Nigeria 2015 Presidential Elections Prediction

As Predicted by Ike Onwubuya 20 March 2015

Geo Poly	State	Predicted % APC	Predicted % PDP	Registered Voters	Predicted Votes APC	Predicted Votes PDP
North East	Adamawa	55%	43%	1,682,907	462,799	360,694
	Bauchi	89%	10%	2,502,609	1,421,031	164,695
	Borno	90%	9%	2,570,349	1,145,090	109,950
	Gombe	70%	29%	1,208,927	494,209	202,029
	Taraba	45%	54%	1,279,394	318,377	378,855
	Yobe	80%	17%	1,203,324	436,085	93,072
North East		77%	23%	10,447,510	4,277,593	1,309,296
North Central	Abuja	40%	58%	892,628	150,676	218,844
	Benue	30%	69%	2,340,718	307,570	706,260
	Kogi	38%	61%	1,305,533	211,836	338,921
	Kwara	55%	43%	1,125,035	222,757	173,658
	Nasarawa	54%	45%	1,291,876	348,807	292,585
	Niger	70%	28%	2,427,081	795,112	313,254
	Plateau	30%	69%	2,082,725	390,511	902,627
North Central		45%	55%	11,465,596	2,427,268	2,946,149
North West	Jigawa	70%	27%	1,817,087	719,930	279,248
	Kaduna	60%	39%	3,743,815	1,478,058	969,114
	Kano	87%	12%	4,751,818	2,199,331	291,418
	Katsina	74%	24%	2,928,046	1,135,379	370,904
	Kebbi	60%	37%	1,459,734	493,974	307,953
	Sokoto	70%	26%	2,113,698	593,315	221,881
	Zamfara	81%	17%	1,802,301	754,750	162,549
North West		74%	26%	18,616,499	7,374,737	2,603,068
South East	Abia	20%	80%	1,387,844	216,226	862,394
	Anambra	5%	95%	1,784,536	51,305	971,757
	Ebonyi	8%	91%	1,020,011	39,087	443,800
	Enugu	5%	94%	1,313,128	41,035	774,381
	Imo	32%	68%	1,672,666	447,472	947,345
South East		17%	83%	7,178,185	795,125	3,999,677
South South	Akwa Ibom	10%	90%	1,621,798	123,581	1,106,944
	Bayelsa	5%	95%	590,679	25,281	479,657
	Cross River	7%	92%	1,169,469	51,737	682,740
	Delta	15%	85%	2,044,372	212,819	1,199,223
	Edo	40%	59%	1,593,488	239,023	353,910
	Rivers	30%	70%	2,466,977	564,691	1,312,190
South South		19%	81%	9,486,783	1,217,133	5,134,664
South West	Ekiti	40%	58%	688,950	94,248	136,246
	Lagos	66%	32%	5,426,391	1,138,891	553,673
	Ogun	72%	25%	1,796,024	362,078	127,527
	Ondo	30%	69%	1,472,237	132,943	304,214
	Osun	80%	17%	1,318,120	417,580	90,163
	Oyo	65%	32%	2,487,132	543,190	266,364
South West		65%	35%	13,188,854	2,688,931	1,478,186
Grand Total		52%	48%	70,383,427	18,780,786	17,471,040

Random Songs on Ipod pt 1

1. Ice Prince - Aboki

Very good song from Ice Prince Zamani. not as catchy as Oleku but very good on the ears nonetheless.

Fave Line: I was Ice prince then one shangai, but now they call me that function guy


2.  Souls Of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity




I first heard this song about 20 years ago and have loved it ever since. Its a travesty Souls of Mischief did not achieve the success I believe they deserve from the music business. Great song especially if you like your hip-hop native tongue style

Fave Line: Greenbacks in stacks, don't even ask
Who got the fat sacks? We can max pumpin' fat tracks

3.  Dr. Victor Olaiya - Baby Mi Da (Baby Jowo) remix ft 2Face Idibia




This song is a classic. A remix of Dr Victor Olaiya's song done over 40 years ago. 2face added a modern twang to the song. It really has street credibilty. It also has a very nice video. To think Victor Olaiya was in his 80s when this song was done is testament to the talent of the man. baba e still dey body!

Fave Line: Laga this laga that (Hen Na so)
Laga yi laga mi (Haha baba, baba e still dey body o)

4. Champion Remix- General Pype ft. Dagrin, Vector, Naeto C, Sasha& GT

This is one of those Nigerian ensemble collabos that really work. Everyone brings some different to the table. General Pype on the chorus bringing in the dancehall ragga, Dagrin with the indigenous rap, Naeto C and Vector on the hip-hop tip, GT on the soul and RnB and Sasha bringing the female rap dimension. A really good joint. RIP DaGrin

Fave Line: Now I stand like Kanu Nwankwo in '96

5.  Deep Cover  - Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg




This song introduced Snoop Dogg to the world and he hasn't looked back since. This is real west coast hip hop. A classic and one of the top 100 rap songs of all time

Fave Line: Creep with me as I crawl through the hood, Maniac, lunatic, call 'em Snoop Eastwood

6. Peacock's Guitar Band - Eddie Quansa 




Most Nigerians will remember this song as the theme tune to the TV play "The New Masquerade" popularly called Zebrudaya. All you get in the theme tune is just snippets but the full song is really a classic. Sounds like a ditty to Aba and its merchants in the 70's but if you look past the language barrier and all the praise singing its really an evergreen song that has stood the test of time

Fave Line: Aba ma ndi Aba

7.  Craig Mack feat. Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Rampage, Busta Rhymes - Flava In Ya Ear (Remix) 




Here comes the brand new Flava in ya ear! Banging track from Craig Mack his best joint to date. this remix has it all and the delivery from Biggie and LL were just first class. Busta Rhymes was also very good in it. How Craig Mack didn't go to the next level really baffles me. The beats on this are very good as well. Produced by Easy Mo Bee

Fave Line: You're mad cause my style you're admiring. Don't be mad, UPS is hiring

8. Phyno Ft. Olamide  - Ghost Mode

Yoruba rap meets Igbo rap. Two of the best in the rap game combine to produce this slamming track

Fave Line: Ghost Mode, you no dey see me

9. Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone

One of the best songs from Janet Jackson. Qtip was also very good in this. Nice video as well

Fave Line: You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone

10. Slick Rick - Hey Young World



Slick Rick the Ruler, the Grandmaster of the art of storytelling. This is one of the guys that made me fall in love with rap music. He delivers in the story telling style and his early songs are really good. Hey Young World is off the album Great Adventures of Slick Rick. That was his first and best album. And yeah, for those who don't know, he is actually English!

Fave Line: Have you forgotten... who put you on this Earth?
Who brought you up right... and who loved you since your birth?

What do you want from the bank?

Titus is a young rich bachelor who is known for being a very cheerful giver. He is at present courting three beautiful girls and he believes it's high time for him to settle down and get married. After listening to the song Eminado by Tiwa Savage and Don Jazzy he came up with a test that would help him determine which of his three prospects would be the best marriage material.  His favourite part of the song is when Don Jazzy asks “what do you want from the bank?”. An idea came to him that this will be a good criteria to help him in making a decision. He decides to put a phone call to each of the girls, telling them that he just arrived at the banking hall and asks them what they wanted from the bank. The answer to this question should tell Oga Titus a lot about the suitability of the girlfriend for marriage. Or would it?

Prospect number one called Charity did not even wait for him to finish the question before asking whether the amount is in Naira, Pounds or Dollars.  When he said Naira, she boldly replied she can manage anything from 50 million. From her reply he perceives this one is not here for the long term, she only wants to bleed him dry at the earliest opportunity and definitely not marriage material. She is not thinking of him as a partner and is only in the relationship for what she can get for herself. He believes she views this as her one opportunity to “hammer” and is grabbing it with both hands. Then again she has shown that she can be bold and aggressive and an ambitious go-getter, qualities a lot of people expect in the modern wife. He is also flattered that she thinks he is worth in excess of the amount she has quoted. On second thought, was she just joking or pulling his legs? which reasonable person would ask for such an amount even if it is Dangote that asked you?

Prospect number two called Faith is quite excited and feels over the moon at being asked. She requested for a very specific 1.5 million Naira. She is definitely a reasonable person who although wants the good things of life is not with him just for the money or material gains. She sees a future with him and would want something for herself now but also leave enough for them to share in the future. However, he is puzzled she gave him what he thought was a well rehearsed and specific amount. Does she have a pressing issue that this amount will solve?  If that is the case he wondered why she is not sharing her issues with him. On the other hand, if she was so good why did she even ask for any money? What she may deem as reasonable may be excessive after all she does not know the size of his bank account.

Prospect number three called Hope was totally non-committal. Though grateful for being asked, blatantly refused to give an amount and told him to use his "church mind". He tried to push her into saying an amount but the lady wasn’t one for pushing. This one sent his mind into overdrive. Is she for real? who in Nigeria does not like awoof?  This one looks like a keeper, she will do whatever he pleases and leaves the decision making to him. She is not extravagant or materialistic and will make do with whatever she is given. She also seems to be well brought up and not too forward. Then again, is it just a ploy? when someone tell you to use your “church mind” it's almost like saying “give me what you think I’m worth”. In most cases, people who leave you to your own discretion seem to get more. So is she playing a very tactical game? Is she showing him her good side while they are courting only for her to show the real her when he puts a ring on it? Maybe this shows she lacks ambition and would be docile and show too much deference in a marriage. If the going gets tough will she be able to hustle or will she always look to him to provide the daily bread whatever the weather.

A harmless question can tell you a lot about the thinking of people however what we make of their responses should tell us much more about ourselves.

New day, New week

It's a new day today and also the beginning of a new week. I am determined to make this week better than last week. Last week was a bit disappointing, received some setback but I will not let it demoralise me. I will rise above any disappointment and use it to my advantage. I am using it as the tonic and springboard to make this week a fruitful one. I Have started the week on a good note. Highly motivated to make a significant difference. In life the only person that can defeat you is yourself, within reason. I am inspired to excel myself and the bring out the exceptional qualities I believe I possess.

It's always good to start the day with prayers. Even if you are not religious or believe in the efficacy of prayers, it always works as a good motivational vehicle for us. You pray for what you wish and you put yourself in action to achieve this. It's almost like setting yourself objectives, you believe God will grant you your wishes but you also have to do your part. As they say heaven helps those who helps themselves. God will only assist you if you are willing to play a part in achieving what you pray for.

Procrastination is indeed the thief of time. It is also my greatest weakness. I have spent many a valuable time doing more pleasurable things at the expense of what is important and indeed less pleasurable. It is difficult to break the habit of a lifetime but I believe the way to tackle this is to set yourself small but achievable targets that you can meet relatively easy and boost your confidence.

Not an email: Ex-Nigerian dictator's assets frozen - MiamiHerald.com

BY KEVIN G. HALL

MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU - MIAMI HERALD

Gen Sani Abacha

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department said Wednesday it has frozen $458 million in corruption-derived assets from  accounts belonging to Nigerian dictator Gen. Sani Abacha and sought forfeiture of more than $550 million stashed across the globe.

The complaint in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia was based on an FBI investigation and also names the general’s son Mohammed Sani Abacha and associate Abubaker Atiku Bagudu. The three are accused of embezzling public funds amounting to billions of dollars from the oil-rich country, in three different criminal schemes.

Justice officials described Wednesday’s move as the “largest kleptocracy forfeiture action brought in the department’s history.” The action was part of a broader initiative to discourage corruption proceeds from being laundered in the United States. Why the complaint comes now wasn’t immediately clear.

U.S. bank operations listed in the complaint, all in New York but not the subject of the complaint, include: ANZ Banking Group; Bankers Trust Company; Barclays Bank; Citibank ; Chase Manhattan Bank; Chemical Bank;  AG; Marine Midland Bank; HSBC USA; and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, which later became JP Morgan Chase.

Abacha is a controversial figure in Nigeria, where he led a military regime that ruled from his coup 1993 until his death in office in 1998. He presided during a time of low oil prices, so the country’s economic growth came from a wider opening to private investment and market forces. He also used Nigeria’s military to help quell unrest in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

But the dark side of the Abacha regime was revealed in the complaint for forfeiture of funds

Under one scheme, Gen. Abacha allegedly got Nigeria’s central bank to disperse what are called security votes, essentially funds to be used for purposes of national security. Instead, those funds were moved overseas to accounts in Switzerland, Great Britain and through banks in the United States.

Another alleged scheme involved the general and his finance minister, Anthony Ani, buying back distressed Nigerian government debt at inflated prices from a company controlled by Bagudu and Mohammed Abacha. The windfall was more than $282 million, the Justice Department said.

The third alleged criminal effort involved extortion of more than $11 million from a French company with a Nigerian affiliate involved in government contracting.

Proceeds from the alleged national security funds fraud were pooled into bank accounts in London, then used to purchase dollar-denominated Nigerian bonds, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in interest payments.

U.S. banking behemoth Citibank administered the interest rate payments, which amounted to lending stolen money to generate huge profits.

Most of the money sought by the Justice Department belongs to entities registered in the British Virgin Islands, Great Britain, France and the Bailiwick of Jersey. About $287 million is being held by Deutsche Bank International Ltd. in Jersey; another $12 million is accounts administered by HSBC Fund Administration in Jersey; and another $144 million is located at Banque SBA in Paris.

Some of the fictitious companies the group established outside Nigeria had accounts with Goldman Sachs in Zurich, Switzerland.

Edo politics and tale of the three Tonys

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/02/edo-politics-tale-three-tonys/

EDO  STATE  is unique in many ways, one of which is that it is the only state in the country whose governor is addressed as the Comrade Governor, drawing from his past as the number one Labour leader in the country.

The Comrade Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, as President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, led many strikes against bad policies of the Federal Government and was in the forefront to picket many employers of labour, including banks, who were out to make life unbearable for their employees. Oshiomhole is clearly a man who has attacked and of course is used to being attacked.

Since becoming Governor of Edo State, Oshiomhole has demystified one Chief Tony Anenih, an old war-horse, a man who in his eighties should be basking in retirement in his country home at Uromi; a man who is better known among his acolytes and hangers-on as Mr. Fix-it; a man who keeps recycling his political life like a bad coin, thereby keeping younger, fitter and more intelligent people on the sidelines; a man who in retirement, closer to 100 than 40 years is Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority; a man who has been demystified in his domain, Uromi in several elections held in the state and only depends on political oxygen from Abuja for his survival.

The interesting thing, however, is that since the demystification of Tony Anenih, two other Tonys, one Tonnie Iredia, the other Tony Afejuku have found space in the media to defend their namesake, hurl unbridled, and most times senseless, attacks on Oshiomhole to the consternation of many.

Many know that while Tony Anenih lives on political oxygen in Abuja and has lost his political value in Edo State and in his Uromi backyard, the other Tonys: Tonnie Iredia, a Benin man who was Director-General of the NTA not because of his ethnicity and who was unable to make effective changes to reposition that medium, and Tony Afejuku, a Delta man and classroom teacher with no political clout.

The reason for the defence of Anenih by Afejuku and Iredia is not far-fetched: both are ‘wanna-be’ politicians who think coming to the defence of their namesake will give them the advantage in the political shenanigans and scheming for which their more illustrious Tony is known.

In an article entitled: “One man, One vote: Edo’s futile slogan” published in his “Nigeria Today” column in the Vanguard on Sunday, February 23, 2014, Iredia tried his best to lampoon the “One man, One Vote campaign”, an internationally-accepted democratic principle for free and fair elections which has now been accepted as the model for elections in Edo State.

It is worrisome that a man who has been Director-General of such a television network as the NTA will call the “One man, One vote campaign” which the President and Vice-President bought into and always preached “a scheme”. He wrote: “To start with, even the opposition party adopted it, making it a suspicious device.

For example, although Governors always chorused the slogan, President Goodluck Jonathan gave a solemn assurance at a political rally in Benin City on Saturday June 25, 2012 that the Edo State governorship election would be a ‘one man, one vote affair’. Some two weeks earlier, Vice President Namadi Sambo in a similar rally at the same venue had made same pledge.”

Now, what is Tonnie Iredia’s problem with One man, One Vote? The answer is not far-fetched. He belongs to the old school led by his patron and namesake, Tony Anenih, which believes that things must be done the old way, the way of fixing things whether you vote or not. Now in Edo, one man, one vote has taken its root and he is clearly unhappy about that.

The governorship election in the state held on July 14, 2012 was used to the might of the ballot, and that election which has been adjudged the freest in the history of elections in that state and the best in the country since the June 12, 1993 saw Comrade Oshiomhole winning across the 18 local government areas in the state, in all the wards in Edo North and Edo South and almost all the wards in Edo Central, including the ward of Tony Anenih.

It is understandable that a man who would not give voice to the opposition and the voiceless as NTA DG would be most unhappy to see the ordinary people rub shoulders with him on election day as equals with the same power of one vote.

Tony Afejuku, English teacher, now professes more in hack writing. He has taken it upon himself, like his brother Tony does in Vanguard, to dedicate the back page of Nigerian Tribune of Mondays to Oshiomhole bashing. His recent article published in the Nigerian Tribune of Monday, February 24, 2014 at the back page in his “In & Out” column with the title “Benin Bullies” leaves so much to be desired.

When a man writes fiction as the fact, descending to the level of agberoism and bole-kaja writing because he wants to captivate his audience with the fluidity of his pen, he deserves nothing but pity! Calling properly constituted traffic managers vagabonds and bullies because they enforce the law shows that this classroom teacher still has a lot to learn!

However, he surreptitiously let the cat out of the bag when he wrote: “I requested the driver of my rented car to buy me a carton of Gordon Gin along the famous Mission Road.” He may have been hallucinating in doing the write-up or as they say, under the influence.

For Tony Afejuku and Tonnie Iredia, the people of Edo are not taken-in by their disjointed and incoherent writings which are meant to feather their nests and make them get the ears of their namesake. While they are free to write and publish whatever they want, they should know that the people are not taken-in by their writings meant to launder the faded image of their man as the people of Edo are wiser after the PDP’s 10 years of the locust.

Mr. SAMUEL EGUAIKHIDE, a political analyst,   wrote from Ekpoma, Edo State.

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Misplaced priorities

Misplaced priorities is casting and binding Marine Spirits when we have real evil spirits like Boko Haram. Abi when last did you hear that Bar Beach swallowed 40 students or River Niger was bombing schools?