₦airaland Forum

Jonathan? Never again.

You didn’t know it would be like this when you were applying. You just know you wanted a job. Your relatives came together and contributed the money you put in an envelope to grease the wheels that would roll you through the various recruitment levels. Money that was probably bigger than your first salary. You were excited about the new uniform. About the rank. The serial number. Your name on your breast. But no one told you. No one whispered it into your ear that you would be serving an ungrateful, hateful bunch of citizens who think you are the worst thing since palm oil on your white shirt on your way to school.
You do not understand the hate. You cannot make sense of the lies they tell about you. But you will do your duty and serve your fatherland inspite of all the naysayers and bad belle people. You will be a police officer.
The Check Point
God forbid that they put you on check point duty. But someone has to do it. Someone has to flag down cars and shine a torch into people’s faces. Someone has to salute the people in nice cars and remind them that their boys are loyal. And especially on the weekend, someone has to wish the law abiding citizens happy weekend. Who else will give road users the privilege of showing their appreciation for the selfless work you do with a bit of cash? You are not doing anything wrong. Think if there were no beggars in Nigeria. If they all went on strike. All those people who go to marabouts and juju priests will have nowhere to give up the offerings that form part of the rituals. You perform a serious duty. Take it seriously. Raise your voice when you ask: “Anything for the boys?” or “Oga how e go be na?” Be proud of who you are. Look people in the eye. Don’t squeeze the notes you recieve. Fold them nicely and put it in your front pocket. God sees your heart.
The Station
People may scrunch up their noses when they walk into a police station without asking, why does this place smell like an abandoned public secondary school male toilet on a Friday afternoon. They will not ask why the walls have to look like the kitchen walls of a motor park bukka. They will judge you over a small thing like filth and stench. Your intention is not to make anyone comfortable in there. You want the suspects to reflect. To think of the wrong they may or may not have done. To be so moved by all of the sights and smells to repentance. To come to a point where they hate crime. The people who judge you do not understand that as a police officer you are a literary person. The walls and floors are a metaphor for the hearts of the criminals - dirty. You want to hold up a mirror to them. You do it for their own good. You do not want a nice comfortable police station where people will commit crimes just to spend the night as if it were a motel. God forbid that your station becomes a motel.
The Pot Belly
You may start out thin and flat bellied. Do not see that as a thing of pride. You will look awkward with your police uniform tucked into a thin waist with your stomach looking like a chalk board. People won’t respect you if you look hungry. Whether you are male or female, this applies to you. You need to slowly work your way to making your uniform look good and make the journey around your large belly. That way you look like authority and when you tuck in your uniform, you look menacing enough to stop crime. God forbid a flat, hungry belly. It will not be your portion.
The Patrol Vehicle
Like I said, you are a literary person. You are deep. Your patrol vehicle is another example of a symbol and a metaphor all in one. Don’t mind the people who watch Hollywood movies and want to bring fiction into reality wanting police patrol vehicles to look nice and neat, complete with bumpers and fenders, rear lights, uncracked windshields and a radio that works. Your patrol vehicle is a metaphor for the struggle of society. The dents are a metaphor for the deep impressions you want to make on people. The broken indicator a metaphor for all the broken things which indicate how problematic crime can be. Your job is to fight crime, not have a nice car. Leave nice cars for politicians. Nobody has time for that. Do not bother with replacing lights. Tie broken or cracked fenders and bumpers with nice thick copper wire. You are like that copper wire, holding the fabric of society together. And for this God will bless you.
The Barracks
As a humble person, you do not care about looking flashy. Especially where you live in the barracks. This is where people can best see your humility. In the open sewers. In the litter. In the bushes and shrubs. The barracks has to show how down to earth you are. So down to earth you do not care about kempt surroundings. If you see someone obsessively cutting the grass, cleaning the gutters or sweeping the streets, they don’t have work to do. And we all know that the idle mind is the devil’s workshop. May you never become a workshop for the devil.
The Torture
People don’t understand you. You know how, to get well shaped metal tools, the blacksmith has to beat it into shape. The blacksmith doesn’t beat the red hot iron because he hates it. Far from it. The blacksmith beats it out of love for the craft or making metal tools and items. Same with gold. It has to go through fire for purity. When you slap a suspect or chain them or beat them until you get a confession or slam batons onto the soles of their feet or strip them naked or whip them or let other inmates beat them, you do it out of love. Same way a mother will let a nurse insert a needle into the buttocks of her child. An injection hurts. But a mother knows it will help the child in the long run. You, more than most people know this. You love the people you torture. You want them to change. God who sees your heart, knows this and will reward you greatly.
The Accidental Discharge
Sometimes as a police officer, you will shoot people acidentally. Like when you have had too much alomo bitters during the night patrol. Guns are unpredictable. Don’t let this affect the love you have for your job. Don’t let a small thing like an accidental discharge or killing someone at a checkpoint stop you from giving your life to changing society.
God bless your hustle as you serve and protect.
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/because-i-care/how-to-be-a-police-officer-in-nigeria/164789.html

Since when did the journalist Jaafar Jaafar turn to a comedian?

He is used to attacking previous governments until they invite him to come and chop but this government is a government that will not invite him to come and chop nor will it overlook his crimes no matter how he attack or blackmail it.

Where are the cows? Even 'the picture or I don't believe' crew are not around to ask for the pictures of Fulanis grazing their cows in the national stadium.

free2ryhme:
Stop government sponsorship of pilgrimages, Mr Governor.
Channel the funds to education and healthcare.

Who told you the state government sponsored the pilgrims? The pilgrims paid for their pilgrimage.

Bede2u:
I think the CAN leader has a point. The foremost Ambassador of U.S in the world should be seen to be fair. If Nigeria is a country and if its unity is non-negotiable as people claim, then why visit only the north? Why meet only northern leaders? Why meet only muslim leaders? Why not meet all governors? Why not meet a coallition of christian and muslim leaders? I read before in a history book that Lord Lugard felt 'more comfortable with the leaders of northern Nigerian than with the more suffisticated/learned tribes in the south'. When queen elizaberth came to nigeria in 1958 she only visited the north. With this visit, modern u.s has shown again that this remains there policy as far as nigeria is concerned; to protect northern interests first.

When the Europeans came to the north they met a literate society with a well established system of political and judicial administration in contrast to what they have met in the south especially the primitive igbo who have never had any sort of centralized government. Can't you ask yourself why they are more comfortable with North rather than the south who they brought their religion to and are practicing it? They prefer the North because an average northerner is more enlightenment and more trustworthy.

Grundig:
Ok. Here's the pattern.

Security/defence/econony - north

Every other thing - south and some north.

How is the economy in the hands of the North? Check this:
The National Economic Council is headed by a southerner in person of the VP, the ministers of finance, budget and economic planning are all southerners. Don't forget also that the heads of some important departments like the FIRS are all southerners.

Impeaching the President is what Saraki and his group would contemplate but they know the consequence of initiating the move. First it won't succeed because Senate alone cannot impeach the President and even in the Senate they cannot get the required number. The majority of senators from the north dare not be identified with the plot and that is why senator Misau is already sweating because sometime back his involvement with saraki led to his stoning by his people. What I know is that whenever we we feel these jokers in the Senate, trying to protect themselves against corruption charges, are serious about the impeachment move we can mobilise ourselves and protect the government from them.
Buhari also has the option of using the state machinery to crush them whenever he feels they are taking their joke too far. As things stand Impeaching Buhari by these bunch of corrupt senators is impossible.

I had expected those groups to show understanding of the situation but instead they tried to use it to create division in the country. They are crying because of an addition of just one day while the Muslims are forced into a holiday every Sunday.

yarimo:
on his way to the venue his car broke down because of insufficient fuel

I just learned that he moved into the house he bought at Kuje prison.

Where is Prince Uche Secondus?

In the list I can see one Jaafar Isa an associate of the President yet some are saying the war against corruption
is one sided. I pray that God give the President more power to commit our yam eaters to prison

In the list I can see one Jaafar Isa an associate of the President yet some are saying the war against corruption is one sided. I pray that God give the President more power to commit our yam eaters to prison.

truthspeaks:
Story for d gods

Is that all you can say? Boss Mustapha is a Christian and Kilba by tribe, so which one is the story for the gods?

SherlockHollmes:
gida mustapha is a northerner, young man. Gida means house in Hausa

Are all northerners Muslim and Fulani? Let me repeat myself for the sake of those with comprehension problem: Boss Mustapha is neither Muslim nor Fulani.

truthspeaks:
this is a great lesson for southerners. Wen u get thr, all appointments shld be frm the south. And to northerners, don't cry to heavens wen it's ur turn to be side-lined cos no northerner is talkin despite the obvious. Buhari is not worth bn a leader as he has proven himself to be a father of the north/fulanis. If I were southerners in ApC, i'd leave d party for the northerners. Cos truly, ApC is an islamic/party of the north. Imagine wit all the appointments/projects Jonathan gave to this backward region n all they could do is to fill up current appointments with their ppl. I'd rather vote for the worst southern leader than give my vote to the best of best northern candidate

Stop spewing nonsense. Boss Mustapha is neither a Fulani nor a Muslim.

I have no regret in voting for Buhari and given the same choice I will vote Buhari over Jonathan again.
I live in Adamawa state and before Buhari there was a real possibility of our area being overrun by Boko Haram but now Boko Haram is eliminated and people are enjoying peace.
I fully understand that the damage done by PDP's 16 years rule cannot be undone within a year and that must of the problems we are facing are result of PDP's misrule.
I am more determined than ever before to support this government to prove that their sabotage will never make me wish to return to the era where our resources are stolen with impunity and Boko Haram is killing people and gaining territories for their caliphate and the government cannot do anything about it.

My amiable President you are welcome back.

cramjones:
I know that many in the North cannot speak English, but this SS3 girl should be able to at least understand when she is asked questions. She neither understands nor even speaks a speck of English. When English is spoken to her it has to be translated. What sort of WAEC exam was she writing without a clue of English? Why did we have an Amina look alike arrested two years ago with bombs? I support PMB, but when I see holes it must be pointed out. There is something just not right!

-CramJones

Where did you get that she was in Ss3, when she was kidnapped? Is it a problem of comprehension or mischief or both? Please go and read the the statement by the NA and educate yourself.

This is a lie. The minister is alleged to have said this in a public forum and yet no major newspaper reported it except an obscure blog? The correct figure is 200 Naira per prisoner per day.

MonPro:
Girl if you were born and resident in nigeria. Buhari and his fellow he-goats from the Allah region would probably have stolen you from school and taken your virginity at 10.
You will also be forced to wear a dirty smelling burka/hijab while in captivity in a pedophilic Emir's palace.

Did i also mention that while your womb breeds almajiris for them, their own daughters will be in the best schools in UK and US with school fees paid for 4 years in advance but they'll tell your parents to accept their fate.

Anyday you wake up just thank God you are not resident in a zoo ruled like an Arab jungle by the Pedophilic dulllard that you just interviewed. You are lucky but many are not!

Or inversely if you were born in that region your father would have serially raped you, impregnate you, crudely abort the pregnancy and in the process inflict life threatening and permanent injuries on you as that father in Bayelsa state has done to his daughter.

2015 Election: Presidential, National
Assembly results from Nigeria’s South South
inflated – Report
The results of the 2015 Nigeria’s Presidential and
National Assembly elections from the South-South
region of the country were probably inflated by
officials of Independent National Electoral Commission,
a report released by a civil society coalition, Transition
Monitoring Group, TMG, says.
TMG is Nigeria’s foremost election observation group.
The report titled “TMG Quick Count Report of the 2015
Presidential Election” was launched in Abuja on
Friday.
TMG said it deployed approximately 4,000 citizen
observers to carry out representative observation of
polling units across the 774 Local Government Areas.
Although the report showed that estimates by TMG’s
Quick Count correlated with official results finally
released by INEC, the group however said the number
of accredited voters was inflated during the collation
exercise, suggesting a way of creating room for inflated
results.
“In verifying the official results of the 2015
presidential election, the Quick Count estimates
strongly suggested that turnout was inflated during the
collation process in the South-South geopolitical zone,”
the report said.
“Quick Count estimates for the South-South geopolitical
zone was 40.6% (+/-4.5%) while the official result the
zone was as released at 55.9%. Thus official turnout
was likely inflated during the collation exercise by at
least 10.8%. The official results of the other five
geopolitical zones consistent with TMG’s Quick Count
estimates.”
Former President Goodluck Jonathan of Peoples
Democratic Party recorded sweeping victory in the
South-South, his base, while President Muhammadu
Buhari who was the candidate of All Progressives Congress swept poll
across in the North West, his zone.
But TMG said its estimates in the North West and the other zones, apart
from the South-South, ran consistent with INEC’s official release.
TMG said its observers reported on the poll, accreditation, voting,
counting processes and collected voting results at the polling units.
“At the heart of the Quick Count is a sophisticated database and text
messaging communication systems by highly trained data managers and
data clerks to ensure that complete and accurate data is received from all
observers and analysed … to form highly accurate estimates of the
overall poll conduct of the election, including party vote counts and voter
turnout,” TMG’s Program Manager, Lazarus Apir, explained.
The report said the deployment party agents by the APC to the polling
units in South-South and South-East was and 85% and 80% respectively.
But in the two regions, PDP deployed agents to 93% of the polling units.
The report showed that the APC perhaps deliberately de-emphasize focus
on the South-South and South-East, two strongholds of PDP,
concentrating on other zones where it deployed more agents to polling
units than PDP did.
Quick Count reported the presence of security personnel in 88% of the
polling units. But this was poor when compared with 94% security
presence across all polling units during the 2011 elections, TMG said.
By 11:30am of March 28, 2015, only 68% of the polling units had opened
for accreditation exercise and in 96% of the polling units no voter was
accredited without permanent voter’s card.
What counted as upside of Nigeria’s 2015 election widely acclaimed as
example for Africa, according to the Quick Count report, was that
observers reported there were no incidents of harassment against voters,
poll officials, party agents and observers during voting in 96% of the
polling units.
At 95% and 91%, respectively, of the polling units, APC and PDP agents
signed the result sheets (INEC Form EC8A).
In 91% of the polling units, results were publicly pasted. By regional
breakdown, results were publicly pasted in the North West, 93%; North
East, 96%; North Central, 92%; South West, 88%; South East, 90%; and
South South, 89%.
To improve Nigeria’s electoral process, TMG recommended that political
parties and candidates restrict their campaigns to Nigeria’s development
issues.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/201134-2015-election-presidential-national-assembly-results-nigerias-south-south-inflated-report.html

micfoley:
If this had taken place under GEJ , this story would have taken another dimension

During GEJ over thirty of El-Zakzaky's supporters, including his three children, were killed.

The same thing happened

What I heard from the police on the BBC Hausa service is that it is an accident that happened in the anti-bomb squad of the police. Bombs recovered from boko haram are kept there.

Any time any day I will vote Buhari over Jonathan. I have never voted a better candidate than Buhari. Buhari is doing exactly what I expect him to do i.e. fight corruption, manage the rot of PDP's rule, take care of our battered economy, restore our national pride and dignityand move Nigeria to greater heights.

What a coincidence? Today I felt pains and aches all over my body and took a sachet of Alabukum and off go the body pains and aches.

Dasuki didn't arrest Buhari
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/revealed-dasuki-did-not-arrest-buhari-in-1983-coup/215390/
http://thenationonlineng.net/1985-coup-dasuki-denies-arresting-buhari/
http://thenationonlineng.net/1985-coup-dasuki-denies-arresting-buhari/

It is more than two months I have not recharged my MTN line after they sent me a similar message. In that message they were telling me that my balance not sufficient to renew a service I have never subscribed to and that they will renew the subscription whenever I recharge my account.

Polizei Nordrhein-Westfalen
A man has died in Germany after a condom machine exploded. The 29-year-old was killed after a flying piece of metal from the blast hit him in the head on the morning of December 25 in Münster, Germany. Two other men took the victim to a hospital in Schoeppingen, where he died later from his injuries. The men told staff that he had fallen down stairs and injured his head, according to a local police report . During police questioning one of the men admitted this was a lie, and that he died as a result of a robbery attempt on a condom machine. The group had connected an explosive device to the machine, which was situated outdoor on a street, in an attempt to break it open and take the cash inside. The deceased, a local man, failed to take cover before the charge detonated and was hit by a flying piece of metal in the head. A resident heard the explosion and informed police. When they arrived at the scene the men had left and all cash and goods from the machine remained untouched. Photos from the scene show the machine blown open with condoms on the ground below. https://www.rt.com/news/327261-germany-condom-machine-blast/

Samunique:
Is suicide bombing not part of their operation anymore ?

Bros let's wait for the final whistle before the victory song !!!
Bokoharamites are animals, in fact terrorists are like cancer which is not easy to get rid of in the body.

So let's toe the part of our perceived victory with care and not being over zealious in trying to prove Mr President right concerning his December deadline just bcs we are his supporters, bsc BH are terrible people they can hit us at unawares while we celebrate.

Meawhile kudos to our gallant soldiers may the Lord bless them for their sacrifice !!!

Suicide bombing is part of their operations and as long as there remain a handful of people with their ideology you cannot eliminate the possibility of suicide bombing. Whenever you see a group like BH that is used to attacking .military formations and taking over territories being reduced to suicide bombings and attacking soft targets you know that it is seriously downgraded and the person who fought to achieve it earn the right to boast and our our praise.