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OBJ is a thief, pure and simple. The constitution clearly spells out the fact that public officials have no business in private business!The man has trampled and spat on the constitution he swore to protect so many times!If not for Atiku, would we know this!Atiku might not be a saint, but i know for sure. OBJ is a criminal!He should publish publicly the accounts of the Oil Portfolio he held on jealously alone for 8 years if he is man enough. Charity must begin from Aremu

WS is iconoclastic, true African ,proud Nigerian and i say once again that it's only those deficient in their thinking faculties would cast aspersions on him!When those who ought to be in the know exhibit crass ignorance whaddaya expect of those not as fortunate as ourselves-that is why our polity is dominated by brigands and thugs. So a critic can't make a good leader?If everyone is happy with the state of things in their respective domain, then why do we have elections? We are all critics,only some, perhaps more vociferous in their calling. Leave Kongi alone we all know what he did to help get rid of Abacha and his principled stance on this aversive regime

It has being posted copiously on this thread, though falsely so that critics don't make good leaders- please i want the relevant historical accounts,albeit contemporary if possible to elucidate this!

As Fellow said a whole ship was declared missing circa 2003/2004. Kalakuta Republic was burnt by an 'unknown soldier' ie after the Justice Uwaifo Panel of Enquiry had wasted man hours and resources, that was the verdict they came up with. Now Okigbo Panel of Enquiry-our leaders like to insult themselves and is it not ironic that the SFG sat on that panel-was only one copy made?Panels of Enquiry submit multiple copies on the expiration of their business and it's rather shameful and pointless for the SFG to utter that mumbo-jumbo.
I know OBJ is using that to keep IBB at bay and one day just as the Berlin wall collapsed and the East Germans got rid of the yoke over their heads ,so shall we, one day!

Odeku, ki lon sele?

The same thing i have been saying since!Do you know how many colleges in Nigeria that have Departments of Chemical Engineering/Petroleum Engineering?So why another enterprise in Kaduna?What of PTI in Warri?This Government lacks focus,insensitive to the plight of its people and generally misdirected!Waste of hard earned resources!

It's rather unfortunate that we don't live in a sane and rational environment, that is why some uninformed fool would say Kongi cannot win an election at the ward level!Some rabid, thoughtless, disgusting, inept barking. Anyone can aspire to any office of the land in so far constitutional provisions have been met, and it's rather sad that some befuddled,we-to-know ignoramuses would make mockery of this.Isn't it time we have sensible people leading us instead of kleptocrats and measly people parading themselves as politicians with no definite ideologue?

Adedibu is a confirmed shameless rascal!On a similar thread i told of how he's been in this business of thuggery,banditry,election falsification and rigging for 5 decades now!Nothing is gonna happen to him because his actions are for his masters- OBJ and Tony and ultimately for PDP to retain power in the S/W especially Oyo State!The same police shouting that he's gonna be arrested have told INEC to provide them with documentation?
What? Yea documentation-the same CP of the ignoble NPF provided men to help beat and maim people last year during impeachment proceedings!Right now Adedibu's thugs and hench men have turned the House of Assembly into an amala and gbegiri joint-they with police collaboration have frustrated any attempt of those legislators loyal to Ladoja to sit for business!Now tell me is this the same person they want to arrest now?Their friend and confidant?Please. until God says enough then Adedibu the menace would keep doing what he knows best-courting trouble for progressive forces of change

Rubbermaid, i know a friend who might be interested in dating a[i] religious, focussed, goal oriented mature Nigerian lady[/i]. He's tired of the[i] drama [/i] gals in the States.Would provide relevant details as when needed

Right from inception the British knew what they were doin'!It's no brainer it's a doomed state. moribound sef!

I know this may not go down well with some, i tend to relate with the "expatriate" Nigerians-ie Lebanese, Indians, Syrians and Egyptians with long forks!Don't trust 'em!Have you done business with 'em before?Or worked with/for them?You don't know!

Sheer politics!Why did he not appoint one in 1999 or 2003!

Only God knows!

OBJ is a nuisance, an error, malfeasance foisted on us.Not surprised though!Characteristic trademark of the peasant!

This is the prevailing school of thought in Naija now!

What is Babaism?
By Ibiyinka Solarin
BABAISM is the Nigerian contribution to political thought and praxis in the 21st century. Babaism is not predicated on any highly formalised, carefully reasoned body of thought. Its essential core is captured in the title of the American sit-com, 'Father knows best.' It is also not based on an aggregate body of rules, processes, and procedures. It derives its practice from the whims and caprices of the Baba. It is totally unpredictable for that same reason.

Since there are no rules except the pronouncements of the Baba, to whom many are materially beholden, even adults older than the Baba grovel. One of the provincial captains of the Baba put it this way, 'in the system we practice here in (Babadom), the Baba is next to God, everything else is secondary, one has to know how to behave.'

It ought to be stated here, that it is NOT that there are no codified rules, it is just that Baba does not believe in any rule except the one he makes or the ones that suit him or his designs. The subjects of our imperial personage humour him, by suggesting that he had, in the past, had a professionally regimented life, for two decades to be precise. If that were the case, what does one make of those who lived this life for almost four decades? Baba considers codified rules, at best, a nuisance and inconvenience, to his uniquely divine wisdom. Baba is both impetuous and imperious, a la 'l' etat, c'est moi' .

Baba is likely to erupt in tantrums even in public, out of provocation, and many defer to him out of respect for his position as Baba. Such is the level of deficit in refinement. But, Baba considers himself, the elect of God, not realising that the deference is to THE position and NOT the person. Baba's situation is made worse because many unfortunately grovel at his feet, for lucre, patronage and favours because of the unique pyramidal structure of Babadom. This of course only fuels Baba's bloated self.

Baba is both petulant and knowing, given to fits of temper, such that the craven coterie of aides and hangers-on that surround him, deem it fit not to cross him or dare suggest an alternative point of view. Indeed they cross him at their peril. Baba knows all, even in matters in which he is patently untutored. Since Baba is of the mind that rules are not made for him, he is given to arbitrary and capricious pronouncement, since legality and constitutionalism seem to be beyond his ken. His subjects are often confounded and amused when out of evident embarrassment the Baba turns around, flailing, looking for rule-based decisions. Not that it matters, since Baba sees himself or his designs as not bound by rules.

To Baba, being right, and being self-righteous are the same thing. Naturally, he is given to preachments and sermons, such that his subjects are drowning in this sea of bombast periodically dished out by our personage. Baba has, in the face of damning dismal reality of his polity, created his own reality, sustained and reinforced by members of his amen corner. Baba's subjects are exhorted to disbelieve the dismal and deteriorating socio-economic realities of their lives, the want, the poverty, the personal and communal insecurities, the impassable road network, the erratic and often non-existing power supply, conditions unameliorated for eight years, in he face of unprecedented earnings. You might just wonder how Baba attained this dizzying height? Well, Baba himself provided that answer in commenting on one of his provincial prefects. He, (the provincial prefect), was a mistake.

Of course, out of politeness, more than anything else, no one will tell Baba that he himself is a mistake, a mistake that has been foisted on his country for upwards of three decades. Mercifully, the countdown is on for Baba; the clock is about to run out. Sooner or later, in the fullness of time, the polity will rid itself of the likes of Baba. And the dawn of a new era of a flourishing liberal democracy based on constitutional accountability, transparency, unerringly on the rule of law and not that of man will be born. May that era come soon for this traumatised Babadom. Amen.


Professor Solarin lives in Tyler, Texas, United States.

Odeku welcome back!Would holla, leaving town for a few days!

OBJ ain't capable at all-unless you mean his capability as regards his contempt for the rule of law, equity, fairplay!
History would judge him!

America is not ready for a black/latino/coloured/female president!It's as good as that!Obama is charismatic, well educated and suave but it's not enough!The powers that be would pull the plug when his 15 mins are up!Until then let the 'hoohs and hahs' go on!

Interesting!
For me public officials must send their kids to public /state funded schools, visit public general hospitals/clinics!Not until they do so can we move forward!Do you know how many Ministers of Education sent their kids away to study when they were in office. Right now almost all public office holders have kids abroad studying with the public till providing the funds. When they fall ill they are flown to SA, Germany or the UK with government funds,whereas the populace have to resort to derelict and decrepit underfunded, understaffed archaic antediluvian hospitals for care!Imagine. Aren't they public officials what sets them apart?Until this can be righted the polity is obviously going to continue on its downward spiral!It's rather sad that this happens and for it to be rigorously defended beggars belief!

Nonsense!

There's nothig wrong in an Igbo presidency!Whether we would be a better people or not is left for that time

My sincere heartfelt condolences go to the families of those who lost their lives in that unfortunate incident.This is the third time this sad occurrence is happening!OBJ has exceeded himself once more. Over a period of 8 years we have had also air crashes, Ike Bomb scenario,volatile N/D region.incessant hinger and starvation, galloping inflation,unemployment, unresolved high profile killings of Bola Inge, Harry Marshal and others,high spate of robberies, i could go on!PDP is a monumental embarrassment and Obj an insult to our collective reasoning!
In any sane society people don't need to scoop petrol or diesel from sabotaged pipelines!There's nothing to eat, no jobs, no security , no hope and it's rather myopic to blame these people for trying to survive.Our leaders are insentive to the plight of Nigerians and i can only ask when would we be proud of having a real leader and government sensitive to the yearnings of her citizens, guarantee their basic rights as enshrined in the Constitution and be a government of the people in every true sense of it.
My heart bleeds for us as a nation and was it not last week that the wag of a person was in New York as cause celebre for a Nobel nomination in peace!Can you imagine that!

Bros Admin,
some of my friends have also complained about being unable to register!They really enjoy the various posts and would like to be members!What can be done?What happens to be the problem?

@ Big B1,

Thank you for the post. I believe pay per click on this forum will be a welcome idea, The noice of odd words hero Lewa will soon come to a stop.

@ Lewa,


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Mallam ranka dede!Crave insults on you?illiterate?Na wa o
Mallam ranka dede, Are you trying to insult me on a religious platform?, now I know you are a kid, maybe still with your parents.

Instead of finding a lasting solution to the problems facing your dear country, all you do is waste your energy making up a good deals of insult. Another thing I discover about you is, you don't like critics around you (Though am not one either) you don't like people speaking out their mind, and when some do, you use odd words on them, I believe we are save here because is on a forum, if it were to be in a conference hall, you would have even killed more than enough to drive your point home.

You really have the gut to continue your indecent act on this forum, men, if in any way you are provoked by some threads on this site or another site, why don't you appreciate the concept behind your being online.

I was thinking of not posting any thread on the Lander site because of the way insults are measured on members. I mean Lewa, I believe you need more education to enable you know how to address people in this kind of a place. And better still, Your time in this site will soon be up,

Mallam when are you gonna learn to post coherently?Your mediocre posts and your obvious inability to recognise this at times is amazing!Idiotic pointless, stupid, infantile rants typify you , sir
Look who's talking about education!Mallam keep posting i've seen that it would be hard for you to see the big picture with your small screen. That is you have an ant's brain
Anyways not to spoil the fun of those who laugh at your stupid expense you really are amazing-ineptly though and please continue the "good" work. Life would be a bore on this forum without people like you, big donkey your boyfriend and other kindred spirits of yours!For this i say thank God !