₦airaland Forum

LordAdam:
What did the Army use to drive BH out of the main towns they initially occupied in Maiduguri?

Army under GEJ? .... I think you should ask Alex Badeh that question....

LordAdam:
http://dailypost.ng/2014/07/21/jonathans-request-1bn-loan-dubious-outrageous-apc/

Ok. I remember this.

Well take your pick. Where's the $1b today?

sylvalord:
how did you quote two posts?

Step 1: Highlight and Copy the whole of the 1st reference post
Step 2 : Click quote on the link below the 2nd reference post
Step 3: Do some editing - Click quote or type

[--quote author= <insert refereced author name>] <<Past the 1st referenced copied post here>>[/quote"--].

Note: I put the double hyphen at the beginning and end to let you see the command. Don't include it in your post

So you have your two quotes and you can comment

LordAdam:
All this talk about loans. I wonder if it is not the same APC people that were complaining that there was too much loan under Jonathan.

Allah forgive them and punish Nigerians for believing their lies.

-Lord

Please refresh our memory the more. Specifically when did APC complain under previous government that their was too much loan?

cytellProperty:
There is no where in the bible where it is written "You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free, rather its the truth will make you free.

Bros,

You mean you've never heard of the NIV?

Image123:
Tonye has made a lot of points, though his motives eternally remain questionable.
My submission though is that the government focus on and punish the sponsors of boko haram and continue governance. There's too much dirt in the past and too much work to do. PMB realized these when he initially promised not to probe the past but build institutions that punish and prevent corruption from May 29,2015 and forward. We need to move on as much as possible and demand those institutions.

Bros,

1. Doubting TonyeBarcanista's motive in this his submission (and I dare say well thought out) makes me question your motive as well
2. Asking us to move on is tantamount to living in self denial. Corruption must be fought to the root.
3. How do you make demands from institutions laden with fraudulent and corrupt elements?

Gbawe:
It is a fact that those who create how we live do not live like us. These guys understand that a phone is a tool of productivity and not a fashion accessory. I don't think one will find Dangote trying to be the first person to get the latest iphone as some are obsessed with. Being able to make and receive calls on the go is far more important that the phone itself.

....neither will you see Dangote driving the latest Ferrari, RR, Bentley, or putting the latest bling-bling and all the vague stuffs

May be a case of saving the best for the last

sylvalord:
[quote author= allanphash7]:
I met one small boy crying with two ten-ten naira notes in his hand! I asked him why he was crying?" He said, the mother sent him to buy 10 naira sugar and 10 naira cowbell....But he has forgetting which of the 10 naira is for sugar and which one is for cowbell. " .I guess the boy is from your village ,

[color=grey]+clears throat+ whose village did you say the boy is from again?[/color][/quote]You beat me to it....... I'm also tempted to ask whose family

wellmax:
Who else is hearing this for the first time.

I thought same when I was reading it. Was he granted a free trade zone or Lekki FTZ the reporter meant

knostbrown01:
monopoly of trade.... make dis man no turns us 2slave at d end

Monopoly of idiocy

@MathsChick,

this is no problem. Just conciously commit to failing the next set of exams and kukuma quit studies.........and you'll become Linda Ikeji

OK! when you're stressed at work and need some comic relief......thank God for the likes of comic OP and his buffoonery.............

Duletion:
You're avoiding the point by being all cranky and spikey like an angered porcupine - a typical apc supporter.
The point is that, PMB is exhibiting the exact same behaviour we saw from abacha: Arresting people and detaining them unconstitutionally, forcing people to make bogus confession, hijacking the court, in this case, the EFCC threatening whoever speaks up.

BTW, if you weren't born during the time of abacha the terror, sorry I should be having this discourse with your father instead.

1. Be careful what you wish for, moreso what you don't have capacity to comprehend. You want to have conversations with my father? Free world. I can only wonder why you want to bring your idiocy to the engage in an age range 6 decades ahead of you (both in estimated real age, probably 4 more decades, above your intellectual age)

2. FYI, I was already in the University during Abacha days. "Omo, some of you idiotic kids, who were in their pampers want to attempt to re-write history........". There's no correlation one bit between Abacha and PMB. Abacha went after people that fought against his illegal seizure of power from a transition government Babangida (Sonekan) had put in place, Abacha in his case was the looter and plunderer. PMB is going against those who have looted and plundered our treasury to near emptiness.

3. Your comprehension deficit is not as much a problem than the arrogance with which you do not realise that your are displaying your emptiness. First it was PMB that you linked to Saro-wiwa, then when that was pointed out, you said because PMB was Abacha's friend, then you later twisted it to semblance of arrest............you're simply unintelligent. Pray tell, What case is the current government pursuing with those arrested? A case of $2.1b scam by the ONSA. Was Dasuki forced to make a confession? well if we want to accomodate your pedestrian logic, but those that have consequently been arrested, wasn't monies traced to their accounts? Has Metuh not confirmed his ownership/interest in the company 400million Naira was traced to? Has Falaye not confirmed he received money from Anenih? Please tell me which of the arrest in Dasukigate scandal can boldly say no money was traced to him?

4. Threatening whoever speaks up? Hijacking the court? Arresting them unconstitutionally? You can't be serious, well for a crude intellect, it's not surprising. Please name one person that was threatened for speaking up. Name which court was hijacked. If you talk about re-arrests, why hasn't the concerned party nor PDP gone back to court to ask for re-interpretation of the judgement? Shebi the court granted Dokpesi some form of immunity from re-arrest, why has these said people not pursue this option?

Duletion:
E pain me say people like you could be deceived easily by a secondary school dropout like buhari

I'll rather take an honest "secondary school drop-out" than a whole cabinet of plunderers and looters...........

Justiyke4u:
I won't be surprised if the confession is challenged in court on grounds of its voluntariness

Don't worry, we would plan for that as well. We would starve him for 3 days and serve him a sumptuous meal in court on the proviso that he confesses

Duletion:
What money, you re a dimwit just like your oga. No go find work dey look for money wey never exist in the first place

E pain am..

Tell your Diokpa to continue on hunger strike. He can't last more than 48hrs, then he starts confessing again.

OMG!!!

This is your submission? Classic case of daftness. What concerned PMB about Saro wiwa's case? I was of the another impression, but this your submission is steeeeewwwwwpiiiiiidddddd............

Duletion:
9 ogoni men were falsely accused, convicted and killed by the blood sucker abacha whose handyman was buhari. Someway people are being detained without trial. Aboki man is capable of anything

Oshisko....... and this one get mama?

eleko1:

TonyeBarcanista: :

Can you imagine? If this news is true then Metuh should immediately resign his position as PDP's spokesman. He is unfit to hold the position and has lost every moral standi. His continuous stay as PDP's image maker will mean that the party is morally bankrupt.

I also expect High Thief Raymond Dokpesi to resign immediately as Chairman of PDP Rebranding Committee. A man with moral question can't rebrand a suffering brand like PDP.


Kudos to EFCC.... The fight against corruption must be won

Lobatan! Tonyebarcanista belong to everbody and NO TO THIEVES.keep up with the truth.Make Anonimi dey post his 2015 campaign poster

Duletion:
How is he supposed to deny it when all his fundamental human rights have been seized? Where's the proof that he collected money? Why isn't he being arraigned in court? we watched as abacha used the kangaroo courts in Nigeria to eliminate his oppositions. This is exactly what is happening here

Tell Diokpa to return our money........and PMB will "return" his fundamental "woman" right.

elderdt:

satelliteDISH: :


He made that statement under duress. its not TRUE.

So u think the Metuh you know can make statement under duress?

Issorite, we know your camp.

I guess he meant after "hungry whack am"(He tot hunger strike was easy), he began to sing like cannery bird, like FFK after he has been given food (according to OBJ)

Omo, PDP just gathered like minds together

Duletion:
We have witnessed military dictators like buhari hanged imaginary charges on their perceived enemies just to have them killed and eliminated. I want well meaning Nigerians to brace up because we may be facing similar ordeal.

You must be living in dreamland, trying to tell stories of events that happened before you were even conceived. Please, do name cases of those who were killed and eliminated....

TonyeBarcanista:
1. He is unfit to hold the position and has lost every moral standi.
2. ...that the party is morally bankrupt.

3. A man with moral question can't rebrand a suffering brand like PDP. [/b]

Bros,

Why are you trying to "twisting" facts into scenarios or probabilities?

dominique:
Good one. beauty + brains, not everyone is lucky to have both.

But how can there be less than 100 black female physicists in a country that has a population of close to a billion people? I'm finding it hard to believe.

My sister, I believe it should be stated that not everyone attempts to develop both

DANILSA:
They came for Dasuki and I was happy because I am Apc not pdp. he should be killed I yelled.
They came for Kanu and I said let him rot in Jail, am not an ipob member.
They came for El-zakzaky and I rejoiced, sho t the man again I screamed because he was shiite and they said he formed a parallel government.
When Buhari came for me, no court again, the whole country was afraid to talk because he had instilled unwholesome fear in all.
MY TURN TO BE BEHEADED.
Danilsa Prince T.

If I am corrupt, committed a crime and culpable, yes they should come for me...................

abhosts:
Signed for Netflix 3 days ago. Myself and Wifey watched 7 HD Movies, 1 Documentary, and 3 Episodes of a Series. Just within 3 days it has exhausted 60GB of Data from Swift that costs 25k. So I have decided to get rid of Netflix for now.

Nigeria is not Ripe for Netflix until our ISPs begin to Offer Fast and Unlimited Internet Subscription. DSTV appears to be the only Reasonably Priced option for now.

I had done a mental calculation of this and did not bother to attempt it

adeymoj:

Oritsejafor, who spoke to our correspondent in Warri, Delta State, added that he also secured a land and built a 4-star hotel for the Christian Association of Nigeria.

The clergyman stated that the hotel would be commissioned and run by a consortium firm.

http://www.punchng.com/i-left-n600m-in-pfn-account-oritsejafor/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

I am concerned what CAN has turned into if this is true. Should this be the mission of CAN?

Ruben Abati has lost his groove. The quality of this writeup is not just average to me

cramjones:
Talking down the points I have raised without raising any counter factual points, just makes you look stupiid. I have been in the APC. I have sat with Buhari a number of times, I am an ardent supporter of Buhari, but when someone is toeing a wrong line, you must call it out. I am not even Igbo, so please don't sound like an idiot.

-CramJones

And you believe the bolded and underlined is best served with twisting and outright falsification of facts or painting a wrong picture?

CramJones: 1. According to Vanguard news today, it was stated that Buhari's government have moved Lagos clearing house for imports to Kano. We all know that almost half of Lagos are occupied by Igbos. Igbo business men around the country have their networks in Lagos, and all they have known for many years is clearing their goods in Lagos. Moving it to Kano only adds to their cost without a concomitant value. Does it affect all business men, including hausas? Yes of course, but we all know that at least 70% of imports in Nigeria are carried out by Igbo business men all over Nigeria. This is NOT a good policy in my opinion it creates bad blood for the average Igbo business man, and make life even tougher for them.

(Link here http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/igbo-traders-bemoan-buharis-economic-policies-harsh-business-environment/)

You just disappointed me. I am even tempted to reevaluate my assessment of you. I thought you are smart. First off, your only evidence to this unfounded accusation is from the Igbo traders? One would have expected you to do some simple research before coming online with falsehood.

The movement to Kano is a largely misunderstood and misconstrued issue by these Igbo traders. This actually came about by the necessity of port reforms hence Yar Adua/GEJ's government had formed a port reforms committee, to look into areas of port congestion/decongestion and how goods can quickly be moved to the interlands. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-mulls-designation-of-6-icds-as-ports-of-origin/189357/

Kano becomes the first logical point to start, as there's an existing rail track from Apapa port in Lagos to Kano. http://shipsandports.com.ng/apm-terminals-apapa-links-kano-by-rail-3/ . The idea is that any of these ICDs will be designated port of destination, so that those up North and closer east need not come to Lagos to clear their goods.

CramJones: 2. The dollar policy has also disproportionately affected Igbos. Most Igbos have had to close business, because they cannot even find the dollar to pay for their imported goods. Worse still businessess that have millions of USD turn over, are prevented by the banks to collect their money, with the bank claiming they do not have dollar. This essentially grinds businesses and further makes the economy slip into oblivion. Does this policy affect other non-Igbo importers? Ofcourse yes, but given that Igbos are the engine of all of our imports in Nigeria, we can safely say that they are disproportionately affected.

At this risk of not over-flogging a rebuttal to this baseless point of yours, as other have put paid to it, let me just add it is a matter of choice, to either remain in the importation business, pass the cost down the value chain or diversify into something else. The country should not sacrifice the need to develop our local sector just to please some "Igbos" who are importers. Besides, who tells you these importers are not in business? People are exploiting even the existing gaps in Western Union, to buy goods from overseas

CramJones: 3. Two days ago the APC government of Ambode, who in my opinion has been a confused governor, unable to just keep up with what Fashola has done, ordered that Oshodi market be destroyed. This is one of the largest market places in Nigeria and West Africa. Is it a bad policy to destroy Oshodi market for developmental reasons? Absolutely not, depending on its intent. However, what is bad policy, is when you do not give any notice, no alternatives, and then destroy peoples business that took many years to build, throwing thousands off their employment, and making many more people jobless. This is barbaric to say the least. Which group of people dominate Oshodi market? Igbos ofcourse. By many accounts, Igbos make up 85 - 90% of the traders in Oshodi. Was it a way of telling the Igbos that they are not needed in Lagos? Who inspired Ambode to take such actions?

Another useless and baseless submission. Owonifaari is not one of the largest market places in Nigeria or West Africa. The market does not occupy more than the circular area from the exit of the Oshodi bridge to the old Agege-Mushin Road.

@ the falsehood in the bolded, you can't be serious.

[b]"It is important to be informed that the issue of that market had been on for nothing less than 10 years.
“The state government had been engaging with the leadership of the market to say that we could no longer continue with the manner in which that area of the market was being used.

“So, for 10 years, there has been back and forth engagement between the government and the leadership of the market,” he said.

Ayorinde said the leadership of the market, in the last three years, had refused to move.
“Certified that we have provided a befitting alternative, we started another round of engagement with the leadership of the market.
“The governor appealed to them through the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs.
“They met with members of the state executive on Dec. 16, 2015, where the governor reiterated his plans for Oshodi and the need to relocate them.

“A few of them expressed certain misgivings, but largely, they felt that if their interests were accommodated within the Isopakodowo market that they were willing and ready to move.

“We advised that discussions should be ongoing, particularly regarding how much they will pay for each stall within the market,” he said.
Ayorinde said that on Dec. 21, 2015, the governor went on a tour of the market, particularly Isopakodowo Market, where he again met with the leadership of the Owonifari Market.

According to him, it was eventually agreed that, based on the proposition from the market leaders, what they were willing to pay for each market was N5000 monthly.

“There is really no market anywhere that you will be paying such an amount in a month for a market.
“The governor agreed with them and we said we were ready to concede.

“Along the line, convinced that our New Year project was to relocate them to Isopakodowo Market, we got intelligence reports that as at during the Yuletide, a number of criminal activities were going on there."[/b] http://thenationonlineng.net/why-we-demolished-oshodi-market-lagos/

omenka:
Aunty, could you please translate in english what you wrote in your first lines??

@ theV0ice, now this is a "source" to take seriously. But the old man says the money came from Anenih. If he didn't get it from the ONSA, then I see no reason he should be vilified. Much as we desire to see a total cleansing of the system, we should be careful not to persecute innocent folks who collected monies to prosecute their party's agenda by way of campaigning- all parties spend money to campaign.

Bros,

Let me tell you a little story. Back in my youth, when we were on Jamb-Uni transition, we we hung out a lot...........there was this story of a guy that "hit" (stole) a large sum of money from his parents. The "gbege" became a police matter. Then police started an arrest spree. If he had as much as bought gala for you, you're arrested. His girl friend claimed he gave her 5k (just like 50k of today) and she used it to buy a skirt. The DPO was so upset(5k for a skirt?), and locked her up.

You cannot claim innocence in a scandal of this magnitude. And our so called Elders in Afenifere who had lost their relevance and now loosing their name, it's a pity

WOCKHARDI:
I know why no APC politician has been apprehended for looting. It is because they loot intelligently. They cover their tracks perfectly well that to probe them will be like looking for a pin in a haystack. That's why they will always tell whoever complains to produce evidence. For example, what's the source of the funds for their extravagant campaigns ? APC Presidential Campaign Director answer it.
Let all of them from the president to the LG councillors swear on the Bible, Quran, Sango or Amadioha that they have never stolen public money. Let's see how many of them that will survive the oath. Nonsense.

Unfortunately your post reeks sentiments, frustration and no logic. Check
1. If APC politicians covered their tracks very well, then there's little we can do about it. If the PDP cannot commit to hire a forensic experts to unravel the trail of APC's alleged loot, then they are deemed innocent. The courts cannot base judgement on hearsay. That I believe Wikeleaks and his band of co-travelers fail to grasp

2. What is the source of APC's presidential campaign funds? They will tell you DONATIONS. Unfortunately our laws has not put a limit on campaign donations and if their is one, it has not been enforced. Ibori's lawyer, Chief Ayeni, donated a whooping 2 or 5billion to GEJ campaign. How do you reconcile that as sensible. But if we get forensic experts to dig deeper, some could explain the nexus of the same Chief Ayeni, winning the Nitel bid or a paltry 5billion, when the Nitel building could be worth same

3. Amaechi has said he's never collected a bribe. He was PDP. Has any PDP member come out to debunk such assertion?

4. Swearing by the Bible, Qoran, Amadioha and stuffs are superstition and serves no purpose in the context and issue