African Countries Happy Over Jonathan's Defeat, Says Obasanjo

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufWvdeJFOxepi-0Xd2ggOQq_RIyT9JHZ0BjpaE1yg8uoci84EK22JJERgVKDYZp_fkolgHAXtvP5gjhsVmtr91O9ES6d4nfWv7yUg0is_TyazHghyENPOn3iCyf12Lx2p7XCe6A-GD7GF/s1600/OBJ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufWvdeJFOxepi-0Xd2ggOQq_RIyT9JHZ0BjpaE1yg8uoci84EK22JJERgVKDYZp_fkolgHAXtvP5gjhsVmtr91O9ES6d4nfWv7yUg0is_TyazHghyENPOn3iCyf12Lx2p7XCe6A-GD7GF/s1600/OBJ.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b> <b>Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday said countries across the African continent are happy over the outcome of the presidential election in Nigeria, which saw the defeat of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.</b><br /> <br /> Mr. Obasanjo said his checks in a number of African countries suggested they were as happy over the result of the election as majority of Nigerians are.<br /> <br /> He referred to President Goodluck Jonathan as a moving train who was providentially stopped from collapsing Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “I have visited six countries since the election, they are as happy about the results as we are in Nigeria. It is good not only for Nigeria, it is good for Africa and I believe it is good for the world.”<br /> <br /> Mr. Obasanjo, who led the African Union Observation Mission to the April 2015 General Election in Sudan, spoke on Thursday at a Washington DC event.<br /> <br /> The former president described Nigeria as a country that obsessively plays “a dangerous game of moving close to the precipice”.<br /> <br /> He said the country came close to disintegration in the run-up to the 2015 elections but switched swiftly to the path of redemption after the polls.<br /> <br /> “I hope we will not fall over one of these days,” he said.<br /> <br /> He said one month to the election, no one believed “we will have a peaceful election that is reasonably free and fair.”<br /> <br /> Describing his role in the election as that of a person standing on the track of a moving train, the former president said during the countdown to the elections, he faced the option of “jumping off” the tracks or “be crushed” if the train did not providentially get “derailed and stop.”<br /> <br /> He said he did not jump and was not crushed adding that “at every stage, there must be leaders imbued with sufficient courage and will to stand firm when you have to stand firm.”<br /> <br /> He described the results of the elections as what Nigerians “deserve” though some Nigerians “did not want it”.<br /> <br /> Mr. Obasanjo was the featured speaker at the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) event titled <i>What is Right with Africa: Reframing Africa’s Leadership Challenges</i>.<br /> <br /> He made these remarks in response to a question by Princeton Lyman, a former ambassador to Nigeria.<br /> <br /> Mr. Obasanjo observed that Nigeria’s tendency to flirt with near-death experiences stretches back to colonial times when it almost cost the country the chance of gaining political independence from Britain.<br /> <br /> Recalling colonial-era disagreements over self-rule, the former President said at a stage, advocates of self-rule from the Eastern and Western Regions decided to “let the North go” since their leaders were reluctant to accept regional autonomy back then.<br /> <br /> “But reason prevailed,” he said, “East and West got internal autonomy in 1957, North got same in 1959 and the whole country got independence in 1960.”<br /> <br /> Listing the 1964 post-election violence in the south west and the 1966 coup d’etats which led to “pogrom and civil war” as other self-destructive phases in the country’s history, the former president remarked that Nigeria emerged from all of these as “one entity” in spite of contrarian speculations.<br /> <br /> “Not only did we survive the civil war but, within nine years, somebody from the rebel side, as we called them, and somebody from the vandal side, as they called us, became president and vice-president of Nigeria. Not many countries achieve that,” he said.<br /> <br /> President Obasanjo described the 2015 election as “almost in the same category” as other near-death experiences in Nigeria’s history.<br /> <br /> He said one month to the election, no one believed “we will have a peaceful election that is reasonably free and fair.”<br /> <br /> “I think we are now building institutions that can withstand what we may see as danger to good governance in Africa. The election has moved Nigeria one very important step up in our democratic dispensation, process and practice.”<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Credit: <a href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/181970-african-countries-happy-over-president-jonathans-defeat-obasanjo.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">Premium Times</a></b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b><span style="color: red;"><i>Shopify</i> makes it easy to open an online store by providing all the tools and help you need.</span> <a href="http://www.shopify.com/?ref=tnnng" style="color: #20124d;">Click here to try it for free!</a></b><br /> ******************************************************************</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://goo.gl/JoPv8J">Want An Exotic Car Ride? 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African Countries Happy Over Jonathan's Defeat, Says Obasanjo

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Jonathan Addresses Buhari As The President, Schedules Aso Rock Familiarization Tour

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzt_KEWWXhreUA9Buc7RnnoxhPurQggWLtRsBgTGMIZ7-lK92RCAD5_dy7g8Wxn8YVb-PobhDwu-mb0KgLy_cYNfQzW4jowL32RoKZGMzQV0EXchb7ti-ibS1P5GH7fC1lmQRZvPKRkil_/s1600/GMB+GEJ3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzt_KEWWXhreUA9Buc7RnnoxhPurQggWLtRsBgTGMIZ7-lK92RCAD5_dy7g8Wxn8YVb-PobhDwu-mb0KgLy_cYNfQzW4jowL32RoKZGMzQV0EXchb7ti-ibS1P5GH7fC1lmQRZvPKRkil_/s1600/GMB+GEJ3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b>President Goodluck Jonathan has proposed a tour of the presidential villa for President-elect Muhammadu Buhari.</b><br /> <br /> The two leaders met Friday behind closed-doors. It was their second meeting since March 28 elections, won by Mr. Buhari.<br /> <br /> Mr. Jonathan will hand over power to Mr. Buhari on May 29.<br /> <br /> Speaking after the meeting, President Jonathan told journalists who sought to know what they discussed that a date would be scheduled to take Mr. Buhari on a familiarisation tour of the Aso Rock presidential villa.<br /> <br /> “We will take a date when the president will come and I will show him round the state house but today is not for that. Today is to continue with our conversation. We don’t need to worry the President,” he said.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruy644tVt67rULisD1sQkPA9t4Ayy0JhytCu-XbHAXUzWcC3wdEiTFQJCFmI2BRp3S2x_XOHL3NLUddYxlI9aWKXlq5Bs0JQ8pBgoIUDWbCXhHbVGfKRagQZmJjHMopbkgk8MG1C4Wom4/s1600/GMB+GEJ2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruy644tVt67rULisD1sQkPA9t4Ayy0JhytCu-XbHAXUzWcC3wdEiTFQJCFmI2BRp3S2x_XOHL3NLUddYxlI9aWKXlq5Bs0JQ8pBgoIUDWbCXhHbVGfKRagQZmJjHMopbkgk8MG1C4Wom4/s1600/GMB+GEJ2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Asked how fruitful their conversion was, the president said “You can see that we are smiling, it was a fruitful one”.<br /> <br /> He said the discussions were “in the interest of the country”.<br /> <br /> Asked to comment on the meeting, Mr. Buhari said “The president had said it all”.<br /> <br /> The meeting is in continuation of ongoing arrangements between the outgoing government and the incoming government for a smooth transition as well as the inauguration.<br /> <br /> Mr. Buhari arrived the villa at about 3p.m. Friday.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzZqblsrNz05tALfbSwO8nfeYIjAUXZkKeh0Ar6siF9joROgU9qUkWQoUhkHql-wc75l-7_yeAWF7bBhKvOFlDe4ukqaF14JtiZA3tc30Gry8YxT9mIK06PaOXVfNjEmOuSdNCruWNRH5/s1600/GMB+GEJ4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzZqblsrNz05tALfbSwO8nfeYIjAUXZkKeh0Ar6siF9joROgU9qUkWQoUhkHql-wc75l-7_yeAWF7bBhKvOFlDe4ukqaF14JtiZA3tc30Gry8YxT9mIK06PaOXVfNjEmOuSdNCruWNRH5/s1600/GMB+GEJ4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> Two transition committees set up by both the president and Mr. Buhari had also met twice as part of arrangements for a smooth handover of power on May 28.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b><span style="color: red;"><i>Shopify</i> makes it easy to open an online store by providing all the tools and help you need.</span> <a href="http://www.shopify.com/?ref=tnnng" style="color: #20124d;">Click here to try it for free!</a></b><br /> ******************************************************************</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://goo.gl/JoPv8J">Want An Exotic Car Ride? 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Jonathan Addresses Buhari As The President, Schedules Aso Rock Familiarization Tour

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Buhari's Victory Like MKO Abiola's - Hafsat

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPt2_u_fTEddg8ADQLLuGF-oPg_bEdgwZmD8YSLSIg9gFGPcg0YDAU68CFBOskr6gkp2fPbFKrUlTT81uP0Rlo-bxqGCi9tSxurFWKSF1A2YR6JmUT37qPMmlR52657pyEDQ7bclpKFwe/s1600/Hafsat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPt2_u_fTEddg8ADQLLuGF-oPg_bEdgwZmD8YSLSIg9gFGPcg0YDAU68CFBOskr6gkp2fPbFKrUlTT81uP0Rlo-bxqGCi9tSxurFWKSF1A2YR6JmUT37qPMmlR52657pyEDQ7bclpKFwe/s1600/Hafsat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b> <b>Mrs. Hafsat Abiola-Costello, one of the daughters of the late MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has described the victory of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, as similar to that of her late father.</b><br /> <br /> Abiola-Costello, who is the founder of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, said Buhari’s campaign of change had renewed the hope of Nigerians. She, therefore, urged the President-elect not to disappoint Nigerians.<br /> <br /> Abiola-Costello said this when the senator-elect, Kaduna-Central senatorial district Alhaji Shehu Sani, paid a visit to the Abiola family in Lagos, on Thursday.<br /> <br /> She said, “I wrote a letter before the elections expressing my support for Gen. Buhari and for us in this house, we are happy to see that he emerged victorious in spite of the many efforts to deny him of victory but we must be aware that one man cannot change Nigeria. Such a person needs a strong team.<br /> <br /> “We need people who are ready to sacrifice for Nigeria. That was the first time I ever endorsed a candidate and it was because the way Nigeria was going, I felt this was our last chance to get things right. I didn’t see a better way to save Nigeria. Before we start celebrating, we need to know those who will constitute his team<br /> <br /> “This is similar to what we saw in 1993 when people looked beyond ethnicity and religion and chose MKO Abiola. You can see that Nigerians are trying to tell the world that they deserve better.”<br /> <br /> Abiola-Costello commended Sani for visiting the family. She said it was good that Sani, who is also a human rights activist, had been given the opportunity to make change.<br /> <br /> She said, “You stayed close to my father and listened. You have always been true to the struggle, defending the oppressed and our right to democracy. I hope when you go to the Senate and speak, your colleagues will hear. I want you to know that this family will always support you.”<br /> <br /> In his remarks, Sani said it was important for the incoming administration to give MKO the deserved recognition and should erect a monument in his honour.<br /> <br /> He said the political consciousness of Nigerians was evoked by the events of June 12.<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Credit: <a href="http://www.punchng.com/politics/buharis-victory-like-mkos-abiolas-daughter/">Punch</a></b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b><span style="color: red;"><i>Shopify</i> makes it easy to open an online store by providing all the tools and help you need.</span> <a href="http://www.shopify.com/?ref=tnnng" style="color: #20124d;">Click here to try it for free!</a></b><br /> ******************************************************************</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://goo.gl/JoPv8J">Want An Exotic Car Ride? These Luxury Cars Are Superb. CLICK HERE To Rent One.</a></span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><a href="http://goo.gl/eJpZiz"><span style="color: red;">Learn How To Make Extra ₦250,000 Monthly‎ From 6 Secret Profitable Businesses. CLICK HERE To Discover The Secret!</span></a></b><br /> <b>*******************************************************************</b></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT <span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</b></div>

Buhari's Victory Like MKO Abiola's - Hafsat

Mrs. Hafsat Abiola-Costello, one of the daughters of the late MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential elect...

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Abia APGA Gov'ship Candidate, Alex Otti, Sighted At APC Headquarters

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcTNmrUQHbp89DU-iTWSJ3tia5s7C5fGJB1C0YJtF-2fjoPqzjwNAyvvOrqZq9ftcWnUrzTSC5JrpDrgk-05T3vXvN_cc_FfAm4hAYL2ToMxlrzYFkJoaky8YJ1UGEqSCDx1-sYu9zo9x8/s1600/Otti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcTNmrUQHbp89DU-iTWSJ3tia5s7C5fGJB1C0YJtF-2fjoPqzjwNAyvvOrqZq9ftcWnUrzTSC5JrpDrgk-05T3vXvN_cc_FfAm4hAYL2ToMxlrzYFkJoaky8YJ1UGEqSCDx1-sYu9zo9x8/s1600/Otti.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b> <b>The Abia state All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Alex Otti, was sighted at the venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus meeting, Wednesday night.</b><br /> <br /> Not expected at the meeting, his appearance raised suspicion because he is one of the candidates contesting in the April 25 re-run governorship election which the APC also has a candidate.<br /> <br /> Sources at the meeting informed that he had a brief meeting with some leaders of the APC before the caucus meeting.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that his meeting with the APC leadership may not be unconnected with the issue of the re-run elections and his possible defection to the party. Details of the APC caucus meeting were also not disclosed, but it was however learnt that the APC leaders at the meeting failed to reach a consensus on the matter that was discussed.<br /> <br /> However the APC national publicity secretary, Lai Mohammed, informed that the meeting was a party issue which detail they cannot disclose to the press.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b><span style="color: red;"><i>Shopify</i> makes it easy to open an online store by providing all the tools and help you need.</span> <a href="http://www.shopify.com/?ref=tnnng" style="color: #20124d;">Click here to try it for free!</a></b><br /> ******************************************************************</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://goo.gl/JoPv8J">Want An Exotic Car Ride? These Luxury Cars Are Superb. CLICK HERE To Rent One.</a></span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><a href="http://goo.gl/eJpZiz"><span style="color: red;">Learn How To Make Extra ₦250,000 Monthly‎ From 6 Secret Profitable Businesses. CLICK HERE To Discover The Secret!</span></a></b><br /> <b>*******************************************************************</b></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT <span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</b></div>

Abia APGA Gov'ship Candidate, Alex Otti, Sighted At APC Headquarters

The Abia state All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Alex Otti, was sighted at the venue of the All Prog...

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