₦airaland Forum

Tropilo: Most Ijaws have trad names but the names are usually long.
As for Hausa/Fulani, besides Late Tafawa Balewa and Aminu Kano, i doubt if there's any with complete trad names till date.

labiola: What is wrong with us? Must we attached politics to everything? Am sorry if some of us continue to think this way, am afraid the future of the country is danger. The news reported was. 500 hectares agricultural development, the only thing that came to the mind of someone is that Amosun is paying back to Tinubu. Why can't we think outside the box?. Let be sincerely with ourselves some state governors are working. I was in a programme last week with Govnor Fashola as a paper presenter and Amosun was also present. The chairman of the session was one of the committee members appointed by Fashola to look for a land for rice plantation, Fashola has put in place the machinery for mass production of rice. It was the committee that discovered the land in ogun state. It was the chairman that pleaded with Gov Amosun that they have discovered a land and they want him to approve so that they can complete their job. We this, ogun state people will be employed and rice will be available for all. Hope you are aware that there is going to be food shortages in Africa a proactive government should start doing something to mitigate against the effect.

eGuerrilla: The ting tire me o.
The likes of Pro01 simply blow with any prevailing wind -- https://www.nairaland.com/452743/love-letter-babatunde-raji-fashola

ocelot2006: You still think the LAGOS govt can issue a court warrant to search Obasanjo's farms? As in Baba Sege?! Hehe..boy, you'll be in for a treat. 'cos I can assure you that no one in the security services will honour such warrant. So who will the LAGOS state govt use? LASTMA? Now that will be fun to watch. After the soldiers and DSS/SSS operatives at Ota Farm kill on or 2 and force the rest to frog-jump from one end of the farm to another, you'll know that there're levels of power in this country.

Anyway, why do I even bother? LAGOS state buses have been seized in retaliation, and they (I.e. the state govt) still don't have the cahoonies to call the Ex-President to order. Now that is power.

pro01: Bros you're going too far sef. Forget about countering or overruling any order. The point is that Fashola lacks the constitutional/de jure/de facto/political power or influence to issue orders to ANY federal law enforcement/security outfit in Lagos, let alone the military or SSS. He can only issue orders to uniformed ragtag miscreants such as LASTMA and 'KAI'.

On the other hand, OBJ may no longer be the Commander-In-Chief, but he, in his UNIQUE position as OBJ, possesses the de facto power to issue informal directives - directly or indirectly - to the military and the SSS to do a favour or two for him. Heck, many of the key GOCs, Brigade Commanders, and perhaps service chiefs may be his 'boys'. In fact, the service chiefs would be very careful with OBJ. Who knows whether GEJ relies on OBJ's advice to appoint his service chiefs? After all, this man SINGLE-HANDEDLY installed the Commander-In-Chief (GEJ) - in the same manner that Tinubu solely installed Fashola.

Only naive children would argue that Fashola is constitutionally more powerful than OBJ, since, in their infantile/simplistic thinking, OBJ is 'merely' an ex-president with no executive powers. That may seem true on paper, but in reality it is far from the truth.

I pity Fashola though. The 'feelers' I am getting from a few sources within a particular cantonment in Lagos isn't nice at all. So many things they are holding against the fool called Fashola - the Okada ban (even within GRA Ikeja where many soldiers used to do part-time Okada business in the evenings) is the latest addition. These army boys bear grudges like the mafia; they never forget. The masses would give them a helping hand in Fashola's case. If he has any sense left, he would flee into exile on May 29, 2015.

kennytidistar: in your ignoramous world you have defend a sitting governor right?

the federal high court @ ikoyi discredit the law that create lastma and other lagos traffic law as illegal and contrary to the constitution and the law that bind the whole nigerians which fashola also sworn to obey. source later, he state that only the law court has the right to inposed fine on any seized properties, and that lagos state cannot be it own judge. therefore obasanjo knows what he is doing. he can even seized more BRT it is allowed. and if you prove me contrary let fashola go to court and expose his folly.

and again dont even compare OBJ with any sitting gov because it is incomparable, maybe is because you have not go far beyond lagos. you are talking childish.

kennytidistar: some of you who have not being to baba farm before. that place is cleaner than anywhere in Nigerian that place is mini london but nobody can enter there anyhow that place na barrack it you like get warrant soldier go fire your life i'm sure with the seizure of these brt bus fashola will know what his guys has done even though he pretende initially, okada riders are ready to bring lagos down. he close his hears to the poor that pays is food allowance, travelling allowance, medical allowance, and salary. fashola is an ingrate rat.

Prof Corruption: The bolded is confirmed. Nobody can do such an abominable thing to Obasanjo, not even Fasola. Obasanjo is a god, not even devil, as far as Nigerian politics is concerned. You underestimate him at your own peril.

apocalypse: I am a helpless romantic

jp philips: sounds good, but not the right play. From the events in Africa,most African countries do not recognize Nigeria beyond the ebb where we have always been except in times of crisis. we hardly get their support in any regional tussle, so going to play big daddy is just being ambitious.

there are other countries in Africa that are militarily superior to Nigeria who should form the "head man" for ECOMOG or whichever regional police therein.

the issue at hand is equally a national security concern for Nigeria and that is why we would not sit on our hands,
however, Nigeria should support all efforts to the Malian cause through covert arms supply, funding etc.

sending our sons and daughters to Mali is not an option. it will be more politically suicidal for Jonathan already plagued by Boko haram at home,to think he can withstand the offensive of alqaeda backed by islamic mahreb, should they launch a reprisal on Nigeria.

same people supporting this move today will be the same calling for his head when a terror attack claiming 3,000 lives happens on Nigerian soil.

joboy, be wise

Jenams: u under rate †ЂΞ supporter of APC MILITIA! Go read about their xploits ok