₦airaland Forum

Marine54:
It's now obvious that security agencies are corroborating with herdsmen and fulani herdsmen are above the law

lelion:
Pure lies. Northern borders are closed. Most of us living in Niger Republic could not travel home for Christmas with our cars. Though smugglers find their ways at times

lelion:
. I disagree with you sir. I live and work in NIGER Republic. Northern borders are hermetically closed. Although smugglers at times find their ways at night because the northern borders are too numerous and difficult to cover by the security men.

lelion:
not necessary

bjgurl:
People are still bringing goods from your so-called close border, Black market is real and Nigerians no dey carry last

Xisnin:
The border is already opened unofficially and smuggled rice is now everywhere
unlike 30 days ago.
Thanks to smugglers, the price of rice is now crashing.

Roon9:
Please there are no killings save for those "soft targets".

Mopolchi:
Borders already opened in the North. Govt of the North

helinues:
But some of the Seyi's commissioners or so acquired Trampoline Keke Maruwa of recent.

It seems Seyi is confused with his policies

Symphony007:
APC PROTEST LETTER TO INEC
28th November 2013
The Chairman,
Independent National Electoral Commission,
Plot 436 Zambezi Crescent,
Maitama District,
FCT, Abuja,
NIGERIA

Dear Sir,

Re: ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION: A CALL TO SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY.

The above subject refers. On the 16th November 2013, the good people of Anambra State woke up with great aspiration and expectation to cast their votes to elect a new Governor for the state.
Prior to the date for the Election, the ominous signs of an election that was pre-determined to favour specific interests against the run of the electorate support were already clear.
When our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) noticed these foreboding signs; we immediately drew the attention of the electoral umpire and the whole world to them.
The issues, which our party complained about through official correspondencesand various press releases, are several. These include:
The unholy conspiracy between the electoral umpire (INEC) and the presidency/PDP to rig the Elections to rig the election in favor of APGA.
Mass disenfranchisement of voters through use of multiple voters registers,
Deliberate delay in the distribution of electoral materials in the opposition strongholds,
The disappearance of electoral officials and result sheets meant for opposition strongholds,
The sudden creation of about 3,00 voting units, of which our polling Agents did not receive Tags,
The unconstitutional 22-hour curfew, which was a ploy to give the riggers the leeway to actualize their rigging plans while the vigilance of the Electorate was inhibited by the curfew already in place.

The unlawful deployment and use of the military during election and purely civil activities.
Our complaint about the Anambra Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Chukwuemeka Onukogu and other Federal Commissioners who had proven to be biased through his conduct in previous elections.
Despite INEC getting information of our complaints, we were doubly assured that our fears were founded.
The elections that were superintended over by your commission was grossly below any acceptable standard, whether local or international. The deliberate tactic to prevent democracy and serve the two parties’ interests, PDP and particularly APGA in this case cannot be democratic and in the voters’ interest.

And the only face saving decision for you and your commission in this circumstance is to cancel the charade, which you want to reinforce of the electorate as a credible election.
We cannot gloat over the dangerous signs and the gathering storms that portend a coup d’etat against the yearnings and aspirations of our people.
The reasons why we cannot accept this infamy of your commission as regards the Anambra election are as follows.
The Manipulation of the October 12th Delta Central Senatorial District bye- election.
The refusal of INEC to conclude the election started since July 29th 2013 in the re-run election to the Imo State of Assembly in Oguta, in spite of the fact that there was a clear winner.
The abnormality displayed in the State House of Assembly by-election in Ringim Constituency of Jigawa state.
The danger that the shenanigans, the conspiracy and the subversion of the will of the people signifies to our democracy.
The question our generations’ yet unborn will ask and their judgment if we refuse to do what is right to arrest the drift of our nation to the straits of destruction which have dire consequence for our people.

Ladies and gentlemen the freedom march has just begun, thousands of APC members , human right activist and well meaning Nigerians are currently protesting in Abuja now against INEC.

Power belongs to we the people of Nigeria and we must take our destiny into our hands for this is a struggle between light and politicla darkness INECMarch hasbegun...General Buhari, Baba Akande, Asiwaju Tinubu leading @dino_melaye and thousands of APC members..NOW '

OUR ERUDITE IGBO SON DR
OGBONANYA ONU LEADING THE
PROCESSION " #APC #INECMarch:
Bisi Akande, Gen Muhammadu
Buhari, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu & Dr.
Ogbonayya Onu have delivered
brief remarks on decent
elections.INEC office on standstill.
All the staff are at the top floor of
INEC building watching the
protest" # INECMarch #APC

oluwasegun007:
No documentary can be as epic as that of Gandollar...

What happened after,

Next please

babyfaceafrica:
This people no get sense, they are revealing their tactics, osho is silently plotting his own... Yeyenatu

Symphony007:
Buhari reveals how APC won Osun governorship with ‘remote control’

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, while appealing to traditional rulers in Osun State to support his reelection to enable his administration consolidate on its achievements, revealed that APC was able to win the state’s governorship election held months back with the aid of remove control.

Buhari, who failed to provide details of what he meant by remote control, said: “I know how much trouble we had in the last election here. I know by remote control through so many sources how we managed to maintain the party (APC) in power in this state.”

The President said this while interacting with the monarchs led by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan at the banquet hall of Osun State Government House.
https://guardian.ng/politics/buhari-reveals-how-apc-won-osun-governorship-with-remote-control/?F

engineerboat:
"For democracy to flourish, only people who can accept the pain of rigging (sorry defeat) should participate in an election". - Adams Oshiomhole APC Chairman



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGVgmNPbKWA

payperpost:
you are buying meters and streetlights from UK and you are calling it a deal?

you are also paying them millions of pounds to 5 airport control towers in unidentified states most likely to be in the north, paying for all these services , if they borrow you that loan.

Blindersoff:
What has this got to do with the Yuan? Is madness your birthright?

Blindersoff:
This is a great deal.

UK recently resolved to follow the path of China when dealing with African countries.

They want to do more of investing than giving aid.

They know Africa is fast growing and if they do not partner with her they will lose.

janetdaniels201:
THE MASTERSTROKE CALLED CHINESE CURRENCY SWAP DEAL

President Buhari doesn't have certificate but he sure knows how to make things happen and do what some heroes with unproven Ph.D. can't even dream of...

1.As President Buhari and CBN Governor, Emefiele moved closer to actualizing their promise to strengthen the naira against the US dollars

2.By signing a landmark currency deal with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd on Tuesday in Beijing, China.

3. The agreement will allow Nigerian who imports mainly from China conclude their transactions in the Chinese currency instead of the dollar

4. The new agreement would see Nigeria-China trades, which accounts for over 70 percent of imports into Nigeria, concluded in the Yuan.

5. Until now over 90% of int'l trades between Nigeria & the world is done in dollars, & in the process putting so much pressure on the naira

6. Nigeria imports almost all it needs from the West, Middle East and Asia.

7. The CBN is expected to diversify a huge chunk of Nigeria’s foreign reserve from the dollars to the Yuan to perfect the agreement.

8. “It means that the renminbi (Yuan) is free to flow among diff banks in Nigeria, & the renminbi has been included in the FXR of Nigeria,”

9. FXR means foreign exchange reserves

10. Lin Songtian, director general of the African affairs department of China’s foreign ministry, told reporters in Beijing ...

11. .. a few minutes after the agreement was signed between the Governors of the nations’ reserve banks..

12. in the presence of President Buhari & President Xi Jingping of China, who is hosting Buhari and top Nigerian officials to a state visit.

13. Lin said a framework on currency swaps has been agreed with Nigeria, making it easier to settle trade deals in Yuan.

14. China has signed currency swap deals with countries ranging from Kazakhstan to Argentina as it promotes wider use of its Yuan.

15. Nigeria would become the clearinghouse for Yuan denominated transactions for the whole of Africa following the agreement.

16. Beijing also signed agreements to develop infrastructure in Nigeria, part of a drive to deepen its ties with Africa.

17. It has offered Nigeria a loan worth $6 billion to fund infrastructure projects.

18. Also, ICBC signed a $2 billion loan deal with Dangote group, to fund two cement plants it plans to build, Lin told Reuters.

19. China’s official Xinhua news agency cited President Xi as telling Buhari that there was huge potential for economic cooperation, naming

20. Naming oil, refining and mining..

21. Nigeria is also considering issuing Panda bonds (mainly Yuan denominated) as against euro bonds because they are cheaper.

This is good, better days are ahead, I'm sooo happy and hopeful right now. Nigeria shall be great again!

Dafila Rotimi

yemmight:
Nigerian government can lie.

anonimi:
Unfortunately she cannot take back her kneeling for the barawo who is wrecking the country.
Was she kneeling due to fear of being locked up for corruption and looting during her time as the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Women Development

KEVIND:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/10918954_untitled920_jpeg7447e18dc4ab77dd59942136feeb736a

zanogo:
The vikings practiced blood eagle, the king of Dahomey, ghezzo was buried with 800 slaves when he died, after 1500 slaves demanded couldn't be met, all these are forms of ritual but are not meant to produce money, but the one we are witnessing in the country is exclusively money oriented, reduce the poverty rate and see a sharp decrease in ritual killings and other vices, do you know the ripple effect of uncurbed crime, I can name an area in ibadan where 60% of young boys engage in yahoo. in as much we want to shy away from it, the government is a major player to turn things around, let us start by fixing our power sector and see how things can change rapidly.
About the role of proper education and sensitization, it is a gradual process, I think our educational system is not flexible, it is more of one way traffic, but about sensitization, a lot can be done but to convince people to drop their evil ways , you must provide a practical alternative.

J111333:
Massive respect to Onyeka Onwenu.

catoluy:
Fighting Igbo people is a waste of time and energy because you are fighting God. Igbo people are direct descendants of God on this planet; they represent God. They are suffering now as a punishment from God for turning away from the Gods of the land. The day Igbo people will go back to their tradition like Nnamdi Kanu has been telling them, that day Hausa-Fulani and Yoruba will runaway from them. They are inflicting this evil because they know you abandoned your powerful Gods and being deceived by fake afonja pastors; who at night, go to shrine to appease their gods. Umu idiots, ewu, aturu!

Amotekun777:
Everything done or dominated by Igbos... Yorubas do it best!

Even though 98% of Igbos are Christians... the 12 biggest churches in Africa are founded and headed by Yorubas.

Even though majority of Igbos claim to be the best business people... the 10 biggest and even richest business owners and entrepreneurs in Nigeria are Yorubas and Hausas. Majority being Yoruba.

Everything best in Nigeria is Yoruba!

BBBmall25:
Cownu Don Screw Dis Our Delta Niger Illustrous Daughta Head Finish

zanogo:
it is not that our culture is that perfect, there are many loopholes in most African cultures that western influence eliminated systematically, I am a pure Yoruba but I still think that the high rate of ritual killings in our region is due to that option available in the Yoruba traditional system, which is a thing of sadness for me, there are many factors that changes peoples value other than westernization, In Nigeria, inability to access the basic necessities of life is a big influence.

zanogo:
it changed when they can no longer refuse the offer of " the man with a questionable character " , it changes when they do not know what to eat next, there is no hidden agenda to the change, it is just worsening poverty crises. Let us paint it like this you are a rich man but with a questionable source of income, I am just an ordinary man but I still struggle to pay my bills, every path you clear for me to come closer to u will be rebuffed by me because my conscience is intact, after maybe 10 years and things get worse and poverty turns to penury, then that restraining conscience dies a natural death.

Biafrarep:
Stop arrogating to yourself what you apparently lack. The yoruba can never break up Nigeria alone if the SE and SS are not on the same page with them.

Do you think if Igbos and others in the South join forces with the north, the same way you have been dinning with them that you can make noise??

You guys are only capitalizing on the fact that Igbos are already agitating for breakup to make it look like you hold the ace.

El-Rufai - It's Time to Restructure Nation
10 AUGUST 2010

For Nigeria to move to the next level, the issue of true federalism must be addressed, according to former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. He shares his thoughts with Imam Imam.

Apprehension about the composition and workability of the Nigerian nation-state will subside if the country tilts towards true federalism, according to former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. He said the present situation of things where all the component units get monthly allocations from the Federal Government only makes the states lazy and unproductive, adding that lack of foresight, financial discipline and lackadaisical approach to governance has played huge roles in limiting the country's march to greatness.

https://allafrica.com/stories/201008100105.html

Updated June 29, 2017

Many Of Those Calling For Restructuring Are Opportunists, Irresponsible – El-Rufai

The Kaduna State Governor, El-Rufai has described recent calls for the restructuring of Nigeria as political opportunism and irresponsibility.

El-Rufai, while speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily said President Buhari’s administration has done far more in practical terms than past administrations and that many of those calling for a restructuring rather see it as a means of opportunism.

He stated that some of the practical steps taken towards restructuring included the fact that state governors are now more than ever, involved in economic policy making at the national level.

According to him, things that have always been hidden from state governments are now much more open as they are now more involved in investigations of finances of the excess crude account, among other things.

“We meet every month under the auspice of the National Economic Council and working together with the Federal Government we chart directions of economic policy and that is part of shifting the federal- state balance.

“A lot of the talk about political restructuring is political opportunism and irresponsibility in my opinion

“It is popular and people that have presidential aspirations think there is a platform upon which they will exploit this. As I said, if you look at the APC manifesto, all the elements to divulge power to the state to change the balance in the federation are there and we are committed to that as a party.

“The National Chairman of our party will restate that commitment and we are discussing it and as I said President Buhari and Osinbajo’s government has taken very concrete steps rather than rhetoric to actually move in that direction and we are going to move in that direction but we do not believe that the basis for it is rhetoric and opportunism, we do not believe that the 2014 CONFAB report is a sensible basis to even begin.

“We all know the circumstances in which the so-called CONFAB was put together, we all know the composition, how lopsided it was, how important stakeholders were not taken to account, how even the composition and numbers do not reflect the demographics and the diversity of this country and we took a position as a party not to participate but to encourage our state governors to be there at the table.”

https://www.channelstv.com/2017/06/29/many-calling-restructuring-opportunists-irresponsible-el-rufai/

bukkielee:
Bad

zanogo:
it is evident in the write up, poverty rate then was acceptable, but with penury we are facing now, no one cares about morals anymore, most young boys are into yahoo, and when they give u reasons for it, you will know we have lost it, The level of our current moral decadence is uncalled for and it is directly or indirectly tied to poverty, my work deals with the grassroot a lot , moving around different part of the country. you give a married man #1000, he nearly prostrate for you, it is that bad, initially I used to convince young people around me to desist from yahoo, I was making real progress then, but now it is like beating a dead horse.

naptu2:
The Lagos State government has given two weeks ultimatum to the illegal occupants of the old Jankara market site, earmarked for modern development in line with the plan to regenerate the Lagos Island.

pickatyou:
So sad but in life sometimes you have to step on toes to achieve greatness

zanogo:
o.p, I used to think like this, but wait, it is more than this, there is a level of poverty that is compatible with the human soul, we have passed that level, most Nigerians are facing naked poverty ( penury ) At this stage conscience is killed for survival, good upbringing is discarded for a plate of food etc it has never been this bad. extreme poverty is a direct or remote factors in ways Nigerians behave, that is why most poor people called to serve at any level would see it as a poverty escape route.

When I was younger, people in my area usually ostracize anybody with questionable character or source of income cos the poverty rate then was relatively low making people follow morals and asking the right questions but someone not sure of what to eat would seer his conscience involuntary, this is not rocket science, to escape poverty, we have to make ourselves better and do things in different way but the bulk of the work lies in the hand of the government to create a conducive environment for the populace. .........Person wey dey hungry no dey listen to preaching.

Jaubdu:
. Every Nigerian are corrupt, criminal in nature.