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 Politics › Re: Jonathan Vs Buhari: How They Stand In 36 States, FCT - VANGUARD by jpphilips(m): 11:18am On Mar 23, 2015 |
Riodiao:You think god is stvpid abi? why will God be in Nigeria when there is a city called Paris? Continue voting PDP and expect god to intervene in your situation, in 2011, he travelled to Paris, once you vote PDP again and with terrorist threats in Paris, god will vacate to the Bahamas, dont say I didnt warn you!! god is not dumb to be on the side of people who failed to utilize their God given common sense!! 7 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan Vs Buhari: How They Stand In 36 States, FCT - VANGUARD by jpphilips(m): 11:08am On Mar 23, 2015 |
Suljosh:Tupac Shakur actually voted for yaradua in the 2007 elections as evidenced in the tribunal, the fear of Maurice Iwu is the beginning of wisdom. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan Vs Buhari: How They Stand In 36 States, FCT - VANGUARD by jpphilips(m): 10:51am On Mar 23, 2015 |
Riodiao:People are saying they don't have money again to import products and you are talking nonsense!, how can you expect me to spend 450m on a product that 320m used to buy because you devalued the naira? I continue telling Nigerians, by the time Jonathan is done with their ars@, they will regret Jonathan 2019. It is clear that the nation needs to start afresh but we must punish the culprits at the polls, the government's austerity measures is suffocating and the masses think its cool!! How can you have kids studying abroad and you want to vote Jonathan, are you insane? what devalued the naira? shortage of FOREX where does our FOREX come from? Sale of Oil, under Jonathan 400,000bbls of this oil is stolen daily worth $46,000,000 when oil was $115. Jonathan had the temerity to award a security pipeline contract of $1.3b to Tompolo who is part of the theft, can you imagine the wickedness of this man? Tompolo got his $1.3b in 2011, yet millitary got theirs in 2014 after boko has killed over 13,000 Nigerians? Is jonathan not wicked? are you guys ok! how can you vote poverty on your counscience? Let the Abuja big boys vote him, let us see how many votes he will get, yet the poor people who will soon become armed robbers and prost!tutes are shouting Sai Jonathan!! shame on your souls!! Other oil producing countries saved at the time reason they are not complaining much, Russia saved $480b, their only achilles heel is their EU sanction. Norway saved $780b, they are not complaining, Saudi Arabia saved $920b, depleted to $760b they are not complaining, Iran could not save because they were funding several terrorists organizations with their wealth, in cohort with Qatar, Nigeria decided to deplete the ECA and Foreign reserve, that is the genesis of this mess and we say SAI Jonathan? Why did the governors demand for their share of the ECA, because Jonathan was misappropriating it, several personal withdrawals from the account was proved in court. Under OBJ nobody touched that account, that was how we survived drop in oil price as low as $38, Jonathan is $60, right now and Nigeria is on fire, can't you guys see? You are an importer getting dollars at 225 naira and you say jonathan 2019? you are a m0r0n. By the end of 2015 if Jonathan continues, most of the students here will drop out because your parents will lose their jobs, I am firing three next month and a lot of people are doing the same, you guys have no idea what is going to happen by this year end. let me give you the history, oil price down, devalued naira, shortage of fuel, removal of all subsidies including HIV drugs, do you guys know where austerity measures end? food shortages. You are a student and you want to vote Jonathan, sorry for you because when the government is running budget deficit like now, salaries will be owed and your lecturers will go on strike, cant you see? If you took any loan bank , office or cooperative loan, with a devalued currency, you are in for an upward review of your interest rate, and some people think it is cool to be shouting GEJ 2019, those people deserve to be shot without trial  All government funded subsidies will disappear, if you have HIV, just save for your burial because in rivers state now, they are stranded, the ones supplied by the Americans can no longer go round, cant you guys see? We must punish PDP at the polls, why are you scared of Buhari, are you a thief? the undisciplined and the thieves don't want buhari, while you a nobody is singing their praise, what are you scared of? Anytime you fall in love with Jonathan ask yourself? what do you have to lose? We are already down with Jonathan, we cannot fear any worse. Buhari is not a jesus but Jonathan must be punished for this mess, he should be held responsible and accountable for this mess, How can Jonathan approve austerity measures for Nigerians while he could not cut his feeding budget and you guys think its ok!! He flies 9 private jets and you don't even have a tokumbo car shouting SAI jonathan? Crude price is down and you think Jonathan is not responsible are you daft? how about saving and appreciating the naira when it was high so that as it goes down, it won't be this low? jonathan is a walking disgrace if you support Jonathan and you are rich, benefitting from this government, you are wise, if you are an average Nigerian who is gonna face this austerity measures and still support his presidency, you are a f00l and a m0r0n, shaken together and runneth over. This election has exposed one thing, Nigerians are very bad people, they are willing to stand and die for evil, the next hitler will be a Nigerian, mark my words. 13 Likes 2 Shares |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan Vs Buhari: How They Stand In 36 States, FCT - VANGUARD by jpphilips(m): 10:49am On Mar 23, 2015 |
Riodiao:The South east have been a battle ground for political mischief over the years. Another election is around the corner and the power brokers are at it again, needless to mention the need for the actors and spectators to harmonize political interest. It is no longer news that the subterfuge of President Jonathan has not only eroded reasoning but have equally failed logic of the average south easterner. Once is a while when the music gets to a crescendo, we pause to relieve our breath. In many quarters of ignorance, however unimpressed pundits like us felt about Jonathan's presidency, a scan through of his touted achievements is a proof that the south easterners are living in denial. ROADS: Funny how Nigerians still bask in the euphoria of development when administrators at State and Federal levels resurface roads, this obligatory stride is magnified to an insulting proportion especially when it becomes a campaign slogan for politicians. The South Eastern states in focus is made up of Imo, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi states, to travel from Imo to Anambra presents the Owerri-Onitsha road as the most plausible federal route option, no doubt, this road is resurfaced today, however,most South easterners are oblivious of the fact that the resurfacing of that road stems its history from OBJ through Yaradua but completed with Jonathan, however encouraging that may sound, I still ask, is there any other federal route apart from that one? Anambra to Enugu is left with Onitsha to Enugu (in terrible shape by the way) and Enugu to Abakiliki through Enugu - Ph express way another death trap. Based on the above facts, Jonathan has alienated two states out of four in the South east by virtue of terrible federal roads, the funny part is that the Enugu - Onitsha alternative is a state road which seems to be in a better shape than the federal road, never mind that the so called roads awaiting to be resurfaced by the Jonathan's administration were created by the military, mostly northerners by extension. Till date, Jonathan is yet to create a second federal route that will connect the South eastern states. TRANSPORTATION: Two significant events reshaped Jonathan's stewardship in the last 5yrs, upgrading of the existing Akanu Ibiam airport to international status and the repair of the Portharcourt to Enugu rail routes. Each time I look at the average Igbo man and how this two projects would have changed his life forever, I cannot but pray for the igbo man to wake up from his slumber. The Akanu Ibiam international airport sure will open the South east to the world, Ethiopian airlines is licensed to operate that route for now, I always wonder where Orji Uzor kalu and Authur Eze two Igbo sons that are stake holders in the aviation sector dissolved to when that license was granted? bearing in mind that Nigeria has no national carrier. I may not know whether or not they have the capacity to go international but the recent Skytrax rating of our "face me I face you" airport calls for serious concern. After all the hype, noise and billions in resources spent, this Jonathan's Greek gift neither made it to the first 800 in the world neither did it make the 100 place in Africa, while poor Kenya made the 9th position in Africa, is this what the Igbos really deserve?. President Jonathan's rail project was the biggest slap on the Igbos for those who understand the dynamics of the South east economy. If strategically positioned would have been the game changer for the Igbos in generations to come. There are two economic hubs in South east Nigeria, Onitsha and Nnewi both in Anambra state. While Nnewi is drawing its blood from its robust manufacturing base, Onitsha is pulling its weight from it robust FOREX and importation strong holds. Bearing in mind that whatever affects Onitsha easily affects Nnewi owing to their geographic proximity, I will beam my search light on Onitsha. During the rail projects, I was expecting that President Jonathan being a lover of Igbos like he claimed would have prioritized APAPA to Onitsha rail route. As I type, this route is non existent, meanwhile, this is the only route that would have been the economic game changer in the South East. The absence of a rail line on this route is the reason Benin-ore road, Ore-Lagos routes don't last due to the intense, unabated use of heavy duty truck carrying containers on this route, cement distributors like Ibeto, Dangote and Lafarge have equally contributed to her woes. During a field trip in the south east, a container cleared in APAPA enroute Onitsha will cost 400,000 naira on haulage alone, sundry expenditures could pull between 650k to 700k off the importer depending on the consignment, considering the nature of the road (especially the ore-Lagos route), there is a 50% chance the container will not arrive its destination, Jonathan the false Igbo messiah ran to the already existing PH-Enugu route, a route whose economic relevance stemmed from the days of the British, when coal was ferried from Enugu and exported through Portharcourt to do a quick fix for vain glory. In other words, the president failed to connect one of Africa's busiest ports with West Africa's biggest market and igbos saw nothing wrong with that. In 2011, Jonathan made a promise to South easterners that he will do a second Niger bridge (the latest victim of heavy duty haulage from Lagos to the east) 4yrs on, the Igbos are satisfied that the project is still at the pilling stage. According to them, they said that Jonathan appointed the first Igbo chief of army staff, but immediately I ask, has the NDA and the Direct Short service quota for the SE increased? they hardly wait to give me an answer. Does it mean that a group of supposed intelligent and industrious people barely know where their interest lie? ELECTRICITY While I was expecting the SE to demand justice for the way interstate (a friend of the president by the way) muscled away viable competitors who had the capacity to turn around their power woes during the sale of EEDC, it never harped on the South easterners that Jonathan's administration did a great disservice to them. Do they care? Not until Jonathan proposed a coal power plant for kogi state (Enugu's closest neighbor), a 1,200MW coal power plant in Itobe Kogi state, the project is expected to come alive in 2018, tell me, between Enugu (the coal city state) and Itobe Kogi state, who deserves a coal power plant? If any Igbo man answers this question, I will have no need to continue this expose. ECONOMY Often times we wonder; who is the loser in Jonathan's abysmal handling of the economy? ans: South East. The PDP strategy: PDP before now has a way to keep the people happy in suffering, if asked, you will say that Nigeria is a near tax free nation but is it really true? Jonathan's government knows that Nigeria is an import based economy and there is need to allow the pitiable manufacturing base to grow, so instead of taxing consumer goods at point of consumption, they are taxed at point of entry. This strategy is the reason why most Igbo businesses have failed in recent times. Ask yourself, how many developing countries in the world do you pay duty higher than the cost of purchase especially cars? or does duty not qualify as a form of taxation? In Jonathan's government, economic maneuvers with grave consequences are not meant to be mentioned: Increase in pump price is called Subsidy removal. Increase in taxation is called FIRS receipt etc, with such gimmicks the average Igbo man hardly realizes that Jonathan is his biggest economic Nightmare. Pay attention to these excerpt in the 2015 budget: “In 2015, the federal government will be ramping up the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)/McKinsey initiative to contribute an extra N160 billion in tax receipts and an aggregate of about N460 billion over and above the 2014 levels in the 2015-2017 period,” Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said. “There will be a surcharge on Business and First Class Tickets on Airlines. There will be no surcharge on economy tickets. There is also an imposition of 3 per cent luxury surcharge on champagnes, wines and spirits to generate about N2.3 billion in 2015;In an economy with high unemployment rate here is what Iweala is proposing for 2015 and they are keeping it quiet now because of elections. In taxes, the minister hinted of a possible but gradual increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) but only as a long term measure, but in the medium term, focus will be on tax policy to see where opportunities lie to streamline and rationalize certain taxes and levies whilst looking to boost others.What it means for the Igbo man is that 2015 will not be business as usual, even though you are deceived to vote as usual, Igbos should expect very high duty this year which will make your goods expensive hence lower your patronage, this is Jonathan's Greek gift for your 2015 patronage at the polls. It is no longer news that 1 US dollar is exchanging for 225 naira under Jonathan, what it means to an average Igbo man is that if your 40ft container is worth $60,000 (9.3m naira) you will need 13.5m to order the same 40ft container you just bought last year. At the port, Jonathan will send you another message through Iweala, and if you don't have 4.2m to complete the balance, you better go back to your village or better still collect his fertilizer to start farming, or worse still, apply for a traffic warden job like he has proposed. God help you if you have kids studying abroad, Jonathan's incompetence has increased their tuition by 40%. These are the economic realities facing the South Easterner however ugly it presents itself. Meanwhile, while Jonathan is draining your capital, he has not made any attempt whatsoever to cut down on the largess going on in Government, evidenced by his unwillingness to fight corruption. Under Goodluck, Anambra state lost it's bid to being an oil producing state. How can a group of hardworking legitimate people be scared of Buhari? the thieves are scared, the undisciplined is scared, what are you scared of? ENERGY: Since 2004, no South Easterner can boast of buying any petroleum product at the government approved rate always, while the Govt approved rate is 97naira, south easterners buy between 110-115 naira, have you guys bothered to ask why? Ans; Enugu Depot is not working. This is how it works, Petrol used in Enugu, Ebonyi, and Anambra come from either Portharcourt or Warri, if the right thing is done, it is supposed to be coming from the Enugu depot, the increased transport fare (tanker hire) will be added to the products so it hardly sells for the Govt approved rate. Now you know, for a pretty long time, you guys have suffered this and Govt after Govt including Jonathan your beloved didn't care as much as OBJ never cared, do you know what the problem is ? There is a pipeline section at Okigwe, it is not like the whole pipeline have to be replaced but just the Okigwe section, that is the Genesis of your suffering. I am yet to understand the zombie follower ship Jonathan has in the South East, South- South his father land has already dropped him like a hot object (Rivers and Bayelsa), what is the SE waiting for? According to Patrick Obahiagbon " there is no reason for Nigerians to pontificate the faucet origo of a presidential aspirant" whatever that means .There is an Igbo adage that says that the Local dog follows a man with running stomach with the hope that if he doesn't vomit, he will defecate, so far, Jonathan as the man with the running stomach has refused to defecate nor Vomit, it is mind bugling why the South easterners are following him about. 11 Likes 2 Shares |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan Vs Buhari: How They Stand In 36 States, FCT - VANGUARD by jpphilips(m): 10:47am On Mar 23, 2015 |
Riodiao:[color=#990000]These are the transformations I witnessed [/color] FELLOW NIGERIANS, IS THIS THE PRESIDENT YOU DESERVE? May the Judgment of God not befall us and our families if with our votes we deliberately return a Govt of Hunger, corruption and death to the Nigerian people. Kindly distribute through your BBM and Whatsapp contacts, enough is enough!! December 2014: Nigeria stooped to the lowest of all lows to invite Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world to fight Boko haram. Since their arrival, the Nigerian army under Jonathan's failed leadership has made unprecedented gains in a short time. November 2014, Jonathan shocked Nigerians with the news that Boko haram has taken control of 16 towns in 9 LGA’s the height of incompetence in balkanizing the Nigerian state, a week later, Nigerians were blown away by series of austerity measures handed to them for their stupidity in 2011. The naira was devalued at the pretext of drop in oil prices but Nigerians never asked why the Naira never appreciated when the oil price was increasing? If the foreign reserve were not stolen, Nigeria would have weathered the storm for at least 6 months like we did during the global melt down of 2004 and 2008, unfortunately, the incompetence of the Jonathan administration has brought grave consequence on the Nigerian people, Inflation and high cost of energy are likely consequences. oh! there is fuel shortages already as we speak. According to Will Ross of the BBC “He said he hoped a parliamentary investigation would also find out why the country's Excess Crude Account had fallen from $11.5bn to under $2.5bn in a year - arguing that Nigeria's savings are a vital buffer against any drop in the global oil price and without this "rainy day" account, the economy is vulnerable and exposed. October 2014; Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the Federal republic of Nigeria uses a militant Asari Dokubo for black market gun running, evident from the grounding and seizure of over $10m by the South African authorities. September, 2014, The Nigerian Government admitted ferrying over $10m in a private jet for arms procurement, where do we draw the line between money laundering and arms procurement? I asked myself about the recent helos that was delivered by Russia recently if it was purchased in the same manner, agree with me or not, Jonathan is neck deep not just in corruption but money laundering. August 2014: As a result of the unabated corruption in the Nigerian Military, Mutiny of July gave rise to Boko haram declaring a caliphate on Nigerian Soil, Gentlemen and Ladies, Jonathan Has once again made a history of Incompetence. Never in the history of Nigeria have we ceded territories to bandits. July 2014: saw a president who went to sleep while neighboring West African countries battled with the Ebola virus, his negligence paid off when Patrick Sawyer brought the deadly virus to Nigeria unabated. Since August 2012, when the Ebola outbreak began, The Nigerian govt had no single emergency response plan in place. $11m emergency fund and N480m budgeted for the control of infectious diseases in the 2013 budget never got to the Lagos state government, the Nigerian Ebola Epicenter. Still in June, we saw the worst abuse of his Royal majesties powers when he barred APC Governors from attending a rally in Ekiti state with soldiers, meanwhile Boko Haram is still having a field day in the North. The senate revealed to Nigerians how the president Mis appropriated over 685b kerosene subsidy fund May 2014: [/b]left us with this shocking statement “Jonathan, who was asked to comment on the allegations of corrupt practices leveled against some of his ministers, had said that nobody was above mistakes and that if he were to be acting based on reports on each of them, “no one will stay for more than six months in office.” [b]Mere stealing we call corruption" Still in the same month after the corrupt tales of embezzlement and diversion of military budget, the clueless one finally offered Amnesty to a terrorist group, the first of its kind, in the world. An Indication that the Jonathan’s administration is run by a den of thieves. April 2014: reminded us the climax of Jonathan’s administration where he went on a jamboree while book haram held over 200 young girls, hostage, April never ended before the Dizeani madueke’s 10billion naira scam reached a climax. March 2014: just before the centenary celebration where Abacha of all people was a beneficiary, scores of Innocent school children were murdered in Adamawa sate. Feb 2014: saw the illegal suspension of the CBN Gov.at a time the nation was in dire need of foreign direct investment, the Kidnap of the president’s foster father is a realistic score card on his strides on security. January 2014, a presidential committee was set up to investigate the October scandal of stella odua who came with a guilty verdict, yet she kept her job. December 2013: ushered the yuletide of Obasanjo’s “before it is too late”, several corruption allegations and the extremism of the Jonathan’s administration, the impunity of plundering the people’ s common wealth and the tenacity of talking drums like Abati who have earned a reputation in insulting the sensibilities of Nigerians.10 bullet proof vehicles purchased by DICON for its top brass November 2013: the CBN Governor raised an alarm that under Jonathan’s watch, the NNPC diverted $49billion dollars, fellow Nigerians, are we not tired of condoning corruption? October 2013: ushered a month of corruption coronation in Jonathan’s camp, where the Aviation minister coerced the NCAA to purchase 2 fairly used armored 2008 BMW to the tune of $800,000 each. September 2013: President Jonathan took a record breaking 600 men entourage for the UN General assembly in New york August 2013: After the billions of dollars spent in revamping the nation’s airports, skytrax world airport ranking for Africa showed Nigeria didn’t make it to top 10 in Africa neither did it make it top 100th place in the world. Whereas Ethiopia and Mauritania made it to position 9th and 8th respectively, what a shame. July 2013: transparency international rated Nigeria as the 8th most corrupt country in the world. June 2013: World Bank appraised him thus; “Nevertheless, improvements in social welfare indicators have been much slower than would be expected in the context of this growth. Poverty reduction and job creation have not kept pace with population growth, implying social distress for an increasing number of Nigerians. Progress toward the fulfillment of many of the Millennium Development Goals has been slow, and the country ranked 153 out of 186 countries in the 2013 United Nations Human Development Index” the World Bank said. May 2013: The president after wasting tax payer’s money on an entourage as long as the third mainland bridge went sleeping while his foreign affairs minister represented him in his presence during the AU summit in Addis ababa. Just outside President Goodluck Jonathan's office sat 17 ambulances, just in case he or one of his aides fell ill. They were seldom if ever used. No actual health-care facility nationwide had as many, and in fact a few still have none at all. But as soon as a Nigerian newspaper took a photo of the ambulances and published a story about them, they suddenly disappeared -- probably to an underground garage. March, 2013: we witnessed the height of moral bankruptcy when Mr President granted presidential pardon to the biggest criminal in the history of our democracy, Alamesigha to prepare him for a senatorial seat. February 2013: amidst the short fall in crude prices, the president smuggled into the 2013 budget a 2bn appropriation fund for the office of the first lady February 2013: the office of the presidency denied vehemently that the first lady was on vacation in Germany only for them to organize a survival party with tax payer’s money. Is this the kind of leader you want to hold to his words? In January 2013: the erst while madam due process and former minister for education challenged the charlatans of jonathans’ administration to a debate on accountability of $67b as expected, honorable cowards and pen thieves, absconded as usual November 2012: President Jonathan approved 2.2bn naira for the construction of a banquet hall in the villa. At a time our debt profile was all time high As commander in chief, he stood dumb while a military helicopter was used for "kabu-kabu" at oronto douglas father’s burial that error in judgment alone claimed the life of a sitting Governor. and the most brilliant NSA Nigeria has ever produced. October 2012: blatantly refusing to appeal the ICJ’s decision on ceding bakassi, thereby throwing Millions of Bakkasi indigenes into pandemonium refusing to cut down on foreign trips and cost of Governance, contrary to his Nationwide address of 7th Jan 2012. October 2012: Mr president’s administration spent 1.5 billion to patch the 3rd mainland bridge, 4 months later, triple of that amount was expended again on maintenance alone, Talk about waste and incompetence August 2012 : He said our foreign reserve is 42billion usd , is that not only on iweala's notepad? How can you have external debt of 48bn usd and come home to deceive us that we have reserves? How much services that 48bn plus interest annually? Nearly 25% of 48bn. August 2012: Under his watch militants earn 10% of the Nation's revenue, $22.5m, $9m and $12.5m for tompolo, Ateke and Asari as national honors. He twisted facts during the Independence Day speech on his fight on corruption, in contrast to what the transparency international claimed. By august 2012, 2012 budget implementation was just 13% over 5, ooo Nigerian lives gone, Mr president is still trading words and negotiating with boko haram, we remain grateful that a quasi state of emergency came to be, at least I cant imagine an SOE where the State Govs sit tight to control state funds while the FG fight their battle. July 2012: its 3yrs gone and he is yet to commission from scratch a new power plant worst still fired the only human being in his cabinet who knows his onions in the power sector. July 2012: Mr President earned a congratulatory message for implementing local content policy by importing 200 luxury brands at the cost of over 13.5 million each for a 4 day first ladies summit. While our manufacturing industries beg for patronage. June 2012: Almost all teaching hospitals in Nigeria have no functional dialysis machine, the most sought of this equipment cost just 5m naira. Statistics has it that more than 60,000 Nigerians die yearly of a kidney related ailment, however, he jets out with his cohorts to seek medical help elsewhere. ferma is seriously patching federal highways with a budget of over 80 billion naira, there is no coordination between, the MND, NDDC and Federal ministry of works on road maintenance, same contract is awarded over and over before the job is done. JUNE 2012: Under his watch, the giant of oil and gas reserves is undergoing its worst energy crisis in the world. tanker drivers alone can cripple his supply network as they wish not to talk of ordinary Niger republic coming to our rescue via imports. In case you have not heard, Nigeria is very close to Afghanistan on security progress under Jonathan's watch. June 2012: Education is in crisis. With adult literacy at 57 per cent, overall illiteracy at 66 per cent and more than 10 million out of the 30 million children of primary school age not in school, no serious government should be comfortable. When 40 million adults in a population of 170 million are illiterate, the country is ranked 161 out of 180 countries in the United Nations Comparative Index of Literacy 2012, and has an unemployment rate of 23.7 per cent, it’s no longer news that only 26% of school leavers gain admission into the universities and only 5% are employed after school thanks to ASUU’s 6 months strike. June 2012: Mr president’s economic blind men have blessed us with all time high of 37.5% inflation though his mickey mouse cbn governor is still claiming 28%, wondering what he will be claiming now that all bankers are at home, naira devalued, unemployment on the rise etc He still maintains a single digit inflation on paper, I dey laugh. Mr president is the only Nigerian president that has not initiated a successful programme even Abacha did better with ptf while IBB with FSP and MAMSA, Mr president is still confused with ''YOU WIN''and SURE-P, with zero benefit to the Nigerian people. on that same vein, Nigeria has the second record high job cuts within the last 2yrs, if in doubt ask the bankers and manufacturing industries. before his ascension into power, the naira was in a sorry state of 150 to 1 dollar today, Jonathan has handed us an unstable 182 to 1 dollar June 2012: The dana crash is a testimony that Mr president’s aviation is comatose, not even the attorney general could challenge the allegations of the dana staff in court, in a national disaster of that magnitude? The girl could have served as a prime witness in a class action against dana Less than 6months of inconclusive investigations, DANA air hit the Tarmac again. Still on military, Nigeria has the most under educated junior military officers, before you ask how, Mr president is too lazy to ask him self why imo with highest national examination enrollments still have the least NDA and police academy enrollments, while borno and zamfara as educationally less privileged, have higher quota than Delta and Anambra put together in military enrollments. Nepotism and corruption at its best Mr President is the only head of state in the world whose wife is a ministry of its own. January 2012: Under Mr president’s watch, a 250bilion subsidy programme rose to 2 trillion naira yet no arrest, no conviction, no sack, the best miserable Nigerians could get was an AWOL attorney general after 7days of protests. Height of incompetence and corruption. Mr President is the only president in the world whose parliament gulps 75% of the national budget as alleged by the CBN Gov. yet they still soak themselves in $625m bribery scandal. Jonathan has not even initiated let alone fulfilling a single campaign promises except the one that he needs to surround himself with brain dead women in his cabinet. Nigerians say thank you Sir, for your 6 wasted years of leadership. VOTE PRESIDENT PROMISE JONATHAN AT YOUR OWN RISK!! AFTER VOTING HIM, DON'T COMPLAIN WHEN YOU VACATE YOUR DUPLEX TO LIVE IN A UNITED NATIONS PROVIDED TENT AS A RESULT OF INSECURITY. 13 Likes 3 Shares |
| Politics › Chadian Helicopters Bomb Boko Haram On Nigeria-niger Border: Niger Army by jpphilips(op): 10:16am On Mar 23, 2015 |
DIFFA, Niger (Reuters) - Two Chadian army helicopters bombed Nigerian Boko Haram positions on Sunday, killing several dozen militants near a village on the border with Niger, a senior Niger military official told Reuters. Niger and Chadian soldiers have been fighting the Islamist militants in a joint mission with Nigeria and Cameroon since March 2, in a bid to end Boko Haram's six-year insurgency in northern Nigeria that is threatening regional stability. The helicopters destroyed several vehicles and motorcycles carrying fighters in the Nigerian village of Djaboullam, which lies east across the border from the Niger town of Diffa, the Niger officer said. "Niger and Chad had received intelligence that a group of Boko Haram fighters had gathered in the border village," the officer said. The Niger military officer, who requested anonymity, said Boko Haram fighters had moved to Djaboullam after they were chased from other towns by the Nigerian army. Militants were also gathering in other border towns from where they routinely launch mortar rounds into Niger, he said. "We know they are massing in Malam Fatori, waiting for us to come," he said, referring to another northeast Nigerian town about three kilometres (2 miles) from Bosso, the nearest town across the border in Niger. The regional offensive launched this year comes as Nigeria, Africa's most populous country and biggest economy, prepares to hold elections on March 28. The offensive has succeeded in driving the militants from several towns and districts they previously held. Chad and Niger forces captured the town of Damasak from the militants last week. http://news.yahoo.com/chadian-helicopters-bomb-boko-haram-nigeria-niger-border-064135838.html |
| Politics › Re: Boko Haram 'slaughter Wives' In NE Nigeria: Witnesses by jpphilips(op): 9:50am On Mar 23, 2015 |
Ladies and Gentlemen, Chibok girls aint coming home |
| Politics › Boko Haram 'slaughter Wives' In NE Nigeria: Witnesses by jpphilips(op): 9:49am On Mar 23, 2015 |
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) - Dozens of Nigerian women who were forced to marry Boko Haram fighters were reportedly slaughtered by their "husbands" before a battle with troops in the northeast town of Bama, multiple witnesses said Thursday. Five witnesses who recounted the massacres to AFP said the Islamist militants feared they would be killed by advancing soldiers or separated from their wives when they fled the town. They killed the women to prevent them from subsequently marrying soldiers or other so-called non-believers, they added. "The terrorists said they will not allow their wives to be married to infidels," said Sharifatu Bakura, 39, a mother of three. Nigeria's military along with forces from neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger have claimed huge victories over the insurgents in recent weeks but defenceless civilians still face serious threats. - 'Dozens' of corpses - According to Bakura's account, which was supported by others, Boko Haram fighters received word of a military assault on Bama, formerly an Islamist stronghold in Borno state. The insurgents had decided to flee to the nearby town of Gwoza before the troops' arrival but first decided "to kill their wives so that nobody will remarry them", she said. Bukara's husband was killed by the insurgents four months ago but she was spared from a forced marriage because she was visibly pregnant. Boko Haram forcibly married scores of women in Bama after seizing it in September. Nigeria's military announced the recapture of the town on Monday. Witnesses who were taken under military protection this week to Borno's capital Maiduguri, 73 kilometres (45 miles) away, said the killing of women began 10 days before Bama was liberated. The Islamists said "if they kill their wives, they would remain pious until both of them meet again in heaven, where they would re-unite", said Salma Mahmud, another witness. A vigilante who fought alongside the military in the battle to retake Bama, Abba Kassim, said he saw "dozens of women corpses" in the town. While other witnesses reportedly a similarly high casualty figure the numbers were impossible to verify. Fanna Aisami, 52, also in Maiduguri after escaping Bama this week, said the executions followed a warning from Boko Haram's top commander in the town. "He informed them of the situation and the consequence of the takeover of the town by the advancing troops. "He warned them that when soldiers killed them they would take their wives back to the society where they would be forced to marry and live with infidels," the mother of seven said, speaking by phone to AFP in Kano. The commander "said it would be better for them to kill their wives and send them to heaven," Aisami added. A number of women were shot dead in front of the commander's house, she further said. Yagana Mairambe, 58, reported similar details but told AFP that "some Boko Haram men refused" and fled with their wives towards neighbouring Yobe state. Nigeria's national security spokesman Mike Omeri told AFP he would try to verify the reports while the military could not immediately be reached for comment. With Boko Haram gunmen facing heavy military pressure across northeast Nigeria, attacks, including suicide bombings, have persisted, even as the government in Abuja tries to assure voters that March 28 elections will be secure. The Islamist uprising has claimed more than 13,000 lives since 2009 and President Goodluck Jonathan has faced fierce criticism over failure to contain the violence. The latest reported atrocities in Bama recall similar massacres at high schools and colleges across northeast Nigeria, where Boko Haram has executed scores of students learning a so-called infidel curriculum. http://news.yahoo.com/boko-haram-slaughter-wives-ne-nigeria-witnesses-140826758.html |
| Politics › Re: PDP Asks Buhari To Clarify Role In Massacre Of 300 Igbo Soldiers, Civilians by jpphilips(m): 1:27am On Mar 23, 2015 |
shadowgwalker:The onus is on you to provide evidence to support your claims, referring me to the national library is as good as asking me to take patience Jonathan's IQ seriously. Do you have it or not? |
| Politics › Re: PDP Asks Buhari To Clarify Role In Massacre Of 300 Igbo Soldiers, Civilians by jpphilips(m): 9:52pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
OneNaira6:I wish you could proove half of what you said here. |
| Politics › Re: PDP Asks Buhari To Clarify Role In Massacre Of 300 Igbo Soldiers, Civilians by jpphilips(m): 6:23pm On Mar 22, 2015*. Modified: 9:17am On Apr 17, 2015 |
zendy:Gej is no killer but the moment AZAZI accused him of having a hand in Boko haram's crisis, Azazi and Yakowa fell from the sky en route Bayelsa. I dey laugh!! From what you wrote, you are not diff from the girl on the front page who was giving head to her teacher while others studied history. You must be the spare parts type of Igbo men not the elites am used to 4 Likes |
| Politics › Re: PDP Asks Buhari To Clarify Role In Massacre Of 300 Igbo Soldiers, Civilians by jpphilips(m): 6:16pm On Mar 22, 2015*. Modified: 2:51pm On Mar 24, 2015 |
sethken:You forgot that Shagari was still a sitting and elected president as such, deserves some respect. I dont expect you to know that throwing Shagari in prison will make a mockery of the office occupied by Buhari himself, The president of a country is not an individual but an institution. When the army removed president Morsi he was placed under house arrest pending when an interim president took over before he was incarcerated. Even if you lack education, follow the news there is still a slim chance you will sound human again. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: PDP Asks Buhari To Clarify Role In Massacre Of 300 Igbo Soldiers, Civilians by jpphilips(m): 5:25pm On Mar 22, 2015*. Modified: 2:57pm On Mar 24, 2015 |
anonimi:The South east has been a battle ground for political mischief over the years. Another election is around the corner and the power brokers are at it again, needless to mention the need for the actors and spectators to harmonize political interest. It is no longer news that the subterfuge of President Jonathan has not only eroded reasoning but have equally failed logic of the average south easterner. Once is a while when the music gets to a crescendo, we pause to relieve our breath. In many quarters of ignorance, however unimpressed pundits like us felt about Jonathan's presidency, a scan through of his touted achievements is a proof that the south easterners are living in denial. ROADS: Funny how Nigerians still bask in the euphoria of development when administrators at State and Federal levels resurface roads, this obligatory stride is magnified to an insulting proportion especially when it becomes a campaign slogan for politicians. The South Eastern states in focus is made up of Imo, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi states, to travel from Imo to Anambra presents the Owerri-Onitsha road as the most plausible federal route option, no doubt, this road is resurfaced today, however,most South easterners are oblivious of the fact that the resurfacing of that road stems its history from OBJ through Yaradua but completed with Jonathan, however encouraging that may sound, I still ask, is there any other federal route apart from that one? Anambra to Enugu is left with Onitsha to Enugu (in terrible shape by the way) and Enugu to Abakiliki through Enugu - Ph express way another death trap. Based on the above facts, Jonathan has alienated two states out of four in the South east by virtue of terrible federal roads, the funny part is that the Enugu - Onitsha alternative is a state road which seems to be in a better shape than the federal road, never mind that the so called roads awaiting to be resurfaced by the Jonathan's administration were created by the military, mostly northerners by extension. Till date, Jonathan is yet to create a second federal route that will connect the South eastern states. TRANSPORTATION: Two significant events reshaped Jonathan's stewardship in the last 5yrs, upgrading of the existing Akanu Ibiam airport to international status and the repair of the Portharcourt to Enugu rail routes. Each time I look at the average Igbo man and how this two projects would have changed his life forever, I cannot but pray for the igbo man to wake up from his slumber. The Akanu Ibiam international airport sure will open the South east to the world, Ethiopian airlines is licensed to operate that route for now, I always wonder where Orji Uzor kalu and Authur Eze two Igbo sons that are stake holders in the aviation sector dissolved to when that license was granted? bearing in mind that Nigeria has no national carrier. I may not know whether or not they have the capacity to go international but the recent Skytrax rating of our "face me I face you" airport calls for serious concern. After all the hype, noise and billions in resources spent, this Jonathan's Greek gift neither made it to the first 800 in the world neither did it make the 100 place in Africa, while poor Kenya made the 9th position in Africa, is this what the Igbos really deserve?. President Jonathan's rail project was the biggest slap on the Igbos for those who understand the dynamics of the South east economy. If strategically positioned would have been the game changer for the Igbos in generations to come. There are two economic hubs in South east Nigeria, Onitsha and Nnewi both in Anambra state. While Nnewi is drawing its blood from its robust manufacturing base, Onitsha is pulling its weight from it robust FOREX and importation strong holds. Bearing in mind that whatever affects Onitsha easily affects Nnewi owing to their geographic proximity, I will beam my search light on Onitsha. During the rail projects, I was expecting that President Jonathan being a lover of Igbos like he claimed would have prioritized APAPA to Onitsha rail route. As I type, this route is non existent, meanwhile, this is the only route that would have been the economic game changer in the South East. The absence of a rail line on this route is the reason Benin-ore road, Ore-Lagos routes don't last due to the intense, unabated use of heavy duty truck carrying containers on this route, cement distributors like Ibeto, Dangote and Lafarge have equally contributed to her woes. During a field trip in the south east, a container cleared in APAPA enroute Onitsha will cost 400,000 naira on haulage alone, sundry expenditures could pull between 650k to 700k off the importer depending on the consignment, considering the nature of the road (especially the ore-Lagos route), there is a 50% chance the container will not arrive its destination, Jonathan the false Igbo messiah ran to the already existing PH-Enugu route, a route whose economic relevance stemmed from the days of the British, when coal was ferried from Enugu and exported through Portharcourt to do a quick fix for vain glory. In other words, the president failed to connect one of Africa's busiest ports with West Africa's biggest market and igbos saw nothing wrong with that. In 2011, Jonathan made a promise to South easterners that he will do a second Niger bridge (the latest victim of heavy duty haulage from Lagos to the east) 4yrs on, the Igbos are satisfied that the project is still at the pilling stage. According to them, they said that Jonathan appointed the first Igbo chief of army staff, but immediately I ask, has the NDA and the Direct Short service quota for the SE increased? they hardly wait to give me an answer. Does it mean that a group of supposed intelligent and industrious people barely know where their interest lie? ELECTRICITY While I was expecting the SE to demand justice for the way interstate (a friend of the president by the way) muscled away viable competitors who had the capacity to turn around their power woes during the sale of EEDC, it never harped on the South easterners that Jonathan's administration did a great disservice to them. Do they care? Not until Jonathan proposed a coal power plant for kogi state (Enugu's closest neighbor), a 1,200MW coal power plant in Itobe Kogi state, the project is expected to come alive in 2018, tell me, between Enugu (the coal city state) and Itobe Kogi state, who deserves a coal power plant? If any Igbo man answers this question, I will have no need to continue this expose. ECONOMY Often times we wonder; who is the loser in Jonathan's abysmal handling of the economy? ans: South East. The PDP strategy: PDP before now has a way to keep the people happy in suffering, if asked, you will say that Nigeria is a near tax free nation but is it really true? Jonathan's government knows that Nigeria is an import based economy and there is need to allow the pitiable manufacturing base to grow, so instead of taxing consumer goods at point of consumption, they are taxed at point of entry. This strategy is the reason why most Igbo businesses have failed in recent times. Ask yourself, how many developing countries in the world do you pay duty higher than the cost of purchase especially cars? or does duty not qualify as a form of taxation? In Jonathan's government, economic maneuvers with grave consequences are not meant to be mentioned: Increase in pump price is called Subsidy removal. Increase in taxation is called FIRS receipt etc, with such gimmicks the average Igbo man hardly realizes that Jonathan is his biggest economic Nightmare. Pay attention to these excerpt in the 2015 budget: “In 2015, the federal government will be ramping up the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)/McKinsey initiative to contribute an extra N160 billion in tax receipts and an aggregate of about N460 billion over and above the 2014 levels in the 2015-2017 period,” Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said. “There will be a surcharge on Business and First Class Tickets on Airlines. There will be no surcharge on economy tickets. There is also an imposition of 3 per cent luxury surcharge on champagnes, wines and spirits to generate about N2.3 billion in 2015;In an economy with high unemployment rate here is what Iweala is proposing for 2015 and they are keeping it quiet now because of elections. In taxes, the minister hinted of a possible but gradual increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) but only as a long term measure, but in the medium term, focus will be on tax policy to see where opportunities lie to streamline and rationalize certain taxes and levies whilst looking to boost others.What it means for the Igbo man is that 2015 will not be business as usual, even though you are deceived to vote as usual, Igbos should expect very high duty this year which will make your goods expensive hence lower your patronage, this is Jonathan's Greek gift for your 2015 patronage at the polls. It is no longer news that 1 US dollar is exchanging for 225 naira under Jonathan, what it means to an average Igbo man is that if your 40ft container is worth $60,000 (9.3m naira) you will need 13.5m to order the same 40ft container you just bought last year. At the port, Jonathan will send you another message through Iweala, and if you don't have 4.2m to complete the balance, you better go back to your village or better still collect his fertilizer to start farming, or worse still, apply for a traffic warden job like he has proposed. God help you if you have kids studying abroad, Jonathan's incompetence has increased their tuition by 40%. These are the economic realities facing the South Easterner however ugly it presents itself. Meanwhile, while Jonathan is draining your capital, he has not made any attempt whatsoever to cut down on the largess going on in Government, evidenced by his unwillingness to fight corruption. Under Goodluck, Anambra state lost it's bid to being an oil producing state. How can a group of hardworking legitimate people be scared of Buhari? the thieves are scared, the undisciplined is scared, what are you scared of? ENERGY: Since 2004, no South Easterner can boast of buying any petroleum product at the government approved rate always, while the Govt approved rate is 97naira, south easterners buy between 110-115 naira, have you guys bothered to ask why? Ans; Enugu Depot is not working. This is how it works, Petrol used in Enugu, Ebonyi, and Anambra come from either Portharcourt or Warri, if the right thing is done, it is supposed to be coming from the Enugu depot, the increased transport fare (tanker hire) will be added to the products so it hardly sells for the Govt approved rate. Now you know, for a pretty long time, you guys have suffered this and Govt after Govt including Jonathan your beloved didn't care as much as OBJ never cared, do you know what the problem is ? There is a pipeline section at Okigwe, it is not like the whole pipeline have to be replaced but just the Okigwe section, that is the Genesis of your suffering. I am yet to understand the zombie follower ship Jonathan has in the South East, South- South his father land has already dropped him like a hot object (Rivers and Bayelsa), what is the SE waiting for? According to Patrick Obahiagbon " there is no reason for Nigerians to pontificate the faucet origo of a presidential aspirant" whatever that means .There is an Igbo adage that says that the Local dog follows a man with running stomach with the hope that if he doesn't vomit, he will defecate, so far, Jonathan as the man with the running stomach has refused to defecate nor Vomit, it is mind bugling why the South easterners are following him about.s administration did a great disservice to them. Do they care? Not until Jonathan proposed a coal power plant for kogi state (Enugu 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: PDP Asks Buhari To Clarify Role In Massacre Of 300 Igbo Soldiers, Civilians by jpphilips(m): 5:21pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
anonimi:Which pipeline was vandalized recently that we don't know about? people are saying they don't have money again to import products and you are talking nonsense!, how can you expect me to spend 450m on a product that 320m used to buy because you devalued the naira? I continue telling Nigerians, by the time Jonathan is done with their ars@, they will regret Jonathan 2019. It is clear that the nation needs to start afresh but we must punish the culprits at the polls, the government's austerity measures is suffocating and the masses think its cool!! How can you have kids studying abroad and you want to vote Jonathan, are you insane? what devalued the naira? shortage of FOREX where does our FOREX come from? Sale of Oil, under Jonathan 400,000bbls of this oil is stolen daily worth $46,000,000 when oil was $115. Jonathan had the temerity to award a security pipeline contract of $1.3b to Tompolo who is part of the theft, can you imagine the wickedness of this man? Tompolo got his $1.3b in 2011, yet millitary got theirs in 2014 after boko has killed over 13,000 Nigerians? Is jonathan not wicked? are you guys ok! how can you vote poverty on your counscience? Let the Abuja big boys vote him, let us see how many votes he will get, yet the poor people who will soon become armed robbers and prost!tutes are shouting Sai Jonathan!! shame on your souls!! Other oil producing countries saved at the time reason they are not complaining much, Russia saved $480b, their only achilles heel is their EU sanction. Norway saved $780b, they are not complaining, Saudi Arabia saved $920b, depleted to $760b they are not complaining, Iran could not save because they were funding several terrorists organizations with their wealth, in cohort with Qatar, Nigeria decided to deplete the ECA and Foreign reserve, that is the genesis of this mess and we say SAI Jonathan? Why did the governors demand for their share of the ECA, because Jonathan was misappropriating it, several personal withdrawals from the account was proved in court. Under OBJ nobody touched that account, that was how we survived drop in oil price as low as $38, Jonathan is $60, right now and Nigeria is on fire, can't you guys see? You are an importer getting dollars at 225 naira and you say jonathan 2019? you are a m0r0n. By the end of 2015 if Jonathan continues, most of the students here will drop out because your parents will lose their jobs, I am firing three next month and a lot of people are doing the same, you guys have no idea what is going to happen by this year end. let me give you the history, oil price down, devalued naira, shortage of fuel, removal of all subsidies including HIV drugs, do you guys know where austerity measures end? food shortages. You are a student and you want to vote Jonathan, sorry for you because when the government is running budget deficit like now, salaries will be owed and your lecturers will go on strike, cant you see? If you took any loan bank , office or cooperative loan, with a devalued currency, you are in for an upward review of your interest rate, and some people think it is cool to be shouting GEJ 2019, those people deserve to be shot without trial All government funded subsidies will disappear, if you have HIV, just save for your burial because in rivers state now, they are stranded, the ones supplied by the Americans can no longer go round, cant you guys see? We must punish PDP at the polls, why are you scared of Buhari, are you a thief? the undisciplined and the thieves don't want buhari, while you a nobody is singing their praise, what are you scared of? Anytime you fall in love with Jonathan ask yourself? what do you have to lose? We are already down with Jonathan, we cannot fear any worse. Buhari is not a jesus but Jonathan must be punished for this mess, he should be held responsible and accountable for this mess, How can Jonathan approve austerity measures for Nigerians while he could not cut his feeding budget and you guys think its ok!! He flies 9 private jets and you don't even have a tokumbo car shouting SAI jonathan? Crude price is down and you think Jonathan is not responsible are you daft? how about saving and appreciating the naira when it was high so that as it goes down, it won't be this low? jonathan is a walking disgrace if you support Jonathan and you are rich, benefitting from this government, you are wise, if you are an average Nigerian who is gonna face this austerity measures and still support his presidency, you are a f00l and a m0r0n, shaken together and runneth over. This election has exposed one thing, Nigerians are very bad people, they are willing to stand and die for evil, the next hitler will be a Nigerian, mark my words. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: PDP Asks Buhari To Clarify Role In Massacre Of 300 Igbo Soldiers, Civilians by jpphilips(m): 4:57pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
olas24u:You can only speak for yourself, when your mates were attending history classes, you were busy looking for boys to get pregnant for. You see your life? |
| Politics › Re: PDP Asks Buhari To Clarify Role In Massacre Of 300 Igbo Soldiers, Civilians by jpphilips(m): 4:48pm On Mar 22, 2015*. Modified: 2:54pm On Mar 24, 2015 |
ShowYourCertificate:It is only a dumb person like you will take Kayode seriously. The Asaba massacre was ochestrated by Murtala Muhammed not Buhari. After the massacre, he crossed over to Onitsha through the river niger and looted the Onitsha main market and set it ablaze afterwards. Ojukwu responded by dispatching his hit man Col. Achuzie who orders was "Murtala must die" , in a bid to avoid an open confrontation with Murtala who is ladden with superior fire power, he laid ambush for him at Abagana en route Enugu with a biafran scientist whom at the time has discovered an improvised mine bomb nicknamed "the ogbunigwe". With Ogbunigwe blazing left , right and centre on Murtala's convoy and his error of placing a tanker ladden with petroleum product in the convoy, 150 out 200 of his men was roasted alive, miraculously, Murtala escaped the inferno. Ojukwu's retaliatory hit on Murtala for the Asaba massacre was dubbed the famous "Abagana massacre" any sound history student knows this except you and Fani Kayode. Shame on you both for skipping history classes and trying to rewrite our history. Bigger shame on Kayode because he forgot that the death of those Igbo officers was a catalyst to the war, how dare him raise old wounds to score cheap electoral gains? Can he as a bad student of history stand another civil war in Nigeria? where was he when the war was fought? hidding behind women I guess. People like you are so stvpid not to know how these inflammatory statements can destroy us, Kayode should be locked up ASAP. Why is he asking Buhari his role in a war, is he not a soldier? Kayode forgot that the truce of "No victor no vanquished " was reached on that conflict, his statement is treasonable. Can he hold Asari Dokubo liable for Okoloma pipeline after the FG has declared Amnesty? Fani Kayode is a non living thing and should not be taken seriously, only f00ls like you think otherwise. 1 Like 3 Shares |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Rich Churches, Poor Members by jpphilips(m): 4:01pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
dubemivan:This is exactly the dumb Nigerian who patronise those kalo kalo houses, you will see how you will end up, continue! ! you think those miscreants are working for God? do you even have the intelligent quotient to ask the right questions? Even the Bible said in 1 Thessalonians 5: 21-22 that you must prove all things and hold on to that which is right. God himself gave you the right and wisdom to question their activities and you run back to God to decide for you what is right. When most of you don't have basic common sense how will you fulfil the words in 2 Thesolonians? Not your fault shaa the problem lies with a defective brain that is evident in most Nigerians. The madness is spreading throughout west Africa and I have no doubt that Nigerians exported it to those places. 1 Like |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Rich Churches, Poor Members by jpphilips(m): 1:36pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
Religious banditry is a reflection of the poor IQ level of most Nigerians, there is a redeemed church close to my house, in less than a year of operation, pastor is already on his 3rd car while no single member has one. when I listen to the pastor's childish message, I thought he will have only kids as members, to my chagrin he actually has adults too. Do you blame the pastors? they are banking on an emperical flaw in the Nigerian society. How do you explain Nigerian musicians who have no message in their songs yet are given full societal accolade and acceptance? How do you explain politicians with appendages like Patience Jonathan having followership? That fundamental flaw of very low IQ plaguing most Nigerians is what these people are capitalizing on. A society where majority cannot ask the right questions is bound to be under the spell of religious banditry. A society that will burn alive a petty thief but give their life to protect a corrupt politician. A society who bathe salt and water to cure a viral plaque is at the mercy of con men. A society who believe that a 10% bribe to god will open the windows of heaven for them is at the brink of obeying the law of segregation. 2 Likes |
| Christianity Etc › Re: I Have Repented From GAYISM, Jesus Be Praised by jpphilips(m): 10:45am On Mar 22, 2015 |
Otenestbestyaho:Your HIV test results will only confirm how changed you are. I don't think it was the devil that made you gay, you just don't have taste, you look toto finish go dey struggle with a hairy man's arse? Damn! you don't know what you are missing. |
| Politics › Re: Daura Indigenes Wash Off GEJ's Visit With Water After Leaving Kastina by jpphilips(m): 10:29am On Mar 22, 2015 |
Marvin67:Not everyone is a descendant of Judas like you |
| Politics › Re: Daura Indigenes Wash Off GEJ's Visit With Water After Leaving Kastina by jpphilips(m): 10:22am On Mar 22, 2015*. Modified: 2:55pm On Mar 24, 2015 |
pendicle:You are right though but I cannot imagine my reaction if a sleeping commander in chief who allowed the slaughter of 13, 000 of my people in both the armed forces and civilian still have the temerity to seek re election from the same region, it insults everything common sense stands for. Secondly, Their life is so disrupted that most of them have lost their livelihood, lived in fear and operating as refugees in their own fatherland. Do you expect such a people to give Jonathan a warm embrace? I don't think so. If Boko Haram operated in Aba and Buhari was the head of state, Aba boys will literary stop his convoy from entering Abia state. It is politically and morally incorrect for Jonathan to campaign there. Jonathan’s handlers are pretty inexperienced. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Daura Indigenes Wash Off GEJ's Visit With Water After Leaving Kastina by jpphilips(m): 10:21am On Mar 22, 2015 |
pendicle:You are right though but I cannot imagine my reaction if a sleeping commander in chief who allowed the slaughter of 13, 000 of my people in both the armed forces and civilian still have the temerity to seek re election from the same region, it insults everything common sense stands for. Secondly, Their life is so disrupted that most of them have lost their livelihood, lived in fear and operating as refugees in their own fatherland. Do you expect such a people to give Jonathan a warm embrace? I don't think so. If Boko Haram operated in Aba and Buhari was the head of state, Aba boys will literary stop his convoy from entering Abia state. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: ISIS Accepts To Join Forces With Boko Haram by jpphilips(m): 1:20am On Mar 22, 2015*. Modified: 2:59pm On Mar 24, 2015 |
rigarmortis:Did the US concede territories to terrorists, yes or no? while comparing apple with oranges, I sincerely believe I shouldn't waste my energy doing this. While Al qaeda did a hit and run attempt on American soil, can you sincerely speak same for Boko Haram? who had a command center, logistics base and a training ground on Nigerian Soil? Do you really want to be honest with yourself or swimming in the Ocean of Nigerian military politics? Speaking of which, You sincerely believe this is our first terrorism threat? speaks volume of your disconnect with reality. On Nigerian Soil, Niger delta militants perpetrated acts of terrorism, Maitasine perpetrated acts of terrorism. Beyond our borders, Al qaeda in Mali where we intervened was not a boyscout movement either, the RUF and West side Niggaz of Sierra Leone and Liberia perpetrated acts of terrorism, Nigerian's foreign missions in Central African Republic, Sudan, Somalia all combated terrorists. There is no excuse for their collosal failure at home, I will advise you stop listening to PDP propaganda to justify failure else you may end up with the IQ of Patience Jonathan. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Troops From Chad, Niger Retake Nigerian Town Of Damasak From Boko Haram by jpphilips(op): 3:14pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
ozoigbondu:Block head |
| Politics › Re: Troops From Chad, Niger Retake Nigerian Town Of Damasak From Boko Haram by jpphilips(op): 3:13pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Fabdedon:Meanwhile, the Nigerian army was downplaying the swathe of boko haram occupation, thanks to their lie spinners like ocelot2006. |
| Politics › Re: Troops From Chad, Niger Retake Nigerian Town Of Damasak From Boko Haram by jpphilips(op): 2:48pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
I am amazed at the casualty figures, Chadians are truly invisible desert warriors. |
| Politics › Troops From Chad, Niger Retake Nigerian Town Of Damasak From Boko Haram by jpphilips(op): 2:46pm On Mar 19, 2015*. Modified: 3:15pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
DAMASAK, Nigeria (AP) — Waving a captured black and white militant flag, soldiers from Niger and Chad on Wednesday celebrated their liberation of a Nigerian town from Boko Haram extremists. Damasak, just a few miles over the border from Niger, was liberated over the weekend, Col. Michel Ledru, a spokesman for Niger's army, said Wednesday. In heavy fighting, 228 militants were killed and one soldier from Niger died, Ledru said. Vehicles and motor cycles riddled with bullets littered the streets. An Associated Press photographer in the northeastern town said it was largely deserted of civilians on Wednesday. Four people, including an old man, came onto the street to wave at a convoy among 2,000 troops from Niger and Chad in the town. There were still signs of the town's occupation by the militants. Their writings were scrawled on every wall and the extremists' black and white flag still flew above some buildings. As two Chadian helicopters landed with supplies, soldiers on the ground started chanting and displaying their catch: A Boko Haram flag torn down from a nearby building. On the outskirts of town, hundreds of troops have set up camp. Some soldiers hid from the 45-degree (113-degree Fahrenheit) heat in the shade to their tanks. Some used their helmets to grind grain for a meal. A few did laundry while others cooked food. It was all work for a group of Chadian troops who transferred weapons captured from Boko Haram to a pickup truck that drove it to the helicopters for transport back to Niger: AK47 assault rifles and 50-caliber guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar shells. "Boko Haram is far now, very far," said one soldier. The insurgents had seized Damasak with little resistance on Nov. 24, when residents reported that the militants drove in flinging firebombs and improvised explosive devices. Thousands of residents who fled across the border into Niger said dozens of people were killed and an unknown number of girls kidnapped. Boko Haram has been fighting a six-year insurgency to create an Islamic state and had taken control of large parts of Nigeria's northeast in the past year. It became notorious internationally after kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls last April. But in recent months, Nigeria has stepped up its campaign against the militants, and, with the help of a regional force that includes Niger and Chad, has retaken dozens of towns. ___ Mamane reported from Niamey, Niger. http://news.yahoo.com/troops-chad-niger-retake-nigerian-town-boko-haram-211413089.html |
| Politics › Re: ISIS Accepts To Join Forces With Boko Haram by jpphilips(m): 9:50am On Mar 19, 2015 |
rigarmortis:Common sense tells me that Nigeria as the self acclaimed giant of Africa should be able to man her borders against all odds, secondly, Nigeria is supposed to be the one putting pressure on Chad to make incursions into their territory to fish out terrorists not the other way round. Vietnam? please wake up, Guerilla or not, if you claim to be the best, by all means live upto it. |
| Education › Re: Chemical Engineering Vs Petroleum Engineering by jpphilips(m): 9:33am On Mar 19, 2015 |
Obaino2013:Changing to drilling, do you have any reason for that? it is a fantastic career no doubt but most people like you may not care about the risk associated with the job but the money. If I am right with that postulation, there are very important details you must know. The indigenization of the oil and gas industry as enshrined by Jonathan has nothing for the workers save for the indigenous company owners, viz politicians. What that means is that drilling operations hardly pay the way it used to, except for a few multinational companies (ie if they don't hire you on contract by the way), you can hardly see the indigenous players who still pay those outrageous amount, while the risk remains in tact. Another bad news is local community influence, bearing in mind that the rig move around, not only from one region to the other, it can move across borders, there are new laws that limit their employment criteria, here is how it works, though they manage to hire a few permanent major rig staff, there are also engineers in the office, but if your career aspiration is to start in the field, this is how it will play out. If the rig is drilling off the coast of Lagos, they will hire Lagosians, when it moves south off the coast of Akwaibom or Gulf of Guinea, they hire Akwaibomites, what does that make you? a temporary staff!! though you are compensated when your rig leaves and all the perks that comes with it, it is not my idea of a career in the real sense of the word. Most rig drilling jobs are major projects, with a rig charging between $250,000/day to $600,000/d, that is not the kinda money IOC's will invest in the face of a dwindling oil price, how this affect you is that your drilling company MAY not always have jobs. I am not in anyway undermining drilling operations, but it is not as rosy as it used to be and competition is tougher now, people who got in early enough had it great unlike the situation now. If you stick with Process, you will still stand a chance with drilling in the area of drilling fluid formulation and its implementation processes, ultrafiltration and loads of separation techniques required to recover drilling mud from the cuttings, the rest like MWD may be limited to the geologists/Geophysicists and perhaps electrical Engineers, there is no industry guideline to that but it plays out that way most times. Outside the world of exploration, process is everything in production, design and integrity assessment that broadens your options. What I think is right is this, stick with process but get as much certifications as possible anywhere you have interest, that leaves your options open. I cannot give you a list of companies you can apply to and I cannot recommend you either (of course I don't know you), that is asking for too much, google is there to help at this point of your need. Note: Foreigners have a different perspective to the Nigerian oil and gas industry, so it largely depends on who you are talking to. I hope that helps, do have a nice day! 1 Like 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Am I Or Are We An Ingrate To Gej? by jpphilips(m): 7:29am On Mar 19, 2015 |
Sweetguy25:What is the relationship between statistical representation and raw data? |
| Politics › Re: All Progressive Congress (APC) Launches Radio Station by jpphilips(m): 11:36am On Mar 18, 2015 |
TheSonOfMark:Is APC supposed to buy a nomination form for Buhari you undergraduate nitwit? |
| Politics › Re: Nigerian Troops Clear Boko Haram Members From Goniri, Yobe State (Photos) by jpphilips(m): 3:18pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
Waiting patiently for Baga and Gwoza |
omo jona don suffer. See the kind yabbings by old and young against the rejected presido.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 (of 342 pages)