The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, in the last general elections, has urged Nigerians to keep hope alive as the party will reclaim its mandate through the tribunal.
Obi made the call when he addressed the 8th stakeholders meeting of the Anambra chapter of PDP in Awka yesterday.
The former two-term governor of Anambra, who said PDP was the solution to Nigeria’s political and economic challenges, said the party had a good case at the ongoing tribunal.
“Election in Nigeria is not easy, after the election, you have to still go to court and queue up, and that is where real money is spent in hiring lawyers, but I must assure you that all hope is not lost and we are progressing steadily.
“The man who is there now has contested for four times before he made it, and we are also confident that in no time, the right thing will be done.
“Nigerians are already disenchanted, so that has made PDP a brand today and marked her out as the only party that can deliver Nigeria,” he said.
Obi applauded the PDP for its ‘impressive’ performance in the last election across the nation, noting that the party won more governorship, national and state assembly seats even in opposite strongholds.
He thanked the party in Anambra State for supporting PDP while urging for more sacrifice from members to enable the party win Anambra in the 2021 governorship election.
Obi promised to stand by the party and help it succeed.
The Anambra PDP stakeholders in a communiqué read after the meeting endorsed the state executive of the chapter led by Chief Ndubuisi Nwobu.
The communiqué, which was signed by Chief Kenneth Enemuo, Dr. Rose Nwankwo and Mrs. Helene Nwaeri, applauded the harmonious relationship among elected members of the party, the leadership and other members.
The party expressed support for Obi and other contestants who were presently in various tribunals in the bid to recover their mandates while calling on the party leadership at the council and ward levels to build the party.
NAN reports that Anambra PDP stakeholders also expressed unwavering support for Chief Uche Secondus-led national leadership and all its policies and actions to make the party stronger.
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Presidential poll: All hope is not lost to reclaim our mandate, Peter Obi tells supporters
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INEC must produce server used for 2019 polls – Peter Obi
Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in the February 23 presidential election Peter Obi says the Peoples Democratic Party will compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to produce the results of the 2019 polls from its server at the Election Petitions Tribunal.
INEC has since denied it had no server where the results of the polls were uploaded.
Atiku and his party are challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the election.
But Obi on Monday said they would emerge victorious at the tribunal, saying the real results of the polls were in INEC’s server.
The former Anambra State governor, who spoke in Atani, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state, insisted his party won the election.
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Peter Obi alleges massive disenfranchisement, rejects presidential results in Anambra
Vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Peter Obi, on Tuesday, said the results declared by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from Anambra state was unacceptable to the party.
He accused the electoral umpire of disenfranchising over 8 million registered voters in the South East Geo-political Zone in the last general election.
Addressing newsmen in his Onitsha residence, Obi further lamented that the election was systematically planned to ensure the zone did not participate fully in the exercise.
He argued that only 20% were able to cast their votes out of 10 million registered voters in the area
He said, “You will recall that on the election day I said that the process was clumsy and we also had major problem of card readers and most people could not vote.
“When over 400,000 Card Readers got burnt it became clear that something was wrong somewhere and INEC could not save the situation and they will not allow people to vote manually.
“But in some other parts of the country people are allowed to vote manually and it was accepted by the electoral body. Now how can you tell me that a state like Yobe and Bornu produced the number of voters that is higher than Anambra and Ebony states put together?
“The two states are areas that have been at war and I wonder how they got Card Readers that are working so well despite the war situation that they found themselves?
Obi regretted the retrogressive disposition the country was tilting to, noting that instead of the country building on achievements of the 2015 general election the country was on a reverse
He added, “The impressive turn out of voters was discouraged by the performance of the electoral body last Saturday.
Obi further decried the harassment and attack members of his party had suffered in the hands of security agencies targeted at intimidating them.
He however hinted that it was not in his powers to announce any demand for the cancellation of the election, saying, “It is left for the party to make its position clear on the matter.”
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Breaking: Atiku floors Buhari in Obi’s LGA
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the presidential election in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra, where Mr Peter Obi, the party’s vice presidential candidate hails from.
PDP polled 30,655 out of the vote cast while the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) got 1,922 and the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 1,055.
Prof. Christopher Ihueze, INEC Collation Officer for the Presidential Election in Anaocha, announced the result on Sunday at Neni, the headquarters of the local government.
Ihueze said the exercise was generally peaceful in the area as there was no report of violence.
Mr. Chris Chikwelu, PDP agent for Anaocha told NAN that the party was impressed with the turnout of voters in the area.
“We are happy that our people came in large numbers to vote for our son and Atiku Abubakar.
“We are very hopeful and prayerful that result of Anaocha will be a reflection of the results in other parts of the country,’’ he said
The agent of APGA and APC declined to react when they were approached.
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PDP coming to put smile on faces of Nigerians — Obi
Mr Peter Obi, Vice-Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), says that his party will bring back smiles to the faces of Nigerians when it wins the Feb. 16 presidential election.
Obi said this while addressing newsmen before embarking on a road show in Awka on Tuesday.
He said PDP would restore the country’s days of economic prosperity which had suffered set back under the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
He said voting back the APC meant “prolonging the suffering in the land”.
According to him, the country is collapsing under the watch of incompetent and incapable people; come out en mass on Feb. 16 and vote out this the APC controlled-government.
“Nigeria has the highest number of poor people in the world today where about 90 millions are poor that is half of the population.
“About 21 million youths are unemployed, nobody is happy with situation in the country today and any person that is happy with the situation is not a normal human being.
“PDP is coming back to restore happiness and lessen the sufferings of the people,’’ he said.
Earlier, Mr Oseloka Obaze, Chairman of Atiku-Obi Presidential Campaign Council in Anambra, said the PDP was coming with positive ideas on how to rebuild Nigeria.
Obaze expressed confidence on the chances of PDP to win the presidential election, saying Nigerians need a new lease of life.
“PDP findings show that Nigerians are not happy with the present government of APC and re-electing them will worsen the sufferings of the people.
“If you vote for the present government to return, things will be worse than we had in the last three years and half.
“They made several promises in 2015 and they have not fulfilled any, we want to restore the economy and human dignity in the next four years,’’ he said.
Obaze said there was nothing to show that PDP governors in South-East were against the Atiku/Obi ticket as no one had come out openly to say he was not supporting it.
“The PDP governors in the South-East are solidly behind Atiku-Obi ticket, so there is no need to worry about,’’ he said.
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Make Peter Obi your friend, Adefarasin tells church members
The Senior Pastor and founder of House on the Rock, Pastor Paul Adefarasin has advised his Church Members to make Peter Obi their friend, saying that he, himself is Peter’s friend.
He said this during the just concluded Communion service at the Rock Cathedral, Lagos.
On the reasons that informed his position, Pastor Adefarasin said that having followed Mr. Obi over the years, that he saw in him the embodiment of those virtues House on the Rock continues to preach which those in public service required to uplift the society in accordance to the ethics of Christ.
The pastor charged all those aspiring to leadership to be humble in full realization that serving the people well and faithfully is also a way of serving God.
A member of the Church who introduced himself as Gbenga Oloye also said that he had followed Mr. Peter Obi and was in total agreement with what the Pastor said.
In his words, “for people like me, the pastor was only preaching to the converted.”, He said he was sure that If Obi would remain the Obi of Anambra State in terms of the work he did in the State as Governor and his conduct in public service that Nigeria would become a changed place.
Speaking at the event, Mr. Peter Obi called on Nigerians to remain prayerful for the country and her leaders so that the leaders would realize that using the resources of the state to work for the state is a win-win for everybody.
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Shagari’s son recalls Jonathan’s solidarity, as ex-President, Obi visit family
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has condoled with the family of late former President Shehu Shagari, describing him as an amiable leader that meant well for Nigeria and the world at large.
Shagari died on Dec. 28, at the National Hospital Abuja and was buried on Saturday in his home town, Shagari in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto state.
Jonathan was accompanied on the visit by Mr Peter Obi, running mate of the 2019 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state, as well as other PDP leaders in the state.
He said the late former president played a key role in the development of Nigeria and the democratic system.
“A unique habit of the late former President, which only those who interacted with him will tell is, he was a very simple and humble man in spite of the various positions he held.
“He possessed a very clean and good heart which he showed clearly in his life time thorough various engagements and activities.
“We are mourning today however, we are still happy because it is not easy to reach the age of 93.
“I believe he has done all the works Allah has asked him to do on earth,’’ Jonathan said.
The former President encouraged family members of the deceased to be happy because their father impacted on all Nigerians.
Also, Peter Obi who represented the Presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, urged Nigerians to emulate the lifestyle of the late former President for the betterment of the country.
Responding, the eldest son of the deceased, Alhaji Bala Shagari thanked former President Jonathan for the visit.
Shagari recalled the concern and solidarity shown by former president Jonathan when their father was ill.
Similarly, the Governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) in Zamfara state, Sen. Sa’idu Dansadau, also described the death of the former President as a great loss to the country, Africa and the whole world at large.
Visitors who thronged the residence of the former President included a former Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida among others.
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TNG year in review: 2018 unforgettable top trend moments in Nigeria
As existence draws curtains on the year 2018, TheNewsGuru (TNG) takes a look back at some unforgettable top trend moments of the year.
With President Muhammadu Buhari emergence as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2015 and as 2018 ushers in another election year to determine if he serves second tenure as a democratic president or is replaced, the years seems to be 3 years in one.
It seems 2018 is the year of the mother of all politics, especially as coalition such as the one seen pre-2015 general elections cropped up, however rickety, in earnest expectations to oust seating president Buhari, whom many in some quarters have judged to have performed below par.
From Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s recent stuttering at the vice presidential debates to former governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose’s ‘I’m in pains, I can’t take this anymore’ gimmicks to small girls who have big gods, 2018 seems to be the year of assurance; assurance?
The unforgettable trend moments in the year 2018 were just dropping, one by one, gbagam, and we bring them to you in this list ‘gbagamly’.
I’m in pains, I can’t take this anymore; EFCC I’m here
2018 would be incomplete without the mention of former governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, who many have judged, alongside Senators Dino Melaye and Ademola Adeleke, as the clowns of Nigerian politics.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlIYyZTHq6M/
While Senator Melaye is the all time musical politician Nigeria has known, and Senator Adeleke won the prize for the best dancer politician, former governor Fayose won the award for Nigeria’s best actor politician.
The year was dramatic when Mr. Fayose appeared on TV donning a neck gear and weeping accusing the Nigerian police to have beaten him up during a rally organised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state capital.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlGFwFSjCeT/
Nigerians will not forget in a hurry the polo t-shirt the former governor put on when he appeared at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Abuja.
BREAKING: @GovAyoFayose present self to @officialEFCC wearing shirt with "EFCC I'M HERE" inscription. Osokomole himself ! 😁😁😁 pic.twitter.com/6A0CvJCdkb
— Olúyẹmí Fásípè AICMC (@YemieFash) October 16, 2018
READ || Fayose arrives EFCC office in company of Wike, FFK [Video]
11 hours in the wilderness
Let’s not forget that our all time musical politician jumped off a moving vehicle in a ‘james bondic’ manner and then went on to spend 11 hours on top of a tree, escaping people, he said wanted to assassinate him.
The lawmaker, who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP alleged that his attackers were policemen.
READ || How I stayed 11 hours on tree top to avoid being assassinated by Police – Melaye
Why we were where were where
PDP’s Vice Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi and his counterpart in APC, Yemi Osinbajo both stole the show as they battled each other at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja in the vice presidential dabate.
The internet was abuzz with uploads of memes, quotes, short videos, other form of excerpts from the debate session and of course Osinbajo’s stuttering caught the attention of Nigerians, who themselves also took over the heated conversation by citing some of the statistics doled out by the several vice presidential candidates to support their arguments who should be Nigeria’s next VP.
Candidly, I did not know how to spell out Osinbajo’s famous stuttering at the debate. Whether it is “why we were where were where” or “why we where were we were”, I really don’t know. But, what we all know is that our amiable VP said what he said. Thats all!
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Transmission transmission, amin, transmission
The police is your friend, so if we laugh over a transmission joke, they will understand. The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris Kpotun transmitted in the course of the year while trying to read his speech during a commissioning event.
Lazy Nigerian youths
President Muhammadu Buhari in April did not take it easy on the Nigerian youth at the Commonwealth Business Forum in London he attended.
He expressed dissatisfaction with the country’s young population he said just want government to hand them everything on a platter.
While the president did not explicitly say Nigerian youths are lazy, Nigerians felt bad by the comments he made that implied so.
One Anthony Okolo questioned the president about the Northeastern region of the country, which actually prompted Buhari’s reaction.
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Iberiberism
Okay, so, if anyone wants a statue of himself at any location of choice in Nigeria, we probably now know who to contract by now. In Imo State, it seems Governor Rochas Okorocha might be having the statue of every Nigerian in the locker room to erect somewhere. Lets not forget this is our happiness governor and the crooner of iberiberism.
What if you come to my state, I have collected N500 billion and the only thing I could show to you is borehole… for me that is what I call iberiberism, Okorochas said in an interview with Channels TV.
Whatever iberiberism meant in that syntactic structure, the term stood among the top trend moments of the year.
NYSC certificate
2018 might not be the best of years for former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun as reports emerged she allegedly skipped the compulsory one year National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) programme and forged her exemption certificate.
Adeosun, who is one of the best ministers, if not the best, President Buhari had was forced to resigned after investigations into the matter. The Adeosun certificate moment is one of the most powerful moments of the year.
Assurance
Of course, it seems 2018 is the year of assurance. If 2018 is not the year of assurance for you, it definitely was for Chioma Avril.
Nigerian music superstar, Davido orchestrated this unforgettable 2018 moment gifting Chioma, his girlfriend, a Porsche car which reportedly costs N45 million.
The 2018 lover boy also took to his Twitter handle to announce a N60 million endorsement deal for Chioma, and it did not end there.
The Nigerian pop star released a high-life mid-tempo song with a follow up Chioma-dedicated music video, in which Davido shows his romantic side, heaping praises on Chioma his lover.
Nigerians sure caught the fever, and 2019 may be the year of insurance.
Sweet Boys Association
Many know him as a rapper and actor, but Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana now loves to be called president of the Sweet Boys Association (SBA).
The entertainer calls SBA a prestigious league of well-mannered, well-clad and purposeful, ambitious gentlemen.
According to Falz, the inaugural members of the Sweet Boys Association are BBNaija star Tobi Bakre, media personality Noble Igwe, fashion designer Mai Atafo, singers Ric Hassani, Adekunle Gold and Banky W, actor Timini Egbuson, among others.
READ || Falz reveals how to become a sweet boy in new video
Sho mo age mi ni
If you have not been living under a rock, the Sho mo age mi ni trend won’t be alien to you. ‘Sho mo age mi ni’ meaning ‘do you know my age?’ is a Yoruba jargon that trended on Nigerian social media platforms especially on Instagram.
The slang, made popular by budding Nigerian actor, Abimbola Kazeem a.k.a Jiganbabaoja, spread like wildfire with celebrities creating comedy skits from the trend.
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READ || How Jigan became a viral sensation with #Shomoagemini trend
Everywhere stew
2018 was the year of stew, as well, and this may echo forth into the year 2019.
Everywhere stew is a slang that can be attributed to Freedom Atsepoyi popularly known as Mr. Jollof, with stew becoming viral after Wizkid released his hit song titled ‘Fever’, in which he featured Tiwa Savage in the video.
Celebrities like D’banj and Don Jazzy also leveraged on the trend by using the slang to talk about their songs and activities.
READ || How ‘stew’ made me a viral sensation – Mr Jollof
Small girl, big god
Personally, I think Naomi Campbell won the ‘small girl, big god’ contest, if it were to be a contest actually. Campbell and Buhari allegedly stumbled upon each other at the launch of the Eko Atlantic City, and it was the talk of the town for a period of time in the year.
Campbell took a snapshot with Buhari and tweeted, “Was a pleasure to be invited by his Excellency, the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, to the private launch of Eko Atlantic @NGRPresident @MBuhari”.
The tweet sparked rage on social media where most Nigerians described the development as a desperate attempt by the Buhari administration to score cheap political points, but the presidency said the model only stumbled on the president.
It even got to the point where a presidential aide labelled some Nigerians “animals”.
Na dem dey rush us
Millennials turned popular Nollywood actor, Mr. Charles Inojie turned ‘Na dem dey rush us’ movie scene to a pop culture in 2018.
Millennials somehow traced the movie scene weaponized for the most viral social media trend of 2018.
Here’s is a full video
“Na them Dey rush us
Na them Dey rush us”
😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/C0KFWyDlQb— H R H 👑 (@RoyalKingUsman) August 8, 2018
Adisa Sam Akolade
When a typical Yoruba man says “I deserve some accolades”, it sounds like a person’s full name, like Adisa Sam Akolade, just like Toke Makinwa found out that “Able God” was not actually “Ebuka”.
Mr. Spellz
Internet sensation, Dede Nne aka Mr. Spellz gained prominence over a viral video he featured in where he misspelt ‘Buhari’, with Nigerians on social media in a bid to imitate his spelling errors created a trend from his mistakes.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqJ1zZmDM2Y/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqJymLPDy7n/
The year 2018 was important, 2019 is importanter.
Did we miss out on any moment that should make TNG’s unforgettable top trend moments of 2018, drop it with a comment below… it’s importantest!
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Vice Presidential Debate: Peter Obi defeats Osinbajo in online polls
Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi has emerged the winner in several social media polls conducted after Friday’s Vice Presidential Debate.
The debate which was organised by the Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) had in attendance other aspirants including the incumbent Vice President, Prof. Osinbajo; Umar Getso of the Young Progressives Party (YPP);Alhaji Abdulganiyu Galadima Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, (ACPN);Khadijah Abdullahi-Iya of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN).
In the separate polls conducted by Kakaaki Social, YNaija, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Premium Times among several other platforms monitored by TheNewsGuru, Peter Obi defeated Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo who was rated as the first runner up.
Peter Obi was also leading a Facebook poll created by online newspaper Premium Times[PT], however, the poll was taken down on PT Facebook page, without any official statement to made to the public.
Who won tonight’s VP debate? #2019Debate #NigeriaDecides2019 #KakaakiSocial
— Kakaaki Social Media (@KakaakiSocial) December 14, 2018
#VPDebate: Who do you think had the best performance in the vice presidential debate? #2019Debate
Vote and retweet.
— Y! Online (@YNaija) December 14, 2018
Rate the candidates. Who performed best at the Vice presidential debate #2019Elections #2019Debate
— VOICE OF NIGERIA (@voiceofnigeria) December 14, 2018
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2019 election: APC Chieftain plays down debates after Obi, Osinbajo, others outing
After the outing of Yemi Osinbajo, Peter Obi and other candidates in the vice presidential debates, immediate past Commissioner for Works in Lagos State has played down importance of the debates.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the former commissioner, Ganiyu Johnson, on Sunday said the debates would not determine who would win the 2019 presidential elections in Nigeria.
Johnson, who recently resigned to run as the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives candidate for Oshodi Isolo II Federal Constituency, made the assertions at an interactive session with newsmen in Lagos.
He spoke against the backdrop of the debate between vice-presidential candidates of five political parties on Saturday and the upcoming Presidential debate scheduled for Jan.19.
It was organised by the Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON).
Johnson argued that though, debates might have counted in other climes, in Nigeria majority of voters do not watch such debates, but vote based on benefits from governance.
He was, however, optimistic that that President Muhammadu Buhari would have a landslides victory at the polls.
Johnson said: “Debates are good for the enlightened, but you cannot use it to judge.
“Most of the viewers are not voters. You can make statistical judgment from it, but it doesn’t affect results or show voting patterns.
“How many market women or ordinary Nigerians tuned in for the debate?
“The elites who did are the ones crediting or discrediting the contestants based on their affiliations and these group of Nigerians hardly vote. Their criticisms and choices end on the internet.
“This is not to say that such debates are bad as it gives an idea of the performances of the present administration and an opportunity for the opposition parties to tell Nigerians who watch and the International community what they could have done differently.
“In this case, it was obvious that there is no alternative to the present administration, having watched the debate and realising that no other party has better plans than the APC.”
Johnson said that the achievements of the Buhari-led administration were being felt by Nigerians across the country and the administration have scored over 80 per cent in performance in less than four years.
“It is the elites that are exaggerating what is not. If you benchmark us today, you will see that our performance is so high in spite of the fact that we met the problems we are tackling.
“We met 16 years of rot, and we have tried to contain them and move the country forward. APC will take Nigeria, not only to the next level, but the desired level,” he said.
On the Wharf Apapa road gridlock, the former Commissioner of Works, said that the only solution was an alternative route.
“While there is need for expansion and serious rehabilitation of the road, only a dedicated route that will run from the port via Snake Island , through Mowe to the Lagos-Ibadan can resolve the gridlock.
“We have already identified this, but it is capital intensive. There must be financial backing to implement such projects,” he said.
Explaining why he resigned to run for election, GAJ said his people clamoured for it, saying “they want me as their representative based on my pedigree of having their interest at heart.
According to him, I also cater for them through my foundation which provides scholarships, support for widows and the elderly, among others.
Johnson said he would bring his experience to bear at the lower chamber of national assembly, if elected.