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DV Lottery: Only Nigeria is the African Country Not Allowed to Participate

May 27, 2019
What Hope Does Nigeria has Anymore for we the Citizens?  

Imagine 🇳🇬 Nigeria Is the only African Country not allowed to participate In the DIversity Visa Lottery.

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It's Been Ages Now that Nigeria Has been banned from participating in the Diversity Visa Lottery.

It was Said that After Five Years Nigeria will be Added back to countries that will be Eligible and it's been over Ten years Now,  Nigeria Haven't been Added back.

Now Discover that Nigeria is the Only African country that can't participate now.

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Our Leaders are failing Us every now and then....

The following countries can participate in the 2019 DV Lottery. The list is updated every year in September, so please check for updates if your country of birth is not among the qualifying countries. Important: Make sure to get your application submitted for the 2019 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery as soon as possible. Apply online today to get the best chance of being selected so you can live and work in The United States.

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canieroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic, Cote D'iviore (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Tee, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Republic Of The Liberia, Rwanda, Sao Tome And Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.


African countries not qualified for this 's diversity program:
Nigeria


We have to get this news to reach our leaders,  They take our Raw crude oil to these Countries and gets it sold back to us,  Which country is supposed to get more advantages if not Nigeria?????


America will tell you they have the fuel in reserve they will use for the next 100 years,  But Can Nigeria Say the Same???

This Country is Ruined and Damaged
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News Update: OGA BUHARI BUT WHY?? WHY YOU DEY WHINE US

May 27, 2019
FG seeks to create 20 million jobs in the next four years

OGA BUHARI we do not like this kind whining Na, the one wey u no do since Na now u wan do am Kpele!!!!!!

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In a bid to curb unemployment in the country, the Federal government is seeking more broader ways of providing opportunities to Nigerians, targeting 20 million jobs in the next four years.
Speaking on Monday in Abuja at a meeting organised by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) on job creation, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah said that re-election of the current government “has strengthened our resolve to stem rising unemployment by creating jobs through the provision of employable skills for our teeming youths.

“In order to sustain and build on the successes recorded in this regard in the first tenure of Mr. President, we are articulating and strategizing with a renewed impetus towards combatting the twin evils of unemployment and insecurity.”

He noted that “it is on this basis that the Ministry charged the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to come up with revolutionary multi-faceted job wealth creation strategies that would lead to a lasting solution to this hydra-headed problem.”

“I am glad to inform this distinguished audience that the ITF has done justice to the task assigned to them. From the report I have received, the ITF has been able to propose pragmatic strategies that within the tenure of the next level, will generate about 20 million jobs from four key sectors of the Nigerian economy.

“These key sectors are Agriculture, Construction, Transport and the Services sectors. The report, which is to be presented to us shortly by the ITF Director-General, forms the crux of this meeting. The meeting will be expected to examine all the aspects of the report with a view to dissecting all the recommendations therein and proffering additional strategies and action plan that will lead to jobs for all Nigerians,” he stated.

In his address, the Director-General of Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari lamented that “today, all across the country are needless incidences of violence, criminality and social vices perpetrated by persons that ordinarily should be contributing significantly to the development of our dear Nation.

“This is even as others that should be earning sustainable livelihoods today are barely able to eke out a living. The number that is without jobs in our country is at once scary and staggering and should be a source of worry to an administration that is as committed to the welfare of Nigerians as the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR).

“According to the National Bureau for Statistics (NBS) report of the 4th Quarter of 2017 to the 3rd Quarter of 2018, the total number of Nigerians that were unemployed increased from 17.6 million in 4th Quarter of 2017 to 20.9 in 3rd Quarter of 2018”.
Ari explained that “this is despite the fact that the number of people in employment increased from 68.4 million in the 3rd Quarter of 2015 to 68.72 million in the 3rd Quarter of 2016 to 69.09 million in the 3rd Quarter of and 69.53 million in the 3rd Quarter of 2018.

“What the report indicated is that, although government efforts to create jobs may be having an impact, the number of unemployed is still rising,” he noted.

He stated further that “other authorities estimate that Nigerian tertiary institutions produce up to 500,000 graduates every year with only a fraction able to secure employment.”

“These are statistics that should bother any Nigerian noting that “from our experience, Government initiatives are only successful where the buy-in of the relevant stakeholders is secured.

“It is more so for these initiatives that we are recommending, as they will rely on multi-agency and cross-sectoral collaboration for their success,” he added.
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News Update: STUDENT LEADER EXTOLS THE FEAT OF 17 YEAR OLD OLUWA ISAAC OLAMILEKAN.

May 15, 2019
STUDENT LEADER EXTOLS THE FEAT OF 17 YEAR OLD OLUWA ISAAC OLAMILEKAN.

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The Osun State Coordinator of the Buhari National Students Support Group Comrade Kunle Oyediran, has extolled the brilliance and intellect of Master Oluwa Isaac Olamilekan who had the third highest score in the recently released Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board exams results.
In a statement Comrade Oyediran stated that “the revelation of young Isaac Olamilekan’s feat at the just concluded JAMB exercise is one that fills every Osun indigene with pride and reposes a high level of confidence. From the over 1 million participants, it is nothing short of amazing that a 17 year old boy would do so well as to score 345. This is beyond laudable and would serve as an inspiration for prospective JAMB students and entrants into tertiary institutions in the coming years.”
He further emphasized the positive appendage that has come to the state from the prowess of Master Isaac, pointing out that it was an instance of the abundance of high intelligent youngsters in the state of Osun. “What this proves is that all over the country and beyond, Osun State stands out as a hotbed for intelligentsias and academically sound young people. Education is an important aspect of developing the younger generation and this remarkable reality shows that Osun has keyed into the drive to improve educational standards in society. The flag of Osun State has once again been hoisted on high, and by this feat she has become an envy of other states.”
He further asserted that the exploit of Isaac was a shadow of great things which the administration of His Excellency Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola has in store for the educational sector of the state. “We are further inspired in hope as we remember the plans that His Excellency, The Executive Governor of Osun State had made known to the people during the course of his campaign. From that and the knowledge of Alhaji Oyetola as an intelligentsia himself, we can only expect tremendous feats by Osun students at all levels.”
Comrade Kunle Oyediran ended his statement by urging the Governor to reward the studiousness of Master Oluwa Isaac Olamilekan via scholarship awards, in order to further inspire him to excel more and also serve as a means of motivation for others.

Source: Eye witness

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THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF AFRICAN YOUTH

May 04, 2019
*There is an Unfolding Revolution in the Minds and Heart of African Youth!*
_By_
*Martins Chiedozie Ugwu*
_Johnmartinsworldonline@gmail.com _

_*"As a young African, I believe that I am part of a critical generation. A misunderstood generation. A bold generation. An unapologetic generation; rising up against injustice. My experiences in activism have taught me that young people, here and across the continent, are increasingly demanding radical change. My immediate point of reference is that of the recent protest from Algeria to Sudan, and guest next, Uganda!*"_

Whether Africa’s youth bulge will be a boon or a ticking demographic time bomb will depend on the extent to which African Governments implement sound policies and invest in human capital sectors such as tertiary education, vocational training, skills development, agriculture and food security, health, labour intensive job creation and encouraging entrepreneurship, as well as peace and security. Effective policies and measures are critical to harness the benefits of the potential demographic dividend. In addition, African Governments need support from a wide range of international partners and stakeholders as the Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved without the active engagement and contribution of Africa’s youth to identify their priorities, partner with development actors to foster robust implementation of the various development priorities.

Bad leadership they say is our problem and I totally agree. Is obvious that Africa’s current crop of leaders lack the political will, are out of touch and unwilling to change the status quo on the continent. With such a gaping age difference between the majority of people in Africa (the youth) and those who rule them, it’s no surprise the continent’s current leaders have no clue how the world is changing, and how it affects young people.

However, I’ve observed some interesting and powerful trends that indicates we’ve all been making a huge mistake: For decades, Africans have been looking up to its political leaders and the outside world to solve the continent’s problems but the truth is, leadership is not exclusive to the political class. And African youths need to understand this point very well. Young people in Africa have an untapped revolutionary leverage. Right now, they number over 700 million. By 2050, their number is expected to reach over 1.2 billion, the largest population of young people in world.

With 70% of Africa’s population under the age of 30, we as a continent are presented with a great opportunity and, possibly, a great challenge. Young Africans today are taking actions that not only have an immediate impact, but will also determine the future of the continent for decades to come. More need to be done and no better time to step up this effort than now.

Never has there been such weighty responsibility on the shoulders of young people. Never has there been the influence in the hands of young people like the influence they carry now. But for Africa to reap the dividends she has longed for, it is up to our generation to make sure that influence is channelled correctly and directed towards relevant issues that affect not only ourselves, but generations after us. This can only be achieved if we come together as young people and begin to address the challenges before us as a continent.

Together as Youth, we can build a new world in Africa soil.
……. Join the revolution.

Fellow Martins Chiedozie Ugwu is the Former International President of All African Students, Former Country representative of World Students Assembly,
Facilitator, Students for Change Initiative and Chancellor - Noble Youth Organisation of Africa.

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I HEREBY NAME YOU THE SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS - THE CHAIRMAN, NANS OSUN STATE AXIS HONORS HIS ZONAL COUNTERPART

April 17, 2019

```By Rasak Ayanlakin (DEMOCRAT)```

Every 13th of April has always been remarkable, and notable for maximum celebration, and jamborees of revolutionary dimension.

On this day, a leader par excellence - epitome of good conscience was given birth to.

April 13 of this year has not been an exception, as comrades, freedom writers and senior activists subscribed once again to the annual tradition of celebrating this man of noble pedigree, intelligence and charisma in grand style.

The cyber space was filled with numerous best wishes, and we wonder if Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook would not be this astonish as well.

Comrade Adekitan Lukman Adebisi (TUNICE) has once been the Welfare Director of National Association of Polytechnic Accountancy Students, Federal Polytechnic Ede Chapter.

His contributions to improve students welfare at the departmental level made him sat with men of high repute, rise to stardom, as far as students movement is concerned.

He was eventually elected to serve as the Public Relations Officer of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), State of Osun axis.

From there, he became the Chairman of the state axis of the same association and that earned him the sacred opportunity to liberate many students and students leaders from the shackles of oppression and intimidation.

Whoever does it well will be stood with during hard times, queued behind and recommended for greater responsibility was what actually brought him where he is today, serving the interest of all of us as the Coordinator of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) South West, making him the number student in this geopolitical zone of Nigeria.

On the 14th of April, the second day of the birthday, he was declared the Senior Advocate of Nigerian Students (SANS).

This declaration was made by the incumbent Chairman of NANS JCC Osun State axis, Comrade Omololu Victor aka Castro at the occasion of the birthday celebration that witnessed the presence eminent dignitaries and revolutionaries at the Federal Polytechnic Ede Staff Club.

Comrade Omololu Victor aka Castro described his zonal counterpart as a man who has truly got the love of humanity in minds, and would always find it difficult to abandon or trade the revolutionary cause. 

He however urged the Coordinator NANS ZONE D (SOUTH WEST) to remain committed, focused and pragmatic, as sincerely the revolutionary world can earn more through his solemn sacrifices and sacred services.




Source: Eye witness
I HEREBY NAME YOU THE SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS - THE CHAIRMAN, NANS OSUN STATE AXIS HONORS HIS ZONAL COUNTERPART I HEREBY NAME YOU THE SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS - THE CHAIRMAN, NANS OSUN STATE AXIS HONORS HIS ZONAL COUNTERPART Reviewed by Revolutionary on April 17, 2019 Rating: 5

Politics: Imagine Some Foolish Nigerians using Our Money to Order pizza from London

April 02, 2019
Some Foolish super rich Nigerians using our Money to Order pizza from London.

Super-rich Nigerians are ordering pizza from London and having it delivered by British Airways, government minister claims




  • Nigeria's minister of agriculture claimed that wealthy citizens are ordering pizzas from London and having them delivered back home on British Airways flights.
  • Audu Ogbeh's comments come as Nigeria tries to cut down its reliance on foreign imports, which is seen as a status symbol.
  • Ogbeh said the imports were harming local farmers.
Some wealthy Nigerians are ordering pizzas from London and having them delivered back home on British Airways flights, a government minister has claimed.
Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria's minister of agriculture, told a senate committee last Tuesday: "Do you know, sir, that there are Nigerians who use their cellphones to import pizza from London? [They] buy in London, they bring it on British Airways in the morning to pick up at the airport."

"It is a very annoying situation," he added, "and we have to move a lot faster in cutting down some of these things."
Ogbeh doesn't name the Nigerians who allegedly make the orders, and it's not clear whether they personally fly to London for the pizzas or get someone else to do it.
Ogbeh's comments came as Nigeria tries to cut down on its reliance on foreign imports, which the minister said was costing local farmers,

Ogbeh also slammed citizens who rely on imports, which are seen as status symbols.
Some citizens import daily necessities like rice and tomato paste because they think "it shows status, class, that they only eat imported things," Ogbeh said, 

Amara Nwankpa, a director at the Yar'Adua Foundation in Abuja, responded in jest: "Dear @British_Airways, how come you didn't tell us you run a pizza delivery service to Nigeria? Is there an app for this?"
Business Insider has contacted British Airways for comment on Ogbeh's claim.

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Gabriel Imomotimi Okara (1921-2019)

March 31, 2019
Early in 1994, I had gone to visit the poet Gabriel Okara in Port Harcourt. He lived then in the Rumuibekwe Estate, and was under the loving care of his daughter. I spent a long day chatting and drinking tea. What struck me was the poet’s mental acuity. His memory was sharp as razor. His surroundings were Spartan, almost depressingly so, but it had one, very well preserved Piano, and Okara did tell me quite a bit about his love of the Piano as a musical instrument which he played when he was much younger. I regret that I did not get him to play a snatch for me. But the utter simplicity of the man was charming. He was an elegant bohemian, and this was one aspect that was always missing in the descriptions of him in writings about him. Nonetheless, that rude angle of his famous “newsboy’s cap” which he’d made famous wearing over a great tuft of white hair, did speak in a fashion about his predilection.

   Gabriel Okara

The libertine side. Gabriel Okara, for as long as we have known him, always seemed to be the grand old man of Nigerian letters, and was easily composed. He was fixed and iconic. Among school kids in the United States, when they want to quote the canonical poem of the American tradition which every school child seemed to have read, it was always most likely to be Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”: “Two roads divide/in a yellow wood/ …And I took the one less traveled…” For us in Nigeria, in my generation of school kids, it was always Gabriel Okara’s “Piano & Drums” or his “The Call of River Nun” which we read from the collected anthology of African poets by Donatus Nwoga, or the study by Senanu and Vincents, from which we also learned by heart, the Akan dirge, about “Valiant Owusu,” the “Father…whose footprints are on all parts,” first translated by the great Ghanaian musicologist, J.H. Nketia, who also passed on two weeks ago in Accra.

The charm of Okara’s poem, “Piano and Drums” was in its great sentiments about cultural or racial unity and affirmation, and its rhythm staged in the powerful world that Echeruo clearly situates within the airs of Rachmaninov’s First concerto. I first met Okara in those works, and certainly later in real life, during one of those “Homecomings” in the 1980s, always in the Harmattan term, when the “old boys” came to Umuahia for a weekend of activities. It might have been earlier too, when those old “Umuahians” arrived during the Golden Jubilee and caused a ruckus in town, parading a long line of “super stars” – Ministers of Government, Ambassadors, famous politicians, high-flying academics, Justices of the High and Supreme Courts, powerful Permanent Secretaries, world renowned writers, with the novelist Chinua Achebe arriving in his rather long and impressive Mercury Monarch of those years – and there was certainly the poet, Okara, sprightly and legendary. It must have been in one of these “returns”, and there is something that happens powerfully in in the mind of a child who sits at lunch in the dining hall with all these famous men. Okara was a thorough Umuahian, who loved his great alma mater, and was constantly involved in its affairs. One of his last acts of generosity to the school was not long ago, to donate his life-savings to the Fisher Trust for the on-going restoration initiative of the Government College Umuahia. He was among the first to do so.

Gabriel Okara was part of the mythologies in an era in Nigeria where the poet, the intellectual and artist, carried the weight and promise of cultural retrieval and renaissance. We learned much by reading and invoking them.  And Okara taught me the word, “ack-ack” from one of his poems about plane’s flying low and scattering and killing people during the bloody war in Biafra. That poem was written I later understood after the bombing of the hospital in Aba that killed his friend Dr. Onyejiaka in November 1967.

Among the wreckage of that war were Okara’s lost poems – completed before and during the war – which he could not recover from his moving in the fluid events leading to the end of the civil war. He was born in Bomadi, Nembe, by the River Nun in 1921. That’s the date recorded officially for him, but it may have been earlier. He lived to a great age, and was the oldest living modern African poet until his death last week.
Gabriel Okara was admitted to the Government College Umuahia in 1935. He was one of the boys whom the famous artist and modernist, then Arts master at Umuahia, Ben Enwonwu taught in his arts class. Enwonwu taught Okara drawing at Umuahia, and Okara’s first artistic career was as a painter. After graduating from the Yaba Higher College, Okara was employed by the Nigerian Publishing Company, then a government owned publishing company as a book binder.

But by the 1940s, he was among a pioneer group of young Nigerian modernist artists who began to produce and exhibit their works in the colonial city of Lagos. Okara’s first exhibition of his Water colours was at the Gallery of the Glover Hall. He was also writing for radio. By the 1950s he began publishing his poems, and he was one the earliest of the Nigerian/African modernists that were first published by Ulli Bier in the Black Orpheus magazine, then leaning in clearly Negritudist camps, when it began publishing in 1957.

Okara won the Nigerian Festival of Art poetry prize in 1953 with his now famous poem, “The Call of the River Nun.” By the 1960s, Gabriel Okara was clearly established as one of Africa’s, and certainly the black world’s most important poets of the 20th century. His novel, The Voice, was path-breaking for its bold stylistic experiments, and even as a surrealist novel, was enormously gripping and innovative. It earned Gabriel Okara a place in the pantheon of the great novelists of the 20th century and in the canon of African literary modernity. As the critic Michael J.C. Echeruo declared, “Even when it did not seem responsible to read him within the European artistic and intellectual traditions that gave importance to the work of the poet Tchicaya U’Tamsi, still we could not think of rhythm, language and expression – in short, of surrealism – without thinking of both Okara’s prose and poetry.” He was present at the foundational moment of modern African literature, at that First Conference of African Writers in Makerere in 1962, and in that second conference in Freetown on African Writing and the University Curriculum. In each event he was active and involved. In 1956, Okara was on a Journalism Fellowship at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Among those who met him in the same program/fellowship at Northwestern was Harold Evans, the famous editor of the Sunday Times of London, who gained fame with his handling of the tragic thalidomide story in the UK, and the publication of the uncensored portion of the diaries of Richard Crossman, the raw material from which the British comedy, Yes, Minister was created. But this was years down the line. At Evanston, they hit it off. Okara’s journalism was however not for the newsroom. He was a poet and Bureaucrat; a gentleman in the pure English sense of that word. He was the Chief Information officer of Eastern Nigeria, and when the hostilities started, was one of Biafra’s key propagandists. He travelled extensively to the United States and Europe with Achebe, Ekwensi, and others as Biafara’s “Ambassadors,” speaking, and seeking support for the Biafran cause. He helped organize the Biafran Information Bureau with the likes of the scholar and poet, MJC Echeruo, and young artists and scholars like Obiora Udechukwu and Chukwuma Azuonye. They were at Ogwa, Ikeduru, when the war ended, and Echeruo has written poignantly about that moment and its significance for the poet, Okara: “Okara, at that point, was a doubly defeated man,” wrote Echeruo. He had fought and lost the war against a formidable army. He was about to lose a war against metaphysical injustice. After our surrender, we were all asked to report to our former stations.

For Okara, that should have been Enugu, the capital of Eastern Region. No, Okara was told. He had to report to Port-Harcourt, where he had been declared a saboteur and traitor to the cause of Rivers state, and where he did go, exhausted, clutching a few scraps of innocuous papers, including one poem that would have served as the Biafran National anthem had Dr. Azikiwe’s offer of Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die,” set to the tune of Jean Sibelius not been imposed at midnight.” And so it goes: Gabriel Okara won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize in 1979, served as General Manager of the Tide Newspapers in Port-Harcourt, and was conferred the honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Port-Harcourt.

But though he deserved it, he was never offered the Nigerian National Order of Merit, even when those who could not untie the laces of his sandals had been so honored. And this speaks volumes of the “merit” in the award itself. However one sees it: Gabriel Okara, poet of the “mystic inside,” was an iconic figure of his century. What a long, tenured, and magnificent life!
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INEC presents Certificate of Return to Gov. Bello of Niger

March 27, 2019
•Gov.Abubakar Sani Bello

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Niger on Wednesday commended eligible voters in the state for their peaceful conduct during the 2019 general elections.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Samuel Egwu, made the commendation after presenting Certificates of Return to Gov. Abubakar Bello and his deputy, Ahmed Ketsu, in Minna.

The REC also presented certificates of return to the 27 winners of the state assembly election of which APC won in 26 constituencies and PDP in one.
Egwu said that the political maturity demonstrated by the voters paved way for the peaceful electoral process in the state.

He also lauded the efforts of INEC officials for ensuring smooth implementation of the electoral process during and after the elections.

Speaking after receiving his Certificate of Return, Bello commended INEC for providing a level playing ground for all the political parties during and after the elections

He said that the commission provided a great opportunity for eligible voters to elect leaders of their choice.
The governor also commended the security agencies for ensuring peaceful atmosphere during and after the elections in the state.

He promised to initiate policies and programmes that would enhance the wellbeing of residents.

“We will initiate and implement people oriented programmes in the areas of water supply, education, healthcare delivery and provision of modern farming implement affordable to farmers,” Bello said.

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Put Presidential election Behind Buhari Support group asks Nigerians

March 06, 2019
Mr. Emmanuel Umohinyang, Convener, Re-elect Buhari Movement (RBM) has urged Nigerians to put the 2019 presidential election behind as issues that marred the election are addressed.
Speaking in an interview, he said: “The 2019 presidential election has come and gone. It is behind us now. A winner has been declared and the celebration that goes with the celebration of the winner will tell anyone that indeed that is was an election that has more to do with the people, not necessarily with the few elites who feel things should normally go their own way.
“I think generally the election was peaceful, but for a few skirmishes in a few states. You cannot fault the credibility of that election. We should commend INEC, the Federal Government and Nigerians. Particularly, we must commend the President for ensuring that not only was the election free, it was fair and above all it was credible as attested to by local and international observers.”
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Breaking news: Promasidor supports 60 families with microcredit

March 06, 2019
Promasidor Nigeria Limited has provided succour to more than 60 parents of children living with disabilities through its low-interest microcredit scheme christened, We Too Can Grow, in advancement of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy

The scheme is in partnership with Children’s Developmental Centre (CDC), which supports children and young adults with disabilities. It has benefitted five cooperative groups to which these families belong, with 3 (three) more to receive grants.
Promasidor initiated the scheme to provide funds to the co-operative groups located in Lagos and Ogun States through CDC, and is facilitated by Surbpolitan Microfinance Bank.
At a ceremony held for the cooperatives in Lagos, Project Director, Delphine Misan-Arenyeka, stated that the company has shown that it cares for children as well as young adults with disabilities.
She said a lot of progress has been made and that other groups would also get the funds after undergoing training with the Community Development Foundation (CDF), which is in charge of capacity building in partnership with CDC.
The trainings are for proper organisational development, which involves conflict management, credit and financial management and entrepreneurship.
Misan-Arenyeka added that four of the five cooperatives that have benefitted from the scheme are in Lagos, while one is in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
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BREAKING News: Court of Appeal takes final decision on PDP, Atiku’s access to INEC electoral materials

March 06, 2019

A three-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday granted presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubajar access to all materials used in the presidential elections.
The decision was made after the panel heard the ex-parte motion filed by Atiku Abubakar, seeking an order granting them access to inspect the electoral materials used for the February 23 polls.

It recalls that Atiku had demanded that materials used for the February 23 presidential election be inspected.

Justice Abdul Aboki, head of the panel, in delivering its ruling ordered INEC to allow the appellant access to all electoral materials to enable him file and maintain an electoral petition, Channels Tv reports.

However, the court refused prayers 3 to 5 which sort for scanning and forensic audit, stating that a forensic audit does not fall under the terms envisaged by section 151 of the Electoral Act.
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Breaking News: Police Ban Use Of Covered Vehicle Number Plate Across Nigeria

March 05, 2019


Punch Metro reports that the acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammadu Adamu has prohibited, with immediate effect, the covering of Vehicle Number Plates by all unauthorized vehicle users across the country.
Police spokesman, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Frank Mba, on Tuesday, said the IGP gave the order following intelligence report that the unwholesome practice may be deployed by some unscrupulous persons to aid the commission of electoral related offences before, during and after the Saturday, 9th March, 2019 Gubernatorial/House of Assembly elections.
He said, apart from possible threats to the polls, the IGP also noted that the covering of Vehicle Number Plate amounts to a clear breach of the Road Traffic Act and other relevant laws of the land.
Mba further said the act could impact negatively on national security, safety and has the capacity to heighten criminal activities, engender atmosphere of lawlessness, shield perpetrators of crime and place unnecessary pressure on security agencies in their routine crime prevention and monitoring tasks.
He said the IGP had directed all Assistant Inspector Generals of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) in the Zonal and State Commands to strictly enforce the restriction order at their various Areas of Responsibilities (AOR).
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APC Suspends Okorocha, Amosun, Queries Akeredolu

March 01, 2019

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended the governors of Imo and Ogun States, Rochas Okorocha and Ibikunle Amosun.
The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, confirmed this to Channels Television on Friday.
According to him, the NWC suspended the governors following the allegations of anti-party activities levelled against them.
Issa-Onilu disclosed that upon the suspension, the committee further recommended the expulsion of governors Okorocha and Amosun to the National Executive Council of the party.He issued a statement, in which he revealed that the NWC also suspended the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Uguru Usani, and the Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, allegedly for the same offence.
The APC spokesman said the decision was reached at a meeting of the committee presided by party’s national chairman, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja.
He revealed that the NWC would issue a query to Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, for “his glaring anti-party activities”.
The party claimed that the action of the governor affected the fortunes of its candidates in the recently-conducted Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.
The statement read, “Recall that the NWC had earlier written to the suspended governors on their anti-party activities, and several other steps were taken to ensure they desist from taking actions that are inimical to the interests of our party and candidates.
“Notably, these individuals have not shown any remorse and have actually stepped up their actions. The party reviewed the serial anti-party activities of the concerned individuals before and during the last Presidential and National Assembly elections in their respective states and resolved to enforce party discipline in line with our Constitution.
“The NWC noted how the suspended members have continued to campaign openly for other parties and candidates that are unknown to our great party, even while they have constituted themselves as opposition to APC candidates in their respective states.”
The APC said it was closely monitoring the activities of its members across the country, especially in the states the suspended members belong to.
It, therefore, warned its members who take any action in line with the directives of the suspended members to undermine its candidates in the coming elections would face disciplinary actions.
The ruling party congratulated its supporters on the victories recorded in the last elections, and particularly, the re-election of President Buhari for a second term.
“This could not have happened if not for the hard work and commitment of our members,” it said, adding, “We therefore urge all our members to unite and work ever harder to ensure victory for our candidates across the states in the coming governorship and House of Assembly elections.”
It, however, asked its members to disregard directives and actions of the suspended individuals, saying it would continue to live by the dictate of its Constitution.
Governor Okorocha contested for the Imo West Senatorial District seat while Governor Amosun contested that of Ogun Central in the just-concluded elections.
Both governors won the poll in their states, although the returning officer in Imo State said he Declared Okorocha the winner "Under Duress". 

Okorocha is supporting his son-in-law and candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo, Uche Nwosu, to succeed him as governor, as against the APC candidate, Senator Hope Uzodinma.
On his part, Amosun is against the candidature of APC’s Dapo Abiodun in Ogun and is giving his support to the candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Adekunle Akinlade.
Before he won the election, President Muhammadu Buhari had during his campaign visited Imo and Ogun States where some drama played out over the choice of candidates.
The atmosphere was tense at the rally in Ogun State where some supporters allegedly loyal to APM pelted the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, while he was addressing the gathering, forcing him to end his speech abruptly.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had mocked the APC following the incident, while the ruling party vowed to sanction Governor Amosun after the elections.

Source: Channels Tv
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Breaking: INEC declares Buhari winner of 2019 presidential election

February 26, 2019
Following the collation of results of the 23 February election the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate and incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 Presidential election on Wednesday.


Buhari
Buhari defeated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and other presidential candidates with over 15,191,847 votes, winning in 19 of the states.
How Buhari fared, state by state:
Osun State
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,674,729
Total No: of Accredited: 732,984
Total Votes Cast: 731,882
Total Valid Votes: 714,682
Rejected Votes: 17200
AAC: 1,022
ADC: 1,525
ADP: 9,057
APC: 347,634
PDP: 337,377
SDP: 259
Winner:Muhammadu Buhari
Ekiti State
Total No: Reg Voters: 899,919
Total No: of Accredited: 395,741
Total Votes Cast: 393,709
Total Valid Votes: 381,132
Rejected Votes: 12,577
AAC: 400
ADC: 406
ADP: 126
APC: 219,231
PDP: 154,032
SDP: 48
Winner:Muhammadu Buhari
FCT Abuja
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,335,015
Total No: of Accredited: 467,784
Total Votes Cast: 451,408
Total Valid Votes: 423,951
Rejected Votes: 27,457
AAC: 583
ADC: 246
ADP: 145
APC: 152,224
PDP: 259,997
SDP: 410
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Kwara State
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,401 895
Total No: of Accredited: 489,482
Total Votes Cast: 486,254
Total Valid Votes: 459,676
Rejected Votes: 26,578
AAC: 401
ADC: 456
ADP: 203
APC: 308,984
PDP: 138,184
SDP: 212
*Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Nasarawa State:
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,509,481
Total No: of Accredited: 613,720
Total Votes Cast: 599,399
Total Valid Votes: 580,778
Rejected Votes: 18,621
AAC: 75
ADC: 339
ADP: 107
APC: 289,903
PDP: 283,847
SDP: 359
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Kogi state
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,640,449
Total No: of Accredited: 570,773
Total Votes Cast: 553,496
Total Valid Votes: 521,016
Rejected Votes: 32,480
AAC: 250
ADC: 4,369
ADP: 499
APC: 285,894
PDP: 218,207
SDP: 2,226
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Gombe state:
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,385,191
Total No: of Accredited: 604,240
Total Votes Cast: 580,649
Total Valid Votes: 554,203
Rejected Votes: 26,446
AAC: 165
ADC: 248
ADP: 135
APC: 402,961
PDP: 138,484
SDP: 248
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Ondo state:
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,812,567
Total No: of Accredited: 598,586
Total Votes Cast: 586,827
Total Valid Votes: 555,994
Rejected Votes: 30,833
AAC:4,414
ADC:6,296
ADP:1,005
APC:241,769
PDP:275,901
SDP:1,618
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Abia State:
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,793,861
Total No: of Accredited: 361,561
Total Votes Cast: 344,471
Total Valid Votes: 323,291
Rejected Votes: 21,180
AAC: 212
ADC: 336
ADP: 131
APC: 85,058
PDP: 219,698
SDP: 472
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Yobe state
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,365,913
Total No: of Accredited: 601,059
Total Votes Cast: 586,137
Total Valid Votes: 559,365
Rejected Votes: 26,772
AAC: 137
ADC: 162
ADP: 107
APC: 497,914
PDP: 50,763
SDP: 180
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Enugu State
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,935,168
Total No: of Accredited: 452,765
Total Votes Cast: 451,063
Total Valid Votes: 421,014
Rejected Votes: 30,049
AAC: 219
ADC: 348
ADP: 137
APC: 54,423
PDP: 355,553
SDP: 130
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Ebonyi state
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,392,931
Total No: of Accredited: 391,747
Total Votes Cast: 379,394
Total Valid Votes: 359,131
Rejected Votes: 20,263
AAC: 205
ADC: 213
ADP: 102
APC: 90,726
PDP: 258,573
SDP: 452
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Niger State
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,375,568
Total No: of Accredited: 911,964
Total Votes Cast: 896,976
Total Valid Votes: 851,937
Rejected Votes:45,039
AAC: 324
ADC: 588
ADP: 2,582
APC: 612,371
PDP: 218,052
SDP: 239
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Jigawa State
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,104,889
Total No: of Accredited: 1,171,801
Total Votes Cast: 1,149,922
Total Valid Votes: 1,106,244
Rejected Votes: 43,678
AAC: 226
ADC: 261
ADP: 107
APC: 794,738
PDP: 289,895
SDP: 5,011
*Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Kaduna State
Total No: Reg Voters: 3,861,033
Total No: of Accredited: 1,757,868
Total Votes Cast: 1,709,005
Total Valid Votes: 1,663,603
Rejected Votes: 45,402
AAC: 243
ADC: 558
ADP: 227
APC: 993,445
PDP: 649,612
SDP: 1,737
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Anambra State
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,389,332
Total No: of Accredited: 675,273
Total Votes Cast: 625,035
Total Valid Votes:605,734
Rejected Votes:19,301
AAC: 124
ADC: 227
ADP: 427
APC: 33,298
PDP: 524,738
SDP: 932
*Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Oyo State:
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,796,542
Total No: of Accredited: 905,007
Total Votes Cast: 891,080
Total Valid Votes: 836,531
Rejected Votes: 54,549
AAC: 4,041
ADC: 40,830
ADP: 25,384
APC: 365,229
PDP: 366,690
SDP: 766
*Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Adamawa State
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,959,322
Total No: of Accredited:874,920
Total Votes Cast:860,756
Total Valid Votes:811,534
Rejected Votes:49,222
AAC: 282
ADC: 3,989
ADP: 329
APC: 378,078
PDP: 410,266
SDP: 978
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Ogun state
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,336,887
Total No: of Accredited: 613,397
Total Votes Cast: 605,938
Total Valid Votes: 564,256
Rejected Votes: 41,682
AAC: 3,196
ADC: 25,283
ADP: 7,705
APC: 281,762
PDP: 194,655
SDP: 1,374
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Lagos State
Total No: Reg Voters: 6,313,507
Total No: of Accredited: 1,196,490
Total Votes Cast: 1,156,590
Total Valid Votes: 1,089,567
Rejected Votes: 67,023
AAC: 8,910
ADC: 2,915
ADP: 1,262
APC: 580,825
PDP: 448,015
SDP: 770
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Bauchi State:
Total No: Reg Voters:2,453,512
Total No: of Accredited:1,075,330
Total Votes Cast:1,061,955
Total Valid Votes:1,024,307
Rejected Votes:37,648
AAC: 183
ADC: 296
ADP: 123
APC: 798,428
PDP: 209,313
SDP: 516
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Edo State
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,150,127
Total No: of Accredited: 604,915
Total Votes Cast: 599,228
Total Valid Votes: 560,711
Rejected Votes: 38,517
AAC: 3,106
ADC: 850
ADP: 714
APC: 267,842
PDP: 275,691
SDP: 184
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Benue State
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,391,276
Total No: of Accredited: 786,069
Total Votes Cast: 763,872
Total Valid Votes: 728,912
Rejected Votes: 34,960
AAC: 309
ADC: 554
ADP: 312
APC: 347,668
PDP: 356,817
SDP: 4,927
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Imo state
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,037,569
Total No: of Accredited: 585,741
Total Votes Cast: 542,777
Total Valid Votes: 511,586
Rejected Votes: 31,191
AAC: 467
ADC: 541
ADP: 421
APC: 140,463
PDP: 334,923
SDP: 772
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Plateau State
Total No: Reg Voters:2,423,381
Total No: of Accredited:1,074,042
Total Votes Cast:1,062,862
Total Valid Votes:1,034,853
Rejected Votes:28,009
AAC:268
ADC:590
ADP:1,395
APC:468,555
PDP:548,665
SDP:599
Winner : Atiku Abubakar
Kano State
Total No: Reg Voters:5,391,581
Total No: of Accredited:2,006,410
Total Votes Cast:1,964,751
Total Valid Votes:1,891,134
Rejected Votes:73,617
AAC: 416
ADC: 591
ADP: 439
APC:1,464,768
PDP: 391,593
SDP: 635
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Katsina State
Total No: Reg Voters:3,210,422
Total No: of Accredited:1,628,865
Total Votes Cast:1,619,185
Total Valid Votes:1,555,473
Rejected Votes:63,712
AAC: 186
ADC: 237
ADP: 140
APC: 1,232,133
PDP: 308,056
SDP: 150
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Taraba State
Total No: Reg Voters:1,777,105
Total No: of Accredited: 756,111
Total Votes Cast: 741,564
Total Valid Votes: 712,877
Rejected Votes: 28,687
AAC: 116
ADC: 211
ADP: 136
APC: 324,906
PDP:374,743
SDP: 862
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Cross River State
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,512,915
Total No: of Accredited: 461,033
Total Votes Cast: 446,046
Total Valid Votes: 421,901
Rejected Votes: 24,145
AAC: 242
ADC: 326
ADP: 110
APC: 117,302
PDP: 295,737
SDP: 1,395
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Akwa Ibom State
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,119,727
Total No: of Accredited: 695,677
Total Votes Cast: 605,140
Total Valid Votes: 578,775
Rejected Votes: 26,365

AAC:222
ADC:230
ADP:88
APC:175,429
PDP:395,832
SDP:92
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Delta State:
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,719,313
Total No: of Accredited: 891,647
Total Votes Cast: 882,254
Total Valid Votes: 829,762
Rejected Votes: 52,492
AAC: 1,626
ADC: 1,075
ADP: 241
APC: 221,292
PDP: 594,068
SDP: 1,745
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Borno State
Total No: Reg Voters: 2,319,434
Total No: of Accredited: 987,290
Total Votes Cast: 955,205
Total Valid Votes: 919,786
Rejected Votes: 35,419
AAC: 269
ADC: 301
ADP: 75
APC: 836,496
PDP: 71,788
SDP: 322
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Rivers State
Total No: Reg Voters:3,215,273
Total No: of Accredited:678,167
Total Votes Cast:666,585
Total Valid Votes:642,165
Rejected Votes: 24,420
AAC: 372
ADC: 597
ADP: 295
APC: 150,710
PDP: 473,971
SDP: 1,244
Winner: Atiku Abubakar
Zamfara State:
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,717,128
Total No: of Accredited: 616,168
Total Votes Cast: 597,224
Total Valid Votes: 578,439
Rejected Votes: 18,785
AAC: 186
ADC: 186
ADP: 102
APC: 438,682
PDP: 125,423
SDP: 81
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari
Kebbi state:
Total No: Reg Voters: 1,802,697
Total No: of Accredited: 835,238
Total Votes Cast:803,755
Total Valid Votes:756,605
Rejected Votes:47,150
AAC: 276
ADC: 285
ADP: 205
APC: 581,552
PDP: 154,282
SDP: 2,376
Winner: Muhammadu Buhari

Source: Vanguard Nigeria 

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