₦airaland Forum

In all honesty, There probably has never been a Governor like Daniel on Nigerian political landscape. Ogun state moved so rapidly- longest road constructed in Nigeria(500km plus ahead of distant 2nd, Yar'adua of Kastina who constructed 380km+) , Most Industrialised (quoting Jonathan) with the conception of Sagamu Industrial layout, Sports revolution (4 stadia), 10 Tertiary institutions with luxurious transportation, all markets remodelled, all hospitals remodelled, etc

Then he conceived 4 Free Trade Zones, Refinery (That Amosun cancelled), Airport city (That Amosun canceled), Olokola Deep sea port (that Dangote has now applied to revive). Ogun state had overtaken Oyo Fiscal Economy, it was on the verge of trumping Lagos before Amosun entered with his vendetta of cancellations.

Daniel was so unbeatable that ALL political actors teamed up against him. We're talking of a man who controlled ALL political positions to the last councilor. Kashamu was the CASH backing, Obasanjo, the Presidential influence, Bankole, the legislative accomplice, not to mention the Kuyes, Olurins, etc. Every politician was against him. They vowed to spend 20 Billion, jail him and they prosecuted him to Supreme Court, enlisted Punch to propagate unending scandals.

People/ public began to run with the paid- propaganda that Daniel was corrupt, a murderer, failed governor, etc. He visited punch to make peace but he revealed Punch was trying to eat from both sides of the plate. He suffered from the same Tinubu- styled instigated Media persecution Jonathan too suffered.

Beyond the veil of Media/ Political persecution, Daniel can only be mentioned in the same breath with 2 politicians in the history of Nigeria- Obafemi Awolowo and Bola Tinubu.

BAILMONEY:
Was prophet Adam begotten like you and I If no then you are not making any sense

You Muslims and this warped message you all carry about. Isn't there someone amongst you to open the eyes of the others that there is a difference between "Created" Adam without a father and a "Begotten" Jesus without a father.

Adam, like another creature as Beast, Fish or the Birds had no father ast it logically should be. Jesus on the contrary was not created and the only creature born without a father.

Jesus is a scientific impossibility.

BAILMONEY:
I and my father are 1 in purpose bruh.

Surah Maryam 19

It is not befitting for the majesty of Allah to beget a son; exulted is He, when he decrees a matter He only say to it Be and it Is.

Jesus was not begotten like you or any other mortal. That's a child of the Holy Ghost that is not possible by science.

Christianity is the nickname the world gave us, we are believers of the gospel of Christ. He who believes Jesus is the son of God, came to die for us, is risen and fitted on the right side of God is saved already. He who does not are condemned already like the Pharisees and Saducees.

From birth to death to resurrection, it was clear that Jesus is not a mortal.

BAILMONEY:
Christ did not claim divinity, infact he preached oneness of God by telling the children of Israel saying

Mark 12:29

The most important thing is Hear o Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is ONE

Deuteronomy 6:4

Hear o Israel, the Lord our God is one

That's cannot be the Gospel of Christ. In fact that was why he was killed- Blasphemy. He said I and my father are 1. I was there with God before Abraham was. No one cometh to the Father except through me.

John 3 16
For God so lovely the world, He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believe him shall have everlasting life. He who does not believe Jesus is the son of God is condemned already.

Bible said they sought to kill him for being a man equating Himself to God.

Eraddray:
And how many of the road are still in use..or how long did it take before the road wash off

The last interland roads. in any Ogun state community were built by Osoba and Daniel. Amosun and Dapo are CCEC/ Craneburg patrons that only build the entrance of Abeokuta or major towns.

The Secretariat Ogun Civil service works from was built by Daniel, Abeokuta CBD- oke Ilewo road built by Daniel, Biggest Housing Estate- Built by Daniel. Ogun Power plant built by Daniel, all or most markets built/ rebuilt by Daniel, all general hospitals were last rebuilt by Daniel.

He conceptualised Sagamu Industrial layout + 4 Free trade Zones. Sagamu Industrial layout went on to become Nigeria's Biggest. In the words of the Chairman of Nestlé who was first to establish a factory there- " Daniel blackmailed me by my indigeship to set up a factory there" One of the other Free Trade Zones was the one that housed Dangote refinery Amosun sacked.

Ogun before Daniel was plainly a civil service state and it was clear in his well published manifesto- Awaking the sleeping giant. He set out to Industrialised the state.

Daniel except all you followed was political magazines is a top 3.politician to ever administer Nigeria. That's including Chief Awolowo & Tinubu. If there wasn't Ebga/ Ijebu bad belle rivalry, Ogun would have dwarfed Lagos fiscally revenue with Daniel's Deep Sea Port, Cargo Airport city, Refinery and Free Trade Zones.

He pioneered a shift from frugal Osoba Administration who Obasanjo commended as the only Governor who had no request from the Federal. Daniel came in with all the insatiable hunger for development

Olurondo:
Only a fool will praise a filthy politician like Gbenga Daniel.Gbenga Daniel stole and embezzled Ogun State money so much and left so many abandoned projects.Ibikunle Amosun who was the next governor was not any better.Dapo Abiodun is the governor trying to fix the mess left by Gbenga Daniel and Ibikunle Amosun.

What are you saying sir?
Forget Politics. Daniel was tried to Supreme Court level by OBJ and Kashamu who had threatened to jail him but found nothing! Nothing!

Daniel is a model in the history of Nigerian Politics. He is a Professional in politics. A rated- top 10 wealthiest Nigerian businessman before venture into politics which made him much poorer. For Context- Dangote and IBB were the financiers of PDP, Daniel was the backbone of AD.

Talking about resourcefulness-
He would bid and construct Sagamu - Abeokuta express for a third of Julius Berger submitted quote for same road. He would use the laterite scraped from the road to construct Brick estate for displaced communities, he would get Ogun state welders to manufacture all street light poles, he would use Ogun state owned civil engineers to build Secretariat (guess how much N800m), stadia (guess how much- 1 Billion, same year Abuja stadium was built for N23B). Daniel's commissioners complained 3 of them shared the same room whenever they travelled, when I know Governors that had 10 extra rooms for protocol anytime they travelled.

The man proudly said I ran the state better than my company.

You see the Cargo airport (now taken up by Dapo), Olokola Deep seaport (one Dangote just applied for), the Refinery (the one Dangote started and relocated to Lagos after Amosun sacked him)- All of these were visions of Gbenga Daniel and if not for Amosun Bad belle, Ogun State would have dwarfed Lagos fiscally speaking.

Daniel was a Maverick, extremely resourceful and if anything at all, he was poorer, far poorer for venturing into politics.

oyeb15:
Ibikunle Amosun perform far better than Daniel.

Daniel waste 8years as governor. It's saddening cos he is an APC member now, Nairaland is posting BS

Eh!
Amount was the worst.
The only evidence people outside Abeokuta had that there was a Governor in Amosun's regime was 1 flyover bridge + 1 uncompleted school. Nothing at all.

In Daniel's regime, tertiary institutions, stadia, roads, hospital upgrade,buses for tertiary institutions, employment, markets, Free trade zones went round.

The only reason anyone can dream of comparing Amosun to Daniel is- if the person lived in Abeokuta. Even in Abeokuta, The Government is operating in Daniel built Secretariat, The road into Abeokuta was dualised by Daniel, The CBD- Oke ilewo- Dualised by Daniel, Most structured Housing estate- built by Daniel, Tallest Office complex built by Daniel.

Even in Abeokuta, Daniel can match Amosun, outside Abeokuta, Amosun is not rated at all.

Eraddray:
And he totally forgot the roads when building the gateway to the industry

Google is your friend. Gbenga Daniel constructed 500km length of roads as a Governor, the highest in the country, followed by Yar'adua of blessed memory who constructed 380km +.

Every town, local government, ward got roads. Not Amosun and his Chinese partners that didn't lift a finger outside Abeokuta.

Amount is the WORST!
Governor of Abeokuta with 1 overhead bridge + uncompleted model scheme in every local government outside Abeokuta for a whole 8 good years in power.

Talk about Cluelessness, the state really suffered in the man's hands, except those in Abeokuta.

BAILMONEY:
I never knew that Christ practiced Christianity while on earth.

Uncle slow! How many times do I have to tell you there's no religion called Christianity. Bible calls us "Believers" the world describes us as Christians (Christ- like in behaviour).

No where did anybody in the Bible refer to himself as Christians. People who saw them behave like Christ did.

BAILMONEY:
And Almighty God instructed Christians to attend church on Sundays 🤔

Struggling to understand you. Christianity is an imbibed lifestyle of our Lord Jesus Christ. We're not instructed to do anything, except
1. To love your neighbour as yourself
2. Follow the conviction of the Holy spirit.

BAILMONEY:
Show me where the word CHRISTIANITY was mentioned in the so called new testament

I mean the word CHRISTIANITY not CHRISTIAN

Christians is derived from a term in Antioch, where they termed the disciples- Christ- like because they behaved like Jesus Christ.

Hence, a Christian is just as defined- people who behave like Christ. People who forgive rather stone sinners. People who turn the other chick's rather than fight for themselves or their gods.

Lukuluku69:
Was it not Jesus and his Dad in conjuction with the Holy Ghost that gave those Laws to Moses?

Or Jesus was not aware of the Laws his Dad gave to Moses?

God gave the laws,
Men could not meet the standards of the law,
Jesus was sent to fulfill the law
Jesus' lifetime can be summarized as an unending confrontation with the Pharisees (custodians of the law) and Saducees (the punishment scribes for offenders of the law).
Day and night they confronted Jesus for breaking the law by- healing on Sabbath, forgiving sins, calling himself son of God, his doctrine of grace against position of law against the adulterous woman, etc.

Jesus at the end says I have brought a better covenant. Rather than the law God gave Moses that you all struggle to obey by flesh, the Holy spirit is coming after me. It shall register the law in your hearts, bring all things to your remembrance and help you to fulfill them.

At the hour of Jesus' death, curtain of the Temple tore. Man didn't need to go to God through Priests any more because of the sacrifice of the Jesus, the High Priest. The Laws obtain through Moses, the ancient priest, gave way for the new law (Grace) handed down by Jesus who till date still mediates for men before God as the olden days' priests as Moses did.

In summary-
Christ and Christianity is all about new laws promulgated by Jesus Christ. In fact, that was the crux of his Ministry and that was the offence for which he was persecuted, prosecuted and crucified. Speaking against the law of God- Blasphemy.

BAILMONEY:
But old testament told you to stone them to death now


Whatcha say about that

Was there Christianity in old testament?
Where Old Testament says stone an adulterous woman to death and Jesus Christ says to the adulterous woman "I do not condemn you, go and sin no more"

What do you think a Christ- like person (Christian) will do?

We are followers of Christ and they are followers of their God who marry minors, older women, kills and preaches killing.

LibertyRep:
Hmmm.
But wait if Nigeria divides, what becomes of the Christian minorities in the NE and NW?

Is Sudan any better now?

Northeast and Northwest is a lesser concern. Separate them before they consume the whole with Religious war, banditry, kidnapping, illiteracy, poverty.

At least the Christian minorities can have a safe zone to shelter them.

pongwa:
I see nothing wrong in quota system

You're not different from your fathers- Do nothing to develop yourself. Just perpetuate in your incompetence and bring out another Buhari from your backwardness to set the country back by another century.

You should learn about meritocracy, where everybody strives to be the best to be able to earn scarce opportunities.

Netlin:
Meager minority. Oloyinbo ofo

They are the majority in Oyo and Osun State with significant of ~35% in Ondo and Ekiti State. ~45% in Lagos and Ogun State.

Expand the fools paradise you're living in.
Virtually all Governors in the history of Ekiti, Ogun and Osun have been Christians. It's even silly to say 45% of Lagos population is Muslim. Oyo is your only correct claim.

suleimanshehu:
Stop fooling yourself. Nigeria's Muslim Population should be more than 65% of the country's total population. I disagree with this statistics. For instance, in 2023 a Muslim Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Nigeria was able to win elections in Nigeria on a Muslim/Muslim tickets, despite contesting against two other major Muslims contestants. While a major christian contestant on the platform of the workers party in the 2023 elections was busy campaigning from one Church to another in order to secure the bulk of christians vote, though he did because 70% of Nigerian christian eligible voters, voted for him. That presidential candidate, thought Muslims votes in Nigeria will be divided among PDP, NNPP & APC, yes they did. However, it is not enough to stop him from coming 3rd because, the Muslim Population in Nigeria is so overwhelming that he couldn't defeat them despite gaining more than 70% of Nigeria's Christian vote, while 95% of Muslims in North -East, North-West and North-Central Nigeria rejected him, hence, he came a distant 3rd, it has nothing with his unpopular running mate, as a core Muslim and northerner, after the first Military coup that killed our leaders 'Ahmadu Bello, Abubakar Tafawa Baleaw etc' we found it practically impossible to support someone east of River Niger as president. However, we are comfortable with our neighbours in South West, Mid-West and Sout-South, they are more trustworthy. It was the same politics couple Nigeria's Muslim population that defeated a sitting President Johnathan in 2015. Can anyone give us a more accurate statistics why Nigeria's Muslims are not more than 60% of the country's total population?

Does this your write- up make sense to you too?
1. Obi contested on an obscure platform and had an unprecedented result which many believe was compromisingly understated to cheat for Tinubu

2. Christians are not radicals. I and all my Christian friends for instance voted Tinubu based on our judgement of his competence, not religion.

In the North East and North West where Islam enjoys some numerical advantage, you still have pockets of Christian sections as Chibok, Southern Kaduna, etc. South East and West on the contrary is a complete domination.

Muslim population is grossly exaggerated in Nigeria.

Who dash Islam 48%?
They are non existent in South South, South East, meagre minority in South West, Middle Belt. They however have numerical advantage in North East and North West.

Onlinetutor7:
No, Russia have been fighting Ukraine for 4 years. Ukraine got assistance from Europe just as Russia is getting assistance from its allies.

Until Ukraine starts using long range western missile, it is wrong to say Russia is battling the West.

You still don't get it. Russia got allies intervention a few occasions in 2025 but all artillery Ukraine has used from day 1 came from the entire West.

Willy2025:
Good to hear all this. Let's see what Russia will do. Our brothers from the East have been hyping Russia which couldn't defeat ordinary Ukraine in 3 years of war. Let Putin put body and collect massively . America no be their papa's mate o

Russia didn't fight Ukraine for 3 years, they fought the entire West.

Well deserving- Totally Apolitical, straightforward/ bold with his views and cannot be patronised/gratified.

True son of God.

As an Ibadan indigene or FG's agent?
Peter is stupid on this one please.
What's his interest?
Victims who received 4.5B from state purse are not complaining, FG who paid part is not complaining, what exactly is Wike's boy's interest?

Sound accounting.

Makinde says I have deployed Oyo state funds to the purpose. So it doesn't make sense to be accusing him of withhold it while victims suffer. The same way states spend their funds to repair Federal roads before FG reimbursement, he has addressed the situation with State's funds.

Curious345:
Don't kind onyema. It's greed

Please get on your phone and book a flight (u don't have to complete the payment). You'll be shocked Onyeama understated it.

Usual Lai Mohammed- esque Political statement to please the Government.

All you need to do is to book a flight on your phone now now and see the percentage of your whole fare that goes to Taxes.

I stopped blaming the airlines when I discovered it ranges from 30- 50% clearly highlighted Tax components

Effectiveness of this American operation needs as much independence as possible from Nigerian Government.

There is an avalanche of testimonies, confession and even conducts of past presidents that suggests complicity in the crime- from no less than President Jonathan (who lamented Boko haram had infiltrated his Government), arrested terrorist, those arrested in present Vice President's quarters, collaborators who confirmed present State Minister of Defence's unauthorised/ undisclosed meetings with Turji, Buhari's policy of pardon and reintegration of arrested terrorist into army.

If the campaign would not be sabotaged, it must be independent of Nigeria. The Nigerian elements will waste US time and resources the same way they have wasted Nigeria's resources and lives for decades.

Money na water?

RollinTNDA:
Wetin that Mike Adenuga dey do sef??

Glo wey don die finish. How does he still make money and is on this list of billionaires?

Abi him get side hustle wey we no know

Glo Naija, Benin, Ghana
Julius Berger
Conoil Upstream & Downstream

Are you joking?

Irresponsibility of highest order on Dangote's part. Explicit exposure of children and their school can subject them to trauma and alter their education foundation.

What I read in the initial response by Farouk was a sound defense that should be followed up with litigation after proven. Every public officer is exposed to opportunities. The 30 years old public servant could have family investment in oil and gas sector.

The dude authorized the school to provide investigators the actual school fees amount which he said is a far cry from Dangote's $5m allegation.

Indecency!
He should first release the cost of his yansh- exposing sexcapades. He should be sued for dragging explicit details of minors into his Monoply greed.