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izzou:


[color=royalblue]Whether Sunday likes it or not, the Fulanis are free to live anywhere they want. The same goes for an Igbo, Yoruba or any other tribe

You can't just wake up one morning and threaten a whole community.

If you feel aggrieved, join Nnamdi Kanu's WhatsApp group. But as long as Nigeria exists, anybody is free to live anywhere[/color]

You talk foolishly

uncleck:
I wonder why any sane human being will want the likes of Tinubu and Atiku to become president in a country of over 200,000,000 people.


Your roof is still my concern. Check my signature

Nah orji criminal make we come vote for?

Deepthoughts:
People like zulum are only playing to the gallery,if zulum truly believe in equity n fairness then he should be bold to categorically state that the presidency should go to the SE in 2023, any pronouncement short of that is mere pretence.

SE should work for it not that they should sit like a slowpoke and expecting it on a platter of gold

US authorities carried out the 13th and final federal execution of Donald Trump’s presidency Saturday, media reports said, less than a week before the White House is taken over by Democrat Joe Biden, who opposes the death penalty.

Dustin Higgs, a 48-year-old Black man, was executed by lethal injection at the federal penitentiary in Terre-Haute in Indiana hours after the US Supreme Court rejected a stay of execution, the New York Times reported.


Higgs was pronounced dead at 1:23 am local time, the Times said, citing a statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

In January 1996, Higgs invited three young women to his apartment near the capital Washington, along with two of his friends. When one of the young women rebuffed his advances, he offered to drive them home but instead stopped in an isolated federal nature reserve outside the city.

According to the Department of Justice, he then ordered one of his friends to shoot the three women. In 2000, he was sentenced to death for kidnapping and murder. The man who pulled the trigger was sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole.


“It is arbitrary and inequitable to punish Mr Higgs more severely than the actual killer,” said Higgs’ lawyer Shawn Nolan, in a plea for clemency addressed to President Trump at the end of January.

But the Republican president, a staunch defender of the death penalty, did not follow up. On the contrary, his administration fought in court to be able to proceed with the execution before he leaves the White House next week.

A court had ordered a stay of execution on the grounds that Higgs contracted Covid-19 and that, with his damaged lungs, he would likely suffer cruelly at the time of an injection of pentobarbital.

The Department of Justice immediately appealed and won the case.

The final bid to halt the execution then went before the Supreme Court, whose conservative majority — firmly established by Trump appointees — has systematically given the green light to federal executions since the summer.


– ‘This is not justice’ –

The Trump administration resumed federal executions in July following a 17-year hiatus, carrying them out at an unprecedented rate.

Among the 12 people put to death since then was, for the first time in nearly 70 years, a woman — Lisa Montgomery, executed Tuesday despite doubts about her mental health.


At the same time, states postponed all executions to avoid spreading the virus.

“This is not justice,” wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a dissenting note to Friday’s decision by the Supreme Court. “After waiting almost two decades to resume federal executions, the Government should have proceeded with some measure of restraint to ensure it did so lawfully.”

“When it did not, this Court should have. It has not. Because the Court continues this pattern today, I dissent.”

President-elect Biden, who will be sworn in on Wednesday, has vowed to work with Congress to try to abolish the death penalty at the federal level.

Democratic lawmakers on Monday introduced a bill to that effect and since their party has regained control of the Senate, it stands a chance of being adopted.

(AFP)

The Governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Zulum, said on Friday that for the sake of fairness, power should return to the south in 2023. He faulted the suspicion that any part of the country could not be trusted with power, perhaps for the fear of secession.

He stressed that there was a need for fairness in the country, adding that marginalisation had become the loudest concern from the citizenry.

He spoke in Lagos on Friday at the 17th Chief Gani Fawehinmi annual lecture, themed ‘The constitutional history of Nigeria’s dysfunction: Any pathway to indivisibility and common progress?’ which was an event organised by the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch, to celebrate the life and times of the late Fawehinmi. The governor stated that one of the pathways to common progress was for fairness to reign in the country.

Zulum, who was accompanied by some commissioners and special advisers, explained that power should shift to other sections of the country.

The incumbent President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) is from the North-Western state of Katsina and is serving his second and final term in office.

The governor said, “I’m persuaded that other sections of the country should be given the opportunity to lead in 2023, why not? It is constitutional.”

Zulum, who reeled out the criteria set by the constitution for anyone to contest the Presidency, as contained in Section 131 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), asked all the persons from the South-East and South-South at the event to rise. He then told them that once they met the four conditions stated in the Section, they were also qualified to contest the presidency.

The section reads, “A person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if (a) he is a citizen of Nigeria by birth; (b) he has attained the age of forty years; (c) he is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that political party; and (d) he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.”

Speaking further on the issue of fairness as regard 2023, he stated, “Consequently, my response to the question posed by the theme of this programme is that yes, there are pathways to indivisibility and common progress; we must collectively agree that we need to do more to demonstrate fairness to every constituent part that made up this country. That is the constitution.

We need to understand that pedestrian suspicion is not an empirical or legal reason to deny any section of the country from participation in the leadership of this country. We are fast moving towards a point of inevitable tension.

“One of the loudest concerns from the public is marginalisation. Therefore, we must as a matter of necessity create an environment that is conducive for everyone. People must feel the impact of the government and that government is responding.”

The governor also said south-easterners should negotiate for power rather than expect others to leave it for them.

He said, “To our friends and brothers in the South-South and South-East particularly, only God gives power but you have to negotiate for power. Negotiation becomes easier when you make friends across the divide. If we negotiate for power, we don’t always get everything we want, but we will normally mention every clause that covers everything we need.

“I said this because I have heard many people say ‘they don’t want to give us power’ but assumptions and projections will never actualise your aspirations. We must all remember that God gives power but human beings negotiate for it. Every interested party must be prepared to negotiate for it.”

The governor also expressed reservation over the age limit of 40 as the minimum to contest the presidency, noting that in many countries around the world, people below 40 had become world leaders.

He said, “Let me state here that I have a problem with the age limit set at 40, because whatever is the logic behind it, it is difficult to consider it valid in contemporary times.”

He cited several examples of presidents or prime ministers who got to power under the age of 40, including President Emmanuel Macron, who became the President of France at the age of 39; Sanna Marin, who became the Prime Minister of Finland at 34; and Joseph Muscat who became the Prime Minister of Malta at the age of 39, among many others.

We must review our constitution to reflect this current reality in our country and provide greater access to the greatest number of our citizens,” he added.

He admonished Nigerians to familiarise themselves with the 1999 Constitution, saying even though there are issues with the document, he believed strongly that it could still produce good results when faithfully discharged.

He added, “If governance were to be a religion, the constitution would be its holy book. You know your Bible, you know your Quran, know your constitution. Gani Fawehinmi fought for a people’s constitution. We cannot let him down. Let us work to build bridges and drive a people-oriented constitution that would make Nigeria better for everyone.

“We must make the constitution of Nigeria work for all Nigerians and not just some Nigerians. Our system of government must give people a voice while delivering services to them, including security of lives and property.”

The Chairman, NBA, Ikeja Branch, Mr Bartholomew Aguegbodo, said the event was to celebrate the life of late Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), whom he described as a great and courageous fighter who stood for what he believed to be right. He lamented that public interest litigation, which Gani did passionately, seemed to have become a thing of the past.

He added, “This is a challenge to all of us in practice. Also, this occasion reminds us all that the man we honour today had an idea he lived for; that legal practice is not only for money-making but also standing for the oppressed.”

Also, the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Kazeem Alogba, said the judiciary was always ready to associate with the good programmes of the NBA, as he commended the Ikeja branch of the association for immortalising Fawehinmi.

Represented by Justice Lateefat Folami, the CJ said, “The Chief Judge commends the activities of the NBA for immortalising a great lawyer like Chief Gani Fawehinmi. He played a big role in developing the legal jurisprudence of this great nation, like the production of the Nigerian Weekly Law Reports, which is a very great resource and legacy Chief Fawehinmi left for us. There is no good lawyer that doesn’t have NWLR in their library.”

Others at the event included the immediate past President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo; Mr Femi Falana (SAN); former NBA Vice-President, Mr Monday Ubani; spokesperson for the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin; Executive Director, Enough is Enough, Ms Yemi Adamolekun; Folarin Falana, aka Falz the Bahd Guy, and others.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/why-power-should-shift-to-south-in-2023-zulum/%3famp=1

DontBullshitMe:
An unhealthy man.

Stronger than your parents

Shinexprints:
You're a bad father, since you have a bad son...

You will continue to lament forever

Starcrest1:
Nawa o. Nigerians don die finish for Asia, please if you want to do drug business, avoid some Asian countries.

This ain't brilliant.......

Biafrans and not Nigerians

nairavsdollars:
And what will be the penalty if Tinubu or Atiku spend over N100 billion in 2023

Tinubu giving you sleepless night in the yeast

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
That sounds like a good news

His wings is gonna be completely clipped before 2023

Una go wail tire

NaijaRoyalty:
This is the kind of man Nigerians need as leader not Tinubu abi na Tinubu dem dey call am

You mean Tinubu the slayer of ipob pigs and PDP?...

UnBanEbenezerr:
I know yours is already rotten in the grave.
Bastard

Your family is in hell already.
Omo alé

UnBanEbenezerr:
he will become the president of your MISERABLE family and your generations.
Idiot

Your mother

Fahdiga:
Let the delusion continue. It is good that Tinubu is wasting his loot this way at least boys will be happy. imagine a world renowned drug lord who is in the same mould as El Chapo, Pablo Escoba becoming Nigeria's president. imagine the kind of embarrassment Nigerians will be facing in the hands of airport workers all over the world when they present their Nigerian passport simply because Tinubu, a well known druggie is our president. God forbid bad things

By the time he becomes the president then your generation go weep tire...ipob pigs

NwaNimo1:
So the Igbo guy has been sentenced to death for shooting a fellow soldier (with a reason).......

...and Mohammed Kudo to 3 years for shooting a 12 year old boy (for no reason)?

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......God punish anyone talkin 'One Nijeria'!

Shut up and read with understanding. The 12years old boy was shot but not dead

OfficialAwol:
So Imbecilic Rochas wants to do to Ohaneze what Tinubu did to Afenifere...

Now Ohaneze will start visiting courts.

Okorocha is just too stupid for my liking

Tinubu the nightmare of both PDP and yeasterners

GetMeRight:
It doesn't change the fact that he too has lost a family member to covid-19. We should be humane and sensitive to other's plight at all time.

Out of points

GetMeRight:
The lady just reminds us that karma is real, many of us have even forgot that he did that.

They’re no longer married for your information

Gracedavid125:
Why nah, anyways I hope she will be released soon

Why hoping she’ll be released.... she should pay the price

Please don’t let it pass 4 wives

nairavsdollars:
Is that not the man Mocking Buruji Kashamu while on hospital bed for COVID-19

Are you mocking him or what or is that the way you can remember him-Mumu

Fahdiga:
Construct they wouldn't and when anyone constructed they will pull it down

Let them pull it down. There’s a good legal route to make use of

blinking001:
Trump will always have my respect as the man who fought evil. Useless Americans dont know what is coming..

Prophet wey know please tell them....Mumu

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heard this man is sick, but he just derives joy in chasing shadow

I would rather vote Shekau than vote this drug Lord in 2023

Igbo ipob pigs

Kapeter:
Eleribu omo ale jati jati. Bush boy.

You’re all generally foolish in the family. Eranko

CharleyBright:
Hmm.
I don't know precisely how 2023 will play out, but for sure Tinubu will not be President. The Muslim Northern Cabal will never allow him because as a Southern Muslim, a Tinubu Candidacy would mean a Christian Northern VP. And by this arrangement, the Muslim North is totally cut off from governance. Tinubu candidacy is a NO- NO for the Muslim Northern Cabal, it won't happen. Tinubu is the most foolish politician to believe the Northern Cabals will support him.

The Muslim Northern Cabal might even play the Divide and Rule card (by pitching the South against itself) to retain power to the North. The Muslim Northern Cabal might even opt to urge Osibanjo to contest and support Osibanjo rather than Tinubu, thereby tearing apart the Tinubu/ Osibanjo relationship and pitching them against each other. Meanwhile, the cabal are giving the IBOs the hope of 2023 Presidency, but do they really mean it? Or is it a ploy to divide the Southern votes further and give the north more advantage?
But one thing is certain, the North often and very likely vote according to Religious and Ethnic sentiment. They will vote for any Northern Muslim (be it a child) ahead of even the most credible Southern Candidate.
I think the Muslim North have a Joker they will play come 2023.

Don’t wail too much. The ticket is going for Osinbanjo and Zulum

Kapeter:
Like d commissioner isn't human and isn't here in Abeokuta with everyone of us. You leave in the village right? Ode.

Your father

NwaNimo1:
Leaked photo:

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Igbo man as usual

Kapeter:
This commissioner like p****. He's f****** someone i know very well. A young lady like dat. He always send his driver to pick her up at home with the ministry vehicle. I think he likes the gal sha even though me self bn dey eye the gal too. She's a bit beautiful.

Stop telling us tales by moonlight to make it looks real mumu

Charmingrascal:
Resign if you have any integrity left in you

Who know you

BrutalJab:
your papa

Your stinking mother