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[size=14pt]Cote d Ivoire: Nigeria to table resolution on use of force at UN[/size]
NewsMar 25, 2011

Nigeria, backed by France, is set to table a draft UN resolution, which would authorise possible use of military force to stop attack against civilians in Cote d’ Ivoire.

The draft resolution will urge stronger enforcement of an arms embargo on the government of Laurent Gbagbo, in addition to use of “all necessary measures and sanctions’’ to stop his forces from attacking civilians.

It will also urge the Security Council to facilitate the immediate transfer of power to Alassane Ouattara, the UN certified and internationally recognised winner of last November’s election in the West African country.

Nigeria diplomats, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York, Thursday, said the draft resolution would be tabled on Friday or latest Monday.

The move came on the heels of Thursday’s statement by ECOWAS leaders in Abuja for the Council to take immediate steps to force the out-going president Gbagbo to cede office Ouattara.

ECOWAS leaders, led by President Goodluck Jonathan, had described the situation in Cote d Ivoire as a “regional humanitarian emergency’’ caused by Gbagbo’s refusal to yield power.

Security Council diplomats, however, told NAN there were likely to be dissents on a military option on Cote d Ivoire.

The UN is still divided on the enforcement of last week’s resolution that authorised air strikes on Libyan targets as a deterrent to Mummar Gaddafi’s use of force against civilians.

The two-veto wielding members of the Council, China and Russia, are known to be opposed to any form of meddling into internal affairs of countries and their position is unlikely to shift on Cote d Ivoire.

Brazil, Germany and India, who abstained from the Security Council vote on a no-fly zone authorising use of “all necessary measures’’ to protect civilians in Libya, may not also be very keen to support a military option on Cote d Ivoire.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/cote-d-ivoire-nigeria-to-table-resolution-on-use-of-force-at-un/

No surprises.

Buhari is one of Nigeria's worst ethnic bigots, everything around him screams, ethic bigot. Wnen he carried out his coup, he locked Shagari's Igbo VP in Kirikiri, while Shagari (a Fulani like Buhari) was kept under very plush conditions under "house arrest" in highbrow Ikoyi.

[size=14pt]Bus runs into crowd at Kano CPC rally[/size]
NewsMar 25, 2011

Makole (Kano State) – Several people sustained various degrees of injuries,Thursday at Makole Town in Kano when a bus ran into a rally of the CPC, the News Agency of Nigerias (NAN) reports.

The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC), Alhaji Ahmed Kogari, told said the incident occurred when the driver of the vehicle, carrying supporters of the CPC lost control and rammed into the gathering.

“The driver of the bus was moving recklessly and dangerously to the excitement of the CPC supporters but unfortunately, he lost control and ran into them, injuring more than 10 seriously,” Kogari said.

The sector commander said that all the victims had been taken to the General Hospital, Wudil in Kano for treatment.

He advised motorists to desist from such dangerous driving, especially during political rallies, which usually attracted large numbers of people.

NAN reports that most political campaigns and rallies in the state are characterised by reckless driving, involving cars, buses and motorcycles,whose operators are hired by candidates.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/bus-runs-into-crowd-at-kano-cpc-rally/

[size=14pt]Presidential campaigns turn on character of candidates[/size]
PoliticsMar 26, 2011

By EMMANUEL AZIKEN
[b]What an irony for Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC.

At the height of his political powers 26 years ago when he scorned the Nigerian press with disdain he did not see it as an obligation to explain details of what was then regarded as the most conspicuous blot on his austere military regime.

The saga of the 53 suitcases saga happened within the first six months of his military regime. The junta had, in 1984, ordered the change in the colours of the Nigerian currency, the naira that was essentially aimed at rendering useless the reported collection of millions or billions of Naira stolen by the politicians of the Second Republic.

As part of the currency change exercise, the country’s land borders were all shut and it was ordered that every baggage entering the country must be thoroughly checked irrespective of status.

It was in the midst of the currency change exercise that a high ranking military officer from Buhari’s military headquarters subsequently identified to be Buhari’s Aide-de-Camp, Major Mustapha Jokolo stormed the Murtala Muhammed Airport to ferry 53 suitcases without subjecting them to the required custom inspection.

Though the media broke the news, the taciturn General then in command of the country remained aloof, giving no explanations. With the infamous Decrees of the junta restraining the liberty of the press, nothing much could be done.

It was as such remarkable that Buhari for the first time opened up on the saga this week in the middle of his presidential campaign hustle.

Responding to enquiries from newsmen on the issue during a campaign stop in Dutse, last Monday shortly before a courtesy call on Governor Sule Lamido, Buhari said that Atiku was in the best position to speak on the issue because he was in-charge of the Airport Customs.

He said: “You go and ask him for details. I was in Dodan Barrack as Head of State then. I know my head of protocol, late Ambassador Dahiru, came back from Saudi Arabia together with his three wives and about 15 children.

“Each had their luggage and his hand bag was also counted as one person’s luggage. The other details I cannot speak because I wasn’t there when the incident happened.”

Though not directly involved in the presidential campaign, Atiku Abubakar told Saturday Vanguard that the issue was well documented in his authorized biography, “Atiku: The Story of Atiku Abubakar” written by Onukaba Adiniyi-Ojo who was at that time The Guardian aviation correspondent and now a top aide of the former Vice-President.

Speaking through his spokesman, Garba Shehu, he said: “In his own account (Adiniyi Ojo’s) the story is how big men and women consider the observance of laid down procedure as something that is belittling. Soldiers who came to pick the suitcases were rude and crude and threatened Customs officers who had insisted on inspecting the suitcases.”

The matter of the 53 suitcases was earlier resurrected the day before by Mr. Mike Omeri the now suspended director of Research and Strategy at the Jonathan/Sambo Presidential Council who referred to the matter as a sore point. Desperate to paint Buhari in the negative, Omeri had in a statement last weekend, accused Buhari of double standard in public administration over the 53 suitcases saga.[/b]

He equally poked Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN over his linkage with those he allegedly once remonstrated over corruption while he was chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

“In 2007 while answering questions from the Senate on the alleged corruption of some governors, Ribadu pointedly said that the corruption of the former governor of Lagos state, Senator Bola Tinubu was “of international dimension,” Omeri said. Continuing, he said

“Is it not curious that the same person with such a tag is now the political godfather of Ribadu and sole financier of his political campaigns? Ribadu by such posturing has given Tinubu a clean bill of health which is not only hypocritical but evidence that given the same opportunity, he [Ribadu], would not have done better than the governors whom he had indicted,” Omeri submitted.

It was perhaps that statement that roused the Buhari campaign organization to respond in a vicious statement that threw allegations of corruption against the PDP’s presidential candidate, President Jonathan and his spouse, Dame Patience Jonathan.

Though the recurring allegations first made during the President’s stewardship of Bayelsa State were ironically dismissed by Ribadu during his tenure at the EFCC.

In responding to the allegation, Yinka Odumakin, Buhari’s spokesman accused Jonathan of Jonathan poking crooked fingers into Buhari’s Aqua Fresh mouth.

“Our attention has been drawn to another lousy outing by President Goodluck Jonathan’s “Chemical Alli”, Mike Omeri wherein he sought to abuse the office of the President to spread low quality rumour against the man his paymaster is handing over to in 71 days time, General Muhammadu Buhari.”

“In the usual audacious incompetence of the Jonathan camp, Omeri’s only evidence to support his assertion is the fabled “53 suitcases” of 1984.

Going ahead to explain the story of the 53 suitcases, he said:

“For the sake of the unwary who may be tempted to believe their is any substance to this urban legend, we recap what happened .In 1984,the Emir of Gwandu whose son was ADC to General Buhari was returning to the country from overseas. The Head of state on learning of his arrival asked his son to go and receive him at the airport as they were only playing  squash at the time.”

“Coincidentally, the Nigerian ambassador to Libya at the time, Dr Tahir Waziri arrived at the same time with the Emir with his three wives and 16 children. They all came with their belongings as he was coming home to take up a new appointment as chief of protocol to the Head of state. It was the suitcases of the family of 20 that were counted as  belonging to the Emir and falsely presented to the public.”

Where some have thought the PDP’s Omeri to have misfired, the Northern political rebel, Abdukarim Daiyabu has recently gone the length to question the integrity of those around Buhari.

Daiyabu, National President, Movement for Justice in Nigeria, MOJIN, in an interview with a Lagos based news magazine, The News, while affirming that Buhari himself was clean went on to question the integrity of his associates.

“Actually, there is nothing wrong with General Muhammadu Buhari, but there is everything wrong with his surroundings. It is very unfortunate that Buhari is surrounded by only unscrupulous people-some of them are the people he detained in Kirikiri when he was the military head of state because they have looted their state’s treasury.

“But still, you still find them around him. They have pinned him down like a prisoner. He only does what they plan for him. So, where do we go from here? “The Buhari and Ribadu campaigns have on their parts continually questioned the moral and administrative competence of those around the PDP’s Jonathan going the length to query the utilization of state resources in the PDP presidential campaign.

Given what is at stake, that is the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is not surprising that the presidential campaign is increasingly descending into a question of the moral credentials of the candidates.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/presidential-campaigns-turn-on-character-of-candidates/

[size=14pt]Why Jonathan Rejected Pact With Ciroma, Others[/size]
Written by Taiwo Adisa, Abuja Saturday, 26 March 2011

It emerged in Abuja on Friday that President Goodluck Jonathan has so far refrained from signing any pact with Alhaji Adamu Ciroma-led Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) because of certain demands considered as “unrealistic” put forward by the group.

It was learnt that following the visit by President Jonathan to Ciroma’s house in Abuja in February, some leaders of the group had concluded on the need to support the president.

A list of members that would join the Jonathan campaign was actually prepared for ratification by the president.

But sources said that upon the intervention by some pro-zoning agitators, the group changed its tactics and decided to draw up some demands that would be presented to President Jonathan.

A contentious part of the demand is the quest by the NPLF to know who Jonathan would support as his successor in 2015.

The group was also said to have demanded a concrete agreement on whether the president would not contest in 2015.

A source said that the group wanted to know that if Jonathan would not seek reelection in 2015, he should give an insight to his successor.

The team selected by the president to meet with the Ciroma group was said to have found it difficult and impracticable to discuss such demands with the president.

It was, however, gathered that when Jonathan demanded to know the level of progress of the meetings, the team members said it would be better for the president to meet with the group personally.

A source said that some members of the Ciroma team opened the lid on the said impracticable demands last week.

A source close to the decision-making process said: The Ciroma group is asking the president to name his successor in 2015 and that he would guarantee their members some key ministries and parastatals. They said that once Jonathan’s successor is known, they would be able to come out strongly in his support.

“But the president is not God and he cannot possibly say what will happen in 2015 when 2011 poll has not taken place let alone say who will or will not succeed him,” the source said.

The sources further said that the president, apart from being human, is also against the culture of imposition, which the demand portends.

“The president does not own the country. He can only present himself for election and he does not want to sustain this culture of imposition that some NPLF leaders are suggesting. He believes that when the time comes, Nigerians would be made to decide on his successor after the candidates would have presented themselves for election and gone through party primaries,” the source further said.

The delay in a formal endorsement of Jonathan by the NPLF had led to a crack in its ranks last week, following the decision of some of its leaders to join a peace team canvassing for Jonathan among Northern emirs, Imams and political leaders.

The group led by former Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar, has Dr. Shettima Mustapha, Alhaji Bamangar Tukur and Alhaji Tanko Yakssai as members.

The consultations, according to sources, would be rounded up this weekend.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/front-page-articles/3708-why-jonathan-rejected-pact-with-ciroma-others.html

xterra2:
^^ Haha
But the posting of the pictures is annoying you know,
and the reason we hate/bash you is that any where there is GEJ you step in, even though you are wrong, you dont accept it

Anyway with your F-22s, i would use the Yars RS-24 ICBM with the MIRV -(multiple target re-entry system vehicle) to destroy the base of your F-22s

I salute your honesty, it is a rare commodity, especially in todays Nigeria.
I don't go about abusing or having wars with people. I'm always reacting, so I can't understand why anyone complains. If people are civil to me, I will be civil to them; I'm not going to meet any NLer on the street and then we immediately start fighting and drawing blood. Over what? The caution needs to go out to those who feel bitter because I've beaten them in a clean argument.

Chrisbenogor:
Akwa Ibom crisis: ACN governorship candidate docked for treason
March 25, 2011
The governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] in Akwa Ibom State, Mr James Akpan-Udoedehe, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja, following the bloody clash between his supporters and those of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], in the state on March 22.

Though Mr Akpan-Udoedehe entered a not guilty plea to the criminal charges preferred against him by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the court however ordered that he should be remanded in police custody till March 29, when his formal bail application would be heard.

He was specifically accused of conspiring with some persons presently at large, at Ikot Ekpene local government area in Akwa Ibom State, to commit felony and treason by levying war against the state with an intent to intimidate and overawe the incumbent governor of the state, Godswill Akpabio, thereby committing an offence punishable under section 37 (2) of the Criminal Code Act cap 'C' 38 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

Police in the charge sheet it filed against the accused person, maintained that he had attempted to over-run Governor Akpabio, by discharging several gun shots at him and his entourage while he was performing his official assignment, insisting that he should be punished in-line with the express provisions of section 37 (1) of the Criminal Code Act cap 'C' 38 laws of the federation of Nigeria 2004.

The prosecuting counsel, Mr Godwin Ijeoma, told the court that apart from the destruction of properties worth billions of naira and burning of over 200 cars by the rampaging supporters of the accused person, that the federal government decided to take the case very serious considering that four Nigerians Lost their lives as a result of the mayhem.

He therefore opposed an oral application that was made by counsel to the accused person, Mr Andem Ndem, who pleaded with the court to consider the social status and political pedigree of the accused person and grant him bail on self recognition.


http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?nid=26445&cat=Politics

The treason charge is very harsh, but it is obvious the man is being used as a pointer that any violence will be handled with heavyweight gloves. In many ways, its a good lesson, because of the way politicians now employ thugs, bombs and killings.

"Ban Beaf! Ban Beaf! Ban Beaf! Ban Beaf! Ban Beaf! Ban Beaf! Ban Beaf! "

Its ok for you guys to gang up, but not ok for me to defend myself? Strange World!

Sad sods. Do you think banning me from NL will make INEC award the presidency to that coup plotting clown called Buhari? What a joke!

Sagamite attempted to personalise that thread and make it about Beaf, but his brain was too weak and by the time I finished with him, it had almost fallen out of his head.
You people always leave the topic at hand to attack me and even open thousands of whining anti-Beaf threads (like this one), but when I defend myself, as in the demolition of Sagamite in the thread you mentioned, you weak legged folks start weeping profusely.

Words of wisdom; always keep to the thread / topic at hand and approach Beaf with caution, cos I'm like a hurricane of F-22's, a 10 tonne gorilla.

Sadly, corruption is not Nigeria's problem, but the lack of strong institutions and organisation is.
Make no mistake about it, corruption is evil; however, if corruption was a major hindrance to development, the Italy (and its mafia) would not be developed and in the G8. Also, the likes of Mexico (where several towns do not have police officers for fear of their lives) is in the last stages of becoming a developed country; even more shocking is the fact that with their abnormally high levels of crime and corruption, the capital city (Mexico City) makes more money than the whole of Nigeria combined (states, LG's, Abuja, oil etc).

With the above in mind, the first thing I would do would be to line up every living coup plotter at bar beach for execution. The army messed up Nigeria big time, they are our sole reason for lacking any institutions and being 100% dependent on oil (cos its the easiest thing to steal).
After I am done with the coup plotters, I will set abou restructuring Nigeria along the lines of true federalism. Oil money from the ND will be given out as soft loans to every region to develop alternate streams of income with bias to technology; making sure that each LG becomes self sufficient and profit making. Then the LG's will pay taxes to the states, which will in turn pay taxes to Abuja. This measure will currect Nigeria's abnormal revenue sharing policy that turns common sense on its head and leads us to be perpetually undeveloped and clueless.

By decentralising power and source of funds, the attraction for office in Abuja because of the opportunity to steal vast sums will be greatly decreased, in fact the opportunity to steal vast sums would become next to non-existent. This will lead to more responsible and qualified people vying for office at all levels, thus reducing corruption to the barest minimum.
A side product of decentralising finance sources, will be accountability, because govt would move closer to the people; rather than the way it is currently, were for example, if you want to deal with matters to do with your local fire service, you have to write to Abuja. With decentralised services, everything is at your doorstep and all the officials, local to you. This will also reduce corruption.

Another ugly beast that will be slain with decentalisation from Abuja, is ethnic bigotry, the ally of corrupt politics. There will be no more do-or-die headlong dashes for Abuja's goodies by ethnically driven hordes, thugs and "political parties." Each ethnicity will have to go back to their region to be near govt and business opportunities.
To further dilute or kill ethnic bigotry in Nigeria, I will restructure the senate and ensure that there is ONLY one senator for for each ethnic group (no matter how small or big). That way, there will need to be cross-ethnical cooperation to get things done; 200 of Nigeria's 300 ethnic groups will need to agree before any bill can be passed.

I could go on and on about how our structure is the problem, not corruption, but lets dicuss the above first.

I doubt the charge will be treason, it should be more like murder and arson.
However, there was an announcement about zero tolerance for violence, I guess this dude is the first to learn the hard way. In the meantime, its almost certain that the guy nabbed for the Suleja bombing will either do life or pay the ultimate price.
Violence must not be condoned as a politic tactic in Nigeria.

Someone told him that 50 is the new 24.

I hereby cleanse this thread.

[size=21pt]Fresh Air 2011![/size]

ouchexy:
buhari claims not to be corrupt but surrounds himself with a cabal of corrupt politicians who have hijacked him. this is similar to the way they hijacked late yaradua and isolated him from his then VP jonathan. i see the same happening to almost senile buhari who will be enstranged from his VP tunde bakare if voted to power. say NO to General Buhari bid back to power!

You are right! How does a man who claims to be incorruptible for a party from scratch, only to fill it up with the Abacha's and ex-PDP criminals who couldn't stand GEJ reform's?
A pig is attracted to mud, just as Yar Adua's cabal is attracted to CPC.

Yinka Odumakin comes across as someone who is not entirely balanced and a sore loser. All this nonsense is just because ThisDay published a poll by the World reknowned Ipsos in which GEJ won by a large margin.

Nduka Obaigbena's Thisday is suing several parties, including PDP, ACN and CPC. It is not like Yinka Odumakin was personally targetted, no other party spokesperson is involved in a an uncouth personal exchange, except Odumakin. Why? Someone needs to advice him, a bad name is easy to acquire.

McLaren have pulled of a surprise by topping both morning and afternoon practice times today. Lewis in the morning, Jenson in the afternoon.
Nice!

[size=14pt]North’s leaders’ve failed, says Sultan[/size]
Tony Akowe, Kaduna25/03/2011 01:42:00
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, delivered yesterday a damning verdict on the North’s political leaders. They have failed, he said.

He spoke at the 10th annual lecture in honour of the late Premier of the defunct Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, who was killed in the 1966 military coup.

The President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, also spoke. He said the level of honesty and sincerity in the public service has nosedived to less than 20 per cent.

His words: "Unless we tell ourselves the truth, we will not come out of this shame and we will continue to deceive ourselves and deceive the likes of Sardauna of blessed memory."

Represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, the President said the late Sardauna was known as a democrat who avoided unilateral decisions, but worked for good governance.

Jonathan said: "Those who worked with him testified that he always consulted his colleagues and relevant public officers in all official matters. For the efficacy of public service, he promoted good working relationship between his ministers and the civil servants and was known to emphasise the need to advise the civil servants on technical, professionals and ethical matters.

"These are the sanities that were used those years and are still relevant today, particularly in our quest for credible leadership, sustainable growth and development. These qualities, I can testify, are no longer available in the civil service. What we have is lack of sincerity, which is below 20 per cent now, greed and quest for wealth, lust, irresponsibility and, of course, intolerance of other people’s view whether religious or otherwise.

"Unless as the chairman of this occasion observed, we continue to tell ourselves the truth, we will not come out of this shame and we will continue to deceive ourselves and deceive the likes of the Sardauna of blessed memories."

In his lecture entitled: Dynamics of the global economy and challenges of the Nigerian polity, Sanusi said that free and fair elections are meaningless if they result in producing incompetent leaders.

He said: "The tragedy of this country at all levels is that we produce leaders who think they can learn how to be leaders after they get to positions of leadership."

Sanusi said: "leadership requires training and preparation from our homes, families, cultures, schools and our earliest experience".

He said: "Until we begin to make sure that only those who are trained adequately and equipped with the leadership skills contest for leadership positions, this country will not move forward.




"The debate as to whether we need strong institutions or strong individuals is meaningless. Strong institutions and processes are only as good as the individuals managing them. We need strong institutions, we need strong processes but we need strong leaders like Sardauna to manage those institutions. We should endeavour that we have a process that make sure that in the end, the end-products are worth all the efforts."

Sultan Abubakar said although many Northern leaders had their political tutelage under the late Northern Premier, they have betrayed the ideals the late politician stood for.

He lamented that the North, which the late Bello laboured to build, has been disintegrating.

Bello was the Sardauna of Sokoto in the First Republic. He was killed during the first military coup of 1966.

Sultan Abubakar urged Northern leaders to return to the ideals of the late Premier, saying Bello made a lot of sacrifices for the unity of the region.

The Sultan lamented the collapse of the leadership virtues and policies which Bello bequeathed to the younger generation and queried what happened to the legacies of the late Premier.

He urged the present leaders to return to those policies to return the region’s lost glory, adding that greed, deceit, treasury looting and poverty have become prevalent in the North.

Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu said most Northern leaders got to their present positions because of Sarduana’s human development policies.

Represented by the his deputy, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, Aliyu said Bello "gave us qualitative education; indeed, some of us recall that we were not only paid to go to school, but even paid to remain in school".

He added that the region could "actually re-enact these fortunes in all spheres of development".

To get out of the present predicament, the governor urged Nigerians to elect credible, honest, committed and God-fearing people who understand leadership as a means of serving humanity.

Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa said the legacies of the late Sarduana were the guiding principles for the region’s political and social lives.

He said the late Premier provided purposeful leadership that managed the present 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Yakowa said: "Sardauna laid the foundation for our nation’s unity in diversity that has now become an indispensable asset in our quest for peaceful co-existence, management of religious and inter-group relations that have become absolutely necessary for our national development.

"Indeed, Northern Nigeria was, and still is, a theatre of cultural pluralism that presents serious challenges to leadership and social relations among the diverse ethnic groups. Yet, the Premier was able to build and maintain a sustainable peaceful co-existence, through important values of mutual trust, tolerance, accommodation, honesty and commitment to good governance that was based on the principle of faith, worship, hard work and understanding of the project called Nigeria."

http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/31794.html

timbuk two:
have you ever wondered whether or not it is them playing gej.  the north literally play this game for a living.

That would be one hell of a game! What man plays games with his wife as a pun?
Ciroma is defeated and expired.

timbuk two:
you an I both know that's not true. i enjoy the banter with you but if i wanted to hear this kind of propaganda i'd watch NTA instead.

Really? If you had been on NL just last year, you would have witnessed the way govt people dished death threats live. Today, there is no such thing anywhere.
Just last year as well, Ribadu was a fugitive in exile and fearing for his life, today he is in Nigeria contesting for the highest office. On several occasions, almajiri's have thrown stones at the Presidential convoy, they are still all alive, but just last year, the villages were the incidents occurred would most likely have been razed to the ground and the almajiri's summarily executed. Same goes for the taxi driver that rammed Jonathans car, he was arraigned in court. . .Alive.
Do I need to go on?

Under GEJ, Nigeria has changed dramatically.

jason123:
I do not think you get it. Playing the sort of tribal politics and rigging such as the one GEJ is doing can ONLY attract violence, if care is not taken. When a president makes such statements as 40% in Kaduna (a CPC strong hold) is igbo, he is in turn saying, it is the 40% of Igbos NOT Ijaws but Igbos that voted for him so he won the state while the opposite is true, he rigged the election the state. Do you not think that will attract violence Agreed, Yorubas are gentle (or in your terms cowards) and will probably over-look such in the SW (off-topic: and yet you call them tribalist?? I really do not get it. Anyway . . . ) but the North will not. Moreover, if the yorubas too get pissed, what do you think will happen Everyone will bear their father's name and NO ONE is seceding. It will be mayhem. These are unknown territories and the outcomes are very unpredictable. It might even be the yorubas that will start it, who knows?? Forget this SS will join us issue because if you actually believe that, then you do not really understand Naija!!! They might end up giving the post to another puppet if GEJ does not play to their tune. But so far, GEJ has played to their tune.

There is no need to lie. The President never made any such statement.
Concerning the crap about various ethnicities getting pissed, let me advice you, its best to cut that crap. Seriously. You don't want to annoy people beyond where they are by talking carelessly. As big as Tinubu is, he has had to hire guards.

timbuk two:
apparently gej. otherwise why did he meet them so many times? maybe there were just exchanging cooking tips?

Have you heard of "triangulation?" Its a political term for the Nigerian version of divide and rule. . . Ours is called "kill and divide" though, cos its merciless. GEJ has done it so well that poor Ciroma is totally rinsed! Even as spends his last gasps spitting blood at GEJ, his very own dear wife is on the campaign trail for Goodluck/Sambo! Revenge is best served cold.

Its called high politics, and those bufoons had no clue what was coming! Being so used to the politics of almajiri crowds and stone throwing. Yes, Ciroma has many reasons to be even more bitter than he was at the time of Atiku's loss.

timbuk two:
you can't go around a country, such as nigeria, asking that the minorities in a particular region should vote against the popular will of the majority indigenous peoples and then the next day sit back and say oh "we have a new zero tolerance to any form of violence policy." unfortunately the same people - who you incorrectly believe are moral individuals - are playing a very dangerous religious/tribal game and sending out mixed messages all the time. yourself included. please also bear in mind that this same zero tolerance policy has been passed on since the october 1st bombings and yet the violence has not stopped, in fact it has increased. we are heading into uncharted territory here as this federal might that you believe exists does not. there are cracks everywhere.

Dude, I don't know about you, but Nigeria has changed. And it has changed for the better, never ever to return to the days of ethnic mafia's. The last embers are burning in Ciroma's eye's and he'll most likely have a heart attack as soon as GEJ's victory is announced. As for any rioting almajiri's, the thing that usually happens to them and the likes of Boko Haram will happen and Nigerians will clap.

[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=630973.msg7981237#msg7981237 date=1301017281]Smelly useless nutjobs displaying free-styled bigotry talents.

Going by beaf's warped thought, A yoruba man will kill a yoruba man because thier of different religion??

Everythin boils dawn to ethnic sentiments. 

PDP does not worth the blood of a rabid, Havn't they had enough??

If PDP rigs the election, the battle line is between thieves and Nigerian masses and before the down of April 9, The gods would be satisfied with blood of cow.ard.

snakes and scorpions MUST be eradicated.
outta hia![/quote]If you like, go out, riot, burn and kill after the elections. Your carcass will do the arguing on the side of those who are still sceptical about the meaning of federal might.

timbuk two:
you are 100% right; I apologise

No offense, bruv.

Ciroma and his expired flock of old bats and decripit vultures!!!
Who cares?

timbuk two:
you posted this before. and if i remember correctly both you and this so called "project" were rubbished thoroughly .

Of course, I posted an article that clearly bears todays date in the past. Dude, you don't sound too clever, you must be tired, go and sleep.

First, power master-plan, now gas master-plan! Nigeria can go places!!
This is what we should have been doing for donkey years, but our leaders have always lacked vision. Thank God for GEJ.

[size=14pt]Gas project to bring in $10b foreign investment [/size]
By Elizabeth Archibong

March 25, 2011 12:17AM

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the launch of the gas project will result in a foreign direct investment of about $10 billion over the next three years.

He also said when fully implemented, the entire gas master-plan agenda will result in $25 billion worth of investments in gas processing, transmission, and downstream gas utilisation projects, positioning the country as the regional hub for gas-based industries on fertilizer, petrochemical, and methanol manufacturing.

Speaking at the launch of the project with the theme ‘Gas Revolution - the Rebirth of Nigeria’s Industrialization’ at the banquet hall of the presidential villa yesterday, Mr. Jonathan said the initiative will result in 500,000 other direct and indirect jobs that involve logistics, construction, tourism, and agriculture by 2014.

Beyond the quantum of foreign direct investment, the president said the economic impact of this agenda will be enormous in terms of employment and wealth creation, estimating over 100,000 engineering design and construction-related jobs will be created from about 2012 and beyond to deliver all these plants.

Multiplier effect

“The focus is to catalyze a major industrialisation of the country by seeding in a few anchor investments that have the highest potential to have far reaching secondary multiplier effect on the economy.

“The investment being launched today will result in foreign direct investment of about 410 billion over the next 3 years. The full implementation of the entire gas master-plan agenda will result in about $25 billion worth of investments in gas processing, transmission, and downstream gas utilization projects,” Mr. Jonathan said.

He also said the full application of the National Content Law means that another significant portion of jobs will be created for the Nigerian teeming population.

“Full application of the National Content Law means that as we stimulate these opportunities, a significant portion of the jobs created will be for Nigerians. When we are done, we hope to have created a Nigeria that we all would be proud of, a nation in which our youth can clearly see the roadmap to engagement and self-worth as they get gainfully employed. This is not just a plan, this is now in action,” he said.

More food

The president disclosed that more food will be produced affordably and a huge portion for export with the establishment of fertilizer industries According to him, the revolution is coming with the replacement of the use of kerosene and fire woods with LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) for household cooking’s and work towards the elimination of gas flaring that has been wasted in several years past.

“We can only be successful if our actions impact on the common man in Nigeria. The agricultural revolution arising from the fertilizer and blending plants will create affordable food for Nigerians and a lot more for export.

“The LPG agenda will touch the lives of many households, as cheaper and cleaner LPG displaces kerosene. The disposable income that arises from the savings will result in the purchase of more goods and services, boosting GDP,” Mr. Jonathan said.

The minister of petroleum, Diezani Madueke, said the gas-based industries refers to only those who utilise gas not fuel, as feedstock. These include fertilizer, petrochemicals, and methanol.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Money/Business/Energy/5685332-146/gas_project_to_bring_in_10b.csp

timbuk two:
ah ok. i guess you think sending christian soldiers to kill muslim northerners is really the best approach to defuse the situation. if that happens you've got another libya on your hands.

think again please.

So almajiri's should be allowed to run amok if GEJ wins? Dude, they will be toying with the federal might.
Election period is not a time to mock about. Already, word has gone out yesterday for zero tolerance to any form of violence, so from now until the elections, expect to see any perpetrators very robustly handled.

timbuk two:
if the pdp wins, most wont believe it a legitimate victory; army included. and if you believe that the army will engage in suppressing a mass uprising in the north then think again. they won't kill their own.

After the massacres in Jos and with the army being 75% Christian? Think again.

‘My wife beats me'
March 23, 2011 10:06PM

A 75-year-old man, Fatai Bakare, yesterday, appealed to an Ikeja High Court sitting in Lagos to save him from his wife, Olayinka Bakare.

Mr Bakare had approached the court, presided over by Justice Joseph Oyewole, seeking the dissolution of his marriage of 18 years on the grounds of violence and wickedness. He alleged that his 55-year-old wife was very violent and beat him at the slightest excuse, adding that as an old man he was afraid for his life.

"She shouts at me, she beats me and throws my reading glasses away whenever she is provoked," he said. "I am fed up with this marriage. Don't you consider my age and my health? I have never laid my hands on her."

Mr Bakare told the court that they got married on July 27, 1992, but did not have any child. He further claimed that cohabitation stopped between both of them in 2007 when things became unbearable for him.

The petitioner also denied allegations that he had reconciled with his ex-wife whom he had divorced in 1990.

The matter was adjourned to May 12 for further hearing.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5685075-146/story.csp