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Hello Gbawe. How does the arse lolly taste today?

The poor ranking is a call that the average Nigerian would be deaf to. We will just carry on being a wicked society where every neighbour is corrupt and where everyone points fingers at others, but no one is ready to roll up their sleeves.

Buhari, the everlasting presidential candidate. lol!

Rafelo01:
Badluck Jonasatan infringed on [size=14pt]the fundamental human rights of the citizenry[/size] by unlawfully arresting them.Locking them for what?what was their offence?Would they have been arrested if they were on their way to show solidarity for Badluck Jonathan?Let us call a spade a spade.Jonathan is worse than Abacha.Anyway,i am not bothered.Badluck Jonathan Ebele is only setting a precedence.It will be Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's turn some other day when power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.Some of you who posited that Aregbesola was wrong or disrepectful do not know what it takes to be politically victimized or rubbished.Can it happen that a bus with plate number THE PRESIDENCY would be stopped and occupants detained in prison?let us be sincere,Nigeria is on per second basis moving toward anachy.I know someday,OPC or BOKO HARAM or MEND or NIGER DELTA MILITANTS would arrest occupants of Jonathan Government Vehicle.I am afraid,the useless Badluck Ebele Jonathan might be the last president we would ever have in this country if this trend of gross violation of human rights abuses are not checked.

"fundamental human rights!!!" LOLZZ!

I wonder how much the fundamental human rights of Osun state workers was infringed by Aregbesola's actions?
How could a man organise 19 damn buses of aluta howling phuckers on a mission to fritter away money, while owing the long suffering workers of Osun several months salary?
Is a governor not denying the fundamental human rights of his people by witholding several months salaries due workers and making even the kids go hungry while he organises stup!d jamborees with tax payers money?

Does Aregbesola have any priorities, or are the workers in his state of zero consequence?
When will the workers in Osun be paid?

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=802783.msg9552040#msg9552040 date=1321259616]You guys have tarnished nigeria name and that is the bitter truth you should live with ![/quote]If not Niger Delta, where una for de see money tif? De money una tif sote, we de among di most corrupt kontri's of di World. I hail una!
Especially, as the last time I like looked all states were begging for the money sourced in the Niger Delta; dude, you should build a shrine to engage in family worship of those who put your bread on the table.

What does your state produce?

Kazashi:
u all re jst accusing d wrong governors,,,do u knw of diz silly man, Gov Murtala Nyako of adamawa state,,,, he's d very worst of all governors p heard or seen in all ma life,,, he cant even address d public,,nd he lacks courtesy, he says wat eva it is dt comes to his fish brains without proper thinking of its effect on d masses or ppl around, he's a perfect example of wat i call money miss road, nd to fink he was once a vice admiral, disgusting,

Has he ever slapped another governor?
Has he ever slapped his deputy? Has he ever slapped a female member of staff, then suspended her?

Meet the king of thugs, Aregbesola.

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9jaganja:
Same steps IBB and Abacha took, your GEJ is taking loooll, Do I have to be in support of IBB to criticize GEJ? Hahahaha zero content!! clap for yourself in slow motion,

You basically outlined what IBB and co did, but you forgot that your GEJ who wants to remove subsidy next year without good standing in refineries is doing the same! We will import oil from his oil cronies and they'll get richer and richer,

Have you ever wondered why GEJ called IBB his mentor? AHAHAHAH He is following his foot steps, O LE KU!!!!

Lol! You are a real dufus! Abacha and IBB built refineries with our money in foreign countries, but you seem to have missed that huge point. Removing the subsidy by contrast, is an academic and economically strategic exercise, but I don't think you can grasp such minor details. Better minds would have asked for details about the refineries in question, but I understand that weed fries the brain and makes it pop out only zero content.

dinachi:
@ Beaf Sometimes you argue just for argument sake. I had expected that by now somebody like you with unmatched analytical dexterity should limit your analysis to purely facts. How can you deny America's involvement in Ghadaffi's outster. Is America not a member of NATO? Why are they saying they spent about one billion dollars in the operation? Obama did say that America won a war without putting troops on the ground. Who supplied the Drones? Beaf dont let me loose respect for you! I remember my hero Obasanjo saying that what Libya needed was change from within not change from outside. How come among the three African nations where uprising took place, it was only Libya that NATO backed the rebels.

Of course America is a part of NATO, but it is a completely different kettle of fish to imply that NATO is America. I cannot see any sense in blaming America for the actions of NATO, it is quite simplistic, ill advised and ignorant. It is would be the same as some "clever" sod heaping the blame for the AU military actions in Somalia on Nigeria, because Nigeria funds the AU actions in Somalia heavily; you would agree that such a view is at best, wooly.

About losing respect for me because I hold a view contrary to yours, dude thats just the most foolish thing anyone can say. I'm a bit tired of hearing such idiocy, its a free World, you can have your opinions and I can have mine.

9jaganja:
Hahahahaha hahahahaah, The Irony, Don't worry, we will say the same of Jonathan too, (Hey, I'm not in support of IBB and co)

Silly.
Why not go ahead then? Whats stopping you?

What is the purpose of your post if you aren't in support of IBB and co? The exhibition of zero content?

All that Babangida, (nicknamed IBB), has to show for his over eight years in power in Nigeria, is private colossal wealth, and the edification of corruption in our body politics. The book, The Sink, by Jeffrey Robinson, an American writer, says it all about Babangida. "Of the $120 billion siphoned out of the Nigerian treasury into offshore accounts by dishonest politicians, $20 billion is allegedly traceable to IBB directly as president from 1985 to 1993." The Wolfsberg Principles, an initiative of 11 banks and institutions across the world to fight serious international financial crimes, traced another $3 billion of our stolen money to Babangida’s accounts abroad, and $4.3 billion to Abacha's. The World Bank and other international sources of information allege that his total loot from the Nigerian treasury is over $35 billion. Now he is threatening to use a fraction of that money to return to power and a figure of N400 billion has been mentioned by his cronies as his campaign chest.

Abacha also used Nigeria's money to build a personal refinery in Sierra Leone, while removing the "fuel subsidy" and running down our local ones. Huge funds were allocated for their repairs, but all vanished without trace. Abacha and his cronies made serious money by directly importing fuel themselves and selling forex to themselves at a much lower rate than the CBN's, effectively, Nigerian's were subsidising Abacha and his locusts to siphon dollars straight into their accounts. To complete the circle of raw theft, Abacha also set up the PTF which was headed by Buhari (to this day, Buhari swears Abacha never stole a dime) to disburse "fuel subsidy" funds. Buhari gave the PTF estate at Wuse away to a contractor in a sweetheart deal. . .

God de.

1luvkipsus:
The news i heard this afternoon that the SA to my Governor on information was shot by gun men in Makurdi is very disturbing.what exactly is happening to my state?has the rascality of ACN and its members been imported to the state from South west?this is alien and unacceptable to us in the state.

Rascals.

Anywhere they go, bloodshed follows.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=802575.msg9548633#msg9548633 date=1321212257]beaf show face na ![/quote]Sharrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap deh!!! Do you think you are selling meat? Or piloting an Oshodi Oke bus?
Take the plank from between your ears and learn to think. Repeat slowly:

The fighting in Libya has got much more to do with Europe than the USA. -Edited.

When you have finished doing that, then you and your fellow passengers who are blaming the US in some crazy way should please tell us how the US was involved in the Libyan civil war day to day. Last I heard, it was NATO, led by European countries.
I feel a lot of pain when I read posts in topics like this, and 90% of the posts lack any critical thinking input.

They have also sourced for funds for their meetings and other activities and are mostly operating on shoe-string budgets to avoid grounding the House’s legislative processes.

Members of the House are said be feeling the paucity of funds because of the various loans’ deductions and the 63 per cent reduction in the running costs of the House and members.

The situation is said to be so bad that many members are complaining to Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and urging him to resolve the matter.

But Tambuwal is said to be handling the matter carefully based on similarity in the current circumstance and the one that brought the last House into disrepute under Bankole.

It seems some of them are actually angling for another Bankole style loan. Its not that they do anything worthwhile for the masses anyway, all they want is huge sums of money to run worthless committees that only deliberate on how to get more money.
In the meantime, genuine ground-breaking policies like the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) that would positively touch the person on the street are trampled underfoot by Tambuwal and his troops.

[size=14pt]Akpabio urges public officers to work with ‘anger’[/size]
On November 14, 2011 · In News

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has charged public officers to imbibe the spirit of anger in their drive towards delivering on their cam-paign promises as this was the only way they could meet the yearnings of the people who elected them into power.

Governor Akpabio stated this in his speech shortly after he and other members of the Nigerian Law School Class of ’88 were given awards for their outstan-ding performance in their areas of endeavour at the Lagos Motor Boat Club, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Akpabio said: “When I took over as governor of my state, I approached development with anger because that was not the position my state should be over 20 years after it was created. Akwa Ibom State is now a destination point because of the infrastructural renaissance and uncommon transforma-tion in the state.

“Everybody wants to be in Akwa Ibom State because that is where things are happening. If I was not angry, I don’t know where we would have been by now and that is why I recommend that kind of behaviour to all public officers who want to achieve something great.”

Akpabio was described by his colleagues as a true ambassador of the Nigerian Law School.

While presenting the award for Excellence in Governance to the governor, Senator Joy Emordi, said: “We are proud of your achievements in Akwa Ibom State.”

“I visited your state and I am very proud to say that you turned around that state from what it used to be to the centre of attraction.”

I am happy that you are a product of the class of ’88. Keep it up.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/akpabio-urges-public-officers-to-work-with-%e2%80%98anger/

Eko to[b]ILE[/b]t.

One day, the citizenry will set fire to the NASS.

[size=14pt]Reps groan under repayment of N10b loan[/size]
By Victor Oluwasegun and Dele Anofi, Abuja3 hours 51 minutes ago

The House of Representatives may have begun the repayment of the controversial N10billion loan obtained during the sixth House under former Speaker Dimeji Bankole, it has been learnt.

Bankole, before the close of the sixth House, had said  the loans were taken in three tranches of N1.5 billion, N2.5 billion and N6.5 billion to service the interest of the House.

It was leant that the repayment of the loan, which caused so much row at the close of the House and for which Bankole and his Deputy, Usman Bayero Nafada, were charged before the courts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has begun to take its toll on the operations of House committees.

It was believed that after an appeal from the last House leadership, the Presidency bought over the debt for political mileage and as a bargaining chip with the incoming House, at the time.

This has proved to be a wrong notion as sources told The Nation that the House began the repayment of the loan about two months ago.

Committee chairmen are complaining over the development, saying they run their committees without the necessary funds.

They have also sourced for funds for their meetings and other activities and are mostly operating on shoe-string budgets to avoid grounding the House’s legislative processes.

Members of the House are said be feeling the paucity of funds because of the various loans’ deductions and the 63 per cent reduction in the running costs of the House and members.

The situation is said to be so bad that many members are complaining to Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and  urging him to resolve the matter.

But Tambuwal is said to be handling the matter carefully based on similarity in the current circumstance and the one that brought the last House into disrepute under  Bankole.

[b]A first-time member of the House, who spoke in confidence, lamented that constituency demands have tripled while income has reduced.

According to him, the new package earned by members is at variance with that of the last House and “is a great disappointment.”

Others blamed the deductions of the N7million  car loan, which was given to each of the 360 members at the beginning of the seventh Assembly, on bureaucracy.

The deductions for the loan were said to have begun before some members could access the money.

The loan was to allow the lawmakers purchase personal vehicles of their choice pending the purchase of operational vehicles by the leadership of the House for the members.

Bank sources told The Nation  that some returning and new members owe debts running into hundreds of millions.

Some of the outstanding loans were reportedly used by most of the new members to buy homes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after the orientation given to new members in the geo-political zones.

“Many incoming members who were elected as members for the first time and had no residence in the FCT also obtained loans from banks to purchase houses of their choice. In some cases, the loans run into hundreds of millions,”  a bank source, who  pleaded anonymity, said.

The deductions for the loan from the salaries of members were said to be so high that nothing is left of the salaries of most members.[/b]

House spokesman Zakari Mohammed said he would not comment on the N10billion loan and that he would later get back to our correspondents. 

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/26228-reps-groan-under-repayment-of-n10b-loan.html

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What he do, we do! What we do, he do!! [/size]

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Agbedo!
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You really hate that track! I didn't think the race was boring at all though, it was quite exciting in fact with all the between Alonso, Jenson and Webber. The only drawback was overtaking was a being too artificial, especially between De Resta and Buemi.

Pity about your man, Vettel.

IbroSaunks:
alqaeda too hates western education. see the thing is, even all the talk about the connections, haven't been confirmed. and u.s. citizens died in the u.s. tragedy, but they won't dive in like that, there's a reason they are just watching ,

It is only a matter of time before the US drop their call card, they have shown increased restlessness with the boko haram situation, to the extent that their top military commanders have made very public statements; that is far from a normal situation.
US drones and special forces operate everywhere al qaeda has a foothold, and they don't care how powerful the host country is either.
Just look at the way the launch attacks deep into Pakistan on almost a daily basis, yet Pakistan is a nuclear power. We certainly don't need that sort of embarrassment and hostile interaction with a World power in addition to boko haram fuckry.

Its best for us to work with them, since our interests coincide; that way, we can channel their actions to our mutual benefit. If we don't work with them, they will simply do what they want without consultation; thats how they deal with Pakistan which is tens of times more militarily powerful than Nigeria.

IbroSaunks:
@kobojunkie umm, now it gets complicated.see in my opinion, there's a difference. the ones in jos and all are about muslim-christian conflicts. boko is about hatred for western education, which is why the u.s. is even interested in the first place.
personally, i don't think the u.s. can end it all like that. in jos, we see that it subsides after a while. what if the foreign peeps come, and reduce it , and leave, and it resurfaces ? what happens?
there's a reason why they have just being watching. when jos was hot, they watched. they will only come if they are convinced it'll affect them, and thinking about it now, they may mess things up.

Wrong. The US is interested because of al qaeda.

That considered, it is best we call them in and work with them in a way that they can be managed, than wait for them to invite themselves in. With al qaeda's involvement the day they come in uninvited is just a step away. It will take only a single US death or injury; that American casualty might even be a Nigerian green card holder, an American is an American.

The gentleman has done more than enough on Bakassi. He has told us that Teslim Elias erased all ambiguity about its ownership and talked instead about marine boundaries.
What more do you want the guy to say? The quote below makes it quite clear that there were problems between Nigeria and Cameroon before his time.

Then you were involved in the demarcation of the boundary between Nigeria and Cameroun Yes. In August 12 – 14 ,1970, the first meeting of the Nigeria/Cameroun Boundary Committee took place in Beau, Yaoundé. The Nigerian delegation was led by the late Chief R.O Coker.

I was like the technical secretary to the committee. There were representatives from the Customs. Immigration, Cabinet  Office in the delegation. When we came back from Yaoundé, the delegates from the External Affairs Ministry did their report to their Commissioner, the late Dr. Okoi Arikpo, who then wrote to the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney – General of the Federation, Dr. Teslim Elias, for his opinion on the Nigeria/Cameroun boundary issue. Elias’ reply has remained a landmark legal opinion that Nigerian has no claim to Bakassi peninsula; that all we  needed to do was the maritime boundary between both countries.

It is our govt that was so foolish that they gave the Bakassi peninsula and the Nigerian on it, away to a poorer and weaker neighbouring Cameroon. Is Cameroon not a country we can easily conquer and whose lands well beyond bakassi we can sieze if the chips are flung down?

Weed is bad, bruv.

Aigbofa:
This is really sweet coming from the guy who told us ogbunigwe was an Anti-Aircraft Missile.Was that a statement of fact or some emotional outburst?

Of course, you conveniently forget that Dede1 immediately corrected me and I accepted.
Be man enough to accept that the Autonov 1 bears a striking resemblance to this:

Behold the Autonov II
https://www.skiphireguide.com/images/skip-image-info-page-2.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/UPBvj.gif

You see how OAM4J always deletes my posts, but if it was Dayokanu's baba suwe picture jibes at GEJ, he would live them; maybe even put the topic on the front page.
What is wrong with having satirical images, cartoons and such stuff? Are we in communist Russia or in Stasi East Germany?

We always go on and on about corruption and highhandedness, but is that not what we witness here with some mods?

I was once banned for 5 days for linking to an image from NL (and that is all over the site) of senators swearing an oath at a shrine, "for uploading a disturbing Unclad image." You can see the image for yourself here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-290656.32.html#msg4117748
That the image exists in so many places on NL gave the game out as a desperate measure by a biased mod.

Is that not corruption? Is it not the same thing we are accusing governors like Aregbesola of?

texazzpete:
Bottom line is that Nigeria (and Nigerians!) is backward technologically, stuck somewhere in a position inferior to even WW2 era levels.
Even the highly touted Biafan war 'innovation' have been seen to be the norm for any group stuck with the onus of improvisation in the face of necessity. The Libyan war has shown us that.

I have mu doubts as to the practicability of this 'Antonov' vehicle, but people laughing here will be foolish not to understand that such silly 'inventions' are usually the stepping stone to much more advanced concepts. You use this as a test bed for ideas and roll it out in future improved designs. People actually sneered at the first attempts to make motor cars as an act of tomfoolery to make 'horseless carriages'.

So yes, it looks like crap, but it's still progress in the right direction. And it's no less ingenuity than welding sheets of plate metal to a truck and calling it a 'main battle tank'.

Remember we're yet to see any pics or blueprints of the 'ogbunigwe'. Can any of the people sneering and sniggering here produce some photos?

Lol! Something that was invented some 41 years ago and still hasn't found use, WILL NEVER EVER FIND USE.
It is a very useless contraption, it wasn't patented (making the concept free to use), still nobody has bothered to copy it; thats the true definition of, "useless."

Let us find real inventions / inventors in Nigeria and support them, but lets not bow down to any emotional reasons to support absolutely ridiculous stuff. Would you buy an autonov? If so, what for?

I can see Timipre Sylva doing a runner to Dubai in the not too distant future.

In my opinion, we have done everything our wretched security services are capable of. I don't expect our "roger" demanding, road block happy police force to save me from a boko haram that is getting help from the most sophisticated and powerful terrorist network on Earth, al qaeda.
I believes that those arguing that our army can save us, are engaged in even bigger self deception (in some cases, deliberately for filthy gain). About half of our entire army is currently stationed in Borno and Bauchi, that also includes our most sophisticated fighting force, the JTF. With such lockdown, boko haram is still sophisticated enough to carry out bloody rampages.

There is only a single conclusion to be drawn from the above and that's simply, we do not have the local werewithal to tackle al qaeda, because that is really the foe that is arrayed against our dear country. It doesn't help to make emotional calls right now, all we need is a solution, failing that, a layout of immense force and might of the sort that would intimidate even Lucifer; we cannot muster such a whirlwind, but our US allies can. So why not call them in?

Even if it is argued that summoning immense force should be a last ditch plan, and we should give policing and intelligence gathering the best shot; there is no better coach for our intelligence and police services than the US. To argue from a wholly emotional standpoint, that our services possess the sophistry to tackle al qaeda's evil guile will be suicidally foolish.

Call in the US.

I have quite enjoyed haka_nai's inputs. They've been quite thoughtful and balanced, we need more of such contributions on NL. Nice.

[quote author=Bandit C. link=topic=802144.msg9546121#msg9546121 date=1321190203]Yes we need them. The islamic terrorists and their sympathizers are twisting GEJ's arm in confronting boko haram head on. Don't be deceived by them. On the one hand, they run to these boards to run their mouth on how GEJ is incompetent and lacks the courage to confront their terrorist brethrens up north while secretly rejoicing that the terrorist are really dealing with the infidels and on the other hand, when GEJ turns around and employs viable means (in the form of US Commandos) to deal a heavy blow to the islamic terrorists, they cry wolf.

Do not be fooled by these people because they are very hypocritical and thrive under chaos, death and destruction. You expect GEJ to trust a nigerian army filled with islamists to confront their fellow islamists knowing fully well that they are 100 percent in support of the mayhem they are causing due to the nature of their religion? No, he should be smarter than that and we the sane nigerians know the nature of the beast and will highly welcome the competent US troops with experience in dealing with muslim terrorists. Do not worry about them taking ''our'' oil 'cause the ''real'' owners of the oil won't be complaining.[/quote]Word.

Hamilton winsssssss!!!! Nice race!!
It seems strange not to have a Red Bull driver on the podium. Mark Webber went backwards as usual, but had 3 stops. His need for a 3 stopper and Vettels puncture might tell a story about Red Bull and tyres at Abu Dhabi, I suspect they were doing something radical compared to others.

Vettels first DNF of the season!