₦airaland Forum

mr1759:
buhari should know that there is no more jega as INEC boss time he is on his own. inconclusive election will not save him

You really think Buhari will lose the elections?
You guys are worrying me now. I thought Nigerians were smart. It is not going to happen that Buhari loses the elections.

onexile:
Nawa ooo...

Yoloba will not like this news oooo

BBC of all people?

Yoloba don't give kcuf about weak, unpopular President Trump or a non existent Biafra.

tdayof:
Monday 25 July 1994
BANJUL - A US warship took the ousted Gambian President, Sir Dawda Jawara, from Banjul to Dakar yesterday while the leader of the coup which toppled him received ambassadors and religious leaders.
Senegal said it had granted Sir Dawda and his family political asylum. The US tank-landing ship La Moure County carried Sir Dawda, the first of his two wives Lady Chilele Jawara, and about 14 of his 19 children as well as senior officials to the capital of neighbouring Senegal.

Religious figures who met coup leader Lieutenant Yayeh Jameh said he told them that he and Sir Dawda had spoken but failed to agree terms for the president to return. They said Lieutenant Jameh told them that Sir Dawda had offered to come back and 'rectify his mistakes' but Lieutenant Jameh insisted he could only return as a private citizen.

Sir Dawda fled to the US ship after army officers on Saturday announced a coup against him, after what had begun as a rampage through Banjul on Friday by soldiers demanding back pay for peace-keeping duties in Liberia.

Gambia is bordered on three sides by Senegal and on the fourth by the Atlantic Ocean. Its beaches are a popular tourist destination. Some 1,500 British holidaymakers were able to telephone home as international services were restored yesterday, but they could not leave as Banjul's airport and Gambia's borders remained closed.

A British diplomat in Banjul reported that there had been 'no violence at all' in the coup. A British tour operator, Stephen Wilde, said: 'There is no panic and the only people who are concerned are people whose holidays were due to end today. We're hoping to bring them out on Tuesday.'

Lieutenant Jameh received the British High Commissioner and the Senegalese ambassador, who brought a message from President Abdou Diouf to the new four-member provisional ruling council saying Senegal, which sent troops to halt an attempt to oust Sir Dawda in 1981, would not interfere this time.

Officials said 10 Nigerian officers working with the military had been placed under house arrest. They included the former commander of the 800-strong Gambian army, Colonel Boubakar Dada, who was preparing to leave Gambia. His replacement, Colonel Lawan Gwadabe who took office last month, is currently in Nigeria.

A private radio station broadcast a communique appealing to people to report for work today and asking permanent secretaries to assume the duties of government ministers who have fled or are under detention. The capital was calm, the market was open and people were going about their business normally. An overnight curfew was in force between 7pm and 7am.

Officials said the finance minister and inspector general of police were also on the US ship. They said the justice minister had been arrested, as had the information minister and Vice President Saihou Sabally. The Education Minister, Alieu Badjie, gave himself up on Saturday morning. The Interior Minister, Lamine Kiti Jabang, took refuge in Senegal's southern province of Casamance, near the Gambian border.

Sir Dawda returned to Banjul on Thursday from a holiday at his London residence. He was prime minister when Gambia gained independence from Britain in 1965, and became president when it became a republic in 1970.

On Saturday the British government 'strongly deplored' the mutiny, and the Commonwealth said the coup represented a tragedy for Gambia

This was the coup coached by Nigerian Army IBB boys in 1994.

Pavarottii:
Buhari's performance in almost 2 years av made GEJ look like the best thing that happened to Nigeria.

GEJ now feeling like a KING now. I can only but b happy for him, cos he warned dem during campaign but their hatred for him, blinded them from seeing the future. Now we r here.

But wait ooo, una Don notice say GEJ like to dey smile; God bless some humanbeings sha. After wat oppositions did to him wen in power and citizens abused him, until he was tagged "the most insulted president" he still goes on wiv a smile 90% percent of the time u see him.

Cos he knew wen he said " Nigerians will praise me wen am out of power". They r praising u in their mind but shame can't allow them own up that u were a better choice. Most of them their kids av dropped out from schools abroad, businesses closed down, jobs lost, money to feed has become the most important agenda in their lives, lives lost daily in d north etc.

It actually depends on how STUPID you are. Jonathan was a disaster of monumental proportions. Buhari is just putting out fires for now

So why counseling us. Why not just stfu

The cluelessness on display with this thread is unimaginable. Wishful thinking on steroids. All the scenarios just childish, amateurish and based on the moronic idea that the entire Buhari machinery and political army will watch and a set of PDP people by another name will come into power.

The dynamics for 2019 is exactly ZERO.

All experienced actors are actually playing for 2023.
It does not take a genius to see that clearly except if you are another intellectually restricted IPOD member living on some la la land

The only losing tribe in Nigeria celebrating a loser President elect .

At least this writer knows that corruption is a deep psychological issue. We used to have a funny President who wanted to fight corruption "systematically" with "technology".

softwerk:
I hope they allowed the guy 'come' before they arrested him

Because he might suffer severe pains in the waist and balls

Ijaw tribe is junk. They fail at everything even crime due to lack of discipline. You could almost say with confidence that anybody / anything can defeat an Ijaw man because they are not taught that discipline and endurance is the key to most things. - sleeping with two women,you kidnapped people's kids ,they are looking for you and you can still maintain erectxxn. This is sign of total uselessness

greenpasture:
I fully agree. If you notice, bombing resumed after Osinbajo left the Delta. The effort to reduce nigeria's daily production of crude is sponsored by the same people who have bled the country dry.

This government has reduced the estimated 400,000 bpd being stolen and blocked admin leakage ( t some degree) those criminal Enterprises are now looking for political leverage through bombing. If only the ethnic champions realized that these so called freedom fighters are actually private Enterprises seeking their own good. But no, people parrot "our oyel" "biafra", "Islamic emirate" just to whip up the ignorant.

I need to address this 400000 barrels that GEJ was saying was stolen from Nigeria every day.
400000 barrels everyday, constant at that figure for four years.
This was ROBBERY from the national treasury.

ROBBERY on a scale unimaginable ...happening at a time they were paying close to N100bn to militants to 'secure' pipelines.

The time will come when God will punish those praising that extremely corrupt government more then GEJ himself. The best way for God to do it is to give BUHARI three terms in office. The last one via Constitution ammendment. That way people will learn the lesson of in-house criticism within your political base so that you don't continue to mess up and allow the opposition to take over
As it is people have not learnt their lessons.

veraponpo:
Good news!

Imagine that Buhari was our president from 2010 to 2015, when oil price was on the average of $100Per Barrel.

With all the money that Jonathan made, he had only 2 fighter jets (one couldn't fly out of the two) now Buhari has increased the fleet to 9.

Jonathan met over $60B in Excess Crude A/c ($20B) and External Reserve ( Over $40B) yet he left about $28 B despite selling at good rate for more than 4 years.

No good road, he was owing contractors for more than 3 years, he couldn't not do 2nd Niger Bridge ( he had to use PPP), etc

Jonathan was an error.

A very BIG error.... made worse by the fact that most of the people whose destinies he has delayed are even still.praising him. Everyone of them has this unbelievable desire to protect this guy. SMH

bettercreature:
Non-essential things like what? Give me example what we are making in Nigeria?Are we making cars? i will making small scale machines? just tell me what we are making,This government need to force than inflation by all means,otherwise people will keep suffering
You dont sort your problems overnight its a gradual process

Sell dollars to Brazilian hair importers, Chinese nail importers and designer jeans importers ABI?

Egypt has heavy industries going on 50 years based on a steel plant they built during the time of Hafez Assad. They are fairly self sufficient in local manufacturing and they have a large Diaspora in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries sending money home. They also have some oil not much. The Nigerian economy is bigger but they have better fundamentals.

ZUBY77:
Go and get the money without reform plans na.
You think you are dealing with idiotsss that will give you loans without knowing what you plan to do with it or how you will pay back.

Awww stop nonsense. What reform plans again?
Nigeria has removed fuel subsidy, Nigeria has devalued it's currency, Nigeria has instituted TSA.
There is a medium term expenditure forecast, there are priority projects .
The economy is being restructured away from oil. There is an agro allied sector growth plan in place.
These things will stimulate the economy and generate tax revenues for Government to pay any loans.

Please beware of danger lurking behind fancy words. International bankers want the Government to devalue the currency more. In any case all Nigerian Treasury Bills and bond instruments are over subscribed. Nigeria will have money to finance it's deficit. Almost all big projects have their counterpart fundings paid up.

Obiohai:
How can this government continue lying through their teeth like this......
Lai.....



Anyway, just booked a space

Meaning it is impossible or what?
Please what is the lie here?.
I also want to buy a Toyota Land cruiser next year ,it is a goal and I have the income. Is that now a lie?

Even if don't achieve it I have not lied, I just did not meet my goal.

Lies Incorporated.

Otherwise, I am sure there is something else the international financial Community wants us to do that is so terrible that they are not telling us.
What rubbish is there about " economic plans" . Ordinary Benin Republic gets loans from the same sort of documents that Nigeria must have presented.
Nigeria is not going to devalue fiurther or hurt herself because of a few billions.

omohayek:
This is a misguided proposal, as it simply transfers power over resources from the federal government to individual state governors, who are then free to divert any funds raised to whatever selfish purposes they please. The right thing to do would be to enshrine private ownership of any resources found on private land: if you find oil or gold in your personal background, you should own it, not the local, state or federal government. The governments should only be getting their cut like they do from any other line of business - by taxing your profits at the same regular rate as they tax any other enterprise.

Until private ownership of mineral resource rights is guaranteed, most of these resources will either continue to remain fallow, or the proceeds will simply be siphoned off to be squandered, as usual with Nigerian officials at any level of government. What good has even the 13% derivation done for the general masses in the Niger Delta, other than buying mansions and private jets for a few at the top?

Ol boy.
You get sense die.
We don't just get it in this country. A lot of the people shouting restructuring are actually thinking geo political power instead of an individual-centric approach to state, governance and sovereignty.
In fact calls for restructuring is just an immature, un,-astute , childish way of doing geo political warfare rather than finding a sustainable solution to the problem.

Any solution to Nigeria's problem should be based on the question - who is a Nigerian and what are his fundamental rights?.
A new constitution would turn be prepared based on those rights.
That way all the big English and stupid tribal bashing will go away.

Nigeria is not invading Gambia. We are going to take out an illegal Government to support democracy in conjunction with not less than ten other West African countries and AU / UN support

Sammiejokes:
I have only lived for less than thirty years and I can't confirm if it has been this bad before or not. All I know is no pain no gain. U can't want a better future and live like a slowpoke. you tell me one good thing the last 18years of Democratic rule given to Nigeria. I use third mainland, Niger bridge all built before this fools, beds in most federal medical centres donated since 1980's. I think this our democracy is demons crazy.

I have lived more than 50 years. There has been no courageous moves to BOLDLY solve most of Nigeria 's problems before this administration came in.
From TSA, to Social security, to anti-corruption, to borrowing heavily to build infrastructure, to defence and security, fuel subsidy removal, to Naira floating.
This Government is not scared.

Before we had a bunch of corrupt people who kept up subsidies, artificial low fuel price, artificial low Naira value whilst our women wasted everything on Brazil hair and Chinese nails and the men on imported champagne.

I am going to be necessarily cruel. If you can't find a way to make honest living with opportunities around you there is something wrong with you.
The Naira devaluation is a blessing and I don't give a damn if I annoy you by saying the truth. You need it to make progress.

alcmene:
Very silly and idiotic man....

He's busy yaning about "sympathy to the victims" and not taking measures against the erring or rather illiterate/unskilled officers

Too many amateurs on Nairaland.
Buhari should leave his post to do what the Chief of Sir Staff is even too big to do. If you are too young, inexperienced or not aware of how institutions operate why not ASK?
There is a TAC , there is OP Lafiya Dole, there is Air force Council that is responsible for discipline and promotion, there is TTTPS for NAF . So many things to think of and you stay somewhere in your parents boys quarters to post RUBBISH

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] What stupid f**king Warship is that?! Our guess is this be no more than an over sized rust bucket of a tin armoured diesel gunboat,something converted from an average tugboat.If the shyte hits the fan then those navy personnel are risking a fiery end to their lives on a fight that isn't their own nor Nigeria's albeit in an obsolete war machine that is no match for Gambia's coastal batteries of artillery...[/color]

Please where exactly is Gambia's coastal batteries of artillery.
Why do you people fill yourselves with bullshit and post RUBBISH. That is you eat bullshit, then you come to Nairaland to post.
To even say that Nigeria is not up to Gambia's military capabilities. Really?
Na wa for this generation o.
The great generation of LIARS

Ha ha ha ha ...Surely there is sorcery in this thing.
Somebody is using bad juju against these guys.
LOL. Trump inaugural rally by IPODs. LOL
Nigeria we heil thee

Onopa:
America is presently bombing no less than 7 countries right now. This under the ''peaceful" Obama administration.

Racial tensions are as high as they where in the 60s under this guy cope being killed, Abortion out of control all under this fool. How is it going to get worst?

Two paragraphs of senselessness. Even Republicans don't call Obama a failed President. The economy is now the best performing in the developed world. They killed oil dependence , they changed the dynamics in the middle East. Wrong or right, things are evolving , Arabs could criticise and overthrow dictators. They have instituted environmental protection globally.
It is a pity every half assed , half educated, maladjusted young guy with a grudge posts this RUBBISH about a failed Obama Presidency but the man is leaving with 55 percent approval rating

Firefire:
Talkative government....

Money is already in account. This is not talk my brother.

This boy Trump is a real fool.
" We have been fighting AL Shabab for many years, why haven't we won?". What war has the US won apart FROM WW 2. Why does Trump think every problem is winners and losers?

Let me tell you the potentials of this project.
People will live in Ibadan and be working in Lagos.
They will close from the office at 4pm and get home at 6. The railway will create a corridor of logistic hubs and factories along its route.

Only China can do this thing.

How can you claim to be Christian and you are spreading lies. Do you know the harsh judgment that God is reserving for the owner of this thread

eyeview:
To think that there are top pastors and great men of God in this country who vehemently prayed and supported this jihadist administration is very pitiable and disheartening

The Buhari Government is not part of the satanic agenda to eliminate Christians. It does not make any sense.

greatiyk4u:
Jona gave to the elites not the poor masses that is the difference

The fool gave to elites in the North and IBB got numerous defence contracts. He was busy counting the number of private jets instead of the size of Nigeria's middle class...Maybe at least Niger Delta middle class.

The most annoyingly inferiority complex laden, wanna be, clueless President was Goodluck Jonathan but most kids in the ND and SE were unable to see this truth because in many ways they are like him

zendy:
Nobody is expecting Trump to do anything for Biafra, however, nobody is expecting him to do anything against it either. The sentiment here is that when you have the most powerful man in the world who believes in self determination just as the Biafrans do, it is a plus and not a minus for Biafrans. For Biafrans, that is worth cheering about no matter how insignificant it may be to others.

You are very wrong.
You don't know how stupid the young and unexposed of our eastern brothers are . They face serial disillusionment yet still soldier on with all the indignity.
Some of them actually believe that Trump will raise and army to attack Nigeria, capture Buhari, declare Biafra Republic, kill all Muslims , visit with the PMof Israel and maybe make Biafra second home.
When you believe in SHAM fraudster like Kanu you will believe any lie your mind tells you.

YESSSSSSSS
SAI BABA

My broda if China brings $40bn, Taiwan is off the map as far as I am concerned