Nigeria 2019 election: how Buhari intend to rig the process.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, not to “succumb to pressure by the Presidency, to return Mrs. Amina Zakari as Director of Operations.”
PDP alleged that Nigerians were aware of the “pressure from the Buhari Presidency to return Amina Zakari, a blood relation of President Muhammadu Buhari, as Director Operation, so that they can use her to manipulate the electoral processes and rig the election for President Buhari.”
The opposition party also charged INEC not to change its “statute-bared stand on the exclusion of Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC)” from presenting candidates in the 2019 general elections, following its failure to conduct congresses.
A statement by the party’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan stated that with the “redeployment of Amina Zakari to another directorate, nevertheless, its position that her continuous stay in the commission constitutes a threat to free, fair and credible 2019 general elections, given her relationship with President Buhari, who is a major contender in the election.”
The statement said, “Amina Zakari’s removal as Director of Operations has been hailed by majority of Nigerians, a fact, which shows that voters had already lost confidence in her integrity to hold such a sensitive position, for which they prefer her outright removal from the commission.
“Furthermore, Nigerians are also already abreast of the provisions of the law leading to the exclusion of Zamfara state APC chapter from presenting candidates for the elections and we caution INEC against any contemplation to change the rules for the APC.
“The case of Amina Zakari and that of Zamfara APC constitute another direct integrity test for Prof. Yakubu on his capacity, integrity and readiness for free, fair and credible general elections in 2019.
“We, therefore charge Prof. Yakubu to ensure that he remains on the side of the people and take urgent steps to weed the commission of compromised officials, as Nigerians will accept nothing short of a transparent process in their quest for a replacement for the reckless, vindictive, incompetent and anti-people Buhari-led APC administration.”

    President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte

French President Emmanual Macron has been told that he is too arrogant by his own wife Brigitte, who claims she is fed up of his high-handed manner.
Brigitte Macron has urged his inner circle to tell him the truth because she feels like she is the only person who risks telling him when he is being high-handed, reports Le Parisien newspaper.
She reportedly confided in members of her entourage that President Macron is 'too arrogant, too snappy', and nobody dares tell him otherwise.
This comes as a new book revealed Mrs Macron has allegedly vowed retribution to the person who started whispers that her husband was secretly in a gay relationship.
These remarks came to light in a new biography about Michèle 'Mimi' Marchand, an adviser to the Macron family.
The book has also left the couple red-faced by claiming that they were dependant on PR adviser Ms Marchard, 71.
President Macron has been forced to deny rumours that Mr Marchand used her connections to figure out who fuelled the gay rumours, with Mrs Macron at the helm of the operation.
The newspaper also noted that Mrs Macron, who is 25 years older than her husband, is sick of the press focusing on her age.
She was also allegedly infuriated that social media posts wrongly claimed that she had lied about her date of birth.
A friend of Brigitte told them: 'She's sick of talk of her age, she's had enough.'
The president has recently been facing struggles of his own as he grapples to reshuffle his government following two resignations of ministers.
One of the two ministers claimed that his presidency 'lacked humility'.
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Source: Dailymail UK

Up and coming football stars

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The best starting XI of players without a club
Their names are not yet known, they are not worth hundreds of millions of euros or sell jerseys across the world.
But some of them will get there sooner rather than later and they are kids who, if luck is with them, will end up knocking on the door of elite football.
The LaLiga Santander youngsters with a promising future are taken care of down to the smallest detail to try to help them make the great leap as smoothly as possible.
They are in their pre-teen years, adolescence or post puberty, all at different phases of their development.
Some have been born in Spain, while others have arrived in the country.
Some are already debuting in the top flight of Spanish football and are the future of the game.
Each has their own characteristics, their own statistics and their own history.
Time will tell how far they are able to go, but what is clear is the talent they treasure.
That is why many of them are already even training with their respective club's first teams, to learn from the current stars and tap into their wealth of experience.
If they can surprise the coaches during training then all the better.
From Israel Salazar and Miguel Rodriguez, starlets at Real Madrid and Celta Vigo respectively, both of whom are 15, up to the veterans such as Paulino de la Fuente (Alaves) and Javier Aviles (Leganes) at the age of 21, there is a broad cast that is represented and which will give many people many things to talk about.
Each club has expectations for their youngsters, while also having to be mindful of interest in the jewels in their youth academy crown from other sides, particularly foreign clubs who always hover as a constant threat.
The future and destiny, thanks to a combination of great effort and fortune, will determine who will leave behind their current relative anonymity to jump to the highest levels of planet football.
Most will probably not get too far but what there is no doubt about is that until now, they have laid the foundations of a project that looks very good.