₦airaland Forum

zibe: I can't believe a President would still think like this today. Did we put you there to preach to us? Pastors and Imams are already doing enough of that. Smdh. If we needed a Pastor as a president, we wouldn't have voted in Okotie. I give up on the guy sha. The same evil forces that are making him to release all the high profile criminals and grant amnesty to boko boys. Delusion.

he is too close to clergy mens

Sincere 9gerian: "Jonathan stated that if all Nigerians resolved to do
what was right and serve as change agents, the
country would get to its right destination and would
become a great nation"

Thats all...

are you doing the right thing??

payless: Michael Essien enstranged father also claimed Essien is 37 years old. Imagine Samuel Eto claiming to be 30 wheareas he played at USA '94 at the age of 17. Kanu Nwakwo graduated from secondary school in Owerri in 1989 but he claimed he was 16 during Under 17 World Cup in Japan 1993. All these Nigerians and African players need to stop cheating.

take etoo out of that,i know him from cameroon to madrid, child hood story.

Nightshift: I often hear how expensive things are in Britain. Here in Germany, things are relatively cheap compared to other European countries. Rent in Munich is in the high side, but companies there are paying well.

howmuch will you save every month from your salary?? munich is the richest in germany

if you can visite this country you will hate your self as a black man.ignorance

Gentle Naaz: Why wont dy eradiacte it? Gv me d power, i wl eradicate bokoharam within 1 week

please share the idea

ugoezeb: Please can anybody help me to cross these dots:
... CIA prediction of Nigeria breaking up come 2015.

... The issue of boko haram having foreign links with al queda (CIA cover operation).
... Amanpour controversial interview with Gej wia Gej blame d western world of promoting oil theft in nigeria ie blood money.
... America's meddlesomeness in nigeria's internal affairs during Alam's pardon.
... Establishment of America's drone base close to Nigeria (to spy us).


All these nd odas coming in future are calculated plans by America to 'invade' nigeria like they did to iraq.
All these r because of Niger Delta Oil.

why oilthere are many countries in the world today doing very well with out oil,
just put your house in order,investors most come and invest in your country,becuase every body on earth needs and want to make more money,just get the basic infrastructures in place and the country will grow.period

Fhemmmy: It bothers me when people speak about how the past was corrupt, it is like telling us that it is not yet time for us to ask for better

on point

Sincere 9gerian: There's no point trying to challenge a senseless article. This is the oil multinationals fighting back to stall passage of PIB. All their effort is dead on arrival. QED.

Meanwhile, I understand the fact that HATERS (losers at the 2011 elections) will fight amongst themselves in attempt to queue behind the senseless article.

please i have been reading you for some time,try and list me 5mejor things that gej has done to nigerians for his 3years in office.with out sentiment

pro01: Someone should kindly tell me how GEJ's (2 year) administration is worse than OBJ's eight years in power. I have since concluded that shallow people (which describes many of the most vocal critics of the present administration) hate GEJ not necessarily for his actions or inactions, but because of his person and persona.

(Un)fortunately, GEJ is not as rambunctious, belligerent, swashbuckling, untamed, and uncouth as Obasanjo, which makes him seem less exciting and therefore 'worse'. It's all a matter of perception; groundless perception based on appearances rather than substance.

How, in cold facts and figures, is corruption - all forms of corruption - worse under GEJ than it was under Obasanjo? Nigeria earned the highest revenues in her history during Obasanjo's eight wasted years in power. How did that tell on our lives? Were the roads better under OBJ than they are now? Was the power supply better than it is now? Were our hospitals better equipped? Was there greater infrastructural development under OBJ than now? Was there less wastage of public funds under OBJ than now? Was the Rule of Law better observed under OBJ than it is under GEJ? Was general insecurity any less under OBJ than it is today (minus the emergent Boko Haram phenomenon, which sensible people realise is a political ploy to return power to the north)? Was the public service more efficient under OBJ than it is now? Most importantly, did Nigerians have more food on their tables under OBJ than they have today under GEJ (despite the fact that the country earned more courtesy of record crude oil prices during OBJ's eight years)? What then, is the basis for maligning GEJ as the worst thing to happen to Nigeria? Could it be merely because of his unpretentious appearance and underwhelming personality? Or could it be because of his unfashionable trademark hat? Because of his perceived lack of 'swagger'? Is that enough to justify so much baseless hate?

Do you so easily forget that the highest number of politically motivated assassinations occurred under Obasanjo, and ALL of them (including the murder of a serving Minister of Justice/Attorney-General) remain unresolved?

Again, how can anyone forget that political corruption, which is arguably worse than financial corruption, was elevated to official state practice under Obasanjo? In Nigeria's political history, has there been any election worse than the 2003 and 2007 general elections conducted by Obasanjo? Compare that with GEJ's demonstrable resolve not to tamper with electoral processes - which has seen the freest and fairest elections in Nigeria's history take place under him (e.g. Edo, Ondo, Anambra, Imo, etc). Gradually, the phenomenon of election-rigging is becoming extinct, primarily because GEJ refuses to endorse such, even to his own party's detriment. Can you say the same for OBJ?

Have we forgotten how Obasanjo sought to ALTER the constitution to prolong his stay in power through a dubious third term provision? Is that brazen act of political corruption not infinitely worse than pardoning a penitent convicted man?

I can go on and on, but the imperative of brevity constrains me. The fact is that we cannot judge GEJ in isolation. He had predecessors, and if we cannot prove how his administration is worse than those of his predecessors (especially OBJ), then we have serious issues indeed.

why compare him to his oga at the top??we need a preisident to tackle our problems,not to be friends to our greatest enemy,which is corruption

EagleNest: Nice move, perhaps to prepare for 2015.
My only problem with him is he's arrogant and sometimes thinks he know all.

good judgement

dramendra: I don't support fire for fire, but it has gotten to that stage where those animals dragging Islam into mud be brought to book. This is very easy to fight, let the real muslems colabo with their visitors (both yoruba and igbo) to fight back, this will go a long way to strengthen the unity of the country and also wash the muslem religion clean.

how can we realise that?when we are myopic in thinking here in nigeria, nigeria is tribal and religious sentiment that is killing the majority

ceaz4r: A very big shame on the security organisations we have in this country! If MEND, Bokoharam, can acquire this level of training, and coordinate attacks with amazing level of precision with their comparatively little resources, why can't the Nigerian security, with the full backing of the national resources & might, gather good intelligence! Why is this country paying lip service & playing politics with security!! I 'walked-in' at the NIA office in Abuja to enlist and what the agent I met could tell me (in confidence) was, the best bet for me to become an Agent is to bring a high powered letter from a member of the Nat. Assembly! And I asked myself, even when you decide to take up a job as dangerous as being a Spy in Nigeria, you still need a god-father?!

if you are serious get intouch with me,ifebosco001 @ yahoo . com

Clerverly: So so on point! Look I am a thorough-bred-Igbo man, but when it comes to Nigerian politics we dont cut it and with the present kind of leaders we are unfortunate to be bestowed on by the products of corruption from the centre, We would never be there, at least for the foreseeable future. It pains and my heart bleeds for the so called youth from my place cos it seems, we have not learned anything from the misdeeds of these Abuja contractors, who are only interested in what comes to their family and lineage without giving a damn what their people intends to benefit. The same set of people would come back and play the ethnic card when they are being outsmarted in their vainglory in Abuja. Surprising, the youth of the Igbos who are "assumed" to be intelligent enough to decipher when deceit is being played, would be the first to buy that and start playing the victims. My Igbo brothers and sisters on this forum, can we ask ourselves these probing questions below and try to reflect on them before we decide where to pitch our tent in 2015;

Why do the Igbo always support any government in power (Shagari, Babangida, Abacha, OBJ,Yardua and GEJ, I stand to be corrected on these)?no sentiment,free mind

Why are the Igbos only remembered during electioneering periods?

Why do we have the worst road network in whole of the country and yet we have supported any Government that had ruled?

Why did we allow PDP to rig these characters into the helm-of-affairs in our respective states notably Elechi and T A Orji?

What is our stand or the so -called stick and carrot approach in 2015?

What has the present government at the center done for us to warrant us supporting it in 2015.

Ndi Ibe Anyi E keleem unu, Ka Udo Chia!!!

free minded igbo

Costa2000: Am still waiting for the day White men will come to 9ja report all the politicians that stole our money which is in their country.Everyday millions of dollars pass throu our airport to European countries,if they want to fight crime let them fight crime,they should start exposing those fat accounts owned by Nigerian politicians.Drug traffickers nd corrupt politicians are criminals.lets call a spade a spade.

on point

lovethokoh: see more proof that northerners are richer than other Nigerians
https://www.nairaland.com/1199280/northerners-richer-than-all-other#14373185

i have been arguing lately with my friends about this topic, and i believed that the southerners are richer, until one of us came out with a vital data about the wealth of the Northerners.

1 The police pension DG is worth N23b Nigeria

2 Alhaji Abdulrashid Maina is worth N88b

3 IBB is worth over $2billion

4 Abacha is worth over $3Billion

5 Dangote is worth over $12b as the Richest African

4 Ishaiku Rabiu and sons are worth over $5b

6 Dantata is worth over $1b

The most critical of the data goes this way

7 the North has more LGA's infact Kano alone has 44 LGA's and so the North Receives more Allocation for development

8 The North Has more people in the federal civil service and so they earn more salaries

9 The North has more Men in Army,Navy,Airforce,Police, Immigration,customs and Other Federal parastatals due to quota system and so earn more salary.

10 They have more senators and House of Reps and therefore Get more constituency Money,Bribery etc

11 they have more politicians and so more money for them...

12 they own 83% of oil blocs in Nigeria

this are thesame elites in the north,their money will never help the poor man in the streets.
our elites and the political class are wicked people from south to north.

vivacious vivi: I agree. I don't see any drastic change in her face before and after ti credit surgery. Her butt is defiantly fake abeg. But she carries it well. Either way, I wld love to know the brand of makeup o. Its done its job well. Lol

woman and makeup,una dey spoil money ooo chaiii

KenGali: A couple of things really suggest that Okorocha might really be unstable!
Lets assume he even had a cogent reason to join a party that was openly advertising it Northern Agenda,
He handled it like a toddler. His approach was almost like a coup. He behaved like a man so pressed he had to jump in the bush and use the cocoyam leaves.
Did he know how many consultations were made in the West for this merger.
Does he understand that the Northern think tank at Mambala House of Ahmadu Bello University would give this merger serious thought?
He believes he alone can wrestle and represent us in a place he is over whelmingly outnumbered. He must be Ojaadili the great!
He could not even consult his own brother Peter Obi, not to talk of the various strong men of the land.

The question is what exactly does Okorocha hold in a party he has zilch control over? A man who can submerge the late life work of one such as Ojukwu's for a mere promise of positions (In a place he is a junior partner, easily dribbled out) is not worthy to be called a Son! Mind you It is barely a year since Ikemba Passed, And this prodigal son cannot but have his inheritance submerged in a strange identity.

1) southeast governors are from pdp with only rochas and obi from apga,and obi is gej right hand man from the east.so there is no way obi will want to join rochas,even though we know obi politically is a loser in anambra state base on security and infrastructure he did very bad. why should we ask obi to join if we already know he is a loser??what is somebody like ngige or even dora doing?? we don´t have to ask unperformed governor,2)the mega party is for national interest,to have and oposition party in any democracy is not only necessary but obligatory.it´s going to build a stronger democracy.

anulaxad: The old footballer OKORACHA is still talking crap.

is not jay jay footballer

Elueme: Rochas is at the verge of making the biggest political mistake of his life and his political career is at the verge of irredeemable disrepute. Where are his advisers ? Why should Rochas of all people join ths anti- Ibo coup by supporting this northern and Yoruba path of enslaving the ibos and the minority south-south. Rochas problem has been overt ambition, understood that he might of been promised certain things but he should know that his identity cannot be denied and as such he is only being used to achieve a political means for these Ofemanus and their northern counterparts.

racist mentality, grow up my boy.bring facts out and leave sentiments aside

livebullet: exactly! Nigerians generally dnt knw how reality operates...we r too disoriented cos we are feed on orchestated info 4rom hollywood. U cant outsmart FBI,KGB or M16 even Al Qaida is not easy to outrun if dey mean u. Una think say na like 9ja security system wen u break d law n go find a safe house in Dubai

im not in support of what he did,but the guy has shown me that he is stupid.give me 20% of that money,not only FBI will not be able to CATCH me,but i will have MY boys working with FBI IN FUTURE WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY,

noblezone: Anybody who thinks that the change we need is in the name of a party should have his head properly examined.

Perhaps, let the likes of OBJ, Atiku and Orji Kalu defect to APC and then we will support them because it is PDP!

Perhaps, Chris Uba should join APC and become her flag bearer in Anambra guber race. Arrant nonsense!

I will be swayed by APC only if a credible person becomes the flag bearer.
If they fly the power hungry, blood thirsty tyrant called Buhari and Jonathan is contesting, then will I not only vote for PDP but will also campaign for the party.

the only credible leader we have in nigeria,go and read his antecedent.although im not in support of his truncating of our then democracy

Obiagu1: Lie! Ondo people are anti Tinubu aka Yoruba super thief

if peter odili of south south,would have used the money in his position to build a political party as strong as acn of tinubu.by now
south south even jonathan will have a political party to be proud of.im not a fan of tinubu,but the man has tried for his people by building up a strong political party to challenge pdp.

LagosShia: In a government school,where all students are equal citizens,if a female decides not to wear hijab because she a Christian (who haven't read Corinthians),she shouldn't be forced to wear hijab even if the majority of the school is muslim.likewise,if a female decides to wear hijab,she has the right to even if the government school is majority non-muslim or Christian.had this happened in Anambra state,I won't be suprised.but this principal obviously from another region of Nigeria is bringing her ignorance and fanaticism in Lagos,a Yoruba state where indigenous Yorubas are majority muslim[/font].this is NOT acceptable.the principal should go back to the east or wherever she is from to practice her extremism and hatred for Muslims.

[font=Lucida Sans Unicode]yorubas are majority muslems??
i thought it was 50 50

emmatok: Bros, cool down, how dare you compare Christians who don't want Islamic Banking to BOKO-HARAM.

Please tell me what he has achieved has CBN governor.

don´t you like the recapitalization of our banking system
and the relatively low interest rate?

dougivilla: what is principled in critising rather than resigning from a government you are serving in? Or carrying out selective condolence visits to your kinsmen and doling out our cash to them while abandoning others who hav suffered more colleteral bokoharam induced damge? Or proposing the sack of up to 50 percent of civil servants in a time of unrivaled job loss in naija. Tell me one, just one cbn policy that has helped in stabilising the economy or creating even one single job

im sorry to differ with you on this,sls is cbn governor,the work of cbn is to consolidate our banking system and monetery policies.thats the work of cbn.job creation is for the private sector, with the help of goverment to put the enable playing field for the private sector to come in.

[quote author=~Bluetooth]What is mad in what they are doing ? They are both married and do what suits them and makes them happy as a couple.Wetin concern you if I may ask ?[/quote]just the moral aspect of what they are doing is not aceptable in a religious society like 9ja.thats the problem

Truckpusher: Nigerians are very pathetic people choi!!! na wao....funny thing is most of these girls making noise up and down are crying and wailing after a married man all in the name 'I JUST LOVE HIM ,DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE'S MARRIED'..smdh....i beg make we stop some pretense na,you can't lie to yourselves

doñ´t generalize,not all nigerians are pathetic

I will contest presidency in 2015 – Buhari declares

After months of tittle-tattle and gossips over his political aspiration, leader of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Muhammadu Buhari has finally stated that he would not turn down the offer to become the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in 2015.

The retired General who was a guest on a live Hausa programme of DITV, Kaduna on Sunday, revealed that he still has the intention to run for the nation’s number one seat.

On the issue of sharing of national offices and selection of candidates for elective positions, the three-time contender for the presidency assured that APC will follow due process.

“Many people especially from my party are really disturbed. The joyful thing is that I didn’t say I quit politics. I will never quit politics as far as I am live. I only said that I will not present myself to contest but if my party members said they want me to remain in the race. I will.”



“Since I am in the new party as a member, if after consultations they included me among their aspirants, I will not reject their offer. This is what I want people to know. I want people to be patient with what we are doing now. They should allow the merger to succeed first. I am sure the new party leaders will know those that are relevant and saleable to Nigerians electorate,” he said.

Observers say Buhari’s declaration of interest will further unsettle the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, which is closely monitoring development in the new mega party.

Buhari has a demi-god status in the North, especially the eastern and western axis.

With millions of supporters spread across the different states. His party’s alliance with other top opposition platform will no doubt give the ruling PDP sleepless nights in the build up to the next general election.

http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/02/19/i-will-contest-presidency-in-2015-buhari-declares/

badesco: genuine Patriot in what sense. the man is a complete ignoramus and a die hard Islamist, that will end up destroying this country if not checked.

why the insult??if you don´t like him as cbn governor,give your facts and stop the personal insult.haba