Penguin2:
The stability of the West African subregion is predicated on the stability of Nigeria which is the powerhouse of the subregion.

Now, the stability of Nigeria is predicated on having a president who emerged through a transparent election, and the whole country and the world could see that yes, this man is the clear winner of this election.
Such a president will command the respect of not just majority of Nigerians but also the respect of foreign nations especially the Heads of Governments of the ECOWAS subregion.

For instance, look at Abia…. It’s clear even to the blind that Alex Otti won the governorship in the state. Opposition might sometimes question his policies but never his legitimacy. And look at the respect and followership he commands.

Look at Benue…. No matter how anyone hates APC, you cannot question the legitimacy of Fr Alia as governor of Benue. He won the election. PDP candidate saw he won the election. Labour Party candidate saw he won the election. And Nigerians saw he won the election.

Kano is similar to the above two examples as well. No matter the grouse Ganduje has with Kwankwaso, he cannot question the legitimacy of Aba Gida Gida. Abba won the election and that much is clear to everyone.

The above 3 instances are examples of where elections reflected the choice of the majority of the people and not even the wife of the losers would dare complain of their husbands being rigged out.

These 3 governors command absolute respect as drawn from their unquestionable legitimacy.

But same cannot be said of Tinubu’s victory….

INEC’s IREV had to develop “technical glitches” midway into the election to enable him ‘win’.

In an election conducted same day and time, the senatorial election results were transmitted successfully, House of Representatives results were transmitted successfully but it got to the Presidential election results and IREV developed “technical glitches”.

Oya, INEC, come and explain the nature of the glitches that you encountered, it’s been 4 months and they still can’t do it.

Nigerians are not animals. We have brains. If something genuinely went wrong, we would have known. And so we know that whatever happened on Election Day was a deliberate human manipulation.

But it was not only Nigerians that saw it…. ECOWAS observers report, which some people erroneously think approved of the election, condemned the election. European Union Observers condemned the election conduct. And so were other foreign observers.

That was where Tinubu lost legitimacy both at home and abroad.

And so when the Niger fracas ensued, the coupists had something to latch on to defend their action and refusal to relinquish power - the man who sits as ECOWAS chair and who is trying to lecture them on democracy is himself illegitimate.

They got their people to print banners with such message and protest in the streets. They even went as far paying foreign influencers to further wash all the dirty linens of Tinubu to the global audience.

But would they have done this if the Nigerian election had been free and fair and thrown up a man of unquestionable character as president? My answer is no. Because they wouldn’t have had anything on him. Maybe they wouldn’t even have contemplated a coup at the first place.

But because of how the election went and the character that was declared winner, Niger now had the impetus to challenge Nigeria for the first time since independence in 1960. It was so bad that we even sent our former Head of State and the Sultan as emissaries and they refused them entry into their country.

But it’s not only Niger, Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso have also thrown an affront at Nigeria by siding with Niger.

And gradually, ECOWAS is about to go in disarray. And if ECOWAS goes in disarray, the West African subregion will go in disarray too and so would whatever interest that US, UK and France are trying to protect go to blazes as well.

What is the solution?

The only solution now is that the stakeholders of Nigeria (owners of Nigeria or whatever they are called) and the West (US, UK, France) who may have been supporting Tinubu for whatever reason best known to them, must now realize that Tinubu was a mistake that should not have happened in the first place. And if Nigeria must return to her place of pride in the ECOWAS subregion, then there is need for the country to have a president who will not only be respected at home but also outside the boarders of Nigeria. Once Nigerians regains her respect, she will can issue commands that would be respected and with it would come the stability of West Africa.

Failure of this, and a continued maintenance of the status quo, would further bring more disrespect to Nigeria and further destabilization of the West African Sub Region.

Penguin is a bird of reason!

GO0DHardDick:
Damn!

In a sane society, fashola and the entire APC miscreants would have been executed by firing squad by now. Is this not the same fashola that said "a serious govt will fix electricity in 6 months" ? The werey has been in govt ever since and couldn't do anything. Na the foolish drug lord I blame. I hope president Peter obi is taking note of the people that would be thrown in jail. The election tribunal should hurry up and do the needful

taylor88:
Tinubu is a first class accountant from Chicago University

He’s a master strategist yen yen yen

He will employ his best brains and technocrats to make Nigeria better

He’s the renewed hope

See his cartel and squad

Very shameful and clueless thief

EBOLA TINUBU

So this was his best team?

taylor88:
Tinubu is a first class accountant from Chicago University

He’s a master strategist yen yen yen

He will employ his best brains and technocrats to make Nigeria better

He’s the renewed hope

See his cartel and squad

Very shameful and clueless thief

EBOLA TINUBU

So this was his best team?

bennybuhari:
He should step down asap

AutoManual:

1Sharon:


Never said it was a crime.

Have more than one wife only if you're capable. Remember that your bible says any man that can't take care of his family is an infidel.

muykem:
Utopia expectations always end up in frustration. IPOB sympathiser want to rule Nigeria. No be juju be that.

1Sharon:


The truth is that only rich men are entitled to be polygamous🥴

A poor polygamous man should be jailed for crimes against humanity.

nnatobryno:
See how he ridiculed himself. He has made ecowas look weaker. Y give ultimatum when you know u done have the balls, 7 days has passed

nairavsdollars:
I strongly believe this ECOWAS role is a huge distraction for President Bola Tinubu. Even though he accepted it to confer legitimacy on him as president of Nigeria.

We have so many problems bedeviling us as a nation but he is busy chasing clout as ECOWAS chairman trying to fix other nations' problems.

Why not let us remove the log in our eyes first before talking about the speck in the eyes of others?

Yankee101:
Petitioner’s subpoena in this case is withdrawn[i][/i]

It means Atiku was the one (via his lawyers), that stopped the case from going forward. He is the petitioner

And without prejudice means he can refile the same motion in the future and the court will entertain it

MrsTwrite:
At least twice a month is better not everyday.

kettykings:


There was no clear winner as no one met the constitutionnal requirements to be declared winner .inec hurriedly declared a winner without following due process.

The double nomination of Shettima invalidates the candidacy of Tinubu and Shettima.

The absence of a valid primary and secondary certificate.

The forfeiture of a very huge sum to the US narcotics agency.

The dual citizenship of Tinubu.

Allowing this to go is same as allowing the military back to power

Gamesmart:


Yes!

So that people like Enice can make olosho a housewife.

Enice na real man and nice guy na. Na White Knight to save those who don do community whoring.

1stola:

How has his so-called soundness and intelligence added values to your life?
How do you people think in this country for God sake!?

ecolime:

This means the operating environment is harsh and not conducive enough for their operations.


Guys, lets just pray we don't have major sicknesses. Almost all the best Doctors in Naija are leaving this country in droves.

Went for a routine checkup earlier, my Physician don JAPA. His replacement looks and talks clueless.

Na young Doctors full everywhere. Dem be like IT students.

Lastmankc:
I prefer military regime.Democray in Africa and Nigeria as a whole is rubbish

saphiere:
Run! Run!! Run!!!
My sister run away from the following men..

1. The ones who ask you what you have to offer. These are irresponsible men. They are looking for who to shift their responsibilities to. If not, why would they ask such a dummy question.

2. Men who are interested in your past than your future. Always asking you about your past life. These ones are not ready for marriage.

3. The ones who always want to have their way between your legs whenever you visit them. They can never marry you. It's that sexx that is keeping them.

4. The ones who do not tell you their plans. Always being secretive. You are not important to them because I see no reason a man should keep his plans away from the one he wants to spend the rest of his life with.

5. The ones who tell their parents almost every about them. They want to eat rice today mum will know. The want to send you 5k their daddy will know.

6. The ones who can't introduce you to their friends. They will not marry you.

7. The ones who do not want you to know their earnings. Run o.
Make myself known how? Even the owner of the forum does not make his face known.
You need my face so you can come and attack me physically because I have chosen to speak up for my gender?

During lockdown in 2020 I do post my pictures here because I thought it was a forum with sane beings not until your fellow unfortunate nairalander male bastard started using my pictures to troll so I stopped.
Go get a life and tell your men to stop with the rape.

Penguin2:
Tell of two characters:



https://guardian.ng/news/cabinet-size-nears-70-as-tinubu-ignores-calls-for-lean-govt/

softy:




fixed!

softy:


What a metaphor!

@bolded, dyu meant to say the illegal entity who is turning his country upside down at rate of 1 billion shege banza per minute is stopping 'perceived illegal entity" in another sovereign country, as the script wriiten by power mongers dictates?
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How can u be suffering from chronic fever and be administering cold water on another person having a mere headache..?

AlexBells:
You can only say you don’t build a dam anywhere depending on the purpose, is all dam about electricity? There are dams for storage of drinking water, so it depends as far as the Niger is concerned one can build a dam almost in any part of its breath and it would be effective, why the consider kainji while having to do with the point you noted it also got to do with the concern of the ecosystem the kainji area is just like a tributary of the Niger

AlexBells:

The point is beyond building a dam, first the alteration or diverting the flow, with innocent use, now what about weapon using it as a weapon, did you research to find out whether the damn was built on the River or a tributary, did you research to find out if the current damn can alter or limit the flow of the Niger down to Nigeria that’s the issue, there’s dam in Ogrugu Nsukka, the dam is built on a tributary of the Niger which doesn’t impact the actual River these are technical term if it were concerning Nigeria could have responded

AlexBells:

A war is a war, you can justify it but that’s an internal affairs of Niger, if you cut their electricity, that’s an energy attack, they have the reserve to retaliate, yes a dam may take five years but the river can be redirected within a year besides, the military may just ignore Nigeria and start the dam while powering critical infrastructure with solar, petrol generators and more but the idea of starting the damn would bring panic and retaliation, what would Nigeria do if they start the project

AlexBells:
Tinubu has drawn the first blood, Cutting Niger Electricity to me is a NO, there was an agreement to that effect and not that Niger could not build their own electricity, the agreement was that they don’t build electric dam over the Niger, divert or alter its flow in exchange for a supply of electricity from Nigeria, if anything goes wrong with the flow of the River Niger, millions will die in Nigeria especially in the North that depends on this River for Irrigation farming, fishing and transportation.

Tinubu should approach this Niger issue with caution, Niger have many ace over us in this situation, it is a war building up, I don’t know who is advising him, this is war already, there would be retaliation, Tinubu should restore these people’s electricity and get back to dialogue, I don’t know why we like going back on agreement, this was same thing that happened after Aburi accord.