Why are you jittery while no northerner is contesting for 2027 election? What the North is saying is that non of us is contesting we will support 2 candidates from the south and vote for the best. Is'nt this better for our policy?
GEJ no even get the strength to dey drag this kin thing again. He is mentally tired to do this. Same North that betrayed him after Yaradua's death, now they wanna use him like a disposable tool again. He should be smarter than this
As for this sectional North, Its all wild imaginations till they get beaten in their own game again
A stamp from Sultan and Emir Sanusi would sway the whole almajiri vote behind APC again.
In a delicate period like this, we need a strong man and not some weakling that was manipulated all through by Stella Oduah,NOI and Diezani
emkz: It is no longer news that the protesters have publicized several demands and have not met to converge on what they want. Let us look at some of the demands.
(1) Scrapping of the 1999 constitution and replacement with a people-made constitution If the constitution is scrapped, what would Nigeria be governed with? If they need a people-made constitution, where is their own manuscript for that constitution? Do they think a constitution is something that is just written like a homework?
This specific demand is a call for an interim government, and possibly military rule. Once the constitution is suspended, Tinubu ceases to be president because his powers as president are legitimized by the constituion.
(2) Toss the Senate arm of the Nigerian legislative system There is no where, there is no constitution that gives President Tinubu or anyone the powers to scrap a part of any arm of government. This can only be done by the military. This specific demand also calls for military rule. The other demand to make legislative work part-time would require a constitutional amendment. Tinubu does not have the powers to make that amendment by fiat.
(3) Increase minimum wage of Nigerian workers to 250,000 naira monthly This is something the president can do. Unfortunately, how many governors have been able to pay 30,000 naira monthly? How many can even pay 70,000 monthly, with the Gombe State governor already saying he won't be able to afford it? Thise who work in the public sector enjoy a lot of allowances, and lucrative trainings abroad and travelling. The salary is just what it is. There is a government agency that even gives all cadres of workers fuel allowance. Unfortunately, many states civil service won't be able to afford this. So 250,000 across board might not be accomplished and the president cannot be responsible for paying states' civil servants.
(4) Invest heavily in education and give students grants, not loans and compulsory education across Nigeria Some public universities institute scholarships for bright students as far back as 20 years ago. Some universities take over the fees of students on track to first class. Many states have bursaries with which they support students. Agencies like TETFUND? NDDC and PTDF have consistently funded students within and outside Nigeria. I won't support giving grants to dullards. Let everyone win grants on merit as it has always been.
The protesters may not know that agencies like UBEC had tried to tackle the issue of compulsory education, but even after FG releases money, some states fail to pay their counterpart funding. fPresident Jonathan built some almajiri schools; what is the state of the schools today? In my view, each state can decide to deal with the problem of free and compulsory education on their own.
(5) Unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, demilitarization of the southeast and release and compensation of EndSARS protesters Nnamdi Kanu's case is in court, why not allow the process to be seen to the end? As for demilitarization of the southeast, similar calls were made by Borno elders to former president Jonathan as they claimed the military was killing their children. Jonathan asked Borno elders to guarantee him they'd ensure an end to terrorism in their domain. They refused to assure him. It is the military that has ensured things have not become worse than they are right now.
As for unconditional release and compensation for all EndSARS protesters, are the protesters aware that some of those who claimed to be EndSARS protesters looted public properties and businesses? Are they calling for their release as well? In my view, those who committed crimes must be punished.
(6) Renationalize public enterprises sold to government officials and cronies Would be nice to know the specific public enterprises and the government officials who purchased them. I am sure the protesters are not aware of OPL 245 and the Malabu scandal that has ruined Nigeria's chances of making good money from that lucrative oil well? Even if the assets were sold corruptly, it cannot be retrieved by fiat. There is a process that can drag for many years. Only the military or an autocrat can reverse things like this.
(7) Reinitiation of a corrupt-free subsidy regime to reduce hunger, starvation and multidimensional poverty. This makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately, the same Nigerians will abuse the subsidy regime. Even the bags of rice that were donated, no matter how paltry; didn't some people attempt to rebag the rice to sell?
(8.) Probing the past and present Nigerian leaders who looted the treasury, recovering the loot and putting the funds in a special account to fund education, healthcare and infrastructure In other words, Nigeria should spend years on litigation. How about block loopholes so that no one can loot again?
(9) Restructuring Nigeria to accommodate diversity, resource control decentralization and regional autonomy This makes sense. Unfortunately, people from Mars will not be in charge of the regions. Look at NDDC that failed the Niger Delta people. Restructuring Nigeria will require a constitutional amendement and Tinubu cannot do it by fiat.
(10) End banditry and terrorism and violent crimes Why was this not point number 1? This is something the president can and must do. Everyone must work with him on this. The parents of the bandits, kidnappers and terrorists must give up their children; the rogue businessmen, religious leaders and local politicians must give up their businesses and report their footsoldiers to the authorities. The era of "he must not kill our people" must stop. Terrorism has destroyed the peace in most states and must be dealt with decisively.
(11) Estabishing a special energy fund to drive investments in the power sector Didn't Buhari sign a bill into law to allow states generate their own electricity? How many states have taken advantage of it? Didn't Nigeria also secure an energy development bank for Africa to be headquarted in Abuja recently to identify and develop Africa's energy sources? Of course, Nigeria will take advantage of this.
(12) Reconstitution of Nigeria's electoral body to remove corrupt individuals and partisan hacks We have heard so much accusation of the INEC chairman being bribed and thereby compromising the election. How much was he given? How was the money paid? In which account was it deposited? We need to be careful the way we throw accusations to soil people's names.
(13) Massive investment in public works and industrialization to eploy Nigerians Many among the youth publicly opposed the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway and sided with Landmark, despite his properties not adversely affected. We must all agree on what we want as a people.
(14) Massive shake up in the Nigerian judiciary to remove cabals of corrupt generation of judges Historically, the Nigerian Judicial Commission has destroyed many judges implicated for corruption. There was one hearing an elections petitions case and received a donation for his father's funeral from the defendant's lawyer, who was a SAN. They fired the judge and had the lawyer derobed of his SAN. Many judges have had their promotion stunted and dismissed. Because of the way the judiciary is, these things are not always in the press.
DMerciful: This is a lame argument you people refused to recover from because you wanna push Igbo hate.
Firstly, he stayed in power for 5months and unify the civil service 45 days before he was assassinated. If Nigeria did not want that policy, who enforced it after he was killed? Why did the new government not repeal the decree?
Secondly, when Ironsi was killed, it was still 4 regions renamed as 4 states. Why did Gowon divide the 4 states to 12 states making it impossible to reverse?
You can only bring this instances after the governorship poll but as it is now he is right to seek for redress if any.
fergie001: Nothing is going to happen anyways, Primary is an internal affair of a political party.
It is simply party politics.
The relief he is seeking cannot be granted.
These are internal affairs of a political party. Again, issues surrounding delegates are pre-primary matters and the Courts are divested from entertaining same.
In short, the Court has no business in pre-primary affairs. IT IS A STRICT PARTY AFFAIR.
Again, Jimoh Ibrahim is not saying he won the Primary election... He is saying the process leading up to the Primary (that is issues surrounded the delegateship) was fraught with irregularities.
The Supreme Court held this position in Timi Alaibe v Douye Diri per Rhodes-Vivour JSC (as he then was).
This matter is a waste of judicial time, infact, the lawyer will be advised to withdraw the suit.
These northerners don't know anything. To them, everything is power and more power. All bank headquarters are in Lagos.70% of banking activities in Nigeria are done in Lagos. Cbn staff go to Lagos for inspection and at times spend 2 months there and would be lodged in the hotel and they will also collect out of station allowance which is waste. Being in Lagos will give them more time to monitor these banks very well..From the loan they disburse to form M they approve and cbn running cost will reduce.
Botragelad: How can the navy destroy 15,775 litres of crude oil without causing a massive environmental disaster? That's a lot of oil to just dump into the sea or burn off. Surely, they would have to find a way to safely dispose of it or return it to the rightful owners.
How can they estimate the value of the products to be N13,251,000? That's a very precise number for something that depends on the market price and the quality of the oil. How did they measure the quantity and the grade of the oil? Did they have a lab on board or did they just guess?
According to them, the wooden boat was intercepted about 12 nautical miles off the coast when they also say that the base will intensify surveillance within the axis? That's a huge distance to cover with a wooden boat. How did they track and intercept it? Did they have a radar or a satellite or did they just spot it with their eyes?
They claim the base is committed to stamp out the menace of COT and other crimes when they also say that they received intel on illegal bunkering within the axis? That means they already knew that there was a problem and they didn't do anything about it until now. How effective is their surveillance and intelligence?
This statement is a load of rubbish that doesn't add up. It sounds like the navy is trying to cover up their incompetence or corruption by making up a story that doesn't match the facts.
Exactly.... Same thing happened to me and I regretted voting Peter obi
After he lost, they started insulting all Yorubas and when we talk, they forget they we were chanting obidents together and quickly isolate me all bcox I'm Yoruba.. I felt so bad, many yorubas like me campaigned for obi but when he lost, dey reject us and say shebi our brother don win.
Reno is saying the truth. You can't be a good Muslim without believing in Jesus. There is a whole chapter name after Maryam in the holy Quran. However in Islam Jesus is believe as the prophet and Messenger of God.
Truthday: It is somewhat surprising that Nigerian Christians, and even a newspaper like Punch, are surprised that there is a mosque named after Mary, the mother of Christ, in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Those asking Nigerian Muslims to learn from Dubai, are actually the ones who should learn from Nigerian Muslims. They are relatively ignorant of Islam.
The most Islamic state in Nigeria is Sokoto. And one of the most common names in that seat of the Islamic Caliphate is actually the name of Christ. Isa is not a Hausa name. Isa, or Yisa, or Issa, is the Arabic version of Yeshua in Hebrew and Jesus in Greek.
So revered is the name in Sokoto that a Local Government Area is named after Him-Isa Local Government Area, Sokoto.
As a matter of fact, you cannot be a true Muslim if you do not believe that God sent Christ.
When prophet Muhammad, Salla Allahu alayhi Wasalaam, had his first revelation of the Quran, he went with his wife, Khadijah, to consult a man named Waraqah ibn Nawfal. Waraqah was a monotheistic Christian, who revered Maryam (Mary).
When the Quraysh wanted to kill prophet Muhammad (SAW) and the first Muslims, the Muslims escaped to the Christian nation of Ethiopia, where they were protected by the Negus, which was the first hijrah before the hijrah to Medina.
Christ is mentioned by name in the Quran more times than anybody except prophet Muhammad (SAW), and his mother, Maryam, of whom the Dubai mosque is named, is the only woman mentioned BY NAME in the Quran. (Other women were mentioned but not by name).
So, if Al-Quran mentions Maryam, why is it surprising that a mosque is adorned with her name?
Christ Himself is described in the Quran as Al-Masihu Isa (Yeshua The Messiah) in Quran 4.157, 4.171.
So, it is only people unfamiliar with Islam in general, and with Islam as practiced in Nigeria, that will marvel at the Dubai mosque named after Maryam (Mary).
How can you ask Nigerian Muslims, who named a whole Local Government after Yeshua (Jesus), to learn from Dubai, because they named a mosque after Maryam (Mary). Who should learn tolerance from who?
lifezone247: Yes, yes and yes. AC has nothing to do with fuel consumptions. It’s uses gas when the engine is running. Make una stop that mentality abeg.
The one doubtful on this list is pyramid. It doesn't disappeared in 3 days rather allocated to rice millers to purchase. It took us longer that expected to finish avacuation
SalamRushdie: Buhari govt must not be allowed to implement subsidy removal , they want to stockpiles at subsidy cost and sell to Nigerians at 700 naira ...Buhari govt should just go
What can you say about Atiku, Okowa and Tambuwa recorded conversation?
lhordspy: Maybe we should leave political sentiment asides. We all know Peter Obi made some extreme religious political moves during the presidential campaign period by manipulating, exploiting and exploring our religious diversity to his own advantage. But the thing is no matter how interesting the latest finding is and no matter how fulfilling it is for we the progressives. I think it is time we start asking questions about the supposedly 'exclusive-findings' of gazetteNGR of recent. With this latest one clearly violating the section 37 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of N8geria which state that:
''The privacy of citizens, their homes, correspondence, telephone conversations and telegraphic communications is hereby guaranteed and protected.''
Even though i dont know how these things work entirely. But i have seen some crime movies (for example: TheWire, Sopranos, Power etc) where even the law enforcement agents/agency will have to acquire something like a court-warrant or court permission with enough reasons; a very convincing motives, to be able to secretly wiretap phonecalls of a criminal or any other person during investigation. You have to convince a judge to the fullest before the warrant or permission is granted. Failure to secure the warrant and going ahead to carry out the action make it illegal, a crime with serious consequences which also render the voice-conversation gotten from such unauthorised secret-wiretap inadmissible in court as an evidence.
I think the labour party camp should drag gazetteNGR to court and whoever published that voice conversation should be made to testify as to the real source of the wiretap under oath. Somebody need to start paying for these illegal acts carried out all in the name of investigative journalism. We cant keep operating as a lawless country.
Today it is Peter Obi, it can be anyone tomorrow. I don't even feel safe making phonecalls anymore.
Firstly, Shagari won this same election in 1983 Exactly something like this. 12 states out of 19. Secondly, even if a runoff is declared, Obi isn't the runner up. That's my fear. Rerun would be between Atiku and Tinubu.
We told the APC that they do not have a candidate but they kept arguing, beyond the drug related crimes for which he has been convicted, the APC candidate does not have the mental stability required to run a complex nation like ours.
Voting an APC government into power will completely ruin this nation and no patriotic Nigerian should allow it to happen.
We appreciate Sen. Bola Ahamed Tinubu for saying God Bless PDP but he can also extend it by saying God Bless Atiku Abubakar Nigeria's next President who is coming rescue Nigerians from the hopelessness they have been plunged into by the APC.
PDP and Atiku Abubakar remains Nigeria's only hope and together we can get it done!
9jahotblog: The Northern Elders Forum spokesperson Hakeem Baba-Ahmed who coincidentally is the elder brother of the Labour Party Vice Presidential candidate asked Atiku Abubakar the question below verbatim.
"Your Excellency, Northerners are watching you now, in the next few days they will hear or they will see you. Please tell the Northerners why out of all the Presidential candidates they should trust you not anybody else with their votes and their trust and why you are the best candidate that can lead Nigeria and the North through changes. Please speak to the Northerners directly."
That was the question from the Northern elders Forum spokesperson. Remember they organised the event and as such asked the question to know Atiku's plan for the North.
Atiku Abubakar in his smartness answered the above question below, verbatim:
"Well, Mallam Northerner, ohh Madam Northerner(he smiled), I have been in politics now for three decades, (Prof. Ango was whispering something and Atiku picked his statement) for 35 years and I have traversed the whole of this country, I know the whole of this country, I have built bridges across this country. I think what the average Northerner needs is somebody who is from the North and also understands other parts of Nigeria and who has been able to build bridges across the rest of the country. This is what the Northerner needs. He doesn't need a yoruba candidate or an Igbo candidate, this what the Northerner needs. So I believe, I stand before you as a Pan Nigerian of Northern origin. Thank you very much."
Atiku Abubakar in the above clearly reminded the Northern elders that he is although a Northerner but not a candidate of the North because he has built bridges in every part of Nigeria.
Atiku Abubakar reminded the North that his candidature is not just for the North but for Nigeria as a whole!
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Children of hate has failed in totality, they shall perish in their hate.... Atiku is coming, no lies, propagandas, stones can stop him.... #AtikuOkowaPDP ✅✅✅
This man is not serious at all. You're starting something at the end of your tenure; you're yet to apply for license but you start coming out public to achieve cheap political point.
On a serious note, is high time our constitution is amended to accomodate state police.
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I can't wait to see this happen! 2023 will be very interesting contest, atleast, all the mojor ethnicity group will represented in the contest. This time around, I won't for my own but for a distant ally. That's the secrifice I can give to see if Nigeria can ever work again! With Kwankwaso as a running mate, the north is well repsented, Senate president can go to South West.
[quote author=iLegenddNoReply post=112306104]Let's assume 2,290 Naira is equivalent to Dollar at the time. If so, that means 2,290 Naira equals $2,290.
Using today's exchange rate of 594/$, that means 2290 * 594 = 1,360,260. Approximately 1.4 million Naira of today. With 1.3, you can buy a car today — even if it's tokunbo.
So, it's wise to make your money in Dollar and convert to Naira. With this, you won't feel the difference that much.[/quote
Almost on point but that time 1N=$2 So N2290 = $4,580
Odidigboigbo: Whether NAS delete it or not, that section of the electoral act cannot stand, it's at variance with the constitution. The constitution is clear on this matter, any act or law that is not in concurrent with the constitution, the constitution takes precedence. The constitution says governments appointees should resigned a month before the election, If NAS is serious, they supposed to have amends this section of the constitution before inputting it in the electoral act.
AltMon2: An angry mob this evening attacked Orji Police station in imo state Nigeria.
In a video obtained by Afrolic, the angry men were seen destroying the station as they carted away arms and other properties, sharing them amongst themselves.
ZeroAccess: They call us lazy youths, that all we know how to do best is focus our energy on BBN. Now the monsters are out on the street and no more twitter cry.
On a lighter note, are you sure is just end sars naija is calling for. Cos the ig already ended that shit, at least on paper. Naija abeg speak up on other issues.
bros from day 1 this is not about end SARS, it is about frustration with the system.
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