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support the call by Afenifere that all Fulani herdsmen should be banned from the south-west. Actually I believe that they should be banned from the entire south and not just the south west. I also stand by every word that I wrote in my widely published essay titled ”The Herdsmen From Hell”. This contribution serves as a follow up to that essay. The bottom line is this: we do not want those that slaughter innocent people, including women and children, in our midst.Those that say that we must remain silent when aliens and vandals invade our land, rape our women and kill our people are, at best, misinformed and misuguided and, at worse, insensitive and wicked. How can they expect us to remain silent when our elders and leaders are being terrorised and brutalised on a regular basis. Those that harbor such views and that have such misgivings are suffering from a callous and diseased state of mind and they shall be put to shame. No matter what they say we will continue to expose and resist this barbarity and we shall continue to call it precisely what it is: pure and unadulterated evil. We shall not be intimidated by those that seek to silence us and neither shall we cowered into silence. I have no regrets for describing those murderous Fulani herdsmen as tsetse flies. Actually they are worse than that because, like Satan, they only come to kill, steal and destroy. It is obvious to any discerning mind that this categorization is limited to those Fulani herdsmen that indulge in barbaric and criminal activities and not the entire Fulani race. Like any other ethnic group there are good Fulanis and there are bad ones. For someone to suggest that we ought to spare the bad ones simply because we are scared of offending the sensibilities of the good ones makes no sense to me. I have many Fulani friends and the last thing on my mind would be to demonise an entire ethnic group. For anyone to suggest that a literary attack and a verbal assault on a bunch murderers and killers who happen to be of Fulani extraction is an attack on the entire Fulani race is absurd. Worse still to describe such an attack as ”hate speech against the Fulani tribe” is simply asinine: it is nothing more than the gross manifestation of a subterranean slave mentality and an attempt at sucking up to those that believe that they own Nigeria. Those that have voiced such puerile nonsense ought to provide an answer to the following question: should we remain silent when we see some wicked and uneducated cattle rearers committing atrocities which may, if not properly checked, result in a full scale ethnic war. If the herdsmen had been Yoruba or Igbo I would have condemned them in similar terms and labelled them in precisely the same way. I may even have gone further because I would have expected far better from my own people. I also happen to know that if Yoruba or Igbo traders or farmers went to the core north and singled-out the elders, leaders, traditional rulers and women and children of the Fulani tribe for murder, pillage, torture and rape all hell would have broken loose by now and their reaction would not have been limited to harsh words, strongly-worded essays and uncomplimentary categorizations. The bottom line is this: the days of us keeping quite and suffering in silence in the name of political correctness are long over. If we don’t want trouble and we don’t want matters to escalate we must speak out against evil very clearly and very quickly and we must condemn and correctly label those that like to shed human blood at the drop of a hat. This is especially so when they prey on the weak, the elderly and the more vulnerable in our society. It is the gutless cowards that live amongst us that seek to play down the pillage, murder and rape of others that are guilty of hate crimes and collusion with genocidal maniacs and not those of us that have the courage to call a spade a spade. Those that support the atrocities of the herdsmen are insensitive to the feelings and sufferings of others and that is the biggest crime of all. They hate the victims of these terrible atrocities and they love and make excuses for the perpetrators. They are completely incapable of any form of empathy with those that have been violated and slaughtered and in their heart of hearts they relish the atrocities and they consider them fair game and fair sport. A good example of such people is the individual who leads an organisaton which is supposed to protect the rights of the less fortunate in our society. This individual apparently does not deem it appropriate to stand up against the evil that the herdsmen have been indulging in for the last few years and he prefers to pamper them. Why am I not surprised? Instead of speaking up for the human rights and civil liberties of those that have been maimed, killed and persecuted as he has been charged to do, the man is busy trying to say things that are politically correct. Whilst he is attempting to please and impress his new paymasters people are being killed by his cattle-rearing friends on a daily basis. I say shame on him and those that think like him and I honestly believe that the blood of those innocent people that have been maimed and slaughtered by the herdsman are partly on his hands because he has encouraged them with his complicit silence and his veiled support. Given the attitude of men like that, coupled with the apparent indifference of the Federal Government to the whole issue, it is clear that the carnage and tyranny of the Fulani herdsmen may not end any time soon. I say this because barely ten days after the abduction and matcheting (yes matcheting) of Chief Olu Falae and on October 1st 2015, which is Nigeria’s independence day, the Fulani herdsmen struck again. On that day they abducted a traditional ruler from the Yoruba-speaking area of Kogi state. His name is Oba Adebisi Obademi and they abducted him from his palace in Apa-Bunu in the Kabba-Bunu area of his state. They have asked the family to pay a ransom for his release. On the same day they released a 70 year old Yoruba cleric by the name of Pastor Japhet Obafemi who is from Ilepa, Ikare Akoko in Ondo state. They had abducted him and kept him in tortuous captivity for 11 grueling days. Sadly a number of others whose homes were invaded by the herdsmen were not so lucky. Mr. Agbaose Sowetan from Oja-Odan, Ogun state and Mrs. Ayeshi Balogun from Asa village, Ogun state, both of whom were farmers, were not allowed to go home to their families but instead they were murdered in cold blood. According to press reports Mrs. Balogun, who was a mother of three, was gang-raped before being hacked to death. Can there be any greater evil than this? Who will tame these wicked and hard-hearted herdsmen and who will clip the wings of these bloodthirsty cattle-rearers? Who will deliver us from these sadists and terrorists that have no sense of restraint or remorse and that have no mercy or compassion? Who will stand up to them boldly and say “let my people go”? Permit me to conclude this intervention by repeating an interesting and relevant contribution from the famous British historian, writer and educationalist Dr. T.R. Batten. He wrote: “The Fulani were at their most influential in Gobir. Then a dispute broke out between their Imam, Usman Dan Fodiyo and Sarkin Gobir Yunfa.The Fulani rallied behind their leader who encouraged them to defy their Hausa Chief. He began a jihad and fighting broke out. Thus the Fulani seized the country by force against the will of those who lived there. The enmity had nothing to do with religion for among those who fought (against the Fulani) were many Muslims. It was about the Fulani’s wish to seize power from the Hausas.” It follows that the herdsman and those that they represent conquer by infiltration, assimilation and guile. Those that doubt this should find out what became of the ancient Hausa kingdoms. They should also find out about the terrible fate that befell the famous Yoruba general, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of the old Oyo empire, Afonja, at the hands of Abdulsalami, the son of his erstwhile “ally” and friend the Fulani Salih Janta (A.K.A Shehu Alimi). After Afonja died Abdulsalami killed his son and took over his throne in Ilorin. Since that time a Fulani Emir, with a flag from the Sultan of Sokoto, has ruled Ilorin whilst the Yoruba descendants of Afonja have been denied the throne in a predominantly Yoruba town that was founded and established by Aare Afonja, their illustrious Yoruba forefather. It is better to learn from the mistakes of history rather than to allow them to be repeated. dailypost.ng/2015/10/04/femi-fani-kayode-the-carnage-of-the-cattle-rearers/

WHERE ARE THE SOYINKAS AND FALANAS OF THIS COUNTRY? THEM NO DEY HEAR OR READ AGAIN?

ionsman:
They can never be found because of this your missile-like English.

You even emboldened the last bomb..

Too petty and typical of APC hangers-on. Full of insults. Address his concerns please and leave his grammar alone. At least you understood what he meant.

But PMB had not started "presidenting" Nigeria last 2 years. They said the arrest was as a result of PMB diplomatic foreign missions/visits.

Let's see nah!

So unfortunate this govt cannot multi-task. So much immersed in the corruption war that she hardly sees the much taunted insecurity and touted solutions during campaign as urgent.
Wetin this govt dey do self?
Today you hear they have surrendered, tomorrow you hear they have attacked again. Their bought media keeps under-reporting
the advances and attacks of these evil group.
Crush these Haramites nah.

[quote author=modath post=38615817][/quote]This comment is just annoying and senseless. So, the ones given in favour of APC are true. This APC is blatantly intolerant and thin-skinned. They hardly accept, endure, keep or come to terms with anything that does not go their way or in their favour.
If they lose election, the election can never be free, fair and credible.
If a court does not rule in their favour, they call it compromised and kangaroo.
If you testify against you, they will send state apparatus after you.
If you hold a different view from them, they will go and open their arsenal of violence, aggression, intimidation and insults typical of Lai M'Hd,
Even in their own intra-party elections cum selections, they hardly accept results.
Before election, they will threaten to a parallel government if they lose.
They convict people long before they are even tried.
They will judge, allege, investigate, prosecute, judge again and sentence.
APC would have been the best thing that happened to Nigeria if we were in 1983/4.
It's quiet unfortunate this is happening in this era especially when it was one of the alleged sins of the previous administration that got them out office.

[quote author=modath post=38615817][/quote]This comment is just annoying and senseless. So, the ones given in favour of APC are true. This APC is blatantly intolerant and thin-skinned. They hardly accept, endure, keep or come to terms with anything that does not go their way or in their favour.
If they lose election, the election can never be free, fair and credible.
If a court does not rule in their favour, they call it compromised and kangaroo.
If you testify against you, they will send state apparatus after you.
If you hold a different view from them, they will go and open their arsenal of violence, aggression, intimidation and insults typical of Lai M'Hd,
Even in their own intra-party elections cum selections, they hardly accept results.
Before election, they will threaten to a parallel government if they lose.
They convict people long before they are even tried.
They will judge, allege, investigate, prosecute, judge again and sentence.

Let them mend fences and work together for a better Nigeria. What holds us together is stronger than what divides us. These external forces instigating the face-off between the arms of govt don't mean well for the masses. We, the masses don't gain anything from these power tussle.

INTROVERT:
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Dailypost. See the bottom of the post.

upsyLi:
Impatience is not a virtue. Order is more vital than speed. Careful and deliberate decisions after consultations get far better results.-PMB. Oct 1st,2015

He won't stop at anything to make sure he justifies why the country has been crawling more since he took over. Self defence is just the nature of a failed man.
Keep keeping on slowly. We don't have any other option than to be patient and allow the body odour diffuse.

Technocrats are highly professional entities included in a governing body who have specialised knowledge, expertise or skills in making and driving decisions for solving social problems. They are not elected through political parties and businesspeople and as such are not politicians. 'Technopoliticians' are frustrated or handicapped politicians who have left their special calling of being a technocrats for politics. They flirt with both. When their ambition or interest fails in one, they switch to the other while still retaining the original interest.
So, Ngige, Fashola, Fayemi, Onyinlola, Ezekwesili, Onu, Soludo are all technopoliticians, not technocrats.
I have seen just few technocrats namely: Iweala, Oteh, Kachikwu, Adesina.

First, it is Lamido who fails to see nothing wrong in luring a girl-child whose age was rounded up to 18 to reduce public outburst, to marriage that needs to buy a brain.
These your long narratives don't change anything except those who share the same belief and sentiments with you.
Couldn't you have married someone between the ages of 24-30. How are we supposed to know whether or not the girl-child was forced or not? How long and many people who talked her into giving her consent. The age gap is too much jor! What does the girl-child know about marriage fundamentals? A small girl like that will be combining matrimonial and ceremonial responsibilities with her academics.

To the masturbators, this is one of the 'numerous achievements' of PMB- staggered to meet a deadline he set for himself to name his ministers. If it is sth to go by, he still failed. He promised to name his cabinet this month, but what we have here is just a 'closed list' sent to SP after official working hours making it seem like it is a herculean task to shop for worthy appointees from over 170million Nigerians. Is this how 'unclean' Nigerians are?

They have forgotten that this man is corrupt. Tomorrow nah, if he wins and goes against the powerful forces in APC or overrides party supremacy, they will go and bring out or regurgitate his corruption file to pull him down. Now that he is implicitly clean to have won the party's ticket.

Nairalanddiary:
If your syndicated cries of woes mean anything, why was it that NOI Polls owned by Jonathan's Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, put President Buhari's favourable rating at over 70 per cent despite the self-fooling antics of your criticism?

You looking more like a lost and confused child..
The change Buhari promised for which Nigerians voted for him, which he is presently bringing to the abused Nigerian polity is not and has never programmed for woe criers. In fact, they are programmed as casualties that must give way for the masses to prosper.

Name calling! Typical of political jobbers, hangers-on and the rather Aggressives who cannot anchor their summissions on facts.
Malapropic grammatical exercise you're engaged in is no substitute for facts and realities on ground.

Nairalanddiary:
Our new critics think that by their clearly disoriented outcries, we may be swayed to club Buhari to death. By blandly denying the huge landmarks Buhari has wrought in three months to clear the asphyxiating debris they heaped on the country for neon years, these fellows think we will follow them and navigate through their valley of self duplicity.

Did u say huge landmarks? Could you please outline them? Our economy is bleeding profusely, investors are scared of the state of economy, people are losing their jobs on daily basis and real governance abandoned for executive/official terrorism. Apart from the so called body language there is little or nothing to ascribe to this disorientated and convoluted accidental government.

Nairalanddiary:
By the way your writing is just embarrassing. . Looks like a composition for junior secondary school students.

How do you mean? What's embarrassing in the writing and how does it look like a composition for jsss?
Pls do lecture me. I'll appreciate.
Thanks!

The level of brainswash and sheepish followership of APC led federal government by their supporters is worrying and unheard-off in the anals of Nigerian governance. The masses prefer political power tussel and thrilling entertainment of target-driven corruption fight, lies, propaganda and image laundering to the real business of governance. While I don't in any way underestimate the potency of Buhari's body language and the campaign against corruption, there are also other pressing needs like economic policies initiation and implementation, job creation, poverty reduction, security and others.
It is our collective responsibility to tell Buhari the truth even though his body language depicts autocracy. Truth be told, Nigeria would have been better off if ministers had been appointed since. Fighting corruption shouldn't in any way stop the activities of other sectors. Fighting corruption with due acknowledgement is fantastic but it shouldn't be the only thing. Nigerians have been so far distracted with fighting corruption and probing mantra even though we all know it is arguably vindictive and witch hunting which does not in any way improve the life of the masses.
Let us tell President that his dictatorial proclivities can never be a leading light in a New Nigeria. This is democracy and he should not be impermeable to the democratic yearnings of the people. It is worrying to read notes from people who say they don't care what and how Buhari does to get us to the promise land. But I dare say that any undemocratic means to getting to our promise land is a short cut and a dangerous precedent to our democracy. Our blind support for Buhari to do whatever he likes as long as it moves us forward is very dangerous. Any unconstitional action we praise today will come back to haunt us tomorrow. This is just like sending your son to school and asking him to do whatever he so likes as long as he comes back home with good grades. Using federal might, executive and official terrorism/intimidation and taking unilateral decisions without recourse to the constitution is not the best option. I wonder who tells him that the senate president must be his puppet before he can perform. How can he forget that the elected leaders are responsible to the electorates. No body or group in the NASS has power to sit on or refuse any bills or budgets from the presidency that are people oriented. If they do, they will incure the wrat of the masses. It is only those self-serving politicians that have started scheming for 2019 and powermongers that will instigate unnecessary witch hunts and power tussle to remain relevant in the polity. Then the gullible masses who are at the receiving end will find the distraction entertaining. So unfortunate! Instead of being more interested in why loyal but corrupt party members are currently being shielded, they are busy pursuing vindictive agenda of people whose puppets were democratically refused leadership positions in the NASS. Let's campaign against godfatherism in Nigerian Politics and installation of puppets in government.
It is not in the best interest of the masses for this government to have too many irons in the fire. Witch hunting and intimidating perceived political opponents and shouting corruption every time has not done us any good. There are other pressing businesses of governance. APC's political miscalculations and mismanaged victory resulted in Saraki's senate presidency. They Diplomatically live with the mistake while still putting solid structures on ground to avoid future occurrence rather than seeking ways to remove him. No senator in his right senses will support what is happening to Saraki today because they should know that if Saraki does not survive his ordeals and travails, then they are all in a big mess of being manipulated by external forces that removed him(Saraki) and that means they must at all times act according to the dictates of external forces willy nilly. This surely is not good for our strongly emerging democracy and performance-focused, ambitious politicians who may not have the backing of the dictating cabals in advancing their political careers. If these cabals had allowed sleeping dog lie, by now the ripples and polarization in the NASS would have settled. The earlier the tension in NASS is calmed, the smooter the executive governace goes and removing Saraki will further linger it with another scheming and contest for Senate president. As long as there is no significantly dorminant party in the NASS and with divided loyalty of the senators of the majority party, it will be difficult for puppets to be installed.
Simply let the NASS be.

Some people are just envious of this man's political future and calculations. Saraki is an intelligent modern day politician.

In Nigeria today, if you are an ambitious politician, oppose the power or cabals that be and have different view and stand on national issues, the power bloc will devise a way to rubbish you more notably with corruption allegations. But if you keep mute, play puppet and follow sheepishly, you will enjoy your loots. Recently, I have been following cases of people being accused of corrruption in court or in public dormain, it is either they are in opposition, take a different stand on national issues or they fell out with one powerful entity. How many politicians have been docked or arrained spontaneously? It is only targetted fight against corruption. For instance, if it was not for subtle disaffection between Tinubu and Fashola, we would not have heard that a certain whoping amount was used to build website and build two boreholes. Second, had Saraki heeded to his party's directive and supremacy and Buhari's body language, no one would have seen CCB flexing their muscle on Saraki's alleged false Asset Declaration since 2003. And still, people want us to believ that it is not a witchhunt exercise. CCB that should be yelled at for dereliction of duty since 2003 is now being celebrated because the external forces that have not hiddden their dislike for the leadership of senate.
Nigerians should know that Saraki's travails is not in their own interest. It is one of the masterminded permutations to change the leadership of the senate so that their puppets can be installed. This is not good for our democracy. The executive arm's intolerance and despotic dispositions is worrying. Must you have control of the senate before you can carry Nigeria to the dream land.
APC are their own problem. Intraparty fighting is all we have seen do since they clinched power. Must you win all your battles. Senate leadershipwas one of the battles you lost and you APC should come to terms with it. The time that would have been devoted to decisive economic direction planning is used in carrying out vindictive agenda. I have not seen a government that is distracting itself like this one.
Didn't APC know that Saraki is corrupt when he rode to the senate on the party's platform. The desperation to remove Saraki from office is undermining our democracy. The president makes appointment without sending them to senate for confirmation just because he doesn't like the leadership. Nigeria is gradually sliding to facism. Even freedom of speech is threatened now. People are now afraid of voicing out their views on national issues and governance because of the so called body language. What we hear these days is someone who spoke on condition of anonimity said... Even journalists are even afraid of expressing their own opinion while reporting.
The move against Saraki is miscalculated and won't yield the desired result as long as Saraki still has vote of confidence from 2/3 of the Senate. Saraki is this, Saraki is that but he was being praised as a progressive when the rebellious nPDP defected to APC.

Fayose this, Fayose that, but none is able to put forward a reasonable reply to send him to cleaners if he is dirty. His outburst is very well anchored on facts. He stated the obvious but sheepish followers and hangers-on who can deduce the truth from common sense would rather resort to name-calling. Fayose so far has been the only one who engages APC in fierce issue based politics. His detractors hate him because he is articulate, vocal and assertive. Read through his press statement and counter him, not name-calling.

Sahara Reporters are a disgrace to professional journalism. What did PDP governors do to SR even the performing ones. It is obvious from the pictures that it was a prayer session when everyone's eyes was closed. He might appear sleeping, but sentiments apart, Wike has outperformed other governors that were sworn in the same time with him so far despite all the distractions at the tribunal.
Sahara Reporters aint helping professional journalism in Nigeria. They are really good at finding fake facts to advance their junk, hate, propaganda, unconscientious and unprofessional journalism. Very unfortunate and asinine thing to do.

The composition of the Government of the
Federation or any of its agencies and the
conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in
such a manner as to reflect the federal
character of Nigeria and the need to
promote national unity, and also to
command national loyalty, thereby ensuring
that there shall be no predominance of
persons from a few States or from a few
ethnic or other sectional groups in that
Government or any of its agencies.
Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria: section 14 subsection (3)
The above provision of the Constitution
enshrined the federal character principle since 1979 to ensure that appointments to public service institution fairly reflect the linguistic, ethnic, religious, and geographic diversity of the country. To this end, faithful implementation of universal primary education and imaginative rehabilitation of secondary and tertiary education are required to ensure equal opportunities for all citizens to compete for civil service positions on the basis of merit.
So far, in the so called change mantra and search for near-clean candidates for federal executive appointments, President Buhari has been making lopsided appointments dominated by North. His antecedents, dispositions and body language is unbecoming of a sensitive and listening leader who knows the diversity of the nation he rules. Arguably, this spites Nigerian constitution and Federal Character Principal.
If Nigeria is to know truthful peace and achieve national integration, unity and economic growth, then the Federal Character Principle is a necessary evil. Whatever may be the criteria and qualities considered for appointments, I know that such criteria and qualities are not exclusive preserve of any tribe, region, religion or geography. So, the argument that it does not matter where the person comes from so long as the person is competent and delivers does not hold waters as you cannot search in any particular region or zone and not find and equally meritorious candidate. It is not where someone comes from that makes someone corrupt or not as we have had and heard corruption cases of people from all quarters and zones of this nation. So, discipline, incorruptibility, integrity and solid leadership traits are not exclusive preserve of any region or tribe. The federal character principle is a necessary evil that Nigerians have to live with for now. It is a sacrifice to be made for the emergence of the just and egalitarian society we aspire to have while still praying hopefully that with time when our politic body has developed sufficient immunity and becomes impermiable to the virus of prejudice, tribal sentiments, and discrimination the federal character principle will go the way of the dinosaur.
However, if this system of ruling is not reviewed, it could lead to societal unrest, national disintigration and autocratic governamce where the president easily empowers individuals and tribes of his interests without due regard to good conscience, natural justice and equity. No matter what your nice dreams are for Nigerians, it must be such that the plan be actualised by the constitution of Nigeria and democratic tenets. Nigerians should know that the unconstitutional action they praise today may turn around tomorrow to hunt them. No region should be made to regret the way they voted whether 95% region or 3% region since they exercised their constitutional right. 3% regions don't beg anybody for favour. They only demand that Nigeria be governed with the provisons for her constitution and Federal Character Principal in one of such provisions.
We shall keep wailing until we move toward fair Nigeria and Good Governance. If you wanna join the the Assiociation of Wailers For Fair Nigeria and Good Governance, you can indicate your interest here.
Wailers!- Fair Nigeria, Good governance.
We wish PMB well while still praying that he desists from being unnecessarily adamant in changing his bad old ways.

Campaigning still

Sorry followers. Are they through with this recruitment? I thought the Eunisell recruitment team were transparent with the publication of the candidates test scores. What happened in other stage(s) of the recruitment exercise?

Biased reporters. Sahara Reporters are a disgrace to professional journalism. I'd rather stay than work with "let's pull him down" reporters. Junk journalism.

It is one of the maladies of our time for people to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth on trivial issues and refuse to face it when graver and serious issue occasions itself.
That's what Nigerians are good at - bringing religion in everything even when common sense will make do.

I didn't see anything in both my inbox and spam.

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