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NgeneUkwenu:
INEC RESCHEDULES RIVERS ELECTION TO 19TH FEB.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has just announced the rescheduling of the Rivers elections to Friday, 19th February ,2016.

This was contained in a release signed by the Commission's secretary.

Elections shall also hold in states like Gombe and others where the courts have ordered re-runs.

I heard INEC has corrected itself. The election is to hold on Saturday 19th of MARCH 2016.
Why on earth did they come out with a date that falls of Friday to start with?

Pls o, which local government area is Agbado in Ogun state? I hope its not the one in Abule-Egba axis of Lagos

Some people have conscience while some people - especially those in far away lands with no connection whatsoever to the events in Israel / Palestine other than religious ego - will soon come here and call these men/women cowards and traitors.
I have seen video documentaries of able-bodied Israelis who vow to defend their country with every drop of blood in them as long as it does not involve occupation (i.e they are ready to defend Israel from external aggressors but they will not participate in occupation - terrorizing other people in their country). These are the people my hate-filled brothers and sisters will call traitors.
Watch this space, they will soon be here.

Environer:
CAN blasts El-Rufai over alleged comment on Jesus Christ

On January 30, 20139:42 pm/In News, Top Stories/Comments


…urges FG, JNI to call him to order

BY JOSEPH ERUNKE

ABUJA—The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Wednesday, described recent statement linked to former Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Jesus Christ, as not only reckless but also indicative of deep-seated moral bankcruptcy.

El-Rufai had tweeted on January 28, that “if Jesus criticises Jonathan’s government, Maku, Abati or Okupe will say that he slept with Mary Magdalene”.

Addressing newsmen on the issue, CAN warned El-Rufai that “if he persists in such matters and making such divisive commentaries, he must prepare himself for a very forceful and vigorous reaction from the Church and the Christian community in Nigeria”.

Speaking through its General Secretary, Rev. Musa Asake, CAN warned that the “maturity and dignified restraint of the Christian populace, in the face of inflammatory and provocative statements, should not be taken as licence for unbridled assault.

“We urge his religious leaders and political associates to advise him to be far more sobre and circumspect and put a padlock on his mouth before he lights the candle that sets our country on fire.

Mallam El- Rufai
Mallam El- Rufai

“On our part, we urge the Christian community and our Christian youths to continue to be restrained and always seek peace, love and harmony, in spite of the provocations that they are facing from the likes of Nasir El-Rufai and those he represents.

“We must not allow him to turn Nigeria into a cauldron of fire by his reckless, bigoted and twisted commentaries about our Lord or our faith and we must view him for exactly what he is, a failed, desperate, hate-filled and drowning politician, who is now stoking embers of religious division to create a political base for himself amongst his people.

“Nigeria has no place for a religious bigots who delight in insulting the Christian faith.
“We urged the Federal Government to call Nasir El-Rufai to order and not to overlook the possibility that his joke was not only contrived but was actually calculated to create an even greater wedge between Christians and Muslims with the attendant consequences.

“Had it not been for the maturity, fortitude, patience, decency, forgiving nature and deep sense of restraint that the majority of Christians have in our country, El-Rufai would not have been safe anywhere in Nigeria today after cracking such an expensive joke.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/can-blasts-el-rufai-over-alleged-comment-on-jesus-christ/

If indeed El-Rufai actually said this, then I must confess he is an INEFFECTIVE BUFFON.
BTW, I am a muslim but the statement is very reckless and completely irresponsible. The last administration preyed on the religious and ethnic fault lines for the last election. Thank God for HIS miraculous grace that made us escape another Rwanda genocide. Hence, the last thing we need now is stewpid politicians that will cause unnecessary acrimony among the people.

The height of fo0lishness
Buhari and his family are safe from the contamination of this stewpid act.
The poor fishermen, farmers and the people of the surrounding communities will bear the brunt of the contamination.
The most annoying thing is that they will still come back and ask the oil company to clean the spill while still expecting the company to be alive to its social responsibilities.

Obiagelli:
You guys are pathetic, the Chengdu F-7 in that video was purchased in 2005. Save for the MI-35P, everything else was pre 2005.
Maybe we should thank Ibb for the hecules too.

You dey mind the "INEFFECTUAL BUFFON"?

Exactly how does he want to win the war if he didn't hand over peacefully? He was not in control of the army. He couldn't even dare to visit Borno. Most of the foot soldiers that wlll actually fight were very bitter against his government - they even shot at their commanders. He did have the support of most of the people. And perhaps most importantly he didn't have the support of the international community. Yes a lot of people would have died but surely the war wouldn't have lasted more than two weeks.
He blew up the good will he had in 2011 when the international community was solidly behind him as well as the people.
So handing over the power peacefully in an election you lost particularly with such odds against you is nothing heroic. In fact he did himself a huge favor. Gbagbo and his wife are still cooling off in prison

OrlandoOwoh:
We Nigerians know that there is an ongoing war against corruption and at the moment, we are happy with the progress made so far. But more importantly, we are even happier that The " Ineffectual Buffoon" was booted out in May last year because he didn't do anything to curb it, but rather encouraged it.

FIXED!!!

Pls, someone should remind me when will the tenure of this CBN governor end?
GEJ brought him in to clear the way for their looting gang. Now that their is a change in the occupants of ASO rock, I can't wait to see the day we will have a real CBN governor - who can look the president in the face and make sound decisions.
And I don't give a damn whether the new-to-be CBN governor is a northerner, southerner, easterner or westerner!

datribune:
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Just listen to urself. 4 ur sanity limit d amount of IPOB propaganda which doesn't even make sense dat u listen to.
Ask urself why no nation, not even Britain of which Kanu is a citizen is interested in his plight. They know dat there ar no legal basis 4 violent secession as advocated by Kanu.
Don't allow urself to be hoodwinked by a psycopathic individual who left his family in far away Britain only to lead many misguided miscreants to an early grave.

My brother I just ignored her oo. But maybe you can talk some sense into her blocked head since it looks like the she has been exposed to too much of kanu's toxic propaganda.
Even the elders at World Igbo Congress where Kanu solicited for weapons asked very intelligent questions which the flat head man could provide reasonable answers to.
I just watched the youtube video of that congress again and I must confess the majority of well-meaning and responsible Ibos do not buy into this nonsense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XU2JtlUF6M
This video alone is enough to convict Kanu of treason.

HammerEvery:
Unlike the FBI link you wanted to deceive people with, your DSS are empty handed. Your DSS are also empty-headed daurans, if not they would have traced, watched and tailed kanu until they caught him with REAL INCONTROVERTIBLE INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE. What Afticans like you call 'RED HANDED'. Thr joke is on you guys bro.

When someone treathen to shoot you, so you will wait until the person actually buy a gun, load a few rounds (and possibly fire some test shuts in the air) before you act abi? It is demented reasoning like this that made GEJ failed to deal decisively with BH early enough and wrecked millions of lives.

PentiumPro:
I doubt much if that can be classified as a treason offence - that is more like a hate speech offence.
What did him in for the treason is openly soliciting for money to buy arms and ammunition to level war against a sovereign nation and his constant bragging of making Somali a child's play compare to his plan to wage war against Nigeria.
Outside a political solution, the guy will spend a considerable amount of years in prison.

You are right. I hurriedly typed that because I was in a hurry to leave my office.
Thanks for the correction.

Dedetwo:
Besides tribalism, dishonesty is another major problem of Nigeria. There is nothing treacherous about radio broadcast for self-determination which is supported by all the tenets of democracy and civilized world. Nnamdi Kanu has not even reached the point where Nelson Mandela was arrested. Yet most dumbass Nigerians hailed Nelson Mandela as their hero.

Look, operating an illegal radio is not a treasonable offence. But the content of the broadcast is what make it treason.
Calling for the murder of some category of people is treason - whether it is in a discrete phone call, over a radio broadcast or youtube video.
I beg you in the name of whatever you hold sacred, don't let ignorance get you in trouble.

HammerEvery:
I followed the links, and i read from start to finish what was written there you are a dubious person. Why did you leave out the vital parts?

The FBI were able to prove that Doggart ACTUALLY HAD THE AMMUNITIONS AND THE ABILITY to cause commotion against the muslim population even though he had't commited



Comparatively, can you and your Daura DSS tell us where kanu is keeping his weapons of mass destruction? Even with all the proof the FBI had on Doggart, He was NOT CHARGED WITH TERRORISM-Related crimes. Only for "VIOLATING A FEDERAL STATUTE THAT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO DAMAGE OR DESTROY PROPERTIES"

Is that the statutes you are activating in your quoran-based nigerian constitution?

Please you muslim fulani, hausa and yorubas should stop this intellectual dishonesty. I bet you didn't know someone was gonna read up. You thought everyone was intellectually lazy like you and would follow up the link?

www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/18/guess-why-this-christian-terrorist-plot-against-muslims-isn-t-getting-any-press.html

You see yourself? So you expect DSS to wait till the donation he solicited comes through and actually buys the weapons? Just clap for yourself.

What ignorance will do to many people - only God knows. You lot don't realize the enormity of the crime that is why you cheer him on. Mind you if you are caught, DSS can charge you as accomplice - and rightfully so too!!

Dedetwo:
Secret phone call is more highly regarded as ingredient of crime than statement made through a bull-horn in public domain.

So why is twitter busy shutting down ISIS account and that of their supports if not the fact that they recognize the danger in spreading hate messages over mass media?
A hate message passed over mass media is FAR more dangerous than that made over a phone call. Go to US and pass such kind of message over the radio and see if you will not be picked up

Dedetwo:
You are a typical Nigerian. No wonder things are not upright in the zoo. A secret phone call has become a radio broadcast.

Simple reasoning is difficult for most of you. If the US (the chief Freedom of Speech crusader) can do that to someone over a "mere" phone call which was made to just one person (or just a couple of people if it was a conference call), what do you think they will do if the message was passed over the radio with much wider reach?
God has given us brain but some people refuse to use it

Dedetwo:
Per the bolded, I guess you meant USA. Anyway unlike the zoo called Nigeria, USA will not regard mere act of coughing as a treasonable offence. A broadcast message cannot be regarded as secret or ingredients of treason anywhere in the world but Nigeria. I guess Nigeria is highly afraid of disintegration.

Don't fo0l yourself. Even in US where we are made to believe that their is freedom of speech, this is what happened to Robert Doggart (the man who merely threatened wipe out a muslim community but was arrested before he even started.

On April 24, Doggart entered into a plea agreement, pleading guilty to one count of making threats via the phone, and he will be fined up to $250,000 and spend as much as five years in prison pending a judge’s approval of the deal.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/18/guess-why-this-christian-terrorist-plot-against-muslims-isn-t-getting-any-press.html

Doggart was taken into custody in April and released on a bond of $30,000 to home detention in May. If convicted, he could receive a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, along with a $250,000 fine and three years of probation.

Bryan Hoss, Doggart's lawyer, said Social Security disability records show his client has depression and a personality disorder, but is not a danger. Hoss wrote that Doggart has no prior criminal record, according to court documents.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/jul/14/tennessee-mpleads-not-guilty-alleged-plot-kil/314465/

Gbawe:
Right now Britain is struggling with the terrifying reality of her own citizens going to join extremist terrorist groups to do unspeakable things. Condemnation of such development is very high in the UK currently and Britain would be called out for hypocrisy if seen to support Kanu's hateful incitement against Nigerians at a time the UK is trying to jail and prohibits more of her own domestic hate mongers . If you go abroad to preach hate then face the local consequences of your actions. That seems to be the message of the UK with their silence over Kanu. You cannot be condemning terror against your homeland and supporting such against others.

Meanwhile, some people are still deluding themselves that Britain will "show" Nigeria
I'm sorry I just can't imagine Britain jeopardizing her relationship with Nigerian simply because of a blackman that somehow acquires the British passport. Even if he was a full-blown white, the best Britain can do in my opinion is plead with Nigeria to allow the accused man to be tried (and jailed) in UK and not just brag that Nigeria must release their citizen. And it will be left to Nigeria to decide if they want to listen to the plead or not.

Even sef, Britain may even withdraw her citizenship from Mr kanu

The evil that men do lives after them

PaulJohn1:
You may not be completely right. If you ever experienced how Ọmọba Ọlágúsóyè Oyinlọlá (former governor of Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀sun) blasted siren during his time.

He also claimed to be an Ọmọluàbí . His campaign board for 'senator-ship' then beside my house in Òsogbo bears 'Ọmọlúàbí on the March again', with his bàbárìgà agbádá. I'm sure the board is still there sef

Of course. You will always find some "Judases" here and there

Last saturday, Gov. Amosu drove past me along QUARRY road in Abeokuta as if he is an ordinary citizen (i.e No siren, no excessive entourage - not even press/media team). It was so ordinary that I didn't notice it was him otherwise I would have taken a picture. It was my brother that was driving my car that called my attention to it and I had to asked if that is how he usually moves around town quietly.
That is the typical character of Omoluabi in the SW.

Thank God for this government.
This is what some people couldn't do in 5yrs!

BiafranPrince:
Hehehe, e pain you wella.

hahahahahaha
What is paining me their? Its more like feeling sorry for you for being so impotent at doing anything for yourself leading you to always look for validation from outside. You went from petition to mere raising concern and you are ejaculating because of that.
With all the British support you have been banking on, the last time I checked kanu is still locked up in a cage in the zoo - not forgetting all the noise about making the zoo fall by the end of 2015.
Let me guess the next external body that will fight your battle for you:
Donald trump promises to close Nigerian embassy in US because of ipod youth's death.
Or
Oba Rilwan Akiolu sues Buhari to ICC because of Biafra
I suggest you guys go and settle the rift between Kanu's lawyer and his family and beg for pardon. Otherwise, the Nigerian law is pretty clear on his punishment.

The late Ken Saro Wiwa (who had a genuine case human right case) was executed bu the tyrant Abacha inspite of all int'l pleas and sanction (if there were any) and nothing happened. A word is enough for the wise.

When will you people learn? why are you always looking for validation from external bodies? First, it was the yorubas you turned to for not joining in the quest to achieve biafra. When that blackmail didn't work you guys turned to niger delta - trying to stealthly brainwash them into fighting your battle for you. When that also failed, you turned to Britain. We saw a certain petition from God know where claiming to have been written to the house of common or something like that. Next we heard how Britain will deal with Nigeria for jailing a British citizen (i.e a Nigerian-born Nnamdi kanu that somehow got to have a British passport).
Till this day, Britain has not dealt with Nigeria. Now its the British MP Angela Rayner that is Raising Concerns To Foreign Office. Is it not even ironic that this is the same britain that has been vilified for conniving with Nigeria that made the Biafran army lost the civil war.
Keep fo0ling yourself and keep expecting others (that have absolutely no business in your quest) to fight your battle for you.

hamilton62:
You think they are bitter over Goodluck's loss beccause you are happy over Buhari's win... The clock has more than one hand. Do you think the present Nigerians who are in great demand of the way forward won't criticise any govt when they stray away from the path?
Criticism is one they show be ready to face...
Please digress on this:
Let alone the last time we have a budget that focus more on capital project. Even if the price of oil goes down to $20/barrel, it still won't affect the financing of the budget that much (provided we are able to maintain a reasonable amount of sales).
And please remember there is quota at OPEC for all members and the country has lost it's major buyer, USA. Is it not further starvation that will arise from the lift of ban on Iran by the IEAE?
Please, help us to light up our dark edges here if we have one with your explanations.
Thanks.

I will be among those Nigerians that will criticize this government if it fails to deliver. But I will not criticize someone who has spent less than 4 months on the mantle. That is the point I was trying to make. Can people just be fair for once? NOI had two chances and she blew both chances up, yet people are still asking her to come back for a third spell. It took NOI 5 yrs with record high proceeds from oil sales to ruin the economy to what it is today. Yet this same people want Adeosun to wave the magic wand in 3 months.
As for the country losing it biggest customer and iran coming back on, it will definitely impact on the earnings of the country. But the fact is according to the budget, projected oil earning makes lower percentage from the total earning projections. SO while there will be loss of income from oil, it won't be as bad requiring the government to borrow money just to pay salary like in the last administration.

Gbawe:
Don't mind him. Read the article below from 2014 to note majority of the current woes Buhari is valiantly tackling began under the PDP and the very corrupt and highly inept GEJ many of these guys worshipped, never criticised and even backed to continue in office for 4 more years. Note the comments of intelligent economists and analysts, who do this for a living, below while some charlatans continue to come here with their half-baked arguments motivated by nothing but prejudice andhatred of others. They should remind us again who failed to save when oil prices were high as highlighted in the article below if not their thieving messiah GEJ and his looting minions.They should also remind us as well who turned the power privatisation into a "come and chop" crony capitalism exercise that is only producing darkness. If the article below warns in 2014, when oil was $68.00 per barrel, warns “We’re a substantial way from the economy even starting to think about being able to recover,” is it not obvious those wanting Adeosun and buhari to perform miracles in months are not sincere and do not mean well for Nigeria? Some of these guys are very shameless.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/nigerias-tumbling-currency-a-victim-of-falling-oil-prices-1417535209

Thanks. The records are there starring at us all in the face no matter how much they deny it or pretend it never existed.
The other lie I want to bust is the one they keep telling us that PMB started the currency fixing policy. I recall the dollar surging over $205 (official rate) sometime in February 2015 and the CBN gov had to do something drastic. That was when the dollar was pegged at N198 and it has been like that since then. The election didn't hold until March and PMB took over at the end of May. So how come a policy that started in Febrary 2015 is now being attributed to PMB.

Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:16am EST UPDATE 2-Nigeria fixes naira at 198/dollar in de facto devaluation
http://www.reuters.com/article/nigeria-naira-idUSL5N0VS3EM20150218

Feb 19, 2015 Why CBN Pegged Exchange Rate At N197/Dollar
http://thestreetjournal.org/2015/02/why-cbn-pegged-exchange-rate-at-n197dollar/

18-2-2015 CBN Devalues Naira, Fixes Exchange Rate at N198/dollar
http://firstafricanews.ng/index.php?dbs=openlist&s=15735

The chat also show that the naira has been trading within the 197-199 range well before May 29 2015

id911:
We have been hearing of mono-econony for ages and nothing on ground to show it's being diversify esp from the budget presented.

What are the qualities of a good leader? When a creative and smart leader takes over power and sees that his country isn't doing well, he proffers solutions by looking at areas of comparative advantage instead of looking helpless on daily basis.

I'm not canvassing for her sack per se but to be redeployed to another ministry where she would give her best.

Since you are asking me to name someone that could take her place and perform better, the Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment seems your best bet among the current ministers for that Finance Ministry position

So you have indirectly admitted that you don't have any suggestion that she can implement. You can only suggest someone else that can do the job under 3 months. May I ask you what revolutionary impact/policy has the minister for industry (whom you want to take over) done in his ministry within this same period that makes you think he will do better as the minister of finance?

irondome:
A misery faciliated by the daft policies of your genius NOI. Unfortunately, such crisis do not go away overnight. It took the democrats years to pull the US economy from the brink of collapse occasioned by the republicans. Kemi and Mr president aren't magicians, in fact, I expect things to be lot tougher now that the oil revenue has totally crashed.


Honestly, I really don't know if you guys have short memory or you just like to play the ostrich. If your hero GEJ and super-genius NOI struggled to pay salary (with several states owing several months in arrears) with oil prices above $70, I consider it an act of deception to blame an equally struggling Buhari and Kemi with oil price at $28.

Don't mind them. It took their hero (GEJ) and the puff-puff cheek NOI FIVE good years to ruin this economy to this level and they want adeosun to clean their mess in 3 months.
hypocrites.

sickstars:
Ok u didnt see in the article that she has served as commisioner for finance

Do u fink the damages done to osun state started now?

Its an accumulation of past osun leaders doin more harm dan good

By the way m an apc die hard fan bt stil apc is f**ckin up truth b told abeg call a spade a spade.

Bros stop showing your ignorance in public. Adeosun was a commission in ogun state and not osun.
Maybe you should venture out of your enclave and read a little bit more

Gbawe:
Indeed. The logic of some folks. NOI had years to make a difference and all she will now be remembered for is being the lying mouthpiece of a very corrupt and highly incompetent government. Does it make any logical sense to give such a person more time in a position she abused so badly over years or give someone new at least a fair amount of time to clean up the mess NOI and co caused? When people begin to submit argument that makes no logical sense then it becomes obvious what is motivating their inane talk.

In a sane world, she should be cooling off in kirikiri max prison by now.

timsucess:
My man u don't have to tell him to provide solution or remain silent
Why s she there as a finance?
If not to guide the economy

And who told you she's not guiding the economy? When the last economic team lead by NOI told us to brace for austerity measures after squandering the treasury inspite of all-time-high proceeds from oil, did you people asked for her removal? When she reduced the budget of the ministry of finance from over N100B to just N9B, did you ask for her neck?

Okonjo-Iweala’s austerity measures
http://thenationonlineng.net/okonjo-iwealas-austerity-measures/

With just N11 billion approved by Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Finance as the 2015 budget proposal the Federal Ministry of Works, Nigerians must not expect the Federal Government to embark on major infrastructures in the year 2015 if the budget is so passed.

The Ministry of Works had made a proposal of N100 billion as its budget for the year, but this was brought down to N11 billion or 19 percent by the Finance Ministry headed by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Coordinating Minister of the Economy.

With this, only 33 road projects have provisions in the proposal out of a total number of 210 ongoing road projects.
http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2015/03/2015-budget-why-federal-ministry-of-works-will-perform-poorly/

Now people are trying to clean up their (GEJ and the gang) mess and you are complaining that the whole area stinks of foul sh!t odor when GEJ pooed everywhere. Give adeosun a fair chance to do her job. She has not spent 1/10th of the time NOI spent and they are already asking for her removal.