₦airaland Forum

PassingShot:
PDP is crying wolves where there is none. They know the election in Rivers and Akwa Ibom failed to meet the minimum standards, so why crying and running like headless chicken in search of help?

For crying out loud, the tribunal in those two states have only ordered for a re-run which we all expect to be far more free, fair and credible than the charade of April 11, 2015. And if your candidates are truly the people's choice, they will still win the election.


If PDP think they csn rely on outright lies and false publications through trentonline and breaking times to wrestle power from APC, it is then save to say they actually need the free tutorials offered by Lai Muhammed.

The actions of Wike is a great embarrassment.

Sowell28:
There's nothing like Efik/Ibibio language or Efik ibibio nation. Ibibio is not Annang,Efik is not Ibibio,and vice versa. It is ignorant to assume otherwise. Oron,Efik,Annang and Ibibio are different nations and are simply linguistic neighbors similar to (Swedish,Finnish,Danish and Norwegian ) or (North Korean,South Korean,Singaporean,Taiwanese,Japanese) . Finnish,Danish and Norwegian have similarities which ,while Swedish is a little more exclusive. African nations especially in west and central Africa settled in smaller landmasses. Eastern and southern African nations settled in Larger landmasses due to the somewhat arid nature of those lands which incurs Normadism. For example,Namibia or Botswana are each as large as Nigeria,but Have only two tribes and population of 1.2 and 1 million respectively.
The Population ratio between the nations contained within the Akwa Ibom/Crossriver region are as follows :
Ibibio - 100
Annang - 87
Oron - 80
Efik - 70
Eket (Ibibio)- 50
Ibeno (Oron)- 25

70% of the natural resources in the region are contained within Oron territory.And that makes Oron nation (Okobo,Oron,Bakassi,Mbo,Udung Uko,UrueOffong/Oruko) one of the wealthiest nations in the entire world if it were autonomous. Oron nation is two and half times larger than Singapore. Oron union was the first national Union in nigeria founded in 1924. Oronian Population is estimated at 1.1 million

Oron is a nation and Igbo is a nation.Oron will not be a part of igbo nation (biafra).

Quite educative.

PedroJP:
See as u dey contradict urself. A whole community NigerDelta ? What language is common in NigerDelta ? Was the NigerDelta tag chosen by the indigenes ? Stop deceiving urself. Once break awaycomes, nothing will keep Igbo and Yoruba in the same entity.

Do u even know the meaning of contradiction?

Do u know the meaning of a community?

Do u know the meaning of evolution?

For your information, communities evolve over time based on certain interests and similarities.

The language of the Niger delta seems to be Pidgin English. That is the lingua fraca in that area. This is also kind of evolving to be their language asides the individual indigenous languages.

As per your assertions about where the tag Niger delta comes from, kindly refer to my earlier post.

And pls do tell, why are u bringing Igbo/Yoruba into this matter??

Did u see anything Igbo/Yoruba on my earlier post?

fr3do:
Niger delta is nothing but a political construct
I don't understand what you mean by 'people of the Niger delta'

Do u know the meaning of a Delta?

Do u know a River called Niger?

If the different people indigenous to the Delta of the Niger decide to refer to themselves collectively as Peoples of Niger Delta, how does that concern you? Why are u insisting they should stop calling themselves that?

Are they not wise and sensible enough to know the right way to refer to themselves? Or are you saying otherwise?

These communities have recognised that they face a common issue and has decided to refer to themselves in a unifying way. What is the big deal in that? Is it not better to be a whole community (Niger Delta) and be peaceful, than chanting individual tribal superiority which causes endless conflicts.

I'm with them on this, let them call themselves Niger delta and see themselves as one over there, it will be of immense benefits to them.


So far no one is putting a gun on their head to call themselves Niger Delta. This should not be a big deal.

carnegiefan:
My friend you are sounding more and more hollow. SMH.
It is painful to watch an otherwise intelligent man commit logical "sepuku" rather than accept simple truth.
What do you mean by that Port Harcourt can never be Iguocha? Are you blind? Can't you read historical document presented to you in black and white?
I thank God for other Ijaws here like Dearpreye. I would have thought that all Ijaws are hopeless.
Drop it man!

How come it's so difficult for u people to see from his (Tonyebarcanista) own perspective.

He stated it clearly that it is not logical for u to refer to the entire PH as Igweocha. He said if u say a part of it, you may be correct.

Is that enough concession??

chukwudi44:
Bros for your mumu mind 60 days at appeal court + 60 days at the supreme court nobi 120 days be dat? Abi you follow Buhari get F9 for mathematics!!!

Shut up Oga. Stop using idea. You specifically only mentioned 120 days for the supreme court.

Congrats to the handsome Ooni.

Ugomba:
south west are yorubas. Its a monoethnic region

You are wrong. There are ijaws in Ondo state in Ese Odo LGA.

In Ondo state, after the news is broadcast in English, it is then broadcast in Yoruba and Ijaw.

chukwudi44:
We still have a long way to go before the possibility of any re-run!! The appeal and supreme courts must affirm the judgement before any re-run is held!! In the interim Nyesom Wike remains the Governor of River state.

After the Appeal court ruling the illegal Governor will have to step aside. Be guided!

Truckpusher:
There can never be any vacuum in the seat of power .
He'll appeal the judgement and of course he can decide to sleep on it .

LOL Sleep on the appeal? Gone are those days Bro. A lot of appeals from the 2015 gubernatorial election has already been decided. This current CJN is really ensuring that cases are not been dragged unnecessarily.

If he likes he can sleep while filing the appeal, the judgement will still come at the right time. And by that time, he will have no place to run to, he has to quit the seat.

The speaker has to act as the Acting Governor during that period.

fredosky111:
We shall appeal up to d supreme court b4 dat election wil b conducted,dat will b lik 2018

Story for the Gods. There is a timeline now for election cases. Gone are the days when election cases go on forever. That is even the reason why the Rivers Tribunal has to sit today (Sat) so as to meet the timeline set for them.

For your information, a lot of gubernatorial election appeals has been decided already.

During appeal, what is looked at is not fresh evidence, but the fact if the judgment of the lower tribunal was sound. It does not take time. If Wike appeals the judgment, which he will definitely do, just to buy time, most likely the judgment will be given within a month.

And if the judgement is against Wike, he has to vacate his seat, notwithstanding if he wants to go to the Supreme court or not.

freshvine:
When will Kano, jigawa, sokoto have a rerun? The figures they pulled during the past election is staggering.

Nobody is stopping anyone from going to court to also put the records straigth as regards the election in those states.

Things must be done properly! If you have evidence of massive and widespread manipulations in those places, pls do us a big favour, go to a competent court with those evidences!

That will even help our democratic process and give us 'case laws' that can be referred to in the future.

That Akwa Ibom submission is at variance with the submission of the River state Election Tribunal

#AkwaIbom: The card reader was not contemplated by section 49 of the Act on accreditation.
#AkwaIbom: That INEC press release cannot override section 41 of the Electoral Act on accreditation.

#AkwaIbom: but the silly Akwa Ibom tribunal failed to realise that it is the same Electoral Act that gives INEC the authority to conduct a free and fair election. Even though the Electoral Act did not expressly permit the use of Card readers/bar the use of card readers, it has given INEC the mandate to conduct the election and INEC can do so within the ambits of the law!

#AkwaIbom: That Akwa Ibom Election tribunal must be revisited and the records set straight.

If APC appropriately appeals that Akwa Ibom judgement, they should be able to get a full re-run in all the Local Governments. This does not mean APC stands a chance at all in the election, but things most be done properly!

Those two elections (Akwa Ibom and Rivers) were a total sham and an embarrasment to democratic process.

What marvels me is that why rig an election that you most likely will win??

This is a victory for democracy. The age and time of senseless rigging is over! If you dont win clearly, then you stand a chance to rerun.

In the future sef, there should be a law barring those that engages in manipulations from contesting reruns.

We told them! That election was daylight robbery! There was widespread intimidation and violence.

I just dont understand how sane and educated people should be supporting that kind of election and be lying to our faces that the election was peaceful and Wike was validly elected.

We must as a people set a precedence that is decent and defensible.

If we allow the GEJ regime to go away with the bastadized elections in Rivers and Akwa Ibom, how can we justly prevent PMB from doing his own in the future??

Listen people. This is not about ethnicity and bigotry! It is about setting the records straight!

Only elections that substantially follows due process must stand! (perfect election is quite impossible)

Infact I will even love to see a Nigeria where election riggers and manipulators are disqualified from running in a rerun, this will make those desperate politicians think well before throwing caution to the wind. Imagine the number of people that lost their lives because of that silly election that has been cancelled now.



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Wike and his lawyers must be sick upstairs. How can you tell a court with bold face that the elections in Rivers was very peaceful and there was massive turnout!! Chai!

Imagine such outrageous lie. How wont they lose the case, with such an obvious lie.

Ghandi12:
Before you people start another one see the list of living Prime Ministers of the Same Canada

Joe Clark 1979–1980 5 June 1939 (age 76)

John Turner 1984 7 June 1929 (age 86)

Brian Mulroney 1984–1993 20 March 1939 (age 76)

Kim Campbell 1993 10 March 1947 (age 68)

Jean Chrétien 1993–2003 11 January 1934 (age 81)

Paul Martin 2003–2006 28 August 1938 (age 77)

They have elected a capable youth today, it does not mean they will not elect a capable age tomorrow.

Thank u. Age is just but a factor among many other factors. It is highly senseless to use age as the sole factor in electing a president.

sledjama:
yea, thats Rayance.

Nice. Hail him for me oh. I love dogs.

sledjama:
After reading this diary post -> https://www.nairaland.com/1123523/quiet-thoughts-mind-quiet-thinker/21#38726096
by Victoriousvic


I decided to check my fire extinguisher to see if is empty also

i removed the thin rubber hook, slide out the metallic stopper and pressed it and loo and behold, it was empty.
that was when i noticed the meter next to the lid which read zero.
I bought it in traffic so i could not double check.

Please folks, check with your fire extinguisher right away.
this could be the difference between just a few thousand naira vehicle parts replacement or a total loss.
Not to talk of a possible difference between life and death.

cc: seun, lalasticlala, ishilove, obinoscopy lets create this awareness

Is that your dog?? He is siting with so much confidence and swag

OldJohn:
How will he know it was in the public domain when he isn't ready for governance?

Using trial and error to run a whole Nigeria

May God help us

Your comment does not make sense. The reference that the project is in the public domain was given to scorn the Auditor General of the federation who is claiming ignorance of the report.

The AuGF claimed the report is with the Lake Chad Basin Development Authority, PMB then asked them to comment and they replied that it is in the public domain, which implies that it is accessible by the office of the AuGF.

It is very senseless for u to think it is the president that should be chasing the reports of various studies carried out and synchronising them when we have civil servants which are being paid to do just that.

The President is this case has fulfilled his own responsibility perfectly, by having the knowledge of the existence of such a study/report and even the cost. PMB is way more intelligent than a lot of u think.

Vicadonis:
http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-demands-report-of-obasanjos-5m-study/

Pls put the necessary paragraphs to give it a better outlook.

Vanguard is a big disgrace to journalism. See the story that Vanguard muddled up as it is professionally and aptly reported by Punch.

Chai When will Vanguard grow up. No wonder, it is only on the internet that they have multitudes of fans.

Now back to the matter. It is quite interesting that a study was conducted for 5 million dollars on environmental issues related to the Lake Chad basin few years back...

Now, the Auditor General is presenting an Environmental Audit of same Lake Chad basin and he completely left out anything related to the study conducted for 5million dollars!

This is highly unprofessional! A big kudos to PMB for noticing the lacuna.

Invariably, this Environmental Audit being reported by the Auditor General was not properly done. How can $5million of the nation's resources be used in conducting a study and the Auditor General of the Federation is not interested in the study/its outcome. This is bizarre and shows the Auditor General is either not sound or not passionate about his role.

Kudos to the president once again.

But Mr President, using 15billion dollars to divert a River to the Chad Basin seems unreasonable to me. That amount is just too exorbitant. We may give the project a try, if the cost can be significantly reduced by more than 100 percent.

If the cost cannot be reduced for more than 100%, then let the project wait till when we discover crude oil in the Chad basin, we will then use the proceeds to finance the daring project.

KingTbecks:
Nooo I doubt if Akeredolu will make the list, we already have enough lawyers and Ondo state has better people that for PMB to select than him.
We will not support Akeredolu at all, but then again this is a mere speculation we would know the real name tomorrow.

Akeredolu is better than Akinyelure who is Tinubu's right hand man. People wrongly think Akeredolu bows to Tinubu, but they are grossly mistaken. Akeredolu is very stubborn and has given Tinubu a lot of headache.

Tinubu has been seriously clamouring support for Akinyelure as a minister.

luchy34:
Lol with all that qualifications yet fayose defeated him last year. with all that qualification yet PMB with ordinary WAEC certificate (if he has one though) is the president of Nigeria. With all that qualifications yet mark zuckerberg is the owner of the largest social network in the world not to talk of the likes of bill gates, dangote and others too numerous to mention.
Moral of this: In life it's not about all about the certificates you acquire, but what you can do with or without it

He is a great achiever in his own little way. All what he has achieved so far including being a former governor and a nominated incoming minister is a lot to reckon with.

His story is not yet ended, who knows what the future holds for him except God. He may still be the president of this great country.

30 yrs ago while languishing in detention for 3 good yrs, who would have believed that PMB can still be the president of this country and even in a democratic setting??

The bible says

"1 Corinthians 15:41 ►
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differs from another star in glory."

Mark Zuckerberg, Dangote, PMB, and the rest of them are all stars in their own way.

Fayemi is an achiever in his own way as well!

Everybody cannot be Zuckerberg, Dangote, etc

The most important thing is to keep advancing, keep moving, if na book u fit read, continue reading it and adding as many degrees as u can, that may be the path to your own Glory!

chukwudi44:
Only on the condition that the Senate President decides to waive the[b] law [/b]dear!!! Yes the same Saraki you so much deride!!That is the enormity of his powers!!! Poor you!! You are now at the mercy of Saraki

There is no such law! Chai, u re more dull than I imagined. You don't even know the meaning of a law.

nwadiuko1:
no! Once a verdict is appealed at a higher court, status quo remains

It is not automatic. It is when the party files for a stay of execution of the lower court ruling and the appeal court grants such order for a stay of execution.

It just seems automatic cos every lawyer knows this and file thus.

AuntySusan:
But he used the naira value issue during campaign
He's now in charge yet naira is going down

Naira has more value now than towards the end of GEJ era.

neolboy:
Y is these party called APC always the saint, let him prove himself not guilty b4 saying trash

That is exactly what they challenged Wike to do. Lodge a case at a court of competent jurisdiction, not some silly panel that lacks the power to try a case.

naijaking1:
This is the beginning of an organized and co-ordinated attack squad aimed at saving Amaechi ministerial spot. Good PR job by the Lie Mohammed publicity misinformation machinery as usual.
BTW, why didn't Amaechi go present all these facts to the investigating panel judge
His disrespectful response attack lines are only coming up now, because Buhari put his name on the ministers' list?

Wetin concern Lai Mohammed for this matter?

It seems some APC stalwarts gives u guys nightmares to the extent that you blame them for almost every thing, and u express the strongest bile at them.

An example is Tinubu and Lai Mohammed. There is nothing that a lot of u mofos will not make a Tinubu issue, to the extent that you are now a confused bunch sef. Happy that Fayemi and Fashola made the ministerial list because u ignorantly believed that they are indeed not Tinubu's candidates but at the same time envious that these Tinubu proteges continue to soar high.

Your level of reasoning is amazing for u to think a whole State chapter of a political party will not be able to write a nice rebuttal to propaganda without recourse to the national publicity team for help.

C'mon! Stop seeing Lai Mohammed in your dreams! You are not Olisa Metuh (I may be wrong, cos surprises abound on nairaland)

Even your fake hero has moved on and just observing how events unfold, but u lots are still yet to recover.

When we told u guys then that a lot of u will suffer nervous breakdown when PMB wins, u were throwing tantrums, abusing and cursing anything GMB/APC as if that is what will win the elections for u.

Look at the nuisance u guys have turned to in the polity, wailing at every instant.

...and ascribing Tinubu and Lai Mohammed to your many sorrows at each turn.

Finebone has given a splendid answer.

But me i'll say Wike is not ignorant. He knows the probability of another election happening is 75% and he is having a headstart on political propaganda.

Bevista:
There are two kinds of investors: (1) Portfolio Investors and (2) Real Investors.

The first group are only interested in Financial Assets. The equities & fixed income market is their playground. These folks need guarantee of FOREX so they can quickly exit the country at the slightest sign of a market crash or downturn.

The second group are interested in the real sectors of the economy. They build factories/plants and employ huge labour. They are in for the long haul, so they are not as desperate as the first group.

I have a sneaky feeling that the IMF is pushing for the interest of the first group.

Thank u for this explanation. I learnt from it. This is the time all Nigerians need to join hands with PMB'S govt and tell the IMF off! We can chart the path for our own economy just like China's.

With the way IMF is insistent on shoving this devaluation down our throat, I can see why a lot of big names that earlier worked with these organisations (IMF & World bank) never performed wonders with our economy.

At this point in time, we need no big name and big CV that has any relationship whatsoever with these devils (IMF/world bank). What we need is local intelligence.

The Chinese, Singaporeans, Indonesians all engaged their local intelligence in solving their economic quagmire.

All the former this and that of IMF/world bank that worked for us, has already been radicalised in IMF/world's bank approach and doctrine and just unknowingly did the bid of their masters to the detriment of the Nigerian economy. What they gave us is an economy that grows only on paper and not in the real sense.

This growth is not noticeable on the citizenry and their daily lives.

Bevista:
There are two kinds of investors: (1) Portfolio Investors and (2) Real Investors.

I think the reason for this is captured in this explanation from Bevista. The investors/investments that these former IMF gurus has been bringing are portfolio investments and not real investments that has a direct bearing on the lives of our citizenry!

I like the fact that we are already tilting towards China. Although we have to play smart with them as well, as they are very cunny.

The Chinese are investing heavily in our real sector. From building roads, railways, bridges, powerplants to investing massively in our telecommunication sector. Despite these strong commitments, they are not singing devaluation like a bird the way IMF is doing.

AuntySusan:
In all honesty, this is the last time I'll ever believe what Nigeria politicians say during campaign. Buhari was my last hope but so far I'm not impressed

What is the premise of what u just said and it's connection to the story??

Has the naira being devalued during PMB's tenure??

I am wondering why everyone is concentrating only on Buruji's case and overlooking the fact that another House of Rep PDP guy also suffered same fate.

Tribunal Nullifies Kashamu’s Election/PDP House of Rep's member Mr. Adekoya Adesegun

The National and State Assemblies Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital has nullified the election of the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Mr Buruji Kashamu, and ordered a fresh election in 110 poling units.

Delivering his judgement, the Tribunal Chairman said that the election was marred with irregularities and non compliance with the Electoral Law.

The tribunal also nullified the election into the Federal House of Representatives from the area, won by the PDP being represented by Mr Adekoya Adesegun while it upheld three state House of Assembly elections.

It dismissed two applications of the APC and ordered fresh election in five state constituencies.

The Petition challenging Kashamu’s victory in the March 28 National Assembly elections, was filed by candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Dapo Abiodun.

http://www.channelstv.com/2015/10/09/tribunal-nullifies-kashamus-election/

kinibigdeal:
Even if they re-contest the election 10times, kashamu will keep winning except they rig the election. Ijebu's are PDP..gbenga daniel, kashamu etc are from there. Tinubu should try hard

Keep overhyping Tinubu. Everything na Tinubu. Tinubu this, Tinubu that, abeg free the man.

NgeneUkwenu:
When your hands are clean and God being on your side, all Your enemies will fight one another before you, while you sit back and laugh at them:

"Muhammadu Omemgboji Buhari, You Shall Hold Your Peace While Your Enemies Will Be Destroyed Before Thee" So says the Lord Of Host!

So on point!