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Abufo:
Erastus used his rights as a director of the bank to borrow funds to finance his purchases of intercontinental bank shares! sidelining all other directors including the mumu chairman! He ran the bank as his personal fiefdom..........we know the full story........including his underhand dealings with RCCG

It is better to state facts rather than unsubstantiated allegations in your bid to tarnish the image of a man. From claims that he hijacked Intercontinental Bank from Igbo owners, it has now come to labelling the Chairman a "mumu" and bringing up additional allegations of using bank funds to buy shares, engaging in underhand dealings and running the bank like his personal fiefdom?! You need to be careful how you throw these unsubstantiated allegations around.

No Bank MD/CEO in Nigeria is a Saint. In respect of personal loans to directors, almost all if not all the banks in the country have done that severally. Go ask Tony Elumelu at UBA, Aig-Imohkuede and Herbert Wigwe at Access Bank, Jim Ovia at Zenith Bank and several others.

TajuDEENaMao:
But of course, the idea of a Muslim-Muslim agenda, which we believe is the right of the Muslim majority in a democracy....
https://politicsnigeria.com/muslim-muslim-ticket-not-a-solution-to-nigerias-challenges-shariah-council/

Can the man expatiate more on the Muslim-Muslim Agenda because what we knew was only Muslim-Muslim ticket? What was the agenda?

It is trite to say that a Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) is an aberration against the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which is a secular state. Shariah Law is against our Constitution in several ways including its pronouncements on apostasy and blasphemy which violate the constitutional provisions for freedom of speech and right to life.

Slytiger:
He is now a lawyer like his enemy Wike.

Baba, I hope you drop something for your classmates to celebrate .

I like his determination. Going back to school at an older age is not easy.

Let us be honest with ourselves, what time did he really have to study and pass exams while he was being a full time Super Minister from 2015 to 2023?

It appears that Baze University is the place to go for all these politicians seeking post retirement law degrees.

Demiurgos:
Why always daughters? What about sons? Some boys are already regular customers of brothels by age of 15

There is no argument that the female is the weaker sex and open to more challenges in a dangerous environment than the male. If you have a daughter and a son, you would be more protective of the daughter than the son all things being equal. Boys may impregnate a girl but it is not exactly the same thing as a girl being impregnated. A pregnant girl may be expelled from school and become a single mother with all attendant social stigma, financial and moral challenges of single handedly raising up a child. The same does not exactly apply for a boy who impregnated a girl. He may even deny it simply and continue with his life.

Frigga13:
Reno the fool.. and his group of fools ..

Can’t we get things right in this country..

Why always comparing ?

Compare fuel.. fufu.. countries with Ukraine grain, gas , electricity, tax , dollar

Very foolish comparison. So because others got grain.. so it’s normal if Nigeria gets it .. no big deal?

Sup with staying above this help and let Nigeria give out too..

What’s wrong if nigeria should get it right and be the giant of Africa .. representing in all without qualms

I hate this Yoruba administration and walahi with this mentality Nigeria will never recover ..

And funny thing all this stupid people knows the truth .. but keep pretending .. all in bid to shame Obi or obidience or what..

I’m not a fan of Obi.. but the way this Yoruba peeps and those supporting them reason ba?

December them fit sell dollar at 10000 and you will see foolish and impish minds come on line to tell you that Senegal is buying for 20,000 and how France is at 9500.. and then it’s normal for nigeria at whatever rate..

Some humans will jump on this to insult Obi while hailing Reno and to them.. they’re making sense

God abeg please help Nigeria

Yoruba Government and their propaganda will make Nigeria eat shit and cannibalizes and still tell you Congo eats shits and cannibalizes

Nigeria is in trouble with this administration

Citizens never understand what’s coming ..

One major problem with the opposition in Nigeria is that they are more occupied with shouting and condemning every action of the Government in power rather than devoting time to developing solutions to the problems or learning from the mistakes of the current Government. That is why more than often when you give power to them, they also get in and mess it up because they were more prepared for opposition than governance.

Can we not all see what is happening in the golden Labour Party across the country and in Edo State? Have LP Senators and House of Representative Members been any different from their colleagues in APC and PDP? Does LP look like one with its house in order much less one ready to administer the country? Yet Peter Obi the LP Leader is readily dishing out commentaries on Governance almost on a daily basis.

Reno is trying to point out the weakness in the argument of Peter Obi and most Obidents seem to be lost to the fact.

And for you to refer to the current administration as a "Yoruba Administration" speak volumes and establishes the fact that you are looking at matters with bias.

Draslo:
You're not as smart as you think. How many of those South African companies are owned by black South Africans

Non-black South Africans are South Africans nonetheless. If there is anything your direction of thinking brings out, it is the fact that whites appear to be able to build bigger and stronger business corporations than blacks. We should rather learn from them rather than hating them for that.

Jogs1900:
Everything about Putin is nuclear war as if Russia won't be affected.

The nukes are the only trump cards held by Putin and in reality he cannot use them without dire consequences for even his own country.

jumper524:
https://www.thecable.ng/senate-approves-tinubus-request-to-remove-irukera-as-fccpc-ceo/amp

Tinubu had already sacked Irukera in January 2024 in violation of procedure before remembering to ask for approval of the Senate. That action is actually a disrespect to the Senate but one can hardly expect the integrity of the Senate to be protected by the current crop of Senators.

MrSundry:
The salaries of members of the National Assembly is a far cry from what it is supposed to be... The amount that they are receiving cannot take them home to do their jobs in their various constituencies.

Hon. Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1SR3Z8by3Q

This man is an idiot for trying to take the public as nincompoops. He says it is only the salary that belongs to them and not allowances? So who benefits from furniture, housing and vehicle allowances given to them? The SUV purchased at over N150 million and given to them belongs to the public and being driven by the public? How many of them have and are willing to subject their allowances to public scrutiny and audit?

kniks:
This s wickedness

As long as corruption prevails in Nigeria and there is no severe punishment for corruption, all attempts and policies to remove hardship or improve the lives of the people are bound to be exercises in futility.

Most Governors on receiving humongous allocations will only be busy changing them into dollars for personal use or funding outrageous white elephants projects with the purpose of stealing. How do you preach kindness to a Tiger or gentleness to a He-Goat on heat?

rayvelez:
She can’t escaped this in Sokoto even the owner of the restaurant would have been the one to chased her out…

Islam is the only popular religion I know where one adherent may be gravely afraid of another adherent who is ready to kill his fellow adherent based on the tenets of the religion. It is not surprising that a Muslim is ready to kill another fellow Muslim on charges of blasphemy without even doing due diligence.

a4cube:
This u turn pass the u turn of London black cabs.

The CBN Governor and his team appear not to know what they are doing. After floating the Naira they are now trying to peg it against after all efforts seem not to yield the desired result. This is trial and error monetary policy.

Sheuns:
Why is the custom’s charging import duty in USD? If it is charged in Naira there wouldn’t be a need to adjust and readjust exchange rates.

Peg import duties in Naira and let importers seek Naira to pay. Not changing exchange rate all the time.

Other countries I know of charge import duties in their local currencies and not pegging exchange rate at USD.

Import duties are basically assessed as percentages or fractions of the good or importation cost. These costs are typically in Dollars because foreign countries won't collect Naira from you to buy goods or services. So the assessed import duties are in dollars and then converted to Naira using a specific exchange rate so they can be paid to the Customs in Naira.

Bebigiby1:
Well said but two wrongs don’t make a right…. Whatever that happened in the past doesn’t mean that current generation of Igbos should continue to be marginalized or despised by other tribes…. It is time we look ahead and stop dwelling in the past…. if going back to the Federalism structure will ensure peace and prosperity then let all tribes push for it… the blame game over what happened in the 60s will not put food on anyone’s table or change Nigeria’s terrible economic realities….

You are right that we need to look ahead and stop dwelling in the past.

However we cannot move ahead when a lot of Igbos are bent on a revisionist retelling of history, making it seem the Northerners simply hated them without cause in 1966 and that Yoruba are their arch-enemy.

The first step to healing is for the Igbo to admit, if not to anyone but themselves, that their actions in several ways led to the Civil War and then going forward, make appropriate corrections to be able to live and grow peaceably with their co-sojouners in the country called Nigeria. They cannot continue to label Yoruba as "betrayers", Northerners "cattle" and Nigeria "Zoo" or "Zoogeria" and expect support from these same people. Aggression and insults do not win friends.

EreluRoz:
Some of these doctors are psychotic , what a painful death. Some doctors should not be licensed because of their negligence and very careless attitude to human life .

RIP to her, no one can console the parents and siblings they would have to cry till they are tired. Very sad

It is not about doctors being psychotic. This may be the results of corruption right from higher education stage where incompetent doctors get graduated based on corruption. Then poor regulation and all other contributing factors from corruption. Public hospitals are not very well regulated, how much more private hospitals?
When we run a country that is not based on merit, these are the kind of painful results that come out.

chisomkachy:
https://thewillnews.com/breaking-police-arrest-embattled-national-chairman-of-labour-party-abure/?fbclid=IwAR1MQKQXtOra7ChCOMA1F_AQ_uYVamKcT4kcKHpxTmLoSfrXEr5zIIWnqUY

Previous Thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/7952762/video-youth-leader-apapa-faction#127685459

On December 28, 2023, I flew into Benin City Airport around 2 p.m. as part of an official 5-member delegation authorised by the Acting National Chairman of the Labour Party, Alhaji Lamidi Basiru Apapa.

The petitioner should first be arrested for conduct likely to cause the breach of public peace. The Supreme Court has already affirmed Abure as the authentic Chairman on Labour Party by October 2023 and yet the petitioner came to disrupt LP activities on the order of Papa as a purported Acting Chairman that has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The petitioner is really mischievous.

It is also perplexing that same petitioner is dictating to the Police in his petition on what the Police is to do and how the Police is to act. Is he teaching them their job? Telling them to freeze accounts, arrest by covert operations, etc.

While I do not excuse the attack against the petitioner and his rights to seek redress by filing a compliant with the Police, it is clear his actions and disregard for Supreme Court ruling brought him the beating.

Malroux:
I'm not holding brief for Abure but why should the police refer to him as a factional chairman of labour party, even when he has been declared the authentic chairman of the party by the court?

If the police indeed referred to Abure as factional Chairman, then that is enough to show that the Police may be biased on the issue.

Ofunaofu:


What the Igbo man saw as far back as 1966 is what they are just seeing today

Make I follow you shout....we die here!!!!

Permit me to educate you on the following:

1. The first military Head of State in Nigeria (Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi) was an Igbo man who was brought into power through a Coup d'etat spearheaded by Igbo men. President Azikiwe, an Igbo man was conveniently absent and refused to pressure or dissuade the military, thus allowing the acting President (i.e. Senate President Nwafor Orizu), another Igbo man to officially handover power to Ironsi and thereby truncate the First Nigerian Republic.

2. Aguiyi Ironsi not only failed to punish the coup plotters but went ahead to promulgate the now-infamous "Decree No. 34", which abrogated the country's Federal structure and replaced it with a Unitary one that made the center so powerful at the detriment of the States and Regions.

Igbos not only created the resentment and provocations that led to the 1966 Civil War but also plunged Nigeria into the bad Unitary structure and the killing of Federalism that we are battling with till today.

If we talk about restructuring, it is more or less about going back to the Federalism structure and good old days that Aguiyi Ironsi and his kinsmen killed decades ago.

Read information on the link below to be educated:
http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa25.htm

Ken4Christ:
He chose him to be an Apostle to the Gentiles.

You do not need to engage with him for any purposes of enlightenment. Check is posts on this forum over the years and it is clear he is not a Christian. He is probably some self acclaimed philosopher seeking to sow discord. If he can be making statement like Paul not being selected as one of the disciples, you can clearly see the depth of his understanding of the scriptures.

That being said, I do not expect any serious Christian to take the self styled Apostle Suleiman serious as a Christian Minister after all the issues with women of easy virtue. By their fruits we shall know them. Forget about the English speaking and talk talk on stages and television.

Judolisco:
Wahala wear conva shoe.... It's a shame to see that the Haitians, who successfully rebelled against their French slavers and started their own country in 1804 are still struggling to get it right in 2024...almost 220 yrs ago

Abeg shey we black people get problem ni? Ino understand oh? We fought for independence, Toor dem give us freedom finish, we still dey fight ourselves, some busuru go still quote me tell me say d indepence given to us is not total? but na una dey carry money meant for development of ur country embezzle am no be white man oh... Money meant for road, hospital, schs... One man go chop am... D so called leaders are our brothers and sisters, we share d same DNA, what's d assurance dat if u get to power sef, u 2 won't embezzle funds..


Back then if them capture u as slave you'll be crying that you are leaving home, now it has changed oh, go to d airport and see people jubilating and swearing that they'll never return to their motherland.....

Abeg make person explain oh... I've not seen any country that 95% of them are blacks and they are developed or advanced... Abeg if e dey make person educate me

While race is said to be a social construct and not a biological reality, it appears from abundant evidence that Societies with predominantly black people have not been able to organically conceive, understand and execute the key underlying principles that birth developed countries. Principles such as:

1. Human Capital Development: Investing in education, healthcare, and skills training to develop a highly educated and healthy workforce capable of driving innovation and productivity.

2. Institutional Quality and Governance: Ensuring transparent, accountable, and efficient governance structures, including rule of law, property rights protection, and anti-corruption measures.

3. Social Equity and Inclusion: Promoting social equity, reducing poverty, and addressing inequalities to ensure that the benefits of development are shared equitably across society.

When you cannot understand, master and execute along these principles, you can never become developed nations.

There are often blame games mentioning effects of colonization, foreign interference, etc as major culprits but I disagree. There are some black countries that were never colonized like Ethiopia and Liberia but where are they today? Well before the white man came to Africa, what style of governance were various Africa societies practicing and how developmental were they? What there any serious indications that could have grown into developed countries in that manner?

obrian888:
I am a member of RCCG check the two publication above where Pastor Adeboye was asking GEJ to fix the country, why has he not ask Tinubu or why didn't he tell Bubu during his tenure, let's face the truth men of God in Nigeria have failed God, period.

A lot of claimed men of God in Nigeria are not even known to or recognized by God, much less talking about failing Him. That is why you see so many churches, some much religion but the expected impact is not found in the society.

That being said, a genuine Man of God does not fail God by refusing to participate in partisan politics. You fail God by not doing what he told you to do and when He had expectations of obedience from you. Suffice to say, the job descriptions of a Pastor does not include political activism and partisan politics.

People choose their political leaders and governance is not much of a spiritual matter as understanding and abiding by certain principles. There is no evidence that correlates religion with good governance, particularly in a multi-religioua country like Nigeria.

Rather than waiting to hear Adeboye criticizing governments which to me has no real impact on the situation, people should endeavour to follow the teachings he represents and presents. If every single claimed RCCG member genuinely practices the teaching of Christ, Nigeria will be a better place that it currently is. The calling to change the nature of people to Christ is far higher in impact than the calling to be a public critic.

soccerlite:
But he doesn't win the soul of wicked politicians, and business men

They only visit him and dash him money

One should not make claims in the absence of supporting evidence, particularly when it affects the integrity of another person. Can you prove that Adeboye collected money from or was dashed money by politicians?

On the matter of winning the souls of politicians, a Pastor can only preach to someone, the actual conviction and conversion is done by the Holy Spirit. If he has preached to the politicians, then his job is done. Whether they accept or not is left to them.

Kuginzi:
https://dailypost.ng/2024/02/17/tinubu-rigged-his-way-into-power-to-kill-nigerians-aisha-yesufu/

One of the major problems with opposition in Nigeria, particularly from Obidents is that they are mentally lazy and sentimental.

1. Their position is always that Tinubu can never do anything right because he is occupying where they want Peter Obi to be. Yet through all the Court cases, no cogent evidence was presented to show that Tinubu stole Obi's mandate. In fact the outing of Obi at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal up to Supreme Court which gulped over N700 million (more than 50% of total LP Election Funds) left so much to be desired.

2. Their argument is not based on policies but personalities. The two main causes of the present economic travails in the country are the floating of the dollar and the removal of petroleum subsidy which are the same policies that were advocated by Peter Obi. So what is Tinubu doing now that Obi would have done differently?

Of all the 3 major candidates, whether his intentions are genuine or not, Tinubu was clearly the most prepared candidate who took years to work his way by forming ACN, trying a shot at Presidency with Ribadu to learn the ropes, merging with CPC abd nPDP to form APC, subduing personal interest to field Buhari in 2015 as having the brighter chance, wrestling power from PDP and waiting till 2023 to make a shot at the Presidency directly. He never decamped to another party but built organically and through mergers.

Compare to Atiku who was decamping across parties like a prostitute and Obi who decamped from APGA to PDP and left PDP for LP barely 2 years to the election.

Now instead of sitting down in the trenches to build a true party, the opposition are is busy chasing the limelight with showmanship and political commentary. Let them propose the solution to even one of the major problems facing the polity so we know they have it upstairs instead of armchair criticism.

MyVILLAGEpeople:
But it was a different case during Jonathan presidency.. why is the case different now?

Was Adeboye a critic of the Government before the Jonathan era? No. The only reference is to Jonathan era and I believe he has learnt lessons from that. Why are people so concerned that he must criticize the Government? Has his criticism made any difference? His criticism at best only lead to polarized members because not all RCCG members will support the same political party. Pastors need to stay off politics.

MASTERCHIEF0847:
A dead brain can't type a sentence and post on the internet... . I made a compelling argument, i even provided backed up my claims with references and particular instances it's all there in the comments...but i guess you suffer from selective dyslexia so you missed those
I challenge you to any OPEN intellectual challenge of YOUR CHOICE and i bet you i will still floor you... i dare you to take this challenge or forever keep silent you numskull Diam pls

Checked through some.of your posts and it appears "dyslexia" is the new buzzword you just learnt for insulting people.

You claims on providing references and instance is laughable. You make reference to the cost of a Kiln which is a capital cost that is at best amortized and even so at local currency conversion rate at time of purchase or installation. You make references to Diesel when Dangote cement runs on gas turbines and the gas is sourced locally from NNPC, etc.

The major operating costs in cement production is the cost of raw materials and power. And I have shown these are locally sourced. Transportation, personnel and marketing costs do not warrant the upsurge we see in price differential over a short period. So where is your argument?

If you make your points so easily and backed up with strong evidence, you would not need to challenge anyone to prove your intellectual capacity. You only prove things that are in doubt. How often have you had to prove you are a man when all can see you are one?

madfind:
but he spoke against Jonathan

He spoke against Jonathan but how effective was his speaking against him? Did his speaking make life better or it opened him up to insults from Jonathan supporters? We all learn as we grow. If he adopted a strategy during Jonathan regime and he didn't see how it helped his ministry or found it to be counter productive, you do not expect him not to learn from it.

Critics are readily made in Nigeria and if your goal is to sensitize the Government to the suffering of the masses, there are many doing that already. What difference does it really make when Adeboye turns himself into a critic of bad government? Is that is calling? The God who chose him to win souls will not award him points for criticism.

MySolace:
Are u saying he hasnt made political comments before? U didnt make much sense here plz...

He may have made comments that appear political before and I believe he has learnt his lessons. We are all human. He once had the belief that politicians were redeemable but he eventually discovered they only listen to you when seeking votes. After they win, the story changes.

Pastors need to be careful with politicians and political statements.

MASTERCHIEF0847:
You have no idea.
For me it's a signature, for you it's genetic ... you were born brain-dead stupid.

One of the hallmarks of a dead brain is the hurling of abusive words when clearly it is lacking in compelling argument or evidence to support it's claims.

madfind:
Woman speaks against pastor adeboye saying he knows prayers will not change the fate of the country, you know the people destroying the country why keep saying we should pray when the problem is already known.

calling the likes of buhari, tinubu yet he keep visiting them and coming back telling us to keep praying.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phfRXO1gevI?si=yCN2cggDqe0lVVoU

Pastor Adeboye's job is winning souls for Christ and not as a political activist, critic or social commentator. You cannot expect him to start inciting people against the Government because we all know how ruthless and vindictive our politicians are. It will be total lack of focus to get into political fights that can hamper his ministry and affect his primary duty.

MASTERCHIEF0847:
This same old elementary argument again. Crude oil is sourced in Nigeria, has that stopped you lot from importing PMS and Diesel?
Common sense is not common.

PMS and Diesel are imported wholly and that accounts for their pricing dependency on FX rates regardless of the sourcing of crude oil locally.

On the other hand, importation of cement is banned and it is produced and packaged locally with the major raw materials sourced locally. So what is the FX component of cement production compared to PMS and Diesel that are wholly imported to justify your comparison?

Commo sense really is not to be common for you and that appears to be your signature rather than being a mere comment.

Thundafireseun:
Mstheeeeew

You can never win this case ….. Your legal team just want to defraud you

1…. The bank will sack the staff and claim that he acted on his own without the approval or consent from sterling bank

2… Nigeria legal system is terrible…. Instead of the bank to pay you for the damages and deformation of character…. The bank will simply take a token to the Judge in charge of the case….
And the Judge will either frustrate you the more by adjourning your case until you get tired

This is a fight you’re not designed to win Oga

1. Sacking the staff does not automatically free Sterling Bank. There is what is called vicarious liability in law as long as the staff was employed and working for them.

2. It is not all Judges that are corrupt. I have seen cases won against Banks for wrongful termination of employment and other issues and the Judges clearly were not compromised.

3. The OP should file a case of violation of Fundamental Human Rights against the Police because a loan issue is a civil matter and not criminal. The Police are not loan enforcers or loan collectors.

AkinPhysicist:
Their testing program has FORMATTING issues.

It is shameful for them to use software that has not been thoroughly tested for student examinations. Students can sue them for that in saner climes.