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7inches:
Wow

Michelle get nyash like this?

That is not her pic

freeze001:
If u cannot even tell the difference between a High Court judge and a Justice of the Supreme Court then ur comprehension and analyses of this letter must be called into question and ultimately disregarded for manifest emptiness!

Yes he's not a chief judge anymore but he climbed through the system. By implication, a system which has produced such a man as One of it's juggernauts certainly has others like him down the line.
Anyways, I believe aspects of his letter like the Amaechi bit. Things like that don't come out of thin air. The hard bit to swallow is the planting of evidence and dizzy spell he happened to be suffering from during the search.

Them say water go always find hin true level. RVP and Man Utd in thursday night footie, just where they fit perfectly.

Lana1:
That ur head like gourd!!

Gourd:
https://i.imgur.com/I2xigMp.jpg
So u mean this is how edoyad's head looks like??



https://i.imgur.com/rculO7x.jpg

we no dey make noise before games, my reply to you will be at Emirates this weekend. Better prepare for your bi-weekly hiatus

raumdeuter:
The core of the team like pique mascherano busquets Iniesta Messi. Even Alves just left

Sharrap there before we find tyre burn you like the barawo wey you be. So na Pep bring Pique, Iniesta and Messi come Barca abi ?

Ozil , 4 goals in 5 days. Where are the box to box guys?

Breaking News

raumdeuter:
Basically the player is saying they need more strength than sense in the EPL which everyone knows already

Everyone knows sense always wins anyway which is why the English NT and countries who have most of their players from EPL fail

You are the type that sees white and swear that it was indigo, tell us where he said that.

nyabinghi:
EPL na fraud, too much brawn than brain. Ishan league.just run ru run and punt the ball into outer space.

Too much violence in Hollywood but na him the whole world dey watch.
Too much cussing in Rap but na him the whole world dey hear
So what's your point exactly ?

PulloutGameA1:
Apari has lost it again...Bayern didn't build a new stadium, they commissioned a cucumber.

TRendlona:
But their names have gone down in history as winners of the cup nahh
Unlike....

Ore, do you mean clubs like Villa and Forrest in lower leagus

raumdeuter:
Roland,
Name the 5 most successful clubs of the past decade in Europe and tell the number of coaches they have had in the same time frame
Also no team set out to buy flops, but given the nature of football buying and selling, you are bound to get a flop in every 3-4 major buys
Bayern that many will say are conservative in the market have bought players that didn't work out, remember Tymoschuk, Benatia Gotze. To be scared of buying flops is to not buy at all and to not buy at all is to go down in relevance
Not that I am for wasting money but its also good to note that most of the most successful coaches are also greatest spenders in the market

Please how long has the coach of the current world cup champions been with the team ?

TRendlona:
Hahahaha!

You had a better start last season and what did it yield to at the end?

You ended up with no trophy.. Ordinary Watford knocked u out of the FA cup tournament.

You beat Chelsea that's right, $hit happens. That doesn't mean you'll win the league. I pray Arsenal is drawn with Barca again in the CL so Messi can extend his record.

Bonus club!

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Those of us who can still be drawn versus Barcelona in the "UCL" thank God o because there are those that even apostles from Bible ages cannot make that happen for them

ChristineC:
The first post on this thread was 2011. Between then and now this club can only point to 2 FA Cups and (2 Shields)
Manchester United thread was from 2012 Sir Alex last season. Between then and now they can point to 1 league title, 1 FA Cup and (2 Shields).
If we check same year frame the gap widens in Manchester United's favor.
Yet the Arsenal fans claim their thread is slow because they have no much complains. How can you have no complains when your best is barely as good as Manchester United's worst?
hahahaha SMALL CLUB

You know this is your third Europa cup since then and Europa cup is hard and painful, as such the crying and gnashing of teeth

kokaneprodigy:
In case u haven't noticed, nothing moves a thread faster than hosting a party. We don't do that often here go to the scummies thread.

When i read some gooners comments I say to myself, "wow!! Posterity will look back on these words in the same way we right now look back to people like Plato, Aristotle et al".
One ewu was wondering why this thread was not over a thousand pages and what answer could be more apt ?
We qualify for UCL back to back to back.
We dont change coaches on a quarterly basis.
We don't use $100m to buy WAHL clipper models.
At the end of the season, even if we're not at the summit one thing we know is that we'll be nearer the top than the bottom.
Now tell me, why would we now resort to wailing and gnashing of teeth on this thread ?

https://www.nairaland.com/3402145/pmb-didnt-lie-afterall-ge#50124860 @sarrki , this one is for you. My sincere apologies

blackpanda:
Useless lieing wailers

CecyAdrian:
One by one, all President Buhari's good actions that will begin to see the light of day putting to shame all evil eyes and thoughts

Nigerians have to realise the role of criticism in a Democratic system. I was also one of those who criticised Buhari based on the article printed by reuters on 4/10/2016. The article clearly stated that GM was investing only $150m in Nigeria as against the $2bn Buhari mentioned in his speech.
It's good that this clarification is out and my sincere apology to sarrki for calling him a thick skull. Sarrki tried to defend PMB that day but without any real evidence. Regardless, i apologize.

https://www.nairaland.com/3387063/reuters-uncovers-buharis-lie-ge#49900505


Where's nku5?

Military Masseur

Thaink God no be us !!

sod09:
wen I saw dis I just have to ignore d mofos
As day will survive dis I dnt know, dis is purely massacre
E never finish oo
I had to cut d Arsenal part so day won't die of heart attack

Soldiers have started kidnapping to get their own share of what was promised. Very soon, even those they're sending to raid houses and break doors will be heading to Daura to collect their own share too.

Read

I thought Nigeria was past the era of incompetent military/security chiefs, seems I was wrong.

Nigerian Army Owes Us Two Months’ Allowances, Say Troops Fighting Boko Haram
Speaking with SaharaReporters under anonymity, the soldiers said the non-payment of their allowances by the Army has hampered their capacity to attend to the needs of their families and has dampened morale on the battlefield.
BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKOCT 06, 2016

Troops involved in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State have alleged that they are being owed two months’ allowances by the Nigerian Army and have called on the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, to intervene.


Some of the aggrieved soldiers claimed that they have not been paid their allowances for August and September. Speaking with SaharaReporters under anonymity, the soldiers said the non-payment of their allowances by the Army has hampered their capacity to attend to the needs of their families and has dampened morale on the battlefield.

“Our allowances are usually enough to take care of our needs. But the last time we were paid was in July. I want to appeal to the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Buratai for the immediate release of our allowances, though he may not know that we have not been paid. However, our morale is low. We are staking our lives in the defense of the country,” lamented a soldier.

An Army officer, who also spoke anonymously, corroborated the fact of the non-payment of troops’ allowances for two months. “It is true that we are yet to be paid our allowances for two months. Things are very difficult for us, especially given the rise in prices of various items. We cannot protest because it is against the Army regulations,” he said ruefully.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/10/06/nigerian-army-owes-us-two-months%E2%80%99-allowances-say-troops-fighting-boko-haram

You charge premium for a high quality Product

It's a shame how Italian football has fallen

raumdeuter:
If Game of thrones was in Polish language or if Big bang theory was in Turkish would you even know of it, would you even watch it? The only reason you are watching those shows is first the language

In the 80-90's most people still watched the English league watching Wimbledon, Coventry Liverpool etc. I have uncles who are Liverpool fans and have been from the 70's

The Serie A was easier to watch in those days and the exploit in the CL also aided it since EPL teams were banned around those times

In the North most of those who still follow Serie A is because all those Arabic free to air channels show it and they can probably undertand the commentary "Dybala Dybala wayoooo Allahh"

Arabic commentary na die.

raumdeuter:
Between 2008 and 2013, the French league had 5 different winners, Which is an example of the competition you are talking about yet no one cared about it more than in the past 4yrs that PSG has won it every year because between 08-13 it was lacking the quality compared to nowadays that the quality is better

In Germany between 2004 and 2011, 5 different teams won the Bundesliga yet isnt close to when Bayern was winning regularly because nowadays the quality is better. I am sure you followed Bundesliga nowadays than between 04 to 2011

Another example of the type of quality you talk about, In Belgium 5 different teams have won the league since 2009, I am sure you don't know and you don't care about that competition, If they give you Belgian league you probably wont watch. why? because it lacks quality.

Do you also care about the competition in the Belgian league? or the competition in French league before PSG

I have watched football long enough to know that the competition EPL fans talk about as the reason for the league popularity is rubbish because the days Man Utd was winning the league regularly , It was still the most watched league in the world because of the language factor

In the world many countries were either colonized by England or have English as their 2nd language.

Where were you in the 80s and 90s when Nigerians worshipped the Serie A ? Even today, in parts of the core North you will see viewing centers filled with bikes outside on Saturday nights because of La liga not EPL. Don't bring that your colonial logic here, it won't fly. EPL is the most viewed league in the world cos it's the best.
Game of thrones and Bing Bang theory have the highest audiences cos they are best shows on TV, simple.

A league that has three different champions League winners from the Last decade is weak ?

A league where 4 different teams played in UCL finals in the last decade is weak ?

Please show us a better performance in the of whole Europe, if you can't I'll place a curse on you.

FLASH:Gov. @AkinwunmiAmbode has just appointed a US fugitive Mr. Hakeem Dickson as the new DG Lagos State Safety Commission.
Dickson convicted in the US for Fraud in 1992 yet to serve his 24 months prison term

Sahara reporters posted this on their Facebook page. The man is apparently wanted in the U. S

nku5:
Ok

He is the epitome of thick skull

sarrki:
In what you just post

Did you see anywhere he mentioned Nigeria alone ?

Are you an illiterate or just lack common sense ?

ON FEBRUARY 27, 20158:10 AMIN NEWSCOMMENTS

GEN-BUHARI-CHATHAM1
Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Africa: Nigeria’s Transition.

Permit me to start by thanking Chatham House for the invitation to talk about this important topic at this crucial time. When speaking about Nigeria overseas, I normally prefer to be my country’s public relations and marketing officer, extolling her virtues and hoping to attract investments and tourists. But as we all know, Nigeria is now battling with many challenges, and if I refer to them, I do so only to impress on our friends in the United Kingdom that we are quite aware of our shortcomings and are doing our best to address them.



The 2015 general election in Nigeria is generating a lot of interests within and outside the country. This is understandable. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and largest economy, is at a defining moment, a moment that has great implications beyond the democratic project and beyond the borders of my dear country.

So let me say upfront that the global interest in Nigeria’s landmark election is not misplaced at all and indeed should be commended; for this is an election that has serious import for the world. I urge the international community to continue to focus on Nigeria at this very critical moment. Given increasing global linkages, it is in our collective interests that the postponed elections should hold on the rescheduled dates; that they should be free and fair; that their outcomes should be respected by all parties; and that any form of extension, under whichever guise, is unconstitutional and will not be tolerated.

With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War, democracy became the dominant and most preferred system of government across the globe. That global transition has been aptly captured as the triumph of democracy and the ‘most pre-eminent political idea of our time.’ On a personal note, the phased end of the USSR was a turning point for me. It convinced me that change can be brought about without firing a single shot.

As you all know, I had been a military head of state in Nigeria for twenty months. We intervened because we were unhappy with the state of affairs in our country. We wanted to arrest the drift. Driven by patriotism, influenced by the prevalence and popularity of such drastic measures all over Africa and elsewhere, we fought our way to power. But the global triumph of democracy has shown that another and a preferable path to change is possible. It is an important lesson I have carried with me since, and a lesson that is not lost on the African continent.

In the last two decades, democracy has grown strong roots in Africa. Elections, once so rare, are now so commonplace. As at the time I was a military head of state between 1983 and 1985, only four African countries held regular multi-party elections. But the number of electoral democracies in Africa, according to Freedom House, jumped to 10 in 1992/1993 then to 18 in 1994/1995 and to 24 in 2005/2006. According to the New York Times, 42 of the 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa conducted multi-party elections between 1990 and 2002.

The newspaper also reported that between 2000 and 2002, ruling parties in four African countries (Senegal, Mauritius, Ghana and Mali) peacefully handed over power to victorious opposition parties. In addition, the proportion of African countries categorized as not free by Freedom House declined from 59% in 1983 to 35% in 2003. Without doubt, Africa has been part of the current global wave of democratisation.

But the growth of democracy on the continent has been uneven. According to Freedom House, the number of electoral democracies in Africa slipped from 24 in 2007/2008 to 19 in 2011/2012; while the percentage of countries categorised as ‘not free’ assuming for the sake of argument that we accept their definition of “free” increased from 35% in 2003 to 41% in 2013. Also, there have been some reversals at different times in Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cote D’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Mali, Madagascar, Mauritania and Togo. We can choose to look at the glass of democracy in Africa as either half full or half empty.
While you can’t have representative democracy without elections, it is equally important to look at the quality of the elections and to remember that mere elections do not democracy make. It is globally agreed that democracy is not an event, but a journey. And that the destination of that journey is democratic consolidation – that state where democracy has become so rooted and so routine and widely accepted by all actors.

With this important destination in mind, it is clear that though many African countries now hold regular elections, very few of them have consolidated the practice of democracy. It is important to also state at this point that just as with elections, a consolidated democracy cannot be an end by itself. I will argue that it is not enough to hold a series of elections or even to peacefully alternate power among parties.

It is much more important that the promise of democracy goes beyond just allowing people to freely choose their leaders. It is much more important that democracy should deliver on the promise of choice, of freedoms, of security of lives and property, of transparency and accountability, of rule of law, of good governance and of shared prosperity. It is very important that the promise embedded in the concept of democracy, the promise of a better life for the generality of the people, is not delivered in the breach.

Now, let me quickly turn to Nigeria. As you all know, Nigeria’s fourth republic is in its 16th year and this general election will be the fifth in a row. This is a major sign of progress for us, given that our first republic lasted five years and three months, the second republic ended after four years and two months and the third republic was a still-birth. However, longevity is not the only reason why everyone is so interested in this election.

The major difference this time around is that for the very first time since transition to civil rule in 1999, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing its stiffest opposition so far from our party the All Progressives Congress (APC). We once had about 50 political parties, but with no real competition. Now Nigeria is transitioning from a dominant party system to a competitive electoral polity, which is a major marker on the road to democratic consolidation. As you know, peaceful alternation of power through competitive elections have happened in Ghana, Senegal, Malawi and Mauritius in recent times. The prospects of democratic consolidation in Africa will be further brightened when that eventually happens in Nigeria.

But there are other reasons why Nigerians and the whole world are intensely focussed on this year’s elections, chief of which is that the elections are holding in the shadow of huge security, economic and social uncertainties in Africa’s most populous country and largest economy. On insecurity, there is a genuine cause for worry, both within and outside Nigeria. Apart from the civil war era, at no other time in our history has Nigeria been this insecure.

Boko Haram has sadly put Nigeria on the terrorism map, killing more than 13,000 of our nationals, displacing millions internally and externally, and at a time holding on to portions of our territory the size of Belgium. What has been consistently lacking is the required leadership in our battle against insurgency. I, as a retired general and a former head of state, have always known about our soldiers: they are capable, well trained, patriotic, brave and always ready to do their duty in the service of our country.

You all can bear witness to the gallant role of our military in Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Darfur and in many other peacekeeping operations in several parts of the world. But in the matter of this insurgency, our soldiers have neither received the necessary support nor the required incentives to tackle this problem. The government has also failed in any effort towards a multi-dimensional response to this problem leading to a situation in which we have now become dependent on our neighbours to come to our rescue.

Let me assure you that if I am elected president, the world will have no cause to worry about Nigeria as it has had to recently; that Nigeria will return to its stabilising role in West Africa; and that no inch of Nigerian territory will ever be lost to the enemy because we will pay special attention to the welfare of our soldiers in and out of service, we will give them adequate and modern arms and ammunitions to work with, we will improve intelligence gathering and border controls to choke Boko Haram’s financial and equipment channels, we will be tough on terrorism and tough on its root causes by initiating a comprehensive economic development plan promoting infrastructural development, job creation, agriculture and industry in the affected areas. We will always act on time and not allow problems to irresponsibly fester, and I, Muhammadu Buhari, will always lead from the front and return Nigeria to its leadership role in regional and international efforts to combat terrorism.

On the economy, the fall in prices of oil has brought our economic and social stress into full relief. After the rebasing exercise in April 2014, Nigeria overtook South Africa as Africa’s largest economy. Our GDP is now valued at $510 billion and our economy rated 26th in the world. Also on the bright side, inflation has been kept at single digit for a while and our economy has grown at an average of 7% for about a decade.

But it is more of paper growth, a growth that, on account of mismanagement, profligacy and corruption, has not translated to human development or shared prosperity. A development economist once said three questions should be asked about a country’s development: one, what is happening to poverty? Two, what is happening to unemployment? And three, what is happening to inequality?

The answers to these questions in Nigeria show that the current administration has created two economies in one country, a sorry tale of two nations: one economy for a few who have so much in their tiny island of prosperity; and the other economy for the many who have so little in their vast ocean of misery.

Even by official figures, 33.1% of Nigerians live in extreme poverty. That’s at almost 60 million, almost the population of the United Kingdom. There is also the unemployment crisis simmering beneath the surface, ready to explode at the slightest stress, with officially 23.9% of our adult population and almost 60% of our youth unemployed. We also have one of the highest rates of inequalities in the world.

With all these, it is not surprising that our performance on most governance and development indicators (like Mo Ibrahim Index on African Governance and UNDP’s Human Development Index.) are unflattering. With fall in the prices of oil, which accounts for more than 70% of government revenues, and lack of savings from more than a decade of oil boom, the poor will be disproportionately impacted.

In the face of dwindling revenues, a good place to start the repositioning of Nigeria’s economy is to swiftly tackle two ills that have ballooned under the present administration: waste and corruption. And in doing this, I will, if elected, lead the way, with the force of personal example.

On corruption, there will be no confusion as to where I stand. Corruption will have no place and the corrupt will not be appointed into my administration. First and foremost, we will plug the holes in the budgetary process. Revenue producing entities such as NNPC and Customs and Excise will have one set of books only. Their revenues will be publicly disclosed and regularly audited. The institutions of state dedicated to fighting corruption will be given independence and prosecutorial authority without political interference.

But I must emphasise that any war waged on corruption should not be misconstrued as settling old scores or a witch-hunt. I’m running for President to lead Nigeria to prosperity and not adversity.

In reforming the economy, we will use savings that arise from blocking these leakages and the proceeds recovered from corruption to fund our party’s social investments programmes in education, health, and safety nets such as free school meals for children, emergency public works for unemployed youth and pensions for the elderly.

As a progressive party, we must reform our political economy to unleash the pent-up ingenuity and productivity of the Nigerian people thus freeing them from the curse of poverty. We will run a private sector-led economy but maintain an active role for government through strong regulatory oversight and deliberate interventions and incentives to diversify the base of our economy, strengthen productive sectors, improve the productive capacities of our people and create jobs for our teeming youths.

In short, we will run a functional economy driven by a worldview that sees growth not as an end by itself, but as a tool to create a society that works for all, rich and poor alike. On March 28, Nigeria has a decision to make. To vote for the continuity of failure or to elect progressive change. I believe the people will choose wisely.

In sum, I think that given its strategic importance, Nigeria can trigger a wave of democratic consolidation in Africa. But as a starting point we need to get this critical election right by ensuring that they go ahead, and depriving those who want to scuttle it the benefit of derailing our fledgling democracy. That way, we will all see democracy and democratic consolidation as tools for solving pressing problems in a sustainable way, not as ends in themselves.

Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Africa: Nigeria’s Transition

Permit me to close this discussion on a personal note. I have heard and read references to me as a former dictator in many respected British newspapers including the well regarded Economist. Let me say without sounding defensive that dictatorship goes with military rule, though some might be less dictatorial than others. I take responsibility for whatever happened under my watch.

I cannot change the past. But I can change the present and the future. So before you is a former military ruler and a converted democrat who is ready to operate under democratic norms and is subjecting himself to the rigours of democratic elections for the fourth time.

You may ask: why is he doing this? This is a question I ask myself all the time too. And here is my humble answer: because the work of making Nigeria great is not yet done, because I still believe that change is possible, this time through the ballot, and most importantly, because I still have the capacity and the passion to dream and work for a Nigeria that will be respected again in the comity of nations and that all Nigerians will be proud of.

I thank you for listening.

Yeye dey smell ,cos I wonder where OP find this version