kITATITA:

They both said same thing. The President seemed upset. He showed no empathy. After speaking he didn't move towards the parents nor look in their direction. He Simply dropped The Microphone and walked away. They expected the typical Nigerian way of comforting those who are grieving and didn't get it.

SignalNG1:
Contrary to counter claims on Friday by #BringBackOurGirls advocate Oby Ezekwesili that President Buhari did not walk out on the parents of the missing Chibok girls, Aisha Yesufu, a leader of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign who was at the said meeting has re-affirmed earlier reports that Buhari indeed walked out of the meeting without paying any attention to the grieving Chibok parents.

Ezekwesili had denied reports that President Buhari walked out on the group after a meeting yesterday, January 14, 2016.

EiE Nigeria, a socio-political advocacy group had tweeted on Thursday how President Buhari snobbed the Chibok parents.

But moments after news of the cold reception gained traction in the media, Ezekwesili took to her Twitter page to issue a counter claim.

Ezekwesili said that the president failed to connect emotionally with the mothers of the Chibok girls who were weeping during the meeting. She said the President didn't walk out on the Chibok parents. "No. President @MBuhari DID NOT walk out on Parents. The Parents just did not FEEL HIM", she tweeted.

But a leader of the #BringBackOurGirls group, Aisha Yesufu in her account of what transpired noted that President Buhari was upset and ended up being defensive instead of being in charge. According to her, the President's reception was so cold that "When PMB @NGRPresident had finished he let go of the mike and it dropped with a small bang on the table. He stood up and strode away. PMB @NGRPresident walked out of the Banquet Hall with no glance at parents shell shocked . No empathy. No connection. Just coldness."


http://www.signalng.com/buhari-walked-out-on-chibok-parents-and-dropped-the-mic-on-the-table-with-a-bang-aisha-yesufu/

Kikero112:


Well, that still indicts your PDP particlualry as most of the governors who agitiatied for the sharing of the cash....were in PDP too.

And anyway.....we also failed to remove subsides completely. We also did nothing about the importataion of fuel, and the GEJ govt was making unauthorised withdrawals from the account....which we now see revealed via dasukigate.

But it doesn't matter. Even if GEJ had saved like Scrooge.....we would be in this mess next year. The best we could have done would have reached $100bn.

The real issue is that we have to raise taxes, end corruption and tighten the seatbelts......which the govt has done the first two already (No 3 is not being done....BMW things sadly).Eventually, we are going to have to go the austerity route. If it is any consolation to you....we shouldahve made those choices back in the 1970's....and gone industrial too.

Sorry....but your PDP is partly to blame. Your governors in PDP were part of the sharing. Your government back then was not strong enough to make the hard choices that were needed, as well as to stop the massive leakages in our revenue.Pretending that it is all APC's fault is flawed thinking.

But...beyond politics.....we have to diversify away from oil.

gab264:
pdp what.. if u looked at the ballot papers....in that pic you will found out that majority voted for pdp in that polling unit....

Dbboy:


who are the vast majority? do you mean learned mind like mine that have toured the world. you guys have suffered so bad that you dont know when you are about to be buried after digging your grave with your hand.

learn from the white, even if you hate your fellow country men, always insist as citizen that rule of law as enshrined in the constitution is followed to the latter no matter how much we disagree with other.

a politician is never to be entrusted with absolute power this brings unimaginable chaos, Hitlar is an example, be warned all you sycophant before you breed a monster.

emamos:

lalasticlala
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/boko-haram-buhari-vows-to-find-missing-chibok-girls/

ISpiksDaTroof:
Back in the day he'd have a retinue of 300 aides and 500 sycophants surrounding him like he was a Rap Star.

Chubhie:
Nothing new in all Fayose said. It is very glaring. PMB and APC have made public pronouncements about it. 2016 is a year I expect the Masses to react and take their pound of flesh from everyone that has gotten them into this sorry state.

I'm happy that a political Fayose released this ahead of god of men who prophecies is to give false hope to the masses with promises of beautiful painted el dorado against heavy odds against them. Fayose have served to checkmate them with this. To this, I say thank you Fayose---A friend of the Masses.

ORAFA:
2015 (157), 2016 (97)= CHANGE

xp17:
@op, your boss made no sense at all.

As a president who understands farming, before you plant , you need tree deforestation, bush clearing and burning , then you plant and await bountiful harvest.

But if you just start planting on without first removing all those stuffs that will hinder good harvest, no matter how hard you work, your effort won't bring up anything tangible.

You call war against corruption a waste of time. Lol . sounds like a typical Nigerian.

Richlife247:
It will be difficult to accept some naked truths.. .. .. As the saying goes "a man will never accept defeat (except GEJ) until defeat is accepted as reallity" in the face of serious hardship and excruciating pain of the economy, it will be difficult to accept that the current government is not performing to expectations, accruing to the fact that faith was deposited on the current ruler as the messiah, staunchly!

Having said that, anything that negates their believe will be counted as tantamount to destroying their image and present them as being gullible at their choice. In order not to look so, they continue to throw blames on the past, coming up with irrelevant defence just protect their and look right. Just like the chronic and sentimental Arsenal fans whom in spite of not winning trophies for years (which should be the prime factor for competition) they'll come up with defence like "never mind, we are making money for the club"

In summary, it will be difficult to accept the "parable of the employer in order not to exhibit any format of folly of their choice of messiah.

Gaborone:
So, here we go...

Yesterday at the office, my boss walked up to us -his employees- and gave an impassioned talk about President Buhari's style of governance. He said, while he thought Buhari's attempt at recovering stolen funds were not out of place in itself, he was giving way too much attention to it. According to him, the President's lack of priority in this regard had become counter-productive and had started to prove detrimental to other areas that are in dire need his attention.

To drive home his point, he gave us a parable of an employer who kept N20,000 in his office somewhere, and on coming back to take it, he discovered that one of his Clerks had run off with it. After the discovery, the employer took the keys to the office, locked it up. He ran out with as much fury as he could muster, shouting to the hearing of all who would listen, "Who saw my boy?!!!", "Please, help me find him and get my money!!" All the while this employer was out looking for the stolen money, his shop remained under lock and key, no monies coming out, no monies going in. No customer, no profits in sight; he was making losses with every turn. Yet, ALL that mattered to him remained getting the thief of a boy, and recovering the stolen money.

My boss likened the employer in the above parable to President Buhari. He says our President has practically closed shop -Nigeria- and has decided to channel all his energy into getting stolen funds, forgetting that there is a bigger picture -an economy- that needs urgent attention; forgetting that the country might be going into a recession; forgetting that people are losing their jobs, forgetting that foreign investors are leaving, and more are 'plotting' to close shop and leave Nigeria; forgetting that an economy is not run by stolen funds which are recovered, but that if anything, they are to be regarded as "extras".

The above is how my boss sees things right now, and I agree with him.

I have to agree because, since coming into office, the activities of President Buhari's government has centered around just two things: 1. Foreign trips; and 2. Instigating the prosecution of looters of the past (who I must mention are not pro his government or pro-Apc). While the relevance of the above two can really not be downplayed, the fact remains that attention need to be given to the economy of Nigeria. As my boss said, no country has ever been run on recovered funds. Me thinks he needs to stay home a bit more, and pay attention to the alarms being raised by the World Bank and other bodies about Nigeria's economy. He need to share that attention he is giving the boy who stole the money.

Now, what's your own take about what my boss said?

#As an aside, he needs to stop talking so much about his predecessor -Jonathan. It's only a lazy man that blames his tools all the time.

Your boss is wise. Don't miss any opportunity to learn more.


Cc: lalasticlala

vivianblog2:
Today Dec 13th 2015. Following Saturday’s Dec 12th 2015 violent clash between the Nigerian Army and members of the Muslim sect, Shiite, in Zaria, Kaduna State, which reportedly led to the death of scores of the sect’s members, the Shiite group on Sunday, took to the streets of Bauchi, Potiskum in Yobe State and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State to protest the killings of their members, see photos from the protest below.

Source http://www.viviangist.com/photos-from-shiites-protest-for-killing-of-members-in-bauchi-yobe-kaduna

Cc; lalasticlala , seun

Afam4eva:


Source: http://thewhistler.ng/story/n5k-for-only-vulnerable-nigerians-not-unemployed-graduates-lai-mohammed

TheGoodJoe:


The commission was a stunt to stop the best Rivers State Governor of all time to become a minister. The EFCC were looking into the Rivers State finances. If there was any warning bell, Amaechi would have been arrested.

gurunlocker:
This is definitely a scam, how won't jonathan pay subsidy fee from january to may?

This same money APC want to repay? i thought they also paid one subsidy fee when buhari first came into power.

Scholes007:
Some people are too quick to live in highly delusive "self acclaimed high intelligence" that they most likely look at their view as the best. The president just went to iran, to sing a song of what we all know have been problem with the power sector, and you highly intelligent being above me just told the whole world that it took the old man more than six months to identify already known and documented problems. Not only that, you when ahead to tell us that the old man has just told the world that he has no line of action of his own, as all his quoted line of actions have been there before he came. See my dear when calling someone a fool don't make yourself foolish. Thank you

JAZES:


https://mobile.twitter.com/benmurraybruce/status/668679855517532160

Tvegas:
Why his relatives or the government wont demand for some form of autopsy beats my imagination.

donTbone:
What I know and think about Kogi Election!

After Audu's death, I knew it wasn't just 'DEATH', he was killed intentionally. But I asked who might it be
Lemme start from here...Audu was actualy nominated as the APC candidate because he gained ground in Kogi state and he was really popular, not because APC of the state eventually wanna make him go for the govnorship election or because he was a very good man, NO!. And in that case, for them (APC) to win, they need someone who will win the election.

Before his death, though the election wasn't concluded yet, am sure APC won.


Now My View about the incident.

Checking from what happened, we cant say Audu was killed by an opposition party but by his own party. Looking closely, I guess their plan is:
If Audu should win the election, since they actually want his deputy as the gov, the best is to kill Audu, make his deputy be the gov then everything goes fine. But it backfired. The election is inconclusive and I don't think if there is a rerun of the voting (which I don't think there will be), APC might lose ground to PDP I Kogi state.

But my question is still...
WHY WILL THEY WANT HIM DEAD?

Pastis:

Dem force you? If Nsukka is expensive, try Mbaise, kalabari or eleme. Mugu.

kc007:

Most communities in Nsukka do not give list for marriage rites. OP, u didn't mention where in Nsukka. Are u sure it was Nsukka u went to with ur friend?

IamLEGEND1:
If the expenses pass 50k

I no dey do again

take ur daughter and marry her urself

vivalavida:
Former United States President Jimmy Carter has described Nigeria’s former president Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as a symbol of democracy on the African continent.
Carter, the 39th US President, said this when he received Jonathan yesterday at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum located at the Carter Centre in Atlanta.
In a statement, the two former presidents held a fruitful meeting at the carter Centre where they held wide-ranging discussion on global issues and shared views on how to promote peace, democracy and good governance in Africa and the world.

Speaking on Jonathan’s time in office, Carter said: “President Jonathan is the symbol of democracy in action. You set an example that other African leaders should follow.”

The former American president further praised Jonathan for organising a transparent election and easily conceded defeat by handing over to the opposition, stressing that by doing so, Jonathan showed his deep democratic commitment.

In his remarks, Jonathan stated that his actions while in office were informed by his belief in a peaceful, transparent and people-oriented governance, adding that Africa can only move forward through democracy and good governance.

Jonathan also commended President Carter for the exemplary manner he led in his post-presidential life, adding that he was inspired by Carter’s commitment to causes which advance the path of humanity.

The statement said Jonathan and Carter shared a common experience as one term presidents and have both retired involuntarily from politics while rededicating their lives towards making the world a better place.


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/jonathan-is-symbol-of-democracy-says-us/

vivalavida:
Former United States President Jimmy Carter has described Nigeria’s former president Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as a symbol of democracy on the African continent.
Carter, the 39th US President, said this when he received Jonathan yesterday at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum located at the Carter Centre in Atlanta.
In a statement, the two former presidents held a fruitful meeting at the carter Centre where they held wide-ranging discussion on global issues and shared views on how to promote peace, democracy and good governance in Africa and the world.

Speaking on Jonathan’s time in office, Carter said: “President Jonathan is the symbol of democracy in action. You set an example that other African leaders should follow.”

The former American president further praised Jonathan for organising a transparent election and easily conceded defeat by handing over to the opposition, stressing that by doing so, Jonathan showed his deep democratic commitment.

In his remarks, Jonathan stated that his actions while in office were informed by his belief in a peaceful, transparent and people-oriented governance, adding that Africa can only move forward through democracy and good governance.

Jonathan also commended President Carter for the exemplary manner he led in his post-presidential life, adding that he was inspired by Carter’s commitment to causes which advance the path of humanity.

The statement said Jonathan and Carter shared a common experience as one term presidents and have both retired involuntarily from politics while rededicating their lives towards making the world a better place.


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/jonathan-is-symbol-of-democracy-says-us/

Gbawe:
I guess we can accept this as the FG official and unambiguous announcement on the TSA. It is clear no single business interest has made N25 billion per transaction as claimed by Melaye. Buhari will have to very careful with Melaye, Saraki et al because it is clear these guys are 'spoilers' eager to frustrate tha fight against corruption and the effort to enshrine transparency in the operations of government.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/11/17/president-goodluck-jonathan-regime-signed-tsa-agreement-1-fee-minister

theshield:


PLS. PERMIT ME TO SAY I DONT LIKE IGBOS COS THEY LIE TOO MUCH...... IM FROM DELTA STATE, JAMES ONANEFE IGBORI OF PDP IS WHAT?

1. EX CONVICT: convicted of stealing plywood here in Nigeria.
2. Convicted of shop lifting in UK b4 becoming gov.
3. Now serving jail term.

igbos should call people like Metuh to order cos Igbo's image in politics and common sense is been tarnished recently cos of lies, bigotry and cover ups.