duni04: I'm not a GEJ adherent but this idea of digging up old newspaper clippings to discredit somebody is just lame. The guy was answering questions from reporters, and not testifying before a court or the senate. You can't equate someone changing his mind about his political ambitions to treachery or dishonesty, its just lame. While campaigning for president, George W. Bush Snr famously promised not to increase taxes and did immediately he got in. Obama promised to close the guantanemo bay while campaigning in 2008, its still open today. As long as Jonathan's statement was not made before a court of law or the senate, like in the case of Bill Clinton who lied to a US grand jury about his affair with Monica lewinsky, nobody can accuse Jonathan of anything. He's a human being, he has the right to change his mind as he deems fit.

Thanks on this one

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Sincere 9gerian: What an irony! The same OBJ that wanted an UNCONSTITUTIONAL third term is now trying to prevent an incumbent president from seeking his CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED second term? Why should an OBJ do his second term and even tried to seek a third term BUT a Jonathan cannot seek second term? So what is the difference between an OBJ and a Jonathan? Is it in the colour of their skin or tribe? And OBJ is being cheered on by Tinubu slaves? What an irony! Smh for my country.

May God bless this thought.

Wow! This yookos site is something else. This is it!!! Bye to facebook

pompori king: You haven't seen nothing yet.very soon they would protest nak#d and say india is our country too

Kia! This set of people. I just hope they don't replicate what 'they' did to that innocent British Soldier.

But guy, we need to constantly pray for beloved country. Nigeria has all it takes to be the beloved of all nations

Frank-C:


Guilty of what exactly? First, the people shouting know nothing about NCAA or the Aviation ministry and the laws establishing the agencies. NCAA ought to follow a Public Procurement Act in acquisition of assets and once it is established that it was not done, the head of the agency involved takes responsibility not the head of the ministry. Note that part of the procurement procedure could be approval from the ministry to go ahead with the procurement process. That was why Bode George was sent to jail and not the Minister of Transport.

When they were after Oteh in SEC for lodging in hotel and hosting delegates (clearly provided for in the her appointment privileges), no one mentioned that Olusegun Aganga was corrupt. The song was that Oteh is corrupt, even after when she exposed corrupt request from the HoR. When the economic crises hit Nigerian banking industry, Soludo(CBN head) was demonized, not the Finance Minister. When Maina looted pension funds, he was criticized as Maina, not Caleb Olubolade of Police Affair Ministry. When Farouk Lawan stuffed dollars in his cap, he was criticized, not the Speaker of House of Reps. But when Fola Akintotu of NCAA bought vehicles for NCAA, people decided to leave Fola and demonize the Aviation Minister.

If there is any crime that this woman has committed, I will like to know about it. But if this is still about a vehicle purchased by NCAA, the bigots should leave her alone and hold Fola responsible, a man judged by Nigeria to be qualified enough to take decisions affecting the Agency.

God bless you! YOU JUST MADE MY DAY. It means I still have some sane people living in our potentially great country.

texazzpete: Okonjo Iweala should go and sit down. She's on the FEC...what has she - along with her cohorts - been doing to ensure that NTA gets the drastic overhaul it sorely needs?

It's 2013 and the 'Giant of Africa' cannot even broadcast in HD. Nearly all live events covered by NTA have abysmal audio and video quality. Such an utter disgrace.

Kia.! See reasioning . God will help. So Na NOU/Minister of Finance job function to overhaul NTA nationwide? MUMU!!!. You should look for the likes of stella Odua, with vision and purpose, to be in the top of NTA so that what was done at our airports could be replicated in that junk house called NTA nationwide. God bless Nigeria

"THERE WAS A COUNTRY"

.....Things Fall apart

gratiaeo: All this are part of propaganda?

The extent some people can go is really very shameful. Even the write-up is very weak and too childish. I don laugh tire. ...and some gullible folks will believe this.

God bless Nigeria my blessed and fruitful land.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night to avoid a threatened national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown, the culmination of an epic political drama that placed the U.S. economy at risk.

The Senate voted first, a bipartisan 81-18 at midevening. That cleared the way for a final 285-144 vote in the Republican-controlled House about two hours later on the bill, which hewed strictly to the terms Obama laid down when the twin crises erupted more than three weeks ago.

The legislation would permit the Treasury to borrow normally through Feb. 7 or perhaps a month longer, and fund the government through Jan. 15. More than 2 million federal workers would be paid — those who had remained on the job and those who had been furloughed.

After the Senate approved the measure, Obama hailed the vote and quickly signed the bill early Thursday. "We'll begin reopening our government immediately, and we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty from our businesses and the American people," the president said.

In the House, Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., said, "After two long weeks, it is time to end this government shutdown. It's time to take the threat of default off the table. It's time to restore some sanity to this place."

The stock market surged higher at the prospect of an end to the crisis that also had threatened to shake confidence in the U.S. economy overseas.

Republicans conceded defeat after a long struggle. "We fought the good fight. We just didn't win," conceded House Speaker John Boehner as lawmakers lined up to vote on a bill that includes nothing for GOP lawmakers who had demand to eradicate or scale back Obama's signature health care overhaul.

"The compromise we reached will provide our economy with the stability it desperately needs," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, declaring that the nation "came to the brink of disaster" before sealing an agreement.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who negotiated the deal with Reid, emphasized that it preserved a round of spending cuts negotiated two years ago with Obama and Democrats. As a result, he said, "government spending has declined for two years in a row" for the first time since the Korean War. "And we're not going back on this agreement," he added.

Only a temporary truce, the measure set a time frame of early this winter for the next likely clash between Obama and the Republicans over spending and borrowing.

But for now, government was lurching back to life. After Obama signed the bill, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, issued a memorandum ordering department heads to "open offices in a prompt and orderly manner."

"All employees who were on furlough due to the absence of appropriations may now return to work," Burwell said.

After weeks of gridlock, the measure had support from the White House, most if not all Democrats in Congress and many Republicans fearful of the economic impact of a default.

Boehner and the rest of the top GOP leadership told their rank and file in advance they would vote for the measure. In the end, Republicans split 144 against and 87 in favor. All 198 voting Democrats were supporters.

Final passage came in plenty of time to assure Obama's signature before the administration's 11:59 p.m. Thursday deadline.

That was when Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said the government would reach the current $16.7 trillion debt limit and could no longer borrow to meet its obligations.

Tea party-aligned lawmakers who triggered the shutdown that began on Oct. 1 said they would vote against the legislation. Significantly, though, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and others agreed not to use the Senate's cumbersome 18th-century rules to slow the bill's progress.

In remarks on the Senate floor, Cruz said the measure was "a terrible deal" and criticized fellow Republicans for lining up behind it.

McConnell made no mention of the polls showing that the shutdown and flirtation with default have sent Republicans' public approval plummeting and have left the party badly split nationally as well as in his home state of Kentucky. He received a prompt reminder, though.

"When the stakes are highest Mitch McConnell can always be counted on to sell out conservatives," said Matt Bevin, who is challenging the party leader from the right in a 2014 election primary.

More broadly, national tea party groups and their allies underscored the internal divide. The Club for Growth urged lawmakers to vote against the congressional measure, and said it would factor in the organization's decision when it decides which candidates to support in midterm elections next year.

"There are no significant changes to Obamacare, nothing on the other major entitlements that are racked with trillions in unfunded liabilities, and no meaningful spending cuts either. If this bill passes, Congress will kick the can down the road, yet again," the group said.

Even so, support for Boehner appeared solid inside his fractious rank and file. "There are no plots, plans or rumblings that I know of. And I was part of one in January, so I'd probably be on the whip list for that," said Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce came out in favor of the bill.

Simplicity at the end, there was next to nothing in the agreement beyond authorization for the Treasury to resume borrowing and funding for the government to reopen.

House and Senate negotiators are to meet this fall to see if progress is possible on a broad deficit-reduction compromise of the type that has proved elusive in the current era of divided government.

Additionally, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is to be required to produce a report stating that her agency is capable of verifying the incomes of individuals who apply for federal subsidies under the health care law known as Obamacare.

Obama had insisted repeatedly he would not pay "ransom" by yielding to Republican demands for significant changes to the health care overhaul in exchange for funding the government and permitting Treasury the borrowing latitude to pay the nation's bills.

Other issues fell by the wayside in a final deal, including a Republican proposal for the suspension of a medical device tax in Obamacare and a Democratic call to delay a fee on companies for everyone who receives health coverage under an employer-sponsored plan.

The gradual withering of Republicans' Obamacare-related demands defined the arc of the struggle that has occupied virtually all of Congress' time for the past three weeks.

The shutdown began on Oct. 1 after Cruz and his tea party allies in the House demanded the defunding of the health care law as a trade for providing essential government funding.

Obama and Reid refused, then refused again and again as Boehner gradually scaled back Republican demands.

The shutdown initially idled about 800,000 workers, but that soon fell to about 350,000 after Congress agreed to let furloughed Pentagon employees return to work. While there was widespread inconvenience, the mail was delivered, Medicare continued to pay doctors who treated seniors and there was no interruption in Social Security benefits.

Still, national parks were closed to the detriment of tourists and local businesses, government research scientists were sent home and Food and Drug Administration inspectors worked only sporadically.

Same thing one young guy (fuel attendant at Total filling Station along sapele road , after Palm House/Secretariat in Benin City, Edo State) did to me. I know he will repent and change into a good citizen of this great country.

Congratulations to our first Lady. May God continue to favour you.

Travelista: Sorry to hear about the deaths of your coworkers; terribly sad state of affairs.

Now, here's something you may not want to read but it's truth and may help to put a few things into perspective:

1. According to your post, IBplc was taken over by Access Bank. As an IBplc employee (core or support), a person would be lucky to still have their job. In takeovers/mergers, the company that was taken over almost always gets the short end of the stick; this means, unless stipulated in the documentation that allowed for the acquisition and/or merger in the first place, your jobs is not guaranteed. If any wants to be angry, their wrath should be directed at the former leaders of IBplc.

2. Access Bank does not have to offer room for growth to former IBplc workers. Access has employees they hired using their own hiring practices; they come first. Don't like it, find another job.

3. As for being terminated for the slightest infraction: remember that Access took over physical branches but they may not need all of the employees acquired from IBplc. Again, making a mistake may look like you shouldn't have been hired in the first place. I know the excuse is flimsy but, again, they don't have to keep on people they did not vet themselves.

4. I don't even know how to address you blaming Access for the death of employees. If the families of the deceased believe that death was caused by actions made/taken by Access, they can file a lawsuit. Other than that, no business is going to offer money without being asked/forced.

5. Again, Access did not have to keep IBplc employees on payroll. Asking workers to stay late is the norm especially after a major takeover. As there lapses during the transition period, it is only fair that things get back to normal as soon as possible; that usually means someone is going to be burning the midnight oil and as IBplc was taken over, their held over workers get to do the grunt work.

6. No one from the former IBplc or Access Bank has to show up for the funerals; would it have been nice to show solidarity at such a time? Of course but it is a personal choice as to whether one attends such events. Outside of the branch where the deceased worked, no one else should be expected to beat their chests and pull out their hair. Access Bank is your employer and NOT your relative. As long as they pay you, they don't owe you anything else.

7. Core staff and support staff are not the same thing nor do they share the same duties; why should support staff be afforded the same benefits of core staff? You're complaining about not receiving nursing mother benefits even though your were paid during your maternity?! Amazing. Here, maternity leave is unpaid.

8. The more I read, the more irritated I am becoming with the author of this piece. Unless the professional, core and support staff all have the same level of degree, the complaints should just end. Why should someone put in the time to earn a higher degree only to earn the pay money and benefits as someone that has a lower level degree?

I can't even continue...this person was kept following a takeover and still complains. I must need a nap because this whole piece is just full of whining for no justifiable reason.

Cheer up, upgrade your degree and try again. If Access still won't give you a chance, look elsewhere. Good luck.

What's this one saying? Don't make light a serious issue. Learn to keep mute on what you don't comprehend. This is too serious to be treated with kids glove.

Billyonaire: Best Speech ever written by any Nigerian President. I nearly thought it was Obama's speech.

This speech has changed my perception and given me a reason to become more detribalized.

Regarding the National Dialogue; it is high time we disussed amongst other things;

1 FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE OF STATES
2. STATE POLICE
3. SOCIAL WELFARE SCHEME
4. BIOMETRY
5. STATE OF BIRTH/STATE OF ORIGIN PARADOX
6. ABROGATION OF QUOTA SYSTEM
7. NIGER DELTA IDENTITY AND BIAFRA COMPENSATION AGAINST THE 20 POUNDS INSULT AND IMPOVERISHMENT.

Valid points from a sound mind

tayotemowo: This is the best speech Nigerians have ever been given by any president as far as I'm concerned. I want to believe that this came about because seriousnes is beginning to crop up amidst our political leadership and I'm praying that this is so also. I see a lot of good intentions in the speech and as a good Christian I want believe that when you want to do something positive you begin by speaking the word to begin it for you after all everything we know and see were created with the Word. So President Jonathan I hope that you are doing just that because I see seriousness in this speech and even though before now "I must confess I wasn't one of your fans" I want to believe in you from hence forth and believe in Nigeria even though in Nigeria I never doubted. For those of us who never see anything good in Nigeria I think we should begin to believe in Her because if we do not believe in something we can never see that thing come to fruition.
As for me "I speak forth into you Nigeria and say you have seen the least you ever will from hence forth you will increase. I will eat of the abundance that is in you my children will see good in you and eat of the benefit. People of other nations will call me blessed because I was born in you. What God has deposited in you for your benefit will never cause you downfall, your natural resources will not be your Archilles heels be it crude oil, gold, or your people in Jesus name I have spoken" amen.

TRUE! The speech is awesome. The best so far, in the history of this fertile nation. God bless Nigeria. God bless the FIRST FAMILY. God bless our gallant President. We are crop of SUCCESS

Pastor Kun: The sky is the starting point, once our Power problem is sorted(which is very imminent) and we stop wasting billions of dollars to import fuel (thanx to dangote ) Nigeria would witness a major economic leap forward. Surely better days ahead.

God bless you

Thank God. This girl is exceptionally good. May God bless and favour her more.

I love this. This is well deserved. Very good. You will succeed. Keep winning

Wow! This is good. Lord, am thankful. I will concentrate on handling only one...the other one must be sold before june 2014.

Thanks Op... and a big thanks to the moderator for doing the needful.

This is what nairaland was back then.

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Pls instead of the tribal fighting and criticism I thing we should be coming up with adjoing businesses that is directly or indirectly linked to the move.
I want to start by giving a few business that I can think of at the moment
1.Packaging business(with preservative)
2.Inspection consultant(Nafdac registered
3.Consultant to teach the farmer how best to preserve their goods
4. Small scale refrigirator business close or at a central location for proxy farmers
5. Large scale refrigirator close to the terminal for storage before depature
6. Liason officer to sourse oversea customers

Please there is so much that can come out of this
I hate small minded people especially those nigerians that are abroad [/quote]


God bless you !
This is what made this forum popular some years back.

Please,nairaland seems to be the only 9ja forum I know at the moment but recently it has failed to serve its purpose but for some group of folks that don't contribute any intelligent discuss. For close to a year now I only read the contents of topics that interest me , without bothering to read comments...I still do have this nolstagia for being able to enlarge, discuss, suggest,analyse and argue intellectually as partinent to topics.it looks like there is an ever increasing number of people that careless about reading post but are concern only with 'first to...' 'End time..' Etc etc

If you know of any 9ja forum that is yet to be invaded by...minds,kindly suggest it here

Please, this is a passionate request.

Thank you.

remzytimer: Seriously' I don't think pple are ready to fight it out....we have tried it before but it doesn't seems working because pple are not forthcoming.....We need to work this out by all means...

And you think nothing is wrong?

Why not convert the same energy and strenght into selling or marketing something? You can always get items and pay after you've sold them. Alternatively,since there is excess time and energy, why don't you look inside you and find that one thing that you have passion for ...I mean that one thing that you would freely enjoy and obligde doing , if money was not a factor...then develop a business around it. You could even learn a lucrative business by volunteering to work for free...if you are real, honest and if you value your boundless potentials , three months will be enough. Look inside you, you already have all it takes. There is always opportunity and blessing in misforture...concentrate more on the solution aspect...shift your mindset and paradigm. You only attract what you focus your thought on...IT IS A LAW. Learn to use it in your favour.

Be aware of the law of association and the POWER OF NAME.

Thing more of what you can do rather than what you can receive.

Nature and life allows REAL/ GENUINE resources to gravitate/move to the person who is willing to serve as an outlet...THIS IS WHY GIVERS NEVER LACK.

You too can , if you understand the concept of PURPOSE,PLAN,TIME and HUMBLE BIGINNING.

...With love always

normaljenny:

He did the first rap verse, cool music videos in naija, b4 pretty and junior even thought of it.

Sweet memories. Oh God! He was indeed great and he ruled.

It was my first rap experience back then. It goes like this '' take your time to bubble and shopple..." Someone should help a brother remember the lines.

"There are three types of persons on earth; those that make things happen, those that watch things as the unfold and occur plus those who talk about things that occur."

I smile at the above immutable truth and I work hard to remain in the first category.

You have the right to chose where you belong.

You are responsible for your destiny and how the story ends.

obioma_2000: Facilities Management Services applicants waiting to be called for interview Almighty God blessings will shine on us very soon!!!

Amen! God has fovoured us

yorke1: Jokers. It is President Goodluck Jonathan still 2023. The constitution must be amended. There must be room for 3rd term.

Funny. Got me laughing

politician:


... be careful, the yorubas are grandmaster of trickery and deceit...

so this is really true.

Olanight:
I don't comment on NLN,but I jes have 2 reply ur folly....for dis nonsense u have written may GOD cripple those useless fingers u use in typing this jargon.....and all d money u ve received from jonathan go down d drain

Sorry! God does not answer the prayer of the wicked.

...Love your fellow countryman as yourself and only wish others what you would wish yourself...

Oya go and sin no more

"..., a mere domestic appendage...,".

SMH. The prof really lost it here.
What role model or example is this? This is obviously not a good orientation.

Please.

thelastPope: "GOV AMAECHI’S ORDERLY WAS THE POLICE OFFICER IN THE VIDEO BEATING UP A LAWMAKER WHILE PRO-AMAECHI LAWMAKER, (who went to fetch Amaechi from Govt House to witness the beatings) CHIDI LLOYD, was the man who broke the mace on the same lawmaker’s HEAD 3 times

– Hon Kingsley Chinda (representing Rivers State) just confirm on the floor of the House of Reps hours ago. Live video coming shortly

Till today I still refuse to watch the ALUU-4 video...and the name LLODY just brought back tears to my eyes.

...How did Nigeria get here? What's the difference between this lawmaker and the ALUU guy that planked innocent LLODY to death?