₦airaland Forum

Omenlon:
oga, pack well. Fact check, Edo State is one of the self sustaining states in Nigeria. My post is not even about Edo State but only should it as example that every state or region is big enough to go it separate ways. Try read and comprehend the context of a post before jumping into it.

Share your facts here, if you have any.
Do you have any idea what self sustaining means?
How can a self sustaining state be exporting its girls to do ashawo in cold Europe, through the Sahara desert and Libya

NegroidHaven:
Did the wife to Nigeria's All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Aisha Buhari used a stereotypical term in addressing the people of Edo state while addressing them yesterday.

Mrs Buhari while promising to tackle girl-child trafficking and end widows' sufferings said, "I am here to let Edo women know that when my husband is elected, insecurity, girl-child trafficking and suffering of widows will end. They don't need to go and prostitute somewhere to survive.".

The statement credited to Mrs Buhari is sure not going well with Edo born Lawyer, Abdul Mahmud who tweeted the following.
for related articles visit negroidhaven.com

System202:
Who are you to speak on the helm of affairs? Lagos is budgeting trillions, Sanwo Olu flaunts a wristwatch of ₦200 million while Lagosians are trapped in slums and grinding poverty. Meanwhile, Tinubu continues to amass obscene wealth at the expense of the people. Your so called new sheriff is an incompetent fool with no direction. He removed fuel subsidies and floated the naira, plunging Nigerians north including south into unbearable suffering.

He claimed that the Port Harcourt refinery is operational which turns out nothing but propaganda designed to mock people like u. This disastrous tax policy isn’t just devastating the north it will ravage southern states, including the parasitic southestern and impoverished Ekiti state. This government’s is reckless and curse, these charlatans enriching themselves while the nation crumbles.

How can you pack so much loaded truth in a short comment like this?
Are you a wizard by any chance?

A 45-year-old resident and father of three, Mr.Fatai Lamide told PUNCH HealthWise that no building in the community has toilet facilities.

The Oyo State-born mechanic said, “We don’t have toilet in this area, including our compound. This canal that you see serves as toilet to all of us living in this area. We defecate inside nylon and throw it inside the canal.

“For people that don’t want to use nylon, they have a special bucket that they use after which they pour it inside the canal too.

https://punchng.com/cholera-outbreak-looms-in-lagos-communities-as-residents-use-canal-lagoon-as-toilet/

obonujoker:
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9 🇺🇦Kyiv, Ukraine
10 🇻🇪Caracas, Venezuela

#Statisense
(The Economist)

Lawmaker scores Lagos Water Corporation low

A Lagos State lawmaker, Mr Saka Fafunmi, on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction at the performance of the state Water Corporation.

Fafunmi, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA), said in Ikeja that the corporation had not been able to justify statutory allocations to it.

The lawmaker, who represents Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 1 at the assembly, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He said that the corporation had the capacity to generate much fund internally through water rates but had relied solely on government funding because of poor performance.

'' Anyone that is using water will be willing to pay for it; the corporation has not been giving us water.

"Is there any new community that Water Corporation has given water? People depend on boreholes; even government estates have industrial boreholes.

"Why do we keep pumping money into an agency that does not give us the desired results?'' he asked.

He noted that the Adiyan Waterworks was located at Ifako-Ijaiye, where many of the residents had resorted to digging boreholes as a means of getting water.

''A lot of people are falling sick because they don't drink clean water.

''In the same compound, where you have sewage, is where you have a borehole.

''There is no way you can manage the sewage that it will not leak and pollute the water; everyone drinking such is drinking contaminated water,'' he said.

The lawmaker urged the corporation to increase water reticulation and supply to residents.

From: http://www.punchng.com/politics/lawm...rporation-low/
https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=mes_capstones;Ensuring

ManOfSon:
You can't shame the unshameable! This so-called Northern Nigeria are shameless. What you're saying is too much, too deep for them. T[b]hey live on the surface of things - no thinking, no reflection, no introspection, no first order commitments, no principles, no sense of justice.[/b] The only thing they know their entire lives is cheating.

Beer is bad, let's break all beer bottles. But they're not ashamed to die on top the VAT from beer! There's not a single idea intended to move Nigeria towards progress that Northern Nigeria hasn't opposed! None.

Glory to God for the excellent thinking, reflection, introspection, first-order commitments, principles and sense of justice of T-Pain that made him package his 2011 CPC expired leader as the change messiah of APC four years later.

Don't we now know that it was all a scam and Buhari is the master of shege. Shege that ebilokan is continuing to the extra level of wailing hunger and starvation.

Emergingnation:
Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.

During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.

He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.

His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.

“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.

“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.

“I laugh when the incapable government, ‘Poverty Development Party’ PDP were talking. They have nothing again to say, they now want to question the qualifications of General Buhari and look for his certificate”.

Following the manifestos in 2015 which projected the APC presidential candidate as a ‘saviour’, Buhari defeated the then incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with Nigerians expecting a total change in security and economy.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/09/01/flashback-how-bola-tinubu-spoke-highly-of-buhari-in-2015-named-pdp-poverty-development-party/

Omodua:
This is sheer hypocrisy!

South and Middle belt States have been under Shari'a imposed laws for a long time. And this has stigmated the growth of Nigeria's development.

A template where shari'a states enjoys tax monies accruing from alcoholic drinks but object to sale ofnssme alcoholic drinks in their states is pure injustice. You don't enjoy what you forbid.

This is what one of the tax reforms appears to address.

Therefore,all lovers freedom and justice should support the Bill.

My stand should not be misconstrued. I am not APC nor Tinubu supporter but supporting what remains a progressive policy that will address injustices mitigating the growth and development of Nigerian nation.

This bill should be supported by all Men of goodwill.

Is it not pure injustice for other states to enjoy oil revenue without bearing the consequences of environmental damage from gas flaring, oil spills etc?

You are not a lover of freedom and justice but an opportunistic hypocrite!

Codes151:
Northerners are illeterates

Is that what motivated Obasanjo to help Tinubu make Buhari president, even though he knew he had no idea how to manage the economy?

Does that make Obasanjo literate or does it mean that he is an illiterate also

citizenisb:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari may not do well in economy and foreign affairs, except in military matters.

“Buhari is not a very hot person on the economy and foreign affairs,” Obasanjo said.

The former President stated this on Monday at the third International Conference on African Development Issues — themed, “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods and policies” — organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.

While reacting to a question posed to him by a member of the audience: “Is there any hope for Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari?”, Obasanjo replied, “Is there any hope for Nigeria under this administration? I came back from Geneva, Switzerland a few days ago to attend a conference titled, ‘Are elections giving democracy a bad name?’ We had an election, we elected a leader and the good thing about democracy is that the power you have to elect a leader is also the power you have to remove him. I am saying this because I said earlier that if you don’t see any leader that has done well in the 56 years of Nigeria’s independence, then let us forget about Nigeria.

“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”


http://www.punchng.com/buhari-not-sound-economy-foreign-affairs-obasanjo/

Omenlon:
I'm beginning to align with those who are pushing for the separation of this entity called Nigeria. My state, Edo is even big enough to be a country, after all, Estonia, Moldova, Mauritius, Cape Verde, etc are not up to the population of my state. Enough of this nonsense from these useless amajiri people. You destroy your region with Boko haram, banditry, herdsmen and you want to continue to reap from where you are not sowing. NONSENSE.

Since 1999, the 36 states including Edo have been receiving their allocation from the JOINTLY owned federation account, not so?

What have all the Edo governors- Lucky, Osunbor, Oshiomole, Obaseki and Okpebholo done with the trillions received in the past quarter century, which suggests to you that Edo will be any different as a separate country from Nigeria? Some details please.

Bluntemperor:
Please,tell Our Confused Southerners o!
If they think deeply, they will all support this Tax Law,for the betterment of their respective Economic States,but if they think Economy Development Of Their State is Not Necessary because of Politics - they will soon know that,Oil Money - will Not Be Forever!

Thanks for raising the matter of oil money.

Why should the oil revenue be shared differently from the proposed basis for sharing VAT in this reform bill

Why should farmers and ranchers own their products that are possible because of the soil nutrients, but Niger Delta land owners don't have the right to the oil under their feet?

Lithiumite:
I am not talking about VAT,I am talking about basic LGA revenue.

Is the tax reform bill about LGA tax or is it about the VAT?

What data do you have about LGA revenue from the other 35 states for comparison with the numbers for Kano

simpleseyi:
We will pass the Bills, even if Heaven falls.

Even if no single Senator from the North and South supports the Bill, we will still pass it. Once SP Godswill Akpabio says “those in support say Aye”, if no single person says “Aye”, then silence means acceptance and consent, then the Ayes have it. If you like bring out guns on the floor of the House, once Godswill Akpabio pronounce God’s Will, it becomes LAW. Ogun kee una Mama.

Are you a clueless, school na scam tout for this distortion of our legislative process?

Is the simple in your moniker translated to dumb

Lithiumite:
Kano has the most number of LGA in the country,44 in total but generated 0% revenue from them in
2023.

Do you have another Kano in mind, apart from the one referred to below

[quote author=yoruboid post=132958929]VAT generated in states across Nigeria (August 2024)

1. Lagos: N249.77bn
2. Rivers: N70.54bn
3. Oyo: N20.11bn
4. FCT: N18.17bn
5. Delta: N13.09bn
6. Bayelsa: N7.12bn

7. Kano: N4.65bn

8. Akwa Ibom: N4.49bn
9. Anambra: N4.28bn
10. Edo: N4.05bn
11. Ekiti: N3.66bn
12. Borno: N3bn
13. Kwara: N2.89bn
14. Adamawa: N2.59bn
15. Plateau: N2.58bn
16. Benue: N2.56bn
17. Gombe: N2.55bn
18. Kogi: N2.43bn
19. Kaduna: N2.03bn
20. Ebonyi: N1.90bn
21. Taraba: N1.88bn
22. Sokoto: N1.84bn
23. Osun: N1.81bn
24. Ogun: N1.74bn
25. Niger: N1.73bn
26. Yobe: N1.71bn
27. Katsina: N1.68bn
28. Jigawa: N1.59bn
29. Nasawawa: N1.47bn
30. Ondo: N1.45bn
31. Enugu: N1.08bn
32. Cross River: N1.08bn
33. Bauchi: N691.28m
34. Kebbi: N665.17m
35. Abia: N663.42m
36. Zamfara: N432.80m
37. Imo: N235.41m

Total: N44.19bn

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#TheCableIndex

https://x.com/thecableindex/status/1859232836219224189?s=46&t=YoF4K0q-dNG9S6AXfcrqSg[/quote]

Komu1048:
I don't know what you are saying but I know Ekiti East have not seen light for over 10years now. They live on small small solar panel. Maybe the 99% access to electricity is on paper. Don't forget Kogi state like Lokoja n other part of the state I've been to enjoy nothing short of 16hrs electricity daily

You can't be serious.
Are you calling a whole Fashola a liar and a clueless propagandist

FashoFashola to Nigerians: 'If You Want to Have Stable Electricity Supply, Vote PDP Out in 2015'

Jul 11, 2014.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, while marking his 2,600 days in office at an elaborate ceremony held at the Blue Roof of the Lagos Television premises, has said voting out the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power in next year’s general election is the only way the country can have stable electricity.

According to The Nation, Fashola said electricity crisis in the country is caused by lack of ideas and insincerity of purpose on the part of Federal Government.

"Yes I agree with you that it is possible to generate electricity and to make sure that everybody in this country has electricity, we have to do the right thing. But you know what, the only way that you and I will have electricity in this country will be to vote out the PDP.

alizma:
Tinubu seems to be doing something wonderful.

Playing tribal politics to glue himself to the seat after licking the anus of northerners to kick southerner Jonathan out and install clueless Buhari, to get his ebilokan turn for continuing APC shege that was scamdemically sold as shege?

What other wonderful think is T-Pain doing

Highways:
Where Are The Cows? Is Evans A Herdsman?'


When Funke Olakurin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti was murdered instead of Bola Tinubu to make sure that the perpetrators were brought to book, he ended up making fun of the death of the young lady by turning everything into tribalism by showing his hates for Igbos.


Tinubu has never spoken against the deadly activities of Fulani herdsmen across the country

The same stand Adeyinka Grandson gave on the death of Fasoranti's daughter is where Tinubu, the leader of the Yoruba Conservatives stands. Please see Tinubu's video below. pic.twitter.com/COhiSvabqW

— Adeyinka Grandson (@deyinkagrandson) July 14, 2019

Mrs Olakunrin died of gunshot wounds in July 2019 after her vehicle was attacked by armed men, suspected to be marauding Fulani bandits whose violent activities had reached a frightening level across the southwest states.


Those arrested suspects include Lawal Mazaje, 40, from Felele area of Kogi State; Adamu Adamu, 50, from Jada area of Adamawa State; Mohammed Usman, 26, from Illela area of Sokoto State and Auwal Abubakar, 25, from Shinkafi area of Zamfara State....

However, the leader of the team, identified only as Tambaya, and three others are yet to be found.

Tambaya has been declared wanted by the police and he is said to be capable of communicating in Hausa, Fulfude and Pidgin English.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/388382-afenifere-police-speak-on-arrest-of-alleged-killers-of-fasorantis-daughter.html

BlackfireX:
This Gowon na one useless man

How is he more useless or less useless than Obasanjo who failed to prosecute and convict the killers of his AGF for six years after the act, until he left office.

Instead of prosecuting anyone, he made the highest suspect a senator from prison.

Maybe Obasanjo’s nonchalance about Bola Ige’s death encouraged killers of Engr. Funsho Williams in the run up to the 2007 Lagos election that political neophyte Fashola won, to continue Tinubu’s a-looter master plan

chino11:
You were the governor of Oyo State at the time Chief Ajibola Ige was murdered. What was your experience then?

It was a bitter experience. That very day was a Sunday. It was the day we had our Christmas carol at the Government House. It was a norman Sunday; everything was going on fine. The carol came and went from 4:15 to 6:00pm that day. And then everybody dispersed. As if I got a signal of what was coming, my speech that day was centred on security in Oyo State. I called on the Commissioner of Police and the Inspector General of Police to strengthen security in Oyo State because an old school mate, Engineer Adegeebo, had been assassinated near his house in Bodija a week earlier.

Every cleric went home and I retired to Government House. I played for some time. Then I went to my room to treat some files. I was doing that when suddenly the phone rang. It was land line we were using then. The operator said that somebody wanted to speak with me. Then I picked the call and it was a brother to my deputy. He said he was asked to tell me that Chief Bola Ige had been shot by some unknown assassins. I was confused immediately. I didn’t know what to do. But later I regained my strength and quickly went down without telling my wife what was happening. It was 9:55 pm. I sent for my PS because all the ADC and other security staff had gone to their places of abode. I told him to drive me in one of the private cars. Inside the car, I told him that Uncle Bola Ige had been shot by some gunmen, that I was going to check him at Catholic Hospital, Oluyoro. The man who informed said Ige was taken to Oluyoro.

The place I have been treading for over 60 years, I remember that I lost my way. I was just going round and round until I gained my consciousness again. Immediately the gateman saw me, he quickly opened the gate. There, we saw Uncle Dele Ige, who was already rolling on the ground. I went straight to the room where Bola Ige was lying. I saw marks of bullets on his body. He slept with his face up. He was somehow breathing but the breathing was abnormal. I saw where the bullet penetrated on the left side. I saw it myself. Uncle Bola Ige was wearing shirt and trousers. And I saw Muyiwa standing by the side of the bed. He was wailing. He appealed to me, saying: ”Uncle, please tell the doctor to wake up my Daddy. Tell him. The doctor can do it.” Then, I approached the doctor and asked him the situation. The doctor called me to one side and told me that he was dead. He said: “Sir, Your Excellency, Uncle is gone. There is nothing we can do. They shot him straight in the heart. He asked me not to tell Muyiwa.

I almost betrayed my emotion when I got back into the room where Uncle was lying with Muyiwa beside his bed. I just quickly gathered myself and told Muyiwa that I was going to see the head of the hospital. That was how I bolted away. I came back to the Government House to inform Mr. President, who was Obasanjo at that time.

By the time I was going upstairs to my room, to try and tell Operator to phone Mr. President for me, the phone was already ringing. When I got into my room, it was still ringing. I quickly picked it up and it was Obasanjo.
He the Operator said the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria wants to talk to you. Then I asked him to put him on.
The question Obasanjo just asked was: “Is he certified dead?” I said: “Yes sir.” Then he dropped the phone. That was all. That was my experience. I can never forget that experience.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/30983-obasanjo%2C-pdp-knew-about-ige%26%23039%3Bs-death%E2%80%94lam-adesina.html

Amayabor1:
And if you follow his analysis well, you will see that APC ought not to be in power in Edo state.

Is he and other aggrieved politicians in court with irrefutable evidence like what ACN did in 2007, after Obasanjo’s Iwuruwuru INEC elections

israelmao:
Yakubu is a rigging expert.

Do you have a court reversal of any election results that he declared

mbos:
Before nko

Recycled news for propaganda by APC as usual.

Masterstroke4:
https://guardian.ng/news/fg-hands-over-completed-port-harcourt-aba-railway-section-to-nrc/

Can it be that Guardian news journalists are so lazy? Or what other NARROW gauge railway are they talking about here

munas:
Its new year and guys are traveling to spend time and celebrate with family and friends.
A friend of my just sent in these picture about his journey from Port Harcourt To Enugu yesterday
in the new train.

Below are the pictures

mikkyangel3:
Did you even read to understand what I meant or is the logic too high level for you to comprehend?

You think I am in that hellhole like yourself?

If you like vote Obasa as governor, even make Oluomo the head of your family.

How does it affect me?

If it doesn’t affect you then why are you on nairaland

surgical:
They always use that as a launchpad to get recognition, they have no iota of integrity, if we have activist in Nigeria, Nigeria will not be like this
Ole ni everybody

Are you also a thief, along with everybody in your family and circle of friends

Maxymilliano:
Another Reno Omokri in the making

Where is that guy now?
It’s been a while since he last made noise about licking T-Pain’s anus.

Ofunaofu:
In June 2022, Reno Omokri made a post on his Twitter handle, now X, accusing Tinubu of being a known drug lord. He even challenged Tinubu to take him to court if he truly was never involved in the heroin drug ring in the United States between 1991 and 1993.

It's been two years now, and Tinubu has yet to institute a court case against Reno Omokri.

Did Reno Omokri make a statement of fact?

https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1539597244244033536

mikkyangel3:
Segalink now a member of Nairaland?

This post was clearly made to be pushed to the frontpage.

That was a segue, now back to the meat of the matter.

Obasa is clearly angling for the post come 2027 as is his right to do so?

Is he qualified?

Its debatable but left to me, I will say No.

He has a spurious educational background.

A Graduate of law (LASU) who has the reading proficiency of a 5 year old.

Its still not confirmed if he even attended law school.

Or should we speak of his thuggish behavior and mien?

His outburst and misbehaviour at the budget presentation came a day after a ragtag group came out to endorse Seyi Tinubu for governor.

So I guess that was his ill-advised way of throwing his hat in the ring.

Like all things politics, it's a family affair and they will settle themselves

God riddance to bad rubbish

Are you not smart enough to understand that politics affects everything about you through public policies, laws etc made and enforced by the politicians in power

professorPABX:
Which achievements?

He said ABIOLA is not the Messiah Nigeria needed because of ABIOLA's higher intellectual power, exposure and connection. He hates anyone with higher intellectual power and exposure. The same phobia he has for ABIOLA he has it for Tinubu.

1. He sold Federal Secretariat Buildings in Lagos to his people instead of being sold to Lagos State Government as Lagos State Secretariat Annex on the Island, the buildings are now highly dilapidated.

2. He frustrated the reclamation of Victoria Island from Atlantic Ocean encroachment until it claimed half of Ahmadu Bello way and the entire Island on the threat of being submerged by Atlantic Ocean.

3. He called Lagos a jungle and frustrated efforts to rebuild Lagos from an abandoned city with most infrastructure in ruins.

I guess that his daughter was correct then.

yaxeji:
In what is turning out to be a season of open letters, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo, has ruled out further communication with her father till death, describing him as a liar, manipulator, two-faced hypocrite determined to foist on President Goodluck Jonathan what no one would contemplate with him as president.

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo in a letter to her father accused him of having an egoistic craving for power and living a life where only men of low esteem and intellect thrive.

Read more: http://www.frontiersnews.com/index.php/news/6945-breaking-news-iyabo-obasanjo-writes-father-says-dear-daddy-you-dont-own-nigeria

4KNGOAT:
No sir we want you alive to reap everything you sowed

Does that include the unaccounted for death of his AGF?
To imagine that Baba Iyabo made the highest suspect a sinator from Agodi prison in his 2003 state capture beats my imagination.

chino11:
You were the governor of Oyo State at the time Chief Ajibola Ige was murdered. What was your experience then?

It was a bitter experience. That very day was a Sunday. It was the day we had our Christmas carol at the Government House. It was a norman Sunday; everything was going on fine. The carol came and went from 4:15 to 6:00pm that day. And then everybody dispersed. As if I got a signal of what was coming, my speech that day was centred on security in Oyo State. I called on the Commissioner of Police and the Inspector General of Police to strengthen security in Oyo State because an old school mate, Engineer Adegeebo, had been assassinated near his house in Bodija a week earlier.

Every cleric went home and I retired to Government House. I played for some time. Then I went to my room to treat some files. I was doing that when suddenly the phone rang. It was land line we were using then. The operator said that somebody wanted to speak with me. Then I picked the call and it was a brother to my deputy. He said he was asked to tell me that Chief Bola Ige had been shot by some unknown assassins. I was confused immediately. I didn’t know what to do. But later I regained my strength and quickly went down without telling my wife what was happening. It was 9:55 pm. I sent for my PS because all the ADC and other security staff had gone to their places of abode. I told him to drive me in one of the private cars. Inside the car, I told him that Uncle Bola Ige had been shot by some gunmen, that I was going to check him at Catholic Hospital, Oluyoro. The man who informed said Ige was taken to Oluyoro.

The place I have been treading for over 60 years, I remember that I lost my way. I was just going round and round until I gained my consciousness again. Immediately the gateman saw me, he quickly opened the gate. There, we saw Uncle Dele Ige, who was already rolling on the ground. I went straight to the room where Bola Ige was lying. I saw marks of bullets on his body. He slept with his face up. He was somehow breathing but the breathing was abnormal. I saw where the bullet penetrated on the left side. I saw it myself. Uncle Bola Ige was wearing shirt and trousers. And I saw Muyiwa standing by the side of the bed. He was wailing. He appealed to me, saying: ”Uncle, please tell the doctor to wake up my Daddy. Tell him. The doctor can do it.” Then, I approached the doctor and asked him the situation. The doctor called me to one side and told me that he was dead. He said: “Sir, Your Excellency, Uncle is gone. There is nothing we can do. They shot him straight in the heart. He asked me not to tell Muyiwa.

I almost betrayed my emotion when I got back into the room where Uncle was lying with Muyiwa beside his bed. I just quickly gathered myself and told Muyiwa that I was going to see the head of the hospital. That was how I bolted away. I came back to the Government House to inform Mr. President, who was Obasanjo at that time.

By the time I was going upstairs to my room, to try and tell Operator to phone Mr. President for me, the phone was already ringing. When I got into my room, it was still ringing. I quickly picked it up and it was Obasanjo.
He the Operator said the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria wants to talk to you. Then I asked him to put him on.
The question Obasanjo just asked was: “Is he certified dead?” I said: “Yes sir.” Then he dropped the phone. That was all. That was my experience. I can never forget that experience.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/30983-obasanjo%2C-pdp-knew-about-ige%26%23039%3Bs-death%E2%80%94lam-adesina.html

Dapromzy333:
https://news360ng.com/some-people-want-me-dead-obasanjo/

Not only does Obasanjo want many Nigerians dead, he has actually killed many of us by his endorsement of economically clueless Buhari to help T-Pain achieve his ebilokan dream of continuing APC shege scamdemically sold as change in 2015.

citizenisb:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari may not do well in economy and foreign affairs, except in military matters.

“Buhari is not a very hot person on the economy and foreign affairs,” Obasanjo said.

The former President stated this on Monday at the third International Conference on African Development Issues — themed, “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods and policies” — organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.

While reacting to a question posed to him by a member of the audience: “Is there any hope for Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari?”, Obasanjo replied, “Is there any hope for Nigeria under this administration? I came back from Geneva, Switzerland a few days ago to attend a conference titled, ‘Are elections giving democracy a bad name?’ We had an election, we elected a leader and the good thing about democracy is that the power you have to elect a leader is also the power you have to remove him. I am saying this because I said earlier that if you don’t see any leader that has done well in the 56 years of Nigeria’s independence, then let us forget about Nigeria.

“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”

http://www.punchng.com/buhari-not-sound-economy-foreign-affairs-obasanjo/

meditator:
Two of those Governors have done better than all the Governors from the dot region since 1999.

What kind of mediator brags about having a bigger tool than his fellow impotent man

Suicideboy:
I support this
A black man will loot that refinery shege
Black man's a liability to the world

So why have you not committed suicide to remove you as a liability to the world

Fearurcreeator:
Wetin your papa achieved in life compared to them

Do you pay your taxes to his papa for you to ask him this question

Honestey:
Good deed, Obi and this guy should combine for 2027

Because they both built a borehole in the 21st century?
Or what else qualifies them to be president of 200 million Nigerians? The country with the highest number of children out of school and extreme poverty paupers?

HgAkpobomeEr:
Peter Obi is a clown.

The fraudulent Pandora Bitter Obi is worse than a clown. He is a hypocrite scammer who is not worthy of any respect or honour.

[quote author=NLCreator post=126854133]Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has defended the purchase of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for members of the national assembly.

There have been reports that the leadership of the 10th national assembly has bought SUVs for all lawmakers.

Each SUV is said to be valued at N160 million.

The LP had asked members of the party in the national assembly to kick against “wastage”.

While responding to questions during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the former governor of Anambra said the SUVs are not personal cars of the lawmakers, noting that they are for official use.

“Let me start with the issue of Labour Party members in the house. I have actually discussed this issue with them,” Obi said.

“Surprisingly, I can tell you I heard that these vehicles are official cars. They have to use it. It is meant for office.

“So it is not as if it is their vehicle. They said it is official cars and you are meant to use it while you are in the senate.”

Obi also hinted at contesting for the country’s number one position in 2027, adding that Nigeria deserves dedicated and visionary leaders who will lead the country towards a brighter future.

https://www.thecable.ng/theyre-for-official-use-obi-defends-purchase-of-n160m-suv-for-lawmakers/amp

Journalist: how do you intend to engage members of your party who are members of the house, so that they can stand different.......?

PO: Let me start with the issue of labour party members in the house, have actually discussed this issue with them, surprisingly, I can tell you ,… pic.twitter.com/svybrcY4t3

— Senator Baruch Chinanu Boniface (@SenatorBaruch1) November 7, 2023

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GloriousGbola:
a project with cost overruns, a project repeatedly delayed - a project that has not actually demonstrated returns on the billion dollar investment is not a case of we shook them.

this is not a flex in any way

How much did it cost, and when was it supposed to have been completed

thewinning101:
Nnnaa eh, only in this country will one person sit down in a room, post a picture of some bunch of failures that call themselves leaders, then activate a hoard of zombies and praise warriors to be commenting jargon and liking each other's meaningless comments.

The other one up there is blaming Igbos for Thiefiunu's failure.

Thank God this clown even rigged himself in. By now his suffersticated people will be telling us how he's the best president Nigeria ever had.

Tinubu did not rig himself in.
He didn’t have to. Pandora Bitter Obi gave him more than enough help.

jameshankss:
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said he is sure the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, would lose the 2023 presidential election. Soludo said he would not submit to the bullying of Obi’s supporters, who recently descended on him for addressing issues in the state.

The governor made the comments in a lengthy write-up personally authored, with the title, “History Beckons, and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1).”

Soludo said Obi was inadvertently making the pathway to victory much easier for the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and at the same time, toying with the destiny of millions of Ndigbo.

But the chief spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Yunusa Tanko, accused Soludo of being sponsored by some unknown persons to weaken the base of the party in the South-east.

The former CBN governor had been under intense attack for close to a week for dismissing Obi’s investment in the state as amounting to nothing, during a television interview.

Soludo said in the write-up, “My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the ‘investments’ Mr. Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra State revenues.

“Sadly, several of the comments left the issue of the interview to probe or suggest motives, inferred from my response on ‘investment’ that I am opposed to Peter Obi’s ambition and, therefore, committed a ‘crime’ for which the punishment is internecine abuse and harassment, even to my family.

“Everyone knows that I don’t follow the winds or one to succumb to bullies, or shy away from a good fight especially, when weighty matters of principles and future of the people are involved.”

Soludo said he had urged Obi to return to his former party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to actualise his presidential bid. He added that he had always told the LP candidate to his face that he was not capable of winning the 2023 presidential election, especially, under LP, which had neither a councillor nor a local government chairman.

Soludo said Obi was not just his friend, but also his brother, but despite that, they have their political differences.

He stated, “For full disclosure, let me state that Peter Obi and I are not just friends, we call ourselves ‘brothers’. But we have political differences: he left APGA for PDP after his tenure as governor, while I have remained in APGA since 2013.

“During the last two governorship elections in Anambra in 2017 and 2021, he led the PDP campaigns but APGA won landslide in both elections. By the way, in 2016, he visited and proposed that I defect to PDP and contest the 2017 election against the incumbent Willie Obiano, but I declined.

“After my victory in November 2021, he called to congratulate me, as I did to him in 2010. That is the Anambra way: we fight fiercely during campaigns but share drinks at the next social events. After all, it was the Great Zik of Africa, who taught us that in politics, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies but only permanent interests.”

Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”

Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.

He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/15/soludo-i-wont-succumb-to-bullies-obi-knows-he-cant-win/