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Under this administration,Boko Haram are bombing with audacity,Armed Robers are demanding their rights with audacity,dollar rising with audacity,gay people anticipating their rights with audacity and sahara reporters lying with audacity.Na so Naija take finish?

Injustice

OK Let's solve the maths.
Let 270 million naira = the sum Ohakim is charged with and 1.35 billion naira =the sum Sule Lamido is charge.Y=270= Ohakim's bail sum.x=Sule Lamido's bail sum.In Ohakim's case 270=270.
X=Lamido &Sons bail sum=75 mill. conclusion x not equal to 1.35 billion

There is God oh

UnknownT:
A station I am listening to now from Igwe Ocha. Lol 13 minutes pass 7

Do u mean Igwe ocha Ogwa?

It took them 30 minutes to plan the robbery while It takes average of 2 years to train a Nigerian policeman yet our police went and hid in a primary school building.What a shame. I will slap any police man wey go stop me for road trying to extort some money from me . nonsense.

Am sceptical about this story.Has anyone noticed that Friday sent sms and revealed that he sold Lawan for 150k . Question is when did this happen?I thought Friday was hell bent on sacrificing you until the high priest devalued and rejected you but used him instead ?How could Friday have sent such sms?I since a fat lie

Lies and myths are regularly woven around leaders, some tending towards an apotheofication, but that of President Muhammadu Buhari is getting too frequent to be useful. Buhari’s mythopoeia preceded him into office and the fantasies fashioned about him are being currently employed to oil the flagging wheels of his presidency. His adoring followers have long believed in him with faith akin to a religion. They take him as a god character whose perfectly sculpted essence must be protected and whose transcendent persona must not be scraped with the sharp edges of public opinions. They therefore knit fantasies and myths about him like pink pills; to be swallowed regularly to ease the reality of the demystification that inevitably occurs in the political sphere. The good thing about myth is that it at least functions as a barometer of public expectations and collective anxieties.

Long before he became a presidential candidate, we had been dished stories of his anti-materialism, a consequence of his personal integrity and a spin-off of his military discipline. The Buhari believers circulated the yarn that he is the only past Head of State who rejects a part of the pension accruable to him as past head of state, proof of his asceticism. This story has never been verified but people will not be people if they do not create such tales to soothe their psyche repeatedly battered by decades of despoliation and rapacious leadership. As presidential candidate, we were told that Buhari was so “detribalised” a Nigerian that his daughter married an Igbo man – another lie he refuted.

As president-elect, the stories about Buhari depicted him as the Iron man; the very intervention the Nigerian political class needs to sanitise the clutter, the frustration, and the disorder that had become Nigeria’s order. One of his followers narrated how Buhari locked an ambassador of an unnamed country out of a meeting because the latter was 15 minutes late. What was interesting was that those who took up the refrain of this tale did not waste their time on the hassles of verification – when did Buhari hold such a meeting and does that mean Buhari himself arrives at every meeting promptly?

Another of such tales was how he walked Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko Inde, and the Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ade Abolurin, out of his house when the men allegedly visited him with gifts to solicit the retention of their jobs. The Buhari believers listen to these stories and punctuate the air with chorus of “Sai Baba!” while deliberately piping down on their own critical faculties to deny obvious questions. Buhari, once again, repudiated the story but that has not stopped the creators of these chronicles from spinning more tales.

Most of these sham stories have not been so much about Buhari’s effectiveness as they are about the power of his personality and the strength of his mere reputation. The narratives themselves have religious undertones – like Apostle Paul in the New Testament, even Buhari’s shadow can heal. Buhari’s quintessence, these believers say, is so compelling that people who stole in previous administrations have started to return money to Nigeria’s coffers before being prompted. One should be worried why some folk would accept such stories without cross-checking simple facts. Who will self-indict by rushing forward with stolen money when stealing of public funds in Nigeria has never been an individual effort? Besides, what subsisting anti-corruption agency looks poised to pursue stolen funds without some level of restructuring to their organisational capabilities, some changes to empowering legislation and a decent review of structural and operational factors that have hindered the effectiveness of past anti-corruption efforts?

The depth of corruption that characterised previous administration cannot be solely blamed on the leadership’s lack of personal integrity. That sort of monocausal assessment is not only reductionist, it abridges and misunderstands the extent of the problem the nation confronts. Dr. Goodluck Jonathan might have run a thoroughly corrupt administration but such failing was not a mere consequence of his character flaws. Neither can the problem be fixed by merely switching leaders. The trouble is much deeper, more fundamental but escalated under Jonathan largely because of his lethargic approach to matters of urgent national concern.

One should be too circumspect to peddle the story of frightened politicians rushing forward with their hands laden with stacks of stolen currency without at least attempting to answer the question of who returned what and who received them. When Buhari was a military Head of State and he had the whips and jackboots at his behest, did politicians wilfully return money they stole even when slapped with century long jail terms? Why would they now do so under a civilian government that, with its many checks and balances, provides a leeway for people to wriggle out of the punishment of whatever sins they have committed?

The lies about Buhari, it seems, are created to fill a void in his Presidency seeing how underwhelming his administration has been right from its take-off point. They are meant for the public to chew upon but unfortunately are like junk food – filling you up but lacking wholesome nutrition. There have been reports of Buhari selling off nine out of the 11 aircraft in the presidential fleet as a cost-saving measure in dire times. Considering the contention surrounding the extravagance of the presidential fleet, it is therefore not surprising that it became a useful target for propaganda. Then came the big lie about the President ordering the arrest of his own brother in-law because he collected a bribe!

Here, there are stories of how Buhari is fixing the refineries so they can start operations by July ending. There are excited Buharists who cannot stop gushing about how power supply has improved. The worrying thing about the haste to ascribe these miracles to Buhari is that the President has spent barely a month in office. He does not have a team to work with yet neither has he rolled out an economic blueprint. Buhari has yet to do a single thing. The issue of fuel subsidy has neither been addressed nor on the path to resolution. Since Buhari’s inauguration, Boko Haram has not stopped wreaking havoc and those of us who accused Jonathan of acting insensitive while people died in remote villages are worried that Buhari has not unfolded his big plan towards combating Boko Haram. He has travelled around to solicit help but that cannot be all about it. The economy is still in doldrums with a mountain pile of unpaid salaries in tow. Yes, and corruption is still as rife as ever.

So far, Buhari has not solved a single problem nor defined the path his administration will follow. For now, all there is to see is a man who spent so much time wanting a job than he spent working on what to do with it. So, on what basis are the likes of Lai Muhammed scoring his one month in office higher than five years of Jonathan?

The problem with the many lies being told about Buhari is that they will eventually swallow up the true ones about him. These lies have been counterproductive especially with the Presidency having to issue rebuttals tantamount to saying, “I am not who men say I am.” At the rate we are going, his administration will be remembered more for the things he did not do but they said he did and he said he did not do than the things he truly did.

http://www.punchng.com/opinion/viewpoint/the-many-lies-about-buhari/

StOla:
Actually, most of the loudest and unpolished millionaires are from Anambra. The competition to shout is so intense, any means necessary is acceptable to get wealthy.

Remember Eze-ego, the Okafor guy who met a sad end at such a young age. Where is the wealth today?

remember MKO Abiola the man who sponsored many coups and sabotaged Nigeria with ITT.The same man who sank ship load of bible coming to nigeria and the same man who betrayed Awo.Am surprised the sw still celebrate that guy

If no be APC ,I go be OPC a beg make we change topic

harde2lah:
I'm so fvcking tired of Idiots like you who keeps on denigrating the Yoruba tribe and calling them betrayals. Do we have any sort of agreement with you mentally deranged fools? You voted your choice, we voted ours. Your fellow tribesmen (Azikwe et al.) have been aligning with the Gambaris since time immemorial, but you hypocrites have never condemned them. How does our choice and pattern of voting affects you dickhead? please, answer me. Stop blaming all your woes, failures and misfortunes on the Yoruba, fool!

Agreed we do ss/se do not have any agreement with sw so let the betrayal continue

Gr8amechi:
With the emergence of both NASs leaderships against the original plan of Tinubu, most of his political opponents are happy saying they have cut him to size, but take this from me Buhari and co will regret their action or part they played they lead to the emergence of the leadership . one thing we fail to acknowledge is every single move made yesterday was a sign of the direction of 2019 take it or leave it, APC is in for a long run, finally the prophet of doom has succeded. come 2019 there will be great strive, for who succeeds Buhari, note Saraki and Atiku are ambitious men, that will stop at nothing to actualizing their aim, when all this bounce back at Buhari he will understand the dynamics of things
Sai Buhari
Sai Yemi
Sai Saraki

You are wrong. It depends on who comes out for presidency in 2019 from the north Buhari, Atiku or saraki. Tinubu is not even in control of the entire south west. The SE and SS can align forces with either Buhari, Atiku or Saraki to nullify Tinubu’s influence.

demelza:
Nope!
I do not buy this.
Why should the presidency watch out for the well-being of the SE, a region that totally rejected them? The presidency owes the SE absolutely nothing!
There is a bigger game in the offing and that would be revealed in time.

You are the wrong one here. PMB simply want to have a safe ride come 2019 that's why he must carry SE along

You guys should learn politics the way we northerners play it.We are not simply comfortable with Tinubu excesses and that's Why PMB lured other APC senators out for a pseudo meeting while election took place behind them.Learn!!!

Since soldiers punched punch journalist in otuoke, everyone is careful now and pictures are taken from remote distance.

Why is she leaning on Dele Momodu is she not in love with oshomole again?

focus7:
Igbo man will even sell his own father just to get attention and money, is not a surprise.

Meaning those Yoruba Christians that converted to Muslims did that because of attention and money?

Mobil filling station okota road Isolo

suwailad:
Ifeduba or what you call yourself, you still have a lot to learn being a political scientist. I think you have no qualification for that, just that you have access to the internet so you can make noise like everyone else. That does not make you a political analyst, political analysts is an actual profession and not an hubby.

Political analysts take their time to access information in depth before making their analysis and not beer parlor suggestions. By the way, did you even give a solution on how to combat boko haram once and for all? But noise makers like you, the ever annoying arm chair critics are quick to judge any postulations put forth that will defeat these fools once and for all, but you guys don't have the brilliancy to come up with your solution to counter the President's own. We have had enough of this folly, and thank God it died with jonathan. So its time to shut up and start making sense not showing your worthless hobby and what it means not to be a political analyst. And your picture is eating people's bandwidth, it is not necessary, if you want to be in the limelight, start trekking for whatever hideous reasons there is.

This is exactly what i hate about kids of these days.They guy has made his point and i was expecting to read an intelligible contribution from you either for or against his view but what did i get,the usual secondary school comments that has characterized nairaland of recent.

I feel like giving that Zuma Xenophobic head a very big knock.

If I must answer the question, I will tell my mum I love her more than my.dad and will also go to my dad to make known to him how much I love him more than my mother.

Is this the so called mansion? Mtchewww

989900:
We will soon know the truth.
His N43b fuel subsidy scam file is still with the EFCC.

So is saraki's case still with EFCC. Stop playing the ethnic card of leave my thief alone.

Yesterday, I was in the rest room 4 1 hr simply because my poo was very strong and couldn't come out on time.I felt the worst pain of my life.I keep wondering if these gay people are crazy. Why would they chose that side of evil.They must be under a spell am sure.

Guy shine your eye.Two of them are still in communication.The guy updates your girl about you and your girl updates the guy about you.Make dem no scam you by blackmailing you emotionally.

God don read the mind of the guy wey produce this thing even before he was born na him make God come put menstrual cycle to checkmate this kind situation.Ok nah,if wan rub shoulder with us try wear this your toy during menstruation na painter man you go turn yourself to.Painting everywhere red.

The gal in the pic be like, do I really want this?

SHARIAREPORTERS:
May God make ya mothers like mama peace

Amen

May God make your mother like the mother of those Lekki bank robbers.

cramjones:
Let us all give a round of applause to Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce, Senator-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria an founding Chairman of the Silverbird Group. I have read his tweets and watched his speech. I must say it was heart warming to begin to see Nigerian public figures speak out on the real issues plaguing the country. That being said, and while we agree and applaud Mr Murray-Bruce, we must be very weary, lest we take this messenger as an epitome of the message he preaches. Who is Mr. Bruce? Well, I have known Mr. Bruce for over 20 years now. I am not close to him, but I know him loosely.

This man managed NTA for 8 years. NTA was basically ran to the ground during this time. Mr. Murray was never wealthy before NTA. He lived in a modest house in Lagos. We all know that it was after he left NTA that he became rich despite his salary as DG being N200,000 per month on average while he ran the institution. He then went to establish the Silverbird group which has been fairly successful. I am not against being rich and successful. However, I am against those who steal public money and invest it in the businesses to make it look like they are wealthy from the business, and then turn around and say Nigerians public officials are corrupt. When your son is in the safety of LA playing around with all sorts of Los Angeles women. That is certainly not acceptable!

He received part payment for a 33billion naira contract from Akwa Ibom without executing the job, not even a land excavation!

Silverbird group received nothing less than $20 million from GEJ during the campaign. Our tax money went to this man called Murray-Bruce.

Well congrats to him on his election. But Mr. Bruce we are not buying it. Only gullible Nigerians will buy it.

In the meantime, enjoy views of his son "playing" in his $5million mansion in Los Angeles!

-CramJones

Crap Jones has no moral justification to attack BMB and he even went childish to post the pic of his son having fun in Yankee.Check your previous post where you admitted having made up to 150000 usd in publicising APC on nairaland.I think you are on the same mission.

NewNigeriaMind:
Did you read this part A re-elected member of the House, Samson Okwu, who spoke on behalf of returning PDP members, said the caucus was determined to enthrone Dogara from Bauchi State as the next Speaker.

He speaking of behalf of all pdp members who are mostly from SS and SE, my point is, what will it cost these people in the south to support the SW?

And I am trying to be civil today, don't call people names and keep your emotions in check

The problem with you Yoruba bigot is tribalism has blinded your sense of reasoning. Last time i checked, honourable okwu Is from benue state.

modath:
Go through my post, I'm an anti corruption advocate to the core, I'm so pro Buhari its not even funny.

You missed my point,I don't have a problem with his biz nor his decision to send his kid to school abroad!! Its his new found late sense of patrotism I'm side eyeing.

He has been going on and on about Zinox being the only computers worth buying, why we should stop eating foreign rice, wheat importantion etc.. Demonising foreign stuff ( we've all seen his tweets)

Be truthful, have you ever heard a peep from Murray Bruce befor this election??

His moves don't come across as genuine, just trying to sell an IMAGE!!!

You said you are an anti corruption advocate bla bla bla.But Sound so childish in your criticism. Get into your tick skull, BMB is an anti corruption crusader and it doesn't matter the time he chose to carry out his crusade.If you must know, he is now a senator and he is going to enact laws that will affect me and you at least in the next 4 years . Don't beef him because he is not APC .I searched for your contribution on El Rufai statement that APC government will ask looters to refund money but you didn't show up . El Rufai himself is corrupt and has some questions to answer but selective critic like you will turn a blind eye on that issue.

zed24:
Is dis guy trying to b famous or wot ? Y can't he jst keep his mouth shut

I weep for this country each time I read post from people like you.GMB made all the promises and fools like you did not counter but a reasonable man is saying what he has in store for us in NA as part of his stewardship and there you are with your senseless post.Shame to you and your likes.

People are very lazy to read.Ask yourself who made those silly statement about the igbos,Still APC faction lead by Ngige.