₦airaland Forum

Pangea:
I read yesterday that he, Saraki and other senators are ready to commence the screening of Buhari's ministerial nominees and I had a hearty laughter.
Are they really ready or they are looking for more amunitions because the present one is depleted and the tide of sympathy is turning against them?
Why did he adjourn the sitting to almost the end of July?
If PMB falls for another Saraki scam, then he deserves anything that happens to him.
Sending the ministerial list to the Senate now is another opportunity for this man that has no iota of honesty and integrity to hold PMB by the balls.
It's all a game to him and he will go to any length to try and humiliate the president for the perceived grievance of not acknowledging him and the position he got through duplicity.
On no ground should Saraki be trusted !
Everything he promised he went back on them.
Trusting him now again will be another faux pas.
His goons of loyal senators are waiting to blackmail the country and show that they are in charge.
These are highly corrupt individuals that will do anything to make sure the skeletons in their cupboards remain hidden and the status quo is kept.

This they will do by discrediting the nominees.
What the president needs to do is to keep his ministerial list for now and concentrate on how to pull out the splinters and bind the rest of the party together.
Then he should find a permanent solution to the Saraki problem.
If he falls for this trick again?
Then, Nigerians need to start looking for another saviour.

Do u really know the meaning of that bolded word?

Ban would av help in curbing all this kind of rumour
Waiting for the mod to do the needful.

NoMoreTrolling:
Another launch, for another power spaceship

Dem don dey launch since b4 I was born sef

Every head of state launching and launching, you go think say by now, d ship for don already pafuka due to over launching. Sad thing be say, d ship no even gree leave ground after all these launches

So make una keep launching ooo, just wake me when d ship commot ground please, just not to witness d launches abi na lunchun, hian

Do u really want to do this?

Do you realise 2015 to 2019 is 4yrs?

Because u cant tell me u you want to use a whole of 4 yrs to lament about the present Government, when Jonathan have moved on.

I swear this man small.

Small Pepper

I'm not gonna like any of the Pix Because its Strategy to get simple like

K

oduastates:
Nothing is wrong with Sahara reporters . You might want to check yourself.
This is a matter of public interest.
The rules are the rules . You cannot carry a foreign passport and govern a sovereign state. This has been a recurring Nigerian constitutional provision.

Nah Today

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barcanista:
I read an article on Nairaland that drew comparism between Senate President Bukola Saraki and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Being a pro-pdp commentator and a campaigner for Saraki's Senate Presidency, some may expect me to naturally be on the side of the Saraki. But this will not be so because I can't live in self deception.

Yes, Bola Tinubu was a Senator, two term Governor of Lagos state and political godfather of the state. Saraki on the other hand is the incumbent SP, a two term Governor of Kwara state and the political godfather of the state. However, there are more to this.

[size=13pt]Senator Bola Tinubu[/size]
For those that aren't aware, Bola Tinubu rise to power as Lagos state governor in 1999 was associated with his 1993 democratic struggle against IBB first and later Sani Abacha. The AD 1999 contest was direct struggle between the favored late engineer Funso Williams and the political activist Bola Tinubu. Tinubu as at then had little political structure but somehow beat the late engineer to the AD ticket. In 2003 he somehow outsmarted some Afenifere leaders of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and got re-elected, all other five AD incumbent governors bowed to the power of PDP. He consolidated his hold on power by dismantling the existing Afenifere structure in the party by forming the Action Congress in 2006 with the absorption of two mushroom parties-Justice party(JP) and Advance Congress of Democrats (ACD). His leaving AD crumbled the party forever.

In 2006 Bola Tinubu led AC gave embattled Vice President Atiku Abubakar a political lifeline after the Turaki Alhaji was whipped to size by then President Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku had to defect to AC along with his loyalist Governor of Adamawa state Mr Boni Haruna. Also to defect were Chief Audu Ogbeh former National Chairman of PDP from Benue state. During the 2007 election run-up, Tinubu media tried to polish Atiku's image to counter the negative image from the FG as Atiku was the AC Presidential candidate for 2007. Though Atiku won Lagos state in a landslide thanks to Tinubu structure, he lost Adamawa state (his home state) to Muhammadu Buhari. Atiku's AC candidate for the Adamawa guber election also lost woefully to PDP's Admiral Nyako.

In the run-up to 2007 general election, there was a major shakes in the Lagos state chapter of AC. Tinubu had "imposed" his unknown Chief of Staff Raji Fashola as his party's governorship candidate over heavyweights like Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, Mr Jimi Agbaje, Hon Ganiyu Solomon, Dep Gov Femi Pedro etc. Jimi left to fly the flag of DPA, Pedro was given the flag of LP, Afikuyomi was given the ANPP flag(he later returned to AC on election eve) while Solomon was compensated with a Senatoral ticket of AC. Tinubu's AC still managed to win the Guber and all Senate seats. The unknown Raji Fashola became Governor courtesy Tinubu. Not just that, Bola Tinubu deployed his loyalists Rauf Aregbesola to Osun state to unseat incumbent Olagunsoye Oyinlola of PDP. Fayemi was also deployed to Ekiti state where he defeated Segun Oni (credit to Ayo Fayose support). It was Tinubu legal machinery led by Yemi Osinbajo that fought to help LP's Rahman Mimiko to unseat PDP's Segun Agagu. Adams Oshiomole had to seek refuge in AC in 2007 when he saw that the LP can't help him dislodge PDP from Edo Government house.

The 2010 Atiku's exit of AC gave Tinibu a major setback. Nevertheless, his AC/ACN managed to sweep all SW states but Ondo state and also got a Senatorial seat from PDP's stronghold-Benue state in the 2011 election. As at today, Bola Tinubu controls the APC structure in the entire South except Rivers and Imo states.

In his political sojourn, Bola Tinubu has churned out prominent names like Sen Musliu Obanikoro (a former ally and Commissioner under Tinubu), Raji Fashola (a former governor that rode to power via Tinubu's benevolence), Rauf Aregbesola (Incumbent Governor of Osun state), Kayode Fayemi (defeated exGovernor of Ekiti state), and even VP Yemi Osinbajo is in power thanks to Tinubu.

If u open Political academy I will be the first to enrol.

HzRF:
Media my foot

If not becuz GEJ is nt a politician in spirit

Let him test run his media prowess against real politicians Lyk Saraki, Obj etc

D same media was used to wake d Tambuwal syndrome + paint him as a godfather and would impede activities of NASS

Where was his media prowess to foil this

Aregbesola here in osun even tho Imo owns more is being rubbish ruthlessly on the media and a damage has been done to his career
Why can't tinubu Media help aregbe.after returning from abroad after his Parkinson disease hit him he said "aregbe is someone that monitor his house wen he's away" days after aregbe got reelected

Are You Kidding me?
Even Obasanjo failed in wrestling the media control power from Tinubu.

barcanista:
If you put Saraki and Tinubu, I tell you Saraki will be flogged in the SE and SS beyond mercy. You seem not to understand that in the area of bigotry, Saraki hated GEJ since 2007 simply because GEJ isn't a Northerner. In the area of betrayal/treachery what Saraki did to GEJ in less than 6years is worse than what any other politician has suffered since 1999. In terms of performance Bukola Saraki is a failure at best. Did Saraki "give" Ekweremadu DSP position? No! He had no choice but to bend to PDP demand for DSP otherwise he would have lost the contest in a woeful manner. PDP gave Ekweremadu.

Do you think Saraki is even loved in the SS/SE regions? I supported Saraki for SP simply because I needed to alter APC calculation and not because I love Saraki. Saraki had even wanted fellow Northerner Ali Ndume to be his DSP but for PDP insistence on Sen Ike Ekweremadu. In 2019, PDP will field a sensible candidate and not Saraki nor his kind.

Thank God the intellects and reasonable one from SS/SE are coming out to say something.

Zeezy99:
i guess you weren't around when it was reported that the reason tinubu couldn't contest as vp is cos he is a muslim as buhari is. Learn to read btw the lines dude.

That's quality one of the quality of a Good leader
He put the party success ahead his ambition.

Can't u just for once put ur sentiment apart and accord this man (Tinubu) with all the respect he deserve?

Zeezy99:
my point is if we ever get to a day that only saraki and tinubu are presidential candidates, ss/se senators chose saraki over tinubu, trust me majority of the masses there will do the same, its that simple. U once got this thing wrong when you declared GEJ Will win SW, dude upsets rearly happen in politics. Yes tinubu was once great, but saraki is taking over

And you are happy about it the bolded statement

ECOTERRORS:
I don't care about Saraki or Tinubu because those two are part of the problem of Nigeria BUT the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Tinubu is not the part of Nigeria problem and will never be.

nerodenero:
Nice piece, interesting read, devoid of sentiments and bias. I have always agreed with the OP on football issues since he's a Barcelona fan and on this, I agree completely too.

From his submission, betrayal seems to thrive well in Saraki family going by the fast one being played by Gbemi and Bukola on Kwara people.

One thing synonymous with both of them is godfatherism. While Tinubu has spread his tentacles majorly in Southwest, Bukola only controls his Fulani/Yoruba state.

I think Bukola is still a learner compared to Tinubu but I frown at what both of them stand for. We want a nation governed by people that would serve selflessly to reposition our country not individuals that are power-drunk, willing to stuff their houses, banks, private saves with our collective treasure.

For me, none of them is worth celebrating.

For me, Tinubu worth to be celebrate
Because of his Political strategy which is lacuna that must be fill if any political part want to gain ground.
Initially we all know Buhari preferred Fashola as his running mate but Tinubu objected that in other to avert Muslim-Muslim ticket which is the same reason he didn't go for the office of the VP.

Also Majority of his candidates are always turn out to be the best man for the Job, because he's not the type that support incompetent candidate
, and people of Lagos state trust his Judgement. He brought
Out Fashola from nowhere and people
of the state never Objected that throughout Fashola tenure as a Governor of Lagos state.

In every Political structure or setting
Godfatherism cannot and will not be throw away. Though it seems not to be right , but there's nothing we can do about it.
The only thing we can wish for is Godfather that will be selfless when it come to picking and supporting a candidate
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playboy19:
First off, i must say that i want nothing of politics and I do not support any political party but comparing Tinubu with Saraki shows that you know nothing about what you speak of, the Nigerian politics.

The right person you should have compared Tinubu with is Atiku. This game has never been about Saraki and Tinubu, instead, it has always been between Tinubu and Atiku. Remember when Atiku told the whole world that nobody invited him to Buhari's political campaign? Anyone with a little clue about politics in Nigeria knows he was simply saying; what's in it for me (Since every other person's already know what their benefit is, i.e Amechi, Tinubu and co)?

Now the presidential elections has been won. APC now the ruling party. Buhari is the president, Tinubu owns the VP, Atiku was simply fighting to take the over the Nass, of which he has succeeded (wonder why the first person Saraki paid visit to was Atiku? Now you know why). However, Tinubu's opposition to this is for more than one reason,

i. Atiku didn't contribute nothing to Buhari's campaign. As a matter of fact, he cunningly campaigned against it.
ii. Atiku and Tinubu has always been in rivalry since the days of Nadeco
iii. Tinubu is wary of Atiku's ambition to take over the presidency, either directly or by proxy. (If he can't win come 2019 or 2023, he pushes the senate president forward to hijack the seat)

These are what APC as a party understands and it is why they are doing everything in their power to 'install' their stack loyalist into these delicate positions in order to proactively nip Atiku's grand plan before it's too late. So you see, Saraki is just another stooge to someone else and not to be compared with Tinubu in anyway. He doesn't have the charisma.

Logically this maybe right.

kinibigdeal:
This is the fastest lie tinubu will continue to cook for you " PDP starve tinubu for 16years" I can't imagine what I just read. Let's clarify the premises you created, Obasanjo starve tinubu for 8years or Obasanjo starve Lagos for 8years? It is high time you understand the difference between a party and an individual. Lagos can survive without FG support? Get that point clear, under Pa. Jakande, Lagos were borrowing neighboring countries money, bailing out states without much FG backing. Can that be justify now? Most of the achievement of Pa. Jakande is still what Lagos is enjoying today. Back to the points, OBJ seize lagos money because of the political differences between him and Tinubu(individual now not party) but GEJ released part of the money seized by OBJ back to lagos! Maybe Fashola didn't publish that. Under GEJ government Lagos enjoy their allocation. Now with the federal government allocation plus Lagos IGR, why are they owing about 615 billion naira? Am aback! A state that can lend and stand without government support! Please justify that. For good 6years of GEJ government they collected their allocation, yet, they contributed 40% to the FG external debt. To cover their mess, they tell people like you that PDP seize their money for years, how about the one's released by GEJ and the allocation allotted to them for 6years? Bro wake up

Hey Goon it was Yar Adua that return the seized money not Jonathan

You can't delude everybody with ur false argument.

OduaVanguard:
Gosh! How many times must I repeat myself about this point! I repeat, hopefully for the last time, that Tinubu controls THE APC MACHINERY (NOT PDP MACHINERY) IN THE PDP CONTROLLED STATES IN THE SW. That the APC is not in power in Ekiti and Ondo does not mean that the APC is not on ground /non-existent in those states. It is the APC machinery in those states that I am referring to. Geez! I hope I don't have to repeat myself again on this particular point for goodness sake!

Hey stop wasting ur time on Goon

U know English can be confusing sometime for some pple especially those that don't know how to check dictionary.

BashirAhmad1:
All this happening even before Baba appoint his cabinets, really there are bright future ahead. I see Nigeria taking over everything from other countries. I see Nigeria becoming one of the world super power. I see Nigeria competing with USA, UK, KS and rest. I see hope filled all over Nigerians' faces.

Baba can do it!

Hey! Wake up and stop this dreaming of urs

Those countries lawmakers don't Scale fence neither do they throw punches and chair at each other during their meeting.

mployer:
Kings don't bow to kings. It has nothing to do with size of kingdom.

Tinubu pushed his luck too far. There is nothing democratic about him. He relies on the cry for democracy to deceive people while he himself remains autocratic.

The only reason Tinubu remains relevant in southwest is because of their culture of unquestioned loyalty. He failed to understand that behaviour changes across tribes. No man can lord himself over any of the south eastern states like Tinubu is doing in southwest.

All of you waiting for Tinubu's resurrection will wait a little longer. He doesn't have what it takes to play federal politics. He is a stranger up there.

Are you kidding me ?

He doesn't have what it takes to play federal politics.

But he have what it takes to single handedly masterminded Buhari victory at Apc primary against Atiku and co, he also put majority of the Apc senators under his feet and control.

We all know Fashola was Buhari preference for the VP office

But he strategically objected And picked Osinbajo (Redeemer Pastor)
In other to divide Christian's vote
which actually worked.

Do you know the population of Nigeria? Saraki value himself (his ambition to be precise) ahead of Millions
People

He has forgotten
the task ahead of his party and the expectations of the citizen.

fitzmayowa:
Will you stop this delusion, nigerians rescued themselves from PDP not tinubu...

How many Nigerians see Buhari as a Credible candidate before the formation of Apc?

PentiumPro:
You be olodo from onitsha night school, you are quoting three comments and used the qualifier BOTH, your trading parents wasted money they ought to have given out as alms.

Its two comment

A comment was mistakenly quoted twice.

And the bold statement actually show how stupid you are

Can't u check my name before deciding my zone.

!diot.

ydass:
Attention seeker, I don't exchange words with kids.

Big !diot.

ydass:
Yibooooooo

Give them Biafra so the can start their drug business.

PentiumPro:
I've always maintained that remove all criminal activities and drug business, most Ibos in Lagos will be so poor that the only thing they can survive on is to go back to alaibo to farm.

ydass:
Yibooooooo

Give them Biafra so the can start their drug business.

Both of u are fools and bigots for intending to tribal war.

Do you av to show everyone the stupidity and lack of Home training in u?

ILIDEFI:
Even without the 'yea', you might still not have landed the job. Your tenses and spellings are a bit disturbing too.

Are you a Fountain of knowledge?

sholikay:
.. That's the main reason why I detest writing in abbreviation, or in slang!.. You get addicted to it unconsciously, and obviously begin to reproduce it orally..
I know of a guy whenever he finds something amusing, he would chuckle, and pronounce the abbreviation "LOL" as a word..I was like what is wrong with this one? .. Too much of social media chat abbreviation..

You started ur written as if you are perfect and never guilty of such

But u end up shooting urself in the leg.

Anything is possible as long Saraki is still with his ambitious attitude

If sacrificing Ekweremadu will make his post free of any threat he will surely give no damn about his PDP friends or Ekweremadu himself

This what we call counter-attack from APC.

Elslim:
imagine 2nd class upper just tp go and shoot...

See this one o

When 1st class Graduate are rushing at the opportunity

U are here saying u can't

I'm sorry for u

Don't u knw u av a high chance
If u try ur luck
because in Force intelligence pple are needed because they bliv u will be able to think rationally under any situation.

K

Emenahagos02:
Am trying to say you are very short or you are standing in a hole.

I never abuse u. Did I?

I only changed your wrong impression/knowledge about Nigeria force

I was expecting u to showcase the maturity in u and say Thank You

But u disappointed me by showing ur Natural foolishness dat had bn vested/embedded on u from the day u were born.

And a FOOL once said "Buhari's Accent: A National Embarrassment"

Where is the accent in this speech ?

Is this not a pure English?