₦airaland Forum

Degis:
It was a night of great performance by Buhari on Amanpour's Interview. Short and unambiguous answers backed with well articulated and lucid thoughts

Seriously? He just said we have moved from the earlier promise of crushing Boko Haram to looking for there credible leaders to negotiate with?else am missing someting?

DIA and national security


The orgy of bomb blasts and gun fire that rocked the ancient city of Kano last Friday and also reared its ugly head in the wee hour of Sunday in Bauchi State has again brought to the fore the noticeable failure of intelligence pervading the nation’s security network. Unfortunately, for quite some time now, attention seems to have been concentrated only on the inability of the police to rise up to the internal security challenges confronting the nation.

With the recent ‘escape’ of a high-prized Boko Haram agent from police custody, nobody should be in doubt that the police has finally lost grip of the nation’s security, if it had any before. But we all know that the police alone cannot provide adequate security for the nation. That is why there are other sister agencies with clear-cut mandates. One of these agencies which have escaped public binoculars is the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA. It is, perhaps, one of the agencies that are in a better position to neutralise the current scourge of Boko Haram’s insurgency.

Regrettably today, the DIA is a shadow of itself. But how did it get to this sorry pass? With the redeployment of Major General Babagana Monguno from the agency to the Defence Headquarters a few months ago, many of its staff breathe the air of respite. Why was it so? Monguno was appointed Chief of Defence Intelligence, CDI, in July 2009 but throughout his tenure, the agency retrogressed in terms of manpower development and relevance to national security. Monguno closed down all the offices of the agency in the states with the exception of Abuja and Lagos. Even at that, the agency’s office in Lagos operates with skeletal staff, most of whom are artisans.

One of the problems confronting the agency is a sort of military oligarchy that exists in the system. It is a kind of enthroned dictatorship that has been ravaging the place. DIA was established along with the State Security Service, SSS, and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, NIA, in 1986. The agency was supposed to be modelled after the American Defence Intelligence Agency, comprising 30 percent of serving military personnel and 70 percent civilians. A fundamental crisis erupted when the military started seeing the agency as a “welfare ground”. Those at the helm of affairs, therefore, started their own restructuring by posting military personnel to the agency indiscriminately without any recourse to the act establishing it. In no time, the agency became flooded with military personnel while the number of civilians there took a sharp nosedive. The CDI and deputy CDI have consistently been military officers.

What is happening at the agency is the promotion of military supremacy, as it has long become a custom for the military personnel posted to the agency to rub it on their civilian colleagues that they are “bloody civilians”. The irony of the whole scenario is that the military personnel are visibly idle even though they enjoy the luxury and privileges of being there, including training programmes abroad which have become their exclusive preserve while the “bloody civilians” are denied this opportunity. The foreign training is like “settlement” as they never come back to put their newly acquired knowledge to work, thus leaving vital security assignments that naturally fall within DIA’s orbit for other sister agencies to perform. No wonder the agency has literally been relegated to irrelevance in security matters in the country.

Not only this. Monguno’s era witnessed a gradual decapitation of the agency as the total staff strength fell from about 100,000 to a miserable 10,000. Mostly affected were civilian staff, many of whom were compulsorily retired without any gratuity. As a result of this, many of the victims have dragged the agency to court. Currently, the agency operates about 11 departments. Out of these, only two departments that are less consequential are allocated to civilians. This is breeding a lot of suspicion and animosity between the military and civilian staff of the agency.

Monguno’s tenure was an era of terror itself for an agency that could have easily fought the current wave of terrorism to a standstill. His professional background as an architect and someone who had no previous intelligence training must have robbed the agency of the required direction it needed during his tenure. In many instances, instead of a properly coordinated security duties, he usually resorted to ad hoc arrangements which exposed his naivety. During the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan on May 29, 2011, it was a fidgety Monguno who ordered the network providers to shut down Abuja networks for the duration of the ceremony out of fear of terrorists’ strike. He also ordered the closure of the entry routes into the city. The only respite was to allow those who wanted to leave the city to do so.

Imagine the security agencies in say United States closing down Washington for a President’s inauguration even after 9/11 episode. What you have there is total covert operations that have often yielded good results. Such covert operations are alien to the security agency like DIA, which is saddled with internal security network.

Monguno had the exclusive past time of putting fears in the minds of the staff, particularly the civilians, threatening and sacking them at the slightest opportunity. In addition to this, field officers were starved of funds while money was allocated for events that had no bearing with the job of the agency. For instance, during the wedding ceremony of the daughter of AVM Faloyin, his deputy, in 2011, the vault of the agency was thrown open as military officers allegedly flew Business Class to the occasion in the United States with estacodes while ordinary bulbs could not be replaced as money was not released for operations.

If we are to fight the current resurgence of terrorists activities in the country, the Presidency should take more than a passing look at the DIA as a whole so as to enable it to function as it ought to be. One way to do this is to make sure that professionalism is enthroned in the agency. It is good news that the new CDI, Major General S.Y Audu, is an intelligence officer who understands the terrain.

The tyrannical tenure of Monguno, an indigene of Borno State, may have compromised national security. This is because at the inception of Boko Haram insurgency, those who were apprehended were handled with kid gloves, as they were left in the agency’s visitors’ room instead of cells. This enabled them to move freely and even got to know that the agency had internal problems. It sounds unbelievable that the Boko Haram suspects were being served special meals from Mr. Biggs and others, while Monguno kept referring to them as “friends of the agency”.

What is needed at this stage is a total overhaul, re-organisation and restructuring of the agency to enable it to meet the exigency of the moment. The DIA should revert to the good old days when its operatives were everywhere. The greatest problem in the security network of the country at the moment seems to be inter and intra-agency rivalry. This may have been responsible for the constant failure of intelligence in the country’s security system.

The security apparatuses need to come together and work for the common good of the country. This can only be achieved through concerted efforts in the area of inter-agencies’ cooperation. The plethora of security agencies too must put their house in order by engaging in confidence building, training in modern crime prevention and detection as well as provision of good working conditions for their operatives so as to encourage them to offer their best for the country.

SOURCE: http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/columnist/wednesday/dele-agekameh/34414-dia-and-national-security.html.

metroparrot:
www.metronaija.com is with the over 200 #bringbackourgirls campaigners has we have met with President Muhammadu Buhari for the first time.



President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with members of the BringBackOurGirls inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, security chiefs and other top government officials are also here . Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; Mariam Uwais and Hadiza Bala-Usman headed the #bringbackourgirls group to the Aso Villa


It is now 450 days since more than 200 girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in chibok, north-east Nigeria.

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/07/exclusive-photos-bringbackourgirls_8.html


cc lalasticlala

Have all the trappings of an arranged protest, see Oby with a laptop and welcomed with a bottle of water! I wonder why the Osun Workers protesters dont have there laptops too and bottle of water to go with it.

tobex23:
So the thread: Buhari Appoints Lawal Musa-Daura As SSS Director General hit frontpage, and usual outcry from anti-buhari folks is saying Northern agenda, but one thing they failed to realise is all past president appointed some one of their region.

This qoute was made by 'naptu2', which in my opinion wouldn't enlighten people enough


Source to the quote: www.nairaland.com/2422195/buhari-appoints-lawal-musa-daura-sss/6#35408214

God bless My President,
Sai Baba!

You dont seems to get what the issue is, all the appointments Buhari has made so far, its only one southerner that made the list, the rest are northerners.

SA Media & Publicity - Femi Adeshina - South
HEAD of Dept. of Pet. Res.(DPR) Mordecai Ladan - North
CSO - Abdulrahman Mani - North
State Chief of Protocol - Lawal Kazaure - North
ADC - Lt. Col Mohammed Abubakar - North
SSA Media & Publicity - Garba Shehu -North
CoS -Col. Hamid Ali - North
DG SSS - Lawal Daura- North
Account-General of Federation - Ahmed Idris - North
INEC AG.CHAIRMAN - Amina Zakari - North

dekdek:
u are wrong. Oshiomole has been on this witch case for so long now. No be today. simple google search will reveal a lot. Check one of it below

http://saharareporters.com/2015/05/27/economy-okonjo-iweala%E2%80%99s-hidden-figures-governor-adams-oshiomhole

You are mixing it up, Oshiomole said on channels NOI was sharing ECA funds in connivance with Commissioners of Finance, the main issue on this was Oshiomole just aware of this since 2011? Have not seen anywhere Oshiomole have earlier said his commissioner should stop representing him on ECA sharing or denounced commissioners for participating till now. The link you posted is entirely different, nothing to do with commissioners taking decisions for their principals on ECA.

Whynotthetruth:
And you think you're intelligent by spamming this page with this trash?...
Now, some questions to you and your "smart" oshiomole...

1)Is FAAC not constitutional?

2)Who appointed the finance commissioners?

3)Who does the finance commissioners represent in FAAC?

4)Does he and you not trust your Edo commissioner of finance?

5)Is he by any means insinuating that between abuja and home state that his finance commissioner loots some of the money?

6)Does his finance commissioner not report to him after every monthly faac?

7)Is it a problem of ego or looting to him?

I need answers Mr Not Gullible"... thanks

Thank you, i was shocked that the Governor opened his mouth and said this, maybe the stress of keeping up with his new wife is getting to him.

dekdek:
what he is saying is that the commissioners from all the states had no mandate from their principals to do such. Above all, its against the law.

And you believe that? Commissioners have been involved in this since 2011, why is Oshiomole just discovering it was wrong now? Or when the money was shared did it go to the commissioners pockets or state coffers? Or has he sanction his own commissioner of finance for partaking in this 'law breaking exercise'

dekdek:
This frog-eye bittch is just beating around the bush. This is what is expected from u to answer, the witch continues to deceive her gullible followers...............



OSHIOMOLE REPLIES OKONJO-IWEALA, SAYS 'I DON'T WANT TO SAY SHE KNOWS HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS'

Speaking on Channels TV this morning, Governor Oshiomole said;
"I think with all due respect to former Minister Okonjo Iweala, she knows how to play around, I don't want to say lie with statistics. I have made this point that she keeps opening only parts of the pages and not the entire book. The logic of transparency is that the honorable minister must publish in full what is accruing to the federation account month to month and what is distributed to who?

What she has been publishing is what went to the Federal government, state government and Local government. What she has never published simultaneously is what is it that accrued during the period out of which this said some was distributed so we can net what is distributed from all that was collected so we can see what was left in the Excess Crude. Now you can see her changing the goal post. Okonjo was a member of the National Economic Council, I was a member and we have asked her and I am on record at asking her , don't give us verbal report on matters of federation account. Give us written report and the power to spend is not vested in Commissioners, she knows that. You look at the constitution and tell me what section gives the commissioners of finance presided over by the Finance Minister all not elected by Nigerians. [/b]The membership of NEC is clear-the governors chaired by the Vice President representing the President, the CBN governor and other federal relevant ministries such as the ministry of National Planning. How would she avoid this level of responsibility? [b]When people are abusing governors today nobody is talking about Finance commissioners.Sometimes not even finance Minister. Why will she rather have the conversation with Commissioners of Finance and not the governors? So she has some explanation to do."he said


http://lindaikeji..com/2015/07/oshiomole-replies-okonjo-iweala-says-i.html

This is getting more interesting, so Oshiomole is saying the commissioner of finance in Edo state can go to Abuja with other Commissioners of Finance and share money out of ECA without him or the other Governors knowing about it?

bettercreature:
Infact this is one of the reason people will continue to destroy this country,our judiciary are full of shiit people stole billions and no single high profile politician been jailed since 1999,the best is to burn your voters card as there is no CHANGE any where these people are just the same

Direct your anger at the appropriate quarters, he is walking free because prosecution was 'feeble'. Means EFCC either dont know what they are doing or largely inadequate to prosecute financial crimes in a law court.

Very nice

Poor attempt at attention seeking

Okay, we learnt two things: Buhari was a ruthless dictator and the economy deteriorated under him.

espn:
Lol..how many dem be? Some clowns just won't stop bin stupid. Dey can't even gather 500 votes.

You are the clown here, Accord party is Rasheed Ladoja's party, a strong party in Oyo state, if Jonathan pull this off, then Jonathan can win in Oyo State

sirajdinsaudi:
“Even Jonathan did not finish his PhD course but when it was presented we stated that, it does not matter but many people do not know because it was PDP thing.” – Obasanjo

Former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has predicted that the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari will be the next Nigerian President which why those who are afraid of him are creating so many obstacles on his way, Saying “a general is always a general.

Obasanjo, who was reacting to the controversies generated over the school certificate of General Buhari said: “I see Buhari as the next President and Jonathan is aware of that, and that is the reason they are hitting him everywhere to put confusion in his camp. But a General is always a General… “

The former President said the truth of the matter is that Jonathan is aware that Buhari is qualified to contest for President election but that “some hawks with Jonathan do not want him to contest because they believed that he will win and come for them.

“The issue (of Buhari’s certificate) came up in 2007, and we investigated and found out that his WASC is with the military and that was why he was allowed to contest in 2007. Buhari cannot listen to anyone about his certificates because as a General of Nigeria Army, he will speak when he chooses, not by Femi Fani Kayode and Okupe asking him.

Fayose and other corrupt people including Kashamu do not want Buhari because of his anti-corruption slogan.

“Even Jonathan did not finish his PhD course but when it was presented we stated that, it does not matter but many people do not know because it was PDP thing.”

http://www.newspunch.org/obasanjo-buharill-win-this-election-we-covered-jonathan-he-didnt-complete-his-phd/

Words of a man looking for relevance, the opportunity he had, he lead us to where we are now

Validated:
This man has actually been retired by Jonathan
You had 12yesrs to improve Nigeria but failed and you are here talking.
Some people are shameless. At your age you are still making noise as if it matters. Can OBJ Win a LGA elections in today's GEJ one man one vote era?

A spent horse is of no use to a car owner.
Baba, Nigerians have moved on. We are ready to give you a state burial when the time comes. That is all that is relevant about you now.

Dont mind the old goat, even confirmed he was part of a cover up on Jonathan Phd, now that they have fallen out, he suddenly remembered that.

babadee1:
Don't be silly. Cambridge University sent a print out to confirm the results, that is what the statement of results was based on. They were the ones conducing O-level exams for Nigeria in those days.

So you should advise him to do the most sensible thing in this situation, obtain a CTC from cambridge university?

[quote author=joan1 post=30000910][/quote]A 2015 printout is now Buhari's 1961 certificate? coupled with a computer printout that was now been signed and stamped in 2015? This is the worst excuse for a certificate, Buhari should write to WAEC and collect a Certified True Copy if he is ready to defend his so called integrity

Reddit:
Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi, former chief economic adviser to late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, will head the policy directorate of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, TheCable can report.

Some other members of the directorate are Olawale Edun, former Lagos state commissioner for finance, and Yemi Cardoso, also former commissioner for economic planning and budget. Edun and Cardoso served as commissioners when Bola Tinubu was governor of the state. The team is tasked with developing the economic blueprint for Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Their work is expected to provide the policy direction for his government if he wins the February 2015 poll. TheCable also learnt that there will be two other directorates ─ one for political mobilisation and the other for communications. Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers state, is the director-general of the campaign ─ the only appointment officially announced so far by the APC. TheCable learnt that there are still many positions to be filled in the directorates. “The official announcement will be delayed a bit because the list is not complete yet. We are consulting widely,” an APC official said.

Read more at: Source | TheCable

Reddit, this is half information, you should have pasted what the Cable said about Tanimu Yakubu. He is nothing more than a crook, dont know the kind of change APC intends to bring with this kind of people at the helm of affairs. Have pasted the rest of the information below

Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi.
Not much is known about Kurfi, who loves to stay out of the limelight and has been keeping a low profile since he left government in 2010. He studied economics at Wagner College, New York, US. Kurfi, who is from Katsina state just like Buhari and former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, became commissioner for finance when Yar’Adua was elected governor of Katsina in 1999. He was later appointed managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria by President Olusegun Obasanjo. When Yar’Adua was elected president in 2007, he appointed Kurfi deputy chief of staff and chief economic adviser. He was believed to be the most powerful political appointee in Yar’Adua’s government. Kurfi hardly spoke to the media or addressed allegations, some of which accused him of stalling the power projects initiated by Obasanjo because he wanted to bring in new contractors. He was also accused of stalling the $8.3 billion railway modernisation contract agreed with China Civil Engineering and Construction Company by Obasanjo in 2006, allegedly because he wanted to bring in his own contractors. The delay in renewing or renegotiating the oil mining licences of Shell and other IOCs in 2009 was also attributed to him, allegedly because he had found some Chinese partners who were offering Nigeria an advance payment of $60billion for the oil blocks. Kurfi never responded to any of these allegations. In his new book, “My Watch”, Obasanjo described Kurfi as a member of the Yar’Adua ‘cabal’ who wanted to settle personal scores with him. The former president wrote: “At first, it was the same men now in the corridors of power, like Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi and Baba Kingibe, who suddenly remembered ‘the evil’ I had done them in the past, which they wanted to avenge. For Tanimu, whom I appointed Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria on the recommendation of then Governor Umaru Yar’Adua, my offence was that I did not appoint him to run and handle the Yar’Adua Presidential Campaign and manage the campaign fund. From what I had seen of his performance at the Federal Mortgage Bank, I would not have made or allowed such an appointment.” Nasir el-Rufai, former minister and now APC governorship candidate in Kaduna state, commented sparsely on Kurfi in an essay titled “Yar’Adua: Great Expectation, Disappointing Outcome” which he wrote in May 2009 as part of his course requirements at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government where he did a master’s programme in public policy. He described Kurfi as one of the Katsina professionals who made money from the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under Buhari. El-Rufai wrote: “A group of young professionals of Katsina State origin, who had made money from the Petroleum Special Trust Fund (PTF) program under the supervision of General Muhammadu Buhari, came to the rescue [to finance Yar’Adua’s governorship bid in 1999]. Their leader was Tanimu Yakubu, an Economics graduate of Wagner College, New York, and included Dr. Aminu Safana and Ibrahim Shema [current governor of Katsina]. Nura Khalil was part of the group but decamped to the APP. Other ‘businessmen’ like Dahiru Mangal and Ahmadi Kurfi (both alleged to be professional smugglers) contributed financially to the Yar’Adua for Governor Campaign in 1998-99.” Kurfi, whom many insiders expect to be Buhari’s key man if he is elected president, was nominated into the policy directorate by the former head of state, TheCable understands.

http://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-tanimu-yakubu-yaraduas-former-adviser-heads-buharis-policy-team.

argon500:
Those who draw religious sentiment against Buhari should take a look at this please. THIS WAS HOW (BUHARI) CONSTITUTED HIS GOVERNMENT WHEN HE WAS HEAD OF STATE. AHHH! It is a pity that many have given themselves to deceit. General Muhammadu Buhari's Governors 1984-1985

1. Allison Madueke - Christian-Anambra.
2. Jeremiah Useni - Christian - Bendel.
3. Micheal Bamidele - Christian Ondo.
4. Oladipo Diya - Christian - Ogun.
5. David Mark - Christian - Niger.
6. John Kpera - Christian - Benue.
7. Dan Achibong - Christian - C/Rivers.
8. Ike Nwachukwu -Christian -Imo.
9. Oladipo Popoola - Christian - Oyo.
10.Bitrus Atukum - Christian - Plateau.
11. B.L. Letimah - Christian - Rivers. 12. Salaudeen Latinwo - Muslim-Kwara.
13. Gbolahan Mudasiru - Atheist-Lagos.
14. Sani Sami -Muslim - Bauchi.
15. Abubakar Waziri - Muslim - Borno.
16. Muhammadu Jega - Muslim - Gongola.
17. Usman Mu'azu - Muslim - Kaduna.
18. Hamza Abdullahi - Muslim - Kano.
19. Garba Duba -Muslim -Sokoto.
Out of 19 governors , 11 were Christians and 7 muslims.

Please google Buhari and read what wikipedia have to say about him. No normal person will want him as president

Did a copy and paste here and the link


Muhammadu Buhari (born December 17, 1942) is a Nigerian politician and a retired Major General in the Nigerian Army who was the military ruler of Nigeria from December 31, 1983 to August 27, 1985.[1][2] The term Buharism is ascribed to the Buhari military government.[3][4] He also ran unsuccessfully for the office of the President of Nigeria in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections. His ethnic background is Fulani, and his faith is Islam; he is a native of Daura in Katsina State of Nigeria.
Contents
• 1 Minister of Petroleum
• 2 Buhari military government
o 2.1 Cabinet Ministers
• 3 1985 coup and detention
• 4 Later years
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 External links
Minister of Petroleum
Having joined the army in 1962, Buhari first came to widespread public attention in 1976 when he became the Minister (or "Federal Commissioner" for Petroleum and Natural Resources under then-Head of State General Olusegun Obasanjo. Before then he served as Governor of the newly created North-Eastern State during the regime of Murtala Mohammed. He later became head of the newly created Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation[5] in 1977.[6]
Buhari military government
Major-General Buhari was selected to lead the country by middle and high-ranking military officers after a successful military coup d'etat that overthrew civilian President Shehu Shagari on December 31, 1983. At the time, Buhari was head of the Third Armored Division of Jos.[7] Buhari was appointed Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and Tunde Idiagbon was appointed Chief of General Staff (the de facto No. 2 in the administration). Buhari justified the military's seizure of power by castigating the civilian government as hopelessly corrupt, and his administration subsequently initiated a public campaign against indiscipline known as "War Against Indiscipline" (WAI). Aspects of this campaign included public humiliation of civil servants who arrived late for work whilst guards were armed with whips to ensure orderly queues at bus stops.[8]
He also moved to silence critics of his administration, passing decrees curbing press freedoms and allowing for opponents to be detained up to three months without formal charges.[9] He also banned strikes and lockouts by workers[9] and founded Nigeria's first secret police force, the National Security Organization.[10] His government sentenced popular musician and political critic Fela Kuti to ten years in prison on charges that Amnesty International denounced as fabricated and politically motivated;[11] Kuti was later pardoned and released by Buhari's successor.[12] In another high-profile incident that sparked a diplomatic incident with Britain, British officials found Umaru Dikko, Shehu Shagari's former transportation minister drugged in a crate marked for shipment to Lagos.[13]
According to the BBC, "Buhari's attempts to re-balance public finances by curbing imports led to many job losses and the closure of businesses."[14] These losses were accompanied by a rise in prices and a decline in living standards.[14] Some may hold contrary view to this assertion and call it mischievous though,[15] because Buhari is admired by many for his uprightness and stand against corruption. His government is revered for its ability to keep the country afloat by making progress through sheer economic ingenuity even when it rejected IMF loan and refused to adopt IMF conditionalities to devalue the Naira.[16] His government is praised for its gain in reducing inflation by refusing to devalue the nation's currency, the Nigerian Naira, curbing imports of needless goods, curtailing oil theft and using counter trade policy to barter seized illegally bunkered crude oil for needful goods like machineries, enabling it to export above its OPEC quota.[1]
The economic principles and political ideology of the Buhari military government is called Buharism by some political and economic writers and speakers.[3][4]
Cabinet Ministers
Agriculture
Bukar Shuaib
1984–1985

Trade
Mahmud Tukur
1984–1985

Communications
A Abdullahi, Lt Col
1984–1985

Education
Yarima Ibrahim
1984–1985

Health
Emmanuel Nsan
1984–1985

Internal Affairs
Mohammed Magoro
1984–1985

Works
santos imhansoloeva
1984–1985
1985 coup and detention
In the face of the austerity measures, worsening economic conditions, and continued widespread corruption (this is questionable as corruption was said to have been at its lowest ebb in the Buhari/Idiagbon regime), Buhari was himself overthrown in a coup led by General Ibrahim Babangida and other members of the ruling Supreme Military Council (SMC) on August 27, 1985.[17] Babangida brought many of Buhari's most vocal critics into his administration, including Fela Kuti's brother Olukoye Ransome-Kuti, a doctor who had led a strike against Buhari to protest declining health care services.[12] Buhari was then detained in Benin City until 1988.[12]
Buhari's admirers believe that he was overthrown by corrupt elements in his government who were afraid of being brought to justice as his policies were beginning to yield tangible dividends in terms of public discipline, curbing corruption, lowering inflation, enhancing workforce and improving productivity.[18]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari.

The naked dance is getting more interesting

wite111:
This calls for a concern.Why will APC candidate make such a statement?One of the fundamental rights of the citizen is freedom of religion.If our president to make has already started saying he will take our right from us,what do u think of him?

Read more on the news: http://..nl/2014/12/photois-apc-candidate-buhari-planning.html

The man is seriously Another Problem Coming

nokingasgod:
Whatever you are insinuating, God help you. THe man was clear in his statement, Sharia is for the Muslims and will not apply to non-Muslims. He said non-Muslims should have nothing to fear about. Since Sharia was introduced in Zamfara State heavens have not fall. Nigeria is a federation, meaning, the component units ideally should have their different constitutions. In the US for instance, in the constitution of some states, same sex marriages are allowed while in some, it was abhorred etc.

Enough of religious sentiments, only oblivious minds still cling to that in the 21 century!

Seriously, is he now a religious leader that the propagation of Sharia all over Nigeria is now his priority, even the Sultan did not make such statements. Nigeria is a secular state our leader should not be at the forefront of implementing Sharia in the country.

Caseless:
-General Muhammadu Buhari (2014).
this is a gargantuan speech.

Hmmhmm, seems his senses are now coming back to him at 71 years old. Well too little too late

https://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f343/gbolsng/buhariandsharia_zps144257e5.jpg

paramedic:
May 2015 be our year of breakthrough IJN

Amen, Amen and Amen

dhammyg: POP CHAMPAGNE OUR GIRLS ARE COMING BACK TO US!!!!!!


*RUNS AROUND NAKE+D*






THEY BETTER GIVE THEM SCHORLASHIPS TO UNIVERSITIES OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.AND ALSO THERAPYTHE GIRLS MUST HAVE BEEN BADLY TRAUMATISED

Hmmm, running around naked is part of the celebrations, GEJ must be loving this

Not bad considering the kind of leaders we have had before, he should tackle the Boko Haram insurgency to cap it up

HonourablePomk: You feel like criticizing me well its your choice.

I had a rethink about the APC vs PDP thing which is the best political party to bring Nigeria to the promised land i then came to a conclusion that APC is the right party for Nigeria. Why?

We look at the type of leaders the APC have there are leaders with passion e.g Buhari Our former head of state his main aim was to stop the corruption that has eaten deep into our political system then he introduced the WAI(WAR AGAINST INDISCIPLINE) 1983 which was to stop that corruption which he did his best before was kicked out of office by Babangida,he also made sure he paid our foreign debt whereby he was trying to balance the economy.
Fashola a hardworking man Yes the governor of Lagos state i don't need to say much about him but he his doing all things possible to make Lagos that mega city. I know some people here will start showing me pictures of some places which are not worth looking at but Yes even the New York city has such places. Another thing which earned him more respect was the way he was able to contain the ebola virus Yes i keep saying he is the best governor soo far.
APC too has their shortcomings the likes of Tinubu,Atiku but even Jesus had a satan among his disciples.
APC is a party of Factionism Yeah. Lets take a look at Their Ancestors from the days of AG(Action Group)(if you dont know they have same blood running in their veins), I foresee division in this party but i still believe in the party "A man ones said AWOLOWO could have been the best president Nigeria would have ever had" I believe in that word and AWOs spirit is in that party,same manifesto Awolowo have is still same this party have.
PDP *sigh. They was ones a party. This is where corruption runs in their vein for the past 15 years they have been ruling Nigeria but nothing to show for it the present state we are in is nothing to write about "Don't break the law you know but twist it" that is what they do in the case of Jonathan by establishing TAN. All they do is embezzle public funds for the past 15 years no development except few months to Election you see the political office holders working seriously.
I hold nothing against PDP but these are my observations.
I don't think the right political party has been formed yet to develop Nigeria all i see everywhere is People who wants nothing but Power except few.

From a YOUNG TEEN ASPIRING POLITICIAN

You mean corruption run in PDP members veins and APC members are saints?

mrbigman: ahh! My boss! Don't worry. Thats just how football betting is. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. But i can guaranty that our winnings will be much more than our loses.
And i promise you, we will make a profit before the week runs out, and you will get your dividends on sunday.

Okay we are following till Sunday

Let us see screenshot of your previous bets from a bookmaker. Show screenshot of at least 3 months results

QuiverBox: Is it by force for someone earning 100k to send his child to Private University? The problem with people like you is you feel Every University is for Everyone, Cut your Coat according to your Cloth.

I wonder why people like you will be complaining about what private University are paying as fees when people paying the Fees are not.

If Covenant University did not exist won't people still go to University?

Nicely said

Its a matter of choice

tosinbabe: Fake news buh I don't tink any arewa belle wud stoop so low as to marry this backwater creek creep!

Oops, this is harsh even for the usual GEJ bashing

princealbashir: Jonathan see your life outside.? OBJ warned you about making this rogue your party's leader in the SW

@princealbashir, dont forget the same Kashamu was a friend of OBJ during his spat with Gbenga Daniel. So the same OBJ conveniently forgot Kahamu was a drug lord then?