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Airtel are thieves.

I know a guy back in the day when I was in Junior high, in Jss 1. There was this guy who can't speak any English. He was born and breed in the village (You know the typical village that hardly see a motorcycle not to talk of a motor car). His spoken English was a disaster. Every time he speaks, students laugh at him. He never cared or bothered about them. He kept on learning, forcing himself to speak English. It doesn't matter whether his sentences were right or wrong, the guy just kept learning. Today, his English is as fluent as a University prof in English.

Encourage her to learn English. No one is born a pro.

Man United falling down Falling down Falling down, Man United Falling down my dear Lady...

If he like, let him say Buhari never killed anybody when he took over power in 1983. Truth will always prevail.

Desperate APC e minions doing what they know how to do best.

Pictures to support the post would have been nice.

justhelp:
THIS HAPPEN IN PH
Who built Warri refinery? Shagari.

Shagari government was overthrown by Gen Buhari in 1983. The same guy Baby Ameachi support.

Who built Bonny LNG? IBB.

IBB overthrew Gen Buhari because of the law of nature. What you do unto others, the same thing will be done unto you.

Who established Niger Delta Ministry? Yar'adua.

Goodluck Jonathan was the vise President under Yar'adua. He spearheaded the establishment of the Niger Delta Ministry.

What has he (Jonathan) done for you? The crowd answered "Nothing".

Lies from the pit of Hell.

Rotimi Amaechi Governor of Rivers State Nigeria

Clown.

The missing $2 billion dollars translate to $ 8,197,654,532.06 = 1.3 trillion Naira today adjusted to inflation. That's the amount missing during Gen Buhari’s stewardship of the ministry of petroleum in 1977.
http://www.calculator.net/inflation-calculator.html?cstartingamount1=2000000000&cinyear1=1977&coutyear1=2014&calctype=1&x=73&y=13

ogbronx:
This is the exact stand of your president on the insurgency. He doesnt care. The name Buhari u mentioned still remain the only man in politics with outstanding integrity.

Buhari’s outstanding integrity? Tell that to the birds.

You have been brainwashed because your mind is too simple to believe that northerners kill themselves and Buhari is the cause. something you don't know.south?

No. You're the ones brainwashed to believe that Buhari got integrity. Besides, majority of those killed in the north are mainly Christians. You think there are no sizable indigenous christian population in the north? Anyway, I don't blame you. You probably never been to the north.

Dominiquez:
Muslims are the problems of Nigeria. Its so clear as anything.

Some and must of them are in the north. The born to rule elements.

chukjojo:
Nnaaa, i dont believe this one at all. There must be a mistake somewhere that need to be investigeted.

@ OP is either you mistake a gray heirry old man for prof. Soyinka, or u've decided to name anything that has white heirs and bears Soyinka, or there was interchange of tongue in surgical oparetion conducted in our prof's skull somewhere in US that lead to this cofusion. Thorough ivestigation will prove one of my assessment wright

What's this one saying?

Can't agree with him more. That's the basic truth. There are tons of Boko Haram supporters in the north. Boko haram can only be defeated only if the whole north could resolved among themselves and say enough is enough.

Ahmeduana:
MR, PLEASE DON'T PICK FIGHT WITH ME, AS IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT AM DRIVING AT, READ MY COMMENT ALL OVER AGAIN,YOU DELIBRATELY delete the first paragraph of my statement and pick the one that you want to understand and whereas you understand my comment wrongly!

OK.

What is Shocking about what Sheecau No.3 said? Nothing new. That's who they're. Demons in human form, doing the work of their father the Devil. Boko haram and ISIS are the same. They're like twins born in different countries. Same evil. Same ideology. The only language they understand is fire for fire. Destroy them all. Live non alive.
They shall definitely answer for their crimes soon.

IYANGBALI:
mourinho na my man but I hate chelshit no thanks to their fans in Nigeria

Come, defect to Chelsea fc today and your life will be better.

Man city will win this game.

*No.1 Man U hater on Nairaland has landed *

Ahmeduana:
The THE OTHER TIME THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SAID THAT THERE WAS OUTSTANDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN HIM AND ABACHA THAT AS SOON AS HE LEAVE THE THRONE OF THERE FOREFATHER HE WILL BE THE NEXT PERSON TO TAKE OVER FROM ABACHA,NOW SUDDENLY OBASANJO OR JONATHAN CAME FROM NOWHERE TO DISRUPT THE EQUATION, THE COUNTRY. fire by force BUAHRI MUST RULE, NORTH MUST LEAD! Lets wait and see

What morality does an illegal military government have? Some wicked individuals came together to plan among themselves who should lead and you consider that a legitimate excuse for the North? Any plan done without the Nigerian public is null and void. Nigeria does not belong to any ethnic group.
Infact, what you said above just confirmed my belief to over 1000 percent that Boko Haram was created to make the country ungovernable for GEJ. Those responsible for the dead of thousands of innocent Nigerians through Boko Haram will pay for their sins.

General2:
Those of you that called Buhari names simply because he meant Nigeria well, should come up with someone better than him (Buhari), let's compare & contrast who is fooling who Bunches of factory made animals, ritualist, illitrates, coconuts heads and so on. I challenged whoever thinks that this clueless,shoeless as well as shameless Gej is better, then furnish us with anything that, since his assumption in office as Nigeria's President a developmental project that Nigeria's benefitted from his administration, apart from dividing people based on religious line, ethnic as well as tribal diffrences. Those of you that thinks in such away should as a matter of urgent, use their God given brain and think twice.

I will choose GEJ over and over again over a former military dictator who does not believe in the true ideals of democracy. The Gen said so himself. He said he had no regrets over what he did from 1983 - 1986.

Q. In our last edition of Rariya newspaper, former Vice President Alex Ekwueme has denied the allegation made by Buhari’s government against that of Shagari saying it was toppled because of widespread corruption. He said it was the Southern papers which were mainly owned by top UPN stalwarts that were spreading the false rumours. Since you were in that government; what do you have to say?


What he said is true. There is widespread corruption even now, but the newspapers only focus their attention wherever they want, not necessarily where the corruption is taking place. You see newspaper looking the other way, even if they knew something wrong is happening in a particular place because of certain interests.

During Shagari’s tenure, only two or three ministers were accused. One of them fled to England after the coup, but don’t forget that while he was there, he was being fed, but the rumour then was that he had amassed lots of dollars. Another one had to sell his property to feed his family after he returned. That is proof enough that the allegations of corruption against them were not true.

After the military coup, we had soldiers who stole so much that up to now, no one has stolen as much as they did. I don’t have to mention names. Just check critically yourself, from the time of Gowon to date, between the military guys and civilians like Shagari whom we were in government together with, and whom we have been in politics with for over 60 years, who stole the most?
Shagari began politics with the Sokoto youth party, and I with Kano youth party in 1946, and Shagari began before me by one year, and he is older than me with one year.

Go and see at least three people who started politics in that era, people such as Shagari, Ali Monguno and Maitama Sule; they have held all sorts of positions, but go and meet people close to them and let them tell you how much each has in his bank account. I swear to you none of them has more than three million naira in his account, except may be one person, and even you see it there, may be someone gave it to them. They were just engaged in politics and not stealing.


Shagari and Alex Ekwueme were investigated for more than twenty months, at the end of the day, Justice Ayo Irekefe said Alex Ekwueme went into politics a rich man, and left as a poor man. They investigated Shagari extensively, but could not establish a case of stealing a dime on him before they let him be. But we saw what the person investigating him did afterwards, he is still extremely rich. If you read the history of Shagari, I have a copy, I can give you; in chapter 17, the writers used about 70 pages discussing what they did to Shagari.


Q. Let’s go back to the issue of coup, we were on it before we diverted to your stay in prison. Where were we?



In the book I was telling you about, they said Obasanjo told Umaru Shinkafi, that shortly after the election of 1979, some military officers went to him and informed him not to hand over to Shagari. Obasanjo told them that he had already told the world he was going to hand over power, and that he inherited the office, after a coup attempt that was not successful. He stated that his predecessor promised to hand over, and it means he must hand over.

Obasanjo also told them that he has initiated an election process which was successful. Shagari won, people went to court and he won there as well. ‘So on what grounds should I tell the world I would not hand over to him? Who do you even want me to hand over to? And they said, ’hand over to Buhari’!’

So even before power was handed over to Shagari, the military attempted to steal it and hand over to Buhari. So it wasn’t about bribery and corruption or not to hand over to Alex Ekwueme. I am not the first person to say this; the boys who published Shagari’s book said it first. But, I have also relayed it in my book. And I will give you a copy to go and read.


And since his assumption of power by Shagari, there were several attempts to topple him until they eventually succeeded. It was revealed in that book that the military had attempted to stage a coup even before the second election in 1983. They sought the advice of one of their senior officer who had retired, he told them he supported the idea of a coup, but if they did it before the election, Awolowo would say it was because he was billed to win the election, and the Yoruba owns the newspapers and most editors at the time were also Yoruba and so they would give it widespread publicity such that the world would reject the coup. He advised them to let the election take place first, before they do whatever they want to do.

There was also a revelation in the book that General Domkat Bali’s wife thought her husband was having an affair when she noticed that he always came home late, unlike him. When her suspicion became too much, one day he told her that he was not having an affair, but he was always coming back late because they were meeting in Buhari’s house to stage a coup. Buhari was the GOC in Jos at the time, and he told her not to tell anyone. Incidentally, Domkat Bali’s wife is related to the wife of Solomon Lar, the then Governor of Plateau State. She realised that a coup would affect her relatives’ husband, and she could not take it, because she feared he could be killed. So, she told Lar’s wife, and Lar’s wife also told her husband. It happened that Shagari was going to open the school in Kuru. Solomon told Shagari that he had something to tell him, but Shagari advised him to wait until after the event.

After the event, Solomon Lar told Shagari what he was told at the Presidential lodge in Jos, he mentioned Domkat Bali’s wife as the source of the information. Lar said he had wanted to bring up the issue at the meeting of the National Security Committee, but when he realised that he is not the Commander in Chief, he thought it best to wait, since Shagari is also coming to Jos. Shagari now informed Solomon Lar to go and tell Buhari that this is what he heard, that he was planning a coup. But Lar said I can only do that if you let me inform him that the message came from you. Shagari agreed to that. So when they met with Buhari while they were seeing off President Shagari, Solomon Lar excused Buhari aside and said he wanted to see him, and would come see him at home. But Buhari said how can you a governor come to my house? Lar insisted that he would go. So he went to Buhari’s house and informed him that it was Shagari that sent him to let him know that there was a rumour going round that they were planning a coup.

Buhari said it was not true, there was nothing like that. He asked Lar to go and assure Shagari that it was not true. After Lar left, Buhari called Umaru Shinkafi because they were friends and asked him to meet as soon as possible in Kaduna. Umaru Shinkafi informed Shagari and he was given an aircraft to take him to Kaduna. When they met, Buhari told Shinkafi that he was going to retire since the Commander in Chief does not trust him anymore. There was a time, the military authorities wanted Buhari transferred to Abeokuta but people like Umaru Dikko kicked against it because they said bringing someone like Buhari closed to the seat of power is dangerous. That was why Shagari asked that Buhari be transferred to Jos.

He was very angry with that decision because he felt, he was not trusted. So the second incident made him tell Shinkafi that he was going to retire, since no one trusted him anymore. Shinkafi, in his capacity as the Security Adviser to Shagari, informed Buhari that he knew the president trusted Buhari, so he should not think of retiring. He went back and informed Shagari that Buhari said he should not worry; there was no cause for alarm.

That was what prompted Buhari’s group; they realised that the issue had begun to leak, so they had to strike early. But even before this incident, they had also planned to topple the government on the day Shagari was sworn-in for his second term. In fact Umaru Shinkafi even though did not come out to tell the president that he suspects something was wrong, advised the president to wear a bullet proof vest on his way to the inauguration. Shagari asked him why? I will not wear it. It got to a point Umaru Shinkafi was even shedding tears before Shagari agreed to wear it. In the book, they quoted Babangida as saying they were aware of all this, but Shagari’s people did not know that plans had changed.

Before then, all plans had been perfected and a plane had even been dispatched to Jos to fetch Buhari with instruction to wear his full military regalia, and text of his national speech was already given to him for his inputs before 1st October, 1983. Why they changed their minds, no one knows.This means that they had planned the coup even before the one Solomon Lar got wind of and informed Shagari.


(The interview was granted in Hausa to Rariya newspaper and PREMIUM TIMES has the former’s permission to publish in English).




SOURCE; http://premiumtimesng.com/news/150148-exclusive-why-dying-yaradua-was-sneaked-into-nigeria-without-jonathans-knowledge-tanko-yakasai.htmllusive-why-dying-yaradua-was-sneaked-into-nigeria-without-jonathans-knowledge-tanko-yakasai.html

cole265:
So GEJ is a better alternative?

None of them are perfect. However, Would you choose a former military dictator (Gen Buhari) who toppled a democratically elected government in 1983 and committed gross human rights abuses and murder through degree 4 or a Democrat (GEJ)?
The choice is up to you.

Collynzo29:
I said this last week on another thread
www.nairaland.com/1963521/what-sam-mbakwe-say-while#27390492

The Shagari regime was a golden era in Nigeria's democracy as far as real time development is concerned. Majority of the old abandon projects you see around the country were laid down during the Shagari era. Gen Buhari coup slowed Nigeria's economic development. If not for Buhari's coup, Nigeria wouldn't have to implement the Structural Ajustment Program laid down by World Bank.

lekikosky:
The petty minded people always look for downfall of serious and factual ones. Why so much attack on Buhari? I could see the fear of this man in you all from top to the bottom.

You will understand much better if you know what politics is all about.

Dahkogrin007:
BUHARI WILL ISLAMIZE NIGERIA
”Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is an
upright man. Not many people know
that his first daughter is married to an
Igbo man from Anambra. He
exempted Christians from performing
duty on Sundays.

Love him, hate him you cannot take
his integrity away from him......
LET'S LEAVE RELIGION AND TRIBE
OUT OF IT...AM VOTING GMB COME
2015....

You have the right to support your candidate.

theshadyexpress:
@least buhari has admitted he is also stinkingly corrupt by this his admission that he overthrew a democratically elected government,all buharist can now remove dat anti-corrupt tag they use in selling him

This is just one of his corrupt deeds,more will still be revealed in the days ahead,but we can all now agree dat he is corrupt though we may disagree on the magnanimity of his corrupt tendencies

Gen Buhari is corrupt. Infact, he's very corrupt! Buhari is worth Billions of naira from loot.

PhockPhockMan:
So he's yet to win primary abi? But he won presidential election of FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF INTERNET.

APC are noise makers online.

joedejana:
Help me tell them about life outside Africa

Are you in China? How is cheap is there Internet data plans?

sorextee:
I just read your comment in full. You are the kind of person that judge people based on the size of their wallet, having forgotten that the world is going cashless. That bag is for my colleaque. Dat pix is about two years old.
Moral of the story: don't judge someone based on a pix. I have the said phone. And the bbm I installed in it begins with 5. Believe it or not, it's up to u guys.

No mind dem. I believe you.

I love GEJ.

Sounds like Super Story. I don't think it can happen in real life. A wife can identify her husband even in the dark. This must be one of those adult jokes.












BTW, when is Woman United playing?

I don't believe in Halloween.

Gen Buhari got what he deserves. What you do unto others, the same thing will be done unto you. Nigeria needs a Democrat. He's not a Democrat. He's an unrepentant dictator.

Gen Buhari was part of those who master mind the coup that toppled a democratically elected government in 1983 from the very beginning. Contrary to what his apologists would want us to believe.
The same guy who toppled democracy wants to come back and contest under a democracy he detest just 31 years ago.
You can't have your cake and eat it. Gen Buhari should go and tend to his cows at home.