Presidential Debate: General Buhari’s Boycott Is Disappointing – By Chekwas Okorie

Presidential candidate of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Chekwas Okorie, has stated that the boycott of the scheduled presidential debate being put together by the Broadcast Organisation of Nigeria (BON) and Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) by the All Progressives Congress' (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari is hugely disappointing.

Speaking via a statement by the media arm of his campaign organisation, Okorie advised General Buhari to ignore those advising him to shun the debate and participate in the debate as scheduled.

Okorie, who is the founder of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) stated that the debate, which had become a norm in most advanced countries was a welcome development in Nigeria's budding democracy and shouldn't be ignored by any candidate.

"The news that the APC presidential candidate, General Buhari, will not participate in the scheduled debate is a great disappointment," the statement stated.


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Just In: Lagos State Government Declares Today A Work-Free Day For Its Workers.

The Lagos State Government has declared Friday (today) a work-free day for its workers, The PUNCH reports.

A statement by the Head of Service, Mrs. Oluseyi Williams, said the government was desirous of ensuring that all public servants in the state participated in the voting process.

The statement urged the workers to take the opportunity of the holiday to collect their PVCs at their polling units.

According to The Punch, the government also urged private Sector employers to release their workers early to enable those of them who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards to do so.

The statement added, "Enjoining private sector employers to release their workers early today for the same purpose, Governor Babatunde Fashola said the desired prosperity and the brighter rewarding future being sought after by the people, both for themselves and for their children, would be determined by their willingness to sacrifice time to key into the election process by collecting their Permanent Voter Cards for the elections."


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Opinion: The APC Is A Corruption Soaked Social Party - By Muneer Maisaje

Why would we delude our selves that a party with its Grand Patron (Asiwaju Tinubu) who some people described as one of the richest politician in west Africa, the money he acquired illegally while ruling Lagos state for 8 years, a state he is still squeezing through his installed puppet..

If you lie to a child, you have abused the MINDS of many generations to come. Tell the children the TRUTH ………….. it is the ONLY WAY to set their minds free – but APC leaders would never tell the youth the TRUTH.

Many people have been led to believe that APC is the Messiah that would redeem the economical and moral values of the country.
Knowledge and understanding of the past are very important for an individual as well as society. History can easily inspire the individual citizen to pursue better objectives which are noble and truthful to avoid acts which are FALSE and DISGRACEFUL.

In fact the study of history will surely promote national harmony and integration by telling people to appreciate and respect the sensibilities and cultures of other ethnic groups as well as their own.

Corruption is not a tribal problem nor a regional problem, all of our leaders from all tribal groups have contributed to what could be described as near malfunction of our public institutions.

Why would we delude our selves that a party with its Grand patron (Asiwaju Tinubu) who some people described as one of the richest politician in west Africa, the money he acquired illegally while ruling Lagos state for 8 years, a state he is still squeezing through his installed puppet..

It has been alleged that Bola Ahmed Tinubu has illegally acquired the following properties.
The 250-hectare land valued at about N35billion and strategically located at the Ajah junction on Lekki Road which was initially meant for a General Hospital for the people of Eti-Osa Local Government but was stolen by Tinubu and handed over to Trojan Estate Ltd – a company owned by Deji and Wale Tinubu which was developed in to now Royal Garden Housing Estate.

The 1,000 hectares of land valued at about N75billion located at Lakowe near Abijo at Ibeju-Lekki Local Government and given to Lekki Concession Company (LCC) which is partly- owned by Tinubu and Fashola which was developed as golf course and housing estate by Assets and Resource Management Ltd (ARM) as ADIVA project.

How could an overload of a party with these filthy record bring the needed sanity in our country??

If APC is a good political party why did there senators in National Assembly refused to lift a finger at the ungodly salaries and allowances to them? Does it make sense that our senators receive more salaries than there UK counterparts, with Nigeria's per capital income as $2,800 (2012 ) while that of UK is 37,849 more than 12 times that of Nigeria.

In one of the two sources of Islamic Laws (The Hadith) Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) says " If one of you sees something evil he should correct it with his hands if he can't with his tongue if can't he should hate it in his mind."

None of the so called APC Senator or member house of representative ever said it is inappropriate to be paid such amount, the amount of which when added to other allowances and expenses amount to no less than 25% of the total annual budget which is payed to 469 individuals in a country with a population of over 140 million people.

APC governed states are not any much better than PDP governed states between 1999 to 2007 no northern state was better governed than Katsina state (A PDP state till date).
Let us please stop deceiving our selves. APC calling PDP corrupt is just a pot calling kettle black.

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Breaking News: Council Of State Rejects Election Postponement - PUNCH

The Council of State on Thursday rose from a seven-hour meeting, advising the Independent National Electoral Commission to go ahead and perform its constitutional responsibility of conducting the 2015 elections, Punchng.com reports.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State told State House correspondents that INEC told the council that it was ready for the conduct of the election.

He said security chiefs also expressed their readiness but raised issues about some local governments currently under the control of the Boko Haram sect.

The implication, he said, is that elections will not hold in the affected areas.

But Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State claimed that the council advised INEC to consider all the inputs made during the meeting with a view to taking a decision it will announce to Nigerians later.


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Any attempt to shift the February Elections In Nigeria could be an invitation to chaos - By Rabiu Jimoh

Any attempt to shift the polls barely 10 days to go could be an invitation to chaos. Energy and resources expended would have been a colossal waste.

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party still has the restructuring trump. The stage is set for the February 14 rumble. Expectations are high. The underdog in this battle may still produce a surprise.

A calculating incumbent will spot the Achilles' heels of the opposition and let fly the arrow. Given that both parties may not be able to access the over five million votes in the North-East maximally, it will be a miscalculation now to change the battle plan in the thick of battle.

The Council of State ought to record a full house now that the survival of the country is at stake.

Although the European Union observers would not dine with the devil even with a long spoon in the North-East, not with a bloody war going on out there anyway, we have reached a point of no return.

We are still awaiting the position of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on restructuring Nigeria if he wins. It's the trump!

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Rabiu Jimoh,
Jamiu Street, Ikorodu,
Lagos.

The above opinion represent the view of the writer.

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Just In: Nigeria May Delay Its Presidential Elections, INEC admits To Reuters

Nigeria may delay its Feb. 14 presidential election if the electoral commission cannot distribute enough voter I.D. cards by Feb. 8, an electoral commissioner told Reuters.com on Wednesday.

The hotly contested poll will pit President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party against former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress.

"Let's see how the PVC (permanent voter card) distribution goes by Feb. 8, then maybe," Amina Zachary, a commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said on the sidelines of a news conference when asked whether or not the date could be changed.

She made it clear that no decision had been taken. INEC extended its deadline for voters to collect their cards to Feb. 8, but only 44 million out of 68.8 million have been distributed so far, with just 10 days to go before the poll.

The main issue is the uneven distribution across the states as the total is already higher than the number that voted in 2011, Zachary said.

Out of Nigeria's 36 states and its federal capital territory, Abuja, 11 have distributed less than 60 percent of the cards while 4 of those are below 50 percent.

Lagos, the most populous state and opposition stronghold, has distributed fewer than 40 percent of its voter cards.

"We've sometimes just had one person at some distribution stations … now we put two but the cost is very high … it has eaten up all the money as we have to pay INEC staff extra for staying late," Zachary said, lamenting a lack of volunteers.

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Just In: The Meeting Of The Council Of State Is Ongoing Inside Presidential Villa, Abuja

The meeting of the Council of State scheduled to hold today, 5th of February, 2015, is ongoing inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The agenda of the meeting, which started at about 11:30 am, is to brainstorm on the readiness of INEC to conduct this month's general elections, with a possibility of shifting the pools by six-weeks should they be found unprepared to conduct the elections.

Former Presidents and Head of States in attendance are Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Shehu Shagari, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar and Chief Ernest Shonekan.

Punchng.com reports that former President of the Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, is the only living Nigerian leader absent at the meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, and all service chiefs are waiting to brief the meeting.

Also in attendance are Vice President Namadi Sambo; President of the Senate, David Mark; Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal; Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN); Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Anyin Pius Anyim; National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki.

Governors in attendance include Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Babatunde Fashola (Lagos), Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Aliyu Wamako (Sokoto), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Tanko Almakura (Nasarawa), Adams Oshiomhole (Edo), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara) and the deputy governors of Borno and Yobe States.

People's Democratic Party governors at the meeting include those of Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Cross River, Niger, Kogi, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Ondo, Taraba, Delta, Enugu, Ekiti,
Plateau, Jigawa, Katsina, Gombe and Bauchi States as well as the Minister of the FCT, Bala Mohammed.

Details of the outcome of the meeting will be made known to the press the moment the meeting is concluded.

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Edo, Oyo, Yobe declare Thursday And Friday As PVC collection holiday

The Edo, Oyo and Yobe state governments on Wednesday declared public holiday in their respective states to enable voters to collect their Permanent Voter Cards before the February 8 expiration given by the INEC for the exercise.

The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi and his Yobe State counterpart, Ibrahim Gaidam, had declared Thursday, February 5 and Friday, February 6, 2015, as public holiday in their states.

The Punch reports that the "governor [of Oyo State] enjoined the people [of the state] to take full advantage of the public holiday by coming out massively to collect their PVCs, reiterating that it was an opportunity for them to connect with their future by voting for candidates of their choice.

In a similar manner, the Special Adviser to [Yobe State] Governor Gaidam on Press Affairs and Information, Mallam Abdullah Bego said, "The governor urges all workers and people across the state who have not yet collect their PVCs to use the period to collect their cards as a step towards exercising their civic duty to vote during the forthcoming elections."


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Alert: Microsoft Announces Nokia215 SIM That Has A Stand-By Time Of Up To 29 Days

Nokia 215 handset dubbed 'perfect second phone. The Single SIM has a stand-by time of up to 29 days, while the dual SIM version offers up to 21 days.

It may not be the smartest phone on the market, but Nokia's latest handset has one huge advantage – a battery that can last for a month between charges.

Called the Nokia 215, the handset is set to go on sale for just $29, and Microsoft says it is 'our most affordable Internet-ready entry-level phone yet, perfectly suited for first-time mobile phone buyers or as a secondary phone for just about anyone.'
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Check Out The PHONE Specifications
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1. 2.4inch colour screen

2. The Single SIM has a stand-by time of up to 29 days, while the dual SIM version offers up to 21 days.

3. It provides up to 20 hours of talk time.

4. It cannot load new apps

5. Bluetooth.

6. MP3 player and Torchlight & FM radio.

7. VGA camera

8. It comes pre-loaded with Facebook, Twitter, web browser and Microsoft's Bing search engine.

Note:
This latest Nokia product from Microsoft will be available in green, black and white versions. It will go on sale as from March, with initial target continents being the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe.


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Has Your Life Changed Under President Jonathan’s Leadership? Play This Game To Find Out (CLICK)

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Since coming into office, President Jonathan has followed through on the ambitious plans laid out in his Transformation Agenda, delivering significant achievements in areas including economic growth, infrastructure development, education, and healthcare.

There is no doubt that his efforts have improved the lives of Nigerians in every state of the nation.

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