A refutal to the Facebook Post of one Akani Walters on Hon. Collins Onunwo - By Amadi Promise Chimenem

It has come to our notice the unscrupulous and unfounded post made by one impostor called Mr. Akani Walter, purporting an endorsement of one lazy and louse old Hon. Andrew Uchendu by the CTC chairman of Obio/Akpor LGA Prince (Hon) Onunwo Collins.

We therefore refute this statement and  categorically deny the post in its entirety as it is an ill   conceived imagination of the opposition and politically motivated to concoct, decimate and cause disaffection amongst PDP block.

We urge the general public to totally disregard this post, as it is the ranting of a busy body political jobber and  drowning man.

Prince Collins Onunwo never in any time issue any political statement relating to any person much less an APC chieftain, neither did he attend any campaign or gathering of old scavengers.

Prince Onunwo is a staunch and committed PDP loyalist and his unflinching support for the return of Senator George Thompson Sekibo to the red chambers is not in doubt. 

Moreover, Obio/Akpor Local Government is done and dusted for the distinguished Senator Sekibo.

Even in the coming rerun election Prince Onunwo's polling unit in ward 17 is not going to partake  in the election of December 10th 2016.

So we wonder were this docile swine is getting his information from.

Amadi Promise Chimenem
Press Secretary To The Chairman Obio/Akpor Local Government Area

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How Donald Trump won — CNN

From the beginning, everyone underestimated Donald Trump. He pulled off a stunning victory after the most unprecedented of presidential campaigns.

Trump channeled the fury of average Americans against Washington. He tapped into their anxiety about the present and the fear of the future. He spoke to the pain they felt about working hard and getting left behind.
And in doing so, he eviscerated every convention about politics.


The pundits thought Trump's reality show antics, his vulgar rhetoric, speeches filled with falsehoods and insults thrown at almost every sector of American society -- Latinos, African Americans, war heroes, women and Muslims -- would disqualify him from the presidency.
It didn't.
Instead Trump marshaled a movement -- a modern day uprising of forgotten Americans, reminiscent of Richard Nixon's "silent majority" of the late 1960s.

He argued that Americans were hungering for change and that he alone could "drain the swamp" by sweeping away corruption in Washington.

Trump said he would change the complexion of the electoral map -- putting Democratic states in the decaying industrial Midwest into the Republican column with his anti-trade rhetoric. He did.
He said he could humble the most talented Republican field in a generation: He did.
He said he could teach Republicans to beat their nemesis -- the Clintons. He did.

He said the polls were wrong and that he would pull off a surprise that would dwarf the shocking poll-defying Brexit vote in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. And he was right.
Trump's rewriting of the rules of politics could usher in a period of global turmoil and uncertainty, as US allies, foreign markets and the Americans who were revolted by his behavior during the campaign look to the future with deep anxiety.

The question now, is when he becomes the most powerful man in the world in January, whether Trump will try to rewrite the rules and conventions of American government and the international system, just as fundamentally as he rewrote the rules of American presidential elections.

Trump pledged unity during a victory speech in the early morning hours Wednesday.
"I say it is time for us to come together as one united people," he said. "I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans."
Still, Trump pulled off one of the most staggering upsets in the history of Western democracy.

As recently as a month ago, pundits were still contemplating the possibility of a Hillary Clinton landslide. But the polls began to tighten, returning the race to a more accurate reflection of a deeply polarized country.

Then came uncertainty as FBI Director James Comey cast a new cloud of suspicion over Clinton's campaign, reopening a review of emails tied to her server.
Clinton allies said the damage was undeniable -- their hope of swaying those final persuadable Republican women and independents -- suddenly looked bleaker.

As late as this weekend, the polls suggested Trump would have to run a near perfect race and chart a very narrow path to the White House, essentially pulling an inside straight.

Somehow the candidate -- who relied almost entirely on the Republican National Committee for his ground game -- outmanned the Clinton campaign.
The results Tuesday night stunned strategists from both parties. Many of the supporters who had gathered for Clinton's celebration in New York were shocked, some of them crying as they watched the states roll in for Trump.

Early on Tuesday, Obama's former chief strategist, David Plouffe, tweeted a picture of vodka and Orange Crush, with the optimistic message: "Ready to watch her victory speech."

Eight hours later, Plouffe tweeted that he had never "been as wrong on anything" in his life. "Still a beating heart in WI, and the two (congressional districts in Nebraska and Maine). But sobriety about what happened tonight is essential."

While Trump fueled an enormous amount of enthusiasm among working class voters and brought many new voters to the polls, many Republicans were also quick to credit the RNC, which essentially ran Trump's entire ground game.

One Republican strategist noted that unlike in past campaigns, the GOP had permanent staff on the ground since the summer of 2013 in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada.

Working off the model of what the Obama campaign had done in 2008 and 2012, they spent the early days recruiting organizers and volunteers, testing their GOTV prowess in 2014.

Over the past three years, they plowed money into voter registration and field staff -- flipping ten counties in Florida, for example, from a Democratic advantage to a Republican advantage. GOP aides said they cut the voter registration disadvantage that Mitt Romney had in 2012 by half.

Around the time of the Republican National Convention, the Trump campaign and the RNC forged an awkward alliance. Instead of building their own ground game, the Trump campaign looked at the infrastructure that the RNC had built to support the Republican nominee and agreed to work within that framework.

Many of the voters drawn to Trump's campaign were new to the political process. So throughout the year, the RNC conducted countless trainings for phonebanking and door-knocking.

Culled from CNN

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German immigrant, wrote over 50 books…Things most people do not know about Donald Trump

Business mogul, Donald Trump, has just been elected the 45th president of the United States of America. How much do you know about the Republican who just upset Hillary Clinton in the presidential election?


1) Never held any government office. Trump has become the first candidate to be elected US president with no previous political experience. He has never sat in any government office in his life.

2) First president-elect with disdain for political correctness. Trump is known for his blunt speeches. He always says his mind without any filter, even when it hurts women, Hispanics, blacks, Muslims and just about everyone else. For a politician, this is a rare “positive”.

3) Never served in the military. Trump has never been enlisted nor has he served in the US military. He joins 12 others: Adams, John Quincy Adams, Van Buren, Cleveland, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, FDR, Clinton and Obama.

4) Oldest person to be elected president. At 70, he has officially become the oldest man to be elected US president. He has taken the record from Ronald Reagan who was only 69 when he took office.

5) Germaphobic: It is said that Trump does not like shaking hands. In a situation where he has no choice, he has a technique of pulling the person towards his body without touching skin.

6) ‘Worst acting’ award: Trump won a Razzie award for his role in the 1989 film ‘Ghosts Can’t Do It’. For those that don’t know, the Razzie awards are like the Oscars for horrible movies.

7) Has his own board game: The monopoly-like game is unsurprisingly titled ‘Trump The Game’. It was discontinued soon after due to the poor reception.

6) Born to legal migrants: Trump’s grandparents were emigrants from Germany. His father, Fred Trump, was born in New York city. Although his grandparents were born in Germany. His grandfather, Fredrick Trump, said the family was of Swedish origin.

7) Authored over 50 books: His first book titled ‘Trump – Art of the Deal’ was published in 1987. Trump claims it is the number one best-selling business book of all time.

8) Once owned a vodka brand: In 2007, Trump launched his own vodka brand which quickly flopped. “It’s never sold. But now that he’s running for president we thought we have a chance to get rid of the vodka… but [still] no one wants to pay for it,” said Munchies, Aleks Zilcovs, the US’ largest vodka distributor.

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UNMASKING THE APC/INEC RESULT SHEETS PRINTER AMIDST THE GALE OF RAGING MISINFORMATION

A lot has been said about the unlawful printing of sensitive materials for #RiversRerun by the All Progressives Congress  (APC), believedly on behalf of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which is now calling for the prosecution of the culprits. At the center of the syndicate is Deacon Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside, a cousin to Mr. Dakuku Peterside, the defeated APC Gubernatorial candidate of Rivers State, and believedly as mooted in some quarters, the sole sponsor of the printing business.

This piece seeks to x-ray the person at the center of the scandal, Deacon Dimieari-Peterside, now being primed as the fall guy and sacrificial lamb of the APC in a bid to establish whether or not he is politically exposed as denied by both himself and the leadership of the APC in Rivers State.

Deacon Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside, born on the 26th day of September, 1966 is senior to his cousin, Dakuku Peterside, and began his foray into partisan politics as far back as the zero party era of then Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, in 1996, when he was the Revenue Committee Chairman of Opobo/Nkoro local government area.

Apart from once being a member of the Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN), Deacon Atonyesia was a founding member of Vanguard of Opobo Nation (VON) along with Dr. Sam Sam-Jaja, Dr. Tamunosisi Gogo-Jaja and Dr. Dakuku Peterside. VON, a socio-political organisation of the Opobo people of Rivers State, was a rallying point for galvanising the aspiration and participation of the people in the politics of Rivers State and was often at loggerheads with a group allegedly sponsored by a one-time Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Sir G.T.G Toby.

While at VON, he was a contributing Editor and was said to be once arrested by the State Security Services for writing a defamatory story against a certain Milliscent Jaja, the then CTC Chairperson of his local government area. He had to recant the story via several publications, thereafter.

In 1998, under APP, he ran an unsuccessful bid for the Opobo/Nkoro House of Assembly seat and recontested in 2011 under PDP and came a close second in the race.

While it is generally believed in some quarters that his engagement as Special Assistant to the then Deputy Governor and a kinsman of his, Sir Gabriel T. G. Toby was in compensation for his failed bid, as was often the practice at the time, others hold the view that his appointment followed his suspension from VON, in which he was Public Relations Officer, for fraternising with the opposing group loyal to Sir G.T.G Toby at the time and was, therefore, the basis for his appointment. He however returned to the fold after Sir G.T.G's term with Dr. Odili as Governor elapsed. 

Under former Governor Rotimi Amaechi, as a   member of the APC, he was appointed a member of the Caretaker Committee of Opobo/Nkoro local government area and went on to become the campaign coordinator of the APC in Opobo/Nkoro LGA and a collation agent of the APC at the 2015 Governorship Election contested by his junior cousin, Dakuku Peterside.

Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside is a devout Christian and a friend of many across Party lines. The insinuation by the Rivers State Chairman of the APC that he is a thug being used to frame the Party, and unknown to the Party, is most unfortunate and intended to sacrifice him in the interest of keeping the Party afloat. Although in a radio interview, a man mentioned to be at the heart of this entire scandal who may possibly be the Chief of the syndicate and believed to be at large, Mr. Emma Chinda, while acknowledging his acquaintance to Deacon Atonyesia, completely denies engaging him in the criminal enterprise of printing INEC Result sheets for the Rivers Rerun elections.

Atonyesia, who has confessed and made statements to printing the said materials appears to being already primed as the fall guy. But in the face of the many denials by APC Chieftains, especially Mr. Emma Chinda, the spotlight is beamed on Dr. Dakuku Peterside, who has not only not denied ownership of the building that houses the Printing Press, believed to be also set up by him, but the fact that for many years he also operated out of that same building. It has been said in some quarters, that it is impossible for Dakuku Peterside, given the consistent coincidences, to claim oblivion of the goings-on in that building and Press Office. There is bound to be more he knows. While indeed, it is only Deacon Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside's confession that invites Emma Chinda into the matter, there's more that pegs Dakuku to it, including but not limited to the reluctance of Deacon Peterside to give his own name as less than what it truly was, shielding his identity as a Peterside to merely being Peters, in order to, as presumed, protect the identity of another Peterside.

It should also be noted that while nothing invites Sen. Magnus Abe to the scandal and crime, the entirety of the scheme was to be for his benefit as most of the printed result sheets were for his Senatorial District, which remains the prime target of the APC against the will and mandate of Rivers people.

As the rage from all sides fires on, one thing is certian, the last has not been heard of these scandalous criminality championed by the APC, a Political Party that promised sweeping change and an end to corruption.  What an irony.

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Prophet TB Joshua prophesies winner of US election

Prophet TB Joshua has declared that Hillary Clinton will win the American presidential election in a ‘narrow victory’ against her Republican rival Donald Trump.

With the attention of the world surrounding the contentious American elections slated for Tuesday November 8th 2016, the Nigerian cleric prophesied that the female candidate would win the coveted position.

Speaking to a packed congregation at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) on Sunday 6th November 2016, a service broadcast live to millions more on the popular Christian channel Emmanuel TV, Joshua said he saw the outcome in a ‘vision’ 10 days ago.

“Ten days ago, I saw the new President of America with a narrow win,” the cleric, who is renowned for his controversial prophetic abilities, began. 

He described several ensuing challenges that would be faced by the new President, including “attempts to possibly pass a vote of no confidence” amidst difficulties in the passing of bills. “The boat of the new President will be rocked,” he described.

Despite his initial parabolic language, Joshua later clarified that he saw Hillary Clinton claim a hard-fought victory. “In order not to keep you in suspense, what I frankly saw is a woman,” he stated, in a message subsequently posted to his official Facebook page followed by over 2.5 million people.

Joshua, however, lauded Clinton’s outspoken opponent Donald Trump. “I want to salute the opposition – a very strong man and courageous. He is my friend because he is very, very courageous. Challenges don’t mean anything to him. The more they abuse him, the more he comes out to talk and smile.”

With several predictions circulating online which forecast a positive outcome for Trump, Joshua clarified that such visions may have been seen at an earlier date. “The men of God that said opposite – maybe they saw it 15 days ago,” he explained.

Joshua went further to reveal that two states would be instrumental in Clinton’s impending victory at the polls.

It was the cleric’s first appearance in his church following a four-month absence interspersed with crusades in South Korea and Peru.

“Challenges determine where you are spiritually,” he told the faithful earlier in a sermon. “How you react under pressure is how the real you reacts.”

He is on record to have predicted major world events including the death of iconic pop legend Michael Jackson, ISIS-inspired terror incidents in Paris and the mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.

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APC AND THE JUSTIFICATION OF NONSENSE - By Oraye St. Franklyn

I'm sure I'm as appalled and irritated as a good number of you out there, seeing the unintelligent concoction of nonsense as justification for nonsense, in the face of a glaring act of criminality by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State in printing election result sheets on behalf of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for an election that the APC is also contesting.

I mean, what could be more damning and damaging of the values of a political party and the society governed by it, to find it excusing acts of criminality and trivialising high crimes that do not only undermine democracy but challenge the very integrity of such a society?

Prominent members of the APC were caught red-handed and named as collaborators in the criminal act of printing fake result sheets for INEC. There is a confession video to that effect. There are inconsistencies in the confession narratives, which prompt the necessary suspicion of an attempt to cover up a crime. There is a further attempt of culprits to misrepresent themselves to the public by not giving out their real names, which itself is intended, believedly, to protect the identity of major collaborators of this high crime.

In spite of the above established facts, ill-bred citizens and  enemies of democracy are excusing the crime as a set up and propaganda by the Peoples Democratic Party to malign and frameup members of the APC in order to stop the election of Mr. Magnus Abe who is running for Senate in the major Senatorial Zone affected by this result printing scandal.

Good gracious God. How can that be?

Was it the PDP that told a prominent member of the APC, Deacon Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside to give out his name as Mr. Atonye Peters?

Was it the PDP that told him to mention the name of Mr. Emma Chinda, a fellow member of the APC and Former Commissioner for Agriculture under Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as his collaborator?

Was it the PDP that told Mr. Atonye Peters, sorry, Deacon Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside, brother to Mr. Dakuku Peterside, the defeated APC Gubernatorial candidate of Rivers State, to claim that the printed materials were for a pending Tribunal case, when clearly no material for the only ongoing case, which is the House of Assembly seat for Opobo/Nkoro, was sighted among the lot? We saw result sheets from Khana, Asari Toru and 5 other LGAs in the videos but none from Opobo.

Let's even agree for the sake of momentarily excusing the pervading foolishness, that the materials were truly for nonexistent Tribunal cases, does anyone need to print fresh results sheets for a tribunal matter that was about an already conducted election?

If the Printer was commissioned to reprint copies of results for already concluded elections, AS HE SAID BY HIMSELF IN THE VIDEO, how come none was sighted?

What then was accountable for the bags of printed result sheets for yet to be conducted rerun elections in Rivers State that were found with and obtained from Deacon Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside?

Can you see the foolishness that the Rivers State APC Chairman, along with the colony of the defunct, is excusing and by effect justifying? Is this not beyond shame?

If they claim to be set up, are they admitting  that what Deacon Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside is accused of was a crime? Have they submitted so?

Not really. From all we see, they are talking nonsense in justification of nonsense in the face of incontrovertible facts that weaken their unintelligent rhetoric. Really sad for Nigeria's democracy. Really sad that under President Buhari we've descended this low. So very unfortunate...AND SOMEONE IS ACCUSING JONATHAN OF WHAT?

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BREAKING NEW! RIVERS RERUN : POLICE BURST FAKE RESULT SHEETS PRINTING SYNDICATE FOR RIVERS SOUTH-EAST

Plot by the agents of the Rivers APC to rig the forthcoming Rivers South-East Senatorial District has been uncovered as the Police on Saturday bursted a fake result sheets printing syndicate in Port Harcourt .

The Printing Press, Help-Mate Consult located at 12 Isiokpo Street D-Line Port Harcourt was printing fake result sheets for seven local government areas of the Rivers South-East when the police stormed the facility upon a tip off by a concerned Nigerian.

Mr Magnus Abe is the Rivers South-East APC candidate for the rerun elections .

Director of Help-Mate Consult , Atonye Peters, a prominent member of the APC from Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area claimed that the printing contract was given to him by Mr Emma Chinda, an APC Leader and Former Commissioner for Agriculture under Rotimi Amaechi .

According to him , the printing press has already completed two sets for two local government areas before the police got win of the illegal act.

He was arrested alongside three of his staff, Richard Koko from Okrika, Nanee Godday from Khana and Tammy Garrick.

Items recovered by the police at the printing press include State-of-the-art Printing Machine and computers.

The police also recovered INEC Result Sheets Serial Number Booklets, which the printer used to authenticate the result sheets.

In an interview , Rivers State Chairman Inter-Party Advisory Council , IPAC, Bro Felix Obuah said the arrest of the fake printers of rerun elections result sheets has vindicated the body on the plan INEC and APC to rig the forthcoming rerun elections.

Rivers IPAC Secretary and Chairman Accord Party , Sir Precious Baridoo also condemned the plot to use fake result sheets to rig the rerun elections . He said that the APC and INEC woild be resisted.

Hon. Uchechukwu Ichenwo urged the Police to prosecute all INEC and Rivers APC officials
involved in the printing of the fake rerun elections result sheets.

Also speaking , Chairman of Social Democratic Party , Engr Worlu and Chairman of Nigeria Peoples Party, Deacon Princewill said that on no account should the matter be swept under the carpet by the Federal Authorities.

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