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More than 50 years before the creation of Nigeria as a united entity, Lagos is already a major centre of modern civilisation. Lagos history is rich in Yoruba tradition, trade and commerce, infrastructural development and cosmopolitanism." -EXTRACTED In the past few days, i have followed the unhealthy debate between easterners in Lagos and their host and i must say that such is really uncalled for. No tribe or race is an island of knowledge and civilisation. At one time or the other, each one of them contributed in one way or the other. While it is proper for every one to feel good about themselves and try as much as possible to amplify in a good way, their importance and contribution to the society they live in, it is also very crucial to take into account, the reality of other factors without attempting to ridicule the contribution of others. I therefore advise all those joining the discuss to thread with caution and avoid things that are capable of setting our peop

By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat Most popular US senator, Bernie Sanders has announced is entrance into the 2020 US presidential race. Two days ago, the runner up to Hilary Clinton in the race to 2016 democratic nomination launched is 2020 campaign at Brooklyn with over 1 million volunteers across the country. People ordinarily wouldn’t vote for any unknown third party. This is the same all over the world. Voting for an unknown third party will be extremely hard, especially a third party, whose campaign they are not seeing on TV and Radio almost all the time. But you can still break the jinx, says Bernie Sanders, a strong U.S presidential candidate in the 2016 general election, now the major candidate in the race for 2020. Before venturing into politics, many thought it was impossible for a third party candidate to win election in U.S. To a lot of people, only Democrats and Republican are destined to win, but Bernie disagreed. He believed that, if Democrats and Republican can do i

Kwara Must Change 1. Alh. LAK Jimoh was the first politician in modern history of Kwara state to use the O TO GE slogan in a campaign. O TO GE simply means, Enough is Enough.  Alhaji Jimoh first used the slogan in 2011 when he was contesting the Kwara Central Senatorial seat under the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Bukola Saraki eventually won the ticket and went ahead to represent Kwara Central at the Senate.  While the slogan wasn't popular at the time, there's no taking away the fact that Alh LAK Jimoh used it first and could be rightly credited to be the originator. 2. 8 years later, the slogan idea was pitched again in 2018 immediately after the All Progressive Congress primary election in Kwara State. After the APC primary election, Islamic singer, Aminat Obirere produced a song titled o to ge as part of a joint album coordinated by Kwara Must Change to promote the candidature of APC governorship candidate, Alh. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The album itself was titled

........ call on Nigerians to trust INEC An independent Non Governmental Organisation, Foundation for Peace Professionals (FPP) has called on the Nigerian people to have faith in their country & give chance to Government Institutions like Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), being the Nigerian electoral body to finish up what its started. The elections cannot be concluded if announcement of Presidential election results cannot be made. The organisation frowned at reckless statements coming from political parties, organisations and foreign  individuals aimed at heating up the polity just to pitch Nigerians against each other. In a statement issued by the Executive Director, Abdulrazaq Hamzat, FPP stated that after the successful conduct of the 2019 general election, the two leading political parties in Nigeria have been raising false alarms without basis. According to Hamzat, "the baseless and unsubstantiated alarms being raised by the ruling All Progress

There was rainfall between 2AM-2:30AM early this morning in Oyan kingdom. But, this is not the first time such is happening. What is impressive about the early morning ran is the amazing look in the sky The sky of Oyan kingdom this morning looks so amazing. Its Wow!!! Mr Stephen Oke, who reported the situation in Oyan Kingdom stated that, you may ask any meteorologist or geographer around you if you care to know the meanings of those looks. From the beautiful look of these images, Oyan is a place to be. There's much more to this beautiful kingdom than many know.

...maintains lead over Buhari, Atiku in online engagement after election postponement A few days after the postponement of 2019 Presidential election in Nigeria, the presidential candidate of the People's Trust (PT), Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has maintained the lead as most popular presidential candidate online. The weekly social media rating of presidential candidates’engagements on the popular online platform, Facebook, on Tuesday showed that Mr. Olawepo-Hashim is still leading as the most popular Presidential candidate online, 3 days to the new date of the postponed election. The latest data by an Abuja based research outfit, Grand Plan , showed that Mr. Hashim was ahead of the incumbent President and All Progressive Congress, APC’s Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari and major opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Mr.Hashim who first overtook President Buhari and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on 10th December 2018

Full statement COMMUNIQUE OF THE SELECTION PROCESS OF THE CONSENSUS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE THIRD FORCE IN NIGERIA CONDUCTED BY ADD Friday, 15th February 2019 ADD, Third Force Coalition adopts Olawepo Hashim as Consensus Presidential Candidate for 2019..... asks Nigerians to vote the pyramid symbol of PT in Saturday's  elections Following months of consultations dilly dally and rigmarole, the process of picking  a consensus Presidential flagbearer among new breed Presidential hopefuls of the political third force for the 2019 elections climaxed today in Nigeria as over seven million Nigerians mostly youths and women among others voted to pick a consensus Presidential Candidate At the end of voting on Thursday the poll Moderator and Spokesperson of Alliance for Defence of Democracy ADD, organisers of the third force primary polls declared Gbenga Olawepo Hashim, Presidential  Candidate of an emergent mega party, the People's Trust PT as the Consensus President

The hate we instigate against each other will not consume the land we live on, the tribe we belong or the religion we practice, it would only  consume us, the people, irrespective of tribe, region or religion. Although, I may not be able to tell you how we could solve the herdsmen problem, but i know how we won’t ever solve it. Instigating hate against each other will never solve the problem. This is something we all know, yet we continue to do the same thing over and over again. That's bad. Some myopic people are quick to claim that division is a way out. But what do they know? I will only refer them to India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan have hated each other for more than 70years. Here is why. The British colonized Indian for more than 200 years and Indians weren’t happy about it. All the people’s rage were directed at the British and to put stop to such rage, British had an idea, ‘’divide and rule’’. What does that mean? Muslims against Hindu’s, against Sikhs, ag

*Amaechi,Israali Firm in  Contract Scam Few days to the Nigerian elections,African Transparency International has raised alarm over a $195 million campaign fund scam against Buhari campaign organisation ,fingering Transportation Minister ,Rotimi Amaechi and an Israeli security firm.  The group at a press briefing in Abuja alleged that the presidential campaign of the All Progressive Congress is been bankrolled by an Israeli company with a contract interest with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Transportation. Addressing a select group of journalists in Abuja,the Operation Director of the group,Demba Abdulahi disclosed that  HSLI Systems and Technology Limited had a $195 security waterway contract with the Nigerian government until it was terminated last year by the Federal Government. The group alleged that prior to the termination of the contract,the company had been paid $50 million which was never refunded,submitting that the said payment is allegedly being diverted to f

The weekly social media rating of presidential candidates engagements on the popular online platform, Facebook, on Tuesday showed that the candidate of Peoples Trust (PT), Mr. Gbenga Hashim is still leading as most popular Presidential candidate online 3 days to the 2019 Presidential election. The latest data shows that Mr. Hashim leads the incumbent President and All Progressive Congress APC’s Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari and major opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Mr Hashim who first overtook President Buhari and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on 10th December 2018 has remained on top with the highest engagements on social media consecutively ever since. Going by the data on Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 in Abuja, Gbenga-Hashim recorded Facebook engagements in excess of 63,000 this week, while Atiku Abubakar who came behind him, recorded 56,000+. Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhamm

There is a wise saying that goes thus, "only foolish people take the same action that has consistently failed them and expect positive outcome". Nigeria today is at a crossroad, no thanks to the incompetent and failed leadership of the political elites that have been taking turns among themselves to enslave Nigerians since 1999, I mean both the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressive Congress. These two parties and their candidates, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari respectively, have been going about spending public funds to convince Nigerians to vote them in the February 16 Presidential election even though they both have damaged antecedents and they naturally should be begging a judge to reduce their jail terms if it were in saner climes. Atiku Abubakar was Vice President for 8 years and was notorious for looting everything he came in contact with, including funds for Petroleum Development Trust Fund. His colleague in looting and American Co

...as Dan Suleiman uncovers plot to split the region  By Our Reporter Barely a few days to the presidential election, leaders of the Middle Belt and groups in the region have reiterated their support for the candidate of the People's Trust (PT), Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim. The leaders who addressed hundreds of groups that converged on Abuja took a swipe at politicians who are allegedly causing divisions within their fold. They insisted that Olawepo-Hashim remained their choice for the presidency and would vote for him in the scheduled  February 16 election. The Middle  Belt leaders included, among others, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (retd.), Dr Musa Moda, Elizabeth Jibrin, Dr Emmanuel Enecheyo, Dr Ene, Captain Agada Joe (retd.), and Hon. Jonathan Asake. They said they had resolved to leave no stone unturned in actualizing the political emancipation of the region. They claimed that the reported Middle Belt endorsement of the the presidential candidate of the People&#

The Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria has urged all stakeholders in the coming elections to play by the rules and ensure free and fair elections nationwide. In a statement signed by the president of the association, Mr Chris Kehinde Nwandu, the association urged politicians not to see the coming elections as a do or die affair. “This is an opportunity for electorates to exercise their civic responsibility to select leaders without fear of violence. Violence is inimical to conducting a credible election. Politicians are therefore advised not to heat up the polity or incite their followers to violence,” the statement says.  The Guild also urged INEC to remain as an unbiased umpire, saying: “We strongly believe that INEC should be completely independent. On no account should INEC be perceived as being biased by either the electorates or election observers. “We urge everyone to vote because bad politicians are not born, they are created by some good people who don’t vote.

National Human Rights Commission( NHRC ) has condemned in strong terms the statement credited to the Kaduna State Governor ,Mallam Nasir El-Rufai warning that foreigners who interfere with the forthcoming elections 'will go back in body bags.' In a statement by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq in Abuja Friday, the Commission called on politicians to refrain from actscapable of instigating violence ahead of the elections. According to the Commission the Kaduna State Governor's statement is unacceptable and should be condemned by all and sundry. The Commission calls on the governor to retract the statement in the light of the dangerous signal it could send to both Nigerians and the international community. The Commission stated that it will invoke the weight of the legal instruments within its mandate on the governor and any other persons who may indulge in such hateful statements in the name of politics. It calls on the international obs

A leader of the Middle Belt Forum, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (Rtd) has said that the Forum will stick to its earlier endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Trust (PT) for the 2019 election, Mr. GBENGA Olawepo-Hashim. Suleiman, who stated this at a meeting with members of the Forum in Abuja said that he and a number of the Forum's members were not carried along in the adoption of former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (Pdp) in the February 16 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by the ethnic Nationality groups cutting across the North and South. The Pan Yoruba socio political organisation, Afenifere, Northern Elders Forum (NEF), the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Pan- Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and the Middle Belt Forum had on Sunday announced the adoption of Atiku Abubakar as candidate of the regions in the February 16 election. But Dan Suleiman, who addressed members of the MIDDLE Belt Forum in Abuja, said that the majority o

A survey conducted by leading Pro-Democracy group in Kwara State, Kwara Must Change (KMC) has indicated that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may not, in the 2019 general election, win any seat in the home state of Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. This is contrary to the assumptions of people outside Kwara State that have been projecting Kwara as a strong hold of the PDP. The survey conducted by Kwara Must Change (KMC) about 2 weeks ago revealed that the Senate President will not return to the Senate and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will lose the upcoming election in Kwara State with a very wide margin. According to Kwara Must Change president, Abdurazaq Hamzat in a statement during the week, the survey was separately conducted for the 3 senatorial districts and the result shows that in Kwara Central, where senate President Bukola Saraki is running for senate for the 3rd term, the All Progressive Congress (APC) will win by 75%, leaving only 25% for the PD

......says no plan to step down for APC or PDP The Presidential candidate of People’s Trust (PT), Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has urged Nigerians to support his candidacy for rapid economic development that will lift the masses out of abject poverty, saying 70% of Nigerians voters are yet to decide who to vote for among the presidential candidates less than 11 days to the 2019 election. Similarly, Olawepo-Hashim said he had no plan to step down for either the APC's Muhammadu Buhari or Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, expressing the confidence that the two candidates are beatable with their parties' woeful performances since 1999. The Presidential hopeful who spoke during campaign in Akure, the Ondo state capital to solicit votes of the people of the state, advised electorates to reject the two political parties that had failed them and the country in the last twenty years. Mr Olawepo-Hashim who was accompanied by his Campaign Director-General and former transport minister, M

The wind of Otoge movement (Enough is Enough) in Kwara State is currently blowing all across Nigeria to an extent that other opposition states in the country are adopting the slogan to advance their quest for freedom and political emancipation. After the 2015 election, Leading Pro-Democracy group in Kwara popularly known as Kwara Must Change (KMC) has been leading the charge to liberate Kwara State from oppression and the grip of Bukola Saraki led dynasty. The group, along with others did a lot in terms of creating massive sensitization and the result is the unrivaled awareness of the people of Kwara, giving birth to the OTOGE movement. Since the adoption of OTOGE as the slogan by All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kwara State, the ruling dynasty has been running here and there to slow down the unstoppable growth of the opposition, but like a moving train, the OTOGE movement is unstoppable until victory is attained. At first, it was just Kwarans in different state of the feder

A leading Pro-Democracy group in Kwara State, Kwara Must Change has listed names of people whose lives have been put under consistent threat by political thugs loyal to the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State. In a statement by the group’s State coordinator, Comrade Yusuf Olatunji, Kwara Must Change stated that some government critics and opposition leaders are being targeted by political thugs and assassins in the state. Recall that recently, several people were shot during an All Progressive Congress (APC) campaign in Ilorin. Kwara Must Change stated that in 2018, immediately after the All Progressive Congress (APC) won by-election in Kwara South, the winner of the election, Hon. Abdulraheem Ajulo Opin and the APC governorship candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq were attacked by political thugs on their way to Ilorin. Similarly, the APC governorship candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and other APC leaders in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital were recently rescue

Women and youth groups in Kebbi state have refused to attend presidential campaign of People's Democratic Party (PDP). They declared support and rally for the presidential candidate of People’s Trust Mr Gbenga Olawepo Hashim. State coordinator of the People’s Trust in Kebbi state, Alhaji Garba Yauri said on Saturday in an interview on the occasion, that the groups have vowed not to support other presidential candidates in 2019 but People’s Trust Olawepo Hashim because he knew their problems and would represent them in government. According to him, “these youths and women are not happy with the major presidential candidates. Some have graduated for the past 8 years with no job.They are agitating for a generational change in leadership. They believe one of their own,Gbenga Olawepo Hashim of the People’s Trust is the only person who could make life meaningful in 2019.” The youth and women groups that converged on the state capital , also reiterated their support to an aspir

Presidential candidate of People’s Trust (PT) in the scheduled February 16 election, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has called on the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee and the Nigeria Judicial Council (NJC) to intervene and amicably resolve the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, in order to avert political and constitutional crises. Olawepo-Hashim made the call against the backdrop of the combative and intransigent position taken by President Muhammadu Buhari who last Friday acted on a black market ex-parte order procured at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to suspend Onnoghen and swear in his stead Justice Tanko Mohammed as acting CJN. He said in an interview on Monday in Abuja that all presidential candidates, including President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, were made to sign a peace, which among others, was to ensure peace before and after the election. Olawepo-Hashim, however, lamented that the suspension of

Leading Pro-Democracy group in Kwara State, Kwara Must Change has uncovered plans to threaten and if possible, eliminate some critics and opposition leaders in the state ahead of 2019 general election. The group made this known in a statement of alarm, made to caution those behind the plot as well as put the security agencies on notice. In a statement by the group’s State coordinator, Comrade Yusuf Olatunji over the weekend, Kwara Must Change stated that some government critics and opposition leaders are being targeted by political thugs and assassins and it suspected that this unholy plan is the handiwork of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The group therefore cautions PDP and its leader, Senator Bukola Saraki, urging them to desist from going on with the violent plan ahead of the election, warning that should anything happen to any of the targeted people, the Senate President and the Kwara State government shall be held liable and responsible. Recently, Kwara Mu

PEOPLE’S Trust (PT) presidential candidate, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim recently move closer to achieving his aspiration to become president of Nigeria with the Middle Belt Forum adopting him as its candidate for the February 16 election. Leaders of the forum, at a meeting in Abuja, ratified the choice of Olawepo-Hashim, capping a process that started some six months earlier. The forum’s leader, former Plateau State Military Governor Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (retd), who announced the news to a gathering of its elders in Abuja, said the choice of Olawepo-Hashim has been ratified by the forum. The forum has presence in 12 of 19 Northern states, its leaders said. The leaders also added that the new development could alter the calculations ahead of the 2019 election. Explaining why Olawepo Hashim was adopted by the middle belt region, he said, the journey for the ratification of a common Middle Belt candidate started, when the Southern leaders asked the Middle Belt to produce

PRESS STATEMENT BY APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL ON ATIKU’S CLANDESTINE VISIT TO THE U.S In our press release issued on Sunday, December 30, 2018, titled “WHEN THE THIEF IS SHOUTING THIEF”: THE CASE OF ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR”, we correctly predicted as follows: “By running for President of Nigeria, Atiku intends to get some immunity from prosecution. Already he is hoping to obtain a visa to visit the US, as a guest of the State department, a concession that the US will grant to a Presidential candidate of Africa’s biggest Nation”. Therefore, we were not surprised by his visit to the U.S. For us, this visit is really a non-event considering the issues involved in the forthcoming election. However, we have bad news for those who think this is a momentous event for Atiku Abubakar: the visit was nothing but a downright catastrophe because rather than dispel the fact of indictments hanging over his head, it further confirms and reinforces those facts for the following reasons: (1