Its 6 Weeks Of Vacuous Bunkum! Angry Patrick Obahiagbon ReactsTo Election Shift

Former member of the House of Representatives and current Chief of Staff to the Edo State Governor, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon has noted that the postponement of the 2015 polls is a slap on the collective senses of Nigerians.

INEC Chairman refuted claims on Saturday that the postponement is due to low distribution of PVC cards but it is however over the concerns security situation.

“68.2 percent of PVCs collected in Borno, 78 percent in Gombe, 74 percent in Yobe, Adamawa 80 percent. Nobody is forcing us to take this decision,” Jega said.

Asked what would happen if the security situation does not improve, Jega had this to say: “We hope and pray that the security situation improves. The constitution gives at least 30 days for the elections to be held before the handover date”.

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission boss Attahiru Jega said he had been told troops would not be available to help patrol the ballot because they would be fighting Boko Haram militants in the north-east.

The presidential and National Assembly elections will now be held on March 28, while gubernatorial and State House of Assembly on April 11 instead.

Mr. Obahiagbon took to Twitter after the announcement to express his displeasure:

“This a script being played out …”

“It’s been weeks since we first heard..”

“APC said it, AP carried it today… Here is the confirmation…”

“Have to stress it is neither INEC nor Jega’s fault…”

“This is not just an affront on the democratic process, or a golden promise but a slap on the collective senses of Nigerians… The goal post has been shifted…”

“These are not partisan tweets …”

“Not expecting everyone to be rational about this but take a step back and think before you @ me…”

“Don’t even get me started about our much vaunted Security Services and their selective capabilities…”

“The Good news here being that the Boko Haram threat will be dealt with now …”

AP didn’t pluck the news from the air.. They were clearly informed before you…

A further 6 weeks of Vacuous bunkum from Pepper Soup joint objugators…

It was a great time, the short era of disaster euphoria, for nothing enhances pleasures and blocks guilt like a looming cataclysm.

A former dictator is a better choice than a failed president – UK paper blasts Jonathan

Below is an editorial written by UK media company The Economist

SOMETIMES there are no good options. Nigeria goes to the polls on February 14th to elect the next president, who will face problems so large—from rampant corruption to a jihadist insurgency—that they could break the country apart, with dire consequences for Nigerians and the world. And yet, as Africa’s biggest economy stages its most important election since the restoration of civilian rule in 1999, and perhaps since the civil war four decades ago, Nigerians must pick between the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, who has proved an utter failure, and the opposition leader, Muhammadu Buhari, a former military dictator with blood on his hands. The candidates stand as symbols of a broken political system that makes all Nigeria’s problems even more intractable. Start with Mr Jonathan, whose People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has run the country since 1999 and who stumbled into the presidency on the death of his predecessor in 2010. The PDP’s reign has been a sorry one. Mr Jonathan has shown little willingness to tackle endemic corruption. When the governor of the central bank reported that $20 billion had been stolen, his reward was to be sacked. Worse, on Mr Jonathan’s watch much of the north of the country has been in flames. About 18,000 people have died in political violence in recent years, thousands of them in January in several brutal attacks by Boko Haram, a jihadist group that claims to have established its “caliphate” in territory as large as Belgium. Another 1.5m people have fled their homes. The insurgency is far from Mr Jonathan’s southern political heartland and afflicts people more likely to vote for the opposition. He has shown little enthusiasm for tackling it, and even less competence. Quick to offer condolences to France after the attack on Charlie Hedbo, Mr Jonathan waited almost two weeks before speaking up about a Boko Haram attack that killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of his compatriots.

The single bright spot of his rule has been Nigeria’s economy, one of the world’s fastest-growing. Yet that is largely despite the government rather than because of it, and falling oil prices will temper the boom. The prosperity has not been broadly shared: under Mr Jonathan poverty has increased. Nigerians typically die eight years younger than their poorer neighbours in nearby Ghana.

Goodbye Jonathan

Voters have ample cause to send Mr Jonathan packing. In a country where power has often changed through the barrel of a gun, the opposition All Progressives Congress has a real chance of winning through the ballot box. Yet its candidate, Mr Buhari, is an ex-general who, three decades ago, came to power in a coup. His rule was nasty, brutish and mercifully short. Declaring a “war against indiscipline”, he ordered whip-wielding soldiers to ensure that Nigerians formed orderly queues. His economics, known as Buharism, was destructive. Instead of letting the currency depreciate in the face of a trade deficit, he tried to fix prices and ban “unnecessary” imports. He expelled 700,000 migrants in the delusion that this would create jobs for Nigerians. He banned political meetings and free speech. He detained thousands, used secret tribunals and executed people for crimes that were not capital offences. Should a former dictator with such a record be offered another chance? Surprisingly, many Nigerians think he should. One reason is that, in a country where ministers routinely wear wristwatches worth many times their annual salary, Mr Buhari is a sandal-wearing ascetic with a record of fighting corruption. Few nowadays question his commitment to democracy or expect him to turn autocratic: he has repeatedly stood for election and accepted the outcome when he lost. He would probably do a better job of running the country, and in particular of tackling Boko Haram. As a northerner and Muslim, he will have greater legitimacy among villagers whose help he will need to isolate the insurgents. As a military man, he is more likely to win the respect of a demoralised army. We are relieved not to have a vote in this election. But were we offered one we would—with a heavy heart—choose Mr Buhari. Mr Jonathan risks presiding over Nigeria’s bloody fragmentation. If Mr Buhari can save Nigeria, history might even be kind to him.

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Kelly Hansome Doesn’t Need A Reply – M.I

Rapper MI established himself as the best rapper in Nigerian again after he dropped his new album.

He hasn’t been a very controversial artiste and he recently mended fences with Kelly Hansome; or at least that’s what Kelly Hansome claimed.

In a new interview with Saturday Beats, Kelly Hansome said he made MI popular.

Saturday Beats reached out to MI to confirm if truly Kelly made him popular, the Africa rapper no 1 said: –

I read the article but I don’t think that is exactly what he was saying.

I understand that it is all about publicity but there are some comments that do not need response. Of course, Kelly Hansome and I have met, we have spoken and we have a cordial relationship.

If Kelly Hansome said he made MI, I don’t think it is something I need to respond to. I think MI’s success is self-evident and that is the truth.”

MI also talked about beef with Olamide, the rapper said: –

“I am a huge fan of Olamide; people do not realise how much I appreciate what he is doing right now.

He is not alone because there are other indigenous rap artistes like Reminisce and their music is amazing.

What they are doing has never been done before apart from that of the late Da Grin.

They should be supported. However, I have no problem with Olamide.

We see each other and we are friendly towards each other but I will not say that we are close friends.

I am happy about his success. He is even on my album and we do not have any form of beef”

Timaya Was My Boy And I Showed Him How To Be Successful – Eedris Abdulkareem

In November 2005, Eedris Abdulkareem launched his own record label, ‎La Kreem Entertainment along with the release of his 4th album, Letter to Mr. President.

He, however didn’t officially sign artistes but just used the brand to help promote new acts and in a chat, Eedris revealed that Timaya once worked for him.

‘Wisdom is everything in life, and as La Kreem Entertainment, we did everything possible to push acts like Timaya and others. Timaya was my boy, he was brought from the street and I showed him how to be successful, I asked him to go back to Bayelsa read about the history and do a song for his people which he did, even though he praises himself in most of his songs now.

‘Whether he likes it or not, he’s a social crusader because he learnt from me even though he never told the press that he worked for me before and that’s why he’s successful because for you to pass through my entertainment company, it simply means you must be super good,’

Eedris said.

N6.87Trillion Stolen From Nigeria Yearly — AU Report

Nigeria, the world’s seventh largest producer of hydrocarbon, accounts for about 68.1 per cent of the total revenue Africa is losing annually as a result of illegal transfer of revenues abroad.

The report of the Thabo Mbeki High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa adopted on Sunday by African Union Heads of State and Government at their summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia said about $40.9billion (about N6.87trillion) of an estimated $60billion (about N10.08trillion) lost through such transfers from Africa are traced to Nigeria.

The funds are stolen through corruption, tax evasion and illegal transfer of profits by multinationals, the AU said.

Nigeria, which produces an average of 2.3million barrels of oil daily as the leading hydrocarbon producer in Africa, is being ravaged by poverty and underdevelopment.

The report also identified Egypt and Morocco as the other countries with the largest estimates of illicit financial flows statistics of $28.2billion and $20.3billion respectively.

Cumulatively, Nigeria and Egypt topped the list of ten African countries by illicit financial transfers between 1970 and 2008, with $217.7billion (about N36.57trillion), or 30.5 per cent, and $105.2billion (about N17.67trillion), or 14.7 per cent respectively, while South Africa had $81.8billion (about N13.74trillion), or 11.4 per cent.

Concerned by the high losses through these illegal transfers, which was identified in 2011 as one of the threats to the inability of most resource-rich countries in Africa to meet their millennium development goals, MDGs, the AU at its 4th Joint African Union Commission/United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, AUC/ECA, Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development constituted the Mbeki Panel to review the underlying issues stalling Africa’s accelerated and sustained development objective.

At the presentation of the report on Saturday, the panel gave a set of recommendations that would guide African leaders in checking the growing threats of the menace to the continent’s economy, including the activities of extremist groups, instability, and poverty.

Part of the recommendations included a system that would allow automatic exchange of tax information among African countries and globally to check illegal profits shifting by multinational corporations to subsi

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