₦airaland Forum

hansad:
LMAO!!! Does APC not know that Soludo is a wounded lion who is trying to find a place to hide? Soludo lost Anambra state guber election which he hoped Jonathan would use PDP winning apparatus to rig for Soludo.

Soludo even further opened his biased mind when he posited in the article that veteran Economist, Okonjo Iwealla, should not have been in charge of managing Nigeria's economy. Soludo said an Architect, Namadi Sambo the VP, was the man to have been in charge of managing the economy. Shior
Iwealla has taken Nigeria to the fastest-growing economy in Africa.


Soludo had issues with late Dora Akunyili. Soludo is ever vindictive, that's what motivated his recent article. APC forget the message, the messenger has a rabid mind.

seguntijan:
This is a message from the APC Presidential
Candidate Gen. Buhari "Fellow Nigerian, People
accuse me of many things. But one thing they
never accuse me of is corruption. They never
accuse me of mediocrity, or of lying. People
accuse me of many things. I have led this country
and I have a record. We were not perfect, but we
were effective; we solved problems, and we made
Nigerians proud. In our government, we fought
corruption, we stabilised the Naira, and we shut
down insurgencies. We shouldn't forget so soon
that there was the Maitatsine ravaging the North
east and we dealt with it. We also overran the
Chadian rebels.We rebuilt industries, Nigerians
queued up and treated each other with respect;
Nigerians took pride in our reputation for
discipline. The world admired us. We were proud
to be Nigerians. However, because they can't
attack our record, they accuse me falsely of
ethnic jingoism; they accuse me falsely of
religious fundamentalism. Because they cannot
attack our record, they accuse us falsely of
calling for election violence - when we have only
insisted on peace. Even as Head of State, we
never imposed Shariah. All my running mates have
been either Igbo or Yoruba and are always devout
Christian of indisputable repute. I have and will
continue to condemn those who burn God's places
of worship, be they churches or mosques and wish
God's judgment upon them. As your President,
their punishment won't stop there, we will also
ensure Boko Haram and other such elements, are
found, are arrested and face the full wrath of the
law as punishment for their crimes against our
country. My dear friends, this is very important to
note: It doesn’t matter if you are Igbo,Yoruba,
Ijaw, Hausa, Idoma, Efik, Ekwere, Urhobo, Igala
and, no, it does not matter if you are Christian,
Muslim,animist or atheist: we need a new
direction under a new leadership. The task ahead
will be challenging and daunting, but it is
surmountable. This is what leadership is about.
My only desire is to prove to you that Nigeria can
truly work. Allow me prove to you that in your
lifetime, you can be proud of this country. Let me
make you this promise today: We will protect your
children. We will protect your wealth. We will
make this country work again. This is why I am
running for the office of the president of Nigeria.
This is my promise." - Muhammadu Buhari
(GCFR). Let's spread this simple message of hope
and truth. Help translate it to all our indigenous
languages, let's all obtain our PVC, pray for
peace, go out on the 14th of FeBuhari, 2015 to
vote for a change that will bring true liberation to
Nigeria and all Nigerians. This is our civic
responsibility. Thank you and God bless

gp6liveth:
History hurt those who never lead well. All issues canvassed are true. Buhari should come out and deny it if they are false.

A devil is always a devil. It only takes good spirit to change him.

frodobee:
One by one.
Nice one. How it happened I don't know.

As for u guys from Ala-Igbo, kpoturum for that land
or house for Coal city. Onwe some sharp properties
di kitaa ighota go? Don't wait for ndi ufu-anya to
burn your biz under the pretext of election violence,
before you do the needful. Kpoturum taata. Check
my sig.

1stola:
IT WILL DEFINITIVELY HAPPEN IF ANYONE RIGS THIS ELECTION WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT.
OTHERWISE, THE MILITARY WILL JUST TAKE CONTROL.
Anybody that says GEJ has not done anything is surely a hypocrite. But, all these achievements are not LAUDABLE. For God's sake, Is it there father's money they used to do it? It is not tax payers money? We gave them the mandate to serve us and to manage our money. You and I pay tax directly and indirectly everyday. You bought a fairly used car for four hundred thousand naira and you would have to pay about two hundred thousand naira again (custom duties, insurance, plate number, blablabla) to be able to drive it. The revenue our leaders generate everyday is just too much compared to what we are given back. We pay service charge of N750 to PHCN monthly whether we see light or not and many other ways Govt just extort from us daily. Quoting from all the things you listed as GEJ's achievement in six years is a tip of the iceberg of what can be achieved of a selfless and good leader. GEJ refurbished trains of the 1970s with the same amount of money Japan and South Africa used to make X3 new ones. GEJ built fed unis that are not well equipped and sponsored. Have you been to any of the newly built fed unis? I have been to two recently, fut kebbi and fut Oye for Job interviews. All you will mostly see are big painted empty structures. One thing I just hate Nigerians do is, when i see them praise leaders that have stolen 1000 naira and give them 10 naira back. When is all these nonsense going to stop? I AM NOT SAYING THAT GEJ IS THE ALL-CORRUPT. Corruption is everywhere in this country which many top civil servants, bosses, legislators and other government officials are responsible for but, WHAT IS GEJ BEING THE PRESIDENT DOING ABOUT IT Today; this is a country police men collect bribe from people in the open! this is a country where some people will be asked to pay about N150,000 just to get civil defense, police, army, e.t.c job! This is a country where it has been very hard for our leaders to IMPLEMENT the N18,000 minimum wage that has been passed in the national assembly for the past two years yet, OUR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVES COLLECT THE HIGHEST SALARIES IN THE WORLD with many ridiculous allowances! This is country where a governor will refuse to pay workers salary yet, he will do a 20 million naira ridiculous advert for GEJ's re-election. This a country where INEC can not provide us enough PVC for the past three months yet, they made a budget of 75 billion naira! For God's sake, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO MAKE A PLASTIC I.D CARD? As far as I'm concerned, GEJ is a disappointment. He promised to give us stable electric power in four years and he has spent more than six years now. OBJ squandered about 20 billion dollars in eight years in the course, GEJ has also spent about 30 billion dollars in the course too in the last six years with no result. WHY IS IT HARD FOR OUR GOVERNMENT TO GIVE US STABLE POWER IN THIS COUNTRY In the last 14 years now, about 50 billion dollars has been stolen and wasted on power project. TEXAS is just a single state in the U.S bigger than Nigeria in size. Their power generating plant only cost two billion dollars to make! WHAT IS HAPPENING TO NIGERIA We all just need to think beyond tribe and religion when selecting leaders. I have said it before and will say it again that: giving GEJ another four years will only make things worse.
A leader that said stealing is not corruption.
A leader that condemned Buhari's regime for imprisoning a THIEF! (Nwobodo). I have seen someone burnt alive just for stealing a mobile phone not worth than N20,000.
WHAT WE REALLY NEED IN THIS COUNTRY NOW IS REVOLUTION!!! Never the less, GMB is just a better option we have for now.

Thundeh:
A piece of advice to all supporters of CHANGE.

1, if you haven't obtain your PVC please do everything humanly possible to collect yours. Because the change we clamour for starts from there. Experience has shown that only few percentage of learned Nigerian youth queue under the harsh sun to vote.

2, make sure you vote on february 14 and stay till results are announced.

3, video via your mobile devices your ward presiding officer as he/she announces the results and upload the footage immediately on social media(eg facebook,twitter,nairaland,instalgram,2go,etc) and electronic media(channels TV,Tvc news,etc).

4, contest any contrary results to the original and let's see how change will not occur.

Please rebroadcast we need to change our voting attitude.
#Change gonna come!
#Nigeria o ni daru o !

adeekiti:
look at what they want to cause again, after they collapse the economy, they want war among the religions...well its bold enough for us to see clearly who they are..

oladapolif:
Igbo will PDP, cos they are sick of the development in Lagos... they cant wait to see her destroy... Till eternity it wont spoil... awon olori buruku people...

zendy:
Dont talk nonsense. The Ijaws and the people of the south-south have owned the Oil and Gas resources on their waters and lands long before that British drunkard called 'Lord Lugard' came from nowhere to beat-up,flog,shoot and force your ancestors into charade known as 'Nigeria'. Im not even from the south-south, Im an Anambra man but that doesnt stop from seeing injustice when it is happening. If Nigeria was a limited company, the South-South people would be largest shareholders because it is the proceeds from their lands that pays for Nigeria to even exist. Non of the the people shouting Sai Buhari! add any value or contribute anything to the south-south,rather,its the other way round. The contest between Buhari and GEJ is no longer about who occupies Aso Rock. It has now become about if Nigeria divides or not. The Yoruba/Hausa alliance and APC supporters had better start thinking about a separate country where they can elect their 'saviour' Buhari to be their president because it is not possible that Buhari can be president in a country that the SE/SS are part of. If Buhari is elected,the Niger delta militants will shut down the oil production of Nigeria which will bring military conflict and you all can bet that us Igbos will not sit around and watch the destruction of our brethren in the south-south. The election of Buhari is the end of Nigeria. We are at a cross road in 2015 and the son of the south-south has to remain president as a minimum requirement for the continued existence of Nigeria or else APC will have to show me the document where I as an Igbo man and the people of the south-south signed with Lugard to give up our 'sovereignty' to become Nigerians.

Sweetlemon:
What is wrong witth Igbos on NL? Seriously are you guys ok? As in seriously?
Fash may have deported some Igbos (who were most probably constituting a nuisance) but we all know that Lasg has the highest number of non-westerners in high places. Why cant you greedy lot be satisfied with that? Igbos are not the only people that were deported.
Why are you guys always fighting imaginary enemies? Seriously you need to work on your issues.

I'm proudly Akwa-Ibom before you tribalistic idiots quote me.

elipheleh:
I am very happy and expect this war. I am from the south east. Times have changed. If the whole of Nigeria couldn't defeat the Igbo only in 3 yrs until we willingly surrendered, so how can these motherfuckers from north or west defeat combined forces of east and south south ?

I want a replay of this Biafra war and I am happy my Igbo leaders have learnt that war is fought with allies. I advice igbos and south south to seek the help of mercenary nations like China and Russia who go for the highest payer.

Now we can reach agreement to wipe out northern Muslims for 10yrs of oil mining with China.
What bargaining chips does northern cowards have? And lest I forget america and Britain and foreign UN powers won't support NY Islamic state in war.


I see doom and retaliation soon against the Yoruba, hausas and fulanis .
Please let this war start let me drink me some cowards blood

Gabbysky:
This should not be considered a threat but a PROMISE. Not one drop of oil for the economy of Nigeria. The war won't be against Nigerians as it were but MASSIVELY against the economy should GEJ not get reelected.
The 5 major IOCs Total, Shell, Agip, Chevron and Mobil know this and that's why they are selling assets and suspending further expansion contracts till after the outcome of the elections.
It takes years and millions of dollars to set up an oil and gas installation, but just 5 mins for a N1,500 explosive to run it down. Not to talk of suicide bombers too.
This has been my worry, cos, should buhari win (God forbids), just like they used boko haram to discredit the GEJ Administration, then buhari shall taste this cake.

In any case, I'm certain GEJ will win.

shizzle11:
since apc and the north have been threatening fire and brimstone with dogs and baboons nko? shey u no hia all dose ones?

zendy:
I fully support the Niger -Delta militants in thier threat of taking their oil and Gas wealth back should GEJ not be re-elected. The Yoruba/Northern alliance who want GEJ out should bear in mind that the people of the SE/SS generally think of "Nigeria" as one big fraud that has been used to steal thier oil and Gas wealth since the end of the war. Boy Loaf was absolutely right when he said that there is no such thing as "one Nigeria". That notion only exists as long as oil is flowing. So,the Yoruba/Hausa alliance and APC supporters should bear in mind as they are shouting 'Sai Buhari!' that should Buhari be elected,it will mean the end of oil money and by default,the end of Nigeria. The people of the south-south are the greatest contributors to the Nigerian state and for just that alone,a son of theirs deserves the 8 years others have been getting,and anyone who does not like it had better like it if the south-south people decide not to share their oil wealth with anybody. GEJ till 2019 or bye bye oil money forever!!!

chrisviral:
I know what I read from SUN News PAPER, it was written in pure English, pocket your explanation!
@ the bolded, are you also denying the fact the statement which incited the 2011 killings, which your non violent man has refused to apologise for as false?
Now let me tell you, the only reason Tinubu and APC gave Buhari the presidential ticket was because he is the only one that will present some form of competition against GEJ, Reason been that, our northern brothers (Muslim) will always vote on the platform of "My Religion / Tribe ish" with their mentality of born to rule (which explains why, GEJ gets stoned at northern states) other than that, APC will never give the ticket to a man who failed three times for the same position.

Before you say I'm Pro PDP
Abeg I don't even like or support GEJ at all!
Just like I hate How APC is forcing their "Recycled Change" down our throat.
GMB has failed on integrity (which was one thing he was widely known for) He has lost my vote!

tonychristopher:
May Igbo kill you..anytime you don't call Igbo in your idiotic reasoning you will die


Why us it Yoruba are scared of splitting

lafex:
U better start ur war so that ur generation will not taste power again just like ur brothers (Igbo) did and I will have more chance of being future president.

2n2k:
This why I like how Nigerians criticise.

If this devaluation had happened under Sanusi, the thread would have been awashed with how a purported graduate of Islamic studies or an a.boki is unsuited for the post of CBN governor.

klem93:
trash, oshi, useless government, awon oloriburuku.... CNN go come say our economy dey boom.... May G O D punish those behind this

maestroferddi:
It should be more auspicious to look at both sides of an argument.

You averred that the issues being raised could aid Buhari's chances as his progressively overcoming them would boost his stakes. Fine and good.

But did you consider the deleterious consequence of the integrity and moral issues the certificate matter has thrown up?

Now tell me whether Buhari's seeming inability to provide the most basic of credentials does not make mockery of his campaign thrust of integrity and anti-corruption?

What I see happening here is disillusionment among Nigerians over Buhari's candidature. Some of those who could have given him a look-in have already moved on. That was what PDP went out to achieve and I think they have succeeded.

In the final analysis, the whole spectacle would be nothing but a noble attempt to galvanise Jonathan to work harder in his second term.

As for Buhari becoming President, I am sorry for disappointing many people, that would not happen.

maestroferddi:
Let the fact that Buhari will not be president begin to sink in.

I can't see how he would be able to get. off all the issues and still garner enough votes to win.

Akpan107:
Buhari has just lost the Election again.

onatisi:
we agree to disagree and we disagree to agree.it is so good to see that we are both finding a common ground in our discussion.but I will still disagree with u on 2 points which you have raised. The first is that if government makes the right laws and legislations. Ok,my question is ,how can a set of wrong people make the right decisions?we have a system in nigeria where it is the wrong set of people that votes,these wrong set of people vote in the wrong set of people and how will these wrong set of people make the right decisions? I can authoritatively tell u that over 80% of nigerian voters that vote in elections are bought and induced one way or the other,and there is no way I will spend 4billion naira on an election and if I win I won't want to make 8billion.that is the kind of system in nigeria politics .secondly u raised the issue of unity,believe me bro,nigerians will support anyone they see to be true regardless of religion or tribe. The third point is gani,this is a big issue but yes and yet I will say gani was ordinary,believe me we don't have to be educated to gani level of education before knowing what is good or bad. The issue is people just don't want to do it,people believe it is a waste of time fighting bad vices in our society. Nigerians keep hoping that one day somebody will come and do it right but my question to people have always been why can't you be the person people are waiting for?why can't I be the change people want?why can't I lead and champion the cause of justice?why do I have to rely on someone else to do it when I am still alive? Those that did it then are men like u and I but took it upon them selves to lead the cause of justice. It doesn't have to be big or nationwide like gani own,it maybe in a small community or local government. Nigerians need to know that their own help is in their hands and themselves.

onatisi:
I beg to disagree with you. Democracy is government for the people,by the people and of the people. The kind of government we have in nigeria is a direct expression of the kind of people nigerians are. You asked a very sensible question which is “how did we get into the mess nigeria is now?” And I will tell you blame the people. It is the same people complaining about bad leaders now that collected 1kong or measure of rice plus 1000 naira to vote for these bad leaders. It is the people in nigeria that are indifferent to whosoever rules them that complains about bad rulers,it is the people who have refused to collect voters cards and feels voting isn't their business that complains,it is the people that fold their arms and do nothing when things are going wrong that complains,etc. I keep telling people that gani fawehinmi is a man like u and I ,he didn't have 2 heads or 5 legs , but he took it upon himself to fight government injustice and corruption. Today in nigeria ,if someone starts campaigning against the ills of government or society ,he will be looked upon as been jobless. Until the nigerian masses realize that their destiny is in their own hands ,things will never change. I don't believe any of the politicians or political parties we have now have anything positive to contribute ,but we have no choice but to choose among them,because good people of high integrity have refused to join politics .

onatisi:
I have been telling people that the problem with nigeria isn't the politicians or the leaders alone but the society system that operates in nigeria. People become emergency billionaires overnight and nobody cares to know or ask how he or she got those millions within 24hrs as long as he shares it with them. Church members that came to church last week on foot and tattered shirts can come to church the following week with a toyota avalon 2014 model and the church won't question him. All he needs to say is the lord is good. This also happens in mosques . Until nigerians starts been wary of these set of emergency millionaires the spate of ritual killings,armed robberies and drug pushing will only continue and even escalate. The nigeria society must go back to the system of giving credit to hard work and honest living and stop hailing or praising boys,men or people whose source of affluence and wealth can't be determined or verified .

IHEJIRIKAisBOKO:
The mansion owners of Lagos. Awon Ole

olawalebabs:
There are only 2 issues at PDP rallies. Buhari and Railway.

yoosooph:
RE: NIGER DELTA READY FOR WAR!!!

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I was in conversation with a United Nation official yesterday and we were talking about the acquisition of warships by ethnic militant Tompolo, in a country were our brave soldiers are being starved off equipment. He told me point blank that in every major conflict he has assessed or being involved in as a UN official it all started with one fellow choosing to ARM an ETHNIC MILITIA as against the national army of the country, sometimes deliberately depleting the army before the violence starts.

I first got reports of Niger Delta militant Asari Dokubo buying military helicopters and hardware from diplomatic intelligence sources about 2 years ago. Shortly after that he was arrested in Benin Republic but released upon the intervention of our government. What I can see is very clear, JONATHAN is leading an effort to create an alternate military force in the Niger Delta to force the hands of the generality of NIGERIANS when the time comes. How else can one explain Tompolo a man once declared wanted for killing our soldiers now effectively taking over the duties of our navy?

Where is all the money coming from? Do you think the arms are being bought for boat parade or regatta? No they are to kill NIGERIANS.

JONATHAN has never been able to rise to fill the position of the NIGERIAN Presidency, he acts like an ethnic war lord and at the rate he is going he is going to push us into the path of Liberian and Sierra Leone, while silly people are busy cheering him on.

I have taken it upon myself to write a letter of complaint and warning to the United Nations Secretary General to pay attention to what JONATHAN and his cohorts are doing in Nigeria, seemingly pushing the country closer to a violent ethnic crisis.

This crisis would consume the entire African continent if not checked.

This morning I received this in my in box, and I couldn't help but shudder that we are dealing with really devious human beings who have mistakenly found themselves in power. Their attitude and body language says it all:

"I'm really amused that we are all screaming murder years after the deed was done? It's well over 3 years that I have been screaming the overall plans and strategies of the south-south vs the behemoth Nigeria, i.e, their eventual emancipation! For the sake of many who have not read or few who have taken these posts as scare mongering by Oyenuga Lanre Paul, I'll re summarise them here. To free their region of the shackles of endless exploitation and domination by the rest of Nigeria, the south-south decided as follow:

1). Cripple the Nigerian Army's capacities to engage in sustained warfare: thus the encouragement of BH and decimation of the army's hardware and personnel.

2). Ensure Nigeria is economically destitute and unable to spend on warfare: thus the unprecedented looting of the treasury, resulting in our current vulnerability. Okonjo Iweala is not 'coordinating' for nothing.

3). Is the military takeover of our coastal waters by the south-south, which is what the coastal waterways protection contract with Government Tompolo was designed to guarantee. Let no one be deceived, less than 0.5% of our military, (including naval and air force) personnel can swim in an 8 foot deep pool, not to mention a river or coastal waters. Thus, how do you engage these toughened militia in their coastal waters, when we couldn't tackle BH in plain view?

4th). Is the intense frustrations of the oil producing companies by the south southerners nouveau-riche to hand over the onshore production bases to them by forced sale or outright disruption of their operations. As we chat here, 70% of the onshore operations have been sold off by the major players like shell, Mobil, etc.

As well as the training of ex militants as pilots under amnesty Anyone doubting my claims of warning about these can browse through my timeline.

IF THE SOUTH-SOUTH PULLS OUT TODAY, WE ARE SITTING DUCKS! The South-East are tagging along with the south-south, for obvious reasons and I don't blame them!

The choice of Buhari is due to these calculations by our rulers in the South-West and the core North. Unless I'm paranoid, we have a scary situation ahead. I moved my family out as far back as 2011, based on this concerns.

GEJ will very likely lose the elections in 2015, but the south-south will keep their oil. Can we afford a war with a region sitting on oil? Do we have a military capable of delivering our goal? Would it not be cheaper to renegotiate our federation?

Or, would it be another Rehoboamic declaration of "To your tents o Israel"? GEJ ain't clueless, he's merely troubled by the plots he's a key player in?

Viva Le Nigeria'.."!
It's from Oyenuga Lanre Paul

By Oyenuga Lanre Paul.