₦airaland Forum

And once again, there they go building roads without something as simple as a sidewalk.

Deblow:
This won't happen in saner climes.

What do you know about living in saner climes or how the societies operate?

Lies, deceits and hypocrisy are your biggest problems as Nigerians.

MCMLXXVI:
His job is to stand with the COUNTRY, NOT his BOSS, for his boss is but a man. His allegiance is to the INSTITUTION.
Stop letting your silly partisan sentiments blind you.

You people complained when Marilyn Ogar did all she did. Why are you suddenly blind to the impunity under this government?

In Nigeria, his job is to stand with his boss, because his boss stands for Nigeria. Maybe in another, 8-15 years--- if the country continues on this positive track of restructuring--- I'll support your position. But for now, I'll condemn it because it reeks of hypocrisy.

The point of a plea bargain in serious cases is not to give the convicted a soft landing but to ensure swift justice with a harsh sentence, but not as harsh as if the Defendant had insisted on his innocence and gone to trial. I.e Instead of giving Dasuki the Death Penalty if convicted at trial,he could be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of release if he admits guilt and doesn't waste the time of the court or taxpayers money.

badman007:
Barely is good enough for me, thank you very much! Lol. I just feel it would have been a lot better if he was tried in our country where his alleged crime was committed. Perhaps the Benchmark with which he was tried and arrested would have been used on the likes of OBJ, Still, Lucky Igbinedion, Orji uzor Kalu and all the other thieves.

My point is that Ibori worked for his people. If that's the sort of corruption everywhere else in Naija, you and I would have been happy for it. He took bribe from I think vmobile to develop my state, in my opinion, that's by far better than the invasion of the middle east by the united states..

Pls don't ask me how that relates to what we are talking about.

You need to stop doing Cocaine.

Knowledge9000:
****.read my analysis. If not for SS and SE supporting Obasanjo, he would not have been elected and reelected.If not for SS and SE supporting MKO Abiola, he would not have won June 12 election. Had Tofa ...Northern rival to Abiola won SE and SS, something IBB was hoping, he would have ruled this country. IBB would have handed over to him but not Abiola.

Apart from your "Abiola" reference, your votes did not count in the rest of the "elections". The results were a sham written in the bedrooms of those that control your country. You can't take credit for an achievement that doesn't exist.

seunmsg:
You don't go to war based on emotions, you go to war based on necessity and pragmatism. The European union with their NATO forces had every reason to go to war with Russia over Ukraine, but they decided otherwise despite the provocation.

Russia can take on the whole European Union and NATO and trounce them resoundingly.

Okijajuju1:
I recently visited the Museum in Lagos and saw the car he got shot in..

One remarkable thing I noticed was the accuracy of the assassins. The were so accurate with their shots that only 1 bullet strayed and hit the body of the car. All other shots went into the car. The driver seat had a bullet hole in the center of the head rest.

Crazy stuff.

When you run up with a gun to someone sitting in an unarmored car in traffic, even if you're Stevie Wonder, it will be really hard to miss.

MansaMoussa:
I beg to differ sir,
A Large Army is not necessarily an efficient one. The numerical strength of the Russian Imperial Army did not stop the Japanese from defeating them with a smaller army in the Russo-Japanese War...the Combined Force of the PLA and Kwomintang fled before a much smaller Kwantung Army.

King Darius of Persian was vanquished by Alexander's much smaller army

How many British soldiers did it take to subjugate the Benin, Kanem-Borno, Sokoto, and Oyo Empires?
How many "Little Green Men" wrested Donbass,Crimea, from Ukraine?

Superior Weapons, Men and tactics carry the Day in any engagement. anytime anyday(ask the Romans)

What the Nigerian Army needs isn't more a gunslingers, but more Brains, Hardware, Mobility, Logistics etc.
The mass attack and mass retreat doctrines of Liberia/Sierra leone in the 90s will not win us any battle today..
We need highly specialised, highly mobile, tough army that can deploy within 4hrs reactionary time anywhere in the country, and 24hrs anywhere in West Africa with the ability to carry out specific objectives with Surgical precision.
We are seeing the results of these in the NE by the gallantry of the 72nd SF batt.,
It took the death of Millions of Men charging across man's land in WW1 to take few Machine Gun positions,to prove that a Tank is a force multiplier.
We need border guards, more customs officals, etc, the NYSC programme if be fully militarised can give Nigeria a Reserve Force of about 200k extra men and women that can mobilise within a week.

I do not see of what relevance referencing bush bush-wars like that of Liberia and Sierra Leone has got to do with any of this. They do not even come anything close to being great civilizations, economies or empires.

Please feel free to read my whole post again. I am talking about the importance and necessity of an Army to be grown and developed in tandem with its Economic goals and policies.You must have over looked my opening statement. And it is noted, that you have historical knowledge of battles and wars fought in the past and how they were won. But thats not even close to what my post was about.

chukwudi44:
Ojukwu did not line women and children to shoot to death.Murtala did,No wonder the coward died like a chicken.

Actually, thats false. For example, his Army annihilated the whole whole town of Abudu (in Present day Edo state) just because they were predominantly Muslim, dressed like the Northerners and spoke no Igbo. How would you describe Genocide if someone asked you to?

You shouldn't point fingers in a war, lest your opponent can't point his because it has been chopped off by your sword. At least you're all on here everyday, by the dozen, in droves, always crying, accusing everyone else of "killing" you in 1967-70. But take a wild guess why you don't hear anyone crying on behalf of the people of Abudu?

Thats right. Theres noone left.

EternalTruths:
See illiteracy at its peak

How do you plan paying them

Besides, are we at war.

Illiterate?! We taught you how not to kill twins or eat your fellow human beings . Just look at your two last sentences. You couldn't even complete a a combined eleven words without serious grammatical errors.

SmartChoices:
State police is what is needed now

As Nigerians become more aware of their rights and embrace Nationalism this is inevitable. Your Police has to first undergo certain reforms mostly in retraining its officers on crime prevention, gathering of evidence, interrogation of suspects and educating them on the rights of the citizens. This Government has the political will to place these changes into effect; at least from the indications it is giving.

ZombieNation:
Foolishness of the highest order.

In a time most of the developed nations are scaling down on the numerical strength of their military in preference of a lean mean killing machine, this dunce thinks modern warfare is down to the number of potential bullet catchers.

This move is geared towards absolviing more of his illiterate bokos into the army which he intends to send to their graves fighting jihad for Saudi Arabia.

Let the nonsense continue under the dullard

You don't get it, do you? The problem is most of you can't see into the future. Go and research every great empire, ever great civilization, and you will see that the great leaders that set things in motion knew the importance of a large standing Army as they put their country on the path to greatness. As the plans to set Nigeria onto economic greatness is set in place, it is important that the Army also grows at a similar pace. You really think its possible to become a rich country and stronger, richer countries won't try to destroy you? If thats your belief, then you do not understand the nature of the world you live in or how its even run---or even why you want your country to be rich---you're just surviving in it. This is one of the reasons why I say---and not disrespectfully--- that a large percentage of Nigerians want to be rich and their standard of living improved upon, but they want things to remain the same.

Nigeria will be great, and a Super power. Of that, I have no doubt in my mind. Maybe not in the next 15-20yrs, but soon, say 30-45yrs, if this change is kept up and improved upon. Its a gradual process. Believe me, your country is going through what other great countries have gone through on their road to greatness; impunity, wars, reckless thieving governments, corruption, the rich oppressing the poor, internal strifes etc But, there comes a time when one person comes and says "Enough is enough" and starts to put a vision into reality.

You need a large standing Army.

If he doesn't appear after 2 weeks offer the public a $50,000 reward and watch his own mother tie him up in the middle of the night and drag him to the nearest EFCC field office.

247frolicboss:
Below is a press statement from Ibori's media office...

Chief James Onanaefe Ibori’s defence lawyers shocked the Southwark Court, London on Wednesday 10th February 2016, when they adduced evidence before Judge Tomlinson of a conspiracy between Nigeria and Britain to railroad Ibori and his associates into jail.

Mr. Tony Eluemunor, Head of Ibori Media Office, said in a press statement that that evidence was the highlight of Wednesday’s court proceedings which was delayed for hours because the London Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, suddenly turned lukewarm and refused to appear in court for the day’s hearing. A thoroughly disappointed Judge Tomlinson refused to adjourn hearing to another day but issued an order by 12.30 pm that the Prosecution should be in court by 2pm as the matter at hand, professional misconduct, dishonesty, perverting the course of justice and criminal non-disclosures, lying to the trial court and Court of Appeal, were serious and urgent. This time, the hunters have become the hunted and Ibori’s defence team were the accusers while Ibori’s erstwhile accusers and prosecutors were the accused.

Pointedly, two prosecutors; Sasha Wass and Esther Schutzer-Weissmann were not only at the end of finger-pointing, and have been dismissed from the Ibori case, their activities are now being challenged in court for grounds on which to upturn all the convictions – Ibori’s and his associates’. In fact, all the prosecution lawyers plus the entire police officers that have represented the British Police have been dismissed from the Iboir case and all other cases stemming from it – following allegations of corruption against them; lies and deliberate misleading of the court.

Yet, the worst charge so far against the British prosecution came when the court resumed by 2 pm as counsel to Ibori’s former lawyer, Badresh Gohil, dropped the bombshell. The Counsel, Mr. Kamish, stunned the court when he revealed a sinister conspiracy between Nigeria and Britain to railroad Ibori and associates into jail. He backed this up by pointing at a document signed by British and Nigerian governments agreeing that the Department for International Development will be paid 25 million Pounds Sterling from monies that will be confiscated from Ibori, before any penny is ever remitted to Nigeria. With that document in place, that Department became so aggressive as to start paying the salaries of some police investigators on the Ibori case, especially that of Dectective Constable, John McDonald.

Wednesday’s hearing was at the request of Ibori’s lawyers for the prosecution to explain their non-compliance with court orders made to ensure fair as opposed to unfair trial. Mr. Kenneth Talbot represented Ibori while Kamish stood for Gohil.

The case was adjourned to 8th March 2016, to enable the Prosecution appoint new counsels as the old ones that have handled the Ibori case since the beginning have now been tainted and dropped and may be facing investigations of corruption and legal perversity.
Signed:

Tony Eluemunor
Head, Ibori Media Office

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/02/james-iboris-lawyers-shock-southwark.html

Believe this rubbish at your own peril. They think U.K is Nigeria where there are no procedures in the system? The Prosecution was embarrassed by a man they have successfully caged up?! Not only that, they locked up his wife, Mistress, other family members and even his personal Attorney. But, now it comes to the civil trial and we're to suddenly believe they developed cold feet? Nigerians in position really take their lesser privileged citizens for fools.

EroticAngelina:
i should do wat?!?! I ain't doing nothing. I don't need u to believe Dats me in my dp. believe or leave it. my likes and people here who know me are enof proof. so fvck off
if thinking or accusing me of stealing someone else's pic will remove poverty from ur wretched life, pls by all means go ahead. I don't care.

I'm done with u, cos u aren't worth my time no more.
loser.

Typical Nigerian that wasn't born into constant electricity, clean water or good roads suddenly proclaiming to be super wealthy online.

You're a fraud, thats not you and anyone with half a brain knows that. At least try to not put up another person's blurry picture next time.

P.S: Even if thats you, you're still not good looking, you looked malnourished, underfed and that itchy looking thing you call a wig on your head gotta go. It makes you look like a 50yr old woman in a 12 year old body.

EroticAngelina:
Dats my real picture, pig.
and I didn't read the part abt him being 41. buh dat doesn't change the fact dat that's his damn house and he doesn't want that bitchhh bringing other men to his house.

Really?! Thats you? Ok, Put up another one with you holding up a Newspaper showing today's date. I bet you can't because you're ugly as sin and your point of view. You can fool your fellow citizens, but we gave y'all the computers, see? So, its hard to fool me.

So, You didn't read the part where he's 41?! Really?! Only The Lord above alone knows what else you didn't read before jumping to all the conclusions you've been showering us with all day since the start of this thread. How could you miss such a critical part of the story but yet think you have an opinion on it?

P.S: Thats no longer his house. His house is now Death Row. He will NEVER walk the streets a free man again and will be condemned to hang like the idiot he is.

Ganjafama:
when ur time comes to die would you be happy wherever you are to see ur beloved wife bringing a boy old enough to be her son into ur house to lash? To make matters worse, in the presence of ur children. The woman was wrong, but the step-son was dead wrong. Also, since when has se.x become a means of quantifying a woman's happiness?

Like I said, Pretentious Nigerian, if I died I could care less who my wife went with; I'm dead, stiff, and now maggot food, right? So, why would that be my concern? I'm DEAD, remember? Matter of fact, if we separated today, I'd wish she met someone that'll love her as much as I do/did because I know she'd wish the same for me.

You Nigerians are the most pretentious, most ignorant species on the planet by far. Jesus! "Since when has se.x become a means of quantifying a woman's happiness" you ask? Well, maybe since the time our creator added it as a means of pleasure to our bodies? But you probably won't know that since most of you have your geni*talia's mutilated and cli*toris cut off.

You can go back now to your computer and continue being the highest on the Planet Googling Homo.se*xual three*somes while pretentiously being homophobic as AIDS ravages your land in the midst of you Anti-Gay Legislation.

MAROC:
Close to a Trillion? Now I'm not pro-jonathan but that's a lie!

Spend that on what? Fuelling, Hotel costs, Air plane maintenance and what?

And how many foreign trips did the man go on for goodness sake?

It's ok to calm down and read the article. No cop will arrest you for that.

nnachukz:
Really? With the way Buhari is traveling, he will spend times five of that figure in a year. A governor has already alleged that each trip of Buhari has cost way above $1m, the president has not denied the cost rather he was talking about the benefit of those trips. Maybe to his family and children.

And you believe that Governor but you won't believe that you have mental issues caused by hate and bigotry?

GEJ will go to jail, just not now. It's not Politically expedient at the moment. Besides, the agreement was to let him slide--- with a few associates and his wife--- if he voluntarily conceded defeat and returned ALL stolen items. He has violated the terms of the agreement on numerous occasions. He was told to be forthright in his admissions but he has chosen to go to the media to perpetuate lies. He has broken the agreement. It's only a matter of time. A few years at most. If not this Government, then the next one will definitely bring him to Justice.

That last statement also goes for past leaders and political office holders.

Savages. Can't even see that their environment looks like 365B.C Macedonia. Yet they'll line up behind those oppressing them.

Speechless3:
Even his brothers are mocking him.
Pmb does not know what democracy is; compelling people to do what they would ordinarily not do for fear of imprisonment is not democracy but dictatorship.

58 other illiterates actually upvoted your asinine post. What has he "compelled" people to do that hasn't been within the gambits of the law?

Ephemmm:
@ bolded, this is a good observation. But one thing you failed to notice is that PMB's anti-corruption crusade is predominantly being focused on Federal level for now.

And if I may ask you, who are those people who majorly occupied Federal Executive posts for the past sixteen years and which party did they belong? ACN, APGA, CPC and other political parties operates majorly at states or local government level as at that time.

Get it right!

If you took the time to read and understand how your Constitution is supposed to work, you'll realize that he can't do anything beyond Federal level. Prosecutions of this type at State level do not fall under his Jurisdiction. Ask your Governors what they're doing about your concerns.

Okies27:
. All these yoruba and hausa thieves should be hanged. These two tribes most especially are the corruption eating this country to her bone marrows.

It's not the thieves that are the problem. The biggest problem are their supporters. They are worse than the thieves because they encourage theft. They are the ones that need to be destroyed.

RoyalBoutique:
For where.

Read on the unwritten laws of the presidency.

They know they cant touch GEJ, thats why they're arresting everyone around him.

Dont get headache over nothing.

GEJ dey kamkpe.

You want to bet that in less than 5years you'll be wondering where this post is so you can delete the last paragraph?

Nigeria needs to institute a Draft and conscript males over the age of 18 in droves.

obasiken:
Yes yes yes
Seize their properties.

But this anti corruption war is getting boring.
All i want to see is infrastructural development and a better economy. That is the kind of news I want to hear. Catching thieves will do little or nothing to improve the living standard of the people.

And how do you expect to do that when all the money was used to buy the buildings you're complaining about?

Nigerians are not that smart. The way you guy's process information is worrying.

VampireeM:
am not saying Mr President shouldnt fight corruption but I noticed Since he came into power and claimed he is fighting Corruption am yet to hear where an APC member or Chieftain esp those ones that were in PDP has been arrested by EFCC or Probed even with petitions written against them.

PMB's anti corruption war is more of a witch hunt! If truly he wants to fight corruption, he has to start from the root and not the branch...

Since the inception of this govt, everyday arresting and probing with no meaningful results. Touring round the continent like he is "Gulliver the Traveller" and some Zombie Nigerians are telling me its for our own good... Govt with no blue print on how to run the country and economy looking for whom to blame for their incompetence.
We are in 2016 and the budget is yet to be approved? Are we moving backward or Forward?

Im*becile, are the Service Chiefs PDP officials?

Oh, they are?! Then maybe you don't want to associate or sympathize with criminals except of course you are a criminal yourself.

kokoA:
No military officer earns up to 800k monthly. I wonder why most of the very senior officers are usually stinkingly rich.

Because the people they're supposed to be working for have the roles reversed and think they are slaves instead.

Watch some ignorant people defend these criminals.

LadyAmaka:
He would have simply reported her to the family meeting so that they will resolve the issue there.

And her sex life is the business of the family, because....?

EroticAngelina:
oga, pls go back and read my initial post at least 9times and understand what I typed, cos if I should start explaining to u, ur weak brain will never comprehend, so I won't stoop DAT low

same goes to others who are misunderstanding me.
I won't kill myself cos some people can't read and understand.

The only thing I understood is that you're backwards. Your mentality is medieval.