President Buhari’s political brand is going from
being the most linguistically innovative in the run-
up to the last general election to being lackluster
and plagued by grammatical and creativity deficits.
In my April 26, 2015 article titled “’From Febuhari
to General March for Buhari: Buharis Linguistic
March to Aso Rock ” I observed that “In the battle
for the hearts and minds of voters, enthusiasts of
President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari on
cyber space were incredibly linguistically creative.
They came up with original, persuasive, catchy,
memorable, and thought-provoking puns, which
helped construct a rhetoric of inevitability of
Buhari’s victory. President Jonathan’s supporters
were caught flat-footed by the unassailable
rhetorical ingenuity of Buhari’s supporters; they
came up with no original puns of their own, and
merely reacted with thoughtless and rhetorically
impoverished comebacks to the rhetorical
demolition of their candidate.”
President Buhari’s media team is reversing this
gain. See below my itemization of the ways in
which the president’s spokesmen are soiling his
linguistic brand.
1. “Wailing Wailers”: There is probably no clearer
evidence of the creativity deficit of the president’s
media men than the deployment of the term
“wailing wailers” to describe critics of President
Buhari.
There are two things wrong with that expression.
One, “Wailing Wailers” is a historically positive
term. It betrays spectacular creativity deficit to
insult your opponent with a term of esteem.
Anyone who knows a little bit about music history
knows that “Wailing Wailers” is one of the earliest
names of the reggae band formed by Bob Marley,
Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in Jamaica.
When the band was formed in the early 1960s, it
was called “The Teenagers.” A few years later, the
band’s name changed to “The Wailing Rudeboys.”
The group again changed its name to the “Wailing
Wailers.” This change of name coincided with the
time it was discovered by an influential Jamaican
producer, who gave it national and international
prominence. After some more years, the group
changed its name to simply “The Wailers.” When
Peter Tosh pulled out of the band, it came to be
known as “Bob Marley and the Wailers.”
I grew up on Bob Marley’s music, and one of my
trivial bragging rights is that I know every single
song Bob Marley sang from the late 1960s till his
death in 1981. To use the name of a progressive,
emancipatory, anti-imperialist, pan-Africanist
musical group as a term of insult is the height of
ignorance!
Let’s even assume that Adesina didn’t know of the
“Wailing Wailers” (which is unlikely, given his age
and the fact that Bob Marley was a sensation in
Nigeria in the 1970s and 1980s when he came of
age), as a grammatical category, shorn of any
association with Bob Marley and his band
members, “wailing wailers” is an idiotic turn of
phrase. What else should wailers do but wail?
Laugh? Smile? Well, they are wailers because they
wail, which makes “wailing wailers” pointless and,
frankly, unimaginative phraseology. It’s like saying
“writing writers,” “singing singers,” “lying liars,”
“fighting fighters,” etc. That’s meaningless and
unintelligent waste of words.

dailytrust.com.ng/news/politics-of-grammar/from-febuhari-to-wailing-wailers--linhuistic-creativity-eecline-of-the-buhari-brand/109552.html

The Eagles will fly again!!!

Lie!!! that is not Sanusi.

send ur account number

Urgent response pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!

Omenkata:
Buhari is a disgrace to presidency worldwide

hope incompetent, docile, Hopless, useless, animalistic, terrorist, bastard, vagabond president

Buhari is a certified terrorist - Elrufai

I guess you are a Biafran always angry for no just cause!

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan shouldn't have come to America. OK, I take that back. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan shouldn't have come to America without preparation. His speeches and press interviews have sadly inflicted enormous reputational violence on his person - and on Nigeria. They were, to use the weakest expression I can summon to capture my deep disappointment, a pain to watch. I had never heard Jonathan speak before. I'd just assumed that being a Ph.D. and a former lecturer, articulateness in speech would be the least of his problems. How wrong I had been. His performance at the (American) Council on Foreign Relations was a disaster of epic proportions. Let's not even talk about his CNN interview with Christiane Amanpour. That was a dismal fizzle. No Nigerian who wants to retain his national self-esteem should watch it. What the eyes do not see, they say, the heart does not grieve over. On Wednesday, I visited the NigeriaVillageSquare.com, like I always do, and saw a video of Goodluck Jonathan's Q & A session at the Council on Foreign Relations posted on the site's front page. I left everything aside and decided to watch it. I'd just finished arguing with a group of Nigerians who thought Jonathan wasn't presidential in his carriage. They said he looked intimidated and unsure of himself before Obama. But I thought otherwise. The pictures of him I saw looked to me dignified, presidential, and admirably self-assured. I managed to convince some of my online interlocutors that they were mistaken in their assessment of the acting president's composure and mien throughout his U.S. visit. So, when I saw the video, I looked forward to watching it with a lot of enthusiasm. I had an expectation that I would listen to a clear-headed, intelligent, confident exposition on Nigeria from Jonathan. But less than five minutes into the video I felt so embarrassed for the man - and for Nigeria - that my teeth itched. Just then a colleague of mine strolled into my office. I instinctively and furtively stopped the video and minimized the window with the anxiety, alacrity, guilt, and embarrassment that a self-respecting family man caught watching dirty porn would evince. And that was precisely what my colleague thought I was doing. So she apologized and left immediately, half-embarrassed too. I was so thoroughly mortified by Jonathan's performance that I didn't want anybody else, not least a non- Nigerian, to watch it. What did he say in the Q & A session that was so atrocious? Well, you will have to watch the video - or read the transcript - yourself. No second-hand recapitulation will do justice to the abysmal emptiness it betrays. But a few things stood out in bold relief from watching that video. First, this man is clearly thoroughly provincial. He does not know the ways of the world and is not emotionally and socially prepared for the job of a president - yet. After former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Howard Jeter introduced him to the audience with lavishly laudatory prefatory remarks, he didn't even acknowledge the remarks. He didn't say a word about the introduction. Jeter described him as "a man of uncommon loyalty, impeccable integrity, and an immense commitment to Nigeria and to the welfare of the Nigerian people." That's some pretty strong praise. But that's not the reason why he should have acknowledged Jeter's remarks. Protocol requires that he does so even if the praise weren't this flattering. That he didn't say "thank you Ambassador Jeter for that warm introduction" or something to that effect was just socially awkward. But I forgave him that gaucherie. I chalked it up to the fact that he was probably too intimidated to have the presence of mind to observe commonplace conversational niceties. Who wouldn't be? America can intimidate the hell out of even the most self-assured person, especially from the Third World. Then came his speech. It was unbelievably dull, colorless, and uninspiring. Whoever wrote that speech for him needs some basic training in speech writing. Although he could have enlivened the drab, rhetorically impoverished, error-laden, cliché-ridden speech with an artful delivery, I didn't blame him for it. I held out hope that he would prove his intellectual verve in the Q & A session. How wrong was I again! His performance in the Q & A session was worse than the speech he'd read. He couldn't articulate a coherent thought, hardly made a complete sentence, went off on inconsequential and puerile tangents, murdered basic grammar with reckless abandon, repeated trifles ad nauseam, was embarrassingly stilted, and generally looked and talked like a timid high school student struggling to remember his memorized lines in a school debate. It was obvious that even Ambassador Jeter was embarrassed. The point at which I stopped watching the video was when he started answering a question about what Nigeria's foreign policy is. This man had no clue what Nigeria's foreign policy is! I felt deep pity for the acting president and for Nigeria. But why didn't his assistants prepare him to answer a question as basic as Nigeria's foreign policy? How could he accept an invitation to speak at the Council on FOREIGN Relations and not give a thought to Nigeria's foreign policy? This was a painful piece to write. Our acting president came across like someone who is barely literate. His grammar was awful. He doesn't seem to be aware that there is something called subject- verb agreement, as evidenced in statements like, "I wish to thank the esteemed members of the Council on Foreign Relations for its continued interest in Nigerian affairs," "issues of corruption bothers us," etc. And "Muslim faithfuls"? Well, there is no word like "faithfuls" in the English language, Mr. Acting President. And by "sectoral crisis between Muslims" did he mean "sectarian crisis between Muslims"? Hmm. He also came across as thoroughly insular and unsophisticated. How else could he promise an American audience that he would make "50, 60, 70 percent" progress on his promises? Those are failing grades in America, Mr. Acting President! Doesn't he have advisers who went to school in America? In America, 50 percent is "F," 60 percent is "," and 70 percent is "C" minus. Finally, he came across as unfathomably clueless. Just look at this statement as an example: "Muslims and Christians are not at war and they will never be at war as far as my own circumstances." Seriously? Enough said.

Farooq Kperogi wrote from USA

You lied!! Obama came to Kenya on Friday PMB left on Wednesday. Are you a wailer? Presidential visits are based on fixed schedules not you home where no protocols

By all accounts, President Buhari not only had
incredibly wondrous moments in America during
his visit here, he also gave me and many Nigerians
a cause to cheer and be proud.
While his American outing didn’t come close to
Tafawa Balewa’s July 1961 visit in terms of
grandeur and luster (read my April 7, 2012 article
titled ‘’Tafawa Balewas Electrifying 1961 American
Visit Buhari was certainly everything that Goodluck
Jonathan was not during his own April 2010
American visit.
Tafawa Balewa oozed infectious regal splendor,
Buhari exuded supreme confidence and
competence, but Jonathan, sadly, betrayed cringe-
worthy timidity and ineptitude. (Read my April 16,
2010 article titled ‘Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, that
was embarrassing! in which I became the first
person to call him ‘clueless’). But let’s leave the
comparisons for another day.
From his polished, dignified comportment during
meetings with Obama and other top American
government officials at the White House, to his
exceptionally well-written and brilliantly delivered
speech at the United States Peace Institute, to his
dexterous and humorous responses to questions
from audience members at the USPI, to his perfect
poise and self-assured delivery at the American
Chamber of Commerce dinner, to his witty,
informative session with Nigerians in America, and
to his interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour,
President Buhari shone like a star.
I am an almost compulsively fastidious person, but
I found little to criticise in Buhari’s American visit.
He understood the protocols and conventions of
state visits, was superlatively self-confident,
radiated warmth and ease, was admirably urbane,
and was totally in control. I couldn’t ask for more.
I initially had anxieties about the thickness of his
accent; I thought his American guests might find
his accent unintelligible. But he spoke slowly and
deliberately, and articulated his words clearly,
carefully, wisely, and advisedly.
I frankly feel like a snob writing this (believe you
me, I am the farthest person from a snob) because
we are talking about a 73-year-old man who had
been everything anybody would ever want to be -
a governor, a minister, a head of state, name it.
Plus, he went to school in America and is as
familiar with Americans as anybody can be. So
why am I gushing over his outing in America as if
I didn’t expect him to be poised, well-spoken, and
polished? Or am I guilty of what George W. Bush
once called the “soft bigotry of low expectations”?
Of course not. As I wrote in my June 20, 2015
article titled ‘Criticising Buhari over ‘President
Michelle of Germany’ Gaffe is Ignorant,’ President
Buhari’s “thought-processes are clearly complex,
sophisticated, and high-level. If in doubt, get hold
of any of his off-the cuff remarks; go beyond the
distractions of his accent, and you will see a man
whose intellect is deep and whose understanding
of governance and world politics is admirably
advanced. I have interviewed him twice -first when
I was a journalist in Nigeria and later from here in
the US for the Nigerian Village Square website in
2010.”
All this is called for precisely because many young
and not so young people who know Buhari only
through the miasma of vile political campaigns
tend to fit him in the mould of the stereotypical
northern ‘know-thing’ who got to his present
station through nepotistic northern patronage
networks. And since the man is taciturn and
chooses to let his critics stew in their own
ignorance about him, the stereotype sticks. But
Buhari is no ‘quota’ know-nothing, his age-
induced memory lapses notwithstanding.
For me, though, one aspect of President Buhari
that came out in bold relief during his American
visit was the richness and rightness of his sense of
humour. It takes complex cognitive ability to be
able to inject humour into one’s speech. It takes
even more abilities to make the humour truly rib-
tickling. But it is best if the humour is
simultaneously funny and self-deprecating.
For instance, during the Q and A portion of his
appearance at the United States Peace, Buhari said,
in response to a question, that in the past few
weeks that he has been president, he has
transmogrified from “Baba Buhari, which means
father Buhari, to Baba Go-Slow!” When the
moderator of the Q and A session wanted to stack
up three questions before giving him a chance to
respond, Buhari said he would rather answer the
questions singly because “I am not too confident
about my memory,” poking fun at his ‘senior
moments’ (such as his “President Michelle of
Germany” gaffe and his misidentification of his
political party as the “All Nigerian People’s
Congress” during remarks at the White House).
That’s self-deprecating humour at its best. Few
people can tell jokes at their own expense.
Again, when the moderator asked how his
experience as a former military head of state would
impinge on his performance as an elected
president - and another windy question I don’t
recall now - Buhari prefaced his response by
saying “thank you for your difficult questions!” The
entire hall roared with laughter. It’s good to know
that we have a leader who can laugh at himself.
I was initially secretly opposed to Buhari’s visit to
America for reasons I have no space to enumerate
here, but having closely observed every step of the
visit, I think it was worth it.

www.dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/notes-from-atlanta/21185-president-buhari-s-grand-moments-in-america

Discipline must be restored not mo gbo moya! i hear i come.

By all accounts, President Buhari not only had
incredibly wondrous moments in America during
his visit here, he also gave me and many Nigerians
a cause to cheer and be proud.
While his American outing didn’t come close to
Tafawa Balewa’s July 1961 visit in terms of
grandeur and luster (read my April 7, 2012 article
titled ‘’Tafawa Balewas Electrifying 1961 American
Visit Buhari was certainly everything that Goodluck
Jonathan was not during his own April 2010
American visit.
Tafawa Balewa oozed infectious regal splendor,
Buhari exuded supreme confidence and
competence, but Jonathan, sadly, betrayed cringe-
worthy timidity and ineptitude. (Read my April 16,
2010 article titled ‘Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, that
was embarrassing! in which I became the first
person to call him ‘clueless’). But let’s leave the
comparisons for another day.
From his polished, dignified comportment during
meetings with Obama and other top American
government officials at the White House, to his
exceptionally well-written and brilliantly delivered
speech at the United States Peace Institute, to his
dexterous and humorous responses to questions
from audience members at the USPI, to his perfect
poise and self-assured delivery at the American
Chamber of Commerce dinner, to his witty,
informative session with Nigerians in America, and
to his interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour,
President Buhari shone like a star.
I am an almost compulsively fastidious person, but
I found little to criticise in Buhari’s American visit.
He understood the protocols and conventions of
state visits, was superlatively self-confident,
radiated warmth and ease, was admirably urbane,
and was totally in control. I couldn’t ask for more.
I initially had anxieties about the thickness of his
accent; I thought his American guests might find
his accent unintelligible. But he spoke slowly and
deliberately, and articulated his words clearly,
carefully, wisely, and advisedly.
I frankly feel like a snob writing this (believe you
me, I am the farthest person from a snob) because
we are talking about a 73-year-old man who had
been everything anybody would ever want to be -
a governor, a minister, a head of state, name it.
Plus, he went to school in America and is as
familiar with Americans as anybody can be. So
why am I gushing over his outing in America as if
I didn’t expect him to be poised, well-spoken, and
polished? Or am I guilty of what George W. Bush
once called the “soft bigotry of low expectations”?
Of course not. As I wrote in my June 20, 2015
article titled ‘Criticising Buhari over ‘President
Michelle of Germany’ Gaffe is Ignorant,’ President
Buhari’s “thought-processes are clearly complex,
sophisticated, and high-level. If in doubt, get hold
of any of his off-the cuff remarks; go beyond the
distractions of his accent, and you will see a man
whose intellect is deep and whose understanding
of governance and world politics is admirably
advanced. I have interviewed him twice -first when
I was a journalist in Nigeria and later from here in
the US for the Nigerian Village Square website in
2010.”
All this is called for precisely because many young
and not so young people who know Buhari only
through the miasma of vile political campaigns
tend to fit him in the mould of the stereotypical
northern ‘know-thing’ who got to his present
station through nepotistic northern patronage
networks. And since the man is taciturn and
chooses to let his critics stew in their own
ignorance about him, the stereotype sticks. But
Buhari is no ‘quota’ know-nothing, his age-
induced memory lapses notwithstanding.
For me, though, one aspect of President Buhari
that came out in bold relief during his American
visit was the richness and rightness of his sense of
humour. It takes complex cognitive ability to be
able to inject humour into one’s speech. It takes
even more abilities to make the humour truly rib-
tickling. But it is best if the humour is
simultaneously funny and self-deprecating.
For instance, during the Q and A portion of his
appearance at the United States Peace, Buhari said,
in response to a question, that in the past few
weeks that he has been president, he has
transmogrified from “Baba Buhari, which means
father Buhari, to Baba Go-Slow!” When the
moderator of the Q and A session wanted to stack
up three questions before giving him a chance to
respond, Buhari said he would rather answer the
questions singly because “I am not too confident
about my memory,” poking fun at his ‘senior
moments’ (such as his “President Michelle of
Germany” gaffe and his misidentification of his
political party as the “All Nigerian People’s
Congress” during remarks at the White House).
That’s self-deprecating humour at its best. Few
people can tell jokes at their own expense.
Again, when the moderator asked how his
experience as a former military head of state would
impinge on his performance as an elected
president - and another windy question I don’t
recall now - Buhari prefaced his response by
saying “thank you for your difficult questions!” The
entire hall roared with laughter. It’s good to know
that we have a leader who can laugh at himself.
I was initially secretly opposed to Buhari’s visit to
America for reasons I have no space to enumerate
here, but having closely observed every step of the
visit, I think it was worth it.

www.dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/notes-from-atlanta/21185-president-buhari-s-grand-moments-in-america

Now want gay as a gift for the Kenyans. Greek gift!!!!

This is a fallacious believe, I'm an African and respect that but about my faith forget it it not about colour but spirituality.

juicee1:
You have a great point which can only move the less enlightened.

Let's put it this way: he earns 80k mopping floors while you earn 30k seated in an airconditioned office typing on a desktop computer.

Assuming the amount the both of you spend on transportation and feeding for every month is 20k each, he will have 60k left for savings while yours will be 10k.

60k x 12months= N720,000

10k x 12months= N120,000

What can you investments 120k in? I don't know for now. Probably something that produces little, not even up to the 30k you earn from being an auditor. I stand to be corrected.

As for his 720K, if he's not a spendthrift, he can invest in transport biz. Placing a danfo bus on the road in lagos can fetch him 80K per month asides the 60K he earns from mopping floors.

80K + 60K= N140,000

140K x 12months= N1,680,000


While he's saving N1,680,000 after 2yrs, you will only have N240K after 2yrs of your comfortable audit job.


In the 3rd year, if he's extra smart, he can add another bus to increase his margin of profit. He can continue the trend in the 4th and 5th year.


By the 5th year, he would have become an employer of labour with 4 danfo buses, each fetching an income of 80K per month asides his cleaner job of 80K per month. Don't forget about the amount he would have saved during those periods.

As for you, your sure believe of nabbing a job worth 300K might get dashed when reality hits you in the face. Even if you finally land the job, you are still going to remain a "yes sir" kind of person cos you've programmed yourself to work for others instead of employing people. Your mentality of comfort at work is one of the reasons why many youths are unemployed or not doing well in employment.


Sometimes, we are suppose to get muddy and dirty before we look shinny. Remember that diamonds are found in the rough.

I really gbadun your line of thought!

This pix got me laughing what was the ex- president thinking about?

Trash!!!!!

A chieftain of the opposition All Progressives
Congress in Bayelsa, the home state of the
immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, John
Brambaifa, has stated that the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party will lose the December 5
governorship election in the state due to the
unpopularity of Mr. Jonathan.
Speaking with reporters on Tuesday at the national
secretariat of the APC in Abuja, Mr. Brambaifa said
Mr. Jonathan was unpopular even when he was
picked as vice president in 2007.
Mr. Brambaifa said the former president’s poor
performance while in office has added to his low
popularity among his people.
“I can tell you categorically that the former
president from my assessment is not popular now
and he was not that popular when he was even the
president,” he said.
He also said Mr. Jonathan was not popular
because he was imposed on the people of the
South South region.
“If it were the people of Bayelsa or the people of
the South-south that would have picked a vice
president at the time, I don’t think the people
would have picked Goodluck Jonathan because he
was not popular and he didn’t have the capacity to
be vice president at the time he was imposed,” he
said.
Mr. Brambaifa, a former Senator, said Mr.
Jonathan’s unpopularity was proven by his
inability to win a second term in office.
“If we are saying that PDP is not popular in
Bayelsa state, the unpopularity and the inability to
perform maximally when Jonathan was the
president is likely to contribute to the unpopularity
of the PDP as at now,” he said.
Dickson, a failure
Mr. Brambaifa also came down hard on the
governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson, saying
the governor did not complete and commission a
single project since his election in 2012.
The APC chieftain challenged Dickson, to tell the
people of the state what he has achieved since his
assumption of office.
“The performance of a governor is a function of
how many projects he commissioned at a given
time, is that not so?” Mr. Braambaifa said. “You
want to go to Bayelsa for the three and half years
that this man has been the governor? There is no
one project, not one that has been commissioned,
not one.
“I am not saying that he didn’t put his hands in
doing one or two projects but it is a functions of
how many project you commission that will
determine you as a performing governor.”
Mr. Brambaifa said the PDP as a party was a
victim of Nigerians demand for change after 16
years of “misrule”.
“I think that there is a wind of change in the
country and the wind of change has caught up with
the PDP as a result of poor performance of PDP
government,” he said. “You know the masses can
take it, but they cannot take it forever, when they
take it to certain point they will revolt.”
Mr. Brambaifa said he was in Abuja as part of the
preparations for the election in Bayelsa state. He
also said the APC is expected to receive about
15,000 defectors across the state before the
election.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/187040-jonathan-was-imposed-on-south-south-he-lacked-capacity-to-be-vice-president-bayelsa-ex-senator.html

Blatant lie another wailing wailer!!!

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has debunked claims
that some ministerial nominees failed corruption
test conducted by security agencies.
Odigie-Oyegun, who spoke to reporters in Benin
City, the Edo State capital, noted that the ministers
to be appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari
would be a mixture of politicians and technocrats.
He said the actions of the APC-led government
under Buhari were deliberate and cautious.
This, he explained, was because the APC came
with a different manifesto and would need
passionate individuals who understand what is
required to be done.
Odigie-Oyegun criticised the Peoples Democratic
Party (APC) for alleging that the APC was clamping
down on its members.
He said the former National Security Adviser,
Sambo Dasuki, was a public officer.
His words: “The government is not slow. It is
cautious and deliberate. It is good we go with
deliberate steps and make a few mistakes as
possible in the appointments that will need to
come. That process is nearing its end.
“Activities people thought were slow are taking
place. Some aspects of our promises are already
underway. Implementations of some of the party’s
promises are underway.”
“There was need, given that this is our first
experience in governance, to be cautious. There
was need, because of the totally different nature of
our manifestos and social welfare programmes we
promised to the people, that those he wants to
bring to execute these programmes are totally
different; that they understand, passionate and
have ideas about what is required to be done.
“We don’t have time for the PDP yet. We are busy
now to put our government on the ground and
start expanding to the yearnings of the people.
PDP has not put itself together yet. They are no
source of concern to anybody. Dasuki was a public
officer. He was not a PDP member.”

thenationonlineng.net/odigie-oyegun-no-ministerial-nominee-failed-corruption-test/

That a fact GEJ was nor ready to conduct free and fair election but for external pressure and fear of being Gbogboed many thanka to Jega who stood his ground despite the Orubebelization

This is demeaning! cant believe they just described one time president of Giant of Africa.

OK wailing wailers come and watch the "Dollard" is US with Obama.

Madam Gale is that you? Pls return our money

So we should call President Buhari back

Yes we will and we can Nigerian are behind you

I totally concurred give some of the wailers some positions and they lapse into silence

Kaduna sai mai Rusau!!

THREAD OF THE WAILERS, BY THE WAILERS AND FOR THE WAILERS These same clowns were hailing Jonathan when he was using the military to block governors convoys from going to political relies. This same clowns saw nothing wrong when Jonathan was shutting down air ports to stop the opposition from traveling to ralies. This same hypocrites, saw nothing wrong when Oshiomole's houses were surrounded my armed soldiers during election. Or is it Asiwajus house in Ikoyi where masked soldiers kept watch or the sealing of NASS by the police? JONATHAN WAS NEVER AWARE OF ANY OF THIS THE SAME CONFUSED LOTS CALLING NIGERIA A ZOO ARE NOW FIGHTING FOR AN "ABOKKI" THAT THEY FEEL ARE THE GENESIS OF THEIR PROBLEM, THE SAME WAY THEY HAIL FAYOSE A "YOLOBA" WHOM THEY BELIEVE CONIVED WITH THE Northerners TO COMPOUND THEIR PROBLEMS Wailing continues for 8 years ooooo.......koboko96

THREAD OF THE WAILERS, BY THE WAILERS AND FOR THE WAILERS These same clowns were hailing Jonathan when he was using the military to block governors convoys from going to political relies. This same clowns saw nothing wrong when Jonathan was shutting down air ports to stop the opposition from traveling to ralies. This same hypocrites, saw nothing wrong when Oshiomole's houses were surrounded my armed soldiers during election. Or is it Asiwajus house in Ikoyi where masked soldiers kept watch or the sealing of NASS by the police? JONATHAN WAS NEVER AWARE OF ANY OF THIS THE SAME CONFUSED LOTS CALLING NIGERIA A ZOO ARE NOW FIGHTING FOR AN "ABOKKI" THAT THEY FEEL ARE THE GENESIS OF THEIR PROBLEM, THE SAME WAY THEY HAIL FAYOSE A "YOLOBA" WHOM THEY BELIEVE CONIVED WITH THE Northerners TO COMPOUND THEIR PROBLEMS Wailing continues for 8 years ooooo....... koboko96

WHERE THEM DEY ANOTHER NORTHERN AGENDA

Last Monday, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the
U.S. Government will seek to ‘press’ Nigeria to
repeal the law against same-sex marriage enacted
by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s
government in January 2014. She said the Obama
administration has placed the protection of lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender community as part
of its foreign policy agenda.
“As a government, it is one of the highest priorities
and strongest values that discrimination against
anyone based on their sexual orientation and
gender identity is wrong. We believe human rights
should be available to everybody,” she said. “As a
policy, we will continue to press the government of
Nigeria as well as other government who have
provided legislation against the LGBT community.”
So, what has America got to do with
homosexuality? They now say it is a human rights
issue. But how? First, it should be accepted that
homosexuality is a freely chosen vice; therefore,
no homosexual can excuse his decadent behaviour
by claiming that he is “born that way.” Second,
homosexuality is a contagion that preys on
innocent victims, especially the poor and children;
and so it is and remains a menace to society and
a clear and present danger. Third, because of
Western-aided propaganda, homosexuals have
now come out; and after losing their shame, they
are now flaunting their depravity in everywhere,
thereby polluting society.
They said it was hereditary-it was there in the
genes; then they said it was all the result of
aberrations in childhood-an unresolved Oedipus
complex or the Electra, according to the new
gospel-bearer; or, it might in fact be the result of
the interplay of all of these different factors-
genetics, hormonal, psychological, environmental
and social.
But the despised and universally condemned
sodomy of Sodom and Gomorrah has been
replaced by the sexual orientation of modern
America; from Foucault’s temporary aberration, it
has now graduated into respectable specie. And
science has finally liberated man from the shackles
of hated religion: so, absolved of all responsibility,
man can now do as he pleases-and blame genes,
childhood, God or whatever. The new argument
has dethroned God and deified science. “Why is it
that none of the prophets invented psychoanalysis?
Why did it have to wait for a completely godless
Jew?” Sigmund Freud, the new secular prophet,
asked.
They used to burn them at the stake. Then they
decided to look away, especially when it became
the pastime of the high and mighty. Then they
invented a whole science for it; and using the
theory of evolution and randomness, the science of
genetics and the voodoo of psychoanalysis, they
absolved humans of responsibility for the sin of
homosexuality. It then became an orientation and
now it is a civil right; and the worst human vices
are inscribed in law as human rights.
But since the main purpose of marriage is
procreation in order to ensure the continuity of the
human race, it follows that same-sex couples, who
cannot procreate, should not be allowed to marry.
Throughout history, the only socially and
religiously acceptable sexual conduct has been
relationship between members of the opposite sex;
therefore sexual relation between same-sex
partners is immoral, unethical and unacceptable. It
is a sign of the irrationality and untenability of
same-sex marriage that all the arguments in its
support can be used to justify bestiality.
Scientific studies have established that children
born through in-vitro fertilization or surrogate
motherhood grow up with great hunger for
parents. Children also need mothers who give
emotional security to them; and especially for girls,
they give crucial counsel to them while they
undergo rapid physical, sexual and emotional
development. They need fathers who alone can
moderate tendencies to antisocial behaviour in
boys and control sexual promiscuity in girls. In
addition, children raised by lesbians or
homosexual men are more likely to grow up into
homoerotic relationships.
This is what the West is now trying to impose on
our world. Despite threats by Western powers,
some African leaders have been blunt in their
criticisms of homosexual conduct. Foremost
among these are President Robert Mugabe of
Zimbabwe and President Yoweri Museveni of
Uganda.
Coming across a stall erected by the Association
of Gays and Lesbian of Zimbabwe at the 1995
Zimbabwe annual International Book Fair in Harare,
President Mugabe exploded: “I find it extremely
outrageous and repugnant to my human
conscience that such immoral and repulsive
organizations, like those of homosexuals, who
offend both against the law of nature and the
morals of religious beliefs espoused by our
society, should have any advocates in our midst
and elsewhere in the world.”
Later, he situated them where they belonged. “It
degrades human dignity. It’s unnatural, and there
is no question ever of allowing these people to
behave worse than dogs and pigs. If dogs and pigs
do not do it, why must human beings? We have
our own culture, and we must re-dedicate
ourselves to our traditional values that make us
human beings,” Mugabe said. “What we are being
persuaded to accept is sub-animal behaviour and
we will never allow it here. If you see people
parading themselves as Lesbians and Gays, arrest
them and hand them over to the police!”
And when President Museveni signed the anti-gay
law in Uganda, Western countries threatened to cut
off aid, and he lashed out at them. “Outsiders
cannot dictate to us. This is our country. I advise
friends from the west not to make this an issue,
because if they make it an issue the more they will
lose. If the west does not want to work with us
because of homosexuals, then we have enough
space to ourselves here,” he said. “Uganda does
not need aid.”
But today, the world is called upon to accept the
fact of homosexual acts and homosexual
relationships as morally okay and the celebration of
this conduct as something natural, normal, modern
and even desirable in order to receive aid from the
West. Instead of hurrying to the defence of the
family, upholding the sacredness of the marriage
institution, protecting the dignity of human life,
promoting the practice of sexuality within the
context of married life-a marriage between man
and woman, and mounting fierce and implacable
opposition to these so-called same-sex unions, we
are once again caught vacillating.
And it is not something that has been accepted
even in the nations that are forcing it on us. A Fox
News poll found that Americans oppose same-sex
marriage by an overwhelming 66 to 25 percent
margin. Another Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll
conducted in August 2003 found almost 60 per
cent, and a Gallup poll found 53 per cent, of
Americans supporting a constitutional amendment
to ban gay marriage, with 34 percent opposing. A
Zogby poll conducted the following year found that
more than half of all Americans agreed that a
constitutional amendment should be passed to
limit marriage to a man and a woman.
The West is able to do what it has done because it
has already overthrown religious values. We
should attach no value to Western opposition to
religion in general or even to its aversion to
Christianity in particular, fuelled and controlled as
it is by unrelenting propaganda by the worldwide
homosexual activist movement. Just because
America leads the world in technology doesn’t by
itself mean it leads it in morality; or because the
world needs to copy from their technological
advancement doesn’t mean that the world must
adopt every of America’s many [im]moral codes of
conduct.
But if science developed in opposition to Church
teachings, in our sympathetic ignorance, we
recognize this historical opposition to science as
the measure by which early Church Fathers have
departed from the sublime teachings of Christ [AS].
Because we believe and affirm that Jesus [AS]
never preached anything that was, or is, contrary
to, or incompatible with, established scientific
truths.
It is not impossible that the clash between the
Church and science was in part made inevitable by
pious interpolations into scripture and by the
adoption and defence of a popular cosmology that
was without divine sanction, and the general
obscurantist attitude of the clerical order to the
new men of science.
Neither the encyclicals of those eras, nor the
Protestant ethic that developed as a reaction to it;
and nor yet even the subsequent fundamentalism
of classical Pentecostalism, told the story that
science wanted to hear. With the coming of the
Reformation and the Enlightenment, the gulf
between science and religion only got wider.
Thereafter, science took the atheistic route and the
door of the hereafter was firmly closed.
But this reaction by the West should on no
account be allowed to colour or affect our own
attitude to religion, or accept the conclusions that
the West reached after its rebellion to the Word of
God. If after rebelling against Christianity it arrived
at same-sex marriage, why should the rest of the
world that is still loyal to God be made to accept
this outrage?
But they are able to silence the world with their
control of the media, which they utilize to adorn a
perversion with the robe of moral blamelessness;
they are able to sponsor the passing of a variety of
so-called hate-crime laws that disentitle society to
the defence of its own values; and they are able to
sponsor non-discrimination laws with respect to
employment in which they sell their so-called
sexual orientation as a valid category for civil
rights protection. It is not. Homosexuality is not a
category: it is a disease and a sin against God and
against the essential nature of the human person.
And on this, we should tell President Barack
Obama off.

www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/index.php/columns/friday-columns/60226-sodom-and-gomerica

The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) national
vice chairman South South, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh
has said the centenary city built during President
Goodluck Jonathan’s administration was a
blueprint for corruption.
Speaking with newsmen weekend in Abuja, PDP
national vice chairman South South, Dr. Cairo
Ojougboh said a huge expanse of land was given
to one man who went to incorporate the centenary
city as a free trade zone, describing it as “crime
personified.”
Dr. Ojougboh said he had personally writen a letter
to President Jonathan on several occasions
concerning the
centenary city telling him it was wrong to create a
free trade zone in the city centre. He said the
centenary city project had made some Nigerians
believe that the PDP is a corrupt party. “Find out.
The centenary city is owned by one man and when
he comes he will start calling names; Abdulsalam
Abubakar, this and that. If you go to the Corporate
Affairs Commission, you will see the owner of the
centenary city.
There are two companies owned by one man who
was in charge of the office of the SGF. “Somebody
within that office called the SGF had (the) impunity
to tell Nigerians lies that the centenary city is a
public private partnership arrangement; I mean it is
a lie. In fact, huge chunk of land was given to only
one man and it didn’t stop there. He now went to
incorporate the entity as a free zone. Where have
you ever seen it in this world? It is crime
personified. “But we are going to re-build the party
and if we don’t tell ourselves the truth, we won’t
be able to rebuild the party. I have told you why
the PDP lost the election.
But as a PDP member, I am telling you that PDP is
not corrupt. But what I know is the issue of the
centenary city which I know that, that place is a
blueprint for corruption and that entity is corrupt.
That is what I am saying,” he said. Dr. Ojougboh
also questioned the release of over N700 million
bailout package for states by President
Muhammadu Buhari, saying: “The issue with it is
the method of disbursement. Did the National
Assembly approve it? You see, this is where
democracy comes in. Was it appropriated, that bail
out? Does it have legal backing? The PDP is
watching.

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