₦airaland Forum

naijaking1:
I am impressed by Aganga's resume. I pray he brings wisdom and experience to the Nigerian financial scene.

bibiking1:
wow! They replace a mor.on with another village id.iot!

Nigeria: Acting president sacks head of state-run oil company, swears in Cabinet
By Bashir Adigun

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's acting president sacked the head of the nation's oil company Tuesday, the same day he swore in a Cabinet that put a former oil company employee in charge of the country's petroleum ministry and an investment banker at the helm of its finances.

The moves by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan seemed to cement his power in Africa's most populous nation, despite ill President Umaru Yar'Adua's recent return to the country. Jonathan also said he directly would manage the nation's failing power ministry, a move that could turn around years of struggles to produce power for Nigeria's 150 million people.

Jonathan told the 38 new Cabinet members that they would sign public agreements on what he expected from their ministries. The ministers will be responsible for informing the nation on how they reach those goals, a rare show of accountability in a nation long considered one of the most corrupt in the world.

"I will hate to disappoint you but I will hate even more to disappoint the nation," Jonathan said. . .

bibiking1:
oh!!,,*yawns* pretty boring list i have here,,why was i even looking for some form of exciting portfolio arrangement sef? I have absolutely no faith in this new team bringing about the desired results. Unnecessary optimism has always been the bane of the average Nigerian citizen, and the many shouts of 'hurray' is really making me wan!
I would however keep waiting for Yar'Adua to call on the indigenous Traditional practitioners and marabouts for a meeting. That should bring some real kicks to the economy.,,hehehe!
Stale country!

davidylan:
. . .
why then is he claiming that Jonathan in the role of acting president is an illegality?

davidylan:
I wonder what others are reading that is making them commend the idiocy in that write-up. The north is being "cheated" because it hasnt been represented in the presidency for 5 months? I'm not sure this man understands what the igbo would be feeling.

. . .Today, a section of this country is being cheated, that is the North and the Muslim. . .

chidichris:
@beaf,
lies! lies!! lies!!!. both goodluck and jonathan are less than men of their own. they are both the dream replacement of obasanjo. i am talking about the kind of man obasanjo would love to live behind in aso rock. the country has constitution for God's sake. what is maturity in overlooking the contents of the constitution of federal republic of nigeria?
biblically, it is written, from the days of john the baptist, the kingdom of God suffereth violence and it is only the violent that taketh it be force.
the issue of obasanjo and his one man show in the governance of nigeria has gone far beyond maturity.
in jonathan and goodluck, obsanjo saw a very loyal embecile who will always dance to his tones.
as the days go by, history continues its record on the number of days the goodluck of a jonathan has been in office and the big question at the end of the day will be, in your few days in office as whatever, what were your acheivements.
many of us will answer to that by telling me that rome was not built in a day but no one is telling us how long it took to build rome since we all know rome was built.
as long as it is a pdp under the leadership and loyality of obasanjo, i have no confidence.
the much this jonathan is doing is a recovery project of all the self-exciled obasanjo boys. soon it will become a free for all loyalists jamboree but i am well convienced that it is not going to be a smooth ride as usual.
i am foreseeing the end of ribadu in this his second coming.

Sky Blue:
As long as he is brought to book. I seem to have this fantasy of spotting Ibori at some international airport after he has been declared wanted, and being the one to make the phone call to the authorities after which I stand and watch as over zealous pot bellied Nigerian police officers drop in from the glass roof and rough him up naija style before taking him into custody. I can't wait till it is Peter Odili's turn too.

Sky Blue:
How sweet it would be when Ibori is brought to justice.

Sun of god:
Jonathan needs to get firm!

These jestures may be taken as a sign of weakness.

Unfortunately that how I'm starting to feel about Jonathan. He's loosing the battle with the Cabal and the Media.

He needs to get the right people on side and then come down hard on Yar'Adua/the Cabal/Shady Politicians.

I think his wife's name may be an influencing factor - How much Patience does Jonathan have?

panafrican:
    The competition is so high it is hard to know has been forgotten , who comes first and who comes last.
Just add a name,hopefully we will find them all.

When contacted, Onaiyekan said that CAN leadership had not
been invited to pray for Yar ’Adua.
Onaiyekan, who made this known in a telephone interview with
one of our correspondents in Abuja, however, said that CAN
would accept such invitation if formally channelled.
He said, “I have not got any such formal invitation. I am only
hearing rumours but no formal invitation has got to us.
“If they bring the right kind of invitation, we would of course go.
They should send us an invitation, but I have not got any
invitation. I am hearing rumours just like you, and it is not fair.
“There is a Christian chaplain in the Villa and he is not aware of
any move in this direction.
“They should know how to invite people.”
. . .
Oyedepo also denied being on the delegation to the Villa on
Monday.

Dis Guy:
_{dont mind them you are very smart and optimistic
what is the name of his bank again? what is the full meaning of CBN?}

marvix:
Thats what Im talking about. Goodluck Wisdom Jonathan for 2011

Mpele:
As a Black South African I received the news with joy. Those boys should be national heroes. They ( AWB & NP) brutally killed our Pan African hero, Steve Biko. Now we're equal. The two boys who did this should be declared national heroes. If this right wing whites, want a white only country they should go back to europe, we never called them. If its war they want, then its fine they've got one. At leat this time we have more ammunition. They can declare it after the world cup!

Muza:
Correct

And this wont stop the shoes if he mess up