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 THE GRAVEYARD FOR GENERAL SUCCESS - LESSON TO LEARN FROM BUHARI VICTORY   AS A SIGN OF GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR PEACEFUL ELECTION, I WANT TO SHARE THIS STORY, SLICED FROM MY FIRST PUBLICATION (the 57 principles for general success) TO MY BELOVED READERS The first time I saw this picture, my mind slip into a trance. And in my trance, I saw 100 people stood at the base of this magnificent rock. The hundred men and women were asked to ascend the rock for a life time award. Those who could make it would be giving an automatic ticket to financial freedom. They can fly to their country of choice without hindrance. They can own anything they want. The rules is this, you must not climb the rock via the right hand side and must avoid the use of ladder. You out to climb it bare handed. 90 of these people whine and call the instructor several names, and went back home. 10 out of the 100 agree to climb the deadly rock. They began to ascend one after the other.   To my ...

POEM FOR THOSE WHO ARE READY TO LEARN FROM GMB'S VICTORY  Don’t Quit When things go wrong, as they sometimes will. When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill. When the funds are low and the debts are high. And you want to smile, but you have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit. Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns. As every one of us sometimes learns. And many a failure turns about When he might have won had he stuck it out. Don’t give up though the pace seems slow — You may succeed with another blow. Success is failure turned inside out — The silver tint of the clouds of doubt. And you never can tell how close you are. It may be near when it seems so far. So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit — It’s when things seem worst that you must not QUIT.

 READ AND SEE WHAT PRESIDENT GOODLUCK MAY STILL WIN THE RACE   IN THE NORTH-WEST: 7 million people voted. Buhari won 10 million of the votes, which comes to 60% of the total ballots. Jonathan won 7 million, which matches 40% of the total votes cast. Buhari met the 25% minimum requirement of the ballots cast in six(6) of the six(6) states while Jonathan got the 25% minimum requirement of the total vote cast in two(2) of the six(6) states. IN THE NORTH-EAST: 10 million people voted. Buhari won 6 million of the total ballots, which comes to 60%, while Jonathan got the remaining 4 million of the votes. This adds up to 40% of the total votes cast. Also, Buhari won the 25% minimum vote requirement in all the six(6) states in this area. Jonathan secured the 25% vote requirement in three(3) of the six(6) states. IN THE MIDDLEBELT: 6 million people voted here. Jonathan won 3.6 million of the total ballots cast. This is equivalent of the 60% of the total vote cast. B...

Buhari Leads With 3 Million Votes     Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),  continues to lead incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP) with a comfortable margin, even as controversial election results from Rivers and Akwa  Ibom states were added to the national tally, giving a boost to Mr. Jonathan Election observers as well as Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State had declared that last  Saturday’s elections in the state turned into a fiasco, marked by intimidation and shootings of  APC members and widespread manipulation by security agents. Even so, the Independent  National Electoral Commission in the state declared that Mr. Jonathan polled more than 1.48  million in the state, leaving Mr. Buhari with a little more than 69,000 votes.  Despite this figure and results from Akwa Ibom that gave the incumbent president 953,304 vote...

APC Winning States, PDP Winning Numbers – Demola Rewaju   The huge problem I see with calling a presidential election state by state is the assumption that winning a state automatically translates to more votes on paper. This is a copycat syndrome typical of  Nigerian media, copied from  American  media. In America though, winning a state automatically means winning the entire electoral college of that state, except in two states. If the  Democrats  win  Washington  by 51% to the  Republicans’  49% for instance, the Democrats win all the electoral college votes of that state. This is why winning a state in America is crucial to the electoral process because a candidate must win majority popular votes and also majority electoral college votes. Here in Nigeria, there is no electoral college so there is no  ‘ winner takes all’   approach. A candidate may win more states but lose the elections by sheer number of vote...

APC LEAD IN KADUNA WITH WIDE MARGIN   General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the presidential election in Kaduna State polling 1,127,760 votes as against President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 484,085 votes. According to the state presidential collation officer, Professor Ja’afaru Makau Kaura, the following are the votes scored by the two major contenders across the 23 local government areas of the state: In Sanga LGA APC polled 12,817 while PDP polled 22,838 votes. In Soba LGA, APC polled 61,656 while PDP polled 1,998. In Jaba LGA APC polled 5342 votes while PDP polled 18,314 votes. In Kaura LGA APC polled 7,101 votes while PDP polled27,502 votes. In Sabon Garin LGA APC polled 71,022 votes PDP polled 10,845. In Kajuru LGA, APC polled 11,592 while PDP polled 29,292. In Kudan LGA, APC polled ‎38,177 while PDP polled 2,167. In Kubau LGA. ACP polled 63,875 while PDP polled 6,377. In M...