₦airaland Forum

MILFangela:
An emphatic YES. It was a foolish decision to site a Federal Maritime University in Delta state when thier had already been a Federal University of Petroleum Resources at Effurun in the same Delta state. Moreso, the cost of uprgading MAN to a University status will be cheaper than building a new one from the scratch

The argument of Chibuike Amechi was that Delta state is not the only state in the ND. Other state in the ND should also benefit from the presence of Federal institutions/infrastructre in the region.

Furthermore, the deal surrounding the purchase of the land for the proposed University in Okerenkoko was a scam, it is one of the corrupt charges EFCC leveled against tompolo who dubiously sold the land to the former President Jonathan led FG

But the same admin weren't fools when they sited a Federal university in Katsina despite the fact that there was a state University there and a Federal polytechnic which could have been upgraded to a University?

MILFangela:
The Maritime University was not stopped. The proposal made regarding the said University by the minister of transport, Rotimi Amechi, who by the way is also a Niger Deltan was that the already existing Maritime Academy at Oron in Akwa Ibom state be uprgaded to a University status. Abi Akwa Ibom no dey Niger Delta again? Na only Ijaw get Niger Delta?

The other factors you listed are beside the point. The real reason why militant activities are ongoing in the Niger Delta is becauase of the corruption charges leveled against patience jonathan and Tompolo. QED

So the previous admin that established one despite MAN in Oron are fools?

Adminisher:
The FG should CRACK DOWN with a flurry of arrests immediately. There should be full blown state of emergency in key LGAs in Rivers and Bayelsa States. All communities neighbouring oil facilities should be razed.

The hairs around your mama toto should be razed. Genocidal idiat.

Soreza:
BRAVE BOYS CARRY ON

That is not bravery bro. It's economic sabotage but then this could have been prevented if we had a thinking man in Aso Rock.

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OAUTemitayo:
And this Ignoramus would say Buhari caused Recession?
What a waste of space

If Buhari's actions causes pipelines bombings which then causes recession, who then caused recession?

jamesibor:
http://www./?m=1

So Seun has been intimidated by lying Lai Mohammed to also censor NDA website.

So much for democracy.

On the 23rd September 2016, our strike team at 20:40PM hours time has brought down oil productions activities at the Bonny 48 inches crude oil Export Line. This action is a signature to the over dramatization of the so-called dialogue and negotiation process on the side of President Muhammadu Buhari and his government.

Since, the cessation of hostilities and the commitment of the PAN Niger Delta Elders and stakeholders team, the Nigerian government and her agents are turning the expectations of the Niger Delta to shameful scenes obtainable in Nollywood acts and as well intimidations, blackmails and continuous profiling of Niger Delta sons and daughters. This is only a wake up call; we may not have other way to say it better.

We are still in favour of the dialogue and negotiations but we are warning against " the peace of our time! We want the peace with honour”. We will resist all actions undermining the ceasefire from side of the government and it security agents/ agencies. The world is watching, time is running against the Nigerian state; while we were promised that the concerns of Niger Delta will be addresses once a truce is declared, the activities of the government and her agents are not assuring enough, there has been no progress and no breakthrough. We cannot be continuously fooled, the government cannot justify the indiscriminate targeting of Niger Delta youths while glorifying on these victimization of law abiding citizens of the region

Brig.Gen Mudoch Agbinibo
Spokesperson.

http://www./?m=1

In 2016?

hitchowoyemi:
chief go and research d cost of producing drugs and compare to their market price, u'll be convinced dat Apple is still in d Bsc phase of extortion etiquette
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That's only true in cases where said drug still enjoys patent right or niche brands. Not so for generics

Reptyle:
Aren't you supposed tyo ber fasting as well?

Person wey dey fast no go break fast?

victorvezx:
There is public holiday in Akwa ibom state. Today is the day Akwa ibom was created, so they are celebrating the state anniversary. Ipob should not come and claim this one oh

Why was public holiday not declared same time last year and year before last?

Da mi, yak Akwa Abasi Ibom akupo enyen mfo yak afo amono si ba ke isong. Abiawen ke isong, anyene idem akere idem.

This is what they used to deceive Beremx and others.

Is it Nicholas Ukachukwu the former governorship aspirant?

Bump

Lalasticlala, honour the woman.

IykeChukz:
Level no be same na.

Water naturally finds it's level.

Ngozi Iweala on stage with powerful men - Picture

All men are equal na only for mouth..

At the Clinton Global Initiative discussing How to Tackle Inequality, Inclusion and Shared Prosperity.

With President @billclinton, PM Renzi of Italy, President Macri of Argentina and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at Clinton Global Initiative

https://mobile.twitter.com/NOIweala/status/778209146437009408

divinehand2003:
THIS IS MADNESS

YOU ARE ACCUSED OF LOOTING OVER N200billion ONLY TO RETURN A PALTRY N200million.

IT'S ONLY IN NIGERIA MIGHTY LOOTERS ARE PAMPERED.

If you believe the N200bn kite filed, you'd believe anything.

Oblang:
There are million reasons one could be charged to court. What was the case against him there for which ppl were protesting?

How many times will I tell you that he was charged for illegally operating foreign accounts?

Oblang:
No one is saying Tinubu is a saint. He actually has properties forfeited in the US owing to drug issues. Was any1 protesting for him then when he had those issues? My point is u should bring up good evidence of theft against him now and see if anyone will protest that u should leave our son alone....

I just showed you a picture of people protesting for him, didn't I?

Oblang:
And what was the case brought against him here?

Are you also unaware of this?

http://saharareporters.com/2009/02/18/bola-tinubus-heroin-tainted-assets-forfeiture-judgement

Oblang:
And what was the case brought against him here?

Charged for illegal operation if foreign accounts.

Oblang:
Incriminate them with evidence of whichever crime and see if Yoruba will go on the street to protest for them....

ba7man:
These guys have crimes in their pockets too but how many Yorubas do you see defending, issuing ultimatums, threatening the Nation and protesting in Abuja on their behalf when their cases are brought up?

As a matter of fact, you guys will defend any criminal from any tribe sef........ as long as he/she has money.

....and these people who accompanied Tinubu to court including the women protesting with placards are from where?

raumdeuter:
Which Abia state did Ojuku win? Would you stop lying

Bring out the figures and show us the number of votes Ojuku won in Iboland and compare that with Obasanjo

The onus to disprove is on you.

adeleke5157:
hmmmm very true

You can say that again.

Omonigeriarere:
Unlike Ojukwu, did he win the Presidency or not?

The debate here is within a context and your postulation is not within d context of the debate.

When two heads are not better than one.

cyrilamx:
At least Obj won southwest and the presidency. You igbos could have voted Ojukwu, your very own who sacrificed his inherited wealth and military career four you, then there could have been excuse that it was other parts of Nigeria that rejected him not his people

OBJ lost the entire South west. He didn't even win his ward let alone win any state in the entire South west.

President Muhammadu Buhari made a terrible mistake last Thursday. He plagiarized President Barack Obama’s speech to launch “change begins with me.”

So you didn’t notice that our president lifted from Obama’s 2008 victory speech and passed it off as if the words were his own?



The argument will rage, but the moral problem of plagiarism on a day Mr. President launched a campaign to demand honesty and integrity from the people is what we should concern ourselves with.

I’m not a wailing wailer and I don’t like the downfall of any man but I also don’t like to be deceived.

The very last thing you should do when you’re launching a campaign like this is to be dishonest with the people.

As Buhari talked down on Nigerians during the launch of the campaign spearheaded by no other person, other than the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, known for his trash-talk, particularly for the opposition, I started following the speech line-by-line.

I was alarmed to make the discovery. It was a scandal that escaped the attention of our newspapers. It is one of two things: either people don’t pay particular attention to Buhari’s words or we are a nation of anything goes.

Only in July, Melania Trump, the wife of the Republican White House hopeful, Donald Trump, was caught in the web of plagiarism after she spoke at the Republican National Convention. She plagiarized Michelle Obama’s speech. It was a big headline on television screen and national newspapers. Indeed it was a “global” headline.

Yes, a prime part of Buhari’s speech to the nation last Thursday to launch a campaign encouraging new culture of transparency, attitudinal change and hard work among Nigerians was plagiarized from America’s President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech.

Buhari’s speech during the launch of the “change begins with me”, a new national orientation campaign, contained largely the same sentiment and arrangement of words that President Obama used in his 2008 victory speech after he was elected the first American black president.

The president lifted a whole paragraph from Obama’s speech and passed it off as his own when he said: “We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country for so long. Let us summon a new spirit of responsibility, spirit of service, of patriotism and sacrifice, Let us all resolve to pitch in and work hard and look after, not only ourselves but one another, What the current problem has taught us is that we cannot have a thriving army of rent seekers and vested interests, while the majority suffers.”

President Obama used the precise words at a rally in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, United States, after winning the race for the White House in November 2008.
Eight years ago, Obama said: “In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let’s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

“So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.

“Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.”

It is immoral to plagiarize other people’s work, but even worse to use dishonesty to launch a campaign about honesty.

When you use another person’s work without acknowledgement, you have plagiarized. You simply pretend as if it is your own. It is unethical. It makes a mess of the campaign from the start. That is what Buhari has done, nobody will believe in the ‘change begins with me’ campaign, because it was built on lies.

Now, this is what I think must have happened, an incompetent speech writer handed the speech to Buhari with no fact checking method by the president’s men that should have saved the president from this embarrassment.

I know this that with the vast opportunity provided by the internet, it’s so tempting to plagiarize, but the same internet provides opportunity to discover plagiarists.

It’s particularly troubling that the president has no inspiring words of his own other than to steal from someone.
And this, it is pathetic that this “change” conversation is taking new dimension from what we expected.

In the midst of its failure, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is asking Nigerians to change their ways, blaming everything why the country is not working on Nigerians’ attitudes.

The blame game is moving away from Goodluck Jonathan years, the only defense for failure that APC has so far used.

Interestingly, the world is watching Buhari and the story of his plagiarism may have crossed the Atlantic without him knowing. Americans don’t joke with such issue. They name and shame plagiarists.

Next week, when Buhari take his turn to address the 71st regular session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Americans will scrutinize his words and check his facts.

Before that time, it is my submission that Buhari needs to apologize to Nigerians for plagiarizing on a day he launched “change begins with me.” Will Buhari apologize?


http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/09/16/buharis-plagiarized-speech-in-change-begins-with-me/