₦airaland Forum

Still enjoying their loot.

While there is ethnic hatred between Igbos and Yorubas, this ones just proved that love knows no ethnic bigotry.

nerodenero: The formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has given hope to millions of Nigerians who have been completely lost hope in the current dispensation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). However, if characters with biased minds and flawed thinking like General Buhari are the strongest selling points of the APC structure then I doubt if the ultimate aim of the merger could be really accomplished.

I totally agree with the above submission. The leadership of APC are not any better than their PDP counterpart. If APC being a strong contender against PDP would not field a candidate with proven qualities and good track records, I see no way they can unseat PDP from Aso Rock. I still see Uncle Jona staying beyond 2015.

nerodenero: His words to the effect that Muslims should vote only for fellow Muslims, came not only as a shocker but eroded the respect many Nigerians have for General Buhari as someone with impeccable personal integrity. That actually set tongues wagging.

This is one of the numerous reasons why I can't vote this man into power. He is simply an extremist.

I was with the All Progressives Congress train that went to Kano Government House to invite Governor Musa Kwankwaso to join the league of progressives in the country, determined to bring about the change we need.

I joined the train courtesy of a friend of mine who was with one of the APC governors present in Kano. I joined the delegation from the airport, at the instance of my friend who insisted I shifted my flight due for Lagos that afternoon.

I felt elated that I was being part of unfolding history. Indeed I still feel happy that I was there, especially after the fraternity I saw, the sign of hope for those looking for change as exhibited that day by the reception accorded the delegation by Governor Kwankwaso. Various members of the delegation spoke very well about the importance of joining hands together to remove the incompetent PDP government.

Alas, the star attraction at the event, former military head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), delivered something that was every inch a sectional and even shallow. Addressing the crowd at the packed Government House hall, Buhari spoke of “strategic plan” to destroy the North, in reference to the Boko Haram insurgency. He took larger part of his short speech to whip up sentiments on why Boko Haram is “political strategy to destroy us”.

Who then are “us”? This politics of dichotomy coming from a man of his standing was, to say the least, unfortunate. It sent shivers of shock down my spine as I looked over my shoulders, to a largely Hausa Muslim audience that were really captivated by these remarks coming from someone who should know.

To Gen. Buhari, the excessive bloodshed perpetrated by the insensitive Boko Haram killing squad was not about religion, it was a political weapon. For real? So all the church bombings, all the claims by the sect that it was waging a religious war were not enough for Buhari to realise the dimension of this danger?

How would he want the families of those hundreds of people blown away by accursed suicide bombers to react to this? To put it in another way, Buhari was saying that “OUR youths are being USED to kill in the name of politics to destroy OUR region”.

This re-echoes what President Goodluck Jonathan said after the 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja: “My people cannot do this”. For that commentary on Boko Haram, Buhari has fallen in the same category as President Jonathan.

With what had happened to him in the three consecutive elections he stood, many political observers, like this writer, thought that Gen. Buhari will change his ways by recanting his slanted views on national issues. The Katsina-born General was roundly rejected by people outside his Hausa-Fulani-Muslim enclave in the elections he contested under various umbrellas in 2003, 2007 and 2011.

The reason is not far-fetched. For a man who fought to keep Nigeria united and later come to head the country as military head of state, Buhari’s latter .day comments fall below the lines of a nationalist, more so one who aspires to lead a country as complex and heterogenous as Nigeria. At the heat of the Sharia debate, a time when self-serving politicians moved to cover up their mess by invoking religion to divide people and win over hapless masses, General Buhari came out to join that charade.

His words to the effect that Muslims should vote only for fellow Muslims, came not only as a shocker but eroded the respect many Nigerians have for General Buhari as someone with impeccable personal integrity. That actually set tongues wagging.

However, the perplexing thing is, just as you think the man has abandoned his old ways, he would come with yet another myopic statement that would scare everybody around. And, the reality is no one can help him better than himself. A situation where one offends the sensibilities of people directly touched by such a carnage, there is no one else to remedy the situation. After all, the man is not new to such uncalculated utterances that often lead to needless controversy which also erode public confidence in him.

Since the escalation of the Boko Haram carnage, Buhari has never come out to condemn the actions as being perpetrated by indigenous youths. Instead, he uses almost every avenue to try to find excuses for what has been happening.

The General is so much clung to his theory of conspiracy and the ultimate direction of the conspirators is people from the South or the Federal Government which is being “controlled” by people from the South. Does the former head of state mean Christian, who are in the minority in the North, are the ones throwing bombs amidst chants of “Allahu Akbar”? Or, does he mean the hundreds of families whose breadwinners and other members were killed by the insurgents sacrificed their loved ones to “destroy our region”?

No stranger can go to the forests and deserts of Maiduguri to set up training camps and no government, no matter how heartless can start something that would threaten its sovereignty.

It is indeed unfortunate that a man aspiring to lead this country at this point in time, will showcase not only sectional biases but also flawed understanding of issues. Militant Islamism is a global phenomenon that is worrying countries from the South Pole to the Northern hemisphere. For someone of Buhari’s standing to fail to acknowledge that this is a problem afflicting Muslim communities all over the world, is worrisome. Boko Haram, as anybody with fair knowledge of world events today should know, is not an exclusive phenomenon.

It is part of the global uprising that started from such countries as Afghanistan, Algeria, Somalia, Pakistan and others and influenced pockets of other Islamists in far and near countries. Why is it that Muslims in Northern Mali did not blame similar occurrence to their central government or the Christian in the South? Yes, politics is a game but it should not be such a nasty and brainless one.

The formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has given hope to millions of Nigerians who have been completely lost hope in the current dispensation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). However, if characters with biased minds and flawed thinking like General Buhari are the strongest selling points of the APC structure then I doubt if the ultimate aim of the merger could be really accomplished.

Because while some of us still believe in the process and the personality of General Buhari (who is very unpopular down here, for his utterances and disposition) his statements are weakening our effort in selling him as a possible messiah for our country. Listening to him in Kano the other day cast a huge doubt in my mind if indeed this man can rule over a united Nigeria, devoid of sentiments.
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Ogundale: her toto go wide like gateway and kpof like agege bread and go soft like softpedia. Kai i don carry totology for head sote i 4get my last name.

"Ogun" as your name implies go dey cry for you as you have replaced your god-given ifa-talent with womanology

There is serious crisis in Ikota area of Lagos as touts, otherwise known as area boys, are clashing with policemen. Trouble started after a trailer crushed four pupils on their way to school.

Update: 10:23am
Police now shooting teargas.
Protesters say they will not leave until Fashola comes. They lament that if a pedestrian bridge was available, such accident would not have occurred.
Source:www.punchng.com

Unseating an incumbent in Nigerian is an uphill task

I detest threads that increases ethnic bigotry. Due to the fact that we see everything from ethnic point of view, makes us assume unnecessarily bullshit just as the OP did. For crying out loud, who cares where these boys come from? If just an ethnic group like all Igbos, Yoruba, Efiks, Ibibio, Nupes, Bassas, Hausa, Ebira, Ogori-Magongo etc could give us the Worldcup trophy, so be it!. It is high time we kill and eradicate corruption and ethnic intolerance that has always beclouded our judgement and reduced the country to what it is now. Keshi is doing, Eagles are performing and ethnic bigots should go hug transformer. Mind you, I am not from SS or SE.

The hourglass shape is killing oooo

We have played Ethiopia three times this year,once in AFCON and now World-cup qualifier.It is amazing that Ethiopia have conceded four penalties.How do you explain?Even if the last one that Moses scored was a soft one,what about the other three?Simply put,Ethiopians are still learners.It simply show their defenders lack composure,discipline and immature too.They should concede the defeat and fight another.

The people that post comments like fullstops,commas,first to comment,just letters,space booked etc need not re-read their posts because it is more than embarrassment

Rejoice5000: How can i be? are my not the one that wrote them and post.did i cover my eyes while posting them.mtweeeeen.

This is the embarrassment we are talking about.Always re-read before posting and even after posting,always visit the post to be sure you are on point.This is off-point.

Rejoice5000: How can i be? are my not the one that wrote them and post.did i cover my eyes while posting them.mtweeeeen.

This is the embarrassment we are talking about.Always re-read before posting and even after posting,always visit the post to be sure you are on point.This is sure off-point.

I re-read my posts alot.I rarely have problems with spellings but what is common is ommitting one or two wordings in my submissions.Thank God for modify icon,so many posts would have been meaningless.If a delete button is introduced,there will be alot of problems.I could just delete any post that I feel is against my opinion and that is one hell of a problem.

After overcoming the Antelopes of Ethiopia,the stage is now set for the International Friendly match between the Super Eagles and Italy.The last time the two teams met was in USA 1994 when Italy ran away with victory.I tell you,that match was a very painful loss as Eagles had every opportunity to have beaten Italy.Tomorrow presents another opportunity for Eagles to prove a point.Lately, Eagles have not been playing very well in terms of possession but one good thing about them is their ability to get result at all cost and I think that a hallmark of a champion.Should Eagles get a victory tomorrow,it wont only boost their confidence but it will shoot our FIFA ranking upward.For me,I think the best result would be a draw.I predict 1-1 scoreline but will prefer an outright victory for Eagles.Mine is a draw,predict yours too.

Vivly: Flavour's Ada ada deserves it.

I'm not Igbo but that Ada Ada song is a killer one,simply out of this world and it will live beyond Flavour himself.It is always evergreen.The song deserves all the accolades and the awards that followed suit.Simply put,Favour did well for himself on this and subsequently,I wouldn't expect anything less than the song in future.

The positive from these crop of Eagles' players is when they dont play well,they get to beat their opponent.It is a hallmark of a champion but there is need for improvement.Again,2013 has been a good year for football,three achievements!!!e no easy.Wish this year wont end for footballing reasons.Congratulations Eagles and Nigeria.

ozor1: OK.noted..we need osaze in the team..like if you think I'm correct

He wont reap where he didnt sow.We dont want a player that feels he is bigger than the team to make us lose focus in Brazil.IK Uche,according to Keshi is following Osaze's path.These crop of players that prosecuted the qualifiers are good enough.

I will give it to Nsofor,coming off the bench to score a spectacular free-kick,e no easy.

[quote author=grayh@t]See dis oyibo drinking "pure water"[/quote]The guy dey 9ja now, he has to behave like one

sgsltd: 2:1 any bet

2-0 for Nigeria

Musa is a goat jooooo

The corner kicks in favour of Ethiopia is getting too much. Eagles should watch it.

Moses scores.1-0 to Nigeria.

Eagles threatening!!! Goal dey smell

Person wey no sabi you, no fit kill you. That is the wise saying but chai!!! Mikel na the finest Eagles player ooo

I am one of the numerous who believe Eagles will beat Italy, it is partly due to patriotism and fully because we have the boys to prosecute a win over the European giant. If you believe we are going to beat them, like this post.

Just hope the corp members are properly and adequately protected. We don't want a repeat of 2011 general election.

Inasmuch as I detest with passion the way and manner this brief, minute, diminutive, miniature, midget, summarized and closed-to-the ground dude talks, the action of the SSS is totally wrong, unacceptable and denying the dude is fundamental human right.

I would rather wish that ASUU will never go on strike till end of time. It is possible if FG put the right measures in place towards ensuring that strike becomes a thing of the past.

It will end 2-0. Nigeria wins.