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Bolustical:
Dancing Senator - PDP

Singing Senator - PDP

Slapping Senator - PDP

Budget Cutting SP- PDP

Good rhyme but why did you stop there? Oya let's continue:

Mace Stealing Senator -

Boko Haram sponsoring senator -

Pedophile senator -

Do we need a jamboree of flag-off to commence a project? What should excite the people instead is movement of construction machines and equipment to site

So somebody can now come out in Nigeria and boast of killing and kidnapping and even threaten that it will not stop. Nigeria is a failed state. Period!

spongeisback:
I've been seeing comments all day about Busola "trying to bring the man of god down" why didn't she tell someone earlier and it's obvious so many people didn't watch the complete video or they just choose to be willfully ignorant.

1) Busola was raped when she opened the door for pastor biodun in her own house. Biodun was her family pastor and he knew that her mom had travelled so he went to her house prepared.

2) Busola was 17 and according to Nigerian laws whether she consented or not she was raped.

3) Biodun was a married father and we all know how young ladies and gents go to pastors house to help and it isn't strange that his wife asked busola to come help her and she did.

4) At night biodun asked his wife to let Busola sleep in the guest room and she pleaded with his wife that she wants to sleep in the masters bedroom with her and his wife agreed and biodun later told her "no one rejects me"

5) He insisted on going to drop her off. Another premeditated rape occurred.

6) Busola finally opened up to her elder sister, when her elder sister confronted her with a dream she had. She said in that dream she saw Busola sitting on a couch soaked with blood and crying while biodun laughed. She told her family why had happened.

7) Busola's brother was so enraged that he went with knives to confront biodun and he was stopped by pastors from COZA which she named. They came to her house to beg her family and they forgave him not caring about Busola the victim.

And after all these the family and Busola continued worshipping with COZA where her rapist is the pastor. You left that part.

Racoon:
The recent controversies in the VAR and more intensed bias by officiating referees are killing women football. The world is embittered with what happened in the Nigeria-France match.

But the same rule is what Nigeria is celebrating because it has brightened their chances. I think it's the nature of football. Atimes, it goes your way, atimes the other way round

bixton:
Bold 1----- His region did not benefit because they did not like him and he returned the gesture.
Bold 2-----He was surrounded by the wrong sets of people and over greedy people who saw their closeness to him as a way to enrich themselves.
Bold 3----That is happening because those involved are trying to proove a point and send a message across.
Bold 4----Don't ever believe such. The north is that way and may stay same because it benefits the elites, ruling class and privileged ones. It's a means to an end.....mostly personal.
Bold 5----If that is true, Peter Obi would not have accepted to be a running mate to Atiku under the PDP even though he has said derogatory words about the party.

The last is eternally true.

You just agreed totally with what he said. For whatever reason, no region has ever benefitted for having someone at the federal level. The point about Peter Obi is irrelevant because the same rule applies.

MadKing:
The North that has all the juicy positions, how has it affected the life of their average citizen

They are still the region with the highest poor people...still the region with the highest level of illetracy...still the region with the highest forms of diseases

You that have tribesmen up there, how many have credited your bank account

Y'all need to wake up, the struggle is against the political class and the citizens
Not between tribes, or religion, or any other thing

If majority of Nigerians start thinking like this, then there is hope. This is the difference between the Igbo man and others. Independent minded, critical, not going with the crowd.

seanfer:
SE were given DSP and Deputy Speaker same time under PDP.

Get your facts right. Tambuwal and Ihedioha scuttled the party's zoning formula just like Saraki did. It was not PDP zoning. The difference is that PDP still found a way to work with them instead of blaming them for their woes as some people did for four years.

Good call to clamp on traffic offenders but I feel the penalties are not commensurate with the offences. What will happen is that the LASTMA officials will capitalize on this to extort bribes on motorists as it will be cheaper to negotiate with them. It is common to hear LASTMA officials telling you that the fine for your offence is 50k, then they will demand for half of it, from there you may end up paying 10k minimum. Assuming the penalty for the offence is 10k, you more offenders will pay to the government. Secondly, overzealous LASTMA officials will arrest people unjustly even for offences that are not tenable like changing of lane, they will say you are obstructing traffic. How does the court determine and prove cases because they will always tell you it is my word against yours. Even when they snap, it still does not prove such offence beyond reasonable doubt. Thirdly, it seems government and LASTMA are more interested in catching traffic offenders and fining them or sending them to jail than maintaining law and order. The governor should have started with sensitization. Again some road signs are not available or clear especially one-way and no U-turn signs. The LASTMA officials hide and wait for offenders to swoop on. But I support that people who deliberately and flagrantly flout traffic rules should be made to face the law.

lomprico:
South East Voted for Obasanjo.
South West did not vote for Obasanjo
South East voted for Yaradua
South West did not vote for Yaradua.
South East voted for Jonathan
South West did not vote for Jonathan.
South East did not vote for Buhari. Boom it becomes hatred.
Dear south easterners, don't allow anybody to guilt trip you. There is nothing progressive in APC kind of politics but retrogressive. Ask those mocking you over National Assembly leadership election to tell you what North & West that has President have achieved in the last 4 years. Sokoto, Zamfara, Kaduna and even Buhari home state Kastina all in the North West have been overtaken by killer bandits.

I wish all of us can reason like this. Really when I see some posts, I become sad about this country and the way we are wired to reason. What is the fuss about SGF please PMB should give it to a Daura man, it won't change anything. Politicians are just using our heads.

AreaFada2:
Lol, so each time you comment on topics on NL, you are appointed spokesman by a group of people? Abeg go siddon one place my friend.

Look, realistically, did Ojukwu have a chance of winning? You think Igbo are naive not to know people people contesting out of principle and those who can realistically win? Don't be a low grade hypocrite.

By and large, most Igbo given a chance at the centre have acquitted themselves creditably. We should call a spade a spade. Late Prof. Dora Akunyili, NOI, Madam due process, Kema Chikwe, Leslye Obiora, Frank Nweke, and more have performed well since 1999.

Their yearning for Biafra is due to failure of Nigeria. Virtually everyone is frustrated with Nigeria.

You should have asked him why he didn't vote Sowore or Fela Durotoye. Abi they prefer VP to President. J

All this noise about the SW being the experts in playing Nigerian politics and trying to belittle the SE is really amusing and shows the debt of rational thinking we have. First, history doesn't support this claim. Between 2011 and 2015, the political positions were as follows: President - SS, VP - NW, SP - NC, DSP - SE, Speaker - NE, Deputy Speaker -SE. Where was SW then? South West have always played regional politics since Awo which has helped to develop the zone educationally. When did this obsession with the centre begin even with little or no effect on the real people? We usually go the direction politicians will like us to go. The youth are already insulting themselves because of 2023, unfortunately the names being thrown up will surely be about 70 years then. I am ashamed of Ohaneze demanding for SGF. To what end is this really apart from personal enrichment. What have regions benefitted for producing principal officers of NA or even the President and VP. Katsina alone has produced two presidents since 1999 yet bandits hold courts there. Today we are ranting and insulting SE even when we don't have any access to PMB, however, the president eats and dines with some SE politicians. There are only two tribes in Nigeria: The politicians and the masses. While the former understands what they want and are united in getting that, the later are enemies of themselves and only live to satisfy the cravings of the former. That is the tragedy of this contraption

As if this is the first Speech by a Nigerian President. What does this verbose writings translate to really. Presidents should just stand up and talk to us, that way we know they are speaking from the heart. All these researched thesis by paid speech writers will not lead Nigeria anywhere.

post=79285330:
Bros, Stop looking for trouble now.

Let us put to rest this tribalism issue that has eaten so deep into our nation and lives.

Let us learn to live as brothers as sisters biko.

In one Nigeria we believe.

Let them continue. Four years after now, let him tell me how Katsina or South West has transformed because they produced the President; how Lagos and South West has transformed because they have the VP and Speaker etc. etc. The South East has produced Senate presidents, deputy senate president for 8 years etc. What is the impact? Beyond politics, why should anyone in this platform be bothered where a Senate president of Speaker come from. Has it ever changed anything about the masses? Maybe you will now have a VIP that when he is around your area, the security agents will whip all of you out of the road. The youth of this country must get their priorities right. We spend our energy on frivolities and the politicians capitalize on this to continue the milking of the nation.

Monjerk:
Even though I don't like Lawn, I want him to win so that Buhari will have any excuse that the national assembly is not allowing him to fix Nigeria.

Supported for this same reason. We need to remove all obstacles for excuse. At least GEJ excuse has been cancelled now.

Young people in government has never been our problem. There have always been young people. The same old people started as young people in government including PMB, Dino, Amaechi who was Speaker in 1999, Dimeji Bankole etc. What we need is people with the intention of doing the right thing, unfortunately, some young ones are the worst like the Kogi man.

naturalwaves:
Nigerian teams have been so terrible.
The goal keeper fumbled so much. 1 of the goals was due to her inability to play a goal kick properly. If you cannot play a goal kick, can'y you call on a player to help you or can't you pass the ball?
Our girls were just too slow and we totally lost the midfield. The coach should have switched to 442 fast the moment the midfield was taken over by the Norwegians. Our keeper cannot talk, cannot communicate , just diving senselessly..Ordega should go and cut that long hair of hers. Our girls could not even cross ballls. There were more than 7 wayward crosses. Such a shame!

I also wonder why someone should make such hair to play football

Mandubekus:
yes is true. there can never be another useless SP like Saraki.
Majority of the challenges we faced in BUHARI's first term in office were actually caused by this fool you called Saraki.
I can not fathom why people like this camellion.
8th Senate, the worst in history.

APC and blame game. Saraki made PMB to fail in his first tenure. Interesting. Let's see the next scapegoat now that Saraki is out of the way.

Good. Let Lawan and Gbajabiamila become leaders of the NASS so that no one will have any excuse of the National Assembly is holding us to ransom

safarigirl:
the way they stopped moving seductive topics to Front Page when Catholics were fasting during Lent abi?

Nobody has considered Christians of all denominations, who have been fasting since February, then we should consider Muslims, why?

Are they the first to fast or is this the first time they are fasting?

Make everybody carry their kettle, no group is more special than the other. If they don't want to see seductive posts, they should nor open the topic. Why will you open a topic about cleavage when you are fasting?

True talk. The topic clearly said 'Bares Cleavage'. Anyone who opened it only wanted to see the cleavage because no other news was associated to it.

helinues:
We Nigerians are very good in condemning yet couldn't provide solutions.

I guess Buhari is also our state governors, senators, reps.

What do I know when Dino emerged as the best senator in Nigeria

Don't shift blame please. We have always criticized the other past Presidents and his own should not be an exception. The other Presidents also operated under the same conditions. BUHARI cannot produce the magical transformation Nigeria requires. It is bitter but it is the truth...

Tblesd:
Average Yorubas prefer Igbo people to Hausas. But Igbo people are the one overdoing .If a particular tribe allows u to thrive on their land, they are ur friend cos they are feeding u in other way round. Don't see it as cowards thereby creating unnecessary issues for yourself. Hausa pple will steal your goods in their land and u guys will b begging them cos u don't want to lose ur shop in their land. U ll come to southwest and u won't still behave. U guys av suffered enough in this country, u really need to apply sense o cos It is a pitiable pizza pisma to b treating like a second class in ur country.God lll help u guys but help urself, use ur sense.

I don't know you but I am convinced you are a stupid man. Your write-up shows that you have a bit of education but that in itself is a waste. You made a lot of senseless comments in this one post viz: allows you to thrive on their land; they are feeding you; creating unnecessary issues for yourselves; u won't still behave etc. You don't have sense and you are advising others to apply sense. How can you associate suffering with the Igbos? Second class citizens? Are you serious? And who are you. Maybe crouched in one corner in South West waiting for an Igbo man to come a make an offer for your father's old property to enable you feed. Ignorance is a disease man!!!!

Should a President visit a state with all the expenses involved just to commission a road? Why must we commission a road? Why can't we do things differently in this country even with the touted change? THE PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT TAKE US FOR A RIDE AND WE CONTINUE CHEERING THEM. OUR RESOURCES IS NOT MANAGED PROPERLY. THE BUDGET FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TODAY CAN CONSTRUCT ANOTHER ROAD. MISPLACED PRIORITIES WHILE THE MASSES GROAN UNDER HARSH CONDITIONS. VERY PAINFUL.

How about the prayer offered for Lazarus

It is ironic that the NJC is relying on allegations from EFCC to make judgement. The last time I checked, Judges do not act based on mere allegation. They subject the allegation to scrutiny in a judicial process. I believe this news is fake.

senatordave1:
Nothing until the court finally delivers judgment.

What of if the court fails to deliver judgement until after May 29?

Femsyn:
If there's anything i love about the APC is their focus on individuals, not party alliances. You run foul of the party's guidelines, you face the gun yourself. This was evident also in Oyo and Kano. No cover-ups for undeserving members. Other parties need to take a cue from this.

I expected same treatment to the current governor of Delta and Bayelsa states, who were returned almost unopposed. Voters must say NO to undeserving people, while parties take the lead.

We will get there surely.

I see no impending crisis. Amosun would rather be buried politically without APC.

How did they reject Amosun? They elected him as Senator and he has completed his governorship tenure. Are you saying that if Amosun agreed with APC choice, he would have faced opposition?

Chikpat:
When they say PMB has intergrity it si for things like this and others they really mean.
No PDP would allow INEC work without interference. Obasanja used INEC to forcefully reduce opposition states from 19 to 7.
Opposition controlled states increased through court orders not INEC's declarations under Yar' Dua and Jonathan. Jonathan's was even worse and will be rememvered for millitarising our elections to rig (the then already considered) PDP into power. And posterity will not forget his ignoble role in splitting NGF simply because Amaechi won him and his Jang guy in the NGF election.

Under this presidency, it can be seen that INEC is truly independent.

Very biased conclusion. What is happening in Rivers State has never happened in the history of Nigeria. Go and check. We cannot ascribe integrity because a spokesman is blabbing here. We heard other spokesmen of the former Presidents you are mentioning and none of them was less in exonerating their bosses.

Wonderlabius:
They should have allowed one of the old members to return.

Where is it in the Constitution that only returning senators can hold principal office in the National Assembly?

Ades1234:
Sometimes I begin to imagine if I'd only Igbo that are in Lagos as a stranger, other trades are there, even the Hausa are even more in number but u hardly hear them shouting, what's really there problem self, always constituting trouble, how can they endorsed someone that is not in there region , forgotten they are in a strange land?

Hausas are more in number than Igbos? Seriously From which source please?

MyMouth:
Yeah, I agree, but not to the extent of trying to impose an unpopular candidate because u feel u have the numbers and even going further to call ur host community a "no man's land"

Atimes when you read people's comments you just wonder the kind of education we are exposed to in this country. The way people think has been so influenced and battered by stupid sentiments. When someone votes a candidate in an election, he is imposing such candidate. Between APC and PDP, can you prove that no Yoruba man will vote for PDP and no Igbo man will vote for APC? Why turn a clear political contest into an ethnic war because we allow politicians to lead every narrative in this country which is influenced by their selfish interests. Is Jimi Agbaje or Sanwo Olu from Igbo tribe? Please pause this foolishness and vote for your candidate. We made all this noise about Ambode, today the same people that threatened those who voted against Ambode turned around four years later to declare Ambode a non-performer. Today it is Sanwo Olu and the same drum continues. Whether Jimi Agbaje or Sanwo Olu wins, the common man in the street which comprises Igbo and Yoruba will be subjected to same conditions: Facing traffic and contention with tankers on the bridge; brunt of bad and poorly patched roads, menace of poor drainage systems and waste management flaws; harassment from legalized and government sponsored Agberos; poor transportation system etc. etc. These are not forming the basis for assessing the candidates, rather it is about the person the Igbos support and the one that the Yorubas should support and about who owns the land and who is a stranger. In all these the politicians have a field day, the contest is made easy for them, they are not called to sweat to even think of any policy to sell to the people. Just grandstand that you are the Yoruba candidate or that you are sympathetic to the Igbos and the war starts in that line. In the current APC government, both the Yorubas and the Igbos have become billionaires. There is no tribal difference when they eat together but the suffering masses kit themselves to fight for them along tribal lines. The masses are the enemies of themselves. Shame on all of us!!!!!!!!!

Oricha79:
I tell you my brother, ipob don't really know what they want.

What is the benefit of producing a Senate President? What did Saraki benefit the NC? Igbos were Senate Presidents from 1999 to 2007, what was their gain as people? When politicians are fighting for their selfish interest, they will use our heads to be breaking kernel.