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Fake!

You left out Syria and Afghanistan...

NONE.

For those who are alive and reading....Life without Christ is prone to crisis. Accept Christ today.

come up with a better question, please.

I pray for her that she moves away from the deceitful allure of stardom and transform to a godly virtous woman, correctly married and raring children that will care for her in her old age.

Read and write. That is the first step.

GEJ did not just pardon Alams, he pardoned corruption. That is the point. Alams is not the issue here at all. At a point when Nigerians looked to their president to fight the monster of corruption that has reached a new peak in GEJ's administration, rather than he fight the corruption, he pardoned it. With that single act, the president can as well forget about telling any Nigerian that he is fighting any corruption. No one will believe him. The president's body language to nigerians today is: steal as much as you can, the bigger your theft the bigger your chances of getting state pardon!

If Alams is repentant, forgiveness from God has been promised. Many Nigerians are not grudging the man at all, but they are grudging the system that promotes corruption instead of hard work and merit.

Alams is not in jail. he has served the term and he has forfeited a lot. But with that state pardon, he may as well claim back everything the government took from him.

Leadership is a trust. No one should use it to do what he/she likes. This country needs to be moved forward with the right values and signals. May God help us.

Sanusi lamido Sanusi fought the bank executives, not Farida. Please put the records straight. EFCC had little to do with that case. If SLS was not involved, nothing would have happened to those bank chiefs. At the rate we are going, the present administration may even 'pardon' some of them so they can take back their loot before 2015.

Tukur, this is a subtle message to you. Success in business is not the same as success in politics. Dont let the politics of 2015 rubbish you!

This is what happens when you give state pardon to big thieves. The small boys will start helping themselves out.

It is better for Yorubas to put their trust in God than in OPC.

End times!

Its not for economic reasons again as Okupe claimed. What will they think of next? Our government and their uncountable number of aids seem to be in tatters.

Thank God for this move to save a life. You never know what that child may become tomorrow. God bless our reps.

Indeed NYSC, Now Your Suffering Continues.."

Do not worry, Lawan, your noble president will soon grant you state pardon, along with your co-conspirator, Femi!

Amen. last year they said 2013, now the goal has shifted to 2014. We pray it is true.

Smart guy. President Goodluck should follow this bold example. he should not seek a second term and he should say so now, so that everyone can concentrate on governance.

Stale news.

He is probably gearing up for 2015 as well.

Light will prevail over darkness, and truth over evil. Thank God for those people fighting fo the rest of the country. Our prayer is that truth will prevail quickly.

Akson man: [size=13pt]Let all Nigerians know this:

The true intention of Boko Haram and their core Northern sponsors is to bring GEJ to the negotiating table where he agrees to drop his second term ambition and a Northern muslim takes over in 2015. Full stop.

Unfortunately,GEJ (through Obj) have realized that the existence of Boko Haram in the North is a blessing in disguise for his political ambitions.As the North remains divided- The Christian Northerners who constitute over 40% of the North's population will never vote for a core Northern muslim. In 2015,if GEJ gets block votes from the Christian middle-belt,South east,South-south and parts of the South-west,he wins.

The international powers led by the US and UK want Northerners to lead Nigeria because they see them as loyal while the more educated South are stubborn. The Petroleum Industry Bill and Local content law being pushed by Southern Nigeria is one of the numerous reasons they want a reversal of Nigeria's power structure in favour of the core North.

But the truth is that as it is now,the core North is suicidal,thanks to their leaders who just cannot mobilize majority of their citizens into embracing education and modernity.

God help us.[/size]

Your theory could hold water 2 years ago. Today, the problem has become more complex. Part of the problem is foreign-aggravated by fundamentalists in northern africa. Before Bin Laden was taken out, he reportedly asked his followers to target Algeria, Mali and Nigeria. That was videoed. Our leaders were sleeping that time and they woke up too late in the day. You can see the footmarks of terrorists in all that is happening. They kill both christians and muslims, both southerners and northerners, though certainly more soutthern christians have been killed. There is a political angle, and there is of course a terrorist agenda at play.

What is BH? Start from there.

1. Criminals from Sudan = FG has left our borders loose for so many years. Nigeria is the only country that keeps saying we cannot police our borders. FG, do something quick about the borders and use FORCE to push the criminals back.

2. Followers of the Yousef who was killed by the Police = FG needs to find out how to curtail their actions.

3. Armed Robbers = robbing banks and markets, pretending to be BH. Use FORCE

4. Teeming millions in the north, all young, robbed by governments under a feudal system. Call them almajiris or whatever. It is so easy to give them peanuts on one hand and explosive on the other. FG, working with the northern leaders of goodwill must save this 'innocent' millions, by offering them something that can motivate them to live, instead of dying for peanuts. If you dont, BH will continue to lure them and use them.

5. Deadly sects that are coming from other places where America is giving them tough times, and coming to take advantage of our very unserious approach to dealing with the problem. It is the duty of FG to find how to make the north unsafe for this foreign backed insurgency.

You need to differentiate at this point and use different methods for different problems. There is no single shoe size that fits all.

Doing nothing other than 'condemning the acts' does not solve the problem.

Instead of people reading through comments and making objective and constructive comments on NL, more than half of the time they throw punches and insult contributors. Shame!

Does anyone have an answer to BH? Speak up if you do, rather than abuse the ones who dare to speak. The north has like 13 million almajiris. They are potential BH bomb carriers. JTF is sometimes killing these almajiris and claiming they have killed BH sponsors. Is someone on NL suggesting JTF continues with the onslaught without differentiating who is who? Can you use force alone?

It is silly to always criticize other people's comments and even insulting them without you attempting to even proffer a solution.

If you think you have your solution to BH, please speak up. The body language in Aso Rock is saying this is a problem we have to live with (that is what I can read). But sorry, you cannot live with daily slaughtering of the country's citizens.

omonnakoda: I think Tinubu is playing politics and that is why I remain suspicious of him.Any person who does not have blood on his hands does not need amnesty. Even if these people are granted amnesty then what?
The issue of Sharia,Islamization remains unresolved. Christians remain prohibited from worshipping in many parts of the North and Boko Haram has extended that.Does he believe these people are fighting for money like the Niger Delta militants? Can Nigeria compromise on their main Islamization demand? Will they. I think Tinubu does not understand the mindset of a suicide bomber. THey believe they have a grievance, they have foreign backers let us look at it from Boko Haram's perspective. Of what use is an amnesty without achieving the the more militant and domineering Islam in the North. I am sorry the issue this time is more than amnesty because many Northern leaders know this people and are shielding them either from feasr or tacit support. The issue at stake is whether we continue together, the Nature of the Nigeria we shall have and the role of religion in our nation. Too many have died,what do we tell their people. Even more alarming is the trend that seems to be developing that "militancy" pays dividends. It will be too much for many Nigerians to swallow if the FG starts paying Kabiru Sokoyo a monthly salary and Send him to Egypt for "rehabilitation training".
Even though I would be inclined to support APC on this issue alone I feel strongly enough to vote GEJ with ALL his incompetence.

You are right that too many have died, but if nothing is done more could die. FG today is using ONLY force and it seems this may not solve the problem and may in fact aggravate it. Amnesty does not mean that you will share money. Read Tinubu's statement again. Amnesty is a call to drop arms and be forgiven. Tinubu has differentiated between the different categories, which is really EXCELLENT. So far, FG treats 'BH' as one entity, which is not true. There are thousands in BH camps, who have not done violence, and who may become bomb-carriers tomorrow. Amnesty can find a way to lure and get these 'innocent' ones out of the camps. There are also criminals, wicked politicians and armed robbers who are disguising as BH. These ones should be punished. I think that step by Tinubu to differentiate is good, and shame on government that they have not done any such till now.

TechRev: You argument is flawed cause you are offering them the same scholarships and western education they claim to be fighting against.

Is anyone still agitating for 'resource control' in Niger-Delta since the amnesty? Who really does not want to be educated? Sanusi, our current CBN Governor is from an islamic background, and is even an islamic scholar, yet he has all his degrees. FG has to find a way to reach out to the down-trodden in the north, who are so prone to joining BH. Of course, they have to work with the 'educated leaders' of the north who will act as models for change. Go to Saudi, Iran, UAE and see how islamists are embracing change. Government people should stop stealing money and start to mobilise funds for mass education of all Nigerians. That is the long term solution.

Dont be deceived. If that BH boy realizes he can sit in Abuja tomorrow as a Minister, he will drop the bomb and embrace the books. The Niger-Deltans embraced the money and other opportunities given them and dropped tons and tons of bombs. It can happen in the north as well.

TechRev: One of bokoharam demands is total Islamic rule of Northern states. So if you are advising on amnesty, tell me how a president will meet that demand?? Its not just granting amnesty, you have to tackle the purpose of the armed struggle too. So tell pls how do you meet their demands??
Tinubu goofed!!

Sorry, I disagree with you. In an amnesty, government dictates the terms. Tinubu is spot on, accurate. FG must ask the young boys (13 million of them or so) that are potential bombers to drop arms and embrace some government offers, like scholarships. If you drop your arms and go to school, you get full pardon, if you continue to take arms you get punished. Do you for one minute think you can use ONLY force to quash a large army of potential BH that live in the north? Dont you know hhow easy it is to convince those young uneducated almajiris to join BH and carry bombs?

There must be a solution. The mad killing of innocent people must stop. Unfortunately, it does not seem that the president is communicating that solution to the citizens. His body language more or less says that this is a problem we have to live with...in fact, he once said so! Please don't blame Tinubu or OBJ for talking about it. There has to be a solution. Condemning the act whenever it happens is not one. for good 3 days, Kano has been under attack, yet if you go there today you may not see any major signs of pro-active preventive security.

He is a gentleman, except when 2015 is at stake.

Oro pesi je.

Senior footballers had an initiative sponsored by Segun Odegbami to help the younger ones plan for the future. I really hope the story is not true. If he had that kind of salary and now became bankrupt then it could happen again even if you give him one million dollars today. Enrol him in a school urgently to learn a trade.

bleufaucon: Rafiu Ladipo seems like a monarch in the supporters club since longtime coming.

True. That is the same name that has been banded for many years. Do they not have fresh ideas? What manner of supporters club without new elections and new leaders? Why all the sit tight? And why wont he be thinking of a private jet? he should get one for his wife too (in the name of acquiring one for the female wing of supporters' club).