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naijadeyhia:Thanks for helping me respond to him. Obviously he knows not that he's ignorant. Being ignorant is not an insult all the time, it's also a state and one could be in that state without knowing. Hosea 4:6 |
Syphax:I do not insult anybody naturally but your stupidity and ignorance was too difficult to ignore. Because he attended your denomination makes him the chosen one? Catholic is the only church? Do you even read or understand your Bible at all? I need you to explain with scriptures where it's written in the Bible so. |
Samiceman:Humans are insatiable. |
Twaci:If all the men whose phone you've taken contains pornographic materials, then you should change your circle of friends. |
The thief wants to continue making cash unlabouredfor after being ousted come march. Bloody hypocrites ruling this country. |
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says President Goodluck Jonathan does not deserve a second term. He told a gathering of youths at a programme titled ‘Vision of the Child’ in Lagos on Thursday, that he had 60 reasons why Jonathan should not be returned to office on February 14 when the presidential election would hold in the country. Although Soyinka did not list the 60 reasons, he was specific on one: The April 14 abduction of over 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram insurgents from their hostel in Chibok, Borno State. “I will not vote and I will not encourage anyone to vote for the continuation of this government, simply because your colleagues numbering over 200 were kidnapped,” he said. The playwright, who last December described the Jonathan administration as being worse than Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, stated the President’s inability to locate and free the abducted girls represented leadership failure. He noted that shortly after the girls were kidnapped, Jonathan failed to address the situation and went about as if nothing had happened. Soyinka said it was, therefore, outrageous for anyone to say he was supporting the re-election of Jonathan. He added,“It took the Jonathan government 10 days to even accept that the Chibok girls were missing. After that dereliction of duty; after that failure of leadership, after that betrayal of our future, for anyone to think or to put words in my mouth suggesting that I will vote or encourage anyone to vote for this regime is a travesty of intelligence.” Speaking on the theme, “The Road to Sambisa”, the literary icon stressed Jonathan had not only betrayed children, he had failed as a leader. “There has been a failure of leadership. Our children whom you represent today have been betrayed,” he said. Soyinka warned members of the public not to believe every story written about him on the social media on his purported death. Soyinka had also in September last year accused Jonathan of shielding sponsors of terrorism. He urged the President not to take likely, allegations by Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, that there was a group within the Central Bank of Nigeria sponsoring Boko Haram. The Nobel laureate noted that he personally knew Davis because they both worked together during the Niger Delta militancy crisis. Soyinka also alleged that information about a suspected financier of the terror group within the CBN was passed to Jonathan but he allegedly sat on it. Also at the event , the Secretary and Programme Manager for the Vision of the Child programme, Ms. Foluke George, said about 250 students from 60 primary and secondary schools in Lagos would participate in a competition aimed at promoting creative skills. |
Vicotex:When shalt thou have sense?? Have you even investigated to know whether it's true or not but you're already calling people names |
hyfr:You obviously understand nothing about psychology in war and especially war against terrorism. You call it propaganda yet I doubt you've ever seen a live bullet yet alone been to the frontiers of a battle field. |
General Muhammadu Buhari is a polarizing figure. You either love him or hate him. But that's okay. Most statesmen are polarizing, anyway. In so many ways, he reminds me of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo: tough, uncompromising, visionary, tenacious, honest, and loyal. His mantra is simple: performance and accountability. Regrettably these attributes have not been welcomed in the Nigeria of the last three decades. And I would posit that it is because Nigeria was unappreciative of men like Buhari, Idiagbon and Awolowo that we've found ourselves in the current social- economic and political cesspit Since his forced departure from office, lesser men have been at the helm of our national affairs. Any wonder then that we mistake mediocrity for excellence, stupidity for intelligence, and cowardice for bravery? It is a national tragedy to have shunned men like Buhari who is a patriot, a nationalist, and an embodiment of political and personal morality. At the time General Buhari and his lieutenants came to power, Nigeria was already swimming in a cesspool of economic and social corruption, laziness, dirtiness and political decadence. The country was in the hands of the inept and was being run aground in an ocean of uncertainty. But and his partners right most of the wrongs. We had lost faith in our country, in our neighbors, in our leaders and in our humanity. It was a grim, desperate and depressing time; and a cloud of hopelessness and dejection was gradually enveloping the country. Folks, it was a sad and hopeless era! It was, until Buhari and his able partner, General Tunde Idiagbon, rode into town to assure us that we can do better! And we were until General Ibrahim Babangida and his posse threw a wrench in our national affairs. Buhari was not a perfect head of state. He was not a perfect General. He was human, and he had his flaws. But that's okay. He loved his family. He loved his country. He loved his people. He was unlike any president - military or civilian - Nigeria has ever had. Though a military dictator, he had his ways. There was a method to his style of governance. What mattered was Nigeria and Nigerians. His actions and pronouncements revealed a man who cared about the soul of our nation. He cared about our collective destiny. He cared about history and posterity. He delivered what he promised. These, all these, you cannot say about others. I vividly remember the Buhari days as though it was yesterday. It was an era when people were afraid to demand and or to take bribes; it was era when you thought twice before you litter the streets; it was an era when you took turns to enter the bus; it was an era when you sold drugs, engage in prostitutions and other reprehensible activities at your own peril; it was an era when the Western world paid attention to us; it was an era when it was chic to be a Nigerian again. Most of all, it was an era when we knew Nigeria was going to turn the corner from decadence to righteousness, from economic stagnation to economic growth, and from decay to prosperity. Buhari restored our hope. But of course, not everybody was happy for us and for our country and so Buhari was betrayed, arrested and forced from office by those with evil machinations. Truth be told, ordinary Nigerians betrayed Buhari too! We were unappreciative of all he did in the very short period he was in office. We betrayed him by not standing by him then; and we betrayed him again during the last elections by not voting and electing him into office. Just as we disappointed the sage (Awolowo) on three occasions, we disappointed Buhari on two occasions. |
I've been seeing a whole lot of topics stating how irrelevant Gen. Buhari is and how important Mr Jonathan is. Mr Jonathan because I don't consider him a leader of Nigeria but just a figure head occupying the presidential position. Here are some facts about Gen. Buhari. Initially PTF awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of 12,000km of federal highways (including drainages) nationwide, and between 25-100km of urban road in major cities such as Gusau, Benin, Funtua, Zaria, Enugu, Kaduna, Aba, Lagos, Lokoja, and Port Harcourt. A N27.3bn contract was awarded for road rehabilitation in the first quarter of 1996. The sum of N1.328bn was awarded to 53 pharmaceutical companies for the supply of drugs, while the importation of vaccines cost N229.9m. As at December 31, 1997, funds available to PTF stood at N115.1bn. One thing even the most uncharitable critic of PTF will admit is that it has evolved a new way of doing things. This is true to its mission statement which is 'to establish and operate an open, modest and efficient organisation for the purpose of achieving the honest and timely execution of carefully designed socio-economic projects.' It depends therefore largely on consultant supervised by Afri- Projects Consortium, the management consultant to PTF. This policy has created jobs and boosted the confidence of Nigerian professionals such as architects, engineers and quantity surveyors. In many other ways, PTF has thrown a lifeline to dying sectors of the economy. Most of Nigeria's pharmaceutical companies were failing, and the foreign multinationals were divesting. But through its drug procurement programme, PTF has turned the balance sheet of most of them into profit. Equipment and car leasing companies are also benefitting from the multiplier effects of PTF operations. Banks and insurance companies have also benefited. Nigeria has a history of contractors collecting mobilisation (advance) fees and not carrying out the contract. But not with PTF. Every advance payment up to N10m must be guaranteed by PTF-approved bank, while other advance payments are covered by performance bonds issued by similarly approved insurance companies. This method, apart from increasing solvency through cash deposits, has created business for banks and insurance companies. One of the insurance companies that has benefited from PTF as a provider of performance bonds is The United Nigeria Insurance Company (UNIC), a composite insurance company which provides both life and non-life insurance. The total assets of UNIC stood at N979m while it grossed premium income of N916m and settled claims of N263m in 1996. With a staff of 552 spread all over its nationwide branch network, UNIC is today one of the leading insurance company in Nigeria. Another company that has done good business with PTF is IPWA plc, formerly International Paints (West Africa) Ltd. IPWA is today one of the biggest and most diversified paint manufacturers in Nigeria. The company product range spans automotive paints, building paints, industrial coatings and marine coatings. Others are packaging coatings, protective coatings and wood finishes. Most PTF contractors, specialist advisers and consultants lease and use computers, fax machines, printers and photocopiers. This has provided a new market for computer companies like Leading Edge Ltd., headed by Mr Tony Edoro, the managing director. Leading Edge is foremost in cloning computers with parts from diverse companies such as US Micro- Generation, IBM Direct, Merisel and Gateway. According to Mr Edoro, a widely experienced computer systems engineer, the advent of PTF has been good for Leading Edge. The company's turnover has grown from N50m in 1995 to well over N100m in 1997. In a country dogged by lack of transparency, PTF is the first, and perhaps the only public institution in Nigeria to publish its annual accounts. Last year, when he presented the annual report and accounts of 1996, Gen. Buhari promised to present the 1997 accounts before the end of the first quarter of 1998. He fulfilled that promise. The 1997 account of PTF shows that it disbursed N24.3bn on roads, N21.2bn on security, N7.8bn on health, and N3bn on other projects. Other disbursements include N2.2bn on water supply, N936m on food supply and N476m on education. It realised a total of N1.049bn from various investment activities. Reviewing the success story of PTF, Gen. Buhari said: "We have consolidated our execution of the take-off projects for the previous year and increased our intervention within the sectors. There is no doubt that the years ahead will witness even more intervention, as reports of some of the studies commissioned are received and project execution commenced." The fund has embarked on community education to sensitise and enlighten communities of its activities. The idea is to bring recipients closer to the objectives of the fund, so that they can participate in project identification and selection as well as eventual PTF projects in their areas. Nobody knows how long PTF, a purely intensive intervention agency, will last or whether there will be a place for such an agency under a democratic set up. That decision, Gen. Buhari said, will be up to Nigerians. For now his preoccupation is to rehabilitate infrastructure and reorientate the people towards a new, effective and efficient way of executing uninflated contracts without kickbacks and without consuming mobilisation fees. Said Gen. Buhari to PTF contractors: "If you perform well, you get a hand shake. If you perform badly, you get a handcuff." |
OgologoDimkpa:Seriously, don't be stupid. Really!!! Are those the criteria for being a leader Are you really this ignorant? |
Akon419:If it's not that you consciously typed in English, I'd have thought you were blind and brainless. What achievements does Jonathan have? I've been keeping quiet all along. Just can stand how silly and ignorant people can be. |
I won't be surprised if politicians are behind this. The president can even be behind this. I don't care what anyone says about it. I'm very much entitled to my opinion and say. This is much more like a propaganda war designed to tarnish the image of another political aspirant. I'm not taking sides here cos I really don't see a saint among the two major contestants but I believe everything should be done fair and square, Anyway, I also believe that anyone at the moment is better than Mr Goodluck. Anyone at all and I'm even of the opinion that Nigerians should not vote for either Apc or Pdp. |
Zohan:I also use M2 but still on jelllybean. How did you go about yours? |
Crazy Jobless elements. |
gunuvi:You know nothing. So you think Fashola will just change Lagos to London after all the years of mismanagement and degradation? Hasn't he tried. if Lagos was a country, compared to Nigeria in her present state, would be better off. Lagos improved drastically and Nigeria degraded and is still in at a ridiculous and embarrassing decline. |
gunuvi:You are definitely blind or you've been bribed. you dare mention Fashola. Do you even live in Lagos? Even if he had some misdeeds, he worked. What in the earth did your president do? He should even be ashamed of himself and his government. He's a glaring failure! |
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born2fuckpussy:Foolish pervert. Someone who's old enough to be your mother. |
Orina:The thing is they did it even before the festivities but Chelsea fans here lying that they are the first. Guess their impatience and forwardness got the better of them. |
donciccio:No insult intended, seriously, were you born then? so how could you know that? The internet also never said anything like that so my friend, you're a blatant liar. |
jimmy4x:Silly argument. Sillier sense of reasoning. So you mean Manchester United won all their trophies between 1878 and 1905 ay? or they won majority of their trophies between that time?? That's the voice of a loser! and the sense of a toddler :p |
Hawlahscho:And what do you have to show for these ![]() |
Rexyl:Just seeing this but you must be a clown. What does my statement have to do with insult. Do you know the context in which I used the statement?? Please keep quiet if you have nothing reasonable to say...Now I believe you possess rationality to observe the context in which I just spoke. |
Sad . In OAU anyway, if they must pour water on you, its gonna be clean and you don't have to run cos you know that water's gonna be poured on you if you pass the hostels. Just avoid the halls of residence and you'll be spared ![]() |
Rip to the dead. Thank GOD for the living. Casualty could have been higher. Thank GOD for Nigeria. Thank GOD for a more responsible leader come 2015. GOD BLESS NIGERIA! |
bameyi:how do you know it's dead ![]() |
That surely looks like a whale. it probably came to close too land and couldn't move into the water on its own. They shouldn't be doing that. Whales are becoming extinct. If you need meat, you shouldn't be hacking a whale to get it. Go to the market instead. These animals should be preserved instead of feasting on them. |
xwolverine:But Isis is crazily rich |
Nmeri17:Sorry only but isn't Jonathan the CIC of the armed forces?? If he is then you are drunk cos [he is actually!] |
Rexyl:Do you happen to have any sense of logic at all? |
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and you don't have to run cos you know that water's gonna be poured on you if you pass the hostels. Just avoid the halls of residence and you'll be spared 