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My friend told me she's struggling with her academic work. She's a year one philosophy student in of the Nigerian universities. I've known her to be a very smart and intelligent lady who loves to read and pursue her academic dreams with much enthusiasm.


During our conversation, she told me she has been finding it very difficult to read lately and even when she does, assimilation becomes a problem and it's really affecting her.

Initially, I attributed it to the fact that her brain is trying to reconfigure towards academics since she spent some years after secondary school working before gaining ission. I had similar experience but mine wasn't that severe.

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My friend told me she's struggling with her academic work. She's a year one philosophy student in of the Nigerian universities. I've known her to be a very smart and intelligent lady who loves to read and pursue her academic dreams with much enthusiasm.

During our conversation, she told me she has been finding it very difficult to read lately and even when she does, assimilation becomes a problem and it's really affecting her.

Initially, I attributed it to the fact that her brain is trying to reconfigure towards academics since she spent some years after secondary school working before gaining ission. I had similar experience but mine wasn't that severe.

Please, I need urgent suggestions, especially from people who had similar problems in school, on how my dear friend can overcome this problem. She's really determined to make good grades but this problem has become a threat to that.

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Agu in Igbo is Tiger while Lion is Odum.
Please be guided, isiagu has a deep ancestry to ndi igbo. This could be visible in title and names like Ogbuagu, Agunna, Agulanna, Obeagu, Agudo, Okeagu, Agummadu, Agummo.

If you don't understand the Igbo history please don't distort it.

The best you should have done is to disprove the author's claim in the bolded quote below

Just as jaguars and cougars are found only in the Americas, tigers inhabit only in Eurasia. They do not belong to the fauna (native animals) of sub-Saharan Africa. Ancient Igbos did not see nor know about tiger, so did not have an indigenous name for it.


Edi or edi abalị is the African civet. One of the 38 viverridae species, it is slightly smaller than the leopard. A carnivore, no doubt, but it is timider, less agile and far less specialised in opportunistic hunting. It has a broadly cat-like general appearance, but its muzzle is more pointed than that of a typical feline. Leopard has distinctive camouflage spots that help it to use forest canopies for cover, enhancing its abilities for surprise hunting, But the African civet typically has black and white spots.

NOTE : THIS WRITE-UP WAS COPIED FROM THE GROUP "IGBOIST (BY MARIA UDE NWACHI). EVERY CREDIT GOES TO THE AUTHOR.

By Anozie Awambu

Abstract
In this essay, I use “akwa isiagụ” as metaphor to illustrate that Igbos have not done exactly well to preserve their language and culture. I posit they have abandoned their unique cultural symbol. That they are now parading a symbol of foreign popular culture as their foremost emblem. But I also present perspectives that might ignite a quest for self-rediscovery.

Akwa isiagụ is the clothing fabric patterned with motifs showing fierce-looking lion’s head and mane. Some designs show a less stern lion’s head, with two or three cow horns besides it.

Since the last 50 to 60 years Igbos have managed to portray this fabric design as their classic cultural emblem. In fact, as something of a totem. Igbo chiefs and nze and ọzọ title holders use it to make their ceremonial gears. At native marriage ceremonies and similar cultural events, isiagụ garments of different colours and styles grace the day. Igbo people feel a certain sense of pride when they dress in isiagụ attire. Even non-Igbos regard isiagụ as being to Igbos what the tartan is to Scots. Or the yarmulke is to Jews. Such is the impression, that when they are identifying with or participating at an Igbo traditional practice (eg taking an Igbo chieftaincy), they dress in isiagụ gear. Recent examples include President Buhari, Fayose, Zuma.

But this is an imported foreign popular culture. Neither the lion nor the lion icon has any significance in Igbo cultural foundations. Indeed, using the descriptor ‘isiagụ’ to refer to a lion’s head motif is wrong use of the word “agụ”.

Incorrect Language

Agụ is not lion in Igbo. Agụ is leopard. Folks have written about this before, and I've discussed in other forums on the subject. It is pitiful that it remains a source of confusion to many adult Igbos. There is just little understanding of Igbo origins and names of the feline (cat species) animals. You hear all manner of names that contradict biogeography. Like, “agụ is lion, andọdụm is tiger”. Or, “agụ is lion, and leopard is edi abalị”.

But let’s clear this.

Just as jaguars and cougars are found only in the Americas, tigers inhabit only in Eurasia. They do not belong to the fauna (native animals) of sub-Saharan Africa. Ancient Igbos did not see nor know about tiger, so did not have an indigenous name for it.

Edi or edi abalị is the African civet. One of the 38 viverridae species, it is slightly smaller than the leopard. A carnivore, no doubt, but it is timider, less agile and far less specialised in opportunistic hunting. It has a broadly cat-like general appearance, but its muzzle is more pointed than that of a typical feline. Leopard has distinctive camouflage spots that help it to use forest canopies for cover, enhancing its abilities for surprise hunting, But the African civet typically has black and white spots.

A nocturnal creature that sleeps for about 20 hours a day, the ancient Igbos knew the edi abalị very well. Which is why I[[gbos still use “edi” as metaphor to refer to a person who sleeps a lot. The leopard is bold, agile, versatile, and highly ired in Igbo cultural foundations. But edi is loathed and associated with negativity, because it smells and relies more on con and coy to lure its preys. That’s also why in Igbo language “edi aghụghọ” is a metaphor that references a deceptive person.

Knowledge of the Igbo language structure will indicate agụ is not lion. Many Igbo words were created from metaphorical use of existing words. To form names for creatures or objects, Igbos often devised a two-word metaphor comparing what is sought to be named to an another named object or creature. For example, ụlọ is house, and school is “ụlọ-akwụkwọ” (house for books), while hospital is “ụlọ ọgwụ” (house for medication).

Leopard - agụ – preys on mammals and has spots on its furs. That is why the wall gecko, that preys on insects and has spots, is called agụ ụlọ (ie house leopard). And the crocodile, that preys on water creatures and has patches that resemble the leopard’s spots, is called agụ iyi (leopard of the waters). Similarly, the palm genet, a small mammal that resembles the squirrel but unlike the squirrel has spots on its furs, is called “agụ nkwụ”. In contrast.] the lion has no spots on its furs. The lion’s fur is generally plane brown.

The leopard is Igbo animal totem

Being about 3 times the size of a leopard, the lion is stronger and sometimes even preys on the leopard. The Igbo say “ọdụm na-egbu agụ”. Despite this, the lion has no special recognition in Igbo cultural systems. Ancient Igbos likely did not even have any or much with lion as a species. For whereas leopards inhabit in rainforests (although they are very adaptable and thrive in other vegetations), lions inhabit mainly in savannah or grasslands. Savannah vegetation do not exist (and likely never existed) in Igboland. Igboid areas sit generally on lowland rainforest.

A lion can occasionally stray into a rainforest or can refuge there if persecuted in its usual habitat. It must have been in such circumstances that Igbos came to know about the lion. Yet that was not enough to diminish their fascination for the leopard, a beast with which they had contended for thousands and thousands of years.

It should be noted that whilst leopards operate solitarily, lions are the most social of the cat species. Lions operate in close-knit social groups called “pride”. Ethologists (scholars of animal behaviours) have observed that this sociality makes the lion a better communicator than other big cats. But it means lions roar frequently and easily broadcast their presence and emotions. Conversely, a leopard’s solitary lifestyle makes it less detectable, and more perceptive and reactive to intrusion. For this reason, its senses of vision and hearing are sharper than those of a lion. Ancient Igbos witnessed this first-hand. They saw how a leopard, hiding stealthily amongst forest canopies, would detect the slightest animal or human movement, and chase and pounced savagely.

In forest environment, a lion has little chance to fight down the more agile leopard. A lion’s size and weight render it less agile to climb high. But a leopard can climb to the top an iroko tree in less than 10 seconds. Leopard is probably the only big mammal that can descend a tree head first. It uses its long tail to maintain perfect aerodynamic balance.

With top average speed of about 80 km per hour, lion is faster than leopard. But it can only run for very short bursts and needs to be close to its prey before starting an attack. But the leopard can run for far longer stretches, at average top speed of about 58 km per hour. A leopard can make a single leap of over 6m (20 ft) horizontally and can jump up to 3 m (9.8 ft) vertically. And it is a powerful swimmer. Although its vision is sharpest in the dark, it can equally be eagle-eyed in the day.

Incredibly versatile, leopard hunts on land, up on the trees and in water. On the trees it can out-manoeuvre specialised climbers and jumpers, including monkeys and baboons. Leopards have been observed leaping and snatching a monkey with a bite mid-air and regaining grip of tree branches. That is, it successfully launches mid-air strike from a treetop and lands back on the tree. It goes into rivers and streams where it overpowers creatures like alligators, and hauls them off the water, all the way up a tree.

A silent predator, when discreteness will give it advantage, it can be elusive. It has a pad of tissue in the flat of its claws that act as silencers when it walks. It can literally hide in plain sight. When it tucks itself in between the fork of tree branches, it just blends with the tree trunk. It can create optical illusion to deceive its prey, including humans. A Leopard will coil its head and tail into its body and crouch flat on the ground appearing like dry wood lying about. Very patient. If its target are animals in a troop, it can hold its cool and then attack the last of the troop from behind.

When persecuted by humans a leopard is more likely to fight back than is a lion. And it does not target one out of a group. It will attack one person after another. Reason the Igbo say “ofu agụ na-achụ mba” (a single leopard can sack a town).

For thousands of years the Maasai people of Kenya have practiced the art of emerging from hiding to scare lions away from their kill and take it home for meet. But a leopard will drag its kill in its mouth and climb a tree. It climbs a tree carrying in its mouth a carcass far heavier than its own size. Animals like bull, giraffe, antelope. In those days, it would attack someone’s goat or sheep and drag it in its mouth deep into the forest and up on a tree.

The lion lacks these amazing abilities. In of general efficiency and productivity as jungle hunters, the leopard beats the lion, by many miles! Indeed, scientists have determined that, pound for pound (ie adjusted for differences in size and weight) the leopard is the strongest of all the big cat species.

It was for these reasons that the ancient Igbo revered the leopard as their totemic animal for strength, agility, boldness, and courage. And that is also why Igbo language is littered with similes, metaphors, adages and proverbs that use agụ to illustrate positive energy and abilities. Like “omekagụ”, “agụnwa”, etcetera. And it is why many Igbo families and communities proudly took their names and sobriquets after agụ. Like “Umuagụ, Amagụ Dimagụ, Eziagụ, Duruagụetc.

Today, as urban dwellers we can look down on the leopard. But to the Igbos of those jungle days, a snarling leopard on the loose was literally nature’s force unleashed. Every hamlet had a chant or cry that was used to alarm the community when a leopard was sighted. In my own area the chant was “ ọ wụ agụ o!”. ( it is a leopard o!). Social codes dictated that a person who heard the cry also repeated it, till the entire community was alerted. And until the leopard was killed or confirmed to have returned to the deep forests, usual daily activities were suspended. Children and women would not go the streams to fetch water. No one went to the farms nor led their sheep out to graze. Able bodied men were then organised, in groups, to track down the leopard. And think of it. Those men did not have guns. They went with spears, bows and sticks. Combating the leopard in these situations was an act of extraordinary bravery and patriotism - risking one’s life for the safety of the community. That explains why the person who eventually killed the leopard instantly became a hero and given the honorific “Ogbu Agụ”.

And eating a leopard meet was a once-in-a-generation-experience. Till today Igbos use the metaphor “ọ bụanụ agụ?” (is it a leopard meet?) to question the value of a highly priced or scarce commodity. Of course, the leopard skin was dried and kept by the leopard killer. He and his descendant would display it with pride for hundreds of years afterwards. And legend has it that reputable native doctors harvested the leopard’s bile/gall and used it to prepare the most potent charms or medicines, that warriors drank to boost their bravery and ferocity during intertribal wars.

Very perplexing was this elusive and powerful animal to ancient Igbos, that they even considered it a mysterious creature. A reason many Igbo dialects added the suffix “mystery” or “invisible” (“owo”, “owu”, “owuru” or “awolo”) to its name. Many areas call it agụ owuru – ie, leopard of mystery, mysterious leopard, or leopard that suddenly appears and disappears. Igbo metaphysics believed that some men acquired powers to transform to leopard. To assume the nature and characteristics of a leopard, even for a short period, was considered an attainment of a transcendental and superior state of being.

Indeed, ancient Igbo cosmology explained the entire universe as being some mystical leopard persona. The weather system and visible changes in the skies were said to be a leopard, the sky leopard. The thick clouds that formed in the sky before rainfall were its shimmering eyes just waking from sleep. The movement of tick clouds was the movement of the leopard in its marauding character. The sparks of lightening that came before a thunder were the leopard’s flashing eyes. The thunder was its voice snarling in anger and ready to pounce. The heavy rains were its urine gushing with a force typical of its strength. And bright day was the sky leopard fully awake, with eyes wide open.

The lion symbol is not originally Igbo

This portrayal of the lion as symbolic cultural icon of the Igbos is only recent. It is driven by the influence of modern media and foreign popular culture. We watch a lot of animal documentaries these days and read a lot of books that continue to inform us the lion is the king of the beasts. True! But they don’t tell us about the king of our forests.

Today in global popular culture (eg children cartoons, films, etc) we are taught to be like the lion. Because throughout histories and in many parts of the world the lion image has been used in stories, artworks, coats of arms, logos and ments to depict strength, ferocity, power, confidence and success. The bible and other major religious texts also contain the lion symbolism. And so, the Igbos yielded – completely! We abandoned our equivalent animal totem, and even had to distort our language as a result.

Yet Igbo folklore is filled with stories that reference “agụ” as the king of animals. First generation Igbo intellectuals had no misunderstanding that agụ was leopard. And they were acutely aware of its significance in the Igbo culture and worldview.

In Onuora Nzekwu’s classic novel Eze Goes to School (published 1963), the ravaging beast which held the people of Ohia hostage, which Eze’s father killed but later died from the wound it inflicted on him, was a leopard, not a lion. Anezi Okoro’s 1966 novel ‘The Village School’ featured an intriguing student. Ismael was popular amongst his mates because his father was a reputed hunter who killed a leopard and took the title “The Leopard Killer”.

In 1950 Cyprian Ekwensi published a novel entitled ‘The Leopard's Claw’. Chinua Achebe later published a short story with the title "How the Leopard Got Its Claws". He narrated an Igbo folktale featuring leopard as the king of the animals. Achebe’s other book ‘Anthills of The Savanah’ narrates the incident when the leopard, the king of the forest, was to kill the tortoise and how the tortoise scattered sand and grass. And in of ‘Arrow of God’ he masterfully devised an English translation of a popular Igbo proverb ‘Agụ aghaghị ịmu ihe yiri agụ” as “what the leopard sires cannot be different from the leopard”.

These men did not talk about the lion.

Chukwumeka Ike’s novel "The Bottled Leopard" explores Igbo metaphysics in the context of interpersonal strife during primal times. It tells the story of how men acquired metaphysical powers and transformed to leopards to terrify their neighbours or attack their animals.

Wago the protagonist of ‘The Great Ponds’ (the second novel of Elechi Amadi's trilogy) was revered in the community because he killed a leopard. He was even hailed by the honorific "The Leopard Killer". What surprised the of the community was that the brave Leopard Killer later committed suicide, something they deemed an act of cowardice.

Gabriel Okara, an Ijaw man, was educated at Government Collage Umuahia and worked in Enugu for many years. He wrote the famous poem ‘The Drum and the Piano’. Romanticising primal African life, he used the imagery of a “leopard snarling about to leap and the hunters crouch with spears poised”.

If you’ve read the works of late great poet Christopher Okigbo, you will see repeated references to the leopard. In a manuscript drafting the poem ‘Land of Our Birth’ which he intended to be Biafra’s anthem, Okigbo wrote of Eastern Region’s (mostly Igbos) resolve to found its own republic: “This leopard is now unchained”.

Defunct Biafran Armed Forces published and circulated a periodic newsletter/bulletin to engage the masses. It was not for nothing that the brand name of that bulletin/newsletter was “The Leopard”. Indeed, the coat of arms of that republic, which was the same used by Eastern Region, proudly featured a charging leopard.

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Leopard skin (“akpụkpọ agụ”) was the totemic body-covering material in Igbo cultural foundations. In this modern era, if any fabric should be an emblem of Igbo culture, it is leopard skin fabrics. This lion symbol expresses nothing unique about the Igbo.

Totemic symbols embody and express the spirit, history, character and worldview of a people: what they have been through on their road to civilisation. How they see themselves in the world. The standards and qualities they aspire to, collectively and as individuals.

It is not difficult to see parallels between the leopard’s characteristics and core Igbo character: There is the leopard’s individualism – that Igbo man’s tendency to take his own destiny in his hands. The leopard is vigilant and opportunistic. The Igbo are wired to identify and take advantage of changing dynamics. Think of the spirit of enterprise and consider the leopard’s ability to perform feats that are out of proportion to its size. What about the leopard’s versatility? The Igbo excel in any enterprise they truly apply their energy to. And then adaptability. The Igbo have not only survived different challenging conditions and thrived in different regions and environments. They have tuned adversities to opportunities and made huge successes out of nothing.

No imperial influence has forced the Scots to abandon the tartan. Nor has centuries of persecution swayed Jews to discard the yarmulke. The leopard was also the animal totem of the Zulu. That proud people of South Africa remain proud of it. Why then did the Igbo falter?

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Pig business is highly overrated. I don't advise that you rely on it alone for a start. because if you do, you WILL. Be frustrated. The business COULD begin to show some improvement over time.

To raise viable pig, you will need to buy feeds. This is where the major problem lies. Cos if you want to rely on junk feeds like potato peek6s and so on, it will take MUCH longer for your animal to attain maturity. And they could be susceptible to disease.

Quick estimate: under a very good feeding regime, your animal will attain 100kg weight within 6-8 months. Expect 20-50 naira profit per kg. Hence you are looking at 2000-5,000 naira per animal. The frustration will come if you are expecting the business to feed you and cater for your needs within the next two years. Because that will not happen. I will stop here. Tired of typing.

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Back then in 2009 I was offered ission to study ancy at Abia Poly, Aba. Prior to the ission, I was managing a company with a workforce of 100 staff at Umuahia. Because of my outstanding performance, my boss won't let me quit the job. So I was shuttling between umuahia and Aba for school three times a week.

One day after lectures, I was standing by the school gate waiting for a bus to take me back to Umuahia. That was around 5:3pm.

Then a woman with a set of Newly born twins approached me for assistance. She solicited 500 naira from me to enable her go back to OWERRI that evening with the twins. Initially, I ignored her and walked away from her swiftly but the pictures of the innocent twins kept flashing through my mind. Then I stopped, made a u-turn and went back to the woman. I gave her 150 naira and told her to ask for assistance from others as I apologized for snubbing her.

As I took few steps forward, it dawned on me that all I had was 300 hundred Naira which was the exact fare to Umuahia from Aba as at then. I began to panic, thinking of how on earth I was going to make it back to my base because I had no friend, brother at aba then. I was tempted to go back and collect the money from her.

Eventually, I called my brother who was based in Port Harcourt and explained my fate to him and he sent me 500 naira airtime and asked me to find a buyer.

I tried all I could but no one was willing to buy. Then I met one bus driver and told him. I begged him to take both the airtime and the 150 naira I had and take me to umuahia. He looked at me, smiled and asked me to get into the bus. When we got to Umuahia, I gave him the money and the airtime but he said I shouldn't bother. I was overwhelmed at his KINDNESS and immediately, I regretted why I didn't give that woman all the 300 naira I had.

Just yesterday, I had another encounter that really humbled and made me understand how a little act of kindness can change the life of someone.

I went to repair a colleague's phone yesterday and I encountered an old woman probably in her late fifties. She had come to repair one small phone with a boy of about 11 years.

I noticed she was looking helpless but I ignored her initially. Soon, she approached me and complained of how the phone repairer told her that her phone, which felled inside water few days back, has gone beyond repair.

Her countenance portrayed her state of despair and frustration from her condition. I was touched to the marrows and asked her to have a seat while I chat with the repairer.

The repairer agreed to try one more time to get the phone working after my persuasion but eventually he told me the phone can't be repaired. Immediately the woman heard that, she started crying again then I was moved with comion and tried to calm her down but she refused and told me how it took her months to save the money she used to buy the phone few days back. She said she can't afford to lose the phone just like that.

Again, I told her to sit down and let me reason with the repairer but the guy told me there's nothing he could do about the phone. The woman only cried the more.

I asked her how much she bought the phone and she told me 3500 naira. I check myself, I didn't have up to 2k.

I went to the next shop and bargained for the exact type of her phone. The seller insisted the price was 3500 but after I explained the situation to him, he accepted my offer of 3k. I made a transfer to him and took the new phone to the woman together with the old one.

The woman almost prostrated in appreciation and her reaction drew a lot of attention which even embarrassed me somehow.

In the end, she insisted I give her my and the church I belong to that she will start attending my church from Sunday. I was very close to tears by her insistence and I had to give in to her demand to save myself from further attracting undue attention and I left.

This morning, she called to thank me again for the gesture and I was humbled.

These two incidences have taught me a great lesson that we don't need to have the world to put a smile on someone's face and restore hope in their lives.

As much as we can, let's help those in need and show true comion and kindness especially to those who are unlikely to pay us back and we'll see how much of a beautiful place our world will be.

Share your experiences in the comment session

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As figures from respective states were reeled out on live television and as it became apparent that the incumbent was cruising to Victory by rigging or winning, depending on which side of the political divide you decide to pinch your tent, some persons from the presidency began to persuade the man opposition challenger, Atiku Abubakar, to tow the line of former president Goodluck Jonathan and put that "call" across to Buhari to concede defeat. Some over zealous foot Men of the president even offered to give BUHARI'S phone number to Atiku in case he, Atiku doesn't have it.

While the world continues to eulogize Jonathan for that pace setter call which reiterated his earlier proclamation that "his political ambition does not worth the blood of any Nigerian", it is pertinent to say that, that call is about to set a bad precedent in our political journey. How?

The body language and persistent comments from the presidency and the ruling party have been deduced to paint Atiku black for his firm refusal to put that call across because he believes that his mandate have been stolen through massive rigging of the elections with the aid of State institutions, money and power in high places. Let me unequivocally state here that it is solely Atiku's prerogative to Call Buhari and concede defeat and nobody should bulldoze him to do that if he chooses not to tow the line of Jonathan.

It will be a disaster if we let Jonathan's call have effect on all elections in the country. It will not only make those in power to rig elections with impunity, since the loser will be painted devil if he refuses to make that call, it will also make Might to become right.

How many times did Buhari concede defeat for the three times he contested and fail? Would Amaechi have become governor if he had conceded defeat even when he was illegally denied of his mandate? Wasn't oshiomole made governor through the pronouncement of the court when he sought redress? Why are these men forming messengers of peace when their past still live in our present? Be the judge!

Since Atiku and his Party have chosen to follow due process of law in a court of competent jurisdiction to reclaim their alleged stolen mandate rather than calling for the baboons and the monkeys to be soaked in blood, the onus is largely on them to convince the jury and nobody should deny them of their right.

I read Online, though unverified, that the president sent some emissaries to dissuade Atiku from seeking legal redress, they should rather be bold enough to meet him in court instead of coercing him to bow to the Jonathan's effect.

Kelechi Michael

As mixed reactions continues to trail the pronouncement of Buhari as the winner of the 2019 presidential election by the Electoral umpire, certain economic and security indices are already becoming manifest as possible indicators of what Nigerians should expect in the next four years.

A little journey down the memory lane shows that Immediately Donald Trump was declared the winner of America's presidential election, the country's stock market's value skyrocketed unprecedentedly and has maintained the positive momentum till date. This was despite all the uncertainties that surrounded the election with many analysts predicting that a Trump's presidency will spell doom to the American economy due to his harsh policy direction during his campaigns.

Back home, the Nigerian stock market has depreciated to the tune of 196 billion Naira just six days following BUHARI'S victory. About 85 billion naira of this loss happened just two days after he won. "Ambrose Omordion, a market analyst, attributed the development to investors disappointment over the outcome of the elections.

Omordion said that smart investors that took a position earlier in the market ahead of the presidential election and earnings seasons were disappointed."

It should also be recalled that after Buhari won the 2015 election, the economy nosedived into recession and till date, more than 20 million jobs have been lost.

With these trends as well as the widely believed economic woes that the nation suffered when BUHARI was the military head of state, one is forced to believe that, whether by coincidence or otherwise, Nigeria has, is and may never be better under his watch.

Some analysts attributed the appreciation witnessed in the stock market during the campaign period to the fact that investors were optimistic that a candidate that is friendly and familiar with the business environment would win but as soon as their hope was dashed, they resorted to withdraw their investment alleging uncertainty in the Nigerian economy.

The truth remains that businesses in Nigeria have been struggling to survive since BUHARI'S ascendency to power which has forced many companies to halt operations.

Developing from the above, only God knows what direction the NEXT LEVEL policy of BUHARI is pointing at owing to the fact that the Change he promised us in 2015 was not palatable in all ramifications.

Kelechi Michael.

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BREAKING: INEC to postpone tomorrow’s elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering postponing Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections, TIMES has learnt.

Multiple sources close to the electoral commission said the postponement being considered is due to some logistics challenges being faced by the commission in many states.

The electoral body is facing difficulty distributing sensitive electoral materials to some states of the federation, an official said.

A formal announcement is expected on Friday night, our sources said.

It is unclear at this time what the new election date would be.

“There will definitely be a postponement but we are yet to take a decision on the new date,” an official said.

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Another official said the commission is considering fixing the elections for Sunday.

Our sources said INEC commissioners are currently locked in a meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.

Some of the states where the logistic challenges are said to occur include Niger and Ekiti.

TIMES published a report by the News Agency of Nigeria where the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Niger State said ballot papers for two of the state’s three senatorial districts were missing as of Friday evening.

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In Ekiti, the former governor of the state, Ayo Fayose, accused INEC of deliberately hoarding materials for the presidential, Senate and House of Representatives elections in some states to frustrate the PDP.

Mr Fayose said he was aware that ballot papers and result sheets for presidential and senatorial elections were not in Ekiti State as at 9 p.m. on Friday, adding that only materials for the House of Representatives were distributed.

According to his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, Mr Fayose said similar situations already reported in Oyo, Taraba, Edo, Niger, Ogun, Rivers and other states.



The INEC Commissioner in charge of publicity, Festus Okoye, did not answer or return multiple calls from TIMES.

INEC had scheduled the national elections for Saturday while the governorship and state assemblies elections are scheduled for March 2.

https://www.timesng.com/news/headlines/313178-breaking-inec-to-postpone-tomorrows-elections.html

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