₦airaland Forum

Pastor Ola:
Who is dagrin when we talking of a man like Yar'adua, am asking again who is The green or dagrin pls

auwal87:
as a matter of urgency, the legislative should not approve sambo as VP, this is for the security and peace of the country.

mekusxxx:
Comments needed here

Sun newspaper: Alhaji Yar’Adua
The Yar’Adua man is a minister of state currently. The conclusion is that he was picked to the position as compensation for the Yar’Adua family over the illness and expected ouster of the late president. It is possible the compassionate consideration would have spent its vital energy to keep carrying him.

It is doubtful if the core PDP would consider a further compensation to the Yar’Adua clan as to choose one of them as second citizen.

edoyad:
Both are known to be political schemers, Turai married off two daughters to serving governors and IBB did same with one of his daughters.
With the death of their spouses and need to consolidate their political resources, is there any truth in the Turai, IBB merger ?

haaba.com/news/2010/05/06/272-420408/yaradua-and-the-lesson-of-history:
Lagos, Nigeria (Haaba) - As flags flutter at half mast following the death of Nigeria's former president, late Musa Yar'adua, the events leading to his demise speak volumes in terms of impact and lessons for the country.

The death of Yar'Adua reminds one of the tragic event of 1998 when the then maximum leader, Sani Abacha, died in office. Dying in office as Nigeria's number one citizen is not new. Before Abacha, Aguiyi Ironsi and Muritala Mohammed also passed on from the exalted position. While the first two were assassinated, the last two died of natural causes. While Sani Abacha died in his bid for self-succession, the latest died clutching at political power at the expense of his health.

Before yesterday's death, Africa’s foremost dramatist, Wole Soyinka, made a serious and disconcerting allegation about Yar’Adua's wife. The nobel laureate called for criminal proceedings against Turai Yar’Adua for kidnapping and abusing the ailing president. The dramatist as well as well-meaning Nigerians advised Yar'Adua to resign his office on health grounds. In spite of various local and international calls for his resignation, Yar'Adua and his litany of advisers remained defiant and were bent on his retaining the 'presidential' title without discharging the duties of office. Yar'Adua rather preferred to listen to sycophantic cabals trumpeting the need for him to clutch at power at the expense of his health.

This became glaring when the defunct Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, proclaimed to a surprised world that incapacitated Yar'Adua can rule from the sick bed! The willy-nilly attachment to Aso Rock has spelled terrible consequences for the victim. Common sense dictates that the late president should have taken a cue from the misadventures of a sit-tight ruler like late Sani Abacha. Analysts say if Yar'Adua had good advisers, he should have become another Abdulsalami Abubakar who left the stage when the ovation was loudest.

The sagging honour of Yar'Adua became apparent when he was 'repatriated' in a hurried fashion from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria in the dead of the night on February 24,2010 after some 94 days in hospital. Dejected, sick and unrelenting, YarAdua lived "underground" in an ambulance for some days before his life support apartment was ready inside the Villa. There was perceived hidden agenda in his hurried return.

The late president was accused of high-handedness for not officially transferring his presidential powers to the vice president before travelling overseas to seek medical attention. This undemocratic attitude not only drew ire and strong criticisms from Nigerians but swayed whatever pity they should have had for the sick man to Jonathan

Abagworo:
this goes on to prove the credibility of nairaland intellects.we are way ahead of average street walkers.we knew he died long ago but have just been waiting for the official news.long live nairaland.long live GOODLUCK JONATHAN.God bless NIGERIA.R.I.P. Yar'Adua.

edoyad:
Will Nigeria ever change ? My cousin in Abj says the Aso Villa area is like a battle zone. And that some media houses are being raided by soldiers from the 3rd battalion from kano. I'll post Details as i get them

hatch#:
I started having this strange feeling a few hours ago ,im no shrink nor a prophet but i a feeling that we are about to get some shocking revelations soon !

facebook: Nasir El-Rufai Dear Friends, as I promised on this page, I am on my way to Nigeria to clear my name of all false charges made against me by the Yar'adua admin as well as contribute my quota to Nigeria's development. I would love to meet you my fans at the Abuja Airport. My flight arrives at 5 am this Saturday, 1st of May, 2010. Pls come and meet with me if chanced. Nasir._{4 hours ago}

desgiezd:
He will be remembered for articulating his seven-point agenda and only succeeded in reading this out to all of us from a piece of paper as a reminder without actualising any of them.

He will also be remembered for taking over six months to reshuffle his cabinet and missed attending a United Nations General Assembly meeting because of the cabinet reconstitution - even the reconstituted cabinet contained almost all the old members with just a few new faces added.

He will be remembered as the only president ever that has many governors as sons-in-law

He will be remembered as a president who though promised to fight corruption but surrounded himself with terribly corrupt people - Ibori, Farida  Aondowankaa et al

He will be remembered as a president who rather than attend a United Nations General Assembly meeting and also have a private meeting with Obama, chose instead to travel to Saudi Arabia and inaugurate a university

He will be remembered for his numerous names viz Yar ‘Ado nothing, Yar ‘Aslow, Yar Aclueless, Yar ‘Asiddon look, Yar ‘Avisionless etc

dinggle:
Yaradua will be remembered for the following
1. For being a sickler.
2. The first sitting president in the history of the world to be smuggled in the cover of darkness into his own country.
3. The first president in the world to be conveyed by air with an ambulance and wires all over him.