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London Met Police On High Alert As Buhari's Supporters And Opponents Storm Chatham House

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<b>"London met police officers are passing through hard times to control Nigerian protesters at the Chatham house in London. You just need to be hear (sic) to feel the tension. There is a (sic) now battle line drawn by the police between pro GEJ and pro GMB supporters."</b></div>
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The above were the words of a London-based Nigerian journalist and blogger, Mr <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dare.lasisi" style="font-weight: bold;">Dare Lasisi</a>, who is at the Chatham House in London to attend the event which features the presidential candidate of the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB).</div>
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It was gathered that both supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan (GEJ) and the PDP as well as supporters of General Muhammadu Buhari and the APC arrived the Chatham House venue of the event in central London as early as 7:00am GMT to take vantage positions. </div>
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The pro-GEJ supporters are at Chatham House to protest and pass a message to the world, which Buhari is to address at the event, on the sins of the 72 years old former military ruler.</div>
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To avert a violent clash among the two groups of supporters, the organizers of the event had requested for a beef up of security presence at the venue. </div>
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London Met Police On High Alert As Buhari's Supporters And Opponents Storm Chatham House

"London met police officers are passing through hard times to control Nigerian protesters at the Chatham house in London. You just ...

Security Beefed Up At Chatham House As Buhari Addresses The World

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<b>All People’s Congress Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari(rtd)  today will prove wrong claims that he has been hospitalised since arriving the Queen’s land over a week ago as he is billed to address a World political and press figures at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House in the heart of the British Parliament  in Central London.</b></div>
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Buhari has been billed to  participate in an event entitled “Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Africa: Nigeria’s Transition”.</div>
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If he appears, it would be his first public appearance since arriving London over a week ago.</div>
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His non-appearance has fuelled speculations that his ailing condition may certify him as unfit to govern Nigeria if he wins the coming election. However, as the heat gathers for the occasion, there has been built-up tension with factions emerging from both sides of support and non-support for the former ddictator who remains emaciating and allegedly has been under care since arriving the United Kingdom.</div>
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It would however take his appearance today to douse the fear that he is hale and hearty and suitable for running for the election come next month.</div>
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Amid tension and anticipation that both Buhari faithful, PDP supporters and  some NGOs are gearing up for confrontation during the Central London address on Thursday,  British security authority have scaled up all protocol of venue access as it is claimed a huge crowd of both supporters, NGOs  and  oppositions are expected. They are  putting together strategies to douse tensions and  heated  atmosphere by detailing more police to man the venue..</div>
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A source claimed that Chatham House want an assured tension free political atmosphere by beefing up security as it was gathered that only Chatham House staff members, APC Delegation list and a selected members of the press would be allowed to the event venue to minimise the risk of faction stand-offs.</div>
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Loyal media organizations from both sides have tensed up the political atmosphere both at home and in the Diaspora in different propaganda efforts to win hearts with social media groups and personal operators heating the polity through found and unfounded speculations to sell their ideas and candidates. The nations as it stands is in danger of anarchy and the outcome of Chatham appearance may determine further steps to be taken as the election approaches next month. Some NGO are also on queue to register their protests against Buhari’s feature as the APC, presidential candidate, claiming he has blood in his hands as a former  military dictator.</div>
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Security Beefed Up At Chatham House As Buhari Addresses The World

All People’s Congress Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari(rtd) today will prove wrong claims that he has been hospitalise...

Politicians Turn To Celebrities To Woo Voters | IOL News

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<b>Nigeria's politicians are turning to Nollywood film stars, popular musicians and former international footballers to win next month's election, in a campaign increasingly fought online.</b></div>
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Africa's most populous country and biggest economy goes to the polls for presidential and parliamentary elections on March 28, with gubernatorial and state house assembly polls two weeks later.</div>
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Dozens of parties will contest the vote but the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) is seen as mounting the first serious challenge to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).</div>
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An Afrobarometer poll published on January 27 before the initial February 14 election date was pushed back six weeks on security grounds put the two parties neck-and-neck at 42 percent each.</div>
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“The stakes are high,” said Muyiwa Akintunde, of Leap Communications, a Lagos public relations and advertising firm.</div>
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“The PDP and APC are not taking chances. They are using every available platform to woo the electorate,” he told AFP.</div>
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Both main parties are still making use of traditional media such as radio, television, newspapers, billboards and posters.</div>
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But they have also taken to social media in a big way, with Nigeria witnessing an explosion in mobile phone subscriptions, including smartphones.</div>
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Last month in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria's former national football team captain Joseph Yobo was on hand to canvass votes for President Goodluck Jonathan.</div>
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For the APC and its candidate, former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, the popular traditional musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshall has been a regular at campaign rallies in the south-west.</div>
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On radio and television, specially composed songs and jingles extolling the virtues of political candidates are rarely off the airwaves.</div>
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In Lagos, APC governorship candidate Akinwunmi Ambode is fighting his PDP rival Jimi Agbaje as much for airtime as on the campaign trail.</div>
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Omolara Olaosebikan of Quadrant Communications, a public relations firm involved in some of the campaigns, said technology was changing the face of political advertisements in Nigeria.</div>
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“It's digital revolution at play. There is no doubt that this year's election will remain the most competitive in history and the parties do not want to be beaten to the game,” she said.</div>
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For the first time, politicians - particularly those from the ruling party - have realised they can no longer take the electorate for granted, she said.</div>
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“Everybody is leveraging on digital advertisements to woo the electorate,” Olaosebikan added.</div>
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“It's no longer enough to rely on insertions in newspapers or buy prime time for commercials. Who has the time to read newspapers or listen to radio and watch television anyway?”</div>
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Olaosebikan said advertisers now prefer online and social media to conventional media because of its low cost and immediacy.</div>
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“All you need do is click on a button,” she said.</div>
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“For a few seconds commercial on (state television channel) NTA, I will have to cough out 1.5 million naira ($7,400 or Euro 6.500).</div>
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“But it's not the case with the social media.”</div>
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Nigeria, where noisy discussion about current affairs is commonplace, not surprisingly has an enthusiastic and vocal community of Facebook and Twitter users.</div>
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The BBC said in an online article last September that politicians have even recruited unemployed young people who ordinarily would have been used to physically intimidate voters for a cyberwar.</div>
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Armed with laptops and smartphones, they bombard online articles with positive comments for their political sponsor and criticise his opponents.</div>
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“In Nigeria, about 40 million people are said to be on social media,” said Olaosebikan.</div>
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“This is a huge population that can be of huge electoral value to politicians.”</div>
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But with just over a third of Nigeria's 178 million people illiterate, parties still have to rely on visual and aural cues to get their message across.</div>
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As a result, the PDP's umbrella and the APC's wicker broom are printed everywhere, from T-shirts and caps to consumer items such as rice and salt which are distributed as gifts to supporters.</div>
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Given the personal nature of Nigerian politics, where patronage is paramount, and this year's closely fought election race, smear campaigns are widespread, particularly against Buhari.</div>
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Communications specialist Olatunji Dare, however, believes that newspapers, which are currently stuffed with political propaganda adverts every day, should not be part of the campaign.</div>
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“The front page is a newspaper's chief asset,” Dare wrote recently in <i>The Nation</i>, an APC-backed newspaper.</div>
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They should not be used to peddle “transparent falsehoods or hate or religious bigotry to anyone who can pay for it”, he added.</div>
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APC Goofed, But Jonathan Remains Clueless - By Wale Adedayo

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<b>The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) committed a blunder with its statement about the possibility of President Goodluck Jonathan presenting a fake leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, as proof that Nigeria has won the war against the militant Islamic group. It does not make any sense at all. It is as if they are happy the scourge is continuing instead of abating. What is the business of APC raising the alarm about a false Shekau? Do they have links to the ‘real’ one? The media managers of APC need to check themselves, unless of course their leadership knows something the rest of Nigeria does not know.</b></div>
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Jonathan and his handlers have proclaimed the death of Shekau several times. The APC should have left it at that. We can only know Shekau is dead when the mad man does not make a fresh broadcast again. We can also know through a reduction in the group’s activities. So, APC goofed badly on that score. Right now, what one expects of the APC leadership is to go ahead of Jonathan in using formal and informal media to fight against Boko Haram. Jonathan has proved beyond reasonable doubt that with the enormous resources at his disposal, he is incapable of containing the scourge that is Boko Haram. APC is not in control of the country, thus, its armed forces yet. What the party has as its most potent weapon is a man considered by the Northern grassroots as their own Obafemi Awolowo.</div>
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Whether anyone likes it or not, it appears the leadership of Boko Haram respects Buhari. The only good thing that should have come out of that is for the retired General to regularly come out and speak against the evil deeds of the group. Apart from demoralizing Boko Haram’s leadership, it will also reduce their power of recruitment. Young men and women, who naively believe they are getting involved in a genuine Jihad will have a rethink and stop going over to the murderous group. That should have been Buhari’s major assignment on a weekly basis till this election is over. Sadly, we have not seen any of that.</div>
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Some of us would not have supported Buhari, if Jonathan had done the needful about the menace of Boko Haram more than two years ago. From denial to pretense and an attitude that bothers on culpability, Jonathan from one misstep to another has been presenting a picture of someone who should never have occupied the seat of Nigeria’s number one citizen. Of course many are shouting from the rooftops today that it is the new equipment bought for the military that appears to be rolling back the nefarious activities of Boko Haram. These are people living in self-denial or persons without a deep knowledge of security issues, who could be easily misled by the primary school explanations being given by Jonathan’s handlers.</div>
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The first rule in guerrilla warfare for any serious government is to cut the supply route of the militants. Biafra would have lasted more if the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, had not advised concerning the needful. Food and arms supply along with the routes of doing such should have been tackled long ago by our clueless president. No matter the amount of food and arms in the possession of a guerilla group, it is on a daily basis they use it up. Besides, they hardly stay in a location for too long. Thus, it is very easy to track and cut off their supply routes without firing a single shot. Why have we not been able to do this till date?</div>
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It is very doubtful Boko Haram gets its arms and food supply through any of the sea ports in Lagos or Port Harcourt. The easiest and most obvious points for supplying these items to the militants remain our Northern neighbours. And one cannot blame them much – their economy is weak, and they have weak armed forces too. As long as Boko Haram is not disturbing them, why bother with the illicit traffic of arms and food to Nigeria? It is also not impossible that there are sympathizers of Boko Haram in the topmost hierarchy of both Niger and Chad, to the extent that these persons believe they are doing the group a favour by allowing ‘Islam’ to make further inroads into a country with a nominal Muslim majority, which in actual fact has more Christians than Muslims. Only a Nigerian president with a no-nonsense attitude can send a clear signal to these neighbours that their countries would suffer if they allow Boko Haram passage through their land.</div>
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Closing our borders with Niger, Chad and Cameroon would have been an effective check against the influx of weapons and food supply among other logistics to the satanic group. Once supply routes are blocked, you can accurately predict, with up to 80% assurance, when Boko Haram or any other group like that, should be rendered incapable of launching attacks on our soil. There is even the option of complete state of emergency. Jonathan for once never exploited this. If Borno State had been put in a total state of emergency with a Military Administrator in charge, it would have checked the spread of the terror group’s activities. Instead what we had was a slap on the wrist kind of emergency, where politicians who inspired and gave life to Boko Haram still had and are still having a free day. In the process, lives and properties continued to be lost on a horrendous scale with the president of a country that should be the most powerful in Africa wringing his hands in a grand display of cluelessness. Pray, what has the governors of the three affected states been using their allocations for? Who have they been governing?</div>
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Psychological warfare (Psy Ops) is also a major ingredient in the arsenal of the American military - not nuclear weapons. Subtle interference, using the media (formal and informal), churches, NGOs, mosques and the likes have greatly assisted the United States to weaken rogues states and others they consider as enemies. ‘Crusades’ in the name of evangelism have been encouraged in different parts of the world along with a generous dosage of ‘democratic process’ seminars in Washington for key political actors from a lot of countries without these persons and groups realizing they were being induced to think the American way and indirectly do the biddings of the United States. Not a single shot fired. No bullet wasted. Such persons go back to their countries to either foment trouble or stay calm to support oppressive regimes favourable to the Americans in the name of not going against the ‘Will of God’ by looking the other way when such persons pillage the treasury as Mobutu Sese Seko did in Congo. Active opposition by way of arms struggle or street protests is discouraged. How many Psy-Ops have the Jonathan Administration commissioned against Boko Haram - either from our military or the SSS? And it is not just to push Boko Haram back. In the communities affected by Boko Haram, without a well-planned system of Psychological re-orientation, things may never be the same for them in the next 50 years. So, Jonathan also failed on the Mass Communication front.</div>
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But the biggest blunder today has been committed by the APC. The talk about fake or genuine Shekau should stop. If the APC really feels it is concerned about the Boko Haram scourge, the best thing to do is for Buhari to use his influence to go against them in a moral manner. A guerilla group without local support is as good as dead. Buhari has what it takes to render Boko Haram impotent, morally, across its area of operation. The man commands enormous respect across the North, especially among the lower classes and the Islamically inclined. It is not enough to commend the military. Let the change begin from a man we want to become president proclaiming from the rooftops the evil that Boko Haram represents.</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wale.adedayo">Wale Adedayo</a> is an accomplished journalist cum politician. He is the publisher/editor-in-chief of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Uhurutimes?ref=br_rs">Uhuru Times</a>, an online news website. <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/111022829120949827039" target="_blank">+Wale Adedayo</a> @waleadedayo on twitter</b></div>

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<b>A member of House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, has warned Governor Ayodele Fayose to stop embarrassing the state by his consistent attack against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).</b></div>
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The governor has consistently claimed that Buhari is too ill to be President of the country.</div>
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Fayose also claimed that the recent trip of the former Head of State was to enable him get medical attention, contrary to the position of the APC that he was in United Kingdom on a working visit.</div>
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But in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, Bamidele said Fayose by his constant abuse of elders like former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Buhari, was rude.</div>
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According to him, the statements credited to the governor constituted a rude invasion of Buhari’s privacy and a roughneck tactic.</div>
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He said, “Even if, according to Governor Fayose, General Buhari had visited a hospital during his foreign trip, the reasonable question to ask, I would think, is whether or not General Buhari deserves rest or even a medical checkup after a full-fledged and most rigorous (over 30 days) campaign during which he did not miss a single rally?”</div>
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<b>Former president Shehu Shagari turned 90 years today and all Nigerian living former Heads of State except General Muhammadu Buhari traveled to Sokoto to celebrate with him. </b></div>
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The APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, was unavoidably absent as he is presently on a working visit to the UK.</div>
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