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[Video]: Nigerian Govt Not Effective In Finding #ChibokGirls, Stopping Boko Haram - Obama

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<b>On Thursday, January 22, 2015, YouTube creators Bethany Mota, GloZell Green and Hank Green interviewed President Obama about the top issues facing them and their audiences. </b><br />
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Among many issues, President Obama was asked about the menace of Boko Haram in Nigeria.<br />
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"What we've tried to do is to help the Nigerian government deal with the problem. The Nigerian government has not been as effective as it needs to be in not only finding the girls, but also stopping this extremist organization from operating inside their territory."</div>
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[Video]: Nigerian Govt Not Effective In Finding #ChibokGirls, Stopping Boko Haram - Obama

On Thursday, January 22, 2015, YouTube creators Bethany Mota, GloZell Green and Hank Green interviewed President Obama about the top iss...

From The Archives: Jonathan Advocates Stoning For Non-Performance

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The past week has seen Nigerians hurling stones at the Presidential convoy during campaign rallies. In any other job, this reaction from a crowd has only one meaning: the people are displeased with the man whom they stoned.</div>
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In politics, corollaries and alternative theories always intersect: some say the 'stoners' are opposition-sponsored, while the opposition says the incumbent hired the people itself to make them look bad. </div>
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Anyway, this brings to mind something that happened in February 2012. It happened when the then Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, was deposed and Seriake Dickson took his place.</div>
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Jonathan accused Sylva of failing the State. </div>
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He said Sylva failed to execute key projects in the State and reneged on his campaign promises. </div>
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Then interesting part was when he turned to Dickson, his beloved, and said unto him: </div>
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"You have brought people from Abuja to Yenagoa today. The only thing I want to tell you in the presence of Bayelsa State is that I was here in this place some months ago and Bayelsans stoned the governor [Sylva]. You must work hard to make sure that Bayelsans don’t stone you. The day I come here and Bayelsans stone you, I will follow and stone you."</blockquote>
By this, we can't blame those who obeyed the commandment of the Commander-in-Chief and stoned him in Katsina and Bauchi States. Obviously, the action was in compliance with what the president advocated in far away Yenagoa in February 2012.

From The Archives: Jonathan Advocates Stoning For Non-Performance

The past week has seen Nigerians hurling stones at the Presidential convoy during campaign rallies. In any other job, this reaction fro...

PDP Thugs' Attack On Ambode's Team Leaves 5 Injured, 10 Vehicles Damaged

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<b>Pandemonium broke out yesterday in Mosan Okunola Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, when  supporters of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Lagos West, Mr Segun Adewale allegedly attacked members of an independent campaign team of All Progressives’ Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode.</b></div>
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No fewer than ten vehicles were said to have been vandalised during the attack while one person was allegedly killed and five others wounded.</div>
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Two of the victims are said to be lying critically ill in a private hospital as a result of the injuries sustained during the attack.</div>
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It was gathered that supporters of the APC governorship candidate were distributing sourvenirs to residents during a neighbourhood to neighbourhood campaign rally when the PDP members who were passing by in their vehicles suddenly confronted them and started shooting sporadically.</div>
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A resident who was holding one of the APC sourvenirs was said to have been shot dead while panicky residents ran for their dear life.</div>
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An impeccable source who spoke in confidence said: "The APC members had embarked on a peaceful rally to solicit support for their candidates in the coming election when they were attacked by PDP supporters who were also passing by. As a matter of fact, the PDP supporters who were heading towards Iyana Ipaja in their vehicles suddenly turned back and ran after the APC supporters.</div>
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"Before we knew what was happening, the PDP thugs opened fire on the APC campaigners leading to the death of an innocent resident while about five persons were injured; two of the victims are now in critical condition. Ten vehicles were vandalized while those injured have been taken to a hospital."</div>
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One of Adewale’s aides, Mr Tosin Odunsi, in a telephone conversation with the <b><a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/five-injured-10-vehicles-vandalized-pdp-thugs-attacks-ambodes-campaign-team-2/">Nation</a></b>'s correspondent, said the APC supporters actually ignited the confrontation before Adewale’s supporters retaliated.</div>
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"I was at the scene of the incident and no life was lost. We were actually returning from a campaign rally organized for our governorship candidate, Mr Jimi Agbaje, when we ran into some APC supporters at Boys Town area of Mosan Okunola and they were making a mockery of our party. My boss (Adewale) who was riding in one of the vehicles in our convoy asked us not to confront the APC supporters. </div>
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"However, our supporters retaliated when the APC supporters started shooting sporadically. So, our people did not attack APC members but we retaliated in self-defence. If you must know, our campaign office in Iyana Ipaja was destroyed by APC supporters about two days ago."</div>

PDP Thugs' Attack On Ambode's Team Leaves 5 Injured, 10 Vehicles Damaged

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Container Crushes Four To Death In Lagos

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<b>No fewer than four people were yesterday crushed to death when a 40 feet container fell off a trailer and landed on two commercial buses at Ketu, a suburb of Lagos.</b></div>
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The  accident which was said to have occurred in the early hours of the day took place on the lane of vehicles heading towards Mile 12 and Ikorodu areas of the State. The accident, it was learnt, caused traffic gridlock in the area forcing many road users to take alternative routes to get to their destinations.</div>
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Eyewitnesses gave different accounts about how the accident occurred. A trader who identified himself as Sanni Mohammed said the accident was as a result of break failure on the part of the trailer.</div>
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"We were just resuming for business that early hour of the day when we saw the driver pumping his brake and making all efforts to control the vehicle.</div>
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|At that point, we sensed that danger was looming but before we knew what was happening, it rammed into the commercial buses picking passengers on the road. The container fell on two of the buses and killed some of the passengers", Mohammed told the <b><a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/container-crushes-four-death-lagos/">Nation</a></b>.</div>

Container Crushes Four To Death In Lagos

No fewer than four people were yesterday crushed to death when a 40 feet container fell off a trailer and landed on two commercial buse...

Catholic Nun Gives Birth To Baby Boy In Italy

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<b>A nun has stunned her mother superior and sisters after giving birth to a baby boy after complaining of severe stomach pains.</b></div>
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The sister, who belonged to an order in Macerata, in the eastern Italian region of Le Marche, claimed to have no idea she was pregnant when she was rushed to hospital in agony, after which she gave birth. </div>
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The 31-year-old nun said she had no idea that she was pregnant and thought her labour pains were just "stomach cramps". An ambulance was called after the pregnant nun collapsed in the nunnery, reports the <b><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/553920/Virgin-Birth-Nun-From-Female-Closed-Commune-Gives-Birth">EXPRESS</a></b>. </div>
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Local media refused to name the nun, who is currently recovering in <b>Bartolomeo Eustachio Hospital </b>in San Severino with her sisters reportedly at her bedside. The newborn baby boy is in good health but will stay in hospital for medical checks. </div>
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The case bears a striking similarity to that of a 33-year-old Salvadorean nun in Italy, who gave birth to a baby boy last year, whom she named after Pope Francis. </div>
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She told her social worker she did not feel guilty and would raise the child saying: "I am so happy. He is a gift from God. I feel more of a mother than a nun."</div>

Catholic Nun Gives Birth To Baby Boy In Italy

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"We Are Going To War...Go And Fortify Yourself", Asari-Dokubo Tells Tompolo, Boyloaf, Others

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<b>Prominent Niger Delta militants have vowed to ensure that President Goodluck Jonathan wins the February 14 presidential election.</b></div>
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Mr. Jonathan is of the Ijaw ethnic stock, and the only member of a minority tribe to have ever governed Nigeria.</div>
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The former militants, who said any attempt to dethrone the President would be seen as a direct attack on the Ijaw nation, threatened to unleash violence on the country and take back Niger Delta oil should Mr. Jonathan loses re-election.</div>
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According to them the President’s victory in the election is not negotiable.</div>
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The former militant leaders took the position Friday in Government House, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, at an enlarged meeting that was attended by all the former militant leaders and their followers across the Niger Delta region.</div>
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Among those in attendance were, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, leader, Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force; Victor Ben Ebikabowei, aka, <i>Boy Loaf</i>, and Government Ekpudomenowei, aka, <i>Tompolo</i>.</div>
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Also in attendance were the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, and Chairman of Amnesty Implementation Committee, Kingsley Kuku; Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson; and his deputy, President General of Ijaw Youth Council, Udengs Eradiri, among others.</div>
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Addressing the meeting, Dokubo-Asari deplored the alleged intimidation being meted to the people of Ijaw stock in Nigeria, saying the people cannot take it any longer.</div>
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"For every Goliath, God created a David. For every Pharoah, there is a Moses. We are going to war. Everyone of you should go and fortify yourself," he said.</div>
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He advised those at the meeting to be ready for the battle ahead and declared that Mr. Jonathan would win reelection.</div>
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Mr. Dokubo-Asari, who condemned the attack on Jonathan in the north in the ongoing presidential campaigns, maintained that the survival of the Ijaw nation rests in the hands of the militants gathered at the meeting.</div>
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On his part, <i>Boyloaf </i>condemned the attack on President Jonathan in the north, saying nobody has the monopoly of violence.</div>
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He said there is nothing like one Nigeria, pointing out that oil is the only thing binding Nigeria’s diverse nationalities together.</div>
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While maintaining that President Jonathan would win the election, he however said if the north takes the power away from Mr. Jonathan, the people of the Niger Delta region would take their oil back.</div>
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He stressed the need for oneness of purpose among the people, urging them to keep their grudges aside and face the present challenges facing the Ijaw nation with solidarity.</div>
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"Keep grudges and sentiments apart. We are ready to match them bumper to bumper," <i>Boyloaf</i> said.</div>
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In his remark, Governor Dickson thanked the former militant leaders for their resolve to back the re-election of President Jonathan with greater vigour and assured them that he would relate their position to the President.</div>
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He urged them to resist the temptation of being recruited by the opposition to destabilize the state.</div>
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The governor also charged them to shun propaganda and blackmail.</div>
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"We Are Going To War...Go And Fortify Yourself", Asari-Dokubo Tells Tompolo, Boyloaf, Others

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[Photo News]: APC Presidential Campaign In Ekiti

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<b>Images from the APC presidential campaign rally in Ekiti have started coming in. Surpringly, it's a full house contrary to fears in some quarters that people would not turn out for the event because of the violence they read into the parallel rally organized by the State Governor Ayo Fayose for today. </b></div>
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[Photo News]: APC Presidential Campaign In Ekiti

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We Condemn Violence Of Any Kind, By Anyone, Against Anybody - Buhari

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<b>Before embarking on his campaign tours of Ekiti and Ondo States this morning, the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, dropped some messages denouncing violence as the 2015 presidential polls draw nearer.</b></div>
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See the message he delivered to his teeming fans in particular and Nigerians in general on his Facebook page.</div>
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Opeyemi Bamidele Meets Tinubu, To Support Buhari

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<b>Strong indications emerged on Friday that the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the last election in Ekiti State, Opeyemi Bamidele, has agreed to work with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to ensure victory for the party’s presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, in next month election.</b></div>
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Saturday <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/bamidele-meets-tinubu-to-support-buhari/">PUNCH</a></b> gathered that the deal was sealed at a meeting between Bamidele and the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos on Friday.</div>
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It was learnt that Bamidele agreed to use the Ekiti <i>Bibire </i>group to mobilise support for Buhari ahead of the party's rally in Ekiti State today.</div>
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Bamidele formed the Ekiti <i><b>Bibire Coalition</b></i> in 2013 to realise his governorship ambition within the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, which pitted him against the then governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, an action that led to his eventual exit from the party.</div>
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Those at the meeting held at the Bourdillon home of the APC leader were leaders from the three senatorial districts in Ekiti State, including a former Commissioner for Works, Mr. Diran Adesua; wife of former governor of old Ondo State, Mrs. Yimika Olumilua; Bishop Gabriel Oloniyo; Mr. Ropo Ige and Mr. Remi Oguntuase.</div>
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The Deputy National Chairman of the APC and ex-governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Segun Oni, had met with Bamidele and his supporters in Iyin-Ekiti last Saturday.</div>
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It was reliably gathered that Bamidele’s group had a fruitful deliberation with Tinubu on how to deliver Ekiti for the APC in the presidential election.</div>
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A source in the meeting revealed that Tinubu appealed to Bamidele to continue to strive harder to ensure that APC regains its strength in Ekiti, describing him as a reliable compatriot that had the capacity to turn the fortunes of the party around.</div>

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Thousands Of Troops Deployed To Maiduguri Ahead Jonathan's Campaign

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<b>Thousands of troops were seen from the Maiduguri airport's Jos Road leading to the shut down of major roads and streets in the city. Several of the soldiers who appeared well kitted with brand new rifles were stationed five meters apart.</b></div>
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The development has made many residents uneasy as they complain that soldiers have made it impossible to move around the city making life more difficult for them.</div>
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A journalist, Kolo Dala,  told correspondents that he suffered a lot before he could reach the Government House Maiduguri where he was to meet colleagues because it took him more than an hour instead of fifteen minutes to get there.</div>
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Another resident, Yusuf Usman, said he saw heavy presence of military and policemen that looks better kitted and battle-ready which made him wonder if Mr President could deploy the troops to fight Boko Haram so as to put an end to the insurgency that had put Borno state in a virtual lockdown.</div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://saharareporters.com/2015/01/24/thousands-troops-deployed-maiduguri-ahead-pdp-presidential-campaign-rally">SaharaReporters</a></b></div>

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JUST IN: Gunmen Invade Venue Of APC Rally In Patience Jonathan's Town

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<b>Political thugs, suspected to be working for the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in Rivers State, invaded the venue of the All Progressives Congress governorship rally in Okrika Local Government Area in early hours of Saturday, destroying equipment being st up for the exercise.</b></div>
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The armed youths, according to the APC Chairman in Okrika, Mr. Christian Asifamaka, shot sporadically at about 3.45am at the venue of the party’s governorship campaign.</div>
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Asifamaka said in a statement that the hoodlums threw dynamites into the National School Field venue of the rally in Okrika, destroyed the podium already set up for the programme and other facilities in the arena.</div>
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Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience, hails from Okrika.</div>
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A statement by Asifamaka on Saturday, reads "In the wee hours of the morning of Saturday 24, 2015 at about 3.45am, some armed youths started shooting at the venue of the APC governorship rally National School Field Okrika.</div>
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"Those setting up the sound system and the podium were forced to flee for their lives.</div>
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"At about 4.00am, they started shooting explosives into the arena and destroyed the podium, sound equipment and some canopies. The boys came in a white Hiace bus and allegedly came in from Igbiri, a community that shares borders with Mrs. Jonathan’s Oba Ama community."</div>
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The governorship rally of the Peoples Democratic Party holds at the same venue on Thursday.</div>
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Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said more youths had invaded the venue of the APC governorship rally for the second time and continued with the destruction of equipment mounted at the place for the exercise, unchallenged.</div>
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Semenitari explained that policemen, who were with Armoured Personnel Carrier drove off, adding that APC supporters were currently under siege in Okrika.</div>
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"Some more boys came and started destroying things at the venue in Okrika again. The police, who were coming with Armoured Personnel Carrier, drove off. We are without any security and are under siege in Okrika. This is our situation as of now", she added.</div>
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We shall bring your more details later as the event unfolds.</div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/gunmen-invade-apc-rally-venue-in-patience-jonathans-town/">Punch</a></b></div>

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BREAKING: Soldiers Occupy Adokie Amiesimaka Stadium in Rivers

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<b>Battle ready soldiers have reportedly taken over the Adokie Amiesimaka Stadium, located in Igwuruta-Ali in Ikwerre Local Government Area, ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign rally in the stadium.</b></div>
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Jonathan is expected to be at the presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers on January 28.</div>
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While the state government refused to approve the application from the state PDP for the use of the Adokie Amiesimaka Stadium for its presidential rally, soldiers reportedly took over the place on Friday night.</div>
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Tony Okocha, Chief of Staff to Governor Rotimi Amaechi, described the action of the PDP and the Presidency, who might have directed soldiers to forcefully enter the stadium, as criminal.</div>
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Okocha called for calm and promised that the matter would be reported to the international community.</div>
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We shall bring you the details as they unfold.</div>

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Buhari's Wife, Aisha Leads APC Women Presidential Campaign Council

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<b>The wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February general elections, Mrs Aisha Buhari, will head the party’s 56-member Women Presidential Campaign Council to be inaugurated today in Abuja.</b></div>
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The alternate chairperson of the campaign council is Mrs Oludolapo Osinbajo, wife of Buhari’s running mate, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN).</div>
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A statement by the secretary of council, Dr. Nasir Ajoge Sanni, also listed the wife of the governor of Nasarawa State, Mrs Mairo Al-Makura, and Mrs Adejoke Adefulire, the deputy governor of Lagos State, as Vice Chair (North) and (South) respectively.</div>
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The zonal leaders are: Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed (North Central), Mrs. Nana Shettima (North East), Mrs Hadiza Abdul-Aziz (North West), Mrs. Nkechi Rochas Okorocha (South East), Chief Abiola Fashola (South West) and Mrs Judith Chibuke Amaechi (South South).</div>
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Similarly, a total of six zonal groups, one each for the six geo-political zones, have been named with Mrs. Toyin Saraki, former Kwara State first lady as team leader of North Central, while North East has Aishatu Dukku as team leader. Chief (Mrs) Kemi Nelson is expected to lead the South West team, while Hajiya Binta Muazu will lead the North West team.</div>
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Others are Imo and Rivers State Governors' wives, Nkechi Okorocha and Judith Amaechi respectively, who will lead the South East and South South teams respectively.</div>

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What Jonathan Told Emir Of Kano During Campaign

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<b>The campaign rally of the president in Kano provided an interesting scenario. </b></div>
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It would be recalled that shortly before he was crowned as the Emir of Kano following the death of Alhaji Ado Bayero, the relationship between Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the erstwhile governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and President Goodluck Jonathan had irretrievably broken down. </div>
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Sanusi had accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation of failing to remit some money that had accrued to nation from the sale of Petroleum products, into the federation account. </div>
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The allegation which attracted wide publicity within and out side the country was interpreted by some persons as a veiled attack on the president. The climax of the cold war was when the president failed to congratulate Sanusi as the Emir of Kano following his emergence.</div>
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For many people, the forgoing background would present a difficult scenario to the president who had made it a point of duty to visit prominent traditional rulers in all places that he had gone for campaign.</div>
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But to underscore the relevance of interests in the affairs of politicians, President Jonathan put aside the ugly incidence of the recent past and paid the traditional homage to Emir Sanusi in his palace.</div>
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In an ironic twist of fate, while the Emir of Kano was at the mercy of the president just some few months ago, the president was in Kano, at the palace of the emir as a favour seeker!</div>
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He told the emir: "I am here to seek your royal blessing and to reassure the people of Kano that PDP is totally committed to developing the country".</div>
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What Jonathan Told Emir Of Kano During Campaign

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Buhari: From Parade Ground To Power - By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo

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<b>Buhari is arguably Nigeria’s most popular politician today. He wields the largest individual political grass root followership and vote gathering prowess. On mass appeal, he is in the proximity of the highly esteemed first republic premiers who attracted fanatical loyalty from their followers. Some of his ardent followers in the north east and north west zones love him as passionately as the people of the old western region loved Awolowo.</b></div>
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That analogy may irk some but it is a presumption supportable by the events of 2011 presidential elections. The reasons some politicians are able to summon such passion from their followers are diverse and some are pretty mundane but they are not so important because ultimately politics is a game of numbers. Regardless of the basis of his popularity in the north, the reasons many in other places like Lagos like Buhari are unquestionably rational , objective and noble.</div>
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He is reputed to possess a sense of honesty and rectitude many other politicians are destitute of. General Olusegun Obasanjo has ruled the country longer than anyone else. But you may not vouch for his electoral value. He commands little or no votes and that gives you another picture. Yet they are all ex military Heads of State. Buhari definitely has an <b>X factor</b>.</div>
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He is often not given due credit for his political prowess. Many argue that he is able to achieve such a followership by embracing and promoting, to some extent, religious fundamentalism which endears him to millions of people in the north who are vulnerable to political exploitation by those who employ such religious sentiments as political tool. Buhari is so popular across many states in the north when other more zealous and advertised fundamentalists aren't. Senator Yerima and his <i>fatwa</i> dispensing deputy come to mind. So Buhari's popularity cannot be just about Islam. Identity politics is however part and parcel of Nigerian politics.</div>
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Buhari has occupied positions of power and privilege. His contemporaries are extremely wealthy and maintain a network of extremely rich and loyal cronies. Buhari has neither men nor network of rich friends . And While that may be the main reason he is not known for expensive campaigns , that is also the reason he is still running and is favoured by many. Buhari is touted by his supporters as incorruptible. To suggest that he had been hampered by finances alone in the past is to overlook his glaring lack of political astuteness.</div>
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Buhari never engages the public on topical issues, doesn't champion any social causes, practically remains apolitical until he is approached and drafted by one group or the other to take a shot at the presidency. Some may read opportunism. He has never hidden his disdain for the dirty things that happen in our politics and has managed to stay above the fray perhaps to sustain his status of incorruptibility. That is perhaps hypocritical.</div>
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Does he seek to reap the fruits of the despised dirty works of others? So why wouldn't such a frugal, spartan, inflexible, brutally frank man stay away from party politics like many others for whom party politics is pure filth? He appears to be possessed by a messianic zeal. Such a zeal may lend some internal justification to flirtation with filth if the motive is ultimately to save.</div>
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Three failed attempts at the presidency albeit on weak platforms, Buhari, now referred to as a serial loser by the PDP propaganda machine, ought to have grown weary of trying. Accusations of being desperate and blinded by ambition to the detriment of younger elements who would be formidable candidates with his support have merits. He is not alone. Many old Nigerian politicians never deliberately leave the stage to give room to youth.</div>
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On a closer assessment the party platforms he has used in the previous attempts have been so bereft of any cohesion and structure that he could well have run as an independent candidate. And that is why even those failed attempts were revealing and they showed his overwhelming personal popularity in the north.</div>
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Now surrounded by astute politicians of all shades and riding on a rugged well oiled machinery Buhari has gathered momentum and he looks every inch electable. You crunch the numbers and vary permutations and he is in there barely 2 weeks to the vote. A Buhari victory once considered only possible is now arguably probable. And that heightened prospect rests not just on a projection of a clean sweep of the North east and north west but on the pro Buhari trends in Kwara, Lagos, Oyo, Ogun. Edo is it. With Imo and Rivers now in play, many APC stalwarts are dreaming victory parties.</div>
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The Buhari candidacy comes with bags of votes but is fraught with complications inherent in the person and personality of the General and atrocities committed by his defunct military regime. These blemishes are perhaps elaborated by his depiction as an old, out of touch, inflexible ethnic chauvinist and religious fundamentalist who despises the rule of law and is intolerant of dissent, and somebody whose abysmal human rights record is ordinarily grave enough to banish him from leadership of any sort. This politically unflattering impression of him has gained traction amongst many in southern Nigeria.</div>
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The opposition he now leads knows Buhari's baggage and knows that some of his apparent shortcomings would be exploited maximally by their opponents. But Buhari brings much more to the table. Buhari is almost indispensable to the unity, stability and progress of the opposition coalition. There are cogent compelling and pragmatic reasons why Buhari should lead APC at its inception, at its most vulnerable phase.</div>
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Political mergers have routinely failed in this country and even Zik and Awolowo with all their political sagacity could not fashion one. APC, many believed, would only succeed if the principal actors in the parties prioritized the nation’s need for a second national party above their individual interests. A one party rule, and that has been the fate of Nigeria, is antithetical to practice of proper democracy because democracy entails freedom to choose and there is no free choice in the absence of real alternatives.</div>
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One great understated aspect of checks and balances in a democratic setting is the political vigilantism offered by political competition or rivalry of political parties. A one party state is a civilian dictatorship. In the interest of democracy and national unity PDP's domination had to be challenged or broken. The merger that became APC was a great national service.</div>
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Buhari had vowed not to run after three failed attempts but a major problem remained because in the absence of a towering figure everyone could defer to, the field would be open to many northern politicians and a proxy war of the main characters could still breed acrimony.</div>
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The party needed a political figure that would command the respect of all and achieve needed cohesion for the party especially in the north where it must have a strong foothold. Tinubu claims Buhari was begged to run, to lead. Buhari was the party’s most viable option - the one to whom everyone could concede defeat without mourning any loss. He won the party ticket overwhelmingly and the party contrary to expectations and fears came out of the presidential primaries stronger. Many had begun contemplating his second coming.</div>
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He was unknown when he came the first time. Frail, cold and taciturn but resolute and strong willed, he sent the politicians packing and packed many into prisons. It was the last day of 1983, the good old days when Christmas festivities were customarily, for my family and we enjoyed in the village. The news of the coup had injected a dose of excitement into the merry atmosphere. Radio sets blared martial music with intermittent replays of the coup speeches as adults gathered in exhilarated clusters.</div>
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When Buhari was announced as new head of state, my father looked at the faces of his brothers and found blankness. They continued with furrowed foreheads to pronounce the name ,Buhari, as if in so doing they might remember something about the man.</div>
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They must have been searching their civil war mental files. He was unknown. GOCs weren't widely known those days. They were surprised to learn that I recognized the name. They spoke of their fears of Hausa- Fulani’s perpetual domination of the country, and this didn't make sense to me. I was too young to understand them. I am grown now, and that worry lingers in the hearts of many Igbos.</div>
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I was a student of Air Force Military School Jos then and Buhari was the GOC of 3rd Div, about 3kms from my school down the old airport road. We had all come to know Buhari, his figure and his voice. A couple of months before the coup, day and night traffic of small military planes into our school (old Jos airport) had increased and many times we had paused our military activities to pay compliments to the slender General who always replied our "Good evening sir! Permission to carry on sir" with high pitched almost feminine "Carry on". I imagined he was easy going and soft but I was wrong. Buhari has remained relatively incompletely bared till date. Late Tunde Idiagbon did all the speaking for that regime.</div>
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The regime engaged in the most radical attempts at social engineering ever in this country and left many reeling in pain. And horror. Draconian decrees were promulgated and many heinous human rights breaches were perpetrated. From the Dikko abduction and crating to the obnoxious decree 20 and the sacrilege of the execution [of] Barth Owo and and 2 others to the repressive decree 4 and arrest and detention of Nduka Irabor and Tunde Thompson to the Ekwueme mistreatment, it was a litany of rights transgressions on an unprecedented scale.</div>
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He was too uncompromising, even for his fellow coupists and military colleagues and his rule , though short, left different marks on different people. His 'War Against Indiscipline' had soldiers whip people to stay on queues and civil servants who came late to work were physically punished. His methods were crude and brutal but his interest and passion in arresting moral decay and impunity could not be questioned.</div>
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Buhari’s negative antecedents have been regarded by many as formidable obstacle to his electability. Time heals, they say, Again, there were also some gains. For the first time Nigerians started queuing up from the banks to the bus stops. Unbelievably, Nigerians respected discipline and orderliness. All that is gone now.</div>
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Often, our leaders get away with so much. Perhaps we treat with levity lessons from history.</div>
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Others say Nigerians suffer from a debilitating collective amnesia. But if we have made light of Buhari’s gross human rights abuses we would not forget his patriotism, discipline and forthrightness and apparent resentment for corruption. And some of the atrocities committed by that regime could be explained as fall-outs of an overzealous but patriotic attempt to arrest decadence in the society by a youthful and naïve military junta.</div>
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Keeping Alex Ekwueme in Kirikiri while Shagari enjoyed a house arrest in Ikoyi was wrong but to interpret it as evidence of ethnic bias then one must ask why Umaru Dikko who was very influential in the Shagari regime suffered some of the worst forms of human degradation in history.</div>
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He was picked off the street in London, crated and bound for the luggage compartment of a waiting Nigerian Airways plane at Stansted Airport . He was a northern Muslim. Some will say, "what about the 53 suitcase?" "And what about Uba Ahmed?" Buhari has many questions to answer. He owes this nation a comprehensive memoir.</div>
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If time has done Buhari a favour, then the fortune of his new alliance with advertised pro democracy activists, APC’s progressive credentials and endorsements by many human rights activists has provided him with some further sanctification.</div>
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Allegations of Islamic fundamentalism and consequent religious intolerance leveled against Buhari have remained largely unsubstantiated with his supporters claiming that these conjectures, as they refer to them, show the extent of desperation and frustration Buhari’s growing electoral acceptability has instigated in his opponents.</div>
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All voices in northern Nigeria including the Sultan of Sokoto and senior members of the Jonathan government have made call on Boko Haram similar to Buhari’s calls of tactful engagement to stop the menace of Boko Haram. Boko Haram, at the time, had not evolved into this monstrous compulsive blood seeking strain. The Jonathan administration in consonance with such widely held sentiments established a committee to approach and bargain with Boko Haram and to work out an amnesty protocol.</div>
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Remember Obasanjo visited Yusuf’s family. So Buhari’s call didn't happen in isolation and had some wisdom at the time. Buhari has since publicly labeled the group as a bunch of "mindless bigots masquerading as Muslims". Repeated suggestions by members of the ruling party that Buhari has links with Boko haram have not been supported by even a shred of evidence despite Jonathan’s control of the investigative arms of the criminal justice structure.</div>
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Nigeria lacks the sort of national cohesiveness that would naturally make everyone think - nation first. The hearts of Nigerians are with their clans and tribes and religions before the country. So its all too common to hear so called statesmen speak in tones that betray these primary allegiances.</div>
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The accusation that he will Islamise Nigeria lacks basis and a ruse to beguile Southern Christians. If Buhari suffers from any major handicap it must be his age. Regardless of the arguments of his supporters, there is a reason why people generally retire at 70. Many worry about his ability to cope mentally and physically with the rigours of the office of the president of a country like Nigeria.</div>
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Governor Fashola has inadvertently corroborated these fears when he warned Lagosians not to vote a 57 year old Jimi Agbaje as governor as he considered him too old. Old age they say comes with vulnerability to infirmity . Hilary Clinton is almost 70 and may be the next US president. That is not to suggest that we should not rather have a much younger president.</div>
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Without caution, the ruling party and their agents have engaged in all manner of unethical ploys to suggest that Buhari isn't just too old but that he is too frail and possibly terminally ill. Suggestion of infirmity and terminal illness without verifiable evidence is political rascality of the most despicable sort. And when a governor like Fayose engages in an outrageously abominable act of suggesting in paid advertorials that a president Buhari may die in office then its evident the ruling party isn't just capitulating they are disintegrating morally.</div>
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Buhari didn't tender his certificates and that is a procedural lapse. He ought to have submitted at least one relevant certificate. The ruling party has latched on that and even claimed that Buhari had no secondary school education. It doesn't matter to them that he progressed in the army, holding command positions and became a general and that he attended a course at US War College amongst others. It doesn't matter to them that the constitution sought to ensure a certain level of educational exposure for political office candidates.</div>
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Many have wondered if zeal and patriotism alone are enough. And if honesty and harsh anti corruption stance are the only qualities needed to usher in good governance. Julius Nyerere possessed those qualities, didn't amass wealth but left Tanzania poor. Clinton, during his visit to Nigeria before leaving office, emphasized the need to have not just honest leaders but capable leaders who can create platforms for individuals to maximize their potentials and for the nation to prosper.</div>
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Capability and suitability are context specific. If the hole is square, the right peg has to be square- shaped. Mandela, out of prison, offered south Africa the leadership they most needed, a leadership that fostered unity. African countries generally have never suffered from lack of economic theorists and technocrats. No. They have always suffered from lack of leaders who have the political will to be fair and just to the ordinary people, who will place the interest of their countries above personal and group interests.</div>
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Nigeria suffers from a grave security challenge posed mainly by the now seemingly intractable Boko Haram insurgency. Buhari once led a successful military onslaught against a similar insurrection by the <i>Maitasine</i> sect and routed them. He has the courage and capacity and political goodwill to confront the insurgency militarily and diplomatically.</div>
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The Nigerian polity has suffered a widespread decay in societal values. The country needs moral regeneration. Buhari has a reputation for moral rectitude and steadfastness. He can provide positive symbolic leadership to re-engineer societal mores and enthrone a culture of order and discipline and check pervasive corruption and impunity.</div>
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Nigeria needs a discussion by the constituent groups to fashion out the protocols of their association and perhaps agree on a new workable constitution. The present constitution is defective and problematic. Buhari has the courage and political goodwill to commit the conservative and hesitant north to such an arrangement for the benefit of the country.</div>
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The Nigerian nation needs a  leader who will act as a political back bone. Many feel Buhari is a man whose time has come. If it comes he must expressly clear doubts and fears of his coming to further Hausa Fulani hegemony, he must stay away from <i>Sharia</i> and foster religious plurality. He must enthrone an order that rewards merit and excellence and must discourage mediocrity under any guise. He must rout Boko Haram root and branch. He must give Nigerians steady power and diversify revenue generation making us non-oil dependent. It has to be jobs, jobs , jobs.</div>
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A Buhari victory will be good for the PDP because the party needs reformation and it can only do so in opposition. A reformed PDP is an asset to the nation.</div>
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If he doesn't win, he must fortify the party, prevent decampments and help institute a virile opposition. The institution of a virile, competitive and electable opposition is perhaps as worthy as being a good president.</div>
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The earlier APC wins and becomes entrenched the better for the country because the country needs at least two very strong parties even if those parties are identical in all respects except name. With competition the parties will mature and evolve differently.</div>
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Buhari: From Parade Ground To Power - By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo

Buhari is arguably Nigeria’s most popular politician today. He wields the largest individual political grass root followership and vote...

See Who APC Likens Jonathan To As The Ad War Continues

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Rather he should see himself as belonging to the likes of Idi Amin, Mobutu Sese Seko, Robert Mugabe. and Blaise Compraore.</div>
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See Who APC Likens Jonathan To As The Ad War Continues

A political group, Defenders Of Democracy (DOD) placed this advert on The Nation's newspaper, saying Jonathan should stop comparing him...