₦airaland Forum

chukwudi44:
I see the membership of the wailers club is growing steadily!! At this rate everyone in naija would be wailers come 2019!b

Yes and you know what that means? By that 2019 we are going to kick out this rubbish government.

free13:
Rip to d dead. Where is the dullard?

See him leading the fight FOR bokoharam at the front as he promised!

omonnakoda:
This is nonsense..Remember Sun Tzu in the art of war.
When you are strong act as if you are weak.
Do not be deceived by the show of weakness or be tempted into foolish triumphalism
Be wise like serpents

The real question is this: Are they paying to graze on the land? Do they pay tax.

This is just a strategic move as they realise they are not YET strong enough to be more assertive. The SW position should be uncompromising.This activity is not required and should be aggressively phased out.

It must be viewed in the context of the OTHER COMPETING interests in those lands.
With technology and investment

There is more than enough land in the north to raise cattle as long as we realize cattle owners must GROW or BUY what their animals eat. Nigeria now has a population of more than 150 million and we must use our land wisely and OPTIMALLY.

There is something we must not lose sight of:

These people are walking on foot several times a year across much of the South of Nigeria that means they even know the layout of the land more than the hosts EVIDENCE? The way they handled the kidnap of Falae. He said they were always on the move for days ( In your own territory?) What does that tell you>
Talk is cheap but people must wake up. The reason they are so free i because most people in the south have no use for the Land and are looking for Town jobs. Otherwise how were they able to move for days in the forest and not encounter anyone?

They now own the forest.Their only disadvantage is population. They are not Hausa who do not keep cattle and many Nigerian Fulani do not either. Those who own cattle bring in these Fulani from Niger,Mali Guinea etc .They have nothing to fear when they wreak havoc on villages because quite often their families are not even Nigerian.

What is the solution. ? There is no middle ground. Stop talking and making public pronouncements.
The South have one significant advantage. The State government has all the power too make laws on the subject This must be done smartly using tax,Licensing fees,public health measures etc.
e.g A government may require animals to graze only at specified locations and charge for this.Also require that animals only be moved from these locations by vehicles.
Government may require animals to be screened for a range of diseases at COST to owners.
Require insurance in case animals are infected and need to be culled.
If you cannot find an insurer willing to insure you you don't operate. There are many other measure that can raise the cost of doing business by as much as 50-100k per animal per year

Then there are security measures such as the registration. If you have a criminal record you do not operate. You mus have TB.
You must not carry firearms etc.
Penalties may include powers to confiscate entire herds.
Just like you have LASTMA you have a similar task force
State should also have a capacity evaluation to say HOW MANY ANIMALS they are willing to accommodate and therefore how many licences they will issue
This is not a matter for chest beating.
Put together a panel of experts draft the law do public hearing and put it to vote. Some states may even decide no nomadic activity AT ALL
It is a common mistake to say the constitution allows movement oof goods and services. Not true.

You cannot move a herd of pigs freely in Sokoto state. Anyway animals are not just goods they can carry disease and so subject to regulation.
Yes you can bring cows to come and sell but move move them to destroy crops on land that you do not own.Otherwise a snake keeper can start moving snakes all over the place.
What is needed is thoughtfulness and strategy with a clear goal. NO NOMADIC ACTIVITY
NO FREE LAND TO ANYONE

The ultimate question each state must ask itself is cui bono? Who benefits from this and who pays

This is what I call good thinking. Just what is needed in this situation. Not Hausa Ibo or Yoruba sentiments as expressed by many here.

januzaj:
They call us cowards.....we threatened succession...Fulani are now running up and down...they threatened succession....they were beaten black and blue.....i no mention tribe oooo
We dont brag,we act
they dont act,they brag

Bros does this reduce by an inch the fact that a particular people are under siege in their own land by herdsmen? They come to your house and destroy your crops and kidnap your elders and extort ransom money without any resistance from your youths and you are here forming Superman. Infact You are a shameless youth. You should be thinking about what you can do to defend your house against invading forces. Don't you know that the Afenifere elders gave that empty ultimatum as a last line of defence seeing how helpless and hopeless they were. Your land is under attack. Wake up!

Our world is full of negativity as characterized by wars,disaster, accident, sickness, losses, injustice etc. But one thing we often forget is that there are prayers for these negative events to continue on a daily basis for our survival and that of others. Some few illustrations will suffice here.1When doctors and health workers pray to God for their daily bread they are invariably asking that someone should fall sick or be involved in an accident. The answer to their prayers is nothing short of the above scenario. 2When a lawyer prays for upliftment in his career he is asking that there should be some injustice done to someone for him(lawyer) to be useful.3When an engineer pray for food on his table he wishes that someone's car or gadget would fail so that he could repair it for them 4When a clergyman prays to have his daily bread he wishes that someone would commit a sin somewhere and come to him for repentance and thanks giving. 5When a journalist prays for blessing in his career he wishes that he would exclusively uncover a big scandal that will immortalize his name for ever.6When a politician prays for success he wishes that others would perform so poorly that he will be seen as a saint or that others should loose while he wins. 7When a soldier prays for promotion he wishes that there would be a conflict where he will prove his worth. Since we are all his children and he answers prayers this may be the reason why there is so much negativity in this world.

aresa:
@ Op the Disgraced and discredited ignorant can't read and comprehend protection seeker.

Please when you are done with your latest idiocy and foolery, show us where Fashola or the commissioner signed any checks and last time the world checked, signing checks and the rubbish you posted are 2 different things..


Many of the nuisance wailers on NL post better half baked than you so you are a lousy and sub par wailer...

What a lame and meaningless response to a well researched and presented post. You are surely speaking from your heart and not from your head.

bronzegoddess:
Quite a number of us ladies are in this situation. That guy comes along, is caring, God fearing, hard-working and all, but we don't get that romantic vibe with the person. I'll say keep him close, not necessarily date him, just keep him close



Y'all are allowed to read whatever meaning u want to this ^^

I take it you mean " be sleeping with him but don't marry him" Not a bad idea to me sha!

advocates:
In your mind. This confession my COAS couldn't have been possible with the previous army chiefs who were feeding fat from the war proceed, ill /under equipping the forces and poorly remunerating them. A bear truth like this will afford us the opportunity to know where the problem lies and how to tackle it.

You will agree with me that, so far no one among the military has complained of not being well equipped. This is the fortunate thing about this government, and in comparism, the Buratai regime has limited the efforts of the urchins to cowardly planting bombs in soft location, something that was a far cry from the pot belly previous chiefs of army staff.

The era of sacking military from the Barracks is no longer visible as Burutai has proven more competent and capable to see to the demise of the rag tag books.

Making this kind of comment on a thread where we have the COAS lamenting his troops fleeing boko attacks really exposes your hypocrisy and/or stupidity!

freedom96:
Alex badeh,gejs appointee,came out to say he led an ill-equipped army.U have problem with that?

But let me ask you:An ill-equipped army running away from a fight and a well-equipped army also running away from book haram : which is more shameful? Just admit it that the commander-in-chief and his generals have failed already.

advocates:
One thing I realised with this government is the sincerity of purpose to always tell the truth as it happens. The comment of the Army Chief shows determination to bring to an end the lingering crises of the insurgents.

We know the activities of moles and cowards among the Nigeria army is the major set back in winning this riff rat terrorists but God willing, they will be fetch and dealt with.

my friend go Sidon there! Una never see anything yet. You shall fully reap the evils that you and your party (APC) sowed in the GEJ government. you are being exposed day by day by day. hahahaha!!

Captainswag225:
so buhari cant fyt boko haram. Jonathan was better. Haba

This is so appalling for a so called general that promised he would lead the fight against boko haram from the front.I pity Nigerians!

Dannyset:
But we already have a rogue as Senate President na?

That rogue is a product of your APC change party! Can we now say APC breeds rogues?

walterenahoro:
when Chelsea won the epl and fa cup last season with class and pure dominance over other clubs most Chelsea fans like my self wld have thought YES! this is the moment. YES! England has produced a "barca".YES! we can win it back to back.YES! THE BLUES FOR LIFE......but No!!!.its all gone instead I c a Chelsea with no pedigree, no spirit and no zeal.
This stupid chelsea should better wake up cos if they don't its gonna b doom.......WHAT IS WRONG WITH CHELSEA?

You are not such a good supporter of Chelsea fc after all. How come you didn't even know that Chelsea never won the FA cup last year? Arsenal did!

Jackeeh:
Uhmmmmm whether Buhari is sincere oh or not sincere with anti-corruption oh, Diezani has been arrested. That's a step. Let's begin from somewhere.

Who is the "let's" here?The Brits or Nigerians? Obviously, The OP has shown that the Nigerian government has not began anything yet.

thefakestan:
Ameachi how Market?$



Keep carrying "PMB's" bag, because that's your job description.





ThefakeStan

I thought he was APC mere driver. Has he changed jobs since the CHANGE?

kallmemrB:
Firstly ur confused,is it 7 or 10 points...always edit ur copy and paste

Secondly ...should he Break all the relationship and agreement that has been created by the past government?

Firstly, the number doesn't matter. Point is are they valid or not? Secondly, he should break any relationship he feels is not beneficial to the country (especially the one he openly criticized the previous government for) But we all know how hypocritical his criticism of GEJ was.

braine:
Imagine. I hope they'll catch the perpetrators.

Didn't you hear that they are herdsmen? Arresting them is not possible in the present dispensation!

omooba969:
I dnt think u read through the article & if u did, my question is 'Did u process it?' ...SMH

I dnt mean to defend PMB in any shape or form but:-

Is Buhari a policy maker?

Does Buhari determine the oil price in the international market?

Has any govt in the world ever defeated terrorism yet?

Have you considered how GEJ's ministers handled the hand-over exercise with regards to federal ministries bearing in mind that things ought to be in order for the in-coming ministers while they are being vetted.

Does Buhari have control over foreign exchange market or the $$$$$ ?

Buhari indeed fenced Oshinbajo during the security meeting & opinions were of common knowledge that PMB feared that Oshinbajo could be a security risk because Oshinbajo could relate details of meeting to his masters in lagos.

Let me stop there cos FEMI ARIBISALA is only a scare-monger & a noise maker @dat!

Bros. I get your logic:Nigerians are the real fools to have believed APC/Buhari on their promises. Shame to 97%ters and their Southwest co-travellers!

Dee60:
Most of Nigerian politicians like to take the people CAPTIVE. They are like Assad. They do not mind if the nation burns as long as they are allowed looting, its fine to them. You loot a state dry and then go to Senate to protect yourself. You get into Senate and try to hold other arms of government captive through endless summons and seatings. Then on the last day of parliament you hurriedly pass 40+ laws! ++

Nigerians are watching the gangsterism going on. 100 days have passed and the Parliament has not done anything other than sharing monies (in the name of wardrobe allowances) and sharing positions.

They do not have any agenda, seemingly, so they want to stop those who have!

Our country needs deliverance.

Bros what about the executive arm? 100 days gone and we don't even have a cabinet on ground. It seems this APC government is a complete scam.

paul288yahoo:
God actually created everybody rich...but His definition of riches is different from our definition of riches......

Jesus told the rich man to go and sell all his belongings and give the proceeds to the poor. Since everyone was created rich who was he referring to here?

paul288yahoo:
God actually created everybody rich...but His definition of riches is different from our definition of riches......

I think you are wrong. God recognises and approves and even recommends poverty. How do you come about your assertion?

Tallesty1:
The people you think are poor are sometimes richer than you can ever imagine.



Everybody has his/her definition of rich.

That is why I attempted a conceptual definition of richness for this post.

AllNaijaBlogger:
Are you saying that it is God's plan for some people to remain in poverty?

Who answers prayers? Or do you think success is achieved by our knowledge and strenght? your answer is as good as mine.

The prayer and wish of almost everyone is to become rich one day. Fine but what if God decided to answer all our prayers and granted everyone riches?(I mean material and intellectual wealth) 1Who will do the work of the present day servant to the rich man? 2 Who will act the psychophant and praise singer? 3 Whom will the rich man share his wealth with (according to biblical injunction)
4 How will humans appreciate God when they lack nothing?5 How will humans appreciate each other when nobody lacks? I think the creator has a reason for creating the world the way it is. Some people have to be contented with their lowly status. There is dignity in that.God has a purpose for everyone and that cannot be changed neither by prayer nor by hard work. Happy Sunday.

Aminat508:
Source :http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/09/man-66-rapes-impregnates-teenager-in-aibom/

But why are all these hilarious stories coming from Akwa ibom state?

free2ryhme:
Is it really necessary that you must hang the president's portrait in your office before he can perform? I believe strongly that as a political party with the people's opium, we should be able to teach the younger generation manners, respects for constituted authorities, value orientation, decorum and sportsmanship, but this has never be the case with the PDP and its extended strange bedfellows. What is the difference between PDP, LP and PPA? all are creation of the same group of people, didn't LP say there are adopting PDP's candidate during the last general election after collecting a paltry peanut from the PDP? PPA also betrayed their candidate in the same election, so what else do you expect?

It should not only stop at not hanging his portraits, these group of people should go ahead and do things contrary to Buhari's government dictates, then shall we know whether Buhari has the right to deal with them or not. Why should any one be basking in the euphoria of the past and not moving on with the tides of time? in my opinion, PDP lost the general election and the government seat basically because of three things, 1) they lost touch with the people 2) their greed and self centeredness and 3) their penchant for impunity. they never wanted Jonathan back, they sold him out even with the huge spending he incured,.

Until we accept defea and face reality, PDP your principal is denigrating by the day and you are still saying like PDP you can't hang his portrait, what an arrant rubbish, does it really make any difference to change Nigerians want whether you hang the portrait or not?

We Nigerian have seen the arrogance in your style and we know exactly the change we want and we have gotten the change, so if anybody is trying to attract cheap public attention, let that person go and hang himself in an electric pole in an open area with an insignia that he hung himself because he does not want to hang Buhair's portrait as a president or let him go and grab a life electric wire and electrocute himself for all we care.

All these rubbish is just a distraction and nothing more. I rest my case

Its good that you know the fate of buhari lies not in whether his portrait is hung in opposition offices but in whether he performs or not. Why are you even bothered about this ? APC never displayed GEJs portrait. Did you cry then as you are now crying? Why expose your hypocrisy?

Jesusloveyou:
what about d outbursts of d prostitute girl, there is no truth in both d governors side and d prostitute girl side

So your own is calling the lady a prostitute that thrills you even when you don't know her personally and did not witness the incidence first hand! You must be goat!

echomog1:
On 911....hmm yeye dey smell. ..

Are you seeing the hand of Obama in this...

Goke7:
Anybody who takes Fayose's statements against PMB's government does not know Nigerian Politcians very well, Fayose only brags in the open but will go behind to beg and apologise, even in the days where Tinubu was fighting obj, Tinubu will blast obj in the open but will go and beg baba in ota later. same thing with Jona and all his people, they were abusing Tinubu before the elections in the open but were begging him privately to dump PMB then. You will the SE and SS politicians and Governors abusing Obj that he is irrelevant but will later go and beg him in ota. This is Nigerian Polticians for you.

So all of you always praising Fayose for his statements should know this.

Then buhari must be a fool to take that kind of begging (eye service) serious. He has all the powers to deal with fayose? Let him go ahead and do it.

benedictnsi:
Lol..... This fayose.... If Pa Buhari turn to your direction and faces you eeh, you no go like the results


Your mouth don the rush like tap now..... Isorite

I thought you people said that immediately buhari comes on board he will be impeached. 100 days and counting fayose is only waxing stronger propelled only by the truth and his rights.

Symphony007:
How convinent....they are now disperse but before you were election "you will get them in 3 days". history will judge this man and his disgusting party harsly for turning the tragedy to the greatest political ruse in the history of nigeria. Shameless bunch!!

I tell you my brother. What about this popular quote of theirs then "if an insurgency thrives for more than 3 days then there is government complicity in it' We are 100 days and counting with boko haram attacks. I wonder how involved this government is in this insurgency.