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American and Western European experts predicted that Nigeria will disintegrate in 2015. With the political desperation and frenzy that marked the political campaigns of presidential election, many thought that Nigeria was at the point of disintegration. Surprisingly, the election took place without the much anticipated violence. And following the election, the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, conceded defeat to the victorious opposition candidate, Mohammudu Buhari. This forestalled the anticipated violence and predicted breakup.

Disturbingly, Nigeria is still not completely out of the woods; as it may still break up. The possibility of conflict and dissolution of the country continue to loom because Buhari is stoking trouble. He is actively stirring up issues that can lead to serious national conflicts. Nigeria is a very complex country, and its governance is complicated by tribal, religious and sectional rivalries. Buhari is insensitive to this complexity and lacks the finesse and dexterity to govern Nigeria. With a military background and orientation, and a total lack of a liberal education, he is ill-equipped to preside over a democratic Nigeria. He has no refinement, and as such, only understands the language of force. He also does not understand the world order. Recall that he once referred to Germany as Western Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel as President Michelle.

There is no doubt that corruption is killing Nigeria, and that something needs to be done to deal with it. But you do not pull the entire house down simply to kill the rats in the ceiling. It demands that you methodically take out the rats one by one, so that, after the rats are gone, you still have a house to live in. He needs to respect the equality of all Nigerians under the law. His 95 per cent formula is naive and counterproductive. A successful war on corruption is not necessarily a function of the number of people jailed. The emphasis should not be just on sending people to jail for corruption, but also, in deterring acts of corruption. Buhari refuses to understand that Nigeria is a representative democracy, and not a military dictatorship.
A democracy is guided by the rule of law and not the impulsiveness and arbitrariness of a retired army general. Buhari is impetuous; he does not have the patience and tolerance for the measured pace of the law. He wants, at his whims and caprices, to jail southern politicians and his enemies of northern extraction such as Col. Sambo Dasuki. He wants to rearrange the judiciary, and reconstruct and expand Kirikiri Prison. He will then fill it with his political enemies, as all those he fingered for corruption will automatically be arrested by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and jailed for one 100 years by a compliant judiciary, dominated by northern judges.

Is Buhari’s hypocrisy not conspicuously obvious? To tackle corruption, he must first purge himself of his excess baggage. He must approach equity with clean hands. How on earth can he fight corruption when the likes of Tinubu, Okorocha and former governor, Amaechi are his political allies? Amaechi is the man who funded Buhari’s campaign with the money stolen from the coffers of Rivers State. Buhari, of course, knew that the funds were stolen. At the time he was splurging stolen money on the Buhari ,Amaechi was a sitting governor. He was not a multi-billionaire, so the source of the money was obvious to Buhari.

It is understandable that a president appoints people he is comfortable with. But to appoint only his friends and relatives to pivotal positions is nepotism. Nepotism is corruption. And he insulted the sensibilities of Nigerians by justifying the appointments on the grounds that the appointees are loyal to him as friends and relatives. In addition, his punishing of those regions of the country that did not vote for him is grossly unfair. It is not only setting a dangerous precedent but inflames ethnic fury.

My honest advice to Buhari is to first of all stabilize the economy and embark on institutional reforms that will strengthen the judiciary and the legislature before delving into other major divisive issues. However, he is neither reforming nor strengthening our national institutions. Actually, he is weakening them; he meddles in the judiciary and remote-controls the Senate and the House; thus, undermining the separation of powers. This is posing a serious problem for Nigerian democracy because these branches of government need to operate independently.

What we are experiencing today is a military regime masquerading as a democracy. Buhari’s hounding of his political enemies with Gestapo-styled DSS raids on state government houses, private homes, etc attests to this reality. I see 1966 coming full cycle. And if this continues, Nigeria will break up.

http://dailytimes.com.ng/nigeria-might-still-break-up-under-buhari/

HBD to him even though this is first time I'm hearing about him.

That's the change you asked for, the van is headed to the cattle farm of the "king of the north"

He looks very relaxed, unperturbed and nonchalant. Lol

The guy get swag abeg, he knows nothing is happening.

What is the benefit of being a cultist? I guess the reward is death.

No other way to describe such insanity

slap1:
It is worse for those that believed them initially. I am neither surprised nor disappointed.

Same here.

Lol

He should take it easy oh, so he doesn't collapse on the court.

Smile you say?

searching4love:
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I KNOW THE SHOOTERS ARE FROM THE SOUTH EAST. Biafra MONGERS [/size]

Congrats your scan result is out, here find what's in your head as brain....

Good morning Nigerians

Posterity will judge GEJ, don't be in a hurry.

Massive ego to go with his bank balance. Such gratuitous displays of wealth are common these days. What is in it for Mayweather i have no idea? Maybe he is bored.

Nice one, brilliant dudes. keep on repping the country in a good way.

God bless you guys!

Amaechi is a big joke

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SeverusSnape:
This is fucking_ hilarious

Indeed it is...

What da fûck was that? Holy shît!!! That was one very cruel and disgusting way to die.
Jeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!

Chelsea fans angry with Cesc Fabregas after Swansea draw

Jose Mourinho was less than impressed with doctor Eva Carneiro after the game for entering the field when Chelsea were defending a set piece, however the club's fans took aim at a different target altogether.

Fabregas was anonymous throughout the game as Chelsea battled to try and claim all three points, and the fans were quick to let him know after the full-time whistle had blown.

One wrote: Fed up with Cesc. Has bottlers' DNA inside him." While another added: "If ordinary citizens were caught in possession as many times as Cesc Fàbregas, they'd spend the rest of their lives behind bars."

The GOODFELLAS of the best movie ever made.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho hits out at his 'naive' medical team after decision meant side were temporarily reduced to nine men


Jose Mourinho vented his anger at Chelsea's medical team after match.

Medical team ran to Eden Hazard's attention during closing stages.


Jose Mourinho has hit out at his medical team for going on to the pitch without knowing the extent of an injury to Eden Hazard, accusing his staff of potentially costing Chelsea a late goal.

His side were temporarily reduced to nine men during the closing stages of the Barclays Premier League match after Hazard received medical attention from doctor Eva Carneiro.

Club doctor Carniero immediately dashed on to the pitch to treat Hazard but Mourinho insisted the medic made the wrong decision.

Decision meant Chelsea were temporarily down to just nine players.

Mourinho says he knew Hazard didn't need treatment as he was just tired.

CFCfan:
Line up vs Barca:

Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Matic, Kennedy; Oscar, Hazard, Costa.

What time are they playing?

As an aside, i reject feminism for what it is: an ideology of traditional sexist stereotypes masquerading as a radical social movement. In sum, feminism is not trying to abolish gender roles, but to domesticate masculinity to as to empower femininity, not eliminate both masculinity and femininity together. And so long as women maintain her traditional PASSIVE role in courtship, she is perpetuating sexist masculine stereotypes of the aggressive male in hot pursuit of the sexy female.

There is no way this guy can be that much of a wuss and there is no way his wife can be that much of a dirty dirty LovePeddler. Dude, if this story is true, wake up and deal with reality. Get a divorce, get in shape, get a real job, get some therapy, get your testosterone levels checked, get some self-respect. Feminism is mostly an ugly philosophy, reject that nonsense. Go shawshenk on her, if not for you do it for your children.

I heard from a reliable source that Buhari gave rep a marching order of 6hours to resolve their crises.

chukwudi44:
Gbajabiamilla should get ready to head the house committe on sewage and refuse disposal.