₦airaland Forum

Last years Flood was devastating especially in ,the confluence city of lokoja , Kogi state.
Some residents lost everything they had ever worked for to the overnight flash Flood,that ravaged Adankolo and other areas close to the banks of the confluence of rivers Niger and Benue .
with this years projected to equal or exceed last years flood ,the State and Federal govt appear prepared this time around ,I took a trip to Abuja road this morning this road was cut off by flood last year separating northern and southern Nigeria for almost 2 months. I was very impressed with the enhanced high level of the Lokoja abuja road with fillings that will keep the flood waters a bay ,with the Flood victims Housing Estate almost completed the story this time most likely will be different.
I leave you with pictures of the advancing flood Waters I took In lokoja this morning

Sincere 9gerian: When power drops by even 1megawatt, APC maggots will come out spitting fire but when the same power increases, they go into hiding. It is not impossible that APC warriors are responsible for the series of pipeline vandalism that resulted in drop of power in the first place.

Meanwhile, @Op, what about source?

If you had looked further down u would have seen the source NAN (news agency of Nigeria) but if u are asking for a link I have just posted it
businessnews.com.ng/2013/09/13/lagos-residents-commend-government-improved-power-supply/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=lagos-residents-commend-government-improved-power-supply

Enjoy yrweek end and leave the APC e -rats and lizards to live in their fools paradise

gramci: Where are the evil men of nairaland?

Am sorry u won't see them,they have all gone for a dinner organised by Amaechi and his Boko haram compatriots for e-rats,e-lizards and e-cockroach's to reward them for never seeing anything good in this Nation and for always going blind when projects that touch the lives of Nigerians are been commissioned.
Some will receive long term service award for always sticking to lies and never telling the truth ,while others will receive letters of commendation for running down this nation on every thread !!!!
GOD BLESS NIGERIA

taharqa: @OP, TEM is not a company. It is a mere DECLARATION by d Minister of Power inaugurating d new Liberalised, Private Sector led Electricity Market on d advice of NERC..

Regime or declaration it will be the new umbrella so give us an acronym ?

Firm , regime or whatever the question is simple give us an acronym for the word !

ASSU strike is no yard stick for measurement,
GEJ has been more Education friendly than any president , 12 new university creates more members for ASSU , TET fund Cash, scholarship for Lecturers and first-class products ,From IBB to GEJ all tasted the fury of ASSU
If we give ASSU 500billion how much do we give NASU,SSANU,COESU,POLY,SEC, how much do we give health workers, research institute , railway ,power sorted out , everybody wants a cut ! But we must be reasonable in our demands
ASSU must be willing to make compromises ,
But having received 2 months free salary for seating at home and doing nothing ,I don't think they will be willing to shift Grounds .

GOD BLESS NIGERIA

And the winner is ?

[quote author=Hon. SuQ Ma'DIQ]Country pipo, na person wey fetch maggot infested fire wood invite lizard. Gej and Amaechi dey wrong. I like as dem two dey lock horns. E dey be me like say i dey watch football match btw FCT WARRIORS VS SHARKS OF PHC. OBJ na im be referee and NIGERIANs na their respective FANs. But we all know say this match don enter injury time. New PDP na Sharks coach, while Old PDP na FCT WARRIORS coach.[/quote]​=))º°˚˚˚°ºнaĦaнaº°˚˚˚°º‎​=))

Nigerians are intelligent,they could draw an acronym from the most complex word in any dictionary

With NEPA we said


N= ever
E =xpect
P=ower
A=lways

With PHCN we said

P=lease
H=old
C=candle
N=igerians

With the completion of Privatisation process private firms are expected to take over the running of our Gencos and Discos with a Brand new firm Transitional
Electricity Market (TEM) set to take over from PHCN

What should be the acronym For TEM

T=
E=
M=

Winner Gets =N= 1500 MTN
Recharge card ,Glo, airtel,or etisalat equivalent

Let's have your take Nigeria

NB: Card Pin will be sent directly to the winner via nairaland direct mail platform after announcement!

Extom: My contri broda... I rili enjoi dis ur tori wel wel.
Abeg mor shaki for ur ewedu soup.
Notin consain me and amaechi ooh... Na ur tori I come commend... E clear say u na patriotic citizen for dis our obodo nigeria.

My Broda this complementary wei u give me sweet my belle well well my prayer for u be say na so so front front u go de go ,anything wey u touch go prosper ! Our country go better !in Jesus name !

Why Amechi de Always look for Trouble na !

Yesterday morning Amechi send him bois them make them go put flag for him former campaign office we de near gofment house for port harcut ,so that dem go form parallel PDP seketariat for Rivers, as them de put the flag na in black bois (police ) come meet them scatter their work ,throway their flag, close the place come block the road final final
Amaechi chief of staff wei lead the bois them come cry Go meet him Oga come tella am wetin the black bois do dem.
Upon say I'm oga no say them don Block dat road since momo so that gbege no go de ,e still carry him two left legs waka plus and including carry him visitors, an press men waka go meet the black bois .

1.But why na today wei popo block that road na him Amaechi wan used back door enter Gofment House?

2 when person get visitors my people Na back door e suppose carry am pass?

3 No be person wey get some mischief ,evil intention ,like carry ashawo enter matrimonial Home go do back door is the main door salute!

4.Chidi Loyd carry Akpako Nack person the person enter Coma and chidi go on admission for gofment house clinic Sharp sharp sake of say the hand wei him use nack the guy de coma too ,haba but Chidi use main gate dat day o!

If Amaechi really want peace and make dem for lift him suspension e no go push him bois go Open another seketariat when them don dey discuss peace terms

My people make una judge this case !!!!!!!!!!

If only we as Nigerians can copy from this lions

Help Our brothers and not kidnap them

Protect our territories and not divide them

Stick together through hard times and rejoice

with each other at good times

Fight the enemies together and not
Connive with the enemy to defraud a brother

Stand firm with a brother in the face of aggression and not devulge his weakness

Everyday nature offers all us an opportunity learn and be wiser ,

May all who read this come home to love and to kindness,

Good Evening all

cjrane: [size=15pt]All of them deserve to be sacked for very poor performance except Gbenga Ashiru.
Perhaps Gbenga was released to begin his underground work to become the next Governor of Osun.[/size]

Spot on, but was Gbenga planing to become Governor ?

The presidency debunked news making rounds that the federal government plans to Buy customised gold plated iphones ,
a statement via his twitter handle special assistant to the president on New Media Reno Omokri reads :''Be advised that the story that the Nigerian Government has ordered 53 Gold iPhones is false. There is no truth to the story whatsoever''.
@renoomokri

Premium times ,sahara reporters and other online media platforms had published same earlier today without cross checking their sources and facts .

The UK’s Independent newspaper has retracted it's statement that the Nigerian government ordered 53 Gold phones to celebrate independence while interviewing the founder of Gold and Co, Amjad Ali

Below is the corrected statement

Basic models in gold or rose gold cost from £3,000. Ali says he is fulfilling an order from a [size=14pt]Nigerian individual[/size] for 53 gold iPhones to mark the country’s 53rd year of independence from Britain next month.

while the previous was

Basic models in gold or rose gold cost from £3,000. Ali says he is fulfilling an order from the [size=14pt]Nigerian government[/size] for 53 gold iPhones to mark the country’s 53rd year of independence from Britain next month.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yours-for-up-to-50000-the-real-gold-iphone-5s-outshining-apples-new-release-8807520.html



In a twitter exchange between the company and a Nigerian social activist, Henry Okelue (@4eyedmonk), the London-based company denied claims by Independent newspaper that it got the order directly from the government, saying the order came from a private individual

https://twitter.com/goldandco/status/377784296393957376

Fired ministers and their states of Origin

Going to War with foot soldiers whose loyalty lies elsewhere could be dangerous,hence Jonathan has decided to stick to those whose allegiance to him is un questionable and weed his administration of poor performing & disloyal elements !


1. Ama pepple - Rivers

Lack lustre performance , Nominee.
Standing on the fence in Rivers crisis

2. Shamsudeen Usman -Kano .

Fair performance casualty of high wire politics ,G7 wahaha ,created the yardstick for performance but fell short of it

3. Gbenga Ashiru - Ogun
Excellent performance, But dinning with his Bosses enemies
(Shock) ObJ link

4 . Hadiza mailafiya- Kaduna
Lack lustre performance

5. Rukkaya Rufai -
Jigawa
ASSU + politics of 2015

6. Olushola Obada - Osun (fmr deputy to oyinlola) .
Waekness ,Old age and
New PDP wahala


7.Bukar Tijanni - Borno

Very poor performance, inabilty to advance the intrest of PDP in Borno

8.Zainab Kuchi - Niger
Poor performance,disloyalty

9.Sacked previously Abdulkadir - Sokoto
NYCN wahala ,Disloyalty

10 Ita Okon - Akwa Ibom

Very poor Performance ,the invincible minister nothing to show for his stay

A house wife, Iyabo Odewumi, on Tuesday
asked an Osogbo Customary Court to
dissolve her 10-year-old marriage over
her husband’s alleged diabolical attitude.
Odewumi told the court that her
menstrual pads and underwear had been
missing and traced the development to
her husband, Ojowhom, whom she
alleged, was using them for ritual
purposes.
She said, “I noticed that my menstrual
pads had been missing as well as my bra
and pants. When I complained to my
husband, he said nothing, but later
promised to buy me new pants and bra.
“My husband has been behaving in a
mysterious way in the last few months
and I see this as a threat to my life and
that of my children.”
She also accused the husband of using
diabolical means to complete their newly
built apartment, adding that she was tired
of the marriage.
The husband, however, denied the
allegations, saying his wife was only
looking for flimsy excuses to abandon the
marriage.
The President of the court, Agboola
Temilade, advised the couple to find
means of resolving their dispute rather
than dissolving the marriage.
Agboola, however, adjourned the case to
November 5, for judgment

Source : Leadership Newspapers

Those who do not generate ideas will continue to serve those who did !,am not a Fan of BBA ,but their bizness ideas seems to be fetching them good money ,
Op you forgot to factor in DSTV subscription across africa especially Nigeria ,online advert placement for brands and org that took advantage of the show !
Overall we are paying billions to watch people go naked its Just a shame , we can do better

voltron: So what is his agenda for youths in Nigeria..

To position the Nigerian youth for National impact,erasing the Notion that youths are the leaders of tomorrow that never came, encourage entrepreneurship among youths and ensuring the youth take their rightful place in the society!

Young ,Intelligent ,Detribalised ,Eloquent and Dynamic ! Hon Abdullahi Mai Basira

THE breakaway of a faction has lifted the whole
power play in the PDP party to a new crescendo.
The stake is upped and each one is fighting for its
own survival.
The way the situation is now, it is either going to
be a zero sum game, where the winner takes all
or the loser crashes. In the alternative, a much
more subdued PDP will emerge. The situation is
already creating orgasmic reactions from the
opposition parties.
How did things get to this sorry pass? The seed
has been sown right from the time of Gen
Olusegun Obasanjo as president of the country.
Arbitrariness was the order of the day. People
were appointed and removed at the whims of
those in authority.
During Obasanjo’s tenure alone, the PDP had five
chairmen of the party and five Senate presidents
within eight years – indeed a world record. In the
process, so many members were alienated.
The same methods were used to impose Yar’Adua
and Jonathan as president and vice president,
respectively. Many of them, including Atiku, left
for other parties. The short span of Yar’Adua’s
reign did not allow us to assess the extent he
would have gone in the use of presidential
powers but a few people like El- Rufai and Nuhu
Ribadu got a taste of it.
Jonathan came as a gentleman, ready to
compromise with everybody, unfortunately,
already aggrieved members, having learnt their
lessons under Obasanjo, plotted to regain control
of the PDP. Jonathan does not have the military
background and ruthlessness of Obasanjo and in
attempting to use Obasanjo’s strategies to make
the party toe the line, he is finding great
resistance. That is the situation of the PDP.
In a very simplistic manner, the problems of the
PDP can be solved if all of the participants agree
to subject themselves to a true democratic
process, beginning from the state level. If the
wishes of the PDP in terms of the majority are
allowed to reign, then everybody can go to sleep.
Unfortunately, this has not been possible –
Anambra, Rivers, Adamawa – to mention but a
few states, are still deadlocked on who their true
representatives should be. Therefore, as the
party cannot carry out genuine democratic
elections within, the fight must go on. The battle
is now between Jonathan and Atiku’s faction.
Will Atiku succeed? Why is he – Atiku- still
insisting on being a member of the PDP? What
does he stand to gain? Will it not be better for
him and acolytes to go and form a party of their
own instead of the roforofo fight they are
staging? Or is the whole thing just a gimmick to
gain control of the ruling party, as that is where
the juice is? Time will tell.
There is no need over-flogging the issue that
President Jonathan and his political strategists
mismanaged the affairs of the Rivers State crises.
A simple sincere face- to-face discussion with
Amaechi would have put the whole thing to rest.
Allowing the interest of the President’s wife to
interfere with the interest of the party was a big
mistake. Amaechi knows that his political
survival is at stake if allowed to be bullied into
submission; his political career will be over.
He is, therefore, like a goat that has his back on
the wall, he either wins it or lose everything. He
has teamed up with the North whose politicians
want the presidency to revert back to them. How
will the PDP handle the issue of Amaechi? It is a
sore thumb and must be delicately handled. It
must be noted here that, if Amaechi is persuaded
to revert back to Jonathan, the remaining
governors will be from the North, it will then,
become a North – South thing. Can Amaechi be
prised away from the group? Amaechi, from his
antecedents, is a very good political strategist.
How will the Jonathan group appease him?
We are reading from the papers that the elders of
the PDP are meeting to find a solution to the
whole crises. Where were these elders all these
while? Why did they allow the situation to get
this far? Was it in their interest to allow the
crises to degenerate to prove their importance to
the party? If they have not found solutions to the
party crises all these while, how can they do so
now? Do they belong to factions in the PDP? The
elders will have to clarify their stand and unless
they tackle these issues sincerely, no headway
will come out of it.
Basically, the whole thing is a chess game.
According to a Chinese proverb: “No one walks
out of his home without a purpose”. What do the
rebellious governors want? Sule Lamido’s
ambition to be president has been in the
grapevine for some time now, prodded by his
principal, Olusegun Obasanjo. It got to a stage
that Jonathan was addressing his state of the
nation gathering at Abuja, while Lamido was
organising a parallel function in his state. Indeed,
it is inferred in some quarters that the money
laundering charge against his son was an attempt
to rein him in and discourage his presidential
ambition.
Governor Aliyu has never been tied to one
position; he started this flirtation during the last
presidential election. Today he is for Jonathan;
tomorrow he is pursuing the interest of the
opposition. What manner of man will dine with
Mr President tonight and tomorrow declare for a
faction opposing him. What does Aliyu want? As
we know, he has never been one of the PDP
governors complaining of marginalisation;
whose interest is he serving? He should take a
stand and remain with it.
Rabiu Kwankwaso also has not declared his
grouse. Does he want to contest as a Northern
presidential candidate or he is being loyal to
Atiku Abubakar? The case of the Kwara State
governor is understandable; anywhere Bukola
Saraki pitches his tent, there will he be. The EFCC
has been hounding Saraki for some time now
because of his role in the demise of the defunct
Societe General Bank, he is fighting through the
opposition faction. All the other governors are
aligned one way or the other to the Northern
presidency movement.
What should Jonathan do? Is he capable of
bringing discipline to the party? If he chooses to
confront the opposition headlong, will such
action not destroy the party? Seven state
governors and a sizeable number of senators is a
strong force that cannot be under-estimated.
My take is that everyone should come to the
table with a sincere motive for peace in the party.
From the actions of Atiku and his gang, the
purpose is to regain control of the party
mechanism like the PDM of yore. Controlling the
party means being in charge of deciding
candidates that will stand for the elections and
invariably, if they win – control the government.
If the Atiku gang are not satisfied with the
running of the PDP like they claim, they should
exit the party and not heat up the polity as a
result. In fact, it will not be the first time that
Atiku will leave the party, if he decides to do so
now, he has been going and coming.
On the part of the President, he should – by all
means – do everything possible to restore the
confidence of the people. Imposition of
candidates and the likes should be avoided. Sort
out the Amaechi issue and for once, let us see the
real Commander-in-Chief in him.
Mr. SUNNY IKHIOYA, a commentator on national
issues, wrote from Lagos.
The Vanguard Newspaper
http:///vuv2gfLqyV

GEJ has been kind to this Guys, how many of Us can tolerate this Kind of Behaviour, abuse today , shout tomorrow , Boko next tomorrow he has taken a lot of rubbish from this Guys, its time to whip them into line they are 2nd term governors with Nothing to loose hence the Pull him down at all cost mission, if this guys use the energy they use in harassing GEJ to develop their states I bet u their states will never remain the same !

Live on NTA,
The 36 state chapters of the peoples democratic party have just pledged their loyalty ,to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan ,in thesame vien the former governors Forum in their totality have also pledge their loyalty to the president .

More details shortly

Kaduna – Former Head of State, Maj.Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari, has urged members of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) to remain united
to for them to achieve the set goals of the party.
Buhari made the call in Kaduna on Saturday in a
message to a conference, organised by the
Movement for Better Future and Democratic
Emancipation.
The APC leader, who was represented by retired
Col. Hamidu Ali, said the only way to achieve
success was for the party members to make
sacrifice and allow a credible person to lead
them.
According to him, APC is a party that is built on
discipline, rule of law and accountability.
Buhari said the party would not tolerate any
form of god-fatherism, adding that only credible
candidates would be allowed to contest elections
on its platform.
“ Our party is not a party of god-fatherism. Only
credible persons will be elected into any
leadership position.’’
He pledged to support the movement, urging its
members to continue the fight for the success of
the APC.
The National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi
Akande, said the party was in the process of
building its structure.
Akande who was represented by a former FCT
Minister, Mr Nasiru el-Rufai, said the party would
elect credible executives at the local and state
levels.
He cautioned members against any form of
activity that would cause crisis in the party,
adding that the party would not allow people to
join the party for the purpose of obtaining
leadership positions.
A one-time Governor of Kano State, Malam
Ibrahim Shekarau, who spoke on the vision of
the APC, said the party would ensure good
governance in the country.
He said that the APC would aspire to ensure
political and economic stability of the nation.
Shekarau advised leaders to adhere strictly with
the rule of law, transparency and accountability
as well as fear of God.
The Chairman of the Youth Leadership
Foundation, Mr Salihu Lukman, called on the APC
leadership to ensure intensive mobilisation, to
achieve its objectives.
Lukman said that the foundation would align
with the APC leadership, to ensure victory for the
APC in 2015. (NAN)


#vanguardngrnews APC will not tolerate any form of god-fatherism Buhari. http:///dCEVZcfVp3

Gorrbachev: Two outcasts

What's your yardstick? , GEJ went from pdp convention to managing splinter to grp crisis , from ,state house visits and engagement to flagging off of event etc , and still have grace for a state visit to Kenya .
He is trying give him (them) some credit bro

Gorrbachev: Two outcasts

What your yardstick , GEJ went through from pdp convention to splinter to grp,state house visit and engagement, flagging off of event etc , and still have grace for a state visit to Kenya .
He is trying give him (them) some credit bro

A bit crowdy the kenyans could do better with organisation

State Visit

What Apc said @ lagos LG polls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has
criticized the break-away leaders of the People's
Democratic Party (New PDP) for their failure to
distance themselves from the negative vices for
which their parent body was being taunted.
The party said the so-called New PDP had a
chance to use the Offa local council election to
show that it was different from the old PDP,
which it accused of lacking in internal democracy
and not having regard for the rule of law.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the Interim
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed after its National Executive
Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja, the party said
everyone who witnessed or monitored the Offa
election has confirmed that it was won
convincingly.

Source Thisday Newspapers