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Buhari an Hausa/Fulani General was instrumental in the failed adoption, dopping, and subsequently crating of Master fugitive Umaru Dikko(AN Hausa/Fulani Minister under Shagari) in 1984, this singular act brought diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and Britain to an all time low ebb. I READ one dishamonious diatribe written by an Igbo gentleman about how Buhari held President Shagari under house arrest in a palacious house in Ikoyi whilst his deputy and Vice President Alex Ekwueme was sent to a mosquito infested jail in Kirikiri.

At this junture I must remind the gentleman that the post of the VP or better still that of the Deputy Governor of a State is more of an errand boy without any provision within the constitution of a specific duty other than that which the President or Governor deems fit. Whilst I sympathesies with the plight of Alex Ekwueme, the punisment given to him befits the powerless post he held at the time, if the reverse where the case that is Alex was the President and Shagari the VP the treatment would have not been any different.

Buhari by showing such bragadocciosness while dealing with Umaru Dikko and even contracting out the job to the Mossad's(isreal's fromidable secret service) most muslim's worst arch enemy, Buhari not only proved to all asunder that he is a detribalized Nigerian but demonstrated that his can-do atitude at getting things done is no fluke. Genreral Buhari is more than welcome to throw his hat in the ring come 2015, we hope this time Clueless GEJ would let the true result be.

This story are one of the few stories of pride in the leadership of our great ountry that needs to be passed to generations to come. Keep up the good work General.

i hate those tricycles, they reek of poverty!

KnowAll has always been mentally challenged.

@Beaf,

No dinner for you tonight, I don give u work, see fear for Presidency, Minister of Avaition coming out all guns blazing to deny an internet report, ya people for presidency no get work, now it looks and seems like every 3rd rated rumour circulating on the internet has to be responded to by either clueless Jonathan or one of his many equally clueless handlers. Na wa oh!!

Governor Ibikunle Amosun, over to you, the President and his gallivanting first lady cannot and should not be holding the country to ransome. Build an Airport in Ogun state as quick as possible.

Looks like dame Patience Jonathan's penchance for partying all over the place whilst enjoying the cruise and comfort of a Presdential Jet could cost her husband his job. If it were true that the Airport was close up to 2 hours, whilst an in-coming distress flight was allowed to stay in the air for 2 hours,then it suffices it to say, madame first lady could be held culpable for all those deaths.

Could Jonthan being a Gentleman that he is, bite the bullet and resign honourably knowning fully well by allowing his gallivanting wife to go on a joy-ride to Lagos has caused him more harm than good. Anyways we wait to see how it unravels whether histroy would be made and honour restored in the Presidency is anyones guess.

This dude talks like a fool. How old are you?

oh boy u go sweat earn that your bloooood money, if it is established that your madame they wack for Island, know your days are numbered in Aso Rock. This allegation can easily be verified thus! Give us some meat on the bone please. Air Traffic Control let us hear your own version of this breaking news. Somebody out there got spill the beans on this shiiiiiit men, common guys no slacking!!

I thought Fashola was planning on building an Airport in Lekki, the earlier he gets that Airport off the drawing board the better it would be for Nigerians in general. The Presidential Protocol of a blanket ban on air-space has gone mad again!!! even if Lekki comes off stream, a ban on Lagos Air Space would probably affect Lekki. Abeokuta, Ijebu-ode or even Otta remains where an emergency Airport has to be sited.

Abeokuta OR Ijebu Ode needs an EMERGENCY Airport becos of the silliness that goes on at Ikeja Airport. How can a distress plane be left in the air for 2 hours. Because Madame Patieince Jonathan dey chop okra ogbono soup for one hotel for Island, na wa oh

if true then sad

Sorry, but this is the effect of christianity on some people. No remorse, no compassion, no sympathy for people who lost loved ones just blatant and fanatical focus on christian dogma


This thread is foolish

There is what is called 'practical christainity' as suppose to lukewarmish christanity, if you are lukewarm with or in anything in life even in the secular world you are bound to fail. Christains who have ears should listen and practised what they preach. The bible did not tell us to have remorse over dead people, we can have a twinge of smpathy but the fact remains their destinies cannot be altered if they have not reconciled with their maker b4 their demise.

Anything to scare Jonathan out of that office is welcome. Let real men be in charge of that office, all this accidental Presidency don tire everyone. Clearly it was an experiment that has left a sour taste on millions of Nigerians taste bud. Jonathan has been a monumental failure.

How come the thread has been edited from Buhari credited for saying the initial statement to now the Secretary of CPC been the custodian of the statment, who said what? . Abi BEAF Oga don begin use "Ogboju"(scare tactics) on poor Buhari, I thought Buhari is a fearless soldier!

Is GEJ's Regime the worst in Nigeria's History.

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@Beaf

I can see you are fighting tooth and nail to earn your next bucks from Aso Rock, omo dada, stick around here for a little while, by the way I wrote an insight about a fast train proposal earlier on, can u please pass that proposal to your mentor for free of charge, I don't need a dime from Aso Rock, all I want him to do is to start implementing public works that would benefit the masses.

We don tire for all these blood wey your oga dey cause all over the country!

if this story is true, then the first couple has the bloood of 250 Nigerians on their hands.

@BEAF

come and earn your money on this thread! your guy's caracas has been thrown to the wolves? This is what you get paid for

Buhari should intensify his anti-corruption rhetorics(this Govt we all know cannot get their hands off the till and that would be their biggest un-becoming) and let it sink in, even the die-hard tribalist amongst us, I am sure would jump ship when they see the tide turning against Jonathan.

I think Buhari is on point here.The Country needs a change but I dont think Buhari is the change we are looking forward to having.

If you have $10 dollers as your last claro, and you are advise to give it to ONE of these 2 individuals bearing in mind Buhari's sandal-free high office precedence since 1976 when he started OFF as the North-EASTERN State Governor and that of Jo-boy whose wife was caught trying to launder money abroad bearly 3 months in office as Governor of Bayelsa State who are u going to give that $10.00 to? if both men promise u a handsome returns on your investment, be sincere, no sentiments, who are u going to hand that $10.00 to.

Bottomline is Goodluck lacks credibility

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some of u idioooots ruled by foooooolllls deserve the kind of leaders u have. If anything else, Buhari would bring some wisdom to the senile Governance we are practising at the moment, and his anti-corruption stance and precedence cannot be matched by any other Nigerian leader including the drunking fisherman in Aso ROck. Take out those tribalistic cloak preventing u guys from seeing clearly and beyond your nose ridge and put on your common-sensical googgles and think logically. Like some people say, it is always good to put your money where your mouth is, how many of u idiooots can give Jo-boy your money to manage for you, let us call a spade a spade, I can bet my last dollar, none of you.

The Pakistanis are about to come off the road to perdition which have bedevilled them for sometime now, while we are still walllowing in the ignomyny of self-lout, tribal bickering and hatred. sureeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2012/05/201253164025468840.html

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Jimoh Ibrahim is just using the Airline business to wash money. He ain't making a dime in that business.

To be powered with coal and what happened to pollution?

It can be powered by either diesel(which I assume we have in abundance) or a dedicated power line. The kind of money involve in this project " no be beans" and no be "hurry-hurry project", it would be a project that all incoming goverments irrepective of party in power would be fully commited to. And secondly any 'mago-mago' in the project handling would and should be easily detected especially when the project cost, execution, and deliverance is at variance to what obtains is in the industry. Slight alterations here and there is understandable, due to enviromental and topograhical differences amongst nations of the world.

No be only fast rail, na fast air. Have they finished building and repairing those roads in deplorable conditions.

You would be suprised, once built Rail-roads are a lot easier to maintain than roads. Although it involves a lot more capital and resources than roads. Unlike roads where people pile over-weighted lorries on the road therby cracking the roads(weigh bridge enforcement in Nigeria are not adhere to, i don't think I have come across one), rails on the other hand can take significant weights and not bulk under the strain.

I agree with you but what has or did Jonatan accomplish for 8 years in Bayelsa (Governor or Deputy), or now as president or VP?? If you set an exam for a student who fails in primary 1, but somehow manages to get into primary 2, and 3, 4, 5, 6 up to secondary school, how can you ever expect such a compromised person who bent any rule to suddenly become honestly successful?

We need straight men in office and not all these compromised men and politiians who would sell their mothers for 2 a penny. I envy Pakistan at the moment, Imran Khan is set to rule the roost come next elections and his message is 'corruption has to stop'. No nation would ever acheive anything meaningful with corruption incidence breaking all record like in Nigeria. Wether we like it or not we have succeded and(that is GEJ'S Govt) in sending 156 innocent souls to their early graves not to talk of the poor folks who were having a quiet afternoon in their homes on Sunday when the runaway plane, poorly maintained, and ill fated plane dropped from the sky. which one be the crocodile tears wey GEJ come dey display for public?

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2012/05/201253164025468840.html

You are in dreamland if you think retardeen daftluck do anything other than being clueless, crying and making more promises.

The problem with our leaders, once they cannot complete a project in their stipulated tenure they abandone the idea. If Jo-boy and his lieutanants are reading this article they should realise that a journey of a 1000 miles starts with the first step. By not making effort to take that first step, it is more honourable to quit the scene or resign from office and let those who are bold enough to take the plunge and hold the reins of office come into the fray. London Underground started in the 1890's and today 2012, Jubilee Line, the cross rail and other new lines are still been embarked upon and opened up, 120 years after the first line was built.

I agree with u, I am in a dreamland, I have actually forgotten we are idioooooots ruled by fooooooools.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZDbGVFIjuI

John I. Nnorom, a former Executive Director for Finance at Air Nigeria, has warned Nigerians to stop flying the airline until they are sure that its planes are being properly maintained.

In a blistering public petition, Mr. Nnorom, who resigned his appointment with the airline on April 1, 2012, blamed the situation on big businessman Jimoh Ibrahim, the chairman of Air Nigeria, whom he accused of being uninterested in the maintenance of company aircraft.

“Some of the certifying Engineers and I are under threat of assassination by Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, if we reveal this secret to Nigerians,” he said.
Mr. Nnorom said that upon his resignation, he wrote a letter in which he said he preferred to die than to be a witness to over 100 souls perishing in an Air Nigeria aircraft.

He disclosed that Air Nigeria is in financial crisis because money loaned by Bank of Industry of N35.5Billion has been diverted into Mr. Ibrahim’s NICON INVESTMENT LTD, a non-finance company popularly called wonder bank, leading to air safety being compromised, and stressed that there is a great possibility of a disastrous Air Nigeria crash, which can occur at any time.

He recalled that in Jan 2012, Licensed Engineers in Air Nigeria went on strike because they were being forced to certify unfit aircraft into the air, and another strike was averted in March 2012 following the intervention of the DG-NCAA, Demureen. Both events, he said, were based on failure on Failure To Meet Safety Standard, and are verifiable information the public is aware of.

Why are Air Nigeria flights sometimes delayed for as many as eight hours? According to the petitioner, that is because the aircraft for that flight is not ready. “While passengers are waiting, engineers are battling to put the aircraft on Air. Several times our Aircraft on Runway taxing to takeoff, turns back to offload passengers due to some technical faults observed by Pilots.”

He said that of the 11 aircraft being operated by Air Nigeria, only one, Embraer, is safe to fly Nigeria Air space, with all of the others needing “deep and heavy” technical maintenance.

“This explains why Air Nigeria has never operated more than six Aircraft out of eleven Aircraft. Air Nigeria do not have the money to fix these Aircrafts. Let anybody go and check now, some of the Aircraft and Engines have been grounded for the past one year.”

Mr. Nnorom even advised Nigerians who choose to take the risk of flying Air Nigeria not to eat or drink anything, pointing out that passengers have been poisoned because Air Nigeria serves bottled pure water, and that passengers have complained of being served “smelling waters.”

Mr. Nnorom further claimed in the petition that Mr. Ibrahim’s companies, including Air Nigeria, do not have tax clearance certificates. He listed the others as Global Fleet Oil & Gas, NICON Insurance, Nigeria RE-Insurance, NICON Properties Ltd, Nicon Luxury, Nicon Hotels Okitipupa, VGC & PHC, Newswatch Communications, Newswatch Daily and National Mirror.

“In Air Nigeria, just to renew expatriate resident permit, Bar Jimoh Ibrahim will instruct a vendor to forge all the tax clearance papers which is filed with the immigration.”

Mr. Nnorom alleges that Mr. Ibrahim:

• As the chairman of Air Nigeria, has diverted N5billion From a BOI aviation industry intervention loan Of N35.5billion granted last year by the federal government through the Central Bank of Nigeria into NICON INVESTMENT LTD;

• Diverted $18m Out Of $40m Afrixim federal government support of the aviation industry; with $26,969,505.63 diverted into Mr. Ibrahim’s acquisition of Energy Bank of Ghana;

• Diverted N10 billion released by the government through the office of the Accountant-General of Nigeria for the payment of pensioners into Nicon Insurance Plc released the sum of, with no pensioner being paid.

Mr. Nnorom insisted that Mr. Ibrahim is trying to kill him, and attached his letter of resignation and subsequent acknowledgement by the CEO and FOREIGN LEASSORS to the petition.

“On the SFU, recovery of $75,000 from me, I was never arrested, never invited by SFU, did not make any statement, I do not know how money was recovered from me,” he said. “I am ready to sponsor any person to come with me to SFU and show me my statement,” attributing the matter to Mr. Ibrahim’s “poor character of cheap blackmail.”

According to the former Executive Director, “Jimoh Ibrahim is after my life but if my death will save hundred Nigerian souls from plane crash and that is the will of GOD, my soul will be happy to meet my creator anytime.”

Another Asset stripping venture capitalist vampire on the prowl

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There is no point reading Psalm 91 at the point of impact. As the MOG said read it well before embarking on the journey, we heard of people who missed the flights because of one reason or the other and people who downright change their mind for no cogent reasons. The Bible said ask and u would be given, seek and you would find and knock and the door would open.

All these internal flights with funny names right from the early 80's to now seem to be one cyclonic boom and burst merchant of death where safety is seriously and highly compromised and put at the back-burner, blood inspired profit is the head-honcho or the mainstay of the business module. In spite of the un-orthodox way of making money in the Airline business by Nigerian Airline Firms, one would have expected and assumed that by now our firms would be amongst the best fortune 1000 companies in the world but alas, NO!!!, that is not the case, our Airlines are gullets and conduits for siphoning ill gotten wealth.

The sole aim of setting an Airline is actually not to serve the people but to make a name for oneself. Owning an Airline means the person, organisation has arrived, personally I see it as a con, most Private Airliners are actually “Asset Stripping Companies" . They borrow heavily from the banks knowing fully well that those loans would never be paid back as the Airline in connivance with some Bank Managers put together a water proof insolvency package that cannot be faulted or defaulted only for the Airline to re-invent herself as another brand spanking new Airline firm with a succinctly and captivating name to go with.

Our Airlines are venture capitalist vampires hell bent on taken succour from the blood of as many Nigerians as possible, no wonder the owners of these callous organisation have decided to resolve the conundrum of falling a victim of the Frankenstein monster they have created, by buying private Jets which seems to be the latest fad amongst the super-rich, after all who wants to be a victim of a shambolic internal flights debacle.

All I ask and all many Nigerians ask is for the Federal Government, State Governments to begin building a fast rail network connecting Lagos to Abuja to start with, even if it is built at a snail speed of 20 km a year, since 1999 when democracy started we would have built 260 km that is a distance between Lagos - Ilorin, in another few years it would get to Abuja, and that would save thousands if not millions of Nigerians who put their life at stake by flying to those death-trap Airliner week in and week out between Lagos -Abuja. The Shylock Airliners who are bleeding our people to death both literally and cash-wise would up their game by working holistically on both their safety procedure and fare charges in other to compete favourably with the new kid on the block.

The FIRST and the most important fast train route should be between Lagos - Abuja, with that delivered the others would just developed around it, I think Messser's Jonathan Goodluck needs a serious rethink. After all Government is a continuum, whether we have the incumbent re-elected or the opposition elected a laudable project like the Lagos - Abuja fast rail route is a must, and all in-coming Federal Government must look into it with a renewed zeal and opportunism.

Even the men of God in that Plane Why did they not follow TB Joshua's word of wisdom to the letter Anyways may their soul rest in peace.

[size=14pt]A Church and a especially a spiritual filled and laden church in Nigeria has a mutual understandable ethics, albeit unorthodox conventions, which both the congregation, the elders, and the pastor abide by. We would not find an Imam, Boko Haram or an athiest in such gathering, reasons been that the modus operendi and the philosophical insights of these " house of God" are at variance from their own scope and outlook of religious and general belief. Since it has been established that birds of the same feather flock together, and the attendees of these Churhes are fully aware of the sensationalised excosism that takes place there in the name of 'casting out unruly spirits' from afflicted and affected individuals, the un-warranted attention and concern from busy-bodies and other outsiders from what happens in a close knit community even though it is done in the full glare or view of mordern day mass media is nobody's business.

Excorcism in practise in such spiritual led congregation take the form at times of physical " slapping" the unruly spirit out from the person, or cajoling the spirit out of the person by way of "commanding" the spirit to leave the individual or better still and in extreme cases the spiriit can be "horse whipped" out of the person. These are mutually understandable unwritten ethics that governs these churches.

If an individual has chosen to subject, submitt and conceed to these unconventional(in the genereal world's view)ways of excosicsm and later cry blue murder over what is a 'determined norm' and way of life in the full view of clear evidence pinning the attendee to an irreversible association with the sect, how on earth can the attendee dissociate herself from the scene of the 'rituals' when she was not forced to go there but chose to be amongst what she consders to be like minded brethrens.

Unlike the earlier aformentioned individuals that is the "imam", "Atheist" and " Boko haram" these individuals surely know their onions and would not be caught lapping up to a pastor in such citadel of christandom. This individual have got no case, she is free to dissociate herself from her known sect after her painful exeperience but dissociating herself from the scene of the crime when it was obvious she is a party to the crime is not admissible.

The relationship between pastors and congregation members who beleif they have daunting and unruly spirits residing in their souls is like the relationship between a patient and a private money grabbing doctor, an unsick man who approches a money grabbing doctor for an un-necessary surgery cannot feine ignorance once after the operation he/she now becomes terribly sick.

We as humans have an indellible right to associate and dissociate as we journey through the long, perilous journey of life, If Boko Haram where to bomb that Church when the slapping took place, to them(the Boko Haramites) they have bombed a Church and all in it are quitisentially christains and enemy of their movements irrespective of whom is slapping who.

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What is d criteria for this prize. It seems our 12 neighbours that speaks French h are excluded from this competition, if that is d case, calling dis smart Anglo speaking African d best in Africa is a folly.

i bet with the rejection this cassava bread would develop a sour taste in the presidency!!!!

Patinence Goodluck to husband!!

Patience: As from tommorrow I go dey buy Agege bread, this your cassava innovation no work! divorce!

Joboy: Na too show face now! how many months u dom be first lady, u know say all that gra-gra na for camera, you and I know say I fit kill for Agege bread!

Patience: na so una dey do am!

Joboy: b4 kor!! you woman need to learn first, everything for this Presidency na damage control

Patience: which one be " damage control"

Joboy: if no be say u be my wife I for divorce now-now?

Patince: ok I am sorry, this your yanga sef don pass be-careful, b4 u dey beg for seexxx, now na me dey remind u say e don tey small!!

Joboy: I beg no go dia!, wetin concern me with sex when my people dey suffer, I beg no bring that topic, in fact I don retire for seexxxxx

Patinece: I hear you, atimes I pray this presidency end sef, e be like say d thing don dey worry you?

Joboy: are u talking to me!!!!!!

Patience: no oh abi wetin u wan make I talk now, i dey talk to mysef!!

Joby: u better be

this somalian boy is a smart dude, (if I am allowed to use such adjectives and superlatives to describe his dumb assssss) he knows any "Igbo v Yoruba thread" generates enough pages, obviously by creating a Somalian v Bantu thread he would get the traffic he needs. I won't be suprised the idiooooot has actually won a bet for generating so much traffic to such a dumb thread.

oh boy!!! u try sha!, it dosen't help with me contributing to the dumbness of a dumb thread.