dates which, according to him, was the reason he hurriedly fixed elections for Feb 14. “He is aware of all that and that was why he fixed the elections for February 14. Come to think of it, we have always held our elections in April since 2003. So, what was so special about this that it was brought forward to February?”, our source noted. Jega had come under serious criticisms for his alleged closeness to the opposition APC leading to calls by different groups, for his removal.

Specifically, southern leaders represented by Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Chief Edwin Clarke and others, had at a press conference in Abuja, called for Jega’s removal over alleged connivance with the opposition party to derail the electoral process. Former Anambra State governor, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, had also stated, in an interview, that the elections may not hold until Jega was removed. According to him, Jega had compromised his position by allegedly working too closely with the APC and seeking to deliver a quarrelsome election. Though Jega had during his appearance before the National Council of State in February made specific request for extension of time for the commission to be fully prepared for the election, he however shifted the burden of responsibility to the security agencies when he told Nigerians that the commission was ready to conduct the election but for security operatives.

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Death-Row Nigerian Loses Appeal

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Death-Row Nigerian Loses Appeal

The days are now counting for a death-row Nigerian in an Indonesian prison, known as Raheem Agbaje Salami, as a court in the country refuses jurisdiction in an appeal he filed seeking a review of the case for which he was condemned to die. Salami’s lawyers had appealed against President Joko Widodo’s rejection of his clemency plea in the Administrative Court. The appeal was thrown out yesterday. Dismissing the appeal, the court said it lacked jurisdiction over presidential decisions. Two Australians, also on death-row, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, suffered the same setback last month. However, Salami’s lawyer, Utomo Karim, has said he would appeal. Two other Nigerians, Okwudili Ayotanze and Sylvester Obiekwe, are also waiting for the hangman in Indonesia.

Ayontanze, is said to have become a gospel singer and jams with prison guards. He has also released albums from his Nusakambangan prison. Obiekwe, according to agency reports, has angered authorities by continuing to run a drug syndicate from behind bars. Meanwhile, a senior counsellor from the Nigerian embassy in Jakarta, Ibrahim Babani, has said the Nigerian government was fighting for the lives of the citizens. “We passionately believe that all three should be given a chance,” Mr Babani said, adding “if you go deep into their cases there are reasons they should be allowed to live.” Mr Babani said lawyers for the three men had indicated they were pursuing legal action. But Salami’s lawyer, Karim, disclosed that he will also seek a judicial review for his client in the Surabaya district court tomorrow, on the ground that the entire prosecution of his case was illegal because it was based on the man’s fake identity.

This, it is believed, could further delay the death of the 10 drug felons after the Attorney-General’s office indicated it would put executions on hold pending the outcome of several court cases. A man purporting to be Raheem Agbaje Salami, from the southern Spanish city of Cordova, was arrested in 1998 smuggling 5.3 kilograms of heroin into Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city. However Raheem’s passport was false. His real name is Jamiu Owolabi Abashin, a Nigerian national. And although he was arrested 17 years ago, Indonesian authorities continue to use the fake name in prison on Nusakambangan. Mr Utomo will argue the prosecution of his case was illegal because his fake identity was used from his arrest to his conviction in the district court right through to the rejection of his clemency plea. Three of the others on death row – Filipino migrant worker Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, Frenchman Serge Areski Atlaoui and Indonesian Zainal Abidin – are also seeking judicial reviews of their cases.

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Ex-VVF Patients Vow To Return Jonathan

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Ex-VVF Patients Vow To Return Jonathan

A number of women who were recently cured of the dreaded Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) or recto vaginal fistula (VVF, yesterday described President Goodluck Jonathan as God sent vowing to ensure his return at the March 28 Presidential election. The women who turned out in their large numbers were amongst beneficiaries of the Federal Government G-WIN programme, also known as Growing Girls and Women In Nigeria, G-WINN, an initiative of the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngoni Okonjo -Iweala, which was officially launched by President Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The women said they are amongst the over 3515 who were successfully repaired and had their health restored in their testimony at the official launch of the programme at the Presidential Villa, Abuja Their spokesperson who spoke through an interpreter in Hausa language had amidst tears recalled how they were neglected by the same people who had married them out at a relatively early age and were later abandoned to suffer by their husbands.

They commended the President who through his intervention had their health restored after the treatments they received at the Federal government VVF centres in Katsina and Ebonyi states. “Mr. President has helped us to regain our health and we have no other way to thank him but to ensure that he is re-elected during the March 28 Presidential election so that you can continue to do the good work that you are doing” “This is the first President who took special interest in what is happening to us and we know that by the Grace of God, he will be returned come March 28” But President Jonathan while speaking during this event assured that government t will continue to encourage Nigerian women to ensure that they fly higher. “We will encourage both the young and old women in their endeavour so that Nigerian women will continue to fly higher and higher. Let me sincerely thank the Coordinating Minister for the Economy for initiating the G-WIN programme.”

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Wizkid Email Account Has Been Hacked

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Read Bishop David Oyedepo’s Prophecy About 2015 Elections

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The President and Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said that in these last days, many nations who are currently facing economic woes will soon begin to merge with other nations for survival. Speaking during the fourth service at Faith Tabernacle, the 50,000-seater capacity which serves as the headquarters of the church, also known as Winners’ Chapel, the faith preacher stunned members his followers Sunday March 8, 2015 when he declared that in the light of the current economic crunch happening all over the world, some nations will, out of frustration, practically beg other nations to absolve them, a situation he termed ‘divine judgment”.

He also assured Nigerians that the forthcoming general elections would be peaceful, urging that those who are currently relocating their family members abroad for fear of a breakdown of law and order, before, during and after the elections to desist from it: “What is happening on the earth today is divine judgment, but within that context, God has ordained an exemption programme for His children,” he thundered. “We have never had crises all over the world like we’ve had in the last few years. In those days, it used to be two nations fighting. But these days, many nations are fighting at the same time,” he continued. He posited that famine would soon wreak havoc in the world, forcing nations to mortgage their future. “Now there is famine in diverse places…we will soon hear that nations are acquiring other nations; some will even sell themselves to other nations, begging them to allow them become states in their nations,” he noted.

The Omu-Aran born grandfather apostle, who is said to be the richest pastor in the world, however assured members that there is a way out of the ‘gross darkness’ that is engulfing the world. Quoting the Bible book of Psalms 91, the Chancellor of Covenant University, one of the ministry’s private varsities said, “But in all these, God has an exemption plan for His children. The Bible says ‘A thousand shall fall at your side and ten thousand on the right hand, but it shall not come near you, because we are listed among the redeemed. Judgment is coming down on the wicked but there shall no evil befall you.”

The 60-year-old pastor ended by assuring worshippers and Nigerians that the forthcoming general elections would be devoid of crises as anticipated in some quarters. In a rather prophetic manner, he bellowed, “Watch it, concerning this nation, there’s a great future. This election shall be peaceful; it will come to pass like a dream of the night. Offices will not be shut down for a moment; it shall be peaceful, there will be order as ordained by God and we will celebrate at the end of the day,” he assured. The pastor also had a word for politicians who rely so much on ‘godfatherism’: “There is no kingmaker on the earth; God is then only authentic kingmaker. So He will ensure that His Will is established in Nigeria at all levels. He will ensure there’s no war by installing only those who are righteous in power,” he told his congregation.

- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/03/09/read-bishop-david-oyedepos-prophecy-about-2015-elections-2/#sthash.6LQWa6lQ.dpuf

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Shocking Photo Of A PDP Office Somewhere In Taraba State

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Dope?

Someone said even PDP needs Change!!!

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Who wore it better? Genevieve Nnaji vs Rihanna

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It's a very similar cut. Genevieve wore hers to the AMVCAs last night and Rihanna hers, a Zac Posen dress, to her Diamond Ball event in December 2014. Who rocked it?

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INEC Extends Voter Card Distribution Deadline

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Independence national electoral commission on Sunday extended to March 22 the deadline for the distribution of permanent voter cards (PVCs), urging registered voters to pick up their cards.

“The collection will continue until March 22, superseding the earlier deadline of March 08,” Kayode Idowu, a spokesman for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said in a statement.

“The INEC hereby calls on registered persons that are yet to collect their PVCs to use this last opportunity in doing so, in order to participate in the forthcoming general elections,” Idowu added.

Initially billed to end by Feb. 8, the commission extended PVC collection by four weeks after it shifted the election from Feb. 14 to March 28 citing security reasons.

At least 79 percent of the registered voters have collected their cards as at Feb. 27, according to INEC official figures.

On March 28, Nigeria is slated to hold presidential and parliamentary elections.

Although 14 candidates will contest presidency, the poll is largely seen as a race between incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler running on the APC’s ticket.

- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/03/08/again-inec-extends-voter-card-distribution-deadline/#sthash.QbIyalxO.dpuf

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Man nurses crocodile, becomes best friend with it (photos)

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The man in the photo nursed that crocodile back to health after it was shot by a cattle farmer. 20 years after, they remain close friends. I don't know whether to say awww, or TF? I'll settle for awww...:-)

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How Buhari Won

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Jonathan thanks Nigerians, asks PDP members not to despair

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Jonathan concedes defeat, congratulates Buhari

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Buhari in historic election win, emerges Nigeria’s President-elect

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Nigerian Singer, D’banj Mobilises Support For Goodluck Jonathan’s Re-election In Lagos 09:56 my 0 Comments

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How Buhari Won

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Reps Adjourn Due to Low Turnout

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