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alexchiny: Same here with Igbos. We have fought our own decades ago and so on that basis, I sa "good morning" to Niger Delta. Hope Adaka Boro is happy wherever he is.

2. But before I deliver my speech, I would like all of us here and across the country to reflect on the seriousness of the security situation in the country today. Some areas of the nation are virtual war zones in a country supposedly at peace. Whole local governments in some states in the North East are no-go areas to representatives of constituted authority. Marauders of every description armed to the teeth with all manner of sophisticated armaments roam the national landscape with total and murderous impunity. The patience of this nation and the various communities within it has been severely tried and stretched to its limits. And there is no end in sight.

3. Anarchy is knocking on the door of many sections of this country and the Federal government has not demonstrated that it has the good sense to understand what is going on, or the competence to check it. The nation is hopelessly adrift. But, if we are to survive, this vicious circle of violence that has engulfed this nation must be brought to an end; and we implore the National Assembly to take the lead in this quest for peace. I am sure everybody in this gathering will join me in expressing sympathy for, and solidarity with, the good people of Borno, Yobe, Kano, and now, Nasarawa and Benue states on their suffering and travails.

Mr. Globe:
Criticisms has been trailing the defection of Rochas Okorocha to APC. Responding to the defection, the PDP spokesman, Chief
Amajirionwu said: [b] “What he did is one of those unserious things that are always associated with him.[\b]

“In the history of Nigeria, the South East was never known to play opposition politics. What is counted today as APC is a Yoruba party and if you come to the political history of this country we in the South East have always played along the national tendency, not playing along sectional issues. I want to assure you that in Imo State not even a ward, not to talk of a local government would go the way of
APC.
“Rochas is on his own and that is his nature which we have been saying to everybody. Rochas is not dependable, look at the party that sponsored him, look at how he has dumped and disgraced APGA.
APGA is not even backing him on what he is doing and this is APGA that sponsored him to where he is now. And that is a lesson for those now with him because he would also one day dump them and move on.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/okorocha-defects-to-unregistered-apc/

Omen100: Mr. Karl, its high time you relinquish been a dreamer-king, use your god given head for once

She gave further insight into the new plan : “Instead of having 40 year repayment it will be 25 year-repayment; the grace period moves down from 10 years to five years and you have an interest rate of about 1.3 to 1.5 per cent.”

berem: I wonder how age has become a factor for becoming a president. Jonathan who is in his 50's, what has he done so far for the country? what has people like Dimeji Bankole, Farouk Lawan etc who i believe are in their 40's impacted in the lives of the Nigerian youth? Absolutely nothing! Corruption knows no age. Buhari should be given the opportunity to rule this country. Who cares if he is 100years? what Nigerians want is a true leader who will liberate this country from the hands of PDP.

SAI BUHARI 2015!

truth4meal: And to all you singers of young president - how many of you voted ur young comrades who contested for the presidency in other political parties to serve as a form of encouragement and also as a testimony of your sincere want for a young president. How many of you belong to a political party or are u dreaming someone will one day knock your door to offer you the candidature of a party? See we should cover our face in shame that the only tin veritable against Buhari is his age and religion - and not that he is corrupt and insensitive to the plight of the masses. Because Buhari is old I should then vote a clueless GEJ cos he is young? Because Buhari is a northern I should then vote the corrupt GEJ cos he is from the south? So because Buhari is muslim I should vote the visionless GEJ cos he is a "christian"? We need to start thinking and acting like people that sincerely want a positive change. It should be progress over sentiments not the other way round...transforming Nigeria atm is not a child's play I beg to repeat! Sai Buhari!!!

truth4meal: Insincerity on what we truly want is a major in Nigeria. Is the problem of Nigeria caused by age of our leaders? NO! Is the challenges of our economy a result of an absence in technocrats? NO! Is the problem facing us as a nation and our inability to move forward a direct product of sentiments? YES! Why can't will just for once be reasonable - if age is the magic why then is a young and educated GEJ performing so horribly? Or why is Dimeji Bankole and the rest "youths" embroiled in massive corruption? Any reasonable person who is still thinking freely and not with a bought conscience will attest to the popularity of Buhari and the sincerity of the man's quest for a positive change. When we reason in terms of how old a man is and where he is from rather than the ability to perform then we are indeed our problem. Politics is a game of popularity and numbers - only Buhari can within d frame of two years be sellable cos pushing a new relatively unknwn individual as a presidential candidate is a suicide. Age has nothing to do with performance in govt and history has a lot of examples. What we need is progress - sincere transformation and "total" freedom from the bondage of PDP. Our problem is not about age, sex, tribe, place of birth and other trivia tinz - our problem is corruption, greed, insincerity, mismanagement and PDP!!! Buhari is the man! After him a young an vibrant Nigerian can emerge but not now - to clear the rot in this nation atm is not a child's play...Sai Buhari!!!

“The simple answer to the floating school is that it is an illegal structure and it shouldn’t be there.” The commissioner said that its development will affect the government’s redevelopment plan for the area, saying “This wouldn’t deter us to abandon our plan for the area.”

Aggrippa: U.S. economy added 165,000 jobs in April. Unemployment rate fell to 7.5% from 7.6% in March, government says. http://on.cnn.com/QZYZDc

"With its geopolitical power, economic resources and middle class," he laments,"no country (with the possible exception of Saudi Arabia and Egypt) has the power to change the course of black/African civilization like Nigeria."

A less than 2km Suspension bridge for N29B is mad and wicked…

Even the FG owned second Niger bridge of about 4kms and an adjoining road of about 20kms will cost just 30 billion naira

OK_2_NV: $30,000 per inch of bridge. Bridge better be made of Gold!

ba7man: Why are some people acting as if this is the first inflated contracted in the history of Nigeria?? We used to experience Over-inflated Contracts that were later abandoned or never carried out but now, at least they're commissioning them now. For the mean time, this is the norm in Government contracts, sad but true or do you want me to start recounting tales of what really goes on in a State like Akwa-Ibom or the Ajaokuta railway line??. We will get there soon. Yeah, its Over-inflated and its Sad but this has always been the case in Nigeria.

albacete: So u are indirectly saying 2 things:

1. Okorocha made a mistake by not ordering his immediate execution which, according to u, is what his counterparts would have done.

2. Once u are d number 1 citizen of a state, u bypass due process. Even when a court of law has not passed judgement, whatever u say becomes d verdict. So u become d judge in ur own case and, in ur words, "order d person to be killed"

Is that it

Ejiné: The shameless idiiot governor is proud he hasn't paid health workers for 10 MONTHS! TEN phucking months!

Yet, he has enough money to host his 5-day birthday jamboree in the state with public funds. This same man has enough money to build Bongo Square, Heroes Square, Freedom Square, Commissioners' Quarters and Centenary Tower - Useless things that will NOT impact the indigenes economically or socially.
When he's done building his Freedom Square, na who go dey there? Starving emaciated Imo indigenes? Kidnappers?

This criminal tried to dismantle the Local Government structure regardless of the fact that he had NO powers over it.

This man tried to legalize his corrupt "4th tier government" which would give more powers to godless traditional rulers and their thugs.

This man went about selling off the Imo Transport Company to his his criminal front, the "Roche Group".

This man sold Imo's Ada Palm Pantation to himself.

This man sold the state's water supply company to numerous criminal companies which he holds stakes in.

This man wrecked the state's SUBEB because the structure made it impossible for him to wield supreme power over.

This man, in his ill-thought "Free Education for UNIVERSITIES" scam, slashed the money meant to cater to the IMSU Teaching Hospital, and used the proceeds to fund his populist "Free Education" fraud. Talk about robbing Peter to pay Paul.

He said he was going to build over 300 schools in the separate wards? Oga, we dey wait oh, 2 years have passed and all we can see is that ONE Township School which you're using to hoodwink people.

Okorocha is a properly polished conman!