₦airaland Forum

A fire disaster destroyed more than 250 shops and
property valued at several millions of naira on
Christmas Day at a plank market at Alaro area of
Sango in Ibadan.
Eyewitnesses said the inferno began at about 2pm
on Friday from a building adjacent to the plank
market as a result of gas explosion and spread to
nearby shops, they also said; but for the quick
intervention of men of Oyo State Fire Service, the
whole market would have been razed by the
raging inferno.
Mr. Abiodun Awoleye, member representing Ibadan
North Federal Constituency in the National
Assembly was at the site to asses damage done
by the fire. He sympathized with the traders and
promised to sink a borehole in a bid to solve the
problem of water scarcity in the plank market.
The general secretary of the timber dealers
association valued the loss to several millions of
naira as the fire also razed four houses very close
to the market and burnt half of the market.
The general secretary of Ibadan Timber Dealers
Association, Mr. Gbenga Fashoro promised that
the authorities of the market would provide land
for the government to build the mini-fire station,
adding that fire disaster has become yearly
occurrence in the market. He, however, described
the latest tragedy as the worst so far.
The State Governor was pictured in a photoshoot,
same day, playing drought with members of his
security detail.

StepTwo:
kodded so you no fit arrange this thing well abi

if i land you 1500 recharge now Mods go gimme compulsory study leave

For Praising Buhari on Budget..
I read the press statement of one of our most
respected leaders, Senator David Mark,
commending president Buhari and urging
Nigerians to give him time, and I ask, when did we
all become cowards in this nation? Suddenly, the
respected David Mark, who has been a senator
since the advent of democracy in 1999 and two
time Senate President of our great nation, is
suddenly afraid that if he does not patronize
president Buhari and sing his praises he might not
win the re-run election for his Benue South
senatorial district.
It is disheartening to read some of the comments
by people who are supposed to be strong
opposition figures in our nation. What these our
leaders do not seem to understand is that you do
not patronize dictators or appeal to them. You
challenge them, you dare them to their faces. You
face them squarely. Dictators get emboldened
when they see that you are afraid of them. It is the
collective responsibility of the oppressed and the
victimized to challenge every dictator and see to
the quick change of such dictatorial regimes
through any legal means possible and not to be
begging and appealing to them.
The other day, it was Senators Stella Oduah and
Ben Murray Bruce who were singing the praises of
Buhari over the budget presentation. A budget
that failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians,
address core issues of the economy,
unemployment and insecurity; an unrealistic
budget, and a budget that has been termed a fraud
by our great party, the PDP, but only for our
elected senators to take a disparagingly different
view from the official position of the party and turn
around to praise the president.
Some people have said Senators Stella Oduah and
Ben Murray Bruce have the right to express their
personal opinions on the budget and other
national issues but I disagree with this assertion
completely. Will a Republican or Labor party
senator in the United States of America or United
Kingdom disagree with the official position of his
party on a fundamental issue such as this and
make it public? The answer is never! Senators Ben
Bruce and Stella Oduah are no longer private
citizens but elected members of the National
Assembly on the platform of the People’s
Democratic Party. They would not have become
senators if not for the party on whose platform
they contested and won the election.
No elected member of the PDP should publicly go
against the official position of the party because
this is the worst form of indiscipline a politician
can demonstrate. Since independent candidacy is
not recognized in our constitution, political parties
are the vehicles by which many aspirants ride to
power and as such these politicians can not
continue to deride the platform on which they got
to power.
Have you ever seen or read any APC member
going against the official position of their party? If
you are afraid of Buhari because you embezzled
public funds or have some skeletons in your
cupboard while you were in government and
cannot speak boldly like an opposition member,
why do you not just go and join Buhari in APC
like Rotimi Amaechi and others who today have
immunity from prosecution because they defected
to APC?
If you really like the leadership style of Buhari
why not go and join him in the APC? You should
not be in our great party and be demoralizing our
teeming members and supporters.
The Olisa Metuhs, Ayo Fayoses and Femi Fani-
Kayodes’ way is the only way to go. Face the
dictator, look at him straight in the eyes and tell
him to go straight to hell where he rightly
belongs. When a terrorist group like the Boko
Haram apprehends someone they believe to be an
unbeliever, “kafir”, and they want to behead him,
it would make absolutely no sense to start
begging or appealing to them. What is expected of
you to do is to look them straight in the eyes and
spit on their ugly faces, then face death bravely
and courageously knowing full well that you are
going to meet your Heavenly Father, and that
angels would rejoice when they see you. It will be
despicable of you to be in that ugly situation, then
you deny the faith, you begin to beg them, start
appealing and accept their own belief. No matter
the volume of your tears, pleadings and
compromise, they would still behead you.
I therefore urge the leadership of the People’s
Democratic Party, to henceforth, sound a clear
note of warning to every elected member of our
party never to go against the official position of
the party and be ready to take disciplinary
measures against anyone that flouts this warning.
Political parties can not be administered without
party discipline.
Merry Christmas to all our members and
supporters.

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has described
Federal Government’s announced reduction of petrol
pump price from N87 to N85 per litre as a continuation of
the deceit propagated by All Progressives Congress
(APC) led government.
The governor who also challenged the Minister of
Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to relocate to
Sambisa in Borno State or Yobe and move around there
without heavy military security if indeed he was sure
that Boko Haram had been defeated.
Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public
Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka,
Governor Fayose said; “only God’s intervention can save
Nigeria from the present economic and security
problems as it is glaring that the man running the affairs
of the country at the federal level does not have any
answer to the problems.”
He said; “Even the Holy Bible said in James 1:5 that if
anyone lacks wisdom, he should ask God and as it is,
Nigerians must assist the President in asking for wisdom
and understanding to tackle the country’s economic and
security problems before Nigeria is further plunged into
more woes with the federal government’s decision to
borrow N2.2 Trillion, which translates to N6.066 billion
per day to finance the 2016 Budget.” He described the
Federal Government’s announced reduction of petrol
pump price from N87 to N85 per litre as a continuation of
the All Progressives Congress (APC) government’s
governance by deceit, saying; “Even secondary school
students of economics know that you cannot deregulate
and regulate at the same time.”
The governor said; “it is only in a confused and clueless
economy that government will plan to spend more when
revenue has reduced by more than 50 percent.” Governor

fulanimafia:
Compared to what? Read to understand. Reflect on the OP, my comment and what you've posted.

fulanimafia:
To be honest, I can't recall when last we celebrated Xmas without BH displaying their talent in a major headline grabbing way. They have now been reduced to mere scouts attacking soft targets.

But with Jonathan kicked out and Dasuki behind bars...can we say we're surprised? No.

Kudos to Generals Buratai and Buhari for decimating the terrorists.

Nigeria’s chief of army staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has assured residents of the north-east that 2016 will be a more peaceful year for them because Boko Haram “can no longer coordinate any attacks”.

He gave the assurance on Thursday after his operational visits to troops locations in parts of Borno and Yobe states.

He said within the time frame given by President Muhammadu Buhari, joint forces had decimated Boko Haram and substantially destroyed its enclaves on Nigerian territory.

“Going by the present pace and momentum of the military operation, no insurgent or group will be able operate freely by 2016,” he said.

“Since Mr President’s mandate, we have done a lot to defeat these criminals; we have degraded them in such a manner that they can no longer hold any ground in our country.

“They can no longer coordinate any attacks; we will, in the coming few days, completely close in on them, so the outlook for 2016 is bright. I want to assure Nigerians, especially the Northeast, that 2016 will be more peaceful.”

Buratai said that the military would consolidate on the successes recorded in the operations so far, stressing that there would be no room for the insurgents to operate henceforth.

At the army brigade in Biu and the armed forces special forces battalion stationed in Buratai town, the army chief conveyed the president’s congratulatory message to the troops for meeting the deadline.

He said that the president was pleased with the successes recorded, especially in meeting the timeline in fighting insurgency. But he urged them not to be complacent, saying the insurgents would employ desperate measures to survive the onslaught by the military.

At the base of 21 Brigade deployed from Damaturu to Buni Yadi, Buratai commended the soldiers for their efforts in curbing the activities of the insurgents in the area.

He urged the troops to remain alert and make good use of available equipment for the operations.

The chief of army staff reiterated the commitment of the army and other relevant authorities to providing the necessary logistics to enable troops sustain the momentum.

Buratai, who held durbars in all the locations visited, also addressed issues raised by soldiers and officers.

Some of the soldiers who spoke at the durbar expressed their desire to end the counter-insurgency operations and return home as soon as possible.

NAN.

dustmalik:
Seu.n, lalasticl.ala, Myn.d44, Obino.scopy, I call on you guys to make sure this doesn't make it to front-page. Thebreakingtimes is a known PDP propaganda media outlet. Wait until some other source confirm this.

NgeneUkwenu:
So Breaking Times Had to concoct phantom attack by Boko Haram just to justify PDP support for Boko Haram?

Like I said earlier, Boko Haram has been defeated By The APC government, if you are not happy, Kindly for form your own Boko IPOB, and we still kill and defeat you enemies of progress...

bettercreature:
It's a fake news! Picture or I don't believe it beside this is not bomb blast,It is just one of those random crimes committed by jobless youth not boko haram

bigeagleeye:
Spilling gibberish as if it is compulsory to talk! SMH

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed his administration’s readiness to put machinery in place to persuade the Boko Haram sect that has been unleashing violence in some parts of the country to embrace peace. Buhari made the promise while playing host to a delegation of residents of the Federal Capital Territory that included the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who paid him Christmas homage in his official residence at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The promise came less than 24 hours after the President claimed that the Federal Government has “technically won the war” against the sect. In an interview with the BCC , Buhari had claimed that the militant group could no longer mount “conventional attacks” against security forces or population centres, adding that the militant group had been reduced to fighting with improvised explosives devices and remained a force only in its heartland of Borno State. But the President said on Friday that he would use government institutions to persuade members of the sect to allow peace to reign. He however did not disclose the nature which the persuasion would take and those that would be involved. “On Boko Haram, this government is determined to make sure that we persuade them if they can be persuaded, we will use government institutions to persuade them to allow peace to reign,” he said. The President stressed the need for all Nigerians to come come together and pull the country out of the problems that it has found itself. He said while everybody in the world believed that Nigeria is a lucky country because of its natural resources, the country’s problem remained how to organise its citizens and how to get the right leadership in place. He recalled that from the analysis of the All Progressives Congress during campaign, the party discovered that the country’s three biggest problems were security, unemployment of youths as well as bribery and corruption. He noted that while the youth make up 65 per cent of the country’s population, 65 per cent of them are unemployed. Buhari reiterated his position that there cannot be any development without security. He said, “We appreciate that the security agencies are doing their best and their best is showing and we have to continue praying for them. There can be no development without security, we have to continue to pray for them.

The Ijaw National Congress (INC), has called on the Federal Government to implement the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Ogoniland and other affected oil producing communities. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Thursday by the INC at the end of its two-day Retreat and Stakeholders Summits held in Warri, Delta. INC also demanded that issues bordering on the take- off of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South- West Local Government Area of Delta be addressed urgently. The congress chaired by Chief Edwin Clark also demanded that ethnic nationalities should form the basis of a true Nigerian federation. While pledging support to the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the INC urged the Federal Government to address the issue of insecurity in the country. The INC bemoaned the inability of the government to address the negative impact of oil exploration on health, economy, culture and environment of the Ijaw people. The Secretary-General of INC, Mr Bibobra Orubebe said the summit had afforded the people better understanding of the Presidential Amnesty Programme in all its ramifications. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that more than 1,000 Ijaw men, women, and youths drawn from 78 Ijaw clans, traditional institutions, professional and socio-political bodies among others attended the event.

FastShipping:
Don't blame Buratai or anyone for cowardly acts of Boko Haram and their accomplices. Buratai was only talking about defeating Boko Haram on the battlefield. Boko Haram fighters have been defeated to the barest minimum. No where in the world you can defeat suicide bombings. They are killers we have to continue to gather intelligence by working with the local vigilante groups to identify them and defeat them.

Aromas:
Merry Xmas After all the Sallah meat I gave my Christian neighbors they're here telling me Jehovah witness don't celebrate Christmas

SeverusSnape:
Nice one @ topic.

I would like to use this medium to wish my Nairaland friends and foes a merry Christmas. I've been very busy these past days, No time for posting comments.

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I love you all.

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Have a blissful celebration
*drops pen*

Aromas:
Dis ur chicken brain ehn only God will save u

Condemns silence by NBA, National Assembly
Vexed by the persistent disrespect of various orders of
the courts of competent jurisdiction directing President
Muhammadu Buhari to free unconditionally and
immediately leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,
Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, from the detention facility of the
Department of State Services (DSS), the Human Rights
Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has criticised
President Buhari for dragging Nigeria back to the
military dictatorship.
It warned him that his plot to institutionalise
totalitarianism would be actively resisted.
HURIWA, a pro-democracy non-governmental
organisation, also carpeted the National Assembly and
the national leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association
(NBA) for do nothing while President Buhari flagrantly
violates subsisting and binding court orders.
In a statement signed jointly by its National
Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, and the National
Media affairs Director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA said
the silence of strategic stakeholders to the consistent
rape of the constitution by President Buhari is
disgraceful and reprehensible just as the group said it
was heroic that the judge of the Federal High Court in
Abuja reportedly stayed away from an illegal arraignment
of Kanu by the federal government on treasonable felony
charges when in fact President Buhari has committed
high treason by refusing to obey a clear and binding
order of the Federal High Court.
HURIWA said: “ President Buhari stands absolutely
condemned for his shameful act of disrespect of the
court system which is granted the constitutional judicial
powers of the federation. This show of shame will have
adverse consequences on the international image of
Nigeria because civilised people around the world would
view Nigeria as a Banana Republic whereby the political
leadership have no regard whatsoever to the rule of
law.”