₦airaland Forum

All the frustration and sadness of the parents have now being transferred to the children of hate, AKA the supporters of corruption and Boko Haram.
Sincerely if you feel an atom of sadness about this news you shall check yourself, preferably go see a therapist. You have a huge problem.
Even if it is a movie you are watching in a cinema and at the end there was a happy ending, something as touching family reunion after kidnap. It is bound to make you happy as a human being with empathy and compassion.
But Alas! No! Not the children of hate.

Hypocrites! If she happens to be the daughter of a Muslim politician (not even an Islamic cleric) you will see them preaching how Islam is meant for the poor. I guess Christianity is also meant for the wretched sheeple.

lloyds:
All these people you mentioned are very rich, but being successful doesn't translate to good reputation.

Reputation is integrity.

If I understand the list was dominated by clerics, but even at that peole like Mufti Menk of Zimbabwe is arguably the most recognized and adored Islamic preacher from Africa.
The list also includes politicians both past and present,l people like Paul Kagame, again without mentioning PMB anywhere in the list. Mind you AU recognized him as the number one corruption fighter in Africa. So indeed he has a good reputation.
IDK though.

Gbajumon:
Have you checked the meaning of "reputable"?

Still can't find the meaning that disqualifies Dangote.

Awoleesu:
Buhari, Babangida, Obasanjo No dey?!
Davido, RMD, AY nko?

Mike Adenuga, Otedola, Alakija fa?

Who compiled this list abeg?

Even Dangote didn't make the list. I have to go back and check the meaning of "reputable".

If you vote PDP you are returning people like Metuh to power. Literally!

All those commentators shouting Honda up and down, can't you see the mind bogling number of deaths. How many people die as a result of wheel axel failure? that generally occur at low speeds?

I thought the NA are ready to veto him, they shall go ahead and lobby them more. After all they were the ones benefitting from the scam in the first place.

N4bn is too much! Make una dey fear Allah now!

MitrikDenholm:
Ironic you speak of non violence and queen Amina in the same sentence. She was one of the most belligerent women who ever lived. Hausa states have always been violent with or without religion. Even in terms of religion you should know the first person to fight an Islamic jihad in hausaland was a Hausa king, Ali yaji Dan tsamiya. Violence whether under the fulas or not is pretty much the same old violence that has always existed. Only difference is under them hausas rarely fight amongst each other.

Don't mind them.
They have already made up their minds to view Fulanis as the cause of all their misfortune. That is the trademark of all these northern minorities, the OP inclusive.
Their first argument was that Hausa people were peaceful until DanFodio brought Islam to them. Then it was pointed out to them that majority of Hausa people have been Muslims for over 1000 years before coming of DanFodio.
Then they claimed he brought "violent and intolerant" form of Islam that the Hausa people were initial liberal Muslims. This fallacy was destroyed by the fact that all the different Hausa kingdoms were in a state of constant warfare and enslaving each other. Kano Vs Daura, Hadejia Vs Katsina, Bauchi Vs Ningi Zazzau Vs Kano etc. .... Again other places in West Africa where Fulani brought Islam have always been living peacefully.
Then the narrative changed that it has to do with French colonialists suppressing and limiting the practice of Fulani version of Islam, that the brits gave them independence. Again many anglophone countries are mentioned by Fulaman as example then silence follows....
I wonder how desperately this people want Hausa people to view Fulanis in bad light. Dan Fodios Jihad is the best thing that ever happened to Hausaland, we the hausa people understand it, acknowledge it and are proud of it.
If you are not happy about it please do the needful. Period!

onwards:
The Flyover as a solution is actually counter intuitive from a design standpoint. The goal is to decongest traffic but what I see is just a relocation of the traffic hotspot from the center of the commercial area to the foot of the flyover.

In engineering, utility, aesthetics and safety are the three tenets and sadly this overly complex flyover meets none of these criteria convincingly. The Flyover is unnecessarily long, the space beneath it doesn't link more than one perpendicular road network i.e. eliminating roundabouts, nor is it economically viable (warehousing) due to safety concerns.

A reasonable solution is to create a 4 lane road. With, the two center lanes dedicated to commuters who have no business with the commercial area. The two other outlying lanes will go through the busy area. Each flanking the speed lanes.

Each of these four lanes will be adequately seperated by means of concrete lane guards or short width trenches (for drainage purposes if that is a concern) complemented with simple wire fences. This will automatically prevent any vehicular or human movement from one lane to another. Separation of concerns is complete.

To tackle the traffic in the busy lanes, two or three strategic locations will have pedestrian bridges (crossing the entire 4 lanes and with stairway access to the two speed lanes).They will be erected to ease human traffic out of the market and allow the people means to access the speedlanes so as to board vehicles out of the area fast. This will prevent any further traffic buildup on the busy lanes.

In case of emergencies too, you can easily access the busy lanes through the speed lanes using contraptions over the trenches and cutting through the wire fences to reach victims. There will be no need to factor in elevation contingencies as would be the case with this 2km long flyover. Now all 4 lanes will share the traffic load optimally and prevent any gridlock in the future. This solution meets the three engineering requirements adequately.

In engineering the simplest solutions are the best. Ockam's razor and yes, this flyover is not only unnecessary but sub-optimal as a solution.

Have you seen the blueprint? Or just came to this long conclusion based on the above pictures?
Have you even ever being to the place and observed the nature of the traffic flow?

OP you are right! That's why we must get our PVC to Atikulate in 2018. Kikikikkiiik

The same ISIS that they trained and funded. Hell they are still even funding in the guise of assisting moderate rebels.

Abel make una just allow OBJ to contest again.

Paretomaster:
PMB will have his second term..... It's settled, others can Come on board then.

OK if you say so.

omohayek:
The lack of all these is precisely the reason why I don't support him: he hasn't bothered to share any specifics of how he'll do things differently, just the same vague generalities about being "detribalized" and "fighting corruption" that everyone else spouts at election time. Unlike certain low-IQ types who fixate on tribe to the exclusion of everything else, I don't really care whether Sowore is from the same village as I am, or even if he's my first cousin by blood: what I want from him are concrete things like what his economic philosophy is, what specific steps he'll take towards decentralization, how he'll reorganize policing, what he'll prioritize spending on, how he plans to raise funds for his programs, etc. It's good that Sowore doesn't have the dubious record of someone like Atiku, but as Buhari has shown, good intentions aren't enough without plans or a coherent ideology of governance.

Thank you sir for that wonderful input. I agree with you. Let's wait and see (a) the party he joins, (b) the people he brings into the campaign (c) his manifesto and plans for the country's problems. However, I'd rather support him with hope that he might do better than continue to support this directionless administration.

Paretomaster:
The same will happen with whoever comes in, unless we have a revolution....

Naah that's not an excuse Sir. We could have voted for GEJ again na in 2015. The sole advantage of democracy is that we get to replace under performing leaders periodically.

Paretomaster:
Sorry, I still trust PMB better than this guy....

PMB is not the problem, the corrupt and dubious people he puts in charge are.

dignity33:
Because he's fake sometimes and a blackmailer. He cannot be trusted

Well who do you trust more, Buhari Atiku or him?

Paretomaster:
Because I don't want to waste my vote, he won't win, because PMB will contest, and if he do, he will win...

Besides I prefer Tambuwal.....

It's actually the opposite, he wooudlnt win if people like you have this attitude and never vote for him.
Also it's more honorable to vote for the best candidate even if he doesn't win than not to vote or vote for wrong candidate. Your conscience would be clear.

0monnak0da:
Yes The North is parasitic on the South ..That is a fact .It is not a matter of failed leaders.Just that the North brings nothing to the table and has a strong interest in the status quo.

The issue for me is more than changing president but whether we want to continue as one Nigeria.

The fact is Nigeria can only be held together as it is now by force. A wedding at gunpoint. How long can we continue like that.

The problem then is the parasitic north needs to give up its appetite for oil money and start thinking of what to contribute

Let us start practising true federalism and not wait for a resident to transform the whole country. Let the component parts transform themselves
Do you imagiine this herdsmen thing can continue indefinitely?

The issue is not the presidency but federalism

Please keep telling yourself that. Majority of states in the so called south are also parasites and bring nothing to the table example I gave you like Ebonyi where the governor is vehemently against the restructuring. Propose a change of status quo and what over 70% of states from the so called south fight it withal they got.
Personally I wish the country would restructure on whatever ground the oil producing states want it. I know my state can make about the N4bn on food produce we bring down south. we'd simply put a 500% levy for every produce transported down south. and let's see which is more important, food or oil.

The whole regionalism was the idea of the north in the first place, because we knew it would be the best system for everyone.
The southerners seized power and abolished the regional government we are in a mess today and you are still blaming the north.
Getting a president that would make things work is more realistic than achieving restructuring from nowhere.
None of your so called representatives in the legislature has proposed a bill towards amending the constitution to restructure Nigeria in to federation units but you are here ranting. How is the country going to be restructured by continuing to rant online that north are parasites?

0monnak0da:
You are entitled to your opinion

So is everybody. Cheers!

anibirelawal:
My excuse is that, am a die hard fans of PMB.


PMB anytime.

Sowore can try his luck by 2023, i might support him then.

Unless his stay in office is directly responsible for your livelihood, it's unpatriotic to support a candidate that is least qualified and ready to move the country forward.
Anyway we hope you see reason to support Sowore even before 2023.

0monnak0da:
With the benefit of hindsight Buhari is worse than Jonathan. The man seems paralysed. To say that after 3 years he believes all his Ministers are doing fine and he has not changed any. Hmm
It seems to me that the man is on some kind of stimulant drug . I could be wrong

Anyway the key thing is ideas

Let us make a list of 4 ideas that Buhari has

1
2
3
4

e.g what are Buhari's ideas on IT
On the economy the only ideas I have seen are
Go back to farm and
Search for oil in the North

and Fulani Herdsmen are killing farmers

What are Buhari's ideas on education and training for our young people and how to deal with unemployment.

Buhari that did not know his son had a motorbike( This confirms a fundamental problem he had when he was military head of state. His grip on intelligence agencies was weak and that was why he was overthrown) Now he does not know where his IG is.


Under Buhari soldiers have becoe more brutal and indisciplined.

He appointent his kinsment to key security positions but two of them

Danbazzau and Mansur are clearly very incompetent.

N one has mentioned wh is responsible for the IG if not Danbazzau?

Again with regards to Custos e see the same lack of ideas i.e start accosting people on the road for import duties on their cars. No idea on how to deemphasize the paramilitary aspect and emphasize the revenue generating aspect. What thhe Customs needs is not a soldier if he must bring in an outsider but an accountant .Soeone who understands IT and revenue generation. How to block leakages.That is not a matter of brute force but creativity.

These things are totally beyond the scope of Buhari's brain

So do you agree Sowore can fix that since you seem to lack any hope in PMB?

0monnak0da:
Support him without hearing from him?
From what I have seen of him he is immature and temperamental. This is not about age. I would say the same about El-Rufai, Wike,Amaechi, Ajimobi, Okorocha and many others.
If there is one person I stiill like it is Fashola. Has anyone noticed how he has been absent at all these weddings lately(Maybe dem no invite am). He is a focused individual. I prefer him to Osinbajo.
Fashola is not perfect and anyone who was chief of staff to Tinubu must have a few skeletons in his cupboard. Nevertheless he is getting experience at Federal level which was a negative before.

The real issue Nigera needs to contend with is whether we can remain together and most of the political class are in denial about this. After that we must reduce the influence of the centre and the president. I am talking of a Federal Government less than half the current size No Universities No Teaching Hospitals and lots less.
The issue is not about rotating the presidency but returning power back locally and allowing people to develop at their own pace using their own resources
The parasitic North would not like this and prefer to continue as we are till the country burns

The other issues for me are making elections totally independent of the governent and rig proof.
I do not see any Northerner addressing the real issues in Nigeria. The one Northerner who I thinks has the experience is El_rufai but he is too irrational and Jingoistic for me

As a Yoruba person I want us to give up any claims on oil money and focus on Human capital development.
If peole are telling the Tivs in 2018 how they conquered them in 1818 then we must be honest that Nigeria will not work. We do not like ourselves
Sooner or later there will be a major bloodletting when Rwanda would look like child's play.

In summary the issue is not about presidency but the Nigerian project a country where this year more than 30 people average have been killed every day and we act as if everything is fine

Oga you are all over the place.
You mentioned Fashola, the question is is he contesting?
As far as he is concerned PMB is doing a wonderful job. Tell me what policy is Fashola pursuing in the power sector that is expected to solve our power problems.
As it appears we basically have 3 options in 2019. A continuation of PMB, a return to PDP via Atiku or whoever they field. and a new direction via a third force which Sowore now presents.
We can't claim to be fed up with the system while reluctant to take radical changes like voting in Sowore.
And what are you talking about the parasitic north? Mind you there are failed leaders from every corner and it is a lazy excuse to put the blame entirely on the north.
I am a northerner and I'd vote to divide the country if it was put up for vote.
Few months ago it was Ebonyi state governor who was saying that he gets jittery whenever restructuring/secession is mentioned.
So get your thoughts together and decide which option you gonna make among the 3 I listed above. Apparently we don't have a fourth.

CSTR2:
He is Yoruba.

Yorubas are not the only ones in the country.

Others know how to rule too.

Oga the future of Nigeria shall be different from the past and the present. Comments such as this shall be considered hate speech. You shouldn't be against someone based on their ethnicity.
How would you feel if someone opposes you just because you are black.

0monnak0da:
First of all I do not support or not support him .I will listen to him first but I will like to challenge the logic of your position.

Firstly Yahaya Bello is not the first Youth to rule in Nigeria
Tafawa Balewa was 48
We had Gowon reportedly 29 when he became Head of State
Murtala Mohammed Must have been very close to 40. Obasanjo was 39
Buhari was 45
IBB was 41
Yar adua was 56

Shagari was about 55


Fashola was 44 when he became governor
Amaechi was 42
Akpabio was maybe 45

Should I mention that Buhari was Governor about 10 years before he became Head of State .
Diete-Spiff must have been in his 20s when he became governor of RIvers state.

So factually your argument is wrong


Logically too let us assume that factually you are right and say we gave Yahaya Belllo who is a youth a chance and he failed.That leaves 35 other governors who are supposedly not youths. Have they succeeded? The premise of your arguent would imply that the NON_YOUTH governors are doing well.Is that so? My argument would be let us have 18 non-youth governors to compare 18 elders before drawing any conclusion .

Factually however the truth is most of our leaders have been youths when they took office.
In fact Buhari and Obasanjo are the only ones who have been over 60

The main problem with Sowore is TRACK RECORD and politicaal experience .

Thank you for elaborating further. However I think we shall all support him because the two alternatives we have aren't looking good. We either continue with this government where the cabal make all the decisions including reinstating a wanted fugitive, as well as lying to our faces that Thailand shut down 7 factories.
OR we make a bigger mistake by bringing back PDP gang of heartless thieves via Atiku or any of their corruption champions.
OR we could take a novel route by voting someone entirely different from the above. Who do you think is better than Sowore Omoyele.

MORNDEW:
Have nothing against Sowore, in fact I love him. But in 2019, it's PMB or no one.
Anybody can start tearing their shirt. But do well to challenge me to a debate on my reasons after your usual rants and insults. I welcome them a lot.

I doubt you are a bigger fan to PMB than I, but I believe the cabal has taken over everything, he has little knowledge about what goes on not to talk of doing anything.
But let's hear from you what makes a continuation of this administration the best choice.

mars123:
Who is this candidate you are talking about and has he declared his intention to run? Has he also laid down his plans, ideas and his manifesto?

Sowore Omoyele, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Someone who's fed up with all the BS and finally decided to contest himself.
.....

HRHQueenPhil:
ema binu sa. u av a point. i retract my comment.

That's the spirit. So are you gonna Support Sowore then?

PaChukwudi44:
because hes an asshole

I could have told you to grow up, but I thought you are too old for this.

mars123:
when the time comes we will know who to support.

Bros the time has come o, we have less than a year.
Mind you this could be the perfect time to destroy the so called North-South zoning dichotomy. By supporting a candidate away from the mainstream permutations of the old cargos we'd be setting a stand for taking back our country.