₦airaland Forum

pro01: At a time of great governance crisis and volatile security situation in Rivers state ENTIRELY caused by the recalcitrance and stupidity of the state governor, what do these jobless renegade governors seek to achieve by going there under the guise of a supposed "solidarity visit"? Solidarity with who, for what purpose, to spite who, to achieve what sinister ends? These fools are all clowns, and they deserve whatever misfortune that befalls them. Would their visit help restore peace to the warring parties, or would it worsen the crisis and create more bad blood?

The protesters should roast them alive if possible, to serve as a deterrent to others that are in the habit of stoking crisis in furtherance of selfish and mischievous ends. Nonsense.

no be by force to speak grammar. if na to pass jamb now na wahala

LastApostle: Amaechi think he can bully GEJ not knowing the president is also a creek warlord.

Amaechi, why is it that no south south governor has payed you solidarity visit? Why no south east governor doing same?

Why hob nob with these jihadist to bring down your own?
Do you know these northern elements killed all the constitutional amendment arrangement that could have favoured the south east and south south?
Do you even understand that the south south man assume mantle of leadership by divine intervention?
You want to play the role of Awolowo and Isaac Adaka Boro in this present Nigeria?

Should any of my toe be affected with leprosy, I won't have the patient to cure and massage I will simply cut it off before it affect the others. GEJ is too tolerant.

see the type of folks on nairaland. nairaland is sick

braine: ^don't mind that woman. Soon, the elders will respond harshly, then they'll point at someone else. And the circle continues.

the cycle not the circle

Caracta: Awwwww! It's ok guys. We understand how you feel.

*hugs all the men in the world*

around the world

justwise: Where did he mislead people? Nobody claimed to be an immigration officer here neither are we issuing visa to anybody, this is forum for info sharing and if you don't get it then log-of.

are u a dictator? hav u even been to canada before or do u hav a canadian visa urself?. because ure a moderator here does.not giv u d right to offer advice which u are not qualified to do. know how u talk cos u dont even hav an idea whom u talking to. if u hav any questions go to the canadian immigration website www.cic.gc.ca and just so u know its an offence against canadian immigration law to offer advice concerning canadian immigration to the public where such a person is not qualified or has not been approved to do so. be warned

CONSTAINE: NO interview for canadian Visa,you will only be invited for medicals,if you pass you get your visa.but give correct info when applying no lies,because they will verify and anything false info may cause your visa refusal.and makesure you pay all your fees,and accomodation,have like 5million naira in your sponsors account and attach his or her assets.

please stop misleading people. like a poster mentioned no one here is a canadian immigration official and this is not an embassy. the best u could do us to refer any person with questions to the canadian govt immigration website - www.cic.gc.ca

kross_01: the advised and the adviser really needs some brighter grammar text book gifts.

u also need a grammar text book as a gift. advisee not ''the advised''. go bac to school asap

kross_01: the advised and the adviser really needs some brighter grammar text book gifts.

u also need a grammar text book as a gift. advisee not ''the advised''. go bac to school

DeCleff: What crime did Ameachi committed against Odili?

ur written english is a crime on its own

Hamza Al-Mustapha was on Friday
released from the Kirikiri Maximum
Prisons, Lagos, following his
discharge and acquittal of a murder
charge by the Court of Appeal.
The appellate court sitting in Lagos
upturned a death sentence earlier
passed on Mr. Al-Mustapha and Lateef
Sofolahan, an aide to the late Kudirat
Abiola.
Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security
Officer (CSO) to the late Head of
State, Sani Abacha, was sentenced to
death on January 30, over the
alleged murder of Mrs. Kudirat, on
June 4, 1996 in Lagos.
Mrs. Kudirat was the wife of the late
business mogul and politician,
Moshood Abiola.
Al-Mustapha, who waved to well
wishers that besieged the prison,
said: “thank God, thank God,’’ as he
was rushed into a jeep, which drove
him away.
The former CSO was driven off in the
same vehicle with Mr. Sofolahan.
Mr. Sofolahan had emerged five
minutes ahead of Mr. Al-Mustapha,
into the warm embrace of friends,
who were also full of joy.
In a joyful mood, Mr. Sofolahan told
the News Agency of Nigeria that “we
are fine, we feel happy.’’
There was tight security as both men
were released from prison.
Anxious family members and friends
of Messrs Al-Mustapha and
Shofolahan had earlier besieged the
gates of the prisons ahead of their
release.
The duo had been in detention since
1999 when they were charged to
court. Mr. Al-Mustapha’s younger
brother, Hadi, said that he was
overwhelmed by the judgment of
the court.
At the appellate court, Justice Rita
Pemu, who read the lead judgment,
said that the prosecution totally
failed to establish the charge of
conspiracy and murder against
Messrs Al-Mustapha and Shofolahan.

KINGwax: ask the foolish wannabe of an OP to mention the five star hotel e dey stay.

Anyway, i no go wan say he dey lie since anything from after the hotel's gate na hotel premises. So, if gateman like him dey sleep for gate house, na inside 5star hotel he dey stay. So, na true.

But listen, lagos is the bomb!!!

Ever been to V.I, lekki, VGC and those likes of a place?

Even at some clubs in island, u go fear say hello to some hot chicks.

U better open the gate, ur oga dey approach.

Mumu!!!

guy which club on d island? na so lagos ppl dey respect island as is say na london. abegi

the hon who was hitting his colleague with the mace must b prosecuted

Sloan: For where?? Except Nigerians who vote for him are all retardeens like the mumu Jonathan! Everything that is called Jonathan should be deleted immediately! That looney will ruin that country but if Nigerians consider the life of one mumu retardeenic GEJ better than their own, better than hundreds or thousands, then it is their choice! They can stew in the consequences of their actions and inaction! I am sure I won't even give a damn!

laughing in chinese

Bayo Olupohunda
| credits: File copy
The handwriting is on the wall. The
bold imprints are seen in the failings
of this administration. Now the
dashed expectations of the
Jonathan’s presidency all seem to be
leading to one predictable end — he
may not be re-elected in 2015. There
are strong reasons to believe that
his fairy tale journey to the
Presidency may end in his first term.
Apart from the unfolding infighting
threatening to tear his party apart,
President Goodluck Jonathan
appears to have squandered the
goodwill that ensured his becoming
Nigeria’s first minority president.
There is a depressing sense in which
one cannot just imagine that this
country would endure another term
of this administration for another
four years in office ending in 2019.
This will be suicidal. Even now, 2015
looks too distant into the future in
the eyes of ordinary Nigerians. In
2011, the president won the election
by playing the underdog card.
The 2011 presidential election was
won because ordinary Nigerians
insisted on voting en masse for the
country’s first minority president —
the man who said he walked
barefooted as a child; the man who
also became the symbol of an end to
the North’s bragging right to power
since Nigeria’s independence from
British rule. In 2015, Jonathan will not
have the luxury of leveraging on the
sentiments that swept him to power
in his first term. Now, he will have to
look for other reasons. Except that
this time, he will not be able to whip
up emotions based on his poverty as
a child. His ethnic background will
also not matter. If he does, no one
will believe him again. Rather in
2015, the President will be
confronted with the record of his
performance. He will have to answer
hard questions about his first term in
office. And if truth be told, if the
present situation in the polity is
anything to go by, President
Jonathan will be heading back to his
hometown in Otuoke come May 29,
2015.
The President will not stand a
chance against a formidable
opposition with the right candidate
in a free and fair election. But even
at that, it still does not matter
because it appears any type of
candidate will still beat this
President. His performance so far
makes him vulnerable to defeat in a
free and fair election. He just has not
lived up to the expectations of
Nigerians. And I suspect the
President and his party are in for a
surprise. Perhaps, for the first time,
Nigerians will witness the power of
their votes. The incumbency factor
will not matter in 2015 because the
President is poised to lose the
election. But President Jonathan
should not blame anybody for his
predicament if he loses. He has so far
been the architect of his own
misfortune as a President. He had no
excuse not to perform. Let’s face it,
the President has fallen short of
expectations that Nigerians had of
his presidency.
There is no better expression to
measure his performance since 2011.
For a President that came into office
to have squandered the enormous
goodwill and support from Nigerians
is evidence of opportunities gone
awry; of hopes deferred. The only
people who will support the
President are the army of praise
singers from his ethnic group who
have been singing his praises to no
end. And this brings me to the
attitude of the so-called Niger
Deltan activists and leaders. The
leaders of the region have been so
disappointing to say the least. This
attitude of it-is-either-Jonathan-for-
a-second term-or-we-will-all-perish
does their ethnic group no good. It is
even an embarrassment to the office
of the President. Why do they act as
if Jonathan is the President of only
the Niger Delta? Why are they
threatening to bring Nigeria down if
Jonathan does not get a second
term? Did the President emerge in
his first term only by the region’s
votes? Can threats make a non-
performing President stay in office in
perpetuity? The culture of
entitlement that pervades the
region is the reason why the Niger
Delta might still be backward even if
Jonathan gets a second term. They
should know that it was the support
of Nigerians that got the President a
first term. Nigerians thus have the
right to demand performance from
him. And right now, the situation in
our country today does not look
good. In 2015, President Jonathan
will have to present his scorecard.
Nigerians will ask him why
corruption which he promised to
tackle in his inaugural address has
become a hydra-headed monster in
his administration. He will have to
explain why his administration has
not so secured a single conviction in
spite of massive corruption in the
land. Nigerians will in 2015 ask this
President why all the cases of
corruption involving individuals in
his government have all died a
natural death. The President will
explain why all the anti-corruption
agencies have all become toothless
bulldogs. It has become glaring that
President Jonathan has lost the trust
and goodwill of Nigerians. The
dominant view of Nigerians is that
this government has failed. The
impunity that has become a culture
in the country today is because the
president has not been decisive in
the fight against corruption.
That is why all the agencies of
government have been left to their
own devices. The culture of impunity
has been so pervasive. Take the
power sector for example. The
President has not arrested the
unending conundrum that has
dogged the unbundling of the
sector. This should not continue
beyond 2015. Meanwhile, the power
situation continues to get worse.
The 2015 elections should be about
performance and the President has a
lot of questions to answer about his
stewardship unless something
drastic happens between now and
the election date.
The President also has to explain
why million of Nigerian youths
cannot find jobs. All we hear from
this government is how the
economy is growing at an
unbelievable rate. Pray, how can the
economy grow while millions are
unemployed? What kind of voodoo
economy is that? Didn’t the Minister
of Finance and Coordinating Minister
for the Economy say the last time
that the unemployment figures give
her sleepless night? What further
evidence do Nigerians need that this
government is not providing an
enabling environment for job
creation? The millions of youths who
had hoped in this government will
ask hard questions in 2015. The
security situation in the country is a
cause for grave concern. The other
day, about 40 pupils were murdered
by suspected terrorists in Yobe State.
As I write, nobody has been
apprehended for perpetrating the
dastardly act.
The Jos crisis continues to claim
more lives. In many parts of the
country, lives and property are not
secure. Yet, the government blames
everybody else except itself. How
can a government whose primary
duty is to safeguard lives and
property fail woefully in performing
the same duty? Meanwhile, the
country also lags behind in all
development indexes. The
argument advanced by the
supporters of this government is
that our problems are not created by
President Jonathan. But has the
administration demonstrated the
political will to tackle the problems
head on? Does government not exist
to solve problems no matter how old
they have existed?
However, there has been some good
news lately. The President recently
inaugurated the construction of the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Let’s just
hope the project will not become
abandoned like the previous
attempts. The federal roads across
the country are also said to be
getting the attention they deserve.
This is not forgetting the ongoing
rehabilitation in the nation’s
airports. But all this will pale into
insignificance when compared to the
dashed expectations of this
government. It is for these reasons
that Jonathan may lose in 2015. All
things being equal, anyway.

e Inspector-General of Police, Mr.
Muhammed Abubakar, on
Wednesday promised that any
policeman found culpable in the
Rivers State House of Assembly
mayhem would be sanctioned
appropriately.
He said he had already dispatched
the Deputy Inspector-General of
Police in charge of Operations, to the
state capital Port Harcourt, to
investigate the matter and report
back to him.
Abubakar spoke with State House
correspondents shortly after he and
the Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb
Olubolade, had a closed door session
with Vice President Namadi Sambo
at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Olubolade however said the
meeting, which was in continuation
of efforts to reform the Nigeria
Police, did not discuss the fracas.
Abubakar claimed that he was not
aware that policemen were taking
sides in the crisis engulfing the
state.
He said, “I am not aware. You see, the
police have a responsibility to
protect the citizens of this country
but remember, we saw the video
clip and you saw those who went to
the Assembly.
“I think you should be asking who
were those who went to the
Assembly and why they went to the
Assembly? We are investigating that
matter and whoever is found
wanting will be sanctioned.”
When asked whether he was
satisfied with the conduct of his men
in the state so far, the police boss
said, “What conduct? I am not in Port
Harcourt and I am investigating. I
have sent a DIG in charge of
operations, he is in Port Harcourt and
he will brief me on the happenings
and the action taken by police in
Rivers State and necessary action
will be taken against anybody who
has anything to defend.”
When further asked whether he was
not bothered that police were being
dragged into politics, Abubakar
declared, “You are free to make
allegation but the allegation must
be substantiated that yes, he (Rivers
Commissioner of Police) has done
something stupid. I have not gotten
any written documentation that
accused the commissioner of police
of one particular offence till today.”
He also said it was not true that
policemen attacked the Rivers
Government House on Wednesday.
“That is not true, no reasonable
Commissioner of Police will go and
teargas Government House, it is not
true,” he added.
Corroborating the police boss’
position, Olubolade said anybody,
found to have erred in the saga,
would be held responsible. SOURCE- Punch NEWS

gree-die:
a beauty. queen? hmm. congrts o

she ain't dat fine nah

u fine pass am? abegi

The crisis in Rivers continues.
Reports from Rivers State indicate
that sporadic gunshots are being
fired in front of the government
house in Port Harcourt, the state
capital.
Media reports indicate that the shots
are being fired by thugs backed up
by police officers.
Witnesses also report that armoured
tanks have been deployed to the
state assembly complex, venue of
Tuesday’s violence where about five
of the 32 state lawmakers tried to
impeach the speaker.
Both Governor Rotimi Amaechi and
the Rivers Commissioner for
Information, Ibim Semenitari, could
not be reached for comments. They
did not answer or return calls to
their mobile. source- premium times

jerseyboy: Where can I buy the shares of this bank?

at ur nearest mamaput

op. an obong has already been chosen. are u ok?

Joavid: why are they all ugly

they are ugly cos you gave birth to them

Ijele-igbo:
I MADE THE FRONT PAGE AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK!

IM A VIP....... LOL

and when did that become an achievement?

dancing azonto

obysolid: no be only tooth brushing very soon underwear washing go fellow. SMH

hahahaha

zonaking: No mater how much sahara channel condems the state of emergency, what we know and sure of is that our troops and national heros are making success! Boko haram sympathizers wait see how it (bokoharam) will be a thing of the past! We don't condone terrorists here, we anahilate them! Keep killing your brothers while oga @ the top go about his returning ticket!

u must b a horrible person for comparing human lives to jonathan's second term

next excel: Jam04 dont mind d guy, he does not even know the worth of that picture alone,see just a picture can fetch u contracts worth millions,talk alone having a snap with people that determine the diterction the rest of us take.

they determine the direction the rest of u take and not us. pls correct urself. nonsense

next excel: Jam04 dont mind d guy, he does not even know the worth of that picture alone,see just a picture can fetch u contracts worth millions,talk alone having a snap with people that determine the diterction the rest of us take.

they determine the direction the rest of u take and not us. pls correct urself.

Monzuur: *yawn*....Where wil i get condom dis mornin ooooooo chai! I must f*ck dis b*tch 2day ooooo

ur mates are breaking new grounds, u're there looking for a condom. u shud b ashamed of urself

Hezron Lorraine: He can drive a mechanically engineered truck but piloting the affairs of Nigeria,he'll remain a learner at that.
He trying and doing his best.he's achieved more and yet is criticized more.God direct him.

which one b mechanically engineered truck? guy a truck is a truck. blowin grammar isnt communication. and by d way wat was ur score wen u first sat jamb's use of english ? guy go siddon abeg

Osahon7: do you expect dem to start feedin the world?? I wonder hw ppl like you tink.Dangote is the highest private employer of labour in Nigeria..

bros u go school like dis? he is the biggest employer of labour

Caracta: I took the picture. I was there!

and so?

Afro connect: The civillian jtf should be boosted,the bravest among them should be organised and mobilised with patrol trucks with a mandate to kill when their life or the life of innocent Nigerians is being threatened by terrorists.
They should be issued adequate training and recognised as a paramilitary/vigilante force under the Army command.

u are a big fuul