Bernie, Hillary supporters to duke it out over tiny O’Malley camp

Democratic presidential candidate former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley leads attendees in a song after holding a town hall at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)DES MOINES, Iowa — On Monday night, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s tiny band of supporters will be the center of attention in Iowa precincts across the state.O’Malley had only 3 percent support in the final Des Moines Register-Bloomberg Politics poll, but because of the Byzantine rules of the Democratic caucusing process, his supporters could end up deciding the incredibly close race between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders.In each of the state’s 1,681 caucusing locations, a candidate must get 15 percent of voters to be considered viable during an initial count that’s taken at the beginning of the evening. O’Malley isn’t expected to reach that threshold in the vast majority of precincts, which means his supporters will be up for grabs — they must either choose another candidate, or their vote will not count.Wooing voters who back candidates that fail to meet the threshold has made a big difference in elections in the state in the past: John Edwards finished a surprise second in 2004 thanks in part to Dennis Kucinich’s supporters defecting to him. And Bill Richardson’s backers joined Barack Obama’s camp in 2008.The Clinton campaign is arming its precinct captains with special software to help them figure out how to keep O’Malley supporters from defecting to Sanders’ camp, BuzzFeed News reported Saturday. Meanwhile, Sanders’ precinct captains are being told to beef up on their O’Malley knowledge so they can entice his fans over to their side and to offer them delegates for the county convention as inducement.“You might have to cut a deal,” said Mitch Henry, a Democratic activist who was leading a small training for Sanders precinct captains Saturday afternoon in a coffee shop in Des Moines. “Let’s say in this case you have 10 O’Malley supporters. You would maybe offer them a delegate. You could say to them, ‘OK, you 10 come over, we give you a delegate.’”This is a largely symbolic concession — the O’Malley supporters’ votes would go to Sanders in the caucus, but in the county conventions later on, their delegate could switch back to supporting O’Malley.If horse-trading fails, there’s always the power of persuasion.“I would definitely beef up on the O’Malley top 5 issues, see what they are,” Henry told the precinct captains. Henry, who supported Sanders until a little more than a month ago, added that he believes most O’Malley supporters’ second choice is Sanders.“Talking to a lot of O’Malley supporters, there are a lot of ways Bernie lines up on the issues. A lot of them will say the environment [is their top concern], and Bernie is clearly superior to Hillary on the environment,” said Bri Steirer, a precinct captain for the Drake University area.But the Sanders plan to convince O’Malley fans with delegates and issues may not be able to compete with Clinton’s scheme. The Clinton campaign has trained its precinct captains to use software that calculates when it benefits Clinton to give O’Malley supporters a few of their votes in order to block them from defecting to Sanders. That means Clinton supporters would help O’Malley become a viable candidate in precincts where she would still carry the day.A Sanders precinct captain, Darlene Lawler, asked Henry about whether Bernie supporters should be trying to do the same thing — helping O’Malley become viable in cases where it would help Bernie.“I would not give them three or four people to be viable because you just don’t know what could happen,” Henry said, adding that the “math” can get complicated as the night goes on, and it’s easy to make a mistake.

Clinton’s campaign has an app that will help caucus leaders calculate the risks, however, which means they don’t have to worry about mistakes.

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Exclusive: Ifeanyi Ubah Appoints A Foreign Coach

FC Ifeanyi Ubah has appointed a Bulgarian Mitko Dobrev to lead the team in the upcoming premier league season.
He was a former coach of the team before his departure two season and has arrived Lagos to take over the team. All the necessary formalities has been agreed. However, the contract negotiation has been made private as no outside party knows how much the foreign coach will earn per annum.
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 recalled that Mitko Dobrev is the coach the led the team to the premiership from the National league side and he left the team last season to go back to coaching school to brush up his skills before coming back to take up the challenge in the Awka based club.

The coach was warmly received by the founder of the team, Ifeanyi Ubah and chairman of the club Chukwuma Ubah, on his arrival, he said that he feel refreshed and delighted to be back to the team.
“After taking a year long break to improve myself by undertaking a one year coaching course, I feel refreshed, motivated and better equipped to match the goals set by the club, this will be a very interesting year and I cannot wait to meet with the players at the camp site,” he said.
Chairman of the club, Chuwuma Ubah said he is pleased to have him back to the team: “Mitko Dobrev is an experienced coach, especially when it comes to African football and we are extremely delighted to have him back with us and we firmly believe he is the right man to steer this ship to its destination.

Founder of the club, Ifeanyi Ubah noted that his love and passion for the club and Nigerian football in general were responsible for his personal investments in the team.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Professional Football League 2015/2016 season which resumes on February 21 will be full of glamour as Ifeanyi Ubah football club have signed six Brazilian nationals.
Six of the players touched-down in Lagos today, January 20, and will head straight to Ibadan where the team is camping  to meet up with their colleagues. Mitko Dobrev will be unveiled later on the same day.

Buhari Goes With Time

 

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated his 73rd birthday on December 17, 2015. The leader of the nation is very wise man and these five photos will prove that Buhari goes with time.
Buhari wrote his first Tweet, that received more than 1,000 retweets more than year ago.
Within six hours of enlisting, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress had garnered a followership of 12,000.
During the whole presidential campaign the incumbent president was active on social accounts.
Buhari’s Outfits At The Presidential Rallies Below are five photos that prove Muhammadu Buhari is a digital president.
1. First selfie

Buhari’s first selfie

When Buhari was in Lagos for campaigning he met with a small group of his most passionate volunteers – and after an engaging evening of ideas, vision, and intense engagement on the future of Nigeria, he took some time out for his first selfie
2. A smartphone user

Jonathan calls Buhari to congratulate with victory in presidential election

The historic conversation occurred between former president Goodluck Jonathan and Buhari, during which the former conceded defeat in presidential election. During the call the incumbent leader of Nigeria is seen talking on smartphone.
3. A tablet user
 

President Buhari skyped with the Golden Eaglets

Buhari went all ‘Inspector Gadget’ by addressing the members of the country’s Under-17 team via Skype.
The president skyped with the players as they were preparing to take on Mali in the final of the junior world tourney taking place in Chile. The Golden Eaglets became only the second side to retain the FIFA U-17 World Cup title. Nigeria is now a five-time winner.
4. Digital ID

Buhari adjusts his glasses

The leader of the nation adjusts his glasses as he got set to be captured for the National Identity Management program in Abuja.
5. VoIP calls to troops

Buhari addressed soldiers from Abuja

President Buhari spoke with soldiers working in the field via digital devices.
How Buhari Was Convinced To Wear Suit The president advised the Nigerian Armed Forces to ensure that they win the war against Boko Haram in the nation’s northeast.

Chibok Girls: Army Makes Significant Arrest

The identity of one of the masterminds of the abduction of Chibok girls on April 14, 2014, will soon be made public subject to verification by the Nigerian Army.

The Chibok girls were kidnapped from their government secondary school in the town of Chibok in Borno state by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014.

Jarasu Shirawho, who is believed to be the sect leader around Damboa-Chibok-Askira axis of Borno state before he was apprehended last week in the state is believed to be one of the masterminds of the Chibok girls abduction.
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Disclosing details of the arrest of the suspected leader of the Boko Haram sect, Major General Lucky Irabor, the deputy theatre commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri that the suspect was arrested in one of the routine operations by soldiers.
He said: “We have in our custody a good number of suspected terrorists that were apprehended as a result of our routine operations.
“One of those suspects is believed to be on the list of our 100 most wanted terrorists’ leaders.”
General Irabor however noted that there was need to ascertain the true identity of the suspect before final confirmation to the media.
He said this was to avoid past mistakes where individuals were arrested based on mistaken identities.
“There are checks that must be done before final confirmation, facial attributes tended to show that he is the one.
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“But then, there are other things we need to do to ensure that is he who we said he is. Although the facial attributes confirmed he is the one, but it is not just by looks alone.
“We have had cases where we had mistaken identity only to come up to say we are sorry, that is what we are trying to avoid this time,” he said.
Meanwhile, an attack by three suicide bombers in Maiduguri on Friday, January 22 was foiled by the military just a kilometre into the troubled town.
Brigadier General Lucky Irabor who disclosed details of the botched attack said the suicide bombers were intercepted while trying to get passage into Maiduguri by vigilant men a kilometre ahead of the town, along Mafa road.

Nigerian Lady Tells Why Women Love Sex More Than Men

A Facebook user, Victoria Onwuchekwa, has got many of her followers talking and reacting!
Talking about why she thinks women love sex more than men, read what Victoria Onwuchekwa posted on her page below: