₦airaland Forum

maasoap:
Those who participated in the protest were dumb. If it was sponsored, those that sponsored it were dumb too. My stance is simple from the past to the present: Atiku should just show us his evidence of applying for USA visa, that is enough for reasonable people like me.

I believe the US embassy will readily oblige you if you can just take time off to approach them for clarification,ok.

baralatie:
the problem started in the claim by pmb that subsidy did not exist and the current subsidy payments by the fg to private fuel importers is a fraud(then it was around 30million a day for petrol).
for the current administration it decided to offload direct payment to private importer and made nnpc the sole monopoly of imports.(which means it can draw funds from fg account with permission from the president and the word "under recovery" was coined) but fg is still using private fuel contractors for imports therefore we have a combined import bill of 40 million per day.(I don't know how nnpc wants to claim 60 million).
so the present government has not solved any problem but rather shifted power back to nnpc(which does not want the idea of establishment and operation of private refineries).
This position seats fine with a lot of the politicians in Nigeria therefore an investigation by nass is an exercise in futility.

Is it the NASS that told you that investigating the under recovery regime of this administration will be an exercise in futility?just call a spade a spade n accept that there is massive corruption going on under this government n stop speaking with both side of the tongue.

rexwalters:
Investigation into what?Mumudey pdp know they can't win so if you tell enough propaganda and lies, to them by pdp magic it will turn to the truth,no wonder when people were registering to vote you were in a nairabet office? Big Dummy.

Now you don't know what should be investigated,I hope you would say same if the reverse happens ok.

maasoap:
He should upload the evidence of applying for USA visa online for all to see.

Did you people ask for this online evidence before accepting to be paid to stage a mockery of a protest at the US embassy?

maasoap:
A one-time visit to USA without immunity will clear the air. Adieu, journey of no return

please go and procure a US visa for Atiku n let's see if he refuses or in the alternative you can approach the US embassy n find out why they keep denying Atiku visa since the FBI will happily welcome him ok.

festacman:
Atiku is certainly feeling the heat of facing realities and has resorted to the principle of 'attack is best form of defence'. There is no hiding place for him. Looting should be shamed rather than rewarded. That's the only way Nigeria can zoom forward.

una zombiesm dey very strong ooh!,now una no go ask for investigation abi,make una continue de shout like rabid dog una hear?.

CilicMarin:
The Guardian Nigeria


National
Atiku may not visit US any time soon
By Timileyin Omilana
26 December 2018 | 11:01 am

Former Nigerian vice president and the People's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar may not visit the United States any time soon.

“What will I even go to do in America," Abubakar said during an interview with the Hausa service of the Voice of America.

The opposition candidate is being dogged by allegations of corruption.


He and his fourth wife Jennifer Douglas, an American citizen, were allegedly indicted in 2010in a 328-page American Senate committee report for transferring over $40 million "suspect funds" to America from offshore accounts between 2002 and 2008.

Abubakar served as Nigerian vice president between 199 and 2007.

"Ms Douglas helped her husband bring over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States, including at least $1.7 million in bribe payments from Siemens AG, a German corporation, and over $38 million from little known offshore corporations, primarily LetsGo Ltd. Inc., Guernsey Trust Company Nigeria Ltd., and Sima Holding Ltd," the Carl Levin-led Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation said on page 173 of its report.

Although Abubakar has not visited the United States since he was indicted, he has maintained that he did not wrong.

He insisted he can be Nigerian president without visiting America, one of Nigeria's most important allies.

In November, the Director General of the Atiku campaign organisation, Gbenga Daniel, says officials of the United States have hinted that Abubakar would get a U.S. visa if he applies for one.

"I can also confirm to you that in last few days that there have been signals from the American officials that he (Atiku) should indeed come forward so he can be granted a visa. So between you and I, all the issues are perception,” Daniel said in an interview on Channels Television programme, Politics Today.

Till date, U.S. Embassy in Nigeria and the State Department in Washington have declined to clarify issues around Abubakar’s visa, despite numerous media enquiries.

https://m.guardian.ng/news/atiku-may-not-visit-us-any-time-soon/

The APC should be happy for Atiku to visit the US so that he can be disgraced n the elections will be a roller coaster for them but ironically the same Apc had to hire a crowd of jobless youth to stage a protest at the American embassy against the granting of visa to Atiku,one then begin to imagine if this impossible US visit by Atiku is not actually a political gang up considering that the US itself has neither declared Atiku wanted nor offered any clarification on the so call Atiku indictment.

baralatie:
daily consumption is 40 million for petrol

Are you a spokesperson for the NNPC?,cos the NNPC said our daily consumption is now 60m litres which even caused saraki to voice out,but Even if your claims are true,why couldn't the NNPC approach the NASS for appropriation of the funds as constitution demands instead of unilaterally going to spend huge sums of money in an opaque manner in the name of a dubious under recovery, ordinarily the NASS should start an investigation into the scam of under recovery but the buhari worshipping APC members led by gbajabiamila will shamelessly tell you they will not allow the buhari's integrity to be rubbished!,but the same disgraceful lot will turn around to accuse others of corruption!.

ivandragon:
The Nigerian government incurred N623.17 billion on petroleum products supply under-recovery cost between January and November this year, a summary of the monthly estimates of the expenditure by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has shown.


The document obtained by PREMIUM TIMES was part of details of NNPC financial operations submitted to the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) during its monthly funds’ allocation meeting in Abuja last week for November 2018.

Details of the costs included under-recovery under the direct sale-direct purchase (DSDP) refining arrangement between January and November as well as the local refining cost between January and September this year.

The document dated December 19, 2018, showed that cumulative outstanding under-recovery cost brought forward from 2017 stood at about N78.4 billion, with arrears of about N67.23 billion, while total reimbursement or FAAC deduction was about N676.49 billion for the period under review.


Of the N676.49 billion, about N599.7 billion was incurred as under-recovery under the DSDP arrangement, while about N23.4 billion was under-recovered from the operations of the four local refineries in Warri, Port Harcourt, and Kaduna.

Under-recovery is the name coined by the NNPC to represent the amount of subsidy the corporation incurs on behalf of the federal government for the importation and supply of petroleum products at a landing cost above the official retail pump price of N145 per litre of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol.


Similarly, the DSDP arrangement involves direct purchase by accredited oil marketers of a portion of the 445,000 barrels of crude oil usually allocated for domestic refining allocation. The volume purchased is meant to be refined abroad, while refined petroleum products are brought into the country for consumption.


The DSDP arrangement was introduced in 2016 to replace the controversial swap arrangement adopted by the previous government as a result of the poor refining capacity of the four local refineries.

A review of the document submitted to the FAAC showed that showed that about N51.3 billion was incurred as under-recovery cost in January, while February, March, and April recorded N58.7 billion, N36.1 billion, and N82.4 billion respectively.

In May, the document showed the cost under-recovery on PMS by NNPC dropped to about N36.9billion, before increasing to about N53.4 billion in June, N52.4 billion in July and N63.2 billion in August.


Again, the amount incurred as under-recovery by the corporation rose to N71.8 billion in September before dropping to N51.2 billion and N65.9 billion in October and November respectively.

Further details from the document revealed that the cost of under-recovery incurred by the NNPC was deducted from its revenue every month before transferring the balance to the federation account for distribution among the three tiers of government.

Details showed, about N45.8 billion was deducted in January; N59.5 billion in February; March, N34.03 billion; April, N77.9 billion; May, N88.9 billion; June, N68.6 billion; July, N52.5 billion; August, N60.6 billion; September, N71.6 billion; October N51.2 billion and November N65.86 billion.


The issue of fuel subsidy and cost under-recovery by NNPC has remained contentious since the present administration announced at inception in 2015, the removal of subsidy from the pricing template petrol.

With the continuous rise of the crude oil price at the international market, there was a direct impact on retail prices for refined petroleum products, particularly petrol

The NNPC, which emerged the sole importer and supplier of petroleum products, reported increased cost of operation, in terms of the difference between landing cost for imported petroleum products and the government approved ceiling retail pump price of N145 per litre.


Last March, the NNPC said it was losing as much as N774 million daily on under-recovery due to increased supply and consumption of petrol in the country.

The corporation said it was soaking up the cost as part of its operational cost as the supplier of last resort and denied receiving any support or assistance from the government.

On October 16, the Senate accused the NNPC of operating a secret $3.5 billion subsidy recovery fund with the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari, without the consent of the National Assembly.


On November 5, PREMIUM TIMES exclusively reported how the NNPC illegally took $1.05 billion (N378 billion at N360 to a dollar) from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) dividend funds to secretly fund subsidy payment on petroleum products.

The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, later admitted to the Senate the withdrawal of the money from the account but said it followed presidential directives.

Consequently, the Senate directed its committee on gas to investigate the allegation.

Headed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas, Bassey Akpan, the committee was mandated to look at the operations of the Nigeria LNG account from 2015 to date.


On November 15, the committee reported it had uncovered another illegal withdrawal of about $1.15 billion by the NNPC from the NLNG account.

On December 9, the NNPC threatened to seek a legal interpretation on whether it had the right to withdraw funds from the Nigeria LNG Dividend Account without the approval of the National Assembly.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/302848-fuel-subsidy-how-nnpc-incurred-over-n623bn-cost-in-2018.html

This is much ado about nothing,Apc is just trying so hard to justify n cover up their massive corruption,how did the daily consumption of pms suddenly jumped to 60m litres per day?,why hasn't this under recovery amount not subjected to NASS appropriation n scrutiny?,all this long epistle is only meant to impress the gullibles only.

alBHAGDADI:
I came across a thread on front page this afternoon being Christmas day and it's from an Instagram post of Daddy Freeze, a well known Antichrist. This post attacks the celebration of Christmas. According to him, it is Nimrod Christians are celebrating when they celebrate Christmas. He went on to ask some questions which can be seen in his quote below.



First and foremost, Daddy Freeze put up a shallow attack on Christmas by saying it is Nimrod that is celebrated on that day. The problem with him is that he and his anti-Christmas bandwagon believe Nimrod is a god and that December 25th was dedicated to him. Where did they get their information from? They got it from Jewish fables, writings from historians who never existed thousand years close to when Nimrod existed. Yet they gullibly believe every junk article that says Nimrod is a god.

Let's allow the Bible tell us who Nimrod was, and since the Bible is our final authority on issues, every other source about Nimrod will be discarded.

Genesis 10:8-9
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.


As seen above, the Bible didn't record anything bad about Nimrod because being a mighty hunter before God is not a bad description of a person. However, another story about Nimrod can be found in Jewish Talmud written in the Middle Ages, hundreds of years after the New Testament had been in circulation. Now imagine how far the Talmud is to the Old Testament which contains the story of Nimrod and written just shortly after his time.

The Talmud is where you will find stories of how Nimrod was a god who married his mother and gave birth to a son Tamuz who also his reincarnation... blah blah blah. Those are all fables written thousands of years after Nimrod died and by people who didn't exist during his days.

Now that it is established that it is the Jewish Talmud which said Nimrod was a god, cam we now go ahead and believe it over the Bible which didn't mention Nimrod to be a god? No. We are to stay away from the book called Talmud because there is nothing Holy Spirit about it. It is all filled with Jewish fables which the Bible says we should stay away from.

Titus 1:14
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

We are not to take any Jewish book serious other than the Bible which is enough for us. The Jews are Antichrist, they killed Jesus and are still trying to kill his name today. They are Antichrist. because they reject Jesus as the son of God. Yet, some one wants me to stop celebrating Christmas because of an information he got from people who hate Jesus.

1 John 2:22
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son

Daddy Freeze says it is Nimrod we are celebrating on Christmas day. Before you believe the lies out of the mouth of that liar, kindly go out there and ask people currently celebrating Christmas if it is Nimrod they are celebrating. They will tell you it is Jesus they are celebrating because he is the reason for the season. It is not Nimrod's name they see when they read about Jesus birth in Luke 2. You will hardly find anyone who knows Nimrod. So to sit somewhere and say Christians are celebrating nimrod is the height of deceit.

Now, to the questions he asked. But before I answered them, I want us to all agree that whatever the Bible doesn't warm against is not a sin nor a wrong thing. Example is the Bible not warning against or supporting the use of mobile phones. It will be silly for someone to now say the use of mobile phones is wrong. Now, to his questions.

1. Did Christ ask us to celebrate his birthday?

Two can play that game. Did Christ tell us NOT to celebrate his birthday? The answer is no. This clearly means there is nothing wrong of we chose to celebrate his birthday. Did Christ tell is to celebrate his resurrection? The answer is No, but we all do because we appreciate his effort in dying for our sins and conquering death by resurrecting. Same thing with his birth which we appreciate because we know he came to save us from our sins.

2 Did the discipleship apostles ask us to celebrate his Birthday?

Did they ask is NOT to celebrate his birthday? The answer is no. So it is not a sin if we do. Anyone saying we shouldn't celebrate the birth of Jesus is simply trying to speak when the disciples, apostles, the Bible and even Jesus himself didn't speak. Those are our authority, and since they in no way told us not to celebrate our Lord and Savior, then no one should stop us.

3. Did the Bible or Torah instruct us to celebrate his birthday?

Did they instruct us NOT to? The answer is no. So Freeze has no case here also. Let's say for example, the Bible doesn't say anything about homosexuals, no one will see it as a sin. So therefore, as the bi me didn't say anything against celebrating the birth of Jesus, then it is no sin if we do so.

4. So where did we get this nonsense from?

First and foremost, it is not nonsense celebrating the birth of Jesus. Many have come to the knowledge of Jesus through Christmas. Muslims and Atheists are celebrating Christmas as we speak and hey exposed to hearing ore about the Savior our Lord Jesus. The whole world stands at attention on Christmas day. Even unbelievers have no choice but to reckon with the day. Families get reunited and loved ones share gifts. Christmas is the biggest holiday which the gate of hell cannot prevail over.

Now, to his question which is where we got Christmas from. We got it from the Holy angels who left heaven and came to earth to rejoice in the sky at the news of the birth of Jesus. It was a joyful day so much that the wicked people of those days tried to kill baby Jesus. Those wicked people are still operating today trying to kill Christmas which is a day the name Jesus sounds so loud that it echoes in all corners of the world.

We Christians decided to celebrate that day because God has given us power to bind and lose one earth anything we want.

Mathew 18:18
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

We have bound December 25th as the day for the celebration of the north of Jesus. Nothing Satan and hell cam do against it.

To know more about how the lies of anti-christmas agents, read the below link which shows how they get Busted.

https://www.nairaland.com/4919820/dont-let-anyone-lie-christmas

I'm not against Christmas celebrations but my questions is what is the evidence or proof that Jesus was born on 25 of December?, because this date has been question by many authorities,is there no Jewish records to show emphatically when Jesus was born?,from the Islamic aspect,is there a quranic evidence to the actual birthday of anabi Isa?

Johnnyessence:
https://punchng.com/osinbajo-backing-swest-for-2023-wake-up-call-to-ndigbo-von-dg/

Among the zones of the south,only the SE is yet to produce the president since Nigeria return to democracy,it should not be difficult for buhari to convince his so call followers to agree to a SE presidency 2023 if he is truly sincere as been preached, Atiku has already made a commitment to serve for a term n hand over to the SE, so it's either the igbos approach Atiku for a concrete assurance or they request for direct guarantee from buhari then do the needful,else they will regret it, rotational presidency concept is never in the Constitution of Apc it's purely a pdp affair, I'm afraid the northern political Hawks in Apc might set the SW against the SE in 2023 n use their numerical strength to hold until power,it will shock a lot of people by 2023 to realize that buhari don't actually posses the political power over the north as it's been painted today,his massive followership today has reasons, Ahmed yerima bakura's case should be an example.

theoldpretender:
Sorry mate, I am not into your APC or PDP things.

My point is to explain why subsidy and how it works.

like your moniker,you are just pretending,you think I'm buhari that doesn't understand what subsidy is?, it's the fraudulent nature of the so call under recovery Apc are trying to decieve people into believing n singing their praises that some of us want to disprove,Apc/buhari can't be doing worse of what they accuse others of and expect everyone to sing their praise except the zombies,n like shehu sani you are not bold enough to take definite stand on issue,keep on pretending perhaps that serves you better.

theoldpretender:
1.Well I cannot defend Buhari seeing as he won't do the commonsense thing and end this subsidy nonsense once and for all.

2.In truth NNPC does not know how much we consume. The 65M liters is their rough estimate. In 2012 it was 44m liters.a day.

3.As for what Fashola said...off topic, but until we generate more than 20000MW we are going to keep on using lots of generators (We generate ust 7500MW on a good day, 4000 on a bad day).Power ministry knows what to do...but they won't do it (ie deregulate power thoroughly).

4.Our refineries on a good day refine 20m liters of fuel a day...meaning we have to import fuel.

5.Under subsidy...NNPC cant make a profit. All govt pays them is the difference between how much they import the fuel and how much they sell to retailers.

6.You want an end to all this...well....govt stops all them subsidy payments, the scam ends there and then. Yes, prices will go up, but investment woild flow in, refinereis would get built, etc...and money spent on 'subsidy' can now be spent on other things.

Hope you get my point.

I get your points very well but you appear to me like shehu sani ,one moment you are for, another moment you appear against,there is a massive fraud going on under this Apc government especially around this fuel issue,do you concur or not?

dokyOloye:
Damaturu 2013

No wonder you understood the situation well,I was in maiduguri around that time,have a nice time n merry Christmas.

theoldpretender:
We are probably consuming more than 60m liters of fuel a day. (One expert I heard on private radio put it at 70m)

Much of the fuel goes into cars, and generators.Infact due to poor power supply generators account for the high amounts consumed.

Our population is above 200million too.

Now I can see clearly that you just out to defend buhari at all cost,but your abracadabra won't fly with me, just listen to yourself" much of the fuels goes into cars n generators" what was the fuels been use for before now?, didn't fashola claim that Nigerians are now using much lesser generators for power now?,you people think other Nigerians are fools isn't it?,why didn't you answer the corruption aspect of your so loved under recovery regime?.

theoldpretender:
Seems like you don't get the principle of 'underrecovery'

1.NNPC imports fuel (as at today) at N165 and sells it to marketers at N145 per liter

2.NNPC also forces marketers to sell at N145 per liter

3.The government pays N20 per liter of fuel as 'underrecovery' to compensate NNPC for selling fuel to marketers at a loss.

4.Even then, NNPC is not making a profit at all.

5.In 2016 when fuel was being sold at N87 and landing cost was N132, government icnreased prices to N145 , and stopped paying subsidy since cost at the pump was higher than cost at the import.

6.As crude oil prices went up, so did the landing cost of fuel until it passed N160 PER liter...and recently it was high as N190 per liter. Government promptly was forced to start up subsidy payments again ie underrecovery payments to prevent a rise in price of fuel to as high as N250 per liter.

7.It is because NNPC is not making a profit, and has never made a profit under subsidies thaT NNPC cannot earn enough cash to build new refinereis and improve exisiting ones.

8.Also, we don't have more investors building new refineries because no one wants to refine fuel and sell it below the cost it took to refine the fuel.

9. All this corruption you allude to would STOP if government remives subsides, stops paying underrecovery money and allows NNPC to set profitable prices, and allows marketers to import and sell fuel at the price that would enable them to make a profit.

However, this means a pump price of N250 and above...which most Nigerians do not want...and which would lead to protests.

I understand your explanations perfectly n they make a lot of sense but the main issue you avoid here may be out of deciet or not is,how did the APC came up with the bogus claim of Nigeria consuming 60m litres of pms per day n why was the so call under recovery been paid with out appropriation by NASS until now that the out cry from the opposition has forced buhari to include it the budget proposals for 2019,can you stake your life that the under recovery regime is devoid of corruption?.

theoldpretender:
If the refineries were sold...the problem is that subsidising fuel means that the new investors would be refining fuel and selling it at a loss.

And they need the money....the refineries need fixing.

EVEN then....the four refineries CANNOT meet our needs today. The last one was opened in 1988....and our needs are far higher than they were back then...

I partially agrees with you but view from other perspective,if the refineries are sold the government agrees to sell crude oil to the investors at a reduced rate on the agreement that they refines strictly for local consumption while the remaining crude from our OPEC quota is exported at international rate won't the refineries work?, it's important to privatised them because of sabotage from local interest,NAFCON,NITEL failed but now INDORAMA ,MTN ETC are successful,in another breath if the refineries are not taking care if now sooner the fate of nitel will befall them when dangote petrochemicals finally comes on stream.what do you think?

dokyOloye:
That is why I don't pity the northern muslims now that boko haram has concentrated on killing them.
They play politics with everything.
When boko haram was bombing churches and targeting only policemen,their leaders kept making a political capital out of it while being cheered by their masses just because Jonathan and his army chief were Christians.

Thank you very much,were you ever in maiduguri?

olajide8:
It can't be repaired- they should just build new smaller refineries - that are more cost efficient

But when Atiku rightly suggested that they should be sold you people abused him so much.

midolian:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/under-recovery-fuel-subsidy-drops-to-n20-per-litre-nnpc/

I don't just get the unnecessary noise about the so call under recovery by this government,it is all noise just to cover the monumental fraud going on, it's fraud in the sense that all money generated by NNPC belongs the whole tiers of government as generated revenue, only the NASS has the constitutional power to approve it's expenditure but what we have on ground now is the Apc government dishing out bogus daily fuel consumption figures n claims of fictitious under recovery payments without any form of transparency or NASS oversight!,yet the zombies are busy singing the praises of thier demigods,the term 'under recovery'itself has just been employed by the decietful Apc to hoodwink the gullible, it's just a classical examplification of fela's statement of "using grammar to dabaru the situation".

KillTheZombies:
Alhaji Kabiru Umar is an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari and leader of the pro-North Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF). He has been with the president from their days in the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and currently a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

In this interview conducted by NOAH EBIJE, the businessman cum politician gave an idea of what awaits ex-military Generals opposed to Buhari’s re-election if he wins a second term in February 2019. He also said the North will rather back Igbo as Buhari’s successor in 2023 because Southeast is regarded as a natural ally of the North in the nation’s political history.



You were in the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and today you are an APC chieftain. How has the transition been?

I’m in APC because I believe in it. APC is an amalgamation of three parties – ANPP, CPC, ACN and part of APGA; all of these parties are now in power at the centre. I belonged to an opposition party in the past, and I’m proud to say that. So, we’re an opposition bridge that came together and chased the party in power out of governance and I think that is a feat that one can be proud of. I didn’t join PDP when it was quite thick in performing, I did not join PDP, then why should I join it now when for the period they run the country, not that they did positive things, the negative things outweigh the positive things. So what is there for one to follow? I have never been a PDP man ever since the creation of that party. I have never been in PDP and I don’t hope to be.

Why do you say so?

You see, I’m a Northerner and we are backward in terms of money and education and the only thing we have that we are boastful of is political power, either during the first, second or whatever republic because politics is a game of number. And then during the 1999 political activity, the military made it a point that Obasanjo must be elected and I felt I was too small to change that but I could prevent myself from following PDP because I did not support Obasanjo presidency in 1999 simply because politics is a game of number. Why should we subjugate our right simply because some few individuals made it a point that one of them must be the president because of their personal arrangement. Why should I, Kabiru follow them?

From the picture you painted of retired Generals, it appears you are now more bitter by the current alleged gang-up by the ex-military chiefs against Buhari’s re-election in 2019. How bitter are you?

The issue of the gang up is selfish, why did they support Buhari in the first place? They supported him because they wanted him to do their bidding. The issue is simple, some of them have oil wells here and there, they don’t want to pay royalty, they don’t do anything. I mean they are supposed to be ashamed of what they are doing. If not that Buhari is even tolerant, he would have exposed them. See what General TY Danjuma said some months ago, he has unfettered access to Buhari or anybody in this country but see the statement he made and where he made it. It was disappointing and then nobody tells him anything. See what happened, late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua mentioned it when a minister visited him and the minister complained about electricity, I remember very well when Yar’adua told the minister that Obasanjo government spent over $600m, and yet there was no electricity, the minister couldn’t talk, never talked again. It was during Obasanjo period that we had the highest top ranking security officers and minister of justice killed in his own domain and nothing happened. I do remember there was one occasion that took place where Wole Soyinka said the killers of Bola Ige were in their midst. He did mention that the killers of Bola Ige were in the gathering, nobody challenged him because those who matter knew it. I think I have to mention names because it happened. Why was Audu Ogbe removed as chairman of PDP because he challenged Obasanjo, Omisore was in prison and he was made the senatorial candidate, Ogbe challenged it, and that was the beginning of his problem, not to talk of the issue between him and Atiku, something of that nature. Anybody in the same group wants their party to win, so there is nothing wrong. But Omisore was in prison and he became a senatorial candidate of PDP and eventually became the senator. You know for Obasanjo to begin to talk to people, I’ve been wondering why people should listen to him. I mean it is disappointing that people are listening to Obasanjo. I think it is disappointing. He said all unprintable things and lots of people are saying that. See what he did to the father of former Speaker of House of Reps, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, Alhaji Alani Bankole when he wanted to contest as governor of Ogun state. The same thing with Ajimobi, Amosun what did he do to them? What did he do to AD then? He made sure that all the governors were removed, when AD said they have no presidential candidate, they voted for Obasanjo but it was only Tinubu that survived. Is he somebody that can be trusted? You understand, he can’t be trusted by whatever yardstick.

Some Nigerians are saying that the northern numerical strength you mentioned is a fluke because of the allegation that the region often hire people from neighboring countries like Niger Republic to vote in the north. What is your reaction to this?

Those who are saying this don’t know what they are saying. The north does not need to bring anybody from anywhere to vote. We don’t have that kind of culture. We don’t have that culture of paying Peter to go and write exams for Gabriel. We don’t have that culture. That culture is alien to the north, that is the truth. How can somebody say northern population is a fluke? As a northerner, I feel bad because it is blackmail. From the first and second republics till date, the north does not have that culture of hiring political supporters from neighbouring countries.

One thing is that you cannot differentiate somebody from Maradi in Niger Republic from somebody in the neighbouring communities in Nigeria because they speak the same dialect, use same dresses, and what have you. But to say that we bring people from Niger Republic to come and vote in Nigeria, I think it is an insult to the north.

What is your view on the struggle between Igbo and Yoruba for the 2023 presidency?



I think that is their own issue, I am just a passenger. However, it depends on the time and the situation. The north has a long political alliance with Igbo. In the first and second republics, there was an alliance between the NPP and NPN, they called it Accord before it was broken. So it all depends on the situation and issues on the ground. Issues on the ground are very important, as well as the quality of the candidate. Whether such candidate comes from South-south or South-east or wherever, quality of the candidate and the prevailing situation will determine whatever… For now, nobody can predict the situation because saying it is one thing and actualising it is another thing. You never can tell what will happen before 2023, I stand to be corrected.


https://sunnewsonline.com/2023-presidency-north-will-prefer-igbo-to-yoruba-umar-acf-leader/amp/

The south had better find a way sorting out their differences n forging a common front or just forget it as they shall continue to be toss around by the hausa/fulani of the north,the bitter acrimony amongst the Southerners is not even giving confidence to the northern minorities n this suit perfectly well with the hauy/fulani agenda, reading in between the the lines of the interviewee above shows the north believe it has got the numerical strength to determine the political direction of the country,come 2023 the south may realized bitterly they had been played for fools all along, igbos should now realized why it's important for them to always make sacrifices n go back home to participate in any activity that is population inclined such as census,voter registration, elections etc.

reicherMan:
The All Progressive Congress, APC reacted after Atiku was publicly caught lying.

Earlier today, he posted a video saying he calls the wife of Lt. Col Ibrahim Sakaba, killed by Boko Haram at Metele last month.

The widow reacted to the video says she did not receive any call from him, Which Atiku himself later admit the video was 'communication error' that he didn't call the widow.

APC See's the drama as the new way to criticize him.

They wrote: How do we atikulate this?

Source: https://www.mediahelm.com.ng/2018/12/how-do-we-atikulate-this-apc-reacted.html
Mynd44
Lalasticlala
Seun

Atiku showed honor by admitting his mistake n offering clarifications, will Apc/buhari be humble enough to accept their blatant lies even when bursted,bunch of decietful propagandist.

PMBNG:
Source: https://politicstimesng.com/buharis-government-promises-2-geo-political-zones-2023-presidency/

Those who are supporting buhari blindly today will soon realized their folly in a very painful way,Apc as a party hasn't got the rotational presidency arrangement in their constitution,the rotational presidency concept is purely a pdp idea.buhari is simply planning to establish a new political dynasty that would be control by him and his anointed leutenants,at the fulness of time Apc n buhari will tell the foolish ones that the idea of rotational presidency itself is corruption and anti democratic and that only him is capable of anointing a trustworthy successor with integrity to carry one with the job,then we would all see the agenda been pursued all along,PDP may not be perfect,there is none either,they may have made mistakes in the past but pdp is still better than the ocultic Apc.

Nasseeer:
same fate awaits them if they are found guilty

will they ever be found guilty?, please stop pretending, it's a fact that you people's greatest wish is the demise if pdp so that your demigod buhari will not contend with any serious opposition towards his dangerous plan of establishing a new political dynasty control by him n his appointed ass lickers for the purpose of realizing n protecting a very heinous n parochial interest,but we shall see.

Nasseeer:
After 2019 election, PDP will become history. Many of their politicians will end up in jail.

And what about the numerous former pdp politicians now in Apc what would be there Fate?.

naijapikin04:
Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke Afa, Isolo, Lagos, has predicted that it will be difficult for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari at February 2019 polls because they failed to do the right thing from the beginning.

The Primate made the pronouncement while giving out 2019 prophesies during his end of year interactive session with journalists at his church premises.

He reiterated his earlier stand that PDP will lose the presidential seat because it failed to make Senate President, Bukola Saraki, its flag bearer.

Predicting what will happen in the states, the man of God noted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will retain Lagos, though it would not be easy. For River State, he said though it would be a do or die affair, Wike would still return to office.

“I said it the other time and I still maintain it, if PDP had given the ticket to Bukola Saraki, they will win because it’s only Saraki that can unseat Buhari but PDP has not done what they are supposed to do. I said it in 2015 that Jonathan may be the last president from PDP. I’m still standing on it unless they take a quick step and that is for Atiku and Saraki to do the right thing. If only they will do the right thing, that is only when PDP can win. For now, I’m only seeing Atiku and Saraki playing.”

Asked to elaborate on the right thing the duo ought to do, Ayodele said he will not speak further on that but insisted; “PDP will find it difficult to wrestle power from President Buhari come February 2019 election because they refused to do the right thing from the beginning. Unless they put heads together and do the right thing, APC will still come back.”

https://nextedition.com.ng/2018/12/23/will-difficult-pdp-defeat-buhari-2019-primate/

Is this a prophecy or just a mere cunning conjectures!.

360NGUpdates:
http://www.360ng.com.ng/men-are-taking-advantage-of-me-they-taste-my-sweet-apple-leave-afterwards-princess-shyngle-worries/

something is certainly wrong in there then,try n find out!

frbona:
their mode of dressing doesn't excuse the crime or the offenders. Its like defending a predator who sexually assaulted a lady on a beach wearing thongs. Quit the slut shaming. I wonder why many lecturers stoop so low in their desperation to push females to the wall when there are loads of lazy girls who are dying to give them the best sex of their lives so as to scale through their courses. It becomes a matter of ego and that's where the bubbles burst. Its meant to be consensual. If she refuses then politely let it slide. Don't fail her deliberately. These things have a way of returning to haunt you. Ask the uniben lecturer or the rest of his kin caught in the act. That she dresses provocatively is not reason enough for you to let loose of your self-control button and go romping like a dog in heat. Enough said.

when you are Rome,you do as the Romans,you can as well advise the lady to be wearing undies only to school ok.

hergists:
In my third year in the university, my course supervisor invited me into his office. I was dressed in a tight shirt and a pair of jeans that accentuated my curves as usual. It all started as an educative session, and then conversation swerved uncomfortably.

He starts moving closer to me. “What shall I do?” says my mind, panicking. The man’s erection wilts despite his distraught efforts. He moved closer, started rubbing my hair and staring at my breasts.

“This isn’t right sir.”

I finally dared to speak up. He just kept telling me how we humans determine what’s right and wrong and how well things would go for me if I agree to sleep with him. I played him and found my way out of his office.

I don’t know a single person, no matter how cruel the harassment or the assault, who doesn’t feel some of that guilt and shame and wonders:

“Could I have done something differently? Perhaps it was my fault?”

When I saw that, I felt the beginning of what would be months of grief. It was my first realization that the academic system, that I thought was so meritorious, that I wanted to spend my life within was deeply unfair. I wouldn’t receive any justice, and he could go on and harass other women.

Frustrated and upset, I stopped attending his classes. Through hard work, I graduated as a distinctive student from his course.

Source: https://hergists.com/experience-sexual-harassment-university/

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Cc: Lalasticlala Myndd44 Seun

we may not be perfect,but because our actions sends out messages to the world we need to be conscious of whatever we do,you admitted that your dressing accentuated your curves as usual, meaning it has been your habit,you have never bothered about the effects of your dress mode but comes here to yarn dust,that lecturer self was not smart enough!

deomelllo:
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Stop spewing rubbish.


I asked you to show us where EFCC's action against criminals closed any shop or government activities in Nigeria.

I just don't know what is the problem if zombies,obi said you can't close the shop to chase after thieves,you should rather stay,open the shop n adopt measures to prevent future occurrences n remain in business, osibanjo said you should rather close the shop n go chasing theives as you may not have any inventory left in the future!,now from your question above it implies that the government is chasing after the theives n keeping the shop running at the same time, this tallies more with obi's view, osibanjo would have rather said he can chew gum n work at the same time rather than his stupid anology which you people are labouring to defend,I still repeat you can go n try the osibanjo's method n enjoy the results ok.

deomelllo:
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Another senseless and meaningless rubbish.

Ur zombiesm too strong

deomelllo:
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Stop spewing rubbish.


I asked you to show us where EFCC's action against criminals closed any shop or government activities in Nigeria.

If you insist that you are right then it means osibanjo was very wrong then,abi you still no gree?