₦airaland Forum

Heffalump:
This guy still struggling for another defeat

Presidency backs Obaseki for second term. It is finished!!!!

If baba says it's you, then it's finally you

Baba don't put him mouth on things like this

Government should be very careful with Bash Ali!
He always come with a project and later criticize the government.

ogbonti:
APC stand to lose more because if Obaseki runs as KOWA party candidate - he will defeat APC Ize-Iyamu and then he will re-join APC as the sitting governor to spite Oshiomole - making it bold and clear he won because he is Obaseki and not because of APC. He will gain much respect that way!!!

na today we bigin see "carpet crossing" in Nigerian politics?

Anyways - looking at this from another angle ..... I see history repeating itself

Some of you guys fail to look back to the Femi Agbalajobi vs. Dapo Sarumi fight for the SDP ticket in Lagos (1991) Gubernatorial elections

Lagos was an SDP state - but when these 2 guys made the primary process so dirty - Sir Michael Otedola of the NRC became a safer choice for Lagosians. Not even the 11th hour presentation of Prince Yomi Edu could save the SDP in Lagos. My thing is Obaseki should let the system play out - Never panic - IF Osho wants to give the ticket to POI - let him do it, but have a backup plan to run on another platform - Always have a plan B so you don't disqualify yourself by not having the option to run with another party and the time to register ran out - this OPTION must be done ASAP!!!

The way Osho is running this fight with Obaseki is not even because he wants APC to win in Edo. Osho will feel vindicated and victorious IF Obaseki loses to anyone - as long as He (Obaseki) is defeated. Maybe he is planning the SARUMI vs AGBALAJOBI mayhem in Edo - so that when the primary becomes too dirty - the people will then vote for any donkey or riff raff presented by the PDP (who may be secretly sponsored by Osho too OR some invisible potential god father) THIS IS WHY OBASEKI SHOULD LET OSHO DO WHATEVER HE LIKES - IF POI WINS THE PRIMARIES- OBASEKI SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SWITCH TO ANOTHER PARTY AND LET US SEE HOW POI WILL WIN - I guess Osho has forgotten what "sympathy votes for the underdog" means in politics. WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT YOU ARE UNFAIRLY TREATED - THEY TEND TO GRAVITATE TO YOU MORE THAN THE PERSON CHOSEN BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, (FACT) - this is why the masses gravitated to Osho in his bid to topple Annenih. This is what will destroy Osho's political future too in Edo - playing God

OSAGIE IZE IYAMU HAS ENOUGH BAGGAGE OF CORRUPTION AND ABUSE OF POWER FROM HIS INVOLVEMENT IN LUCKY IGBINEDION ADMINISTRATION TO NAIL HIM -

YOU DO NOT NEED PARTY TO WIN AN ELECTION WHEN YOU ARE POPULAR - GO ASK OGBORU IN DELTA STATE - HE COULDN'T WIN EVEN AS THE APC PARTY FLAG BEARER - OBASEKI IS POPULAR IN EDO STATE - HE HAS NAME RECOGNITION - APC NEEDS HIM MORE THAN HE NEEDS APC!!!

The famous Otedola vote happens once in a century.

Its different from Edo's one.

Agalajobi, Sarumi and Yomi were NOT sitting governor.

Then, SDP members voted against their party in governorship election as a protest.

GamalNasser:
Hmm another southerner axed !!!

Another Southerner thief!

Nairalandmonika:
Did u read what she wrote, he mother bathed her and slept on the same bed with her. Coronavirus is highly contagious, there's no way her mother could not have contracted the virus if she (the girl) actually has it.

And you believe what she was saying?

humilitypays:
Jokers

When foreigners, especially those from the western world see all these images, they will believe that Nigeria is a Muslim country filled with unqualified old men deceiving themselves.


No wonder they now screen every Nigerian at point of entry to their countries as Muslim terrorist


Just take a look at how people handling Nigeria's presidency and future look old, tired, unkempt, haggard and dull Can't these northern guys learn from Lagos Despite having lots of Muslims as Lagosians you can never see Lagos leaders dressing like people from Afghanistan all the time, it's disheartening

A big sorry to well meaning Nigerians being represented by these set of old religious bigots just because Nigeria have more number of mad people than sane people who keep voting fellow mad people into power

What is wrong in being a Muslim? For your info, I am a Christian and a proud one for that matter!

You called Professor Gambari '' unqualified''? My goodness! Some towns in Nigeria have NOT produce someone of Gambari' s pedigree.

Some people who see Boss Mustapha wearing babaringa don't even know that he is a Christian.

aljharem:
Finally a true man of God

There are many true men of God in our country.

Pastor Kumuyi remains evergreen so is Pastor Gbile Akanni.

Many more too...

tomakint:
Oba Oyekan openly worked against MKO later while Abiola who groomed Tinubu politically was still alive so what's the hype here about one funny and sellout rogue being decorated as Asiwaju when it was clear that the "issuer and receiver" here eventually betrayed the Mandate man (MKO) and follow after his tormentor (Abacha)! Miserable lots......Rest in peace MKO Abiola

Many people left Abiola later when they are tired of the struggle including members of Abiola's family but Tinubu did NOT dump him.

Knowledge is light!

People are so naive about the help Chinese are offering.

Just few weeks ago, millions of Fools were fooled by believing stupid 5G as the cause of Conora virus.

Bible say '' get knowledge.. Sell it not''

alizma:
She should remain there until that her stupidity wash off her brain. I listened to her previous audio and I must commend the health minister, NCDC, and Benue state government for the attention they gave her.
A test was carried out which shows she was positive but she referred to the test as kangaroo test, the banue state government took her all the way from the state capotal to Abuja in an ambulance with a team of health workers. the minister gave her one on one audience despite his tight schedule and when she demanded for a copy of the test, it was made available to her, yet she didn't want to listen, all she wants is to be freed into the society. Two different doctors approached her for treatment, she turned them down claiming she doesn't have any symptom of COVID-19. Now she is talking about being abandoned and not given treatment. If she feels because she returned from outside the country that everyone should dance to her tune, she is joking.
She is just an old attention seeking woman. Why calling on idoma people, are they doctors? She should be calling on WHO to conduct a test on her rather than disturbing the peace of her people in the village

You really followed the story.

Sending whatsapp messages stupidly won't help her at all.

SadiqBabaSani:
i dnt get d logic of returning bck to Nigeria seriously

Will you stay in a country where human being die like chickens?

willieguy:
Serious hunger is in the land and if the govt doesn't care individuals will have to fend for themselves...survival is a full time job

Really?

To have life or to eat?

Romanoff:
Just one of his cars is enough to feed people from Kabba to Isanlu.

What has he done to alleviate their suffering in a time like this?

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segebase:
See beta country .....dem suppose recolonize Africa

You think its good to go and line up at food bank?

MERCHANDISER:
Western media has made everything non_western evil. We
need to sit down and look at it logically.
Nigeria has been struggling to fight BH for decade, US has
never shown any genuine support, infact, at a time they're
were technically supporting BH by blocking every
opportunity
to access weapons. Whereas, the same US has been
building sophisticated millitary bases all over Africa with
several billions of dollars even all over islands in Africa. In
a
continent struggling to provide as basic thing as clean
water,
road, edu, etc. In term of infrastructural development, US
hasnt built anything tangible anywhere in Africa despite her
big economy and influence.
On the other hand, China is building projects across Africa
from electricity to train to Airport, roads, scholarships to
Africans, etc even with their own money. Let's say we can't
pay and they take over them, who would still be using
those
infrastructure, Chinese? At least they brought them here, so
if we can't pay back and they take over them these things
would still be in use by Africans and improve quality of life,
just like every private business.
US/Trump that everyone is supporting call Africans all kinds
to unprintable names, visa ban, reporting weak sides of
African nations and continuously ridiculing everything we
do.
The list is long. China hasnt done any of these yet, western
media still find their ways into the hearts of Africans to
hate
Chinese. Sadly, enough some fake pastors joined this
brainwashed citizens.
Look at China, how many times have they tumbled African
govt? How many nations have China invaded in Africa?
How
many times has Chinese embassy criticize our local affairs?
Etc
New York started have underground train in 1809, that's
200yrs, they never extended such to Africa. China started
booming just 20yrs ago and they've extended everything
technology they have to us, that have improved our lives;
From phones, train, Good Airport, Naval ship, Telecom,
Roads, scholarships, etc
Africans must sitdown and think. China is not your enemy

Thank you very much.

Tell them again!

PassingShot:
I have read a lot of wailing and criticism about the FG’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic since it arrived in Nigeria on Feb 25th. The most recent was reactions to a thread comparing Nigeria’s handling of the crisis to that of UK. Expectedly but sadly, a lot of ignorant commenters were dancing albeit nakedly based on the newspaper’s report which didn’t even say that the UK is handling the pandemic better than Nigeria.

If any unbiased person wants to make any comparison about govts handling of the pandemic, their objective analysis will include parameters such as each govt’s efforts before COVID arrived at their shores (very important), each govt’s immediate response as soon as COVID arrived in their country, number of infected persons (confirmed) and lastly and most importantly, the number of deaths recorded as a result of the pandemic. But since many Nigerians have allowed their common sense to be affected by prejudice and hatred, they have abandoned these relevant parameters in making evaluating the govt’s response to the crisis. Now let’s quickly look at the following facts:

1. Measures taken by the Nigerian Govt before a COVID case was discovered in Nigeria: Long before the pandemic found its way into Nigeria, the FG embarked on monitoring body temperature of people flying into the country to be able to discover who may have showed any signs of the disease. By this time and despite that the disease was at their shores, USA, UK, Iran and many other “saner clime” countries were not even taking this measure. Dr. joe Abah did a thread on it and the World Health Organization commended Nigeria for this measure and going as far as using Nigeria as an example of how countries should respond to the pandemic. Read https://twitter.com/drjoeabah/status/1233989553008119809?lang=en for Dr. Joe’s Twitter thread and https://guardian.ng/news/coronavirus-who-commends-fgs-effort-on-response/ for WHO’s commendation.

2. Number of cases recorded in Nigeria versus that of UK or any other “saner country”: As at the time of writing this article (01/04/2010 @12 noon Naija time), the UK has 25,150 confirmed cases and 1,789 deaths; the USA has 188,639 cases and 4,059 deaths; Iran has 47,593 cases and 3,036 deaths, Italy has 105,792 cases and 12,428 deaths while many other “saner countries” have similar gloomy numbers to show for their efforts. Nigeria on the other hand has recorded 139 cases and 2 deaths. I expect some readers to jump on the fact that Nigeria is not testing as much as the mentioned countries, but the fact remains that while that may be responsible for the low number of confirmed cases, it couldn’t have been responsible for low number of deaths. Not carrying out enough testing would not have prevented people from being struck down by the disease or people dying as a result of it.

3. Another indication that Nigeria’s govt is doing her best in containing the spread of the virus can be seen when one compares the time the country’s first case was discovered to when those of the “saner countries” were discovered and juxtapose with the number of confirmed cases and deaths. Italy had her first case around January 31st, 2020 (two months ago), Spain had its first on Feb. 1st and Italy had it on Feb 21st which was only four days earlier than when Nigeria had hers on Feb 25th. Compare the number of deaths/confirmed cases of these countries and see if you have not been unreasonable in your criticism of the government.

The problem with wailers and destructive critics is that they always shift the goalposts. As such, you can never have any reasonable conversation with them. When the first case was reported in Nigeria, lead by their frustrated Wailer-in-Chief, they said it was a scam to be used to loot money. And when few more cases were confirmed some days after, they turned back to say the govt should have closed the bother long ago! Such is their pathetic life!

Ask them which country Nigeria should have emulated in containing the disease, those of them who still have a bit of sense will stutter because they would not dare say USA, UK, Italy or Germany but the chronic wailers who have obviously lost it all will still compare how Nigeria is managing the spread of the disease to the same UK which has lost almost two thousands of her people to the disease.

Does Nigeria have the facilities or the means to combat the COVID19 pandemic? The answer is a resounding NO. Does the country have a robust health system compared to those “saner countries”? Again, the answer is an emphatic No? Do we have enough money to deploy to tackle any outbreak in the size of that witnessed in UK, Italy, USA or Germany? The answer is an obvious NO. But the fact is that the state of our health system or the size of our purse wasn’t brought about by the current government but a result of many years of failure. So, why wailing uncontrollably instead of supporting the govt’s efforts at preventing the spread of the disease?

Had it been Buhari who reacted the way Trump and Boris Johnson first reacted to the COVID19 outbreak – by dismissing it and making all sorts of joke of it, or just like Seyi Makinde (your “presidential material”) who called it an APC disease, perhaps you would have possibly reacted in such a bad manner. There should be a limit to wailing!

Have a nice day.

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Eranko

Octopusssy:
Nigeria cannot do 1/10 of this, which is why this virus must not be allowed to go viral in this country otherwise the Italian experience will be a child's play compared to what will happen here.

Really!

Nigeria have isolation centers England don't.

Excel is NOT a hospital but was just converted for the purpose of conora.

Over 1000 is dead yet residents have to wait till next week.

The little we have done has to be appreciated

Tobinrobin:
They can’t publish the President’s health status for reasons known to them and everyone in the world but quite certainly majority of these old men have contracted the virus including Buhari but since the virus can only be contained and it’s not the end of the world for whosoever Contract it then maybe he can scale through. They’re just been coy about it, fortunately they can’t travel overseas for treatment but sadly they will still get the best treatment here in the country at the expense of every masses. What the FG need to do is roll out funds in masse For the citizens’ welfare to curb the spread but we all know after a vaccine has been found for this virus, EFCC and ICPC will be charging lots of people to court over embezzling again.

4 set of people in Nigeria can still travel anytime they want. They don't depend on other airlines. It is a privilege position. No hating!

Sammy07:
Because Ondo state won't allow Muslim / Christian ticket..
Not even Christian / Muslim ticket..

Also Ekiti

snazzy5050:
Becuase they're selfish, simple!

The kind of measure in place at both Lagos and Abuja airports was not even in place at Heathrow Airport.

I doubt if Nigeria 's health minister sleep well for the past 4 weeks.

Hhansome:
Is Bola Tinubu an air, spirit or even a God? I dont understand why a greedy, corrupt and a rogue politician who in a sane clime should have shared same fate with James Ibori will be making moves/warming up to be Nigeria's president. Isn't it crazy? A reminder and a call to FG and its agencies... Wake up! Its about 2023 and a known criminal who ought to be in jail or an ex-convict cannot rule Nigeria.

Calm down.

Hatred is dangerous

Okoroawusa:
So you opened a thread to mock a man whose shoelaces you are unworthy to untie?.


What a pity

Exactly!

There will always be alternatives to that diploma say 'diploma or its equivalent'. This will open door to several interpretations too

yerokunphilips:
This man is the most active,most outstanding ,most knowledgeable ,most educated ,most handworking and and most efficient VP since 1999 . He's in the class of Gen Tunde idiagbon ,in the history of Nigeria VP .
Osibanjo is too intelligent to be PMB vice
1 Stop naira from falling and forced it down to 360 when it was going close to 600 to a dollars
2 ) Talk to both the youth and elders of Niger Delta and the bombing of pipeline stopped
3 ) Sack DSS boss
4) Order the restructuring of SARS
5)In charge of N Power ,the only program that is working fine in this administration .
6) He have interacted more with all tribes than any VP in Nigeria history .
7) Very loyal to his boss
How I wish is the one contesting for the one seat .
God Bless PYO .God bless Nigeria

You forgot to acknowledge that Buhari is the only Nigeria President EVER that allows his deputy to breath.

He did it in 1984 and he is doing it NOW.

SpecialAdviser:
Very good one. And God bless Nnamdi KANU, the messenger of Yahweh

Kanu ko!

Kanu ni!!

festacman:
Although the Justices of Supreme Court have powers to award cost to punish appellants when necessary, imposing those hefty amounts against Afe Babalola and Wole Olanipekun was unnecessary humiliation. They could have throwned out the review request without denigrating the some of the finest members of the Bar who have made so much contribution to the legal profession.

In as much as giving in to judgement review requests by selfish and inconsiderate politicians would ultimately bastardize the image of the apex court but insisting that the institution can NEVER review its judgement even in the face of new strong evidence is simply judicial dictatorship. The implication of this ruling is that an innocent man on death row can still be executed once Supreme Court upholds his conviction even if a new incontrovertible evidence emerges. It is a poor attempt by fallible human beings to play God. The thought of this is scary.

Fantastic!

One of the very best opinion I have read on Nairaland.

Is Femi going to pay flight tickets of his 300 guests?

Is Femi going to pay accommodation fee for everyone?

This is simply gutter journalism!

Over 90 % of Femi's guest will easily pay their fares. None of them struggle to eat.

Aystarz:
Finidi!!! What a winger he was. Unarguably Nigeria's best 7 ever!

Not at all!

Do you know the era of Benjamin Nzeako, Segun Odegbami or even Wole Odegbami?

oyatz:
Pa Bode George ought to have outgrown his penchant to always see himself as a rival to Tinubu.

Virtually all the times he grants an interview he talks about Tinubu and Tinubu never bother to reply him.

Tinubu is now a private citizen, it looks more like a personal vedetta to be campaigning against a man who has left Government 13 years ago and is not holding any public post for now.

Mr George can give all the reasons why he thinks he will be a good president,instead of saying he wants to contest because of Tinubu.

His interview will NOT finish until he mentioned Tinubu. I am sure when he sleeps, he regularly dream of Asiwaju.

It's impossible to give the money to Bagudu.

Simplebeauty:

Oga this table you shaking has Apostle Johnson on it oh.


" touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm"

Who are the anointed?
Christians.

Who is a Prophet of the most high?
The one who say it as it is and the prophesies come to pass.

Please do not misinterpret the bible.

Is it Not the same Suleman that said Fayemi will not win Ekiti governorship race?

People dont understand privileges attached to even family members of governors let alone Mr President.


This is NOTHING.

There are quite a lot of senior public officers that all their medical expenses anywhere in the world are taken care of from national purse.

Knowledge is light.