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Politics › Re: Goodluck Vs Buhari by Beaf: 11:03pm On Feb 20, 2011
The question doesn't even arise. Buhari is very busy, engaging in rapid self destruction and not able to build the diplomatic bridges that are necessary in a democratic setting.

The cool, wise, quiet, but reassured ways of Jonathan are what Nigeria needs at this time. Get rid off all past rulers who got us into a rot.

[size=42pt]Fresh Air 2011![/size]

www.nairaland.com/attachments/396240_JonathanNigeria_jpge7a36aa6bc0c2d1c59341bf005b3e97c
Politics › Re: FG To Set Aside One Per Cent Of Gdp For Research by Beaf(op): 10:57pm On Feb 20, 2011
[quote author=eku_bear link=topic=608394.msg7768019#msg7768019 date=1298227521]This doesn't make much sense, w/o basic infrastructure in Nigeria.[/quote]Don't we need research into science and tech to put basic infrastructure in place?
There has to be a time when Nigerian firms build our bridges and roads without recourse to the likes of Julius Berger, the same goes for railway lines and the Chinese, power stations and the Chinese, oil and gas and Shell etc etc.

We need to research into creating the things we need for our basic infrastructure and more. How about solar energy, raffia palm products, various harvesters to expand agricucultural output, specialist transport crafts for rural and riverine areas, low cost water purification systems, harnessing wave energy to stop Bar Beach's perennial encroachment. . . I could go on and on until tomorrow.
Politics › Re: Presidential Debate - Battle Of The Campaigners by Beaf: 3:55pm On Feb 20, 2011
^
Buhari is self-destructing on all fronts, because he is too rigid to engage in the diplomatic symphony that is politics. He is like a train fixed on rails that lead nowhere. cool
Nigeria needs the cool, calm, wise and reassured head that sits on Jonathans shoulders. He alone has the diplomatic nous and social dexterity needed to weld the disparate parts of Nigeria into one indivisible union with shared goals and ideals.

[size=42pt]Fresh Air 2011!![/size]

Politics › Re: Gaddafi Flies In Black Africans To Quell Protests As Libya Descends Into Anarchy by Beaf: 3:46pm On Feb 20, 2011
I heard Libyan protesters mention that "Africans" were shooting them down on BBC news yesterday.
Politics › Re: April Polls: Igbo Threaten Pdp, Jonathan by Beaf: 3:43pm On Feb 20, 2011
You guys running this ethnic mud hauling match aught to be deeply ashamed.
Politics › Re: FG To Set Aside One Per Cent Of Gdp For Research by Beaf(op): 3:36pm On Feb 20, 2011
[size=14pt]FG pledges 1% of GDP to R&grin [/size]

Abuja (WorldStage Newsonline)-- The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday said at least one per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would be devoted to research and development in the short term.
President Goodluck Jonathan who disclosed this in Abuja during the opening ceremony of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) 10th Biennial Techno-Exposition 2011, added that, “as a general policy, rural science and technology development centres will be established in all states, along with new regional centres and science parks. These centres will be equipped with all needed facilities for both training and specialized work”.

The President who was represented by Mohammed Abubakar, Minister of Science and Technology also hinted that his administration would pay special attention to the development of information and communication technology, engineering, infrastructure, nanotechnology and biotechnology in recognition of their role in the industrialization process.

He stressed that: “We shall build on the achievement of our space programme and pursue with vigour the development of nuclear technology to provide the much needed energy that will drive the industrial sector.”

Jonathan further disclosed that his administration would collaborate with the private sector and provide it with the necessary incentives to partner with government at various levels in order to drive the programme.

The President maintained that government was fully aware of the potential of Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in local content development, insisting that his administration is committed to creating a more conducive environment for the development of strong and viable MSMEs which forms the bedrock for industrial development.

According to him, “To ensure the growth of these MSMSEs, this administration is investing heavily in the power sector, as it is currently the major bottle neck hindering industrial activities and the development of our industries.”

The president said the government was at this critical point of the nation’s history determined to create a private sector-led economy that would leverage on the nations resources to achieve sustainable economic development.

He posited that the nation’s “ability to transform the locally available raw materials into products which are acceptable and globally competitive is crucial if we must be self sufficient. Value addition is therefore a vital component of the nation’s overall strategy for achieving global competitiveness reduction for post harvest losses and ensuring food security.”

Representing the Minister at the occasion, the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Science and Technology, Dere Awosika bemoaned that one of the challenges of achieving national economic development is the low level of the local content in the industrial outputs in term of the requisite raw, materials, process equipment and machinery as well as human capacity.

This situation he said was caused partly by lack of local technological capacity which translates to poor capacity utilization resulting in job losses, unemployment and poverty.

He noted that the ban on importation of certain goods into the country was meant to facilitate the development of local industries, high quality products and attendant increase in local content. This would in turn create employment and stimulate the production of intermediate raw materials, in both the agro-and mineral-sectors, in order to meet the needs of industries.

Story by Toly Timi (email - tolytimi@yahoo.com)

http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstage/index.php?&id=2090&active=news
Politics › Re: If You Are From Oyo State I Weep For You: by Beaf: 2:37pm On Feb 20, 2011
Oyo state has always looked that way, but they have the biggest agric enterprises and a comparatively high GDP; its not all about industries and glass buildings.
Politics › Re: Wanting Your Ethnicity To Be In Power by Beaf: 2:32pm On Feb 20, 2011
^
Dude you have gone on an ethnic bashing rant while paying scant attention to the pearl of wisdom the topic is attempting to drive into us.
By the way, the South South is not an ethnic group.

Secondly, when palm oil, rubber, cocao, groundnuts etc were the economic drivers, derivation was not 13%, but a whopping 50%.
Its shocking to hear a youth talk like you have, don't you want your state to produce anything? Do you think Nigeria would die without oil? The present system is not for your benefit or mine, it was set up by parasites for parasites.

Ethnic bigotry is the real reason Nigeria is under developed, it clouds our minds to matters that should be straightforward. Increase federalism and derivation and Nigeria will progress, leave things the way they are (because of ethnic bigots) and Nigeria will continue regressing.

With the way even our young ones think, there is no hope for Nigeria; we better split the country.
Foreign Affairs › Libya: Troops Open Fire With Machine-guns And Large-calibre Weapons by Beaf(op): 2:42am On Feb 20, 2011
[size=14pt]Libya protests: Reports of intense Benghazi violence[/size]

Libyan troops have opened fire with machine-guns and large-calibre weapons on anti-government protesters in the second city Benghazi, witnesses say.

An unknown number of people, including children, are said to have been killed.

Witnesses described scenes of chaos as snipers shot from the roofs of buildings and demonstrators fought back against troops on the ground.

A doctor at a local hospital said he and his colleagues were treating hundreds of injured protesters.

Correspondents say Benghazi and another eastern city, al-Bayda, appear to be out of government control.

But there have been no reports of major protests in the capital Tripoli.

The Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is the Arab world's longest-serving leader, having ruled the oil-rich state since a coup in 1969.

Libya is one of several Arab countries to have experienced pro-democracy demonstrations since the fall of long-time Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January. Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was forced from power on 11 February.

'Dozens killed' on Saturday
Benghazi, about 1,000 km (600 miles) from Tripoli, has been the main focus of the demonstrations against Col Gaddafi's 42-year rule.

Troops opened fire on people attending a funeral there on Saturday, killing 15, both the Associated Press news agency and al-Jazeera television said.

But an eyewitness told Reuters news agency that many more had actually died.

"Dozens were killed, not 15, dozens," the unnamed eyewitness said, adding that he had helped take victims to a local hospital.

A Benghazi resident told the BBC that security forces inside a government compound had fired on protesters with mortars and 14.5mm machine guns - a heavy machine gun typically produced in the former USSR.

They were, he said, machine-gunning cars and people indiscriminately. "A lot [of people] have fallen down today," he added.

Other witnesses spoke of snipers firing at protesters from rooftops and there were widespread reports of foreign mercenaries from sub-Saharan Africa being brought in to attack protesters.

A doctor told the BBC that situation in the city was "like hell", saying he had been seeing people with gunshot wounds being carried into his hospital all day.

'Liberated' city

Another witness who spoke to Reuters said that the government compound was the only part of Benghazi still under military control.

"The rest of the city is liberated," he said.

He said that local government offices and police stations in the city had been burnt down and thousands of protesters were organising around the courthouse, equipped with makeshift clinics, ambulances, speakers and electricity.

His account could not be verified independently, and Libyan state media have ignored the unrest, focusing instead on pro-Gaddafi rallies in Tripoli.

Human Rights Watch put the death toll since Wednesday, when protests erupted, at 84, not counting those killed on Saturday.

Similar casualty figures have been reported by foreign broadcasters for the same period while.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said reports of heavy weapons and sniper fire being used on protesters were unacceptable.

"This is clearly unacceptable and horrifying," Mr Hague said, adding: "The absence of TV cameras does not mean the attention of the world should not be focused on the actions of the Libyan government."

The British Foreign Office is now advising UK citizens against all but essential travel to Benghazi, Ajdabiya, al-Bayda, al-Marj, Darnah, Ajdabiya, Tobruk and areas bordering Sudan, Chad, Niger and Algeria.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12516156
Politics › JTF Oil Theft Complicity by Beaf(op): 2:22am On Feb 20, 2011
[size=14pt]ON WATCH: JTF oil theft complicity[/size]
By Stephen Davis

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February 19, 2011 10:32PMT

There has been much indignation expressed over a Dutch parliamentarian’s accusations of JTF complicity in oil theft.

No doubt I will be accused of slurring the JTF by merely discussing the issue in this column. But let’s slow down and look at the situation that we face. While the specific instances of JTF involvement in bunkering alluded to by the Dutch parliamentarian are not clear there is no denying 14 Naval personnel are among those persons currently being investigated over theft of equipment worth millions of naira from vessels allegedly involved in illegal oil bunkering. These 14 were whittled down from an original group of 60 naval personal initial suspected of involvement.

This is not a new situation. In recent years some vessels arrested for illegal oil bunkering have simply disappeared while under Navy charge. Two Admirals have been court marshalled. There have been periods when Nigeria’s naval forces showed little interest in pursuing vessels transporting stolen oil either inshore or offshore. Barges ferried stolen oil from wellheads to waiting tankers with seeming impunity.

[b]The Army has also been the subject of allegations of corruption. Brigadier General Elias Zamani, head of the JTF in the Niger Delta was removed from his post in March 2006 on suspicion of involvement in the theft of crude oil. The removal of General Zamani was seen as a vindication for militants who accused Zamani, among other top military officers, of being behind the trade in stolen oil. Zamani was removed because of evidence of his involvement in bunkering. Some of Zamani’s soldiers were also indicted because he didn’t act alone. It was also alleged at that time that Zamani, as Joint Task Force Commander for Operation Restore Hope, was also involved in charging oil companies a ‘stipend’ for protecting oil company facilities. This included fuel, stores and estimated N40million per month in cash from international oil companies – there was no audit of this stipend or the Defence funding allocation to the JTF.

This week the Joint Task Force is again the subject of accusations of complicity in oil theft and violence in the Niger Delta region.[/b]

The JTF dismissed the claims of the Dutch parliamentarian, Sharon Gesthuizen, “as misplaced and malicious.” The JTF spokesman went further saying its “personnel are not involved in any act of illegality, be it stealing of oil as was alleged or any other activity which is not in consonance with its mandate in the Niger Delta.” Corruption and collusion with criminals in the national and state security forces renders law enforcement largely ineffective in dealing with issues such as illegal oil bunkering and theft. In the judiciary political interference and bribery reduces people’s confidence in the courts and legal system. Corruption at these levels undermines the rule of law and fosters a climate where the use of illegal arms will increase and conflict will continue to be blight the local population many of whom are poverty stricken and barely able to feed their children in the midst of an abundance of oil wealth.

In an area such as oil production, which is so very lucrative, it would be foolish to believe there is no corruption. In August 2007 the president of the Corporate Council on Africa, said Nigeria was losing $14 billion a year to illegal oil bunkering. Make no mistake, this is big business and very profitable.

There is no doubt the JTF has been conducting an outstanding campaign against oil theft. In July 2008 the Joint Task Force destroyed 111 small scale illegal refineries, each with an estimated N1million construction cost. The JTF estimated there were a further 300 such illegal refineries in Delta and Bayelsa States with 200 barges alleged to be involved in the illegal oil business in the creeks of the Niger Delta.

More recently the JTF has managed to contain further outbreaks of conflict and constrain the illegal bunkering cartels. The NSA, General Azazi, has made it clear he has zero tolerance for corruption but it will take time to substantially reform the military. Meanwhile it would be foolish to believe that Nigeria’s military forces are free of corruption when it comes to illegal bunkering.

Hitting out at a Dutch parliamentarian who has raised the issue does little to assist the situation. Maybe the Dutch, having raised the issue, could be persuaded to assist in developing and partnering with Nigeria in delivering a solution. For example, where there is large scale illegal bunkering the oil must go to refineries for processing. Would the Dutch support Nigeria in an international campaign to stop overseas refineries processing illegally bunkered oil from Nigeria? This would likely mean introducing electronic bills of lading to replace the current paper bills of lading that can be easily forged. It could also mean certifying refineries to process “legal oil”. Such a campaign would be a major disincentive for illegal bunkerers and could lead to savings of billions of dollars for Nigeria.

Neither Dutch accusations nor Nigerian denials are particularly helpful. It is time for constructive solutions from partners willing to improve the situation.




http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Opinion/5678684-182/story.csp
Politics › Re: Abacha: We Have Lost Faith In Buhari by Beaf: 2:05am On Feb 20, 2011
What sort of party has Buhari cobbled together? From stone throwers to rioters, thugs and those in open rebellion; all in a party thats just a few months old!
The North West which should have been a sure banker for Buhari is looking increasingly shaky. We could see ANPP trouncing him across the core North. or at the worst, in Kano.
Politics › Re: FG To Set Aside One Per Cent Of Gdp For Research by Beaf(op): 1:56am On Feb 20, 2011
SEFAGO:
Awesome this news just made my day

grin

[s]But as usual this news is just to boost Jonathans image as per beaf[/s] grin
Forget about any image stuff. Science and tech are very dear to my heart, so while I am encouraged, I implore every one of us to demand timescales, locations, financial outlays, details of the relationships between FG, research centres and states, bureaucratic structures, organisational structures etc.

How would our currently wretched Intellectual Property laws (copyright, patent etc) be beefed up and with whose input?

Also, how will grants be given to the private sector? Would it be after bidding for and winning cutting edge tech contracts, or will grants be awarded for research into outstanding inventions and areas of expertise?

The youth MUST hold govt to this.
Politics › Re: FG To Set Aside One Per Cent Of Gdp For Research by Beaf(op): 1:24am On Feb 20, 2011
This is a great step, but we need a formalised escalation ladder to increase the percentage as non-oil GDP grows. It is great to see science and tech being given some hope, we must hold the FG to this, Nigeria cannot afford to be a primitive mono-economy.
Politics › FG To Set Aside One Per Cent Of Gdp For Research by Beaf(op): 1:17am On Feb 20, 2011
[size=14pt]FG to set aside one per cent of GDP for research[/size]
Sunday, 20 February 2011

President   Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed  that  the government was working towards devoting at least one per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to Research and Development in a short time.

This he said was part of  efforts  to use science and technology as veritable tools for economic development.

Jonathan disclosed this in Abuja during the opening ceremony of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) 10th Biennial Techno-Exposition 2011.

The President who was represented by the Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, also informed that  “as a general policy, rural science and technology development centres would be established in all states of the federation, along with the new regional centres and science parks. These centres would be equipped with all needed facilities for both training and specialized work”.

Jonathan  emphasised  that  the government would pay special attention to the development of information and communication technology, engineering, infrastructure and biotechnology in recognition of their roles in the industrialisation process.

“I shall build on the achievement of our space programme and pursue with vigour the development of nuclear technology to provide the much needed energy that will drive the industrial sector” he stressed.”

The president said the government would collaborate with the private sector and provide necessary incentives that would enable it partner with government at various levels  in order to drive the programme.

He noted  that the  government was fully aware of the potential of Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMSE) in local content development,  adding that  his administration  was committed to creating a more conducive environment for the development of strong and viable MSMSE which forms the bedrock for industrial development.

According to him,  “to ensure the growth of these MSMSE, this administration is investing heavily in the power sector, as it is currently the major bottle neck hindering industrial activities and the development of our industries.”

http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/index.php/news/3225-fg-to-set-aside-one-per-cent-of-gdp-for-research
Politics › Re: What If Gej Wins? by Beaf: 11:53pm On Feb 19, 2011
ASL33:
You are now Musiwa and becomrich. You write with beaf you answer with againstGJ.

Is he not part of the cabal he dismantled? When Yara Dudu was incharge GJ was part of the cabal. If you are not part of the cabal you can't cross aso rock.
So cabal is still intact but now they answer to OBJ. So you can call it OBJ cabal instead of Yara Dudu Cabal.
You need to take a careful look back into history and avoid speculation and assumptions. Take a look at Nigeria's structure and learn.
The following ex-Nigerian leaders have been involved in every govt or coup since 1966:

[list]
[li]Abacha[/li]
[li]Babangida[/li]
[li]Buhari[/li]
[/list]

IBB stepped aside from govt and Abacha whom he had left in place to oversee Shonekans interim govt, took over. When Abacha died, Abdulsalami Abubakar (IBB's cousin) claimed the reins of power. At the dawn of the democratic dispensation, Obasanjo was brought out of jail by IBB, so that the cabal could continue ruling by proxy through Atiku (with Obj as figurehead).

Obj broke free, dealt sharply with Atiku and played a joker with Yar Adua, who died allowing GEJ to ascend. This angered the cabal no end, we all know the antics of Ciroma, Yakasai, Kaita, Bello etc, as well as their monkey, Ibori.

As educated folk, we need to think deeply and strategically about what is best for our country and our kids. GEJ really is Fresh Air, we need to give him a chance so that ethnicaly bigoted politics and the enslavement of the average Nigerian can be defeated forever. He is the gateway.
Politics › Re: Militant Herdsmen Invade Benue State by Beaf: 11:07pm On Feb 19, 2011
Mai Suya:
I doubt these are the same Fulani herdsman whose cattle were allegedly killed by the villagers some weeks back. Where could they have gotten their weapons from?

This case surely demands further urgent investigations
You are spot on.
We need to get to the bottom of these massacres by Fulani cattle rearers. There is more to it than meets the eye; they seem to be extremly well armed and tactically sound, like they are soldiers or at least have access to weaponry and military training.

Something tells me that Fulani herdsmen are only being used as cover.
Politics › Re: What If Gej Wins? by Beaf: 10:54pm On Feb 19, 2011
GEJ's victory will be the best thing to happen to Nigeria.

We need to build a country. What we now have is a mere piece of land to which each of us belongs by accident of birth, rather than patriotic zeal (as in the US for example).
Jonathans election and the breaking of the cabal will be another milestone toward the building of a country we can all be proud of.
Politics › Re: Africa South Of The Sahara: What Are You Waiting For by Beaf: 10:38pm On Feb 19, 2011
^
What do you see Nigerians uniting around to carry out a citizens revolution? In the first instance, what even makes you and I Nigerians?
The above are pretty fundamental, because they strike at the very core of the architecture of the Nigerian state; as long as we do not have true federalism and a well thought out citizen - state contract, Nigerians can never unite around anything (outside football). So your dream remains just a dream.

I share your dream too, but to achieve it two foundations must fall in place:
[list]
[li]The cabal must be totally defeated[/li]
[li]A merit based political situation must be created where any Nigerian can aspire to lead the country[/li]
[/list]

As soon as the above two things are in place, the youth must begin to strategise and and accumulate organisational power to force through policies that will ensure true federalism and a genuine citizen-state contract that will define Nigerianness. The Arab countries you envy have the Mosque as a common focal point for organisation, whereas, over her, the youth in Akwa Ibom has virtually nothing in common with the youth from Sokoto; these cross-religious, cross-ethnic and cross-cultural links must be forged otherwise our dreams will remain mere dreams.

This is the time for us to harness energies and think strategically about the future we want and exactly how we hope to get there.
Politics › Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by Beaf: 10:15pm On Feb 19, 2011
mukina2:
nope no no not in here, please drop it.

@ Oyb and Beaf
i have warned you both several times, i have banned you both, cleaned out threads and  you do not need the mods to tell you how to behave online. If you start another fight, both of you would be banned. The forum rules should be  obeyed, if anyone feels they are above forum rules, they will be banned.
. . .
Thanks Mukina, but don't keep allowing Kobojunkie to distract you from the very serious issue I reported. Also, I don't care about oyb these days either, I prefer to amuse myself watching him flail about and chase me around in comical futility.

Instead, please give attention to Lioness's wishing me dead simply for supporting a candidate thats not her choice, Playmode went several steps further, told blatant and threatened to torture me and actually put a bullet through my head, both quotes are right below. There is absolutely no reason for such.

I find most of these things to be hilarious expressions of intellectual absence, in which people pick up swear words and stones to throw because, they can only display crude emotion when faced with superior logical deftness and agility. That is beside the point though; the real question is, why should NL allow itself to be a vehicle for such Neanderthal degrees of crudity?

lioness: I am sure beaf was crushed as well coz hes not here sprouting his garbage as usual. many more of GEJ supports will share a similar faith as well. serves those jobless fools well. thats what you get when you put your faith in a hopeless, silly, asinine, incompetent, weak, no brainer and a complete disorganized buffon like GEJ.
I am sure there would be more death come his next campaign. This guy is the biggest hypocrite to ever run Nigeria. He pretends as if he cares and the only main interest is just winning the election. Anyways, Nigerians are used to getting disappointed, nothing new.
playmode: Go f^ck yourself ma j blige. Were you not there when beaf wished death upon me on another thread.Personally i hope he wasn't crushed at the stadium,i wish i can get my hands on him myself and torture him for 3 days before putting a bullet in his brain.How about that?

You SSS folks thing you are all that,your training is sh1t compared to what others have received.Protect you conman president while you can,he is GOING DOWN! Now jump in a lake!
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-604309.0.html#msg7722773

Some crazy stuff, I de laf o! grin
Politics › Re: Boarding Facilities For Almajiris Of The Northern Part Of Nigeria - Gej by Beaf: 7:17pm On Feb 19, 2011
[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=606943.msg7761930#msg7761930 date=1298132249]Beef & co.,  I'd suggest that you read up and understand the difference between an Almajiri and a poor begger.  Once you've done that, you may understand what Rhino is attempting to get across to you. Stubborn(and ethnically biased) positions that becloud your understanding of simple concepts, are not signs of intellectual maturity. Olodo[/quote]What point are you trying to make exactly? Are you supporting the ridiculous claim that almajiri's aren't destitute and some actually own tens of houses? Tell that to the wind.

Almajiri's are destitute urchins, sent away from the love and care of a home at very tender ages to fend for themselves in Koranic schools. They learn Arabic, which is of absolutely no benefit to their employment prospects in society; they also grow up deeply immersed in religion and no grounding in the social skills needed to mix and interact with wider society.
The almajiri system naturally cuts the kids from society, creating legions of destitute societal misfits that must BEG, steal or kill for survival. To realise that we have 10 million of such grossly abused kids is truly mind boggling; for the umteenth time, a full two thirds of the Worlds nations have a smaller population (thats 66%).

By the way, everything Rhino suggested has been tried and has failed woefully (notably by Sokoto state, which has promulgated all sorts of laws). The problem is not one that can be solved with rigid law and order; it is a regionaly accepted way of life that can only be tackled with love, intelligence and wisdom, and thats GEJ's approach.
Politics › Re: Boarding Facilities For Almajiris Of The Northern Part Of Nigeria - Gej by Beaf: 6:17pm On Feb 19, 2011
againstGEJ:
havent you noticed you are being ignored all over NairaLand? The other thread, you called my dead mother insane without provocation. Dont worry, the dead fights for themselves. . .
Seriously, I wonder what NL is becoming.
Please accept my sympathies bro.
Politics › Re: Boarding Facilities For Almajiris Of The Northern Part Of Nigeria - Gej by Beaf: 4:13pm On Feb 19, 2011
^
You are making absolutely no point and sounding more like an agbero. Are you in favour of almajiri or what?
This is the first govt to tackle the problem which festered for decades until the almajiri population topped a thunderous 10 million, yet while you are silent on past govts, you blame the current govt for looking in that direction.

In your esteemed opinion, is GEJ the cause of the almajiri problem? Do you actually think Nigeria's problems started with Jonathan?
If not, why have your likes been comfortable with govts that tolerated or supported it, why have you been quiet all these decades, only springing to life when the almajiri institution is threatened with, "education?" grin

You need to go back on the thread and read the number of conflicting statements you have made to understand that any unbiased observer would conclude that you are unhappy with GEJ's cunning way of dismantling of the almajiry system. The kids will not only go to boarding houses, they will also get a Western (as against Arabic) education that will make them employable and useful to society. An added benefit, to what the govt is doing, is that educating 10 million kids in a region that is notoriously behind others educationally will close the gap by several orders of magnitude. The average Northerner would be expected to rejoice at the prospects of the policy (and that is what is indeed observed), so why are you so unhappy and negative?
Politics › Re: Ijaw Youths Invade Ondo Village, Kill Five by Beaf: 3:49pm On Feb 19, 2011
What do young people gain from these mind destroying, ethnically bigoted threads?
So Ijaw people attacked a Yoruba village to avenge the death of one of theirs? Thats two wrongs; why should we begin to pile wrong on wrong with the horrible arguments being made here? Some are talking about majority groups and minority groups, dudes, when you look in your passport is there a place where it is written that you are a superior or inferior Nigerian, because you are from a majority or minority ethnic group? Does the constitution say so either?

What is wrong with people?
Politics › Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by Beaf: 3:34pm On Feb 19, 2011
oyb:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-464527.128.html#msg6265950

i recommend you ban beaf for the above, going by the complaints he is making about others

it is the height of hypocrisy to carry on as he does, insulting people right left and center, and then running to the moderator when he meets people who give it back to him in coin.

it would seem to be a case of i will cyberbully you, but if you turn out to be bigger than me, i will invoke nl's rules

preferably an extended ban, for the hypocrisy involved. i am pasting a screenshot as he has a duplicitous history of adjusting his posts

rest assured, i can dig out several more of such posts by him if need be, to show he has a HISTORY of doing hat he is complaining about

enough of these cunning attempts to stifle the opposition to the in aso rock

we fully understand that the gej supporters will use every trick in the book to enorce their beer palrlor logic, and try to silence more intelligent analysis by spam, insults, trolling and provocation


also, i recommend you ban him for outright deceit



https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-579224.0.html

while we understand his desperation to pull the wool over people's eyes this is totally unacceptable in a forum like nairaland.

to date, he has not changed the topic.

people should not be allowed to use nairaland as an avenue for spreading deliberate falsehoods to further their agendas .
Puerile  stuff.

Is it really my words that pepper you, or is your hatred driven by bigoted feelings for where I come from?
One funny thread runs through the astonishing diatribe above though, and its that an ordinary NL user like me can stifle opinion; that’s incredible. I would imagine that a forum is for both sides to marshal arguments and not feel imposed on when their weak inputs fail? Where does my surpport for GEJ even begin to come into this discussion, how does that deserve any of your fanatical concern? Its a free World, dude.

When a mod like you opens his mouth to say all Niger Deltans should be rounded up in cattle cars and gassed, what do you expect?
You will notice I never attacked your whole region and all the parents and kids in it, my words were zeroed squarely on you and yours alone.
What sort of mod utters words that would shame Nazi’s?


oyb: [size=14pt]i can see all those nders being rounded up in cattle cars and sent to the gas chamber[/size]
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-464527.32.html#msg6238782

It is not a coincidence that I have been wished death and out pops oyb.

When a grown man is so fixated on a region and makes deeply bigoted wishes to see the entire population of that region gassed, we can easily tell what drives his "passion."
Ethnic bigotry and hatred are Nigeria's biggest problem, but to be so fixated on anything that comes from an area cannot be a sign of mental health, especially for one who is still young.

Dude, I ignore you totally these days (and deservedly so), why are you still so infatuated and obsessed with Beaf?
Politics › Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by Beaf: 5:01am On Feb 19, 2011
^
Is Obeah an Igbo word? Damn! I've learnt something new!
Politics › Re: Who D F,u-c.k? by Beaf: 4:58am On Feb 19, 2011
Did you smoke stuff tonight? shocked
Politics › Re: Boarding Facilities For Almajiris Of The Northern Part Of Nigeria - Gej by Beaf: 4:55am On Feb 19, 2011
[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=606943.msg7759079#msg7759079 date=1298086296]Do I have time to be explaining to fo.ols with virus infested brain? nah! the only reason why am explaining to this Dundee’s is for the  that fact that sane people may come across this thread and mis- conceive falsehood  to be truth and at the end be vindictive.
the only confusion you are having is not been able to deffrentiate between a begger and almajiri.

do you  you know the modus operendi of any almajiri school?? not until then, keep on swimming in arrogances and taking sti.pid.ity as break fast. wallow on idio.cy and radiate co.war.dness. cos only bipolar nutcase and stench political novice will be trading with that worthless solution to almajiranci card.
little did these eediot knows that for more two decades politician have cashing on the electorate with almajiranci card whenever election year draws nearer. 

A quick mentality check on these mofos. so in your mind the solution to militancy will have been making those camps in the creeks a boarding facilities and a permanent home for militants ehn?? look at how dumb you sound.

please, Google about maitatsine (buba marwa in the early 80's ) and see what horrible ignorance like yours can result to. Do you equally know about madarasa in Pakistan?? I doubt much

while i lay back with alertness on this thread and allow you scramble for another ignorant post, GO TELL GEJ TO FIRST MAKE MILITANT CAMPS A PARMENENT BOARDING FACILITIES BEFORE COMING TO MAKE ANOTHER DUMB MOVES , because when those boarding facilities will be fully transform in to hatcheries/incubators for terrorist/radicals the clown will be on his sailing ship half conscience struggling with ocean tides, while internet maniac like you will be shouting terrorist this or book haram that. When I first, delivered the solution to boko haram saga, eediots like you were not seeing it then and the vampires are sucking human bloods, co.war.ds like you are running their useless mouth and wasting valuable bandwith.   

THE SOLUTION TO THIS MENACE  IS UP THERE, TAKE IT OR KEEP DELUDING YOUR SELF.[/quote]You've only ended spewing abuse like an agbero and not made a single point. Just proves you either have no clue or you are scared of the almajiri problem being solved (to be expected from certain quarters).

Shame on you. Its funny how much bile you have for the first person to lend the FG's hand to solving the problem (as if he caused it), but you are cozy with those who simply watched as the number of abused kids spiralled to 10 million, beyond the population of most countries in the World.
You came up with the rather ignorant, ill-considered and conflicting idea's (including the laughable one of prosecuting the parents of the almajiri's).
The first thing that kicks your arguments into the trash can, is the sheer number of almajiri's. If we go with you "prosecute the parents" plan, there are 10 million almajiri's; how many million parents would be prosecuted? Even if each husband and wife has 10 kids, it would still be a 500,000 parents. I'm sure you now realise the poverty stricken nature of all your suggestions; you've only made it worse with the agbero style outburst above.

Think before typing.
Politics › Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by Beaf: 4:33am On Feb 19, 2011
@Mukina2
Playmode falsely accused me of wishing him dead on NL, amongst several other unsavoury accusations beginning here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-604014.64.html#msg7722956
That allegation amounts to a very serious offence, you must challenge him to back it up with a link, or ban him. No two ways.
Politics › Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by Beaf: 4:27am On Feb 19, 2011
[quote author=Ma_J_Blige link=topic=490918.msg7722430#msg7722430 date=1297588224]Can you imagine what this person says here? Wishing others dead?


Re: Many Killed In Goodluck Campaign In Port Harcourt
« #75 on: Today at 09:49:45 AM »
The incident occurred in the oil city of Port Harcourt after Jonathan addressed the crowd, according to witnesses. A witness said a police officer shot into the air as crowd members surged out of the 20,000-seat stadium.
While the gunshots were apparently aimed at controlling the crowd, they instead created panic, with the main gate appearing locked and rally-goers attempting to leave through a narrow passageway.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110212/wl_africa_afp/nigeriavoteincidenttoll


Before the stampede today, Jonathan’s convoy was also engaged in a ghastly auto accident on Aba Road that left two people dead.
Our reporters noted that contractors to the federal government distributed money to youths in the area to attend Jonathan's rally in Port Harcourt following his unimpressive outing in the North.
http://saharareporters.com/news-page/blood-bath-jonathans-presidential-rally-port-harcourt-scores-crushed-death

I am sure beaf was crushed as well coz hes not here sprouting his garbage as usual. many more of GEJ supports will share a similar faith as well. serves those jobless fools well. thats what you get when you put your faith in a hopeless, silly, asinine, incompetent, weak, no brainer and a complete disorganized buffon like GEJ.
I am sure there would be more death come his next campaign. This guy is the biggest hypocrite to ever run Nigeria. He pretends as if he cares and the only main interest is just winning the election. Anyways, Nigerians are used to getting disappointed, nothing new.
[/quote]Thanks a lot for this. You know a person with a good heart from how they operate.
I saw that thread, but for some reason, I never opened it until I saw your post here.

I wonder how moderators could allow such words, not only that but, a topic where we should have been mourning the innocent dead degenerate into anti-GEJ abuse and death wishes to GEJ supporters.
Its an absolute disgrace. I have been told blatantly that NL is an anti-GEJ site, but there are lows that it must never sink to.
What I saw on that thread was just unbelievable beyond words, some even called the dead fools and other horrible names, not only spitting on their graves, but insulting fellow NLers who might have been at the rally or are friends or relatives to the departed.

That thread marks a really pathetic low.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Ecowas Miffed At Sa Navy Ship To Ivory Coast by Beaf: 3:10am On Feb 19, 2011
Googler:
. . .
But I note, from that post, that you share this view that Quatarra is Burkinabe. I see. With a mindset like "we will not allow these Burkinabes and their Campaore to run our affairs without a fight", I think that country has a long way to go. Crass racism, sir, is the underlying problem in Ivory Coast. Forget all this talk about UN this, rebels that, France this, recount that. That country has a long way to go. So does Africa as long as we keep this mindset.
Word! Ivory Coast is a disgrace to the Black World for instituting racism in the form of apartheid against the North. It is a policy that primitive political leaders from the South signed into law as "Ivority" (how Ivorian you are); its sole purpose is to knock out Northern politicians and the majority Northern population as non-Ivorians. . . In their own country!

As for the French / Western hoopla, its all part of Gbagbo's do-or-die tactics; strange tactics for a man who found France a safe and friendly enough place for his 6 years in exile.
Just to sink the above in even further, here's an almost gay picture of him holding hands with Dominique de Villepin, then Prime Minister of the "enemy" called France!

Politics › Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by Beaf: 2:03am On Feb 19, 2011
[quote author=Chyz* link=topic=607521.msg7758661#msg7758661 date=1298075662]We dey use the word since the beginning of Igbo to earth.

[flash=350,350]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPB9ndKum90[/flash][/quote]Fail.

Urhobo own the copyright to the word, ikebe. cool
Here is a diagram of body parts in Igbo. Anioma peeps heard the word from Urhobo's, loved it and began to use it. Anybody would, its so damn descriptive! grin

Igbo words for parts of the body:

https://www.igbofocus.co.uk/assets/images/Learn_Igbo_Fig_10.gif
Politics › Re: Abacha Never Stole, Say Buhari by Beaf: 1:50am On Feb 19, 2011
Abacha never stole!!! Wetin man no go hear for 9ja? Buhari served in Abacha's regime, so his statement isn't surprising. Thats when he appointed his cousin as sole consultant to vet PTF contracts, pay out monies, inspect and decide completion. . . One man! No wonder the man committed suicide in his office when Abubakar opened the books.

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