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"Head to court"? In dis current administration? Please who owns nigerian justice? Isn't it d same APC?... PDP shuld fight hard to win during d election, cos once APC wins n they head to court, even with videos n alarming evidence, APC led tribunals wuld give d victory to Sylva... Dat is d new "tribunal rule"..

DSS... This... DSS.. That!!! Nawa oo... Ar they d only force in nigeria? I tot DSS waz for higher intelligence( Matters of National Security)? Wat ar they den doin arrestin "black marketers.... D only hope 4 a comman nigeria?... Well I am not suprised, DSS is Buhari's military force...

Abeg wich side dem deh? I wan get girl friend too

An American Constitutional Lawyer and author
Bruce Fein, has written an open letter to
President Buhari which was published in
Huffington post website yesterday. Very
interesting letter. Read below
President Muhammadu Buhari
Aso Rock, Abuja Nigeria
Dear President Buhari:
When you visited the United States Institute of
Peace last July, you pledged that you would be
"fair, just and scrupulously follow due process
and the rule of law, as enshrined in [the
Nigerian] constitution" in prosecuting corruption.
Such loftiness is laudable. As the Bible instructs
in Amos 5:24: "[L]et justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream."
But to be just, the law must be evenhanded. It
cannot, in the manner of Russian President
Vladimir Putin, be something that is given to
punish your enemies and withheld to favor your
friends. If so, the law becomes an instrument of
injustice bearing earmarks of the wicked rather
than the good.
In the United States, you declared a policy of
"zero tolerance" against corruption. You solicited
weapons and other assistance from the United
States government based on that avowal. But
were you sincere?
During your election campaign, you promised
widespread amnesty, not zero tolerance. You
elaborated: "Whoever that is indicted of
corruption between 1999 to the time of
swearing-in would be pardoned. I am going to
draw a line, anybody who involved himself in
corruption after I assume office, will face the
music."
After you were inaugurated, however, you
disowned your statement and declared you
would prosecute past ministers or other officials
for corruption or fraud. And then again you
immediately hedged. You were reminded of your
dubious past by former Major General and
President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, who
succeeded your military dictatorship. He released
this statement:
"On General Buhari, it is not in IBB's tradition to
take up issues with his colleague former
President. But for the purpose of record, we are
conversant with General Buhari's so-called holier-
than-thou attitude. He is a one-time Minister of
Petroleum and we have good records of his
tenure as minister. Secondly, he presided over
the Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF, which records we
also have.
We challenge him to come out with clean hands
in those two portfolios he headed. Or we will help
him to expose his records of performance during
those periods. Those who live in glass houses
should not throw stones. General Buhari should
be properly guided."
You then swiftly backed off your zero tolerance
policy because you would have been its first
casualty.
You opportunistically announced that zero
tolerance would be narrowed to the predecessor
administration of Goodluck Jonathan because to
probe further would be "a waste of time." That
conclusion seems preposterous. In 2012, the
World Bank's ex-vice president for Africa, Oby
Ezekwesili, estimated that a stupendous $400
billion in Nigerian oil revenues had been stolen or
misspent since independence in 1960. The lion's
share of that corruption spans far beyond the
Jonathan administration.
Your zero tolerance policy seems to come with a
squint to avoid seeing culpability in your political
friends. A few examples are but the tip of the
iceberg.
A Rivers State judicial commission of inquiry
found that N53 billion disappeared from the
Rivers State Reserve Fund under former governor
Rotimi Amaechi. Former Lagos governor and
head of your campaign finance team Babatunde
Fashola was accused ofsquandering N78 million
of government money to upgrade his personal
website. The EFCC has ignored these corruption
allegations, and you have given both promotions:
the Ministry of Transport to Mr. Amaechi, and the
Ministry of Power, Works, and Housing to Mr.
Fashola.
In contrast, you have played judge, jury, and
prosecutor in the newspapers to convict former
PDP Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke of
corruption.
Is this evenhanded justice?
United States Supreme Court Justice Robert
Jackson taught: "[T]here is no more effective
practical guaranty against arbitrary and
unreasonable government than to require that
the principles of law which officials would impose
upon a minority must be imposed generally.
Conversely, nothing opens the door to arbitrary
action so effectively as to allow those officials to
pick and choose only a few to whom they will
apply legislation and thus to escape the political
retribution that might be visited upon them if
larger numbers were affected."
To investigate or prosecute based on political
affiliation or opinion also violates Articles 2 and 7
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It
is unworthy of a great nation like Nigeria.
Make the hallmark of your administration justice,
not retribution, and you may live for the ages.
I am a United States citizen and lawyer. I have
no political standing in Nigeria. Some might
argue that my speaking about the administration
of justice in Nigeria bespeaks impertinece. But
you chose to vist the United States to solicit
weapons and other assistance from my
government--a government of the people, by the
people, for the people. The United States
government represents me. What the United
States government does reflects on me. I thus
have an interest in addressing the actions of
foreign governments that receive United States
government aid.
Sunshine is said to be the best of disinfectants.
Sincerely,
Bruce Fein

Wow! So Nigeria is so scared n worried to BEG Ohaneze to intervain on this matter? Kudos my Biafrans brothers this shows we ar winning d war witout an actual war! D restoration of Biafran land is closer than we tot!!... Long live my motherland... BIAFRA!![color=#000099][/color]

I applied 4 dis NIMC bullshit since Nov. 2013, uptil now I hv not received my card... What d hell is goin on?

I don't trust this system abeg!!

Yakasaii:
this is the most foolish person I have ever seen

Y is dat?

There is more to dis kano bomb last dat meets d eye oo... Reason it, d blast happened during d afternoon prayer wen evry true muslim wuld hv gone 4 prayer leavin d christians(predominantly igbos)... My question is.." Are we sure dis is a boko haram attack? Hw ar we sure dis isn't a coordinated n planned attacked on a certain "group of pple"?... Y wait till afternoon prayers b4 d bomb goes off?... Y has boko haram not claim responsibility yet?... Hmmmm I smell smtin ODD!!!!..... Jst my tot anyways

APC...... CHANGE!!!.. Gbam!!.. I wz wondering how long b4 we return to d Nigeria we all know..
1) Fuel scarcity
2)Massive Sacking of staffs
3) Unemployment on d rise
4) Increase in price of basic n essential commodities
5) Constant power outage...
And now d small avenue common man d use tell, NEPA.. I don't give a rats a** abt ur power, una Govt. Decided to take it away...
Once again I say... APC.....CHANGE!!!

It gonna take a lot of work n God's grace 4 Aba. To b like Enugu oo, evry one knows in d whole East, no place to b compared to Enugu in terms of road network.. Evn in PDP messed up, @least smtin gud came out frm them in Enugu..

I wz in portharcourt, @ Ikokwu market, afta d ipob protesters hv left ph, wen suddenly over 300 hausas (young boys btw ages of 12 to 30) stormed d market wit daggers, bows n arrows n acid(in swan water bottles) n wz advancing n threatening us. We jst lock our shops n ran 4 saftey, d evn set smone's shop on fire. Later d police arrived d scene n tried to calm d situation, evn d army came to, but instead of arrestin d pple wit daggers, d reverse wz d case.. Not to sound like a bigot but if u hv seen wat transpired dat day, u wil marvel... D nxt day d came back again dis time numbering over 500, wit same armour, d damaged pple's cars packed along d road n evn cut a customer around d shoulder region n we all ran away again... B4 d security came to calm d situation down once again... D necessary complaint wz filed wit d police... I wz den suprise wen I saw a statement by d Arewa forum claiming dat IPOB member were violent n attacked their pple... Pls if u knw anyone in Mile 1 market ir Ikokwu market, pls u can call to confirm n collaborate dis story... It is really unfair to brocast false news n information jst to incite violence against d peaceful IPOB protesters... "The truth is life"... And d truth wil always prevail.