₦airaland Forum

The common man have spoken through their Senators except you are asking the country to conduct a referendum which has never happened when an EFCC chairman is being appointed.

BlackMbakara1:
Why is the common man not demanding for Magu to be sacked...something is fishy somewhere.

Ask the guy below me, he will tell you more.

So why didn't your Dullard President step aside until the court decides in his certificate issue but rather he hired all the SANs in the country to defend him? Why didn't the APC Saraki step aside before the determination of his court case? Why and why? An indictment is not a suggestion of guilt but rather an accusation. So what happens if the case against him fail just like most media cases against some people have been failing. Its good for us to be objective and not be one asided. Neither APC or PDP is good for this country.

TheHistorian:
PDP!

The Party that offer solace to criminals.It's appalling that an Individual with criminal accusation of shortchanging this Country has been cleared for an election by this devilish party.

Vote PDP again and plunge your nation to everlasting misery.

Enough said!

May Buhari receive 1000 folds of what he had sowed in his wickedness in Jesus Name. May the Blood of those he has murdered in cold blood avenge their death on him in Jesus Name. May all the agony and anguish, he has caused to innocent people torment him and never give him peace in Jesus Name and where he has done good may that good be turned into sickness for him in Jesus Name.

balanceofterror1:
I would rather pray for Satan's repentance.

How many times did The Dullard Buhari prayed for Yar Adua when he was sick? You reap what you sow. So Buhari dont need prayers for healing but he should remain on that sick bed till 2019. The people he locked up are enjoying good health but he that that sought power for the purpose of vengeance and wickedness is now on sick bed. May he enjoy the fruit of his wickedness in Jesus Name.

eodavids:
May God heal our president, Moh'd Buhari in Jesus name, amen.

I call on Nairalanders to say some prayers for our President, he represents something good and beneficial to the Nigerian youths. Let's forget unconfirmed accusations against our leader and pray that God heal him. Where medical scientists fail, God can entavain. Now its that entavention of God we need in the life of our President.

You would have been right if this happens outside the church service. In the church, there is nothing like president or governor. Everybody is on the same level before God. People that knows God will humble themselves. The woman is probably nothing more than a church goer. Going to church or being a so called leader or pastor does not make anyone a child of God. There is a difference between church going and Christianity experience in the heart not appearance.

Marotzke:
Don't get yourself unduly worked up. That chaplain worked for LASG.
The Chaplaincy and Residency belong to the lagos state government.
This makes the chaplain an appointee if not an employee of the state government.
More significant is the fact that operationally, the chaplaincy falls under the supervision of the office of the first lady.
What the chaplain did was a complete breach of protocol, not just to the wife of the Governor (Overall Boss) ,but to his immediate boss.
Imagine your steward sharing food in a party and serving you last? His reason being that many people came before you?
Would you still keep him on the job?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will move forward with the sale of high-tech aircraft to Nigeria for its campaign against Boko Haram Islamic extremists despite concerns over abuses committed by the African nation's security forces, according to U.S. officials.


Congress is expected to receive formal notification within weeks, setting in motion a deal with Nigeria that the Obama administration had planned to approve at the very end of Barack Obama's presidency. The arrangement will call for Nigeria to purchase up to 12 Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft with sophisticated targeting gear for nearly $600 million, one of the officials said.


The officials were not authorized to discuss the terms of the sale publicly and requested anonymity to speak about internal diplomatic conversations.


Though President Donald Trump has made clear his intention to approve the sale of the aircraft, the National Security Council is still working on the issue. Military sales to several other countries are also expected to be approved but are caught up in an ongoing White House review. Nigeria has been trying to buy the aircraft since 2015.


The Nigerian air force has been accused of bombing civilian targets at least three times in recent years. In the worst incident, a fighter jet on Jan. 17 repeatedly bombed a camp at Rann, near the border with Cameroon, where civilians had fled from Boko Haram. Between 100 and 236 civilians and aid workers were killed, according to official and community leaders' counts.


That bombing occurred on the same day the Obama administration intended to officially notify Congress the sale would go forward. Instead, it was abruptly put on hold, according to an individual who worked on the issue during Obama's presidency. Days later, Trump was inaugurated.


Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said this past week that he supported the A-29 deal to Nigeria as well as the sale of U.S.-made fighter jets to Bahrain that had been stripped of human rights caveats imposed by the Obama administration.


Under Obama, the U.S. said Bahrain failed to make promised political and human rights reforms after its Sunni-ruled government crushed Arab Spring protests five years ago.


"We need to deal with human rights issues, but not on weapons sales," Corker said.


The State Department said in a 2016 report that the Nigerian government has taken "few steps to investigate or prosecute officials who committed violations, whether in the security forces or elsewhere in the government, and impunity remained widespread at all levels of government."


Amnesty International has accused Nigeria's military of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the extrajudicial killings of an estimated 8,000 Boko Haram suspects. President Muhammadu Buhari promised to investigate the alleged abuses after he won office in March 2015, but no soldier has been prosecuted and thousands of people remain in illegal military detention. Nigeria's military has denied the allegations.


The A-29 sale would improve the U.S. relationship with Nigeria, Africa's largest consumer market of 170 million people, the continent's biggest economy and its second-largest oil producer. Nigeria also is strategically located on the edge of the Sahel, the largely lawless semi-desert region bridging north and sub-Saharan Africa where experts warn Islamic extremists like the Nigeria-based Boko Haram may expand their reach.


The aircraft deal also would satisfy Trump's priorities to support nations fighting Islamic uprisings, boost U.S. manufacturing and create high-wage jobs at home. The A-29 aircraft, which allow pilots to pinpoint targets at night, are assembled in Jacksonville, Florida.


"It's hard to argue that any country in Africa is more important than Nigeria for the geopolitical and other strategic interests of the U.S.," said J. Peter Pham, vice president of the Atlantic Council in Washington and head of its Africa Center.


Once Congress is officially notified of the sale, lawmakers who want to derail it have 30 days to pass veto-proof legislation. That's a high hurdle given Corker's support. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, also said he backs the sale.


"We've really got to try to do what we can to contain them," McCain said of Boko Haram.


In Trump's first phone call with Buhari in February, he "assured the Nigerian president of U.S. readiness to cut a new deal in helping Nigeria in terms of military weapons to combat terrorism," according to Buhari's office.


A Feb. 15 White House statement that provided a summary of the call said "President Trump expressed support for the sale of aircraft from the United States to support Nigeria's fight against Boko Haram."


Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said in mid-February he was "leery" of the sale because of the Nigerian military's impunity. Cardin said this week he's not trying to block the deal.


"Ultimately we hope that the sale goes forward," he said. "But there is progress that needs to be made in protecting the civilian population."


source: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2017-04-10/trump-to-sell-attack-planes-to-nigeria-for-boko-haram-fight

General Buhari does not need any prayer. His advisers or agents said he is healthy and sound. So why ask us to pray for him when he is not ill. Can we be praying for good health for Buhari that is not sick? Does that sounds to me a contradiction.

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely". The crave for power sometimes makes us to derail and loose our mind. God have mercy.

The word "transmitted" is subjective depending on whose side you are. No lawyer is ignorant of law after the years they spent to get qualified. A lawyer can argue a case successfully that does not make sense and win if he is able to convince the Judge and not people like you. A lawyer can loose a good case not because of ignorance but because the other side can convince the Judge. So its about how to convince a Judge to make an informed decision. Remember we are not talking here about a rogue judge that took bribe in a given case but rather an objective Judge that have respect for rule of law and equity.

AirFireEarthH20:
Balderdash write-up! Some lawyers are ignorant of our laws. The constitution says"whenever a letter is transmitted..." it didn't say whenever a letter is read. The Senate has acknowledged receipt of the letter by the President asking for an extension of his leave/medical vac therefore, it means the Acting President will continue to act until Buhari writes another letter to Senate he would like to resume work. So no vacuum whatsoever.

Olodo lawyers full everywhere for naija

Its unfortunate that someone like you have no iota of idea of how law works. Lawyers don't make laws for your information. A lawyer's responsibility is simply to bring up an argument for or against a brief or any matter as the lawyer deems fit. Only Judges makes the decision. So before abusing lawyers, educate yourself. Law is not about something that makes sense or not. To you some lawyers are unintelligent because they are doing their job.

jpphilips:
Not true we have loads of unintelligent entities masquerading as lawyers