₦airaland Forum

kennes10:
how is dis suppose 2 lead 2 a tribal war!!! Grow up abeg

Far far far from it. I'm not trying to lead any tribal war, rather I'm actually denouncing the tribal wars we witness here everyday as being a manifestation of foolishness and myopia.

I was only pointing out the way in which we watch our leaders commit blunders but instead of cautioning or criticising them, we resort to blaming our neighbours for all our problems even when the real source of the problem stares us in the face. Now we are celebrating Nigerians being elected leaders in other nations but down here in our homes, we cant even tolerate our closest neighbours that speak the same language as we do.

Meanwhile somewhere in a jungle nation in west Africa, a frog eyed cretin like governor who was just recently (s)elected to the senate ordered the sack of all non-indigenes from his state's civil service. The sacked workers included his fellow tribesmen from neighbouring states and even people married to indigenes of his state. Even the long serving civil servants who started working before the state was split into two were sacked and asked to go to their new state's civil service.

And at the end of the day, some 'smart' fellow comes to tell me the problem is Yoruba or Awusa or Igbo or Christian or Muslim etc.

apeoyemojo:
Brother,Sahara Reporters actually do work for the APC. All they do is try to expose a few very obviously corrupt allyies of the APC so as to give the impression that they are non-partisan. I mean who does not know OBJ is a thief? Until they expose the details of Tinubu and Fashola's grand looting of Lagos,Emir Sanusi's corrupt practices at CBN,Buhari's 2.B dollar Saga,Timipreye Sylva 's 40B naira indictment,Fayemi's 2.8B naira Ado flower project scam,abubakar Audu's several mansions scattered all over the US athefts involving key APC members,only then will I take them seriosly. Even Omoyele Sowore the owner of Sahara reporters nneeds to tell us what he does for a living that afforeded him a 4m dollar mansion in Manhattan,New york!

SaharaReporters focuses on the government in power hence their searchlight has mainly been on the PDP and on JOnathan (being the president). There are too many stories of filth to be reported on our rulers and you dont expect SR to spend their resources chasing people like Tinubu or Buhari or Timipre who are not in power. But that being said, if you were not blinded by sentiments and emotions, you would have known that SaharaReporters have still thrown out several corruption stories on all those individuals you mentioned. For God's sake, how can any sane person even accuse SR of not exposing the corruption of Tinubu?... Are you blind?... or are you just emotionally talking for talking sake?... For you to even make such a statement, you do not deserve a response... I only searched the word 'tinubu' on the SR website and got uncountable results...

http://saharareporters.com/2013/10/29/bola-tinubu-family-paralyzes-lagos-economic-activity
http://saharareporters.com/2010/06/08/other-face-lagos-land-scams-lagos-involving-gov-fashola-and-ex-gov-bola-tinubu
http://saharareporters.com/2014/06/05/how-saraki-tinubu-odili-others-rob-their-states-blind-through-obnoxious-pension-laws
http://saharareporters.com/2010/09/24/ribadu-aids-and-abets-tinubu-enslave-lagos
http://saharareporters.com/2007/10/28/bola-tinubu%E2%80%99s-140-million-v-mobile-deal-exposed-pointblanknewscom
http://saharareporters.com/2012/03/25/lagos-state-cough-n1-billion-fund-tinubus-birthday-celebration
http://saharareporters.com/2007/02/10/tinubu-pays-own-company-1-billion-naira-monthly-obanikoro-0
http://saharareporters.com/2009/02/18/bola-tinubus-heroin-tainted-assets-forfeiture-judgement
http://saharareporters.com/2014/10/23/more-photos-n33billion-ekiti-government-house-reflect-staggering-opulence
http://saharareporters.com/2009/09/09/stupid-governor-sylvas-opulence-bayelsas-poverty
http://saharareporters.com/2011/08/25/sanusi%E2%80%99s-financial-gerrymandering
http://saharareporters.com/2013/06/07/documentation-sanusiyaro-sex-scandal
http://saharareporters.com/2010/11/21/transcript-governor-fashola-spars-saharareporters-london
http://saharareporters.com/2010/01/27/fashola-mega-corruption-true-face-lagos-part-1
http://saharareporters.com/2010/11/20/governor-fashola-spars-saharareporters-london-%E2%80%93-denies-tinubu%E2%80%99s-financial-windfall
http://saharareporters.com/2010/11/21/fashola-vs-sahara-reporters-%E2%80%93-19th-november-seminar-london-school-economics
http://saharareporters.com/2011/03/06/governor-fashola-lied

Can you now kindly do your research before blabbing what you don't know in public next time.

Finally, SR has been around for over 9 years (even before most of you learnt how to use the internet) and they have churned out strangely revealing stories of which 90% turned out to be true, hence their reputation. Now I have always said that any GEJ or PDP sympathiser who thinks SR is owned by APC (formed 2 years) to attack PDP, that person is absolutely free to form his/her own SR which will reveal the filth in APC and I think that would be beneficial to the Nigerian people (if and only if they can churn out facts).

booqee:
what about h?

Dont worry, 'g' has metamorphosed into a 2 paragraph comment. The 'g' was only a warning, "THIS LAND IS NOT FOR SALE"

Only God knows where the money will come from to finish up these projects. The money spent bribing people alone during the electioneering period would have been more than enough to complete all those projects.

But jokes apart and election campaigns apart, is there really any single major project which was started and finished by the GEJ administration?

What kind of shameless individuals do we even have as leaders in the south east?

Anyway, I think this must be the Ohanaeze faction that always supported APC all along.

I thought there was suppose to be fuel scarcity in Lagos?... How come there are still plenty cars on the road?

BAsket mouth
Okey Bakassi
I go save
bovi
Gordons
I go die
Buchi

baseg25:
https://streetgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tony-payne-tweet-streetgist.png
source : http://streetgist.com/buhari-cant-take-half-the-insults-gej-took-toni-payne/

Buhari can't commit half of the blunders GEJ committed.

The rate of blunders GEJ committed daily made me to begin to think the man was accursed or under a kind of spell.

lolaxavier:
The battle for re-election to the 8th House of Representatives stalled the consideration of the report on the Petroleum Industry Bill by the House months after the document was laid before the House, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday.
But the House Deputy Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor, confided in our correspondent on Wednesday that the PIB would be reconsidered by members of the House of Representatives on Thursday next week.
The 23-member Ad-Hoc Committee on PIB had produced its report on March 12, 2015, more than two years after the Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, inaugurated it on November 15, 2012.
The committee was chaired by the Chief Whip, Mr. Ishaka Bawa, a Peoples Democratic Party lawmaker from Taraba State.
But investigations showed that rather than give priority attention to the report, members kept it aside to focus on the 2015 polls.
The National Assembly and the presidential elections were held on March 28, while governorship poll took place on April 11.
Members reportedly rationalised that the elections were too close at hand for them to sit in Abuja and do any serious legislative duties as of the period the report was laid.
“The PIB is a serious bill. You will recall that a lot a controversies surrounded the first and second reading of the bill.
“There were issues bearing on the powers of the minister and the reservations expressed by oil majors, among others.
“This was not a bill we could rush in the midst of campaigning for re-election,” a senior National Assembly official told The PUNCH in Abuja.
It was gathered that, with the elections won and lost, most members were now putting the polls behind them to round off their session in the weeks ahead.
The PUNCH learnt that the Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, whose duty it was to preside over the Committee of the Whole to consider reports on bills, was also away in his home state, Imo, for the governorship poll.
“Recall that many reports were rescheduled in the days after we reconvened from the elections, not only PIB.
“The Deputy Speaker contested the governorship poll in Imo and had to stay behind for the supplementary elections.
“Now that he is back, the pace of work regarding pending reports for consideration will be fast,” another official added.
Findings showed that Ihedioha, on resuming work on Tuesday, directed that copies of the PIB be made available to all members before Thursday next week.
“The Committee on Rules and Business is already working on it. It is hoped that by next week the consideration will start,” the source said.
The House Deputy Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor, confirmed, when he was contacted, that elections delayed the report.
“Politics played a major role. Everybody was campaigning and running up and down for the elections. You will appreciate that it was not the desire of members to delay the bill. But, now we are set; by next week the consideration will be in progress,” Ogor told The PUNCH.
The report, among others, recommended that the President should be stripped of his discretionary power to grant petroleum licences and leases to operators in the country’s oil and gas industry.
http://www.punchng.com/news/fraudsters-dupe-people-with-my-name-says-el-rufai/

It will be a great thing if the bill is passed. These lawmakers usually get serious just at the tail end before a transition. I remember the FOI bill was also surprisingly passed at the last minute just like this. If this scales through before May 29th, GEJ would have regained a tiny fraction of his non-existent reputation.

Hahahaha!

I just love this story!...

malonephill:
and why did she have to skip the question? If not being the hypocrisy who she is, just because she wasn't recognised by GEJ adminstration doesn't make her speww trash all about.

Can you please just shut up!

There are several explanations on this thread why she (or any other person) should not answer such a trick question but some people will always choose to block their brains. If you agree you are a numbskull, you are free to keep asking why she refused to answer the question.

Chigold101:
i would have stood by you brother. But things are different now. Since the end of the war many people see us as less humans and go ahead making stu.pid comments.

The doctor who said igbos should be killed later came out to deny it.

Oba of Lagos also denied his own comment.

Soyinka like any of those people who didnt like GEJ, can say anything against a people that supported their enemy.

Do u really think there is no comment which Wole made that trigered anger & accrimony in the heart of that writer who posted it from cable?

I still believe that in every romour there is some level of reality. Even smoke wont come out with fire, even if it is from moter engine.

Haha!.. here is one of them again. You have just been told the truth but something in you resists the truth. You actually wish he said it so as to justify your animosity. God help you!

kaboninc:
Whose horse's mouth?

Having you seen today's daily? Or should I help you?

I am a Nigerian and I know too well how dubious and unprofessional some of our journalists can be. So when I read a strange story (such as the one from The Cable yesterday), the smart thing to do is wait for either the horse (Prof Wole) to confirm or refute or I wait for more than one source (preferably more recognised sources) to broadcast the same story.

There are a lot of false stories all over the place such as the infamous N1 = $1 allegation and the "I will eliminate BH in 2 months" falsehood. The problem with such stories is that just like gossips, there are a lot of jobless and not-too-smart people who are idly waiting to hear such so as to propagate it or make disparaging remarks. These set of jobless people are so excited about spreading the falsehood that they wouldn't even stop even if it is confirmed to be a lie.

stabillo:
Professor Wole Soyinka has released a statement denying reports that he trashed the Igbos during his lecture at Harvard University last week. Soyinka was quoted to have said 'the Igbos voted based on their stomach and suffer from incurable money mindedness'. The Nobel Laureate says he never made a statement like that and anyone who believes he did is a slowpoke. Lol. His statement below...


"I have just read a statement attributed to me on something called The Cable, a news outlet, evidently one of the Internet infestations. My lecture at the Hutchins Centre, Harvard University, was video recorded. Anyone who believes what I am alleged to have said must be a slowpoke – repeat, a slowpoke. It is demeaning, sickening and boring to have to deal with these cowards who cannot fight their own battles but must fasten their imbecilic pronouncements on others. Only the mentally retarded will credit this comment attributed to me regarding the Ndigbo voting pattern in the last elections. I strongly suspect the author of this despicable concoction, and may make a further statement, once the source is verified.” the statement read


source: http://lindaikeji..nl/2015/05/soyinka-denies-blasting-igbos-says.html?m=1

I carefully refused to comment on the other thread until I heard from the horses mouth. Definitely, a major lecture of that nature would be recorded on video and very soon, the videos would be out on Youtube. I never believed Prof Soyinka could have made such a needless statement in public; some individuals are just well above certain things.

It is really sad that some unscrupulous entities would just sit behind a desk and conjure inflammatory statements to disturb public peace and cause disaffection... and now someone would tell me it is wrong if such a website is closed or the publishers arrested?

Gbaja for speaker!

cardinalmundez:
I like that you see or read between the lines, alot of us know the true including journalists but it in other to drive Web views and for publicity stunts you can't put it all plainly, there has to be something racy to make you wanna click or read this thread.
its just unfortunate that it is to the detriment of the truth and it gets to be true once it comes online, After all, how do you want to trace it's authenticity after 3 blogs carry the news unless someone directly involved comes out to refute the news which happens scarcely

It's really a pity the way most Nigerian youths reason. It is bad enough that most people lack basic comprehension skills, the problem is then compounded by sentiments and emotions which blocks their remaining sense of reasoning.

Our journalist do not even help matters at all, they know that 98% of Nigerians did not watch the interview and they know Nigerians dont like to read, hence they use the most misleading titles for their stories to skew public opinion. Our bloggers are also very lazy, all they do is copy and paste without bothering to even read or edit what they paste on their blogs. It's really a pity.

anyaekekehinde:
what is wrong with you self, after the TV show, she went to her twitter account to defend what she said on the show by saying "there is no empirical proof obasanjo is corrupt" on twitter.
it was not only about the TV show( infact what she did on TV is just diplomacy, which is expected), but going on twitter subsequently to state emphatically that there is no empirical evidence obj is corrupt.... comon

infact, there is no empirical evidence sey u self go skul, judging by your reaction

well in case you don't know, our newly elected president, a man of integrity, Gen Buhari (modern day saint and Nigeria's messiah) said "abacha never stole money"

funny enough, i have empirical evidence (in the words of oby ) to proof GMB said that.

some of you don't understand that this country is just about interest and not about the citizens

To the best of my knowledge, Twitter is also a public space. You do not expect her to make such a pronouncement in public. Do you realise she could even be sued?

Leaders have a duty to censor what they say in public. Even Nuhu Ribadu who said OBJ was stinkingly corrupt did not say that in public, he only said it in private discussion with an ambassador and the statement was leaked via wikileaks.

GEJ is stinkingly corrupt, OBJ is stinkingly corrupt; this is common knowledge to all and I can boldly make these statements here on Nairaland because I am covered by the veil of anonymity. I could even go on to say the same thing on facebook because I am not a public figure. But if I was a notable public figure, common sense and the most basic sense of diplomacy demands that I carefully guard what I say in public else it would be used against me.

Oby was even graceful enough by not saying OBJ was free of corruption; instead she carefully avoided answering the question completely. After all, the great GMB being unable to wriggle his way out like Oby was forced to say Abacha wasn't corrupt .

Trailblazer1:
If its useful to you as an engineer, how do you also argue for an accountant, banker, psychologist et al

Just like several people have mentioned here, learning to solve problems like that helps to sharpen your brain. That is why your reasoning ability is better than that of an illiterate. Engaging you in such complexities as a youngster is what helped to mould you to what you are today.

There was no way it (OBJ's regime) could have been more corrupt that the government of Abacha. I am sorry,”

How does the statement above translate in the brains of some people to mean "OBJ's government was not corrupt"?

Nigeria as a nation is just filled with educated illiterates.

1. Oby never denied that OBJ's government was corrupt. She agreed that the regime was corrupt and that steps were taken to fight the corruption; even though the fight wasnt successful

2. Oby never said OBJ was not corrupt. She only tactically refused to answer the question and that was common sense at work.

Sometimes I wonder the kind of education some of these journalists have for them to come up with such interpretations. I also wonder the kind of schools some Nigerians went to.

It is one thing to say a person's government is corrupt and it is another thing to say the person himself is corrupt. Common sense and diplomacy in speech entails that you do not answer certain questions directly in public especially when no competent law court has convicted him of corruption. Oby may have accused GEJ of administrative incompetence, irresponsibility and running a massively corrupt government. But I am yet to see where she openly accuses the man GEJ himself of being corrupt. The lady has a degree in diplomacy and wouldn't have attained her present heights if she spoke carelessly on international TV.

UnknownT:
Sanusi needs to convince us with an #empiricalEvidence that $20billion was lost by NNPC, not forgotten the APC governors that said today that GEJ has destroyed our economy, they need to provide Empirical. Evidence too.

Sanusi has provided empirical evidence that $20bn meant to be remitted to the CBN by NNPC was not remitted. NNPC claims they spent the moneys on operational costs but are yet to submit any empirical evidence such as reciepts to prove their point.

Trailblazer1:
I'm still waiting for the day that I will actually use x² + y +8 [(x + 2y ² = a-z] + 2x ³ + (- 2z = 2. 4) + 10y - 5Z ³= k= 9 in real life

Only an educated illiterate would be asking what such equations are used for in real life... Anyway, I can pardon graduates in other professions but any engineer asking this questiin really needs to be thoroughly flogged.

@Op, as an engineer, i get to apply even more complex equations everyday in my job.

Politics! ...and it gets more and more interesting!

debo07:
The bad experience they had is what is affecting them now.They are always afraid of other countries.They always feel other countries want to take their land again hence the xenophobia issue.

It also inflicted them with a rare mental illness; the Stockholm Syndrome to be specific. How else do you explain that they attack fellow blacks but have not attacked a single white local or foreigner?

Seeing a thread like this has just deceived one almost overweight girl out there to take an extra slice...

Is this a joke?... Or is the Naira now really this useless?

..and they keep getting better and better.. Lovely!

rabbuy:
That's why I love alpha females they re so confident and they got this unignorable( if that's a word)carriage... In any form they come... It doesn't matter to em what any body think they believe the are awesome,queens just the way they are...

Yeah unfortunately, such females are very very rare.

You can't really blame women that bleach. African men generally prefer lighter skinned ladies, Period!!!

I can only imagine the loss of confidence, self esteem and the feeling of dejection by a dark skinned lady who is always overlooked whenever she steps out with her fair skinned friends. In a gathering of girls, no matter how well dressed the dark skinned girls are, a guy walks into the room and his attention would first be caught by the fair paw-paw; that is just the way African men are wired.

Though I personally prefer dark skinned girls, but I represent a microscopic minority of black men.

tlops:
These questions have been going through my mind. I remember the FGN disclaiming the abduction of the (chibok) girls saying no one was abducted. Lots of TANist were ranting that it was a frame up and no such event ever took place. PEJ infamous display (diaris God oo) was to to prove that no child(ren) was abducted on the fate day/event. With hundreds being declared rescued from the dreaded forest in the last couple of days raises more questions than answers.

If president GEJ had stepped up his job he might be smiling just now to Aso rock.

How can these people be missing and no report of them being made?

The annoying thing bugging my mind is that the TANoids, even with the stories of these rescues, still insist the Chibok case could NOT have been possible. They are still 100% confident that the Chibok saga was a scam to just discredit Jonathan even though over 700 other people have just been rescued. Sometimes I just wonder if these individuals have only sawdust inside their skulls. It's scary!

And yeah, no one ever heard of these missing ones because the FG banned journalists from reporting any stories on the atrocities of BH.

Amokwe:
Kindly leave Southeast out of this, use some other place for your exaggeration.

Exaggeration?... Why don't you simply google the size of the Sambisa forest before making this silly comment?