BlackBaron:
Wow!
After how many years was that?

Blasts Rock Maiduguri After President Jonathan’s Visit
MAR 9, 2013


Barely hours after President Goodluck Jonathan left the Borno State capital; multiple explosions were reported to have hit the city of Maiduguri.

Witnesses say they heard loud blasts, in Jajeri ward of Budum town, the heart of the insurgency shortly after President Goodluck Jonathan ended his trip there to try to galvanize support for his battle against terror.

Our correspondent in Borno Jonathan Gopep reports that the explosions, seven in all occurred within minutes of each other.

No casualties were reported in the incident.

It will be recalled that President Jonathan visited Maiduguri, the borno State capital to salute the courage of men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in tackling the Boko Haram sect, could not hold his enthusiasm as to the level patriotism demonstrated by the JTF, by way of leaving their various families to come and stay under the scorching sun of Borno State in a bid to rid the state of insecurity.

He commended the officers for [size=14pt]their patriotism since the violence began, while insisting that the JTF will not be pulled out of the state unless peace returns and called on the elders who asked for their withdrawal to sign a pact with him which will guaranty security of lives and property.[/size]

From: http://www.channelstv.com/2013/03/09/blasts-rock-maiduguri-after-president-jonathans-visit/

Shyna112:
Bcus of election he went to maiduguri abi?

Buhari has nothing to offer…should retire says El-Rufai

The attention of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has been drawn to statements from Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida purporting to be responses to the advice he gave both men to retire.

Since Babangida libelled whole generations of Nigerian youth as being unfit for leadership, age has become an issue in the coming elections. While it is true that neither youth nor age supplies wisdom on their own, [size=13pt]it makes sense to ask those who have been recurring decimals in our country’s sorry history to leave the stage. That is all El-Rufai asked of these men who seem to think that their failure to do their best for Nigeria when they had the chance qualifies them for a return to office.[/size] Our people surely deserve better.

El-Rufai is amazed that General Buhari cannot debate this matter without scurrying to the gutter, making claims that are baseless and unsupported by any facts. Mallam El-Rufai’s tenure as FCT minister was a period of stellar performance in remaking our federal capital. Despite the difficult decisions that had to be taken to restore Abuja, Mallam El-Rufai continues to receive deserved praise and recognition for his achievements in restoring the Abuja master plan, introducing Nigeria’s first computerised land registry and helping thousands of Nigerians achieve their dreams of home ownership in the federal capital. Buhari is perhaps one of a tiny few blinded by their prejudice from recognising the quality of El Rufai’s service.

That same prejudice accounts for the baseless claims of corruption Buhari levels against El Rufai. The fact is that Mallam El-Rufai served Nigeria with integrity and has never been convicted of any corrupt act. He is boldly contesting the false charges which the Yar’Adua government filed against him in court. It is strange that a Buhari who protests when unproven claims of N2.5 billion (about US $3billion in those days!) missing oil funds are levelled against him can gleefully elevate similar claims into facts when it concerns another. How would Buhari feel if the corruption allegations made against him by Group Captain Usman Jibrin, then a board member of PTF, are today reported as if they were proven facts? So much for “corrupt background” and “shoddy performance”.

Mallam El-Rufai wishes to remind [size=14pt]General Buhari that he has remained perpetually unelectable because his record as military head of state, and afterwards, is a warning that many Nigerians have wisely heeded. His insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity and his parochial focus are already well-known[/size]. In 1984, Buhari allowed 53 suitcases belonging to his ADC’s father to enter Nigeria unchecked at a time the country was exchanging old currency for new. Against all canons of legal decency, he used retroactive laws to execute three young men for drug-peddling after they were convicted by a military tribunal and not regular courts of law. Buhari was so high handed that he gave himself and his officials immunity even from truthful reporting. That obnoxious Decree 4, against which truth was no defence, was used to jail journalists and attempt to cow the media as a whole. That tyrannical legislation shows the essence of his intolerance. These are facts of recent history.

The story of counter-trade and import licensing, the cornerstone of Buhari’s stone-age economic strategy and those whose interests it served, is a tale for another day.

Mallam El-Rufai respects both Generals Buhari and Babangida as elder statesmen. He believes their age, experience and guidance may contribute to the success of any future government. El-Rufai however believes that it is time for a new generation of leaders with new thinking and wholesome democratic attitude to move our nation forward. The vicious response by the Buhari camp to a simple statement that their almost-70 principal should retire is proof enough that a Buhari, the new Democrat, tolerant of views different from his own, is yet to evolve. And that is sad, for his fledgling party and its leadership. Buhari and his cohorts may wish to reflect that it will take more than attacks on personalities to become electable. Having seen his version of discipline, Nigerians are not likely to cherish an encore. But they will welcome an engagement with the issues and problems of everyday life that have hobbled the peoples of this land.

Muyiwa Adekeye


From: http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/buhari-has-nothing-to-offer-should-retire-says-el-rufai/

Coolguy89:
Lie of d Day,am here in maid and no hear it , Why u too dey lie like dis

Newkidoo:

Guy, you are old enough to make your choice!!
It Is people like you that become clueless and incompetent when elected into office..

sheedy407:
GEJ till 2019 or if the constitution allows 3rd term, then GEJ till 2014

kgbd:
kindergarten president, when Akande made that statement people decended heavily on him. Well he has been vindicated by the innate cluelessness of the man he called unserious minded. https://www.nairaland.com/1393118/jonathan-unserious-president-bisi-akande

kgbd:
kindergarten president, when Akande made that statement people decended heavily on him. Well he has been vindicated by the innate cluelessness of the man he called unserious minded. https://www.nairaland.com/1393118/jonathan-unserious-president-bisi-akande

sheedy407:
GEJ till 2019 or if the constitution allows 3rd term, then GEJ till 2014

ichidodo:
Winging your way down to war torn
maiduguri to felicitate with our
national heroes on their remembrance
day at great risk to your distinguished
life is,i must say,a brave, selfless yet
wonderful gesture and morale/soul
lifting boost for the service men of
this great Nation.......i hope he
snapped selfies.

anonimi:
Can someone who is good with IT graphics re-do this picture frame with Buhari in the middle as the Perpetually Unelectable Presidential candidate as stated by El-Rufai.
Thanks!

Sloan:
Election gimmickery!

Deltagiant:
This is the first war-time Nigerian Head of state to visit the war front.
Gowon refused to visit his soldiers in the battle field of Biafra against Awo's pressure on him to do that even though Ojukwu was then fighting at Oguta.
Jonathan has done it, braver than a proffessional General. Impressive!

olatade:
President Goodluck Jonathan has just landed in Maiduguri Airport in a surprise visit to the hotbed of Boko Haram's insugency which has claimed thousands of lives.
The Chief of Defense staff, Air Vice Marshall Alex Badeh and National Security adviser, Sambo Dasuki arrived the airport in a separate aircraft.
Governor Kashim Shettima arrived the airport to receive the president



http://dailytrust.com.ng/daily/top-stories/44429-breaking-jonathan-visits-maiduguri

SmartestGuyEver:

It's true, i was around the airport by then. Anyway, na him sabi oo

fxskye:


How many armed forces remembrance day done passed before now?

experimentist:
A president without balls! Shege, no votes for you!

Mogidi:

DONE