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if the south -west were to be a republic/country, I swear we won't have problem searching who will be our president come 2015

Ghadafy: What a world? Only in Nigeria, this man is a disgrace to all real men of God.

that is If there is still a real man of God

after he don abuse the Catholic people, fear go dey catch am now,abi u no knw the number of catholics in the world?

The handover of PHCN successor companies on the first of November was followed by periods of drastic worsening of power nationwide. The problem then was traced to the shocks that accompanied the process of handover and vandalism of critical gas pipelines by sabotuers who were suspected to be agents of APC.

A.P.C no go kill you one day,,so u think we can achieve if we privatise phcn without cracking down on those importing generator,don't u think dey are responsible for d vandalism happening,do u knw how much dey pay to those crooks in phcn just to make sure electricity is unstable just to make dem sell more generators,and don't u also think those oil marketers could also be behind it,do u knw how much they make on selling fuel to jerrycans on daily basis, we still have alot to do after the privatization ,it shouldn't stop there...

if doing a road work with the people of the state, if organizing a feedback program where people interact with d governor and his excos across the state constituencies,constructing public skuls dat no private skul could match, constructing roads across all nooks and cronies of d states, distribution of tablet of knowledge (opon imo),elementary school feeding, payment of 13th month salary to workers, just to mention a few,makes him a jihadist then I think we will rather like to have him for long than have a serious church goer who will not do anything meaningful for us as our governor

una no fit beg dem to share u from their own

but he if has donated 100million naira to d church n bought vehicles for them,then he would have said he is spending the state's allocation judiciously..... I swear no be only politicians go rot in hell.

they promised us they will construct new refineries, create jobs and distribute buses to ease the pain of subsidy removal,but up till now, all u see in my state is just a toyota hilux van with sure-p written beside it n is been driven around by a pdp card carrying member who claims to be the co-ordinator in my state

An apparently angry and frustrated ex-President
Olusegun Obasanjo has written what clearly
competes as one of the most acerbic letters in
modern history to President Goodluck Jonathan,
accusing him of ineptitude and of taking actions
calculated at destroying Nigeria.
“Nigeria is bleeding and the hemorrhage must be
stopped,” Mr. Obasanjo said in the 18-page letter
dated December 2, 2013 and exclusively obtained
by PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday.
He said Mr. Jonathan has failed to deliver on his
promises to the Nigerian people, stem corruption,
promote national unity and strengthen national
security.
He said in the letter titled “Before it is too late”
that rather than take steps to advance Nigeria’s
interest and up the standards of living of
Nigerians, Mr. Jonathan had betrayed God and
the Nigerian people that brought him to power,
and has been pursuing selfish personal and
political interests based on advice he receives
from “self-centred aides”.
In the detailed letter, dripping of anger ,
frustration and what appears a genuine concern
to rescue a nation on the brink, Mr. Obasanjo
lamented that Mr. Jonathan had become terribly
divisive and clannish, destroying his own party,
polarizing the country along regional and religious
lines and ridiculing Nigeria in the comity of
nations.
Without mincing words, Mr. Obasanjo blamed Mr.
Jonathan for the crises tearing the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, apart.
He said apart from using party chairman
Bamanga Tukur to cause multiple crises and
divide the ranks of the party, the president’s
failure to keep a promise he made not to seek a
second term is also generating tension within the
ruling party.
“It would be unfair to continue to level full blames
on the Chairman (Tukur) for all that goes wrong
with the party,” Mr. Obasanjo said. “The chairman
is playing the tune dictated by the paymaster
(Jonathan). But the paymaster is acting for a
definitive purpose for which deceit and deception
seem to be the major ingredients.
“Up till two months ago, Mr. President, you told
me that you have not told anybody that you
would contest in 2015. I quickly pointed out to
you that the signs and the measures on the
ground do not tally with your statement. You said
the same to one other person who shared his
observation with me. And only a fool would
believe that statement you made to me judging
by what is going on. I must say it is not
ingenious. You may wish to pursue a more
credible and more honorable path.”
The former President said Mr. Jonathan told him
before the 2011 election he would not seek a
second term, and made the same promise to
governors, party stakeholders and Nigerians.
The president’s refusal to keep that promise cast
him as a man without honour, Mr. Obasanjo said.
Saying it would be “fatally morally flawed” for Mr.
Jonathan to contest in 2015, Mr. Obasanjo added,
“As a leader, two things you must cherish and
hold dear among others are trust and honour both
of which are important ingredients of character. I
will want to see anyone in the Office of the
Presidency of Nigeria as a man or woman who
can be trusted, a person of honour in his words
and character.”
Mr. Obasanjo also accused Mr. Jonathan of anti-
party conducts – supporting opposition parties’
candidates in governorship elections in Lagos,
Ondo, Edo and Anambra states at the detriment
of PDP’s own candidates –, and of pitting party
members against one another.
Saying the President had failed to address the
underlying causes of the Boko Haram menace,
Mr. Obasanjo urged Mr. Jonathan to adopt a
carrot and stick approach in dealing with the
insurgency explaining that “conventional military
actions based on standard phases of military
operations alone will not permanently and
effectively deal with the issue of Boko Haram”.
Mr. Obasanjo also tackled Mr. Jonathan for
allegedly being clannish. “For you to allow
yourself to be “possessed”, so to say, to the
exclusion of most of the rest of Nigerians as an
“Ijaw man” is a mistake that should never have
been allowed to happen. Yes, you have to be born
in one part of Nigeria to be Nigerian if not
naturalized but the Nigerian President must be
above ethnic factionalism. And those who prop
you up as of, and for ‘Ijaw nation’ are not your
friends genuinely, not friends of Nigeria nor
friends of ‘Ijaw nation’ they tout about.
“To allow or tacitly encourage people of ‘Ijaw
nation’ to throw insults on other Nigerians from
other parts of the country and threaten fire and
brimstone to protect your interest as an Ijaw man
is myopic and your not openly quieting them is
even more unfortunate.
Two Ijaw men, ex-militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari,
and a former federal commissioner for
information, Edwin Clark, who carries himself
around as the political godfather of the president,
are known to talk down on people opposed to the
president.
Mr. Obasanjo also accused Mr. Jonathan of
placing over 1000 Nigerians on political watch list
and “training snipers and other armed personnel
secretly and clandestinely acquiring weapons to
match for political purposes like Abacha and
training them where Abacha trained his killers”.
He wondered why the Presidency was providing
assistance for a murderer to evade justice.
“Presidential assistance for a murderer to evade
justice and presidential delegation to welcome
him home can only be in bad taste generally but
particularly to the family of his victim,” Mr.
Obasanjo said. “Assisting criminals to evade
justice cannot be part of the job of the
presidency. Or, as it is viwed in some quarters, is
he being recruited to do for you what he had done
for Abacha in the past? Hopefully, he should have
learned his lesson. Let us continue to watch.”
Mr. Obasanjo did not mention the name of the
murderer he accused the President of protecting
but he seems to be referring to Hamza Al-
Mustapha, a former security aide to late Head of
State, General Sani Abacha, who is facing trial for
allegedly masterminding the killing of Kudirat
Abiola, the wife of Moshood Abiola, the winner of
the annulled 1993 presidential election.
Mr. Al-Mustapha was freed by the appeal court in
July but the Lagos state government has since
appealed the judgment at the Supreme Court.
The former President also called on the National
Assembly to rise up and take decisive action over
the recent allegation in the country that the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation failed to
remit billions of dollars in proceeds of crude oil
sales to the federation account.
“This allegation will not fly away by non-action,
cover-up, denial or bribing possible investigators,”
Mr. Obasanjo told the President. “Please deal with
this allegation transparently and let the truth be
known.
“The dramatis personae in this allegation and
who they are working for will one day be public
knowledge. Those who know are watching if the
National Assembly will not be accomplice in the
heinous crime and naked grand corruption. May
God grant you the grace for at least one effective
corrective action against high corruption which
seems to stink all around you in your
government.”
Mr. Obasanjo said he wrote the letter in the
national interest, saying nothing, at this stage of
his life, would prevent him from standing up for
whatever he considers to be in the best interest
of Nigeria, Africa and the world.
He said he was ready for whatever backlash his
letter would provoke from the presidency.
“Knowing what happens around you most of
which you know of and condone or deny, this
letter will proke cacophony from hired and unhired
attackers but I will maintain my serenity because
by this letter, I have done my duty to you as I
have always done, to your government, to the
party, PDP, and to our country, Nigeria…,” Mr.
Obasanjo said.
“I have passed the stage of being flattered,
intimidated, threatened, frightened, induced or
bought… Death is the end of all human beings
and may it come when God wills it to come.”
The full letter is a must read. We will provide a
copy for download soon.

Are those Toyota buses too made in akure?

This is not about president Jonathan but rather Nigeria as a whole, I think we deserved more than even the united states,cos from what I read,I think Nigeria supported south africa more than any other country during the apartheid reign,so I think we should have been given an opportunity to say something...

Fani kayode just told the pdp not to try to rig in the south-west and warned president not yo allow what happened during 1965,1983 and 1993 to happen again

A.P.C mobilisation team has just started it campaign and mobilisation from the state of osun at the osogbo stadium, with the likes of audu ogbe, Rochas okorocha, El rufai, Fani kayode, Olusegun Osoba, Abba Buka Ibrahim and k1 with music and the crowd is really loving it...

Tittos: This is one of the reasons I hate politicians. They are all hypocrites. This speaker condones corruption as much as Jonathan. If not why has the house of rep not started the process of impeaching the president,or are all these facts not reasonable ground for impeachment. Why is he telling us? Was he not elected to represent us and make sure that the president is brought to book. This is why we can't move forward in this country, the politicians know the right thing to do but don't do them,they simply prefer to talk about it. Secondly what of Farouk Lawan. Was it not exactly same thing Gej did with aviation and fuel subsidy that he did with the case of Farouk Lawan. Truth is,they both condone Corruption. Gej may be worse though..

And if they should impeach him,am very sure u will be the first person to say it is a northern agenda to get back to power..

if u try all this I can assure u all u will be to them is just a sweet n good guy,but if u can always give dem good sex n if u have money buy dem nice gadgets..... walahi talahi u are d bomb..

mike404: Ayo Ojewumi became blind as a result of his
imprisonment over false charges and died shortly
after


Pa Adekule Ajasin was never the same after his
eventual release and remained sickly for the rest of
his life. Whe he died, he never had any property
anywhere in the world except the one he had built
from his sweat as long term teacher and school
principal in Owo township.


He jailed Fela Anikulapo -Kuti on trumped up
charges under emergency law which prompted the
sentencing judge to confess that he was ordered to do
so and apologised to the late musician. It was
Buhari's administration that said it has "decided to
deal with this Fela problem once and for all.





Buhari ransacked the house of our late sage,
Obafemi Awolowo and confisticated his International
passport. Which civilized democratic society would
elect the likes of Buhari as President,the same
individual who overthrew an elected President? Never!



STILL SMH FOR MY YORUBA BRETHREN **CRYING**

And have u seen any of d family of dis people u mentioned criticize him?

mike404: https://www.nairaland.com/630129/22-reasons-why-buhari-never BUHARI IS A DEVIL INCARNATE

I guess dats what u are made time believe and knw what u know for urself

I have always wondered why so many people hate buhari and this prompted me to reading alot about him and his military regime, and I think I should share some of what I found out...........hate him or like him, his short term regime is to me really commendable and after asking about him from people who were present then, I think he is only suffering for being too just and clean...enjoy.

T he demise of the inglorious second Republic
under the leadership of Alhaji Shehu Aliyu Shagari, the First Executive President of Nigeria was brought about the total breakdown of law and order, and the apparent insecurity in the country arising from the bitter political wrangling
generated by the 1983 general elections. The nation was moving dangerously in murky political waters and could have hit the reefs but
the timely intervention came to her rescue. The abysmal downward plunge of the already battered economy, the unmitigated corruption,
greed, avarice, lack of public probity and accountability, hunger and abject poverty, and
the aimless drifting of the ship of state which characterised the last days of the Second
Republic prompted the Armed Forces to strike in
the midnight of December 31, 1983 and installed
Major General Muhammadu Buhari (then GOC 3rd
Division, Jos) as the new Head of State.
The Buhari administration identified indiscipline as
the bane of the nation's ills and therefore decided
to fight it in all its ramifications. Hence the pre-
occupation of the regime was the launching of the
different phases of the War Against Indiscipline
(WAI) which has become a household word in
may Nigerian homes. There were five phases of
WAI, namely :-
a. Queuing (March 20, 1984)
b. Work Ethics (May 1, 1984)
c. Nationalism and Patriotism (August 21,
1984)
d. Anti-Corruption and Economic Sabotage
(May 14, 1985)
e. Environmental Sanitation (July 29, 1985).
Other highlights of the regime include :-
1. The suspension of the 1979 Constitution in
January 1984.
2. The dissolution of political parties and ban on
political activities in January 1984.
3. The freezing of accounts of political parties and
corrupt ex-political office holders in the Second
Republic in 1984.
4. The trimming down of the country's Civil
service labour force in 1984.
5. The change of colour of the nation's currency
notes (except the fifty kobo note) in April 1984 to
stop currency trafficking. The exercise rendered
almost half of the estimated N6 billion in
circulation worthless at the expiration of the
change.
6. The deportation of illegal aliens on the 14th of
April, 1984 and 9th of August, 1985 respectively.
7. The clamp down on economic saboteurs with
the legal backing of the Miscellaneous Offences
Decree No. 20 of 1984.
8. The launching of the Expanded Immunization
Programme (EPI) in May, 1984.
9. The initiation of counter trade in Petroleum
products in May, 1984.
10. The wrestling of a major concession from
OPEC in 1984 to increase Nigeria's oil production
quota from 1.3 million barrels to 1.45 million
barrels per day.
11. The adoption of stricter austerity measures in
1984 and 1985 to further revamp the economy
which include:
i. The closure of the Nigerian borders in January
1984 to stem smuggling.
ii. The setting up of taskforce to check bunkering
as a result of expert's estimation of a loss of one
million Naira a day under the civilian government.
iii. The slashing of the basic travelling allowance
(BTA) from N 500 to N 100 per annum in 1984.
iv. The introduction of N 100 airport special levy
for travellers going outside Africa.
v. The reduction of the home remittance for
foreigners to 25 per cent in 1984.
vi. The abolition of the Approved Users Scheme,
the General Concessionary Rates of Duty and the
Compulsory Advance Deposit Scheme.
vii. The introduction of a new Customs Tariff,
which reduced the range of import duties from
between zero and 500 per cent to between 5 per
cent and 200 per cent.
viii. The granting of import duty exemption to
only twenty items including agricultural
implements, air craft, fuels, lubricants, educational
films, technical assistance materials etc.
ix The introduction of the Advanced Import Duty
Payment Scheme.
x. The imposition of a levy on dormant
companies.
xi. The promulgation of the Finance Decrees to
amend the Income Tax Act of 1969.
xii. The halving of civil servants' leave entitlement
in January, 1985.
12. The trial and conviction of ex-politicians who
illegally enriched themselves or their political
parties.
13 In 1984, Nigeria's recognition of the Sahara
Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on November
11, 1984.
14. The encouragement of substitution of
imported raw materials with local raw materials
to boost the growth of industries.
15. The encouragement of self sufficiency in
agricultural food production.
16. The promulgation of a series of decrees aimed
at revamping the economy and inculcating
discipline. The most controversial being the Public
Officers (Protection Against False Accusation)
Decree No 4 and the Miscellaneous Offences
Decree No. 20 of 1984.
17. The rescheduling of the nations's short term
trade debts valued at over =N=5 billion and the
subsequent issuance of promissory notes to the
uninsured creditors.
18. The procurement of new Air Buses by Nigeria
Airways in 1985 to boost air transportation.
19. The victory of Nigeria's Under-17 Team (the
Golden Eagles) at the Kodak World Cup Soccer
Competition in China in August, 1985.
please if u disagree with dis pls argue wit ur own fact and don't abuse me oooooooo

dis doesn't warrant unnecessary argument, d pack was just been constructed by aregbesola, and since mandela is a man dat is been celebrated all over d world, I think he can change d name to honor him,I think I saw a flower garden at asaba which has d name of Nelson mandela, so dere is no big deal as long as it is not old institutions or already established institution dat is been named after him.....and lastly dis is not new to osun people cos aregbesola has been naming all his projects after great individuals n heroes

ABOUT 22 Senators elected on the platform of
PDP may be on their way to the All Progressive
Party (APC). This is despite Wednesday’s trouble
shooting visit to the Senate by the embattled
National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur, to stop the cross over, coming soon after
the defection of five PD governors to the APC. A
Senator familiar with the development told The
Nation yesterday that “it’s just a matter of time
for us to consummate our plan to move to the
APC.” A similar move in the House of
Representatives is already generating tension in
the chamber following a move by some members
to sack principal officers like Depputy Speaker
Emeka Ihedioha, Majority Leader Mulikat
Akande- Adeola, Deputy Leader Leo Ogor, Chief
Whip Isiaka Bawa and Deputy Chief Whip Ahmed
Mohammed. However, Speaker Aminu Tambuwal
is said to have prevailed on the members to soft
pedal. The Senate source said Tukur’s visit
might have been prompted by the planned
defection to “massage our back and give us
false hope.” The source said that “after the
successful defection of the five governors to the
APC, the National Assembly is the next theatre
of defection.” The source added that the three
Senators from one of the Northwest states were
so “pissed off with Tukur” that they walked out
on him during the Senate visit. One of the angry
Senators was said to have thundered, as he
walked out: “Tukur did not know how I contested
and won my election; he will not also know how
I will contest and win the next election.” The
source did not name the about-to-defect
Senators because as he put it, “it is not in my
place to announce the names of anybody who
wants to leave PDP.” “As we speak, those of us
who have made up our minds to seek a new
platform for our political future are not fewer
than 22 in this Senate,” he said. But he hinted
that two to three senators will move from each
of Jigawa, Sokoto States, Adamawa, Kano,
Gombe, Kwara, Rivers and Borno States where
two to three senators and one each from
Nasarawa, Taraba, Kebbi and Niger States. “We
know the five governors who left PDP, we know
Senators and House of Representatives members
who are their (governor’s) loyalists. Very soon,
the era of speculation will be over when
everybody will answer his name,” he said. Asked
why Tukur left out the House of Representatives
during his visit, the source said “it may be due
to the perception of the leadership of the House
as rebels, rightly or wrongly. It may also be that
the leadership of the party considers Senators
more strategic in its scheme of things.” PDP
currently has 72 members, APC has 33, LP 3 and
APGA 1 in the Senate. Meanwhile, Speaker
Tambuwal has stalled move by some Reps to
oust certain principal officers of the House on
the heel of the planned defection of PDP
members to APC. The number of APC members
in the House has is believed to have risen beyond
the stipulated 181 in the House rules with the
defection of the five PDP governors to APC. The
strength of the APC in the House was tested
during this week’s plenary proceedings as they
blocked a motion perceived to be against their
interest. A member of the APC in House who
spoke under anonymity,said: “APC has exceeded
181 as at today. Before the PDP governors
joined us, the number was 137. As you know, the
rules stipulate 181. Once that is reached, the
configuration changes.” This position was
confirmed by Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila of the APC,
who posited that the strength of members of the
party in the House is over 181. “The new
arithmetic of the lawmakers in the House is 137,
existing APC members plus 57 new PDP
members that recently joined, making a total of
194 members,” another APC lawmaker said. APC
members were initially moving for the removal of
the Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha, the majority
Leader Mulikat Akande- Adeola, the Deputy
Leader, Leo Ogor, Chief Whip, Isiaka Mohammed
Bawa and the Deputy Chief Whip, Ahmed
Mukhtar Mohammed. But ahead of the APC’s
plan to unveil the strength of its members in the
House, Speaker Tambuwal moved to douse
tension over the change in the power structure of
the House. Gbajabiamila, who was in America
when The Nation called him, said the unveiling is
coming “soon.” A member of the House and
Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum
(Downstream) Hon. Dakuku Peterside was of the
opinion that the change in power structure would
bring a better Nigeria, “There has been a lot of
alignment and realignment. There’s a whole new
political current going on in the two chambers of
the National Assembly. One thing that is certain
is that the power configuration must change.
“Now, the change in power configuration will
come with consequences and implications. It
might affect the leadership of the parties in the
National Assembly, and again it will also affect
the way the NASS relates with the Executive arm
of government. “It might be negative or positive,
but ultimately, it will be for the good of the
Nigerian people. For the first time, there will be
effective checks and balances. It will no longer
be family affairs. The days of family affairs are
gone and gone for good. The politics of Nigeria
will never be the same again.” The APC , sequel
to a meeting held at the Kano State Government
Lodge in Kano early this week with the leaders of
the APC and governors elected on the party’s
platform and governors who defected from the
PDP, had mapped out an agenda for the change
of the leadership in the House of
Representatives. But Tambuwual, after the
meeting in which he was present, was said to
have appealed to the opposition over the matter.
The Nation learnt that one of the reasons for the
appeal was that there would be division in the
House should such sweeping changes in the
leadership cadre of the House be effected.

thenationonlineng.net

A Catholic priest, Reverend Father Andrew
Obinyan, yesterday drew the anger of members
of the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) when he appealed to them to calloff the
strike action and trust the Federal Government
on meeting their demands. The visibly angry
ASUU members interrupted Rev. Obinyan and
refused to say amen to some prayers offered by
him, and shouted on him to leave the podium.
Rev. Obinyan was booed while giving his homily
at the commendation service held for former
President of ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi at the
University of Benin. He advised ASUU not to give
the Federal Government the privilege of
satisfaction of fighting and defeating them,
stating that he discovered that many ASUU
members were retreating, as well as collapsing
their structures. Rev. Obinyan urged ASSU to
trust the Federal Government to keep to its
promise by calling-off the strike. According to
him, “My appeal is to request you to make
surrender the tool of power. Do not give the FG
the privilege of satisfaction of fighting and
defeating you. We rely on that voice. We believe
in that voice. I humbly request you to surrender
first in this fight. You have made your point
eloquently and clear enough. I know the Federal
Government cannot be trusted because of their
antecedent, but I request you to please trust
them now” “ASUU will never lose by it. They will
gain by it. Be assured of our prayers. We are at
the receiving end. Many of your foot soldiers are
collapsing. Some are retreating”, the priest said.
But when the shouting by ASUU members was
becoming deafening, Rev. Obinyan said, “Christ
will not tell you to fight on. He will tell you to
forgive and forget. My appeal is because of the
sufferers.” Speaking with the media, President of
ASUU, Nasir Isa- Fagge, said the Reverend
Father spoke for himself, and that ASSUU
members were steadfast in their demand. He
said they would not call-off the strike until the
Federal Government meet the four-point demand
in their letter.

Argentina again

And dis news must be from desert reporters not sahara reporters,una don fail oooooooooo

solomon111: lateef jakande was formerly a member of PDP before he cross-carpeted due to localized issues affecting the lagos state PDP then.

so u mean there has been a PDP government before in Lagos state..... I dey laugh oooooo

Dahomey Amazon: I just love the libraries

ur twitter handle pls

Dahomey Amazon: The brain behind that coup was late Brigadier Bako
who was killed by Alhaji Shehu Shagari’s Presidential
Guard in Abuja. If he had survived, Brigadier Bako
would probably have emerged Head of State. Others
who joined in the coup were the late General Mamman
Jiya Vasta, late Brigadier Sani Abacha, General
Muhammed Magoro in that order. General Buhari
became Head of State because he was the most senior
military officer at that time. He came in as a
compromised candidate to replace Brigadier Bako, the
mastermind and architect of the coup. Even then, there
was so much rancor and bitterness at the meeting
called to deliberate on Brigadier Bako’s replacement.
When Gen. Sani Abacha, then a Brigadier and
General Officer Commanding (G.O.C) Mechanized
Brigade, Ibadan read his coup text at 5:00am on
December 31, 1983; an unidentified voice came on air at
12noon or thereabout that day to announce to Nigerians
that the new Head of State would address the nation at
nine o’clock that evening,. The voice was that of Major-
General (then Brigadier) Tunde Idiagbon. During this
period, no person had been chosen as Head of State.
The putschists were undecided on who should step into
late Bako’s shoes. While a faction favored Gen.
Buhari, the other faction opposed him and the whole
place became so charged that at a mild drama took
place. A Colonel pulled out his pistol and threatened the
coup plotters that if Gen. Buhari was not made the new
Head of State, none of them gathered at the meeting
would come out alive. He was even more livid when a
Brigadier mentioned the name of Major-General Ibrahim
Babangida as the new Head of State. That Colonel
was Col. Mustapha Jokolo, who later became Buhari’s
aide-de-camp and now the Emir of Gwandu after the
death of his father, later Alhaji Rasheed Jokolo. A
plane was then dispatched to Jos, Plateau State to
fetch Gen. Buhari and he was made Head of State.
He could not address the nation at nine a previously
announced so a statement was hurriedly put together
for him to address his fellow country men and women at
10:00pm that day. Thus began the Muhammad Buhari-
Tunde Idiagbon military regime.


www.pointblanknews.com/authbioofabiola8.html

Are u a student of history or pol-science?........ u are very well on point, will love to knw u

We do not pretend to have all the
answers, but we love the people and seek
their best welfare. That alone
distinguishes us from the present lot in
power. We know the kind of country we
want to live in. We have given the
present group too much time already.
Now that we know their emptiness, we
must work to be the part of change we
want to see.
Change will not come unless we work for
it. We must build other bridges across
political divides and re-align forces to
gather a critical mass strong enough to
push for change.
Nigeria today is an incomplete work,
sometimes exhibiting more retreat than
progress, more problems than solutions.
Some people say we are doomed for
failure. To them, I say their prophecy is
the one sure thing doomed to fail. We
have stumbled for long but very soon
this nation shall stand as it should.
Let me therefore end with the
memorable words of Edward Burke:
“In order for evil to flourish, all that is
required is for good men to do nothing.
That is the reality of Nigeria today. Let’s
all get up and do something for our
country.”
- A brief excerpt of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s
speech at the Launch of The Authorized
Biography of His Royal Highness, Dr.
Haliru Dantoro.

lygn19: Tell dz ediot to STFU, that's what he said when he overthrew a civilian govt for no reason.
What I hv for him is that the same way he overthrew an elected govt and also has been fueling the deaths of ppl for years, that's how the day he enters into Aso rock, he wud be d 1st Nigerian civilian president in this 21st century that wud be overthrown by d military, for no reason also.
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.

U shouldn't have been d first to comment,u really need to free urself from mental slavery,u can get a book of history n knw those who truly hates u n don't get brainwashed cos u won't be different from dos boko boys who are been fooled into fighting a wrong cause wen dey can get asses to a quran to knw wat is right n wrong...... pls try to read books n listen to wat people who have been around for a while can tell u about issues like dis