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Nairaland GeneralOne Of The Charmless Cities;the BBC Features Abuja,the Unfinished Capital, by ferking(op): 6:04pm On Oct 18, 2013
i wonder how on earth that Some people will not mind their own business, Imagin a reporter featuring our capital in such manner.
When one of Nigeria’s long line of
military rulers, General Olusegun
Obasanjo, seized the land on which Abuja
was to be built in the late 1970s, he could
hardly have imagined that the city would
remain unfinished 35 years on. Abuja has a makeshift, haphazard feel to
it: A place of bureaucrats and building
sites, its streets eerily empty after the
buzz of Lagos or the enterprising bustle
of Kano. It is one of the most expensive cities in
Africa, and one of the most charmless. The skyline is dominated by the space-
rocket spires of the National Christian
Centre and the golden dome of the
National Mosque, facing each other
pugnaciously across a busy highway at the
city’s centre. Its other striking landmark is the vast
construction site of the Millennium Tower,
which, if it is ever completed, will be
Nigeria’s tallest building. The skyscraper was intended to mark
Abuja’s 20th birthday in 2011. Now
delayed until who-knows-when, hugely
over-budget and the subject of numerous
official investigations. The National Mosque stands at the side of
a busy road in the city centre
All the people of Abuja have to show for
the billions invested in the project are
two stunted fingers of scaffold-clad
concrete. I had been in Abuja for three days –
about two-and-a-half too many – when
my friend, Atta, a sociologist, picked me
up from my hotel. We drove out towards Aso Rock, the
monolith looming over the presidential
palace. On either side of the road there are
complexes of bulky, imposing mansions,
most of them unfinished. Some had empty swimming pools; others
had mock-Tudor timbering, but were
windowless and often roofless. Atta told me that 65% of the houses in
these developments were uninhabited,
put up only to launder Abuja’s dirty
money. Like the Millennium Tower, these
grandiose schemes are ruins before they
are completed, bleak monuments to a city
built by kleptocratic politicians on stolen
land. We pulled off the Murtala Mohammed
Highway at Mpape Junction, and
immediately the road deteriorated. There are many uninhabited mansions
near Aso Rock
“I am going to show you the real Abuja,”
Atta told me, as his car struggled up a
deeply-rutted dirt track. A warm wind from the desert to the north
– the Harmattan – whipped clouds of red
dust around us as we climbed through
rocky scrubland into the hills. Mary
People began to appear on the streets –
men carrying ancient Singer sewing
machines, women balancing baskets on
their heads. We entered a vast shanty-town of shacks
with corrugated iron roofs, slums stacking
to the horizon. Nissan minivans scuttled past – they are
called “One Chance” buses, as they barely
stop on their manic journeys through
these uncharted streets. Crowds thronged between skinny cows,
beneath posters advertising beaming
televangelists. Dance music blared out, interrupted by a
muezzin’s call to prayer. Bright-eyed
children kicked footballs about. This was the home of the Gwari people,
the original inhabitants of the land where
the capital was built. Hundreds of thousands of them were
summarily evicted in the 1970s, and now
scrape a living in the hills. Many of the original owners of the land
around Abuja are now living in poverty
Abuja is itself a Gwari word and, although
the city of generals and politicians below
us had barely 700,000 inhabitants, two or
three million people live in these shanty towns, many of them Gwari. The Gwari people continue to fight for
compensation for the land wrested from
them by the Obasanjo government, land
now worth more per square kilometre
than almost anywhere else in Africa. We got out and walked through the
smoke and dust towards a row of shacks. In one of them, a woman knelt on the
ground plucking a chicken, a man above
her leaning on a makeshift bar. They were Frank and Mary, Gwari people
in their thirties, children of one of the
thousands of families originally evicted
during the foundation of Abuja. The four of us sat in the shack sipping
Fantas, staring out at the swarming life
of the shanty town: Motorbikes and cattle
and people, all of them through a veil of
reddish dust. “I trained as an architect,” Frank told me.
“I have an education. But I do not have
money, I don’t know the right people. So I
work here with my sister. In Abuja,
money defines everything.” I ask him about the empty mansions
lining the roads into the city. “That is pseudo-Abuja, a false place. It’s
unjust – we should be living in those
houses. Instead…” He gestured to the
squalid lean-to that jutted from the back
of the bar. Mary looked up from her chicken. “Life
here is difficult,” she says. “Often we can’t see across the street
because of the smoke and dust. If it rains,
you can’t move for the mud. But we pray
hard.” Thick dust and smoke often fill the streets
Frank pulled out a CD. It was Fela Kuti’s
Suffering and Smiling. “This,” Frank said, as the music coiled out
from an ancient hi-fi, “is the compressed
statement of Nigerian society. We suffer,
but we smile. Nothing will change until
we get angry, until we stop smiling.” A storm was coming in, red clouds rolling
overhead and thunder crackling down the
valleys.

PoliticsRe: 500mw Power Plant Ready To Be Commision by ferking(op): 5:05pm On Oct 18, 2013
the calculation show We are going somewhere

PoliticsRe: 500mw Power Plant Ready To Be Commision by ferking(op): 4:51pm On Oct 18, 2013
“We are set to
commission the Omotosho Phase 2. The four turbines
are contributing 500MW to the
national grid. “We have completed all
the test
running, and we find it imperative
to hand it over to government after the warranty period of a year
in overseeing the plant,” Zhao-Long
said. He commended the effort of the
Federal Government towards ensuring
the availability of stable electricity
supply to Nigerians. The plant is the second of the 10
Nigerian Independent Power
Projects (NIPP) under the
management of the Niger Delta
Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Ltd.
to be commissioned. The 10 power plants include the
already commissioned 434MW Geregu
II, Calabar 630MW, Egbema 378MW,
Ihorvbor 504MW and Gbarain
252MW, Others are Sapele 504MW,
Omoku 252MW, Alaoji 1076MW, and Olorunsogo 750MW. The project was
initiated in 2004 by
the then government of
former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
under the coordination of the
then Minister of Power, Liyel Imoke, now the Governor of Cross River. But the
project was abandoned
between 2007 and 2009 due to
funding arrangements. Work resumed
on Omotosho power
plant project in 2010. President Goodluck Jonathan on Oct
ober 4, commissioned the 434MW
Geregu II plant in Kogi.
With all these work We can say that
this present administration are really
working for the interest of It's citizens.
PoliticsRe: 500mw Power Plant Ready To Be Commision by ferking(op): 4:50pm On Oct 18, 2013
ferking: To all effort the government of Nigeria are putting all hand on deck in settling the country number one problem which give It's citizens a hope for a better and bright Nigeria in the nearest future.
The Managing Director, China
Machinery Engineering Corporation,
Mr. Liu Zhao-Long, has said that the
Omotosho 500 Mega Watts (MW)
Power Plant in Ondo State is set for
commissioning on Saturday. Zhao-Long said, on Friday in Lagos,
that the four gas turbines would
be commissioned by President
Goodluck Jonathan and that the
project would be added to the
national grid. “We are set to commission the
Omotosho Phase 2. The four turbines
are contributing 500MW to the
national grid. “We have completed all the test
running, and we find it imperative
to hand it over to government after
the warranty period of a year
in overseeing the plant,” Zhao-Long
said. He commended the effort of the
Federal Government towards ensuring
the availability of stable electricity
supply to Nigerians. The plant is the second of the 10
Nigerian Independent Power
Projects (NIPP) under the
management of the Niger Delta
Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Ltd.
to be commissioned. The 10 power plants include the
already commissioned 434MW Geregu
II, Calabar 630MW, Egbema 378MW,
Ihorvbor 504MW and Gbarain
252MW, Others are Sapele 504MW,
Omoku 252MW, Alaoji 1076MW, and Olorunsogo 750MW. The project was initiated in 2004 by
the then government of
former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
under the coordination of the
then Minister of Power, Liyel Imoke,
now the Governor of Cross River. But the project was abandoned
between 2007 and 2009 due to
funding arrangements. Work resumed on Omotosho power
plant project in 2010. President Goodluck Jonathan on Oct
ober 4, commissioned the 434MW
Geregu II plant in Kogi.
With all these work We can say that this present administration are really working for the interest of It's citizens.
Politics500mw Power Plant Ready To Be Commision by ferking(op): 4:44pm On Oct 18, 2013
To all effort the government of Nigeria are putting all hand on deck in settling the country number one problem which give It's citizens a hope for a better and bright Nigeria in the nearest future.
The Managing Director, China
Machinery Engineering Corporation,
Mr. Liu Zhao-Long, has said that the
Omotosho 500 Mega Watts (MW)
Power Plant in Ondo State is set for
commissioning on Saturday. Zhao-Long said, on Friday in Lagos,
that the four gas turbines would
be commissioned by President
Goodluck Jonathan and that the
project would be added to the
national grid. “We are set to commission the
Omotosho Phase 2. The four turbines
are contributing 500MW to the
national grid. “We have completed all the test
running, and we find it imperative
to hand it over to government after
the warranty period of a year
in overseeing the plant,” Zhao-Long
said. He commended the effort of the
Federal Government towards ensuring
the availability of stable electricity
supply to Nigerians. The plant is the second of the 10
Nigerian Independent Power
Projects (NIPP) under the
management of the Niger Delta
Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Ltd.
to be commissioned. The 10 power plants include the
already commissioned 434MW Geregu
II, Calabar 630MW, Egbema 378MW,
Ihorvbor 504MW and Gbarain
252MW, Others are Sapele 504MW,
Omoku 252MW, Alaoji 1076MW, and Olorunsogo 750MW. The project was initiated in 2004 by
the then government of
former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
under the coordination of the
then Minister of Power, Liyel Imoke,
now the Governor of Cross River. But the project was abandoned
between 2007 and 2009 due to
funding arrangements. Work resumed on Omotosho power
plant project in 2010. President Goodluck Jonathan on Oct
ober 4, commissioned the 434MW
Geregu II plant in Kogi.
With all these work We can say that this present administration are really working for the interest of It's citizens.
PoliticsRe: Alleged Plot To Kidnap Amaechi Uncovered by ferking(m): 2:56pm On Oct 18, 2013
ahba dis kind fake story self, ah wida oh
PoliticsRe: UN Security Council Elects Nigeria, 4 Others As Members by ferking(m): 1:50am On Oct 18, 2013
congratulation to my fathers land Nigeria
God bless Nigeria
God bless me
God bless GEJ
God bless Nigerians
PoliticsRe: The 16 Days Of United State Fg Shoutdown Dance Toward It End by ferking(op): 7:53am On Oct 17, 2013
ferking: Speaker of the House John Boehner
walks past reporters after a
meeting with House Republicans on
Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 16,
2013 in Washington. Done deal 10/16/13 10:45 AM ByBenjy Sarlin Sixteen days and $24 billion in
damage to the economy later, the
House voted to end the government
shutdown and raise the debt ceiling
– sending a bill already approved by
the Senate on to President Barack Obama, who said he plans to sign it
immediately. The House voted 285 to 144 to pass
the bill. The vote ends a weeks-long
stalemate that began as a fight
over the president’s health care
law, which was barely touched in
the deal passed Wednesday – a far
cry from the complete defunding of the law that Republicans wanted at
the start. The White House told federal
workers to plan to return to work
Thursday morning. “Once this agreement arrives on my
desk I will sign it immediately, we
will begin reopening our
government immediately, and we
can begin to lift this cloud of
uncertainty and unease from our businesses and from the American
people,” Obama said just before the
House vote. Asked by a reporter as Obama
walked away whether Congress
would only force another shutdown
in a few months when the Senate
deal expires, Obama replied simply,
“No.” Details of the plan were hammered
out between Democrats and
Republicans in the Senate. The bill will fund the government
through January 15, raise the debt
ceiling until February 7, and restore
back pay to federal workers
affected by the shutdown. It
touches on Obamacare in only one minor way, by strengthening its
income verification procedure for
insurance subsidies, a tweak
supported by the White House. The
deal also sets up a budget
conference between the House and Senate to work out a larger
spending deal by December 13, a
negotiating structure that
Democrats have demanded for
months. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
thanked Republicans, including
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, for
striking a deal. “Averting this crisis is historic,”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
said. “Let’s be honest. This is pain
inflicted on our nation for no good
reason.” “We cannot make this mistake
again as we go into the next round
of negotiations,” Reid said. A strong majority of 81 senators
voted for the deal; 18 opposed.
Those voting “no” included Senators
Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio,
and Rand Paul, four of the most
prominent Republicans who backed the defund strategy that provoked
the shutdown. Boehner announced earlier in the
day he believed the bill would clear
the House. “The House has fought with
everything it has to convince the
president of the United States to
engage in bipartisan negotiations
aimed at addressing our country’s
debt and providing fairness for the American people under
Obamacare,” Boehner said in a
statement. “That fight will
continue. But blocking
the bipartisan agreement reached
today by the members of the Senate will not be a tactic for us.” Boehner’s announcement came
after a brief meeting with his
conference in the House basement,
where participants said he was
greeted with an immediate
standing ovation. Despite the warm reception, his decision confirms
that the party will move on from
the debt ceiling and shutdown
fights with no significant
concessions whatsoever after they
tried to defund, then delay the president’s health care law. Senate leaders Reid and Mitch
McConnell announced the deal to
end the shutdown and raise the
debt ceiling early Wednesday
afternoon in successive
speeches. Removing a key obstacle to passage, Senator Ted Cruz said
shortly afterwards that he would
not use procedural tricks to delay a
vote past the October 17 deadline
to raise the debt ceiling, a move
that could have put the nation at risk of default. Speaking from the Senate floor,
McConnell acknowledged that his
party had fallen far short of its
initial goals of blocking the
Affordable Care Act, but urged
members to unite behind him. “Republicans remain determined to
repeal this terrible law,” McConnell
said in a speech from the Senate
floor. “But for today… the relief we
hope for is to reopen the
govenrment, avoid default, and protect the historic cuts we
achieved under the Budget Control
Act.” Boehner’s own plan imploded Tuesday night when warring
factions in his conference made a
deal impossible. In a dramatic defeat,
Boehner scrapped a bill that would raise the debt ceiling, end the
shutdown, and secure minor
changes to the Affordable Care
Act. The proposal was a last-ditch
plan by Boehner to end the standoff
with some shred of dignity before Senate leaders reached a bipartisan
deal with even more modest
Obamacare changes. But House
conservatives, backed by the
influential Heritage Foundation,
rebelled and refused to support the measure, decrying it as too weak
on the president’s health care law. In the end, they lost anyway.
PoliticsRe: The 16 Days Of United State Fg Shoutdown Dance Toward It End by ferking(op): 7:49am On Oct 17, 2013
with the way i'm seeing things the global melt down Dat everybody wer expecting will not occur since,the parliment as vote for what should be voted for and d have all seen that the shoutdown was a lose not a gain to d country,so who is to bleme now?
PoliticsThe 16 Days Of United State Fg Shoutdown Dance Toward It End by ferking(op): 7:43am On Oct 17, 2013
Speaker of the House John Boehner
walks past reporters after a
meeting with House Republicans on
Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 16,
2013 in Washington. Done deal 10/16/13 10:45 AM ByBenjy Sarlin Sixteen days and $24 billion in
damage to the economy later, the
House voted to end the government
shutdown and raise the debt ceiling
– sending a bill already approved by
the Senate on to President Barack Obama, who said he plans to sign it
immediately. The House voted 285 to 144 to pass
the bill. The vote ends a weeks-long
stalemate that began as a fight
over the president’s health care
law, which was barely touched in
the deal passed Wednesday – a far
cry from the complete defunding of the law that Republicans wanted at
the start. The White House told federal
workers to plan to return to work
Thursday morning. “Once this agreement arrives on my
desk I will sign it immediately, we
will begin reopening our
government immediately, and we
can begin to lift this cloud of
uncertainty and unease from our businesses and from the American
people,” Obama said just before the
House vote. Asked by a reporter as Obama
walked away whether Congress
would only force another shutdown
in a few months when the Senate
deal expires, Obama replied simply,
“No.” Details of the plan were hammered
out between Democrats and
Republicans in the Senate. The bill will fund the government
through January 15, raise the debt
ceiling until February 7, and restore
back pay to federal workers
affected by the shutdown. It
touches on Obamacare in only one minor way, by strengthening its
income verification procedure for
insurance subsidies, a tweak
supported by the White House. The
deal also sets up a budget
conference between the House and Senate to work out a larger
spending deal by December 13, a
negotiating structure that
Democrats have demanded for
months. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
thanked Republicans, including
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, for
striking a deal. “Averting this crisis is historic,”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
said. “Let’s be honest. This is pain
inflicted on our nation for no good
reason.” “We cannot make this mistake
again as we go into the next round
of negotiations,” Reid said. A strong majority of 81 senators
voted for the deal; 18 opposed.
Those voting “no” included Senators
Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio,
and Rand Paul, four of the most
prominent Republicans who backed the defund strategy that provoked
the shutdown. Boehner announced earlier in the
day he believed the bill would clear
the House. “The House has fought with
everything it has to convince the
president of the United States to
engage in bipartisan negotiations
aimed at addressing our country’s
debt and providing fairness for the American people under
Obamacare,” Boehner said in a
statement. “That fight will
continue. But blocking
the bipartisan agreement reached
today by the members of the Senate will not be a tactic for us.” Boehner’s announcement came
after a brief meeting with his
conference in the House basement,
where participants said he was
greeted with an immediate
standing ovation. Despite the warm reception, his decision confirms
that the party will move on from
the debt ceiling and shutdown
fights with no significant
concessions whatsoever after they
tried to defund, then delay the president’s health care law. Senate leaders Reid and Mitch
McConnell announced the deal to
end the shutdown and raise the
debt ceiling early Wednesday
afternoon in successive
speeches. Removing a key obstacle to passage, Senator Ted Cruz said
shortly afterwards that he would
not use procedural tricks to delay a
vote past the October 17 deadline
to raise the debt ceiling, a move
that could have put the nation at risk of default. Speaking from the Senate floor,
McConnell acknowledged that his
party had fallen far short of its
initial goals of blocking the
Affordable Care Act, but urged
members to unite behind him. “Republicans remain determined to
repeal this terrible law,” McConnell
said in a speech from the Senate
floor. “But for today… the relief we
hope for is to reopen the
govenrment, avoid default, and protect the historic cuts we
achieved under the Budget Control
Act.” Boehner’s own plan imploded Tuesday night when warring
factions in his conference made a
deal impossible. In a dramatic defeat,
Boehner scrapped a bill that would raise the debt ceiling, end the
shutdown, and secure minor
changes to the Affordable Care
Act. The proposal was a last-ditch
plan by Boehner to end the standoff
with some shred of dignity before Senate leaders reached a bipartisan
deal with even more modest
Obamacare changes. But House
conservatives, backed by the
influential Heritage Foundation,
rebelled and refused to support the measure, decrying it as too weak
on the president’s health care law. In the end, they lost anyway.
FashionRe: Wearing Sun Glasses Indoors: Fashion Or Stupidity? by ferking(m): 6:28pm On Oct 14, 2013
ferking: every body have the reason for doing Wad d are doing and it always to their own interest oh,pls stop marking urself d judge of the world by condeming who dò a certainty because you are not d most wise individual,fashion or out of fashion,d are personal reason for it oh
FashionRe: Wearing Sun Glasses Indoors: Fashion Or Stupidity? by ferking(m): 6:11pm On Oct 14, 2013
every body have the reason for doing Wad d are doing and it always to their own interest oh,pls stop marking urself d judge of the world by condeming who dò a certainty because you are not d most wise individual,fashion or out of fashion,d are personal reason for it oh
PoliticsRe: Nigeria At 53 - What Has Been Your Story So Far? by ferking(m): 1:12am On Oct 02, 2013
ferking: We as the country Nigeria We have a dream and We have hope that one day our dreams and aspiration will come to tangibility,and our plight will bè a fogotten issue,so please follow Nigeria never jugde our dear country by it problem or condem us by what We are going through because We Don't have a perfect destination in the world,even in our individual homes We still have issue no matter perfect it is.God bless Mr president of Nigeria,God bless me ,God bless my dear country Nigeria.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria At 53 - What Has Been Your Story So Far? by ferking(m): 1:10am On Oct 02, 2013
We as the country Nigeria We have a dream and We have hope that one day our dreams and aspiration will come to tangibility,and our plight will bè a fogotten issue,so please follow Nigeria never jugde our dear country by it problem or condem us by what We are going through because We Don't have a perfect destination in the world,even in our individual homes We still have issue no matter perfect it is.God bless Mr president of Nigeria,God bless me ,God bless my dear country Nigeria.
PoliticsRe: Delta Kidnap-Kingpin Gives Jonathan A 60-day Ultimatum by ferking(m): 1:02am On Sep 20, 2013
i Don't know what is wrong with nigerians?they are too selffish for my liking,Imagine nonsence must they finish the country money before they rest,dò they calculate what the government spent in oil bussiness before they think that everything that the government made in oil should bè handed to them for the satisfaction of their selfish libidos, i'm sick and tire of this unpathrotic adtittute of Nigerian citizens every body are just after themself,they are not concern for the interest of the country.every unit that would have help in making the country great are working for the downfall of the country. yesterday assu, today labour and some selfish governor tommoro something else,will you allow my hear to Eat salt?
PoliticsThe Reasons For The President Action On The Nine Ministers by ferking(op): 2:49pm On Sep 12, 2013
Revealed: Why Jonathan Sacked Nine
Ministers President Goodluck Jonathan sacked nine ministers yesterday – in a shocking move that sparked questions on the motive of the action. Five factors accounted for the ministers’ sack: According to highly-placed sources in
government, some of the reasons are: non-
performance; security reports on alleged
corruption; political allegiance and doubtful
loyalty to the President; poor management of
turn-key projects; and the crisis in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). A source, who pleaded not to be named
because of the “sensitivity” of the matter, said:
“You will recall that the President asked the
ministers to sign a performance bond. About
four of the nine ministers failed to live up to
expectations in the assessment of the Presidency. “In fact, three of the ministers were yet to
understand their mandate after being in office
for two and a half years. One of the ministers
had more than 20 agencies under him but his
performance was poor. “We cannot also rule out alleged corruption
acts by two to three of the ministers. For
instance, there is a particular outgoing minister
who forced the parastatals under the ministry
to buy a N17million Sports Utility Vehicle SUV
for personal use. “The money-spinning parastatals were
unhappy but they had to do it. It also got to a
ridiculous extent that the minister was always
asking for remittance of interest accruable from
funds kept in some banks by parastatals under
the ministry. “Another minister had problems with award of
contracts, some of which were rated as inferior.
The agencies supervised by the minister made
a joint demand for change. “Ironically, the minister lost a plum cabinet
position at a time a platform was created in a
state to fight political adversaries of Jonathan.
The minister was dazed when the President
announced the sack.” According to a source, there was also the
alleged tardiness in the award of the
$1.3billion (N212billion) Zungeru Hydro
Project. The Federal Government is expected to spend
about N303million in generating one
megawatt of electricity. The hydro project is
said to be one of the most expensive in the
world. “Although no corruption infraction was found
against Hajiya Zainab Kuchi, she was sacrificed
for not being vigilant,” the source claimed. It was also learnt that the alleged overstaying
in the cabinet by the former Minister of National
Planning, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, may have
led to his exit. Another source said: “I think Shamsudeen has
been in the cabinet since 2007. Though he did
well in designing the Performance Benchmark
for the Federal Executive Council(FEC), the
nation’s planning system has not improved. “An egg-head, who is a former Deputy
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), he
may have lost his post because of difficulty in
measuring his achievements which appeared
to be long term. And you know, politicians
have no patience for long term gains.” As at press time, political motives were being
read into the sack of some of the ministers but
a source in the Presidency disputed these. Some ministers were reportedly sent packing
because of the rebellion of the G-7 governors
in the PDP. “People alluded to this factor because some of
the Ministers were nominated by their
governors. Such Ministers are Prof. Ruqayyatu
Rufai(nominated by Governor Sule Lamido);
Zainab Kuchi(by Governor Babangida Aliyu of
Niger State); Alhaji Bukar Tijjani(from Borno now being controlled by APC without being
unable to mobilise PDP to launch counter-
attack),” said the source, adding: “For Shamsudeen, who was not nominated by
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, his alleged cold
war with the Kano State Governor led to the
factionalisation of PDP in his state. He became a
political risk for Jonathan to retain him in the
cabinet. “But, contrary to political permutations, some
ministers from the rebellious states, like
Adamawa , Rivers and Kwara, are in the
cabinet because of performance without
anyone touching them.” Ms Amal Pepple, who is from Rivers State, is
believed to have lost her job for being unable
to read the President’s mood on the crisis in the
state. “Concerned about her state, Pepple recently
walked up to the President, knelt down and
asked him to forgive Governor Rotimi Amaechi
of whatever sin the governor had committed,”
the source said, adding: “Although Pepple was not nominated by
Amaechi, her U-Turn made the Presidency
suspicious of her loyalty. “Her innocent intervention in Rivers crisis and
fact that she was also just waking up to make
impact at the Ministry of Housing and Urban
Development cost her the job.” Ashiru’s removal was said to have shocked his
colleagues. “In fact, one of the ministers almost
shouted as the President was reeling out the
names of those to be dropped,” the source
said. He said: “There is a strong suspicion that since
the Presidency was uncomfortable with ex-
President Olusegun Obasanjo, who brought
Ashiru into the cabinet, the minister’s days
were numbered. In spite of the mediatory role
of Obasanjo in PDP crisis, the position of the Presidency was that he had only attempted to
clear the mess he created. Ashiru might just be
a scape-goat. “As for the Minister of Environment, Hadiza
Mailafia, the tempo of political situation in
Kaduna requires a change of guard.” President Jonathan shocked the sacked
ministers as he did not betray any emotions at
the FEC meeting. A Presidency source said: “We all went in with
the usual exchange of banters. The President
and his deputy and a few others came late but
we did not suspect anything. “After honouring a star athlete, Blessing
Okagbare, we went into the business of the
day with most of the nine ministers making
contributions, oblivious that they would go. “As we were about to say the closing prayers,
the President said: ‘I wish to inform you that
some ministers will be attending this FEC
meeting for the last time there will be some
changes; some will be dropped.’ “A pin-drop silence overwhelmed the
Executive Chambers as he was reading the
names in a military fashion. “After the list was read, the Minister of Interior,
Comrade Abba Moro, said the closing prayers.”
PoliticsRe: 57 PDP Reps Declare Support For Atiku’s Faction by ferking(m): 10:45pm On Sep 04, 2013
my advise to mr president is that he should remain calm no matter the strategy employ by his opponent,mr president should remember how he came to power,almost all Nigerian were not on his side,even the people from his region were agains him,but he had just one person on his side and Dat person was God and a last with this one person he won against millions.so with that past lesson he should not trouble his heart even every body want to live the party he is affiliating to,the fact is that when the time comes We will know the real winner,please dont change your mind because of their actions because their art will make nature to bè at your side .
HealthRe: Doctor Claims Pregnant 15-year-old Teen Is Still A Virgin by ferking(m): 9:53am On Aug 07, 2013
bring the gal to me make i conferm oh,cos Dat story sweet oh,Abeg make una tell me again Nah
PoliticsRe: NLC Threatens To Join ASUU Strike by ferking(m): 5:10pm On Jul 24, 2013
hmmm thiss ASUU matter nawa oh,but come to think of it how much do each university in Nigeria sent to the federation account that the lecturer thinks they should be given every thing they made from schools, those guys are just there making the money into their pocket, am not insurport of the government for poor education standard in the country but the fact is that our follow nigerians are not helping matters, when the government create a standard the university stuff will dilute wit their corrupt practises. The most annoying thing here is that these lecturers are so selfish they don't even have the interest of their student at heart,how can a lecturer calls for a strike that will last for 3 month without considering what will happen to academic calender? Just because they are looking for the opportunity to go and do ther priavate business, because most of them runs priavate lecture in a different location for their interest,some of them lectures in priavate university that why they are doing what they are doing. I hate to see every body in Nigeria to wanting to share the national cake without thinking on how to bake it,every body in nigeria just want to work for themself but no body care's to work for the country,but in our antherm we all pleadge to serve the nation with all our strength,but in real life the reverse is the case if u will research this thing u will understand the the Government don't make profite in most of the establishment,but every body will claim they are serving the nation mean while they all serving themself,do u know how much it cost to build one standard university in a setuition were every body touching the project will take a share from it?then fill it with staff ?let assume that these money was borrow from any avenue with intention to pay back with interest,please sombody should tell me how much will take for the money to be reture in a setuation were every body wants to fiill his pocket?like in the case of Nigerian public servant? Please lets work in unity to build our nation not destroy it with selffishness oh...
FoodRe: Guys Who Claim They Are Wonderful Cooks- See Your Handwork! by ferking(m): 12:38am On Jul 14, 2013
stop saying bubbish because dat guy has made a mistake due to certainty,now you will construct a crusific to crucify all male cook as if you ve not been seen guy who cool more dan ladies or as if u ve not been seing ladies who can't cook at all,please allow us to hear word jor, all dis big eatries and hotel we ve in d world, who cook their meal? Most of dem are done by male chef...... So go and tell your story to d bird if the will clap for u.
FamilyRe: My Husband Is Always Running by ferking(m): 11:58pm On Jul 11, 2013
It might be the woman's fault oh, because I ve withness a case like dat, were a wife brought people to beat the husband up,and pack all her properties and that of the husband to her family compound, we thought that, that was the end of the union but few week later the man went back to beg the wife and the wife was claiming hard,so the man had to carry other people to help him out which they did and the woman came back to dat compound after all that she did.so sometime love can humiliate a man to the lowest point of life, most if d man is dat calculating,you don't ve the to blamb the man for his action cos some sillent people are very bad in anger so in order for him not to cause complicating issue that will make an head line in nigeria news paper like a man kill his pragnant wife, and end up in jail he has to look for alternative B.beside every body are not d same,what u can condole I may not b able to do so and vise versa
Nairaland GeneralRe: Snake Swallowed A Goat In Abuja by ferking(m): 1:37am On Jun 30, 2013
I would have love to say something,but I will not say anythhing before my ogar at the top will say a different thing,so is left for my ogar at the top.
PoliticsRe: Amaechi - 2015 Elections May End-up Like NGF Poll by ferking(m): 12:34pm On Jun 27, 2013
mr Ameachi life is not all abt ranting in thing that are not necessary,life is a game of law and principle, to remain in a position of life u must use ur head,wen u break the law of power you must hide urslf and try to rearange,instead of making noice that will not count,and there is sometin u must remember that NGF chairman is not ur birth right,so before u implicate yourslf d more,you beter be wise and use ur head,stop making fire dat will consume u at last.enough of acusation that will not help you.what do u want us to do? Fight for u huh? Or what do we stand to benefit as a country if you are the chairman of NGF? Wen u wer d b4 wat did we gain?becite even if the man in question influence d election what will you? the law still remain that you should never atshine your master and wen you do u will face d wrath of the master.it is Becos mr president is simple? And u think you can use his simplicity for stupidity?or you 1 to use his gentility for weakness?if you were in the time of obasenjo will you do what you are doing? Or do you 1 to lose your position as a governor?my friend if mr president wanted dealling wit u there so many ways he would used to end ur political life,if u want to no more ask others,like Atiku or even ibori, a word is a enough for the wise.
CrimeRe: Security Man Breaks ATM, Steals N12m by ferking(m): 12:07am On Jun 26, 2013
hmmm those that amount mentioned sound like true? I don't trust bank managers oh,they may use that occurrance as a medium to steal their own and make the guy to face the penalty for their did,Wel I don't blaim them much I blaim the theif were the catch,cos whom where them catch na him be theif,so kill am die......Heheheheheheheheheheheh
PoliticsRe: Jonathan Misses Speaking Slot At AU Gathering by ferking(m): 10:04pm On May 25, 2013
is it a crime for the president to miss his speech?,or what would have been our national benefite if he had gave the speech? Please allow me to hear word,can't you people know that he was busy doing inportant thing in the intrest of his country?will his speech at AU meeting solve any of our problem,cant u see that he had so many internal issue to deal with?have you not heard that the best answer for a fool is to keep silent?were you not aware that the were so many fools there whom were ready to make a fool of his speech? u don't understand that not saying anything at all is the act of power?please learn from mr president incase you did not know.
I love the style of mr president, instead of creating problem he kept quiet to gain more respect,now others african leaders will be afraid of Nigeria since they don't know what is in our mind.
God bless mr president
God bless me
God bless federal republic of Nigeria.
PoliticsRe: Reno Omokri Replies Buhari's Call For Jonathan's Resignation by ferking(m): 9:56pm On May 24, 2013
The fact is that Buhari is just lucky that GEJ is a God fearing man, and he is leading Nigerian with the fear of God, if not people like Buhari should be hiding and running for their dear life,were was Buhari when obasenjo was rulling this country,were did he keep his mouth when obj use the military to clean the whole of bayelsa? D incident that inspire timaya,were was Buhari when yaradua ordered for the killing of the so called boko harem?what did he say?okay! Because he has seen mr Good man he now want to show dat he now knows how to talk,please help me tell him that we still love mr president even if he is incompetent,so leave him for us we love him that weak and we hate you that strong nigeria is too fragile for your iron hand.
PoliticsRe: Sanusi To FG: Dont Overspend On Military Operations, by ferking(m): 12:32am On May 23, 2013
hmmm sanusi you are funny oh, what a pitty you are acting like judas did in the days of Jesus christ, can you compare the value of the lives and properties that was distintegreted by the rebellious element and the cost of the solution? Think cost it will not be up to.
PoliticsRe: Jonathan's National Broadcast May 14, 2013 - Full Text by ferking(m): 12:58pm On May 15, 2013
weldone my president, show them that the simplicity of a tiger can not be taken for stupidity neither is it gentle nature be claim for weakness. please sir show Nigerian that you are not weak as they proclaim, but that you know the best step to take and the time to take it. Please use all the constitutional might is in you to make sure that all the political spiders that are bringing out any form of violentical cobweb be crush completely in order to prevent future occurrance irrespective of their political magnitude.because when you do that you successfully give us the nigeria of our dream, please don't allow anybody to use you as political manifestus in a campaign. In know that is not simple but the God of Nigeria will help you out,and the whole Nigeria.
God bless the president,
God bless Nigerian,
God bless federal republic of Nigeria.
BusinessRe: What Business Can A Student Start With N10,000 by ferking(m): 11:55pm On May 11, 2013
guy start selling bread with it, in you ll be shock in what you ll discover from it, if you start selling bread and groungnut with the 10000 naria for a week you will c what you will gain by it, for example if u buy 1000 naria groungnut after selling it you ll make more than a thousand naria as gain and the bread of 9000 naria will give u atlease 1500 gain,so if u can finish it in a day u will make 2500 that day.but make sure that your stomach is not in the bisiness so dat you can successed with it,try it for one month and you will never regreat dat you do.
RomanceRe: Symphathetic Story by ferking(op): 11:23pm On Apr 17, 2013
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