₦airaland Forum

Architect of his own problem? Which problem please?

Mr peter obi has no problem. He's still loved in Anambra state, d documentary has not changed anything.

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe has
alleged that his former vice-president and other
top officials in his ruling Zanu-PF sought the
services of Nigerian witchdoctors in a bid to kill
him.
The Africa Review reported that President Mugabe
made the bizarre claims at the weekend as he
celebrated his 91st birthday at a lavish party
hosted by the party’s communist-styled 21st
February movement.
The veteran ruler, in power since Zimbabwe’s
independence in 1980, claims he was ordained by
God to rule forever according to the report.
He told party supporters at the celebrations held
at a top HOTEL IN THE resort town of Victoria
Falls that sacked Vice-President Joice Mujuru
used two Nigerian witchdoctors in her alleged plot
to have him killed.
Ms Mujuru was sacked together with more than
10 cabinet ministers for allegedly plotting to
assassinate President Mugabe and being involved
in corrupt activities.
President Mugabe said Ms Mujuru was now too
desperate to push him out of power even after he
won an election in 2013.
“We managed to know what (Ms) Mujuru was
doing at her house, even consulting
witchdoctors,” he claimed.
“Recently she invited two Nigerian witchdoctors.
We heard that they were specialists in the field of
witchcraft. They were specialists, yes, but
specialists in robbing people, foolish people,” he
said.
He said the Nigerians ordered Ms Mujuru to buy
chickens that were named after herself, the
president, his wife and Vice-President Emmerson
Mnangagwa.
The president claimed the former vice-president
who was his deputy for 10 years, performed the
rituals naked.
“Where do these Nigerians get the powers to
entrap the soul of a human being into a chicken
or sheep and then kill him?
“God is for us all. I also go to church, I do not
believe in superstition. We were taught God’s
teachings,” Mugabe said.
www.thisdaylive.com/articles/mugabe-nigerian-witchdoctors-planned-to-kill-me/203378/

Even if I'm not satisfied, I'm still going to support d present govt against d so called 'change' alternative.

U don't change for d sake of it, u change when u know dat wht u ar changing into is better dan what u have. But as it is now, GMB is not d change we need

Chadian President Idriss Deby on Wednesday
vowed to “wipe out” Boko Haram and called on the
group’s chief Abubakar Shekau to give himself up,
warning that he knew where the militant leader
was hiding.
“It is in Abubakar Shekau’s interest to surrender,
we know where he is. If he refuses to give himself
up, he will suffer the same fate as his comrades,”
Deby said at a press conference with his visiting
Niger counterpart.
Deby said Shekau had fled the strategic northeast
Nigerian town of Dikwa after Boko Haram fighters
were chased out of the town by Chadian troops in
fierce clashes last month.
The Chadian army at the time said two of its
soldiers and 117 Boko Haram Islamists were killed
in the fighting around Dikwa in Nigeria’s Borno
state on February 17.
“We are going to win the war and we are going to
wipe out Boko Haram, contrary to what certain
media think. The Chadian and Niger forces will
continue their mission to finally put an end to this
shadowy group,” Deby said.
Little is known of Shekau, who has been declared
a global terrorist by the United States and
sanctioned by the United Nations.

– Enigmatic figure –
Nigerian security officials insist he is in fact a
composite character whose role is taken by a
rotating cast of different militant fighters.
According to security services, the original
Abubakar Shekau was the son of poor farmers who
was radicalised while attending theological schools
and took over Boko Haram in 2010.
The Nigerian military said last September that a
man posing as Shekau in videos posted online had
in fact been killed after fighting with troops in the
far northeast.
The United States and other experts, however, have
questioned the credibility of that claim while
Shekau has outright rejected it in a video.
Nigeria and its neighbours Chad, Niger and
Cameroon last month launched an unprecedented
joint campaign against the Nigeria-based Boko
Haram group, after the militants widened their
offensive with attacks in the neighbouring
countries.

read more @ www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/it-is-in-abubakar-shekaus-interest-to-surrender-we-know-where-he-is-says-deby/

olas24u:
You think he is a fisher man that goes abroad to keep money like GEj and his wife ,he invested all his profits in Nigeria and created jobs for many young people to work he did not go abroad to keep money .he invested the money in Nigeria.Patience was caught laundering money through a third party and she is working free .

Ignorant talk.
Do you know how many foreign bank accts Tinubu has?

ShowYourCertificate:
Buhari apologise ke? No way. That guy is a dictator.

And arrogant too.
He keeps defending his actions during his despotic military rule and says anybody who isn't happy with dat shld vote against him and mobilize his constituency to vote against him. And that's what we'll do come March 28

No hiding place for enemies of Nigeria.

Never again!

But they condemned it when Fayose used it to campaign in Ekiti .
Hypocrites

The military on Friday made further gains in its
offensive against the terrorist Boko Haram sect by
routing them from Bara, the headquarters of
Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe State and
Gulak, the headquarters of Madagali Local
Government Area of Adamawa State.
This is coming on the heels of reports that the
military is fast closing in on the dreaded leader of
the sect, Abubakar Shekau, whose double had
been reported killed twice since the declaration of
the States of Emergency in 2013.

On the same day, President Goodluck Jonathan
expressed confidence that Nigerian troops would
sustain the momentum built up in the ongoing full
scale operations against the terrorists Boko
Haram sect.

Aside from Gulak and Bara liberated by the
military, other locations also cleared in the course
of the two-day operation against the terrorists in
the North-east included Shikah, Fikayel, Tetebah,
Buza, Kamla and Bumsa.

According to a statement from the military
authorities, fierce fighting that preceded the
clearing of the towns and other communities
resulted in appreciable casualties on the side of
the terrorists.
Residents of Gulak taking refuge in Yola, the
state’s capital went into wild jubilation when news
filtered in that their local government had been
liberated.
Madagali was among the seven local government
areas of the state captured by the Boko Haram
insurgents last year but six were liberated by the
troops leaving Madagali in the hands of the
insurgents until yesterday when it was also
liberated.

The residents expressed gratitude to President
Jonathan for boosting the morale of the troops
during his visits to the state on Thursday adding
that the visit had impacted on the fight against the
insurgents.
One of the residents, who simply identified
himself, Mallam Musa said they got the news of
the liberation of Gulak on BBC Hausa news and
their men who were still living on mountain tops,
who also called to break the good news to them.

Meanwhile, the military is fast closing in on the
dreaded leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau.
Intelligence sources disclosed to THISDAY that
Shekau had been cornered but could not yet be
taken out because of the use of captured girls,
women and children as shield by him.

A top intelligence source, who doesn't want to
give more details because of the sensitive nature
of the operation, noted that "Shekau's operational
areas had been depleted and the military are ever
closer to locating him".
"The military knows where he is but the truth is
that he is using some of the captives as shield,"
the source said.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/military-liberates-gulak-others-closes-in-on-shekau/202928/

Governor Abiola Ajimobi has steered the ship of
Oyo State since 2011. There have been claims and
counter-claims on the performance of his
administration. In this interview, he speaks on his
achievements. But will the achievements enable
him to win the March 28 election and be the first
governor to govern the state twice in succession?

Looking at the governorship candidates in the
forthcoming elections in the state, you have two
former governors, you as well as others. Do you
think you can break the jinx of being the first
governor to govern this state twice?

There is always a first time to everything. There
had never been Governor Ajimobi in Oyo State and
the first one we have now will be the first to
govern the state twice. It will become history that
the first Ajimobi did two terms. Two, you said
candidates or contestants. The beauty there is that
two of the co-contestants had been governors
before and we ran election together and I defeated
them. What is the big deal?
We are contesting this election again and I am
going to defeat them. Another beauty is the record
of all of us. If you look at the bedrock of
governance, which is safety and security, which
other governor has done that? During their
tenures, we witnessed brigandage, violence and
other vices and Oyo State was seen as a pariah
state. The state nobody outside there wanted to go
to. Today, if you compare my tenure with Adebayo
Alao-Akala’s and Rashidi Ladoja’s times, who has
been able to bring peace to this state?
If that is the only thing we achieved, it is enough
because the foundation of growth and development
anywhere in the world is peace and tranquility. Do
you want to go back to those dark days when fear,
insecurity and uncertainty enveloped the state? Do
you not like the way you are sleeping well? Those
who want to come back, ask them what they
achieved when they were there. We have given
more welfare.

People talk of stomach infrastructure, we have
done stomach infrastructure more than any other
government. During the time of Ladoja and Akala,
they drove people away from Elekuro and Aperin ,
Iwo Road. Did they give them any shop? We are
the first government to remove people from the
roadsides and under tension wire and built shops
for them free of charge.
Let any government challenge me if it had done
that. Not only that, we provided money for them to
trade at no interest and it is money that is unlikely
to be recovered. We spent up to N500m on that.
Every other month, we spend close to N2b giving
widows and other people food free. We are
changing Oyo State.

Read more @ www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/i-have-done-stomach-infrastructure-more-than-any-other-government-ajimobi/

kastonkastrol:
sack jega and watch APC boycott the elections. We will go ahead and form our parallel government. As simple as ABC

There must be something u pple are planning wt Jega. U don't want him to go even when his time is up. U must be an assignment he is carrying out for APC.

Jega will go when his time is up, and nothing will happen

The list of endorsement keep growing by d day!

GEJ is d man!

Dictators will not rule us, Never again!

itetemi:
better to be 72 and filled with leadership wisdom than supposedly younger super clueless jonny walker.
Nelson Mandela became president at 74.

The type leadership wisdom dat can stabilize international oil price?

where has this leadership wisdom been since he retired from d military? Where has he successfully applied dis leadership wisdom since leaving office? This leadership wisdom didn't help him improve himself personally, how can it help Nigeria?

They released a crusade crowd picture as rally crowd picture
Released a video of interview in Abuja as one done in London.
Released a statement dat GMB visited Chibok when he did not.

These are what they call issue based campaign!
I agree, their lies are better organized

in Israel, d president is not the head of govt, d prime minister is. Rivlin is a ceremonial president, Natanyahu is d one who runs the the govt.

House of Representatives Minority Leader, Mr.
Femi Gbajabiamila, doused tension on Thursday
when he apologised to the House over the
scathing remarks he made against the Deputy
Speaker, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha.

“I withdraw that portion where I called him the
deputy speaker of a political party.
“We should be accommodating of each other as a
House,” he told his colleagues.

The session was presided over by the Speaker,
Mr. Aminu Tambuwal.

The All Progressives Congress leader from Lagos
State had on Wednesday vowed that APC
members would no longer accord Ihedioha
respect as deputy speaker.
He had accused Ihedioha of being “partisan” and a
Peoples Democratic Party deputy speaker, rather
than the deputy speaker of the whole of Nigeria.
He had stated, “What you saw today (Wednesday)
is yet another indication of what the PDP has
brought on our country.

“We have a deputy speaker who has never hidden
his partisanship.
“He has always taken sides with the PDP,
compared to the speaker (Tambuwal), who sees
himself as the Speaker of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.”

Gbajabiamila was referring to the developments,
which led to Wednesday’s rowdy session in the
House.
APC and PDP lawmakers had since Thursday last
week, disagreed over the deployment of the
military for election duties.
It was Gbajabiamila, who moved a motion seeking
to halt such deployment.
While the APC members supported the motion,
their PDP colleagues opposed it on the grounds
that it was a matter before the courts.
In a bid to resolve the disagreement, Tambuwal
had referred the motion to the joint Committees
on Rules/Business, Judiciary and Justice for
advice.
The three committees are chaired by Mr. Albert
Sam-Tsokwa (PDP); Mr. Aminu Shagari (APC);
and Mr. Ali Ahmad (APC) respectively.
However, trouble started on Wednesday after
Sam-Tsokwa presented the report of the joint
committees to the House.
The committees reported that though the details
of the court cases on the issue were not available
to them, it was the tradition of the House not to
interfere with matters pending before the courts.
Besides, the committees observed that under the
1999 Constitution, the President was empowered
to deploy troops for the purpose of ensuring
public safety in any part of the country.

“We are of the firm view that this motion is
effectively caught in the cobwebs of the
constitution and the House rules.
“On this ground, this motion cannot continue”,
Sam-Tsokwa told the House.

Before apologising to the House on Thursday,
however, the APC leader had recalled how the
House started as a united force in 2011.
He regretted that as the tenure of members drew
closer to the end, things had so fallen apart
among them that they merely saw themselves as
either APC or PDP.
He received a resounding applause from the floor
for his decision to apologise to the House.
Tambuwal, on his part, advised members to place
national interest above selfish and partisan
interests.

The Speaker, who is the governorship candidate of
the APC in Sokoto State, seized the opportunity to
present the governorship candidates of the PDP
and APC in the House to members.
The candidates, aside himself, are Ihedioha (PDP,
Imo State); Mr. Dakuku Peterside (APC, Rivers
State); and Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP, Enugu
State).
The four shook hands and raised their hands up
in a show of solidarity and unity.

www.punchng.com/news/troops-deployment-gbajabiamila-apologises-to-ihedioha-house/

Never again will Nigeria fall into the hands of hawks

GEJ is the man

op was never a GEJite
He's still using d imaginary $20 billion missing money against GEJ which has been proven false.
He said Jonathan didn't build roads, who will believe him?
op u can hate Jonathan all u want, everybody must not like him, but he is ur president till 2019.
Those who are with him are so many more dan those who are against him.

prepared speech as usual... why cant dis man talk without looking at a paper

GEJ till 2019

is there confusion in d camp of APC?
Two contradictory statement s in a space of 24 hrs!

In our series of columns from African journalists, Ghanaian Elizabeth Ohene, a member of the main opposition NPP, raises concerns about Nigeria's future as it battles an Islamist-led insurgency in the north and prepares for tightly contested elections.
If you are a Ghanaian, you tend to worry about Nigeria.
Some would say we Ghanaians have enough on our own plates to keep us fully occupied with worry.
The Ghanaian economy is currently facing severe "challenges", to use the preferred terminology of government spokespersons.
We are in the midst of the longest power crisis that our country has ever known and tempers are short all around as we try to cope with the outages that have become part of life now.

'Ugly episodes'
And yet we worry about Nigeria. It has something to do with our histories - the tendency to mimic each other. Even though Nigeria is much bigger in every way, a healthy rivalry has always existed between our countries.
One of my favourite Ghanaian politicians put it like this: "Our two countries, Nigeria and Ghana, are like siblings. We quarrel and disagree occasionally but we love each other. Indeed, it always comes as a surprise to realise that we do not have a common border.
"There have been ugly episodes like when we expel citizens of each other from our countries and there are healthier and happier events when we clash in sports. An encounter on the football field between our two countries remains one of the best in the world."
Those who are superstitious have good cause to hold their breaths when something untoward happens in Nigeria, because that something invariably ends up in Ghana as well.
From coups to traffic jams to power outages; where Nigeria leads, Ghana seems to always follow.

'Stomach infrastructure'
All those years that our search for oil seemed to be fruitless, we were confident we would eventually strike oil - after all, Nigeria had oil, Ghana must have oil.
When we did strike oil in 2007, the most constant refrain on the lips of Ghanaians has been: "Please God, don't let us do with our oil, what Nigeria has been doing with theirs."
Ghanaians half-expect that to be the case because we seem to imitate and adopt all the bad habits of our favourite neighbours.
In the period leading to the elections that have now been postponed to 28 March, we have been more anxious than ever about Nigeria.
Our election campaigns can never be as colourful as the Nigerian ones - we simply don't have that type of money, but we try to emulate a pale version of what they do.
I am waiting for a Ghanaian politician to describe the distribution of rice and other such incentives to voters as "building stomach infrastructure", as a Nigerian governor has said in the current campaign.
Ghana's political parties do not have the money to match those of Nigeria
As a result, parties in Nigeria run far sleeker election campaigns
A few weeks ago huge billboards advertising the two main Nigerian political parties suddenly appeared along the streets of Accra, and there was near panic here.
The fear was Ghana would be drawn into what many saw as the conflict they feared would follow Nigeria's elections. Pressure was brought on the city authorities and the billboards were removed.

'Trepidation'
Rich Nigerians come to our country and treat it as their country home where they can get some peace and quiet. They are reputed to be the ones buying two-bedroom apartments for $1m (£650,000) and sending property prices out of the reach of most Ghanaians.
We are following the Nigerian election campaign and the news about the insurgency by militant Islamist group Boko Haram with trepidation.
Nigeria has always sounded, looked and felt to us here as the most chaotic place on earth; but we admire them, like to defeat them at football and like to have them as an example of the extreme in everything good and bad. We thought we knew them just as they thought they knew us.
But we do not understand this current Nigeria - the Boko Haram phenomenon or the political party realignments that have been taking place.
We are in dread of things unravelling in Nigeria and so even though we do have our own problems, we worry about Nigeria.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31494794

Don't worry, Buhari will never be president.

Don't worry sir. He'll never win. Nigerians will make sure of that

temitemi1:
U should be Thanking God we are not in china if not tinubu, atiku, ameachi n bukola saraki will nt even last for an hour . GEJ till 2019!!!

And GMB as a coup plotter would have faced the firing squad

From PDP to APC: Atiku, Amaechi, Mbadinuju, Patricia Eteh, Saraki, Nyako, OBJ etc... all criminals

From APC to PDP: Shekarau, Ribadu, Buba Maruwa, Bafarawa, Belgore etc ... fine honest gentlemen

It is no longer news that former president Olusegun Obasanjo has declared his support for Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in the forth coming presidential election in March. He sees Buhari as the best man to lead Nigeria and bring change. He said Buhari is qualified and very competent. He has not hidden his love for the general.

And so, after 16 years as a member and 8 years as president in PDP, OBJ is now a “progressive” and an Agent of Change!
Let us recall that in 2003, GMB sought to be the president of Nigeria. Back then, he contested with OBJ who was then seeking his 2nd term in office. Why didn’t OBJ just step aside for GMB since he sees him as the best man for the job? Again in 2007, when OBJ was leaving office after failing to get his much desired 3rd term, he brought Yar’adua to succeed him. He did everything he could (remember his do-or-die statement just before the election) to make sure Yar’adua won against this same Buhari. In fact, he practically rigged Yar’adua/Jonathan into office. Why didn’t he just allow Buhari succeed him? Also in 2011, OBJ supported GEJ against the man he now says is our messiah.

The question is: what has changed? If Buhari was not good at all for OBJ in 2003, 2007 and 2011, how did he become the best in 2015?
Do we really see OBJ as a man of deep patriotic convictions? Is he doing what he’s doing now because he so much loves Nigeria and wants to see her prosper? My answer is capital NO!
When he brought Jonathan, out of many candidates, and made him Yar’adua’s VP, was is because he believed that GEJ was the best man for the job? When he also supported GEJ in 2011, was it out of patriotic zeal, knowing that Jonathan will move Nigeria forward?
Again my answer is a resounding NO! The truth is that OBJ supported GEJ because he saw him as the least independent-minded of all the candidates and so would be easier to control. “He will be loyal”, he thought.
Jonathan has disappointed him so far. GEJ has instead switched his loyalty to the Nigerian nation and her citizens. OBJ watched helplessly as Nigeria slipped out of his control. He couldn’t believe it. The ‘boy’ he brought from relative obscurity, who was supposed to be a puppet, is actually a man and asserting himself! OBJ planned a comeback by plotting for Lamido/Amaechi presidency. This was also frustrated by the ‘Jonathanians’.

Since then, OBJ has been livid with anger. His recent outbursts are aimed at getting even wth Jonathan. He doesn’t care if Nigeria burns in the process. His is: if I can’t have it, you can’t have it either.
I hope Nigerians will send a clear message to OBJ on 28th March. Let’s send him to his “well-deserved” political irrelevance by voting massively for GEJ. A vote for GEJ is a vote for continued liberty from the hawks.

Vote wisely.

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FastShipping:
It is not a crime to rent on a short term basis. His wife and daughter are there with him in the U.K on temporary basis. It is a better idea than to get an hotel room. Having a rented apartment should enable him cook, entertain visitors and privacy.

Which flat will be empty in the heart of London and will be available for rent for just few days dat GMB will be in London? They are not telling us d whole truth

peckhamboi:
Desperation at its peak

He has visited over 50 churches, 100 traditional rulers and now muslims, but we will still show you that only we the common people have the power and we will send you packing back to Otueke next month.

Who are d common pple? Only You?

Nigerians from all d divides are endorsing GEJ, both common and 'uncommon" pple - Okada riders, farmers, market women, Traditional rulers, entertainers, business tycoons etc. You better join d moving train!

When he goes to church, they will complain, accusing him of playing religious card. now dat he's meeting with Muslim clerics, I hope they won't complain again

Kagarko:
And so what?

If you are in a car and the driver is wreckless do you sit down in the car and continue the journey?

At a point the wise passengers will drop from the vehicle. Thats exactly what does wisemen did.

In dis case, it's d driver that dropped and entered another car. Audu Ogbe, Atiku, Amaechi, Gemade, OBJ, etc, were not passengers in PDP, they were d reckless drivers. They have now PDP and are now driving APC recklessly!

egift:
Cluelessness is infectious. The Change that is coming is unstoppable. No scheme, threat or personal attacks brandished by this failed administration will distract Nigerians from turning a new leaf this this season.

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I-Have-Decided. Nigerians are United. Sai Buhari. God bless Nigeria.

You have decided for failure.