₦airaland Forum

Sai Abacha

On a serious note though, if the people of Kano want Abacha, then who am I to deny them that right?

Surely they can vote for whoever they like, no matter how unsavory the name is to me.

I dey laff o

Really interesting to me how widely Ohakim is hated by Imo folk

Eziachi roasts the guy every chance he gets

Hopefully the dude gets kicked out.

I don't understand the big deal here. Everyone should date/marry/sleep with whoever they want. If you are a black dude and only like white women. . . whatever, it is a free world.

I know white dudes than are only into asian women. It isn't a big deal, nobody hassles them (too much) about it.

Live and let live. Tis a free world.

Gayigaskia:
Na BEAF this is Almajiri fault too right ?

wetin

BB for sure and tout le monde but PDP

The MO of some Nigerians is. . . "When in doubt, blame someone else." 

People unable to reign in their corrupt governors instead want to blame the Hausa man for their problems

Smh that a rapper/musician seems more aware about how to solve electricity in Nigeria than one of the presidential candidates.

Most of what Momodu says there is irrelevant.

This is all that really matters:

Naeto C: Tariffs have to be increased to attract foreign investment to aid in building our ailing power sector.

Momodu doesn't get it:

Dele Momodu: My brother, the electricity generation in Nigeria cannot be left solely to the private sector.

WRONG! It can be left to the private sector. In fact, the less government involvement, the better.

[quote author=Mrs.Chima link=topic=632281.msg7993707#msg7993707 date=1301182389]Damn Seal is UGLY AS bleep.  He got to be yoruba.[/quote]Na wa o. . . a bit of hypocrisy, no?

We saw you post your picture earlier. You are no prize yourself. . . probably clocking in at a quarter-ton.

*shrug*

Ugly as the dude is, he stays smashing supermodels.

^-- Wouldn't entirely surprise me if that were the outcome.

kodewrita:
I laugh at your wet dream.

Osun state is not Zamfara and Ekiti state&Ondo States (probably the most christian of all yoruba states) are definitely not Kano.



No sensible southwesterner will allow imposition of some silly sharia law. The fact that most SW governors are muslim does not mean they will suceed if they try anything of that sort. thats simply asking for trouble.


Get this: NO SOUTHWESTERN YORUBA CHRISTIAN WILL AGREE TO LIVE UNDER SHARIA LAW.

I'm a Yoruba Christian from the SW myself 

You should have highlighted the disclaimer at the bottom of my post.

Anyway, in multi-religious societies like Yorubaland, doesn't make much sense to have Sharia. And I don't think there is much likelihood of it being implemented. . . since something like that would only fracture the society along religious lines. Not really worth being concerned about.

Even Kwara state doesn't have Sharia. What then are the odds of it being implemented anywhere in the SW?

Without trying to offend Yoruba people, we aren't fanatically religious one way or another. Yoruba Muslims remind me most of liberal Turkish Muslims. . . pretty much at the opposite end of the spectrum from Wahabbi fanatics.

Thanks for the analysis, Eziachi.

Gbawe:
One thing many folks do not understand is how Nigerian politics  , currently and behind the scene , is controlled entirely by money. We will be here making the same noise for 2000 years if we think penniless folks like Wole Soyinka can liberate us from the choking grasp  of the PDP .  Tinubu , for reasons too many to list and explain here , is a "neccessary evil" as they say. This is the realisation Ribadu too came to accept .

Well said!

So in short, the consensus is:

Say yes to large bre.a.sts?

I guess we mostly agree on this? 

^-- Destroying the patronage system will be very hard, no? It isn't a new thing. From what I've read, Nigeria has been like this since the 60s, even before oil was a mainstay of the economy.

"Drastically reduce" might be a more achievable goal than "destroy."

To be quite frank. . . we really need some constitutional changes to really defeat it long term. The power of the FG is too strong. And the state governors within each state are too strong. . . this is a major roadblock to progress.

^-- Well said.

Damn.

Eko Ile:
Is it even possible to successfully run a corruption free and just government when every man and dog around you are unpatriotic wolves, crooks and shady opportunists? Even the woman he sleeps with at night is crooked and corrupt just like the rest of his dark and sinister political party?

That is what I wonder about too.

Practically speaking, Buhari commands a large following in the NW, NE, and NC zones. Ribadu does not. So if you want to defeat the incumbent, Buhari represents the best possible chance.

Otherwise, they'll likely be similarly effective (at least, in my opinion.)

When did Goodluck make this one term vow? Nobody will believe him unless he publicly signs a document saying he will only do one term, and does this on national TV

Sai Sharia

And after we implement it in the SW, we shall forcibly implement it in the SE


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I wish Nigeria were at the stage where we could have the equivalent of the CCECC (http://fec2.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/listofchina/200608/20060802928777.html) 

Then we too could repair roads in 6 days. Or anything else.

Much as I like Fashola, I feel he is taking the easy way out by just handing over all the construction projects in Lagos State to foreigners rather than trying to build a company/parastatal like this.

But I can understand his motivations. . . too much risk for failure trying to build such an organization in naija.

Big2bore:
I will simply say, is the men b/c wen a men get married to a woman, the woman becomes is own, so everything on the woman body become is own and maybe he allowes his baby to borrow just 4 a while.

I like this answer

Eh, no big deal. People should marry whoever they want. If blacks and whites are marrying each other in large #s, no wahala.

Tis a free world.

I'm not really sold on any of the candidates. They are all pretty flawed.

poll like this with no abekeade?

Pretty interesting thread. . . glad it got bumped.

I must admit, I probably placed too much emphasis on that Thisday/Ipsos poll.

But looks like folks who would know better than I (John Campbell, among others) aren't as easily swayed.

Wadeoye:
The prediction is that PDP will become a regional (SS and SE) party like ACN come April. Brace up for this - I dont like heart attack.

ACN is in Edo (SS), likely to win Benue (NC) and can also win Akwa Ibom (SS).

I don't see how it is a regional party.

Obasanjo Says Zoning Is Still Alive, As Jonathan Campaign Faces Grim Reality Of Possible Loss
Posted: March 26, 2011 - 20:50

Olusegun Obasanjo and goodluck Jonathan
By SaharaReporters, New York
President Goodluck Jonathan’s lack-luster presidential campaign ran into more turbulent waters today thanks to a flip-flopping pronouncement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

A source close to Mr. Jonathan told SaharaReporters that the president was “shocked and taken aback when Chief Obasanjo took the microphone and announced that zoning and federal character are enshrined in the PDP constitution.”

Our source said that the statement, which Obasanjo made at a rally at Eagle Square, Abuja, came as a shock and rattled Mr. Jonathan and his handlers. Many northern members of the PDP continue to oppose Mr. Jonathan’s campaign, citing the party’s zoning calendar to contend that it is the turn of the North to produce the party’s presidential candidate. On the other hand, Mr. Jonathan has claimed that the party did not intend for zoning to apply to the presidency.

Mr. Jonathan appears virtually locked out of critical northern zones as grassroots party members appear unreceptive to his promise to take a shot at the presidency for a single term of four years.

Today’s rally, which was the finale of Mr. Jonathan’s campaign, attracted a small and unenthusiastic crowd compared to the amount of money poured in to bus people from around Nigeria, according to our correspondent.

Our source said Mr. Obasanjo’s pronouncement was meant to rationalize the choice of Mr. Jonathan’s as the PDP’s presidential candidate. Even so, statement had the effect of reminding disaffected party members of the party’s duplicity and dishonesty on its zoning policy. Mr. Obasanjo later clarified that the "zoning policy" had been suspended for Jonathan's sake and would be reinstated as soon as he completed his tenure.

“His reckless statement is bound to further upset northerners and compound Jonathan's electoral woes,” said an Abuja-based political analyst.

Mr. Jonathan’s campaign has been marked by small, unimpressive crowds despite billions of naira of public funds poured in by state governors as well as extensive funds sourced from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other agencies.

Another PDP insider told SaharaReporters that Jonathan’s campaign stops had brought home the sobering realization of how widely unpopularity the ruling party had become in every zone of the country. “Governors and other people had been telling Mr. President that he is going to cruise to victory in the election, but the reality we met on ground during the nation-wide campaign shows that it will be tough,” said the source. The source added that Jonathan might have been able to define himself as a breed apart from other PDP chieftains, but that he allowed crooks like former Works Minister Tony Anenih and Obasanjo to hijack his campaign.

The source added that Mr. Jonathan recognized that many Nigerians despise former President Obasanjo. “Our campaign would draw more supporters if only some stakeholders, including Chief Obasanjo, would agree to keep a little distance.”

At today’s rally, stuck to a prepared speech as he spoke nervously about his future plans to a half-empty arena. His delivery was so uninspiring that he could hardly rouse the crowd.

Facing what some analysts describe as insurmountable opposition in much of the country, the PDP’s ticket is reportedly sponsoring more spurious opinion polls to falsely claim that Mr. Jonathan was ahead of his opponents by a wide margin.

Some critics believe the PDP is using the spurious polls to soften the ground to enable the party to carry out massive rigging in order to win the presidential election outright.

Other sources within the Jonathan campaign told SaharaReporters that the president and his advisers are scared about a possible run-off if the April 9th elections are free and fair.

Mr. Jonathan’s efforts to secure the support of northern leaders is said to have all but collapsed. Besides, his zonal coordinators, Governors Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State, Liyel Imoke of Cross River, Gabriel Suswan of Benue State, Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State and Martins Elechi of Ebonyi State, are facing serious election challenge in their respective states.