APC Adopts New Tactics For Distribution Of PVC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xIG9KK5HJv9C-AmZ24-P8Gdh5Dax53Qe8cgevP2oC-hxAGFKz1ANsUzmexrK7izZAjjecBiEdvtnGoKUK9QhNxaI4rpS_FQgrHFQeHWPkN_Rb3_U55cjvxi9jGXyrSe-v5dw4kShqTH5/s1600/PVCs1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xIG9KK5HJv9C-AmZ24-P8Gdh5Dax53Qe8cgevP2oC-hxAGFKz1ANsUzmexrK7izZAjjecBiEdvtnGoKUK9QhNxaI4rpS_FQgrHFQeHWPkN_Rb3_U55cjvxi9jGXyrSe-v5dw4kShqTH5/s1600/PVCs1.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Madam Adeyinka was sitting in her shop in one of the popular markets in Lagos, when her phone rang; it was a Lagos landline 014537047. When she picked the phone, it was a very clear masculine voice, which instructed her to get her Permanent Voter Card (PVC), in a nearby Primary School in Surulere, her neighborhood. After giving the information, the voice then added, "Vote for APC, APC is the only party that can bring the needed change."</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A man also claimed to have received a customised text message from the All Progressives Congress (APC), canvassing for his vote.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the state government seems to have stepped up strategies to aid the distribution of the PVCs-. Aside the decentralisation of the distribution of the PVCs to all wards by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), it has taken extra effort at ensuring that the PVCs are taken to nearest schools to the residence of the electorate. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It also took a step further at ensuring that the people are called via their telephone lines to make sure the PVCs get to all.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While some thumbs-up the innovation, others say it is a desperate move’ by the ruling party in the state to play on the conscience of the people.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Political analysts said the distribution of the PVC should not be tied to canvassing for vote.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

APC Adopts New Tactics For Distribution Of PVC

Madam Adeyinka was sitting in her shop in one of the popular markets in Lagos, when her phone rang; it was a Lagos landline 014537047. When she picked the phone, it was a very clear masculine voice, …

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INEC Insists On Holding February Polls

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBQwwkcT0vbt7i80weSvOXIgg3abz816aH3lTh_SbAcZ_3F9Mgc-QQLChXOUMs61qiXmqr4RlimBW9ABTfry-O-qOEYaFAQRg6Ox2Y-WA1JNEGWTTIrOBYIEf2kWZ6LxIVSZ-J_rzJ4qW/s1600/Jega2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBQwwkcT0vbt7i80weSvOXIgg3abz816aH3lTh_SbAcZ_3F9Mgc-QQLChXOUMs61qiXmqr4RlimBW9ABTfry-O-qOEYaFAQRg6Ox2Y-WA1JNEGWTTIrOBYIEf2kWZ6LxIVSZ-J_rzJ4qW/s1600/Jega2.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Despite pressure to shift the February general elections, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, and his national commissioners have closed ranks to stick to the poll timeline.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The INEC management members have opted to protect their integrity than postpone the elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Also, the presidential and National Assembly campaigns are expected to stop on February 12.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A similar campaign schedule for governorship and State House of Assembly elections will end on February 26.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Findings, however, revealed that INEC commissioners and staff now work late in line with the poll time which it is not ready to change.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A highly-placed source said: “Jega, the National Commissioners and the Resident Electoral Commissioners have resolved to adhere strictly to the poll schedule.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “In fact the usual critics in the INEC management have teamed up with others to respect the wish of Nigerians to retain the dates for the elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “They want to stick to the timetable to protect their integrity and the image of the country in the comity of nations.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The INEC team said complying with the timeline will enhance the integrity of the commission. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Though  Section 25 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) provides that the commission should appoint dates of elections not earlier than 150 days, but not later than before the expiration of the term of the last holder of that office, the INEC has offered to abide by the 150-day alternative.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The source also added that the INEC chose to abide by the timetable for the general elections because the conditions for poll postponement in Section 26 (1) of the Electoral Act are not currently obtainable in most parts of the country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Those calling for poll postponement should read this section of the Electoral Act. There must be cogent and legal factors for poll shift.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The section says: “Where a date has been appointed for the holding of an election, and there is reason to believe that a serious breach of the peace is likely to occur if the election is proceeded with on that date or it is impossible to conduct the elections as a result of natural disasters or other emergencies, the commission may postpone the election and shall in respect of the postponed election, provided that such reason for the postponement is cogent and verifiable.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Another source in the INEC, who spoke in confidence, said: “Barely 15 days to the poll, everything is in place for a hitch-free exercise.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “What we are doing is only to crosscheck all arrangements already put in place to avoid any slip. The expectations of Nigerians and the international community are higher; we cannot afford to disappoint.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Findings revealed that the INEC is in upbeat mood because it has set a target to “make the conduct of 2015 poll better than 2011 elections.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A national commissioner said: “Our integrity is at stake; we cannot postpone the general elections. It will be a disservice to this nation to do so.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As at press time, it was gathered that the INEC will draw the curtains on campaign on February 12.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A third source in the commission said: “While the last day for campaign for the presidential and National Assembly elections is February 12, that of the governorship and state House of Assembly will be February 26. The parties are aware of these timelines which are in the timetable for the general elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “We will not allow any extra day for the parties. Section 99(1) of the Electoral Act prohibits advertisements or broadcast of campaigns 24 hours prior to the day of election.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But anti-poll forces have hatched a fresh plot to move against the use of the 145,000 smart card readers already deployed nationwide in the 119, 973 polling units (PUs), reports the <b><a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/no-poll-shift-inec-insists/">NATION</a></b>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was learnt that those against the conduct of the February poll might join issues with the INEC on the deployment of the card readers.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A source added: “These anti-poll forces have come up with a new argument that every voting process must be captured in the Electoral Act, but the use of smart card readers is not included.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “If possible, they want to go to court to stop the INEC from using the card readers which are being deployed to check impersonation and rigging.”</div>

INEC Insists On Holding February Polls

Despite pressure to shift the February general elections, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, and his national commissioners have closed ranks t…

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I Pray My Wife Forgives Me For Marrying Another Woman - Ogogo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZLo-oOhqI5X711vczLR_hjhPrNYnV9qlO44b22LT3_YggjJd27uJK_mFOG7kFbsRhD9r5ofa-OXVgwnzcFX76xwuRT53xFDqOOGelQ0TTeAkp4f5jYwWpv3t1TIGdPpbya-pnEL5F4Fx/s1600/Taiwo-Hassan-360x325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZLo-oOhqI5X711vczLR_hjhPrNYnV9qlO44b22LT3_YggjJd27uJK_mFOG7kFbsRhD9r5ofa-OXVgwnzcFX76xwuRT53xFDqOOGelQ0TTeAkp4f5jYwWpv3t1TIGdPpbya-pnEL5F4Fx/s1600/Taiwo-Hassan-360x325.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Yoruba actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, tells Ademola Olonilua about his career, marriage and why he ventured into music:</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Do you feel accomplished as an actor?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Yes, I feel fulfilled and I thank Almighty Allah for his mercies and goodness. As far as I am not dead, I am still working to be better at everything I do. So far so good, I give thanks to God.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Why did you leave your job in the civil service for acting?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I retired. I really love the acting profession and I have been doing it for a long time. I began acting even before I started working for the water corporation. I began acting in 1981 shortly after I got a job at the water corporation as an auto-mechanic. I worked at the water corporation for about 13 years before I decided to face my acting career. That was in 1994. I am sure not many people believe that I trained as a mechanic.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>How were you able to combine your civil service job with your acting career?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I always made sure that any production I partook in was on a weekend or during my annual leave.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>What was your ambition as a child?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> To be honest, all I knew was that I wanted to be someone great in life. I never knew that I would be involved in the entertainment industry while growing. I just admired the glitz and glamour. I think my love for entertainment can be traced to the fact that I come from a family that is deeply rooted in the Yoruba culture and tradition. We are masqueraders and I know how to praise people and chant very well. When I started acting, producers loved giving me the role of a traditional chanter because they knew I could chant ‘ewi’ and ‘oriki’ very well.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Since you began acting in 1981, has there been any time you felt like quitting?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Never. Such thought has never crossed my mind.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>So you never had a challenging moment?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Of course, there were challenging moments but they were not enough reason for me to quit. Things are better now because back then, we did not get any financial gain from our profession. The people that enjoyed being actors were those whose parents were rich enough to sponsor their projects. Back then, if you were unable to produce a movie, it was difficult to become a success in the industry because you would always rely on stage plays to survive. When I produced my first movie, some people were shooting theirs for less than ₦20,000 but because I knew what I wanted, I aimed higher. I knew what it meant to produce a quality movie and I spent over ₦70,000 on my project. The Wicked Boy was my first movie and I shot it in 1993 in two parts. It was a big success and it sold very well. I produced a movie that I was paid a royalty of over ₦2m in the 90s. Now pirates have messed everything up for us.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>How much were you paid for the first movie you ever featured in?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> During that period, we could not charge. We were satisfied that we featured in movies. We were just doing solidarity jobs for ourselves. Gradually, we started charging and the highest we were paid then was ₦300. We suffered a lot before the industry became what it is today. There was a time a man called me for a job; he wanted me to chant in his movie. When he saw me, he did not believe I was an actor because of the corporate way I dressed. Then I was still a mechanic with the Lagos State Water Corporation but you would not know. When he asked me to name my price, I said ₦600 for starters but he could not meet up. He said that the lead character was charging about ₦400. I declined the job. In 1994, the highest paid actor charged about ₦1,500. I was paid ₦1,200 in 1991 for <i>Omo Yoruba</i>, that was the very first movie that I was paid big money.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>How did you feel when you were paid such a huge amount compared to what your contemporaries were earning?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I did not see it as a big deal because I was already working; although it was a huge sum in the 90s. At that time, you could not finish ₦2 in any restaurant except you were a glutton because Naira had value then. From the location that I collected ₦1,200, I went to Ado-Ekiti where <i>Fadeyi Oloro</i> was shooting his movie and he paid me about ₦850. Within a week, I could make as much as ₦2,000. Don’t forget that I was earning salary as a civil servant. So, I lived like a king.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>It is a popular belief that you are a womaniser because women flock around you...</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I am not a womaniser, I just believe that people surround me because of the love God has for me. It also depends on how you present yourself to people. I believe in self control because if you have sex with every woman that comes your way, then your life is in danger. If I indulge in such acts, I will not look as radiant as I am at my age. Most likely I might have contracted various diseases. If I were a womaniser, I would have thought I contracted a sexually transmitted disease during the time I was critically ill.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>When you fell very ill, it was rumoured that you peddled cocaine and it got burst in your belly.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I do not even know what cocaine looks like. Of course, I heard the rumour but an official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency once told me that no one survives it when cocaine bursts in the belly. It is normal for people to peddle rumours against a popular person. Some people are image makers while others are image breakers. While I was ill, a journalist very close to me published that I had AIDS. When I became healthy, he began to dodge me. When we eventually met, I told everyone present to thank him for me because without his write-up, even though it was false, no one would have known that I was very ill and I could have died.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>When you were very sick, did it ever occur to you that you might die?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Of course, it was only natural for one to have such thoughts at that period. I began to have the feeling that I might lose my life after I had sought for help at several places but found none. I spent a lot of money while taking care of myself.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>What lessons did you learn from your illness?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I learnt that it is not everybody that truly likes you. We have a lot of entertainers in Lagos but only a handful cared enough to check on me when I was ill.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>How were you able to regain your stature because you looked very frail when you were ill?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> That is the work of God because I did not use any drug to regain my stature. I had chronic ulcer so I had to be eating well; the only thing I could not do was exercise. I am getting over it because ulcer can only be managed and not totally cured.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Did you have ulcer because you hardly ate?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ulcer is not only about eating well, there was too much acid in my body. I don’t go to parties, neither do I drink alcohol. The day it began, I was fasting. I was at home for seven months without taking anything except pap. I thank God the worst is over.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Why do you always act the role of a saint in movies?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I have acted the part of a wicked person years back. I have done movies where I was a hardened criminal but that was in the past. The truth is that when a producer sees a script, he already has a mental image of who can act the role perfectly well. That is why most times when there is a role for a quiet person, they invite me. When the movie <i>Owoblow</i> was produced, I was not a saint in the movie. I remember I was in the hospital and it was the first time I ever had typhoid in my life. They brought the script to me in the hospital and when they saw that I was ill, they went back to tell Tade Ogidan that I was ill and might not be able to act. He ordered that the movie be postponed till I got well. When I heard that, I asked the doctors to discharge me so I could go and shoot the movie. I promised that I would always report back to the hospital at night for my treatment just to honour Tade Ogidan. After shooting every evening, they always took me to the hospital for my injections before they dropped me at home.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>How did you meet your first wife?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> We were in the same theatre group and I admired her a lot. I saw her and I was interested in her. I told her that I would like to marry her and she agreed. I later married another wife but I believe everything in life has to do with destiny. I vowed that I would not have a second wife because I never fancied polygamy but it happened and I believe it was for a reason. It is God’s doing.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>When you told her you wanted to marry another wife, how did she react to the news?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She felt bad and I begged her. May God give us a good wife; if I had money I could have bought a hummer jeep to beg my wife but I am not that rich. I made her understand how it happened and that regardless, it would not change anything between us. I begged her to please accept it as our destiny and I appreciate her for her understanding.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>But some women will either pack out of the house or make it unbearable for the man. Did such a thing happen to you?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Not at all, she did not do any of that. I asked my younger brother and two of my sisters to help me beg her. When they begged her, she said she believed that it is destiny.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>What is the atmosphere in your house?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One thing I like about my first wife is that she encourages me to help people, especially my family members. She always makes sure I satisfy them if they need my help. When my mother was alive, she took good care of her. God is the only one that can forgive us our sins and I pray that he forgives me. I also pray my wife forgives me.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>How did you venture into music?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It has always been a part of my family heritage. I released an album titled <i>Appreciation</i> in 2009. I did it in America and I found out that it was well accepted, so I came to Nigeria to do the same thing but the marketer ran away with my ₦2m. After a while, I decided to produce another album and I am grateful to my fans because the feedback has been great. The acceptance of the first album encouraged me to do another album. I did not make money from the first album but I was happy with the feedback that I got.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Not many people believe you have delved into music...</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is not really music, it is chanting, praising people in the cultural way through what we Yoruba call <i>oriki</i>. It is infused with music to make it melodious.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Do you have plans to quit acting to pursue a career as a musician?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> No, I am not going to do that. They both involve entertaining people and that is what I am all about. I can never leave the entertainment industry.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Credit: <a href="http://www.punchng.com/feature/super-saturday-lounge/i-pray-my-wife-forgives-me-for-marrying-another-woman-ogogo/">Punch</a></b></div>

I Pray My Wife Forgives Me For Marrying Another Woman - Ogogo

Yoruba actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, tells Ademola Olonilua about his career, marriage and why he ventured into music: Do you feel accomplished as an actor? Yes, I feel fulfilled and…

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Buhari Was Never Stoned In Lagos - APC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgYrADxZPJkTyij8BAtSxM6LNTMK2h_9HnB5lumeLzDqRnnLdz2xAeSSc8ZNU78Q_2MGRWNq8Tpynf8p_5Fa9bJlZl19w9kBXVLl4SRBs1C-jn7gUF1zz59P9tcM-kkYrEyh7No9-sYh4/s1600/APC-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgYrADxZPJkTyij8BAtSxM6LNTMK2h_9HnB5lumeLzDqRnnLdz2xAeSSc8ZNU78Q_2MGRWNq8Tpynf8p_5Fa9bJlZl19w9kBXVLl4SRBs1C-jn7gUF1zz59P9tcM-kkYrEyh7No9-sYh4/s1600/APC-logo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday dismissed as concocted a story by former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, that the party’s presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, was pelted during the party’s rally in Lagos.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The APC said "a lie has never worn a bolder face".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Gen. Buhari and other top leaders of the APC rode in an open bus from the Palace of the Oba of Lagos to Teslim Balogun Stadium venue of the rally, to great cheers from Lagosians who lined the route.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Not once was he pelted with stone during the almost two-hour ride. It is obvious that those who were paid by Mr. Obanikoro to stone the General failed to deliver. We therefore urge him to seek a refund of whatever money he paid to his hired hands to pelt Gen. Buhari with stones", the party said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The party thanked the good people of Lagos for turning out in unprecedented numbers to welcome Gen. Buhari to Lagos, saying the Centre of Excellence had never witnessed such a huge and cheery crowd, the <b><a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/buhari-never-stoned-lagos-apc/">NATION</a></b> reports.</div>

Buhari Was Never Stoned In Lagos - APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday dismissed as concocted a story by former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, that the party’s presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari…

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Muyiwa Ademola Acquires ₦9m Worth Land Rover Discovery

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMxXMVEDKrill6oPhpkJk48qEPzOS0TkHEBxtoEJdus-fKh13G9L-T1VertKJ0fXNt3GU5B_DMJak5De5TFFtIa1ayssmuhZ8RjI5Kadj6jBaYGzspXQNf7ctxTLQq0rTvfnj8OsSyz0e/s1600/Muyiwa-Ademola1-360x306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMxXMVEDKrill6oPhpkJk48qEPzOS0TkHEBxtoEJdus-fKh13G9L-T1VertKJ0fXNt3GU5B_DMJak5De5TFFtIa1ayssmuhZ8RjI5Kadj6jBaYGzspXQNf7ctxTLQq0rTvfnj8OsSyz0e/s1600/Muyiwa-Ademola1-360x306.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Nollywood actor, Muyiwa Ademola, is a popular face in the Nigerian movie industry, particularly the Yoruba segment. In the industry, Ademola, also known as <i>Mr. Authentic</i>, is rated as a successful movie maker and director.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The 44-year-old is regarded as hardworking, having produced and starred in many movies.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Recently, the famous actor bought a Land Rover Discovery 4, the picture of which he shared with his fans online. The car costs about ₦9 million in the auto market.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For those who truly appreciate Land Rover for what it represents and its line of vehicles for its uniqueness, they would know the LR4 mixes off-road capability with on-road refinement.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The vehicle also provides occupants with numerous luxury amenities and successfully exudes both the upscale ambience of a modern luxury vehicle and the rugged sense of a serious off-roader.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Though not without faults, the 2013 LR4 maintains the British company’s standing as one of the foremost specialists in this narrow market segment and offers more value than many of its rivals that don’t have anything near its off-road capability.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One of the most overwhelming initial impressions of driving the 2013 Land Rover LR4 comes from its high and upright seating. This, combined with its large windscreen, provides some of the most unencumbered sight lines one can find in any type of vehicle. Rear-seat passengers don’t get cheated either, its stadium-type seating and tall roof mean superb comfort similar to the expansive feel front-seaters enjoy.</div>

Muyiwa Ademola Acquires ₦9m Worth Land Rover Discovery

Nollywood actor, Muyiwa Ademola, is a popular face in the Nigerian movie industry, particularly the Yoruba segment. In the industry, Ademola, also known as Mr. Authentic, is rated as a successful mov…

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PDP Warns Clark, Tompolo, Boyloaf, Dokubo, Others Over War Threat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgocNvzNt5QC27LXAWEuzQqWZXzI6otEH11V0y3xAl_PpsOgSOnU682jLJNy5UbXL_5j1CQZiQshMHT3rf-8Gtetn2QEkj21QGFeebfKVG5EOxA1Vlg40YioIFX1heUe4gYSv5Jf9iFCf/s1600/Olisa-Metuh-412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgocNvzNt5QC27LXAWEuzQqWZXzI6otEH11V0y3xAl_PpsOgSOnU682jLJNy5UbXL_5j1CQZiQshMHT3rf-8Gtetn2QEkj21QGFeebfKVG5EOxA1Vlg40YioIFX1heUe4gYSv5Jf9iFCf/s1600/Olisa-Metuh-412.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday asked the former Federal Commissioner for Information and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark; leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Mujahid Asari- Dokubo; High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo and other Niger Delta militants to be mindful of what they say at this period of the nation’s political history.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The PDP also warned other support groups, organisations, professional bodies and associations rooting for President Goodluck Jonathan to be careful with their utterances to ensure decency in the polity.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This was even as ex-MEND Commanders in the Niger Delta, gave General Theophilus Danjuma seven days ultimatum to apologize over his call for the arrest of Asari Dokubo, Boyloaf and Tompolo for threatening that Nigeria would break up if President Jonathan lost the February Presidential election. <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/we-are-going-to-wargo-and-fortify.html">The ex-militants said that war would follow in Nigeria if Jonathan lost the election</a></b>. Chief Clark and the ex-militants blasted General Danjuma in their reaction, saying that his remarks were disappointing. At a meeting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital yesterday, the former militant commanders in the region condemned the call for the arrest of front line freedom fighters in the region, Alhaji Mujahideen Asari Dokubo and Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo, saying that the call amounted to a declaration of war against the Niger Delta region.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Former MEND Commander, Victor Ebikabowei Ben, alias <i>General Boyloaf</i>, also asked General Danjuma to apologise and hide his head in shame or face humiliation.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, speaking with newsmen in Abuja, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh noted that although the party appreciated the support of all Nigerians, it was disturbed over the provocative statements of some people which could provoke other parts of the country, warning that Jonathan was not an Ijaw President or that of the South South geo- political zone of the country alone but the president of all Nigerians.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Metuh said, “we want to stress and state publicly, that whilst we have noted the interest, zeal and enthusiasms of individuals, various groups, support groups and organisations, that are supporting the president with statements, adverts, documentaries and TV programmes; we appeal to them to be guided by the noble ideals and the visions of the founding fathers of our party.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “We are not in agreement with their statements and we are cautioning them to mind what they say. No individuals own the party. The President could be more loved in Anambra than Ijaw area. He has support in Adamawa than in Bayelsa States.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Well, we have noted that whilst we are not responsible for the utterances, statements of some of our support individuals, groups and organizations; we are cautioning them to be mindful of what they say.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Ours is a national party. We cover all zones, all local governments. No individual owns our party, no group, no people, no zone owns our party. And being a national party, we caution some of our people, some of our supporters to be mindful of the zeal that they exhibit. Let the wrong impression not be given.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “President Jonathan could even be more loved in Anambra than in the Ijaw area. He could even be more loved in Zamfara than in the Ijaw area. He could even have more support and more votes from Adamawa than in Ijaw. And to buttress this, yesterday in the campaign, Mr President informed all that the Adamawa people gave him twice the number of votes that he got from Bayelsa. So the president is not the president of Ijaw, he is not president of Bayelsa; he is not president of South South, he is the president of the entire Nigeria and he has the support of the entire country.” </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On PDP’s anticipated victory, Metuh said, “We are rounding up next week. So we have done over 70 percent of our campaign."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Alhaji Asari-Dokubo had threatened that “<b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/we-are-going-to-wargo-and-fortify.html">ex-militants would return to their old ways should President Jonathan lose the election</a></b>,” at a meeting last week in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Reacting to the issue, the former Minister of Defence, <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/danjuma-calls-for-arrest-of-asari.html">General Theophilous Danjuma called for the arrest of Dokubo and other former Niger Delta Militants</a></b> for threatening to rock the boat should President Jonathan lose the February 14 election.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Danjuma who described the statements as reckless, had said, “those are very reckless statements made by irresponsible individuals and they should be condemned. In fact, they should be arrested."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But responding to Danjuma, <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/danjumas-call-for-ex-militants-arrest.html">Chief Edwin Clark</a></b>, <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/i-insist-nigeria-will-break-if-jonathan.html">Tompolo</a></b>, <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/were-holding-nigerians-as-our-slaves.html">Dokubo</a></b>, <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/shut-up-or-ill-disgrace-you-boyloaf.html">Boyloaf</a></b>, <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/call-for-arrest-of-ex-militants-uranta.html">others</a></b> tongue lashed the former Minister, accusing him of sponsoring attacks on Jonathan and that the government should arrest him rather than the ex- militants. Clark who said he was disappointed at the call by Danjuma for the arrest of the Ex- Militants, stressed that he (Danjuma) ought to have condemned the attacks on Jonathan in several states in the North.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, ex-militant Commanders in the Niger Delta region have asked General Danjuma to apologise over his call for the arrest of front line freedom fighters in the region or face problems.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 'General' Reuben Wilson aka <i>Pastor</i> who handed the ultimatum on behalf of other commanders of defunct Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, in Port Harcourt said Danjuma had by his call for arrest of Niger Delta crusaders called for war against the region. Wilson who is now president Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative said Danjuma was among northern leaders that had richly benefited from the oil resource in the region.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Our attention has been drawn to publications credited to T.Y.Danjuma, a former defence minister, calling for the arrest of former Niger Delta freedom fighters, including our frontline selfless leader and hero, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “As much as he has the right to free speech, Danjuma ought to know that the oil money he is enjoying today, through his ownership of oil blocs, came from our sacrifices and blood. We staked our life to fight for the development of our country. We fought for freedom for our land and it pains us that people like Danjuma who have reaped bountifully from the Niger Delta, can wake up to insult our sensibilities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “For Danjuma to call for the arrest of Asari Dokubo, then he has walked on the tail of the serpent. The much we know is that we the ex militants who decided to drop our guns to join forces with the federal government to develop the country, especially the Niger Delta have never said anything or taken any action that would warrant such explosives from Danjuma", he said and reaffirmed the support of ex militant commanders for the second term bid of Jonathan.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “All we have said overtime is that our brother, President Jonathan, is a true son of the Niger Delta, and deserves to enjoy the two terms in office provided for in the constitution. We stand by this right and we will do everything legal and legitimate to make sure that he is not denied that right, not by a thousand Danjumas.</div>

PDP Warns Clark, Tompolo, Boyloaf, Dokubo, Others Over War Threat

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday asked the former Federal Commissioner for Information and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark; leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Vol…

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"I Confessed To Our Pastor After Every Robbery Operation" - Suspect

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87mKqQHlmwp_LfO0Ux_JEVU5-2HN48zn-vGhXQ7HWx_An-9zWkR-qShh-E98JopeELXTgfA4-KNXjo9KjhnGFYChUlXJfa2P-pNuxmlD6glsqT8S6KCh2joPHGlEDE_TNbyaoCCVtN4R_/s1600/David-Chineye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87mKqQHlmwp_LfO0Ux_JEVU5-2HN48zn-vGhXQ7HWx_An-9zWkR-qShh-E98JopeELXTgfA4-KNXjo9KjhnGFYChUlXJfa2P-pNuxmlD6glsqT8S6KCh2joPHGlEDE_TNbyaoCCVtN4R_/s1600/David-Chineye.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>A 29-year man, David Chineye, was among eight suspected members of a trans-border robbery gang arrested by the Lagos State Police Command last week. The Imo State-born suspect who claimed to be married to a Benin Republic-based Togolese, gave a startling confession on the gang’s operation in Benin and Mali, during an exclusive interview with Crime Guard.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Chineye who admitted to be the gang’s informant, revealed that his union with his wife, made it easy for him to study the terrain in Cotonou, Benin Republic, thereby facilitating the gang’s entry into the country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Members of his gang reportedly stormed a micro finance bank in Porto Novo, Benin Republic, last November, from where they carted away the equivalent of ₦100 million.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Chineye who gave his operational name as Ishola, said he masterminded the robbery operation at the financial institution, adding that it took him two days to study the terrain before inviting other members of the gang over. He further told <i><b><a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/confessed-pastor-every-robbery-operation/">Crime Guard</a></b></i> that the gang was planning to extend its operations to Togo when they were arrested.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The father of one who was full of remorse said that his pastor and members of his church, whose name he gave as Christ Ascension Church, Benin Republic branch, would be shocked beyond imagination when news of his arrest reach them.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to him: “I am a dedicated church worker. Nobody knew I was an armed robber. Every time I returned from any operation, my conscience would prick me. Thereafter, I would go to church for confession but would never disclose the exact sin I committed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "My wife didn't know I was a robber either. This is because I stay in Benin Republic where she is permanently based for two months, before returning to Nigeria, where she believed I was working. I usually visited Benin Republic when we wanted to rob and would leave after investing my loot. This is to allow me get hints on the outcome of the operation, in terms of Police investigation.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At a point, he burst into tears, begging for his wife’s forgiveness when she hears about his involvement in crime. He stated that he never envisaged to go into robbery but that frustration forced him into it.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “It all started after my apprenticeship in a pharmaceutical store, back in Owerri, the Imo state capital. My master refused to pay me off. Rather, he claimed that the money he ought to have settled me with was spent on the treatment of my ailing brother few months back. I left in anger and worked as a bus conductor until the engine of the bus got knocked.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I was idle for some months, during which I met my wife who was visiting Nigeria for the first time. I went to Benin Republic with her, where I met some friends who introduced me into robbery. I started by breaking into peoples’ apartments, but it was not lucrative because at times, I won’t get anything from the houses”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In his desperation to eke a living, he returned back to Nigeria last year, where he reportedly met members of another robbery gang. He confessed that he went on operation twice with the new gang but only got between ₦20,000 and ₦50,000 , an amount he said was not enough to meet his needs.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Continuing, he said: “During one of our meetings, I told my members that we should step up by going to operate in Benin Republic, since their police were not as effective as ours. The first operation was in a filling station in Benin Republic. It took me two days to survey the place before I invited members of the gang.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "At the end of the operation, we lodged in a hotel there for two days, shared the loot before others left, while I stayed back. Three weeks later, as I was driving around <i>Porto Novo</i>, I saw a micro-finance bank. I studied the terrain that day and came back the next day to continue. I observed that policemen were not stationed there and that only unarmed private guards were there.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Quickly, I came to Nigeria to inform my members and left back for Benin Republic. Three days later, we struck at the bank and made away with ₦100 million equivalent.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> During operation, we don’t use our real names. For instance, my operational name is Ishola. We have names like Mensah, Koffi, Messiah, Master, etc. This is to give our victims the impression that we were from Benin Republic.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Joining a robbery gang is the worst mistake of my life. Had I known, I would have listened to my wife.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Three days before I was nabbed, she told me she dreamed that I was arrested alongside other people for robbery and that I was killed in the process. Since then, she has been fasting and praying against sudden death. But I assured her all was well and that I was not into any dirty deal. If I had known I would have returned to Benin Republic, instead of remaining here in Nigeria.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Another suspected member of the gang, Ifeanacho Igwe (35), told <i>Crime Guard</i> that he was forced into robbery by one Nnamdi, whom he said invited him over after he requested financial assistance from him. The invitation according to Igwe, turned out to be his worst nightmare.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to him: “As a commercial motorcyclist, Nnamdi invited me to take him to a location, promising to give me some money I earlier requested for.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "That was in 2011. But on reaching the location at Alakija bus-stop, it turned out to be a robbery operation scene. I couldn't turn back because it was late and I was afraid they could kill me. I had no option than to play along.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "They succeeded in collecting ₦85 million from a victim and at the end I got ₦25 million. Since then, I cut off totally from them.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I lost everything I used that money on; I bought a new truck for ₦14 million and a commercial bus, including a sports utility vehicle for my personal use. I used the rest to renovate my mother’s house and support my siblings’ education.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Since that robbery operation my entire life has gone from bad to worse. I gave the truck out to a driver to use for transportation purpose.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "While on a business trip to the eastern part of the country, it rammed over someone before it somersaulted into a river, with goods worth several millions of Naira. As if that was not enough, I am in the police net for a crime committed four years ago. My past sins have caught up with me", he stated in an emotion-laden voice.</div>

"I Confessed To Our Pastor After Every Robbery Operation" - Suspect

A 29-year man, David Chineye, was among eight suspected members of a trans-border robbery gang arrested by the Lagos State Police Command last week. The Imo State-born suspect who claimed to be marri…

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I Sacrificed My Presidential Ambition For Buhari, Says Tinubu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lIt218tiKKVhwgf7w8LIOEhVDYc23kE1WFlfcbMu6GAHBUEGcHl50z76ho7HCSp7aR2RsEvEo1Hhu7jyKP9uVNy0acPyxD8yPq6ml91fRHnRk3gB691Na8zRE7e0ezdFo-YBzgVpWt4r/s1600/Tinubu2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lIt218tiKKVhwgf7w8LIOEhVDYc23kE1WFlfcbMu6GAHBUEGcHl50z76ho7HCSp7aR2RsEvEo1Hhu7jyKP9uVNy0acPyxD8yPq6ml91fRHnRk3gB691Na8zRE7e0ezdFo-YBzgVpWt4r/s1600/Tinubu2.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday said he sacrificed his presidential ambition for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tinubu stated this while addressing a crowd of APC supporters at the party’s presidential rally in Lagos.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said Nigeria was facing an economic crisis and an internal war and needed a person with Buhari’s experience because of the General’s reputation of anti-corruption and military warfare.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tinubu said, “People define patriotism as putting the country first but this is what the ‘Poverty Development Party’ refuses to understand. We chose Buhari not because Bola Tinubu is not interested in the Presidency. I am capable, competent, qualified, younger and richer but there comes a time that people must make sacrifices for their nation.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I prayed that Nigeria would get better and we would not need a man like him (Buhari). But today, we are in a great crisis; we face a lot of challenges. When South Africa was in a great dilemma and was about to disintegrate, they called Nelson Mandela of 74 years old.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “He used his wisdom to save his country. When the United States was in economic depression, they called 73-year-old Ronald Reagan because he was frugal and incorruptible.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “When America was faced with depression and war, they called a retired General, Dwight Eisenhower, to rescue the country and the country was returned on a path of success. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "When France was faced with war and economic depression, they called a retired General, Charles De Gaule, to rescue the country."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/i-sacrificed-my-presidential-ambition-for-buhari-tinubu/">PUNCH</a></b> reports that Tinubu added that whether Buhari presented a certificate or not, he was still qualified to rule the country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “So what do we need now? Buhari. This is the time for us. General Buhari, whether you are qualified or not qualified, we are calling you to come and rescue us in Nigeria,” he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Also speaking at the rally, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said President Goodluck Jonathan had done nothing for the people of the state despite the fact that the President got over 1.2 million votes from the state in 2011.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said every project that the Federal Government was supposed to have assisted Lagos in executing had been frustrated by the Jonathan administration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He, therefore, asked the people of the state to vote for the APC at all levels.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Buhari, who was the last person to speak at the rally, said the failure of the PDP-led Federal Government was unprecedented in the history of Nigeria.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Buhari said, “We all know what we have gone through in the past 16 years under the PDP. The APC has identified three core problems that must be tackled immediately. First is insecurity, two is the destruction of the economy and three is corruption.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “But whatever we have to do, we will have to secure Nigeria first. What is happening in the North-East where hundreds of people are being killed is unacceptable. We know that the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army are capable of bringing peace and stability into the country but they just need good leadership.”</div>

I Sacrificed My Presidential Ambition For Buhari, Says Tinubu

A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday said he sacrificed his presidential ambition for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu stated this while …

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