Because of that, a president Jonathan can rule for ever if he wants.

Onlytruth:



You and I know that a leader like Buhari actually meant well for Nigeria more than say Awo or Ojukwu. But guess who is more revered in Nigeria today?

I would not (and I don't expect Jonathan to ) risk my life for Nigeria.

All those who are opposing him now would calm down once he throws oil blocks at them, even the most hardened northern opposition.

Nigeria is irreparably rotten at the core (center).

As far as I'm concerned, Nigeria's best days were between December 31st 1983 and August 27, 1985.

Yes, some of the tactics employed by the Buhari/Idiagbon regime were extreme (e.g., death penalty for drug traffickers), however, they performed excellently as leaders. Not the barawos we're all clapping for because we want to be in their good books.

After them came IBB, hardcore thief! From then on it has been one goat to another.

I just hope Jonathan doesn't turn out to be a goat, I'm keeping my toes crossed - my fingers are tired of being crossed abeg.

Onlytruth:



You and I know that a leader like Buhari actually meant well for Nigeria more than say Awo or Ojukwu. But guess who is more revered in Nigeria today?

I would not (and I don't expect Jonathan to ) risk my life for Nigeria.

All those who are opposing him now would calm down once he throws oil blocks at them, even the most hardened northern opposition.

Nigeria is irreparably rotten at the core (center).

Buhari and Co didn't mean well for the country. I heard the same sentiment about Murtala Mohammed, all of them were after their own interest either financially or egotistically.

A soldier who seizes power from a democratically elected government can never have my support. When you look at the owners of oil blocks today are they not Generals? So what corruption did they come to tackle?

Onlytruth:

Ok my problem is Nigerian. They don't exist.

I would explain more. There are about three categories of Nigerians. And Nigeria is at least three nations in one.

You are wrong. We do exist!

Cohomology:

As far as I'm concerned, Nigeria's best days were between December 31st 1983 and August 27, 1985.

Yes, some of the tactics employed by the Buhari/Idiagbon regime were extreme (e.g., death penalty for drug traffickers), however, they performed excellently as leaders. Not the barawos we're all clapping for because we want to be in their good books.

After them came IBB, hardcore thief! From then on it has been one goat to another.

I just hope Jonathan doesn't turn out to be a goat, I'm keeping my toes crossed - my fingers are tired of being crossed abeg.

The same cleansing they tried to do ousted them from office. When IBB came, he dropped the cleansing and stayed there for 8 years. OBJ did exactly the same and he stayed for 8 years.
Knowing Nigeria's history, Jonathan would be a fool to try changing much. We'd be lucky if he actually reforms the electoral process. I wouldn't do that if I were him anyway because Nigeria needs far more than electoral reforms.

SapeleGuy:

Buhari and Co didn't mean well for the country. I heard the same sentiment about Murtala Mohammed, all of them were after their own interest either financially or egotistically.

A soldier who seizes power from a democratically elected government can never have my support. When you look at the owners of oil blocks today are they not Generals? So what corruption did they come to tackle?

How did I miss that?

Kobojunkie:

You are wrong. We do exist!

So where have you been for 40 years?

In my book there are three categories of people in Nigeria:

1) Those who feel that they own Nigeria and their sectional interest is the same as Nigerian interest
2) Those who are happy picking crumbs and cowering below the first group
3) Those who want out of Nigeria.

These top groups make up at least 70% of the Nigerian population.

The remaining 30% drift with the wind all the time. They swing because they frankly can't do much other than that.
It is within this last group that I suspect you belong.
You can find the so called Nigerians in this last group, but they are too minute to be relevant in the scheme of things.

HARD COLD TRUTH.

I am sorry if you are stuck with your delusions there but Nigerians who do not see themselves as merely members of some sub tribal group do exists and we have had to put up with the stupidity exhibited by tribally minded majorities in all that time unfortunately.

SapeleGuy:

Buhari and Co didn't mean well for the country. I heard the same sentiment about Murtala Mohammed, all of them were after their own interest either financially or egotistically.

A soldier who seizes power from a democratically elected government can never have my support. When you look at the owners of oil blocks today are they not Generals? So what corruption did they come to tackle?

The only thing common between Murtala Mohammed and Muhammadu Buhari is the Mohammed/Muhammadu in their names.

While Murtala Mohammed was a genocidal mass murderer who took out his defeat at Abagana on poor villagers in then mid-Western Nigeria, Buhari and Idiagbon really did care about Nigeria and were excellent statesmen.

Many military rulers, who seized power from civilians have ruled well and led their nations to greatness. Examples: George Washington - rebel leader who seized control from the civilian King George of England; Kamal Ataturk of Turkey was another great military leader; Oliver Cromwell of England is another super example.

Abeg, a military leader can also be a great national leader.

Onlytruth:



How did I miss that?

lol, remember they are very good propagandists.

Cohomology:

The only thing common between Murtala Mohammed and Muhammadu Buhari is the Mohammed/Muhammadu in their names.

While Murtala Mohammed was a genocidal mass murderer who took out his defeat at Abagana on poor villagers in then mid-Western Nigeria, Buhari and Idiagbon really did care about Nigeria and were excellent statesmen.

Many military rulers, who seized power from civilians have ruled well and led their nations to greatness. Examples: George Washington - rebel leader who seized control from the civilian King George of England; Kamal Ataturk of Turkey was another great military leader; Oliver Cromwell of England is another super example.

Abeg, a military leader can also be a great national leader.

Lol, First of all, compare like with like.  With respect, what you are doing is promoting backwardness. So you couldn't find leaders from the 20th or 21st century. The fact that you had to go to the 16th and 17th century speaks volumes.

I dey go watch Ghana.

SapeleGuy:

Lol, First of all, compare like with like.  With respect, what you are doing is promoting backwardness. So you couldn't find leaders from the 20th or 21st century. The fact that you had to go to the 16th and 17th century speaks volumes.

With respect, you really need to brush up on your history - Kamal Ataturk ruled Turkey in the 20th century.

Also, Nigeria's level of development is comparable to Oliver Cromwell's England.

Kobojunkie:

I am sorry if you are stuck with your delusions there but Nigerians who do not see themselves as merely members of some sub tribal group do exists and we have had to put up with the stupidity exhibited by tribally minded majorities in all that time unfortunately.

Truth hurts.
Mind you 40 years is a long time. Some Asian nations and even Germany became first world nations by achievements of under 40 years. I remember my 2005 visit to Anambra state. I was stunned by what Ngige was able to achieve in under 3 years, and I remember thinking that if he continued for 8 years, Anambra state would be knocking on the door of first world status at least in road networks. Why has there not been a Nigerian leader who did that for Nigeria for a whole 40 years?

I'm just been real. So spare me. 

I am sorry but your delusion is not truth. I have NEVER stood to claim I am from one tribe and so not Nigerian. I am first Nigerian and the other is extra information. I am here, so your truth holds no water outside of your mind. It is that simple.

Even people like Wole Soyinka has shown you all that it is possible to be Nigerian first, but I guess it is as always lost of you.

Cohomology:

With respect, you really need to brush up on your history - Kamal Ataturk ruled Turkey in the 20th century.

Also, Nigeria's level of development is comparable to Oliver Cromwell's England.

Ataturk was in the same category as Sadam Hussein, Nigeria doesn't need that type of leader.

if every politicians and public office holder wanted to be in south africa for 2010 world cup, what more canada?
140 is not even up to what i wld expect from these useless and baseless administration.
pdp is such an irresponsible party that they do not have even a single project for the development of this forsaken country.
i wonder what ever happened to plane crash.

SapeleGuy:

Ataturk was in the same category as Sadam Hussein, Nigeria doesn't need that type of leader.

FTW?

Saddam?

Can you pass me the blunt you're smoking?

TANoids, can this be compared to the twenty people PMB has gone with?

PassingShot:
TANoids, can this be compared to the twenty people PMB has gone with?

You think that was all, Passingshot?
Wait till I find something else which is bound to elicit laughter of derision.

Give me 2 mins

See the way this Aussie journo lampoons the President of the largest Black nation on earth?

Vibe was right for PM to hope for Goodluck charm

October 28, 2011


Julia Gillard greets Nigerian-Australian Emannuel Hart (in pink) and companion, as Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, and his wife, Patience, (in gold) look on. Photo: Penny Bradfield

SOMETIMES, when you're a bit down on your luck, a rare moment of radiance appears as if from the ether and lifts your whole day. And so it appeared to be when Prime Minister Julia Gillard found herself greeting the much bejewelled and marvellously named Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria, and his friends.

Jonathan, accompanied by his wife, Patience, and an official retinue ''of a cool 170 people!'' that wouldn't be out of place among the diamond-ear-studded homeboys who regularly surround rappers from, say, Harlem, fairly lit up Perth's Pan Pacific Hotel.

Gillard, who has been out of fortune in the polls of late, happily bathed in the infectious enthusiasm of Goodluck, Patience and their colleagues.

And why not? Jonathan had never been elected to a major public position in his life when he found himself standing in for the ailing former president, was declared President of Africa's most populous nation within 12 hours of the incumbent's death last year and then won an actual election, storming home with 77.7 per cent of what was said to be the valid vote.

Goodluck indeed. Gillard could hardly dream of such political munificence.

Whatever else might be said about the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, when the leaders of what was the British empire get together, there's no shortage of vibe.

Perth itself may not be quite as funky as, say, Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, where the last CHOGM was held. Nor might it have the languid colonial charm of Colombo, where the next meeting is scheduled, despite suggestions it might not be entirely suitable, considering concerns about recent atrocities in Sri Lanka's civil war.

CHOGM-goers with longer memories might recall the 1991 event in Harare, Zimbabwe, where Commonwealth leaders fawned over Robert Mugabe as a champion of African democracy. Zimbabwe is no longer a Commonwealth member and Mugabe is viewed widely these days as a brutal despot.

Indeed, Perth could be considered a tad boring by comparison … if it were not for the fact that the guardians of its splendid beaches are involved in a shoot-to-kill search for a great white shark.

And what nation but Australia could field the estimable Tim Mathieson to escort the spouses of the 50 or so Heads of Government (HOGs) around Perth's attractions?

Yesterday, at a rehearsal for this morning's official opening of the summit, Mathieson leapt into the role of sound system roadie for Gillard, blowing into the official microphone and mouthing the ritual ''one, two, one, two''. The microphone wasn't on. Perhaps somebody should have called Goodluck Jonathan and the Homeboys.

Source:http://www.theage.com.au/national/vibe-was-right-for-pm-to-hope-for-goodluck-charm-20111027-1mm3a.html#ixzz1c0vZ9Iow

However we slice and dice this one, the fact remains that GEJ flew all the way to Australia with a groupie the size of a small primary school; while the Queen of England and David Cameron (British PM) travelled light (I have their itinerary stored somewhere). Now how does this read for comparison?

oh yeah! someone jack up this page!
it seems like the APC guys were trying so hard to cover this anti Gej campaign.oh well!

TheOtherView, one just have to laugh at the hypocrisy of TANoids spearheaded by the one and only protection seeker known on this forum.

Under their "god", Nigeria was a laughing stock in the committee of nation and now that we're seeing a semblance of respect under PMB, they won't let us rest with their campaign of PHD (pull him down).

They're pathetic souls.