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olaideagbolade: illegal immigration is becoming a serious problem in this country. Authorities must do something fast.

Nigerians are among the highest illegal immigrants in the world. Just travel to even west african nation then you will know that we are more of menace than them.

Honestly I don't want to be above 90 years old. I don't want to be a liability to anyone.

The funniest parts is when the girl that claim to be from liberia started speaking fluent igbo LOL

Where is middle belt ? Simply put middle belt is the association of northern christians but not a geographical location.

For a fact a muslim from,Niger,kwara,nasarawa or even plateau will not tolerate you calling him to be from middle belt but rather called from north central which is a geographical location.

It baffles me when a christian from southern borno or adamawa claim to be from middle belt.

Direct from owner no middlemen

Lies lies lies, the other day the doctor in us says he cannot be governor again now he want to come back, please ?

Who is deceiving who ? I think taraba needs to move on and put suntai behind them. I hears nothing happens in the state.

Am tired of this childish propaganda

Very dangerous precedence, all I see is another militia being created,tomorrow they might turn to be monsters.

The security agency should only get intelligence report from the community and act themselves.

For those that remember rwanda war do your remember interhamwe ?

by Sam Nda-Isaiah

Let the debate and discussion on conducting a credible election in 2015 begin now. Professor Attahiru Jega, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has seized every opportunity to inform Nigerians that the 2015 elections would be better than those of 2011. He has said this so many times that I think it is fair to start giving him the benefit of the doubt.

I am one of those who think that Jega has learnt enough lessons from his 2011 mistakes and now wants to prove to Nigerians that he is capable of conducting credible elections. There are still lingering questions regarding the 2011 general elections. One is the fact that not a single individual has been prosecuted over some of the very glaring fraudulent acts associated with the general elections, in spite of Jega’s tough talk and promises. Another one is the very inexplicable posture of INEC in refusing to present documents to the presidential election petition tribunal that would prove whether the elections were rigged or not. I have been one of the strongest critics of Jega’s INEC on these issues but I think it is time to move on. We cannot look to the future with a rear-view mirror. There is a lot at stake for the nation here.

One of the things we must do to ensure that the 2015 elections are more credible than the last four rounds is let all elections be conducted on the same day. There is no reason INEC should not agree to this because a lot of unnecessary costs will be saved. And there are no advantages of the staggered elections except for crooks. Besides, this is the norm in most other democracies. Every four years, the United States conducts seven elections in one day in November. The situation is the same in most of Europe (including the UK), and in India, the world’s largest and most complex democracy. In case some choose to hide behind the lazy excuse that these are advanced democracies, it’s important to remind them that Ghana, South Africa and Kenya hold their elections on the same day. Also, Francophone African countries such as Ivory Coast and Benin have since dumped the so-called staggered elections for the one-day bunched elections. The only people that are likely going to kick against this very straightforward proposition are those who obviously want to manipulate the process, as we have seen in the past.

There are many people who believe that President Jonathan intends to win the next presidential election by massively rigging it. This remains a mere speculation as no one can prove it. Those who say so base their speculation on the fact that the president desperately intends to run for re-election even though it is quite clear to him that he has become dangerously unpopular within all critical segments of the Nigerian society. He has become unpopular within his own PDP. He is scandalously unpopular with the intelligentsia and the ordinary people who see corruption everywhere. He is unpopular in the north, the south-west and with the majority of the south-south where he comes from. And even though the south-east remains ambivalent, most of the elite members there know it is dangerous for Jonathan to continue as president beyond 2015. No serious Nigerian would wish to see Jonathan continue in Aso Rock beyond 2015, considering how the country has been totally fouled up in the few years he has been president.

With all these, most people believe that the most sensible thing the president should do is declare that he would not be on the ticket in the 2015 presidential election. It is clear to everybody – and, I am sure, even to the president himself – that he does not stand a chance if he insists he will seek re-election. That is why many people are saying that the president intends to rig the 2015 elections no matter what will happen. The logic is pretty straightforward: if the president does not totally control his constituencies – the PDP and the south-south – then, he stands no chance. So why does he insist on running?

If the president who will ultimately be in charge of the process of the 2015 election really intends to rig the election (like he just did in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum), what are the chances that INEC will be able to keep its promise of a credible election?

But INEC has no choice. It has to insist on what is right for the country. It is an independent body and Jega has another chance, probably his last, for a make-up. Let Nigerians start the debate now on how to get the next general elections right. If the INEC chairman really wants to conduct credible elections this time, let us start discussing it. Let all elections be conducted on the same day. Does anyone object to this?

EARSHOT

Are These People Serious?

In continuation of President Jonathan’s mid-term celebration, Ms Amal Pepple, the minister of housing, declared very proudly last week that, in the two years of President Jonathan’s presidency, they had added 16,447 housing units to the national housing stock. Nigeria currently has a housing deficit of 17 million housing units. Does anyone need any further proof that these people are not serious?

- This Best Outside Opinion was written by Sam Nda-Isaiah

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GOLIDIVA: Shioo? What is this gibberish you jst posted above? Are you saying we shld let them dwell amongst us bc of the proximity they have with Kano and then drive Nigerians(igbos) away because they dn't share the same ancestors with Kano people? And what d'u mean by propaganda on the part of the immigration service?

My problem with you is that you refused comprehend a simple fact about kano.

From Niger to Kano is trekkable I don't know how they intent to stop Nigeriens from entering Nigeria(kano) furthermore this people share the same ancestors only separated by colonialist. They are cousins by extension

So it will very difficult to stop people from Niger in kano infact it is easier to send igbos away than the Nigeriens.

All I see here are propaganda by the Nigerian immigrations service.

Labatan.

I don't blame the UK government but our people that have abused privileges given, this means hustlers are not allowed, stay and hustle in Nigeria.

The bond will be used in deporting you if you abuse the terms of your visa. And also a cheap fund for the uk economy to use while under the bond. just imagine 1 million visitors from this countries in a year is equal to 3 billion pounds(750 billion naira). Infact. UK embassy will start to advertise visa soon.

Honestly to me is a welcome idea as this people have been so generous to our people over the years.

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Chanchit: With this your comment, you should not be allowed to vote in an election. So because of their physical ability they should turn to guys for their sexual urge..? And is it the job of the gov't to marry wife's for beggars again..? In short you should be arrested, pls give me ur address.

Have you ever heard the term "social work"

Looking at this from another angle, this beggars are also human and have sexua1 urge which they cannot satisfy due to the fact that no sane lady would like to be with them due to their physical disability which made them beggars, furthermore they don't have money to hire prostitute because it is illegal and hard to come by.

Now the question is what has the government done to satisfy the sexual needs of the beggars and homeless.

N.B am not in support of their act in anyway

1.4M going, going..........

mikeansy: myth! some of you still live in the past.

Jang was not defeated by some grand machinations by the North. If anything the Northern State Governors Forum is in dis-array because of the lack of support for Jang and the inability of NSGF to provide a united front.

So only God knows what your talking about?

The lies, innuendoes and sentiments that allowed for a monolithic North and hence a political advantage just can not withstand the digital age and these days of more action to information. Some of you need to forget the past, those days are gone!

Don't worry time will tell and you people will know how wrong you were.

Don't know why but I don't have much faith in this team. Am more confident with under 17 boys that were runner up at morocco

Is sad how most people particularly the youths don't really see anything wrong with this scam and they are blaming the victim for falling.

Left to me this guys should be eliminated we need a sane Nigeria.

If am the judge I will send give them 100 strokes of koboko and 25 years in prison so when they come out in the year 2038 technology has gone far and they cannot catch up talkless off using it for scam.

Broken TV: in your dream

Don't worry you are in for a shocker,did you see how jang was defeated, the recall of wamakko etc, the north is one strong blog and is a moving train anyone on its path will be crushed just watch.

PHIPEX: Am trying to do a mental calculation of who APC could present from the north, am sure it's not Buhari except if am over-rating their political intelligent

If buhari is not contesting I will prefer kwankwaso, for the wonder he is performing in kano.

The northern governors forum has been in existence before the Nigerian governors forum, it existed even during the military government. The essence of the ngf is to enhance economy of the region,synergies in other activities and recently politics, the northern gov forum control establishment like nndc, the textile and even New Nigeria newpaper,

Exiting from the northern governors forum is very selfish as the forum is for the benefit of the people not their induvidual political ambition.

Kwankwaso has added a new vocabulary to English " JANGLIZE"

Meaning: to throw spanner into a work or to create a faction because you loose.

LFJ: Who is more irresponsible than a governor that is calling another governor irresponsible just because the other choose to expose the fraud of criminals. I can't imagine the kind of stories these ppl will be telling us now if not that we have the chance to watch this video.

Don't mind the zombie,he is angry because aregbe exposed them. As you said suswam is the irresponsible one and also Jang for fooling himself that he is the chairman. A fool at 70 is a fooll till his grave.

With NW, SW and NE APC can cruise home talkless off adding NC and some element in SE and SS(edo)

[quote author=Osiris.211]Mortal Blow!! So this guy sold a dummy to them? Na war ooooooooooo![/quote]The guy is a master tactician in politics, he knows that jang the old fool is a bad product that will not sell. Gej take kwankwaso for granted at your own peril cos this is hatrick

To be honest in political manoeuvring people like Gej,Akpabio and Jang are in primary level while Kwankwaso has proven that he is a master politician that should not be toyed with.

Demdem: Foolish Retardeen. Ordinary Aboki, he dey fear.

Don't worry ordinary Abokis will teach Gej and cohorts a bitter political lesson, just sit back relax and enjoy the show.

ddeola: Our boys are missing too many chances with a team that cannot stand Enugu Rangers, am not too impressed

Osogbo grammar school can beat this tahiti team

According to their coach tahiti came with a target of scoring atleast a goal in the competition.

The team has only one professional footballer others are casual players with other day jobs.

Why start a war you cannot win, they obviously saw the massive sopport from the people of sokoto and north west for him that why.

To be frank it is easier to remove Bamanga from PDP than to remove these super governors like wamakko,kwankwaso and lamido