₦airaland Forum

Onamaz:
Media house self.

What if wike wasn't invited ?

Allow them. Saraki wasn't conspicuously absent.

Nothing wrong

Rubbish

So Wike should sit and put his hands in between his legs as a slave abi?

The only people trying to portray this as North-South issue are Atiku and his followers.

Atiku did not honour the party constitution and agreements.
In addition to existing constitution, Ayu declared he would step down if a Northerner emerges as the candidate.
They all reneged on their agreements.

Are these the sort of individuals you would expect to honour any agreement with Nigerians and Unions?

They now want to infuse ethnoreligious sentiments as usual.

Thankfully, the Northern populace is getting more enlightened on the manipulations by these dishonourable politicians.

yorubarere:
As expected. Tobi is likely to be stripped. Whites can't just bear being beaten by blacks.

They are about to rob Tobi of her glory.

Highly unlikely. In fact, I can say it's not Tobi.

I observed something during the celebrations immediately after the 4 X 100m relay which may have drawn the attention of officials.

Let's wait for final results of investigation.

Newsline09:
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and a few other governors in the PDP seem to have formed an unholy alliance to stand in the way of the People's Democratic Party and Atiku Abubakar from winning the 2023 Presidency, and are so blinded by their greed and self-aggrandizement, instead of the well-being of Nigeria and the party.

Since he lost the presidential ticket of the PDP to Atiku Abubakar, he has become arrogant, bitter, and berserk with his daily tantrums like a street urchin.

Just last week, he was offered a lifeline for reconciliation by the Presidential Candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, in London, as requested by the Rivers Governor and his group. In the meeting, which was attended by leaders and stakeholders of the party, alongside Atiku Abubakar, Nyesom Wike gave an outrageous demand for his acclaimed reconciliation.

Among his demands was that the party's National Chairman resign and allow Nyesom Wike to nominate a loyalist as his successor.

The resignation of Iyoricha Ayu has never been a stumbling if that will allow the party peace and progress ahead of next year's elections, but the insistence of Wike to single-handedly produce the next National Chairman is an insult to the party and Nigerians. Among his other demands from Atiku Abubakar and PDP stakeholders are:

Atiku Abubakar to serve for only one term to pave the way for power shift to the south.

Wike Camp to produce only the Senate President and some principal officers of NASS (Reps Speaker left open).

Wike Camp to nominate for appointment Ministers for some key Ministries & Heads of Parastatals/Agencies.

Wike Camp to nominate DG Campaign, one Spokesperson and some other key positions in the campaign structure.

Agreement on power sharing to be signed by both sides and sealed by the court.

Given his fallout with Rivers State's Igbo natives when he declared war and killed hundreds in Obigbo, an area dominated by Igbos, Wike also demanded that the party persuade the Igbos in the state to support his Governorship candidate in the state through critical stakeholders who have since distanced selves from his unpopular administration.

Who is Nyesom Wike to tell Nigerians and the PDP who should hold certain positions in the country and to prioritize his personal and selfish desires over national interests?

Wike thinks himself a god who has grown to be so strong and careless, blinded by small-minded parochialism, carried away by the creed of greed, and hurried along the direct path to certain destruction.

Perhaps, he believes everyone would be Uche Secondus, whom he threw out as the National Chairman of the party because he was an Igbo from Rivers. Given that, Wike despises Igbos a lot and would not want to see himself associated with one due to his inferiority issues.

PDP as a political party is neither his nor his family's inheritance and he must learn from others who have lost party elections yet remained organized even with their disgust.

The drug-addled thug in designers with unrestricted access to Rivers state common patrimony must watch it before he kisses the dust and vanishes like those before him.

Nigeria is too big a country to be handed over to a character like Nyesom Wike.

Wike did what any right-thinking proactive leader would do to protect his people.
So he would have allowed IPOB into Rivers State?

With the display of insensitivity, lack of integrity and desperation by Atiku and his camp, any sensible person would question the sort of leadership they intend to bring to Nigerians who have been through insufferable conditions in the past 7 years.

It would have been the greatest calamity to befall Nigerians if Atiku and his cohorts just arrogantly had their way without any form of resistance.

Dr Ronke Ogunbameru may be the youngest.
Lovely.

I doubt it is 'Northerners' who fixed those prices. You'll be shocked to find out it's fellow Southerners who ensured the higher prices in their zones were fixed in order to generate more revenue for their offices.

If not for this user who discovered the discrepancy and voiced out, were there no Southerners in the NIS who knew of this?

This pattern cuts across basically all sectors and aspects of life. Inflation of prices, extortion in the guise of government officials, land-grabbing, etc These are 'normal' in the South and sadly, more are adopting these as a way of life, with the number of sane, straightforward people progressively diminishing.

'them too get sense', 'them too wise' , they no dey carry last' - these are a few of the conjectures used as excuses to condone dishonourable ways of living amongst sane people.


Abeg leave Northerners. Wetin concern them with how much Una charge una selves for una State?
Go to most of the immigration offices in the South to process the passport and see if you won't pay multiples of the 35k.

From the police statement, they implied he wasn't the only one who made attempt to flee from danger, and he made a U-turn when he saw commuters ahead of him doing same.

He must have gotten such info from other commuters.

Most times when such panic occurs, there's usually pandemonium. So accidents frequently occur.

I expect the force to carry out more extensive investigations, not just from Fayose. So if any victim was abducted, they could be possibly rescued.

seunmsg:
One good turn deserves another. Tinubu was instrumental to Jonathan’s victory in 2015. There is nothing wrong if the favour is returned in 22023.

How many shots of ogogoro you take this evening?

Waywardson6:
Kirikiri Maximum Prison, hmmmmmmmmm. They'll become extremely repentant by the time they come out. Nigerian prison is another hell on it's own. They should a right to lawyers.

And terrorists kept in a medium security prison.

I hope the NPF has swiftly thrown the uniformed armed robbers who robbed the medical doctor 2 days ago into kirikiri.

LOL APC go just receive woto woto

Jibrinpapa:
Southern Kaduna people are just 15% of the population in Kaduna, out of this 15 % Muslim constitute 6%, their major towns like kafachan , kauru, lere, pambengwa, kagrko , kachia are all dominated by Muslims, so the population of indigenous Christian in Kaduna are just 9% .

How can Southern Kaduna with 12 out of 23 Local Government Areas in Kaduna be just 15% of the population?

spy24:
I think Wike is trying to send a message to northerners that no be only Dem get this country.

Wike is just trying to prove a point

Now you get.

I respect Wike o.

Fujiyama:
^^^
I consider discussions about Nigeria's charged regional politics to be a waste of time but I'll make an exception today.

For over 40 years, southern nigerians have blown hot but always fizzled out when it matters most.

The most recent example of this is the Southern Governors forum. The forum blew hot after its last meeting and issued a communique with its stated demands (you know what those demands were) to show it meant business. Where are they today?

Yes, Nigeria is a deeply unjust country with a lopsided and ultimately unworkable structure. But I put it to you: Nobody from Northern Nigeria can win a major election at the federal level without support from the South. The base is a tripod (North, East, West) and politically, no one leg can stand without the support of at least one other leg.

For over 40 years, popular culture has had northern nigerians portrayed as dim witted, illiterate, clueless incompetents. And yet they continue to outmanoeuver and outwit their 'supposed' southern nigerian superiors, time and time again. Does this make any sense? Who is the clueless and dimwitted one here?

God will continually bless you.

I'll continue to say it - the Southerners are their own problem!

Insincerity, greed and lack of empathy. A lot of people believe they need to live by these negative attributes to make it.

As for the NGOs, it doesn't just affect mushroom ones, as there may be a few that may genuinely want to make a difference.

In this our Nigeria, even well-recognized international agencies have been stained with this putrid culture of corruption.

The journalist dwelled on a little aspect regarding operations. Do you even have an idea how recruitment is done, especially when the process is to be overseen by our Nigerians?
Just go compare it with other 3rd world Countries eg Brazil, Gambia, etc then you may be able to identify one of the root causes of their ineffectiveness in this environment.

MyVILLAGEpeople:
Heard he insulted a judge in the courtroom

He never insulted any judge.
As you heard, the CCTV installed in that court should be made available for examination to show where and how he insulted the judge.

After driving against traffic.
All this mumuness na just initial gra-gra.

Triple offense. He go answer.

You see these slow retards almost everywhere now. Since they feel the place is lawless, it's an opportunity to do whatever they like, even if it poses serious danger to others.

An example should be made of this one.

Spiritualife:
A well trained police officer will never let you do that. How do stand with your back to someone opening a car door to pull out something? Dumb

Exactly. That was eerie, cos the man could have pulled out any dangerous weapon.
Even though someone was taking video evidence, the policeman took a huge risk there.

Timoleon:
How do you know he was driving against traffic?

In addition to the report, from video evidence, his car is seen on the Left side of the road demarcation, facing oncoming vehicles. Even a trailer is seen waiting for the drama to end.

Understandably, we cannot tell whether there was any form of initial provocation on the part of the officer, but with the initial offense, the man could have been more civil and reasonable.
This unruly behaviour is getting increasingly common, notably in cities like Lagos and Benin and can only be curtailed in the short-term by dealing decisively with such culprits.

Nice curtain, sorry tie!

Jesusloveyou:
this one that can't deliver jigawa for atiku

The thing eh!

Atiku is not serious. This has lingered this long because the arrogance towards their southern counterparts has to be maintained.

I no blame am. I blame the snitches who despite their party constitution and multiple declarations for a Southern presidency, went ahead to betray one another due to personal vendetta and selfish interests.

2023, they'll all be sent packing.

Mide70:
This is called exploration of talents to develop their already developed nation. Whereas my country only focuses on oil and fraud thereby neglecting her talented youths to the hand of foreigners.. when are we going to get it right in this nation .. anyways .. thanks to UK for this opportunity. Congrats to all that will make it there. If you are reading this read �

Note: try to train up your children in the area of technology and chemical related courses,medicine etc (computer,biochem and co) these are taking over the world. Hmmmmm

In our own Country which is far from development, the 'leaders' say they are not needed. They fill up the only few 'juicy' positions available with their cronies, leave the youth unemployed and tell them to become entrepreneurs using the thin air.

Countries with intelligent leaders will continue to benefit from our robust human resource.

sulaak:
My company in collaboration with HMRC, Home Office and Cap Gemini (Data Platform Services ) designed and built the system Scale-Up -Visa.

That's great.
Are you based in Nigeria?

Hehehe

Dem don come again

As you do that unveil the sponsors of Boko haram also.
Thank you

rickpat:
so people wahala no be here...


the lady did the right thing...that guy might even be a car snatcher... Lol

Or a kidnapper sef. Come carry her dey go where she no know

Zee0007:
I was there live. I had the best of my time. Hungry nearly kill me sha but I was happy I did something meaningful like this.

From PZ ===> GRA===> kongo===> Tundun wada.

I never still recover. Oya make una buy me cold water.

Wow. That's in Zaria.
A better Nigeria shall surely come.

These Ghanians like Atiku pass us for Nigeria o!

Wow

nedekid:
Fair enough, the interest offered your friend was high.
But why did he take it? He had the option to reject! Accepting the money meant he agreed to the conditions.
Abeg stop supporting irresponsibility.
This is the same situation with Nigeria and buhari, take all the loans offered to you and then complain when it is time to pay. Unfortunately, that of Nigeria cannot be canceled by Nigeria regulatory authorities as the loans are international.
You take money, you pay!

The loans Nigeria, as a nation takes from global financial institutions are usually within globally accepted standard rates and conditions. The issue Nigeria has is utilising the loans appropriately in order to boost the economy and ultimately pay back the loans with less strain. The major causative factor is corruption.

As for these loan sharks, they benefit from this same corruption and despite the harsh economic realities their targets are subjected to, aim to extort their 'victims' by placing conditions which can never be acceptable anywhere in this world.
And they do this by taking advantage of the lapses of regulatory bodies and their collusion with certain entities within the financial sector.

Even in the best economies with best loan conditions, there would always be defaulters due to a wide range of reasons, not to talk of an ailing economy where a struggling individual is expected to pay over 50% interest in one week as reported in a post above.

Even 50% in one month is a rip off and places tremendous stress on the borrower.

Then to worsen it, they resort to criminal activities in a bid to obtain their 'proceeds'.

drsibz66:
Let it be know that there are contracts that you can sign and it will still be null and void by a court if found to be exploitation , non objective and ambiguous . So even if the contracts were signed by the borrower it can still be null and void if the contract does not reflect the laws, terms and regulations of that country. Lending money in nigeria has laws , rules and regulations(financial law) which these apps don't apply and as such all contracts signed on their terms are invalid. Just like housing or tenancy law in nigeria etc.

Many Nigerians are unaware of this.

OneMillionBTC:
Loan sharks started because the institutions established to give loans are not functioning. You have been banking with XYZ bank for the past 10years yet they can't give you a loan of 100k. You will fill forms, write application letter, visit the bank and yet they will tell you they can't give you loan of 100k even when your yearly volume is 2M except you have a landed property as security.

Do you have a salary account with us? Meaning only salary account owners can access loans easier. Do you know the percentage of salary account owners in Nigeria to the general populace ?

It is fraud if you ask me, that the banks collect monies from CBN on the ground that they want to give out loans to Nigerians only to use the money for their branch opening and personal business. CBN too is terrible, they can't enforce loan policies on the banks and ensure it gets to the citizens.

If bank loans are accessible to Nigerians, No one will use these loan shark with their ridiculous interest rate.

This means FG is fighting the wrong fight, no need for all these, Nigerians need loan, they can even use the loan sharks for these services if the banks are failing, just regulate their interest rate and how they embarrass defaulters.

Exactly.

A major problem we have are our financial institutions/banks.
They've managed to institutionalise corruption in that sector and continue to take advantage of Nigerians due to lack of proper orientation and information regarding the financial mandates they've been licensed to provide.

A number of these banks even work in cahoots with these loan sharks in order to gain from the ridiculous interest rates.

As in organised countries, I believe Nigeria has laws with which such loan and credit companies MUST comply if they are to operate within its shores. This also goes for the so-called commercial banks, etc.

ajekpaks:
that one better... my uncle was gisting me today how he was invited to madams house to wash clothes... two baths of clothes with his white bear bear and all

The long journey to professorship.


You can imagine the orientation such individual would develop regarding the system

This country eh, I no know Wetin fit give am hard reset.

https://www.nairaland.com/7286657/northern-youths-burn-brooms-banish



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsqYd_NxW6U



Had to go check the video.

I saw the 'Ghanians' singing about APC in Hausa while having their bonfire ceremony.

PrinceMajestic:
What kind of country are we in. So Edo people too are on the same bed with south west people and south east people. God continue to bless the oil rich Niger Delta

The suspects aren't Edo

Itohanmiwa:
Edo state and ritualist yahoo boys can only be rivalled by their brothers from oduduwa republic. It seems like it's a family affair after all. God help us all

Read the report and see the suspects.

BREAKING: After 21 Days, Power-drunk Akwa Ibom Chief Judge Releases Doctored Copy Of Judgement Used In Jailing Human Rights Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong



The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom, Ekaette Obot has finally furnished human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong with a copy of the judgement committing him to prison.

SaharaReporters, however, learnt that the copy released by the judge had been doctored to prevent embarrassment for her over the illegal incarceration of the lawyer.

On July 27, Effiong was sent to prison by the state chief judge after the lawyer reportedly protested against the presence of armed policemen in court.

The human rights lawyer, who is also the National Legal Adviser of the African Action Congress (AAC), was in court to defend Leo Ekpenyong, a lawyer, in a libel suit filed by Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom.

Meanwhile, the illegal imprisonment has attracted condemnation from civil society organisations and many Nigerians.

On August 3, the Nigerian Bar Association said the lawyer was not given a fair hearing before he was sent to prison by the judge, and the organisation threatened to petition the judge at the National Judicial Council (NJC).

On Monday, Effiong filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Uyo, praying the court to direct Obot to furnish him with a copy of the 27 July judgment to enable him to file an appeal.

He also urged the court to declare as illegal and unconstitutional, the judge’s refusal to release the conviction order, as it violates Section 36 (7) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

According to the constitution, Effiong is entitled to a copy of the judgment within seven days of the conclusion of the case.

However, SaharaReporters gathered that Obot finally furnished the lawyer with the certified copy of court proceedings on Wednesday, 21 days after she sentenced him to prison.

“The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, the Honourable Justice Ekaette Fabian-Obot furnished Inibehe Effiong with the Certified True Copy of the proceedings of High Court No 1, Uyo Judicial Division Akwa Ibom State today (17/8/2022).

“The certified true copy of the record of proceedings was made available 21 days after the conviction of Inibehe Effiong for contempt of court contrary to Sections 36(7) and 294(1) of the Constitution which stipulates that the parties to a cause or matter be furnished with duly authenticated copies of the decision of a trial court within seven days of the delivery thereof.

“The Notice of Appeal against the conviction and sentence of one-month imprisonment imposed on Inibehe Effiong will be filed on Thursday, August 18, 2022,” a source told SaharaReporters.

However, SaharaReporters also learnt that the judge rushed back from vacation to release the copy of the proceedings, which had been doctored.

A source said the judge “hurriedly returned from vacation to release the doctored copy of the proceedings”.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that Obot was making moves to forge the court proceedings she used to sentence Effiong to one month’s imprisonment for alleged contempt.

“The Chief Judge is currently working round the clock to doctor the proceedings in which she used to sentence Inibehe after condemnation from right and left.

“Different people have exposed her, even lawyers present in court faulted her decision. The NBA leadership also said that her judgement did not follow due process,” a judicial worker had told SaharaReporters.

Indeed, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Olumide Akpata, had picked holes in the procedure adopted by Obot in jailing the lawyer.

Akpata said the association might be forced to petition the National Judicial Council (NJC) over the action of the chief judge.

“Regardless of the conduct of Mr. Effiong in the courtroom on the date of the proceedings that led to his committal, one thing that has come out from the various accounts that the NBA has so far received is that Hon. Justice Ekaette Obot did not follow due process in the committal proceedings,” Akpata tweeted via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, August 3.

The NBA president cited denial of fair hearing among the breaches allegedly committed by the judge in sending Effiong to prison.

“Mr. Effiong was not put in the dock, told what his wrong or contempt was, given fair hearing or even an opportunity to recant or purge himself (a courtesy that the Bench should, at the minimum, extend to counsel where counsel’s conduct is said to be contemptuous).

“This, on its face, not only runs afoul of known practice and procedure in such cases, but is also unconstitutional.

“In view of the foregoing and depending on the outcome of our ongoing investigations, the NBA may be forced to take this matter up with the National Judicial Council.”


https://saharareporters.com/articles/breaking-after-21-days-power-drunk-akwa-ibom-chief-judge-releases-doctored-copy-judgement