₦airaland Forum

Flets:
Stale propaganda..... Amaechi has openely stated he has no money for the project. He has utilized rivers state money to match Atiku's dollar for dollar at APC convention.

Next time, snap the full length of the rail and not the section. Unfortunately the coach cannot move as there is rail infront of it and that is public knowledge.

You are a mugu! So you believe one can take a picture of a complete rail line from Station to Kidney Island junction in a single pix while standing on the ground.

To help you, ask any of your fellow doubters to go and check it out for you.

Descartes:
Poor engineering work

No let bad belle purge you. How did you assess the "engineering work" from the pix, abi you need glasses?

Just drove past the Rivers State Monorail site and noticed the engineers preparing for a test run.

This could be the 1st test run of the monorail and I have some pictures.

(It's hazy due to the harmattan)

McLuhan:
While I congratulate Gen. Buhari on his victory at the APC presidential primaries, I remain unconvinced that a seventy-something year-old former military dictator is Nigeria's long-awaited messiah. Make no mistake, Buhari is, I believe, a very honest man. As President, he would probably be motivated to make an impact, much more than the pathetic effort that Jonathan has so far exerted. No, Muhammadu Buhari is not a bad person per se and my objection to his candidature has nothing to do with his tribe or religion. Rather, I am worried that Nigeria today has not yet birthed a political system that can allow its best and brightest, its vibrant and brilliant young minds, who exist in abundance, to rise to the highest echelons of political power. If our choices for the topmost office in our land are limited to Jonathan and Buhari, what does that say about our level of development as a nation?

Are you saying that giving a choice, you will reject a candidate that by your own words, you described as a very honest man, that would probably be motivated to make an impact and vote another that your claim has exerted pathetic effort just because of age?

Mehn, you are a classic case!

EMANY01:
If you read this article with[size=18pt] JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INTELLIGENCE[/size],YOU WOULD SEE THAT THE CORRUPTION IN THE OIL SECTOR WAS PREVALENT LONG BEFORE 1999 AND WORSENED BY OBASANJO'S GOVERNMENT.
But your rabid hate for the Otuke man will never let you be rational.
Carry on, don't let the facts get in the way of your hate.

If you had utilised that same intelligence, you would have seen this in the write up.

[Quote] This was a high reward for keeping the price subsidised; in recent years the range has been 400% to 550%. When the government tried to remove the subsidy from the fuel this would have made the heavy extra payments the responsibility of the consumers, not the government and has been a bone of contention on a regular basis. As recent parliamentary report showed that in the last two years the oil traders had siphoned off US$6.8 billion for fuels they supplied and often didn’t supply to the market. [/quote]

ILIDEFI:
Yeah, d court will decide. But a judgement had earlier been made dat there is no division, factions or merger in PDP. APC was formed following a merger of parties, so if anybody decamped from APC, he was safe. Not so for PDP.

In essence, you agree that the court will decide.
The judgement you alluded to was some 3 months before the events in Sokoto state and therefore cannot hold as regards his defection some months later.

So in essence, until a competent court declares that there was no faction as of his time of defecting, he remains a member of HOR.
And until 2/3 majority of the members of the HOR vote him out, he remains the Speaker of the HOR.

ujoinme:
LASG should stop blaming the FG for its incompetence, They should man up and fix the bad roads in Lagos state and stop passing the buck. The FG has fixed more KMs of roads in Lagos than in any other state in the country.

CAN YOU PLEASE UPLOAD THE RECEIPTS to shame the liar!

ujoinme:
How much fees are loaded trucks required to pay to LASG? Am about to upload recipts if you lie?

CAN YOU PLEASE UPLOAD THE RECEIPTS to shame the liar!

ILIDEFI:
Section 68 of the Nigerian constitution. Take note of sub section 1g:

68. (1) A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of which he is a member if -

(a) he becomes a member of another legislative house.

(b) any other circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, would cause him to be disqualified for election
as a member;

(c) he ceases to be a citizen of Nigeria;

(d) he becomes President, Vice-President, Governor, Deputy Governor or a Minister of the Government of the Federation or a Commissioner of the Government of a State or a Special Adviser.

(e) save as otherwise prescribed by this Constitution, he becomes a member of a commission or other body established by this Constitution or by any other law.

(f) without just cause he is absent from meetings of the House of which he is a member for a period amounting in the aggregate to more than one-third of the total number of days during which the House meets in any one year;

(g) being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected; Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored; or

(h) the President of the Senate or, as the case may be, the Speaker of the House of Representatives receives a certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission stating that the provisions of section 69 of this Constitution have been complied with in respect of the recall of that member.


So what does that tell you? Is it not what I tried explaining?

The part of constitution you are referring to talks about removal of a speaker or his deputy. I'm talking about membership of the house itself. If a speaker loses his right of remaining a member of the House, can he still remain a speaker? Nobody is arguing about the procedure of impeachment of a speaker here.

Tambuwal is a lawyer, yes. But he broke the constitution, simply because others have been doing it and getting away with it, so he felt he could also do it and get away with it. He may still get away with it finally, but his move was unconstitutional.

If you're not willing to make proper research before writing, then don't quote me again.

Now read the part in BOLD . What does it mean, who interprets it, is it applicable in this instance?
These questions I asked are the reasons why only the court can decide what the answers are and thus determine the faith of Tambuwal.

duni04:
In truth jonathan was out of the country when it happened. Even if Jonathan was around I don't think he would have had the liver to give that kind of order to the police. Someone took advantage of his absence and ordered the police to wreck havoc at the NASS complex on Thursday. I suspect mama peace or the Vice President.

It amazes me that people now lie brazenly just to support GEJ and even the government has now taken lying as a form of official statement.

At the bolded, is Aso Rock now situated outside the country since Jonathan was in the villa celebrating his 57th birthday on that same day with Bayelsa State governor in attendance. My guy, take sofly dey lie o, or are you eyeing Okupe's job?

asala1:
I am sure you are. I grew up in the northern part of Nigeria, in 1992 my best friend's dad was slaughter in their presence, their mum was beaten until they thought she was dead. All because they were Christians. They were the only Christians living in a block of 8 flats, their flat was at the extreme end, they came to only their flat and kill his dad in their presence. In ABU Zaria (Kongo campus), a catholic church that has been there for more that 30 years was to be rebuilt, the management of the school refused and instead pull it down to plant flowers. Not to mention countless number of churches that has been burnt in the north and even those on campus. Can you count how many Christians that has been attacked for no reason other than they are Christians? You must be kidding bro.

Not sure which Kongo Campus of ABU you are referring to, however the one in Zaria where I did my Masters definitely has a very big Catholic Church right in the middle of Kongo Campus.

icemann:
I hope you are not a decision maker in any important place.

Is Google struggling like BB?
Is BB frequently hacked like Andriod?
Do you think $800 is the problem for Google or BB bosses?

I still hope you don't make crucial decisions ANYWHERE.

And you assume $800 was the problem for John Chen's wife right?

smudge2079:
Blackberry devices are toys. Samsung Galaxy all d way!

Yeah, toys for the big boys! Presidents, Prime Ministers, CEOs , Chancellors and Saudi Princes.

cindyswit:
u ve succeeded in confiscating ur wife's Samsung galaxy hope she's using blackberry pouche? .... men self

Nowhere in that post did he say he confiscated his wife's phone. He simply said he told her that she was embarrassing him at events with her use of the Samsung device.

Let's not sensationalize things as that was not in the OP.

icemann:
That woman is Stu.pid. I wonder were she thinks her husband gets the money to pay bills. If the man is laid off cos of low sales and bad representation of the company she would quickly run and ask for divorce so she can collect half before they go broke.

Marriage is for better for worse. She should join in the husbands struggle by patronizing him/his organization.

You are very much suffering from what you accuse the woman of. One of the Directors of Google is known publicly to use a BlackBerry, is he stupid or is it that he doesn't know where his money comes from?

Choice of a smartphone does not indicate anything, so long as your choice satisfies you and you are not just shelling out money just to follow the Joneses.

sultaan:
In that small Jetta no way.
If I consider the small space in that car I can almost say it never happen because in my opinion just the head doesn't count and that is as far as you can go with a real bakassi with all the trimmings

Well, if you do have a lady with the required bakassi, then I can show you how it is done and such a wonderful experience.

It is your call.

This is clearly a myth.

In those days, I had quite a "ride" in my trusty Jetta. It never stopped me on the road and it never gave any problems until I moved up to a Camry. The activities in that Jetta were legendary, so I call bull on this one.

natureblack:
can't be said any better.

I stand to be corrected,GEJ is the most insulted president in the world.

Might it be connected to him also being the most clueless? Or that he has so much "potential" considering his touted PhD but the output has not shown any indication of a thought process associated with people that have carried out research work that a PhD would have required.

aguizm:
Mr man I was there at the APC mega rally live and I can confirm he used some derogatory words on the President which he wasn't supposed to used.APC has taken opposition too far joor.

#Nyesom Woke 2015#
For a united and prosperous Rivers state

Since your support is for Wike, what were you doing at the APC rally? Planning to cause trouble?

akinsadeez:
That's how people like you fail exams. You will see something written expressly yet go ahead, interpret something else in your brain and then spew rubbish. Where did you see anything about likes in my post? I wrote it there clearly that I was happy some people ''understand'' the angle from which I was arguing. How in the world 'understand' changed to 'Nairaland likes' in your own brain I will never know. Have you thought that someone might understand my point without actually pressing the like button. I am not a kid like you that hunts for likes on Nairaland.

I have been arguing constructively with people on this thread, which is how it should be. Don't bring your ill-thought, ill-digested mundane issues into this. If you can't address the issues like someone educated, then stay out of the debate. Maybe you can learn from Sagamite.
This is the last time I will be quoting or replying you

Glad you were not chasing for "Likes" but "understanding". That they understand your ill-thought idea about the judgement doesn't change what I wrote about it.

Blowing hot doesn't show your education, just your emotions as you addressed none of my points and only focused on "Like" or "understanding".

ferdimako:
It's precedent... not precedence. Good reasoning though. INEC is another criminal.

You need to study your dictionary a little more, if you don't know when to use "precedence" and when to use "precedent".

akinsadeez:
It means judgments are deemed to be operational after they are given. They don't work retrospectively.
I have a feeling we will always agree to disagree. let me give a final analogy and rest my case.
A man who kills someone in broad daylight with witnesses around is deemed to be innocent under our law until a competent court declares him guilty. This means he has basically the same rights of any citizen like you and I. Immediately the court pronounces him guilty however, those rights cease, not before.
Same way the election of this man, even though he might have colluded with Inec is still deemed valid and with it all accompanying rights until the supreme court declared otherwise.
There is no allegation here that his Inec certificate was forged. He should not be asked to return salaries earned while he was having a valid certificate. However if he was paid any salary after the court's declaration he is bound to return same.

I rest my case. shalom!

Sorry to disappoint you, the man has no rights like me.

He is presumed innocent, yes, but he has limited rights. Once he is charged, he is either in Police custody or remanded in prison. Once this happens, he has no rights like me a free man as he cannot vote, move freely, and so many other things.

How can he believe he won an election he knew he did not participate in? Are there two of him?

Presumption of innocence is different from restitution.

akinsadeez:
I am very happy that at least some people understand what I am trying to say. I was expecting to be vilified for my comments. You can't mix emotions with law. I also hope the supreme court will reverse themselves at the earliest opportunity.

That some people like your comments is only rational, at least the lawyer that lost will like your comment just like anyone that doesn't consider the full import of the judgement.

Your basis was faulty as you were trying to cast aspersions on the judgement based on the one given on Oyinlola. For one, both cases are not the same and 2, the court is not a religious forum for "Go and sin no more". There are consequences.

In this instance, this guy had withdrawn from the election, collected his deposit back, yet went ahead to occupy a seat he NEVER won.

Don't pat yourself on the back due to the likes, fallacy has many followers too.

Anaskie:
Very intelligent analysis. I couldn't have said it better. The apex court has just set a very dangerous precedent.
I pray they reverse themselves at the earliest opportunity.

On the contrary, the Supreme Court just set the needed precedence in the country. It clearly lets fraudsters know that whenever they do illegal electoral stuff, they will pay dearly for it.

Oyinlola got away lightly just as others had, and this encouraged others as at all at all Na him bad. I remember the Salisu Buhari of the House of Representatives, who collected a minimum of 17 Million as benefit for forging a document but was only fined 1,200! He didn't get to refund a single kobo. With this precedence, many will think twice before embarking on illegal stuff with elections.

I am waiting for a ban of 10 Years minimum for anyone found guilty of election malpractice.

Nigerians love lies, so long as it sounds nice to them. This DISCOs are simply playing to the gallery.

Nothing is threatened other than their continued desire to bill consumers on an estimated basis. Once you manufacture/procure/import this meters and install them in our houses, people will definitely stop stealing them.

Make the meters available. That's all.

Billyonaire:
You are powered by illiteracy, my j.a.n.j.a.n.w.e.e.d friend.

Typical of a man devoid of any intelligence.

Billyonaire:
Witness Protection is fundamental right. APC is powered by illiteracy.

Your failed brain does not distinguish between a "Secret Trial " and "Witness Protection". They are fundamentally 2 different ideas though it might sound to you like similar buzz words.

eunisam:
My opinion: voting buhari and fashola will amount to automatic islamization of Nigeria which may bring about political and religious unrest. My advice to fashola is failure is contagious,buhari is conceivably a serial loser. Dont start with him!!!

Have you read your CONSTITUTION by any means?

Sunnybobo3:
Have you ever sat down to ponder on why MKO/Kingibe Muslim/Muslim ticket won in 1993 but did not rule?

Our God is a consuming fire bro.

So by your reasoning, only Muslims voted for the MKO/Kingibe ticket or was it that Christians voted for the Tarfa ticket. SMH.

atlwireles:
Nigeria does not have money to build roads,modern railway, hospitals and schools. Just add refineries to the long list. The reality is, most of us in this country make assumption about Nigeria that are so far from reality. Nigeria is a poor country.

Accept that we are being governed poorly, but the Revenue this nation generates is quantum. the only problem is what are we spending the monies generated on?

We are only poor because we are wasteful, lack planning and the government supports corruption. But we do have the revenue to be a great nation given our resources.

atlwireles:
The fact NNPC pays for our local 445,000 barrels in Nigeria at the international price is not a secret. There's nothing to dispute here. The local production cost in Nigeria is about 20-40. Talk to any futures trader, they will tell you what numbers their firms use in hedging cost in Nigeria.

Bros, you do certainly mix things up. A futures trader is talking about "Cost of Lifting", which translates to Upstream Cost and not production Cost.

Nigeria does not pay for it at International price, it is only used to account for the crude oil used for the subsidy system. At the worst, one would use a weighted average system and not use the spot price considering that there are other associated costs with spot cargo that are not incured by local refining.

atlwireles:
NNPC does not need the spot market. In 2005 Obj changed the price formula, where NNPC contract are based on the 30 days NYSE price average, for the 445,000 barrels allocated for our local refineries.

That change was to be able to calculate the differential that should be the "Subsidy" to be accrued to NNPC. This helps to determine a true and fair value for the cost of the unused crude allocated for local refining.

So please do not muddle things up.