₦airaland Forum

Point of Correction


According to the Nigerian law - senators or reps dont get tenure extension if they are relected after the original election has been annulled. so if a person is elected into the senate or house a day before the parliament is dissolved , then all you get is 1 day.

A forum where people only talk and nothing else happens -   talk, talk, talk and absolute no effect on the real society

who cares whether north or south - The best man for the Job

and what happens after the World cup  -  10  * Massacre  resumes to make up for the lost time.

Change is on the way

Who cars whether these people are yorubas or from the ND - abeg all of you should get a life - The true fact self inflicted poverty is currently destroying this great nation Nigeria

This one na WilyWily wife - hear grammer - Lol

@ashia2


how can i send you donations - I am not in Nigeria

Hi

What is the latest with the other chap - Joshusa

Joke country - The problem herein lives the freaking Government

deluded people - so much for people that want independence - they keep splitting votes - I guess money speaks

Aloy~Emeka:
I didn't say you are semi-literate but foolish. I don't know why 3 naira whores like you who troll the internet love to smear on people's achievement. Many countries have different ways of delegating their attache depending their system of government. UK being a G8 territory should be Niger's melting point in Europe and that is why their attache there should be important. Instead of you to tell me that Niger runs theirs differently from Nigeria, you proceeded to call me semi illiterate[which is meaningless anyway]. Your potty mouth which has no control was transfered to a man you neither know by calling him honorary consul. Why not become Nigeria's HONORARY consul to common Chad since its an easy pie?. Not even your father, boyfriend, husband, yourself will achieve half of that. Foolish tramp; We Nigerians have this arrogant way of belittling people and their achievements which is why many foreigners find us very irritating. This is a man who is responsible for every Niger citizen in UK no matter their number and every other issue concerning Niger as regards to people from other nations and you stand here to to call him honorary consul.

Now tell me the difference between a consul and an honorary consul?

dont mind them na jealousy they worry am.

For once a Nigerian is not associated with 419 scams. who gives a rat ass whether Honorary or no honorary the fact he was selected on merit is a cause for celebration which doubt would have happened in Nigeria

chidichris:
the truth remains, OJUKWU MADE AND UNMADE BIAFRA.

So why the hell does he get the kind of the praise beffited to him - If the man was only protecting his interests.

maybe its just ignorance on the part of many igbo's

Also spending 2billion Naira on personal medical equipment when the average nigerian can not get 20000 naira worth of medical equipment.

Anyone in their right senses - would vacate such stressful presidential position to look after their ill health  but unfortunately Nigerians have a chop, die and poison the rest mentality.  

I wish this man will come to his senses quickly and do the right thing.

Na wa o - These politicians sef - fix the country and migration will stop

DISTURBED by the increasing rate at which Nigerians migrate illegally abroad, the Senate may summon the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ojo Maduekwe and the Comptroller General of Immigration, Joseph Ude, to brief it on measures to curb the practice.

A motion to that effect, which has been published in the Senate Notice Paper, would be debated next week when the Upper House resumes sitting.

Sponsored by Senator Wilson Ake (Rivers) and 19 others, the motion canvassed urgent measures to be taken to address unemployment in the country to stop youths from embarking on illegal trips abroad.

The motion also asked the Federal Government to ensure the revival of ailing industries and assist the organised private sector to generate more jobs, noting that the illegal practice was prompted by "the search for the proverbial golden fleece without sufficient information of the immigration laws and the regimes applicable in the countries of their destinations."

http://odili.net/news/source/2009/oct/21/17.html

AfroCynic:
This is interesting, potential Nigerians everywhere, lol!

No wonder Africa is messed up

Abeg give me a break - This mend sef - Make yara adua settle them fast so they can keep quiet

THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has endorsed the meeting between President Umaru Yar'Adua and one of its leaders, Henry Okah.

The group said it was a welcome development as it could lead to the attainment of genuine and lasting peace and justice in the region.

MEND, which five days ago declared its readiness to resume attacks on oil facilities and the military in the zone, said yesterday it might ask its fighters to stand down from their level of alert to pave way for dialogue with government.

The group said that after the conclusion of its campaign against the Federal Government, it would turn the heat on corrupt governors and other public officials, who impeded development in the region.

Its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, said yesterday that the response by the President's spokesman, Mr. Segun Adeniyi, indicates that the Federal Government is now open to meaningful dialogue with everyone, including a team of eminent Nigerians nominated by MEND to negotiate on its behalf.

Members of MEND five-man Aaron Team, named on September 29, are Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe (rtd), Prof. Wole Soyinka, Maj.-Gen. Luke Kakadu (rtd), Prof. Sabella Ogbobode Abidde and Annkio Briggs as liaison between the group and the team.

Gbomo said: "The response by the President's spokesman that government is now open to dialogue with everyone can be interpreted to include our Aaron Team. When we hear from Okah regarding this shift in position, we will have to create the enabling environment for such talks to commence and that will mean asking our fighters to stand down from their level of alert and this may require a formal declaration of cease-fire."

He said MEND supports Okah's initiative and ready to work with him and the Aaron Team to achieve lasting peace in the Niger Delta.

According to him, "Okah declined to be a part of the Aaron Team but offered his advice from often. The Aaron Team is the body recognised by MEND to mediate on its behalf.

"We have not given them (Aaron Team) a brief. The key understanding is that they will be addressing the root issues responsible for the unrest in the Niger Delta which date back to post-independence."

Gbomo said from the little MEND had gathered, Yar'Adua seems to have a good heart even though that not be sufficient to address the core issues affecting the Niger Delta.

"That he has offered to dialogue is a wise decision contrary to the utterances from Godwin Abbe (Interior Minister) who we have no respect for."

MEND described government's proposal to plough back at least 10 per cent of oil proceeds for development projects in the oil producing communities as a wise move, but remarked that this was still not good enough as the goal of the people was to control their natural resources.

Gbomo said the failure of the government to implement the recommendations of the Ledum Mitee-led Technical Committee on the Niger Delta, was an indication that it was afraid of addressing the root issues because certain forces were scared of true federalism.

"True federalism and a system that will remove immunity from governors so that they and others down the line can be brought to book for corruption. In fact, the governors and others that manage public funds will be our next target after we have been successful in this first phase of our campaign," he said.

Despite the acceptance by some of its key commanders, MEND said it does not need to recruit more persons because the number of fighters in the creeks were enough, adding that those who have gone were not indispensable.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article03//indexn2_html?pdate=211009&ptitle=MEND%20hails%20President,%20Okah%20parley

citizenY:
@2tait
Time and space will not permit me to continue. My summation is that those in leadership should know that this country belongs to us all (as Buhari once told us) and that we shall salvage it together. We have no other place. Let the leaders salvage this country.


Broda, dat time don pass. we are on our own. We can salvage it together but not with this crop of leaders.

I read somewhere comments by the new IG on the matter of the new police uniforms being weather proof
and were meant to differntiate the officers from the others. I notice also that almost all the uniforrned services
are now wearing new uniforms. The constable is left out, the private is left out.

This is a very good omen. Our big men and oppressors are becoming easy to identify and I sincerely hope
and wish that all our oppressors create easily identified paraphernalia that identifies them. If you have not
formed your own impressions, you better start thinking right now.

This means of identification will come in handy when we decide to [b]salvage these guys since they have refused
to join us to salvage Nigeria.[/b]

all Mouth and no action - I heard the above since 1985 -

Glory to God Finally people are taking the initiative instead of waiting for God to act.

toshmann:
i live in the UK, and i really really support this statement above. there is nothing in the UK. the UK is good only for those nigerians who are not making it at home. i.e those who have no jobs etc.

if you have a good job in nigeria, it will be a fatal mistake to come to UK seeking greener pastures. you go hear whiii.   this country is only good for education. (because their degrees are highly valued globally-which is politics anyway) after school b4 dem go give u work eh!!!!if at all them give you work.

one senior Dr in Nigeria won the HSMP to come to UK and for 2 yrs he could only get a job at NEXT as a cashier junior cashier and his boss is a high school drop out   de guy don run go back naija

absolute nonsense  - I live in the u.k and have a wonderful job even better than the so called oyinbos - I am able to support persons home and abroad ( All to the glory of God). No doubt it is hard is get jobs but looking for work requires dedication, skill and effort . The U.k is experience based society.  Hirers are more intrested  in where you worked last, experience and not a masters qualification with no experience.

Most people forget that the U.k is fast paced society where technologies changes so fast that a degree obtained last year is almost irrelevant the following year.

To survive - u need study trends. definitely some coming from Nigeria will struggle as our technologies are so outdated

Point of correction


This man was not a man of God - The church was a front to cover the dirty business.

Karzai 'stripped of outright win'


Hamid Karzai is said to be furious at the prospect of a runoff
A panel probing fraud claims in the Afghan election has found Hamid Karzai did not gain enough valid votes for an outright win, the BBC understands.
Preliminary results from August's first round had placed Mr Karzai comfortably over the 50% plus one vote threshold needed to avoid a run-off.
But the BBC understands Mr Karzai's vote share has fallen below half, after a number of votes were ruled invalid.
Under poll rules, Mr Karzai now faces a runoff against rival Abdullah Abdullah.
In its much-anticipated report on Monday, the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) ordered that ballots from 210 polling stations be discounted.

When this tangled process began, the ECC, the only electoral body composed of Afghan and foreign representation, was regarded as the "final arbiter".

The IEC's role was to ratify and announce the results. The IEC is accused by many of being too close to a president who appointed all its commissioners. It now says it needs "a day or two" to examine the details of the ECC report.
One source warned of a possible "train crash". Others are still hoping a compromise can emerge at this critical eleventh hour.
President Karzai has repeatedly warned foreign countries not to interfere in the election process.
Sources say he firmly believes Western countries, in particular the United States and Britain, are conspiring to rob him of victory.
Endgame for Afghan elections?
The panel said it had found "clear and convincing evidence of fraud" at the polling stations, which were across the country.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8314613.stm

Do you thinks it time to call UN to manage elections in Nigeria?

This is the effect from every nigerian that has snatched ballot boxes, taken a bribe to sell their vote and was thug for crook politican


" For God is not mocked whatever a man sows he will reap "

try hell fire .- it is a local call

@poster


what is the big deal - so many nigerians allover the world doing exploits.

complete waste of time - Nigerians have been praying since 49 years ago - nothing to show for it . You cant pass responsibility to God and it is your hands.

edikan.vic:
It was a surprise to me hen i heard that Prof Charles Soludo was nominated as the PDP flag bearer. This Nigeria is really corrupt, This man is a professor after leaving that kind of position as a CBN Governor, He should go back to school and teach. why is he coming to politics.

God forbid . He has been shown how to make effortless money. University ko polytechnic ni.