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thank God sm 1 has provide an answer to that....let all critics continue

Psylas:
can both of u have a trip with the jet?

what am only telling you is that once his not more a President the is no longer his

Branzy:
The halipad is not located @ Gej residence

did you have helipad in your village

Psylas:
the noise is about buhari claiming he's not currupt as GEJ, but they are the same, Buhari had only 1million naira and 150 cows, now he is having halipard and other jets.

does those jet belong to him

I wonder the noise about PMB

so saraki wants to prove his also a man

am not a christen, but I think should be able to contribute a little
Cain and Abel are not the only children of Adam and Eve. then, you can marry your siblings
as for race (black, white, Asian and co) no ideal

onatisi:
funsho williams is dead ,pa abraham adesanya is dead .

thank God you know

onatisi:
mere speculation I won't argue with u. It shows u were not deep in nigeria politics in 1999 or before then . I no go argue . Ask ppl who were involved in nadeco ,AD they will tell u the story and events of how tinubu got the AD governorship ticket in 1999

with all this you said, he still struggle to get it himself...and not with the help of any godfather.
where is Adesanya today, and Funsho William

onatisi:
tinubu would never have been the governor of lagos state ,if not for the fact the he begged and begged baba adesanya and co then to change the results of AD primaries to favour him .it was funsho williams that won the AD governorship in house primaries then but he had to be appeased because of the fact that tinubu spent heavily on nadeco and AD ,and the only way to compensate him was the ticket. Then baba adesanya ,faale and co were the political godfathers then and also yoruba leaders,tinubu rode on their platform and later destroyed it in order to create his own .

all this you are saying is just a mere speculation. no concrete evidence to back it up

horlabiyi:
did I hear you say Tinubu rose without the help of no godfather? Do you know Awolowo, MKO? Go figure

his he the only only politician who work with Awo and Abiola, where is omoboriowo and others

God bless you......saraki rose with the help of obasnjo and his father Tinubu in the other way round has no political God father

cfame1:
Point of correction. Tinubu did not orchestrate the emergence of apc as the ruling party. If you ask me I will say those pdp governors that joined apc did. Remember apc have tried with nuhu ribadu as the presidential candidate but gave up. Buhari has been trying also frm anpp to cpc but failed. Apc only won wth 2m+ margin.....calculate the number of votes they got from those ex pdp gov states.
Let's be politically wise

I guess you are new in Nigeria politics

lurther:
The machiavelli of our time.

One calculated action for one day. Another calculated action for another day.

How can Tinubu appoint the vice president, senate president, deputy senate president, House of Rep's speaker, HOR deputy speaker and the national presiding officers? In a country of more than 100 ethnic groups, one man would want to appoint all elective posts.

I can authoritatively deduce from the recent happenings in the APC, Buhari is 100percent aware and tacitly supporting this moves. No one man can lord of Nigeria. Saraki is actually doing some people Bidding somewhere, some place. The plan is to decimate Tinubu.

Where is Lai Mohammed? The same man that came out on TV to say that Buhari is not APC leader. Lai Mohammed doesn't speak for APC again? Has he suddenly gone dumb? Not heard from him for a long time now.

but u can appreciate Tinubu for orchestrating a change
if Tinubu appoint VP, and the party decide to choose who become sp or speaker what is wrong
if u are not hearing from Lai Muhammad DAT means u are not following

who is he deceiving u and I are Yoruba.......we understand ur game

chukwudi44:
you are a disgrace to your generation.Saraki and Ekweremadu are heroes for resisting godfatherism

no wonder your generation has nothing to boast of

“Even among thieves, there is honour.” –
Professor Wole Soyinka
“Though, force can protect in emergency,
only justice, fairness and cooperation can
finally lead men to the dawn of eternal
peace.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
“No matter who or what you support, I
believe in supporting fairness first.” –
Jennette McCurdy
In recent weeks, I have been watching the
way and manner that Asiwaju Ahmed Bola
Tinubu is being tossed around by his
beneficiaries. I have been watching in
consternation, though not surprisingly, how
he is being schemed out of the House of
Mohammadu Buhari that he has toiled to help
build. I am watching how suddenly he is the
leper that everyone must run away from now
that the food is cooked. I am aghast at the
ingratitude of politicians and their cruelty. I
am appalled at the crass opportunism
pervading the air.
Yes, people have often tried to divorce
integrity and honour from politics. People
have tried to create a gulf between morality
and politics. People have always tried to
excuse treachery and perfidy as inseparable
concomitants of politics. People have justified
dishonour and shamelessness as ingredients
of politics. There have been efforts since the
days of yore to justify immorality, ignominy,
dishonesty, unreliability, and subversion as
fundamental tenets of politics. I believe all
the above are just means of excusing
irresponsibility on the part of politics and
those who practice the trade. It is why people
believe and say that “Politics is a dirty game.”
Niccolo Machiavelli, the Italian diplomat
during the Renaissance era gave intellectual
wings to this anomaly with his book The
Prince published in 1532. Therein, he
espouses the obnoxious idea in which
political expediency is placed above morality.
He noxiously advocates the use of craft and
deceit to maintain authority. In short
Machiavellianism is “the employment of
cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in
general conduct.”
But the great late Chief Obafemi Awolowo
fervently disagreed with this heinous school
of thought about politics. He posited that
politics is not dirty a game, but it is those
who play politics that make it dirty. In a
lecture given on January 27, 1961, “Politics
and Religion” in Ilishan Remo, the great Awo
contended that “the description of politics as
a game is a felicitous one,” and insisted that
“any game at all, other than a game of
chance, is good. But the manner of playing it
may be clean or dirty, all depending on
whether or not the players observe the rules
for playing the game which mankind has laid
down in conformity with universally accepted
standards of decency and ethics.”
The above postulation by Awoolowo
underscored why he was the type of
politician that he was and why he was
enormously successful, as well as why History
has held him up as primus inter pares . Buhari
and his handlers would be well advised to
scour through history and see how any
government that adopted Machiavellianism,
as opposed to Awoism, has ended. They
should educate themselves and make up their
minds which of the two philosophies of
politics they want to adopt.
Obeying the rules of the game, such as
politics as the great Awo posited, is
functionally related to “honour” that Professor
Soyinka apotheosised on an occasion at the
Oduduwa Hall, University of Ife in 1982, as
being fundamental “even among thieves.”
Thus, I am assuming that Buhari is an
“honourable man.” I am also assuming that
his handlers are decent and ethical. It is
based on these assumptions that I know it is
inescapable for Buhari and his handlers not
to give adequate and commensurate space to
Tinubu’s influence in this administration. Not
to give Tinubu his dues would amount to
perfidy and a betrayal of the highest order. It
would amount to dishonour among the
“thieves” in the APC. It would also suggest
that Buhari and his men are indecent,
unethical and treacherous.
I find it weird that suddenly, Tinubu “is too
controlling.” “He wants to impose all of the
time.” “He is too ambitious.” “He is not good
for Buhari’s Presidency.” “Buhari will do well
to stay away from him.” “Tinubu must be
neutralised.” “Tinubu is corrupt.” ”Tinubu is
selfish.” “Is Tinubu the only one in the APC?”
“Why must he seek to exert influence in
Buhari’s Administration?” “Tinubu is too
powerful.” “Tinubu should leave Buhari
alone.” “Tinubu is not the only one who
contributed to Buhari’s success.” Tinubu this,
Tinubu that!
Well, Tinubu may not be the only one who
contributed to Buhari’s success, but he is the
ACE. He was and still is the most important
variable in the success of Buhari in the last
election. Remove Tinubu from the equation,
Buhari’s last effort would have been more
woeful than the previous efforts. How come
people have such a short memory? Have some
people been in Russia not to know what
transpired? Or they are just being in denial
because they lack the capacity to be fair to
Tinubu? Do we have to like Tinubu to be fair
to him? As Jennette McCurdy insisted above,
“no matter who or what” anyone of us
supports, “supporting fairness first” should be
the first order of business.
How can people forget so soon that Buhari
has been running for President for 12 years
and has been failing very woefully until
Tinubu came to his rescue? Where were all
those making noises about Tinubu wanting to
exert influence? What is wrong in expecting
to reap the fruit of your labour, as Tinubu is
seeking to do by having some of his
supporters and men in the Buhari House that
he was the architect of?
Those blaming Tinubu, if they are not
ingrates and hypocrites, didn’t they know
that Tinubu was corrupt when he was toiling
to put the coalition together? Didn’t they
know that he was always imposing candidates
when they were all running after him to help
them install Buhari as the President? Didn’t
they know that he always wanted to put his
own supporters in position of power when he
was sweating to make Buhari successful?
How come it is now that they are just
realising that Tinubu is an undesirable
element?
Now, all these ingrates and hypocrites are
shouting the names of Babatunde Fashola,
Kayode Fayemi and the rest of them. Have
they forgotten that there would not have been
any of them on the political stage if not for
Tinubu? Give it to Tinubu, he knows how to
put square pegs in square holes. Or has
everyone forgotten that the tragedy of
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was foisted on
Nigeria by Mattew Aremu Okikiola Olusegun
Obasanjo-Onyejekwe? How come Tinubu is
suddenly bad and has to be ostracised from
the Buhari House that would not and could
not have stood if not for Tinubu?
I am not a politician. But I am seriously
interested in politics because it affects me on
a daily basis. I am not a supporter of Asiwaju
Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s school of politics. I am
not fond of his political philosophy. I have
criticised him several times in the public
space. I have a lot of beef with the way he
has conducted a lot of things. All these have
not blinded and would not blind me to the
fact that he is entitled to the fruits of his
labour. There is just no other way to slice it.
Although Tinubu put himself in this
predicament because he did not heed the
warnings given to him regarding a lot of
things by some elders in Yorubaland. He
believed he saw something that some of us
did not see. He was committed beyond
commitment. He was dedicated, determined
and focused. He put everything he had into
making Buhari successful. He hurt a lot of his
own people as a result. He made enemies out
of his “extended family members.” He gave
everything. To deny him now what is due to
him would be utterly unfair. What is fair is
just fair. What is right is just right.
It is true that Muhammadu Buhari is now the
president. Now he has the power. But he
would be advised to be cautious on the way
and manner he treats Tinubu, regardless of
his (Tinubu’s) imperfections. Tinubu may not
be one hundred percent accepted in
Yorubaland. Chief MKO Abiola was not
either. Same goes with the great Awo. But it
would be a very terrible mistake to judge him
based on that. Buhari would be well advised
that it would be in his best interest and the
interest of Nigeria not to ostracise Tinubu.
Not at this time or anytime in the life of this
administration. Buhari’s failure to hearken to
this advice would have serious ramifications
for the fortunes and future of this country.
It is my hope that Buhari and his handlers
would not make the same mistake that
Ibrahim Babangida made with Chief MKO
Abiola. I hope Buhari would not repeat the
mistake of his good friend, General Sani
Abacha. It is my hope that Buhari and his
handlers would not miscalculate and take
decisions that would put this country in
jeopardy, and that they would not act in an
ungrateful manner. It is my hope that Tinubu
would not be denied his fair share of
influence in this administration. If there is
anything that the Yoruba man hates, it is
unfairness, even against strangers or
detractors, not to talk of one of their own,
regardless of how recalcitrant s/he is.
It is too late in the day to just realise that
Tinubu is not good. It is too late in the day to
want to discard him and undercut him. It is
too late in the day to look for excuses to
ostracise him after he has helped put the
government in power. Regardless of the way
it is sliced, without Tinubu, there could never
have been any Buhari presidency. Not Alhaji
Abubakar Atiku, and certainly not Senator
Bukola Saraki or any of the crass opportunists
circling around Buhari presently could have
made it happen.
As Jennette McCurdy preached, no matter
who or what you support, “supporting
fairness first” is the best way forward.
Expecting a modicum of decency and ethics
in the conduct of our politicians regardless of
their imperfections is nothing too much to
expect. Even, among thieves, there should be
honour, as Professor Wole Soyinka put it.
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the stupid set of saraki and Ekweremwdu are nothing but a disgrace to this nation.
if Saraki can go against the wish of his Father wonder who he can't disrespect

laurentunt:
Can you work on fire protection system . Design of automatic sprinkler system.

let me check the process through google

fellow nairalanders I must confess to you that for the past 2 weeks have being searching seriously for a good project topic.

I wish to do my project on material science based analysis, or production.
I will be grateful for any good suggestion.

Maxymilliano:
Buharo to appoint spokesperson for Prof ?


Any wonder he's regarded as a 'mere commisioner' ...

u such a fool

only a fool that would believe u

Bugatie:
Unto say you be Prime minister of Nigeria abi?

I just imagine say this guy na Buhari ehh

if na him be the president by now plenty haters for done commot nigeria now and probably lagoon

let me just follow to see what happened next week

Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has agreed
personal terms with UAE side Al Ain,
reports African Football.
The Nigeria international had travelled to Dubai to
hold talks with Al Ain this week, and the two
parties have now reached an agreement. The club
now need to reach a deal with Chelsea in order to
secure Mikel’s signature.
Speaking to AfricanFootball.com, Mikel’s agent
Babawo Mohammed said: “Mikel has
agreed personal terms with Al Ain and it is now
left for Chelsea and the Dubai club to agree on
a transfer fee.
“He has returned to England to communicate all
these to Chelsea.
“We just have to wait and see what Chelsea say
in this regard.”
Mikel still has a year to run on his contract at
Stamford Bridge, but he was on the fringes of
Jose Mourinho’s squad last season.
http://isoccerng.com/news/2015/06/mikel-agrees-personal-terms-with-al-ain

consultation and royal blessing for 2 hours, u never talk the truth

am still confuse ooo, how did da know d age

Specialist900:
You no fit do something person offer to help, no be thank you you suppose talk?

why can't he direct the gesture to all the affected state instead of osun

The Osun state government has
lambasted the senator
representing Bayelsa central
senatorial district, Ben Murray-
Bruce, for offering to donate his
wardrobe allowance to Osun
state workers who are owed 7
months salaries.
Mr. Bruce stated this in a series
of tweets on Wednesday
evening.
But in a response to the
comment later on Wednesday
evening, the Osun state
governor, Rauf Aregbesola,
accused the Senator of mocking
Nigerian workers.
In a state through his
spokesperson, Semiu
Okanlawon, Mr. Aregbesola
accused the lawmaker of
playing to the gallery and
engaging in self-serving
philanthropy.
“Of all the states in the
federation who are battling to
pay salaries as a result of the
precarious economic situation
his party the PDP threw Nigeria
into why is it that it is Osun he
wants to take his pay to?” the
governor asked.
“This is certainly playing to the
gallery and nothing but a
mockery in the faces of Nigerian
workers and not only of Osun
extraction.
“It is not only wicked but
ungodly to play politics with the
suffering of the people.
“If the Senator’s conscience tells
him his pay is too high
especially in the face of the
prevailing economic
predicament of Nigeria the most
honourable thing to do is to lead
a protest for reduction and not a
self serving philanthropy only in
the direction of Osun workers.”

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