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I have been trying to post some videos but it isnt working...... can someone please educate me ..... gratias

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I don't believe that story..... any terrorist act carried out in France, u.s.a or Britain is either a covert operation by the govt or the govt is aware like 9/11 .... that's where the real capitalism is practiced, sometimes lives, multiple lives are lost for the capitalist to expand.

well he should also answer why he let shagari ( the President) free while he put Alex eqwueme in jail...... gej may not be effective but I know he believes in freedom for all. buhari is a no no, he is a first class rigid conservative not readily disposed to change. so I am bewildered when APC shouts change and presents buhari

at 72 an old man is deceitful... and he wants to become president..... well he says he collects 2.3 million out of the 23 million.. still he lied that he doesn't have up to 2 million in his account....

a pity ..rip

WhiteTechnology:
I hope you have a university certificate

So that when we ask you , we won't hear

IT IS AT ALAUSA

una no go kill person with laff

Na wa o, don't know what is happening these days with our girls and women. 18 yrs in marriage a women is still partying (owambe) like she is in a relationship....... she still loved him my foot..

BeeBeeOoh:
Who are thou 2 mak such statement don't bring curse upon yourself young man. Leave what u don't know alone before what u don't know will consume you.


A Word For The Wise

thats the problem we have in Nigeria when a man God is derailing we quote one bible verse like touch not my anointed, how do we know they are His anointed. if they are truly God's anointed they should know when to prophesy. Jer 23:21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

continue impregnating beauty queens dont come running to your fans when you run out of doe

Ipledge:
thats a lie,I don't really use facebook back in Nigeria but I started using when i get here,because many people use...its true they don't use watsapp,am sure you know Kik is almost every home

you may be right, but i wrote based on those i interacted with, a large number of them. at first i thought it was because of the conference. up till now i rarely see them on these social media

joblessness..... Nigerians are so preoccupied with all theses Western social media more than the west themselves. was in the u.s last year for a conference most of them Americans don't even use watsapp, u rarely see them on Facebook or twitter, when u see them there its either they are chatting with someone or trying to get information. but here we re always in twitter, facebook etc doing nothing or trying to garner thousands of friends who they wouldn't chat with

useless woman.... this is one of the person that doesn't want Nigeria's refinery to be functional. now gej is blocking the channels at which they use to steal our oil. obasanjo was a zombie to the west especially America so they loved him so much. $16 bill spent on power, 1 trillion naira worth of oil disappears in the sea, the massacre in Odi & zaki ibiam all in OBJ's tenure yet no American complained now an independent President is not dancing to their tunes they are everywhere opening their dirty mouth. gej may not be an effective leader, America or any politician from America should not be the ones to tell Nigerians. they are vultures. except from few like Sen rand and Ron paul

Since the end of the cold war, the United States of America had this super power mentality that they should not be challenged and no one should rise above them. To achieve this was easy, expanding (NATO) the security bloc consisting of nations who in papers and television are independent countries but in real sense are controlled in one way or the other by the U.S. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Alliance), was established to curtail the might of the soviet union as Europe after the second world war felt threatened by the large and powerful forces of the soviet union also known as the red army. The Soviet Union in response created the WARSAW pact consisting of puppet countries of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe. Europe felt threatened as a result of what the soviets where doing in East Germany trying to impose communism at all cost in East Germany which was antithetical to European culture and the enduring anti-communist propaganda by the U.S. NATO consisted of mainly of countries in Western Europe while WARSAW consisted mainly of countries in Eastern Europe. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, most countries left the Warsaw and the U.S saw this as an avenue to continue their anti-communist propaganda and use the breakaway countries that form the defunct Soviet Union to monitor its greatest threat RUSSIA.

Russia seemed to be the only country from the defunct Soviet Union and also in the world giving the United States sleepless nights, majorly as a result of its stockpile of nuclear weapons which is the largest in the world. Russia also saw the U.S as a major threat to its national security as most nations formerly under the Soviet Union where beginning to join NATO and embracing capitalism. The U.S had to allay the fears of Russia by promising them that NATO wouldn't get to their borders. The United States renegade on its promise when Georgia, which is very close to Russia tried to join NATO. Russian president Vladimir Putin responded which led to 5 days of war between Georgia and Russia, and also led to some parts of Georgia breaking away from Georgia and aligning with Russia up to this day South Ossetia and Abkhazia formerly under Georgia before the war are independent of Georgia and fully backed by Russia. As a result of the foreseen trouble Georgia have since not been admitted into NATO.

With Russia growing influence and power, the United States felt it was better to bring down Russia by all means. Ukraine was used as the bait. The United States engineered the ousting of Russia friendly president Viktor Yanukovich and supported Ukraine’s bid to join NATO knowing full well that Russia would never allow that in fact Ukraine means more to Russia than Georgia. Now the game plan is working perfectly; Ukraine is in chaos, Russia has annexed Crimea drawing criticisms and even sanctions by America and its allies and most recently which is very strategic the dwindling oil price. Oil accounts for roughly half of Russia’s export. the united states knows that without large revenue from oil, Russia would be unable to carry out prolonged military conflicts and the economy would be bad which in turn would make Russian citizens stage protest against the Vladimir Putin regime which may lead to the resignation of putin (practically impossible) or his defeat in an election(almost impossible). The united states have began the process of fracking (the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside) which has seen them gradually abandoning importation of oil in the international market and has led to the decline in the price of oil as demand is very low. Also stringent economic policies in Europe and probably china have lead to the low demand for oil. One major way for the price of oil to be high is by oil producing countries reducing their level of oil production as to make the commodity scarce thereby increasing the price. OPEC in their last meeting didn’t agree on price reduction as Saudi Arabia the organisation biggest and powerful oil producer stated that it would not reduce its production. Saudi Arabia is a major ally of the U.S in the Middle East most especially the Arab world. Reduction of oil production would make oil price soar and in turn could enable the dwindling Russian rouble and its economy get to its feet which is not what the U.S desires at this time, so no one should expect the Saudi’s to reduce its oil production they are in it with the U.S. At the end many countries would suffer as a result of one country trying to undermine another country. Also the it is likely that if the U.S achieves its aim of making Russia bend the issue of fracking may be kept aside as there are great dangers involved in fracking.

If the U.S truly doesn’t want to encircle Russia it should not be so concerned about Ukraine joining NATO as it would do the same thing Russia is doing if Russia tries to enter a military alliance with Cuba and installing high tech weapons and equipments in Cuba. No nation would want to see a country it shares its borders with going into an alliance with its perceived enemies. Europe, especially Western Europe should be cautious because if a war breaks out in Europe, Europeans would suffer the most and not their pay master America who would be so far across the Atlantic Ocean in North America trying to keep its country intact at the same time sending its soldiers and war machines to Europe for their destruction.

bonechamberlain...

French President Francois Hollande is wary of the impact economic crisis in Russia might have on Europe. He has called for sanctions imposed against Moscow to be lifted as soon as there’s progress in peace talks over Ukraine.

“If Russia has a crisis, it is not necessarily good for Europe,” Hollande said during a two-hour interview with radio station France Inter. “I'm not for the policy of attaining goals by making things worse, I think that sanctions must stop now.”

Hollande said he wanted to make sure there’s progress in peace talks over the situation in Ukraine, before putting an end to sanctions.

He said he hopes to see signs of mutual understanding at the January 15 talks in Astana, Kazakhstan. The meeting is being organized by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are expected to be among the participants.

Moscow has repeatedly said it was doing all in its power to facilitate the peace process in eastern Ukraine. A major breakthrough was achieved during September’s Minsk peace talks, brokered by Russia.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has sarcastically described western sanctions, also announced in September, as “a ‘reward’ for Russia’s role in the Minsk agreements and more generally for its part in organizing the meeting.”

Another round of peace talks in Minsk took place in December. The negotiations, which brought no breakthrough in the crisis, were overshadowed by Ukrainian parliament voting to revoke the country’s “nonaligned” status, paving its way for closer ties with NATO and eventual full membership.

Hollande said he understands that Kiev’s striving for NATO membership can hardly contribute to the peace process.

“Mr. Putin does not want to annex eastern Ukraine. I am sure. He told me so,” Hollande told France Inter. “What he wants is to remain influential. What Mr. Putin wants is that Ukraine does not become a member of NATO. The idea of Mr Putin is not to have an army at Russia’s borders.”

The Ukrainian crisis has strained relations between Russia and France, with Paris putting on hold the delivery of Mistral helicopter-carrying amphibious assault ships to Moscow.

Hollande decided to suspend the delivery of the first such ship "until further notice" in late November, despite the fact that the move might hit the French economy hard.

France is facing a multibillion-dollar fine if it fails to deliver the ships under the terms of the contract. The delay of the warships’ delivery has also reportedly entailed additional costs for Paris.

rt.com

DIALOGUE WITH NIGERIA BY AKIN OSUNTOKUN Email: akin.osuntokun@thisdaylive.com


There is tragic irony in the choice of Professor Yemi Osinbajo as the South-west answer to the Muhammadu Buhari deficit in Yoruba-land. To be counted as a credential of the nominee would be the fact that he is married to the granddaughter of the late political juggernaut, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. I expect that very soon a much orchestrated campaign visit to Ikenne would materialise where the reinvented Buhari would plant a specially packaged millennia peck (sharia permitting) on Mama HID Awolowo’s century old cheeks.


Yet one of the mindless cruelties and victimisation of Awolowo’s political camp by then military head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari, was the seizure of Awolowo’s international passport, which resulted in the consequence of not being able to go for his annual medical check-up for the first time in his adult life (Awolowo died two years later in 1987). In tandem, the residential abode of the political icon in Lagos and Ikenne were besieged and ransacked by Buhari’s security goons.


Beyond the factor of the compensatory concession of the presidency to the Yoruba in 1999, the next crucial determinant of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s success at the presidential election in 1999 was the political reciprocity of the ‘north’ to his candidacy. Shunned by his geo-political constituency of the South-west, he was practically adopted by the north as political payback for his generous identification with the region in deed and precept, when he was the military head of state.


By the same token, the question begs to be asked -- what is the political debt of gratitude that the South-west owes Buhari? At the time Buhari seized power, the government of Alhaji Lateef Jakande had embarked on a turnkey infrastructural project that would have had a revolutionary mobility impact on the economy of the South-west in particular and Nigeria in general.


The project was the construction of a light rail city wide system known as the Lagos metro line-an infrastructure that had proved indispensable to the evolution of all developed economies. Can we for a moment imagine the consequence of the absence of the sub-way rail transportation system for the London or New York mega polis?


One of the first steps Buhari took as military head of state was the cancellation of this socio-economic transformative project. And the tragedy did not stop there. For violating the terms of the contract of the project, Nigeria had to pay a penalty of about $600 million. And again, the tragedy did not stop there. The penalty of $600 million actually translated to over 60 per cent of the entire cost of delivering the project-yet this was the choice Buhari made.


How a man so socially and economically obtuse and cruel can now be peddled as the solution to the problems substantially created by the megalomaniac misdeeds of rulers like him beats the imagination hollow.
On October 13, 2000, Buhari led a delegation of prominent Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) personalities including General Buba Marwa, Alhaji Aliko Muhammed, Alhaji Abdulrazak, Alhaji Hassan and some others to confront Governor Lam Adesina of Oyo State in Ibadan on his characteristic divisive platform.


Said Buhari: “Your Excellency, our arrival here is to discuss with you and your government our displeasure about the incident of clashes between two peoples, my people and your people…The Fulani cattle rearers and merchants are today being harassed, attacked and killed in Saki like in any war. In the month of May 2000, 68 bodies of Fulani cattle rearers were recovered and buried under the supervision and protection from a team of Mobile Police from Oyo State Command.”


The unfounded allegation provoked a response from the Oyo State police commissioner:
“First to speak was the Commissioner of Police who debunked all the claims made by the General. Instead of the claims by the General that the natives were killing the Fulanis, the police commissioner said pointedly that the opposite was the case. The killings of the natives by the Fulanis were duly reported to the police and, of course, we can’t make arrest because as soon as they kill they migrate to other areas. Who are you going to arrest? So that is the problem.”


Governor Adesina concluded by questioning Buhari’s patriotism and nationalism and made a telling reference to the subversive role he was, at the material time, playing against the Obasanjo government:


“My appeal will be that effort must be made to unite this country and that will be to the best interest of all Nigerians. I am appealing to the Arewa Consultative Forum under which auspices our distinguished Nigerians are here. In recent times, they have been sending wrong signals to a number of us who believe in the unity and peace of Nigeria. You have been too critical of the efforts of the federal government. I am saying this because Nigeria at this point cannot afford to break and words you northern leaders utter are very weighty. At the South here, we normally analyse them critically.”


In a rather self-debasing manner Nigerians are being told they lack discipline and are in dire need of task master Buhari as antidote, but is there a greater act of indiscipline imaginable than an army officer taking arms against the state to overthrow a democratically elected government?
If in the improbable event of Buhari been elected president, on what ground would we stand to condemn a military coup against his government? And consistent with this treasonable predisposition, his campaign organisation recently went on record as openly declaring support for Army mutiny.


What greater lack of discipline is there than a former ruler of Nigeria habitually lapsing into parochial laden ethno-regional fulminations; regularly throwing Buharispeak tantrums on his preconceived sense of entitlement to the presidency of Nigeria-the dog and the baboon will soak in blood; not treating the Boko Haram insurgents like the Niger Delta militants amounts to an injustice against the North…
What of the anti-corruption avenging angel platform? We may not need to wait too long for substantial answers to this query-as we eagerly await the release of the report of the inquiry into the activities of the defunct Petroleum Trust (special) Fund (PTF) under his executive chairmanship.

Did saint Buhari not absolve the late General Sani Abacha (under whom the PTF was established and lasted) of any iota of corruption even as governments and banks the world over were returning tonnes of Abacha stolen dollars to Nigeria?
And is it not instructive that even before the election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been begging off from its candidate’s vaunted platform of anti-corruption? - as attested by the amnesty on corruption issued by party chairman, John Oyegun, a few days ago “the future of the people of this country is too important for us to spend valuable time trying to dig into the past”.

Buhari: A Leopard Does Not Change Its Colour

Wole Soyinka

The grounds on which General Buhari is being promoted as the alternative choice are not only shaky, but pitifully naive. History matters. Records are not kept simply to assist the weakness of memory, but to operate as guides to the future. Of course, we know that human beings change. What the claims of personality change or transformation impose on us is a rigorous inspection of the evidence, not wishful speculation or behind-the- scenes assurances.

In Buhari, we have been offered no evidence of the sheerest prospect of change. On the contrary, all evidence suggests that this is one individual who remains convinced that he is one ex-ruler that the nation cannot call to order.
Buhari enslaved the nation. He gloated and gloried in a master-slave relation to the millions of its inhabitants. It is astonishing to find that the same former slaves, now free of their chains, should clamour to be ruled by one who not only turned their nation into a slave plantation, but forbade them any discussion of their condition.

Nor must we omit the manner of Buhari coming to power and the pattern of his corrective rule. Responsibility for the national condition lay squarely at the door of the ruling party, obviously, but against whom was Buhari’s coup staged? Judging by the conduct of that regime, it was not against Shagari’s government but against the opposition.

The head of government, on whom primary responsibility lay, was Shehu Shagari. Yet that individual was kept in cosy house detention in Ikoyi while his powerless deputy, Alex Ekwueme, was locked up in Kirikiri prisons. Such was the Buhari notion of equitable apportionment of guilt and/or responsibility.

Recall, if you please, the judicial processes undergone by the septuagenarian Chief Adekunle Ajasin. He was arraigned and tried before Buhari’s punitive tribunal but acquitted. Dissatisfied, Buhari ordered his re-trial. Again, the tribunal could not find this man guilty of a single crime, so once again he was returned for trial, only to be acquitted of all charges of corruption or abuse of office. Was Chief Ajasin thereby released? No! He was ordered detained indefinitely, simply for the crime of winning an election and refusing to knuckle under Shagari’s reign of terror.

One is only too aware that some Nigerians love to point to Buhari’s agenda of discipline as the shining jewel in his scrap-iron crown. To inculcate discipline however, one must lead by example. For the exercise of a changeover of the national currency, the Nigerian borders air, sea and land had been shut tight.
The story of the thirty something suitcases it would appear that they were even closer to 50 – found unavoidable mention in my recent memoirs, YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DOWN. For the exercise of a changeover of the national currency, the Nigerian borders air, sea and land had been shut tight. Nothing was supposed to move in or out, not even cattle egrets. Yet a prominent camel was allowed through that needles eye.

Not only did Buhari dispatch his aide-de-camp, Mustapha Jokolo, later to become an emir- to facilitate the entry of those cases, he ordered the redeployment as I later discovered – of the Customs Officer who stood firmly against the entry of the contravening baggage.

What does one choose to include or leave out? What precisely was Ebenezer Babatope’s crime that he should have spent the entire tenure of General Buhari in detention? Nothing beyond the fact that he once warned in the media that Buhari was an ambitious soldier who would bear watching through the lenses of a coup-detat. Babatope’s father died while he was in Buhari’s custody, the dictator remained deaf to every plea that he be at least released to attend his father’s funeral, even under guard.

•Professor Wole Soyinka wrote this in 2011. It is reproduced here for its contemporary relevance.

Prettybecca:
True word and very frustrating too. God help us.

amen

shynerd:
Yet another quote of the week.

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it would be easier to go to sambisa and come back safe than to get a job through interview. interviews in Nigeria today are conducted for formality sake. those who would get the job are already known. u must know someone to get a job in this country

very funny... this is the effect of illiteracy and unemployment

the most useless tier of govt.. made useless by our useless leaders

the most useless tier of govt.. made useless by our useless leaders

good for him.... congrats

thinkdip:
I see u....continue oo

Wetin u see

hmm ok.... 120 billion..... Na wa for this country... Nigerian officials inflating figures since the killing of abel

Na wa for this man ... he just portrayed the character being exhibited by our leaders. they behave like aliens or humans without sense. which right thinking or rational human would do this. he should be sentenced to death by hanging.

OtunbaJega:
Mr saTanoid please stop embarrassing yourself... I hate liars

1. He said people should vote Buhari because we have not seen more bloodshed in the history of the nation since Boko Haram started. Statistically, boko haram has killed about 10,000 people, Biafran war was started due to a reverse on the aburi accord, it killed 2 million people, mostly civilians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War

He didn't say people should vote Buhari. He only pointed out that Goodluck is now a badluck to Nigeria and that he should resign or be voted out. Your Biafra war reference is total nonsense

2. He said Boko Haram started due to unemployment caused by Goodluck's administration. Well, Boko haram started in 2009 and Goodluck started ruling in 2009 as acting. So when did the unemployment start?
Actually boko haram said their aim is to implement total sharia in Nigeria. And that they are against democracy or anything from the west.

Either Boko haram started in 1999 or 2009, the bottom line is that the insurgency started under the PDP led government which GEJ is part of.. GEJ's government is a continuation of the failure of his party comrades.

3. He said Buhari built the enugu-onitsha express way. Heheheheee! Lies! http://www.dawodu.com/buhari.htm

He didn't say Buhari built any road.. he said most of the roads were built by hausa men and only made reference to Buhari and Babangida

4. He said there is no light in Enugu, actually, its the opposite, there is almost 24 hours power supply. https://www.nairaland.com/2072516/225-hours-power-supply-ten

The fact that you have light in your house (a lie) doesn't mean the whole of Enugu. so STFU

5. He said Buhari didn't encourage violence, lies, see the video above.

Gibberish

6. Then He said Buhari didn't say he will make the country ungovernable, he pointed that ciroma was the one who said it. cool .. but Buhari actually said "if i don't win in 2015, the dogs and the baboons will soak in blood"
And refused to join the team to negotiate with boko haram.

Even your oga, Reuben Abati, begged Buhari for this same lie you are peddling http://dailypost.ng/2013/01/13/presidency-begs-buhari-to-settle-slander-case-out-of-court/

7. Fr. Mbaka said Buhari said he will islamise nigeria but didnt mean it since he didnt do it the first time he ruled.
Lol.
In 2001, Buhari said in a meeting "God willingly we will continue to push for total implementation of sharia in the country. Those who are not part of us should learn about it" .

Mumu, please provide concrete evidence.. even the rubbish you guys are posting everywhere reads "... and to educate non Muslims that they have nothing to fear".... I bet your blind eye couldn't comprehend that part

[s]And...Fr. Mbaka said the holy spirit told him so.

Hmmm, i'm a catholic but Nwa Mbaka is on his own in this one. I wonder how much they paid him.

#teamGEJ2019 fee dee feeeee!
Of a truth, this will be a heated election.
i'm viewing in 3D. Grabs pop corn[/s]

Oga otunba must you use abusive words while making corrections. will only comment on electricity. 70 percent of Enugu has constant electricity supply. I guess u haven't been to enugu so don't say what u don't know. for the priest it just shows that no man is perfect even God's anointed.

u ve said it all...... this is a well respected man of God, I don't know y he would say does things he said. imagine saying that one of the birds he sent refused to fly, such stories sound like the ones being told to nursery school children, but Nigerians as gullible as we are we swallow those stories hook line and sinker which is as a result of illetracy. education is the key to enlightened mind. with a proper and vibrant educational system religious deciet would be a thing of the past

people that should sit at home and reminisce about their past are the ones still jostling for power.. smh for africa

dvee2:
China /Russia/France VOTED for the palestinian course, are they Muslim nations? i thought GEJ ran to Russia when he said USA was not supporting his Boko haram agenda? The strategic shift in Alliance my friend is not because of boko haram my friend. you will find the reason purely in our commanda in chief psyche. if you read his mind and methodology you will find the answer. its the same reason why their is soo much division in our nation now.
Of the 5 parmanent members of the UN security council,only USA did not vote in support. Even Britian abstain not because they dont support,but because the demand further discussion first. So this is a major foreign policy change by our nation and other none alligned countries are stunned. GEJ for you.

sir I don't want to believe gej is playing a religious card the three countries u mentioned are very powerful and independent country with dynamic and enduring foreign policy, with less or no insurgency nobody dictates to them. now forget Nigeria's independence we re not truly independent as our independence is based on our relationship with the world's power brokers and so don't expect our foreign policy to be rigid or enduring as it is subject the contemporary changes in the international system. this can only change when we truly become independent. so I think gej made a strategic decision. remember the interest of your country first before Palestine. gratias

dvee2:
A lot of people comment with sentiment without research or history? The question is why did America or Isreal find the need to pressure Nigeria to abstain from voting? This is not about OIC or Christian or Muslim, it is about a nation strategic interest and its stand vis-a-vis global stand against oppression/apartheid etc. If you look at more than half of the countries that voted for a Palestinian state are Christian countries. South Africa has more christian than muslims but they always vote and stand for the palestinian state. Nigeria has always stood for and stand by the palestinian state. The question now is why the shift in foreign policy? the answer is simple - GEJ.
We now have a president who views and take decision base on religion/ethnicity et al. He also can easily be pressurised and succumb to external influence.
How can you explain a president who just few days ago protest lack of assistance from USA and now succumbing to US pressure not to vote? Correct Nigerias vote or not voting will not change the outcome of the palestinian course because US would have vetoed it afterall, but why will US shift the onus to Nigeria? why cant Nigeria stick to their centuries old stand and allow US to veto the votes?
Once again GEJ by this vote has clearly shown how parochial he can be with his sence of reasoning. Once again this is not about christian/muslim, it is about a clear shift in our foreign policy.
Nigeria have always stood with the oppress in their foreign policy from the fight against aphartied and the rest. This administration has now change the course of our foreign deplomacy to be a reaction to christian or muslim nation. its a pity this is what we see even internally now.

sorry I think u re wrong. voting for Palestinians means loosing Israel support in our quest to defeat boko haram. they have been our greatest support in our quest to defeat boko haram. when Saudi refused us flying through their airspace with weapons meant to defeat boko haram this professor didn't complain.