Nairaland Forum

They do, but it is easy to identify them as just "white men" not necessarily Americans or Europeans, it might be anybody. But the fact that they are not seen dressed as Arabs no one can say if they are Arabs unless they were heard talking in Arabic.

since they were not speaking Arabic were they then speaking your so called "white language" if there is anything like that, having said that every one knows Shekarau can only speak Hausa, Arabic and maybe Kanuri would it not be more plausible that he was with white men he understands their languages which again points to Arabians not necessary Europeans or Americans.!!!

so what if the police men had succeeded in wiping out the chief priest and his followers as they were planning to who would have revenged for the tribesmen.

Suits and trouser is to white men, robes and Jalabiyya is to arabs, so "white men" is the appropriate term to describe them I think.

So Arabs don't wear suit and trousers which kind thinking be this one!!!

mikeansy: I cant make sense of what Lai Mohamed is saying

Basically what Lai Mohammed is saying in essence is that President Goodluck Jonathan can theoretically over-rule the state house of assembly and withhold funds accrued to the states during "SOE" but in practice I do not see that happening except obviously the state Governor is found culpable of sponsoring BH activities, funding BH activities, sabotaging & jeopardizing JTF's effort and strategy. In the event of such happenings, the President can use emergency powers to side-step the 'state house of assembly' and stifle any funds given or accrued to the state government.

Pictures? white men or Arabs ? everybody na white men for naija

If d Eggons are d majority in d state how come minority tribes have been ruling them. Look at neigboring Kogi State d idomas or is d igalas are d majority & every Governor since d advent of democracy has been an idoma or igala man. So why can't d Eggons dominate d politics of that state.

159 million 999,999 thousand Nigerians should take their turn b4 Buhari. Buhari has passed his sell-by date.

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We have to give kudos where kudos is due. If the next President comes and declares a state of emergency removing the Governor or disbanding the House of Assembly their would be upheaval in that state, that is a certainty. so kudos to President Goodluck for setting up a good precedence.

Since Jonathan Goodluck has now set a precedence of declaring a 'state of emergency' without touching the democratic structures in the states involved it suffices it to say that no one else would have the tenacity, the courage nor the bragaddocious libido to undo what would now be seen as the new norm and the new way of declaring 'SOE' without them looking like some idiotic " Idi Amin " or some clueless President.

At least for once, the President's academical credentials speaks for itself whether the credentials were those of the University of Port-Harcourt or that of Cambridge, a learned fellow or leader is an invaluable asset not only to the country but in the interpretation of our revered holy grail book called the "constitution".

Hopefully and going forward, no new aboki President, Igbo President or even Yoruba President would be able to undo the good works and deeds Jonathan has bestowed on the nation by respecting the tenets, letters and wordings of our constitution to the hilt . He has not only dotted the i's and crossed the t's with regards to the interpretation of our constitution he has also honored the good book without appearing aloof and dictatorial, kudos to Mr President.

The draconian edits and decrees lampooned on the nation by OBJ whilst declaring a "State of Emergency" would and should be something of the past just like the dinosaurs are now seen as animals that once roamed the world. Any future President who disregard this precedence does so at his or her own perils and I can assure you, whoever goes down that inglorious route would bring shame, disheveled chaos and turbulence on themselves which may or may not consumed them, but that gamble is one gamble if I was the President I would not wish to take.


Most Important message of this little piece !!!!!!!!!!!!

On that note, looks like Mr President has gone one step further at clipping Messers Buhari's natural antecedence whose intuition and background cannot be too far off from those of Baba Iyabo, Kudos once more to President Goodluck Jonathan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AiP7-HBHwPc

This is what the Nigerian Airforce needs.

Does Nigerian Airforce have Bombers, I know we have Fighter Jets, this is where the bombers come into it, unfortunately we do not have those flying fortress B52 Bombers. Boko Haram are running into the " Daisy Cutter territories " the Daisy cutter is one massive bomb as big as a mini- van used in Afganistan .

It was used in the Tora-Bora Mountains by the US Airforce to dislodge Al queada operatives when they were hunting for Bin Ladin, Since we don't have this kind of weaponry, I don't want to burst your bubbles or your opportunism, it would be tough for Naija troops on those mountains in Adamawa State.

we know you flip flop. We were here when you were supporting Jonathan, later you switched support to Buhari. Now you are yabbing the same Buhari. We do not even want your support. You can give it to the young 'un expired' confused incompetent peeps looting you dry in Abuja.

Food wey don pass sellby date pickin for london no dey gree chop am. Buhari should be humiliated in the next poll, you know when u beat someone, don't do a TKO(TECHNICAL KNOCK OUT) Do a proper KO, so that he would not even fathom running in 2019 not less thinking of running.

The road for Buhari at this juncture of his life is travelling the short distance 6 feet under and that more than anything should be his primary pre-occupation not allowing people to keep on wasting ballot papers. Does he know we have global warming all that ballot papers his name is imprinted on can save enough trees in the forest.

I was a buhari fan but "no maas"(roberto duran)I would give 159 million, 999,999 Nigerians my vote than give the Ayatollah from Daura my one vote. Buhari has passed his sell by date.

Anyone who votes for this old relic surely wants to take us back in time to 1984. Can someone please tell Ayatollah Buhari that the world has moved on from "telex" and "fax" to Skype and e-mails

all this abatiti clowns forming guru on southwest affairs ehn, get your behind on one ifeshinachi bus and come cure your ignorance. ogbomoso is expecting it first dualized road plus ultra modern market latest by ending of this year same for saki,iseyin and oyo town down to interior ibarapa as far as eruwa,lanlate and igboora. the newly constructed iseyin road is so wide I thought I was at the lagos entrance end of the lagos ibadan expressway. always get your fact right before coming to public forum to show your ignorance. the lautech milieu has been resolved now that for the past 8 years the last session was the fastest, that the graduates are mobilized for batch a for nysc.

Have u been to shaki or iseyin those towns look like some garrison towns of the kiriji wars of 1890's, no form of development. In Iseyin Town Aso-Oke is the only business in town, if I lie show us the picture. Ogbomosho and Oyo becos a federal road passes through their territory hence some semblance of development apart from that, the Oyatoooo Gov Akala made some effort in Ogbomosho and he got his returns with the 400,00o votes that came his way. What of Oyo Alaafin, nothing dey happen as far as I am concerned.

Akure and Osogbo are the only SW Cities without a flyover nobi me talk am, na observation

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Haba, I don't suuport one tunre, Politics is fun, the fact that a failing Governor can be thrown out after the first term makes politics very intresting and dynamic. Most Political Thieves loose most of their loot during re-elections and if it so happens they loose the elections they would probably go bankrupt. Many of them would experience untold hardship afterwards.

Can anyone of u just imagine and quantify how much Ohakim of Imo State has loss in his bid to win the elections in Imo State.

I think a Governor's tenure should be 2 terms but maybe 2 terms of at least 6 years each. In Africa we are still developing and a Good Governor at the helms of affair could have significant impact on the people than all these 4 year tenure. But having said that, some Governors might find the 6 years too long, tiresome that could lead to complacency and boredom thereby rather than impact positively it could be the opposite.

Is Oyo State Ibadan Ibadan is just about 1/5 of Oyo State, what has the Governor done in Shaki, Iseyin, Ogbomosho or Oyo Town nothing. Does the Governor think Ibadan votes alone can make him win Oyo State !!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting a poor police commisioner inviting a very rich & wealthy speaker for question.

Those men in black can never be trusted? just imagine d conversation of d cp & speaker?

CP: Mr speaker wetin u and oga Governor come do to Mr President, our boys want to work for u but oga at d top say we should withdraw some of our boys.

Mr Speaker: You know all these things na politics, I am sure we can come to some reasonable arrangement.

CP: If pressure from Abuja continues, this is what we shall do. Our boys would be in mufti either way oga u go win this battle. Abuja would not know we are still given u security cover.

Mr Speaker: Mr mbu I know u will come out with a fantastic idea, i will talk to d Governor about it, least I forget we will be celebrating d 20th remebrance annivesary of my wife's grate uncle, so see u next weekend.

CP: yes sir, u know i cannot come in person but send something through Musa.

Mr Speaker: I understand. Don't worry i will give Musa something for u.

CP: Thank u sir, oga boys here would always be loyal.

Mr Speaker: I know that, I can always trust u boys.

Do you non-Yoruba's know what "ogbeni" means well let me tell you, it means " Mr" Emperor(being d pet name I gave d Governor for being d only Governor in Southern Nigeria to vote against d President in 2011) Aregbesola is a non-titled man in a country where everyone is obssessed with titles from Dr. Mrs, Alhaji, Alhaja, Architect, Chief or even egineer which d good people of d press bestowed on him despite his prefrence for just " Ogbeni".

Ogebeni can also sound derogatory, i can remember my father using the word for people he knew had no pedigree in society, not that he was a proud man, but it is d way d usage of word comes across.

By acknowldging d accronym 'Ogbeni' d Governor has not only bestowed on himself d unenviable platitudes of a man of d people but has endured in identifying with d common man or woman therby distancing himself from d aloofness d position of a Governor usually holds. This more than anything would make emperor Aregbesola sail through without holding any prisoners.

WHO IS CRYING MORE THAN THE BEREAVED IN NIGERIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I don't know!!!


ANS= ACN

do u need tfare to borno so u can relay dis ur msg to d JTF commander? Ewu! Typical nigerian, ITK.

I beg when we see something that is wrong, we should say it, I personally don't want this military expedition to go peer-shape but this kind of 24 hours curfew does not make sense. They can impose 24 hours curfew from 5 am on Sunday to 5 am on Monday, and within that 24 hours conduct a house to house search of the so called Boko-Haram Strong-hold.

But to have 24 hours curfew indefinitely does not make sense. We are all learned fellows presumably, when we see something that is wrong we should say it, is it when Aljazera or BBC start telling the whole world some women and children are starving to death in their homes we now change tact, I beg commanders on the ground, u are going into uncharted territory, State of Emergency does not mean u have d license to take lives willy-nilly!!!!

24 hours is Barbaric, even Nazi Germany did not do that? what sort of military strategy is a 24 hours curfew? except of course the Army wants to conduct a house-house search in the aforementioned areas, otherwise, it does not make sense!!!!

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I think I can now send my area boys to go and deal with that "loud mouth speaker" and "good for nothing Governor" since they would no more have security operatives. Welcome come on board citizen Amechi and Mr Speaker at least you people like the rest of us would have to sleep with one eye open henceforth.

The bottom lines are the Yoruba's will vote ACN in the Gubernatorial elections but the Presidential elections would probably go to Jonathan, I see a repetition of the 2011 election results.

Not many Southerners and that includes the Yoruba's will trust a Northerner with the Presidency come 2015.!!!

There is no vacancy in Aso Rock until 2019!!!!

Mr President, there still work to be done, when our boys finish in the NE, send them to Bakassi, we need to take our land back.

If that can be achieved " no more elections in 2015, we would declare you the winner of the elections of 2015, in May 2013!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who is doing the rating?

You don't have to be a rocket science to know the ratings has cause internal strive and bickerings amongst the opposition, a feat no other policy has acheived since 2011.

Take a peep at following strive amongst the opposition parties, human right lawyers and social/ political commentators :



1. ANPP Supports Mr President's SOE

2.ACN diagree with SOE

3. Ribadu ACN Presidential Candidate supports SOE

4. Fani Kayode OBJ's' pit-bull dog agrees but reckon the President should have gone a step further relinquishing the Governors of their mandates- ( which I disagree with, I think Mr President made the right decision)

5. Mr Critic Dele Momodu supports SOE

6. Human Rights Lawyers, Falana, Kumoyi and some others supports the SOE, and where impress with the Presidents's decision to keep the democratic institutions intact.

7. A random sample in many Social media outlet,one can sense and feel an overwhelming support in face-book, twitter, and Nairaland for Mr Presidents decision.

so Mr man, I hope your question has been answered.

I think Okorocha would be embarrassed by ACN's position with regards to "SOE" already RIbadu has come out equivocally in support of the President. Where does Okorocha stand at least we no where ANPP stands.