₦airaland Forum

PMB, with due respect the country you are running is not working!

Nobody wants to leave his family and friends and go on to start in a new country.

Americans are proud of their country and of their leaders because the country and its leaders defend the people. Same for those other countries that people are going to.

The opposite is the case for Nigeria. Even the richest man in the country has said several times that he was unhappy about how government makes the country unbearable for those who choose to live and invest here.

Your office needs to find ways to make Nigerians proud of Nigeria. We cant see that happening now.

I have voted for you in elections, but the truth is, if given the chance I will never do so again.

The land stinks. The whole place has become so insecure, even to the extent that people cannot visit their loved ones in villages. Parents in villages are saying to their children - stay where you are, don't come!

Millions of Nigerians do trading, but go check what is happening now and the ports of entry - Corruption is being re-defined in broad daylight.

Incompetent people are being rewarded with important and strategic offices.

This statement, if its true came from the president, is really below the belt. It is rubbing salt upon injury.

It falls in the same category of that same speech that 'our youths are lazy'!

Sir, most of those leaving do not want to, but they feel the country has failed them and have chosen to seek citizenship elsewhere, so that their children are no made to go through the same things.

Sir, we need your team to inspire hope, give assurances and mobilise the instruments of government to work for the common good of all Nigerians.

There is hope for Nigeria - Our leaders should champion that message, otherwise the despair faced by several millions of Nigerians may just continue unabated.

There is a pattern.

Seems there is no difference again between football age and political age.

Let them continue....

Blockers in government everywhere and at all levels. Instead of looking for a way to correct their wrongs they are busy making untenable and idiotic accusations.

Why all these killings?

He said nothing.
Meaning that he means nothing!

oyel business

You do business inNigeria, Nigerian government at federal, state and local government harass you in addition to harrassments by thugs, you run to Ghana and the harrasments continue.

I had a business in Oyo state and had to close it for one reason, unreasonable requests and levies. Now, I am one leg into closing down something in Lagos for the same reason.

Our people dont think at all. That is why Fulanis are taking advantage. Can LIRS, FIRS or LG, LASTMA, LASTRIT, LASTRAA, FRSC, etc come near a Fulani herdsman? Yet, he is moving around with inventory of over 50 million or even 100 million!

Do you blame Ghana?

Why use live bullets to quench riots?

Just a question.

The mistake they are all making is that Tinubu cannot win 50% of SW votes in a presidential election!

Magnifico2000:
This referee is just blowing rubbish

At some point I thought that Algeria had 12 players on the field! Very clear penalty was over-ruled.

TIGRITIS:
Is not about states allocation or something related.

The issue is that, how does it sound that 3 senators represent 8 LGA in one state while same 3 represent 44 LGA in another state. Pls explain the logic behind your view.

We can argue then that each state should have the same number of LGAs! Why should Kano have 44 in the first place? Is Kano more populated than Lagos or Ibadan?

And what is the use of the Senate in the first place? Why dont we just have one house of reps?

Oil contributes 90% plus to forex earnings, so may be Rivers and other oil producing states should have 30 senators each! I am not from south south, I am only trying to follow the logic of our elected leader!

Madam, seek help if you are reading this. It is not as bad as you think. Some wives think that their husbands are angels.

There is hope if you turn it over to Jesus. As a man, He lived without sin. As a risen Saviour, He is able to transform situations if you run to Him. Listen to what He has to say to you:

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30

If you look to men you will get abuses and become more frustrated. If you turn to Him, you will be saved.

It is fake and deceptive to claim that religion was invented for the poor or for blacks. The richest countries in Europe and the Americas have a large Bible-believing population, in spite of what social media wants people to think.

There are also many people who worship other things, but find it convenient to attack the Bible and Bible believers, just as a way to cover their dark deeds.

Read John 3:19-21

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

No one should be deceived. Sin is at the root of all the problems. Jesus is the answer, if you want to deal with the problem from the root.

Embrace the light of Christ today.

FAKE NEWS always arrive after 10pm!

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY COMMITTEES?

COMMITTEE WITHOUT COMMITMENT IS A SURE PATH TO FAILURE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE SHARING BEGINS IN SEPTEMBER!

Fulanis are living peacefully everywhere like every other Nigerian tribe.

However, the Bishop needs to address the real issues.

Why is government suddenly behaving like they are only there to protect Fulanis?

Why do they treat Fulani immigrants who are not even Nigerians with kid gloves?

Why does it look like government looks away when Fulani militants kill and maim?

Nigerians do not hate Fulanis but cannot stand killings by militants and terrorists who are trooping into the country determined to kill and take lands?

Is Father Kukah not aware that some of the militant herdsmen are forcefully taking lands?

If the government or governments tacitly support that expansionist tendency, what should the people do? Just keep quite and watch?

They are only asking their leaders to act. It is not hate.

Who did this?

What was their intention?

Kidnap?

Banditry?

Random herdsmen action?

Rustling?

Conspiracy?

Well, I am not a super fan of OBJ but I think instead of fighting the man and condemning his latest letter, people concerned with security should go out to fight the criminals.

There is division already.

The President and his team can unite the country by taking the lead to deal with killer herdsmen and by burying the RUGA idea.

Clownish

meolaniyi:
Tinubu will not agree with you sir.

People wrongly think that Yorubas will support a Tinubu coming back to power. Yorubas are not that gullible.

Anyway, I still wonder why the likes of Tinubu who started the big clamour for conveying a national conference a few years ago suddenly totally dropped the idea when they seized power.

The people should look for alternatives to PDP and APC now and not when it is one year to election. These two parties are wickedly bad for Nigeria.

Believe these our spokesperson to your own shame. There is something in that Aso place that makes them all loose their sense of normalcy once they start chopping national cake.

Herdsmen are desecrating the country people are here talking about AFCON!

sexyking1:
Truly your head is paining you! A prominent person in you society was killed in cold blood, you know the culprit but out of fear you want to point another tribe that only think about how to make money and better their life and not how to harvest heads or kill people. My dear just know that if your leader's daughter could be killed like chicken, how much more you dat doesnt have ordinary fence! Beware they are all over your town and you can't do anything about it.

Dont mind the fellow. he must be from Mali or somewhere. His views are far from what SW stands for.

Correct but a bit mis-leading. There are other 25 items that are under ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION according to Customs website.

GOODS: THE IMPORTATION OF WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED



Air Pistols

Airmail Photographic Printing Paper.

All counterfeit/pirated materials or articles including Base or Counterfeit Coin of any Country.

Beads composed of inflammable celluloid or other similar substances.

Blank invoices.

Coupons for Foreign Football pools or other betting arrangements.

Cowries.

Exhausted tea or tea mixed with other substances. For the purposes of this item, "exhausted tea" means any tea which has been deprived of its proper quality, strength, or virtue by steeping, infusion, decoction or other means.

Implements appertaining to the reloading of cartridges.

Indecent or obscene prints, painting, books, cards, engraving or any indecent or obscene articles.

Manilas.

Matches made with white phosphorous.

Materials of any description with a design which, considering the purpose for which any such material is intended to be used, is likely in - the opinion of the president to create a breach of the peace or to offend the religious views of any class of persons in Nigeria.

Meat, Vegetables or other provisions declared by a health officer to be unfit for human consumption.

Piece goods and all other textiles including wearing apparel, hardware of all kinds' crockery and china or earthenware goods bearing inscriptions (whether in Roman or Arabic characters) from the Koran or from the traditions and commentaries on the Koran.

Pistols disguised in any form.

Second-hand clothing.

Silver or metal alloy coins not being legal tender in Nigeria.

Nuclear Industrial waste and other Toxic waste

Spirits: -
Other than -
Alcoholic bitters, liqueurs, cordials and mixtures admitted as such in his discretion by the Comptroller-General and which are not deemed to be injurious spirits within the meaning of any enactment or law relating to liquor or liquor licensing.

Brandy, i.e. a Spirit Distilled in Grape-growing countries from fermented grape juice and from no other materials and Stored in wood for a period of three years;

Drugs and medicinal spirits admitted as such in his discretion by the Comptroller-General.

Gin, i.e. Spirit- Produced by distillation from a mixed mash of cereal grains only saccharified by the diastase of malt and the Flavoured by redistillation with juniper berries and other vegetable ingredients and of a brand which has been notified as an approved brand by notice in the Gazette and in containers labeled with the name and address of the owner of the brand; or
Produced by distillation at least three times in a pot-still from mixed mash or barley, rye and maize saccharified by diastase of malt - and then rectified by re-distillation in a potstill after the addition of juniper berries and other vegetable materials.

Methylated or denatured spirit, i.e. - Mineralized Methylated spirit mixed as follows: - To every ninety parts by volume of spirits nine and one-half parts by volume of wood naphtha and one-half of one part by volume of crude pyridine and to every 455 litres of the mixture 1.7 litres of mineral naphtha or petroleum oil and not less than 0.7 grammes by weight of powdered aniline dye (Methyl violet) and so in proportion for any quantity less than 455 litres; and
Industrial Methylated spirit imported under license from the Comptroller-General and mixed as follows: - To every ninety-five parts by volume of spirits five parts by volume of wood naphtha and also one-half of one part by volume of the mixture; and
Spirits denatured for a particular purpose in such manner as the Comptroller-General in any special circumstance may permit;
Perfumed Spirits

Rum i.e. a Spirit - Distilled direct from sugar-cane products in sugar-cane growing countries; and
Stored in wood for a period of three years.

Spirits imported for medical or scientific purposes, subject to such conditions as the Comptroller-General may prescribe;

Spirits totally unfit for use as portable spirits admitted to entry as such in the discretion by the Comptroller-General; and

Whisky, i.e. a Spirit- Obtained by distillation from a mash or cereal grains saccharified by diastase of malt; and
Stored in wood for a period of three years.

Containing more than forty-eight and one-half per centum of pure alcohol by volume except denatured, medicated and perfumed spirits, and such other spirits which the Comptroller-General, in his discretion, may allow to be imported subject to such conditions as he may see fit to Impose.

Weapons of any description which in the opinion of the Comptroller-General are designed for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other similar substance and any ammunition containing or in the opinion of the Comptroller- General or adapted to contain any noxious liquid, gas or other similar substances

onenaija001:
But why are they not allowed to wear hijab, women wear hijab in my Church, I see nothing wrong with it is for decency.

Because they have a school uniform. It is not a religious place of worship but a SCHOOL.

Does hijab stop people from committing sins and crimes?

This middle eastern culture has not helped anything and they know. Ladies cover themselves head to toe but that never stops them from opening what they should not open when they travel to other places...+

Go to Iran and other places and see how many young girls have been placed in jail for serious flirting under hijab!

ISI must insist on conventional uniforms. You dont like UI or ISI then find your way to a hijab school.

Smoke2015:
RUGA: Charly Boy, Eedris Abdulkareem, Baba Fryo, Others Storm RCCG Camp, Insist Adeboye Must Take A Stand




Unfortunately, the protesters met Pastor Adeboye's absence.

How can they meet someone's absence?

They will surely gather....but they will fall for our sake!

FFK spoke my mind. Why is Atiku silent on RIGA?

Menance:
A man of God like you should have just kept quiet.
What if later it come out he is clearly innocent. This will have an effect on your side.

I know OPM and Salv Mini G.Os will never say a word about this

He was not speaking to the press, and neither was he speaking to Nigerians. He clearly said he wanted to warn HIS OWN PEOPLE!

Why someone posted it here should be that someone's problem.

If it was possible for him to speak this without using the microphone he probably would have done that. But how do you speak in hush-tones to millions spread around the world?

Other GO's are different. They can chose differently, but anyone leader has a right to warn his own people!

And he never mentioned any name. He quoted scriptures and gave warnings.

Please read the text again.

Flyingngel:
This people are really not serious.
What is the meaning of '' government shld help us return to our grazing areas and also help in providing social amenities there''.
Like some people rightly said, these Buhari people are slowly coming up with this nonsense from another angle.
If i may ask where do they have grazing areas down South?
For all those that voted Apc, have you seen what is happening?
There are so many pressing issues in the country, it is herdmen affairs that is so important.

The problem on hand is a complex one and southerners need to understand this. First, let us not lump all of them together. There is the harmless Fulani that is nomadic and that is completely displaced, meaning they do not have a place anywhere they can call their own. There has to be consideration for them because they are also Nigerians. As long as southerners criminalise this group the problem will persist. Somehow, this group is often totally neglected even when they are talking about solutions for them.

There is the elite Fulani. They own cows and would love to have grazing areas and not ranches because it means low cost labour and feeding for them. They are the ones talking all the time and they pretend to look after the interests of Fulanis but somehow maybe they are after their own economic interests.

There are the terror herdsmen Fulanis. It looks like these ones are mostly driven by unknown persons. They dont even rear cows but they go about destroying villages. Government has to find an answer. Some of these carry cows around but their interest is not in rearing but in destruction. These are the killers, but unfortunately, we now commonize and label all fulanis in this category.

You also have immigrant Fulanis (some of them may not be into terror) who are migrating southward because of climate change and because their countries in Northern Africa no longer have water or grazing fields. Their lakes are dried and they are forced to move southward into Nigeria for survival. These ones start with survival interests but soon join the terror gangs because some people may be behind this terror drive and are providing funds to them that they cannot get from rearing cows.

First step is to distinguish between all these. I guess that most of us southerners just lump them together and this wont move us forward. There are Fulanis everywhere. They have lived in Ogun state and other states for ages and they have mixed with the people. If they lump the quiet and peace-loving ones with others, the problem might get more complicated. Government does not need to set up RUGA because there is ruga already. Government should be involved in flushing out criminal elements and fostering peace between those who are peaceful within the communities they already live in. There is no need to invest anything to support nomads because they are nomads!

Fulanis are more culturally adapted to Northern Nigeria. What this means is that if technology is developed to improve on the grazing (like they do in the middle east), the correct nomads may be restricted mostly to the north.

In the real sense, the Middle Belt still has a nagging problem. Reason is, Fulanis dont want to accept that they dont have any place in Benue and Plateau. This problem has been there for ages but I think politicians who are not selfish can work on how to resolve this a bit.