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I dont think Ribadu is a fraud.


We all know that you would have to be Christ Like for you not to be influneced by the Oligarch fraudster that runs the enterprise called Nigeria, In fact I was quite impress with the Ibori bribe scandal that came to light only recently but to say he will not enrich himself whilst in office even to the tune of a conservative amount of N250 million Naira or a million pounds will be had to believe or fathom. If he were that clean then I see know reson why he dosent go home and declare the true state of his assets.

Said it somewhere before Fashola Vs Soludo 2015


The Governorship post and probably a ministorial role after his tenure as a Governor would be the highest position Soludo would ever be able to attain in Nigeria today not with his terrible stewardship as a CBN Governor. The exposure of incompetence and gross disregard to core Banking rules and regulation as a CBN Governor is a damage too unredeemable that any thought of such an individual thinking of running for the Presidency would be viewed and looked upon as a clownish and jocular proposition.

The only saving grace for Soludo, is for him to really punch above his weights as a serving State Governor, that is to surpass the acheivements of fashola's not by 2 folds but by a 100 folds in fact nothing short of turning Anambra State into an eldorado would be acceptable.

Already Anambra State has the largest open Market in West Africa - Onitsha Market, how to turn that market into a money spinner that would translate to economic growth for all sectors of the state is one of the many puzzles that Soludo would have to contend with. If he can manoeuvrer successful his stewardship as a state executive then he can argue with some conviction that go and see what we did at Anambra state. This is his last litmus test.

Even the romans did not build an isolated coliseum inside wilderness. Why should we build one inside bush



Wahington was more or less a wilderness when the White House was built in the early 1700’s, so your point has no validity.

The CNN should go out and look for the descendants of those slaves that built the White House so that due compensation can be remitted accordingly. That is what I call Investigative journalism in my book not the crap they were going on about trying to belittle and disrespect an oil rich African leader. The West abhors it if you want to beat them on their game, when the late Hoiephny Boigny of Cote de voire wanted to build a bigger Church than the Our lady’s Bapsitat in Ivory Coast the Vatican City objected.

This would have being the best time for someone new and dynamic to mount the rostrum and take charge of events in the state whilst the so called political heavy weights are waging an undeclared war on each other. (I would suggest some of you internet Bloggers who seem to have what it takes )

The downside to this would be the revolutional zeal and boyish optimism of such a new candidate would evaporate into thin air by the sounds of bullets from the dark forces within Anambra state who will not blink or bat an eye at taking another man’s life for a fee of less than N1,000.00.

To think Nigeria would ever attain the lofty heights of the next level of the Gani struggle, which is not just criticising governments and authorities but wrestling power through the ballot box from political oligarchs is one dream that is almost impossible if not unfathomable.

Nigerians might someday in the future however have a dream, A dream in the Martin Luther King mould, but to have that kind of dream in this day and age with all the economic indicators showing negative growth, bleak economic output and to crown it the self inflicted bank crisis, is a luxury that Baba God is not ready to give to any Nigeria today, I might however be proved wrong.

[color=#000099]It is unfortunate the Yorubas presented a spent force as their presidential candidate in 1999, now the SW is awash with examplry leaders like Fashola, Mike Adenuga and a few others who can take Nigeria to the promise land but these up and coming young men would not be giving the chance.

But then no other Yoruba leader would have being accepted back in 1999, OBJ was the only consensus candidate that could have being accepted nationwide by virtue of his earlier stint in power.[ As a Yoruba man I feel embarass by what his regime acheive./color]

And just how did the cab guy know how much it cost?

After dropping them off, he wet bk to Harrods to get details of their tranaction??

And if the story is indeed true, there's nothing abnormal about it.

Nigerian politicians have been known to spend obscene sums on obscene things


Mallam: Have you got enough space in your car ?

Cab Driver: Yes sir, there is room for all what you bought sir,

Mallam: Be careful with that Pram,

Cab Driver: Yes sir, this pram is very beautiful,

Mallam: Oh yes, u know this shop is Harrods all their things are very expensive, I know I can get this particular one for $2,000.00 in Dubai, but my wife likes Harrod’s products.

Cab Driver: You mean this pram is more than $2,000.00 sir, oh yes everything is expensive in London because of their useless taxes we bought it £4350.00 but we thank God Isha allauh,

Cab Driver: £4350.00 poundddddddds, where are you from Sir,

Mallam: Nigeria,

Cab Driver: it must be from the North because I know most southerners when I see them,


The above conversation is not inconceivable, you have to know that Cab Drivers in the west are Professionals unlike Nigeria and most passengers tend to have a no hold barriers conversation with Cab drivers knowing that they are faceless human beings whom they might never come across again in their lives. Passengers would tell and reveal to cab drivers stories they will never tell their friends or families.

how u take know say na mallam i no know


Most Ghanians know a Nigerian of Northern Extraction, as suppose to a southerner. The man was said to be in his 50's but had a young wife, my gut feeling went to Yuguda and his young Yardua bride, only a guess but definately a Northerner according to the source.

OPC are idiots. Imagine referencing Vanguards article as empirical evidence of Sanusi's intentions.

Every small thing this idiot would cite tribalism. MEND hits Atlas Cove, him talk say na tribalism. Sanusi sack bank manager, him talk say na tribalism.

These kind of people are dangerous.


The man is talking sense, if they want to sell the bank to foreigners they should liquidates its assets and give the share holders its or her own share, but to sell to foreigners without the share-holders input is totally wrong .

Waziri is just making shakara. Can she bring any case to court out of all this?


It is quite unfortunate how 2 individuals Soludo and Ribadu, people we as a nation held in very high esteem barely 5 months ago , has been reduce to a pariah with a persona non grata status today. A week they say is too long in politics.

16 billion Naira

With that kind of money, the nanny can do a Michael Jackson change from a black woman to a nice, curvy sumptious white woman.

Tell me anywhere in the world where the same method wouldn't have been deployed by the government.
What is wrong in moving people who are constituting nuisance in the city to somewhere they can feel more at home?
Northern beggars have no business loitering in the streets of Lagos without contributing nowt to the development of the state.

This why i think Nigeria should be made a nanny state. . . . .I cannot understand why we want to be United States when we are at best Vietnam.


For any Governor to think he or she can solve what is basically a humanist and social problem in a city of 18 million inhabitants beats one's imagination. It is either the Governor is living in a cokoo land  or he is simply dis-illusioned or both and needs to be brought back to reality. Fashola a well travelled man should know that miscreants, beggers, and other destitute are part and parcel of most megapolis all over the the world.

It would be foolhardy to think that by mere shifting of human beings like cattles from one destitination to another would solve what is a  natural underbelly of any major metropolis, to now think that lagos is also the economic hub to 145 million Nigerians does not do justice to the Governors action.

Cities like bombay, cairo, johnesburg have the same problems lagos is facing it would take an act of God for such problems to be absolved in its entirety, when one considers that these same problem is still a majour cause of concern to authorities in mordern 1st world economies like london and new york with her generous benefit system,  it only confirms my earlier stance that the Governor's action was an un-necessary exercise in futility which should be abondoned without any reproach or second thought.

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Lagos deprts 160 Northern Beggers.

It is with a pained heart I read the above headline, it actually puts Fashola's credentials as a man of letters, a lawyer, and a champion of the poor and the dis-enfranchise to question. On one hand it is ok to pay Tinubu's tax collection outfit a mouth watering N16 billion monthly or is it yearly well I am not too sure of the exact figure.

A lot can be done if that kind of money is used for social programes in rehabitating  these so called destitute. But it is something that has to be approached carefully as lagos state would not want to be seen as the el-dorado for all lame and mimed people in the country if cash was use as an incentive to lure them back to their respective states. It will not be unthinkable and un-common for full abled men to pose as disabled so as get some kind of sustenance from the state. It is a difficult one for a Governor to legislate for or against I personally think the best line of action is for the govenor to allow the satus quo to remain as it were. " A see no evil hear no evil approach " rather than getting his hands stained in all kinds  of dirt.