₦airaland Forum

TonyeBarcanista:
I can't speak for South South(as per the Best) but I know that he was the best in Rivers between 2007 and 2013...

But a shadow of himself between 2013 and 2015.

Amaechi made a vital point that would have benefited the region immensely but for politics. Why have substandard institutions scattered everywhere when u can bridge funds to upgrade an existing one in the region to world claws. Or are we saying Oron is not part of the Niger delta anymore? Some times I feel we are too lazy to Think things thru befor jumping into the crowd.

ganisucks:
Have been saying this since Genesis. Sola kuti boys A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ the expired BOT buffoons are only interested in money. They J̶̲̥̅̊u̶̲̥̅̊ƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇̇τ̣̣̥ want †̥♥ destroy themselves A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ the party due †̥♥ greed. It W̶̲̥̅̊åS̤̈̊ very obvious that Atiku W̶̲̥̅̊åS̤̈̊ spearheading the Makarfi hullabaloo. Shortly after Makarfi W̶̲̥̅̊åS̤̈̊ supposedly made the chairman, Atiku who could not hide his joy, started running his mouth A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ making stewpid promises about Restructuring A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ balancing income. This, coming from a selfish pig, who's children all attended foreign schools, has oil wells in ND, but has not given a shilling †̥♥ people from the south south. But the man W̶̲̥̅̊åS̤̈̊ so sure he had won, that he began his campaign a bit †̥oo early. Well, all I can say, is that he has failed. J̶̲̥̅̊u̶̲̥̅̊ƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇̇τ̣̣̥ like the useless New PDP buffoons failed A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ ran †̥♥ APC, so also mwill they fail again, A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ remain in APC.

Stop squirting on who remains in APC or not. pdp brought whatever is happening now upon themselg thru their greedy and selfish leaders. What were u expecting from a party that has fayose and wike as leaders. Politics is a game of interest and in Nigeria, interest means anything and everything.

wengerjay:
The cheapest commodity ever in Nigeria is getting a court injunction.

I knew it can only happen in phc. Wike has turned the courts in to rivers into a big joke.

einsteine:
Don't forget it is Animal Science. As an almajiri, he would easily excel in his natural field.
That's why we implore you guys to study what you are talented at.

It doesn't work like that bro. Send a roadside mechanic to the uni to study mechanic engine and see how he fares.

JuanDeDios:
This man get mind o.

It is common place info that Tom polo made okowa the gov of delta state. Okowa's deputy is Tom polo's cousin. Ibe kachikwu is also related to okowa by senatorial zone. you can dot the "i"s and cross the "t"s.

babdap:
PDP is not ready for opposition, KOWA or SDP might do better than PDP come 2019.

Do you Realy expect much from a party that is led by wike and fayose?

Goke7:
and we never reach half time o!

@halftime. Hahahahahaha!!!!

LoneRanger2:
Hahahahaha,as in eh! This their fight reminds me of the way we aje kpakos fight when we were growing up.

You hold my neck, I hold your Blokus both of us go stand still.

Hahahahhaha!!!!! Bahd guy. I sight you.

....and the worse part of it is the pple fighting will not let go easily because of lack of trust. if I leave your blokus you fit decide not to leave my my neck, so the struggle continues till a neutral person seperates the fight.
Guy your description of this sheriff/pdp waka na 101% correct.

Sweetestrose:
Its not about making things difficult for importers and exporters with regards to foreign exchange, the real question behind this decision is: what measures has been put in place to speed up the production of some of these items for consumers satisfaction? Tomato is one surplus product in Gboko- Benue State, but because of the lackadaisical behavior of some persons that has vowed never to repair the road, it hinders transportation even to the neighbouring states. Rice has once been banned but when the production rate of the country was not in equillibrum with the consumption rate, the ban had to be lifted. They can ban all the products for all I care but the fact still remains that necessary measures should be put in place for adequate or even surplus production.

Necessity is the father of invention. If these foreign items are removed from the shelves, smart Nigerians will catch in on it.

slimghost:
Crap! He has a right to be tried in a competent court of law. This is not a military regime where you threaten people around. Since they can prove beyond reasonable doubt he embezzled public funds, they should take him to court.
That's the civil and right thing to do. Are we all animlas in this county for crying out loud? When did our youths stop reasoning like human beings?.

The question is not Wether he collected the money but why he did. In the end he will not win one way or the other if he actually collected the bucks. So why waste tax payers money when you can do the needful right now right here. Most of our politicians are thieves, so let he who is mentioned make a refund jejeli. Period.

To all of you talking about rule of law and subversion of justice, hear this;
It is much cheaper and stress free if it does not get to litigation in court. The UK prosecutors had to ask Ibori for a bargain to cut cost of prosecution and time wasting. Even if the cash ddnt belong to the govt in the first place, what work did he do for the giver of the cash to warrant that kind of reward. FFK is asking for a trial because he knows our justice system is crap. Our leaders are lucky that alot of Nigerians are just plain gullible.

coolscott:
[size=13pt]The thing about following the rule (of law) is that if you don't tomorrow, will circumvent procedure and say "After all, you also circumvent the procedure".

The federal govt is actually shooting themselves in the foot by doing what they are doing - expressing their deep conviction that if they follow due process, they will not make headway in their fight.

Nobody should support them in this because it may be FFK today, a nobody to you, but it could be you or your beloved one tomorrow.

The government cannot be seen to be breaking the law because by doing so, they are enabling others to do the same and will lose the moral high ground to call others to order when others attempt to break those same laws.[/size]

The federal govt got court nod to keep him. That settles that.

coolscott:
[size=13pt]Clearly, a man guilty of stealing when picked up should be taken to court and tried.
The president of the NBA has cited the example of in the US in which the the governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison on June 27, 2011.

He was not denied bail but he was sent to court. The authorities new there was no need to deny him bail. But when the verdict was read (and sentenced pronounced) he went straight to jail. There was no need for drama in the process besides the due process.

You do not arrest people and start investigating them (looking for evidence against them) when they are in detention. You arrest them, take their statements, set a date for the courts and let them go on bail. This is because you arrest people after you have confirmed your suspicion with bankable evidence against them.

These people in EFCC know this very well because they are law enforcers. That is their job. If they did not know, the constant repetition of this within the polity by lawyers and senior advocates etc, some of whom are even pro APC should have educated them by now.

What we observed however is their illegally laying seige on the man's house. And when he took to twitter to raise alarm about it and journalists started coming around, the law enforcement officers withdrew on orders from their superiors. If they were not doing what they felt was wrong, why would they ask their men to withdraw when journalists started showing up.

Now FFK has been in detention for about 33 days. What is the federal government saying about this?[/size]

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How can the govt convince us that it is not because of his detailed and convincing writings about the implications of its failings here and there that he is being kind of kidnapped?

If they were an anti-corruption bunch the least they should have done was, if FFK's point's were so biting, make the appropriate adjustments in the right directions. The truer the points he made seemed to be, the greater the need to attempt required adjustments.

Just shut up and look for something to do. Rubbish.

Reno

gare:
Do you know the actual cost of this project you just posted the project, you are so quick to defend Amaechi when you don't even have the facts and figures, we don't need pictures we need figures.

When you get me the figures we can then value the projects and tell if it's worth the cost.

For your information Amaechi left a lot of projects undone with large amount of monies more than the 13billion he shouting about. Amaechi doesn't have the moral justification to come out and call someone a thief because he is one himself, very soon his own case file will be opened

What are you waiting for to open his file. If you want figures uhave to provide figures. It is you who is disputing the OPs post.
After painting Amaechi black, you guys still could not provide evidence. If pdp could get an injunction in phc against sheriff, they can get a favourable judgement against Amaechi too. Let's play it within the sphere of logic pls.
B4 you reply, remember rule #2.

Okijajuju1:
I was on a drive back from Aba yesterday with my Mum when the conversation we were having led to the mention of this Radio Biafra which is currently airing on FM 102.1 in most South South and South Eastern states. Last time I heard of this Radio Biafra, it was an Internet radio station that didn't have that much of a following to warrant any real concerns, however I was shocked to find out that they were now a terrestrial radio station with a Frequency Modular bandwidth. Anyways, I tuned in out of curiosity to find out what they were all about and that was when the hair on the back of my neck stood. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

For the entire period I was tuned into the station, it was back to back tirades against the current Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, raw undiluted anti-Semitic messages targeted mostly at the Yorubas, calls for the destruction of all Deeperlife Church posters, billboards and the burning and destruction of all Deeperlife churches in Aba and all Igbo Land, the stopping of any Deeperlife crusade from holding in Aba, calls for the Igbos to arm themselves pending when he (Nnamdi Kanu who was being referred to as director) would give the clarion call for the war to commence, calls for Igbos and the supporters of the Biafran cause to join their local chapter and contribute money to him (Nnamdi) to purchase arms to prosecute a war against the Government of Nigeria. The Nnamdi character freely spewed hate for Yorubas and Hausas, referred to Nigeria as a Zoo that they would destroy, e.t.c

At first, I just felt that this was a case of a Lunatic who seems to have found his way into a radio station, but my fears didn't rise until I heard the calls coming into the station from his growing followers. One of such callers actually said Hello Director, If Kumuyi steps into Aba, I WILL KILL HIM". Another caller said he was a technician of sorts and was willing to offer his services to help build a bomb to destroy Nigeria and the Nnamdi character took his number and promised to get in touch with him. The calls kept coming in and it was just caller after caller pledging support for the cause of this deranged man. It didn't matter that the Nnamdi Character sounded rude, arrogant and full of himself and obviously had a thirst for power, it didn't matter that he was insulting and disrespecting most of the callers who dialed in, more people kept calling.

Now my reason for starting this thread is to use this medium to bring the attention of the Government to the birth of a New Terrorist group in the South East.. I couldn't help but remember that this was exactly how the Boko Haram menace started, First it was just an Islamic preacher who was also doing Charity works and feeding his followers, then it grew into a militia that has cause the death of over 15,000 Nigerians and counting. Please those with the right connect should inform our security agencies. Whilst listening, most of the callers were reading out their phone numbers over the air and I was wondering if someone is noting down these numbers and placing taps on them and placing the owners on the terrorist watch list.

I would be honest and say that this Biafra Radio broadcast really troubled me. One of our workers who is a listener and was a follower only changed his views after I managed to explain to him the implications of what this Nnamdi Character was soliciting. The Nnamdi fellow is not hard to catch, below is a picture of him I pulled off of the Internet. And it seems he freely enters and leaves Nigeria as he pleases.

https://biafranchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Nnamdi-anu.jpg

I really hope someone in a position of authority hears this message and acts on it fast before things get to the point where we now have to start doing damage control at which point many innocent lives would have been lost. Let's use the Lessons learnt from the Boko Haram case and the arrest and murder of Mohammed Yussuf to find a way of finding, arresting and shutting down this Terrorist Group. Today we may think it's just a radio broadcast, but if half the callers I heard were not just blowing hot. Air, then we must take this threat to National peace seriously.

A stitch in time Saves nine.

Okija-Juju _{The Gods are Wise....}

You saw it all. Your type is rare.

scholes0:
So no single PDP "Polithiefcian" on the list of richest ?
All of GEJ's cronies from the previous administration as well as others from the previous 15 years of PDP leadership are all conspicuously missing, abi did they stop being politicians the day PDP lost power?
Continue lying o..... meanwhile only fools will believe the list.

FBI kor, Scotland Yard Ni.
Believe This list at your own Peril ...

My brother you don see American news medium wey dey use ".ng" befor. I tried to open the link but it was full of craps. I saw all the stuff pasted on nairaland as if the American paper is reposting an original story from another source. Pdp should try harder. But the mod who brought this to front page is suffering from severe migraine am sure.

mrvitalis:
Wike is actually a downgrade to ameachi in Rivers State and that's a fact

U do that just do roads that's will not stand 15 years time, Rivers State is below sea level and as such drainage is even more important than roads and are also more expensive

Nigerians are really easy to decive, we just too short sighted, I can remember when ameachi came in people were abusing him, that's time has gone and he has not done anything, but after four years the was begged to continue
It not about coating Road and commissioning it, improve the roads, beautify the city and make it one reasonable to live in

The money wike has spent to bring in mark, ekweremadu and others to commision resurfaced roads would have been enough to pay the fees of the rivers state students abroad. He has stopped free basic eduacation, the health centres and hospitals are comatose. Security and agriculture? nothing to write home about as well.

henchamb:
they also kept their promise in Ekiti, ondo , Abia, bayelsa, delta and Gombe. out of 13 states in about 8 have not Paid salaries from 5months up and you said they are doing well.
apart from cross River, ebonyi and rivers which pdp governor is doing well?

comparing them with their Apc counterparts will be downgrading the change agents

What is this doing well thing sef. Can someone tell me what is happening to education, health and security in rivers state. Wike goes about resurfacing roads without looking at any other sector. I live in phc and I can tell u the man is playing local politics.

STFUand4kMeHARD:
The little ibo u write doesnt make u pass. Northerner stop supporting evil. When the fire burns it shall consume you too.

You are here stoking the fire, hope u bear the heat when it comes. The igbos are the most travelled in Nigeria. They are more igbos in the north than in the south, yet you wouldn't mind endangering their lives because you can type on NL. Since the soldiers were put on trial some months ago what contribution did u make. What support did u give. What findings did u make. Their trial was not a secret, but then you ddnt see anything wrong in it. Instead of being objective you are busy beating the drums of war. Maybe you think ipob will overrun the Nigerian army like u do on NL. Do you not know that the igbos are even more normadic than the fulanis in terms of movement and occupied terretories. Do you think biafra land alone will contain all of them in the event of a war? You have to be careful how u drag gullible southerners, who are pained that Jonathan lost, along. You can call me Yoruba if u like but truth is the yorubas have demonstrated more maturity as far as Nigeria is concerned today. I will rather side with them than with a pple who will drive their own to self destruction for a second time. You pple talk of oppression as if the igbos will not do worse to other minority tribes should biafra come. Look around and see marginalization everywhere, even in Abia, anambra, ebonyi, imo, delta, river, bayelsa, enugu and Edo. How are we faring down here. I will advise you to drop all that hatred for buhari so you can see properly bro.

poseidon12:
Are you kidding? An army officer that is retired should seek redress? From where will he or she seek redress?

Yes he should.

Some officers that were retired in 2006 unjustly, went to court and some of them got reinstated in 2009 with full benefits. Others, however, remained dismissed. The military powers does not supercede that of the court, They are still subject to the laws of the land.
Most times, dismissed military men don't seek redress because they know they won't get reprieve due to the nature of their case.

amaechi1:
Very unfortunate that most people who have commented thus far have fell for this news. It did show how far we have gone down as Nation. Even when rumours about someone death comes around, the way people react without confirming amaze me. Sahara reporter should go all the way to publish their names and state of origin. People are not concern about the reason why they were retired, we are only looking at their tribal inclination. If any of these officer feels unjust, let him seek redress. We may also have forgotten most politicians who are being persecuted are from North including Dasuki. Anyway, trust nigerians, they will say because he is a PDP member.

Let us not remove our eyes from the ball.

Well said. Nobody has asked for the reason for their dismissal. So pathetic. some might even be connected with high wired criminals like the NDA.
I beleieve non of these short memory pple raised their voices when a Christian gov was killed alongside a Christian ex soldier (azazi) by a Christian president. maybe they had no access to news when a Christian NSA was replaced, for saying the obvious, with a Muslim NSA by a Christian president.

passionate88:
I hate anything step mum. In Nigeria it has been turned into an avenue to torture the child(ren) of the late or other wife.

If you don't like my comment, just ignore it

You need chop better 6months ban. You here talking about who hate or like your comment when you have only succeeded in making pple angrier. You should be prosecuted for turturing that child and displaying it on social media. You are a terrorist. Opemu.

This story has captured the level of gullibility of many nairalanders.
Two possibilities here. It's either these guys were tortured to tell tales or they have twisted the story. Look at their story very well. How possible is it for him to pull out the magazine from an AK47 and still couldn't press the trigger when the gun was rightly in his grip only to succeed to press the trigger when the gud had turned against him. Pple AM47 is not a pistol, it's longer than a pistol.
That gentleman was murdered on cold blood by those idio.ts. As a military man he should know how not to allow the gun to face him on a fight.
For those who believe their story, it unfortunate.

passionate88:
I hate this step mother of a thing

Guy you be complete opemu. Mumulicious slowpoke.

MadCow1:
Error.. I must admit, I am deeply pained by this development in Rivers State.

This is the first MAJOR road that Wike has built that isn't a continuation from Amaechi's tenure and we all can see the difference.



Woji People shot themselves in the foot in the name of Fighting Amaechi..


Woji area of Port Harcourt easily houses atleast 40% of Trans-Amadi and Eleme Workers.. The traffic in this area of Rivers State is epic. The Population inside this area of Port harcourt is soo large and this area links a lot of key areas in Port Harcourt like Trans Amadi, Aba-Road, Elelenwo (Eleme).

Amaechi marked houses for demolition to expand that road from the single carriage it is now to a dual carriage road with a shoulder like what the people of Iwofe are enjoying today.. Wike and the Chiefs in their area in the name of politics fought against it and dragged him to court.. Oya na, see wetin dem do for them.

Shey now they have tarred that road without expanding it.. By the time cars park left and right of this narrow road, where will people pass?

Wike no near Amaechi in terms of Vision for Rivers State.. Woji road proves it.. Go and compare this fhuckery with the Trans-Woji road Amaechi built and see the difference in class..

Every other road Amaechi touched, he left a lasting mark.. Wike is like Odili all over again; Tarr, with Open gutters, no provision for pedestrian walk ways, no provision for street lights, Throw a big party and Commission it, Take pictures and move on to the next one.. 3 years later, the road is fhucked up all over again.

Tnx for this post.
I live here in Woji. How can wike throw a party to commission this road? God!!!!!!! I miss Amaechi honestly.

sucess001:
i just did some research. its the same thing in Ethiophia as Lagos...hence they need to revisit that contract....someone has not acted cleanly...


Addis Ababa Light Rail
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Addis Ababa Light Rail (Amharic: የአዲስ አበባ ቀላል ባቡር) is a light rail transportation system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[3][4] A 17-kilometre (11 mi) line running from the city centre to industrial areas in the south of the city opened on 20 September 2015.[5][6] Service began on 9 November 2015 for the second line (west-east).[7][8] The total length of both lines is 31.6 kilometres (19.6 mi), with 39 stations.[7] Trains are expected to be able to reach maximum speeds of 70 km/h (43 mph).[9]

The railway was contracted by the China Railway Group Limited. The Ethiopian Railways Corporation began construction of the double track electrified light rail transit project in December 2011 after securing funds from the Export-Import Bank of China.[10] Trial operations were begun on 1 February 2015,[9] with several months of testing following that.[11] It is operated by the Shenzhen Metro Group.[12]



Light Rail running through parallel to the street (Haile Gebreselassie Avenue)
This light-rail system was the first to be built in sub-saharan Africa.[3][5][6] Of the two line rail lines, the east-west line extends 17.4 kilometres (10.8 mi), stretching from Ayat Village to Torhailoch, and passing through Megenagna, Meskel Square, Legehar and Mexico Square. The north-south line, which is 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) in length, passes through Menelik II Square, Merkato, Lideta, Legehar, Meskel Square, Gotera and Kaliti. However, two lines have a common track of about 2.7 km.[10]The common track is the elevated section which runs east to west across the southern edge of the CBD from Meskel Square to Mexico Square, and onwards to Lideta. Trains on the north south line are blue and white, whilst on the east west line they are green and white. The Fares cost 2-6 Ethiopian birr.[5][6] Tickets are bought at orange coloured kiosks next to each station.

The final cost to build the railway was US$475m, with construction taking three years.[6] The Addis Ababa Light Rail was originally to have a total of 41 stations on its two lines, and each train was planned have a capacity to carry 286 passengers. This will enable the light rail transit to provide a transportation service to 15,000 passengers per hour per direction (PPHPD) and 60,000 in all four directions.[10] The railway lines have their own dedicated power grid.[6][13]

Ok seen the Ethiopian version. What about the lagos version for side by side comparison.
Pls do the needful bro.

ba7man:
The Lagos light rail is elevated for most parts since it runs on swampy land and it's also a 2 way rail.

You'll have to calculate the cost of the pilings, the concrete footings and it's larger size to accommodate the 2 trains at the same time.

It also crosses a water body and it's complete with a super highway that runs alongside it with pedestrian bridges linking the train stations which are also elevated.

The Ethiopian Lightrail runs on land and is a normal railway line with stops alongside it.

Their specifications and topography are miles apart, hence the cost difference.

Since it's Nigeria, some inflation will be included but it's not as much as some people are trying to project.................. and which one is their own Governor doing in their own state in the first place?

Wike called the rivers monorail "Amaechi monorail". He promised not to put a finger on that project and pple are cheering him. For lots of these folks here, they prefer to do out of this world comparison pretending to be smart. Their states are littered with guiness book of world record ROUNDABOUTS. At best you see a few blank streetlights hanging hopelessly on the road.
For me, it's either the OP is mischievous or outright ignorant.

Lilimax:
All these epistle cum confession get as e be
From what i know, if a Nigeria police officer arrests a thief, the kind beating dem go give the person
will make you to confess both the one you do and the one you no do.

I believe he said more but they just decide to release what they feel will not be too much of embarrassment to the pdp. It took the IG special squad to get them down. The local police couldn't achieve that because they were shielding the thieves. Little wonder why the crime rate is so high in the Niger delta states.

What happened to all the innoson jeeps.

I can see a G-Wagon.

jmslimx:
Thief na Thief .. But no where in the world you probe campaign funds!! APC should forget they will be out of power too ... and then it will be them turn

Who told you campaign funds can't be probed.

victorD3:
Why Chelsea ??

Possible it was stolen from a fan.

All dis my Chelsea pple sef, make una dey hide una sef sometime abeg.