But seriously,the idea of sending lunatics to their respective states or even to neighboring states, has been a norm since the 80's

“The Presidency has also noted with regret the continuing attempts by some individuals and groups to place responsibility for the unpleasant developments in Rivers State on President Jonathan.

“We are constrained to state once again that there is absolutely no factual basis for suggestions that some of the politicians involved in the current dispute are acting at the behest of the President.”

“President Jonathan certainly did not instigate the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly and as President of the nation, he will never support any actions that negate his avowed commitment to the rule of law. The President will also never violate his oath of office to always defend the Nigerian Constitution.” ----Reuben Abati.

Was Abati comfortable writing this? could this man ever be remorseful? How could one completely sell his conscience and still feel right?

Many still would blindly argue this, as they are presently trying to convince the world the Presidency has no hand in the happenings in Rivers State.

i still believe that Nigeria is the most corrupt country in the world.
being 8th is too flattering.

Amaechi, Chime and maybe Akpabio remains the only Good thing PDP offered as governors, their achievements are there for all to see, even the opposition parties and supporters acknowledges this. Now the Killer party wouldn't mind destroying their best because he has some issues with an illiterate wife of a very dull president.

gidiMonsta: Not as dangerous as people think. Anacondas are very gentle snakes despite their humongous size and they very rarely attack humans underwater (or anywhere for that matter).

i will kill a "shoe" or "bag" made of snake skin, you can imagine what i will do to a life snake...

Jeezz!! how can someone be close to this cursed beast.Yuuck!!!!!

Criminals in Govt Houses, From Prickson to Akpabio to Peter Obi and Imoke.
i thought they said there was no Elections??. The Video i have just seen on AIT is a major uppercut to
GEJ and his foot soldiers. cowards in high places

If OBJ was still the president will all these nonsense happen?

Emmadani: Rubbish...Whr was the so called court when buhari threatened to make 9ja ungovernable...Dis court is just adding salt n pepper to create war.

Please when was that..

kufreabasi:

Thank you very much. They have to be tried before Asari, else justice can't prevail

As a citizen of Nigeria, You can sue them, just like Malaye did, and let justice prevail.

flexshop: I have always known that the opposition is a very bad alternative for the present federal government.its just the ignorant few that would be misled by online ramblers who create a charade for people to see the opposition as messiahs and demonize the current government.imagine the CPC using thugs to rig elections.I know that the opposition would be worse in the federal government.and some nicompoops would come out to blame GEJ for this mess.I'm watching on

I am pretty sure you re one of the people that failed JAMB woefully, did you read the post from the close witness at all?

Stephen Keshi tipped as next coach

sometimes i wonder why this woman is celebrated in Nigeria,
i Googled her achievements so far and found nothing.

onatisi:
ehhhhhhhh,yeeepa
who has changed ?give him a ministerial post and see how reputably and remarkably corrupt he is.do u think he likes or loves nigeria so much?all this write up has a selfish agenda behind it .dont ever trust a nigerian politician

this is my point, leave the messenger, his analysis hasn't shown he's seeking political office or relevance, or is he canvassing for your votes.. it's a clear cut digest to the current political quagmire Nigerians face. the devil can also quote the bible, that doesn't kill the message the bible passes

anonimi: Is this not the same Dele Momodu whose Ovation magazine was dedicated to celebrating rogues who crippled Nigeria all these years of military dictatorship and the early years of return to democracy
Just like that lying hot dog, born-to-gain Executive Secretary of the AntiCorruption Network (ACN) Dino Melaye!
I guess anyhthing goes in Nigeria where we have short memory spans.




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There is nothing wrong if a sinner repents of his ways and fights for the greater good. it's called CHANGE.
typical of Nigerians, fighting the Messenger instead of facing the Message. SMH

Itoroetti :
Dele,go and sit down.we are not d problem ur ovation magazine isn't selling again,internet and social media is the reason.if u can't beat them,u join them.I believe u wish that u were made a minister,but that can't haven't.u contested for presidency,why didn't u win if ur ideas are any better.go and recover from ur melt down

It's safe to say I.diots like your type are the major stumbling block to real CHANGE Nigerians seek.

christopherike: Please, bear in mind that three billion naira is equal to three thousand million naira....
So, you actually want us to believe that Sir Emeka Offor has three billion naira to throw away to impeach a governor against whom he has no evidence, a governor who is not from his own state?....
and the said politician refused not because of self-righteousness but because of absence of evidence
Is it me or is something wrong with that statement?

Do you really know who Sir Emeka Offor is?
he could bring such an amount from his b*reast pocket

I dont understand, how can Ibori languishing in a UK prison
control the happenings in Delta state.

Deltans shouldn't miss this great opportunity,
I heard Oduaghan has ruined the state.

Amnesty to Boko Haram does not guarantee a Stop to killings and Bombing
Amnesty granted MEND has not stopped killings, kidnapping and massive criminality in the Niger Delta
the Government would continue receiving threats from these terrorists and criminal at the slightest opportunity

if GEJ should go ahead with this devilish plan of granting pardon to these blood thirsty demons, then he's simply doing it to buy support for his 2015 ill-advised intentions.

the military should continue their noble mission of crushing boko haram, and any wise human who has any regard for his dear life should leave the North.

Just saw this and was deeply saddened.
The whole world knows this. Yet Nigerians massively voted
a misfit as president.


Just outside President Goodluck Jonathan's office sat 17 ambulances, just in case he or one of his aides fell ill. They were seldom if ever used.

No actual health-care facility nationwide had as many, and in fact a few still have none at all. But as soon as a Nigerian newspaper took a photo of the ambulances and published a story about them, they suddenly disappeared -- probably to an underground garage.

Jonathan is president of Nigeria, which should be among the world's most prosperous nations. After all, it produces an estimated 2.4 million barrels of oil each and every day. With oil now selling at $93.61 a barrel, that's $224 million in income daily. And yet many hospitals can't afford to buy an ambulance. The reason, in my view: Nigeria is the most corrupt nation on earth.

Sure, Transparency International lists almost three dozen states as more corrupt -- Chad, Haiti, Laos, Yemen, Cambodia and the like. But are any of those nations as wealthy as Nigeria -- taking in $81 billion annually, just from the sale of oil? No, not even one of them. So Nigeria steals and squanders more money than any other nation, making it the world's most corrupt, by that measure.

Nigerian journalist Musikilu Mojeed finds all this so discouraging.

"With its geopolitical power, economic resources and middle class," he laments, "no country (with the possible exception of Saudi Arabia and Egypt) has the power to change the course of black/African civilization like Nigeria." After all, Nigeria is Africa's most populous state -- and large, twice the size of California.

So Nigerians are living an opportunity squandered -- particularly now. Egypt is in turmoil. In just the last few days, in fact, many Egyptians have been calling for a military coup -- anything to rid the state of its widely despised Muslim Brotherhood government. And a new report by the World Economic Forum ranked Egypt the least safe and secure tourist destination among 140 tourist nations evaluated.

Egypt has lost its place as the Arab/African worlds' leader, and Saudi Arabia never had it. So for Nigeria, the time is ripe. But its leaders seem interested only in stealing the state's money to make themselves rich beyond imaging. Think about it: $81 billion a year just from the oil, while most every local government official still tells his people the nation just doesn't have enough money to fix the roads, schools or hospitals. (Roads are in such terrible shape that government officials generally travel any distance by helicopter.)

And Nigeria's people -- well, they are as mistreated as any on earth. In only nine nations -- among them Liberia, Sierra Leone and Somalia -- do more mothers die during childbirth. And in only 10 states, including Chad, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, is the average life expectancy lower. Right now the average Nigerian's average life span ends at 52. That may be why the median age of Nigerians is just 18.

A few months ago, the Economist Intelligence Unit published an evaluation of the best places for babies to born in 2013, given their probable welfare as children and the chance for a safe, comfortable, prosperous life. Switzerland, Australia and Norway were the top three. The United States came in at 16th, largely because "babies will inherit the large debts of the boomer generation."

Dead last: Nigeria. "It is the worst place for a baby to enter the world in 2013," the report said.

Even with all that wealth, only just over half the population has access to clean drinking water, and one-third to a toilet, UNICEF says. Two-thirds live below the poverty line. Only one child in four who contracts pneumonia is given antibiotics, and only about half the population is literate.

The CIA also cites endemic "soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution." All this in a county whose gross domestic product stands at $236 billion a year, in the same league as Denmark, Chile, Israel and the United Arab Emirates -- prosperous, successful states to be envied.

Goodluck Jonathan is certainly aware of all of this. After all, taking the oath of office, he swore to "devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of Nigeria. So help me God."

Well, just last week he demonstrated who he really is and what he stands for when he pardoned a former state governor who'd been convicted of embezzling state funds and laundering the money. That pardon triggered a broad, angry uproar.

Good luck, Mr. Jonathan. It's time you were impeached.

(Joel Brinkley is the Hearst professional in residence at Stanford University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning former correspondent for The New York Times.)

http://saharareporters.com/article/nigerias-squandered-opportunity-joel-brinkley-la-times

this NFF guys are completely insane

We re sorry.

What's wrong with Nigerians abeg? i thought with delta state wining the unpopular "Worst Governor" Prize since democracy,
especially with Uduaghans low scores making Theodore Orji look like fashola, people would jump at the idea of change, and at least encourage
the EFCC lawyer to carry on.With all the negative comments here, its quite clear we haven't learnt anything

Why is the Centre celebrating and posing with projects executed by the states?,
it's clear that the FG reaps the largest percentage from every barrel of crude
sold so if the glory must be given to Jonathan i expect to see FG financed projects here not the
projects handled by the states where my taxes and sweat were involved.

Projects like the Egbema power plant, Warri Ajaokuta rail line was initiated almost completed since the military regime, why is GEJ trying to take credit for it?.
St. Patricks college, my brother Alma mater now looks like new, Uduaghan can be commended for this.

I am surprised some folks are celebrating having Anenih as the BOT chairman of PDP,
What good is such an unpopular and hated thief to the PDP?
It's clear Jonahs desperation has exposed his dubious character, What qualities
did he seek in a BOT chair that endeared him to an unpopular character like Anenih?