₦airaland Forum

Gbawe:
Thank you my brother !!! It is entirely hypocritical that many , and we know who they are, who have shouted "true federalism" are now comfortable with what we are seeing because their "son" is in charge . I am happy and proud of what the SW has done . A commitment to meritocratic leadership for Nigerian states is the way forward given the 12 years of PDP stagnation our Nation has suffered . Those who clamoured for "true federalism" vehemently yesterday and now , in paying homage to unrealistic naiveness , place their ability to thrive and 'swim' entirely on 'area champion' thinking are the ones Tinubu indicts when he says:

Why not develop the balls to name names, you bigoted baboon?

@topic
So why do Oshiomole and Fashola keep asking for more FG money?
There needs to be a single philosophy from ACN, the way they are talking in different directions within days of each other makes it seem that they are simply making up stuff as they go along.

If the SW really wants fiscal federalism, they will find easy allies in the SE and SS. Those sections have screamed loudest and longest for it (especially the SS).

dayokanu:
Tinubu's ACN already has his stranglehold on Edo State which is in the SS and Oil producing.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu carry go, Tinubu just rubbed GEJ's face in the sand as far as SW is concerned despite GEJ coming every weekend to campaign for Akala, and other PDP aspirants, they still lost and were swept out

In case anyone doesnt like it, Contact the nearest transformer.

OR Let the weed smoking fishermen with sandpaper-like lips get high on oil polluted creekwater

You got jokes! Lol!

Last time Nigerians looked, the SW voted GEJ by a landslide. No?
I just laugh at guys like you that are carrying an obvious chip on your shoulder coming to NL to talk dewey-eyed crap that exists only in your ethnically bigoted heads. . . All in an effort to belong. You only end up sounding like failed impressions of Combat 18. Thumb sucking desperate lil Hitlers.

Ekt_bears case is a little understandable, he only knows Nigeria through google and whatever he dreams at night, so is bound to hover far from reality in Alice's wonderland, bumbed along by magic mushrooms. He reminds one of another obnoxious "African American" called MandingoII (who has improved a lot though).

If you don't like GEJ and all non-Yoruba's, you can declare crazy-eyed independence for your village compound. . . Just thaty, your dog will bite you, your chief will slap you and your wife will leave you.

Fvcking bigots.

Where is Cap28? Looks like Abagworo is determined to overthrow him!

dayokanu:
Liar Tinubu called GEJ a drunk fisherman and not SS, You mean Tinubu also called Oshiomole a drunk fisherman?

For the rest of your rants? I wont go t your level

If you like, kill yourself, you seem to be the only one with your interpretation of Tinubu's words, something which is all the more strange when you have used Tinubu's ugly phrases in ethnically bigoted attacks on SS people on this forum. Our politics do not coincide in the least, you should be looking more to the Hausa-Fulani and their unfortunate born to rule syndrome fuelled largely by ethnic bigotry.
Tinubu has foolishly miscalculated and caused hatreds where there were none, now the fool is dreaming of forays into oil producing lands. That failed woefully, and now he has made desperate naked moves to have a say in the oil ministry.

If you were a chess player, not a cretin, I would have asked you to look up the meaning of zugzwang. LOL!
Hold unto this instead:

Beaf: Unfortunately for dimwits like you, the President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, dictates the direction of everyones politics and all must tow the line, mere weeds like you do not have any say in whether your politics coincides with his or not. The only way for fools like you to counter that is, leave the federation, its called secession.

[size=14pt]Jonathan reassures women on 35% representation [/size]
Tuesday, 03 May 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has again stated that his promise made on the 35 per cent representation of women in governance will be fulfilled.

Jonathan gave the re-assurance, on Monday in Abuja, at the 2011 Partnership-Funded Mentorship Summit for African Women, organised by the African Women Leaders’ Think Tank (AWLTT).

“In Nigeria, today, we have many competent and credible women who have built capacities in thousands of lives, contributed immensely to building the civil, public, and private service sectors.

“Women have championed debt relief, grew the stock exchange, waged war against fake drugs, ensured justice and human rights and so on.

“These facts made me to promise during my campaigns that the 35 per cent representation of women in governance will be fulfilled,” he said.

The president explained that the Nigerian society had been making progress because women were involved in top leadership positions in the executive, legislative and judiciary arms of government.

He noted that Africa’s population has a 50-50 value of both male and female gender, adding that to have a balanced society, the two halves must have equal access to opportunities to leadership and participation.

According to the president, when one half is disempowered or excluded, there cannot be a balanced growth and development, hence the need for inclusion of all in governance.

Jonathan, who was represented by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Salamatu Suleiman, said that the female leadership development had to be a critical part in ensuring development in the country.

Speaking at the event, The AWLTT Chairperson for Africa, Dr Remi Aribisala, said that the aim of the summit was to create an avenue whereby the best of African womanhood and the future women leaders discuss comprehensively on the impact of mentoring.

“It is aimed at mentoring women on personal career and ethical lifestyles towards a better African society.

“We need to help women take advantage of best practices of women leaders and thereafter become a better agent of change in the African society,” she said.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/21337-jonathan-reassures-women-on-35-representation

[size=14pt]There’s no need for govt of national unity now - Yakasai[/size]
Written by Kola Oyelere, Kano Tuesday, 03 May 2011

ALHAJI Tanko Yakasai, former Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters to former president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, has said there is no need for Government of National Unity (GNU)at the moment because there is no crisis in the country.

Making the call in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, Alhaji Yakasai said, “I don’t support President Goodluck Jonathan inviting anybody to form government.”

The elder stateman further stated that, “this is a democracy; the minority would have their say, while the majority would have their way.”

He said that he did not believe in a situation in which, after election, people would be clamouring for government of national unity, submitting that, “you form a government of national unity in a crisis situation.

“Where election is conducted free and fairly, those who were able to win election should be allowed to implement their programme.”

He said to bring somebody who did not share the vision of such government was an indirectly invitation to chaos.

Commenting on the statement credited to the defeated Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) presidential candidate, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), that he would not go to court but if his party it deemed it fit, it could instituted a court case, Alhaji Yakasai said it was still the same.

“Sadly Buhari is saying the same thing because today in Nigeria , the only person we can say is in total control of his party is General Buhari.”

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/21328-theres-no-need-for-govt-of-national-unity-now-yakasai

dayokanu:
GEJ famously called SW people rascals yet he has his red bloodshot eyes on the SW votes and human resources.

He is an ethnically bigoted fool, addled by the low IQ and our politics do not coincide

Liar. He called ACN political leaders, rascals.

Unfortunately for dimwits like you, the President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, dictates the direction of everyones politics and all must tow the line, mere weeds like you do not have any say in whether your politics coincides with his or not. The only way for fools like you to counter that is, leave the federation, its called secession.

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=658841.msg8249285#msg8249285 date=1304399533]New era ko, new eran ni. The writer is either naive or oblivious to the machinations of governance in Nigeria. Without a very drastic and bold set of actions from the president, it will be busineess as usual. I do not believe that GEJ hass what it takes to drastically change the system.[/quote]Lol! I recall your earlisest "predictions" for GEJ, they ALL failed.

It is what their leaders have done to them and the rest of Nigeria.
Now that we are going to develop their areas, their eyes will start opening to their unquestioning attitude toward their bas'tard "born to rule" masters that have made them beggars and their kids, almajiri's (10 million of them).

There is a lot of material in the thread at the link below, that you should read in order to understand Nigeria and why many of us view the likes of Buhari as an abomination of the worst proportions. Better a frog than any of them beasts.
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-658142.0.html

Tinubu famously called SS people fishermen, yet he has his red eyes on grabbing loot from the oil states. He is an ethnically bigoted fool, addled by the drugs he pushes, and our politics do not coincide.

[size=14pt]Arrest Buhari now, youths tell Jonathan[/size]
Written by Ishola Michael, Bauchi Tuesday, 03 May 2011

A political pressure group based in Bauchi, under the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Youths Coalition, has called for the immediate arrest of the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major-General Muhamma-du Buhari (retd), saying that this is the way to restore peace and normalcy in the country.

The national coordinator of the group, Babangida Sule Manchok (Jnr), made the statement in an interview with newsmen in Bauchi, after a meeting of the coalition, adding that apart from lacking in merit, Buhari constituted a threat to the cohesion of Nigerians, with his desperation to rule the country.

According to him, Buhari’s action after the election showed frustration and internal disruption, with a determination to remain relevant in the politics of the country.

The coordinator said the political outburst of Buhari was a reflection of guilt for acts of thuggery he introduced into Nigerian politics, through the use of hirelings and his traits of brigandage.

“It is pathetic when Buhari always run to the media to twist facts and distort history to his advantage, in order to confuse the people to conceal the nefarious acts he and his adventures are inflicting on the hitherto political landscape of the country, prior to the recent killings, where CPC mercenaries caused unlawful disorders.

Manchok (Jnr) said Buhari was frustrated, especially as he knew the futility of his ambition, knowing that he was finished politically, therefore putting up a last effort to save his sagging image.

“The most surprising perfidy in Muhammadu Buhari’s escapades is the assumption that he can unleash mayhem on the people, as occurred on Lafia, Nasarawa State, where he allegedly led a band of hired thugs during the so-called campaign rally, having supervised the slaughter of several souls apart from burning of properties as well as perpetrating acts of arson in northern states,” he said.

The group then called on the Federal Government not to relent in its efforts to arrest the culprits now, to serve as deterrent to others, with a view to saving the nascent democracy from military incursion.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/21329-arrest-buhari-now-youths-tell-jonathan

[size=14pt]Dawn of a new era in Nigerian politics?[/size]
On May 3, 2011 · · In News
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By Rotimi Fasan
IF there is one thing that is becoming obvious from the outcome of the recently concluded series of national elections, it is the fact that Nigeria might be on the threshold of a new political era.

More than anything else, perhaps, this new development has much to do with the emergence of Goodluck Jonathan and the manner of his emergence.

In more senses than one, Jonathan was, until, a few years ago an outsider to the inner sanctuary of Nigerian politics. He is also a relative newcomer to politics.

His underdog status through the period of his rise from the deputy governorship of little Bayelsa State, to the governorship, vice presidency and finally presidency, and the fact of his ‘minority’ status all conspired to place him at the mercy of certain forces and individuals that sought to direct the course of his activities as a politician.

He was understandably diffident in his ways and in the main lacks the domineering and ‘as-of-right’ attitude to power of such long term initiates of power like Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari whose loss at the latest polls is fast turning him into a champion of sectional politics despite his desire to be president of one Nigeria.

Just as the untimely and unexpected passing of President Umaru Yar’Adua presented Nigeria with the fait accompli of a president from a minority section of the country, that same fact made it impossible for Jonathan to act like the conqueror of their own people that some Nigerian leaders had become.

This is working for the good of the entire country and has been reflected in the 2011 elections in which, unlike, in the 2003 and 2007 elections one party, under the dominance of a domineering leader, swept the stakes in a brazen attempt to turn the country into a one-party state. Then the electoral officers fell over one another anticipating every wish of President Obasanjo and that of his party, the PDP.

Today, the PDP is still the dominant party in the country but that dominance has been seriously whittled down and moderated in a manner that should prove instructive to those among its members able to hold on to their seats after the licking that came their way in this year’s elections. And unlike in the past when the party existed under the looming image of Obasanjo, there is nobody with such domineering influence any more in the party.

Even if Obasanjo tries to throw his weight around, the loss suffered by many of his lieutenants including his favourite daughter, Iyabo, should be humbling enough to make him shed his hectoring ways.

Beyond the internal intrigues of PDP politics, there is something Obasanjo ought to take from the reversals in the fortunes of the PDP in the Yoruba West, to wit, that his eight-year stay in power has left no significant impact in the politics of the region.

Neither has it served to change the hostile impression of the people, apparently, to Obasanjo’s politics, if not his person. What many are likely to remember him for would be his desire to impose his ‘kill-and-go’, winner-takes-all politics on the people, acting as if his personal wishes should be the wish of the majority of the people.

Given its ‘national’ spread, the PDP stands in a position to bring positive changes to Nigeria if its members eschew the selfish motive that presently binds them together. Now the ACN has emerged the dominant party in the West and with it, Bola Tinubu as the major power house of the region, the people of the West must be watchful not to replace one domineering politician with another.

To Bola Tinubu, mainly, Western Nigerians owe the trouncing of Obasanjo but given the tussle orchestrated by both him and his supporters who wanted to put a rein on the actions of Raji Fashola, the re-elected Governor of Lagos, before wisdom prevailed, the region should be careful how it promotes the wishes of one man, even one such as Tinubu that worked for the dethronement of a party that many had never really cared much about given the less-than-useful policies of its promoters in the region.

Members of the old Alliance for Democracy in the West who may probably now see themselves as the power behind the throne should learn to stay back and allow the new people on the saddle do what they were elected for.

They have had their time and could do worse than giving more than elderly words of advice to the new politicians. Some of them thought to entrench themselves through their children but the defeat suffered by these children should be warning to them that people are not keen on sustaining a dynasty of whatever hue or shape.

In the North where the irresponsible utterances of certain individuals seem to be fuelling the emotional outbursts with which some misdirected people of the region have reacted to the defeat of Buhari, a new class of politicians have risen to displace the known names of old.

Ibrahim Shekarau and Nuhu Ribadu are politicians whose recent emergence should be seen as some kind of introduction to the larger Nigerian electorate hitherto unaware of their credentials. There are other such Nigerians in different parts of the country.

Fashola, at the completion of his second term, should proudly take his place in the rank of the new class of politicians. The Buharis and Babangidas, to say nothing of some of the political dinosaurs from older dispensations in the Northern region, have had their day in the sun and should now leave the stage for younger successors who have the task of steering the fortunes of their region to a new beginning.

In the East, the picture is not yet so clear but even here too it is apparent that the new masters of the game are the younger elements that have risen to replace the Emmanuel Iwuanyanwus, the Nwobodos and Odumegwu Ojukwus.

Perhaps the likes of Chris Ngige are the leaders of the new class of politicians. And despite her narrow loss to Ngige, Dora Akunyili shouldn’t be shy of being counted among the new face of politics in the East. She’s had her baptism of fire and could only rise, not succumb to the despair of defeat.

Whatever the South-South has in store would be seen in how Goodluck Jonathan manages things in the next four years during which many Nigerians expect to see the true character of their president-elect. In all, the future looks different and beckons with much hope.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/05/dawn-of-a-new-era-in-nigerian-politics/

Bye bye to the likes of Chris Okotie and Fresh Party.

Gbawe:
You're not very bright so it is no surprise you do not recognise sarcasm. I am merely taunting the feudalist , forever consumed with erotic daydreaming of Jonathan aiding their quest for regional supremacy, to make them realise that GEJ cannot do what they wish even if he wants to. It is statement like that below , from Ezeuche, I am mocking.

Look in the mirror and taunt yourself.

Mysteriously, you didn't quote Ezeuche. I am sure you are much much older than him (and most NLers too) anyway, yet instead of attempting to straighten comments on the thread, you managed to come up with a thoroughly irresponsible and condemnablely bigoted comment.

10cirenoh:
@Beaf

Lol, now that is funny, if truly all the underage voters voted for CPC, then who made that possible? he registered these underage voters in the first place? we want to see where all the underage voters voted for cpc, at least PDP should show the whole world and then we also want to see who voted for PDP in all the northern states too. let them provide all the ballot papers used in the north for verification, you can easily spot thumbs of kids to that of elders with forensic equipments.

All in all, if PDP and GEJ have anything to nail Buhari over the violence, let them do that and stop making noise and disgracing themselves.

You are really funny. It would simply be concluded that CPC corrupted the registration process.

Strangely, GEJ and PDP haven't made any noises about arresting Buhari, it is the neanderthal himself that keeps issuing press releases calling for his own arrest if govt dares. The man is totally unpolished and worse than the brainless almajiri murderers he leads.
Before the elections, a few of us spent time pouring ourselves out about the true nature of the man, Buhari. With the aftermath of the elections, our description of the red-eyed sharia fuelled demon couldn't have been more apt. Blood has been spilt like water.

Gbawe:
day dreamers revealing their patent hatred of the SW . Nothing new.  Has it occured to those touting this rubbish that they are holding GEJ up to be an immature local champion SE?SS President? Abeg let GEJ commence the "punishment" of the SW and let seewho will be the loser.

Always the reprobate dunce.

@topic
GEJ isn't planning to punish anybody. What for? He won in the SW for goodness sake!
The core-North is the section that was defeated in the elections, so how can they be planning anything with the South, especially as the SS and core-North are not on friendly terms? The article doesn't make sense.

There are ports in Warri and Port Harcourt that were deliberately killed by past govts. They need to be open for business, why would anyone that wants some shipping (in or out) need to travel all the way to Lagos from Warri or PH when there are local ports? The whole country needs to be opened up, including ports on the newly dredged Niger river etc. That amounts to developing the country, not punishing anyone.

10cirenoh:
One point you people failed to understand is the fact that most of the northerners are wondering where PDP and Jonathan got all the high votes he got in most northern states, thats why they are fighting, not because of what he got in the south or east, but because of what PDP manufactured in the north. i have a feeling the underage voters must have been used by PDP and INEC for this purpose.

The good thing about PDP in this case, is that they have painstakingly documented evidence of CPC rigging with child voters, intimidating youth corpers, using vile religious messages, facebook updates of fallen youth corpers, foreign news agency interviews of child voters who all claimed to be voting CPC etc. If CPC keeps making noise, then the vote in several Northern states will be cancelled outright. LOL!

I have always said it, CPC is a party for stone throwers and unintelligent agricultural types. That is why they went slaughtering Christians, Southerners and Middle Belters after their primitive strategy of religious bigotry and campaigning in the North only saw them losing woefully. The murderous party foolishly relied on getting all Northern children to vote in the name of a fake huge population (watch how that gets quietly and smoothly corrected in GEJ's trademark style).

CPC was a party of devils led by the ultimate bloodsucking sharia crazed wild-eyed beast called Buhari. Its good riddance to bad rubbish.

[size=14pt]Tinubu may get 2 ministerial slots for delivering S-West[/size]
On May 2, 2011 · · In News

*As appointment seeking politicians storm Obudu

BY LEKE ADESERI, South West Regional Editor

Lagos – FORMER Lagos State Governor and chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, may get two ministerial slots for delivering the South-West during the presidential poll.

According to inside presidency sources, high priority will be accorded those who were able to deliver their constituencies during the Presidential poll of April 16.

“For example, former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may get two ministerial slots for delivering the South-West during the poll,” the source told Vanguard.

Meanwhile, politicians, who at the weekend got a wind that President Goodluck Jonathan will spend a good part of his working visit to Obudu Cattle Ranch in Cross River State to tinker with the structure of government especially restructuring of the Federal cabinet are said to be roving around the resort and Calabar the state capital in their bid to lobby for appointments either for themselves or their cronies.

President Jonathan arrived at the Obudu Cattle Ranch on Saturday, where he is expected to spend seven days on a working retreat.

While details of the trip were sketchy, an aide of the President said the retreat would help him unwind and at the same time reflect on the formation of the next government after his swearing-in on May 29.

A statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Ima Niboro, said the president would be accompanied by some senior government officials and his aides.

Meantime, the agreement to oblige Tinubu ministerial slots was reached during his meeting with the president before the presidential poll.

Jonathan and his main challenger, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, were said to have intensified their efforts to ensure victory at the April 16 presidential election by courting Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, strongman, Bola Tinubu. ACN’s strong showing in the parliamentary polls means the party would play a crucial role in deciding who wins the presidential election.

Jonathan met with Tinubu in Lagos where he allegedly offered the ACN strongman the cabinet posts in return for South-West’s votes.

Tinubu was said to have accepted the offer which translated into millions of votes for Jonathan, particularly in Lagos and some other South-West strongholds and guaranteed him the presidency.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/05/tinubu-may-get-2-ministerial-slots-for-delivering-s-west/

^
Yes, because the past never happened. You grass eating mongoose.

The heightened level of security is even more poignant now that Osama Bin Bin fvcking Laden is dead. Those id!otic almajiri's would have gone about rioting and killing Southerners as usual; they must be shot like chickens if they ever attempt such again.

It was a coup carried out by middle ranking officers from the SS and Middle Belt, launched from Great Ogboru's company, fiogret in Ikorodu; but they gained little after its failure.

IBB upped and left Dodan Barracks Lagos for Abuja, even though it was little more than a huge wasteland, it was closer "home."
The army was purged of middle ranking officers a SS and Middle Belters, those that were left were slaughtered in the Ejigbo air crash that saw the deaths of 250 youthfull souls.
The core-North played an ugly ethnically bigoted trick, they propped up MKO Abiola from the SW, leading to euphoria that deflected some of the stresses in the SS and Middle Belt, only to kill him and replace IBB with Abacha.

Its the long road to where we are today.

[size=14pt]Revisiting Orkar’s map of Nigeria[/size]
On May 2, 2011 · · In People & Politics
By Ochereome Nnanna

ON Sunday, April 22, 1990, martial music floated into the Nigerian airwaves. A group of middle-level military officers had commenced a military rebellion against the regime of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida.

Prominent among them were Major Saliba Mukoro, Major Tony Nyiam and a civilian financier, Chief Great Ogboru. Yes, the same Ogboru, who on three consecutive occasions, flew the flag of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) in attempts to upstage Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but lost narrowly.

The most notable figure among the lot was Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar, who led the operations at the Dodan Barracks in Ikoyi, the then seat of power, and made a broadcast that, some said, helped the rebellion to fail. He announced the excision of the people of Nigeria’s Muslim North from the country until they purged themselves of what he termed “their dominative tendencies”.

The coup failed for a number of reasons. Number one was that the people he referred to were still very much in power. This they proved by overcoming the rebellion and successfully annulling a presidential election three years later.

Secondly, it would have precipitated another civil war. Thirdly, among the section of the country he wanted excised were decent Nigerians who were committed to a true nationhood and did not share the narrow-minded ethnic conquest mentality of some of their people. Rather than trying to solve the problem of domination through bloody means, the political mechanisms of democracy were seen as a better way of addressing it. This informed the unbending resolve of activists for the end of military rule.

The North tried to assuage the feelings of Nigerians, especially the South West by ceding the presidency to them in 1999, when it became clear that the country could be lost altogether if they insisted on producing the president. The zoning formula was adopted by the ruling PDP as a means of addressing regional domination. After the South West had it for eight years it was returned to the North.

However, the beneficiary, Alhaji Umaru Yar’ Adua, died two and half years into office. It became imperative that the constitution of the country be followed in transferring power to then Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, who later cashed in on his constitutional right to contest for president.

His ambition was tackled every inch of the way by some hawkish elements of the Northern political class, who insisted that the President should step down for one of them to “complete” the turn left halfway by Yar’Adua.

However, the generality of Nigerian people, including a large portion of Northern Nigerians, believed that this was the right time for undue regional extremism to give way to a truly Nigerian president. Igbo political leaders made the boldest sacrifice in this direction.

They opted out of the presidential and vice presidential race and later on gave President Jonathan the level of electoral support unprecedented in the history of their voting behaviour.

Also, the entire people of the South-South sank their ethnic differences and threw their total weight behind Jonathan. To a much lesser extent, the South West followed suit, though they provided two presidential running mates for the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN. The North Central (with the exception of pro-Caliphate Niger State) also threw in their weight.

The whole North West voted for Muhammadu Buhari but the vote was split in the North East where Adamawa and Taraba States joined the nationalist train. In Kaduna State, the Christian South voted for the Jonathan/Sambo ticket, while the North opted for Buhari.

Many newspapers drew maps depicting these voting patterns in the presidential race, and what they came up with was the Gideon Orkar map of Nigeria!

This, in itself would not have troubled many people if not for the fact that having failed to assert what some of them have claimed is their “majority” clout and their “right” to the presidency, murderous gangs, which had apparently been put on the standby, were unleashed on those who were believed to have voted against Buhari in the Muslim North, especially Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi, Borno and other areas.

Churches and businesses belonging to Christians and Southerners were torched. In particular, Youth Corps members posted to serve their nation in the North were targeted and many were murdered. There were reprisals in Southern Kaduna against Muslims and their interests.

In the South, Northern Muslims fled to military facilities to avoid being attacked in reprisal. The nation was placed on the brink once again after a presidential election praised by both local and international observers for its free, fair and credible outcome.

Ethnic vanguards, such as the Odua People’s Congress, the ex-militants of the Niger Delta, the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and groups from the Middle Belt issued “enough-is-enough” warnings in the newspapers through advertorials.

Northern leaders need to come to terms with the fact that the country has changed. The evil contraption the British colonialists left behind has expired.

Political realignments have taken place. Regional domination is a thing of the past. In today’s Nigeria you have to work hard across the divides for your votes. Gone are the days when the North decided and the rest of the country followed. This was the mentality that helped to see to the defeat of Atiku and Buhari by Jonathan.

The resort to violence and killing of non-Muslim Nigerians and destruction of the property of Northerners who align with the nationalist aspirations of the rest of the country will only gradually isolate the North and solidify “Orkar’s Map” in the minds of Nigerians.

If this happens, the cry of “marginalisation” will shift base. We don’t want that. We want to eliminate marginalisation from the body politic and march as one body to achieve the Nigeria of our collective dreams.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/05/revisiting-orkar%E2%80%99s-map-of-nigeria/

[size=14pt]Jonathan places security agencies on full alert[/size]
By Elizabeth Archibong
May 2, 2011 03:47AM

President Goodluck Jonathan has directed all security agencies in the country to remain on full alert, especially in identified flashpoints across the country, to thwart any further attempt to breach the peace of the country.

The President, who is currently on a seven-day working retreat at the Obudu mountain resort, also said he is determined to move Nigeria further along the path of democratic consolidation in the next four years to build on the gains of the 2011 general election.

Some states of the federation, especially in the northern parts of the country, erupted into violence after the presidential elections won by Mr Jonathan.

Although there is no official figure for the number of casualties, it is believed that hundreds of people were killed and properties worth millions of naira must were destroyed in the riots.

States like Borno and Kaduna have also witnessed frequent deadly detonation of bombs by suspected members of the Boko Haram group, which had claimed responsibility for some attacks on government officials in recent months.

The spokesperson for the President, Ima Niboro, said yesterday that the president thanked all political stakeholders and Nigerians for the success of the just concluded election and reiterated that he is “committed to working with all stakeholders to address any observed weaknesses which persist in the country’s electoral system”.

Mr. Jonathan has also urged winners in the elections to be magnanimous in victory and to commit themselves to good governance for all their constituents without discrimination. He urged them not to engage their predecessors in “unnecessary battles, which may turn out as counterproductive”.

He also sympathised with those who lost elections and advised them to gallantly concede defeat and congratulate the victors. He advised them to refrain from taking laws into their own hands but to “take the legal route where they feel dissatisfied with the outcome of the process”.

Appreciation to all

With the 2011 general elections all but concluded, except for the supplementary elections scheduled to hold in parts of Imo State on Friday, Mr. Niboro said the President thanks all Nigerians and friends of Nigeria who have contributed to the delivery of the free, fair and credible elections promised by his administration.

“He expressed appreciation to the Chairman, commissioners, permanent and ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), especially members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) some of whom sadly lost their lives in patriotic service to the country, the national security services, local and international observer groups as well as millions of Nigerians who trooped out thrice in the month of April to peacefully vote for leaders of their choice,” Mr Niboro said.

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[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=300410.msg8237587#msg8237587 date=1304223283]Hrm. As someone else said previously on this forum, what I'm doing right now is comparable with trying to reason with my toothpaste. I shouldn't waste my time on people who are too stvpid to understand what is being said.

Carry on though, you are welcome to have the last word. Just remember that I am 3-0 against you, Toothpaste.[/quote]So sorry to hear that, I didn't know your brain was made of toothpaste. Since you have an obvious brain malfunction, can I post you a rat brain?
I guarantee you it works much better than the cassava damaged one you have. Also, these days there is a lot of research into brain transplants, so you could actually get the rat brain sewn in for free.

As a bonus, I will make sure its a brain from a Nigerian rat that actually knows where your village is too! Can you beat that?!

Do you want it? No?

www.nairaland.com/attachments/180447_ROTFLMAO_gif3d0c775232c7f27cf80592785b9635b6

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You really love silly arguments, yet there you were a couple of posts back, having to google what is grown in Sokoto from a total foreigners point of view. Bloody laughable!!

Dude, you need to know your yard and your identity so you don't keep arguing like a simpleton. . .By the way, bigots tend to be simple minded anyway.

Jarus:
In the run-up to the election, an embittered Niger Deltan colleague told me that he will personally carry explosives and blow up our street if GEJ did not win. He may not have done that, but his brothers in the creeks would surely have blown up many facilities in the Niger Delta. I don't think much life will be lost in the likely ND mayhem but surely more facilities.

Caveat: This in no way endorses or justifies the senseless kinnlings in the North.

If GEJ had been schemed out, I'm pretty sure Nigeria would have learnt a thing or two. No group is born to rule the country and no citizen is second class.
We would certainly have walked out of the country.

. . .But kill innocent people like the demonic almajiri's up North? No, never. We are civilised.

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I don't think the ACN performance mantra really holds outside the SW, or beyond Fashola and Oshiomole to a degree. In other regions, ACN has tended to put forward political journeymen (aside from Ngige in the SE). I don't see it really growing outside the SW, the ingredents aren't there, at least not for the next 8 years.

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Nah, those cows are no better than most in Nigeria. It is sickly.
It is animal abuse IMHO.

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=300410.msg8237516#msg8237516 date=1304220293]Both are very nice things to know. But just as about as useful as knowing the price of tea in China, for the purposes of this discussion on IGR

And with that, I guess I am up 3-0 against you (or at worst 2-0.) You've got a lot of catching up to do, bruh.[/quote]Yeah, its even better not to have an identity thats defined by google. I wonder if you can even pronounce the name of your village? Sad really.

Official: whats the name of your village, son?
ekt_bear: wait for me to check google, sir!

Dude, visit home and get to actually know Nigeria; that way, you'll make a lot more sense.

PhysicsMHD:





WTF is wrong with those cows?

Is that picture really from Sokoto??!!

What are they doing to those poor animals?


They're completely fu[i]c[/i]ked up looking.


Look at their bodies!

Are they feeding them dirt?

This is my first time seeing so much bone and rib through the skin of any animal.


I was eating and almost threw up when I saw this crap on my screen.

I didn't know whether to laugh or feel your pain. There are very few cows that look better in Nigeria, and thats what Fulani headsmen kill their fellow citizens over; cows that are so malnourished a puff of wind can kill them.
A lot needs to be done to stop the headsmens nomadic lifestyle, cos no animal can be fatenned doing pilgrimages from North to South in search of pasture.

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If only google could tell you!

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=300410.msg8237437#msg8237437 date=1304217432]Visiting your home country is certainly a nice thing to do. Very laudable. But not really relevant in the context of this thread.

Whether one obtains the IGR #s from:
A) googling and visiting the CBN website (as I did)
B) Calling or emailing the state governments (as the CBN probably did)
B) flying to Nigeria and visiting each of the 36 state government offices personally, or whatever other silly method you'd propose

It doesn't really matter. Like, it is purely irrelevant to this discussion and thread.
Would you suggest I Google this? Or must I travel to Nigeria to find out the poverty rates for each state too?  

I wonder if you are the type of person who, if curious about the price of groundnut at a particular market in Abuja, rather than calling someone trustworthy and asking them to find out for you, you travel there to visit yourself  

Very silly fellow.[/quote]Learn the way to your village. It is such an important thing. If you don't even know your roots (or you try to find out with google), then you are as lost as a bat in a nightclub.

I'm sure you need google to know what a Nigerian passport looks like. LOL!!!

koruji:
Right.

Thanks.

@topic
PDP in the SW will need to grow new leaders that are visionary, positive, modern and hardworking, otherwise it risks the real danger of fizzling out in the region even though it seems to have 40% of regional following.
ACN's Fashola has simply overshadowed anyone they have put foward in all facets of delivery, instead the party has been characterised by epic battles between larger than life individuals.

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Really?
You will find that a well rounded foreign policy can do a lot to attract trade, investment and development. The seeds of India's economic growth were in a targetted foreign policy and an IT industry that attracted business from the West, today whole new tech industries have grown up around centres like Bangalore. Contrast that with North Korea's sham foreign policy. lol

How many African countries are better or more influential than Nigeria?
I also do not see any logic in your analogy with borrowing money, it cuts like fear of the unknown.

Chill out, first you referred to Obama as an id!ot, and now you don't think Nigeria has any right to aspire to the security council. Dude, relax a bit.