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If we don't know our history, how do we know our destination?

If we don't know our history, how do we know our destination??

nationwide1:
Op,
you simply mean that Nigerian law should be bent because of Buhari. Get this straight: Because Buhari does not have school certificate but can express himself in spoken and written English does not in any way take away the fact that we have Nigerians who have suffered to study to acquire certificates and can express themselves in written and spoken English better than Buhari.

I have met manu people who don't have school certificates but are good writers and speakers of English language. You cannot justify Buhari's disrespect for Nigerian law with such baseless analogy. That's how Buhari refused to appear before Oputa panel. Are you saying those who sat down to outline (in the constitution) the presentation of school certificate to INEC were fools?

Pls sir, what have u achieved so far with all d papers and credentials u so painstakingly acquired

Love is blind. I guess its stupid too!

seedord247:
It's not corruption.... You just have to let the evil snake go.

My broda, how many times are we going to let d 'evil snake' go?... Or would it be better when d snake creeps up & bite us or our innocent children D time to act is NOW!!!

diceman1:
Abeg. GEJ follow get amazing quotes. You Ma check am.

1. CNN has said our Economy is growing.
The best Economists are at the World
Bank. Now you have all these Nigerian
Economists talking nonsense. Do they
know better than CNN or World Bank?

2. Nigeria is not poor. Come and see the
amount of private jets Nigerians parked
at Kenya Airport when we went to Nairobi
for Conference. Kenyans were just
looking at us with envy. How can you say
Nigerians are poor

3. Nigerians need jobs. Vote for me and I will create Unemployment

4. We are giving special Scholarships to
our First Class Graduates.......in ten years
time, they are going to take us to the
Moon

5. How can you just say $20 billion is
missing. If that kind of money is missing,
the Americans will know. They know
everything

6.Corruption is not stealing. If you put
yam where a goat is, the goat will eat the
yam.

7. If you go to Lagos and shout "ole ole"
they will stone you well well. But if you
shout "corruption", people will just be
looking at you.

8.Why should I declare my assets? I don't
give a damn!

9.People are just raising false alarm. How
can 200 children go missing jus like that?
It is our enemies trying to cause
confusion. But we are investigating the
matter

10. We are going to rebuild the Chibook
school. And we are going to build high
fences round the school to protect them
next time. Yes yes.

11. People keep saying,why don't we go
to Chibook, why don't we go to Chibook.
Aaah, we can't go to Chibook just like
that. The Boko Haram people will fire at
us.

12. This Abuja bombing is not by MEND.
We know it is by Boko Haram. They are
everywhere. Boko Haram is even in my
Government.

13. Boko Haram are our siblings. You
can't set the Army to go and wipe out
your family

14. Mend tried to kill me. They came to
bomb me in Abuja. That is why we jailed
Henry Okah in South Africa

15. I did not plan the Election
postponement. Even my Service Chiefs
did not consult me.

16. If i knew Election was going to be
postponed, why will I waste my time and
Federal Government money to go and
campaign in Bayelsa.

17. Is Shekau dead? I don't know whether
Shekau is dead or not. You journalists
should know better . You get more
information than many of you. You should
know whether he is dead or not.

18. I am the Commander in Chief of the
Armed Forces. You don't expect me to go
and be fighting in Sambisa forest. People
just talk anyhow.

19. We are going to buy Guns and give
good Pensions to our Brave Soldiers, so
that when they are killed, their families
will not suffer

20. Some people just call themselves
Statesman for nothing. They jump about
and talk like motor park touts.

21. After God and my Parents, the third
person i thank most for my life is
President Olusegun Obasanjo.

22. I want to apologise to the people of
Rivers State for not bringing any Projects
here. It is because i don't want people to say i am doing favouritism. Vote for me and in the next 4 years you will see my hand

23. I am the sitting President. If there is
any trouble, it is me that the United Nations Secretary General calls.
Everything is on my head.

24. May 29 Swearing in Day is
sacrosanct. Definitely, a new President
will be sworn in on that day.

25. On the rigging tape sir? Why would I investigate a tape that is not real.

I like u joo... U get brain

cooljude:
Sorry for your ill treatment. Why would you want to grab a police officers weapon, do you think he would let you disarm him. You should have simply let things lie or simply memorize his name and number then sue him to court if you have the money. From your testimony, you said that you were on his way and he enquired why you blocked him, you responded and he felt insulted, then he pushed you. From this part you would have acted wisely but you chose to fight him even trying to disarm him. Guy if na USA, dat police officer go shoot you to death. Please people, know when to form macho abeg.

U should have read it well. I never fought back all through thus incident... I never even tried to disarm him but to ensure d gun was not in my direction... Survival instinct...

Okoro2015:
Even though i don't suppprt the action of the air force guys, i can deduce from this report that the guy was actually rude.

With N200k in my pocket and such important mission to the airport, i wouldn't mind parting with a N500 with a friendly voice. This was what i actually did at MMA yesterday when the force man told me how "the scorching sun was dealing with him"

Nigeria street intelligence is essential for survival.

Mr. Okoro, am so so very ashamed of u. With all d education Nigerians seem to possess, we are still largely uncivilised... Also, how can u be priding yourself for supporting corruption. Don't u realise that d officer u gave 500 was there doing his job?? We have really lost our sense of decency and dignity in this obodo...

POLICE BRUTALITY: DAWN OF A NEW ERA!!!
It was like a nightmare that spilled over to reality.
I would have thought before now, that the times of police brutality and assaults on hapless citizens were long gone with the days of apartheid, slavery, dictatorship, etc… But I was wrong!
On Wednesday the 18th of February 2015, at around 8pm, I was walking home from work along the shoreline of Lekki beach, with a colleague, when I stopped at the proposed location of a new work site. As I was describing what was to be done to this colleague, I noticed the lights of a car that came into the beach.
Assuming it to be a couple lovey-dovey thing (which is quite usual at this time, around the area), I continued discussing with my colleague. A while later, the car approached and stopped right in front of us, with its headlights blazing at us.
Irritated, I calmly walked to the side and the car moved a little forward and stopped beside us. From inside the car, the driver asked rather rudely what we were doing there. I refrained from answering him at first, and when he asked again, I replied that he should mind the way he talks to people, and that as he should have seen that we were discussing.
I hardly finished speaking when he jumped out of the car and gave me a hard push. When I regained balance, I told him that was unnecessary and checked out his name. I called it and said that we would have to go to the station to resolve this. Before I knew what was happening, he gave me a straight punch that landed on my mouth, splitting my lip in two immediately!
When I came to, I grabbed him that we have to go to the police station or nothing else. He then called out to his second officer sitting in the car and barked an order to him (I’m not certain what he said). The officer then came down with his rifle, and on sighting the rifle, I instinctively rushed at him, having at the back of my mind, tales of “Accidental Discharges”, over the years.
At this point, my colleague was being manhandled by the same officer, and because my colleague saw that I refrained from hitting at the officer, he had to do same (which the officer capitalized on to hit him indiscriminately!)
I shouted at a neighbor who rushed to the scene and tried holding off the officer with the gun. At this point, the main officer attempted to enter his car and leave and I rushed and grabbed him again, shouting that he could not leave like that.
He then grabbed my shirt by my neck with his left hand, and started pulling me towards the car with his right hand. At first I was not aware of what he was up to until he had entered the car that was running all these while.
He then began to move the car and I immediately let go off him, but to my astonishment, he still held on to my shirt! He then drove unto the main road with me running alongside! When he increased the speed, I lost balance and fell headlong on the gravel ground, immediately incurring serious multiple injuries on my shoulder, hands, scalp and face and dislocation of my shoulder bone!!!
For a few seconds, I thought I had been run over by the car as I felt nothingness. When I got myself, I got up and saw the officer gunning his car towards me. I then picked up some small stones and hurled at him while avoiding being hit by the oncoming car!
At this point, I knew I had to try and leave this scene as this was becoming too deadly. I then ran towards my workplace and got my partner to follow me to the police station. I was with the I.D. card and rope attached to the uniform of the officer (which I got hold of during the struggle), whose identity is ASP. A. JOSEPH, a.k.a. Monitor, (driving a Hilux van with inscription RRS 307 by the side).
When we got there, I tended the ID card and the rope and was making a statement when I collapsed (I was getting weaker as I had lost a lot of blood). Afterwards, my partner then carried me to the hospital…
After all the treatments, I sent a message to Channels TV before I lost consciousness. The next morning, the officer came to my bedside, begging that he was sorry, that it was the devil! Later on, I went to the station with them to withdraw the case from the police station; after much psychological pressure from the police.
I hereby seek assistance for justice, from concerned influential citizens; not just for myself, but mainly for the millions of Nigerians who indiscriminately suffer from molestation, abuse, intimidation, harassments, and sometimes, death; in the hands of the men of the Nigerian Police Force.
…A NEW ERA OF FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY BEGINS NOW!!!

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