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TonySpike: Four convicted drug traffickers– Asirah Onyongha, Chinonso Onuchukwu, Bala Garba and Okafor Tochukwu – have been sentenced to 42 years in prison by federal high courts in the country.

While Onyongha was jailed 15 years and Onuchukwu and Garba were sentenced to 10 years each, Tochukwu, who was convicted for attempted smuggling, was sentenced to seven years in prison.

The PUNCH learnt that the first convict, who hails from Cross River State, had been arrested and prosecuted for cultivating drugs and dealing in hemp, while Onuchukwu and Garba who are indigenes of Nasarawa and Niger states respectively, were charged for peddling cannabis.

It was also learnt that 1,238 others had been convicted by the courts in the past six months.

For more info, read http://www.punchng.com/news/four-get-42-years-imprisonment-for-drug-trafficking/

Marijuana gets more time than cocaine which gets more time than Governmental Corruption.

Nigeria is a sick joke.

HappyJoe: Christians in Iraq want Muslims to stop 1. beheading them 2. forcing them to flee their homes 3. forcing them to pay jizya tax.

Christians in Pakistan want Muslims to stop 1. sentencing them to death for blasphemy 2. burning their homes.

Christians in Saudi Arabia want Muslims to stop 1. preventing them from building houses of worship 2. seizing their bibles.

Islam has no competition in intolerance in the World.

Yes, there are a few intolerant Jews, but this doesn't compare with the institutionalized intolerance of Muslim societies - even Sharia states in Nigeria.

As far a Christians are concerned - Jews are 100 times more tolerant than Muslims. I can support this with facts.

The overly religious Nigerian is the most ignorant animal on the planet today.

Saudi Arabia will not accept any other religion but Islam. This is a known fact. Respect their rules.

How many Jews are there in the world? Less than 20 million. How many Jewish countries are there? How many Jews have you even seen face to face? But "Jews are more tolerant" than muslims in your own head. Get rid of the hate in your heart.

tit: Again, i do not want o call you names.
Did the areas of Nigeria that are witnessing modest development achieve that by appropriating federal money to themselves?
The answer to this question tells you how harebrained your suggestion is.
The failure of the region for which Buhari should have laid proper foundations, at a time Uncle Gowon said they had too much money, is the root cause of the upheavals we are experiencing today.
If Buhari had a little more gray matter and used it, instead of only thinking of mata and buduruwa,
Gongola, Borno and Nigeria would have been a much better place.
Your bigotry is here for the whole wide world to see.

Feel free to call me names, I know I would if I felt like it, because your idiocy is there for the world to see.

tit: I do not want to call you names.
Did other parts of Nigeria develop because someone gave them 45% more than the north?
This suggestion shows warped thinking.
The reflex to throw money at a problem and hope the problem will disappear.
This reflexive reaction is why i smile at most Buhari supporters.
I voted for Buhari in the past.
I have been there, done that but now I know better.

Do you now see that all your words are just controlled by hate?

You claimed in the post that if Buhari had carried the people of the North along and given them an education Boko Haram won't have been a menace now. So why are you upset at pumping money into a problem area? Oh, the tribe and religion issue?

Gotcha!

tit: he failed as a military administrator.
He failed to plan for the youth in thse area and carry them along in governance
if he had performed well in the old gongola state, all these boko haram we are hearing will not be there.
Borno and Yobe will be chasing Lagos in development
he fails in everything

How did he fail in old Gongola. And how did he fail to "carry them along in governance". I'm sorry but all I see in your post is hate for someone whom you have no reason to dislike. Tribal or Religious bigotry are not legitimate reasons.

If while he was Head of State in 1985, Buhari had said:

"Fellow Nigerians, because I think the multitude of uneducated youths in the North is a clear, present, and future danger to both the financial well being and internal security of this great nation, myself--- along with the other Members of the Supreme Military Council--- have decided that the Northern States affected will receive 45% more in Education funding than other parts of the country...."

Guess who would be screaming "Northern Oligarchy", "Born to rule", "Hausa Mafia"?

Yup...

Pinkybush: this is why nigeria looks backward in the eyes of Americans. Havin an e-rat like u in dis false marriage called nigeria is another problem which intelligent nigerians should be worried about. Your attitude is even worst than BH's bombing. Tell us what ur useless fada would'v done if he ws the president? Calling some's fada "Jonathan", means u r insane.

No America looks you as backwards because a very significant amount of you guys still can't realise this GEJ Govt as the inept and corrupt organization it is.

kendrick93: i dnt tink jona should worry abt fashola.. fashola is just lookin for cheap attension anyway. his just a puppet for his master Tinubu.. if i were jonathan all dis men would hav been in jail by now

If those men deserve to be in Jail, then GEJ deserves to be shot while hung upside down. As a University Professor he wasn't worth N1million, today he is worth more than $3Billion and his wife is worth (conservatively) $5Billion; and they continue to steal more. Why do you think he's scared to declare his assets?

SmooshCHN: I think I'm the only one thinking this Ebola issue is a plot.

If it is a plot what was your Govt doing to protect the country from External Aggression?

ProphetUdeme: More pics coming.... Nigeria is truly becomin an international develop country were tourist will make the country their new haven and everlasting habitat

Yes, tourists will go through your bribe seeking Immigration Agents at your Airports when coming into your country, then drive on your pothole filled roads to go look at your new magnificent stadiums.

barcanista: if you like quote me from now till 2015, I don't discuss Nigeria politics with a non Nigerian that got nothing at stake.




Enjoy

When I quote, I don't see a face I just see the words and I respond in kind. Stop attaching undue importance to your person.

Actually, I lied. When I quote, I do see a face. A face of a young man, gaunt and looking way older than it actually is because of frustration and stress brought about because nothing works in his society. No electricity, no roads, no proper Healthcare, no jobs, backwards education, lack of security....all in all, a horrible past walking into a terrible future.

That's the face I'm trying to help with my words.

Smily202: Limpopo star, Kcee, got the embarrassment of his
life recently while on his American tour when cab
drivers quizzed him on the fate of the Chibok girls
who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in April. Kcee
shared his experience during a press conference to
unveil PMAN’s peace pet project tagged Lighting
Up The Unity Flame, at PMAN office, Opebi,
Lagos, earlier in the week.
“I was thoroughly embarrassed in the US a couple
of days ago while I was on tour. In New York, the
airport cab driver who took me to my hotel, as
soon as he discovered I was Nigerian asked, ‘have
they found those girls.’ I was so embarrassed I
had nothing to say. Again it happened in Los
Angeles when another cab man asked me the same
question. Can you imagine a cab man saying that?
It was very embarrassing and I realised that
whether we like it or not, where ever we find
ourselves in the world, we must defend the image of
our country but we have to start from the very
source of this problems.”
According to the singer, it was a reflection of the
fact that indeed a lot was wrong about the image
of the country.
“That’s the reason I have come out to support
PMAN today as it unveils its pet project which is
the lighting of the unity flame. Today it is Ebola,
tomorrow it is Boko Haram and before you say
jackie Robinson, its kidnapping. We all need to
pull our resources together to make change, we
have the capacity to do that.”
Initiated by PMAN, the Lighting Up The Unity
Flame train will travel around the country before
climaxing on October 1 with a National Peace
Concert at the Nnamdi Azikiwe National Stadium,
Abuja, on Independence Day October 1.
The event also witnessed the lighting of the Flame
of hope by the Chairman of the association’s
Caretaker Committee, Kevin Lucciano Gabriel, who
was assisted by Kcee, Daddy Showkey,
Brownbread and Harrysong among a host of other
artistes.


Source : http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=76925

Ok, so Mr.Kcee when are you gonna gather your colleagues and start speaking out against Governmental corruption?

barcanista: Buhari's importance in Nigeria politics and Northern politics is undisputed. He will do well occupying a Powerful behind the scene position just like Bola Tinubu. His endorsement and support is very important. I think that will be the Best for the Party. I can't imagine another 4 Years of PDP. Maybe you should do your research on Kwankwaso

Actually you should be the one doing more research about Kwankwaso. He is part of the corrupt elite, whether you choose to know it or not.

tchaikovsky: ^^^^^

errr...the post was about her height in relation to her age and your post piggy-ied off it..

Any logical person reading your post would infer her height is because life is good for her.....

and come to think of it, what has your post got to do with her height. He father is of Kenyan descent and by default, she will be tall

your Nigerian analogy misses the mark

Lmao holy molly!

WTF Do they feed you kids in your water that your brains have turned to mush?!

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Can someone please tell this clown above that I wasnt really talking about "height" per se ?

barcanista: APC is an Institution that can use its goodwill to garner votes for its candidate. It shouldn't be a Buhari Vs PDP. If APC is all about Buhari's Ambition then it is not worth to be taken serious. The APC has working Governors and leaders that has the Potential to garner votes if well marketed.

When I read statements like these, It is so easy to realize that you do not even understand your problem in that country. The sad thing is you will waste your youth (in)directly encouraging corruption and by the time you realize your folly itd be too late, youll be too old and your kids wouldve been the slaves of the children of the men you praise today for too long. You will hope that they fight on your behalf so your final days can have a smoother transition, but it wont be so because you have already raised them with the mentality you had at their age... and the cycle of Boss and Slave continues.

You are setting yourself and your future generations up, BIG TIME, and you cant even see it.

Sincere9gerian: Well, you cannot turn facts on its head. Nigeria started off with countries like China, Brazil, etc but they left us long time ago because while China, Brazil, et al were making progress, your country was retrogressing. It was not in 2010 (when GEJ became president of Nigeria) that Brazil and China overtook Nigeria. In fact, leaders of Nigeria in the 80s, such as your master Buhari, should be blamed for allowing countries like Brazil and China overtake Nigeria

I honestly do not know why people waste their time even arguing with you or quoting you (like Im doing now). The best approach to tackle you should be to let you debate yourself. I have told you, since you claim to be a medical doctor: POST A PICTURE OF YOUR FACE WITH A PLACARD WITH YOUR NL NAME WRITTEN ON IT and if you dont look poverty-stricken I promise to pay you whatever you deem fair up to $3000!

You are a loser and it shows with every post you drop on here.

barcanista: Unfortunately, the "Comrades" don't seem to look at merit in this case. As for the 1983 Coup, bros come on, it will be unfair no exonerate Buhari. He was "named" Head of State and Sit tight on power which was Unconstitutional. Instead of putting motion in place to hand power over to Civilian like Obasanjo did. Buhari wasn't elected as far as my memory can serve

Seriously, what grade did you drop out from? Or is it that youve got mental issues, or what? I have schooled you on this topic, earlier today, severally. Still, like a Billy-Goat, you ran over here to create another thread spewing unbelievable ignorance and outright untruths. Its a waste of time discussing with you I see. Shouldnt you be somewhere on the beach with your fellow losers listening to Dbanj and smoking weed laced with cocaine??

honeric01: And you also need to read well into what i typed, i didn't concentrate only on her height, rather on everything you typed.

If this is how you argue in real life, believe me when I say people that come across you probably dont like you--- except theyre just as simple minded and illogical like yourself. They might not tell it to your face, but they sure as hell say it behind your back.

I talked about a myriad of social issues while using her height as the opening and closing salvo, you then come here comparing heights with Ugandans, Mermaids, Aliens and every other creature you could think of...

When corrected, take it and move on. It doesnt make you less of a man. When you dont is when you start to look really silly.

honeric01: Yes, because you made it look as if it's because all these happen in Nigeria, that is why we dont have "tall" or "well balanced" people like her. we like to blame everything on our falling standards, but some things shouldn't be tagged to "falling standards".

6'1 for a 16 years old girl is not an average thing in the US, please don't distort fact.

The average height for male between 20-29 years in the US is 5’9.9” while female stands at "5.7.7"

Dude, you need to learn to think "far" and how to read deeper into messages, not just focusing on the surface. Believe it or not, the overall context of what I wrote there really had little to NOTHING to do with her height.

jmaine: It is your entire household that will be completely eliminated, and laid to waste and extinction.

Lmao the superstitious African is scared even though all I stated was fact. Alright, I see how you wanna play, lemme indulge you. I lived amongst you, so I know your mentality. So, here goes:

If your comments on here are usually predicated on/by/or inspired by monies youve recieved, or because of hate in your heart for others based on their religious creed or tribal origin may peace elude you and your loved ones and may sadness, unhappiness and despair be yalls till your end days.

Btruth: Well, in that case, may I remind you that there are some battles that the rulers of this world cannot win. Though, in respect of the challenges and tribulations, but with God's wisdom we are sure to be settle with peace.

God has already given you a brain so you can use your own wisdom. Stop thinking you can tap into God's brain. Use yours.

IBB, not Buhari, overthrew Shagari’s govt — Col. Nyiam

AUGUST 25, 2013 BY WAHEED BAKARE AND ALLWELL OKPI


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Col. Tony Nyiam

In this interview, Col. Tony Nyiam, who was part of the failed attempt to oust the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida’s military government in 1990, tells WAHEED BAKARE and ALLWELL OKPI, how the Orkar coup originated and its relevance to Nigerian politics

You said what has come to be known as the Orkar coup was not a coup but an action. What is the difference between the two?


I said it was a pro-democracy action to stop a situation where there would have been perpetual diarchy in Nigeria, where politicians in uniform would have put a system in place for them to rule forever. I’m talking about a system similar to what the Arab uprising dismantled in Egypt.

But a more senior military officer, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, referred to it as a coup.


It is because in our setting we misuse words. And because we are used to misusing words, we believe even words that are not really the truth. A military coup would be a coup against an elected government. Our action was not against an elected government. In fact, it’s the responsibility of a military officer to rise up against anybody who takes over power from an elected government, which the government we took action against did. The government we took action against, which was part of the Muhammadu Buhari to Ibrahim Babangida regime, had usurped power from the elected government of Shehu Shagari. If there is a coup that overthrows an elected government, it is the duty of a military officer to do a counter-coup to restore democracy.

Would you have done the same thing if Buhari had remained in power to that time?

If we had seen the same indications during Buhari’s time, the plan by the military to perpetuate itself, we would have done that. But Buhari wasn’t of that kind of mould.

Are you saying your stay in power would have been brief, only long enough to prepare for elections?

Yes. We would have stayed just 18 months to do basically three things, which Nigeria still needs to do. They are: a national census, a proper headcount. I’m happy that as I’ve been saying for years, Festus Odimegwu, the new chairman of the National Population Commission, clearly said there has been no credible census in Nigeria since 1816. The fact is that Nigerians have been so ignorant and have refused to deal with the crucial matter. The census, right from the British time, has always been used to perpetuate the internal colonisers over the rest of Nigeria. The three things we would have done; first a proper national census, so we can know how many we are and how we are spread. If we truly know what the Nigerian population is, over 40 per cent of the constituencies in the North-West and North-East, would not exist. We can only know that if we do a proper census and that is why today, Festus Odimegwu’s life is being threatened because he wants to give us a true count for the first time.

The second thing would have been a conference, which would allow Nigerians to negotiate how they want to coexist. Today, we have a situation where there are abuses of the federal character system. For example, a candidate from say Delta State has to score 170 to pass, while another from another part of the country is required to score eight. Such abuses cannot really be acceptable by a people who have a nation. We are yet to have a nation. The imperative of a conference cannot be ruled out; people need to negotiate. The third thing was to conduct a free and fair election, which has eluded Nigeria for long. In all the regimes, a semblance of free and fair election we see only in a few states in Nigeria basically Lagos and the other states in the South-West. I’m not saying they have achieved it, but we see relatively free and fair elections in these regions. It is not surprising why these regions are the most developing, South-West is the most peaceful, relatively compared to other regions and of course it is the region, where there is relative collective governance of the people. I must give credit to this government, led by President Goodluck Jonathan. The Ondo and Edo states governorship elections, which were relatively free and fair, are credit to Jonathan’s government. These are the things we would have done in those 18 months and those three things whether we like it or not, have to be done. First, we must have a proper census and that is why all Nigerians must support Festus Odimegwu to give us a proper census. Two, we must sit down and negotiate our corporate existence. We must stop deceiving ourselves with these fraudulent elections we’ve been having.

There is the argument that we don’t need to have another conference since we have representatives at the National Assembly.

It is the most ignorant assumption. Why do I say it is ignorant? With all the political scientists we have in our midst, people forget that what we are practising is what we call indirect democracy. What do I mean? The proprietary right over people’s sovereignty is delegated to people we elect to make laws for us. When it comes to making constitutional reforms or constitution making, you go to what is called direct democracy. Direct democracy means direct voting by the people in the form of a referendum and that is why the universal practice is that a constitution making process that does not go through a constituent assembly, whose decisions are approved by a referendum, is null and void. We see the examples. Look at South Sudan; it’s creation resulted from a referendum. How is it that Nigerians do not understand that for a constitution to be legitimate, it has to be driven by the people, and the people are usually represented by a constituent assembly? And this constituent assembly is usually made up of non-partisan politicians, because partisan politicians are only concerned with the next election. They are not concerned about posterity or long-term issues in the country. So, constitution which outlives people and a generation should be driven by civil society, collection of every nationality in the country and clerics. I would cite an example. My second home is in Scotland and in Scotland those who drove for the national conference were the clerics of the Church of Scotland, they were at the forefront. We also saw it in Ireland. Britain has the oldest parliament in the world, why are they allowing a constituent assembly to go ahead, while there are parliaments? It is only in Nigeria that such argument is raised because of the ignorance of the difference between direct and indirect democracy. That’s why I have tried to do an aide-memoir to aid constitution- making. There are certain basic principles of constitution-making, which if we do not follow, would be like building a house on quicksand.

Do you think we would have been able to tackle these problems if the June 12 election had not been annulled by Babangida?

The thing is, Chief MKO Abiola, who I had the opportunity to work with when he escaped from Nigeria to UK, was a man that we lost because his plan was to correct the national issues and start democracy in Nigeria. But because some western interests in Nigeria did not want this, they colluded to do away with him.

You once said soldiers could be recruited for a coup without their knowledge. How is that possible?

Yes, there are many instances. You might want to verify this from Gen. Buhari, he was not the initiator of that coup that brought him in as Head of State, it was Gen. Ibrahim Bako and Babangida that initiated it. But because they wanted a credible figure as a face, he was brought in. He did not know the genesis of that coup. He was not quite aware of the original idea behind the coup and that was why when he decided to make a change, he was forced to step aside. So, if this could happen to a whole Gen. Buhari, who was supposedly the leader of a coup, it shows how many soldiers can be brought in that way.

Does that mean overthrowing Shagari’s government was IBB’s idea?

It was the idea of late Gen. Bako and IBB. Buhari was only brought in because they needed a face with integrity.


Can you give other instances?

Gen. Yakubu Gowon was not part of the coup that brought him in. He was a decent man. Nigerians like to play what the Yoruba people call bojuboju; they bring a figure with integrity to cover up their real intention; the real intention of politicians in uniform who have found cheap party. Many elements of them are in our partisan politics today.

That means such heads of states were under the control of the coup plotters that installed them.

Obviously. And these people are still the reason why we are not allowed to have a proper census, they are still the ones ensuring that we don’t have a conference as well as a free and fair election because if you give the people their rights to choose who to governs them, you have freed them and these oligarchs don’t want that.

Could it be a defence in the military to say I wasn’t part of a coup, I was just brought in?

It couldn’t be a defence because at the point you know that it is a coup, you should do everything possible to resist it.

Even at the risk of taking your life?

That was what we did. At the point when we realised that they were going to perpetuate the military government in Nigeria, we took the risk.

Can we say this plan was an Hausa-Fulani agenda, since most of these military leaders are northerners?

We cannot reduce this thing to an issue of a peaceful Hausa-Fulani man or a peaceful Yoruba man or a peaceful Igbo man. I think we are above that. What we see is an interest of oligarchs, who think power and money controls and there are all sorts of people in that fold. For a long time, you may say one ethnic group has a preponderant membership of that group.

It was reported that the late Gideon Orkar wanted to excise northern Nigeria from the country. Was it part of the agenda?

The unsung hero, Gideon Orkar, was far from anybody who wanted to divide the country. He was calling all regions of the country to some conditionality that they have to meet, if they want us to coexist. It was because that was an era when certain people were saying that they were superior, and that power was their prerogative and that they had the monopoly of power.

Would that have been due to the ethnic coloration of previous coups?

Sure. It is sad that democrats are missing the issue that we were fighting against, which we still need to fight against. It is a situation where they take over power and give advantage to their people to the extent that today if we count the local governments we have in Kano and Jigawa which are states not up to Lagos in population, the local governments are up to three to five times the number of local government areas in Lagos. Lagos is a place, apart from the Niger Delta which gives us foreign exchange earner. Lagos contributes over 70 per cent of our non-oil revenue generation and the same Lagos gets less than what Kano, which produces less than two per cent, gets. This is why I must say Lagos State made a mistake, instead of relocating the problem where it lies; it is not about deporting Igbo beggars to Onitsha end of the Niger Bridge. Lagos should take the right steps legally or otherwise to assert the rights of the state which is being the owner of the Value Added Tax and the sales tax generated in Lagos. The things we fought against are still structurally within our polity. Today, you cannot pass a bill at the National Assembly, if two zones — North-East and North-West — do not agree. So, two zones can stop four zones — South-East, South-West, South-South and North-Central — from moving forward. The irony of this is that these zones are in the semi-desert areas that are usually less populated going by all empirical evidence. We have problems with our census figure; that is why they have all those constituencies and that is why they planned coups to perpetuate that.

Do you think the action failed because the northerners were not involved and because of the conditions given to them to be part of Nigeria

First of all, our action and Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu’s action were the only actions that were not palace coup. The likes of Bako and IBB’s coup which brought in Buhari were. The fact is that the government of Shagari was a government that the military was highly involved in because of the ethnic kinsmanship. There was a fight over contracts that broke the coup. It was an in-house thing. So, the coup was driven by people’s selfish interests and that is why I don’t call it a military coup, I call it a politicians-in-uniform coup. Nzeogwu’s action and our action were done by outsiders, who felt this cash-and-carry ruling and stealing would not be allowed to continue.

If the action had been successful, who would have been the head of state?

It would have been Maj. Saliba Mukoro. He was the initiator. They heard about me and they wanted some senior people to be part of the action. When they approached me, I didn’t accept immediately because I wasn’t the type that will go for a coup or any action. But when I heard the strength of the argument, and in line with my insight as to what was happening in government because I was a close aide to Babangida and Sani Abacha. It would have been immoral of me to report the young officers. I was torn in-between reporting these young, overzealous and selfless boys, who wanted certain issues solved and maitaining loyalty to the military government. People forget that it was because of the action that Delta State was created. And the system in Delta State today has fraudulently prevented one of the people who initiated it, Great Ogboru, to govern. People forget that Bayelsa State was created because of the action. And that’s why I still find it sad that till today, even with the President coming from Bayelsa, no Bayelsan government has honoured those boys who sacrificed their lives for the Niger Delta. I have said it over and over that these chaps deserve to be honoured. I think the Niger Deltans, President Jonathan and the Ijaw should take cue from the Yoruba and honour those boys. The majority of the boys in our action were Niger Deltans for obvious reasons.

Were you the only colonel in the action?

We were two lieutenant colonels. I was brought in by another lieutenant colonel. But that lieutenant colonel sold out and that was why there was a leakage and we had to rush. The person who recruited me had sold out.

Is he a Niger Deltan?

Yes. His name was Lt. Col. Patrick Oketa.

When you were pardoned, what was your feeling?

First of all, we were grateful to Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and Admiral Mike Akhigbe, who were the initiators of the pardon. These were two gentlemen who were never part of any coup. Power was just dumped on Abdulsalami and true to his character; he wasted no time in returning power to civillians. The system of returning power to civilians should have been better but because he didn’t want to stay a day longer, he left and this is a reflection of his character.

Do you still relate with your colleagues?

Sure, what we didn’t realise is that most of our colleagues who were travelling were very helpful to us, because they knew what we fought for. If our actions were not taken, you would never have had the chance of having an Igbo man as Chief of Army Staff. No Yoruba man would have had that chance either. Why do I say so? Some of us had insight as to a succession plan in the army for the next 50 years. You would never have had the likes of Gen. Martin Agwai being the Chief of Army Staff and Defence Staff, because he belongs to the northern Christian minority. The army, after General T.Y. Danjuma’s time became an army that was to be led by only an ethnic group. People forget that there is a linkage between our action and the chance that MKO Abiola was given for the election.

Now that we have Delta and Bayelsa states and we have the Ministry of Niger Delta and an Ijaw man is the head. Do you think these are enough to right the wrongs of the past?

Those issues are again the usual Nigerian way of dealing with things; rather than go for a holistic tactic. A fundamental thing essentially is to restore power. Once power is restored to the people it is left to them. All these things are just temporal measures. The fundamental issue is to return Nigeria to true federalism. This talk of diversifying our economy cannot happen if we do not have fiscal federalism. People forget that when we had proper federalism, the main foreign exchange for Nigeria was agriculture. So, we have to go back to that.

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honeric01: But statistics say the tallest people in the world are Ugandans, believe me, more than 90% of their population don't have all these stuff you listed, yet they are tall and look well healthy.

you can find alot of people like her everywhere in the world with less than 5% of all the stuffs you listed. it's not always about this bro, Japanese and Koreans are the smallest set of people in the world, yet most of them have at least 50% of what you listed here.

Everything no be money, you can be extremely poor and still end up tall.

Thats what you got from all that I wrote?

Wow.

barcanista: stfu... Buhari is no God. The same buhari that denied press freedom or the one that used Koboko to flog adults in the name of War Against Indiscipline? Or is it the Buhari that truncated a democracy? Is it the Buhari that said Abacha wasn't corrupt but should be celebrated? Guy I am sympathetic to APC but Buhari is a bad market.

I dont know what it is with the water they feed you id*iots down there that cant make you argue your points in a logical and concise manner. Instead, most times---like youve done above---you usually come out swinging (like you did with your opening "STFU" salvo), then by the second sentence you expose yourself as a complete mor*on.

1. I never said Buhari was any kind of "God". All I alluded to was that hes the least corrupt of all your politicians and corruption is the number one killer of Nigeria's development.

2. I bet anything that you werent born when Buhari was in power. And even if you were, from what you wrote above, theres no way you couldnt have been more than a baby that didnt know his nuts from his earlobes.

3. Buhari "truncated democracy", how?! Tell me how accepting a offer (one he couldnt refuse) to Head a Govt after mutinous officers had carried out a putsch equates to him truncating democracy? Oh, he shouldve rejected the offer Shagaya, Domkat Bali, Abacha, IBB and co made to him after theyd overthrown the Govt? Yes, refuse to head the new Govt as a "True" soldier then get shot at the stakes because they dont know where his loyalty lies or do the smart thing and enforce his own ideas once Supreme Power lies with him? See how dumb you are? Let me school you a bit about that period:

i. Buhari did not carry out a coup.

ii. Buhari was offered the post of Head of State by the coupists because he was the most Senior Officer.

iii. The coupists "offered" Buhari that post because they did not trust themselves, they were all rank mates (but Buhari's Juniors), and to give it some "legitimacy" and the Public the outlook of a "clean" Govt (unlike the absolutely corrupt one of Shagari which they had just sacked) because of Buhari's perceived incorruptible nature.

iv. All decisions were taken by the Supreme Military Council which Buhari Headed. Buhari, never, and could not make decisions alone.

v. Nigerians were grossly indisciplined (like you all are still to this day--- what with your shi*tting in public and what not) and because of their stubborn nature and hate of change or civility some measure of force (unfortunately) had to be applied to make them toe the line of orderliness.

vi. The freedom of the press was denied, and rightfully so. It was a tense period and the public was on edge, a new Govt was in place, and members of the old corrupt govt had so much cash at hand they couldve mani*pulated the press and fed propaganda to the people, thereby inciting them against their rulers. Today, we see how politicians use monies stolen from Govt Treasury is used to, not only tell lies in the newspapers by buying the press, but also how it is used to pay jobless youths to sit on computers and spread propaganda in favor of the Goodluck Jonathan Govt. As of today, Wednesday, August 13,2014 in Ferguson, MO---in the great United States of America--- one of our most fundamental and sacred rights in the Constitution--- the First Amendment (Freedom of Association, Freedom of Press etc) has been put on hold over riots that have erupted in that area in the last two days. The press has been asked to leave and has been barred from covering the events there, The National Guard has been called in, and the airspace is a 'NO-Fly Zone'. If all that can happen in a society thats 1Billion times more organized than yours, and 1Gazillion times more civilized---OVER RIOTS---imagine what was necessary when dealing with corrupt men that had enough cash to start a war in the country if they got the chance.

vii. Buhari was not liked because he wasnt corrupt and was eventually kicked out of office---in the same bloodless manner like the one that took out his predecessor---by the very people who had earlier put him in charge.


4. Show me empirical, credible, and unequivocal proof (i.e video/voice recording) where Buhari said Abacha was not corrupt or never looted. When positing, please do not refer me to the junk writings and laughable crunk rubbish from the clowns you refer to as journalists in your country.

5. Buhari is "Bad Market"?! Youre a political neophyte. Show me ONE politician, just one, in Nigeria today that can battle GEJ vote for vote with less than 6months to go in the Presidential Elections. Remember, campaigns should be in full frenzy by now. You really think outside of Western Nigeria people know Fashola? Or you think Rochas would get votes outside of his home hamlet? GEJs plans are working well: He has weakened the North by letting the insurgency flourish (to his own detriment now), and hes delaying declaration for a second term so he that can not only gauge who is opponent will be(before putting rigging plans in motion) , but also reduce whoever it is' ability to campaign properly since its so close to the elections. Everyone already knows GEJ as President; he doesnt need to do much campaigning. The other man that doesnt need to do much campaigning either because hes also well known is Buhari; thats the only man GEJ fears. Partner Buhari with a solid V.P running mate and watch GEJ crumble. Pit GEJ against Fashola, Rochas, Oshiomole or Kwankwaso and watch them get routed in the easiest of eases by PDP.

Go learn your country, boy.




p.s: Whyre you telling me youre "sympathetic to APC" like I should care? I do not like any of the Political Parties in Your part of the world, but were I eligible to vote, if APC (being the lesser of the two evils) put Buhari forward as its candidate, I would not hesitate to cast my ballot for him.

chidekings: on which side are u

On the side of Liberty, Justice and Social equality for all.

Iykopee: ^^^^ since u aint a xtian and probably don't reside in the north, u had beta stay outta issues u knw little or notin about...we know the antics of the sultan and his conflagration of luciferian brethren. Our vigilance cant be taken away by whatever move he intends to initiate with the cardinal. Nuff said.

See how ignorant you are? I just dumped shiyyt all over your head with my reply to you but all you could do was still tell me about your crazy religion and your backwards country.

chidekings: during the war,i constantly tell my frnds that libya will regret missing gadaffi

Just like Nigeria will regret never having made use of Buhari to corral the corrupt amongst your so-called big men because of tribalism and bigotry.

Youre the next Libya, its just a matter of months. 12 of them at the most. Bookmark this post.

Btruth: I think other African leaders should learn from this that no western government is to be trusted in solving their problems. Take for example, the case of the Boko Haram in nigeria, Nigeria government should try all his best in solving this problem without bringing in the international forces to assist them. God will save Africa from the western world. How I pity the Libyans now.

Pity yourself, youre next on the chopping block. Your rampant corruption, general ignorance, tribalism and religious intolerance has made it unavoidably so.

jmaine: And when they make arrest, with the delicate and volatile situation of the state before the polls, a notorious faction will scream conspiracy to the high heavens , while supporters will cite that the FG controlled force is doing all within her might to cage an opponent.

The DSS operative did the right thing considering our immature polity by rejecting the offer, and yet carrying on his duty as expected. . . .

Your kind destroyed your country, and until people like you are completely eliminated and totally extinct, Nigeria will know no peace.

So, youre telling us that because "certain people will complain" there will be no justice in Nigeria and criminals will always reign supreme? What stops them from recording the briber's call and even catching him on camera then arresting him on the spot, then leak the tapes to the press and leave him to stew in the court of Public opinion before he gets charged to court and sentenced to a long prison vacation?

See why I say people like you dont deserve to be around if Nigeria is to grow, and why I call this dumb "Press Briefing" BULLSHIYYT?!

atlwireles: CALEB AYANSINA
ABUJA – The Department of State Service (DSS),Tuesday, appealed to politicians to desist from habit of dragging security forces into political matter.

“We thank God that APC worn the election in Osun State, there was no bomb blast because there was enough security presence on ground. The security forces that assisted in the election in Edo State were the same ones that went to Ondo, Anambra, Ekiti and Osun.”

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/osun-election-state-security-service-says-rejects-n14m-bribe-manipulate-result/#sthash.zQS8hVIo.dpuf

Dull, ill-trained woman...

With this statement she just admitted indirectly that the DSS does the biding of PDP Godfathers.

chiebuka66: US president Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and their 16 year old daughter,

Malia Obama pictured at the White House on Saturday 9th on their way to board the Marine One to begin their family vacation in Martha's Vineyard. Malia is wearing flats and looks taller than her dad who is 6 '1'.

Check out photos: http://www..com/2014/08/obamas-16-year-old-daughter-grown.html

She was undoubtedly born in a well equipped Hospital, she drank cold milk for breakfast, never experienced an electrical blackout in her whole life, the cops protected her and she usually felt safe in her society;so no unnecessary stress for such a young kid, her schools were properly funded and the teachers were adequately equipped and well trained, her parents had a sound education (paid for in most parts by the country) thus had the dignity of having well paying jobs to raise their kids in a proper middle-class environment, nobody ran off with Daddy's pension and anyone that tried wouldve gotten a significant amount of time in Jail and they wouldnt have been "pardoned", shes still growing and her life expectancy is almost double the 53yrs old that the Giant of Africa was boasting about through its Special Assistant to the President on New Media on Twitter the other day...

Even now she still lives a good life, and will probably do so for the rest of her life and guess what? Daddy, Mommy and their friends did not have to dip their hands into the Treasury and steal everything that was meant for the American people to give her the kind of life every kid deserves. Oh, and Daddy's daily meals is nowhere close to $33,098.11 nor is Mommy building a $1Billion hotel in her home State. Daddy is not scared to declare his assets and Mommy has never been nabbed at the airport for smuggling almost $15million of embezzled Govt funds.

Bottom-line, shes American and is growing up properly (physically and otherwise) like most other American kids her age. Dont be too surprised.