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riversman:
Kase Lawal is an OLE THIEF

DanJuma is BAD NEWS for the NATION!!!! very easy access for the Western military agenda with Danjuma, we need some1 that has blood free hands,

What has he stolen from you?
FYI, Kase is an Ibadan-born, US-based oil magnate.


On the list, I think it's OK. The inclusion of TY may be controversial but I think he's not a bad choice, at least he'll put Obj at check.
I'm also satisfied with the inclusion of technocrats in the think tank, rather than career politicians. Wow, my Fola Adeola is there! Basil Omiyi is another fine fellow, with vast inteernational and local business experience, second only to Kase Lawal.

Altogether, it's not a bad list, and if given free hands, shoud dbe able to make valauble input to GJ's acting-presidency.

Fhemmmy:
How do u explain when the leader is chosen and was not elected?

Don't you think that the choosing is made possible by the conduct of the people too. Or why are leaders not 'chosen' in US?

IBB-NUPE: DANJUMA-BIROM: ATIKU-HAUSA/FULANI: TURAI-HAUSA/FULANI:ABAHA:originally Kanuri but presented himself more Hausa than Kanuri, he even favoured Emir of Kano than Shehu of Borno during his life time. He saw himself as purely from Kano.

IBB as Nupe? Are you sure? Hearing that for the first time, and I will be happy if you can enlighten me further. All I have known and seen journalists say all these years is that IBB is Gwari. Kindly enlighten me further as you did for Abacha, who I agree with you is more Hausa than Kanuri, even though oroginally Kanuri.

Much as I hate to engage in arguments that border on 'this or that ethnic group/region is the problem of Nigeria', I think the poster can be educated.

Okay now, let's assume that by Hausa, you mean north in general. I personally don't think the north is the problem of Nigeria. The South is as guilty as the north.

Now, let's dwell on teh common arguments usually used against teh north.
It's oversimplification to say because they have ruled Nigeria more, then they are the cause of all our problems. We did not fare better under Obasanjo.

We easily tag the northerners lazy, corrupt, quota-system dependent etc, as if the southerners are saints. The South has been known to produce as many thieves as the North. For every Saminu Turaki, there is an Ibori; for every IBB, there is an Obj. Similarly, we have had strong anti-corruption voices from the north. For every Gani, there is a Balarabe Musa, for every Femi Falana, there is a Umar Dangiwa.

Another problem with many southerners is that a genuine national struggle is hijacked and regionalized, and that is why they usually lose. MKO Abiola won all through Nigeria, north, South, East, West in 1993, but when the struggle to get him his IBB-denied mandate began, the West think, Abiola being their own, they can win teh struggle alone. And they lost. The same thing is happening in teh current Yar'adua crisis. People easily forget that northern leaders and activists like Shagari, Buhari, Najaatu Mohammed, Balarabe Musa, Abubakar Umar etc are all leading voices against Yar'adua's rape of constitution. Yet, those of us down south here easily say the north is to blame for the current problem., for no other reason than YRD is a northerner. In fact, we even forget that the man that foisted YRD on us is a Southerner.

I don't subscribe to the argument that the north, Hausa/Fulani or whatever name we call them are the problem of Nigeria.

PS: When one northerner tried to shift the blame to the south too, through one article titled "Southerners are Politically Naive and Myopic. . .", I gave it hot to him too.

IBB - Gwari
Abacha - Kanuri
Danjuma - From Plateau state, not sure of his tribe, but not Hausa
Atiku - Fulani
Turai - Fulani

So who's the Hausa you're blaming for your woes?

The earlier people know the difference between Hausa and northerners, the better.

President Umaru Yar’adua spends some hours every day sitting in a hard-backed chair in an upstairs sitting room of the State House’s residential wing surrounded by nephews, nieces and grandchildren who run up and down the stairs, Daily Trust learnt yesterday from sources familiar with the set up. Since his return to the country on Tuesday last week, the ailing President has been in near-total seclusion inside the State House. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan again said yesterday that he had not seen Yar’adua since he returned to the country.

Daily Trust learnt that contrary to reports that Yar’adua is completely bedridden or even held in an intensive care facility, he makes some minimal movements within the residence and that he has been seen by some very few personal aides. On Thursday last week, sources said, Yar’adua received some staff members. He sat on a chair while they greeted him and said some prayers for his quick recovery, the sources said.

Daily Trust also learnt that in the early evening hours, the lights were suddenly switched off in the corridors around the residence, and it was believed that Yar’adua was taking an uncertain walk around the house. The sources said while he is able to speak, the president is very weak and it is difficult to hear him.

Meanwhile, the tight seclusion imposed on the residence since Yar’adua’s return is very effective with almost no outside visitors allowed in. Daily Trust’s sources said except for the cries of children, there is no activity around the residence. No ministers, governors or other politicians have paid a visit since Yar’adua’s return.

However, maintenance crews from the construction giant Julius Berger, which manages the State House, are sometimes allowed in to carry out electrical, plumbing or other repairs. They only go in at times specified by security operatives. Outside the residence though, the maintenance crews continue to water the flowers, sweep the yards and trim the hedges.

At the weekend, State House officials heard that Yar’adua was about to pay a visit to his hometown, Katsina in order to greet his mother, Hajia Dada. There were some signs of preparation as cars were seen lined up in the driveway, but sources said the trip did not take place for unknown reasons.

Activity around the President’s office has also been very low since Yar’adua departed from Saudi Arabia last November. The three top shots in Yar’adua’s office, namely Principal Secretary David Edovbie, the Senior Special Assistant on Presidential Matters Saraki and the Special Assistant on Housing Development have all been redundant since November, when the president left the country. However, sources said activity picked up around Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s office when the National Assembly passed a resolution declaring him as the Acting President. Since Yar’adua’s return last week, Jonathan has also reduced the pace of activities around his office and few visitors go there these days.

Another source told Daily Trust that Yar’adua could finally make a public appearance at tomorrow’s Federal Executive Council [FEC] meeting, not to preside over it, but to thank the ministers for their support and prayers. It may also be the joker to squelch any moves by some FEC members to declare him permanently incapacitated.

http://www.news.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15008:how-yaradua-whiles-away-time&catid=46:lead-stories&Itemid=140

It's a great pity every topic on NL is being turned into tribal war. This is just too bad.

Why would someone not have heard of Professor Ayodele Awojobi?
I was barely two years old when he died but I have read and heard much about him. IBB called him and Gani Fawehinmi the only true activists he knew.
We Nigerian youths of today need to read about past personalities, late or still living. The knowledge of these people and their activities, in no small measure, shape our comments of today.
Imagine a ten-year old boy of today, commenting on issues, having grown up to 25 in 15 years time, and not knowing who Gani Fawehinmi was.

zaraman:
I couldnt stop laughing when i saw this,the above picture is actually aisha yaradua who happens to be my first cousin and for the records SHE IS NOT THE DAUGHTER OF THE PRESIDENT, i hope the poster realise the president do have brothers and other male family members with the same family name and do have daughters as well,and Aisha is a common muslim name,am sure there are lot of Aisha Yaradua in the yaraduas family ranging from wives,to daughters to grand daughters.PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT,AM SURE SHE MUST HAVE SEEN THIS POST,NO WONDER SHE HAD TO CHANGE HER SURNAME ON FACEBOOK.

Thanks for feeding us with thsi insider information. It was obvious that this cannot be Yar'adua daughter. She looks too different from other Yar'Adua duaghters.

Being Aisha's first cousin, you're also from the presidential family, no matter how distant. Can you let us into teh happenings in teh family regarding teh President's failure to thread the 'path of honour'?

prosper:
Ahhhh Iban ti poju, jo jo

Mr. Grammar Police, if by 'iban', you mean grammatical blunders, then I'm afraid you read a different post from what the guy posted there.

citizenY:
@fellow posters

Unless something gives, I have my fears for this country. For how long shall we continue like this.Our
country is now in the hands of unelected persons- Turai ,PDP and the FEC. Our Vice president, duly elected
on a joint ticket with Yar'adua seems to be having epileptic fits as he has not shown much savvy for the
power game. In effect, there is no difference between our democracy and what obtains in Libya and some
middle easter countries. Some people have hijacked this country and our other arms of government - security
legislature and judiciary is watching helplessly.

Unfortunately, the press is only after sensation, where are their investigative skills? The press is not only for
adverts and page three girls. This is the time to give us value for money. Or have the brown envelopes gone
round already?I have not seen any resourcefulness in this direction.

Since everything is left to conjecture, can we honestly believe that our president is indeed in this country? So
there is no other official that had a peek, or passing glance through the doorway, of our president on his sickbed
in Aso Rock? Or is he embedded and attached to a battery of gadgets inside the ambulance? It is even more distressing,
or the mother of all insults if the woman that suckled this fellow is not given access to him? At least , apart from
Almighty God, she is the only one owns him, with a better claim than Turai or anyone else.

My countrymen, you  see my dilemma? Why can't we do something good for a change? For our elders who have enjoyed
this country more and longer that everybody, this is payback time. If speaking up will be the only thing you can do, please do so,
we shall forgive all past misdemeanors for the sake of posterity. For civil society, we must rise up and demand action.

Our docility has already revved up the whirlwind, it is left to us to wake up and do something. If you expect these mandarins
in Abuja and state capitals to make a move, you will not see anything. This impasse came about because of their internal scramble
and they are positioning and strategising for  against any eventuality- post Yar'adua  and this stalemate has stunned them.

Me too, I am stunned. This ship has captain on board, and no lifeboat either.

Save the last paragraph and one or two typos, which are all pardonable, this is not bad grammar for an informal comment on an unedited public forum. Or you expect everybody to give WS his/her comment to edit before posting on NL?

Undue thread duplication.
Continue here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-401631.0.html

Too sad to comment

Nicholas Anelka looks like me.

I also remember once reading somewhere that Speaker Bankole has a number of guys whose job is to look for what people are saying or writing about him on the internet, and, veiling as neutral contributors, counter them.

One state governor I countered in newspaper some three years ago also accused me of being sponsored by opposition.

I have come to observe the activities of the rampaging anti-Fashola boys on Nairaland.
I have seen a lot of threads springing up, defaming Fashola, some calling for his impeachment.
The manner those threads and posts come appear coordinated and sponsored. It appears these people are out to wreck the man's soaring political image by changing public opinion about him.

This appears to me a product of the machination of the man's political opponents.

It can easily be argued that I am also here to do PR job for Fashola, by the same token I accuse the people speaking ill of Fashola on NL as doing PR job for Fashola's opponents. No, I have never commended Fashola on NL or beyond, even though I acknowledge his good works. I just honestly think these attacks on the man on NL appear too clean to be uncoordinated.

I agree Nigerian students have been fully surpressed. The situation is very pathetic. In times like this in the past, the voice of Nigerian students used to be strong and heard on national issues. Not only carrying placards, but also making robust intellectual contributions to national debates.

They are busy facebooking now.

Where is NANS? The situation is very bad. Many destructive national policies in the past have been reversed due to students' resistance. The Ali-Must-Go riot of 1978 and many others. The Segun Okeowos of the 70's, Lanre Arogundade of the 80's and even the Tony Fash of the 90's.

It's a pity Nigerian students have been embarrassingly silent on national issues. No threats, no propaganda, no even press conference or advertorial on the litany of mess the nation is wallowing in.

It is not only students, all the labour Union Unions, from ASUU to NLC, appear to have been surpressed. Too bad.

yes

saliumomoh:
For me unijos still remain the best, not only in terms of academics but also in terms of in all aspect. Many students from these so called 1st generation unis. cannot even speak good english, or relect socially, they are the true defination of what we call educated illitrate, but a jossite will always represent anywhere anytime. Greatest Jossites!!!

If this is your good English, then there is serious problem.

abioila:
@jarus i am vry sure if those students i u nd luvola mentioned were in oda skols they wuld av repeated d same feat.so its not rili about d skul but the STUDENT.

I agree with you to a great extent. But I think schools can also bring out your potential and this is where the quality of the school comes to play.

a student from lasu not yet a graduate was d overal best student in ICAN were there not ui unilag lecturers dere wen he clinched d award.

my frend in my dept ( koforowola a 19yrs old lady ) emerge last year d overall in ICAN ATS exam

If this is the criteria for measuring the greatness of a school, and it may also be part of the criteria, then Ife has this in abundance too.

In all humility, within my circle of friends alone in Ife, we had two students who were overall best ICAN students(Nov 2004 diet) when we were just in year 3, and Nov 2006, shortly after we graduated. And this big-headed Jarus followed suit two diets later, also clinching an overall prize in one of the stages. This is not to mention the many other class mates, room mates and other Ife friends that clinched one prize or the other almost every diet.

Oya, come up with another criteria.