₦airaland Forum

ndim: Am sorry man. But i must say dat dis happens to be one of the most ridiculous posts on dis trend. It lacks objectivity, and u seem to be stuck on matters dat hardly make d list of relevance. But then, i'll let u be on the justification dat u re merely serving the interests of ur dream masters.

Who is this one nah... na today day break?

Crassus: The problem is not the nigerian Politicians , its the MENTALITY OF NIGERIANS!

The politicians are Nigerians too. They now use poverty, cultism and violence to create cohesive forceful powers to control the common minds of Nigerians.

Boko reacts... are telling me that bombing Nigeria is not good enough strategy to grab power. It was well thought out!!! kia wetin we go do?

lakside s: Please how can i post a pics here cos i have some live picture showing live mermaid @ ilorin poly on sat

under the submit button, you will see four menu browse buttons and click on each to upload mermaid pictures

419nigga: Those leading the PDP are in their 70s and 80s. He is saying that the chairman of its Board of trustees is also a young man, this is a party whose national youth leader is about 70years old.

My uncle used to say: when I was in primary school---they called us the leaders of tommorow...NW I'm working , married an with 2kids and still they are still leading us....... Nigeria's got a bleek future

.....well this springs up the idea of a revolution....

I Rest my case!

lol..it is sad but it is not consigned to PDP. Politicians are scared about their past so they stick to power as a way to avoid prosecution... It is pathetic.

PDP spies... PDP is too diabolical to be trusted. Once a PDP member, always a PDP member. Atiku don LovePeddler around tire, he is back to PDP and possibly looking to sleep with APC without condoms

dridowu: RIP grandpa

famsy

unicon25: Obama the father of de world

You papa ma em e bi. Abeg make una shift.

Only in Nigeria are criminals celebrated. Tinubu, Ibori and igbenedion were all in the same league of stealing from their states and reinvesting such funds as theirs. Go and read up econet deals, go and look into who owns ascot and many other dirty crab out there owned by people who have never been enterprising in their entire life. The only trade they are known for is politics. Shameless country and people.

ono: At times like these when greed is the order of the day, the norm with almost ''all'' politicians since we gained ''independence'' from military rulers in 1999, poor Nigerians that you see on the street barely knows what message you're trying to pass across when you ''preach'' about corruption.

Let me explain. The ''average'' Nigerian have been so ''impoverished'' that the availability of essential infrastructure to help him cope with everyday living is seen as a ''blessing'' - not a right, or something they should hold their leaders accountable to. So, when a government focus attention on infrastructural and human capacity development like James Ibori did in his own little way, he's hailed as a demi-god. What I'm saying is that you need to understand the angle these people are coming from. Perhaps in the future when Nigerians (I am NOT referring to those living in the US, UK and elsewhere, who are the more exposed and experienced ones and who can see things better than the average naija man at home) know better, then, they can better appreciate what needs be done.

Ibori's government focused on two major sectors of the state development during his time as governor: Education and Infrastructure. These were the areas that had the greatest impact at grassroot levels across the state. I will leave out civil service, remunerations (that was the best in the country under his watch), health and another big one: Sports development (will be nice to group this with infrastructure). He had a goal and focus and he achieved it - despite all the setbacks. For those of us who were in the state at the time, we saw with our own eyes how government worked in Delta state.

It isn't all about the monies spent on any project. It is the heart this man had to help alleviate the sufferings of the poor masses in Delta state. This is because, if you look at things in proper perspective, may of the governors in the country aren't really accountable to those who vote them in. I mean, how would you go about ''bringing your government to book'' when you can barely afford 3 meals a day? - the lot of many Nigerians. So, when they have one who's willing to work for the good of the masses, would you blame them for embracing him? The delta areas require more funds for capital projects to be properly executed than most parts of the country because of their terrain. So, the amount you spend putting up a kilometer of road in other parts of the country could be 3 or 4 times that value in the delta. Maybe this was what informed his foray into ''resource control terrain''. And so, Bomadi bridge - that bridge that linked the Ijaw areas of the state (and indeed, even Ijaws in nearby Bayelsa state) to the upland was so dear to all the Ijaws in the country that even when Ibori is dead and long gone, that bridge will make them immortalize him. As a matter of fact, Ibori was named the deputy Governor-general of the entire Ijaw nation because of this project.

If you follow what you read in the pages of newspapers as your gospel truth, you will be misled. Do a thorough investigation. Weigh issues in a balanced and logical manner. Try and be reasonable, and you will be a better person for that.

Shut up. We all are deltans and have lived in the state forever. Preach that to the dogs.

funkybaby: And to think that the "thanksgiving service" is going to hold in a church

Really sad!

they are preserving his relevance as a thief. His cousin Uduaghan is so bitter with the guy. Since he got into power he has been cleaning ibori's mess and ibori's boys keep dragging him miles back.

These Boko boyz don't even understand the quran. These are bandits in the name of islam.

gunuvi: Obbelix is the big guy that loves pork so much. I really missed my comics.

Yeah yeah.

Horus: https://i.imgur.com/VtqyG.gif

OBAGADAFFI: Another from the the spin doctor.
WS has outlived many attacks from different regimes, so your noise making is just a pinch.

I dare GEJ to arrest him for talk about his Wife.

How can you arrest someone arrested by nature already...lol

[quote author=Itoroetti ]if u don't know what he is talking about,ask ur old boy about the history of cultism in nigeria and ask him to tell u the ring founder of cultism is naija.[/quote]Good answer for the kiddo

Have any one here read the comic books "Asterix and Obilix"? This guy looks like Asterix the big guy

Billyonaire: USA has 300 million people and consume 60% of our oil.
China has 1 billion 300 million people and will consume 90% of our oil if we let them.

China gives loan and develops infrastructure with it and takes paltry 3%.

we are not a warring country with peaceloving neighouring countries and dont need America's defense system and ally. So, tell me why we need America ?

America is over rated as per what they can bring to the table for their allies. They are arrogant and disrespectful. They don't treat allies well and promote democracy when it favors them. Look at Egypt, because the elected government was formed under Islamic principles, America mobilized Egyptian against their government and they have subsequently refused to call the military action in Egypt a coup. Two face people. So much for human freedom.

gerald09: USA, USA! Dese people are d worst bestfriend any country shuld have, dey will send u food to feed d poor n also guns so d poor will kill. Dey help wif 1 hand n destroy wif d oda, checkout what dey did to Tony Blair. US snubed us while UK sanctioned a £3000 fine on us, and dey just keep insulting us n we keep going back to suck dere di*cks. I knew that GEJ move with china will create an impact in d inter' circle, dat was a brave n honourable move, rather than sit and ask why GEJ went on to find another di*ck. I hope dis tym d wear a condom so we don't get proper F*UCK'd

[quote author=tpia@]i dont know why some nigerians[?] are always running after obama to notice them.

let the man be, gosh.[/quote]You have written well based on your understanding of international politics. Nobody is running after Obama but it is in the interest of both countries to appreciate the strength they bring to the table as continental giants of Africa and north America.

Freeanijoo: I am still trying to figure out how GEJ is a ratardino.

They just want to call a dog a bad name in order to kill it. The guy is trying compared to his predecessors.

Let it be known today that Jonathan's wisdom lies within his perceived folly.

http://thecitizenng.com/governance/jonathans-visit-to-china-jolts-obama-to-seek-reconciliation-with-nigeria/

The White House has opened fresh talks on the possibility of a presidential-level contact between Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Barack Obama later this year in Washington DC, in a bid to rebuild confidence after Obama snubbed Nigeria in a presidential visit to Africa recently.

Besides, just as Obama was wrapping up his Africa trip last month, the Nigerian government announced President Jonathan’s State visit to China, raising diplomatic eyebrows at the US Capital. Soon afterwards, a US government top official from the State Department headed out to Abuja the same time the Nigerian president was in China to clarify the situation.

It was gathered that, until few days ago, discussions and reviews on the controversial decision of the White House to leave Nigeria out of Obama’s travel plans in Africa were actively going on in US government circles including the Congress.

For instance, it was learnt that the Special Assistant to Obama on Africa, Mr. Grant T. Harris, was playing the defensive on Thursday at the US Congress at a meeting hosted by a US Representative Karen Bass, a Democratic party Congressman, who is a ranking member of the House Sub-Committee on Africa.

That meeting was themed “Perspectives from President Obama’s Africa Trip and AGOA 2013 Forum,” and was attended by members of the US Congress from the Senate and the House, as well as diplomats, including Nigeria’s Ambassador to the US, Prof Ade Adefuye.

    There, Harris was quoted as saying regarding the decision not to visit Nigeria, that “one event does not define a relationship.”
Ambassador Adefuye, who was listed as one of the key speakers and invited by the US Congress, at the meeting, explained how awkward it was for the US to say the presidential visit to Africa was about trade and the African youth, yet Nigeria was not a stop.

Adefuye, who has earned a reputation for lucidity and diplomatic regard in US government circles, reportedly reminded the meeting that Nigeria, being the US largest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa and the country with the largest number of youths in the continent (25 percent of African youths) should have been the highlight of the presidential trip.


Sources at the meeting said Adefuye then challenged the White House officials and US policy makers present at the meeting to ensure that Obama still visited Nigeria before the expiration of his second term since he still has three more years in office.

Although no formal concession on that was given, sources disclosed that US officials were open to the idea, and, besides, the plan is already being implemented for a possible Obama-Jonathan White House meeting within the next two months.

An authoritative diplomatic source hinted that both the Nigerian and the US governments were now keen to start rebuilding diplomatic confidence again after what Nigeria considered a snub, and the proposed Obama-Jonathan White House meeting will cement it, as US’s offer to reassure that Nigeria was still its strategic partner in Africa.

In a similar vein US-based Nigerians also felt the decision of Obama to exclude Nigeria was a strategic error on the part of US policy makers.
According to the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN) in a recent statement on the matter, “a visit by President Obama, based on the widespread admiration he enjoys in Nigeria, would have served to mobilise the Nigerian people and pushed the country towards fulfilling its potential, the same fact for which the US government itself have described the country as its African anchor.

On several occasions, the US had described Nigeria as one of its three major strategic partners in Africa, but the decision to leave Nigeria out because of a major but fleeting security challenge could turn out a strategic mistake.”

But speaking over the weekend, Adefuye simply said he was satisfied that the Nigeria-US relationship was getting back on a sound footing. He refused further comments. – Guardian

ndim: The impetus that drove you into such derogatory reference of a universally acknowledged man of nobility is a replica of the impunity that thrive in the camp of the so called the grand commanders of rivers politics, which suddenly you are bat like to see. Being a rivers man and actively so, i state with authority that the man Amaechi is a victim caught in the web of men with misplaced ambitions; desperados operating with the principle of elimination. It will take the likes of the great Prof who have seen it all to speak on such high profile political cold war.
The fact that you regard the rivers crisis as too trivial to involve Prof. simply means that you lack the understanding of the political system. Nigeria is a federated union and the governor of a state is an executive head; the CSO and the chief administrator of that tier. This is not because i said so, it is the provision of the nigerian constitution. As the Prof rightly said, the first lady is a mere domestic appendage of power. No better way to describe her position than that. This lady, not the president has obviously attempted to defy the sanctity of state authority, almost running a parallel government in rivers state (and you know this). Let me remind u that it is not Amaechi that is under threat, it is our constitution. The Prof has always been an activist who has given much to sustain a good image for our dear nation. Can you please name a man or woman in ur entire family who has made any meaningful contribution for the development of nigeria? If there is none, then i will comfortably say that you are deluded for ever calling the Prof a mad man. On the other hand it is better to be a mad philosopher like Prof Wole Soyinka than being a wise fool like you and ur cohorts. People like u would honor and shoot cannons for militants who returned with luxury than pay small respect to great intellectuals and academia like the great Prof.

Let me again remind you that the Prof is a great asset to nigeria and has brought international recognition to the country. You are therefore morally bound to respect him. He is a model, a man u must aspire to be like. Tha

Take your drugs and come back and write in a sensible way.

People who are beaten in their own game always believe that the opponent has adopted similar or more effective strategy thus very quickly they point fingers on why they have failed. Those paid to blog will always point fingers at those who still recognizes that Gej is a half filled glass.

Ola Johnson: So, you're now Ayo Osinlu, the spokesman of PEJ? You miss road.

You are playing regional card because your pay master is being called out.

Ola Johnson: How come you are not saying anything about Ben Nwabueze who is over 80 that categorically said GEJ should forget about 2015? Is it because he is Igbo?

That one has ask God for 5 years. They are all senile bunch. Nwaubueze did not call madam First Lady hip shit and domestic tinz.

Charm O: Why do we Nigerians love insults? It's just appalling. The funny thing is those insulting WS can't say all these to his face if given the opportunity. And all those insulting PEJ can't do same. Start a blog and get your personal views out there. Not on Nairaland.

An elder can be cautioned. That is not an insult is it? Sick old people need care givers in order not become a nuisance to the society.

mafiffle: They guy/Girl is something else.

Foolish enough to be heard.

Danjuma sold a block in our own very eyes in this country for 2billion USD, no body has investigated jack. A block is definitely owned by someone and whoever is interested will buy. I am not justifying nothing here but it seems like when a southern Nigerian does what a northern Nigerian has gotten away with over time, some body sees the need to investigate.