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For a particular party, it is victory to democracy and deadly blow to impunity if the judgement goes in their favour, otherwise, the judge is compromised and the court or tribunal is a kangaroo.

Dannyset:
I think with this you've got no point. Those who didn't believe and who eventually didn't vote for the Change should ask for it.
My point! Let PDP feel what they've been dishing to others.

Sorry, I know you've got points but I wanna tell you that progressive minds are not vindictive. We can only get better not retrograde.

Dannyset:
I will forgive you if you can prove to me that ur just coming to Nigeria.
What happened in Ekiti(the use of military) was nothing to ur reasoning. Or you don't know it was GEJ's plot? Did you see what happened to Sanusi when he was about to be crowned Emir? Where he was intimidated by Police and the govt house locked so as to prevent him from becoming the Emir. Oh! you were dozing when Tambuwal was openly teargassed and the then IG refused to identify him as the Speaker, all because GEJ don't want him?
See, you guys are modern hypocrites, and you must live with this intimidation for some times. So that you can know that nobody has the monopoly of power and position.

So, as someone that means well for Nigeria, you want those democratic anomalies to continue. Why then did Nigerians vote for change? Did they vote for change so that the alleged impunities of the previous administration could continue or that we may get most things right and do better?

OUK, the towering giant!

Dannyset:
APC paying PDP in their own coin. Hehehehehehe!
Wailing continue.

How does it pay the masses? I pity Nigeria. She's going beyond redeem without knowing. Never in the history of Nigeria have I seen such an uninformed, foolhardy, desperate, crude, divisive and insensitive government whose preoccupation is intimidation and enthronement of one-party system in Nigeria.

One thing about Nigerians is that they do the right thing when people will doubt their motive. If only he had not waited till this time that most people will say his wailing is because he was not nominated as a minister, albeit, he made a very well informed submission.

It's indeed worrying. His body language is intimidating and shutting the buccal cavities of the people whose mouth were incessantly running during the previous administration.
Second, Buhari's body language portrays him as unreachable and unteachable. Even if he is told or advised, he won't listen. Despite all the meaningful wailings, he has not changed. It is awfully worrying.

With this man as the minister of information, Nigeria is in trouble and confusion. You will never know the true position of things. Kai! Lai!, the father of propaganda!

fistonati:
I was expecting to see d list of those achievements.

Over to d next thread

Bt make sure u do some research before back

Bro, this one is not propaganda. Wike really declared state of emergence on Road Construction. He is just doing great at the moment.

Is it a win win for Amaechi?

Rivers, open your eyes to see the desperation in the eyes of these APC hangers-on who want to grab Rivers government house at all cost. You can never be better under APC-led administration. APC just want to add Rivers and Akwaibom to perpetuate themselves in power through crippling opposition and entrenching one party system in our polity. We have all seen the non-inclusivity and insensitivity of the APC-led Federal Government and how Buhari has flagrantly acted in a manner that confirms the fears of Southerners against voting him. Rewarding his party with two more states in the South South would be our greatest undoing. Consider Imo State and see what Rochas has turned it into.
Look at how Rivers has dramatically developed in just 5months of Wike's tenure. APC is alien to us and they have not in any way shown course why we should welcome them. What have we gained from our brother's(Amaechi) alliance with them? Just a mere minister.

HungerBAD:
When elders tell small pikin say "THEM NO DEY CARRY POWER RAISE BLOKOS, SMALL PIKIN SAY NA LIE"

TUPAC Shakur Wike did not know today will be his last day as the Governor.

Goodluck Jonathan out.

Patience Jonathan out.

Wike out.

Reuben Abati out.

Alison Maduekwe out.

Barcanista out.

Ecoterrors out.

Very soon it will be Fayose.

And hopefully, as these corrupt people are being shown OUT. They should not forget to carry their "BAGS" of Corruption with them. And to think the "THIEF" Wike has borrowed more than 50 Billion in 6 Months already.

EFCC please grab WIKE before he runs.

Petty Thug.

Bro, do you want to cripple opposition in Nigeria. It is very dangerous to our strongly emerging democracy.

HungerBAD:
When elders tell small pikin say "THEM NO DEY CARRY POWER RAISE BLOKOS, SMALL PIKIN SAY NA LIE"

TUPAC Shakur Wike did not know today will be his last day as the Governor.

Goodluck Jonathan out.

Patience Jonathan out.

Wike out.

Reuben Abati out.

Alison Maduekwe out.

Barcanista out.

Ecoterrors out.

Very soon it will be Fayose.

And hopefully, as these corrupt people are being shown OUT. They should not forget to carry their "BAGS" of Corruption with them. And to think the "THIEF" Wike has borrowed more than 50 Billion in 6 Months already.

EFCC please grab WIKE before he runs.

Petty Thug.

Bro, do you want to criple opposition in Nigeria. It is very dangerous to our strongly emerging democracy.

Singingbae:
K

Was this all you could say. I guess you didn't read the post.

saint047:
No greater love hath a man shown than to lay down his life for a friend. GEJ's concession saved lives. Buhari would never do the same.

So, GEJ was really an option albeit his administration was adjudged corrupt.

ikubch:
Who is this Barcanista. One_eyed man being made the king among the blind?

Hmm, see beef on someone's special day. Couldn't you have hidden it at least for this his special day.
Happy Birthday Tonye!
May God guide you accordingly.

Fellow Nigerians, if you did not watch the much-anticipated and long-delayed Ministerial screening of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, last Thursday, October 22, 2015, at the Senate Chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly, you definitely missed a high drama. There was no way I would have missed the live broadcast of that historic event. Thanks to technology, my wife and I stayed glued to Channels TV transmitting all the way to us in London. We received many calls from well-meaning Nigerians who were anxious to see the cup pass over Amaechi’s head. Social media platforms were instantly on overdrive. Twitter in particular was on fire. The Rock Star of Nigerian politics was on stage and the entire country was at a standstill. I was very agitated for several reasons. In particular, I didn’t want the world to view Nigeria as a country of ingrates who would rather destroy and bury the heroes of their struggle instead of celebrating them. Right from the time former Governor Amaechi’s name surfaced on the President’s list of Ministerial nominees which was sent to The Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, it was obvious Amaechi had been sent, inadvertently, to the Hyenas’ den. True, Amaechi himself had been given the moniker of the Lion of the Niger Delta by his fervent and vociferous supporters but no one could envisage the outcome of a wrestle between the kings of the jungle. Many commentators had opined that President Muhammadu Buhari should have made life easier for his former Campaign Manager by offering him a job that needed no screening from anyone. The scenario could not have been otherwise. Amaechi undoubtedly was a major catalyst that catapulted the Change Movement into power at the centre. It is only natural that the victims of such monumental defeat would neither forget nor forgive their principal tormentor in a jiffy. For them it was the first and best opportunity to have their pound of flesh and pay Amaechi back in kind. It was not surprising that the screening session was initially riotous but for the avuncular carriage and confident and astute handling of proceedings by The Senate President who calmed things down. The entrance of Amaechi into the hallowed Chamber was grand. He looked regal and royal in his traditional Niger Delta attire. His confidence level was high and palpable. After the usual traditional bows, he took his place at the podium. The Senate President then set the ball rolling by asking Amaechi to introduce himself. Trust the consummate politician, one of Nigeria’s most effervescent leaders read from a well-scripted paper and sold himself powerfully to the influential Senators. He was friendly and conciliatory. He killed it by recognising the three Senators representing Rivers State. The import of that was that he was able to demonstrate how they were friends once upon a time. It was a masterstroke that thawed the frozen atmosphere and eased the incredible tension in the Senate Chamber. Amaechi spoke eloquently about his political trajectory from his Student Unionist days to the present and outlined his outstanding achievements in the years he has spent as a politician. Everything appeared to be going smoothly until the moment for question and answer and then the friction that had been the root cause of so much seeming strife erupted momentarily before fizzling out. However, it was almost an anti-climax when the Minority Leader of the Senate, former Governor Godswill Akpabio said his caucus had resolved not to ask Amaechi any question since the report of the Senate Committee investigating the allegations of corruption levelled against Amaechi was yet to be discussed. Very few observers and political commentators had expected the PDP to react to the screening of Amaechi in this manner. Many conspiracy theorists had predicted a rigorous, strident and acrimonious question and answer session for Amaechi from amongst the PDP Senators. For them to take the path that Senator Akpabio had espoused smirked of great intrigue and suggested that there was a hidden agenda which would shortly unfold. The solid block of 49 PDP legislators against a fractious, disunited and slender APC majority loomed large in the minds of most analysts and suggested that when the time came to vote Amaechi would be played out. But, mercifully and smartly, the APC Senators as a surprisingly and remarkable cohesive unit played a fast one when some of its Senators thereafter asked Amaechi some cogent questions. The PDP Senatorial boycott, if one can call it even that, was instantly shown to be dead on arrival. I loved the intervention of Senator Gbenga Ashafa whose question provided a veritable platform for Amaechi to defend himself against the spate of allegations of corruption. Of course, Amaechi said he was in fact never indicted by any judicial panel and that he was ready to place the relevant papers before the Senators to demonstrate this. After about 50 minutes of intense grilling, Amaechi was asked to go. As Amaechi walked out of the chamber, the whole chamber was clearly electrified. His multitude of fans waited outside. Their joy knew no bounds as they erupted into an orgy of celebration which included much hailing of the valiant, victorious warrior and spontaneous singing. Though I had gauged and seen Amaechi’s rapidly rising popularity on social media, I did not expect anything close to what I saw displayed on live TV. The love of fans like me was very deep and I saw more enthusiastic ones on television. I received the pictures within minutes and posted them on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. I had known and predicted that the seeming victimisation of Amaechi was going to draw attention and sympathy to him. The libellous attacks on him in the last couple weeks were horrendous and sufficient to cow any weak personality. Anyone in doubt should visit Twitter. Not only was he viciously scandalised and abused, but anyone who tried to defend him was also verbally assaulted and brutalised. I became a major target of voltrons, as we call them, and all manner of obvious hirelings descended on me trying to sully and undermine my support for Amaechi. They simply descended on Amaechi and his most visible and influential friends like locusts. Some of these guys used very foul and uncouth language including insulting my dead parents. But this got me more determined. I knew for sure that all they wanted to achieve was to bully us off cyberspace and have the opportunity to mount their scurrilous campaign of calumny against Amaechi, unhindered and undisturbed. However, on our part, we intensified the celebration of Amaechi and his stellar achievements and this served to win us more confident and ardent supporters. This special tribute is to put on record the reason why some of us are quite zealous about Amaechi. It is impossible to meet Amaechi and not feel his deep ardour for Nigeria. His style is simple but classy. Most times his dressing is usually understated. As Governor, he drove himself most times. He believes more in action than glamour. Our relationship was that of mutual love at first sight. I had visited his office over ten years ago when he was Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. He sounded very intelligent, smart and passionate about the development of Nigeria in general and Rivers State in particular. He also appreciated my zeal for Nigeria and its success. We exchanged numbers and spoke a couple of times thereafter. Subsequently, on one occasion he came to Ghana for a conference of Parliamentarians. He got in touch and I invited him over to my house for lunch. I was greatly honoured when he arrived with the then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Bello Masari and many others. Our relationship blossomed from there on. Somehow, I had a feeling that Amaechi was going to go far in politics and I watched and followed him with keen interest and rapt attention. His fearless nature was a much needed ingredient in politics. After spending two terms as Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, he made an attempt to run the Governorship race but encountered countless obstacles that were erected by powerbrokers. It appeared that he had fallen at the first hurdle and had not won his Party Primary primaries and so could not contest the General Elections. Things got dangerously bad at a time that he had to flee to Ghana for his dear life and that of his family. But mysteriously and miraculously Amaechi won his case at the Supreme Court and he was declared Governor without having contested the election. He wasted no time in attributing this unprecedented achievement to God. Unlike many who would forget their antecedents, Amaechi never forgot his humble beginnings. He demystified power and bonded well with the people of Rivers State. Most of his enemies were members of the privilegentsia. He made education, healthcare, infrastructural development, job creation, agriculture, power generation and so on a priority and immediately sought to enhance them and, thus, the quality of life of ordinary people in Rivers State. The quality of his work was impressive and commendable. I visited some of his projects during the course of his tenure as Governor and could not believe what I saw. My admiration for him quadrupled. The situation that led him to abandon PDP for APC was tragic but divine. President Goodluck Jonathan lost his second term bid, in advance, the day he allowed Amaechi and his fellow Governors and others to leave the PDP. I remember asking Amaechi if he thought his group could take on an incumbent African President and win. His answer was an unequivocal, Yes. He said he was ready for any fallout from their decision including harassment and victimisation by the then ruling Party, PDP. He stuck to his guns to the very end and remained unmoved and unbowed by all manner of brickbat and missiles hurled at him. Amaechi had also made up his mind from DAY ONE to support the presidential ambition of General Muhammadu Buhari which was almost turning to a mirage after three excruciating attempts. Though he had a very soft-spot for then Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State and a very high regard for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Amaechi never at any time prevaricated on his decision to support Buhari. At this time he was a formidable lone ranger as others chose to pit their tents elsewhere until gradually they were won over by the popularity and appeal of the person and message of President Buhari. When Buhari later appointed him the Director-General of his Presidential Campaign, many had argued that the job was beneath a serving Governor but Amaechi said emphatically that he was ready, able and willing to embark on the arduous task. He argued that nothing was too much to sacrifice for the salvation of Nigeria. During the campaign there were rumours that Amaechi was dictatorial and that he did not carry many members of his team along, he had a convincing answer to this criticism. He said he would not wait indefinitely for those who did not understand the concept of time and money. He combined well with Dr Bukola Saraki to mobilise heavily for Buhari. They were able to secure the support of many entrepreneurs who felt President Goodluck Jonathan was safer for them but later agreed to accept the change mantra. Other political leaders like the inimitable, resourceful and redoubtable national leader, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu had been in the forefront of the team and took the campaign to another level. For me the biggest contribution of Amaechi is how he placed national interest above sectional and primordial sentiments. History would have high regard for him in the future, and generations unborn would read about his gallant efforts, if and when this latest gamble of a Buhari Presidency pays off. This is what has acquired for him today a cult followership at home and abroad. The deafening ovation he received at the National Assembly precincts only a couple of days ago was therefore a token of our appreciation for him being a truly exceptional Nigerian. My sincere wish is for God to grant him more wisdom and the spirit of forgiveness now and in the future. Some have wronged him no doubt just like he must also have wronged others but he must demonstrate that he has risen above the disappointment and trauma engendered by such before God and man. There is no sweeter revenge than God taking up your fight all the time and ensuring that you are victorious. Amaechi’s story is a salutary lesson in this regard. God bless Nigeria.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/amaechi-and-his-fanatical-fans/223600/

babadem2much:
I wonder if summary is no longer taught in schools again.

to be honest if Na love story guys will read ten of this, back to topic

op everything there is a fact but man can never be perfect in his doings

All write-ups must not be short or summarised to be read. With your patient indulgence, you can read through and summarise for yourself.
Most FFK's articles are usually long narratives.

A summary for the impatient ones[quote author=Episteme2 post=39298350]Critics and notable columnists who scoff at the March 28
dethronement of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan have
continued to belittle the coronation of President
Muhaammadu Buhari. Recent
political developments, especially the bitter and frenetic
jostling for presidency positions and key federal
appointments, have given more ammunition to the critics. It will be helpful if they present their
detestations in civil, logical and persuasive language.
President Buhari, they have concluded, cannot change. Fine.
All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders from the Southwest
may have been mistaken in their support for the ossified
president.
But the first obstacle the critics will encounter is attempting
to demolish President Buhari in terms of comparatively
elevating Dr Jonathan. The two, even by the most liberal and
empathetic arguments, are incomparable.
President Buhari doubtless has his weaknesses, some of
them provocative. His appointments to presidency positions
have remained skewed and indefensible, and his cabinet
list, though technocratic and scholarly, is largely apolitical
and mystifying in a country so compulsively political and
querulously nitpicky. His appreciation of complex and
modern issues, especially economic, is deeply unnerving.
His conception of society has not gone beyond the strange
dualism of his younger days as a military officer and
northerner in which he sees society as we against them, and
good against evil. Nor does he seem capable of the rapid
and comprehensive regeneration the decaying Nigerian
society urgently needs. Yes, he has all these unenviable
weaknesses. But he has his strengths, largely his disciplined
outlook, frugality and ethical soundness far beyond cavil.
Dr Jonathan brought little or nothing to the table before and
during the 2015 polls. He was the simplistic product, if not
culmination, of the crazy meddlesomeness and insufferable
arrogance of past Nigerian presidents and military heads of
state. Like most of his predecessors, he was neither
equipped for the job of leadership nor capable of the
grandness and nobility which the job calls for and the office
yields to. He professed Christian ethics and baited
southerners with ethnic crumbs, but on a grand scale he
showed no discipline in managing the affairs of the country
or its economy. On his watch, helped by government
officials who had stolen the country blind, he was bringing
the country to ruination and raising the prospect of a
revolution. Until he lost the election and some of his
ministers triggered the unpalatable disclosures of the past
few months, few believed he was capable of superintending
such appalling breakdown of law, order and common sense.
So
far, an awkward Buhari has proved far better than a
sprightly Jonathan.
President Buhari will need to pay close attention to the
alliances he built before the election if he is not to come to
grief. President Buhari may be regarded as part of the country’s
problems on account of his inability to quickly and efficiently
respond to the exigent issues of the day, however, Dr
Jonathan was never an option. It is time to move on and
focus on President Buhari. For, as it now seems, the
country’s fate is intertwined with his.

Critics and notable columnists who scoff at the March 28
dethronement of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan have
continued to belittle the coronation of President
Muhaammadu Buhari. Before the presidential election, they
had argued that while Dr Jonathan was not perfect, and
could in fact be trusted to improve considerably in his
second term should he get it, President Buhari’s democratic,
suprapersonal and secularist credentials would remain
fettered by his background and limited exposure. Recent
political developments, especially the bitter and frenetic
jostling for presidency positions and key federal
appointments, have given more ammunition to the critics. It
is, however, now no longer clear where genuine criticism
begins and where rabid partisanship stops. More baffling,
the said critics and columnists have turned round to accuse
critics and columnists who denounced Dr Jonathan in favour
of then candidate Buhari of embracing mindless
propaganda and heedless partisanship.
Some of these notable columnists like Femi Aribisala and
Yinka Odumakin of course have the right to pursue and
prosecute private and public agenda. There is indeed no
constitutional impediment to the bitter manifestation of
their detestations, no hindrance at all to their sometimes
bewildering characterisation of the political objects of their
pet revulsion. As the columnists and critics indulge their
craft and acidic views, it is, however, also urgent to explode
some of the myths that underscore their opinions and
conclusions. It will be helpful if they present their
detestations in civil, logical and persuasive language.
President Buhari, they have concluded, cannot change. Fine.
All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders from the Southwest
may have been mistaken in their support for the ossified
president. Again, fine. But both viewpoints can in fact be
rendered in persuasive arguments and reasoning without
wrapping and encumbering them with private and bitter
loathing.
But the first obstacle the critics will encounter is attempting
to demolish President Buhari in terms of comparatively
elevating Dr Jonathan. The two, even by the most liberal and
empathetic arguments, are incomparable. In the March 2015
polls, Nigeria was presented with two difficult choices:
candidate Buhari who, to the South, was insular,
ethnocentric, intemperate, inflexible, and mildly Jihadist;
and candidate Jonathan who, to the North, was inept,
ethnocentric, unfeeling, distracted, facetiously evangelical,
and irredeemable. It was not quite Hobson’s choice; but
whatever choice was made had its manifold drawbacks.
Almost like Kogi State, where a lethargic incumbent will be
facing an abrasive builder-challenger in next month’s
governorship poll, Nigeria had to choose last March
between Dr Jonathan who was bringing the country to a
frenzied ruin, and a disciplined leader of admittedly
doubtful depth and suspect democratic credentials. Except
in the opinion of the pro-Jonathan critics and columnists,
there was absolutely no contest.
President Buhari doubtless has his weaknesses, some of
them provocative. His appointments to presidency positions
have remained skewed and indefensible, and his cabinet
list, though technocratic and scholarly, is largely apolitical
and mystifying in a country so compulsively political and
querulously nitpicky. His appreciation of complex and
modern issues, especially economic, is deeply unnerving.
His conception of society has not gone beyond the strange
dualism of his younger days as a military officer and
northerner in which he sees society as we against them, and
good against evil. Nor does he seem capable of the rapid
and comprehensive regeneration the decaying Nigerian
society urgently needs. Yes, he has all these unenviable
weaknesses. But he has his strengths, largely his disciplined
outlook, frugality and ethical soundness far beyond cavil.
Dr Jonathan brought little or nothing to the table before and
during the 2015 polls. He was the simplistic product, if not
culmination, of the crazy meddlesomeness and insufferable
arrogance of past Nigerian presidents and military heads of
state. Like most of his predecessors, he was neither
equipped for the job of leadership nor capable of the
grandness and nobility which the job calls for and the office
yields to. He professed Christian ethics and baited
southerners with ethnic crumbs, but on a grand scale he
showed no discipline in managing the affairs of the country
or its economy. On his watch, helped by government
officials who had stolen the country blind, he was bringing
the country to ruination and raising the prospect of a
revolution. Until he lost the election and some of his
ministers triggered the unpalatable disclosures of the past
few months, few believed he was capable of superintending
such appalling breakdown of law, order and common sense.
In a long line of unsuitable Nigerian leaders, Dr Jonathan sat
on the acme. Ibrahim Babangida, army general and former
head of state, began the craze. The heavens gifted him a
great political transition programme, but he spurned it in
favour of his own misconceived contraption, enthroning
Ernest Shonekan by a strange and unearthly steeplechase
succession, and undergirding it with a rapacious and power-
hungry Sani Abacha, a general and late head of state.
Abdulsalami Abubakar, another general and former head of
state, followed hard on their heels and relinquished power
after he and other generals similarly played God and in their
supposed wisdom installed ex-President Olusegun
Obasanjo. Abjuring the democratic practice of letting the
people choose their own leaders, which he gleefully
propounded in 1978 and 1979, Chief Obasanjo unilaterally
and contemptuously foisted the late Umaru Yar’Adua on the
country. The latter’s dramatic death in turn foisted Dr
Jonathan on Nigeria, unprepared mentally and ideologically.
It is shocking that in their frustrations, the pro-Jonathan
critics and columnists ignore the value of pluralism and
continue to assail the political contributions of those who
championed the amalgamation of APC and President
Buhari’s victory. Defending Dr Jonathan and denouncing
President Buhari is an irrational exercise. The president has
his weaknesses, and is still committing many faux pas and
egregious policy and appointment blunders. But rather than
pine over Dr Jonathan’s loss, and assail those who triggered
the country’s political rebirth through the peaceful change of
power from one party to another, President Buhari should
be criticised for his shortcomings. It is time to quit mourning
APC’s victory, notwithstanding the party’s clumsiness in
managing the legislature, the executive and the economy. So
far, an awkward Buhari has proved far better than a
sprightly Jonathan. Indeed, President Buhari is probably the
single most important factor in arresting the country’s drift
towards the precipice.
It is also time for critics, analysts and columnists to avoid
the bitter and vexatious essays of the pre-election period
and begin to focus on more germane national issues.
President Buhari, his cabinet and his policies are the issues.
These should be addressed. If, as seems apparent, the
president is unable to impress the Southwest or the
Southeast or even the South-South before the next elections,
then these will become something to talk about,
notwithstanding how well he pleases the North. The
president announced with flourish at his inauguration that
he belonged to everybody and to nobody. The next polls will
determine whether that delicate phrase is worth its weight in
gold. In a matter of months, the Buhari government will
clock one year, even as the president has proceeded very
slowly and very gingerly. If he does not gather speed, if he
continues along the sanctimonious line and idealism of
being his own man, and if he fails to recognise the political
environment in which he operates, he will discover only too
late that elections and the electorate can be very cruel
indeed.
President Buhari will need to pay close attention to the
alliances he built before the election if he is not to come to
grief. And going by the crippling poverty assailing the
country, and beyond the anti-corruption campaign and
some desultory recovery of stolen public funds, it is even
more urgent for him to quickly articulate and adopt a
multidimensional approach to the country’s multifarious
problems. The problems are huge and have developed into
an octopus, and are determined to resist his panaceas.
President Buhari may be regarded as part of the country’s
problems on account of his inability to quickly and efficiently
respond to the exigent issues of the day, however, Dr
Jonathan was never an option. It is time to move on and
focus on President Buhari. For, as it now seems, the
country’s fate is intertwined with his.




SOURCE/SAUCE: thenationonlineng.net/jonathan-was-never-an-option/

FFK WORDS ON THE MARBLE
"Those that believe in Nigeria have every right to continue
to do so and to voice their resolve to keep Nigeria one.
What they do not have the right to do is to refuse to offer
the same degree of freedom of expression to those that
do not believe in a united Nigeria and who instead
believe in the peaceful dissolution of our nation to speak
their minds and voice their views.
What is good for the goose is surely good for the gander.
You cannot grant one side of the divide freedom of
expression whilst you deny it to the other".

cosby02:
Who's this guy trying to impress lately

It's simple. Legally make a case against the secessionist movement or allow them be.

banki:
All I know is that it will be unfair and wicked if no one is punished. For the killings and bombings in rivers!
During the elections and prior to the campaigns

I think that both parties are culpable.

Foremost constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has
stated that corruption is not Nigeria’s primary problem.
Speaking on behalf of his group, the Igbo Leaders of
Thought, the elder statesman warned President
Muhammadu Buhari to be careful in the fight against
corruption.
Nwabueze made the group’s feelings known after an
extensive meeting in Enugu.
The group noted that other vital issues like poverty, illiteracy
and security should not be neglected because of the
campaign against corruption.
Speaking to journalists, Nwabueze, however, observed that
the current preoccupation with the anti-corruption campaign
had unfortunately relegated other serious national
challenges to the background.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria said, “Everybody is thinking
that all that we need is to fight corruption; it is important,
but it is not our primary problem.
“There are other issues that are even more important than
corruption.
“We have the question of illiteracy, the question of poverty,
the question of security.
“As important as the war against corruption is, we are of the
view that there are other issues that overshadow corruption.
“Another issue is what we call the national question.”
Shedding further light on the ‘national question’, Nwabueze
said Nigeria was not a nation.
He said, “The national question means the problem of
evolving Nigeria into a nation.
“Nigeria is not a nation; it is a state.
“We all want to belong to that state but we deceive ourselves
always by thinking and painting the picture that we are
already a nation; we are not.”



dailypost.ng/2015/10/23/corruption-not-nigerias-major-problem-nwabueze-tells-buhari/

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Rivers State
Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, to
dismiss the petition filed by Dr. Dakuku Peterside for lack of
merit.
Mr Wole Olanipekun, (SAN), one of the counsels to the PDP
who adopted the party’’s final written address, made the call
on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the All
Progressive Congress (APC) had approached the Justice
Suleiman Ambursa led three-man panel to nullify the
election of Gov. Nyesom Wike.
The petitioners are seeking the nullification of the April 11
election on the ground that the election was marred by
irregularities and fraudulent practices.
The petitioners are also arguing that the election as
conducted by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) was not done in line with the electoral
laws.
According to Olanipekun, the petition lacked merit and
substance and the petitioner has failed to prove the several
unfounded allegations against the conducted of the election.
He pointed out that the petitioners had alleged several cases
of violence and abduction of voters which they failed to lead
in the direction or call enough witness to prove their claims.
According to Olanipekun, the petition is incompetent and
that the tribunal has no jurisdiction to amend the petition
for the petitioners especially on the outlandish reliefs it
sought.
In his address, Counsel to the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN)
urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by the
petitioners.
According to Ikpeazu, the burden of proof rests with the
petitioners who failed to discharge same before the tribunal.
Ikpeazu said that the few witnesses called by the petitioners
like the soldiers, mobile policemen and DSS operatives were
not voters who could give actual account of what happened
at the polling unit by polling unit.
Also, Counsel to Wike, Mr Emmanuel Ukala, (SAN) told the
tribunal during his address that Dakuku was not qualified to
contest the April 11 election.
According to Ukala, Dakuku’s nomination contradicted the
provision of Section 85 (1) of the Electoral Act which is
critical to the nomination of a candidate vying for election.
Ukala said that the nomination of Dakuku was not in line
with the 21 days mandatory notification of the electoral act
to notify INEC of its candidate before the election.
According to Ukala, the APC candidate fall short of the time
hence his nomination is illegal.
He said that the failure of the petitioners to call proper
witnesses who conducted the election was fatal to the case
and urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition for justice
sake.
Ukala noted that out of the 5,792 forms available for the
conduct of election, the APC and its candidate only tendered
about 3000 which was contrary to the provision of the law.
In his submission, Counsel to the APC and its candidate, Mr
Akinlolu Olujimi (SAN) urged the tribunal to grant his
petition stressing that the burden of proof also rests with the
respondents.
He said that though the card readers did not replace the
voters’ registers but they were vital to credible accreditation.
Olujimi urged the tribunal not to consider the issues raised
by the respondents that the election was free and fair. (NAN)





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This sounds so much like PDP's Metu-like press release.

Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief
Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) on Wednesday assessed the ministerial
list presented by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He told Daily Independent, that he was disappointed by the
delay in the submission of the list by President Muhammadu
Buhari and inclusion of less women, which breaches the 35
percent affirmative action plan.
Agbakoba added that he expects the Ministers, when
assigned portfolios, to hit the ground running and perform
creditably well
His words: “Going by the screening, let me say that I was
impressed with Fayemi, Kemi Adeosun, Fashola, Ngige,
Malami but the overall performance was above average. But
that is not the problem. The problem is the work. If they can
do what they said during the screening, that will be fine”.
“I was a bit disappointed that the list took a long time and I
was also a bit disappointed when the first list came, but with
the second list, I can say the second list is made up of
instrumental people.
“The first is made up of political people that he needs to pay
off. These are people who helped the president to get to
where he is. On the whole, it is a rounded balanced scale
even though I feel there are few women given the 35 percent
quota that has been reserved for women. So that is a minus
but in terms of technical qualifications, that is a major plus.
“In terms of political experience of people like Audu Ogbeh,
it is a major plus. So on the whole, let us see what they can
do because at the end of the day, it is not who you appoint
or how they talk, let us hope they can walk the talk”, he said.


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SirWere:
Common Newspaper you cant buy. Chai!!!!

Hmm, bro. How are you doing now?

Lai Mohammed’s N500m suit: Court orders processes be
served on Metuh
By Abdulwahab Abdulah & Jane Echewodo
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos High Court sitting in
Ikeja Wednesday ordered the service of all processes
including the motion for interlocutory injunction on the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, spokesman, Chief Olisa
Metuh in the N500m defamation suit by Alhaji Lai
Mohammed of the All Peoples Congress, APC.
At the resumed hearing of the case, the court after hearing
Wahab Shittu for the Claimant, ordered the service of the
processes while adjourned further proceedings till
November 17, 2015 for report of service and the hearing of
the pending application for interlocutory Injunction filed by
Mohammed.
The ministerial nominee and spokesman of APC, Alhaji
Mohammed, had filed the libel suit asking for N500m as
special and general damages against Metuh of the PDP.
According to Mohammed in his suit, claimed Metuh had
defamed him in a press release, authoured and circulated
on September 20, 2015, where he alleged that he
(Mohammed) embezzled the funds meant for fencing of an
airport in one of the APC-controlled states in the South-West.

Mohammed also claimed that Metuh alleged he
(Mohammed) obtained money to supply ambulances to one
APC-controlled state in the South-West, which he never did.
In the statement, Metuh was quoted to have wondered
where the APC chieftain got the courage to speak on
corruption when indeed he had mastered the art of
corruption having been “a personal aide to one of the most
corrupt politicians to ever bestride the political space of the
country.”
Mohammed, who noted he was a one-time coordinator of
the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organisation, disclosed
that the statement credited to Metuh was “carefully
calculated to inflict damage on my reputation and to lessen
me in the estimation of the public.”
According to him, Metuh in the statement had said, “…our
final word for the APC spokesman on this, is that being
ethically challenged, includes embezzling funds meant for
fencing an airport in an APC-led South-West state.
“It also includes when one fraudulently refuses to supply
ambulances after collecting monies from another APC
South-West state.
“It is a comedy of roles when Alhaji Lai Mohammed speaks
on corruption, a topic he practices and has well learnt, being
a personal aide to one of the most corrupt politicians to
ever bestride the political landscape of the country.”
Claiming monetary damaged, Mohammed claimed that
Mehuh had injured his “character in a grave manner and
caused him considerable reputational destruction and
embarrassment.”
He added that Metuh admitted authorising the statement in
a letter by his lawyer, Emeka Etiaba (SAN) dated September
25, 2015 to the claimant’s lawyer, Wahab Shittu, but denied
that it was Mohammed that was being referred to.
Mohammed, however, quoted Etiaba to have also referred
to an earlier statement where Mohammed also attacked
Metuh by stating that “the allegations of corruption hanging
on his (Metuh) neck, from within his own party, is a clear
indication that he is mortally afraid that the wind will soon
blow hard enough to expose the fowl’s rump…”
Mohammed, however, insisted that he made the said
statement based on a petition to the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission written against Metuh on July 15, 2015
by the PDP, Nkwelle-Ezunaka Ward 1, in the Oyi Local
Government chapter of Anambra State.
To this end, Mohammed is seeking an order mandating
Metuh to not only retract his statement but to also tender
published apology to him in a widely read newspaper for
seven consecutive days.
Apart he sought for an order of perpetual injunction
restraining Metuh and his privies from further publishing or
disseminating libelous materials against him.




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Only God knows how he made Buhari's heart. He's just irredeemably adamant. Why can't he change his views of Nigeria of 1984 with the Nigeria of 2015.