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[size=21pt]IBB: [/size][size=14pt]"My political message is tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, tribalism, ZONING OR MAYHEM. . . IF I DONT WIN, FCK UP THE PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What will I do for Nigeria? . . .Tribalism, religious strife, Boko Haram!!

The North will secede and mayhem will be unleashed, if I don't become the PDP flagbearer!"[/size]

. . .Cry baby! 

Everybody, please feel free to plagiarise this document. . .

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9ijaMan:
Once again, you are making another unsubstantiated comment. I'd rather not contribute to a discuss than to try to cook up facts to support my views. The few good roads we have left in 9ja today (North & South) were PTF projects. Most government hospitals still have some PTF amenities to date (North or South of the Niger).

I like the cooking style. . . So tackle these, please;

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-518968.0.html#msg6814435

Do you know PTF estate in Wuse? The sweetheart deal that Buhari's PTF made with the contractor was so sweet. Not only would the contractor collect rent from PTF, but after 8 years, the place would be his to own!

but Buhari who you paint in such glowing colours, still agreed to serve under such a man as the chairman of PTF. As chairman of PTF, he made Salihijo Ahmad's Afriproject the sole consultant for monitoring and assessing the value of contracts. Afriproject consortium was so corrupt that at the inception of Abdulsalami's regime, fearful of exposure, the sole consultant committed suicide in his office. When the books of PTF were opened, the can of worms was so much that Haruna Adamu said he felt sickened by it. One body determined the contracts to be awarded, the payments to be made and whether the contracts had been satisfied.

ode remo:
@ KOBO its a plain fact you are not the only one to vote in this election so all opinion count.
firstly reading frm all evidence against buhari starting frm page one of the thread , buhari is nothing but a known tribalist and religious knob head.
moreover when he was in govt. it clearly shows that he wasn't the one driving policies thru but idiagbon.
another embarrassing moment 4 him was his shambolic performace with the ptf affair.
if you are now saying he is the best hand we have at the mo . i bet to disagree.

Precisely! These are quotes from an article I posted here;
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-518968.0.html#msg6814435

Do you know PTF estate in Wuse? The sweetheart deal that Buhari's PTF made with the contractor was so sweet. Not only would the contractor collect rent from PTF, but after 8 years, the place would be his to own!

but Buhari who you paint in such glowing colours, still agreed to serve under such a man as the chairman of PTF. As chairman of PTF, he made Salihijo Ahmad's Afriproject the sole consultant for monitoring and assessing the value of contracts. Afriproject consortium was so corrupt that at the inception of Abdulsalami's regime, fearful of exposure, the sole consultant committed suicide in his office. When the books of PTF were opened, the can of worms was so much that Haruna Adamu said he felt sickened by it. One body determined the contracts to be awarded, the payments to be made and whether the contracts had been satisfied.

9ijaMan:
I guess you didn't finish your statement. Yes Ilorin has always been a modest city. But not as clean as it is today. How many kwarans (by extension 9jans) are gainfully employed with the Zimbabwean farmers. By the way, there are also a number of other farmers across the state who employ local citizens thereby improving their lot. Pay Ilorin a visit and talk to the ibo biz men along Taiwo road and you'll understand better. [size=21pt]Bukola is not a saint[/size], but I'll definitely and surely chose him ahead of GEJ. At least Bukola can point to some achievements of his administration in Kwara. GEJ should tell us what he achieved in office when he held sawy in Bayelsa.

BTW, Buhari remains the only credible candidate in my humble opinion.

Thank you. Now, how about telling us what happened to Societe Generale bank? How about telling us Saraki's defense to the N32billion Intercontinental scam?
Are you dodging this question?

. . .And why are you still calling him "Bukola Saraki," I thought he had changed his name (like a man not to be trusted) to "Abubakar Saraki" for the duration of the election period?

Saraki is not even Jonathans little fingers mate.
. . .So please, stop trying to find traction for a lost cause by harrying GEJ's supporters. He can be Kwara state president, afterall, Kwara na dia family property.

9ijaMan:
@ Okukk,
It's very simple and straight forward. Take a trip to Kwara state, Ilorin and environs and then take a trip to Bayelsa state (Yenagoa, Nembe etc) and then you'll have an answer to your question.
Talking about pedigree, how much of it does GEJ have? What are his past and present achievements in government? I'd love to read intellectual responses and not such thrash as: "No more fuel scarcity" or "GEJ met with Obama in a Nuke summit" 'cos those are not achievements by any standards.

How about telling us what happened to Societe Generale bank? How about telling us Saraki's defense to the N32billion Intercontinental scam?

This is the same old call for true federalism. It is the only way we can get true representation.

How can Nasir El Rufai win the elections when he isn't even a candidate for his party, PDP?
Abeg, remove his name from there.

oyb:
this coming from you - who regularly labels all who oppose gej as pro ibb?

who just a few posts ago tried to insinuate that i oppose gej because i benefit from the suffering of the masses?

I really don't know what you mean by the bolded, are you saying you actually were into something that the ellimination of fuel scarcity has disrupted?
If that was the case, I have no sympathy. Is that what you mean by "working in oil and gas?"

Dude, you can keep trawling the net for more false rumours, gossip and false news stories fed to the press by the powers of the past. Ribadu is no longer in the exile he was forced into by the rumour starters and cabals that have held this country back. He is here in Flesh today, telling it as it is. The man has always been an honest and straightforward person and he is no longer persecuted by the country's enemies, so we naturally prefer his voice to yours.

This is what Ribadu himself said (not what others said he said or they heard him say or they heard somebody that heard him say. . . etc );

Ribadu also denied allegations that he mishandled a corruption case against Dame Patience, when her husband, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, was governor of Bayelsa State.
He said that it was propaganda to taint his image and that of Jonathan during the 2007 polls.

Ribadu explained that the EFCC never handled any case against Patience. “The case had to do with a lady and a man who lodged huge sums of money in the bank. The EFCC was alerted by the bank and an investigation was carried out,” he said.
According to him, it was found that they legitimately earned the money through contracts executed in the state. All the reports in the media were lies, he insisted.

“For instance, it was initially reported that N70 million was lodged into the bank. Later, it was reported that the money ran into millions of dollars. Such was the extent of the lies,” he said, maintaining: “We never handled a case against Patience Jonathan.”

http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?nid=22684&cat=Politics

brotherly:
@oyb, bawomolo

That is not a pointblanknews stance. Someone chose to petition pointblanknews instead of the EFcc. Are you not surprised that he could not even mention the name of a single hotel?

Thank you jare. Sometimes you have to wonder at some people.

oyb:
a much better explanation would be that ribadu has made a compromise by avoiding subject that will lead to questions of bot him and gej as things get more and more heated up.

which is why he waited until now to say this

When people start speaking as if they are in the minds of others, you just gats to question their judgement, morality and INTEGRITY.
Can you imagine? The rumour mongers even have the inner workings of Ribadu's mind all neatly worked out! Na wa!

NL no go kill pesin!

This is what Ribadu himself said (not what others said he said or they heard him say or they heard somebody that heard him say. . . etc );

Ribadu also denied allegations that he mishandled a corruption case against Dame Patience, when her husband, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, was governor of Bayelsa State.
He said that it was propaganda to taint his image and that of Jonathan during the 2007 polls.

Ribadu explained that the EFCC never handled any case against Patience. “The case had to do with a lady and a man who lodged huge sums of money in the bank. The EFCC was alerted by the bank and an investigation was carried out,” he said.
According to him, it was found that they legitimately earned the money through contracts executed in the state. All the reports in the media were lies, he insisted.

“For instance, it was initially reported that N70 million was lodged into the bank. Later, it was reported that the money ran into millions of dollars. Such was the extent of the lies,” he said, maintaining: “We never handled a case against Patience Jonathan.”

http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?nid=22684&cat=Politics

^
If you cannot defend a falsehood for which you laid your integrity on the line, then sharap. Your meat market style argument, no doubt impresses you, but others are interested in facts and tangible things.

usbcable:
Where is  babasoty and onlytruth.
they both add some pep to this election saga 2011:
BTW can both of you beaf/otb qoute where Ribadu accused/acquited patience GEJ of fraud.
tx.

Patience Jonathan was never acquitted, cos there was never a crime; its just the haters that lie, lie, lie. Jonathan is the first President Nigeria has had to which not an iota of corruption can be traced. He is a good man and a gentleman.

Here you go;

Ribadu also denied allegations that he mishandled a corruption case against Dame Patience, when her husband, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, was governor of Bayelsa State.
He said that it was propaganda to taint his image and that of Jonathan during the 2007 polls.

Ribadu explained that the EFCC never handled any case against Patience. “The case had to do with a lady and a man who lodged huge sums of money in the bank. The EFCC was alerted by the bank and an investigation was carried out,” he said.
According to him, it was found that they legitimately earned the money through contracts executed in the state. All the reports in the media were lies, he insisted.

“For instance, it was initially reported that N70 million was lodged into the bank. Later, it was reported that the money ran into millions of dollars. Such was the extent of the lies,” he said, maintaining: “We never handled a case against Patience Jonathan.”

http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?nid=22684&cat=Politics

oyb:
^^^

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-519299.0.html

where are you? cat got your tongue

I have noticed you've been trying to promote your articles by calling for my contribution. Dude, I'm not interested.

oyb:
mr man - stop trying to be silly

your post is akin to statements the 'police is your friend' 'road blocks are illegal'

i am not talking about empty statements. i am talking about what is. we are all aware that the price of petrol is pegged to n65. we are also aware that subsidy or no, gej or no, in several parts of the country it sold at prices above this. those figures highlighting cost of fuel in the rest of west africa are the core reason for the previous fuel scarcity - diversion of product by nnpc officials

i also find it amusing that you are quoting the sun, a paper you have condemned several times in the past. do you have no principles you can hang on to?

Anybody making a quality argument would have pointed out those places where fuel costs more than 65 Naira per litre and why. Collect your thoughts and make a proper argument, not things of rumour and beer palour quality.
Simply tell us where fuel costs more than 65 Naira per litre and why, so that you can maintain some of the integrity you staked on the argument.

Secondly, you need to tell us what you have against Jonathan's killing of the fuel shortage bogey. Why should that affect you so badly when the common man and the business person see it as a huge blessing and relief?

So whats the source of this story?

FACE:
I expect more of such bold moves from Jonathan. Time to grow some balls and recapture people like me who were losing patience in his lack of courage.

Now, he must also make his manifesto readily available to anyone who is interested and take his campaign to the grass roots. National dailies or the internet could be used for that purpose.

In my opinion, he is the one eyed man in the land of the blind. The presidency is his to lose, but he must show some grit, sincerity and leadership qualities.

I like this post.

I hope that the changes reach deep down as the brigade commanders bed in, because the army has always been lopsided and previous leader has had the guts to fix it. The army must never be seen as a tool of intimidation by sections of the country; rather, it should be seen as a protector and defender of the Nigerian citizen and state from external aggression.

Jonathans style is just different, because he doesn't speak much and is a gentleman; that really isn't weakness as he's shown over and over. It is a strength rather, because his moves always cause suprise and unbalance his opponents. A man without grit would have baulked at the vicious opposition he is against.
Lets give a good man some support, so that the direction of the country can change once and for all for the good of all.

oyb:
the bulk of these posts highlight the lies the gej camp continue to peddle

when challenged over the150 million plane or our 10billion anniversary they tell us these were concieved before gej became president, never mind he was the number two man in the administrtaion, or that as president, he can veto such profligrancy

these same people turn about to tell us that things that things which the government has been pursuing and suddenly achieved are due to gej. sort of like if a man orders a car or is building a house, and suddenly dies when they are 99% completed - and people now start crediting his son for those works.

as to the fuel noise -

1) why did gej have to wait until he was sworn in before effecting action?
2) i work in the oil and gas industry. the joke in the industry is that the only places in nigeria where petrol is actually 65/lite are lagos and abuja - go up north or into the east nd you will find petrol being sold at n100 /litre
3) there was no real fuel scarcity per se - it was inefficiencies in nnpc - mostly diversion of product

so all this attributing of resolution of fuel scarcity to johnathan is hypocritical

if you insist on playing the game of attributing whatever is happening in nigeria now to his stewardhip, then let us play that game

1) nigeria faces the gravest security crisis we have ever seen . the east is gradually disintegrateig, radical islamist fundamentalists are gaining ground assasinations everywhere- an inept billion naira bribe a month police force - johnathan is incompetent at securing the security of the average citizen

2) we noted the absence of the gej squad on the billion naira dustbins. we are blowing 17 billion on 50th bday. we are buying 3 new jets. all around the world , governemnts are tightening their belts. in nigeria the opposie is being done. what does that say about the best president nigeria has ever seen

3)transparency. some people who have never worked in a business environment were spouting the fallacy that gej initiated the first ever audit of nnpc , rather than the first ever 'public' audit - with a view to ascertaining the exact status of nnpc. when it as reported that nnpc is bankrupt, what did gej do ? he forced the minister to backtrack. so WHAT was the purpose of the much touted audit? can we asume as usual, that gej is just feeling is way in the dark and has no idea what he is doing?president flipflop?

4)show me your friend and i will tell you who you are - gej is a member of pdp. the party that gave us alao akala, gbenga daniel , igbinedion, chimaroke nnamai, james ibori, alams. a party of failures. the only progressive in the party rotimi amaechi is locked in a cold war with patience johnathan. he has failed to call the sw governors to order. its all good as long as you deliver your state

5)promises, promises - plenty of stories about power plan, new refineries - but we have heard all those before from pat administrations. that is just election year talk

No more rumours to fabricate against GEJ, so attack his supporters. "Very clever" or rather unfortunate and misplaced?
All you need do is provide facts and quality arguments as others are doing.

The part of your write up that is most important, is the part where you stake your integrity on the area you work in (bolded). If you are wrong in that area, quite clearly, the rest of your words cannot be taking with any degree of seriousness; so thats the only area I'll attack, the rest is obviously the same lightweight stuff.
Lets deal with your word on the cost of fuel (and by extension, your credibility), indeed all over Nigeria people buy fuel so they know what is going on, they don't have to work in the oil and gas sector to be aware. Nevertheless, I'll post a statement from a NUPENG rep (it tells you the price of fuel and is about as "oil and gas" as it gets).

Fuel subsidy: Current price of N65 per litre stays – NUPENG scribe
From TONY OSAUZO, Benin
Monday, September 20 , 2010


The General Secretary of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Mr. Elijah Okougbo, has said in Benin that the Federal Government has not taken a decision on whether to remove fuel subsidy or not and insisted that the current price of N65 per litre of fuel stays.

He spoke against the backdrop of the statement credited to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Olusegun Agagan that the government would soon remove its subsidy on petroleum products, a situation, which would make the price of fuel to sell for N120 per litre.

He spoke in an interview with journalists at a reception held in honour of the former national president of NUPENG, Mr. Peter Akpatason, by some industrial unions and his friends.

Accordding to him, “I don’t know if he has constituted himself alone into a Federal Government. I am not sure that a decision has been taken on the issue. I know as an insider that the government has initiated talks with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) and we have nominated a committee to represent us in that dialogue process.

“The decision has not been taken and the NLC committee has not reported back to us. So, for him to have come out to make such a statement appears that maybe, he has betrayed the confidence of the president. This is a trying period for the government. I don’t think any government worth its salt can announce an increase in fuel price or the removal of subsidy on petroleum products.”

The general secretary urged the Federal Government to re-visit the ECOWAS treaty to enable the country export refined petroleum products to the West African sub-continent, saying that Nigeria would make much money in the process.

According to him, “the current government has repaired all the vandalized crude oil pipes, they have carried out Turn Around Maintenance in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, so, they are producing at 70 per cent installed capacity. So, you can see that there is surplus of petroleum products.

“So, we are recommending to the government to revisit the ECOWAS treaty. A situation where tankers, oil trucks can move from Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kaduna to the West African sub-region to supply the products where petroleum products sell at N120 or N125 in Ghana and about N125 and N130 per litre in Benin Republic and N65 in Nigeria, you can see that we have a big market in the sub-region.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/sept/20/national-20-09-2010-018.htm

. . .Integrity in tatters?

ALMUSTAQIM:
oluwaseun osewa, aisha2 & Jarus, PLS HELP, I WANT TO KNOW IF CONTRIBUTORS ON NAIRALAND ARE SUPPOSED TO CONTRIBUTE WHAT THEY KNOW OBJECTIVELY OR THEY ABUSE OTHER CONTRIBUTORS ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION.

PLS HELP STOP THESE ABUSES OTHERWISE SOME MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTORS NOW OR IN FUTURE MAY STOP CONTRIBUTING TO THIS FORUM AND THEREFORE AFFECT THE OBJECTIVES OF SETTING UP THIS FORUM.

PLS NOTE THAT ABUSING ANYONE IS A SIN. PLS LETS STOP IT.

Sharrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap dia! When did clueless spamming become "contributing?!"!

mikeansy:
A lot of kids on this Nairaland.

Some people claim they support a candidate and simply do not know how to be a helpful supporter.

If you accuse Jonathan now of politicisation of the Nigerian Army, they will start running helter skelta in their quest to pluck a defence from the air.

The last line of the article should answer your queries, not NLer's. NL really isn't part of govt, so any accusations about politicisation of the army needs to be directed at govt for direct replies, we can only debate here. As said earlier, the answer to your query is below.

Presidential spokesman, Ima Niboro who confirmed the sacking of the GOC’s said the decision was in line with the desire of the president to properly reposition the Army in line with federal character.

The moment federal character is broken, the army becomes a political/tribal tool. The govt is changing that.

mikeansy:
Sorry what does reshuffling of Military apparatus got to do with wounding opposition?

Abeg, no form mumu! The only person that can do that and succeed is Jonathan.

topsywest:
I agree with you. It is not about eloquence or charisma but you know a leader when you see one. I'm afraid these leadership qualities and more
are simply lacking in our president.

@namdo, Nice comment! You are not particular about great speeches fine! But can you at least point at one solid achievement your darling GEJ has done since he assumed office which should qualify/justify his running for this position?

Further more, what exactly do you mean by his mass-oriented disposition?

Look, the fact remains that GEJ has no record on which to lean, in his desire to become president in 2011. His entire public service record reveals an incurable mediocrity: a nondescript deputy director at NDDC; a cowardly deputy governor in Bayelsa; a governor whose wife ended up stealing millions of dollars (according to Nuhu Ribadu’s EFCC); a scheming vice president and now a divisive and below-average president!

No ill feelings pls, It's just my opinion.

If you agree with me, you wouldn't propagate the same emptiness I have said is the bane of Nigerian politics. That emptiness includes spreading or attempting to spread false rumours, tribalism, zoning and all other backward characteristics that have only served to hold Nigeria back while enriching corrupt cliques beyond the wildest dream of the desperately impoverished common man.

You have mentioned Jonathans record at NDDC, Deputy Governor of Bayelsa and Governor of Bayelsa. To most thinking Nigerians, certain traits stick out; they are lack of corruption  or scandal. To an unfortunate set of Nigerians who celebrate corrupt money though, an upright man with direction, who follows due process can only be "visionless," because he is neither stealing, nor is he allowing them steal.

As for your smear against Patience Jonathan "stealing millions of dollars (according to Nuhu Ribadu’s EFCC)," Why does it surprise me to note that Nuhu Ribadu has come out strongly to state that the story is TOTALLY FALSE? Nigeria is a country that has been ruled by rumour, gossip and lies; but today, change has come and we must begin to challenge all rumour mongers to provide proof of their statements (they always do a runner when asked).
Nuhu Ribadu has stated categorically that he never ever indicted Patience Jonathan, that the rumour you are carrying was created to spoil both his name and Jonathans during the 2007 elections. Try another lie.

What the country needs at this time are men who stand for the good and for the common man, not men whose claim to office and "experience" is the billions they have stolen from the Nigerian purse and the innocent blood they have spilt.

Jonathan Goodluck is a good man, so is Ribadu; the rest are clowns, criminals and polished thugs with sticky fingers. Saraki is a joke.

Second Practice results

1 S Vettel 1:46.660
2 M Webber 1:47.827
3 J Button 1:47.690
4 F Alonso 1:47.718
5 L Hamilton 1:47.818
6 R Barrichello 1:48.302
7 F Massa 1:48.341
8 N Rosberg 1:48.679
9 R Kubica 1:48.855
10 M Schumacher 1:48.889

Pointblanknews.com has replaced Sahara reporters as the source for powerful breaking news since Sahara reporters started actually fabricating news items and photoshopping pictures.

All this from New York?
You gat to hail Jonathan! The only thing left for the tribal clowns in politics to create problems now is Boko Haram.

desgiezd:
Its so good that Gen. Saleh Maina who aided and abetted the Jos mayhem is been relieved of his post.

Yes o! That dude was the greatest problem to the country.

namdo:
it is not how eloquent or charismatic or , name whatever you like. It is what you can actually offer for the poor ordinary teaming masses in Nigeria to reduce or even eliminate their sufferings and hopelessness that would count. People are tired of high-sounding words without genuine intentions and actions when elected.

GEJ has shown some good examples ( i am not about great speeches but about good conscience and sincere governance- decisions in governance are not just made by the leader alone but through assistance of expert/experienced advisers). My problem with GEJ is that he is still PDP and i hope he would not lame-out when opposition intensifies from the be-deviled politicians and their selfish supporters otherwise he deserves a chance because of his masses-oriented disposition.

Ribadu is an unbiased man but needs experience in governance, I would have preferred him in 2015 after heading some government ministration positions or even being a vice president.

na my opinion, no ills.

Your first sentence really captured a lot of what is missing in Nigerian political discuss. You find that quite a few people hang unto rather empty personal descriptions of totally harmless personal attributes, because they would rather deflect from the more salient points like a candidates sincerity, morality, vision and sense of purpose. Indeed, quite a few people seem to mistake loudness for vision, which is rather unfortunate.
It is focusing on attributes that creates the opening for candidates whose only "qualities" are tribal (zoning) and the billions of public funds they have stolen.

Jonathan remains the best candidate by a long short, followed by Ribadu.

As for political parties, they are all bad. What we need to do is ensure that political debates are not about emptiness, rumour, falsehood and tribalism; this is the only way we can get the good guys (like GEJ and Ribadu) to come through and gradually purge the criminals from our politics.
People like Saraki should not even be in politics.

The article is just taking a cheap jab at Obj, I don't doubt that its exagerated.

[quote author=MR Money £ link=topic=519187.msg6812342#msg6812342 date=1285307079][size=14pt]RUMOUR IS THEIR WEAPON OF WARFARE [/size] [/quote]That indeed, is what we have been witnessing. Saddening.

but Buhari who you paint in such glowing colours, still agreed to serve under such a man as the chairman of PTF. As chairman of PTF, he made Salihijo Ahmad's Afriproject the sole consultant for monitoring and assessing the value of contracts. Afriproject consortium was so corrupt that at the inception of Abdulsalami's regime, fearful of exposure, the sole consultant committed suicide in his office. When the books of PTF were opened, the can of worms was so much that Haruna Adamu said he felt sickened by it. One body determined the contracts to be awarded, the payments to be made and whether the contracts had been satisfied.

Sole consultant? Just one person handling contract awards, payments and contract satisfaction? Na wa o!

This is the most alarming part of the article. Is it possible to reopen the books that sickened Haruna Adamu? I don't see how Buhari would not be directly implicated.
Who in this World, awards multi billion contracts in such a shoddy way? No wonder the sole consultant committed suicide!

First practise Singapore, very beautiful, night time race circuit. . . Nasty weather, some team and drivers don't bother to come out until very late (e.g. McLaren - Button comes out at around 15 minutes to the end and Lewis, 10 minutes to the end). Kobayashi was at the top of the leaderboard for huge swathes of the session, but trust the big boys to spoil the party.
Needless to say, the horrible wet weather and teams reluctance to come out make the times quite unrepresentative.

Schumi did quite well today, leading the times twice in the session.

Singapore First Practice Positions
M Webber
M Schumacher
A Sutil
S Vettel
J Alguersuari
J Button
V Liuzzi
S Buemi
R Kubica
V Petrov
F Alonso *****
K Kobayashi
N Heidfeld
N Rosberg
H Kovalainen
R Barrichello
N Hulkenberg
L Hamilton *****
F Massa
T Glock
J d'Ambrosio
B Senna
C Klien
F Fauzy

xterra2:
[size=13pt]Please are these made in Nigeria
Am Arguing with a friend here, i said yes he said no
[/size]

I believe we can answer yes to that. Some of the parts are imported, but there is no auto industry that doesn't import parts or engines e.g. Jaguar uses Ford engines and is owned by Tata.

Chief Chukwuma is indeed, a great blessing to Nigeria. Even those bad bele Ghanaians have seen that something incredible is going on in Nnewi and want a piece of tha action.

Do you know PTF estate in Wuse? The sweetheart deal that Buhari's PTF made with the contractor was so sweet. Not only would the contractor collect rent from PTF, but after 8 years, the place would be his to own!

So Buhari handed the PTF estate in Wuse, FG property to the contractor? Damn!