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Up chelsea! Bonanza dey!

Chelshit fi eyo kan gba meji.e ti re merin.

Chelshit fi eyo kan gba meji.e ti re kankan.

aieromon:
Referee,you blind abi?

That ref is the most stup1d official I've ever seen.The boy worst like hell.

Firefire:
Until when all looters in Nigeria are jailed, the selective judgement is nonsense.

This is still selective?Abi na my mama make dem kon arrest ni?Some of you wailers are so stup1d and dumb in nature.

chukwudi44:
Saraki has been repeatedly flooring Tinubu over and over in each political battle both were engaged in!! So far he has never lost a political battle!! Sai Saraki the master tactician

In ur dream.

gists:
I guess this is also witch hunting

What. A shame

I can't wait to readall what the wailers gat to say nad I know that I won't be disappointed.Wailers!!!!!!!!!!Food don done.If those wailers decided to protest her arrest in london,I volunteered myself oooooo.I go follow una protest oooo.

This boy is still bitter about GEJ's loss.Na wa oooo.Wait till tuesday b4 opening your wide mouth.

Hmmm.Don't know what to say.

There is no greater word than that.We all gat to bear the outcomes of our actions.

oshyno:
Not bad. We are already used to speeches anyways. Action naim we need.

I understand you.Go and die.sorry for the word but you need them.I'm sorry.

The best ever.Hope restored.I believe Nigeria will be great in my lifetime.

SeverusSnape:
As a Fulani, El-rufai has more right/power than even the so called 'vice president'. Osinbajo na boy-boy.

He's just there as a figurehead, He's Tinubu's stooge... And even Buhari can't trust anything coming from the kleptomaniac in chief.

Na dem ask you the question for who want to be a millionaire who is the VP?make you tell dem say na El-rufai.Some people are just dumb in nature.

khia:
I'm sorry I didn't reply but I needed to take a break from NL. So how have you been and what's been going on here?

Hello Khia.Cool to have you back.

midolian:
Need I remind you that OZAOEKPE is from otueke? Sometimes, cluelessness is their signature

Now I grabbed the gist.Otueke is now the source of cluelessness in the world.No wonder.

hassan85:
I simply await oct 23rd wen judgement is passed. If guilty, i wait to see how 84 senators will pass vote of corruption in the name of confidence. Time will tell. Lets have Attoney General and let d music start

Please tell them ooooo.

OZAOEKPE:
"if PMB could destroy the economy because of he's looking for saints to direct the affairs of this zoo, and at the end he comes up with amaechi and fayemi, I'm sorry to say,he's a m a d man. Anything that makes amaechi a saint and fit to be a minister, then saraki is fit to rule the senate. Sahara reporters(tinubu) interviewing PMB, midolian should tell the whole world what he stands to gain in publicizing SR". Quote me anywhere

What a clueless being.

Omo! See dribble.Chelsea don finish.

agabusta:
Pls try and put paragraphs and format the fonts appropriately to make it better to read.

Lalasticlala your attention is needed here

Okay.Will just do that.Thanks.

poiZon:
did jona also doubled as lagos state govr? granting loans n embezzling it?
big moomoo
my dummy papa better pass the best of the best of ur entire literally foolish generation.

What you don't know,you will never know.If you want to learn,keep calm and swallow your pride.I will tell you what I mean.This is my last word with you.

poiZon:
that means oga jona was also d governor of lagos state, hmmm.
people steewpeed sha o.

This confirms how shallow-mind you wailers are.Wisdom is needed.Don't know who I will direct you to cos your father sef is a dummy.

I am sure NC members all have their views and have kept quiet out of (appropriate) deference to our right to make our individual choice. Obviously I do not need to explain anything to anyone in a purely personal matter but a few points are worthy of note:

The lady in question is 18 and therefore legally of age to marry under all laws and certainly under Muslim law.
She is proceeding for her undergraduate education in the UK in January. She had an A in computer science in her O levels and plans to get a degree in computer science.
3. Each and every one of my wives is a university graduate and some have worked and then stopped and in each case the choice was purely theirs.

It is a tradition in Kano that emirs and princes in choosing wives consider issues beyond the individual. The family is in every sense a social unit. My predecessor was married to princesses from Ilorin, Katsina and Sokoto.
5. The relationship between the late Lamido of Adamawa Aliyu Musdafa the father of the current Lamido is well known. Lamido Aliyu was the first emir turbaned after emir Sanusi I and they remained close until Sanusi’s death.

My own relationship with the current Lamido dates back to 1981 when he was Ciroma and commissioner for works. By the way the Lamido and I are not illiterates we know what we are doing and he does have a PhD in Engineering.
My own mother was married in Adamawa and lived there for more than two decades and I have eight younger brothers and sisters from there.
8. It is therefore natural that if I choose to marry from another kingdom Adamawa would be the first choice for me and I am extremely happy to strengthen these long historical bonds.

The young lady in question gave her free consent and even after the contract the wedding will not happen for a few years. By then she may be 21. If she freely consents to this I do not know on what moral grounds anyone has a grouse. She is an adult, she gave her consent, and her education is not being in anyway interrupted.
The real issue is that people do not accept cultural difference. And you can see it in the approach to these issues. I am supposed to be urbane and western educated. Yes but I am not European. I am a northern Nigerian Fulani Muslim brought up in a setting exactly like the one my children are being brought up in.
If you read this and it improves your understanding of this issue that is fine. If it does not just remember it is not your life, it is not your daughter and you are not my wife therefore it is not your business.

I obviously cannot stoop to the level of responding publicly to these kinds of articles. I have always been an advocate of girls marrying after maturing. I personally like the minimum age of 18 even though I understand those who say 16 is fine and indeed this is the law in most so called advanced countries.

Is this something that I expect a European or western trained or feminist mind to appreciate or endorse? Not at all. But has any American been bothered about my views on men marrying men or women marrying women who frankly I find primitive and bestial? No and my views do not matter. These are cultural issues.

Even in Nigeria I have heard all this stuff as in Pius article about “north” and northerners. Again it is a failure to respect difference. There are parts of this country where parents expect their daughters to live with their boyfriends for years and actually get pregnant before they marry. It has become culture. We do not have that in the north and if your daughter gets pregnant before marriage she brings nothing but shame to the name. But we do not issue condemnations. We agree that this is how they choose to live. And I can give many other examples.



When people use the term libido they do themselves injustice. First of all it shows how they view women and marriage. Women are nothing but the object of sexual desire. Marriage is nothing but sexual gratification. Well I am sorry but in my tradition it is not. Beauty and attraction rank third after religion and lineage in the choice of a wife.

They see an 18 year old young lady. I see a princess of noble birth whose mother is also a princess, and who has been brought up in a good Muslim home. This is the kind of woman that is prepared for giving birth to princes and bringing them up for the role expected of them in society.

Marriage is both social and political. Expanding the links of Kano which have already been established by my predecessors through inter-marriage with Katsina, Sokoto, Ilorin, Katagum, Ningi, Bauchi etc to Adamawa is an important and significant step and this is obvious to anyone with a sense of how royal families work and Ibn Khaldun’s sociological concept of Asabiyyah.

When the Emir of Kano marries it has to be something beyond what he personally desires to what is appropriate for that position and the expectations of the people he represents. You don’t just pick up any girl on the street. And by the way, for those who shout libido, sex is cheap and available everywhere in all shapes and sizes and all colours if that is what they want. And all ages too. Marriage is a very different proposition. The mother of your children has to be something other than, not at least much more than a mere object of sexual fantasy. But if you do not know that you need to buy yourself a brain.

I have daughters. And they know they can only marry from certain backgrounds. I always prefer family. When my daughter wanted to marry Mouftah Baba Ahmed’s son and she asked me, knowing my views on family, I told her Mouftah is family. And this is not about me and Mouftah or me an Hakeem or Nafiu. No. It goes back to Baba Ahmed and Emirs Sanusi and Bayero. And the same rule applies to my sons. And it applied to me as well.

It is, I am sure, very strange that I should even bother to comment on this. But it would be hypocritical for me to just keep quiet so long as these things are being posted and commented upon explicitly or in a snide manner. There was no secrecy in the marriage fatiha. The date was fixed and it was to be done in the central mosque after Friday prayers.

The day before we had a tragedy in Saudi Arabia and decided the fatiha must be very low key as a mark of respect for the dead. All traditional rulers in Adamawa were there, as were governors and commissioners, members of my own emirate council and Adamawa people. There is nothing here to hide or be apologetic about.

The emirs of Adamawa have shown love to my parents and grandparents and it is a sign of my appreciation of their love that i marry their daughter. This is the highest statement of friendship and loyalty on both sides.

Again if you understand this this is fine. If you do not, buy yourself a brain, A la Pius.

In any event this is my one and final and only comment on this. And I am making it out of respect for NC members.

MSII

Source: http://www.theheraldng.com/emir-of-kano-responds-to-childnotbride-critics/

baralatie:
as at now what is your foreign debt stock and add this to it.factor your present exchange rate and think ahead if the naira is devalued in the long run.what and how it will affect your state,and debt servicing

You just focused on the negative side.Do you know what the money is meant for?The money is not for paying of salary but to develop the state.If the money is used to complete the monorail and other projects.Won't those project generate revenue?Money is use to make money.I understand your point but we gat to believe that era where money is been looted/stolen.I feel you bro.

baralatie:
did you understand what you read and its implication

What is its implication?Tell us,we want to know.

baralatie:
and it piles up

Don't you read?

Wowwwww.I believe n know this amount will be spent on what it is meant for.If na under gej's regime,believe mi.That will be the last time you heard about it.

zicoraads:
That Orubebe's own is hilarious

The way I was laughing in the bus.people were like what's wrong.That pix funny die.

We Nigrians have ways of making fun out of anything.Those pixs make my day especially the orubebe been on the list.Can't stop laughing.We rock

When understanding collides with misunderstanding, the
collision needs to be understood. Is Senate President
Bukola Saraki misunderstood? In other words, is he a
victim of misunderstanding? Or is he the one who needs to
demonstrate understanding? Does he have the
understanding needed to avoid misunderstanding his
situation?
Where is this train of thought going? Or where is it coming
from? Well, Saraki prompted a contemplation of
understanding and misunderstanding by his word choice
on September 22 when he was docked by the Code of
Conduct Tribunal (CCT). In an unexpected and
unprocedural seizure of the moment, Saraki reportedly
said to Tribunal Chairman Justice Danladi Umar: “Mr.
Chairman, I just want to make this point for you to
understand that, as a layman, I am puzzled why I should
be before the tribunal.” Saraki continued: “We are all
before the world and not just before Nigeria and we ought
to be seen how we conform to due process.”
It is puzzling that Saraki claimed to be puzzled. Even more
puzzling was a statement signed by him after his
performance in the dock. He said: “I reiterate my belief
that the only reason why I am going through this is
because I am Senate President. If I were to be just a
Senator, I doubt if anybody will be interested in the assets
declaration form I filled over twelve years ago.”
It is not understandable: Saraki doesn’t understand that it
is precisely because of his status as Senate President that
he deserves whatever he is going through. The country
certainly doesn’t deserve a legislative commander that not
only emerged controversially, but whose emergence was
also coloured by a colourless subversion of his party’s
position.
Only a dysfunctional decoding of the concept of party
supremacy could have encouraged the circumstances that
brought him to the helm of affairs at the Senate, an
ascendancy he actualised through an unapologetic
defiance of his party’s desire and decision. It is noteworthy
that the same warped twist resulted in a queer
combination and cohabitation at the helm of the Senate:
Saraki of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a party
elected to power on the premise of progressivism, and
Deputy Senate President Ike Enweremadu of the
unprogressive Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki
made matters worse by subsequently rubbishing his
party’s list for Senate leadership posts.
It is understandable that a functional interpretation of
party supremacy must be informed by the logic of
supremacy. Supremacy is supreme. For the purpose of
clarification, supremacy doesn’t mean infallibility. So the
party can err. It does not guarantee fairness. So the party
can be unfair. The essence of party supremacy is its
conclusive collective voice.
Saraki is a figure that emerged without an understanding
of party supremacy, a development that has helped to fuel
a crisis of individualism in the APC. In his rise to the
preeminent legislative position, he demonstrated a
misunderstanding of the party’s “due process”, and he did
so without any care whether a watching world understood
his lack of understanding. It is not understandable: Saraki
now wants the public to understand so-called conformity
to due process only in the context of his ongoing troubles.
Obviously, he brought trouble upon himself and should
understand that it may be harvest time for him.
It should be understood that this political drama is taking
place on the stage of realpolitik. Saraki’s anti-party
manoeuvres that gave him the Senate crown were guided
by realpolitik. His defenders and supporters have
attributed his tribunal trial to the power and influence of
alleged political antagonists, without understanding that
Saraki doesn’t have a monopoly on realpolitik.
Perhaps unfortunately for Saraki, there may be evidence of
minuses exploitable by the opposing side. Considering the
internal logic of party supremacy, it is understandable that
internal politicking in a political party may give an
advantage to certain interests such that they enjoy
leadership influence. But this is no reason for the
disadvantaged to bellyache to the point of belligerence and
centrifugal conduct as manifested by Saraki in the pursuit
of his desperate ambition to lead the Senate.
Clearly, Saraki wants his party to accept his contentious
crowning as a fait accompli, which is not understandable.
In building scenarios following his untidy enthronement, it
would appear that Saraki didn’t understand that APC
supremos were likely to make moves to save party
supremacy, and that they were likely to find their own way
of doing so. He probably didn’t understand the
consequences of his rebellion and how far the party may
be prepared to go in exploring a plurality of possibilities to
checkmate him.
Saraki didn’t understand that the early sign of his
disruptive behaviour was likely to be seen as a danger to
party supremacy by party hierarchs particularly. He didn’t
understand that his party would not encourage him to
perform even more daring stunts to disgrace party
supremacy by allowing him to get away with his initial
misbehaviour. It is understandable if the party decides to
follow the path that leads to restoration and reinforcement
of party supremacy based on party discipline, party
cohesion and party integrity.
The conflict is nothing short of a domestic war of sorts. It is
not for the faint-hearted. On Saraki’s side in particular, he
will need a capacity to endure a war of attrition. Saraki
must understand that in attrition warfare, the fundamental
strategy is “to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the
point of collapse through continuous losses”. He should
understand what he is facing, or perhaps more aptly, the
force of the forces ranged against him: “one can be said to
pursue a strategy of attrition when one makes it the main
goal to cause gradual attrition to the opponent eventually
amounting to unacceptable or unsustainable levels for the
opponent while limiting one’s own gradual losses to
acceptable and sustainable levels.”
There is no doubt that Saraki has only himself to blame for
being on the receiving end of attritional methods, and not
without reasonable justification. When will Saraki
understand that he is fighting a losing battle?
Source:thenationonlineng.net/understanding-sarakis-misunderstandings/

Validated:
Actually, PDP have 49 plus 8 APC senators making 57 senators. APC has just 49 senators. With planned appointment of Kwankwaso as minster, APC will be reduced further to 48. It would be interesting to see how the struggle plays out. From simple analysis, any change would be driven and delivered by PDP. Noone is ready to accept Tinubu's dollar as Baba is out to disgrace any such senator.

Saraki on the other hand is waiting to 'deal' with ministers to be submitted by Buhari. The game of THRONE in Nigeria politics is getting interesting while the masses are waiting for the promised or would it be right to call it elusive change?

I've said it earlier,You guys are confused.Wailing is not good for your health.

Why won't u?Corrupt being begat corrupt being(Like-minds).