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liberty300:
I don't encourage public beating of stupid people. But this guy above me should be used as an example to put other stupid people in line

Eh yah. Sorry oo.
We all know the truth hurts.
When your jesus of outeke led gov. declared austerity, you guys didn't know that there will be consequences. Are you being mischievious or just being ignorant - typical of TANoids

Nigeria: Belt-tightening time again
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who unveiled the new austerity programme in November, appealed to Nigerians to tighten their belts, while government keeps an eye on global oil price movements.
http://africanbusinessmagazine.com/uncategorised/nigeria-belt-tightening-time/

Austerity measures: What hope for ordinary Nigerians?
http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/12/austerity-measures-hope-ordinary-nigerians/

Adminisher:
What did you expect with fake statistics that the last government was churning out?.

In any case a lot of it is global recession related and some are changing culture in Nigeria. Look at the list properly. Breweries are going out of business the world over in Nigeeia even more as they are going in the opposite direction to Churches which are growing by the day. Lafarge is crashing because Dangote is climbing.FMCG sector however is booming because operators know their market.

Buhari economics will start in January. What Nigeria is doing now is managing the disaster of Jonathan economics when the high oil price that was COVERING it up crashed.

Buhari will reflate by constructing roads, dams, bridges, sewage and drainage systems just to create employment for young people. This will increase inflation till 2017 and will drop the naira even more but people will be gainfully employed and we will have infrastructure and growth. After 2017 the boost in local demand by many young people working will pull in foreign investments and the economy will start booming. Nigeria should keep up the anti corruption war, collect it's taxes, endure short term inflatiom and try to keep young people employed...this young people employment is very important and Breweries and all the businesses you have mentioned will not do the trick. Massive public works is the answer.
Then we can grow sustainably like China instead of stupidly like Brazil.

Don't mind the OP. When the last administration was busy pooing everywhere they didn't realise it will smell when its time to clean. It is fo0lishness to expect a seed to germinate without decaying first. Where was the OP when madam Ngozi slashed the budget of the ministry of works to 11% (from the N100b to N11b). Other ministries also suffered similar fate. He didn't realise it wil have a snowball effect on the economy. Now they are blaming it on the new administration.

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/

FG Cuts 2015 Capital Budget By Half, Says DG Budget
http://economicconfidential.com/fg-cuts-2015-capital-budget-by-half-says-dg-budget/

Oil price fall: FG slashes 2015 budget by N581bn
http://www.mynewswatchtimesng.com/oil-price-fall-fg-slashes-2015-budget-n581bn/

EXCLUSIVE-Nigeria slashes 2015 budget as oil price slump bites
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/nigeria-budget-idINL6N0VD4UB20150204

Budget: FG slashes projected oil revenue by N1tn
http://businessnews.com.ng/2014/12/25/budget-fg-slashes-projected-oil-revenue-n1tn/

The document, seen by Reuters, puts capital expenditure at N387 billion or 8.9 per cent of total spending of N4.357 trillion.
This is a significant drop from the 2014 spending plans, when capital expenditure (capex) accounted for 23.7 per cent of projected government outlays.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/again-fg-cuts-2015-capital-spending-as-oil-price-slump-bites/201045/

aresa:
Eko o ni baje o..
Nigeria o ni baje o...

You are an insider to a great extent. Can you confirm this news. I am not familiar with the source.

honeywealth75:
Mugun, so u dnt knw different btw a secular and non secular state.
U shud compare vatican to saudi and all other countries dat practice state religion

Thank you jare and may God continue to increase your wisdom. I deliberately left that dude since he will not provide a better argument.
I am appalled at the shallowness of the thinking capacity of many posters on nairaland. Even the supposedly enlightened ones. I stated this same fact a few weeks ago and guess what? No other intelligent counter point against that post. This was the comment I made that chased them away:

gists:
Why won't you people think deeply before posting? Why are you comparing apples with yam?
Saudi Arabia is a religious country. Saudi Arabia is an Islamic country. Is USA a religous country? Is USA a christian nation?
Your comparism would have made sense if you compared Saudi Arabia with the Vatican.
Now, no right thinking person will ask a muslim to lead the vertican city. So why on earth will anybody ask why a christian cannot lead Saudi.

UncleJudax:
Like I said, it is not what is preached but what is done.
Regardless of the religion, people do what they consider responsible.
Muslims might not take alcohol in the open, but they do cigarettes, weed, heavy drugs etc
As for womanising, everybody frowns at it.

So drinking/smoking is responsible to you.
Again I repeat - Yes people that answer muslim names do all these, but it does not make them muslims. You are going against the very position you started with (i.e the name someone answers does not determine if he is a true follower of the faith). And that is why I said that was not your point at the beginning.
Its like the catholic bishop that abuse girls. Even though he is a high ranking catholic officer with a typical christian name, will you call him a christian? Anyone that takes any kind of intoxicant like cigarettes, weeds, hard drugs cannot call himself a true muslim (except on medical recommendation - which is rare but not impossible).

Summary: You can't say you know some kazims and rashids that believe jesus while trying to prove that some muslims do/say things that the religion does not support (because islam actually demand its followers to believe in jesus - their is a whole chapter in the quran dedicated to mary and by extension jesus). So I offered a more correct statement to assist you to support your point - You can say you know some muslims that drink, smoke and womanize to prove that some muslims do things that the religion does not preach.

End of discussion.

UncleJudax:
Hahaha. There goes my greatest problem with religious bigots like you.

Hear it when I say it to you; it is never about what is in the Bible or Koran or what the Imman or Pastor says...BUT what the people do!

So, according to you Muslims don't drink, hahaha, falls on the ground! Oh well, maybe not as publicly as a Christian would...but you would be committing a SIN by even alluding that muslims don't smoke or womanise. True muslims would declare Fatwa on you for putting up such a bold lie.

Then again I don't expect you to 'see the light'. You guys love living in denial.

NB: it is your right to understand me as per your processing ability

First, I am not a bigot. I am far more tolerant than many of praise singers here. Only bigots will say anyone that practices a particular faith should not be allowed to do something. You may want to check what I wrote again.
Now, ask yourself if a true muslim is allowed to smoke, drink or womanize, then why will he not do it in public? Why will he do it secretly as you rightly pointed out? So yes, people that answer muslim names do these things but does that make it islamic? You are now contradicting yourself by trying to label those that do these acts as the true muslims. I can tell you that anyone who does these things is not a muslim - he can answer any muslim name if he likes but the fact is that he is not a true muslim (EVEN IF HE IS IMAM IN MECCA)
Muslims are allowed to marry more than one wife. Do you see any muslim hiding his second? I am not talking about girl friends because you may see people answering muslim names and hiding their girlfriends and that is even worse.
So fact is no true muslim will take intoxicant (be it smoking, drinking, hard drug etc) or womanize. If you want to and you can satisfy the conditions, you are allowed to marry a second wife and the whole world should know (no shady extra-marital affairs). I am sure you know all these.

Blackfire:
yeah right.
Even olumba olumba, sat guru maharaji, satanic worshippers, wiccas believes in jesus.. With there own version, just like quran(to recite something)/muhamed called jesus, isa , i wonder what esau will be, yasou?

Pls continue...

Well, I don't know about olumba olumba and sat gurus. I only know about muslims.
The guys said he knows some muslims that believe in Jesus as if that is out of the ordinary. The point of my post is that any muslim that denies or does not believe in Jesus cannot call himself a muslim. Let him go on hajj a million times - he is still not a muslim.
on your 2nd point about names. What is special in the way people from different parts of the world pronounce same name? Yorubas call Peter - peteru. They call John - joonu. The french call Michael - Michelle. Abraham is called Abrahimovic in some parts of Europe. And Im sure the Germans and others have their own distinct pronunciations and spellings too for these and many other names. but all these doesn't mean anything to you except if it is Arabs that have a different pronunciation. Why didn't you ask the French why they call Michael Michelle? And why the Ibos call oil oyel?

UncleJudax:
You are super stupeed. You couldn't even comprehend my post. Hediota!
Say after me...Name alone doesn't make one a muslim. Get it?
Now go ahead sit out your lowly life...full!

That is not the point of your post - or at least you chose the wrong example to buttress your point.
That you know kazims and rahids who believe in jesus is perfectly normal. It will be a different case if you had said you know kazims and rashids that drinks, smokes and womanize. Only then can you say being a muslim is not by name.
I hope I have educated you abit.
Thanks for your understanding

UncleJudax:
Lol. I dont think being a muslim is by name...more like by what one believes in.
Heck I have Kazeems and Rashids that believe in Jesus Christ. How about that?

It is perfectly normal for Kazeems and Rashids to believe in Jesus. Stop displaying your ignorance. Why don't you just ask if you don't know something. A true muslim believes in Jesus, Moses, David, Solomon etc.

Kagarko:
A recent PPP survey in North Carolina reported that 72 percent believe a Muslim should not be allowed to be president of the United States. Likewise, 40 percent seek to ban Islam altogether.

The hypocrisy of these people know know bounds. This is the same axis where one of their own walked into a church and killed innocent worshipers. They did not do a survey if whites christians should be allowed to be president of USA.

The Charleston church shooting (also known as the Charleston church massacre) was a mass shooting that took place at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States on the evening of June 17, 2015. During a prayer service, nine people were killed by [size=18pt]a gunman[/size], including the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney; a tenth victim survived. The morning after the attack, police arrested a suspect, later identified as 21-year-old Dylann Roof, in Shelby, North Carolina. Roof later confessed that he committed the shooting in hopes of igniting a race war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_church_shooting

Just imagine! They called him a gunman - not a terrorist!

And did I mention Roof was a christian?

EXCLUSIVE: Dylann Roof was a devout Christian who was baptized in the Lutheran faith, went to church camp and worshiped regularly, reveals pastor as family attend church services and pray for massacre victims
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3134689/Dylann-Roof-devout-Christian-baptized-Lutheran-faith-went-church-camp-regularly-attended-Mass-reveals-pastor-family-attend-church-services-pray-massacre-victims

Finally: Wether some people like it or not, America will choose whoever will best serve their interest irrespective of the faith that person practices - be it Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Krishna, Eck, Rosicrucian, atheist, bla, bla, bla.

uduokirika1:
Go back to your history books

Have you heard of the Asaba Massacre? Where innocent civilians were summarily executed was that also part of conventional warfarism?

If Hitler could be accused of Genocide for killing innocent civilians during WWII why are the likes of Obasanjo, Buhari, Gowon still walking free?

In August 1967 Biafran troops captured Ore town in wester Nigeria but not a single civilian casualty was recorded, but when the Fed troops drove them back to Onitsha they decided to transfer agression on innocent civilians!

The Awolowo position in "all is fair in war" is genocidal, 'cos UN chater on conventional warfare protects the lives of women, children and the aged. Biafrans are not saying they needed food from Nigeria but blockading and destroying same from willing donors was contrary to laid down rules of engagement! Are you are aware that a Red cross aircraft carrying food and medical supplies was shot down in 1968 by the Nigerian airforce?

Like I said earlier go back to your history books, It is on record that that the Nigerian lost more combatant soldiers than the Biafran troops during the war but the Biafrans lost more civillians!

Most of the aerial bombardment carried out by the Nigerian troops were targeted on civilians soft spots like schools, churches and market places!

In all, no one is advocating for war rather a peaceful resolution to issues on ground. Butt nigeria's constant negligence and downplaying the effects of the aftermat of the civil war has brought with it a new wave of agitations!

NOTE: over 90% of those clamouring for Biafra today never witnessed the the civil war, what that simply entails is that the scares are yet to heal and the Nigerian govt of the day are not helping matters!

Let me stop here 4 now

First, I am a bit surprised that this thread is still active.
No. You are the one that should go back to school for thinking its only the Nigeria troops that committed atrocities.
You think you have monopoly of knowledge and every other person is inferior.
Yes I have read about the Asaba massacre and I think it is horrible. But I also think it is even more horrible (even more unpardonable) that we have people who will deny the atrocities committed by the Biafran troops in the Midwest.
In your myopic view, you failed to see that I acknowledged that the Nigerian troops committed heinous atrocities. But in your typical "na me holy pass" attitude denying any wrong doing of the biafran troops. And that is why I asked if the biafran troops were singing and saying the lords prayers in Benin.
How do you want Nigeria to apologize for its atrocities when you people fail to accept you committed crimes too - let alone apologizing? War is bad for everybody and there are bound to be civilian casualties on both sides. It is only chest-beating, self proclaimed righteous people that won't see that.
You better dust your history books again before clinging to your false sense of "righteousness" that the biafran troops did not kill any civilian in benin and going by your submission, even the account narrated by Alabo Abiye are all fabricated https://www.facebook.com/alaboabiye.akkioabbey/posts/10153267949980028

As for Awolowo's action, I have answered that before with readily available fact on the net. But suffice to say that it is the Biafran soldiers that should be tried for war crime for starting a war without adequate preparation and provision for their people - and even when the supposed enemy sent food to women and children, the biafran soldier went ahead to hijack it.

I saw the kwashiorkor victims.
If you see a kwashiorkor victim, you’ll never like war to be waged. Terrible sight in Enugu and Port Harcourt. [b]Then I enquired what happened to the food we were sending to the civilians. We were sending food through The Red Cross and Caritas to the civilians in Biafra, but what happen was that, the vehicle carrying the food would then be taken to the soldiers to feed them and so they were able to continue to fight. And I said that was a very dangerous policy;we didn’t intend the food for the soldiers, but who will go behind the line to stop the soldiers from ambushing the vehicles that were carrying the food? And as long as soldiers were feed, the war will continue and who’ll continue to suffer? (The Civilian masses that were already suffering and having kwashiorkor I suppose).And those who didn’t go to the place to see things as I did, you remember that all the big guns, all the soldiers in the Biafran army looked all well fed after the war, it’s only the masses of the people that suffered kwashiorkor. You won’t hear of a single lawyer, single doctor or single architect who suffered from kwashiorkor, none of their children either, so, they waylaid the foods, they ambush the vehicles taking foods to the civilians and took the food to their friends and their collaborators and their children and the masses were suffering. So I decided to stop sending the food there. In the process, the civilians would suffer, but the soldiers will suffer most and the war would end quickly.-Chief Obafemi Awolowo.(PUNCH October 8, 2012) [/b] Source: http://saharareporters.com/2012/11/29/war-against-biafra-abdulrazaq-o-hamzat

wisdomguy4u:
Bros, your clueless is legendary. Who told you Nigeria was feeding biafrans ? Nigeria only through the help of britain blocked the international humanitarian agencies from bringing in food and medicine into biafra. Such action amount to war crime dunce. Gowon is a war criminal

Its not your fault. According to the guys I was referring to, if Awolowo had poisoned those foods instead of the blockade, maybe you will know the truth. Here is what Awolowo himself said on the issue:

I saw the kwashiorkor victims.
If you see a kwashiorkor victim, you’ll never like war to be waged. Terrible sight in Enugu and Port Harcourt. [b]Then I enquired what happened to the food we were sending to the civilians. We were sending food through The Red Cross and Caritas to the civilians in Biafra, but what happen was that, the vehicle carrying the food would then be taken to the soldiers to feed them and so they were able to continue to fight. And I said that was a very dangerous policy;we didn’t intend the food for the soldiers, but who will go behind the line to stop the soldiers from ambushing the vehicles that were carrying the food? And as long as soldiers were feed, the war will continue and who’ll continue to suffer? (The Civilian masses that were already suffering and having kwashiorkor I suppose).And those who didn’t go to the place to see things as I did, you remember that all the big guns, all the soldiers in the Biafran army looked all well fed after the war, it’s only the masses of the people that suffered kwashiorkor. You won’t hear of a single lawyer, single doctor or single architect who suffered from kwashiorkor, none of their children either, so, they waylaid the foods, they ambush the vehicles taking foods to the civilians and took the food to their friends and their collaborators and their children and the masses were suffering. So I decided to stop sending the food there. In the process, the civilians would suffer, but the soldiers will suffer most and the war would end quickly.-Chief Obafemi Awolowo.(PUNCH October 8, 2012) [/b] Source: http://saharareporters.com/2012/11/29/war-against-biafra-abdulrazaq-o-hamzat

FREEDOM4BIAFRA:
Far from it, he doesn't want the salary, he wants nothing but self determination, so its okay to call out a war against him?

I think you are getting things twisted. I never said you want anything from Nigerian and I didn't say Nigeria should "call out a war against them". What I said is that I heard a conversation between 2 igbo guys in a taxi. One of them made a point that the Igbos were not prepared for the war they started. he went further to buttress his point that why should the biafrans expect food from Nigeria that she is waging war against. If they were prepared for it, they wouldn't need Nigerian money which they stole from the CBN to finance the war. A simple change of currency and food blockade (both of which Biafra fo0lishly still depended on Nigeria to provide) won the war for Nigeria. It showed they were not prepared for the war and it cost them greatly.
Sadly, it looks as if the lessons of that war has not been learnt.

FREEDOM4BIAFRA:
So, if your wife decides to leave, you'll poison or starve her to death? What are you saying?
Is it by force? The biafrans decided to leave, what's wrong with that?

my wife is free to leave, if she will not ask me for food and their is no way for me to starve her because she is self reliant.
But she'll be fo0lish to leave if she is a housewife without any means of supporting herself and still want sustenance from me.
BTW this is not a husband-wife situation. Its more like an employer-employee relationship. If an employee wants to leave a company, why on earth does he still want to be paid salary from the same company he just left?

imsuboi:
Just when I thought I've come across (and indexed) all the dvmb people on this forum, here comes this fellow aiming for the number one spot.

Did your mama drop you on your head when you were little?

Don't tell me you expect US to fold its arms after Japan attacked Pearl harbor.
Is nuclear Bomb good? No I don't support it but in hindsight, it probably was the best option considering the technology available at that time.
So, the wise one, do you mind suggesting a better alternative? Its easy to criticize and call people names. But if you don't have any better alternative/suggestion (in the given scenario) you better shut the fvck up.

EternalTruths:
If you don't your region invaded , make sure it is not a supply route for military weapons

In other words, the invasion of Benin and Ore and the resulting atrocities were justified (simply because they were supply routes) but those atrocities committed by the Nigerian troops are the only evil deeds. Many Biafrans were happy with the state burial given to Ojukwu while some people are asking Gowon to be taken to ICC. What hypocrisy!

The US nuked Japan. So the US is evil right? Wrong!!
The alternative was for US to send foot soldiers to Japan and the casualties of the nuclear bomb would have been child's play.
Yes its true alot of atrocities were conducted by the Nigerian army. But so did the Biafran army too! What on earth were the Biafran army doing in Oore on their way to Lagos? Are those places (Ore and Lagos) part of Biafran land? Were the Biafran soldiers planting flowers along the way before they were stopped?
This is not a time to be politically correct. Truth should be told. Yes alot of very bad atrocities were committed - by both sides. No I do not support those atrocities. But no body should try to rewrite history as if the Biafran soldiers where singing the holy hymns. Nobdy seem to be expressing empathy for the people of Mid west that were killed by Biafrans.

Biafra should just ask for independence peacefully and respectfully and let hear word.

I just don't get it when people play the victim card on the number of people that died in the inglorious civil war. I don't care about the number be it 500k, 1m, 3m or even 10m! Afterall, it was a war and the biafra soldiers were not saying the lords prayers - they were busy killing Nigerians too.

For some reasons, I took a public transport some weeks ago I heard some guys discussing (they were both ibos). One of them ask the other "how on earth do you fight with someone that feeds you?" According to him, although Awolowo was wrong for the so-called starvation policy, but should be commended for ending the war sooner because he (Awo) could have chosen to poison the foods and kill millions more instead of the blockade.

I never thought of it that way before but it rang through to me. You can't pick up a fight with your boss and later turn around complaining that he sacks you! His point was that the ibos started a war that they were not prepared for and now complaining of the consequence - fighting someone that feed you and later complain of not giving you food.

Having said that the truth is that everybody has a GOD given right to call for self-determination. BUT it must be through peaceful means. Otherwise history is notorious of having a way to repeat itself. A friend showed me a video on a questions and answer summit by some Igbo group with Mr Kanu. It was shocking to see how unprepaired the guy is as he couldn't give convincing answers to some of the questions asked.

Any group is free to ask for independence but it has to be peaceful without insult to others especially those who they think should follow them.

NgeneUkwenu:
Another Jonathan's achievement being claimed by the Duara Man.

For The Record: The fine was imposed and fully paid under Jonathan Government. APC liars!!

Funny but it looks like a lot of people did not get your sarcasm

What I know is even the international observers that were present during the election in Rivers called for the cancellation of the election. Are they also biased and sponsored by APC?

‘’ We request all lovers of democracy to join us in calling for the outright cancellation of the phony election.

‘’ Unless this is done, we would have sown the seed that could eventually grow into providing a shade of fear and death over us,’’ he said.

According to Bekaren, what happened in Rivers was a far cry from what election should be.

‘’ What we saw did not meet international standard of electioneering, not even the ones set by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC,’’ he said.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/international-observers-call-for-cancellation-of-rivers-gov-assembly-result/

What I know is even the international observers that were present during the election in Rivers called for the cancellation of the election. Are they also biased and sponsored by APC?

‘’ We request all lovers of democracy to join us in calling for the outright cancellation of the phony election.

‘’ Unless this is done, we would have sown the seed that could eventually grow into providing a shade of fear and death over us,’’ he said.

According to Bekaren, what happened in Rivers was a far cry from what election should be.

‘’ What we saw did not meet international standard of electioneering, not even the ones set by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC,’’ he said.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/international-observers-call-for-cancellation-of-rivers-gov-assembly-result/

Gbawe:
This is what happened. The international community did not want GEJ to continue because they knew a lot of what was going on underground, related to how GEJ and was destroying Nigeria, than most Nigerians could imagine. Britain, for example, is assisting Nigeria with the collation of financial forensic evidence in relation to channels the likes of Allison-Madueke used as conduit pipes to drain Nigeria.

All that had to happen was for Buhari to win and the West would be ready to step in to arm-twist GEJ if he tried any sit-tight shenanigans. This was precisely what played out. GEJ was not even given time to inhale before the calls started coming him for him to concede victory to Buhari. Anyway, it is not a fight. You are free to believe GEJ acted in the interest of peace but I prefer to think, with evidence linked to his behaviour in office pointing to this fact, that GEJ was a self-serving and callous President who acted to save his own skin.

Apart from the fact that GEJ didn't have the support of the int'l community, I struggle to see how GEJ would have pulled the sit-tight stunt. Which army would he have used? The army with the rank and file that shot at their general? LOL, they weren't even at ease during the 21 gun salute on the occassion of the armed forces remembrance day when a slight drama ensued. There was no army for him to use so any fo0lish act would have been resisted by those soldiers who have lost close friends and believes the gej led government was playing ludo with their lives in the shabby fight against BH.

But some people still want to decieve themselves that GEJ acted in the interest of peace.

The incident occurred when the soldier’s rifle butt got entangled in his uniform and, oblivious of the direction his gun was pointing, he made a frantic effort to untangle it from his shoulder. This slight accident created panic among the presidential guards who immediately formed a human shield around Jonathan, who stood in between soldiers who were firing the 21-gun salute. As the hapless soldier struggled with the gun, a presidential guard who stood near him tried to hold him and, in the process, the commander of the Guards Brigade also moved towards the soldier. Even though the president remained calm throughout the incident, it was an anxious moment for the officers and men of the Guards Brigade and presidential guards. A plain-clothed presidential guard intervened from behind the soldier by first trying to correct the soldier’s skewed posture, and then untangling what may have been the lower sling swivel (rope attached to the butt of the gun) from the soldiers’ uniform. At the same time, two presidential guards standing behind the president’s aide-de-camp (ADC) also moved to the right flank of the president, placing their bodies between him and the soldier, as the gun salute continued.
Source;http://www.blueprint.ng/2015/01/16/guard-points-gun-at-jonathan/

chukwudi44:
We still have a long way to go before the possibility of any re-run!! The appeal and supreme courts must affirm the judgement before any re-run is held!! In the interim Nyesom Wike remains the Governor of River state.

Calm down bro. As if I don't know that. I am asking whenever that re-run is done be it next month or 2018. Meanwhile to cal your nerve, the odd still favours wike in Rivers anyway. If wike has to be the gov. let it be through a credible election. APC lost a some states too you know. so this is not about apc winning rivers. its about credibility of the election (which wike would have still won without the shameful acts)

To the lawyers in the house. Just in case Dakuku wins the re-run, will Wike be considered a past governor of rivers with all the benefits?

bettercreature:
There must be a re-run and wike must not be allowed to participate but declearing PeTERSIDE as a winner is going to create serious public disobedience,we all know wike is a killer

You can't just ban him from contesting. I think that will be an infringement on his right

NgeneUkwenu:
The failure of Respondents witnesses to read INEC documents impeach their character. #RiversTribunal


It done be for wike be dat

In order words wi ke go "ke" (i.e cry)

reading/following in 5D
This is a historic judgement that will be referenced many years to come
His lordship had better done the right thing ...... which is looking so anyway

This is a serious matter. The lordship should get to the point as quickly as possible so they can start preparing for the election re-run

DikeOha882:
Igbo never terminated it rather gowon did and created states as alternative. Aresa aka fashola #78 million web scam builder, Even if Ironsi did what prevents the looters from reversing it to make nigeria grow.

Get your facts right mister. Aresa was 100% correct! It was your brother Ironsi that trerminated regional government.
Anyway, when you see a sensible man, you will know him. Thank God for the likes of brilliant men and women like Anyaoku. The like of Kanu and his senseless ipob member should learn from matured sensible elders like Anyaoku.

jesussaves22:
I have read with dismay the level of terrorism in the middle east and all Islamic countries. Watch Aljazeera and see how nations of Islamic religion are trooping em mass to Europe to seek for asylum, I cry seeing days old kids sleep in the bush with their mothers. Many countries have closed down their boarders' because of too much influx of people seeking asylum. Pls who is at fault? Who is to be blamed for initiating ISLAM in the world?? Can we blame Abraham or Sarah or the slave or Esau who join forces with Ismael? Please I need intelligent answers from both Christians and Muslims.....What is the solution to wards ending terrorism in the Muslim occupy nations Lalasticlala help...

With over 1.5million views and 10000 thumb ups, people around the world, with great analytical minds know what the problem is. But my fellow country man is too shallow in thinking and far too gullible.
Check out the video, hopefully it will wake you up from the trance induced by the well-oiled western media machine and also educate you at the same time.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6kdi1UXxhY

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awa:
[b]Thanks for calling it ministerial screening which makes it a national engagement. Are you aware there is something they call patriotism which all Potential Ministers must have? Let's define Patriotism as love of one's country or devotion to the welfare of one's Compatriots or the passion which inspires one to serve one's country. Granted you accept one of the definitions, then for the sake of those assumed Chibok families missing their children, tell me or other NLs if his own family worth being celebrated during national screening above any other family in Nigeria?

Being frank and candid or not does not mean you sell yourself off. His sworn duty would be for the overall interest of Nigeria not his family. It is only when we apply the principle of UBUNTU that this country would be a better place for all the federating Units.
Just in case you forgotten about the ideology of UBUNTU, I oblige to explain it simply as a South African principle focusing on People's allegiances and relations with each other.

I did my NYSC in Bauchi some many years back and I can clearly remember how many times I survived one riot or the other in the north during those days. I can equally remember the "Body Language" (apologies to APC for copyright infringement) of the people each time the crisis is over. The few Islamic elites, I know then, are readily available to term it handiwork of miscreants. Bros, I love north and Muslims so much that I can't afford to disparage the people but let truth be told in spirit of true nationalism.[/b]

Still it doesn't mean he should come to senate and say "No Comment" as you suggested.
Agreed, the nation comes first before anything else. But one may also argue how is he going to perform his duties optimally if the live of his family is endangered? Not that I support what he said. To me he is just undiplomatic. There are "politically correct" answer he could have given that would not have raised this much dust. In essence, what I am saying is, I don't support his statement because it give BH some psychological boost, but truth be told, patriotism will be out of the window because 99.9% of us will not be able to function in any ministerial capacity if anything happens to anyone's family (including Buhari and yourself).

seankay:
One way to put an end to Extremism is for Islamic scholars and leaders across the world to speak against Extremism and also find a means to make their view pervasive even to the smallest village but they chose to keep quiet. Their quietness shows they support the Jihad movement of the fatuous Extremists

No I completely disagree! What has all the past condemnations from all clergies (xtian/muslim leaders) done to reduce terrorism? The answer is in government being alive to its responsibilities. Whoever is in power should take the bull by the horn and arrest the situation as soon as it raises its head. We all saw what Yar'dua did before he died. We all saw what OBJ did to OPC and other militant groups. Don't fvking wait for imams and pastors to condemn. Does the terrorist give a sh!t about what the clergies say? NO!!