₦airaland Forum

KingEbukasBlog:
Of particular interest is the coastal railway project stretching for 1402 kilometers linking Lagos in the West with Calabar in the East; a project that is expected to be financed with 12 billion U.S Dollars Chinese loan and which will create about 200,000 jobs.

Another rail project that will be up for renegotiation is the $8.3bn Lagos-Kano standard gauge modernization project, of which only a segment, Kaduna-Abuja has reached completion stage.

President Buhari is also expected to discuss ways of removing all obstacles in the way of the 3,050 MW Mambila Power Station, considered a strategic project which was conceived in 1982 but has not taken off.

The Chinese President had informed President Buhari of the willingness of his country to finance the whole project through a special loan agreement.

Anyone who can't discern the importance of this trip and plenty others should have his/her sanity questioned. Anyone who can't see the immense benefit these trips can bring to Nigeria really needs help and such a persons opinion should never be taken seriously. I did not give my support to PMB to become a sidon-look president. I didnt even expect his age to permit him make such travels. But at 73, if he can make such endless trips for the betterment of Nigeria and Nigerians, I wish him more strength and anointing.

Anybody who is pained (out of ignorance and irrational hate) can jump in front of a trailer if that's what pleases you, or you can dust your PVCs and wait patiently and quietly for 2019 (or 2023).

Afam4eva:
I witnessed their procession in Aba and there was no iota of violence whatsoever. Yes, Nnamdi Kanu made some inciting comments but IPOB supporters have so far no heeded to any of those comments. The only thing I don't support is depriving other people of their freedom. Like blocking highways and telling people to close their shops. That is not violence. If you want to see violence, go to Borno. Before we know it they will tell us that IPOB has overtaken bokoharam in violence lending credence to the hypocrisy of Nigerians.

No... all civil unrests usually start the way these IPOB guys are presently doing. Nnamdi kanu who is a leader they revere keeps making inciting comments, for you to really think the followers will remain peacefull for much longer is a clear sign of naivety on your path.

As they keep blocking roads and forcing traders to close their shops, if you understand human psychology and mob behaviour, you would get the picture very clearly that these guys are desperately looking for a confrontation, a confrontation which would be the match to ignite them to violence. So far security forces have exercised restraint (strange for the Nigerian forces), only God knows what led to the crisis yesterday. But that crisis yesterday is exactly what the IPOB giys have been waiting for, they've desperately been waiting for a reason/excuse to go irate.

ruggedboy01:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/n600m-xmas-new-yr-decorations-ihedioha-blasts-okorocha/

If Rochas actually did this, or if he truly plans to do this, may amadioha shave off his scalp with a blunt razor.

God save us from these miscreants, why would anyone want to endanger the lives of hundreds of thousands of Igbos living across Nigeria? What kind of devil incarnate urchins are these?

I still strongly believe this is fuelled by politicians (who obviously have their children abroad). After GEJ conceded defeat, a lot of disgruntled people threatened violence. Most of the Igbos in this group expected the niger delta militants to unleash violence and chaos. Luckily, the Niger deltans applied wisdom and exercised restraint even as they decided to wait and see what a buhari president has to offet.

Obviously, some misguided Igbos were very disappointed with the mature and peaceful reaction of the niger deltans. Now these devils have decided to take it upon themselves to cause the mayhem which the smart niger deltans refused to unleash.

Now is no longer the time for reasonablr Igbos to sit on the fence quietly. Because when/if this turns into a full blown conflagration, the Igbos would be the biggest casualties due to our integrated nature across Nigeria. The imbeciless fuelling this crisis obviously do not care about this.

liberty300:
Dude, stop attaching biafran struggle with politics. This struggle started during GEJ's time but he tactically handled it.

When the yorubas started their campaign of hate against igbos. What did you folks say?

Enough of this constant rubbish talk about "GEJ tactically handling IPOB". Only a f00l will claim not to see the link between the explosion in popularity of Nnamdi Kanu and radio biafra after the 2015 elections.

Very soon someone would spew another trash that PMB first made IPOB popular when the govt tried to jam radio biafra signals, but the fact remains that, even as an Igbo man, I first heard of nnamdi kanu and radio biafra just a week after GEJ conceded defeat (and so did many others) and this was long before the attempt to jam their signals.

God will surely judge these foolish devils that are about to bring sorrow to millions of reasonable Igbos across Nigeria.

All this rubbish is a just about a hatred for Buhari. From the first day Buhari came to power, they termed him a paedophile terrorist who is killing Igbos. They have desperately been looking for an excuse to justify their hatred/stupidity and allegations. Now some miscreants amongst them have lost their patience in the peaceful protests and taken it to the next level. Now the Nigerian forces have finally been pushed, and they have done what they know how to do best (kill unarmed civilians), no the people have a genuine case to back their allegation that Buhari is killing Igbos.

I weep for my people, the north east has still not recovered from the mess they put themselves in till date. Now the south east which has millions of educated and enlightened people, the south east which should know better is beginning to tow the path of the north east. Where are the voices of the reasonable ones?... Is it when things get to a disastrous point of no return that sensible Igbos will begin to speak up?

cruzyteejay:
bros see your life
a national news is what you expect to have different frontpages?
do you think its a state newspaper?


must you defend APC in everything whether good or bad?
SMH for you shaa

This is not a matter of APC or PDP, this is a matter of common sense. Enough of this nonsense. If you do not know something, listen and learn. Most major national newspapers in Nigeria have different frontpage news / design for different regions, if you are not aware, go and find out and stop quoting me unecessarily; pick up the guardian newspaper sold in Enugu and pick up the one sold in Lagos, the frontpages will most likely not identical.

Junior66:
For you everything PMB does is ok. His myt even taste moi moi for u. mtcheeew

China recently set aside several billions of dollars for investment in Africa. The whole world is presently courting China for economic benefits, just recently, the Chinese president was in London and the red carpet treatment he received was overwhelming even as he promised several billions of dollars investments in the UK. Now if even world powers are courting China, why would anyone possibly think it is a bad idea for the Nigerian president to go meet him in SA to attract some of the planned African investment fund to Nigeria?.... You expect Nigeria to sit at home and attract investments even when other nations (including the UK) are hustling for handshakes?

Do you guys just oppose for the sake of opposing or is this really the true level of your intelligence being displayed here?

The only war I see coming is a war between sensible Igbos vs stupid ones. When reprisals start all over Nigeria and Igbos start running back home, the real war will be between the returnees and the idi0ts who are causing starting this needless crisis.

I don taya for my people.

..and I suppose, this is supposed to be a problem I should be worrying about too?...

What is France 24?

But newspapers usually have different frontpages for different regions... How is this a new thing?....The Vanguard or Guardian newspaper circulated in Lagos may typically have a different frontpage and different news content from the one sold in Owerri; this is not a new thing.

I am not aware of any violence or attempted violence in Rivers state yesterday however.

vladimiros:
[size=13pt]Freedom of Speech is dead in nigeria[/size]

Freedom of speech by burning trucks belonging to others, blocking federal highways for days and forcefully disrupting economic activities in an entire city all because you to 'talk'?

Modekiah:
I understand that Nairaland has been tribalistic, Schismatic and nepotistic to Biafra Struggle, they have been banning, hiding and locking biafra thread and comment, there is right to belong where you want to belong, we are only creating awareness, the other people that is wishing death to biafrans, are still commenting and uploading threads, but just merely saying, "Biafra will come" they ban you immediately. You dont force us to stay with you we decide to stay, take note.

What i'm saying is that this should stop, you are suppose to ban all that are causing or wishing death to biafrans adn allow the people to decide where they belong.

Yesterday i was just trying to just prove some fact to someone, the next thing he uploaded was curses and death wishes, i still tried to be responsible by replying with more facts in a respectful way, what i saw was that "I can't blah, blah, blah..........," i was banned. And he was still uploading hate speeches and i was not able to close the chat i started because i was banned.

You are being patronised by our visit to your site, enjoy it while it last, very soon Biafra will have a blog, i believe would be more beautiful than this forest of a blog. #Biafra at last. see example of what igbo can do, http://www.learnigbonow.com/

After this upload, i believe that i would be ban as i was with my former account. As soon as you finish reading copy immediately and paste on threads or create a new thread, let me see how they will stop, ban or hide this thread.

As fast as you can comply.

How can you expect a pro-Nigerian forum to support pro-Biafran topics on its frontpage?... Are you okay?

As long as it can bring in viable investments to Nigeria, no qualms.

Eureka123:
It is true there is never a smoke without fire, and that the government should address the reasons for the demonstrations, but these people should stop shaming the igbo people.

I mean, civilian rule in Nigeria is barely 16 years old, how old is Nigeria? Are they considering long term goals at all? Do they not even stop to envision Nigeria at 200 years old and counting, like America?

It's embarrassing. I'm not saying their actions aren't for a cause, but rather than the government to ignore it and just term these guys "troublemakers", why not reach a consensus and try to better relations??

It's annoying that a bunch of crazy individuals are standing, in deciding my fate as an Igbo person, when I want no part of the craze. The US only just got its first black president in the 21st century, since the 18th century of its inception!


Can we not be patient and look at long term goals? Invest those efforts into making the tribe better and respected! Believe me, Nigeria will vote an Igbo person into office if they saw an individual credible enough! Good market sells itself!

There's hardly anything the government can do about these guys. These guys on the street are simply protesting over Buhari winning the presidency; forget anything else they tell you, they are simply very pissed that an Hausa man displaced GEJ from Aso Rock and they believe the best they can do is to destabilise the country to make life difficult for Buhari and APC (they believe the APC used bokoharam to make Nigeria ungovernable for GEJ and they believe they are retaliating for GEJ). The only thing that can stop these protests is if Buhari steps down (which we all know isn't going to happen).

I only just pity what becomes of the economy of the south east and reasonable Igbos (like myself) who dont support this foolishness.

mrjangaweed:
pictures videos coming soon

Protesters have barricaded the road and called for reinforcements. The Army, police, Navy are scattered all over the head bridge

a full infantry on parade OH God!!

updates coming soon

If those people burnt trailers of innocent people as part of protests, the military and police should be brought in to spray live bullets on the bastardss. I dont care if they're my brothers... these ones are animals.

mrvitalis:
And this man is a SAN.... if this statement was actually made by him am sorry for his boss
... u have agreed that u have no business with the NSA so anymore paid to ur boss from NSA was not worked for... ... this case is over.. . Once CBN shows the court evidence of payment and sites this man's statement the case is over

OnankpaBa:
Dokpesi and others need to be treated for stealing.

I may be wrong, but I don't think Dokpesi is in any trouble here. He received money from a 'PDP' chieftain to organise media campaigns, he did not steal the money in question and it is not his business to know where the money he received came from. The owner of a restaurant cannot be held responsible if a fraudster walks into his eatery to buy food.

The only person who I believe is in trouble here is the NSA and his boys.

I'm impressed by the breakdown of this budget, and there's just something about this man's determination that makes me feel strongly that he will be able to achieve much of this. I wish Kaduna state the best.

bilulu:
lying lier....... its a national paper n not a regional paper so it carries a national front page

The worst form of ignoramus is the one who doesnt even know he's ignorant. It gets even worse than the worst when after being informed, the ignoramus still adamantly refuses to learn because he thinks he's trying to win an argument.

oyedun82:
I don't get. You mean National Security Adviser during his reign will still Supply terrorist weapons? I dont just get this

- The longer the war against bokoharam lasts, the more money Nigeria (GEJ) will keep budgeting to defence.
- With more money being budgeted for the defence, it means more money available to be diverted and stolen by these hawks.

I think the above logic is very simple to understand.
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Regarding this present allegation of illegal arms importation, I think Dasuki can easily defend himself by using the same excuse they used in the south african money laundering case; he would simply claim he was importing arms for the Nigerian military through unconventional means because of the restrictions placed on Nigeria.

BakaSumtin:
APC PROPAGANDA MATERIAL SUPPORTED BY NATION NEWSPAPER IN 2 VERSIONS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Wonders will never end! Today, December 1, 2015 I'm reporting from Abuja Nigeria and as you can see, the copy of The Nation newspaper I'm holding here in Abuja is different from the copy of the Propaganda Material they are circulating in Port Harcourt.
The Nation Newspaper is reasonably inciting violence by promoting, publishing and circulating a propaganda material aimed at causing disaffection and crisis in Rivers State.
This is really unethical journalism and must be condemned by all well meaning citizens of our country.
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GOD BLESS THE RIVERS STATE POLICE COMMAND
"RE: “RIVERS: 10 BUSES BURNT AS GUNMEN ATTACK RALLY” AND “APC FLAYS ATTACK ON PARTY MEMBERS DURING PEACEFUL PROTEST IN RIVERS”
The attention of Rivers State Police Command has been drawn to the above captions reported by ‘The Nation’ and ‘Vanguard’ newspapers both of Tuesday, December 1, 2015. The public were made to believe in the body of the said stories that violence marred the peaceful procession that took place on Monday 30/11/2015 in Port Harcourt Rivers State.
2. It is necessary to state that the Command exercised high degree of professionalism in handling the procession most especially that there was another opposing group on procession at almost the same spot. Policemen from the Command were deployed from the beginning to the end of the procession to prevent any untoward situation, and that they did not witness any awkward scene. The statement that ten buses were burnt and that over 60 supporters escaped death when they were attacked by gunmen is not true but spurious and misleading as there has not been any recorded case of such incident with the police.
3. The Command furthermore craves the indulgence of the media to more often than not confirm their stories to ascertain their truthfulness before making them public. Sensational journalism should be avoided so as not to mislead the public and create unnecessary public tension, please.
Signed
DSP. AHMAD K. MUHAMMAD,
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FOR : COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,
RIVERS STATE COMMAND"

Op, when you are ignorant, you should ask questions instead of proceeding to spew your ignorance in public.

Newspapers have regional focus. Guardian or Vanguard newspaper circulated in Lagos may have a different frontpage or news content from the ones distributed in Owerri. This is not uncommon and it did not start with theNation.

Cc: wheredemdey, henriettanenye, Leopardd, mazzi

djkirkoo2:
Your father. Who are the vulnerable and who are the graduates? Keep supporting poo

Who is this bitter and frustrated soul?.. I spoke simple english, it is not my fault that your comprehension ability has been eroded... If it is a question you are asking, ask it properly.

cjrane:
Watch how ab0kis and yoruba will throw obstacles in your way to make sure you are frustrated.

Forget Obiaku for now, we need Biafra.
We are tired of oppression and living with people who want us dead.
Even the military dictators did not treat Igboland as bad as Buhari and his northern compatriots are doing. They imagine we are too afraid to fight them. they will soon learn that they are the ones afraid of sending their sons to die in fighting for this Nigerian fire they are setting with impunity. i hope they got those British arms they are hoping for free of charge, because they will need tons upon tons of it in what is coming.

Hahaha... Isnt this comment just ridiculous?... Buhari that has barely even started ruling, buhari's government that hasnt even awarded any contracts, yet you have already concluded him to be a leader who is treating Igboland worse than the military dictators did. This is a man that hasnt even started ruling.

Most of you guys are simply bloody disgruntled jonathanian wailers that have metamorphosed into Biafran separatists because jonathan lost an election. The bolded part of your statement says it all.

[size=13pt]One thing I know about witch-hunting is that it is only a 'witch' that can be witch-hunted.[/size]

One other thing I know regarding the calibre of people being arrested so far is that they are all very wealthy elites who can afford the best legal representation. If there is a remote chance that they are innocent, they would certainly be freed.

What I do not understand is why ordinary Nigerians who are the actual victims of the evil of these leaders would continue to be the ones developing sympathy and crying for the release of their antagonists; definitely an irritating case of stockholm syndrome.

Genius100:
The guy is obviously on the payroll of a Naija politician.. see below on his history
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Who ‘Really’ Is this Bruce Fein?

He has been a crusty foreign lobbyist making millions of dollars peddling his foreign bosses’ interests and influence in Congress and government agencies. For Fein it has never mattered who the foreign client or what their agenda. He does not care whether his foreign clients are criminals or terrorists or dictators. As long as they pay him handsomely he’ll sell their agenda and interest no matter what they may be. The words ‘principle’ or ‘taking a stand’ have never entered this foreign lobbyist’s dictionary or comprehension: One minute, on behalf of one set of his foreign designated ‘terrorist’ bosses, Bruce Fein is busy selling the need for a genocide declaration by the US Congress against one nation . . .

The next minute, on behalf of another well-known foreign mob boss, Bruce Fein is busy peddling influence and selling Congress his foreign bosses’ anti-genocide agenda:

“In 2007, Ayasli transferred $30 million in stock to fund a new endeavor, the nonprofit Turkish Coalition of America. The organization is headquartered in a Washington suite that has also been listed as the address for the Turkish Coalition USA PAC, the lobbying firm of Lydia Borland (who has represented the Turkish government), and the law firm of Bruce Fein and Associates (Fein comprises half of the Turkish American Legal Defense Fund) . . .”

Bruce Fein sees no problem with representing foreign groups like this: Fein hit the jackpot in 1991 when he signed on to represent Mozambique’s notorious guerrilla army, RENAMO, which was seeking to overthrow its country’s leftist government. When Fein came on board, RENAMO’s reputation has hit bottom. . . . . . Even the Reagan and Bush administrations kept their distance from RENAMO, despite their anti-Communist rhetoric . . .

Fein, however, eagerly signed up to flack for Dhlakama’s terror army. Like most foreign lobbyists, he bilked his client for huge sums of money while performing virtually no work.

Here is another on-the-spot description of Real Bruce Fein as a crusty “Beltway Prostitute”: “Well, well, well. Wasn’t Bruce Fein just recently condemning the Government of Sri Lanka for trying to put an end to the LTTE? But this time he’s defending a sovereign government for protecting itself—rather than slandering it using falsehoods. Now you see what I mean when I earlier referred to Mr. Fein as a “Beltway prostitute.” He will accept money from anyone who can pay the price—regardless of where that money came from, or who his legal and public relations services might unjustly hurt. What an embarrassment to the US legal profession.”

To read further on Bruce Fein as a Foreign Agent lobbyist for Pakistan, Sudan, Turkey, Tamil and several others, to read about Fein’s overt Neocon Ties & Covert Israel Pedigree, and to find out about his ethical violations as an attorney who represented disgraced congresswoman Jean Schmidt Read: Who ‘Really’ Is this Bruce Fein?

To get a flavor of Bruce Fein the Lobbyist and his past clients read this brief article: Conflict of Interest? Compatible Interests? You Tell Me!

Check this out to know a bit more about Bruce Fein the attorney with ethics problems: BFP Breaking News: Court to Order Bruce Fein Removed from Schmidt vs. Krikorian Case

- See more at: http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/10553#sthash.0WQKiB9X.CQHYFHtz.dpuf

Any smart person wouldn't need to think for a second to know that Bruce has some solid Nigerian links with some of the corrupt people being investigated in Nigeria. His words and approach brazenly proves him to be associated with the TANoid wailers.

manny4life:
You have no worries because unlike many including you (although you affirmed it you read it again), I read before I comment. It's always hogwash to you, what else is new? Bruce Fein is not a hungry American seeking relevance, please read his biography. He asked important questions: If Buhari has claimed to be innocent, how can you appoint two ministers who have fraud accusation leveled against them? Is this how corruption is fought? The same U.S. where Buhari traveled to seek foreign assistance, any nominee that has a stain let alone accusation of fraud against them, such person DOES NOT see an inch past the mere announcement. Heck they won't make it to Congress let alone voting. Can Buhari comfortably say ALL his ministers are CLEAN? That's Mr. Fein's argument in a nutshell...What say you?

Nigeria is still an upcoming nation and should never be compared to the US in these things; we have clearly different circumstances and you should understand that. As an example, attempting to arrest every single corrupt politician or leader would result in an implosion of the country (every single politician in Nigeria has a stain), let's stop acting like we in a utopian society. Buhari attempted that approach in 1983 but he was hounded away by his own boys into prison for years; I'm sure the man is smarter now to use a softer political approach. But obviously, what the idealists like yourself or the American are calling for is for Rome to be built in a day; that's not possible and you can't expect us as a nation not to 'do anything' because we can't 'do everything.' If you really love Nigeria, I'm sure you will understand what I'm talking about.

rigarmortis:
Bro how does one define poor and vulnerable and how does one determine who the benefactors will be, a female graduate from a poor family, trained by the last kobo in the family with no job is vulnerable, their are plenty of them here in abuja:

Or is vulnerability and poverty defined by being a northern almajiri, something tells me thats the real ansswer, note that the handout of 5k wnt stop these guys from being used again, and the day this stops due to economy not being able to sustain it, its war

This 5k handout is to appease the north for the handosme settlement handed out to the creek militants, trust me, no economic value at all

I am also not in support of the 5k handout, I think it's a silly idea, a confirmed avenue to waste funds and also an avenue for fraud and more division. However, when it is discussed, the facts should be discussed as it was said; the promised 5k as I can remember was meant for 'poorest and most vulnerable' (whatever that means). The promise wasn't to pay unemployed graduates 5k.

manny4life:
I believe if you read the article, he wasn't supporting anyone. He accused Jonathan Administration as one that spans the largest corruption since the 60's. Please take the time to read before commenting. Not everyone is a keyboard warrior.

I suggest you yourself should go back and read the article again; for your sake, I have just done that a second time. The letter is nothing but the same old hogwash of wailers claiming that the present fight against corruption is nothing but political witch hunting of PDP.

macfarland:
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-fein/an-open-letter-to-nigeria_b_8681400.html

When you fight corruption, corruption will definitely fight back, and it will fight very dirty.

Nothing is new in the so called letter 'from an American,' this is the same old rant we have been hearing from the TANoids to Jonathanians to Wailers.

I weep for the senselessness of some of my people...

IbokUtoroh:
bros am from akwaibom, pdp won in akwaibom, the closest sphere I can feel d presence of governance na state considering how local govt is being run in naija, n to be frank am in my state. my govr is working. so if u see me oppose anything, I dont just do it for the fun but for the betterment of my fellow people who r not opportuned to be in their states n r looking up to the central govt for succor.
and for the last time, buhari cant remove subsidy cos we will oppose it just like some fools did back in 2012.
its as simple as dat, so if u gat probs with dat, drink otapiapia.

Feel free and please yourself.. but if I may ask, what is this big space you keep leaving whenever you type messages?.... Is that part of your own opposition?