₦airaland Forum

I like Bakare as a person but i dont think he is a good leader. good critics are never good leaders. they are almost opposites. he is too quick to steer controversy. you must have a big heart as a leader. there is a parable that says, a king who always tries to listen to his servants will soon hear his servants insulting him.

Well to have a wider and more intelligent debate, I would like to ask the following questions to those supporting Buhari. You do have the right to support whom you will but i am just wondering,


1. Why did he truncate Nigeria's first real democracy (even if the government had issues). In a more civilized world, he wont even get a chance?
2. Why did he never have a plan back to democracy 2 years after he truncated democracy?
3. Why did he support the annulment of june 12?
4. Why has he never mentored leaders since I have known him? (he has no real political base except the almajiris) I would have had more respect for him if he put some young men whom he has mentored forward.
5. Why did be try to Islamise Nigeria when he was president?

Just a few questions to ponder, debate please

^^^ Was the IF in that statement LOST ON YOU? Shocked Shocked Shocked


Actually NO, Buhari would not be considered part of the current status quo for so many reasons. One, he is not part of the current government -- yes he served under military rule which was abolished about 12 years ago, by the way. Yes, he is from old government, but since we are in a democracy, and he is a civilian, he is allowed to run again.

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Kobojunkie!!! haba my guy leave this argument alone. you are making a fool of yourself. your statement explains itself. the if does not negate the statement, it buttresses it. it ascents it. it gives it footing. please check your brighter grammer. you can actually replace the IF with AS. haba!

Well to ignore Kobojunkie and have a wider and more intelligent debate, I would like to ask the following questions to those supporting Buhari. You do have the right to support whom you will but i just wondering,


1. Why did he truncate Nigeria's first real democracy (even if the government had issues)?
2. Why did he never have a plan back to democracy 2 years after he truncated democracy?
3. Why did he support the annulment of june 12?
4. Why has he never mentored leaders since I have known him? (he has no real political base except the almajiris) I would have had more respect for him if he put some young men whom he has mentored forward.
5. Why did be try to Islamise Nigeria when he was president?

Just a few questions to ponder, debate please

Yes, it is election period but I don't OWE YOU, neither do the others who do not support the same candidate as you do. You are free to choose whom you will and it is not my place to try to CONVINCE YOU. If you are more willing to have the status quo continue, who am I to deny you that right to vote that it should?

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was this not your statement? or you typed it in error? did you not already conclude i was voting for the status quo?


and just to add ironically, Buhari is part of that status quo. The guy is more of the status quo than jonathan and sambo combined. when will the guy ever mentor young men to take the baton from him. i guess he wants to be the status quo for ever

Kobojunkie

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I guess your name sums it up.

you cant seem to understand even a simple statement. this is why our university certificates are not accepted overseas. I have not even supported anyone or campaigned for anyone. just asked for a simple debate and you still cant understand after 4 posts.

Buhari is tried and tested and proven to be effective in stamping out corruption.

He reduced inflationfrom 24% to 4%

Recovered looted  money.

He paid off our debt


All this in just 1.5 years

Why not google him?
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Nice one. at least this is an intelligent post. but i have a few questions and observations.

I will not google him because what will turn up in google are articles written by those who support him. I am a Nigerian who was very aware during Buhari's time and I cant remember him doing any of the things you just listed. He ruled for just a short time and achieved nothing but no one really blamed him for achieving nothing because we feel his rule was very short. but to claim the above is not true at all. The ony thing he did in 2 years was war against indiscipline. WAI. He didnt recover any monies. He didnt pay off any debt. And he didnt reduce inflation. please get your facts right. Inflation has never reduced in Nigeria since Gowon's regime. I has steadily risen since then. Ironically, the only president that has ever paid off our debt is OBJ and he has never been given any credit for that. funny.

^^^^ I wasn't trying to convince you there. Just wondering why you would CHOOSE to focus on the insults and then WHINE that that is all being offered you. If YOU cannot of your own FIGURE OUT the best for you, and then STICK TO IT, then why EXPECT others to do it for you?

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You disappoint me. I had thought you were an intelligent fellow but maybe I am wrong. This is an election period. If you support a candidate and really believe in him, you would try to convince others and not say they should figure it out themselves. I have given you an opportunity to convince me and you have just proven you really have no strong point for supporting Buhari, else you would have gladly brought it forward. Is this how you are going to campaign for him and expect him to win? and if he looses, you will say it was rigged? be fair for once in your life. Stop being a bandwagon Nigerian. If you really want Buhari to win, then show his good qualities and stop being a typical Nairalander, who just echoes what people are saying.

Put the points on the table and discuss inteligently. e.g,

Is he a democrat?
Is he sincere?
Does he really have any record of performance? etc.

Please try to stay on point if you can.

i would have gladly supported Buhari if any of you supporting him here have been able to put foward one good reason for supporting him. All you are doing is trying to shout others down and name calling others. Cant you bring out one good quality he has, because I hardly see any and his bad qualities far outweigh the good. i know i will not have an intelligent response as another Buhari supporter will soon run wild and might even call me names. Some of you are doing in nairaland what buhari is advocating in his campaigns. violence.

What exactly would you like to happen here? For someone to step up here to tell you why he/she has chosen to vote against PDP for good, and that Buhari is the next best on the list?

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Yes. that is how to convince people if you really believe in what you are saying. name calling and agbero style arguments wont get you anywhere. put your arguments out and lay out your points on the table and see if they are valid.

i would have gladly supported Buhari if any of you supporting him here have been able to put foward one good reason for supporting him. All you are doing is trying to shout others down and name calling others. Cant you bring out one good quality he has, because I hardly see any and his bad qualities far outweigh the good. i know i will not have an intelligent response as another Buhari supporter will soon run wild and might even call me names. Some of you are doing in nairaland what buhari is advocating in his campaigns. violence.

A Federal High Court in Lagos has declared that the People's Democratic Party [PDP] has no governorship candidate for the April polls in Lagos state for now.

This decision was made after the court heard submissions from parties filed by one Mr. Oluowo Adeyeri, a delegate at the January 10, 2011� PDP congress where Dr. Ade Dosunmu emerged as the party's governorship candidate, read more below



http://www.spotlightnigeria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=334:court-restrains-lagos-pdp-governorship-candidate&catid=34:politics&Itemid=55

So much falsehood goes on daily in this country.

Well I just want to correct a lie that has been peddled for a long time. Fashola is not the best governor since 1999. the best governor since 1999 is Donald Duke, former governor of cross rivers state. And he was a PDP governor not ACN. Fashola has not matched him yet. most of you who sit your ass in Lagos have got no clue. Apart from the big buildings in Lagos, Lagos is still a jungle. Calabar is like Paris were Lagos is. Even El Rufai did far more for Abuja than Fashola can ever dream of and he was PDP. Lagos is a dirty place with a lot of population and a lot of money.

No fewer than 19 supporters of the People's Democratic Party [PDP] in the South-South zone have been reported dead due to a stampede at the Liberation Stadium, Elekahia, venue of the PDP rally for the April elections in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.

Eye witnesses say the stampede began after a policeman fired into the air in an attempt to disperse surging crowds as thousands of party supporters left the rally.

The Acting Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Blesyn Wikina confirmed the casualties, saying about 29 others injured in the stampede had been taken to a state owned hospital, and the Teme clinic managed by doctors without borders.

Read more,


http://spotlightnigeria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=320:rivers-pdp-rally-stampede-death-toll-rises-to-19&catid=34:politics&Itemid=55

Actually, the system does not need to have a live network on. The ACN leaders who criticised Jega earlier where not current. All that is required is that when the registration officers return from their daily exercise, they can connect to the server and upload their data. From that point, if a person has registered b4, it will be rejected and only the ones that are valid will be updated to the server for storage. Dont also forget that the data has to be uploaded to a server because they cannot leave the data in the laptops alone otherwise, if the laptop crashes, all the data will be lost. On the day of voting They can easiy load a new laptop from the server if the current laptop crashes

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC], Professor Attahiru Jega has assured Nigerians that it is impossible for anyone to register twice or more in the on-going voter registration exercise.

Professor Jega who was taking questions on during Channels Television's breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily in a phone-in interview explained that the software in the commission�s possession is able to detect multiple registrations.




http://www.spotlightnigeria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=305:ddc-machines-can-detect-multiple-registrations-jega&catid=34:politics&Itemid=55

It is good when someone does a good thing and they should be commended. But in all sincerity, this is not a great deed. This is a scam that has become typical of nigerian entertainment people. I know a lot of them but wont call names. They go about claiming to help the less priviledge but they are just scammers and crooks. Omotola has not sold up to 5000 copies of her CD. This is fact from Alaba. She makes about N5 per CD. that is what artists make in naija. Cds are sold at maximum of N50 per CD at Alaba to retailers. In summary, she hasnt made up to N70, 000 from her album. Dont believe all the hype you hear on TV. She will make far more from her shows than from the album. She should donate part of her show money if she really wants to help the less priviledge. Just stating the facts. I dont hate her. They should stop using the less priviledge as a platform to project themselves. It is wrong.

Most of you guys are making me feel sad. Why is Nigeria like this. Until we change the way we think, this country will not change. The problem is not from MTN. This problem is NIgerians. We are plastic people with huge inferiority complex. How can a network be charging you 30 to 40 Naira for a minute while other networks haved moved over to 12-15 Naira per minute and you are still debating. If it is another country, everyone would have already thrown away their MTN line.

You guys talk like you have sworn an oath to use MTN lines forever. What is so difficult in changing a line. I have used 2 MTN lines b4 and thrown them away. Why this funny attachments to phone lines or phone numbers. I have friends all over the world and they change their numbers from time to time. Why all this religious ties to numbers and networks. We are a funny country. A country that prefers to use expensive things when it is not necessary. MTN has the

- Worst customer service
- Worst Drop calls
- Worst tarrifs.
I have about all the networks Airtel, Glo, MTN, Etisalat and Visa Phone. I once spoke to someone who asked me which line I was using. I told him Celtel (now Airtel) and he responded by saying, "ah why not change to MTN, the big boys network". I was so pissed. That is a guy with big inferiority complex. Since when did a phone number show that you are a big shot in society? Very stupid! And this fellow have not bought 1/3 of the Airtime I have bought. But you see, the guys at MTN know a lot of Nigerians think like this, so they will exploit the inferiority complex and extort you guys. And the funny part is that the real wealthy people in society dont care about stuff like this. It is poor guys and average guys that think like this. They try to create a status with stuff like the phone network you use, the mobile handset you use and so on. I once met the Former UBA chairman on the plane from ABJ to Lagos and he was using a cheap Nokia 6210. A billionaire.

It is all a shame to us. Do yourself a favor. Don't get attached to a number. If they will not reduce their tariff, throw it away. Liberate yourself from emotional bondage. Stop giving yourself those excuses like

- All my contacts are MTN (This is a big lie)
- After all they have tried (Poor self worth. You deserve more)
- All my clients are used to the number (Bull crap. Respected companies dont use mobile numbers. They use fixed phones. How can I trace you if you abscond with my money)
- MTN is the best (Completely delusional. Now you are lying to yourself so you can justify your bondage and emotional attachment and weakness)

All you guys are not serious at all. You just come to NL here and fantasize. I did my voter's registration in Lagos and almost everyone at the registration station said they would vote Fashola and GEJ. You dont know the sentiments on the ground. Lagos is the only state that is almost sure for ACN in the governorship. Dont get carried away. PDP might win back states like Ekiti and Osun. Lagos state ACN is in troubled waters and only the good will of Fashola will guarantee their success. Their primaries was a sham and people are angry. Tinubu has shown he is not a true democrat by all the sham primaries ACN had. So you guys don't have a clue when you keep doing all these permutations. GEJ will win without a sweat. Buhari is too old for Naija. He has no clue as to how to run a modern country. He has no vision. NIgeria needs more than a war against Indiscipline. The sentiments on the ground is for young leadership. IF GEJ can defeat IBB, Atiku and Gusau in the PDP primaries then you must know that he will win the April election easily. Even Shehu Shagari, about the most respected Hausa-Fulani leader, has said the North will vote GEJ. Some of you have still not learnt any lesson from the PDP primaries. It showed you several things

1. The North is not united
2. The North doesn't vote in a block anymore
3. The South is completely united behind GEJ.

Dont delude yourself. States like Akwa-Ibom, Cross River, Benue, Plateau and a few others have only PDP. The other parties are practically none existent. This is the reality on the ground. It doesn't matter whether you like the PDP or not.

I will just like to add too hat I am a little disappointed with you guys. You should be canvassing for people to vote the right candidates whatever the party. Not canvassing for a party. Nigeria needs good leaders not a change of party. I will never vote a Tinubu, whatever the party because he is a crook. So is Aregbesola. Another big crook. Doesnt matter how the press tries to paint him. I will vote a Fashola. This is the kind of thinking Nigeria needs.

The trial of Charles Okah and three others accused of being responsible for the Independence Day bomb blast in Abuja has been temporarily stalled as Charles Okah collapsed in the court barely five minutes after being called to the dock.

At the resumed trial of the accused persons, the prosecutor, Dr Alex Izinyon announced appearance followed by Charles Okah�s counsel, Ogheneovo Otemu but trial Judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole observed that Charles Okah looked sick.


http://www.spotlightnigeria.com

The PDP National Chairman, Dr Ekwesilie Onwodo Has resigned from his position ahead of the meeting of the National executive committee. This is coming in the heels of last week's court injuction barring him from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party which was quickly followed by a vote-of-no-confidence by the south east members of the party.  More details to follow shortly


http://www.spotlightnigeria.com

Sometimes I get really bored with NL and i think the reason is that most of the people posting here are Nigerians in Diaspora who have lost touch with things back home. They form their opinions from the news media who are about the most corrupt sector in Nigeria.

The whole cry of Nigerians is for change, not for change of party. Those who preach change of party are only preaching that from a selfish perspective. They just want to install their own party. They are not doing it becos they love Niaja. The best governor Nigeria has ever produced since 1999 was a PDP governor in the person of Donald Duke of  cross rivers state. Even Fashola has not matched his success yet. Some of the best governors now are still PDP governors like Akpabio of Akwa Ibom and Amaechi of rivers. some of the worst are also PDP like Lucky Igbinedion of Edo and Ibori of Delta. The point is that it is not about the party but people. All parties have good and bad people. Tinubu remains one of the worst crooks of them all even up till now. His company runs the lekki toll gates.

So when I see people come here talking about unseating PDP, i just know they are ACN members disguising as genuine neutrals of NL. PDP just had the best primaries Nigeria has ever seen and believe me because I am on the ground, they have won everyones heart. I just registered for the elections in Lagos and everyone at the poling booth was shouting GEJ's praises. I think we should ignore these guys as they are only indirectly campaigning for their party.

Nigerians should rise and support good  people anywhere you find them and hope things will improve. I like fashola and I think he has done well for Lagos. I like GEJ and I think he is doing very well for Naija. I detest Tinubu and I know he is a crook. Thats the way it should be.

The track record of the two parties in the SW is enough pointers for Yorubas to make deductions from

Products of internal democracy like Akala and Obanikoro

For example senatorial seats in Osun state were won by Oyinlola Isiaka Adeleke and Omisore. Agagu won the senate ticket for Ondo, General Adetunji Olurin won the ticket for Governorship in Ogun Alao Akala in Oyo

I would rather go with the consensus CAN candidates than the internal democracy candidates of PDP fortunately majority of Yorubas support this that's why we are seeing the A C N wave sweeping the SW

These kind of posts I am seeing is very worrisome. Am I really reading this? Is this for real? Do you guys really know the implication of what you are posting? You are taking Nigeria back 25 years or more! You are shooting yourself in the foot. The only reason some people have looked up to the ACN recently was because they were perceived as those who would uphold democracy and the rule of law. Your posts completely erodes that stance and automatically makes the PDP the right party. You probably don't even understand what you are posting. If your defense is anything to go by, then you shouldn't have taken over Ekiti and the other states like Edo. We should have allowed people like Anenih who "have worked so hard " to continue ruling. Absolutely silly logic! The logic completely destroys the June 12 struggle and everything that goes with it. So if it is by consensus, why did you fight against OBJ during the so called 3rd term saga? So who decides who should be conceded to? So you now give absolute power to 1 man. This is really getting me amazed! I feel like crying!

Edo state police command says it has arrested forty suspects following the cult clashes in Benin City in the past few days which has reportedly claimed ten lives.

The police commissioner David Omojola who disclosed this today however confirmed five deaths.

Unofficial sources say the death toll is actually about 40. Read more,


http://spotlightnigeria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=294:cult-clash-kills-10-in-edo&catid=907:general

This is th typical rant of a frustrated, several-times-denied-visa, poorly-educated reetard that straddle the Nigerian landscape.

Moooron, be consoling yourself that Nigerians in UK are all suffering and you are better off with the daily struggles, smelly gutters, no light and it-was-a-good-thing-I-did-not-get-the-visa self-consoling lifestyle you have.

Cretin. Grin

Hahahahahahahaahahahahaa!

Mugu! I have been to UK, South Africa, and Zurich! Be deluding yourself there. Potato eating lost Naija soul. COME BACK HOOMMMEEE! I will offer you a BQ space for free! I guess you cant even pay for holiday rate tickets. Oniala! I am even doing a correspondence Masters program with a UK school that requires I attend classes once during the session. Adamu! You have been Atikued! and you dont even know. I dey laugh oh!

And for your information, I did not get my visa at Oluwole or use resemblance Passport like you! I paid normal fees becos I have a good job and my employers are respected. Kolanut head!

Mugu, be having mouth where you have not made any relevance. Hypocrite!

Didnt you read my story or you dont dont know how to read too? Maybe your girlfriend is the one typing for you. These Nigerians leaving in the UK that cant even raise enough t-fare to come back home. Leaving on burgers and fries. Claiming you are living abroad. Shame on you. Slaving in the factory and farmlands and claiming you dey akata! I know you will soon go and pose in front of a house and car and send the picture home and say na your house. After 15 years you still cant come home and you are making mouth becos of the 12 pounds a year Vodaphone internet connection you are using. Come home and see if you can survive! Anofia! I know if they ask you what is the capital of Oyo state, you might say Enugu, We re!

Small boy!

I was the one that led the fight against Abacha. I tried every attempt to topple him by getting a group of professional combatants that were to storm Aso Rock but his security was tight.

Eventually I changed tactics and hired some female Indian assassins to act like love-peddlers and got the girls to inject him with the mysterous stuff that killed him.

So who is more relevant as a revolutionary?

You should have told me you were a comedian. Allowing me to waste my Internet connection. You think this is the UK? Internet is expensive here bro. It is pay as you go you know.Coconut head!

I must admit I was one of those who have been attacking PDP. But I was so impressed with their primaries I have decided to tone it down a bit and watch. I will not let them off the hook completely but I want to have some little hope that they are changing for good. They have completely blown many Nigerians away in the last 2 weeks. But alas! While we were yet to even settle down and enjoy the little window of hope, the so called progressives and champions of democracy goes on a complete 360 and defecates on democracy and our new found hope.

I feel really let down and insulted that I have both supported them and looked at them to some extent with some measure of hope. They have turned out to be a big fraud. They are the New Yahoo Yahoo party. Shame! I wonder what Oshiomole will have to say. complete let down I must tell you.

So you are comparing internal affair of a party with rigging?

I know the problem with you guys, your sentiments are taking the better of you and you need reasons to rationalize it.

ACN is not perfect but comparing with the PDP is way off the mark. If you need a reason to support PDP look for another one instead of "they are all the same slogan"

If you have never participated in the political process in Nigeria, you can never understand.

shallow minds.

It is obvious you have never participated in the political process in Nigeria. You have been participating in the political process of the south west. You have a very very shallow mind bro. See who is talking about sentiments. You are the one who is supporting lack of internal democracy just because it is your party that is doing it. But it is bad if it is coming from the PDP. Double standards. Who is sentimental now.

I pity some of you because you cry wolf when you are not getting what you want. You do not care for Nigeria but for yourselves and your pockets. Now the truth is coming out and ACN is becoming a laughing stock. Tinubu is selecting his wives and children for different positions and forcing other contestants to withdraw. He even went as far as kicking Mamora out just because he refused to challenge Fashola. You guys are a real joke. A bunch of hypocrites. I am so sorry for you because you will only remain the regional party that you have always been. You are lucky to have a man in Fashola who have done well even with all the harrasment from Tinubu (who wants to collect all the money in Lagos) because without Fashola you will loose Lagos woefully.

Maradonna at his best I guess! At least the guy is more sensible than Atiku!

Kindly remind us what you have done in the revolution so far.

Good. In the heat of 1993 an 1994, when the country was going thru the June 12 saga, I was at the forefront of the struggle, leading the lines in the ancient city of Benin. I dont fear revolution and this is not trying to be boastful.

In the famous words of General Bernard Bee: "Look! There is Jackson standing like a Stonewall! Let us determine to die here today and we will conquer, Rally behind the Virginians!"

The painful part is that a Nigerian revolution will not even be bloody because the so called elites are not as fearless as you lot have made them to be. The problem is that the Nigerian masses are cowards and they will continue to give excuses for their cowardice.

Which election was rigged?

ACN in most states did not conduct an election, So how can elections that didnt hold be rigged?

I think people need to engage their brains before typing

With all due respect read before you posts. You are making a mess of yourself! My Quote says "you should not complain that the PDP is rigging elections" What didn't you understand there. Should I type it in Yoruba?

People knew internal democracy does not exist in AD, AC or ACN from time immemorial and it didnt start today.

Lam Adeshina, Bisi Akande, Adefarati, Adeniyi Adebayo, Osoba were handpicked in 1999. Even Tinubu was handpicked over Funsho Williams for being part of the democracy struggle.

Same thing happened in 2007 when Fashola was handpicked. That is the way the AC/AD/ACn does their business and they are still able to remain strong in the SW why then should they change?

Didnt we all see the product of internal democracy of the PDP in the SW? People like Obanikoro, Alao-Akala, Gbenga Daniels and Oyinlola.

For me and my household, we would rather go with a "handpicked" Fashola than an "elected" Obanikoro/Alao-Akala

Thats my own opinion

This is a disgraceful post. Then why do you cry about rigging and why do you even border to support democracy? You or ACN have no basis to complain about rigging of elections with posts like this because you lot are simply pot calling the kettle black. Hypocrisy at its best!