₦airaland Forum

dodelight:
Your first line is actually correct. Proof: have you read Atiku's response to I Go Die? Did you ever here anything that brilliant from him while caged in the APC?

Absolute bunkum! Whoever wrote that for Atiku did a brilliant job, actually. But your attempt to justify Reno's idiotic comment says a lot.
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Go back and read all the comments Atiku makes (about his dumped party) anytime he decamps from one party to another, same thing with FFK, same with all others. You think it's all about the party or you are pretending not to know that it's all about their personal interest and ambition?

And when they decamp to PDP it starts working again, right? Such shallowness in reasoning for the sake of politics. And to think that these dimwits held sensitive offices in the presidency says it all.

trillville:
Sorry for my late reply but has nigeria ever had any leader that isn't elitist? It is part and parcel of most Nigerians to want to be worshipped by their subordinates. Don't you think so?

Well, you are largely correct. But GEJ seemed to have a humble background. His "No Shoe" story seemed to resonate with most Nigerians. PMB is also known to have a simple and frugal lifestyle, which also seems to resonate with most Nigerians.

OlujobaSamuel:
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This results shows that the SE & SS voted more along ethnic line than any other region.
North Central:
PMB:1.41 GEJ:1
North East:
PMB:3.58 GEJ:1
North West;
PMB:5.31 GEJ:1
South East:
PMB:1 GEJ:12.43
South South:
PMB:1 GEJ:11.26
South West:
PMB:1.34 GEJ:1
Above details is the voting pattern of each geopolitical zone in respect to how they voted for either of the 2candidates, without considering other aspirants due to the negligible number of vote they got.

Breaking the voting pattern down to ratios is quite revealing. The SS/SE voting ratio shows that if those regions had the same registered voters like the NW/NE, the story could've been very different.
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With such distorted voting ratio, PMB must be really unpopular in the SS/SE or maybe the rigging there was nuclear.

kollykolly:
It is not really your fault but that of GEJ. If he had treated SW as equal partner those votes Buhari got natural belong to him. To disprove this, go and check his electoral value in SW since 2003 he joined the race.

With PYO in the 2015 race, it is grossly inaccurate to think that those votes would "naturally belong" to GEJ.

Atiku, of course. But if had a country, I would trust Buhari to be my President.

Awoo88:
Unless Europe decides to play politics, Messi it is next year. He is being doing better than to Ronaldo this year

Yeah, so far so good. But, then, it's a World Cup year, so you never know.

It's reassuring to see the Judiciary upholding the law against one of their own. Yesterday, it was NJC sacking Justice Ademola and today this. Maybe, the war against corruption is actually working afterall - Slowly But Surely!

OrestesDante:



∆ But what's the point of the news?

Nothing really... It is just an irrelevant Shiloh 2017 update. ∆

Still also trying to figure out the essence of the news.

kingxsamz:
He deserved to be blocked...because he could have made his point without throwing insults.

I'm still wondering how blocking someone on twitter is now news.

SalamRushdie:
Goid thing the idiot was blocked..no time to entertain any low IQ bearing mumu jare

ERockson:
Why won't he block the Ediot with that type of insult

Insults - really?! When FFK has been throwing all manner of Insults and juvenile tantrums at the president, you lot have never berated him. I'm sure if he was the president and someone insulted him, he would send SARS to such person and you lot will be praising him for doing so.
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Bloated ego folks like FFK have inferiority complex. They think they lift themselves when they trample on others. They usually can't stand being fed what they feed others.
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We are waiting for arrogant buffoons like them in 2019.

cooljude:
Don't deceive yourself, we never and I repeat never had the military might to sit at the same table with the west; talk less of staring down western aggression.

You can keep venting till eternity but France would always have dominance because they know what they intend exploiting and achieving. This country Nigeria has no mission statement and vision. We are on autopilot with no sense of direction. What is our projection in the next 50 years, what are we planning to achieve.

Until you clean your house, you would continue to invite lizards and intruders. Let us take responsibility for our own action instead of apportioning blame to external factors.

Well said! The US defense budget is 20x larger than Nigeria entire budget.
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Amazes me how Africa still prides itself with the availability of natural resources, when in fact, advanced societies are driven by good leadership, innovation and technology (things we can only dream of). Even the natural resources we have, we lack the expertise to exploit them or add value (process them) to finished products.

Mynd44:
Wait, nice speech.

Give the person who wrote it a raise

Kindly format it properly and do the needful (FP).

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Whoever is handling Atiku's image laundering on Social Media is doing a decent job.
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However, enlightened Nigerians know better not to trust what politicians say, especially when they already have antecedents for better reference.
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Atiku's supporters hope that his business background will provide a Unique Selling Proposition to market his presidential ambitions. However, they fail to realise that there is no empirical basis to justify that "A good Businessmen Will Make A Good President". The best presidents all over the world were never business people. Being successful in business requires being Profit-driven, while being a successful president requires being Welfare-driven - Two completely different skill sets.
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Atiku is Elitist and does not understand the circumstances of an ordinary citizen. All these cheap social media engagement is only because of his desperate political ambition. He's going to say anything that makes him look empathetic and humble, when in reality he's not. Have we forgotten all the things he says anytime he engages in his party prostitution? Always accusing his dumped party of so and so? Never will he be honest enough to state that his party prostitution is driven by his inordinate ambition for Nigeria's presidency

Whoever is handling Atiku's image laundering is doing a decent job.
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However, enlightened Nigerians know better not to trust what politicians say, especially when they already have antecedents for better reference.
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Atiku's supporters hope that his business background will provide a Unique Selling Proposition to market his presidential ambitions. However, they fail to realise that there is no empirical basis to justify that "A good Businessmen Will Make A Good President". The best presidents all over the world were never business people. Being successful in business requires being Profit-driven, while being a successful president requires being Welfare-driven - Two completely different skill sets.
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Atiku is Elitist and does not understand the circumstances of an ordinary citizen. All these cheap social media engagement is only because of his desperate political ambition. He's going to say anything that makes him look empathetic and humble, when in reality he's not. Have we forgotten all the things he says anytime he engages in his party prostitution? Always accusing his dumped party of so and so? Never will he be honest enough to state that his party prostitution is driven by his inordinate ambition for Nigeria's presidency.

Marvellouzkk:
When I wrote essays in support of Donald Trump as far back as 2015 and said he would not only win the nomination for the Republican Party but would also go on to win the Presidential election many laughed me to scorn.
Today they know better and are not laughing anymore.
With the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, it is obvious why God annointed Trump and chose him to lead America.

If you want to know who the 45th President of the United States really is read Isaiah 45. He is the biblical Cyrus and he came to establish God's counsel''.


Isaiah 45New International Version (NIV)

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,
to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of
to subdue nations before him
and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
so that gates will not be shut:
2 I will go before you
and will level the mountains[a];
I will break down gates of bronze
and cut through bars of iron.
3 I will give you hidden treasures,
riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the Lord,
the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant,
of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
and bestow on you a title of honor,
though you do not acknowledge me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;
apart from me there is no God.
I will strengthen you,
though you have not acknowledged me,
6 so that from the rising of the sun
to the place of its setting
people may know there is none besides me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the Lord, do all these things.
8 “You heavens above, rain down my righteousness;
let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
let salvation spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
I, the Lord, have created it.
9 “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker,
those who are nothing but potsherds
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
‘What are you making?’
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’?
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
‘What have you brought to birth?’
11 “This is what the Lord says—
the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker:
Concerning things to come,
do you question me about my children,
or give me orders about the work of my hands?
12 It is I who made the earth
and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;
I marshaled their starry hosts.
13 I will raise up Cyrus in my righteousness:
I will make all his ways straight.
He will rebuild my city
and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward,
says the Lord Almighty.”
14 This is what the Lord says:
“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
and those tall Sabeans—
they will come over to you
and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,
coming over to you in chains.
They will bow down before you
and plead with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you, and there is no other;
there is no other god.’”
15 Truly you are a God who has been hiding himself,
the God and Savior of Israel.
16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;
they will go off into disgrace together.
17 But Israel will be saved by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,
to ages everlasting.
18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,
he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited—
he says:
“I am the Lord,
and there is no other.
19 I have not spoken in secret,
from somewhere in a land of darkness;
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,
‘Seek me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
I declare what is right.
20 “Gather together and come;
assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood,
who pray to gods that cannot save.
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
let them take counsel together.
Who foretold this long ago,
who declared it from the distant past?
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no God apart from me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is none but me.
22 “Turn to me and be saved,
all you ends of the earth;
for I am God, and there is no other.
23 By myself I have sworn,
my mouth has uttered in all integrity
a word that will not be revoked:
Before me every knee will bow;
by me every tongue will swear.
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
are deliverance and strength.’”
All who have raged against him
will come to him and be put to shame.
25 But all the descendants of Israel
will find deliverance in the Lord
and will make their boast in him.

Absolute bunkum! You are trying to use the Holy Book to validate your prejudices.
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God should be more concerned about convincing the Israelis to accept His Son (Jesus) as their personal Lord and Saviour. Or what does it profit Israel to get Jerusalem and lose their soul?
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Why have they refused to accept Christianity and the New Testament?

guywitzerogal:
I beta start looking for the place ds man pays his tithe and start paying mine

And what if he doesn't pay tithe at all, you'll stop paying yours? So, tithing is now a "subtle bribe" to God, so as to become rich?

Impressive!

life2017:
because they cross into a society where majority are not corrupt. But the Nigerians don't stop being corrupt. They only find it more difficult to find collaborators for corrupt actions.

Precisely! May God/Allah bless your soul.
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Also, wonder why foreigners come to Nigeria and start being corrupt? It's because they cross into a society where the vast majority is corrupt, so they find collaborators everywhere.

Optional09:
Nigerians are not currupt the Nigerian justice system is currupt. If the justice system works fine you will not find any Nigerian wanted.

If the president can not make the justice system work fine for the poor and the rich, he himself is corrupt and can’t fight curruption

Buhari is so confused and Nigerians has been made not to be able to to think.

I completely disagree. It is the Nigerian society that is corrupt.
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Have you ever wondered why every sector of the country (whether public or private) is briddled with corruption? It's simple - "A corrupt society breeds corrupt individuals". A police officer is a product of society, same with a politician, a pastor, a judge, a lecturer, an artisan, etc. So, they are simply taking the Nigerianness in them into these jobs.
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It is always convenient to lay the blame elsewhere - so, we don't look like we are part of the problem. It's easier to say "the police is corrupt, our leaders are corrupt, the NASS is corrupt, the judiciary is corrupt, NEPA is corrupt, lecturers are corrupt, APC, PDP, Northerners, etc. As long as we are pointing fingers to others, we feel innocent.
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Truth is - You and I are the very foundation of the entire problem. We are inherently corrupt. We have even come to accept corruption as an economic necessity - no wonder we started a "Bring Back Corruption" campaign. Are we not ready to defend corruption just to spite a certain leader? - just like cutting the nose to spite the face....as if no be you go still get the wowo face last last.

bedspread:
WHO IS POPE TO STOP BIBLE BEING FUFILLED

And I ask again - what is the Biblical prophesy in question here?

Cajal:
......reno omokery...is not as knowledgeable as u are sir...
The gue is a fool.
Even UN...are completely against Donald trumpet or what does he calls himself

Even the Catholic Pope has cautioned against the move by Donald Trump. But no, Trump is more concerned about displaying his hatred for Islam rather than considering the wider implications of such a move on regional and global peace.
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The UN maintains a position of a Two-State solution regarding Israel and Palestine, that's why no country has its embassy in Jerusalem. This move is only going to unite the Islamic world and we should expect more radicalism and terrorist action.

Can anyone please tell me what the Biblical prophesy is (with quotes)? Amazes me how folks try to justify a political decision (using the Bible) simply because it validates their religious prejudices.
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To the best of my knowledge, Israelis are predominantly Jews (practising Judaism). Christians are an insignificant minority in Israel (< 3%), much less than Muslims (~37%). Israelis and Palestinians see Jesus only as economic messiah and not a spiritual messiah as most Christians do. They make a lot of money from Christian tourist and pilgrims (just like Saudi Arabia does with Muslims using Mecca).
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Bethlehem (the Biblical birth place of Jesus) is even a Palestinian city. Read about The Church of Nativity.

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tuniski:
If you have evidence of stealing against atiku bring it forward stop displaying emotions!
They are all corrupt by perception and reality but, till a conviction by the court, they are all qualified to contest!
I rather vote a repentant bad guy now at old age whom wealth accumulation is no longer his primary drive cos he has that already!

#Atikullate2019

Very funny! Precisely why Nigeria is a "Fantastically Corrupt" country. They steal and dare you to your face. They do this because they know that the pillars of justice (police, judiciary, rtc) is weak and can be bought with their ill-gotten wealth. They are arrogant because they know that minions with half developed brains will come out to defend their thievery.
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The judicial system in Nigeria could not find a single reason to convict Ibori, even when presented with more than 77 reasons. Yet the same criminal was convicted in a foreign land for far lesser offences. Atiku's accomplices are facing jail terms in Germany and the US, and yet Atiku is our next best option for president. Alamesigha and Bode George were given a clean slate (presidential pardon) by our dear president as evidence of our stance on corruption.
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The likes of Ibori, Atiku, Tinubu, Akpabio, Amaechi have become our role models and our only options for leadership. Tomorrow, some demented youths will come and scream that the problem of Nigeria is leadership without talking about their roles in the emergence of such leadership (just like they are doing now with Atiku).

BaddieKay:
You're lucky to get yours back, i asked the silly customer care when and how i subscribed she said it might be when i was on a call and i clicked without knowing or when i pick those phoney calls they place with real numbers... The annoying part of the who thing is this subscriptions aren't like mtn that last a month and u get notification to stop them if you aren't interested. But glo's subscription last for days, 2days tops and they're digging into your credit again. Am tired of being quiet, i told the lady i wl call them out on social media if it happened again, and it did barely 3days after

You should call the NCC complaint line I posted in my last comment. It's not about the #200 per se, but more about raising awareness of the subtle fraud these telecom companies (especially glo) are perpetrating.

NCC complaint line - 622 (toll-free)
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BTW, a friend of mine recently had an experience where he tried to pay for DSTV sub using his bank app. They deducted the money, but then the subscription wasn't up. He called DSTV and they said they hadn't received any payment from his bank. They told him to get the payment reference from the bank to help them track it.
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He called his bank but they couldn't give him the transaction reference. After over 2 months of going back and forth, dude sent the bank a strongly worded email, copying the top echelon of the bank and CBN. He accused the bank of fraud and threatened to embarrass the bank and institute legal action if they don't refund his money within 48 hrs.
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In less than 2 hrs after sending the mail, he received a credit alert notifying him of a reversal of the transaction.
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Bottom line: We shouldn't always leave these matters to God or assume that we can't win. I'm not suggesting we will always win, but it's best to try!

I had a similar experience where #200 was deducted from my account. I called their Customer Care and was told I subscribed for callertunez. Now, I've never subscribed to that nonsense, EVER! I asked if they force subscription on their customers and they claimed I must have somehow subscribed to it. They refused to confirm when and how I did the subscription.
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Now, I was so pissed, not because of the #200, but because I felt this was daylight robbery. I imagined them doing this to a lot of their subscribers and getting away with such fraud. We are talking about potentially 100s of millions here. So, what did I do - I picked my phone and called NCC help line and laid my complain to the CS lady. She asked if I was absolutely certain I did not subscribe for the said callertunez and I told her I hate callertunez and have never subscribed ever. She gave me a ticket number for reference.
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Within 24 hours, the criminals returned my #200.

SalamRushdie:
It has nothing do to with Donald ..Is Donald Trump the president of Isreal? He only approved the opening of a U.S. embassy there thats all

It has everything to do with Donald Trump. No country has its embassy in Jerusalem. They all have it in Tel Aviv, because everyone understands that Jerusalem is sensitive to both Israel and Palestine.
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Donald Trump is about to disrupt the region by visibly taking sides with Israel. I hope it ends well.

NgeneUkwenu:
You guys should stop all nonesense! Atiku CAN NEVER Defeat Buhari in SS/SE! Quote me anywhere! This is 2019 Under Buhari and APC, and not 2015, 2011, 2007, nor 2003, where results were written for the PDP!

if you are in doubt, The Rivers State Senatorial Rerun, Imo North Senatorial Rerun and the recent Anambra Election should be your guide..Forget all the noise the defeated independent pigs of Biafra are making on Nairaland...If you take a trip to Twitter, Punchonline, Vanguardonline, Facebook etc, and the see the level of resentments against ATIKU/PDP....you will only but pity rudderless sheep called ipob yoots.

You can take it to the bank. APC/PMB is not popular in the SE/SS. Whether it's free & fair or it's rigged, PMB will loose in those 2 regions. The defeat will, definitely, not be as bad as 2015.
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I am from the SS, so I know what I'm talking about. 80% of the states is controlled by the PDP and there is still the sentiments of GEJ.

DLondonboiy:
Our only concern should be....

Will Buhari agree to leave AsoRock after he loses? No be parallel government we go form last last?

You are worrying about the wrong issue. PMB will win NC and SW and that will nullify PDP winning SE/SS. After that PMB will deliver crushing defeat to PDP in NW/NE.
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You should be worrying about where you will channel your hate and rage after the 2019 presidential elections.

bonechamberlain:
only Bode George from the southwest is qualified for that position. as he is the only one that can't be bought over by any living thing. others can't be trusted.

Pardon me sir, I'm not very vast with Nigerian politics. Kindly remind me - is it the same Bode George that is an ex-convict on corruption?