To those idiots saying a whole former chief of defence staff with entourage, are you people blind ni!
Didn't you see the pictures on the front page? He was travelling with a driver! No escorts or anything. Which is how its supposed to be! Someone who has retired from the military should not be entitled to any escorts. Besides this guy stole money meant for troops on the frontline in the North East. He was the chief of defence staff that was responsible for purchasing fake second hand aircrafts that killed 2 pilots. He deserves no sympathy from anyone!

TheGreenLand:
Saraki the thief!
Blood of Kwarans are crying out on your head.

You forgot to add killer. He's a thief and killer! His boys killed 33 people in Kwara.

Badeh was stripped of everything after he was found guilty of stealing from soldiers. All his assets have been frozen. No entitlements or benefits. I doubt if he would have had the resources to manage an entourage of guards. Besides the stigma in the armed forces because he stole the money belonging to soldiers on the war front would have even discouraged himnfrom having soldiers around him.
I have read the disgusting comments on the front page talking about Nigeria being a failed state and all the other rubbish! This man stole billions from soldiers on the frontline. He shouldn't have any sympathisers! Who's to say he wasn't gunned down by an angry soldier or family of a deceased soldier?

theoldpretender:


The problem is getting our refineries working will only mitigate things small...because our refineries fully working cannot meet all our fuel needs (the last one opened in 1988....30 years ago).

Dangote is there...but when it opens,it isn't going to go to full capacity yet...and even at full capacity...it won't meet all our needs.



As for subsidy....here is how it works. Say, I am a seller of shirts. I buy shirts at N2000 each and plan to sell them at N2500,making a profit. Government comes in, tells me to sell my shirts at N1500, and pays me a subsidy of N700 per shirt, giving me a profit of N200...which isn't enough for all my needs, nor does it let me do things like employ more salespeople, or buy shirts more easily.

That is what government has been doing to marketers...and why we ended up with the debt we are paying in the first place...and why GEJ (I am no fan of his) wanted to do something 'irrational' like remove fuel subsidy...because it was not sustainable.

And another thing...back to the shirt analogy....other people wanting to get into the shirt business would see my profit issue...and refrain frominvesting. Had I been allowed to make my profit normally,other people would have been attracted into shirt selling...and eventually prices would vcomedown via competiton.

Subsidy makes investment in the petrol sector difficult...and that includes building new refineries. Why build a new refinery and then sellfuel at a price less than the refining cost from the get go...? (Dangote took loans to get his refinery built...and i doubt he would love to sell at subsidy prices.). That is partly why our refineries are not working well....it isn'tprofitable to run them under subsidy regime.

Bros good analogy but Nigeria stopped paying money as subsidy to those PDP oil marketers in 2016 after that criminal Jonathan left!
These debts that these marketers are claiming are legacy debts that that criminal Jonathan left. He basically paid them billions of dollars for importing nothing! They paid Jonathan back with massive political patronage and donations. That's how the likes of Bamanga Tukur and Arekesola got richer and richer. Thanks to Buhari their cases are still in court.
Back to the subsidy issue, In all oil producing countries of the world, except those in the first world, there will always be debates as to whether the government should subsidise petrol imports so the citizens can enjoy the oil producing status the country enjoys. It's the case in most of the gulf states, Mexico, Libya and even Brazil. Nigeria is not exempt. And it's a very valid argument! People in oil producing countries should not have to pay the same price for petrol as people elsewhere. International finance organisations like the IMF and World bank always preach deregulation and liberalization in these countries because these subsidies that exis in these countries are always fraught with Corruption so the economic benefits of the subsidies do not essentially trickle down to the population. Is it then possible for an oil producing country like Nigeria to practise a regulated downstream oil sector so that it's citizens enjoy the benefits of its oil wealth? The answers yea! The current model we have in Nigeria where the state oil company, NNPC bypasses the fraudulent PDP middle men and imports all the petrol by itself, is working! Though Nigeria may be losing massive revenues inorder to subsidise petrol for its citizens, the benefits can be easily tracked and documented unlike what obtained in the past under that criminal Jonathan.
Even when Dangotes refineries come on board, there will still be that argument as to whether Nigerians should have subsidies by virtue of our oil producing status, or whether we should eliminate them.

They're shocked! They expect Buhari to be throwing dollars away the way they did in 2015. Very unserious people (PDP)

We all can remember what was going on this time 4years ago! Jonathan and Dasuki were spraying money everywhere! Looting money from the CBN with bullion vans, flying money to Fayose with helicopters and security escorts and wiring NNPC money to PDP chieftains through Fidelity bank! That's the legacy they left behind!
And Nigerians being the foolish people we are, we want these same people back!

Olril18:

lol..in other words,join APC and you become a saint,your sins are forgiven...
fighting corruption indeed.

Please list examples of people who have joined and escaped persecution or conviction. Please also note that the only 2 ex governors that have been convicted are APC members. Saraki was an APC senator that wanted soft landing in his trial and jumped ship when there was none. Adebayo Akaka thought joining the APP would make his trial for stealing disappear. Same as Orji Kalu. They're thinking otherwise now.
Bros you need to listen less to Fayose, FFK and Omokri. These are people that have stolen you (yes you!) blind.
Reno cannot step foot in Nigeria again because he, Abati and Okupe were the ones distributing Jonathan's doĺlar largesse to media houses in 2015. Their only salvation is the removal of Buhari. That's the only way he will ever step foot in this country. If you allow people like that poison your mind for their selfish interests then oyo. It's your money they have stolen not mine. I'm enjoying myself here in the UK.

Olril18:

you worship politicians,I don't..
why should I tender apology to Buhari,is he god?
that's the beauty of democracy, you think Buhari is the best, I think he is by far the worst.
the 2 of us are entitled to our opinions.

funny thing is you didnt even counter my previous points,you avoided them all together..
its mischievous you want me to blame PDP when majority of PDP of then are now in Apc. lol

There's something you fail to realise! The APC as it is today is premised on the personality of Buhari. It doesn't stop corrupt elements from joining the APC. Orji Kalu defected to the APC and started singing Buharis praises. All his praise singing hasn't stopped his corruption case in court. Same as Dariye_ that has been convicted and adebayo Akala.
There is no law in the APC or any other parry in the world that prevents anyone from crisscrossing to another party. But the fact is that anyone that crosses into the APC knows that the expectation is that you're whipped in line and must to the path of the party leader, Buhari. If you're nabbed for corruption you should know that you won't get any special treatment by virtue of your membership of the APC.

There's something the PDP specialises in doing. They tell us our problem is in Nigeria's structure. They spend billions arranging conferences and settling tribal elders to solve these "structural problems" while they loot us blind!
See the nonsense conference Jonathan organised where billions was spent settling stupid old men to come and talk about rubbish! The same old men Jonathan eventually gave dollars to for election campaign!
Buhari has been able to prove to us that our problem is accountability and Corruption! Not structural rubbish! Everyone must be held to account!!! Simple! If you're supposed to build a bridge, build it and don't steal the money or award the contract to your friends! Simple!
These stupid PDP people should take their structural bull§hit and shove it up their arsès!!!!!!!!

Olril18:

I disagree with you..APC project is only on paper,and plus the economy is in shambles..
i dont know which foundation Apc is building...so you can point it out.. i hope you will not mention security,economy,security or even fighting corruption.
you said u are not giving excuse,yet all I see are excuses.
and don't call a person daft because he has different political inclinations as you.
this is a democracy.

Bros don't read economics from FFK, Reno and Fayose. Let's get facts. What was inflation when Jonathan ha did over in 2015 and where is it now? How much did we have in our reserves? What were we collecting in taxes then compared to now? What was GDP growth the last 2 quarters before Jonathan left? Go back and check all these things. When you return please tender an apology to Buhari for slandering him!

Olril18:

firstly..those who cause destruction in these 16 years are now in APC.
secondly, PDP themselves could argue about the past 20 years before they took over,or did Nigeria history started in 1999?
thirdly, stop accepting excuses from your failed leaders., the realistic thing is that APC is not going to rule forever, sooner or later another party will take over, should we accept their excuses of lack of performance when they blame APC/Buhari for 4/8 wasted years?
if we keep accepting excuses, then when exactly are we gonna get a good Nigeria?
The 3 @ half years is part of Nigeria history that can never be got back.
I can take excuses, not when it has gotten past the 3rd year, and not when they can't deliver on their own campaigned promise.

Bros I'm not expecting excuses! I'm telling you that you can't build an economy in 3years! The China that that daft was referring to in the debate, they built their economy in 3years? They are enjoying the benefits of the foundation built by chairman Mao and zepeng in the 60s and 70s.
I'm very convinced that with the foundation the APC is laying, economic growth isn't far from is at all. We are actually seeing projects where our money is being spent on! Unlike this locust PDP years where the projects only existed on paper. Nothing was done! Maybe it's because there is no more fanfare associated with commissioning projects as used to be the case in the past.

sapoyoro:

yeah..I'm sentimental, you know the last 3 and half years should be totally forgotten because its not part our history, only the last 16 years .

Bros it's better easier to destroy than build! You don't expect to mess up your life from ages 1-16years and the expect a miracle to happen in your 20s. That's crazy! You will always have to account for those 16 wasted years.
It's tragic that the same people that destroyed and looted our national lives for the past 16yrs are the same people coming to tell us to forget about the damage and give them another chance again!

sapoyoro:

yeah..I'm sentimental, you know the last 3 and half years should be totally forgotten because its not part our history, only the last 16 years .

Bros it's better to build than to destroy! You don't expect to mess up your life from ages 1-16years and the expect a miracle to happen in your 20s. That's crazy! You will always have to account for those 16 wasted years.
It's tragic that the same people that destroyed and looted our national lives for the past 16yrs are the same people coming to tell us to forget about the damage and give them another chance again!

sapoyoro:

3 and half years later,the blame game continues

You're too sentimental! 3 and a half years later the truth still stands. The truth doesn't change with time! It stands!

sanpipita:
Its not surprising osinbade had to lie, everything about APC revolves on lies, Buhari said subsidy is a scam but today he is paying subsidies while denying so, on a final note like someone already said we need to apologize to GEJ, he saw the future but sentiments and lies didn't allow Nigerians see road.

Bros subsidy was a scam under Jonathan because Jonathan gave the likes of Razak Arekesola and Bamanga tukur millions of $USD to import nothing in the name of subsidy. It was a massive fraud!
Today's subsidy doesn't pay anyone to import anything. The NNPC does 100% of the importation. Nobody is getting any free money again for doing nothing. That's the big difderence.
I bet you the fist thing the Atiku PDP will do if they come in is to strìp the NNPC of sole importation right and start paying people again to defraud Nigeria. I pity anyone that supports those gluttons.

I think a lot of Nigerians are guilty of ignorance in this issue of subsidy. The FG did not increase fuel price to N145. They simply put a cap on the price, above which no marketer is allowed to sell!
Fast forward 2years and the FG through the NNPC is now the only importer of petrol. Why? Because the other importers pulled out because they couldn't get forex to import. Even if they did, they would be selling at a loss because the N145 cap is still there while the price of oil has more than tripled from $30 in 2016 to $60 today. The NNPC is importing petrol at a massive loss and offsets this loss by using NLNG dividends to augment it's books.
The FG cannot transfer the tripled cost of petrol to the people at N220 because it simply won't fly! That is why the NNPC is still taking this loss/subsidy.
This kind of subsidy is very different from the PDP subsidy where there was plenty of forex for marketers to import products, but they would import very little and fraudulently claim they imported millions of litres of petrol or not import anything at all and yet get paid by the PDP led government.
The Nigerian media is very guilty of not letting Nigerians know exactly how this petrol subsidy works and how different it is from the PDP subsidy! This is something that affects everybody's life in Nigeria and judging from the comments here, Nigerians don't know anything about it! It's shameful!
The Nigerian media is complete Junk! I

Journalists are contributing to the shame of corruption in Nigeria. This man is scheduled to be arraigned in court next week. His arraignment date was fixed a long time ago. He knew this!
The EFCC invites him to shed more light in the case preparatory to his arrignment. The first thing he does is call all this fellow journalists and lie that he's been hounded for cyber crimes. And the same journalists that know that this man is scheduled for arraignment next week, go out and put cyber stalking as their headline for Okupe's arrest. Is this just incompetence on the part of our journalists or deliberate mischief?

joepepsy:
Let me tell you what you don't know,this generation of Nigeria youth are useless and derail, don't waste your time in them.

I completely agree with you! I stayed off posting on NL for close to a year but when I couldn't bear reading the rubbish these stupid children werw churning out, I decided I'd had enough! There is so much foolishness going on around in Nigeria today, I'm tempted to believe a demonic spirit is pervading the country.
How on earth will any sane person even think or imagine Atiku becoming President of Nigeria! He practically bought the PDP candidature! It was carried live on all the major media! He paid more than Saraki and Tambuwal! That's how he became the PDP aspirant! Is that the person we want as our President? Are we seriously mad in this country?

yemi15:


Was done by Former President Goodluck Jonathan. Once again, not a very tenable excuse. We don't believe you, you need more people.

Please read through my comment again, slowly!

yemi15:


That is a very lame excuse. Former President Goodluck Jonathan signed the current one a few weeks to the election and there was no confusion. I wonder where the confusion is going to come from 2+ months to the general election. We don't believe you, you need more people lol. My 2 cents.

So that's your justification? So maybe Buhari should also postpone the elections too like Jonathan did. Please let's try to be objective! You can't enact a law that will guide an election 2 months before the election! Where is it ever done!

Promismike:
I really thought the way EFCc and Buhari went about poking and intimidation fayose that by now he will be rotting in jail.

Does it mean all ligation against fayose were just accusations with no evidence

This government eee

I have no idea whats wrong with you people!
Fayose was charged to court and granted bail. His case is coming up for hearing soon. I don't understand what else you want. If Buhari had maliciously commanded the EFCC to lock him up, you guys would have screamed blue murder. Instead the law is being allowed to run its course and you people are still screaming! Like are you people ok at all?

I'm a big respecter of Dr Oby. I clapped and cheered her on during her speech at Jesus house London 2weeks ago when she came to campaign in the UK. I think should read through Buhari's reasons for not signing the amended electoral act. Are they tenable and factual reasons? The answer is a big yes! Its ok to criticise the government and even seek for perfection in doing so. But in a very volatile environment like we have in Nigeria, where someone can take someone elses words out of context and use to sstart inciting violence like the PDP is doing, i think she should mellow down and try to be reasonable.

lexy2014:


In this very instance, is Reno lying?

You need to go back and read Osinbajos comment.

Ziggylady:



Lalasticlala,Myndd44 e.t.c..rule 2 broken.

Ode!
Nobody has your time you this foul mouthed ethnic bigot.

festacman:
No weapon fashioned against Osinbajo will prosper.

Reno Omokri was part of Atiku's Dubai strategy sessions. He took selfies. He boasted about Atiku's plan they were cooking. One should expect specific Atiku's action plans to now dominate Renodarts. So much noise and motion, zero reasoning and movement.

Atiku has no alternatives than continuing where he stopped with Obasanjo as Obasanjo himself had boasted.

One of the very few that can see and understand exactly what's going on.
These people think it's a coincidence that the PDP spokesperson lied about Peter Obi's account being frozen and Doyin Okupe flaglarantly lied about his invitation by the EFCC on the same weekend? He was invited to the EFCC preparatory to his arraignment in court for money laundering and he flat out lied that he was being harassed for cyber stalking. Even after the EFCC said he was lying he is yet to take back his allegation. Same with that PDP spokesperson that lied about Peter Obi's account.
It's unfortunate that Nigerians are being played as fools by the PDP. They want to return and continue dolling out money in bullion vans and helicopters Dasuki style and koro style respectively.

yemi15:


That Electoral Act Bill was really comprehensive, I can see why Buhari did not sign it. The loopholes in the 2015 election were highly minimized. Had it been signed, 2019 elections would have been 10 times better than the 2015 election IMO.

Bros he didn't sign it because it is 2months to elections! How do you amend an act that political parties have already used to elect candidates, that INEC has already used in the procurement of election materials 2 months to elections? Please try to be reasonable! Dont buy into the narrative of those lie peddlers, the PDP, that don't mean well for this country. Buhari/Osinbajo have nothing to lose if they lose in 2019. But the likes of Saraki, Ekweremadu, Jonathan, FFK and even Atiku himself has everything to lose. Their corruption cases will proceed as normal.

Ziggylady:




Shut up and clean the foul-smelling spittle dripping all over your body...A buhari/APC shameless supporter has no right to caution or advise anyone.

Look at how your crooked mouth and fingers typing what you dont even understand..'politicians are not spraying money,everything is going on smoothly blablablabla!..You had better carry your afonja self out of my mentions before thunder fires you this morning..

Nonsense..

Rubbish!
Just the usual rabid talk from a rabid dog!
Since you've made your ethnicity very obvious, I'll indulge you in saying that the only reason why you demented criminals from the east want an Atiku presidency is So you can create a criminal utopia, where drugs can flow freely and you criminals and kidnappers will have your way. Foolish person!

Ziggylady:
I guess Atiku knew whatsup reason why he boycotted the fake thing..Oby Ezekwesili also boycotted the APC fraudulent 'peace accord' orchestrated by the clowns in APC

You have a history of dis-obeying court orders,you refused to sign the electoral amendment bill,you have a nasty history of claiming you were cheated when you lose elections

..Now after rigging yourself in 2015 and perfecting numerous clandestine ways to rig yourself back in 2019,you came up with a silly 'peace sign' for mumus to applaud.

You can only fool your zombie supporters who cant think for themselves,half of whom are hoping their 'brother' will take over in 2023 and perhaps enrich them in their dreams so that they will cease drinking Ijebu-garri as their staple food morning,afternoon and night due to generational poverty.

What kind of sick perverted thinking is this? What kind of foul spirit has entered this country for Christ's sake!
Things are so twisted that someone like you with a conscience will open their mouth and say they want Atiku the thief - the one whose company (INTELS) just finished stealing from the NPA, to rule over us!
By the way, who told you Buhari rigged in 2015? Was it Buhari that sent Dasuki to use bullion vans to withdraw money from the CBN and distribute to PDP officials? Was it Buhari that went all over the South West spraying dollars at traditional rulers in 2015? Or it was Buhari that used NNPC funds with Diezani to wire money through Fidelity bank to INEC officials?
You people have short memories and I pray this doesn't become your albatross!
This is December 2018, 2 months to the 2019 elections and everywhere is quiet! Politicians are not spraying money recklessly, governance is going on smoothly like it ought to. Buhari just transmitted the 2019 budget to the Senate. That alone is testament to the change me I voted for.
If you want us to return to the days of sharing money with bullion vans and helicopters (Fayose and koro style), continue shouting Atiku.

RTSC:

What body language? You are seriously asking me that.
What has buhari done to deal with sections of his military involved in crimes against humanity? Even in the recent shia shooting.
Absolutely nothing.

Your government is culpable and you are sharing the culpability with them by supporting inhumanity.

Trump just pulled out of the ICC. Why?
Because the ICC is holding the US government to account.
So there is no way you can accuse the ICC of hypocrisy.

They have called out nations far powerful than Nigeria. It is not their fault those nations are stronger.

Even then, the US government has done enough in trampling Human Rights violations within its own military.

A lot of soldiers are in American jail for that.

What has Nigeria done?

What has Buhari done? Is this a 19th century kingdom where the king orders for the head of people that commit crimes? I like Buharis style of following procedure and not usurping the roles of agencies saddled with certain responsibilities.
The one i'm familiar with, the killing of Shias in Kaduna. The state government set up a commission to investigate. The commission concluded that the military had the right to react to provocative force from the protesters. Then the arbitrary killings by SARS, the VP started the reform SARS campaign with new rules and a help line to escalate rights abuses.
I'm not saying things are perfect human rights wise. I feel more needs to be done. But the ICC itself has no locus standi to poke it's nose anywhere in this country. The Nigerian human rights commission should be at the forefront of any human rights campaign in Nigeria. Not that dubious ICC.

RTSC:

The ICC have continually called out the Russian govt and also the US govt.

It is not their fault both nations are superpowers sitting on UN veto powers.

If Abuja did not send people to crimes against humanity- what have they done as punishment?

How has the buhari govt or other past government punished sections of the military culpable in such acts. ?
That is one of the reasons why the leahy law prohibits the US govt from doing any serious military deal with countries like Nigeria.

There is overt and covert culpability at all levels of government.

Have you even listened to the way buhari speaks?
His body language and utterance like a dictator?

How does he speak? What nonsense body language? Has he ordered the military to kill people? What rubbish are you saying?
I'm telling you that the very people who control the ICC and draft laws that seek to whip other countries of the world into submission - excluding themselves, are the primary breakers of these laws. Most countries of the world are mulling pulling out of the ICC. South Africa pulled out, China thinks the ICC is an Western joke, even America was considering pulling out at a point. Isreal that is the world's number one state sponsor of killings laughs at the ICC all the time. The ICC only comes to Africa to form boss and work. That's the only time they're actually taken serious - in Africa!

RTSC:

Have you seen any western country bomb or destroy their own citizens?

Instead of you to hold your government responsible for acts of inhumanity to fellow citizens, you are comparing yourself to comfortable western govts, and fighting those fighting for your well being.

You get sense so?

Yes I have sense. The Russians killed hundreds of Chechnyas during the wars of the 90s and 2001. How many Russian military leaders have been prosecuted? I'm not oblivious of the fact that the Nigerian military is culpable in the deaths of many innocent people. Heck even our police is very culpable. But first of all, these are not state sponsored killings. Nobody in Abuja is telling the military to go out and kill innocent people. No! These killings are due to a complete lack of professionalism in the Military and zero training in handling civil unrest. That aside, in cases where there is state sponsored killing of innocent people like it happens in Chechya and Guantanamo bay where prisoners have been killed after severe torture, how many Russia or American leaders have been prosecuted by the ICC?

ChristineC:
if you think every animal in the jungle are equal then you should fall on your bed already and sleep soundly.

Well it's not my fault if you feel you're a lower breed of homo sapiens than other races. I'm sorry.