1Dray:


Yes, I would gladly do.

Good for you.
I don't want, and I hope it won't come to that.
I've stood up to police and military officers when I perceived wrong, all because it's democracy, I won't try such in a military regime

1Dray:


The truth is bitter. I was in the secondary school during Abacha's regime. Life was good then. The economy was super good compared to the rubbish we are having now.

Life was good Are you aware of something called Abacha stove??

Raskimonojendor:

Exactly.

We watched how he murdered many of his opponents via sergeant Rogers hit squad e.g. Pa Rewane or via hanging (e.g Ken Saro Wiwa).

Partial list of Abacha's victims

1.
Rear Admiral Babatunde Elegbede, killed June 19, 1994.

One time state military governor & former Chief of Defence Intelligence, 1989 to 1990. He was shot dead along the Gbagada/Oworonshoki expressway.

He was 55.

2.
Chief Alfred Ogbeyiwa Rewane, wealthy businessman & a NADECO chieftain, shot to death in his home in Ikeja, Lagos, 6th of October, 1995.

He was going to be 80.

Kenule "Ken" Saro-Wiwa, 10 November 1995.

The writer and environmental/Ogoni rights activist was Judicially murdered (that was what John Major, then UK PM called it) via execution by hanging, on trumped up charges of murder.

He was 54.

3.
Admiral Emanuel Olu Omotehinwa, May 22, 1996 shot in his home in Ikoyi Lagos.

His son witnessed his killing by 3 men who came into the house.

He was in his Mid 50s.

His close relations with an exiled ex-army officer in NADECO, was speculated as reason for his being targeted.

4.
Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, senior wife of Chief M.K.O Abiola.

Assassinated in broad daylight at Motorways Junction, 7Up Ikeja, Lagos, 4th of June 1996.

She had only just left home in Ikeja about 30 minutes earlier, on her way to keep an appointment on Victoria Island.

She was 45.

5.
Chief (Mrs) Bisoye Tejuoso; Iyalode Egba and mother of the reigning Osile Oke Ona, Oba Dapo Tejuoso, was murdered, 19th September, 1996.

She probably voiced her thoughts a little to loudly.

She was 80.

6.
Alhaja Suliat Adedeji, an Ibadan based business woman & politician, 14th of November 1996.

She was killed when gunmen visited her house in a genteel neighbourhood of the Iyaganku area of Ibadan.

Aged 52.

7.
Toyin Onagoruwa,18th December 1996.

A young lawyer, in his late 20s, son of activist & Minister of Justice, Dr. Olu Onagoruwa, sacked for disowning 8 new decrees. Shot in front of their house in Yaba.

The assassins’ car was traced to a govt security agency, via private efforts.

8.
General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, Enugu prison, December 8, 1997.

He was serving a life sentence for the 1995 ‘phantom’ coup.

Poisoned to death by injection allegedly administered by “Dr Death”, a colonel in Abacha’s death squad.

9.
Dr. Sola Omatsola, December 13, 1997.

He was the head of security at Murtala Muhammad International Airport.

A bomb planted for a senior member of government did him in.

He was in his 40s.

10.
Tunde Oladepo, senior correspondent & bureau chief of The Guardian in Ogun State, February 26, 1998.

Shot dead in the presence of his family in their home in Abeokuta.

He had written a story criticizing traditional rulers for endorsing Abacha for president.

He was 34.

And many others.

Picture attached is of Pa Alfred Rewane.

You get time. I've discovered that it's not a like majority wants a better country, na only ego Dem wan boost.
I told Dem, na we dey there, you can't do anything, etc, when they are not even having any direct pecuniary benefits from whomever is on the divide they are supporting

Christistruth00:


Gen Abacha, those were the days

By now the Headless Mob would have been distributed to Prisons all across the Nation with no hope of release ,and many would have gone missing without a Trace

Distribute wetin?
We don't have overcrowded prison, na overkillings we dey get.
Let them continue with their wishes

BoldBrainz:


How's today's government different from Abacha's in terms of high handedness?

Would you loved to live under such ruling compared to this current one?
If you don't see a difference between then and now, then I can't help with it

Keeping the dollar as how
Your premise is wrong, how many of us sef don hold any dollar for hand, not to talk of hoarding.
You no even mention roundtriping.

Zionmdde:
They should keep shutting down markets and businesses. Soon businesses will be afraid to make investments. What happened to partnering with the market to keep the environment clean.

What happened to supervising a once in a week total sanitation where one person from every shop must show up or risk heavy fines

Let them continue driving away businesses

Hmmmmm, slam with heavy fine for not showing up
Why should govt be on ground to monitor people to do the right thing?
There is a taskforce responsible for each market, they should ensure business owners clean their premises, it's not for govt to appoint supervisor.

Would you want to be ruled like that of Abacha so you can have those developmental rate??

It's even BSc, I think sey na PhD, why aunty dey vex, the aunty seems to be well read, why is she having such opinion??
Abi na just cruise

$20m, and you no fear
I thought na everyone get 2kidney, how come your boss no fit donate his own or any other family member

fergie001:

This is the case;

1. Sylva finished a distant 2nd in the Bayelsa Guber Primary to GEJ in 2007.

2. GEJ was nominated VP, Sylva snatched the Primary and went ahead to win in 2007.

3. The Appeal Court sacked Sylva alongside 4 other Govs (Adamawa, Cross-River, Kogi & Sokoto) in 2008, declaring a re-run.

4. The re-run took place in 2008 and all 5 Govs won and took another oath of allegiance.

5. INEC announced in 2010 that Governorship Elections for all 36 States will hold on April 15, 2011.

6. Sylva then having some friction with GEJ fought hard to win the Primary for a second term in Jan 2011. Many said when he came in as Gov in 2007, he claimed he met a State with no Govt, many debts and no development. He was one of the closest Govs to Yar'Adua.

7. With the doctrine of necessity and GEJ been in-charge temporarily, Sylva filed a suit through his lawyer, Femi Falana, asking the Court that his tenure started from 2008 when he took his second oath of allegiance, precisely May 25, 2008.

8. On Feb 23, 2011 the FHC agreed with him that his tenure will expire in 2012 and not in 2011.

9. INEC appealed, and the Court of Appeal in April 2011 agreed with the Federal High Court that the tenure should expire in 2012.

10. INEC thereafter shifted the Governorship Elections for these 5 States to 2012.

11. With Jonathan fully in-charge after YarAdua's death, another Primary was conducted. Sylva participated and was screened out, he went to Court saying that of January should suffice, that he was still the valid Candidate.

12. PDP argued that the January Primary was for the election slated for April 2011, with that date shifted, another Primary had to be conducted for the new date in 2012. Dickson was declared winner of the Primary.

13. INEC set the new date for elections in these five States for Feb 11 or 12, 2012 (can't remember).

14. Buba Marwa of the then CPC who lost to Nyako (the Adamawa Gov) with a leave of Court approached the Supreme Court to challenge the Appeal Court decision in April 2011, i.e to challenge the Appeal Courts decision in No 9 above.

15. Supreme Court set 27th January 2012, for judgement on the Marwa suit filed in 14 above.

16. In December 2011, the Supreme Court ruled that Sylva participated in the new Primary and was screened out, that it was the internal affairs of a domestic Party, hence the Apex Court affirmed Dickson as the PDP Candidate.

17. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court sitting in 7 and judgement read by Onnoghen... The Apex Court held that the tenure of a Governor or President is like the Walls of Gibraltar that can never be moved. That the election should have been conducted in 2011.

That even though there was a second oath of allegiance, it didn't invalidate the decisions they all made from 2007-2008, hence their tenures began to count from 2007.

It is settled law that the time fixed by the constitution for the doing of anything cannot be extended. It is immutable, fixed like the rock of Gibraltar. It cannot be extended, elongated, expanded, or stretched beyond what it states. To calculate the tenure of office of the governors from the date of their second Oaths of Allegiance and of Office while ignoring the period from 29th May, 2007, when they took the first oaths is to extend the four years tenure constitutionally granted the governors to occupy and act in that office which would be unconstitutional. It is therefore clear and I hereby hold that the second Oaths of Allegiance and of Office taken in 2008, though necessary to enable them continue to function in that office, were clearly superfluous in the determination of the four years tenure under Section 180(2) of the 1999 Constitution.

18. Dickson was declared winner in 2012.

19. Sylva went back to the Court in 2012, that since the Supreme Court said May 29, 2011 was the date their tenures should have expired, that as at May, he was the Candidate since the PDP had not conducted the Fresh Primary. Hence, he should be declared Governor since votes belong to the Party.

20. Sylva lost at the Federal High Court, Appeal Court, lost and was fined by the Supreme Court in 2013.


That is it!

God help us with our law, the court should endeavor to consider the future effect of their actions so it doesn't disenfranchised people at the long run.
If the person is a popular candidate of an opposition, it's likely going to cause issues as supporters are likely to see it as muscling out the person

I have searched online, but can't get it, I thought the court removed him and ordered a rerun, meaning the initial 1yr or sworn in was as though it never happened.
How come he was stopped because he was sworn in twice?
Was he impeached?
Someone with better understanding should pls explain

Semaj77:


Added to what you're saying , can you see that the choice of the Toyota Land cruiser , which is a costlier option , is due to the bad roads which they have awarded over inflated contracts for and are still poorly constructed. We are finished in this country

I kuku see am, bad roads wey we dey pay road worthiness for.

Lol, the vehicle is not the issue for me in this report, nor the cost, but the defence that the vehicle supplier could add 25% margin to the open market cost of the vehicle, I thought a bulk purchase would attract a discount which will make the buyer (NASS) pay lesser than the open market value

Chukwunonso1:


U supposed don get PhD by now

Lol, I no get Msc sef, but I no do bad sha, I manage HND n BSc.
Na money I dey find now

This dude need to be admitted into Aroo, this his song stealing accusations since I dey sec sch na beyond normal eyes

You are only privileged to ask such question because it's a civilian govt, so that should give you the answer you seek

Lol, make the lady enjoy her kneeling in peace abeg.
So the lady timid, other corps' members for the sch too no fit talk??
Me wey change am for my sch vp for matter wey no even directly concern me, na other corps' members wey wan use school accomodation e concern, the woman invited State LIE (not NYSC LI) to come resolved the matter, that one come dey speak language with the woman while trying to resolve the issue, I told him I can't stay while they speak in unknown tongue, the man wan dey form rules, I told him to file a formal report to the NYSC LI or ZI, he just kept quiet.
Na the day wey I finished my work the woman use her mouth tell me sey she mean me but she later discovered sey I be good boy

Hmmmmm, why should the creche class upto nursery be on the upper floor, what if there is need for evacuation, how many kids can a teacher carry or how fast can the pupils run out??
How come the parents such class room for their baby, or is the school one of such schools that won't allow parents visit their ward's classroom?
Condolences to the family.

Lol, the report is just filled with professional jargons without communicating with the public what it's all about, the Thisday reporter sef just report verbatim, probably because e no understand wetin Dem dey talk

maticar:

Surely there will be, perhaps engine knock or something

Your engine won't knock, it's not water and will easily blend well with pms.
The side effect is that it will make your fuel evaporate faster than pure pms, thus, making you have to refill faster than normal.
Pms is having higher density (thicker) than ethanol, so evaporation takes place slowly compared to ethanol

john650:
Why must they close the entire bridge for six months when it would take the contractors three months to import the materials needed? Why can't they wait until the materials are available and ready before closing off parts of the bridge?

Secondly, why can't they close-off one or two lanes on each side, assuming there are three lanes on each side so that some traffic can be maintained while the work is being done and commuters are not severely inconvenienced? This is how it is done in most countries. You don't close off an entire bridge because you want to resurface it. Nonsense.

Be calming down. Read the report and understand.
The importation of relevant material will take 3months, that's why it's starting next year Jan instead of this month.
The project duration is 6months in total, split into 3months for each sides.
All these information I mentioned is stated in the report if you read it well

I think I believe this version of the event than that of the driver. Those peeps can be reckless on the highway, and saying sorry isn't a trait for them.

Phoenix873:
Arguably Nigeria's most famous bridge.
I have only used it on four occasions and each times, when on top of the vast lagoon beneath, I marvelled at the mighty power of God.
The Babangida regime and Julius Berger who built the bridge really tried. An engineering marvel.

By the way, can someone educate me on what are those brown looking floating things scattered on some parts of the lagoon as seen from the bridge? Are they fish traps or something?
Also, I remember seeing some spots on the lagoon full of weeds/grasses or somehow looking like tiny islands.

It's a raft made by locals living by the lagoon, I learnt they use it for planting vegetables and also trade on it.

LikeAking:


I am glad smart guys like you Dey Nigeria..

Another that most be banned are expensive or luxury items..A good example is RR, Maybach, G wagon, Lambo, R Rover, etc..

Once luxury car of 200 million Naira can buy the car of 70 - 100 average Nigerians..

Yes, ban it, then tax them in forex for import duty, not equivalent but they should remit the hard currency itself

Acidosis:



Medical Forex? Lol. I hope you didn't vote Tinubu and Buhari because those entities are the grandmasters and patrons of medical tourism. Both have their doctors in Europe.

Yes, I'm against it, it doesn't make sense. We go just continue to dey shout that we are not producing anything, whereas, the bulk of our forex isn't for consumption or industry, but for ego boosting.
All d weyrey presidents wey we get don make one country or the other their abode for medical need. It's actually crazy, and no one seems to be looking at it.
That ptdf or wetin Dem dey call Dem, go sponsor 10 students to Nigerian institution, sponsor 100 to foreign schools.

LikeAking:
Very good!

This is how we waste the FX of the country, not even through importation…

Apart from fuel importations , foreign education is draining out FX..

They are coming for you with all might.
Putting this nation on the right track go dey difficult.
If I be president, I will stop holiday, entertainment, education and medical forex, it's not like sey na forex for toothpick and pencil wey we no dey produce dey crash things, but forex for some other things nobody wan challenge.
A tuition fee of 40k dollar go buy the whole toothpick we import for 6months or even 1yr sef, oya add medical, vacation, entertainment, etc
It is well sha

Abeg shey most of those wey dey comment no read the headline even if dey no read the report
Person dey talk about pre-election which is basically about primary, una dey talk about election or post election matter

Timoleon:


Gay as happy is what is considered ‘an old English’ it is not used contemporarily. If you were walking on the road and overheard someone say that person walking along is gay I bet you won’t think of happy. Don’t play devil’s advocate with me. We see all the subtle fusion of lgbtq + into everything. Even children’s cartoons.

Whaooo, thank God I found someone with similar view.
I and my siblings used it, and I doubt ever seeing the word Gay in it, so I wonder why the introduction in recent edition.
An old English word not in contemporary day-to-day communication is used in a book for children less than 10yrs, when we know such word is now having a new societal meaning, yet some are trying to pretend that it's not what we think, as though, they would have a different thought if heard randomly on the street

Lol, wishes do not make a nation, you might be right, but none of those wishing evil intent on the nation daily, wakes up to wish themselves same, so if one don't believe wishes makes a nation, such should then wish same on him or herself

Photos on ballot paper
U dey joke abi
So if a candidate was removed by the court few days to election or even election eve, wetin go happen??
2015 election, the paper was as long as wetin I no know, I wonder how long e go be when we add pictures. That will lead to congestion of ballot paper.
A congested ballot is likely to result in high rate of voided votes cast.