₦airaland Forum

Arms control in this country has a long way to go. The amount of arms in Niger Delta is worrisome.

You simply dont get it or you are living in self denial. corruption is engrained in every Naija DNA. no president can build Nigeria. Only Nigerians will build Nigeria.

This is crazy...infact, this is madness....how did it get so bad under your watchful eyez Sanusi.

They should have a president, congress and judiciary

You certainly cant ask for monthly dues cos you are unemployed. i am more interested in your exit plans for those who are members are later get a white collar job or become self employed...i have never been employed before.Rather, i have been employing people.i am doing my own thing. i need more clearification on the unemployed status of your members.

Maverick politician and Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed has declared that the former presidential candidate and strong man of the All Progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, does not have the required qualities to be President in a Nigeria of the 21st century.

in an exclusive interview with Pointblanknews.com, Dr. Junaid also noted that any leader who is above the age of 70 and still has the appetite to become the president of Nigeria should be ignored, “because the kind of leaders Nigeria needs at this time are young breeds with the required education and experience and vibrancy.”

Junaid said, “ People know I am close to General Buhari, yes, I am close to him but I have never belonged to any of the political parties he belonged—and I have told him the reason in private and I have told him the reasons in public, I think sometime in 2006, at the meeting of the so-called supporters of his at the Nicon Noga, Abuja. So, my politics is different from my personal relationships. If a candidate comes out who is better, even if he is from the South, I will work and vote for him.”

The academic and Hong-Kong trained Surgeon in an interview with Pointblanknews.com in Kano, outlined the ingredients a prospective Nigeria’s president should have and insisted that his close associate, Buhari, does not possess those ingredients.

“When I look for a political leader, I want to be comfortable with the people who are surrounding him—a people of intellects, integrity and sound education. People who can be judged by their previous performances in previous roles. Now, these are judgments I have to make, and I believe, the judgments Nigerians have to make.

“I want to make it very clear to you that these are the considerations I have for supporting or working for any political leader in this country. I don’t care whether he is a Muslim or a Christian; I don’t care whether he speaks Hausa. I don’t care whether he comes from the North or the South.

“I will not support a leader based on mob sentiment, based on misconception of life. And if they say you are the voice of the Talakawa, how do you relate to the Talakawa? I knew the man who was the voice of the Talakawa and I know how he lived his life. Aminu Kano would not put a stand-by generator in his house. I cannot recount how many times I got infested of malaria each I visited him.”

http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/buhari-not-fit-to-rule-nigeria-again-dr-junaid-mohammed/

The managers of movie industry in NAIJA have refused to grow NOLLYWOOD. they are more money oriented than buidling a brand for themselves. what kind of stupid movie is this and whoever wrote the script is suffering from highly defined madness.Rubbish

Lead us not into temptation and deliver us from all evil

she deserves it...its not all about the good voice, shes got the swag, the stage presence and spellbinding personality.

go girl

With former President Olusegun Obasanjo, you buy one and get one free. Problem is: you never know what you are getting. You could be getting a peacemaker and a troublemaker in one bundle. I am always conflicted trying to decode Obasanjo’s personality. One moment, I find myself describing him as the best president Nigeria has ever had. The next moment, I am cursing him as the worst thing that has ever happened to us. The best of humans live with their own contradictions and underbellies, but Obasanjo easily stands out, perhaps because of the prominent role he has played in our nationhood - and, more so, the way he keeps intruding into our lives.

Here is a sampler. Having been raising the hand of President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2011 presidential campaign, Obasanjo retired to his hotel room one night and sent for Malam Nasir el-Rufai, an ally of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. According to el-Rufai in his tell-all book, Accidental Public Servant, Obasanjo lamented that Jonathan was not going to make a good president. He asked el-Rufai to tell Buhari that he was ready to support him against Jonathan. Obasanjo reportedly suggested that Buhari should pick Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as his running mate, then go into an alliance with the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and offer Asiwaju Bola Tinubu the Senate Presidency. Obasanjo, el-Rufai said, promised to get some “wealthy people” to fund Buhari’s campaign.

What happened next? Unknown to onlookers, Obasanjo’s grouse with Jonathan was that his daughter, Iyabo, had been denied the PDP senatorial ticket for Ogun Central, and his sudden support for Buhari was an attempt to exact his pound of flesh - or blackmail the PDP into giving his daughter the ticket. It was obviously not an attempt to save Nigeria from Jonathan’s “weaknesses” as he claimed. El-Rufai noted that immediately a curious court judgement gave the PDP ticket to Iyabo, Obasanjo swiftly changed his tone and began to canvass that they should help Jonathan work on his “weaknesses”. That is the real Obasanjo. Those who know him will testify that he is eternally self-centred. He believes the world revolves around him.

It is believed that the crisis currently rocking the PDP has the signature of Obasanjo. Nobody knows where he is going yet. Even the people working with him cannot swear that they know his game plan. By the way, I love the PDP crisis. Having ruled Nigeria since 1999, the party has grown too big for its own good. There are many states in Nigeria where PDP is the only party. Other parties only exist on pieces of paper or in INEC’s computer. Sadly, the PDP goes into every general election virtually assured that it would win. Getting the PDP ticket is as good as winning the election. That is not good for our democracy. I believe politicians must fight and sweat for every vote. That way, they know the worth of victory. That can actually make our democracy work for everyone.

But this PDP crisis, unfortunately, is not about how to make this democracy work for everyone. Let us look at two of the characters at the centre of the drama: Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Babangida. Not so long ago, Obasanjo described Babangida as a “fool at 70” for criticising his (Obasanjo’s) management of the Nigeria’s oil wealth for eight years. Obasanjo said: “If Babangida had decided, on becoming a septuagenarian, that he will be a fool, I think one should probably [not] answer a fool because you may also become like him.” In kind, Babangida replied: “Calling me ‘a fool at 70’, especially by a man reportedly and allegedly accused by his own son of incest, is at best a compliment. Nigerians surely know who is truly a fool or the greatest fool of this century.” Both of them are now suddenly in bed together, fooling around, but I refuse to be fooled.

What about Obasanjo and his former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar? They were engaged in a very public and bitter feud but they are now dancing to the same tune again. I don’t need to repeat the words they have exchanged publicly in the last seven years, but I’m sure Nigerians still vividly remember Obasanjo’s popular line, “I dey laugh o”, when informed that Atiku had been chosen as the Northern consensus candidate for the PDP presidential primary in January 2011. Laughter unlimited! Remember Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi? In 2007, Obasanjo viciously dropped him as the PDP governorship candidate in Rivers State, saying publicly that his candidature had “K-leg”. It took judicial activism for Amaechi to be made governor. Obasanjo and Amaechi are now in the same PDP faction, but I refuse to be fooled.

Obasanjo, luckily, is coming across to Nigerians as a peacemaker and an icon of democracy. He is the statesman trying to resolve the PDP crisis! Obasanjo as a peacemaker and icon of democracy is nothing but comedy. During his time as president, between 1999 and 2007, he removed three PDP chairmen and saw to the ouster of three Senate presidents. He illegally removed two governors under the pretext of declaring state of emergency. He watched with pleasure as his boys set Anambra and Oyo states on fire and capped it all by withdrawing the security aides of Governor Chris Ngige. If Obasanjo is your hero of democracy, I am sorry for you.

Now that he is reportedly rallying a faction of the PDP against Jonathan, you have to ask yourself: what is motivating Obasanjo? What does he really want? Is he genuinely trying to atone for his Yar’Adua “error” by helping to return power to the North in 2015? Will he backtrack if Andy Uba is given the PDP governorship ticket in Anambra and the revocation of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway concession is reversed? Will he pull back at the last minute again and ask his followers to “manage Jonathan’s weaknesses” when he finally gets what he wants? With Obasanjo, you don’t know what you are going to get. Just be careful. You have been warned.


Simon Kolawole Live!: By Simon Kolawole, Email: simon.kolawole@thisdaylive.com

dammytosh: The head should be killed and not spared for any reason. There is a psychological influence on the follower.

You have no idea what is coming. Not because they will win the soldiers but more heads will definitely role from both sides.

Mind you, this guys are diabolical. as for fighting back, sure they will. just watch out.

This outright denial of justice and unneccessary shed of blood is why we keep looking as if we are on auto reverse in this country.

We killed the head of bOKOHARAM, Mohammed Yusuf and till today we have not recovered as a country. Indeed many more lives have gone for his sake.

Now, its the head of Ombatse, whats wrong with arresting him and trying him in a reputable court of law.

lets not forget that any blood that drops on the ground speaks...either good or evil.

We should get ready for another battle.

If you have money spend it for there is no money in the grave where thou goest. 11th commandment.

Those who dont have will always hate or complain even when you dint ask them.

go guys just spend wisely

i just like 2face for his humility and the maturity in his music. atleast he will add sense to this one...loook forward to the lyrics

This outright denial of justice and unneccessary shed of blood is why we keep looking as if we are on auto reverse in this country.

We killed the head of bOKOHARAM, Mohammed Yusuf and till today we have not recovered as a country. Indeed many more lives have gone for his sake.

Now, its the head of Ombatse, whats wrong with arresting him and trying him in a reputable court of law.

lets not forget that any blood that drops on the ground speaks...either good or evil.

Naija why?

Using the word "Nigeria" includes me and i feel that is insulting because i am Nigeria. i work for my money, i pay my tax and and a patriotic citizen at that.

i have never kidnapped anybody nor have held political office before. how then can we concluded that Nigeria is a country of kidnappers?

the word should be some Nigerians? someone should correct that nkita of a man

franxalive: pdp ma foot...it stinks as a dead rat...mtchew...i wil rather port out of naija, dan to pass tru anoda 4yrs of hell on earth of pdp rule...GOD 4bid!

start poting because it will sure happen. the good thing is cameroon is not far

Read my lips....the demons in hell can't stop Jonathan....he may not be all we desire but he is working despite all the oppositions and calculated attempt to stop him. personally, i will vote him if he opens the Abuja -lokoja way. That road has killed many

this is the most sensible northerner speaking well in 14 years of our democracy.

this list should have been 21 richest entrepreneurs not 21 Richest Nigerians..,

How much is Dangote and all you listed owing banks.These guys below are madly rich and they are not owing any bank.

Gen IBB
Gen TY Danjuma, Sapetroleum, and the second largest farm in Spain
Abdulsalam abubakar
Late gen. Abacha
Atedo peterside, founder stanbic IBTC Bank, chairman UAC abi nestle plc i cant remeber now
Atiku Abubakar
plenty names.

this 4 wise and smart men can bring down any government. They have the nerve. i bate that they are up to something.

nice

Nigerian movie: HOW DOES HUMILITY AND SIMPLICITY MEAN BEING POOR
that's how u read ur Bible without understanding and then ur pastors capitalize on it and make u more gullible.

Did you say gullible..naa, not me...our positions here has nothing to do with any pastor. I give to the church, i give to the poor arround me. i give when i see a need withing my reach.

[quote author=obi123]erm is that the issue ? of course many people can afford that in Africa, no be jet they flow like water so[/quo

both jets and popes car...how many people in Africa can afford it?

obi123: calm down on the exaggeration, At 2011 prices, the pope mobile cost approximately £345,000. which is like N89,049,675

and how many people can afford that in Africa.

dick hardener: . Jesus was homeless my friend. The truth is servitude to God especially as head demands longsuffering, persecution, trials, humility, giving to the poor and a simplistic life, anything short of that is man-twisted scripture.

i didnt know that Jesus was sleeping in the bush all through his stay on earth....i am not sure you know much about the personality of Jesus.

He died and soldiers were dragging his cloths....do people drag for rags?....those cloths must be very expensive. He was so wealthy that he always sends Judas the treasurer to go and give money to the poor.

giving to the poor is needful in christianity but dont tell me to be poor as an evidence that i am a christian.

Silver and gold are mine says the Lord...do poor people own gold? even God is wealthy.

will that stop bombings in middle east or convert all muslims to Christians

I need to state clearly that using a Limo or 1960 Datsun does not guaranty going to heaven after life. also avoiding judging others with what they use. when we show before our maker we shall answer individually. poor or rich alike.


On the other hand lets not forget that Jesus rode on a customised donkey into Jerusalem. On a donkey no one has sat.

Christianity has everything to do with your heart towards God and humanity.

The pope has a bullet proof ride that costs the budget of some states in Naija...Its just a gift and wevery sane persone should recieve gifts with cheerfulness.

mind you i am neither a pastor nor a priest.

Madam abeg put 2 kpomo, one round about and cow leg. Bring bottle of ginger ale as you dey come...

Rejoice5000: ALL THE MATURED SINGLE LADIES OUR own will not pass this year IJN AMEN

That's the problem with Africans...who told you that every matured single lady wants to marry.

Again, so if you meet a guy this month you'll marry him in december?...life is a personal race.

NICE

Confusionist: Rubbish!

Too long sef!



I neva read am

chayi, your ignorance is now in high definition (HD) If you didn't read how then is it rubbish.