₦airaland Forum

AtlanticBreeze:
The same Government Tompolo that has resisted arrest and called the bluff of the courts under buhari's government. I guess this is just something for the zombies to fantasize on

If d Coward get balls make he come out.Bad pikin whe say naija no go sleep,him too no go see sleep!

This lady dey chop food so?she is one nyashless skeleton.

Arsheda:
The police officer has no argument.

what CMR?

Oga ceejay,i hail oo! I bought d 20A,12v charger frm yur guy @ chidi sam ventures,but discovered it cannot charge my ups which is24v, 1500va,use 24v batteries in series inside making it difficult to use a 12v battery charger,i told d seller i will return it for a 24v or 12v/24v battery charger which he said he dnt hav b/c pple dnt demand for that he wont order for only one item,culd u use yur good rapport with him to convince him to b supplying d 24v charger,since it will not b inconvenient 4 me to be disconnecting/connecting batteries to charge in parallel anytime phcn bring light.

rapistbuhari:
An advance team headed by the finance minister is expected to travel to Negotiate the loan and President Buhari would travel to China to sign the loan in March, Chinese TV's website, cctv-africa.com has reported.

According to the report "President Muhamadu Buhari recently presented an ambitious budget to Nigeria’s parliament. At 30 Billion dollars, it is the highest Budget proposal in Nigeria’s history.

"Analysts think Buhari’s administration is attempting to spend its way out of recession by investing a huge chunk of the budget in infrastructure but he doesn’t have access to funds for that. The deficit stands at $5 billion for now but it could rise up to $15 as Buhari’s administration plans to spend billions on infrastructure and uplifting social service.

"Nigeria’s economy has been contracting consistently for more than a year – Rapidly falling oil prices taking a toll on the economy.Crude oil accounts for 90% of the country’s exports and 70% of its earnings.

"Development expert Jayi Gaskia thinks Nigeria needs the loans for immediate budgetary support but a major bailout could be imminent unless a resurgence in crude oil prices happens soon.


http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/buhari-to-travel-to-china-for-2-billion-loan/135109.html#UYsT5Aw0fT83qkkt.99

see how pdp make this man dey work extra hard 2 keep nigeria afloat,after pdp & their theiving gangs loot nigeria hard currencies frm cbn,baba ride on may u walk & never stumble.

they must hav learnt stealing frm pdp

Ndlistic:
https://cdn.dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/President-Muhammadu-Buhari-2-500x300.jpg?712c0b
The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday raised the alarm over oppressive and unfair treatments against its key leaders by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government.

The party in a statement by its National Legal Adviser, Mr. Victor Kwom, stated that the arrest and detention of its Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was part of “the grand script by the APC-led Federal Government to decimate the opposition.”

“We are also aware that plans have been perfected by the Federal Government to arrest and detain the Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu; Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Godswill Akpabio and other leaders of the party on imaginary charges.

“Indeed, intelligence available to the party shows that the Federal Government, using its various agencies, is bent on destroying any opposition to the ruling party as all indications show that the government is more interested in humiliating the PDP than fighting corruption.

“We state that this war on the PDP and its leaders has indeed gone too far. It has now become a mockery of democratic practice”, Kwom said.


http://dailypost.ng/2016/02/24/buhari-more-interested-in-humiliating-our-members-pdp-cries-out/

Cc: lalasticlala

Return all ya LOOTS!No peace for d wicked!

[quote author=Emekamex post=43209761][/quote]This wailer yur haterd 4 tinubu fit snd u 6ft below,Y u come put Tinubu head 4 Thief olisa metuh Body na

kenny987:
People...open your eyes and read! The security personnel were approved since 2009 by Late Umaru Y'aradua. Una no go die on top Jonathan matter o!
I do hope the disgusting practice of assigning security personnel paid by public funds to serve as body guards for private individuals is discontinued quickly. It is disgraceful!

is jona 2 feeble to disband d security aids even if yaradua approve it.

NgeneUkwenu:
Who even assigned Security aides to a Criminal? Jonathan is really an Idiotuu!!

softly insult yur fathers age na!

dre11:
https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-mtn-withdraws-suit-ncc-pays-n50bn-good-faith

50billion gini? Still remaining 730billion,MTN pay us our money b4 d end of june or pack out.

Thieves advocate,this is one of d SAN the discourage Mtn not 2 pay our fine to NCC.

God bless pmb & punish wailers with long term suffering

Siena:
A cheap marketing ploy. If you're smart, you'll keep your money in your pocket. The best way to save money, is to keep your car regularly serviced, moderate your driving style and buy a car that's most suitable for your local terrain. Anything else is just a waste of money.

Haba!did they say whoever used it shld never service his car?Mr demarketer.

No b wike(d) them go hear am,shebi them vote 4 am

HiddenShadow:
Very possible.
The North and their comrade think they can cheat the SS and go scot free.

Whaaat d pfuck do u mean by cheat d SS

Let him do it without involving government,let him sell half of his Assets & donate d money 2 d poor,then we will believe him.

2sex:
That's we Igbos for you. The brain of an average Igbo man is constantly thinking.

Trust an igboman @ yur peril,naijerians cannot put thier life in d hand of a conman,infanyi hav u return yur subsidy fraud loot

Macclane:
https://dailytimes.ng/ebonyi-umahi-commissions-13-bulldozers-for-rice-farming/

13 bulldozer ke!Y not buy 4 combine harvesters,6 tractors & plough,then 3 bulldozers.

so who iz d Heir Apparent 2 take over d balogun dynasty when thier primate progenitor is recall 2 mother earth

luvinhubby:
Which hatred?

Is Buhari not the head of state, the buck stops at his table so he takes the credit or blame for anything done right or wrong.

Look kid!wike is d guvnor of d state d buck stop @ his table,let him call his boys 2 order,we dnt want return of odili's years again.

WHAT DID THEY DO WITH THERE 13% DERIVATION.

Chei!man whe woman dey pray 2 b,this fool go turn himself 2 woman.

kahal29:
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, is still under investigation for alleged corruption.

Sheriff was arrested by the commission in June last year for alleged embezzlement of public funds during his eight years as governor of Borno State but was granted bail.

His government was said to have received over N300bn from the Federation Account between 2003 and 2011, an amount alleged to have been mismanaged by Sheriff.

The ex-governor of Borno State was subsequently detained from June 3 to June 4, 2015 and released on administrative bail without being charged to court.

The EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, had said at the time, “We can ask him to come back anytime we need him.”

Speaking with our correspondent on Monday during a telephone interview, Uwujaren said, “Sheriff is still under investigation.”

When asked to explain how far the commission had gone in the probe, Uwujaren said, “I cannot disclose the details of the investigations for now but the matter is already in the public domain.”

A reliable source within the anti-graft agency told one of our correspondents that Sheriff’s probe was not a witch-hunt but a normal criminal investigation.

He said, “Criminal matters do not have statutes of limitation. If a crime took place 30 years ago, we can re-open it at any point in time and that is what is happening.”

http://www.punchng.com/sheriff-still-under-n300bn-borno-allocation-probe-efcc/

by d time effcc finish with these man he & pdp will b ashame of thereselves

judecares1:
Dat is d only man which can contend wit d APC led govt

Is he going to unleash bokoharam on us all?

judecares1:
D APC led govt are afraid of him dat is y dey call him Boko haram sponsor

is fkk also APC?

judecares1:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/i-will-not-resign-as-pdp-chair-modu-sheriff/

let them leave Sherrif alone,he has been there member all this while did they not knew he was a bokoharam sponsor?He become a devil as sooon as he become d chairman of PDP boko haram party?SAA stay where were u are & explode pdp.

cosby02:
There are indications of a looming crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a group of concerned stakeholders and elders of the party have called on the new National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, to resign.

The group, under the aegis of PDP Rescue Group led by Wilberforce Juta, who also contested for PDP chairmanship, made the call during a news conference on Sunday, February 21, in Abuja.

According to Juta, the PDP leaders were upset about Ali Modu Sheriff’s appointment as PDP national chairman, Premium Times reports.
He said: “Most PDP members did not see in Sheriff a model of impeccable integrity that the party badly needed to lead it at this critical moment.

“We are upset by the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party in appointing Ali Modu Sheriff as national chairman.

“We are convinced that this decision is against the will and wish of the generality of members.

“We know for a fact the North-East Zonal wing, having been directed by the National Caucus of the party to forward nominees from the zone, did not nominate Modu-Sheriff for the position of national chairman.

“Consequently, Modu-Sheriff should do the needful by stepping down honourably as it is evident that party members nationwide have overwhelmingly rejected him.

“Having the PDP destroyed by acts of error of judgment being witnessed now, is denying Nigeria of a strong opposition party that is badly needed if Nigeria’s democracy is to be strengthened and all tendencies toward civilian dictatorship checked.

“The crisis must challenge all party members to action to halt the party from further drift. The plan of PDP Rescue Group is to mobilise party members and leaders to help attain this noble goal.

“It is, therefore, critical if the PDP must come back to national reckoning, that we remodel its leadership on the platform of honesty as required by the party manifesto.”

“It is our considered view that we endeavour to elect only those with discernible traits.”
Juta called for early congresses and national convention of the party to elect new leaders as the term of the current leadership was due to end in March 2016.

He said: “Under no guise should the tenure of the current leadership of the party be extended, if we must make the needed fresh beginning.”

The imposition of Sheriff as the acting chairman of the major opposition party was not well received by many Nigerians who took to their social media platforms to pour out their feelings.

https://www.naij.com/738413-ali-modu-sheriff-divides-pdp-leaders.html

Why na make dem leave am make he EXPLODE PDP finally.

Does this fuulish Guv,know what devaluation means.

how much is d AC refill?

That yams shld b replanted all of it.

metronaija:
Boko Haram started killings with my own blood brother

I Will Hit the Road, pacifying PDP members, asking them to return


Not a few Nigerians were surprised and shocked by the announcement of former governor of Borno State, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff as the new Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), especially because of his alleged links with the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram. It was therefore natural to be eager to put a number of questions to him on the issue. It was a long wait as guests continuously streamed into the expansive living room to confer with him. It was not until the wee hours that we were able to corner him and once we did, he took our questions calmly and vehemently denied any association with Boko Haram, saying they killed some people around him and would still kill him if they had the opportunity. He said he moved against the sect when it started in his state, culminating in them being outlawed and their leaders were arrested and taken to Abuja more than five times but that they were all freed. In this interview, he tells Ahamefula Ogbu that those who had access to the media foist the Boko Haram label on him but points out that President Muhammadu Buhari would not spare even his son if proven to be linked to the sect. Sheriff says he never had any plans to lead PDP, though he is perfectly up to the task. He outlines his plans to rejuvenate the party explaining that his sojourn in opposition politics all his political life made him the right candidate to lead the party now…Excerpts


How did you emerge as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in these turbulent times?

Well, it is an act of God. I truly believe that whatever God decides is what happens. I did not plan to be the Chairman of PDP; it was the collective decision of owners and leaders of the party that felt that I could offer a leadership that is needed at this moment in time. Any party that is in opposition needs someone that would unite the people to confront the challenges ahead of that party. For me I have been in opposition politics all my life. I was a minority leader in the Senate which is an opposition; in the APP and ANPP, I was in the Senate as an NRC Senator which was also then an opposition party because the SDP had a larger number of members even though it was truncated by the military. It was also an opposition party. I was a governor in Borno State. You know that when I was a governor, we were in opposition for the eight years; so today my emergence as the Chairman of the PDP is to build a party that has lost election after nearly two decades as the party in government.

More importantly, most of the people today that are in APC were PDP members. I am ready for the job and I am going to build all the bridges so that we can bring the party together once again. That was how I became the Chairman, it was not planned, but when God wants to change something He makes people to make the right decision.

In this country today, whether rightly or wrongly, you are seen as the progenitor of Boko Haram, so many were surprised by your emergence?
Well, you see, Nigeria is a country of laws. Nigeria is a country that has the largest black population in the world and nobody today in this country is above the law. It was fiction and imagination of the writers. Let me ask you, I was the governor of Borno State for eight years and, when I was a governor, there was no local government that was under Boko Haram. The issue of Boko Haram came when the government at that time, under President Umaru Yar’Adua, destroyed their mosque and, that was it. They succeeded in killing three people when I was the governor and, do you know who those three people are? One of them was my blood brother, same father and same mother; second one that they killed was the gubernatorial candidate of my political party; third one was Chairman of my party who was also my first cousin. I have never seen anybody in my life that was connected to Boko Haram apart from their leader who was arrested by the military then. The military invited me to see him for the first time in their barracks. If for any reason I had any connection with Boko Haram, I would have been arrested. I am not above the law but you know media is a very strong institution; if your enemy or the people who are afraid of you go to the media and put a false report, the author will write based on information that was given to them by people who believe that unless they dent your image, they will not get what they want politically. Otherwise, there is no way I could be linked to Boko Haram because by my disposition, my background and where I come from, I have nothing to do with Boko Haram.

Boko Haram wanted to kill me all the time because they believed that I was the one that reported them to President Musa Yar’Adua to destroy their enclave when it was destroyed that time. It was after I left government that they moved to their different camps and bushes. Why should they kill my brother? Why should they kill my family if I am a sponsor of Boko Haram? Is there anywhere in the world that you sponsor something to kill you? But unfortunately, the wrong information was circulated to the media by our enemies and, unfortunately, I am not the talking type, so along the line, they kept on fabricating the same lies until it stuck. Let me give you a typical example. Just a week ago, all the social media planted my picture, showing me with the card of APC purporting that I was joining the party. At that time nobody wrote that I was Boko Haram, only that Sheriff is going back to APC. When we registered with APC we went to our villages to do it, that village they are showing on the social media was a village that was taken over by Boko Haram for the past three years, so how could I have gone there to register? Few days after I became the Chairman of the PDP, Ali Sheriff is now Boko Haram; so if you are in APC you are not a Boko Haram.

Throughout my period in APC nobody said I was Boko Haram. Immediately I left the APC, I was termed Boko Haram, therefore you could understand that Nigeria is a very interesting country and the fact that today you cannot do without the media and whosoever has the machinery of the media, unless by chance like the way you have talked to me, they would still be disseminating every kind of stories but nobody will ask why is it that when Ali Modu Sheriff went back to APC, nobody said he is Boko Haram but today that he is PDP Chairman, he is Boko Haram. To cut the story short, I have nothing to do with Boko Haram in my entire life. Nobody in my family or relation is Boko Haram or close to any Boko Haram member. These people that wanted to kill me? Up till today, if they have the chance they will kill me because they think I reported them to Yar’Adua who leveled their places of worship and, along the line their leader was killed. And that is my crime and why they want to kill me but people that are afraid of me changed the story and they keep on doing it. Every day they write different things, but you and I know that nobody is above the laws of Nigeria. I believe today that President Buhari, even if it is his son or blood brother that is Boko Haram member, he will arrest and prosecute him. So the allegation is the figment of the imagination of the writers.

You said they were trying to kill you when you were in power?

Yes

So that means they were there during your tenure?
No

As the Chief Security officer of the state then, how would you say the problem of Boko Haram started?

It is not just when I was there, if they have the opportunity today, they will kill me. They wanted to kill me, and my crime was simple; I stopped them from operating in the state and in fact, I outlawed them. I did a lot to stop them in Borno. I made it clear that if you are found among them, you will be prosecuted and jailed. It was a proscribed group in the state during my time as governor.

Apart from the proscription, were there other actions you took to stop them?

Their leader was arrested and taken to Abuja severally but each time they bailed him before it culminated in their attacks. And eventually, their building was destroyed and their leader was killed. The military threw them out of the towns and they entered the bushes. After my regime, they regrouped from the bushes and other local governments and started what they are doing now. I have nothing to do with them.

How many times did you take action against them?

It was during my administration that their leader was arrested; it was during my time they were proscribed; it was under my regime that their leader was arrested and charged to court and they were bailed by citizens of Nigeria from Abuja, they are all on record. It was my own family that they started killing. They went to that mosque to kill my younger brother thinking it was me and that was the mosque I usually go to pray; so where did I come in?

How many times was their leader arrested and brought to Abuja?

More than five times

And the security system didn’t take the issue seriously?

The security system cannot do much once they arrest and arraign them and the court grants them bail; what would they do since we are in the time of rule of law. If the court says you are not guilty, then you are not guilty.

One of the issues your people have against you is that you destroyed the local government system and didn’t allow it to function as governor; why did you do that?

It is absolutely false. All my local governments were functioning. I was the only governor, I remember that time that conducted local government election, and gave them independence. In my time I had an opposition local government chairman, even inside Maiduguri which is Juare Local government. In my time, every local government in Borno State had a hospital and, today, most of these refugees are in the buildings I constructed in Borno State. In my time, I did many roads in all the local governments and the local governments were functioning and, to crown it all, their money was never missing. When I was leaving government, I left N65 billion. Today, I stand to be corrected; if any state in Nigeria has left even N5 billion for his successor. I still stand to be corrected. So, anybody telling you that I destroyed local government system in the state is not being truthful. The most-properly run government in Nigeria was in Borno and I want to tell you that the statements of accounts of how Borno Local governments operated; the outstanding money, close to N40 billion was part of the N65 billion that I left in the coffers of Borno State. So, for anybody to write that is absolutely rubbish. I challenge anybody to prove me wrong.

How would you rebuild PDP because it is a party in disarray now?

Well, I will give you food for thought and it is up to you to judge whether I have the capacity to rebuild it or not, but I tell you very clearly, PDP will be rebuilt, will be reunited, PDP will come together. I formed a party from the scratch that won elections all over Nigeria. The UNCP, which was short-lived, was built by me and we won elections all over Nigeria. I won election to the senate and 80 per cent of those that won election at that time were from UNCP and I, by the grace of God with few other leaders like Jerry Useni who is still alive, Issah Mohammed, built it together and it won elections all over Nigeria. So, I have the capacity to rebuild PDP. UNCP was started by me from the confab. It was UNCP that birthed PDP and APP; some members of UNCP went to form PDP and some went to form APP at that time. PDP formed government in Nigeria and we (APP) were strong opposition party in the country. This APC you are seeing, I was a founding member. APC is ACN and CPC that got together to form the APC. Therefore, from my antecedents, I have won elections from scratch; I built party in Borno State, we formed government of APP then; I came to the National Assembly and due to disagreements, I unseated a sitting government to become the governor for eight years; therefore somebody that is not a builder cannot achieve such feat.

What do you think is the problem of PDP that brought it to this present state?

The problems of PDP were many and we understood them and we can reposition this party. At a point in time the leaders of the party could not agree on certain basic principles. For arguments sake, many states lost elections today because those the people wanted were not the ones eventually given the tickets of the party. Some of them did not leave the party but they stayed within the party and because of anger, they allowed the party to lose the election. We will reconcile with them and bring them back to the party. We will go to their homes, talk to them and make sure that everyone put his dagger down. They should know that the party they built would not be allowed to be destroyed. We will beg everybody, we will go to everybody’s home to make sure that their anger does not exist because when a human being is angry he has a right to be pacified and we are going to pacify them in their homes because when wrongs are done, another wrong cannot correct that. When people leave their anger the right things would be done.

Are you not afraid of the present government coming after you seeing this is the era or arrests?

I strongly believe that there is no government in the world that can operate without an opposition. Most governments listen to constructive opposition. If being in opposition is a crime, they will have the right to do whatever they want to do but as a politician we would say what we believe is right to be said. It is our fundamental right to practice party politics and that is all we are doing; we are not insulting anybody, all we are saying is we believe every citizen has the right to aspire and the judgment is left to Nigerians to decide. President Buhari is a President, he was there by the will of God, whatever God destines will happen and party politics is the right of everybody. You have the freedom of choice like you have the right to freedom of worship and the constitution of Nigeria provides for freedom of expression. Nobody can be jailed because he is expressing his fundamental human rights.

Have you started reaching out to estranged members?

Yes

What is the response like?

Wonderful. There are people that had been sitting down in their houses after losing the election but after talking to them they have accepted. Calls are coming and I have been making calls every day and immediately we finish the handover and take over, I will hit the road everywhere, pacifying them, asking them to come back; it is a home they built and it is a home that they should not leave. I will visit the zones; I will visit the states and I will visit individuals whose sacrifices made the party and, insha Allah, we will succeed.

So you are hoping to take over power from APC in 2019

It is not yet 2019, but I will tell you that we will build our party and put our people together before 2019 that you are talking about. What I am ready to do today is to build my party; the rest is left to Allah, God almighty who says that power belongs to Him and He gives it to who he wants to give. Only God knows who reaches 2019, but I tell you that the party will be rebuilt, the party will be repositioned. Every member of this party will be happy to be a member of the PDP.

There is this assertion that PDP destroyed the economy and that is why it is in a mess. What is your response?

The economy is something that is sometimes affected by global factors that affects people globally. The price of crude oil today is not determined by PDP; it is a global issue. Today, crude oil prices are $28-$29 and PDP does not determine oil price. By 1990 when the world economy crashed the whole world was affected. Today, the EU, US, Caribbean, all over the world are affected by the oil price and other economic factors. It is in every part of the world. When certain indices that affect the economy change, they affect the global economy. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and other oil producers are also affected by the slump in oil prices that has nothing to do with government; PDP is not the one in power now.

Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

I have been a businessman all my life. I was born to a business family, and I ventured into politics in 1978 when NPN came and my uncle was running as a senator. We went to campaign for him and he won the elections and that encouraged me; how he was talking to villagers, how he was getting reception interested me. By the time I came back from England, I lived in Lagos, concentrating on my business. In 1992, I was invited by the NRC in my state, which was in minority, to come around for the senate. I contested against the National Chairman of the SDP’s wife, Ambassador Kingibe and I won the election and it became the election of the century because at the point I joined the NRC, out of the eight local governments in my senatorial district, six of them were controlled by the SDP, only two of them were controlled by the NRC and, everybody had written it off that I will not win the election but eventually I won.

What do you see as the future of Nigeria?

It will be great, Nigeria will bounce back. Nigeria is a very interesting country that is politically aware. Nigerians will make a decision and when they want to change they will change. Nigeria is a country that no one but Nigerians can determine who will be their leader at any given time. Nigerians collectively voted for Buhari and removed Jonathan who was a sitting President and that makes our country very interesting.


How would you use the knowledge you garnered as governor to help resuscitate PDP?

PDP is a deep rooted political party in Nigeria but it was unfortunate that few people destroyed the party. Why they did it, only they know but we will rebuild PDP and put that all behind us and bring the party back to life. Politics is give and take, talking to the people, listening to the views of other people. It is about peoples interests, feelings and combine them to ensure peoples’ views are respected and that they are given the chance to say what they want that is why it is democracy, it cannot be regimental and one directional. People have to be flexible.

How do you see the apprehension of Nigerians over failure of their expectations by the incumbent APC regime?

The disappointment of the youths in any government of the day if their expectations are not met is understandable, because the suffering of Nigerians today is too much. Unless you take deliberate steps to remedy the suffering, it would always breed disappointment. We will tell them what we will do if given the opportunity to rule, we will give them hope.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-would-ve-arrested-me-if-i-had-any-links-with-boko-haram/232444/

If someone train mad dogs he will 1st taste their bite.