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Bellarod05:
Senator Adeleke,OBO father..

Who's the Senator?

God bless you. They all know the truth.
Messi is the best player out there by a long margin. Without Iniesta and Xavi he took his team to World Cup Final losing out to highly rated Germany in extra time in 2014.

World Cup is unlike Euro where surprises abound, like Denmark in 1992, Greece 2006 and Portugal 2016.
Ronaldo is never a team player, he's just there playing for himself and he has been fortunate

Nedukkc:
You stopped messi because his team was useless, because you only had him and di maria to worry about where was kante when messi scored two against Chelsea??

Forget this Messi only knows how to carry barca not Argentina, why didn't Ronaldo carry his country yesterday??

Football is team work
A tree doesn't make a forest!

PDP don suffer chai! See people's reactions.

buzodyke:
I just checked the link even dead Alex Ekwueme attended the meeting..... FAKE NEWS

It isn't a fake news rather old. October 2017, but nothing has changed!

This Baba no go kill some bad belle people.
Today na today sha!

Arthur Nzeribe: The Man That Called For The Annulment Of June 12, 1993 Presidential Election.

25 Years After...
No peace for the wicked.

Interesting!

Don't mind the fool. It's a big lie. Whose ship was sank, when and where?

Read more about the rumour by clicking on the link below.

https://www.nairaland.com/962590/ship-load-bibles-really-sunk

Vokians:
How did he sink the ship? I thought they said this man built churches for christians and mosques for muslims?

How Jonathan got his GCFR
REUBEN ABATI @ABATI1990
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WHOEVER came up with that explanation about how President Goodluck Jonathan got his GCFR – the highest national honour in the land a few days ago must be thoroughly disingenuous. It is as follows. The setting was the last meeting of the Council of State. Someone had proposed that the President should take the GCFR title. He already has the GCON. He reportedly demurred citing an extant law (possibly the National Honours Act No. 5 of 1964) which says only a sitting President can confer the title of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic or Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger on another. A former Chief Justice of the Federation, Alfa Belgore then advised that his was a special case in the sense that he, Jonathan, took over from a dead President. But so did Obasanjo in 1976.Jonathan-_news_3-6-10 In 1983, Buhari deposed a sitting President. And so did Babangida in 1985. Abdulsalami Abubakar also succeeded a dead President. But everyone at the meeting, particularly the state Governors felt persuaded that Jonathan should take the GCFR. They then started begging the man. "Please Your Excellency"; "Please Sir, GCON is too small for you." They begged. Oh, how they begged! Imagine all those big men begging one man to become a GCFR; and so, Dr. Jonathan, ever-so-humble, capitulated.


How could the President taking a GCFR title have created so much drama at a meeting of the Council of State? Why couldn't such trifle wait? All of a sudden, President Jonathan who in 30 days had clearly demonstrated that he is in charge and in power was no longer in charge. His award of a GCFR was signed by all former Heads of State, with General Gowon saying: "we signed it". Under what authority was he and his colleagues acting? They have no such powers. And how many more actions would the President be persuaded to take due to overwhelming pressure, or expediency, but more because of his failure to obey his own moral intuition? The President is the highest authority in the Council of state and so, all that contrived histrionics notwithstanding, the truth is that President Jonathan after only 30 days in office has conferred upon himself the highest honour in the land.


The Council of State is, in a strict sense, an advisory body. It is a creation of the Third Schedule Part 1, Sections 5 and 6 of the 1999 Constitution. Section 6(a)(iii) defines the role of that Council in relation to the "award of national honour," and nowhere is it stated that former Heads of state can constitute themselves into a superior authority conferring National Honours on a sitting President. Whatever General Gowon and co may have signed is therefore inappropriate, if not illegal. Arthur Schopenhauer is right: "Honour is on its objective side, other people's opinion of what we are worth; on its subjective side, it is the respect we pay to this opinion." (Position, 1851).This raises an inevitable moral question: should President Jonatahn award himself the highest honour in the land? The honour that he should seek is not an additional suffixation to his name but such general opinion which by the end of his tenure would advertise his deeds and achievements in office as truly deserving of honour and celebration and a place in the people's hearts and memory. General Sani Abacha also had a GCFR. Does anyone today think that he truly deserved it? Every Inspector General of Police in recent times has had a National Honour while in office. If anyone is looking for a list of those who have damaged Nigeria in the last 50 years, the place to begin the search is the National Honours List.


This is perhaps why most Nigerians are indifferent about the National Honours system. It does not change anyone's opinion about the character of the title-holder. It does not attract a salary or a lifetime pension. It probably allows access to the VIP lounge at the country's airports. But anyone with a couple of thousand Nairas can also use the VIP lounge. And what manner of man or woman is that who rather than pay a token sum for an hour of comfort, waiting to catch a flight, would insist on waving a medal? Still, we should not make light of it. The concept of honour is at the heart of society. Men from time immemorial have craved it. They would kill for it, if possible, go to war, and risk all. Honour is an intangible asset; it is about prestige and self-worth. But that prestige must be seen to have been earned, to have been worked for, such that it inspires the admiration of the community. Like Akintola Williams, CBE; I.K. Dairo, MBE. Each year when the Queen's Honours' List is announced in Great Britain, the award is taken seriously; it is an advertisement of the British value system: merit, achievement, international diplomacy. It is not every British Prime Minister that is on the Queen's Honours list. It is not an entitlement list reserved for anyone and everyone in public position.


Here lies an instructive difference: the Nigerian National Honours list is driven by an entitlement mentality. The day Namadi Sambo became Vice President, he was automatically decorated with a GCON, the second highest honour. As soon as Senator David Mark became Senate President, he also got one of the country's high honours. Every year, state Governors nominate their friends, family, contractors who donated money to their political campaigns, and traditional rulers who helped to deliver the votes. A few persons of substance show up on the list, but you really have to scratch your head to figure out why certain names have been considered worthy. Because of the emphasis on entitlement and patronage, the award ceremony is ever so bland; the citations say nothing significant.
A review of the National Honours Act and system is overdue. Nigeria must be probably the only country where people are given national honours for work not done, or in anticipation of what they would achieve. National honours should be reserved for those who through hardwork and extraordinary achievement have helped to raise the Nigerian profile and its place in the world. If this be the case, the highest honours in the land should be reserved for the Wole Soyinkas, the Kayode Esos, the Chinua Achebes, the Chukwudifu Oputas, the Dick Tigers, the Fela Kutis, the Margaret Ekpos, inventors, entrepreneurs, great promoters of the Nigerian dream, including the honest average Nigerian, but not politicians and their sponsors, not every civil servant who manages to get to a certain position, not coup plotters, not traditional rulers, not government contractors and certainly not similar rent collectors.


President Jonathan missed a good opportunity to raise the standard on the award of national honours by quickly promoting himself to the GCFR rank. This is reminiscent of the military era and the vaingloriousness of the political elite. When the late President Umaru Yar'Adua was decorated with the same GCFR on the day he assumed office, by the then outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo, he had remarked that he would have preferred getting such high honour after his tour of duty as President. It was a useful point. Once more, President Jonathan has failed to eschew the business-as-usual syndrome. I should not be surprised if in due course, the Council of Traditional Rulers unleash all kinds of chieftaincy title offers on him, including that notorious, eponymous one in Yorubaland: OTUNBA. He would of course, demur. But the Council of chiefs from this or that community will beg him. And beg him. And of course, he will accept. The moment may also soon arrive when some Nigerians will beg the President to run for office in 2011. And they will beg and beg. And of course, he will accept. That after all, is the story of how Jonathan got his GCFR.

http://saharareporters.com/2011/11/16/how-jonathan-got-his-gcfr-reuben-abati

Is brothel your place of worship oku obo?

Emilokoiyawon:
Islamic fundamentalists - what if we started tearing down all mosques in the country?

Give this man an Agbari Ojukwu Trophy;

There's nothing else to say. Thank you bro.
This people are not finding it easy again, thanks to the social media. They don't like Yoruba at all and we are ready to pay them back. Hatred for hatred.

Throwback:
Our loss of June 12 that we fought and ensured only Yorubas contested the 1999 presidential elections?

I know you Igbos were happy with the annulment. In fact, an Igbo Arthur Nzeribe championed the nullification of that historically free and fair elections.

When a fellow Southerner Moshood Abiola contested with a Northern and Kano Bashir Tofa in that June 12 1993, the SouthEast voted for Tofa because he had an Igbo running mate.

3 out of 4 Igbo states that existed then, voted for Tofa over Abiola.


Yet you Igbos would claim the Yorubas destroyed Southern unity in 2015 because we sacked the same Jonathan we had voted for in 2011, even when Buhari had a Yoruba running mate Pastor Tunde Bakare then.

All the times the North ruled in a democracy, it has always been with an Igbo alliance. But you are not happy that this one had to be with a Yoruba alliance.

Zinedine Zidane has resigned as manager of Real Madrid today. The Frenchman announced his decision after calling for an impromptu press conference following a meeting with club President Florentino Perez.

While the reason for the presser was not given, most of the Spanish news outlets had already come to the conclusion that Zidane had resigned. And it was proved right by the French great who confirmed the decision to step down.

Zidane enjoyed sensational success with the Los Blancos in two and a half years, winning the Champions League thrice and the LaLiga once apart from the Club World Cup.

Florentino Perez said, "Zinedine Zidane communicated to me yesterday the unexpected decision that he will leave as coach."

Zidane explained, "I love this club and the president who gave me the chance to play for this club and manage the club of my dreams. But everything changes and that's why I've taken the decision to leave."

"What I think is that this team needs to continue winning but I think it needs a change, a different voice, another methodology and that's why I took this decision."

Afonja ko, Alimi ni.

Anigreat:








This kind people have no right to breath uptill now. What the essence of keeping him?


Kill the idiotic afonja, let him go and rot in hell.

Any news about those guys that killed the Jumia Dispatch Rider again?
Nigeria judiciary gets as e be.

Fenmark:
Some Jungle justice is very good if you get the right fact over the matter. He must be stupid for shooting his fellow human being.

That's what he wanted to do with his money. Why can't you just go ahead and do what you suppose him to do? Se Dangote lori meji ni?!
We love PEUGEOT.

iukpe:
Dangote has money to promote indigenous design and develop a truly African model. Why Peugeot?
One thing is that black billionaires and politicians do not believe in developing technology here but if we cannot build industries that create other industries here we will continue to import technology and money keeps going out than come in.

We cannot talk about making our own weapons, nuclear power or a space programme in the next 100 years.

Good development, justice must be served.

There's nothing like Others First Self Last in our reasoning. Until then we shall keep complaining about situations we can correct ourselves if we are sensible enough.

ehinja:
A country where every organisation and individual be it government or private are ripping each other off smh.

Saraki sow the wind he will reap the whirlwind.

ymaruf01:
why saraki day fear now�

Awon arebipa. Lazy youths of Ilorin.

Nigeman:
They are expecting Ramadan goodies from Kwara Government

When you sow the wind you reap the whirlwind.
Saraki is a learner.

GOD bless Lagos.
GOD bless Nigeria.

They have the same mindset as the looters but the opportunity isn't available yet.
Majority of Nigerians don't think about the country. That's the fact.

authority2006:
Thank you brother. But it is just a pity to see the youth whose future has been looted dry still defending and hailing them! Many of them here are still undergraduates, don't know the kind of bleak future awaiting them after graduation as a result of the action of these looters.

Tell them, ungrateful folks.

Ovamboland:
Don't you own Asaba and anioma again? Did all Delta not enjoy free education from Awo? Did all your forefathers not run away from Enugu and PH all over Western region to come and enjoy free education,?

If this matter isn't address on time the religious war that will emanate out of Yorubaland will totally consume them. They are gradually allowing outsiders to plant seeds of discord in the name of religion. A word is enough for the wise.

chuksanambra:
Sowore went against Abacha, he was injected with lead poison in his head.
He went against OBJ, was on exile. He went against Yar Adua and was also on exile. In fact, he broke the news of Yar Adua's death to the dismay of Turai and the cabal. They had no choice but to hand over to GEJ.

He went against GEJ and was so accurate that GEJ said on live TV that he learnt of his own brother's death from SR.
In this Buhari's regime, he's been arrested without cause in an attempt to shut him up. Now, Saraki amd his gang of thieves are up in arms against SR.

I can see a lot of financially poor and mentally bankrupt posters attacking Sowore and Sahara Reporters. Unfortunately for them, they do no understand that Sowore is one of the last patriotic Nigerians in Nigeria today.

Sowore is based in the US but fighting for the interests of Nigerians from there. Most of these people attacking him would trade their entire lineage for a one-way ticket to New York.

He's comfortable by all standards and he's chosen to fight for those without a voice. Unfortunately, some descendants of Judas Iscariot who have taken it upon themselves to adopt and support every person of questionable character are also against SR.

Sahara Reporters has done more for Nigeria and Nigerians than all Nigerian leaders since 1999. SR is on the side of Nigerians and are a scourge to corruption and atrocious leadership.

Nigerian leaders can be rest assured that very soon, through the instrumentality of SR, they and all those who benefitted from their crimes ( their wives, children and families) would pay in full for their crimes against the people of Nigeria.

Nigerian leaders can be rest assured that very soon, through the instrumentality of SR, they and all those who benefitted from their crimes ( their wives, children and families) would pay in full for their crimes against the people of Nigeria.

We are getting there gradually...

In whose name was all his SIM registered? When and where were they registered?

nagoma:
You mean for all to HEAR. We are waiting

No, I meant the link here on Nairaland. See below, click on it and read comments it generated then.

https://www.nairaland.com/2773486/kunle-hon-adamu-conversation-country

https://www.nairaland.com/2773486/kunle-hon-adamu-conversation-country

Above is the link, then it was one unknown Kunle and now it's Gov. Ibikunle Amosun.

Some people are so brainless...

Phonefanatic:
A friend sent me the recording and after 1 minute into the call it had traces of falsehood. First Governor of Borno who is a core Muslim with a caller too of a bible verse "the Lord is my Shepherd" secondly, the caller only said congratulations and the Governor began ranting incoherently?

This recording had been in circulation since 2015, during the presidential election. I will soon dig it out for all to see.

Thank God for Nairaland. God bless Yorubaland!

EvilMetahuman:
whoever bumped this thread should be given a medal.

This willl educate some yorubas who are yet to wake up and see through the flat head osus gimmick.

God bless you.
I've been saying this for a long time for Yorubas to wake up and think deeply, now we are actually seeing them for who they truly are.
No hiding place for the wicked ingrates.