Abia Guber: PDP Campaigning with machetes and coffins? OMG

Abia people woke up this morning to be graced with coffins tied with red piece clothes with the inscription, "VOTE AGAINST NGWA INTEREST AND DIE". The coffins were place right beside the campaign poster of APGA candidate, the major rival of PDP, Dr. Alex Otti. Therefore, people ran into conclusion that Otti’s opposition party is scaring people from voting for him on the Saturday April 25 election re-run.

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lol nothing i no go hear for naija.

See the new photos Boko Haram released of themselves as they change name

Boko Haram revealed in a new video posted online yesterday that they are now to be referred to as the 'West African Province' of the Islamic State, following their pledged allegiance to ISIS. See more photos after the cut...

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Jigawa deputy gov, Mahmud, dumps PDP for APC

Ahmad Mahmud, deputy governor of Jigawa state, has left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressive Congress (APC).

Mahmud, who has been the deputy of Sule Lamido, governor of the state, since 2007, left with many of his supporters.

Announcing the move, Ahmed Gumel, director of press for Mahmud, said his principal would be received in his ward in Galagamma, Gumel local government area of the state.

However, the PDP is alleging that Mahmud was expelled for anti-party activities.

Ibrahim Kafinta, chairman of PDP in Galagamma, said the decision to expel him was taken during a stakeholders meeting held in his ward.

Kafinta said that Mahmud had sabotaged PDP during the recent national assembly election, prompting Gumel local government headquarters of the party to endorse his expulsion.

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No going back on use of card readers, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says there is no going back on the use of card readers for the April 11, 2015 governorship and state houses of assembly election.

According to Augusta Ogakwu, secretary of the commission, the provision of the guidelines for the conduct of the 2015 general election, which outlined what is to be done if a card reader fails and cannot be replaced by the commission within a specified time frame (i.e. reschedule the election to the next day), will be enforced.

“The relaxation of the guideline on 28th March 2015 was only with respect to the presidential and national assembly elections held on that date,” she said in a statement.

“The commission has reviewed the operation of the card reader in the 28th March elections, identified the challenges, and has taken adequate measures to address them.”

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Pres Goodluck: I'm one of the luckiest Nigerian alive.

President Goodluck Jonathan ‎has described himself as one of the luckiest Nigerians alive, saying having held principal positions in government since 1999, he has had enough.

Speaking on Sunday when residents of the federal capital territory (FCT), led by Namadi Sambo, the outgoing vice-president, visited him at the presidential villa in commemoration of Easter, Jonathan expressed appreciation to Nigerians for giving him the opportunity to serve.

“I am one of the luckiest Nigerians. I am yet to see somebody luckier than me,” he said.

“From 1999, I was in the hands of government for 16 years. Not just in government as a parliamentarian because if you are a senator or house of representatives member, you take care of yourself, you live in your own house.

“I was in a cage, being taken care of by the government for 16 good years. I think it is enough and I am happy; help me to thank God for that and I will continue to thank Nigerians for giving me that privilege. Wherever I will be, I will remain grateful to this great country.”

Jonathan urged Nigerians to make sacrifices that would help in transforming the country for the better.

“I always believe ‎we should ask, ‘What sacrifice are you making’? It is not about supporting Jonathan or government, now Buhari is coming on board. It is not about supporting Burhari or government, but what sacrifice as individual are you willing to make for government and for the nation?” he asked.

“If you are a businessman and you say you are supporting government but you don’t pay tax, how do you expect that government to survive?

“Whenever I travel to different countries and see things work, those things didn’t fall down as manner; people made sacrifice, therefore in Nigeria, people must also be ready to make the required sacrifice.

“Nation-building depends on the  sacrifice of individuals and the patriotism of the citizens. These are two key elements, we must be ready to sacrifice for our nation.”

Responding, Sambo said Jonathan had contributed his own quota to the development of the country, adding that his name would be written in gold for conceding defeat after losing the election.

“With the contributions and actions you took, your name will be written in gold not only in Nigeria, but in Africa and world,” he said.

“I’m forever loyal. We are a member of one family and will remain one family.”

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Happy Easter from GossipBoiz

I want to wish all of you my wonderful readers and guests a Happy Easter! I wish everyone a day filled with enjoyment, friends and family. In the midst of all the celebrations and happiness this Easter Sunday and Monday however, let us not forget the true importance of Easter.

In other news: Thank you all so much for reading and commenting on gossipboiz blog, your supports in this exciting adventure of writing! I always want to show my appreciation one way or another. Simply fill in your names and link your blog. I promise to visit, comment and if possible follow any blog listed there, that is if I'm not doing that already. I will also remind other blog visitors to check the blogs out in all the posts I make through out this month of April. So let the blogs roll!

Happy Easter!!

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Jonathan: I will talk at appropriate time.

Pres Goodluck Jonathan on Friday promised to speak on his experience in office “at the appropriate time”.

He was speaking with state house reporters after the Good Friday service organised by the Aso Villa Chapel.

“Don’t worry, I will talk to you at the appropriate time,” he said when approached on his way from the chapel to his official residence.

Jonathan was defeated in the March 28 presidential election and promptly congratulated the winner, Muhammadu Buhari, who will officially take over from him on May 29.

He became president in 2010, and won his first election in 2011.

His wife, Patience, and mother, Eunice, did not attend the three-hour service.

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President Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, the president-elect, held a private meeting at the president’s office today.

This is the first time that both leaders would meet since the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Buhari winner of the March 28 presidential election.

Details of the meeting were not made public, but it is believed to be about plans for a transition, which Jonathan mentioned when he called Buhari on Tuesday.

While congratulating Buhari on his victory, Jonathan had told the president-elect to find time to come over in order to plan the transition period.

“I hope you will find time in a few days to come so that we can sort out how to plan the transitional period,” he said.

Addressing members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the headquarters of the party in Abuja on Tuesday, Buhari revealed that he would soon meet with the president.

“President Goodluck Jonathan has called to congratulate me,” he said.

“I look forward to meeting him soon as we plan the transition from one administration to another. He will receive nothing but understanding, cooperation and respect from me and my team.”

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Basket mouth together with MTVbase put together a remake of the hit song, Dorobucci, originally performed by the Mavin crew.

In their attempt at humour, they featured a couple of celebrities such as Olamide, Seyi Shay, Phyno, Dr Sid and others acting out dancing scenes, some amidst work, which further gets interrupted by basket mouth dancing to the song.

I would give a total spoiler but I’ll let you watch it and maybe laugh unlike me, but I have to admit regardless, the only part I found funny is the basket mouth-Murray Bruce scene and the brevity of it is oh-so-amazing.

Watch below-

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The many firsts of President Jonathan

In his inauguration speech as president on May 6, 2010, following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President Goodluck Jonathan had promised to reform the electoral process, and he went about it by appointing a respected university teacher and activist, Attahiru Jega, a professor of political science, as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Jega would go on to organise five governorship elections between 2011 and 2014. Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost all but one of those elections.
Jonathan’s defeat in the presidential poll on March 28 was the climax — or the anti-climax. But he would leave on May 29 with his head raised high. Although he is the first sitting president of Nigeria to lose an election, that should not becloud the fact that he has also scored a series of firsts in the annals of the country’s politics. He has been widely commended for accepting defeat — as he had promised before the election — but of more significance, perhaps, is that he has considerably reformed the electoral system such that he became the ultimate “victim” of the transparency.
Here are some of his “firsts”.

First ‘all-in-one’ political office holder

Jonathan was elected deputy governor of Bayelsa state in 1999 and re-elected in 2003. In 2005, he became governor when DSP Alamieyeseigha was impeached, and was elected vice-president in 2007. Jonathan became acting president in February 2010 when President Yar’Adua took terminally ill, and was confirmed substantive president in May of the same year when Yar’Adua died. He was then elected president in 2011. In sum, Jonathan has been deputy governor, governor, vice-president, acting president and president. No single Nigerian, living or dead, has held all these positions. And it is unlikely there will be such again.

First Acting President

When President Yar’Adua took ill and travelled to Saudi Arabia for treatment in 2009, Jonathan, as vice-president, was not constitutionally empowered to act in his absence. The legal logjam took a lot of deftness to resolve, and the national assembly eventually adopted a “doctrine of necessity” — the first in Nigeria’s legislative history — to proclaim him acting president. That was the first time a vice-president was made acting president by the national assembly. It was a unique piece of history, as nobody ever reckoned that there would one day be such a position as acting president.

First PhD holder to be president

When President Yar’Adua won the 2007 election, he became the first university graduate to be Nigerian head of state. Interestingly, too, his deputy holds a PhD in Zoology. It was a rare combination — a master’s degree holder in charge, assisted by a doctor of philosophy. Both of them science-based! Yar’Adau soon died and Jonathan became the first PhD holder to be president following his inauguration on May 6, 2010. He was elected for his own first term in 2011, becoming the first PhD holder to win a presidential election.

First Southern minority to be president

While northern ethnic minorities had produced heads of state before, their southern counterparts had not enjoyed that privilege. The Igbo had produced a ceremonial president in Nnamdi Azikiwe, while Ernest Shonekan and Olusegun Obasanjo, both Yorubas, had also headed government in one or two forms. But the Niger Delta, which produced Nigeria’s wealth, was never really in the equation. Jonathan holds the distinction of being the first president from the oil-producing region — and it will obviously take some time to have another.

First executive president without elections

Nobody ever became a civilian chief executive of Nigeria without going through an election. From Tafawa Balewa in 1960 and Shehu Shagari in 1979 to Obasanjo in 1999 and Yar’Adua in 2007, they all went through elections to occupy the exalted office. However, Jonathan did not go through any election to become president in 2010. He was promoted after the death of Yar’Adua, and he assumed full executive powers. Even as acting president between February and May same year, he was already exercising those powers, but only became substantive after Yar’Adua’s death.

First VP to be president

No vice-president had been president of Nigeria until Jonathan. In the first republic, Nigeria ran a parliamentary system of government with the prime minister being the head of government. That government was overthrown. Nigeria has been operating the  presidential system since 1979, but no VP had managed to become president until 2010 when Jonathan did — after the death of Yar’Adua. Obasanjo, however, was next in hierarchy to Murtala Muhammed in 1975-76 in a military government, and he replaced Muhammed after he was killed in an abortive coup. Obasanjo and Jonathan, for once, share something in common.

First presidential candidate to accept defeat immediately

Jonathan will go down in history as the first major presidential candidate in Nigeria to accept defeat while results were still being announced. He had promised to do so if he lost, and there were fears that he might not fulfill his promise because of protests over the 4 million votes recorded by his opponent, Muhammadu Buhari, in Kaduna, Kano and Katsina states. But he kept his promise. In 1979, Awolowo did not accept defeat immediately, but he lost his legal battle. In 1983, he did not even go to court again, saying he had given up. In 1993, the presidential election was annulled, so it won’t count. The NRC candidate, Bashir Tofa, had congratulated SDP’s MKO Abiola, but he soon withdrew his felicitations when crisis ensued. In 1999, Olu Falae went to court and only congratulated Obasanjo after losing at the appeal court. Then in 2003, 2007 and 2011, Buhari never congratulated the winners

Fr Mbaka congratulates Gen Buhari, says his victory confirms him as a true prophet of God

Outspoken Enugu based cleric, Rev. Fr Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry Enugu has sent out a congratulatory message to Gen Buhari on his victory. In his congratulatory message signed by his spokesman, Maximus Ugwuoke, Fr Mbaka stated that Gen Buhari's victory has proven that he was indeed a true prophet of God. His congratulatory message below

"It is with vindictive joy and glory to God that the Adoration Ministry, the nation and indeed the world saw the fulfillment of Fr. Mbaka’s New Year prophesy of change with the miraculous, victorious emergence of Gen.Muhammadu Buhari at the March 28 polls as the President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We wish to restate that before President Goodluck became the President of this country, Fr. Mbaka prophesied it in his message titled ‘Okolo.’
Today again, Buhari’s victory among other lessons it portends for Nigerians has once more confirmed to all and sundry that Fr. Mbaka is indeed a true Prophet of God and that his New Year message was indeed from the Oracle of the Holy Spirit as he declared.

The ministry with magnanimous heart holds no grudges against anyone who attacked it in one way or the other at the rage of the controversies surrounding Fr. Mbaka’s message and view their actions as being orchestrated by their misconstruing of Fr. Mbaka’s prophetic calling.

The Ministry joins the rest of Nigerians to congratulate Muhammadu Buhari as God’s chosen instrument of change to tackle the myriads of problems facing Nigeria and pray God to endow him with the wisdom to go about this onerous task

Audio: President Jonathan Calls To Congratulate Buhari

On Tuesday, after Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had taken an insurmountable lead of more than two million votes with just a few more states to go, President Goodluck Jonathan called his opponent to congratulate him.

Buhari was officially declared president-elect on Wednesday, but this is the audio of the exact words of the outgoing president, and what Buhari said in return.
This is the audio below.

 Listen.......

 

This is the transcript of the conversation:
Caller: Your excellency, sir. Hope I’m speaking with General Buhari, sir. President Goodluck Jonathan would like to speak with you, sir.
Receiver: Yes. Okay, hold on.
Jonathan: Your Excellency
Receiver: Hold on, sir.
Buhari: Your Excellency
Jonathan: Your Excellency, how are you?
Buhari: I’m all right.
Jonathan: (Laughter) Congratulations
Buhari: Thank you very much, your Excellency.
Jonathan: So, how are things?
Buhari: Well, I’d congratulate you more because you….
Jonathan: …a few days to come so that we can sort out how to plan the transitional period.
Buhari: Alright, Your Excellency. Thank you very much
Jonathan: Okay, congratulations
Buhari: My respects, Your Excellency. Thank you

Wonderful tradition Mr President, we are growing up in Nigeria, am impressed with President Jonathan's action, he has laid a legacy anyone has never experienced, kudos to President Jonathan.

 

Checkout: Many 1sts of Pres Goodluck Jonathan.

President Goodluck Jonathan breaks lenten fast with Christian leaders in Abuja

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President Jonathan broke the Lenten fast with some Christian leaders at the state house in Abuja this morning.

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Fatal accident in Abuja this morning.

A terrible accident happened about just some minutes ago along Gwagwalada-Kwali Abuja. Two cars collided and immediately burst into flames. The two cars were burnt beyond recognition and there was some casualties. Some others were badly injured. Road safety has since arrived to deal with the situation. Photos coming up...

Buhari thanks fans, preaches sober celebrations

 

 

Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has issued an interim message of thanks and gratitude to Nigerians for choosing him and his party over and above President Jonathan Goodluck, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
APC declared victory after Jonathan called Buhari at 5:15pm yesterday to make a concession and congratulate the winner.
A statement issued on his behalf by Sheuhu Garab, director of media and publicity of the APC presidential campaign council, said the mood of the country as well as its current state did not warrant the type of wild celebrations reportedly going on in some cities across the country.
“Anybody happy with the victory of the APC in the presidential election will not be involved in the molestation of opponents or the destruction of their property,” the statement quoted Buhari as saying.
“He or she is not with me, whoever does that.”
Garba said Buhari “would make major acceptance speech in the coming hours”.

President Goodluck Jonathan has become the 1st sitting president to lose an election in Nigeria.

And so, President Goodluck Jonathan has become the first sitting president to lose an election in Nigeria.

  Not only that, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems poised to become the minority in the national assembly, completing the demystification of a party that used to brand itself as Africa’s biggest party — one that was supposed to rule for 60 years. 

Official statement by president Jonathan after the announcement of the results of presidential election

Official statement by president Jonathan after the announcement of the results of presidential election

Fellow Nigerians,

I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections. I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process. That is one legacy I will like to see endure.

Although some people have expressed mixed feelings about the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), I urge those who may feel aggrieved to follow due process based on our constitution and our electoral laws, in seeking redress.

As I have always affirmed, nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. The unity, stability and progress of our dear country is more important than anything else.

I congratulate all Nigerians for successfully going through the process of the March 28^th General Elections with the commendable enthusiasm and commitment that was demonstrated nationwide.

I also commend the Security Services for their role in ensuring that the elections were mostly peaceful and violence-free.

To my colleagues in the PDP, I thank you for your support. Today, the PDP should be celebrating rather than mourning. We have established a legacy of democratic freedom, transparency, economic growth and free and fair elections.

For the past 16 years, we have steered the country away from ethnic and regional politics. We created a Pan-Nigerian political party and brought home to our people the realities of economic development and social transformation.

Through patriotism and diligence, we have built the biggest and most patriotic party in Nigerian history. We must stand together as a party and look to the future with renewed optimism.

I thank all Nigerians once again for the great opportunity I was given to lead this country and assure you that I will continue to do my best at the helm of national affairs until the end of my tenure.

I have conveyed my personal best wishes to General Muhammadu Buhari.

May God Almighty continue to bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I thank you all. 

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR

President,

Federal Republic of Nigeria

March 31, 2015

Aliko Dangote before and after the election results were announced

 

lol, guy man... notice abdulsalami?   Never a dull moment for business men.

 

Congrats Nigeria