thelastPope:

This is a shameful and ignorant comment. Did they not compensate the Landlords? How is that the same thing with an Okada man loosing his Okada along with cost of buying it and the years he tool him to acquire it? Do you know some of them took loans to buy those okada? What nonsense are you saying?

Get ur facts right.
Adams destroyed the buildinsg and compensated them enough to get a more beffiting building in comparison to their old archaic houses.

wholexy009: God bless jare

A sane society and govt should provide job opportuniuties, infrastructures for people.
A sane govt should not split d already congested roads into 3 and leaving a dedicated lane to junk public trans system (BRT).
A sane govt should not collec tax and still collect tolls
A sane govt should not criminalize traffic offence and make fines higher that minimum wage.
A sane govt should leave the management of transport system and traffic management to touts
A sane govt should provide enough enlighment campaing, traffic signs to citizens
A sane govt should not develop only the business section (VI, Lekki, Ikoyi) of the state and ignore the other parts

Omen100:


bros, ondo state was never an acn controlled state, them not winning ondo state governorship election doesn't mean that they are losing south west, after all, they won Edo state.

Yes. u may r correct. But Tinubu did everything possible to win Ondo but fail woefully. Imagine PDP coming 2nd.
D era of ACN has ended.
4 ur info, Tinubu lost his LGA where he is leaving to PDP. that is a sign of the end of ACN

sheyie2007: Wait a minute! Is it by force you work in lagos? that state needs de-congestion abeg..if you want lasgidi government to achieve a mega city then this is a fantastic move.....quite unfortunate some people would have to go back to 'ijebu'

megacity indeed. the 3rd worst city to leave in the world
Lagos is a megaslum
banning okada 4rm major roads and bridges is not our problem.
Who will ban the junks they call BRT?

Pastor E. A Adeboye (RCCG)
Dr. D. Olukoya (MFM)
Pastor Kumuyi (Deeper Life)
Pastor Lazarus Mouka (The Lord's Chosen)

Lagosians walk becos ACN cannot fix d roads, poor drainagae 2 prevent ur car 4rm entering ditches & to start collecting "trekking tax"

I dont care who wins d bid even if it is fashola, tinubu, OBJ, abacha, bakare, buhari, elrufai... all i'm interested is LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT.....

Imagine butcher CPC talking. Is it not d same CPC that killed corpers during the 2011 elections?

Olodo! and u r still suffering today as an ibo man. Prodigal son.

Rossikk: Somebody Needs To Write A Book On the Foolishness Of Biafra and Ojukwu

Many of us Igbos have for too long gotten away with playing the 'wronged victim' with regard to the Biafran War. We have refused to ask ourselves some deep questions about that war, which saw 2 million Igbo lives needlessly wasted. We have allowed our Igbo leaders to go virtually scot-free after leading us to the slaughterhouse, by propagating the myth that it was ''all Nigeria's fault''.

Somebody needs to write a book detailing the several missteps and foolish decisions made by the Igbo military dictatorship led by Ojukwu, with regard to the Biafran 'war' (slaughter more like).

Some points that need to be addressed include:

1) The declaration of secession was invalid and unconstitutional, having been reached by military fiat, as opposed to measurable democratic participation.

2)The decision to secede was made without commensurate investment in weapons and weapons sources, a pre-requisite for any military conflict, particularly against a major African power supported by global powers like the USA, Britain and the (then) USSR.

3)The decision to secede was made without commensurate investment in food and agricultural production, food import sources and entry routes, thus placing the Igbos at a distinct disadvantage, and at the mercy of the Nigerian govt - 'the enemy'. In fact the foolhardiness of such lack of strategic preparation accounts for the embarrassing statements recently credited to Chinua Achebe about Awo's conduct during the war. The failure of Biafran strategic thinking is evinced by Achebe's inadvertent admission that Biafra's survival was contingent upon Awo's sense of morality or lack thereof. The unwarranted power over Igbo lives thus granted Awo by this clumsy admission of his pivotal role in the conflict ought not to be lost on Achebe. Question is, WHY should Awo have had that power over Igbo destiny? He wouldn't have, had the Igbo leadership apriori done its homework.

4)Ojukwu's claim that he declared secession out of a need to ''protect Igbo lives'' was a dishonest and disingenous rationalisation, since there was no advance of federal troops towards the south or Igbo territory in the months leading up to the declaration. The political dispute in fact centred on the alleged failure of the FG to bring to justice the perpetrators of the northern massacres of Igbos in 1966. The immediate political event preceding the secession declaration was the announcement of the 12 state creation by the FG in May 1967. This meant Ojukwu's powers became territorially limited to the much smaller East-Central State Igbo heartland, as opposed to the entire East, which he ruled in his former capacity as military governor of the Eastern Region. The day after the FG announced the 12 state solution, Ojukwu declared secession. WHAT was the connection between the 12 state announcement and Ojukwu's declaration of secession? Why should we continue to be fed the line that he seceded in order to protect Igbo lives, if, as appears to be the case, he seceded because he could not countenance himself being limited to the East-Central State courtesy of his arch-enemy, Gowon's 'machinations'??

5) Why did the Biafran leadership bank on nations like France to provide military support to her secessionist bid, knowing full well that France was a staunch ally of the United Kingdom, who supported the Nigerian federation?

Why were they so naive as to count on French support?

Why were they so naive as to discount the fact that Nigeria had military and diplomatic support from the USA as well as the Soviet Union? Meaning they couldn't take advantage of the Cold War rivalry involving those two nations?

Why were these factors NOT taken into account before taking steps that would lead to military conflict?

I SUGGEST A TITLE FOR THE BOOK:

''OJUKWU'S BIAFRA - FOOLISHNESS INCORPORATED?''

afam4eva:
I can't believe that a human being said this...

Stupid man. what has his statement of fact got to do with nobel prize!
Stop two edged sword tribe

ekt_bear: Awolowo for life

Anybody who hates him can go hug a transformer

Awolowo 4 grave. sorry 4 u, he never was a nigerian leader despite his wicked adolf hitler actions and policies

Dudu_Negro: Mysteriously this channel is quiet. Where are Achebe monkeys to chippy -chap on this revelation?

Bush man. Awo is a terrible, greedy, foolish power hungry gaffe. Thank God he neva got it during his stay in life. Even his kinsman frustrated him during Shagari era.
D yoruba's should accept d truth. Fani Kayode also said d same time some few weeks back

Hypocritical ACN. ACN should apologize to nigerian first for misleading nigerians that Agbero Bola Tinubu was invited by the US Democrats for their convention.
STUPID HYPOCRITES
ACN, PDP, CPC, ANPP, HIV are all d same. The difference r the indiviuals personalities

ceejay80s: I reserve my comment until naija is divided in 3 countries. (A). Federal republic of biafra. (B). Federal republic of eko ni baje. (C). Federal republic of boko haram

I SUPPORT U KAMPE.

Tony Spike: Nice PR stunt. I'm expecting Chino's response, the official commisioner for Nairaland in Anambra State.

I admire d governor's effort. whether it is a stint or not which governor has attempted it.
How about kogi state governor that went 2 visit patients in d hospital with bullet proof on agbada!!!
Obi is d peoples governor. d first and only governor in naija 2 build a private refinery. business minded governor

i agree with him. We should support our president 2 succeed before critisizing him left rigth and center

I hope it is not another money making road. I don tire 2 pay 240 on toll everyday despite the fact i pay tax. by december i will be paying 480 everyday on toll gate

LastApostle:


I took your advice and got in contact with the man quoting N10million as my expenses and the man shout me down and warn me never to contact him again over it saying I should negotiate settlement with my Ex before dawn through telephony.
I have called Ex and she said'' They'' are paying just a million or no deal. She claimed that if factored all the sizzling romance shared,s*x,cookings and happy moments into the equation, I might be left with nothing.
She ask me never to call her again not until I make up my mind on the offer.

COLLECT D MONEY AND MOVE ON. AFTERALL BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND INVOLVING SEX IS ILLEGAL.

Bush man. Just remind me of palmwine setting in my village.

They just woke up 4rm sleep now abi?

omiobo: I will rather vote for SLS than to see PDP ruling this country again.

Olodo. He is forcing you 2 accept coins and 5k and u r thinking of routing 4 him. I pity 4 u. U can imagine what he will do as a "president"....

dedeike: I don't know the document you read but I will chronicle my own assessment for you.

In Finance,
For the first time, our recurrent expenditure profile was cut down by 12% thereby increasing funds available for capital projects. Tight fiscal policies and due verification before release of funds for budget implementation. The creation and inauguration of the Soverign Wealth Fund for a three phased development.
 Bio metric evaluation of MDA'S  which has exposed massive corruption in police pensions and subsequent prosecution of the suspects by EFCC.  The  restoration of transperancy and due verification for subsidy claims to oil marketers by NOI.  Introduction of the new integrated online payment system which helps the minister monitor transfer of public funds across MDA's.

Our foreign reserves have risen again to a tremendous high of 41 billion dollars. 

In Energy, a lot of reforms. The president is keen on transparency and thus has set up probes into the sector viz KPMG AUDIT and AIG IMOUKHEDE. The president sought to close the window of corruption by removing subsidy but the cabal misled Labour into a protest. That notwithstanding, the reforms are still ongoing and the full deregulation of the downstream sector being vigorously pursued. 

In one year, the  FG had concluded the PIB which remains a landmark legislation that will revolutionarize the petroleum  industry and increase the stake of oil host communities in the management of their oil.
Refineries are undergoing repairs and an American company, VULCAN is to build six more new refineries.

For the first time in this country, a govt has engaged the oil cabal in an anti graft war. We have seen EFCC take subsidy suspects to court. No one is spared. Even the sons of PDP leaders are undergoing prosecution in court for subsidy loot

In roads, Zaria-Funtua-Gusau roads, Oshodi-Apapa with expansion and drainage works,  dedicated bridge frm liverpool roundabout to Tin can ports, trailer park, re award for reconstruction of ENUGU-Onitsha, completion of OWERRI -Onitsha,    9th mile, ongoing reconstruction of Benin-Ore-Sagamu highway measuring over 26km, Kano-Maidugri Dualisation. Keffi -Akwanga-Lafia,  Auchi-Okene being handled by Setraco. Loko-Eweta-Karishi bridge, Kolo-Nembe -Brass  to mention but a few.

Just last week, govt announced the re award of abandoned Abuja-Lokoja highway and the East-West road under SURE P.

In Transport, massive reforms at the ports. Sanitisation and reduction of operating agencies to 7. Introduction of 24 hrs ports operation. Ongoing Construction of light gauge train railways. rehabilitation of Minna-Kaduna line. Award for reconstruction of Lagos-Kano railine to Chinese giants CCCEC. Abuja intercity railway's too.

In  Aviation, massive reconstruction of major airports in the land, Enugu airport is undergoing total rehabilitation. The domestic wing of Abuja airport is also being reconstructed with expansion of roads and car parks. Same fr the international wing and the kano airports. 11 terminals are also being remodelled and rehabilitated.

Just this week, the govt secured a loan facility for the construction of new airport terminals for four major cities viz, Abuja, Kano, Enugu, Port harcourt.

In Education, establishment of 9 new federal universities in less than 1 year. Constructed 2 new campuses of the Nigerian law schools in Yenagoa and Yola respectively. Launched the Almajiri schools for education of itenerant Islamic pupils in the north wFhich Buhari and other northern leaders abandoned. Increased funding to almost 400 billion to education thereby setting an all time highest record. Reinvigorated the inspectorate oversight of schools leading to the revocation of some licenses from universities. Executed the landmark upgrade of university lecturers retirement age from 65 to 70. 

 In agriculture, for the first time in our history, we have a clearly defined agricultural policy which is targeted towards maximum utilisation of cassava for growth thru the launch of the cassava bread campaign. The policy is intended to reduce our reliance on imported wheat so as to encourage local production of cassava and it's conversion to flour for bakery. The FG has in less than one year eliminated the middlemen cartel that fed fat on fertiliser distribution at the expense of local farmers. Now through deregulation reforms, fertiliser is now accessible in the open market. he has also embarked on massive construction of silos and has increased import duties on the importation of rice in order to encourage local farmers. The efforts of the minister has been so appreciable that the world bank assisted with over 50 billion Naira for fertiliser redistribution scheme/ silos. The CBN has also set up a 500 billion loan scheme which is to assist farmers.

In power, the NIPP has been revived with the subsequent refurbishment of Afam, Alaoji, Calabar, GEREGU, Omotosho, Ihvbour, Egbema, power plants. This has led to the all time generation record of 4,477megawatts.

To address the problem of distribution,  the 18 successor companies have been slated for privatization.  The media is already awash with news of the proposed privatization. The reforms include the review of tariffs in order to ensure a cost reflective tariff that will encourage private sector participation in the building of gas plants. Already, this has started yielding dividends as SPDC has commenced processes towards building a gas plant in IMO state.

The best Petroluem minister ever, Diezani Allison Madueke, has responded to the  emergency need for gas supply to the power stations by completing several gas projects and pipelines to evacuate gas to the NIPP's. 

She has successfully  completed the 27kmX24inch permanent gas supply pipeline from Itoki to Olorunshogo via Ewekoro, all in Ogun State; the 56kmX24inch Escravos-Warri gas pipeline - doubling the pipeline capacity and enhancing gas evacuation from Escravos, as well as the 130kmX36inch Oben to Geregu pipeline.

The grand effect is the significant improvement of power nationwide. 

Bro, u r 110% spot on. Ur analysis makes a lot of sense. In 2 years he has done all this. What have d rest done within this short term including the so called Buhari.
Lets support this man and give him a chance.
I BELIEVE IN MR. GOODLUCK JONATHAN
If he doesn't inform the public of his achievements, sadist, political enemies, pessimistist and the like will keep crtitisizing the man negatively and deceiving nigerians

I MUST CONFESS OLD AGE IS TELLING ON HIM. BOKO HARAM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ARAB SPRINGS.

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GOOD LUCK

Acidosis: Less than 0.1% have perfect understanding of economics.

Look who is talking of understanding economics. Nigerians are talking out of past experience. Which economic theory has worked effectively in nigeria Mr. Economists?

Who invited him? Bloody liar. He bought invitation for himself like PDP for the convention. ACN should stop deceiving us acting as if they r d messiah party. HYPOCRITES. LIKE PDP, LIKE ACN...

T_Bademosi: Lets say he just got down from his or her vehicle at the same time you were resuming work. Is it necessary you help with the bag & how would such an act paint you?.


I need response from matured Nairalanders. I seem to just dont know.

It depends.
If you r a guy and she is a lady, it's not advisable to collect her handbag but her file or any other office stuff u can collect
But 4 a male boss courtesy sake u make d attempt. Ur boss is like ur dada. It shows sign of respect.
Goodluck man

Mr. Globe:

my opinion on peter obi has not changed. I have not seen the reason to. sorry not sorry. btw the mechinery for starting the oil company started well before his tenure. Ngige remains the best governor Anambra has had

I disagree with u. Obi is equally doing well and attracting investment in Nigeria. Obi deserves commendations. Despite the fact that he is an APGA person he overlooked partisan politics and continued with the work Mbadinuju and Ngige started.
Meanwhile, this lazy kogi people should go and build their own refinery since they claim having oil reserve. D best Anambra can do is 2 pay them for whatever crude gotten from their pre-supposed crude deposit.

Tayothinks: That's why ACN has broom now. What is the relevance of having failed party in South West, not just Lagos. We are yet to see states where the party has improved lives of the people.

States PDP has improved the lives of people include:

Rivers State
Akwa-Ibom State
Plateau State
Anambra State (Ngige)
Katsina State
Jigawa State
Bayelsa State (Under Mr. Goodluck Jonathan)
Cross Rivers (Duke)

Apart from Lagos and Edo States which other ACN state is working? Stop being a regionalist. It's obvious you have not travelled out of Lagos state. U guys should stop being myopic. Performance is based on the individual and not party affiliation. All the parties have d same agenda.
2015 vote for an individual that will perform and not party.

No life insurance policy for police and they lack the necessary equipment to combat crime and u expect them to go and confront well armed criminals.
Will u take care of their dependents if they are killed? I no blame them jare. POVERTY FULL TOWN
RIP 4 D DEAD ONES

mankevo: Where is OYINLOLA that was ranting RUBISH about A.C.N plunging their states in debt? Am sure he wount see this as "Plunging into debt" because the share will reach him, and certainly sure the repayment term will out-live their administration. MORE DEBT NIGERIA, MORE MONEY IN OUR LOOTOCRACY's Pockets & God for ORDINARY Nigerian!!!!!!!!!!!

PDP is copying the headquarters of ACN - Lagos. hope there will b toll gates on all the entrance point to d project and traffic laws to help recover the funds 4 payment?