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Adefuye told members of the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday that allegations of human rights abuses by the military were “rumors, hearsays and exaggerated accounts” put about by rivals of President Goodluck Jonathan and rights groups.
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http://www.homelandnewsng.com/security/us-denies-stopping-nigeria-getting-arms-fight-boko-haram

Never in my life have I heard of or seen any leadership that has made more excuses and laid more blames than what we have in Nigeria presently. The greatest invention of the GEJ administration is the politics of blame blame and blame. Every single thing no matter how disconnected or irrelevant has to be blamed on the opposition. Even a 5 years old child in Nigeria knows our armed forces are brutal and would readily assault innocent civilians at the slightest opportunity; if it is not police accidental discharge, it is military brutality and everyone knows this. Instead of the government to devise a smarter cover up response to the US allegations of military brutality, they have quickly attributed it to the opposition too.

I would assume the carnage in Odi and Odioma and even the recent show of shame by some soldiers in Lagos burning BRT buses and beating up civilians was also a made up story "put about by rivals of President Goodluck Jonathan"

How did our national leadership condescend to this level?

harde2lah:
Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses
Mitt Romney

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Benjamin Franklin

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
George Washington Carver

It doesn't matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It's never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.
Benjamin Carson

I wish Jonathan himself, his handlers and his supporters will read this with an open mind even as they continue practising their 'politics of blame and excuses.'

harde2lah:
This is what you get when you have an accidental leader to be at the helm of affairs. The truth is that this guy named gej is very lazy, inept and clueless. gej blaming the opposition for his failures since 2010.

Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses
Mitt Romney
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Benjamin Franklin
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
George Washington Carver
It doesn't matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It's never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.
Benjamin Carson

Corruption is perception, not reality - gej
Stealing is not corruption - gej

I wish Jonathan himself, his handlers and his supporters will read this with an open mind even as they continue practising their 'politics of blame and excuses.'

Ugochukwu45:
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Adefuye told members of the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday that allegations of human rights abuses by the military were “rumors, hearsays and exaggerated accounts” put about by rivals of President Goodluck Jonathan and rights groups.

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http://www.homelandnewsng.com/security/us-denies-stopping-nigeria-getting-arms-fight-boko-haram

Never in my life have I heard of or seen any leadership that has made more excuses and laid more blames than what we have in Nigeria presently. The greatest invention of the GEJ administration is the politics of blame blame and blame. Every single thing no matter how disconnected or irrelevant has to be blamed on the opposition. Even a 5 years old child in Nigeria knows our armed forces are brutal and would readily assault innocent civilians at the slightest opportunity; if it is not police accidental discharge, it is military brutality and everyone knows this. Instead of the government to devise a smarter cover up response to the US allegations of military brutality, they have quickly attributed it to the opposition too.

I would assume the carnage in Odi and Odioma and even the recent show of shame by some soldiers in Lagos burning BRT buses and beating up civilians was also a made up story "put about by rivals of President Goodluck Jonathan"

How did our national leadership condescend to this level?

kasiem:
was it not a national tragedy that needed a national mourning?

What I am saying is that Rochas is a nobody who presently occupies no national seat. If he chooses to be irresponsible, that is strictly his business.

However, you cannot say the same of the man Jonathan who is presently the president, c in c and chief security officer of the entire nation. A certain sense of responsibility is mandatorily expected of a person who occupies the exalted position of the president.

It is understandable that so much effort and resources have been put into the declaration activities of today but at least a short address by someone who calls himself the president is expected when national tragedies occur.

APContherun:
Yesterday November 10th 2014 while the whole nation was weeping over the death of over 40 innocent young Nigerians the Association of Progressive Congress aka APC was at Enugu for Rochas Okorocha`s presidential declaration.
While the APC sees nothing wrong with shelving Okorocha`s declaration as a sign of respect for the lost souls they are instead accusing President Jonathan of insensitivity for having his a day after. Isn't that double standard? Why didn't the APC do what they wanted the President to do?

Is Rochas the commander in chief of the Nigerian armed forces?

Is Rochas the chief security officer of the nation?

Is Rochas the one elected to the exalted office by Nigerians to ensure their security?

So why should I as a Nigerian be concerned about the actions of Rochas as it concerns national security even when I have no contract or agreement or links with him?

If Rochas was the president and chief security officer of Nigeria, then your comparison would have been valid..

Ukutsgp:
i am nt sure if an igbo blood is flowing in u.

well, i value my common sense and sense of judgement more than any tribal allegiance. Jonathan is an incompetent administrator with poor intellectual ability and it does not require much wisdom to spot his deficiencies. I would be doing my intelligence a great disservice by endorsing his leadership abilities or declaring open support for a sheer piece of incompetence...

...and may I add, if supporting Jona is the new yardstick for measuring Igboness, then I'm sorry, I'll pass... #AnythingButGEJ

With the blind and nonsensical support Igbos have shown to Jonathan even at the expense of common sense and decorum in most cases, I doubt any other tribe can ever allow us rule Nigeria.

Maybe an igbo son can rule when/if we eventually break away from Nigeria.

WombRaiders:
Vladmir Putin all the way...
https://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130828143253/althistory/images/4/4c/Vladimir-putin-glasses.jpg
Case Closed

Op, you failed to include this one... Poodle vs leopard

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/01/article-2713032-202CC25300000578-961_634x713.jpg

olapluto:
lol. So they come to thumb print for Aregbesola, and are constantly naming him in the video. Saying things like:
"We're doing it for Aregbe"
Aregbe must pay us alot of Money
We are doing this for Aregbe
We are recording this for Aregbe
We are told Aregbe doesnt pay
ETC

Nollywood film by Omisore.

Is that what they were saying in the video?... lol

Now this video could be real or staged, all Nigerian politicians are riggers and the bigger rigger usually wins. The popularity of a candidate also helps to lubricate a smooth rigging process to achieve victory.

However, it is quite strange that illegal thumbprinting would be going on and the thumbprinters would happily allow themselves to be filmed openly. They also went ahead to make loud and clear statements to the recording to remove all doubts regarding the candidate they are rigging for. I find this rather strange

medoyin:
But a candidate from Southwest can't emerge for a save Nigeria. Obasanjo completed 8yrs so, the other parts of the country are favored.

Fashola would have been a good candidate and a good leader but it is unfortunate that the mind of a typical Nigerian (inclusive of the educated and enlightened) is so depraved and shallow to the point that something as silly and unproductive as tribal/religious sentiments cannot still be overruled in selecting our leaders..

It is a shame that in a country with millions of smart, energetic and sound minds, we are left to choose between a GMB and a GEJ

olamibobo:
That of Ekiti state cost 3.4Billion naira and monthly maintenance of 150 million naira.

150 million naira monthly maintenance?... what are they maintaining?... even a massive federal university with a massive teaching hospital, would it cost 150 million naira to maintain monthly?

gare:
Pastor Ayo, I would simple advise you just remain quiet for now, and stay out of spot light, face your calling of preaching the Gosple and leave the Govt. to handle their problem, I have know you and watched your program since I was a little boy, and never liked what was said to you during the Arms deal in South Africa, so if you are reading this message I would advise you take a cue from Baba Adeboye and focus on your pulpit to preach the word of God and win souls for heaven other than getting involve in politics and dragging the christiandom into issues that do not concern us. I believe you are a man of God with wisdom please kindly do the needful and let God help us all.

Do you realise the man is the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria and he has a duty to speak up and protect the lives and freedom of Christians all over Nigeria?

How do you suggest he does that by sticking to the pulpit in his church in Warri?

9jii:
If this was true?
It shouldn't be a slap to the army,it should be a push to them to boost their moral.
We just like seeing negative side of things

Trailblazer1:
im just baffled at the way our once gallant armed forces just chicken-out to a rag-tag ill-trained, virgin seeking boys.
i read of their gallantry at the ecomog, UN peace keeping force et al.
while serving as a corps member, i usually admire the soldiers at the camp, they looked so tough and brave.
Now the scamper at the sound of gun shots and and take to their heels at the rumour of bokoharam advancement.
The million-dollar question is where/how did things fall apart in the nigerian army?

The army's morale isn't low because they can't defeat bokoharam. The morale of the army is low because they do not know who their real enemies are and this is the worst kind of warfare. Saboteurs within your own camp is the worst morale killer for any combatant.

Forget all the noise about BH being in possession of sophisticated weapons, the Nigerian army is still 1000 times more equipped and better trained than the rickety hungry looking insurgence. The only reason our military seems confused and seems too weak to crush BH is because of the enemy within. The soldiers no longer know where the allegiance of their commanders lies. A lot of strange 'orders from above' keep disorienting the soldiers and until the real enemy is tackled, the army will remain spineless.

Our military was able to gallantly undertake the ECOMOG and UN peace keeping missions because they did not have internal saboteurs.

This is a beautifully composed write-up that clearly describes the reason behind our backwardness as a nation.

The most disheartening aspect of this mess is that you are not even allowed to discuss the carnage going on in the north. If you dare to speak about it or try to empathize with the north easterners, you are termed a BH sympathizer. I wonder how we became so diabolically nonchalant as a nation all because of election.

No one really cares about the civilians and the military men being killed in these troubled spots daily. All we are bothered about is the 2015 elections. God help us!

RockMaxi:
When will this accusations end?

After 2015 elections

I really pity our soldiers... The worst kind of warfare is the one where you don't even know who or what your enemy is

How can people be so indifferent about the sufferings of others even within their own country?... To a typical Jonathanian today, the people in Mubi are having a pleasant time and they have no right to complain or cry. If they do, then its simply propaganda by APC.

I ask again, how can people be so indifferent about the travails of their fellow countrymen? This heartlessness being exhibited by some GEJ/PDP supporters is sickening.

Back2seder:
Before we vote for Buhari !!!
I think there is a very vital question that APC must answer b4 they ask us to vote for Buhari !!!!
D questions are; Between Buhari and Idiagbon who was d ruler and d action man ??
If ur answer is same as mine, d next question is; Why did d one who supposed to b d ruler decided to b a figure head ?
Another question is; Is that not a sign of cluelessness and weakness ? U say Jonathan is weak and clueless, I think Buhari will b more weak and clueless. After all Vice President Sambo is not controlling Jonathan, like Idiagbon did...

Just the same way GEJ takes the glory for the good works of the agric minister, isn't it obvious to you that GMB was the one who handpicked Idiagbon and allowed him the freedom and powers to do whatever he did?.... If he could fish out an Idiagbon in 1983, do you think it is impossible for him to fish out an Idiagbon (or even many Idiagbons) in 2015?

If the security details are restored, then it would be another blow to the almost non-existent credibility of Jonathan.

The constitution is clear on this, if the speaker ceases to be the speaker, his security detail would be withdrawn. But in this case, it is very clear Tambuwal remains the speaker until he is impeached by house members or removed by a competent law court. None of this has happened yet but GEJ and PDP have already scrambled to withdraw security detail.

I believe the police would soon restore Tambuwal's security detail and that would be another embarrassment for this government which always acts before it thinks.

This is really an eye opener... it seems every single person evidentially found to have links with BH is either a member or was a member of PDP.

I keep asking if APC is a person's name?.... Why does PDP keep telling Nigerians that BH is APC when all the people arrested and investigated so far for terrorism are actually linked to PDP?

The most annoying part of this sad tale is the gullibility of Nigerians who keep listening to the trash spewed by PDP about APC being BH yet they cannot do the needful and arrest a single one of them to secure the lives of innocent Nigerians.

This is a very painful exit; she was already so beautiful... just take a look at those eyes

We should all be careful the way we yab people for their physical inadequacies of which they had no power over. You never know when you drive someone to do the unthinkable with those your little careless comments.

I smell 2015 elections

b2k90:
Who be d majority of the HOR? Is it not PDP?
Keep deceiving urself

PDP is the majority but they don't have up to 2/3rd of the seats so their majority is impotent in this matter.

I think the constitution is very clear on this. Yes he was made the speaker as a PDP member but it takes 2/3 of the members to vote or depose a speaker. If PDP is so desperate to have him step down, then they need to raise a 2/3 vote on the floor and I don't think that would be possible now except they resort to massive bribing of greedy APC members.

Besides, I thought Tambuwal had a gubernatorial ambition and doesn't intend to return to the house next year?... If that is the case then his reign is only for a few extra months. I wonder why PDP is losing sleep over this.

cbrass:
And what was your friend doing in Iraq To join the ISIS ?

Oil money bro... Arab money
Just the way Nigerians earn mega bucks working in the oil sector in Saudi, Abu dhabi, oman, kuwait etc, there are also lots of our people in Iraq presently.

This isn't surprising at all; at least the school can even lay claim to the fact that she travelled to Africa recently.

A friend of mine based in London was deported from Iraq (yes Iraq!) over the weekend all because she had a green west African passport. She was turned back at the airport even though it was clear from her passport that she hadn't even been to Africa in the last 4 years. The annoying thing is that the idiotic countries don't even give any prior publications, they leave the individuals to spend money and precious time to board a plane and get to the country only to be turned back at the airport.

Interesting