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Politics / Re: Abia Speaker, Martins Azubuike, Impeached by Bigchief46(m): 5:02am On Dec 30, 2016 |
COPIED FROM ONE NAIJA BROS ON ANOTHER FORUM: It is indeed a sad day for Abia State. Finally, the TODDLER-GOVERNOR of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has caved in to his Lords and Masters, Ochendo and his son Ikuku. In doing so the unity of the Ukwa-Ngwa Nation has been shattered forever. The selfishness, greed, avarice and inconsiderateness displayed by Ikpeazu is unmatched in the history of Nigeria. Ikpeazu is from OBIOMA NGWA which constitutes the Obingwa/Ugwunagbo/Osisioma Ngwa Federal Constituency. At the time of the 2015 General elections, the common wisdom was that with the Governorship going to the Obioma Ngwa Federal Constituency (Obingwa/Ugwunagbo/Osisioma Ngwa Federal Constituency), the Senate seat for the Abia South Senatorial District will naturally go to the Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal constituency. But Obioma Ngwa people in their usual avarice and greed insisted on also keeping the Senate seat with the result that both the Governor and the Senator are from the same LGA which is unprecedented in the history of Abia State and indeed unheard of in any other part of Nigeria. But the Ukwa-Ngwa Nation rallied round to douse the fire so that it does not consume the desire of their people to mount the office of Governor for the first time ever. Now, the same Obioma Ngwa has also taken the office of Speaker. In an unprecedented move, ONE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY (Obingwa/Ugwunagbo/Osisioma Ngwa Federal Constituency) has produced the Governor of the State, Speaker of the State and also Senator of the Federal Republic. Meanwhile, the new Speaker, Bishop Kennedy Njoku who is a neophyte in legislative matters and is just a year and some months old in the House of Assembly is known to be A GLORIFIED HOUSE BOY of Chinedu Orji (Ikuku), son of the former Governor, T.A. Orji. Bishop has signed undated letters of resignation and even shot some videos announcing his resignation which are in possession of Ikuku. Also in possession of Ikuku is the signatures of twenty members of the House. That signature page could be attached at any time to any other impeachment Notice including that of the Governor. Ikuku now has free access to the Abia Treasury as he will always wave the signatures to the Governor if he proves recalcitrant in granting his wishes. Martins Azubuike had been shielding Ikpeazu from the antics of Ikuku who had been trying to use the House of Assembly to bully the Governor and this has led to great enmity between Martins and Ikuku who has been complaining to anyone who cares to listen that Martins is disrespecting him, Ikuku. For the Governor who doled out millions of Naira to bribe the House members to effect this impeachment, karma is a bitch. The knives are out in Abia State. Interesting days lie ahead. It will be interesting to see how things play out and how the Governor manages the fire he has lit. A so-called Ph.D holder whose closest advisers are touts like Godwin Obioma Nna, Raymond Aliga, Nwalor, Erondu, Jnr.; people without any pedigree whatsoever. Once bottles of Henessy XO are on the table, these fraudsters who have held Ikpeazu hostage drink their senses out and the state of Abia totters 1 Like |
Politics / Lawyer Withdraws Buhari Certificate Forgery Case by Bigchief46(m): 5:40am On Jun 30, 2016 |
http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/06/30/lawyer-withdraws-suit-seeking-buharis-disqualification-for-lack-of-certificate-his-life-allegedly-threatened/#comment-39148 Lawyer Withdraws Suit Seeking Buhari’s Disqualification for Lack of Certificate His life allegedly threatened June 30, 2016 Davidson Iriekpen A legal practitioner, Mr. Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, has filed a notice at the Federal High Court in Abuja to discontinue the suit he instituted seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari for lack of certificate. Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe had alleged that Buhari was not qualified to aspire for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria because he did not sit for the Cambridge West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1961 as he claimed. The notice of discontinuance dated June 27 and obtained by THISDAY, read: “Take note that the plaintiff in this originating summons, Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, hereby discontinues this action.” THISDAY checks revealed that following the withdrawal of the suit from court, the trial judge, Justice Ademola Adeniyi will today sit and accordingly strike out the case. Though Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe did not give any reason for withdrawing the case from court, THISDAY gathered that it might not be unconnected with alleged threats to his life and members of his family. In an interview with THISDAY last month, Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe had alleged that there were some subtle threats on him to withdraw the case from court. He had said: "Of course, I am concerned and my family and friends are too; I am not naïve and some subtle threats have already been made. For now it is small comfort that if anything happens to me, even if disguised as an accident or anything, Nigerians will know exactly who is responsible. “In any case, it was Professor Wole Soyinka, I think, who once said in one of his books that ‘The Man Dies in Him Who Keeps Quiet in The Face of Tyranny’ or something of the sort. Speaking of which, I am amazed at the conspiracy of silence by Nigerians. It is astounding is it not, that in the light of this very apparent rape of our constitution, laws, indeed the very essence of our democracy, all of our civil society advocates and activists have gone deaf and dumb in the face of tyranny. “All those voluble persons (and I don’t want to name them; they know themselves and Nigerians know them too), who pretend they are activists or keepers of the moral conscience of the nation astonishingly can’t see or appreciate what is happening. This country really misses Chief Gani Fawehinmi; he was the only fearless, credible, true and genuine conscience of the nation, not the pretenders we have today; all the others only make noise when it suits them and their interests but look the other way once they are compromised. None of us today, can tie Gani’s shoe-laces.” 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Certificate Saga- Human Rights Group Blasts Presidency by Bigchief46(m): 1:41pm On Jun 21, 2016 |
Politics / Certificate Saga- Human Rights Group Blasts Presidency by Bigchief46(m): 7:52am On Jun 21, 2016 |
June 20, 2016 Politics Certificate Saga: Group Warns Presidency, Stop Threatening Nwolocha-Ahaaiwe-Just Produce Your WASC Report made available to Newsflashngr indicate that a human rights group in Nigeria, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has warned the Presidency under the headship of President Muhammadu Buhari against the threatening of a Private Lawyer, Barrister Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe over his stance on the case instituted against President Buhari for alleged lack of prerequisite West Africa School Certificate (WASC) to contest the March 28, 2015 Presidential election, insisting that Buhari lacked the least requirement of School Certificate to stand for the election as required by Form CF001 of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC). It disclosed that this issue of Certificate forgery would continue reoccurrence until President Buhari presented his acclaimed School Certificate to the whole world which it should not different in contents from the ‘Statement of Results’ shown to the whole world in February 2015 during a purported Press conference at the wake of 2015 Presidential election, recalling that the First Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Salisu Buhari in this political dispensation were removed from office and hallow Chamber of the National Assembly as a result of Toronto University Certificate forgery . Reacting to the threat of the Presidency by its Spokesperson, Mr. Garba Sheu against Nwolocha-Ahaaiwe , through a signed statement by the CHRSJ’s Executive Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman which a copy was made available to newsmen on Monday, stated that no amount of threat from the Presidency against the courageous Legal Practitioner, could stop the truth of the matter before the Court of Competent jurisdiction, Presided over by Justice Adeniyi Ademola. Rights activist who urged President Buhari to tender unreserved apology for the great stigma he brought to the country as a result of his failure to present the acclaimed West Africa School Certificate (WASC) to the public by taking the honourable step of tendering his voluntary resignation from office of the President, saying that the era of impunity has become the thing of the past in the land. Speaking further on the threat issue against Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, Comrade Sulaiman who saluted the courage of the Abuja based Legal Practitioner, maintaining that Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe has put himself in the shoe of our late Legal giant and fearless, credible, incorruptible, genuine social crusader and conscience of the nation, Chief Gani Fawehinmi,SAM,SAN, throwing the group weight behind the genuine cause of the Certificate saga of Mr. President, adding that this was the reason why, the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameroon called Nigeria, a fantastically corrupt country recently. According to him, “This is high time we call a spade a spade. The well meaning Nigerians, particularly, the Northern leaders should tell President Muhamamdu Buhari to present his Cambridge WASC certificate to the public as being claimed in the INEC Form CF001.From all indications, President Buhari did not sit for the west Africa School Certificate(WASC) Examination and Buhari just joined the Nigeria Army with a ‘Letter of Recommendation’ from his Principal instead of School Certificate. This is a fraud of highest order which should not be allowed to stand during this hard earned democratic era. Mr. Salishu Buhari was just removed from the Lower Chamber of the National Assembly because of Toronto forgery Certificate Saga at the wake of this current democratic dispensation. President Buhari should just tender his voluntary resignation because he did not qualify to contest for the election at the initial stage. The lack of educational qualification of the President really shows in the way and manner the country is being governed presently. “With this development, Buhari has committed a criminal offence of not being able to provide the original certificate of his acclaimed ‘WASC’s Statement of Result’. Barrister Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe has constitutional rights to express his opinion on any issue of national importance like this nature. This is how some hoodlums were physically attacked late Chief Gani Fawehinmi at the High Court Premises in Lagos State during the trial of alleged Chicagogate forgery case against the then Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu”. He faulted the nation’s electoral body under the then Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jegga for not disqualifying Buhari from the presidential race of March 28, 2015 election, noting that this development shown the level of compromise by the electoral body during the run-up to the election, describing the threat by the Presidency as a ruse, undemocratic, satanic and unconstitutional which was against the tenets of democracy. Sulaiman who doubles as Chairman, Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS), then called on the authority of the security agencies in the land to beef up security around the Barrister Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, noting that Presidency should be held responsible if anything bad happened to the legal luminary, adding that the genuine pro-democracy activists would not allow President Buhari and his co-travelers to return the country back to the despotic military dark days. Signed COMRADE ADENIYI, ALIMI SULAIMAN EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, CENTR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (CHRSJ) +2348038591504/+2348022697573 http://www.newsflashngr.com/certificate-saga-group-warns-presidency-stop-threatening-nwolocha-ahaaiwe-just-produce-your-wasc/ 3 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: WAEC Certificate: Buhari Files Appeal Against Ruling Dismissing His Objection by Bigchief46(m): 2:05pm On Jun 15, 2016 |
In his Nomination Form and affidavit in support, Buhari only put WASC as his qualification for President. He did not mention primary school FSLC nor did he mention any certificate or diploma obtained from War College or any other course he attended. All speculation by members of the public as to any other qualification he has is moot because he himself did not claim them. If he does not provide proof of the WASC he claimed, then he has committed perjury & will be disqualified 9 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe: "Buhari Never Sat For WASC" by Bigchief46(m): 8:15pm On Jun 11, 2016 |
histemple:Don't wallow in your ignorance; it's an interview not an article 1 Like |
Politics / Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe: "Buhari Never Sat For WASC" by Bigchief46(m): 7:57am On Jun 11, 2016 |
Of all the people who filed suits to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari’s qualifications to stand for election to office of president regarding his West African School Certificate, WASC, in the run-up to the general election last year, it is only Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe who has refused to back down from pursuing the case in court. Others have since lost interest and moved on, Davidson Iriekpen asks why http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/06/11/nwokocha-ahaaiwe-buhari-has-no-certificate/ 50 Likes 3 Shares
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Politics / Re: For Ruling On Buhari's Certificate, Ademola Adeniyi Under Fire From APC Chiefs by Bigchief46(m): 4:12pm On May 30, 2016 |
Utchgirl:Sorry Sir; if the Court holds that Buhari was not qualified ab initio to contest; the LEGAL IMPLICATION is that the APC fielded no candidate at the election for office of President. The party that came second and its candidate will be declared winner of the election |
Politics / Re: Panic In Aso Rock As Court Throws Out Buhari's Application In Certificate Case by Bigchief46(m): 7:26pm On May 28, 2016 |
Vomm:Thisday newspaper published it yesterday, Friday at page 11 |
Politics / Re: Federal High Court Throws Out Buhari's Application In Certificate Case by Bigchief46(m): 7:22am On May 27, 2016 |
freeze001:SOURCE is First hand eye-witness account. I happen to be a Lawyer & was in that Court for another matter when the case was called up first by the Judge and the Ruling delivered. Only the Counsel for INEC was in Court; the Plaintiff was absent but wrote to Court explaining that he received Notice of the date for the Ruling the previous night & was out of town & could not make it. APC (2nd Respondent) & Buhari (3rd Respondent) were absent, were not represented and did not write to Court 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Federal High Court Throws Out Buhari's Application In Certificate Case by Bigchief46(m): 5:36am On May 27, 2016 |
pilotab55:You have all the info including Suit No., the Court, name of the Judge, date, etc. If you know any Lawyer or someone else in Abuja, just send him across to the Court to confirm for you or better still be in that Court on the 16 of June 2016 when the substantive case will come up for hearing 2 Likes |
Politics / Federal High Court Throws Out Buhari's Application In Certificate Case by Bigchief46(m): 9:01pm On May 26, 2016 |
The Honorable Justice Ademola Adeniyi sitting at the Federal High Court 7, Abuja, today, Thursday the 26th day of May 2016 dismissed the Preliminary Objections filed by President Muhammadu Buhari in the case instituted against him, INEC & APC in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/110/2015 by an Abuja based Legal Practitioner, Barr. Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe challenging his competence to stand election into the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when he lacks the basic educational qualifications set out in the Constitution. It will be recalled that in February 2015, Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, Esq. filed an Originating Summons at the Federal High Court, Abuja praying the Court to among others declare that Buhari is unqualified to aspire to the position of President not having sat for the Secondary School Certificate and also deposing to a false affidavit about his educational qualifications contrary to the Electoral Act. Buhari & the APC instead of entering a defence on the merits and exhibiting any Educational certificates obtained by Buhari, tried to frustrate the hearing of the case by filing several frivolous objections to the competence of the action. President Buhari retained over twenty SANs led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, Chief Akin Olujinmi, Femi Falana, etc., who for over one year now have failed to file any defence for Buhari or APC but instead used every trick in the book to delay the matter. This morning, the Hon. Justice Ademola Adeniyi in Ruling on the said applications which have been fought for over a year now, dismissed ALL of them as totally lacking in merit. He held that the suit filed by Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe was competent and the service on Buhari and APC was also competent. He thereafter adjourned the case to the 16th day of June 2016 for hearing of the substantive Originating Summons to determine whether Buhari's educational qualifications meets the minimum standards required by the Constitution. The Ruling today has caused lots of disquiet in the Presidency where many had forgotten that this albatross still hangs on Buhari's neck 1 Like |
Politics / Femi Fani Kayode Issues Clarion Call On The Fulani Herdsmen Ethnic Cleansing by Bigchief46(m): 7:18am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Femi Fani-Kayode Wrote THE MURDER OF THE FULANI: YUGOSLAVIA UNFOLDING The Department of State Security (DSS) have claimed that five Fulani herdsmen were abducted, killed and buried in a mass grave by members of IPOB in Abia state a few days ago. They have also claimed that there were up to fifty more bodies in that mass grave and that they are all Fulani. The implications of this announcement is obvious. It will create more tension and fear in the land and it will lead to reprisal killings in the north. Violence is never the way out and I have always believed that it has no place in any civilized society. Yet what I find curious about this announcement is the fact that it is unique and historic. I say this because thousands of Igbos, Yorubas, Niger-Deltans and Middle Belters have been killed by Fulani militants and herdsmen over the last ten months since President Buhari came to power yet the DSS has never announced it and told the country about the details and ethnic identities of the victims. When one thousand Shiite Muslims were slaughtered in Zaria and buried in mass graves the DSS did not speak. When five hundred Idomas were massacred in Agatu by Fulani militants the DSS did not speak. When hundreds of southern and Middle Belt farms were raided by AK-47-wielding Fulani herdsmen who murdered, raped, burnt down and took over the land of their victims the DSS never gave us details of the victims or made any announcements. When our leaders in the south were kidnapped and when men witnessed their wives and children being raped and butchered by the Fulani militias before their very eyes the DSS made no announcements. When the elder-statesman Chief Olu Falae's farm was raided by the Fulani militants for the third time in one year and his OPC guard was slaughtered the DSS made no announcements. When the villagers and farmers in the south-east were murdered and their wives and daughters were abducted by the Fulani militants the DSS made no announcements. When traditional rulers,nuns and priests were abducted and killed by Fulani herdsmen in the south-south the DSS made no announcements. When the farms of the south west were attacked and ravaged and Yoruba farmers and their families were butchered by the Fulani militants the DSS made no announcements. When the International Terror Index told the world that the Fulani militias in Nigeria are the "fourth most deadly terror organization in the world" the DSS said nothing and neither did they give us details about their activities or their victims. Worse of all is the fact that our government and our President, who himself happens to be a Fulani, has never deemed it fit or necessary to condemn the activities of the Fulani herdsmen and militants and neither have they expressed any sympathy or displayed any empathy for their many victims. Let me be clear: the murder of anyone, regardless of their ethnicity or faith, is unacceptable to me. I deplore murder and violence and in my view the killing of one innocent soul diminishes the humanity of every single one of us as a community and nation. However it seems curious that the minute that Fulanis are killed in the east the DSS is quick to rise to the occasion and express concern about it whilst they do not express the same concern when Nigerians from other ethnic nationalities are killed by the Fulani in their own homes and land. Therein lies the double standard and it is sad and unfortunate. Furthermore not only is it very dangerous but it also confirms the view that our government and security agencies are not only partial but that they are also attempting to implement an ethnic and religious agenda. Three questions must be answered: firstly who is funding the Fulani herdsmen and where do they get their weapons from? Secondly why does our government not only turn a blind eye to the mass murder and genocide that they regularly indulge in but also go out of their way to protect them? And thirdly why do the government and security agencies have so much hatred and contempt for those that the Fulani regularly target and their victims and why do they believe that those victims do not deserve to enjoy the full protection of the Nigerian Federal Government? Could it be because they are regarded as slaves and second class citizens? Is Fulani blood and are Fulani lives more important than others? Indeed do non-Fulani lives matter in President Buhari's Nigeria? Are we compelled to begin a ‘’non-Fulani lives matter’’ movement which is based and fashioned on the ‘’Black Lives Matter’’ movement in the United States of America before we can draw the attention of the world to what is going on in our country? Is it not obvious and logical that when the security agencies refuse to protect the citizens from the murderous hordes and herdsmen from hell those citizens will eventually seek to protect themselves and go on the offensive? That is human nature and it is to be expected. Is it not clear to those in power that when a people are convinced that their government is no longer impartial in any conflict and that the security agencies of that government have been directed to go out of their way to actively and openly support those that constantly and regularly slaughter their people it will eventually lead to open war? Is it so difficult to accept the fact that no government and no force from hell or on earth can compel or intimidate a man into lying down passively and silently watch his family, loved ones and kinsmen being butchered and slaughtered morning, day and night without trying to protect them and without indulging in some form of retaliation? With the sort of things that are going on in our country today it is time to tell ourselves some home-truths. No-one wishes to accept it let alone say it but sadly war will come to Nigeria again within the next few years. I do not want war and I consider it to be the ultimate evil but I am constrained to speak the truth and say things as I see them. The fact that a war is coming is a testimony to the fact that we have all failed to manage the peace that God has given us since 1970 and the cessation of hostilities after our brutal civil war. We have failed so badly that the remote and immediate causes of that civil war are back with us today even though we hate to admit or acknowledge it. Our country is like Yugoslavia unfolding before it exploded and violently broke into five separate countries. All the signs are there. Anyone that knows about the history of Yugoslavia or that is a student of world history will agree with me and appreciate what I am saying. Consider the dangerous mix. A crumbling economy. An inept, weak, failing and paranoid government. A hungry, angry and increasingly desperate civilian population. An ignorant, obsessive, arrogant, insensitive, corrupt and self-absorbed political class who are out of touch with reality. The ruthless implementation of an ethnic and religious agenda by a reckless and irresponsible government that refuses to consider the implications of taking such a course of action and that have an early-1960’s mind-set. The growing unrest, ethnic killings and sectarian murders. An ethnic and religious division within the Armed Forces and security agencies. A relentless clamp-down on and persecution of the opposition and all dissenting voices by the government and the use of fear as a tool of governance and control. The entering into a secret and covert treaty and military alliance with a group of Arab Sunni Muslim countries that seek to Islamise our country, that have, over the years, funded the most brutal and barbaric jihadist and radical Islamist terrorist organisations all over the world and that seek to impugn our national integrity and violate the secularity of our state. The constant and open abuse of power. The impunity and insensitivity of the Buhari administration to the plight of the masses. The hunger, hardship, poverty and suffering in the land. The failure of the government to get rid of the fuel queues and supply electrical power. The demonisation of peaceful and law-abiding self-determination groups and the unlawful incarceration of their leaders. The breach of the constitutional rights of the citizens and the ignoring of court orders and judicial processes by the government. The attempt to intimidate and control the Judiciary and Legislature by the government and so much more. The list goes on and on and history proves that such a mixture of circumstances is dangerous and can only lead to open conflict if not halted. The country is badly divided today and the people are suffering as never before. The division and hatred amongst some of our ethnic groups has reached pre-civil war levels. We in the south must prepare for the worse and not be found wanting when the trouble starts. That is my greatest fear. We must not end up like the Bosnians of Bosnia-Herzogovina did during the Yugoslavian civil war in the European Balkans in the late 1980's right up until 1992. They were the only ethnic group in Yugoslavia that was not prepared for it when the war started. They had no arms, no plan, no allies and no fall back position. When the fighting started they were caught unawares and for two years they suffered immeasurably for their stupidity and naivety whilst their people were killed like flies and their women and children were raped and enslaved. God forbid this should happen to our people. The reason that they suffered for two years was because there was an international arms embargo placed on all the ethnic groups and warring militias and armies in Yugoslavia when the war started. And sadly the Bosnians were the only ones that did not buy and stockpile arms in preparation for war months and years before it actually broke out. Plagued by a cowardly and weak-minded ruling elite and a naive, self-serving, servile, ignorant and intellectually-challenged middle class the Bosnians just kept talking, writing newspaper articles, appeasing the aggressors and their tormentors, praying and hoping for peace whilst all the other ethnic and religious groups and warring parties were quietly preparing for war. Sounds familiar? They suffered immensely for their lack of understanding, insight and foresight and their civilian population paid a heavy price. For two years after the civil war started the Bosnians could not even buy a gun or bullet to defend themselves. Their towns were besieged and blown up whilst their women and children were raped, enslaved and butchered. Their men were rounded up into Second World War-like Nazi concentration camps and starved and tortured to death and their dignity and self-respect was taken from them. They were turned into an internally-displaced people and their land was transformed into a sea of desperate and suffering refugees. It was a nightmare from hell and suffering on this scale had not been seen on European soil since the First and Second World Wars. It was after the international community silently watched them being slaughtered by their Serbian and Croatian compatriots for two long years that they were compelled, as a consequence of pressure from the people of the world and on moral and humanitarian grounds, to lift the arms embargo on them so that they could buy arms to defend themselves. The war dragged on for more years after that but at least the Bosnians, though two years late, were now able to fight back and defend themselves. It took the intervention of NATO, the bombing of Belgrade by the international community led by the Americans and the eventual break-up of the entire country into five pieces to stop the carnage and barbarity of the Serbs and eventually bring the civil war to an end. It was during that war that the term "ethnic cleansing" was first used by CNN to describe what was being done by the Serbs to the Bosnians, the Croats, the Slovenians, the Kosovars, the Macedonians and the Monte Negrans, all of whom represented the other ethnic groups that made up the old Yugoslavia. Eventually the country broke up and each of them got their independence from the dominant Serbs and from one another. If such a thing could have happened in the heart of Europe in the early 1990's why on earth would any reasonably intelligent person dismiss the notion that it can happen here? The only difference would be that if such a thing were to ever unfold in our country it would be far worse than what happened in Yugoslavia due to the sheer size of our population. The signs are already there and it is left for us to recognize them and prepare ourselves for the worse or to ignore them and, like the Bosnians, eventually pay a very heavy price. I pray that I am wrong but as far as I am concerned, for Nigeria, the bell is tolling. May the Lord deliver us. |
Autos / Re: Suspected Stolen Range Rover(photo) by Bigchief46(m): 8:03pm On Apr 12, 2016 |
Dreamwaker: Look at how our useless Nigeria Police is now spinning this and taking credit for "recovering" the car. This is how they always claim to have "RESCUED" kidnap victims who paid ransoms & were released by their captors or who escaped, etc: http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/04/cynthia-morgans-stolen-white-range.html?m=1 |
Politics / Re: kemi-Olunloyo: Fani-Kayode Impregnated Bianca Ojukwu Twice In London by Bigchief46(m): 6:58pm On Apr 12, 2016 |
zendy: SPOT ON: No proof whatsoever; no pictures, old letters/telegrams or anything from an era when these where the norm in such "alleged" relationships. And as you pointed out, what is the big deal if they actually dated? They were probably students studying in London at the time; is the big deal that Ojukwu later married her? How many of us know who our wives dated when they were single? Does PMB know those who dated Aisha when she was younger & does it matter? Ditto for GEJ/Patience; OBJ/Stella, etc, etc. We really have a lot of undiagnosed mental health problems in Nigeria |
Politics / Re: Senate Asks Amaechi To Resign by Bigchief46(m): 10:03am On Apr 12, 2016 |
TheGoodJoe: You state that: "The source added: “Minister Ameachi did not stop there, he followed it up with several meetings with Senator Gbenga Ashafa and during the defence of the budget, Amaechi informed the committee of the omission of the Lagos-Calabar rail modernisation project and indeed sent a supplementary copy of the ministry’s budget to the committee, which contained the said project." My brother, no one is above mistakes & the Presidency clearly made several in this budget imbroglio; let them accept their mistakes & move on instead of trying to justify it cos then you keep making matters worse. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT AMAECHI (A MINISTER) SENT AN AMENDED BUDGET TO A SENATE COMMITTEE? The power to SIGN & send budgets (whether original or amended) Constitutionally lies EXCLUSIVELY with the President of the Republic. The power to receive budgets (whether original or amended) Constitutionally lies EXCLUSIVELY with the Senate President. Clearly, we are in "silly season" again. ENOUGH 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Senate Asks Amaechi To Resign by Bigchief46(m): 9:18am On Apr 12, 2016 |
TheGoodJoe: With respect Sir, THE POINT IS THAT YOU MISS THE POINT. I want this project budgeted & executed; it is one of my dream projects. If you read my posts carefully, you will understand that my simple point is that it does not lie in the mouth of the Presidency/Amaechi to attack the NASS over the project when the Presidency itself never included it in the budget they presented to NASS; that is all I am saying. You & I can shout about it but I am saying the Presidency should not claim to be the good guys here while the NASS become the villains. If what you are saying are the facts then it means it was NASS (through it's Committee on Transport) that recommended the project sequel to the budget defence while the same NASS (through its Committee on Appropriations) rejected the recommendation. My point therefore is that while the rest of us ordinary citizens can scream at NASS for refusing the recommendation, etc, the Presidency has no moral grounds to scream at NASS for excluding a project the Presidency itself failed to include in the budget they sent to NASS. THE WAY FORWARD: instead of the Presidency to waste everyone's time throwing stones at NASS; they should sign the budget into law & immediately send a supplementary budget to NASS for the Calabar-Lagos Rail project |
Politics / Re: Senate Asks Amaechi To Resign by Bigchief46(m): 8:28am On Apr 12, 2016 |
TheGoodJoe:For Christ's sake how can you make a recommendation in favor of a project that is not in the budget? Please let us remove sentiments when discussing very urgent National issues. A budget is submitted to the entire Assembly not to Committees. Even when aspects of it are directed to appropriate Committees for action, fact remains that the duty of Committees is to discuss WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET. Those saying that a supplementary budget was sent don't know what they are talking about; there can be no supplementary budget when the original budget is yet to be signed into law. In any case, my point was very simple: it does not make sense to say that an item WAS REMOVED from the budget if it was never there in the first place. Whether it was discussed by relevant Committees notwithstanding that it was not budgeted in the first instance & recommendations made is a different thing altogether |
Politics / Re: Senate Asks Amaechi To Resign by Bigchief46(m): 7:48am On Apr 12, 2016 |
SageTravels: My brother, it amazes me when people simply refuse to use that grey matter in their head. Amaechi has been shouting himself hoarse that the National Assembly "REMOVED" the Lagos-Calabar Rail Project from the Budget. The simple question is: can NASS be accused of removing something that was never there in the first place? It is a different thing to say that they refused to accept his plea for it to be included during the budget defence. Amaechi who failed to include such a strategic project in the budget in the first place is now blameless while he uses his own mouth to insult the NASS? Smh 1 Like |
Politics / Re: #panamapapers: EFCC, Interpol To Go After Saraki, Mark, Others by Bigchief46(m): 1:57pm On Apr 10, 2016 |
doskie:That's a very apt explanation for the very many Nigerians with five year-old brains who have been shouting themselves hoarse over "Panama Papers" when they don't even understand what it means but I don't agree that almost everyone is in trouble because it is against the rules. There is no law anywhere banning offshore companies. An offshore company is simply a company registered by a person in another country in which he or she has shares. It could be in Benin Republic, Ghana or Panama or Belize. For a private person who is not a public person such as Dangote who has been mentioned for instance, it only becomes a problem if he earns money with it which is taxable in Nigeria but he fails to pay such tax in which case it is the same thing like millions of Nigerians including the thousands on Nairaland foaming at their mouths over Panama papers who don't pay their tax too. Not all money earned by offshore coys are taxable as it is only the USA of all countries in the world whose laws mandate that its citizens must pay tax on all earnings including those made abroad; other countries including in Europe & Nigeria do not. Dangote has cement countries in other countries for instance. If he registers a company in Panama & uses it to open a company in Kenya, he has the obligation to pay tax on his earnings from such companies to the Kenyan authorities but not to the Nigerian authorities if he keeps those earnings in an offshore account. The full complexity of it is too much to go into here so let me restrict a little to public officers. The law is that public officials should not run companies not that they should not own them. This applies to all companies whether in Nigeria or offshore. What thousands of public officials in Nigeria who ran businesses do upon being elected or appointed to public office is simply to resign from any employment or directorship of a company they hold. They continue to hold into their shares in those companies which should now be run by other people provided they declare all the shares they hold in every company whether domestic or offshore. The illegality is in failing to declare or paying tax as appropriate & that has to be proved. For many who have offshore or shell companies & want to keep their privacy, they simply transfer their shares in such offshore companies to trusts or other family members other than their wives before it is time to declare their assets such that at the point of declaration of assets, they have no such assets to declare. Therefore the fact that a public officials' name appears in Panama Papers in respect of a company registered in 1999 does not mean that he has committed any offense because that official could have disposed of his interests in March 2016 before assuming public office in May 2016 & has thus broken no laws, ETC |
Politics / Re: Azubuike Chikere-Wanjoku Storms INEC Collation Centre,Wants Return Of N12m Bribe by Bigchief46(m): 5:04pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
MinCeteris: Watch again: this time with a good (not cheap chinko) system or phone & good internet connection. It's 15 minutes by the way just so you do not run away after 5 minutes because of bandwidth costs. >: Remember I gave you his full name & Constituency too 5 Likes |
Politics / Re: Azubuike Chikere-Wanjoku Storms INEC Collation Centre,Wants Return Of N12m Bribe by Bigchief46(m): 9:37am On Mar 22, 2016 |
Tallesty1: Hahahahaha, Bros, no shaking. I think it was Prof. Soyinka who said that THE MAN DIES IN HIM WHO KEEPS QUIET IN THE FACE OF TYRANNY. My manhood never die yetoooooo (apologies to Mama Peace ) Even the Daura DSS cannot shut us up in the face of bare-faced Tyranny 47 Likes 3 Shares |
Politics / Re: Azubuike Chikere-Wanjoku Storms INEC Collation Centre,Wants Return Of N12m Bribe by Bigchief46(m): 9:31am On Mar 22, 2016 |
We are now watching to see how the Buhari "anti-corruption" Government with its anti-corruption Agencies including the DSS which now leaves issues of State Security to delve into inanities, will react: WILL THEY DO THE NEEDFUL? Or is there one Rule for PDP & another for APC? Buhari's anti-corruption credential is on the line. Remember, this is INCONTROVERTIBLE VIDEO EVIDENCE of self CONFESSION by an APC Candidate of having given bribe to compromise the election. 59 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Azubuike Chikere-Wanjoku Storms INEC Collation Centre,Wants Return Of N12m Bribe by Bigchief46(m): 9:21am On Mar 22, 2016 |
VIDEO: APC Candidate Demands Return Of N12m Bribe From Collation Officer Azubuike Chikere Wanjoku, APC House of Assembly candidate for Ikwere state constituency in Rivers State stormed INEC collation Centre in Port Harcourt, when he got wind of his defeat by the PDP candidate, demanding the INEC staff to give him back N12m he gave him as bribe to rig election for when. Click on link below to watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4VZ1tJA9wE 18 Likes 17 Shares |
Politics / Re: INEC Admits Fake Result Sheets In Rivers Rerun, Blames ‘printer’s Devil’ by Bigchief46(m): 6:59am On Mar 22, 2016 |
hedonistic: My dear, I seriously shiver when I think of what is coming in 2019 with elections in 36 States of the Federation & the FCT at the same time. Apart from about 6 Governorship elections, all State House of Assembly, Reps, Senate & Presidential elections will take place within the same space of time in 2019. If elections in 22 out of 32 State Houses of Assembly & a few Reps & Senate seats in ONE State of Rivers could not be managed by INEC, then just imagine when the Presidency, about thirty Governorship & hundreds of legislative seats will be in play. May God help us 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Celebrities / Re: Korede Bello Flaunts Stylish & Fresh Look In New Photos by Bigchief46(m): 11:48pm On Mar 16, 2016 |
cruzita:That's Reekado Banks |
Crime / Re: Gay Man Caught In Ondo Dies From Beating (Graphic Photos) by Bigchief46(m): 12:12pm On Mar 13, 2016 |
This is terrible and not to be encouraged at all. What a man or woman choose to do in the privacy of their bedrooms is no other person's business for God's sake. What is my business with my neighbors' sexual orientation or preferences; what is yours? As long as they have not molested anyone or acted inappropriately in public, everyone should mind their business. Politicians are stealing us blind & robbing us of our coming heritage and we hail them to high heavens, worship them & sing their praises; no one raises a finger against them even though their actions affect us personally & directly yet we go and murder a man or woman because of his personal sexual preferences? Even if he committed a crime, is mob jungle justice the way to go? Is his death a fitting punishment for the "crime"? Are some people not arguing on this forum that 5 years imprisonment is too much penalty for a celebrity who killed a Medical Doctor by her negligence of DUI & yet death is an appropriate punishment for two men who decided what they prefer to do with their own bodies in private? SMH 4 Likes 1 Share |
Career / Re: Between Ibinabo Fiberesima And The State by Bigchief46(m): 11:30am On Mar 13, 2016 |
Eruditor:I am late to comment because I did not want to comment; reason being that I don't usually comment on legal issues when I don't have all the facts of a matter as what you get in the media is sometimes unreliable or out rightly false. I would however like to just say this: your reference to a burst tire shows you don't appreciate the issues. If she had a burst tire that led to an accident from which someone died; she won't be found guilty of manslaughter in the first place unless she was speeding excessively to the point that a burst tire would inevitably lead to the car swerving off to another lane or summersaulting. As you know, not all bust tires lead to swerves, etc. The point is that manslaughter connotes some form of negligence (such as DUI). To give an example: if I shoot my gate man with my pistol because I caught him on top of my wife, that is murder. If I accidentally shoot my gateman while trying to clean my pistol because I did not take the precaution of first putting the safety on & removing any bullet in the chamber, then that is manslaughter. Even if there is no DUI involved but only excessive speeding for instance or breaching traffick lights which leads to an accident from which death results, it is still manslaughter. I have not taken the time to look at the Criminal Code (which is at the office while I am home this Sunday) but if it is true, as some say, that the punishment for the offense is five years without option of fine; the the Appellate Court is right to set aside the sentencing by the trial Court and in its place impose the penalty prescribed by Statute |
Politics / Re: James Ocholi Is Dead (Minister Of Labour, State) by Bigchief46(m): 6:03pm On Mar 06, 2016 |
This is TERRIBLE news. Rest in peace Learned Silk |
Crime / Re: Pastor Hacks Banker Wife To Death In Imo [graphic Photo] by Bigchief46(m): 4:30pm On Feb 29, 2016 |
ShakurM:Is this really a surprise? Many ladies sadly feel they are nothing without a man's name attached to theirs & a cheap ring on their finger. You will see a lady with a Ph.D or a professional or otherwise doing very well for herself & yet she will allow society to pressure her into believing that all she is or has achieved is nothing without a man. Some choose to die in abusive relationships instead of leaving. They will tell you that "you don't understand" when you try to talk sense into them. In fact if you are with your own woman or man in a good relationship, it's worse because then they make it look like you are enjoying the company of your own partner while telling them to quit theirs. I am surprised a lot more women are not dead if you consider the amount of abusive relationships & domestic violence we have today 3 Likes 1 Share |
Celebrities / Re: Olajumoke Looks Cute In New Hairstyle... (photo) by Bigchief46(m): 4:12pm On Feb 26, 2016 |
rheether:You are waiting for that day? Like seriously? How is that a blessing to you assuming it happens? Why is such breakup your prayer point? I really would be interested to know |
Politics / Re: Stella Oduah Reacts To Her Victory In Supreme Court Today by Bigchief46(m): 10:57pm On Feb 25, 2016 |
Osyabj:LMFAO; this is the best rant you can come up with? You that was boasting about how the Sup. Court will sack Oduah & Co. today with your ignorant analysis. I did warn the Public to ignore half-baked lawyers like you who take delight in coming to the Internet to pontificate and deceive people who don't know that you are probably just a very junior lawyer somewhere with no experience. The same Sup. Court you insisted just days ago will sack Odua & Co are now Corrupt? INEC is now corrupt? All the lawyers are also corrupt? See your smelly mouth & "corrupt". The only thing corrupt thing here is your juvenile brain |
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