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ShyNeptune:
such Humility....

He meant to say exchange handshakes!!!

Just saw this at MMIA

StunningCEO:
We warned them many times but they refused...the truth is that Kanu will be tried in court...and given the evidence...he will likely be convicted and sentenced to death...however at this point... ...people will step in and the government might commute it to life in prison...this is the best case scenario for the dumb man...he just ruined his life for nothing... muumuu leading muumuu...

Is this sick country worth the life of any human being

We're Nigeria a prosperous state I would gladly concur to this treason talk

Buhari should devolve powers of FG to the regions then we can call this country a just nation

nyben4eva:
The OP is crying over a rotten milk.Nigeria is already a failed nation.A nation where injustice,bad governance,excessive looting,intimidation,disobedience of court orders,unlawful killings by force men,lies,deceit etc prevails,is already doomed.

A nation founded on lies and inequality,where impunity is seen as an act in the right direction;where some people are treated unfairly and unjustly simply because of their ethnicity,religion,and tribe.

The country is on auto pilot,enrout a course of an un charted destination,where the obvious is bound to happen.A journey of no return is a better definition of the current situation of Nigeria because she's already a failed nation.

The above facts about the country is never my prayers for Nigeria.I truly pray this country works for our good,but we love to misplace priorities because we don't put Nigeria first,we rather put our tribes,selfish interests and friends before our dear country.

The only way we can get it right is to simply tell the truth which is this: By practicing true federalism or resource control.Without it,we're only putting the cart before the horse and we'll continue to remain a 1000 years behind civilisation.

Without reading your brilliant post I had posted mine and re echoed the same thing you said in conclusion: Nigeria must re structire with full resource control

But Buhari in his northern agenda doesn't want that but wants to subject the entire south to hard times so that the north, who have untapped human and mineral resources, can live of the south

Go to the NPA you see northern running the resources of the south west: same with the oil sector!

If Nigeria fails today it won't because GEJ didn't do better it would be because we are as a people refuse to admit the truth.

Even local government autonomy, which would have changed the characteristics of the local government for good, was garbaged by the state assemblies because the status quo favoured them

Nobody want Buhari to fail but we want him now to do the right things without delay and stop chasing things that won't change Nigerians well being

fratermathy:
cc:
Lalasticlala, Seun, Obinoscopy, Dominique, HopeatHand, LordAdam, Freemanan, Goodboiyy, Thesonofmark, Passingshots, Tonyebarcanista

Nigeria is a very inefficient vehicle thaat is why it isn't progressing.

No amount of prayer can cure Malaria, take the right dosage of ACT and you will be fine!

So too let Buhari restructure Nigeria into the old regional structure and see the speed initiated by healthy competition take place

fizzy94:
Did I just see 'the human freedom is of more value than the crimes they are alleged to commit'?
Why didn't they give orders to capture Osama bin Laden alive by all means then let him face trial or Saddam Hussein?.... I just pray we capture the leader of Boko Haram alive and let me see you idiots here start chanting rule of law.

Let's not join issues here!

Osama openly confessed to the 9/11 attack which is condemnable by all

He never stood trial because he wouldn't even show up or could he be arrested at all; mind you Osama isn't even a citizen of the US

What stops Buhari from charging the guy to court with all the counts and let the courts decide?

My point is PMB is fighting corruption by flouting court order and by mischievous filing of cases to keep the accused in perpetual detention

When I speak of human freedom or humanity being greater than the crime committed I say so enquivocally....this is a fact: the human being will be always be more important than the crime they committed

Why did the ALUU 4 create so much outage from all of us? Even if they were really guilty our humanity kicked against the actions meted out on them

lastmanstandn:
Buhari, Our National Interest and Court Orders
A step below President Buhari's present level of high-handedness only brings us back to the era of impunity that we voted Jonathan out for.
Nigerians are very forgetful of the past. Nigeria, under the watch of the Fmr President, could not successful keep terror suspects in custody because prosecutors failed to prepare a case. We had a system where court orders and injunctions stalled corruption cases and made a mockery of our fight to defeat corruption and insecurity across the country. This time, we have an executive that is willing to stretch its constitutional powers to keep Nigeria safe and recoup stolen fund, yet we're starting to paint the President as a dictator.

Kanu is a threat to our national security. In advanced societies, suspects are detained for issues as trivial as traffic offence to keep them in custody while a stronger case is put together, why must Nigeria be different? Societies with strong intelligence communities engage whatever means is takes to keep terrorists and extremists out of circulation, must ours be different? Indeed, there are global concerns with regards to ethical issues in national security and intelligence activities of nations; developing countries should not be singled out as if we are the only ones involved in such. Indeed, the primary responsibility of government is to ensure its people live neither in fear of terrorism, external aggression nor poverty and other factors that undermine their peace and safety while it also sustains the fundamental rights of its people. However, many advanced nations have passed through periods of national crisis when liberties were exchanged for greater security, the balance between both being restored after such crisis, and Nigeria is at that point right now.

Within the last 10-15 years, advanced nations have defied international charters against enhanced interrogation techniques, illegal rendition, detention without trial and all sort of measures all for the sake of national security. We have not resorted to this yet you're starting to paint us as bad. We have not rendered our terror suspects to Niger, as you did render yours to Egypt for torture, we have not built illegal detention facilities in Chad, as you've done in Cuba, Kanu has not accused our security agents of subjecting him to waterboarding as you've done to many of yours, so what is the fury about? We understand you did what was necessary for the safety of innocent people, just as President Buhari is doing the same. Nnamdi Kanu's illegal entrance into the country with equipment for the purpose of undermining our national security is enough to get us worried, and get a responsible President to act.

On the NIMASA ex-DG and Arms thieves, I doubt if there is any law in Nigeria or anywhere in the world that restrains the authorities from re-arresting a suspect on different charges after he/she has been granted bail on others. Hence, we do not have to blame the President for identifying measures within our laws to use against corrupt public office holders just to keep them from jumping bail. We had a soft-spoken, gentle-looking President whose lame duck attitude cost us $2.1 billion meant for the war on terror and drove us where we are today, but we have moved on. Now we have a stronger, more willing leader in President Buhari and the best we can do is support him to do whatever is right and just to keep us on the path of prosperity and security again.

As Nigerians we must understand that security is a collective task that requires the mutual cooperation of every citizen, and the understanding that our liberties will not be compromised as long as we remain law abiding and do not act in ways that endanger others, as Dasuki Sambo and his partners are alleged to have done to our soldiers and our countrymen up North. We need to understand that a man that literally sneaked into the country using unconventional methods can sneak out using same methods; that we lack the intelligence capability to keep tabs on all suspects, and just like in past cases, corrupt public office holders may escape justice by choosing not to return to Nigeria if they are allowed to pursue whatever medical excuses abroad and extradition is not as easy as it appears. We are protected as law-abiding citizens, and we have in President Buhari what we have always desired, a strong man with great political will to frustrate corrupt public office holders, a step below President Buhari's present level of high-handedness only brings us back to the era of impunity.

@ijigbami

You spoke well but let it be said that we must decide democracy or we don't or we ammend according to the rules and arbitrarily

Laws are meant for humans and not humans for the law!

If we continue like this we will get to a point that if a president doesn't like your face he can detain till eternity by deliberately replacing a cleared charge with another

Human freedom is sacred; the human person is of more value than the crimes they are alleged to commit.

The crux is that we mostly don't have a set of principles and charter we based our societies on.

If the judiciary is slow in dispensing justice wouldn't it be needful to seek ways how it can be expedited while allowing the defendant ample time and resources to defend themselves reasonably?

allthingsgood:
It was disgusting watching that born by mistake bastard spill one lie after another on channels. FFK is nothing but a coorupt liar and thief. What is more annoying is that channels brought him on air to waste people's time

My friend this is how wailers feel when Liar Mohammed speaks

Keneking:
Jonathan is responsible because according to Buhari, he (Jonathan) personally authorized the CBN to release $40bn to someone in his cabinet.

Jonathan sef

For you to have constructed the paragraph tells me you went to school but for you to mention $40 BILLION without thinking about what you are typing is a big shame......do you even know how is in our external reserve sef

Aniekpeno11:
Balls? Because we don't want biafra? By your statement militancy demonstrated cowardice

Militancy that gladly settled for monthly from proceeds from your oil resources.....

Well I stopped clamouring for the south south for months now when I realised I am crying more than the bereaved

Aniekpeno11:
As an akwa ibomite i say a very fat, orobo, and big NO to biafra. We rather create our own republic than be part of biafra. Now i suspect some tribal jerk will refuse to accept the truth and will instead insult me and call me a yoruba boy

You guys lack the balls to confront the injustice meted over you guys

EdCure:
Good. We the south-southerners will vigorously drum this into their blockheads.

Biafrauds should take their greasy, snuff-congested noses off our region and its resources.

Truth is that the almighty oil is becoming so valueless, wake up and smell the coffee

My problem with SS guys like you is that you are spineless; were the oil in the North or SW they would have fought for their freedom but rather the north occupy your "oil wells"....

Am not pro-biafra,though Igbo, but you guys are cowards


It's not like Igboland are bereft of oil and gas

Reski:
Yes at least we have a realistic budget. Lets give kudo's to the minster of national planning and let buhari and his team focus on implementation of the budget. Except you want them to peg the price of oil at $15 per barrel.

The bench mark for crude oil is not realistic based on emerging global realities: a $20 mark is more realistic, if it doesn't plummet we have the balance in an excess crude account

Like someone said even if you must borrow it should be for welfarism which on your IGR you can't support for now

It

Reski:
Tonye barcanista and his fairytale economics. Seriously I expected better. Or are you too blind to see the fact that for the first time in 45year's of our existance as a nation projected revenue from other sources is more than that of oil.

The revenue is more than oil because oil revenue plummeted and not that non-oil revenue really grew
Spot the diff

NavierStokes:
The guys who "tweak"the market (Goldmann Sachs) have already done a forecast for $20/bbl, our "inexperienced unqualified and cloutless" economic team have selected a benchmark of $38/bbl. This is almost like plunging our country into avoidable economic chaos. "Na Borrow-Pose budget naim we deg see so"

You nailed it @ bolded!!!

That's the APC style: they borrow monies and do signature projects to score cheap political points, they even do so at inflated amounts (cf, Fashola's website and Borehole)

While they use IGR for themselves leaving the next government to pay thier debts which projects they took credit for

You will fall again and again....instincts are stronger than the intellect


It's obviously your mind is idle and you don't have something noble and great to chase after because if you do this young lass would be a distraction you would gladly forgo

It can either depending on the beneficiary.....its a big temptation to be complacent

This is I a scene from a Nollywood movie, I think it is titled Mt and Mrs UKWA, Osofia was in it

The blogger is a big fool and those already commenting, "because it's from the east" are just too myopic and tribalistic...talki about calling a dog a bad name so that you can hang it.....

Why did the stupid faceless, desparate blogger withold the name what is he or she afraid of??

sandraokosun1:
When we tell dem they are dreamers, they come here to masturbate and console themselves that they are strategizing.
Ojukwu a military man that had the opportunity in the brink of a crux ascounded only to resurface and beg for nigeria no1 post 2 times.
You cant fight the fg, u only pick war u can win.
Ths is the last we would hear of ipod after their gra gra just like massob, it would integrate itself into finding brown envelope,
its aim was to drag the enough gullible into a group big enough to start enjoying lobying priviledges

It is words like yours that Soyinka was just warning about

Soyinka understand that Biafra that remains rooted even in the generations that didn't see the war.

The Igbos, with all they have achieved across Nigeria, with all of their economic exploits, thanks to the Nigeria environment, still carry the pains of a "subdued nation, of an unspoken humiliation and of possibility of owning an eldorado from self determination

Biafra is not all about self determination but more of the Pride of the Igbos and Moreso the Pride of FG, of the Southwest and the North....that's seems is the real reason why a yoruba and Hausa man will beef the Igbos politically and socio-culturaally but object to their demanded departure

Though igbo, I am convinced that the viable seeds of biafra needn't be watered rather the Biafran stump should be employed as a stock that supply vital gusto to the scion of a new igbo generation, who will bring the much desired progress the Igbos long for and you don't need an outright secession to achieve that

This guy's are clowns

They are in power both on the state and federal levels and they are busy talking as if they are in the opposition


Why can't, like Nike, just do it!

Flyoruboy:
Bullshyt. Your importers are free to direct their consignments to the other SS ports so that excuse doesn't hold water. But then again maybe it's our lovely beaches.

On a more serious note, even if you all were to start patronizing the other ports, sooner than later you will begin claiming you 'developed' the place, and that it is a no-man's land and having problems with your hosts. Face it -- you are experts at courting trouble with your hosts wherever you are.

How can a Nigeria be a visitor in his own country? This shows how's how we are yet a country

pathardy:
I use to read your comments with kneen interest of objectivity but I'm highly disappointed with this.

The guy has totally lost because of his personal interest is threatened by Biafra

The fact is that the South is under siege under the North who are the major beneficiaries of the Wan Naihjeria

The way out isn't secession byt fiscal regionalism

But even these would be hard for Buhari to swallow

Dele Momodu thinks Buhari doesn't know what's up.....

Of course Igbo with their multi trillion dollar investments across Nigeria would vote for Biafra byt the window of refrendum that is opens will lead to a list of other requests for refrendum from the soith south and that one will sail through and once the south south leaves with their Oil Nigeria's glue is gone

dapsoneh:
mayb u shld just let her know u are engaged or in a serious relationship and if she insists, then, she has herself to blame afterwards and besides, anytn btw u is her loss cos u av made ursef clear to her by being a gentleman

ladies never have to lie to tell a guy no so why should guys lie??


normally ladies dont verbalise thier feelings and if they do u just let them know it mau not work for

Bububnow has opportunity to fulfil his campaign promise of stabilising crude oil price

sukkot:
thats why you need good leadership to organize the division of labor based on the strengths of the different people. hausas are known to not be scared of death. so you utilize that strength by putting them in the army. yorubas are known to be the best administrators so you utilize that. igbos are good business men so you utilize that strength. use everyones strenght. thats the quality of a good leader. harness the strenghts of the various groups. identify their stregths and weaknesses. so what we have is a paucity of leadership. this your biafran agitation is just a distraction and is not the solution. in fact it will end up being a disaster for you because too many cooks on the same boat is bad. every igbo man wants to get rich by any means necessary so a nation full of igbo people only will be full of kidnappers and armed robbers and organized crime and heavy drug trafficking crimes etc etc. you cant have too many people with the same mindset on the same ship or it will sink

Before Nigeria existed igbos co-existed peacefully and same with the yoruba nation so what's the deal?

Jyah01:
We the Niger deltan r not going to join the biafara we only need resource control.

Niger deltans will boast "warri no dey carry last" but you guys are becoming spineless and cowardly...imagine your state government sponsoring artlices in financial times for PMB

U guys have been successfully devided by the north hence they rule

PassingShot:
That you expect everyone to reason like Yerima says a lot about you. You're emotional and irrational. Done with you!

LOL i remember the long episode you wrote me at the wake of Buhari's emergence about Ndigbos and now that Ndigbos is "rubbishing" your little political gain of having a commissioner vice president via a biafran agition you start winning and wishing that Buhari was a military dictator again.....and that says you are self seeking, confused tribal bigot who lacks a comscience or nobility.

Never you come near any pro-biafran thread to spew your cowardly remarks.....

Igbos are fearless and not spineless crooks and bootlickers mentors that have sold you to slavery

Aigbofa:
Buhari tried like four times before he was finally elected, is he not a northerner? Ibos are not good at building alliances that is why they are failing in national politics not because of any systemic barrier put up against ibos.

Igbos are not known for forming narrow minded alliances; igbos vote according to their conscience; MKO case comes to mind; IBB tossed Tofa and Ogbonaya at us but igbos not wanting a northerner in charge after IBB, Buhari and shagari's 16years

Igbos voted massively for MKO based on principle not hate for the north but rotation of power principle but the yorubas tend only to vote for their perceived personal gain nothing else...spot the diff

PassingShot:
So, threatening to take up arms against a government is not treason? Asking Ibos to kill Hausas and Yorubas anywhere they find them is not grievous enough an offense to be picked up?

How many Yorubas and fulanis have been killed or have fled the SE?

Like is said you know longer reason well because of your sentiments

Your idea of democracy is about playing games to win for your region at the expense of other region;it's a shame that a Northerner whom you rather serve than stand on your own, is saying the truth which you rather not admit