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akinsipe:
Nigerians, let's not treat the change that has come like Israel did in the days of old. For the doubting Thomases, your fears are quite understood especially viewing this against the backdrop of the deep rot in the land. However, it still doesn't change the fact that Nigeria has a date with destiny in Goodluck Jonathan! Love it or lump it, the days ahead are going to unsettle the so called powerful cankerworms of our land and the wasters shall surely be wasted!

Hopefully so, but not if you warn the powerful cankerworks ahead. That's another reason to keep it to yourself. Nigeria has too many moving parts, you cannot be too sure about anything. I see signs of hope too, but watch your steps carefully.

Ikengawo:
true story.

This is the official hate forum for nigeria and it's sad.
if you post anything go it will be ignored. The largest human works project in the history of west africa is being conducted in nigeria right now as we speak and 90% of this site doesn't know about it, if i brought it up they wouldn't care they're just looking for reasons to blame nigeria for their own person depression.

nigeria is a great country that's trying hard and going far, everyone in the world, except members of this site, acknowledge this. i have better discussions about nigeria with non nigerians that have lived in nigeria then i do with nigerians.

Though there are extremes on this forum, you guys are on one end of it. Please tell us about this human works project as nobody is holding your fingers. Just make sure to get your facts strainght, and keep the bunkum to yourself. Good news is not always news, bad news is news any day - so get over it already.

Person 1: Great God, it is April 2010. What kind of sleep did I fall into? Is my calendar fast or have I really being sleeping for two scores less 5 months.

Person 2: Good to see you awake my friend. You have been in a strange sleep for that long, but I am glad you are okay now.

Person 1: Don't play me. Are you telling me that it has been that long since we elected the man of 7 agenda.

Person 2: Yep.

Person 1: Doesn't look like it. The headlines seem to be the same as back then.

Person 2: --mumbles: memory test. How so my dear friend?

Person 1:  Well, IBB is trolling the Nigerian landscape trying to get the PDP nomination. Atiku is still fighting to get his way in the PDP. Obasanjo is making statements about what politicians need to do for fair elections. INEC still doesn't have a clue about what an election entails. At least according to the radio.

Person 2: , begins to laugh,

Person 1:  Ah, do we have 6000 MW of electricity now? That would convince me?

Person 2: Nope. No 6000MW. I'll try to help you find something convincing.

Person 1: Vision 2020 is halfway achieved?

Person 2: Sorry again.

Person 1: NEEDS, nko?

Person 2: NEEDS ko, NADDS ni. If you need something just say so!

Person 1: So, what have the politicians being doing?

Person 2: Nothing.

Person 1: Nothing you say - well I think you are being economical with the truth. With that pile of newspapers in the corner they must have been doing something.

Person 2: Yes, busy stealing the funds and fighting in the courts. Some election cases are still in the courts, you know.

Person 1: What about my hero, Ribadu?

Person 2: Oh yeah, they got busy on him right away. First, they demoted him and sent him to "school", then they tried to kill him, and lastly he had to get out of here in a hurry.

Person 1: For a few months there I thought we had a chance in this country. Didn't the 7 agenda man include rule of law in his manifesto?

Person 2: ---mumbles,

Person 1:  What? I mis-read it? You mean the 7 agenda man actually wrote ruse of law.

Person 2:  One foolish man, I think his name was Rufai, who thought the nation cannot be allowed to see this, that the nation needs to move forward, was the one that single-handely changed "ruse" to "rule" with fervent hope for his countrymen.

Person 1: So what happened to him?

Person 2: Well, he had to hightail out of here for daring to bring civility to the uncivilized political climate. Served him right won't you say? I remember Atiku was mightily pissed at that "boy".

Person 1: I just heard that someone by his name is heading home. That is him? Really? What gave him the confidence that he would not be in hot-water upon return.

Person 2: Where have you being man? Sorry, forgot about your sleep for a moment there. The man of 7 agenda has not been seen for several months. Don't say it, he was not overthrown by the coup makers. No, no, no, my friend, our military knows what is good for them now. They are professionals or so they claim. You remember the man of 7 agenda was not feeling too good before his selection, right?

Person 1:  Oh yeah, memory fails me.

Person 2: Well, it was a little more than fever, if you know what I mean. After a couple of hide-and-seek games, the guy had to stampede out of here in the middle of the night to you know where. He has not been seen since then, but we are told, and don't quote me oh, that he is playing with kids, doing yoga, jumping rope and is planning to play for the Nigerian team in South Africa.

Person 1: That reminds me. How did the hosting of the under-17 world cup go?

Person 2: You must be kidding, right? After all I have told you, what do you think happened?

Person 1: What happened?

Person 2: What happened? They shamed us in the eyes of the world is what happened.

Person 1: I will read these newspapers thoroughly so as to stop displaying ignorant hope, dear friend. One last question, if you don't mind, were there any moments of elation, pure joy and togetherness during my sojourn into sleephood?

Person 2: You are a coconut head aren't you? If you still don't get it, let me put the cake on top of it for you. There was one Boko Haram and one Abdul Mutallab - look it up then come talk to me.

Person 1: Okay I'll start reading these newspapers to refresh my memory.

Person 2: Or you can just watch TV and listen to radio for the next twoscore months, because another episode of "Soap Nigeriana" is about to begin. The format is a little bit different this time. The Americans are telling us that Nigeria is good enough for two shows.

Person 1: Why?

Person 2: There you go with those silly questions. Just open your window, let the light jump in, and watch this first episode of the re-make of "Soap Nigeriana". You will understand my friend, in time, you will understand. I'll tell you this. They think there is at least one recalcitrant actor on set that might, for all we know, burn the whole place down if not gently lowered. They know for a fact that he is being recruited by an "enemy" network. May God save us all or we can decide to save ourselves. It has been a long time since God sent fire from heaven or parted the sea for any person or group of persons. Right now he is probably just watching the show and surfing the universal internet.

You are right. Another one that Babangida got in his fold to shut them up - they were never the same again.

Ibime:
Prof Tam David West springs to mind.

This was the entire aim of luring people like Prof. Soyinka and Tai Solarin - "the trouble makers" - to his stolen government, so he could tarnish them. Now they realize it, may be a little too late since IBB will always find writers like this to help him. The question is, do you realize it?

If IBB was half a soldier or head of state as Prof. Soyinka was the master of his profession, we would have built a gold statue and presented it to him. Nonsense and ingredient of a person as we use to say.

Reacting to the professor, Babangida described such criticism as ungodly for the Noble laureate to "selfishly cast aspersion on his fellow human being," adding that it was amusing that Prof. Soyinka who served under his administration can now claim to be holier-than-thou. Kassim Afegbua, Babangida’s spokesperson says, "the professor is suffering from intellectual (senility) which is unfortunate. This is a man who after creating crisis in the country will run abroad. He is a man of dual personality and contradicting posturing."

It could be recalled that the professor served the military junta as Chairman of the Federal Road Safety Commission. Isn’t it then amusing that Prof Soyinka who was part of military oligarchy is now claiming to be holier than thou? And this is where the Prof is vulnerable to attack. Although I respect and admire the literary giant, I would never buy any argument as to why he chose to serve under the military dictatorship. In retrospect, perhaps the worst mistake this giant has made in his life.

@akinsipe
Did you see this in a dream or vision? In any case, you are better keeping it to yourself until we all see it clearly - you don't want to be eating your words a few months hence, do you?. Mark my words, the Ag. President is good intentioned, but I would believe it when I see it.

akinsipe:
Nigerians have, under a heavy yoke of internal and external oppression, been praying for many years for a God-sent leader that would turn the fortunes of the country around and I dare to say finally God has answered the prayers in the Acting President. Nigerians watch out because a new era is about to be birthed in Nigeria and we have the opportunity now to rally round Goodluck Jonathan for a new dawn in this country. Jonathan has the grace, anointing and favour to make a sustainable positive change and his enemies, no matter how powerful they are, will fall before him. Nigerians, God has finally answered your prayers and what we all should pray for now is that whoever or any group that may seek to scuttle or stymie what God has put on his mind to do for this country should be consumed. Rejoice Nigerians, better days ahead!

People, I can spot IBB and his cohort's intentions from 10 miles. They are preparing a soft landing for him on June 12.

In a few month's time he will be offering some public apology - enough to get into more comfortable political space. I could see this from another interview he gave about a week ago. Rather than make direct excuses about June 12 that he is now well-known for, when asked about June 12 IBB said something like: You know they say a leader is like a dustbin. When things go well he gets no praise, but when things go bad he gets all the blame. Not yet an apology, but the ground is being prepared. The below is the second stage - someone says Nigerians want a public apology for June 12, Babangida generates a public discussion, and a few months hence he offers a feeble, but well publicized one.

Let me tell IBB what Nigerians think of his impending apology - put it where the sun don't shine and vacate the Nigeria political space.

While Okei-Odumakin stressed that Nigerians needed a public apology for the annulment of June 12 election, Keyamo said “we protest the presence of Babangida at this rally.”

@Baro

Pity, if you were really taken by the opinion that it was not for IBB or may be you are trying to pool wool over our eyes. IBB doesn't just show up for stuff, it was for him period - great that Prof. Soyinka had good memories. Can't say that for my other fellow citizens.

Oshimole is going down the drain and the vortex is about to go gulp. They say if you make a deal with the devil he will bless you with great things, but his price is high or is it, if you eat with the devil use a long spoon.

In any case, IBB is trolling the Nigerian landscape to collect on the "free" favors he's being granting since 1993 - thats a lot of favors, enough to get him to Aso Rock. We need to stop him quick!

Baro:
That rally was not for IBB, it was put together to commemorate Oshiomhole's victory at the Tribunal and  to popularize his "One man, One vote" campaign. IBB only showed up to test his level of acceptance in such a civil gathering, and also to feather is new found democratic nest. The only blame due Oshiomhole, is that i suspect he never told Soyinka, Tinubu and co, that Maradona would be on the same Sam Ogbemudia Stadium pitch too. And so it must have been a rude shock, when the news came to them a few hours before kick off.  As they were probably ill-prepared to provide tackles that would/could scuttle the General's deft moves on the field of play, and so they shuddered and scampered for safety.

     All the Ac Leaders that left the rally are all cowards, including Soyinka. They just lost a good oportunity to put an end to the presidential ambition of the 'Evil Genius'. Very funny they all ran just because of one man. Same man they continually castigate for not honouring an invitation to Oputa Panel, inter alia. Now they have him to devour on a platter of gold and they chickened out.

     Tomorrow, they will start boasting and saying what they can't do on the pages of newspapers. If anyone should feel uncomfortable and suffocated in such a gathering to the extent of taking to his heels, it should have been the Ex-dictator, and not our so called democrats. Please, the title should read " 'DEMOCRATS' SCAMPER AT THE SIGHT OF IBB " . . . . . Kudos to the likes of Keyamo, and Odumakin, who stayed back to give the General a piece of their mind. How i miss Gani . . . .

@mekusxxx
You must love these same things to be hateful of those who enjoy them, stiff competition hey.   Otherwise you are just a nut case.

As for those complaining about lack of power, the day you realize that your only real power comes from developing and guarding your own corner of the world so well that other regions are jealous that is the day you will be cured of relying on political caucuses. If the governor of Osun, for example, stopped wasting the people's money on frivolities and builds on Awolowo's education legacy or did the kind of things Lagos is doing now the possibilities are endless. That goes for all the Ibos, Ijaws, Hausas, Fulanis, Edos and whatever you want to call yourself. If you dealt with Ohakim's buffoonery in Imo State may be the east has hope. If the people of Zamfara realized that Ahmed Sanni is a thief of no small proportions, but one who doesn't shy away from cutting the hand of ordinary folks for stealing goat, while hiding behind the name of God then power would have come to the north. If Sharia were to be any good for modern times  Abacha's sons should be missing limbs left, right and center.

Nobody is kicking the Yorubas around, the Hausa elites are kicking the Yoruba and Ibo elites all over the place. That is the entire story. They are a band of thieves among whom there is no honor, so what do you expect. Don't you wonder why they always manage to find an easterner to become the INEC commissioner? In turn the elites in each region are kicking their people around in pursuance of their egoistic goals.

mekusxxx:
Greedy ngbatis
They love women
They love owambe
They love power
They love money
They love amala and gbegiri (yak)
They love corruption and fraudulence
What do they hate sef?

[size=14pt]This smells to high heavens - we may need stronger measures to deal with these nincompoops. Check out the profile of the 3 companies and let anyone tell me how these are related to nuclear reactors.[/size]

Barnett Holdings - An Exporting Company http://www.exporters.sg/member_profile.asp?co_id=101018

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_Boggs
Patton Boggs is a full service law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. It has more than 600 lawyers and professionals in nine locations in the United States and the Middle East. Patton Boggs specializes in litigation, public policy, business, intellectual property, international and trade law with over 200 international clients from over 70 countries. In addition to the firm's Washington, D.C. headquarters, it maintains offices in New York City, Newark, Anchorage, Dallas, Denver, Northern Virginia, Doha, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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trueword:
Ohakim signs MoU on nuclear power generation, mass housing
Tuesday, 20 April 2010 01:17 Horatius Egua

Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo at the weekend in Washington D.C., signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with three American companies for the deployment of nuclear technology for the generation of electricity, mass housing and development of palm produces in the state.
The three foreign partners are John Barnett of Barnett Holding Company, John Fox of Foxcor Incorporates, and Roy Lessy and Robert Horn, both of Patten Boggs Inc. The deployment of the nuclear reactors will be primarily for the energy hot spots across Imo State to solve the critical energy problem, and it is going to be in 1,000, 200, 25, 20 and five megawatts, respectively. Addressing newsmen shortly after the signing ceremony, in Washington DC, Ohakim said he was worried that due to the problem of power manufacturing companies sited in Nigeria were drifting to other countries, noting that the government must do something urgent to halt the trend.

“You will recall that Michelin moved out of Port-Harcourt two years ago to Ghana. Last year, also, Dunlop moved also to Ghana. They manufacture tyres there and bring them back to Nigeria because the difference in cost of production is about 20 percent between Nigeria and Ghana just because of electricity and diesel,” he said.

“One of the things that gladden our heart today is the exploratory of the MoU in deployment of nuclear reactors to quickly generate electricity for our people. It is going to be a challenge and a forward movement for which I want to lead. I want to be in the fore front to lead this march towards positive deployment of all important sectors.


http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10237:ohakim-signs-mou-on-nuclear-power-generation-mass-housing-&catid=85:national&Itemid=340

The future of the world is no religion!

Jos: 7 bus passengers dragged out, killed 

Link - http://www.news.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17640:jos-7-bus-passengers-dragged-out-killed&catid=46:lead-stories&Itemid=140


Written by Abdulmutallib A. Abubakar     
Tuesday, 20 April 2010 23:47  - Daily Trust

Youths in Riyom Local Government Area barricaded the Abuja-Jos highway yesterday and killed seven people travelling along the route, introducing a new dimension to the tit-for-tat violence in Plateau State where hundreds have been killed since January.
Those killed yesterday were passengers travelling through Jos from other parts of the country, according survivors of the attack at Tahoss village, 30 kilometres south of Jos.

Surviving passengers said Christian youths from the Berom tribe barricaded the road as early as 9:00am, stopping vehicles and interrogating passengers to ascertain their religious affiliations or ethnic origins, after which those who were from rival tribes and religion were dragged out of the vehicles and beaten.

Our correspondents learnt that the attacks were a reprisal to avenge the killing of four people in the area by suspected Fulani marauders on Monday.

The youths mounted roadblocks since Monday night but were dispersed by the men of the special task force. They later regrouped yesterday morning.

Chairman of Riyom LGA Mr. Simon Markus confirmed to BBC Hausa yesterday that six people were killed in the incident. He said security officers had been drafted to the area, and that six corpses had been exhumed. He lamented that the people killed were mere passersby. “Those people killed have no idea of what was happening,” Markus said.

A police officer in the area who refused to be named because he was not authorised to speak said seven people were confirmed dead and several others were injured.

Security forces tried to send the youths off the road but they were initially overpowered because of their superior numerical strength. They later succeeded in opening the road and rescuing many passengers.

Our correspondent saw some of the victims brought to the state Criminal Investigation Department and later taken to Jos Central Mosque.

One of the victims with a deep cut on his head, Abdullahi Adamu, 23, said he was attacked while delivering a bus load of vegetables in a J5 bus with registration number SA 455 DAS.

“I was driving towards Akwanga (Nasarawa State) when I noticed a group of youths who were carrying machetes, cutlasses, catapults coming towards us. As soon as I noticed their unfriendly mood I started to reverse my bus, but it was too late, the engine of the bus died completely. But before they arrived where we were, I jumped out of the bus and also told the remaining two passengers to run,” he said.

“I ran until I got exhausted. That was how they pounced on me beating and throwing stones at me, until a mobile policeman came and rescued me. But because they were so many them, the policeman found it very difficult to protect me. Luckily for me a car was brought by some policemen and they took me away and brought me to the state CID office,” he said.

On the two passengers in his bus, Adamu said, “I don’t know whether they are alive or dead because we all ran in different directions.”

Another survivor Alhaji Sani Shuabu said he was on his way from Abuja to Bauchi with three other people to deliver building materials when they were stopped by a group of protesting youths carrying knifes, cudgels and sticks at a junction.

He said the youths started raining insults on them and asked them to alight from the vehicle after which they descended on them, beating them. He said they ran but were pursued by the youths, hauling large stones at them. Shuaibu, who had a deep cut on his wrist and in the back, said he was rescued by two mobile policemen he run into.

Police spokesman ASP Mohammed Lerama confirmed that there was “problem” in the Riyom area, but said he could not speak on the matter yet because state police commissioner had gone to the scene to ascertain the situation.

Assistant Army Public Relations Officer Lt-Colonel Galadima Shekari said troops were on their way to the scene of the incident at the time of filing this report.

State Commissioner of Information Gregory Yenlong said when he heard about the incident he called the Riyom local government chairman to confirm, and was told there was problem. He said the chairman pledged to call him back and brief him over the incident, but was yet to do that as at the time our correspondent called.

AFP news agency reported that the military exhumed seven bodies from fresh, shallow graves in the area. The bodies were buried in three shallow graves in remote forests of Tahoss.

Former minister of state for information and communication, Alhaji Dasuki Ibrahim Nakande, said from the reports he got from members of his community, no less than nine innocent passersby were killed by the Berom youths.

He said Governor Jonah Jang must be held responsible for the killing of innocent persons and must prevailed upon by his colleague governors to own up and take responsibility for the killing since the youths were from his ethnic group.

Obviously, we have moronic leaders who keep pursuing solutions that are unrelated to the problem. It is one thing to do this with economic management, but another to do so with people's lives.

Nobody seem to have been listening, since over the last few days I have been warning that this thing is going to go kaboom in all of our faces. It is not hard to see if you have your eyes peeled. There have been three incidents since the last attack, which they claimed was retaliation, in which the Fulanis were the culprits. Nigeria is about to meet its waterloo if nothing drastic is done soon. My post yesterday on this topic recommends the following seriousness-showing steps that is now even more urgent:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-433507.0.html#msg5921135

Comment:
Forget about the governors and advisory committees - they have never worked for the people. If Ag. President Jonathan is going to show himself connected to the people these are the things he must do:

1. Get actual representatives of the warring parties, people warned they are not coming to Abuja to drink tea, but has the mandate to speak for these communities - 2 from each community no matter how small.

2. Bring them to Abuja and have an internationally televised press conference. Impress on them, get interpreters if need be, and the world of a determination to put a stop to this senselessness, whatever its cause. Let each group present their legitimate grievances in a one page readout, and let them tell us how they feel about this violence.

3. Have a conference with these representatives in the prescence of Nigerians of integrity from all over Nigeria. Let them first of all renounce violence, then present their desires for a peacelful resolution. Discuss, collect your evidence, and issue a stern warning that a state-of-emergence is coming to their villages if this nonsense doesn't stop.

4. Make decisions on the evidence before you. Divide villages into smitterens if need be, set boundaries as necessary - either for cattle rearing or agriculture. Establish a means of enforcement.

5. At any further instance of violence, declare a state of emergency. Evacuate villages on the frontlines on either side and create a separation barrier manned by military and police if need be.

Unless drastic action is taken by the FG this thing will go kaboom in everyone's faces - you can forget about 2011, 2012 or 2015!

Written by Ahmed Mohammed & Mahmud Lalo, Jos     
Monday, 19 April 2010 23:32   - Daily Trust

Two corpses were recovered by the police command yesterday in Riyom local government area of Plateau State.
Plateau State Public Relations Officer ASP Muhammed Lerama who confirmed the incident said information reaching them revealed that four people went to farm yesterday morning and did not return home which prompted a search team to go looking for them. Though the PPRO said they were yet to have full details of what happened as at the time of filing this story he however said that preliminary report showed that two corpses were discovered while the remaining two were still missing.

Lerama told our reporters that further details of the incident will be made available today.

A resident of the area Mr Pam Daniel said four people were killed by some assailants suspected to be Fulani when they went to farm Monday morning.

Pam said residents became suspicious when the four people did not return from the farm towards the evening which made them to launch a search operation in the company of security men. He said it was late in the evening that the corpses of two people out of the four were discovered; the remaining two were still missing.

Meanwhile, youths in their dozens allegedly blocked Jos-Abuja road in the area harassing motorists passing through to show their grievances over the incident before they were dispersed by the Special Task Force.

[quote][/quote]

CyberG:
Just had to make a quick comment: Where are the IBB robots to tell us about what makes their benefactor a candidate for the highest office in Nigeria? I am hoping all the lobotomy he performed on you has not been wasted? (See there are 4 posters, 1 for IBB / 49 views ~ 2%, which would not be enough to get him into office. . .so speak now!)

He, and his lackies, are not planning to get into office through real votes. It is a big show. IBB is only getting his people in place to print ballot papers. He is so deeply connected with the intelligence apparatus. I have no doubt he would know what the ballot papers and procedures will be like b/4 everyone else.

If you ask someone, have you seen my missing pen, and the answer was I didn't steal it, he/she probably did. Babangida is already defending himself against accusations of vote buying, when he doesn't even have an official party to contest under yet.

He might have, no doubt for his own selfish ends, played a behind the scenes role in getting the foreign powers to intervene in the Yar'adua fiasco. That is why he now thinks he is all-in-all of the future of Nigeria. He thinks that we now owe him the presidency!

CyberG:
Keep it coming guys! Anonimi, I like the way you put it out, not just the bones but the flesh right on it! Yes, I see the reference and I will appreciate if contributors can follow this example! Remember, you can only convince people with superior arguments and not some off-handed comment such as: "He is the best!", etc. Readers NEED to know WHY and HOW he is the best!

I am my own reference on this. Take it from me, I used to hang on to his empty mouthings back in those days - don't blame me we were all in a daze, but no more.

Personally: Babangida actually locked up universities for up to a year because of protests (my university was locked up for 7 straight months) - missed an entire vital year of classes because of that man who calls himself a leader. By the time the universities opened up all the good teachers were gone to US, UK, Canada, Botswana and South Africa. That sorry human being now has the temerity to drape his stolen clothes on his Nigerian-money-fed body, claiming to be a leader - yeah a leader of locusts.

He achieved nothing, except damaged everything.

He's got a recurring neutron up there that causes him to do and undo every few months. When it looks like he is about to achieve something good, that neutron kicks in and causes him to destroy it all over. Ask him why behave like a madman like this and he lies. No I didn't cancel the election, it was annulled. No I didn't sign you up to full OIC membership. If you decide you don't want the IMF loan I won't take it, the only problem is I already accepted it. SAP is our homegrown economic liberation strategy, except it was plucked from the WB report pages. The lies never ended the achievements never came.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=433469.msg5920412#msg5920412 date=1271713606]He's a brilliant leader.
The best leader we ever had in ma opinion.[/quote]Tell us about his brilliance and his "be(a)stness" too! I hear crickets chirping already.

Otherwise, why can't you guys just teach IBB you are no fools, take his money and scram - it wasn't his to begin with. That would be more honourable than coming here to say meaningless stuff like he is the best, when you are asked what his achievements are. OK

selingel:
Well said jare. You have said it, the same way it is.

@naijamini, the truth is always bitter, embrace it the way it is stated above.

Obviously, Ibori is deploying his billions with the hope of escaping this round. Given that realization it is not even worth discussing the merits of Ibori's argument with you, so I 'll just leave you guys alone to enjoy your loot ---- not.

In reality, the more Ibori attempts to protect himself by this fallacious arguments, the more he piles red-hot coal on his own head and anybody that partakes in this self-deceit with him, until the judgement come visiting upon them. If they won't voluntarily give up their loot and free the Nigerian people from their psychotic, $astard-like stealing, it will be taken from them another way! Each day the clock is ticking - tic-toc-tic-toc .

Unlike others Ibori has nowhere to run, he already fouled up the usual refuge, so it is a fight to the finish within Nigeria! No matter how long it takes, the long-suffering people of Nigeria will win agains a 1000 Iboris and their lackies.

Comment:
Forget about the governors and advisory committees - they have never worked for the people. If Ag. President Jonathan is going to show himself connected to the people these are the things he must do:

1. Get actual representatives of the warring parties, people warned they are not coming to Abuja to drink tea, but has the mandate to speak for these communities - 2 from each community no matter how small.

2. Bring them to Abuja and have an internationally televised press conference. Impress on them, get interpreters if need be, and the world of a determination to put a stop to this senselessness, whatever its cause. Let each group present their legitimate grievances in a one page readout, and let them tell us how they feel about this violence.

3. Have a conference with these representatives in the prescence of Nigerians of integrity from all over Nigeria. Let them first of all renounce violence, then present their desires for a peacelful resolution. Discuss, collect your evidence, and issue a stern warning that a state-of-emergence is coming to their villages if this nonsense doesn't stop.

4. Make decisions on the evidence before you. Divide villages into smitterens if need be, set boundaries as necessary - either for cattle rearing or agriculture. Establish a means of enforcement.

5. At any further instance of violence, declare a state of emergency. Evacuate villages on the frontlines on either side and create a separation barrier manned by military and police if need be.

Unless drastic action is taken by the FG this thing will go kaboom in everyone's faces - you can forget about 2011, 2012 or 2015!

Written by Ahmed Mohammed & Mahmud Lalo, Jos     
Monday, 19 April 2010 23:32   - Daily Trust

Two corpses were recovered by the police command yesterday in Riyom local government area of Plateau State.
Plateau State Public Relations Officer ASP Muhammed Lerama who confirmed the incident said information reaching them revealed that four people went to farm yesterday morning and did not return home which prompted a search team to go looking for them. Though the PPRO said they were yet to have full details of what happened as at the time of filing this story he however said that preliminary report showed that two corpses were discovered while the remaining two were still missing.

Lerama told our reporters that further details of the incident will be made available today.

A resident of the area Mr Pam Daniel said four people were killed by some assailants suspected to be Fulani when they went to farm Monday morning.

Pam said residents became suspicious when the four people did not return from the farm towards the evening which made them to launch a search operation in the company of security men. He said it was late in the evening that the corpses of two people out of the four were discovered; the remaining two were still missing.

Meanwhile, youths in their dozens allegedly blocked Jos-Abuja road in the area harassing motorists passing through to show their grievances over the incident before they were dispersed by the Special Task Force.

New Addition

10. Infrastructure
Status:
April 2010: To finish East-West Highway by 2012 (Punch April 19 2010: The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe, dropped the hint during the two-day inspection of the level of work done on the four sections of the road on Friday and Saturday.  In the next two years, by the grace of God, the road should be competed for the people of Niger Delta and Nigerians for use.)

CyberG:
Wether Jonathan will be adjudged good or bad, time will tell. However, I agree with Kobojunkie on Yaradua! The only thing Yaradua did was to mouth off a silly 7-point agenda slogan he provided no details how it becomes reality! Now, any idiot can declare 5-, 7, 10-, 70- and 100-point agendas like he did! But did he do ANYTHING for Nigeria to change it or make it better? NO!

He lied from the very beginning. . .about his health and that he is so clueless that everything he said was NEVER his idea! He was put there against his will by the combination of IBB, Turai and the coterie of thieves around them! The Uwais report, a job which he commissioned earlier, he couldn't accept its implementation. Meanwhile, while being remote-controlled by Ibori and co, Andoakaa was working hard to destroy any progress Nigeria had made with the fight against corruption, etc! Amnesty? Well, any idiot knows that a lot of the arms given-up was provided by the government for showmanship! I could go on but what did he DO? NOTHING!

Yes, like you I agree with Kobojunkie. As she said hers was a lonely voice about the lack of a basis for glorifying Yar'adua early on. Your list of Yar'adua's failures does not even begin to state the level of incompetence he showed as an administrator. We really need to find a way to take our potential leaders to task on their promises B/4 they get elected. OBJ promised heaven and earth before his inauguration - now he claims he wasn't elected to build roads and rail, but to bring the nation together!

How can IBB say he was misunderstood when this was the quote: “Because we have seen signs that they are not capable of leading this country and so we feel we should help them.  May be they are not given the proper education that is why.  I have spent 17 years since I left office. 

“But a country like Nigeria cannot be ruled by people without experience. People like the (President Barack) Obama that you are speaking about have the experience. He started from the state House of Assembly to the House of Represen-tatives and to the Senate. If our youths are like this, we will say they have the requisite experience. But we have not reached that level. Honestly, it is our wish that God will bring the younger people that will take over from us if they are available.”

Why didn't he tell Yar'adua that when he was in closed-door meeting with him in Minna before the 2007 elections. They conspired and selected someone incapable for us, sold him and exactly what we need at that point and now?

IBB doesn't know that the only people that have remained in 1993 are Nigeria's leaders. This is not your 1985-1993 Nigeria, IBB. Go back to your mountain top and loot!

IBB :Don’t Get Me Wrong on Younger Generation

04.19.2010 - ThisDay

Former military president Ibrahim Babangida has said that Nigerians should not misconstrue his recent comments about younger generation and leadership of the Nigerian nation

“I have read the printed version of my BBC interview particularly on the celebrated captions concerning leadership and the younger generation which tend to portray my positive intentions in bad light.

“To all intents and purposes, my concept of generational leadership in national development is different form the way it is captured and reported by the media which portrays a different meaning.

“Perceptions and impressions operate in different context. I have always been an advocate of generational leadership change; again, the younger generation idea which I promoted through new breed politics of late nineties needs be responsive, and active players in the governance process,” he said.

Babangida in a statement issued yesterday on his behalf by his spokesman, Kassim Afegbua, declared ‘’I was merely throwing up a challenge to younger generation – to pick up a gauntlet and be more involved in the political process – to give fillip and rationale for introducing the concept in the first place.

‘’Given the manifest complexities in the country since 1995 till date,we as a nation, must build strong institutions to prepare the way for generation leadership empowerment. We need a strong, bold and experienced leadership to contend with these complexities and build the strong institutions required to make things happen.


“Countries all over the world and advanced democracies have had their own share from the younger generation. This will be my new role if  given the opportunity to serve,” he said.

Kobojunkie:
Do you understand that all of the above has little action behind it all? You have the man talking about/vowing/declaring  etc, but what about the actual DOING of any of the above, or achieving any of the many things he claimed? I ask this because I wonder if you are willing to use the phrase “good president” to qualify someone like IBB if he were to become president in 2011( God forbid bad thing) and give you something similar to the above.
We are speaking of a man that made loads of promises to the people of Katsina, and after 8 years accomplished next to nothing there too. His errors did not start piling up when he became president. . . he had tons of those before he was made president.
We quickly praised him for his deal with the Niger Delta terrorists but I believe now we know that deal was at not for the good of Nigerians. Imagine a president promising terrorists free pocket money each month, free education, not even in Nigerian schools but abroad, etc? What should we expect to be revealed next? Free health care to any hospital abroad?

You don't give any ground do you, Kobojunkie? I understand you perfectly, but it seems my lines are being too finely drawn. My point is exactly that he "started out as a good president", not that he is/was a good president. I have to admit that unlike you I really believed that he was going to be good as president. The context in which I am saying he started out as a good president is that Jonathan is showing some signs of being good. I know better than to start jumping up and down, but at the same time there would be nothing wrong in pointing out anything good he is saying or doing while we wait. I am not ready to declare Jonathan good or bad until he has had a year, which is about the amount of time he has to be Ag. President anyway.

Beaf:
Yar'Adua's only achievement was reading the 7 point agenda over and over and over and as slowly as if he was gonna die!

That is why I call him a pretender. It was a mixture of his health condition, a vengefuel outlook on life, religious zealotry/tribalism, and a basic not-knowing-what-it-takes-to-fulfill-his-promises problem.

Kobojunkie:
I disagree with the above. Yar adua did not start out as a good president. We made all that fantasy up for ourselves. I remember quite clearly how many on here ATTACKED me for asking questions of why that man ought to be president and what the difference was between his policies and that of the last administration. I remember presenting his record and having to endure the name-callings, and being told to shut up on other occasions. Nigerians love to view through rose-tinted glasses our leaders and that is precisely what we are doing yet again. So, no, Yar adua never started as a good president, we created that illusion all on our own.

You and me are probably thinking of different definitions for a "good president". What I meant is that if all Yar'adua did was to build on what OBJ did, correct the faults and add some new ones he had the chance of being counted as the best president Nigeria ever had - not that that amounts to much in view of what we really need, but given Nigeria's history that would be quite a bit. These are the things he did at the start that appeared good:
1. He laid out a 7-point agenda;
2. He acknowledged the flaw in the 2007 elections and vowed to correct it;
3. He setup an electoral reform commission;
4. He vowed to pursue the rule of law with vigour;
5. He, in theory at least, moved to curb corruption in government by directing all government transactions be conducted electronically;
6. He immediately talked about the making the NNPC commercial and asking oil companies to get their funds from the global capital market, while we direct our revenues to national development - he was aiming to stop the so-called cash calls that MNOC were using to steal Nigeria blind. This was the prelude to the PIB.
7. He talked about insecurity in the Niger Delta and sent the military to take over the militant camps, especially after military personnel were killed. He also began to talk about an amnesty program;
8. It is difficult to remember, perhaps because his performance was not that great, but Yar'adua visited many of Nigeria's traditional allies (US, Britain, etc) and received the Russian and Chinese Presidents (not too sure about who came from China).
9. He publicly declared his assets - how we enjoyed that one, which eventually forced Jonathan to declare his assests as well.

These are what I meant by saying he started as a good president, but as they say if you start the race and don't finish it you are worse than someone who stayed away. His errors have since outweighed all these possibilities, but I will not go into them here.

I understand the rose-tinted glasses you mentioned, but what I wrote wasn't attempting to wipe his slate clean. And, you are right to have warned in advance about him.

redsun:
We all know they are all cosmetic changes,the real agendas are still base on who gets what at the expense of the suffering masses.

As long as he is still a member of that pdp gang with the top criminal echelons like obasanjo,now notorious ibb still in-charge,he can only deceive those that wants to deceived.

I feel your pain. At the same time, I continue to believe that none of this people, except may be for IBB, wakes up any day of the week and think they are going to make life difficult for Nigerians. A lot of these people actually want our approval, the only problem is they keep working against it by fixating on their pockets.

MandingoII:
Barack Obama is a TOOL for the White Establishment.
duh!
you didn't know that
Power got him into office, the small men beggin for him to uplift the economy are at the foot of the Big Corporations that RUN everything.

Oh, I see! Good to know your view on that. As for me Barack Obama is a watershed in global black history. Let's leave it at that.

I cannot believe this crap about Ibori's Chase being unjustified and getting him sympathy - surely the sympathy of syncophants whose job is precisely that.

Nigerians don't need to worry about which thief is catching which thief. Don't they say that only a thief can track a thief on the rock. Na so so they will turn on each other.

If Jonathan has a case to answer, surely his day would come, but until then I don't care who is bringing Ibori to justice. Let him show up and defend himself. If there is no honor among thiefs, whose fault is that.

Nigerians should just stop being their own worst enemies by protecting those who don't give a hoot about your pathetic life simply because a thief is chasing a thief.

MandingoII:
His goofy azz was lovin the attention.

Is that what you are called, goofy? It takes one to know one.

I didn't see anything goofy about Ag. Presd. Jonathan, may be that is what you call your president too. I am sorry for you.

redsun:
It is just mostly religious propaganda on the side of america,there is nothing different about nigerian goverment,it still the same pdp criminal agendas of looting and covering up criminals.

Tell me you didn't feel change was coming when Yar'adua took over. It was the same PDP that put him there at the time, and it is the same Goodluck that was his VP. It turned out that Yar'adua was a pretender. To be honest with you Yar'adua talked about and started out to be a good president, but his obsession with dishing OBJ & carrying Ibori on his shoulders destroyed whatever was good about him.

If this was propaganda, Nigeria needed it & is the one doing it, unless you think it is a bad thing to present an image of Nigeria on the world stage that contradicts the Yar'aduan fiasco.

I would not dismiss the significance of the Ag. President's visit, but at the same time one tree does not a forest make. Nigeria needs a complete makeover, this visit contributes to it in a small way.

The Ag. President should also be aware that the retrogressive forces are not asleep and should keep the usual hubris that has bedeviled Nigerian leaders at bay.

benabbey:
I don't really know IBB offences. He kill people during his regime like Dele Giwa, But don't forget that Chief Ige the Attorney General and minister of justice was killed under civilian regime. He embezzled Gulf oil fund, fine how much did he sold crude oil may $25 per barrel. Don't forget that it was sold for more than seventy dollar under civilian regime, yet Benin Ore road is still a death trap. Lagos Ibadan is still no passable. He annual the most free and fair election fine the last election is a despoil of democracy it was conducted by do or die so why do you want to hang the man.
Please leave this man alone a people deserve the type of leader thay have . Good people cannot produce bad leaders while bad people like Nigerians can never produce good leader even if by accident they will kill him. Friend until we change our value in this part of the world we will alway have bad leaders

Bad people like Nigerians? What is wrong with you?

Yeah, let's judge IBB on HOW BAD HE IS NOT forgetting that two negatives don't make a positive. I guess that is his strategy - Nigerians can't prove IBB is a thief so he must be worthy of the Presidency, etc. The first thing in changing our values, as you urge us, is really to CHANGE HOW WE JUDGE THINGS.

If you couldn't figure out IBB's offences in all that you stated, then how do you define offence.