owobokiri:
I bet that nobody who witnessed Babangidas coup, and how unpopular it was, ever thought they will praise him for doing so at some point in the future... Everybody thought he simply toppled Nigerias Jerry Rawlings just to become a president..

When these guys chased this man away in 1985. .., the coup was so unpopular because of the so called fight against corruption led by Idiagbon.. So much so, that many hoped Babangida will be toppled and Buhari returned to power..

Take a look at what is happening today and you will know why God doesn't answer some prayers sometimes... It took Babangida months to consolidate power and if he wasn't a shrewd manipulator, he could easily have been eliminated as many people felt he toppled a "progressive, corruption fighting, egalitarian government" of Buhari! How wrong we are!

There's nationwide jubilation when Buhari's military government was overthrown by IBB mainly because of human rights abuses, inflation & poor economic policies.

MusaKalhan:
Deuteronomy 6vs4
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord
is one. You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your might. And these words
that I command to you today shall be on
your heart.


There is only one Lord and that is Allah and that is God.

Jesus is not Lord.
Correct your statements if you've been saying what's wrong.
Fear God who created and fashioned man.
When you pray to make request,Christians,end your prayer by saying "in the name of God I pray " pray in the name of God he's the creator.Do not pray in the name of his creation.

Christians end prayers in the name of Jesus who is King of Kings. Christians believe in the Holy Trinity, that's what makes them different from others.

Four weeks after delivery you can resume sexual activities. Also a good time to commence contraceptives: progestogens ( implants, injectables etc.).

Pierocash:
haven't you seen children of Royal Highness killing their own fathers and took over rulership?

In the year AD 161 Marcus Aurelius a Roman Emperor who was the world leader then was killed by his own son ,and took over power .

Aside that,even if the son wasn't part of the coup,he is the highest ranking officer to take over

Marcus Aurelius was never a Caesar. He's an imaginary character created as a Roman Emperor in the film 'Gladiators'.

All contraceptive methods have failure rates.
That's the importance of counseling before choosing any method.

solmus:



China Obi, the Philosophy graduate forming economist to his people

Our Brother the Health Minister from Edo State never said the amount or quantities he is purchasing, he never stated cost of logistics and storage.

Typical Ibo man feels he knows all, deals better and is smarter than the Edo minister,

empty barrel China Obi BSC philosophy, lecturing MD Doctor in Medicine on procurement of Vaccines

No wonder Buhari skips them in appointment and Nigerians never vote them



.

Does the MD Doctor have experience in vaccine production & does he have links to the vaccine producers. A businessman can easily get contacts with the producers & marketers because of he's ready to pay unlike the government bureaucracy that will delay procurement & involve a lot of kick backs.

The sentence for the kidnappers is mild, just five years. Why?

Vaughanlanrewaj:


Sadly,Reverend Kukah is speaking from both sides of the mouth if you compare what he said when his favoured PDP was in Power in 2014 and now. He is not consistent and sincere.
It is a lesson to those who speak from both sides of the mouth and play tricks with their influence.
See the Service Chiefs he was supporting then. Why didn't he call for their sack Then? Why was he condemning Nigerians lamenting over the incompetence and corruption of the monumental failure,Boko Haram LGA and petrol scarcity era GEJ PDP government that owed salaries for months then yet he was supporting then?


NIGERIANS URGED TO PERCEIVE THE COUNTRY IN POSITIVE CONCEPT

2014, Aug 05

Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto Diocese has called on Nigerians to eschew pessimism about the Nigerian nation and have a positive concept about the country and her people. The bishop made this call in a paper presentation at a lecture organized by the members of the Pyrates Confraternity to mark the 80th Birthday anniversary of Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka.


His words: “Nigerians love to criticize their country perhaps far more than any nation I know of in the world. Yes, we have all earned the right to be cynical and even contemptible about the way we have been governed, and about how the resources of our nation have been frittered away mindlessly. I am even more amused by the criticisms of some of our brethren in the Diaspora especially those who think that simply being abroad has set them apart from their fellow countrymen and women, those who believe that those of us who are here are so because we are not good enough to be abroad.”
Calling for a more positive orientation and thinking about the Nigerian nation, Bishop Kukah added: “ It is about time we took off the gloves and speak honestly to ourselves about our future as a country, our mistakes, our fears, anxieties and deep hope. We are not the worst people on earth nor is our country the worst piece of God’s real estate. We have to seize this narrative and re-define ourselves.”


According to Bishop Kukah: “The measure of the greatness of a people or even individuals is based on how or where they stand in moments of trials and tribulations. Nigeria is going through such a phase now. Since the outbreak of the tragedy that is Boko Haram, one has seen another side of our citizens that is quite tragic. Rather than trying to stand together to rise beyond this in hope together, I find some of my fellow citizens creating more confusion and using the insurgency as weapons of politics. 
He added: “The President and the security agencies have become the objects of attacks and vilification and yet, there is very little that is being done to point at the way forward. I know that as day follows night, we shall pull out of this tragedy that we face as a nation. But the least we can do is to stand in the comforts of highways and homes that someone else constructed and thrown stones at ourselves and our people simply because we are living off someone else’s sweat.”


The local ordinary of Sokoto Diocese pointed out that in spite of the criticisms of the country, she has produced globally acclaimed men and women geniuses who have distinguished themselves in different areas of social, academic and professional development. He added that what the country needs are new visionaries to set higher standards and “new dreamers with the necessary imagination to summon our people to greater tomorrow.”


While eulogizing the celebrant and appreciating his commendable achievements in making the society a better place through the work of arts and literature, Bishop Kukah challenged the new generation of writers to address the questions of the relationship between life and art.
His words: “What we now need is new generations of Nigerian artists who will make Life imitate Art. By doing this, they can hold before us a world that is not here, but is possible. They can offer us a vision of a society that is not here yet but one to which we can align our politics, religion and culture as a people. They can summon to bear our burden with joy, to conquer our darkness with courage. That is the only spirit that can summon us to say, Yes, we can and Yes, we Must. It is the only spirit that can bend the arc of justice in our direction.”

https://www.cbcn-ng.org/newsdetail.php?tab=372

Even the blind can perceive the total failure of governance. During the time of GEJ was it not the northerner elders that accused him of killing their brothers (Boko Haram). If the nepotism in government yielded results nobody would've complained. The situation is getting out of hand, lives are lost daily & the security agencies are handicapped. What is the primary responsibility of government?

The only set back is the lack of anti-Covid-19 protocols: no facemasks, no social distancing, no hand washing nor use of hand sanitizers.
Quite unfortunate. Most of them are educated. Not a good event to market in the media. May God help them.

Paperwhite:
Improvement in transportation especially the train services is a welcome relief in respect to what have becomes of travelling via Nigerian roads.

However of what use is such a welcome development when this country is bring bedevilled by many signs of ill governance with deteriorating widespread insecurity, kidnapping, political assassinations, mass annihilation criminal element that government have no solution to, abject poverty, religious fanatism, bastardized economy/ Healthcare/Educational(ASUU strike) system among many with a rpresident that cant address or reassures his citizens?

Nigeria have a bigger problem than celebrating a train innovation that is another source of worry giving the ugly situations wherein they are now targets of bandits attack or breaking down in dangerous places?

Not a bad innovation. However, the security of lives & property is the primary function of any Government.

This so called President of Northern Christian Forum of Nigeria (NCFN), Rev. Dr. Josiah Nabut is not just a coward but a sycophant. He is speaking for himself & hired clique. If a Reverend gentleman cannot tell the truth, he has no place on the altar. He can not save any soul.
He doesn't need to be in the spirit to know that it is not well with the country & the leadership has failed: insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, economic recessive, bad roads, collapsing health & education sectors, food insecurity etc.

The guy got what he deserved by being nepotistic, killing Northerners and Westerners excluding his Eastern Brothers. He was the one that form Unitary Govt abolishing Regional Govt and Devolved Powers that his people are clamoring for today in the name of restructuring all because of greed and the grand plan to make his tribe to dominate other tribes in Nigeria.

His people started nepotism in Nigeria

You're ignorant of the facts. He was not the coup leader of 1966 but the Head of the Army. He became Head of State after the coup.
He made some mistakes: didn't prosecute the coup plotters & he abolished the regional government for the unitary rule we are operating now. The Northern officers were aggrieved because of his policies & due to the fact that some prominent Northern politicians & military officers were killed during the coup sparing the igbos including him & Ojukwu.

fratermathy:
I can personally verify the claims here and I'm not even an Akwa Ibomite (so as not to say I'm being partisan). Roads such as Udoette, Itu, Nelson Mandela, Urua Ekpa, and many others in the Itam axis are 100% terrible. These are not slums or villages. They form a central part of Uyo city. Infact, the University of Uyo campus in the city center directly borders on these roads.

Sometime ago, some contractors came to repair Nelson Mandela Road, and even made moves to tar a street off the road but after busybodying for some weeks, they abandoned the project.

Note that: Gov. Udom has been tarring roads in other parts of the city (notably the Oron road axis). However, he seems to be defiant on repairing the roads in the Itam axis. These are major roads which visitors may see and they don't tell good of the giant strides Akwa Ibom State has made. If only I could snap the roads here. What the OP posted is just a tip of the iceberg as he didn't snap the major roads. Itu Road is so bad that motorists have to take a longer route just to avoid the bad spots. These roads do not even need repairs or patching. They need complete overlay.

The road problem in the Itam axis of Uyo also manifests in the electricity supply. The outages and load shedding in the Itam axis is so bad that one cannot help but wonder how it got from being one of the best in Nigeria to its abysmal state.

The problem is political. Even when Akpabio was the Governor, it was the same issue.

Arrewa:
sorry to disappoint you...

Out of 19 Northern state... We are facing security challenges in 3 northern states and That happens to be villages.

But because of the love and unity in the north... We share the pains of these states protesting and demanding for a secured north.

But bigots online and offline would come to tell us how the whole northern states has been terrorized.

Once there is kidnapping in any village in Zamfara.

They will come online to tell how there is kidnapping in the north... They will never mention zamfara.

They will never tell you people were kidnapped in a village in Zamfara or Kastina rather they would say north.

They're doing all this to send a signal that the whole of Northern states are unsafe.


Gombe is one of the safest state in Nigeria.

Bauchi is safe!!

Kano is safe!!

Adamawa is safe!!

Yobe is safe!!

Jigawa is safe!!

Kebbi is safe!!

Taraba is safe!!

And other northern states that hardly record case of robbery in a year.

The north is a region with 16 core northern states.

But children of hate would come online to tell the world how unsafe the whole northern region is.

The way you bigots always scream north up and down makes me believe that majority of u think that north is a state not a region.

You guys should stop all this senseless stereotypes!

My state kano is more developed and peaceful than the entire Eastern states put together.

Most Northern States are not safe: Taraba, Adamawa, Nassarawa, Kaduna (kidnapping), Borno, Yobe, Katsina (insurgency), Benue (heardsmen attack), Zamfara (banditry) etc.

adioolayi:
One of the most irresponsible statement I've read in 2020.

They need military clearance to enter their own farm, in their own country...where protection of citizens lives and properties should be government's priority


It's really a BIG SHAME we are where we are as a country!

*Different Strokes: is it a curse to be a Nigerian?*

A 27 year old. His parents unknown in the political space. Kidnapped by six men in Africa.
Rescued by Naval Seals.
All he did to qualify, was to be an American.

On the contrary, 43 men of varying ages. Taken from their farms and beheaded in their country.
No rescue, outrage or justice.
All they did to qualify, were to be Nigerians.
Yet we have a government with the bulk of the budget allocated for defence & some officials allocated unaudited security votes monthly.
Are we cursed?

Juliusmalema:
His defeat will be so disgracing this time around.

He has been disgraced and humiliated once, he should enjoy his retirement while it last

He lost elections, he was not disgraced.
If slow Joe can win elections & become the President-elect of the US, nothing is impossible.

Epstein:
GEJ should shut up!

Look at the mess Nigeria is now in - because his weak ar''see wouldn't fight the janja-weeds.

Nigeria is not in a mess because of him but because of faint hearted people like you who are politically docile.

correctyourself:
When they lost a patient as a result of negligence, no body go on strike. Still they keep demanding for all manners (salary, allowances, bonuses, promotion, release our kidnaped members, better welfare/official building) , strike today strike tomorrow, with all their attention going into their private hospitals/clinic and pharmacies, thereby paying less attention to their employer (government hospital). nonsense.

How many time has security agencies goes on strike as a result of alosing their member in the line of duty?

The doctors did the right thing. There is failure of governance & break down of security in the state.

jasonnn9:
In 2012, when the NEEDS assessment of 16 universities were carried out, after much pressure, the government came out to say that it agreed with N1.3 trillion to be released over a period of six years, starting with the sum of N200 million in 2013. That was the only tranche the government released, which was spread over five years. Since 2017, we have been saying that the government should go back to pay the balance or come up with a new schedule for paying the balance of N1.1 trillion. The best we have got from the government was the release of N25 billion, then N20 billion as a sign of commitment, which does not address the fundamental issues because the spirit behind the MoU of 2013, which the Federal Government signed with ASUU, was the need to massively inject funds into public universities, but there are problems in terms of facilities and human capacities, among others.

If this does not explain to you why ASUU doesn't trust the Govt. I don't know what else will.
I mean, since 2013? An agreement reached has not been honoured? This shows the uncaring attitude that this Govt. not only towards education, but towards healthcare and security..which are vital foundations on which any successful society is built.

I weep for my country..governed by wickedness in the highest and lowest of places.

What is going on is a shame. Lots of Nigerian students now go abroad to study. The truth: the educational system needs reforms in terms of policies & curricula & funding.
The refusal of ASUU to be enrolled on IPPIS platform is due to selfish reasons to cover up fraud & multiple employment of officers in several institutions.
This is the price we pay for poor governance & leadership.

festacman:
Young lawyers came together and elected Mr Olumide Akpata as NBA president. In doing this, they pushed SANs off the track into the bush. It is only foolery to think the SANs won't fight back. This new amendment is geared towards cutting the money available to NBA to operate powerfully.

Democracy is a game of numbers not status.

This Government is a scam. Another round of investment in refineries again? Who is advising them?
Nigeria is in trouble?

rxmusa:
In the history of Kaduna, we've never had a governor that's responsive to the plight of Southern Kaduna and committed to ending the age-long crisis in the area than governor Elrufai, who conversely is also the most villified governor especially from the elite whose feeding bottle the governor threw away. Your write up is well scripted. However, you have failed to address the main issues: who are the killers & what is their motives? Why is the government unable to stop the crisis?


What comes to my mind is the crisis that erupted in southern Kaduna in 2018 when the governor was already airborne. He had to U-turn to Kaduna and spent 48 hours thereafter without sleep, going round the state for assessments and enforcement of curfew and intermittently having security meetings.

But as usual some people are committed to hating him for what he does because it never favors them
©Mukhtar Maigamo

What is the motive of the killings & who are the killers? Why is the government unable to stop the killings? Could it be an ethnic cleansings? These are questions begging for answers.

Sometimes it's difficult to understand why people are in government.
One day we shall be trapped in our acts of omission & incompetence.
For God's sake what is the purpose of security votes & what is the job of the legislature?
This indiscriminate & inccessant loss of lives is appalling & supports the claim from some quarters that the leadership of the country has failed & we are now in a failed State.

Arrewa:
contrary to your belief.... Arewa boys have the most hardworking youths in Nigeria.

1. Is Arewa Mechanical Engineering student, Usman Dalhatu made this portable automatic ventilator. He is a 200 level student of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU).
After being empowered by Gombe state Governor he transformed his emergency ventilator idea into portable E-vent automatic ventilator

2. Arewa youth constructing bicycle with local materials.

3. Arewa Computer Scientist, Dr. Bashir Isa Dodo, from Katsina State. He has a PhD in computer science. As a student, he won the "Best Student Paper" at the BIO-IMAGING conference in Portgual, for the development of a new algorithm that can separate retina into seven individual layers to quickly diagnose eye diseases

We have thousands of them... I have even opened a thread for that but the thread was not pushed to the front page for the world to see.

The media won't show you this... They only feed you with bad news from maiduguri villages and southern kaduna

Nobody is saying Arewa youths are not productive but you don't dictate to people how to live their lives. Nobody is forced to watch pornography. Nigeria has serious economic & security challenges that need urgent attention.
Finally, I want to know the hospitals using the ventilator developed by the student, Usman. Science has gone beyond fabrication, the earlier we key into what others are doing, the better.

ORIENTATION101:
Aisha you forgot Gej grounded plane carrying apc party chieftains to campaign ground.

Gej ordered APC governors, party chieftain be detained in akure airport.until ekiti Election was over.

Boko harams killings was in 100s ,

Fulani herdsmen almost killed benue governor in attack .e.t.c

General azazi was murdered after telling the world PDP was behind boko haram.

From 2011 to 2015 over 50k nigerians were killed by insurgency in north east Region worst casualties after civil war in Nigeria.

If we begin to open cans of worms in Gej government buhari will look like a saint

Failed attempt to give credibility to give a failed government. From Boko Haram to bandits, payment of Ransome to herders, indiscriminate killing of citizens by gun men on a daily basis & kidnappings.
This woman has a hidden agenda; time will tell her motive.

chrisblack:
that's not true. The issue with the Russian vacancine is that proper standard as regards clinicay trials were not properly followed.it was rushed in other for them to claim first. This is a fact even the WHO.is worried about.please check the timeline. The issue and fear is over the next phase of the virus evolution would the so called vaccine help or further worsen the situation we don't know .there are no proper verifiable data as regards the Russian claim. They skipped various stages of trials ,which are very important ones.My point is Africans should be very careful in jumping on these claim.

The WHO can only recommend but does not have authority to stop Russia from distributing the vaccines. Each nation can either accept or reject the vaccines. Obtaining an informed consent of patients is very important. Once that is done, they are good to go on with the vaccination.

Government is not a good manager of business especially the corrupt & fraudulent one like ours.
The earlier the refineries are sold to serious investors, the better.

Quite an unfortunate situation. She needs urgent support by the government & well meaning Nigerians. I hope she had insurance cover for her investment. She needs our prayers. I pray that God should help her to restore all she has lost.

Racoon:
So who illegally installed the Sharia CJN? What is this man saying about the selective disobedience to court orders/ rule of law, anarchy, senseless bloodshed/killings actively ongoing under the tyrannical govt he belongs to? Osinbajo you're a disgrace.

You're uncultured to call the VP a disgrace. It shows you lack manners & probably don't know how the system is operated in Nigeria.

Nigerians are generally nonchalant & wasteful. Why travel to Lagos when there is travel restriction? That's indiscipline. Why travel abroad just for bed rest? That's wastage of funds.

Quite a bad time to lose officers.
May their souls rest in peace.
I wish the injured officers speedy recovery.
The Police Headquarters should not delay in releasing funds for treatment of injured officers & compensations to families of the deceased.

Bekool:



I watched it on channels tv yesterday it was a national embarrassment for nigeria I never believed sen. Akpabio could ever go so low. This country doesn't have any future with extremely corrupt politicians like akpabio presiding over the affairs of nigeria.

Are you trying to say the woman's hands are clean. She can equally stage manager events to attract public sympathy. Instead of accounting for funds spent under her administration she is blabbing.
How can Akpabio blow pipelines? Do pipelines pass through his village, foolish woman. This is one of the reasons Nigerian women don't do well in politics. They are too emotional & most times think from their anus.