Politics › Re: S&P Downgrades Ghana Cedi To "Junk" Status by omoharry(f): 12:38pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
moneybag100: Is that how the shrinking Ghana cedi turned your people to hungry giraffe? See long neck...eyah Ghana people dey suffer o...until you merge and become a state under Nigeria before you can be bail out from this predicament. you are here laughing over Ghana Cedi decline, i hope you know that our Naira is equally in the decline too; that is if it will not be 250 -1 Dolla by end of this year.Abeg make we mind our business. we have our own problems. |
Family › Re: How To Tolerate Cheating Husband. by omoharry(f): 10:33am On Nov 18, 2014 |
bennyrazz: I find this your story too big to swallow. You noticed missing condoms from your condom stash?? and it wasn't used by hubby on you it was used on his mistress. Really its funny cuz hubby thought you were not counting?? why can't hubby buy condoms outside? why would he have to take from your stash? could he have brought another woman into your house while you were away?? so many questions begging for answers. Supposing your story is true, you should have where to report him to. The major issue with marriage these days is money & cheating partner. Ya. I thought as much, nice analysis. Nairaland men, I hope you guys are seeing how your colleagues are using their own hand to destroy their marriage, later they will come here and start lamenting that their wives were not the women they married. |
Romance › Re: Dating Your Cousin: Is It Ethical? by omoharry(f): 11:00am On Nov 14, 2014 |
I hope you remember the blood disease that almost wipe out the Royal Family in Europe due to this kind of close blooding line marriage and breeding among family members back in the 19th century. stay clear of this kind of relationship oo. it has its physical and spiritual repercussion. |
Politics › Re: Lagos Gubernatorial Poll: Jimi Agbaje(pdp) Vs Ambode Akinwunmi(apc) by omoharry(f): 8:40am On Nov 14, 2014 |
JIMI, JIMI JIMI JIMI JIMJI JIMI, JIMI, JIMI, JIMI AGBAJE ALL THE WAY.  |
Agriculture › Re: Have U See This New Rearing Cages by omoharry(f): 1:02pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
you didn't even put any contact address, no company name.how will interested customers contact u. |
Food › Re: Thai Rice For Sale @ N7,500 - Hurry While Stock Last!!! by omoharry(f): 1:33pm On Nov 12, 2014 |
what is the name of the rice |
Politics › Re: Will You Vote For BUHARI In The Forthcoming Election? by omoharry(f): 9:23am On Nov 12, 2014 |
No way. since APC does not have a better candidate iw would rather to Jonathan. I don't want a religious extremist and regional/tribal leader to be the president of Nigeria. |
Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: Group For Single Working Class Guys & Matured Ladies by omoharry(f): 9:49am On Nov 11, 2014 |
This your page is nice. But how can you remove people when it an easy access just by the click of the botton?. I don't really understand.However, this is a welcome development. I hope it will help to filter the boys from the men as well as the girls from the ladies behind the dash board. |
Health › Re: HIV/AIDS Support Group.... by omoharry(f): 12:22pm On Nov 05, 2014 |
futbol77: Something stopped working in me 2 yrs ago when I was tested +ve for HIV. Didn't know d news would hit me that hard but it did, ever since I've not been myself, maybe its my disposition as a person, I don't know. Not been in a relation after that as I immediately ended the one I was into at the moment. Hope talking about this will help me. I ought to be married by now but how am I going to tell someone i want to settle down with that I'm +ve, well someday I hope I'll be able to put the pieces together and be the dream I have for myself, hope the someday will be soon I think you should communicate with other positive members that has put this virus behind them. Its helps a lot. when i discovered mine, I was depress and felt my world had ended but I had to talk to my self that life is beautiful.I started reaching out to members, male and female on online forum , we exchanged contact after a while; we talked on phone some times and share our experiences, our disappointment in different relationship trials and laugh over it with the mind that when the time comes God will surely settle everybody. So shake it off. What about if you were told u had stage 4 cancer nko? cheer up. There is nothing there. lol. |
Romance › Re: Seven Reasons Why You Should Never Get Married - For Guys Only by omoharry(f): 11:39am On Nov 05, 2014 |
networkrecharg: A very poor man lived with his wife. One day, his wife, who had very long hair asked him to buy her a comb for her hair to grow well and to be well-groomed.
The man felt very sorry and said no. He explained that he did not even have enough money to fix the strap of his watch he had just broken.
She did not insist on her request.
The man went to work and passed by a watch shop, sold his damaged watch at a low price and went to buy a comb for his wife. He came home in the evening with the comb in his hand ready to give to his wife.
He was surprised when he saw his wife with a very short hair cut. She had sold her hair and was holding a new watch band.
Tears flowed simultaneously from their eyes, not for the futility of their actions, but for the reciprocity of their love.
Moral of the story: To love is nothing, to be loved is something but to love and to be loved by the one you love, that is everything. Waoo!!!.These your quote is so powerful. It brought tears to my eyes. It really nice to love and be loved back. |
Romance › Re: Seven Reasons Why You Should Never Get Married - For Guys Only by omoharry(f): 10:54am On Nov 05, 2014 |
rosebase: A nitwit! Lol, my advice for u is to up ur game. I guess their is a reason why girls dislike u in d real world, and that explain why u open a crap thread like this. it's so obvious u come here to vent ur frustration bcs girls disassociate themselves from u.
So my advice for u is this - take ur bathe every day, brush ur teeth atleast twice a day bcs ur bad breath is disastrous to we girls, and always change that ur dirty smelly cloth, use deodorant regularly so as to prevent ur body odour.
after doing this - u would see that u would not only attract "pls snd me recharge cards babe" but also girls who will feed u and clothe u.
and for ur info, am a Nigerian. it's just dat I dnt mix with urchins like u in d real world. Seriously ooo! because his post got me wondering if this recharge card girl and others are equally working class girls that can fend for themselves or well brought up decent girls that are from good homes. A lesson to you guys, don't go to the ghettos OR Badooo (online dateing site) and ask girls out then start coming here to generalized the outcome of your date with low life. I believe if you go for a decent lady that is from a decent and responsible home, you wont come across recharge card babe. pls. you guys should just stop generalizing.. |
Health › Really Horney Right Before And After Period. Why by omoharry(op): 4:13pm On Nov 04, 2014 |
I've n noticed that I always get really Hot and feel like having sex after my period. Anyone else have this? I have to keep my urges under control really hard, but I am wondering if there is a medical explanation to it. Please ladies in the house, do feel the same way too? Guys please stay off.This is not a joking matter. |
Politics › Re: How Would You Grade This Jonathan Led Federal Government... by omoharry(f): 3:08pm On Oct 31, 2014 |
6/10 |
Foreign Affairs › Re: How Did A White Man Become President In Zambia!!! by omoharry(f): 1:51pm On Oct 31, 2014 |
BUSHIDO5: -
Look at you talking about racism? Are you okay? And you call me a fool to boot? Man, I school in England and virtually no day passes with me or my friends being called monkeys or niggers so your saying "if the white man starts calling you all monkey and baboons" holds no water. THEY HAVE AND WILL ALWAYS CALL US MONKEYS AND BABOONS SO WE TOO SHOULD HAVE ABUSIVE NAMES FOR THEM. O boy, travel and see. Do you watch football and read the papers at all? Don't you read about racist abuse during football matches in Europe? You my friend, are an embarrassment to Africans. We Africans are treated like shitt here. Regardless of our level of education we find it extremely hard to get jobs over here. You probably have not lived outside Africa so you have no idea what I am talking about. Africans get violently attacked and killed for being black virtually every week in Europe. Go ahead and do some research on the internet and stop making a fool of yourself. You should understand that the mods are probably well-travelled and so they understand where i am coming from. you should know he is whitey na.We have them here on Nairaland, Russian, Britons, Americans( both black and white) , Europeans and even Asians. Them full here plenty. |
Politics › Re: I Received My US Citizenship Today And I'm Unburdening My Heart About Africa by omoharry(f): 12:17pm On Oct 31, 2014 |
Talking about patriotism. I like Nigeria, despite its challenges and our leaders ineptitude.even if everybody head dey upside down, i like am like that. Which country in the world does not have its own problems. Even if you become another country's citizen today, the westerners will always see you as an African. They will always trace you back to your root. I have visited America and the Uk, these are nice places with well organized system but i have never thought of becoming their citizens or die trying to have a permanent stay. I love the tropics, our people and culture. I like the fact that what ever i have is not on credit or loan where it will disappear the moment i lose my source of finances. I wont want to belong to a society where the psych of the black man is filled up with inferiority complex because of racism. I have observe that most people that live in America for a very long time have racial complex, I like my Nigeria and the fact the i am from the African continent.I believe that Nigeria is the place my heart is while the western world is a place to visit for vacation and shopping. At least it will make life less boring. |
Politics › White Interim Leader Appointed AFTER Zambian President Sata Death: by omoharry(op): 3:09pm On Oct 29, 2014 |
Zambian Vice-President Guy Scott has been named acting leader following the death of President Michael Sata. Presidential elections to choose a permanent successor will be held within 90 days, Defence Minister Edgar Lungu said. Mr Scott becomes Africa's first white head of state since FW de Klerk in apartheid South Africa. Mr Sata died in the UK aged 77 after receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Jump media playerMedia player helpOut of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. A look back at Zambian President Michael Sata's life He was being treated at London's King Edward VII hospital where he died on Tuesday night. 'Beloved comrade' Mr Scott regularly stood in for the president at official events, but was never appointed acting president when Mr Sata was abroad - so this is his first time to officially lead the country. line Guy Scott Often disparagingly referred to as the "ceremonial vice-president" He was born in 1944 in Northern Rhodesia after father emigrated from Glasgow to work as a doctor on the railways A Cambridge-trained economist, he entered politics in 1990 joining the MMD which won the first multiparty elections the next year As agricultural minister he oversaw the recovery from a devastating drought in 1992/93 He joined Michael Sata's Patriotic Front (PF) in 2001 Appointed vice-president in September 2011 after the PF's election victory As his parents were not born in Zambia a constitutional clause on parentage may nullify any attempt to run for president line In a brief televised address Mr Scott confirmed his appointment. "The period of national mourning will start today. We will miss our beloved president and comrade," Reuters news agency quotes him as saying. The president's death comes just days after Zambia celebrated the 50th anniversary of independence from the UK. Cabinet secretary Roland Msiska said on national TV that President Sata's wife and son were at his bedside. Jump media playerMedia player helpOut of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Michael Sata is the second of Zambia's five presidents to die in office He is the second Zambian leader to die in office after Levy Mwanawasa in 2008. Earlier this month reports in Zambia said that President Sata had gone abroad for a medical check-up amid persistent speculation that he was seriously ill. line Obituary: Penny Dale, BBC's former Zambia correspondent Zambian President Michael Sata gestures upon arrival at Solwezi airport before addressing supporters at an election campaign meeting on 10 September 2014 Mr Sata was known as "King Cobra" for his tough style of public speaking Gravelly-voiced as a result of years of chain-smoking, Michael Sata rose to political prominence in the 1980s. He quickly earned a reputation as the hardest-working governor while in charge of Lusaka and as a populist man of action. But he was also known for his authoritarian tendencies, an abrasive manner and a sharp tongue - and his critics say his nickname of "King Cobra" was well-deserved. A devout Catholic, Mr Sata had worked as a police officer, railway man and trade unionist during colonial rule. After independence, he also spent time in London, working as a railway porter, and, back in Zambia, with a taxidermist company. At the fourth attempt, Mr Sata won presidential elections in 2011. At first he looked as if he would keep promises to tackle corruption and create jobs and prosperity. But his term in office was marred by a crackdown on political opposition and a decline in the economy. He had rarely been seen in public since returning from the UN General Assembly last month, where he failed to make a scheduled speech. After he left the country, Defence Minister Edgar Lungu was named as acting president. Mr Scott is of Scottish descent and his parents were not born in Zambia, so he may not be able to run for president in January because a constitutional clause on parentage could nullify his candidacy. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29818212
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Literature › Lovers Of Literature. Do You Remember this Poem?:NIGHT FALL IN SOWETO by omoharry(op): 9:46am On Oct 29, 2014 |
Enjoy the ebb and flow of Nightfall in Soweto: BY Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
"Nightfall comes like a dreaded disease seeping through the pores of a healthy body and ravaging it beyond repair
A murderer’s hand, lurking in the shadows, clasping the dagger, strikes down the helpless victim.
I am the victim. I am slaughtered every night in the streets. I am cornered by the fear gnawing at my timid heart; in my helplessness I languish.
Man has ceased to be man Man has become beast Man has become prey. I am the prey; I am the quarry to be run down by the marauding beast let loose by cruel nightfall from his cage of death.
Where is my refuge? Where am I safe? Not in my matchbox house Where I barricade myself against nightfall. I tremble at his crunching footsteps, I quake at his deafening knock at the door. “Open up!” he barks like a rabid dog thirsty for my blood.
Nightfall! Nightfall! You are my mortal enemy. But why were you ever created? Why can’t it be daytime? Daytime forever more?"
This was one of my favorite poem back in my days in high school. I can still recite almost everything by heart . Nice poetic work. I wonder if this wonderful poet is still alive. |
Health › Re: BR€AST CANCER Amongst Nigerian Women by omoharry(f): 4:12pm On Oct 28, 2014 |
tollu: This is a great thread and we really need something like this is Nigeria. Thank you for starting this @ Candygosh I found a lump almost 2 months ago and I've been to the hospital to have it checked out a couple of times. The last time I visited, the surgeon I was referred to said he could not feel anything and scheduled an ultrasound. Ultrasound too didn't see anything and the radiographer also said he couldn't feel it.
Well, I can feel it though it really is small and the area needs to be pinched in order to feel it. Before I am totally dismissed as an hypochondriac at my current health care facility, can anyone recommend a stress free place in Lagos where they would be willing to listen and patient enough to run correct tests?
As I've learnt on the oyinbo forums "the best kind of lump is that which is in a jar". Go to foremost rediology consultant ltd. I think you should go with a doctors prescription. they are good and they take thier time in proper breast scan. It at no 50 ogunlana Drive Surulere. Lagos.email.info@foremostradiology.com. |
Car Talk › Re: When You Hit Or Kill Someone While Driving: What's The Right Thing To Do? by omoharry(f): 1:53pm On Oct 28, 2014 |
Ishilove: Lmao! 
My elder sister has changed her horn countless times. One particular time during traffic, she was in the process of honking it when it died, yet again. My sis said her voice turned to a horn that day. Whenever one of this crazy Lagos danfos came too close to her, she would immediately shriek at the top her voice "watch, watch!!" If the vehicles preceding were too slow in moving, or pedestrians were hesitant in crossing in front her vehicle, she would stick out her head out of the window and bawl "mooove!!". Very traumatic experience, according to her. 
Even Dad has changed horns a couple times. He uses 'eba power' to honk that thing, because, according to him, "some people's case have already been concluded in the spirit realm. They are just looking for who will finish it up in the physical" and he refuses to be the scapegoat for such people.   . Nairaland , una no go kill me with laugh today. Haba!. una too funny; cracking my ribs out here. |
Politics › Re: South Africa And Lawlessness! by omoharry(f): 3:43pm On Oct 27, 2014 |
doublewisdom: They probably mistook him for a Nigerian. Just like they killed Lucky Dube thinking he was a Nigerian. Bloody fuckers. |
Politics › Stop Giving Impression That You Don’t Mean Well For Nigeria, F.K Tells APC by omoharry(op): 3:47pm On Oct 24, 2014 |
Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja A former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has cautioned the leading opposition party in the country, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to stop giving the impression that it does not mean well for the country through its utterances and sympathy for the Boko Haram insurgents who have continued to wreak havoc on Nigerians. He dropped the hint on Thursday in Abuja at an event organised by a group, Movement for the Advancement of National Transformation (MANTRA), with the theme: ‘Transformation for National Development: The Responsibility of All Citizens’. According to him, the opposition should be responsible in its approach and work hard for a united Nigeria and also encourage the government to continue the work they have been doing particularly in the fight against terrorism. Frowning on the destructive criticism by the opposition party, Fani-Kayode said: “We should encourage them to be a little more responsible in their approach and to stop making comments that would encourage the terrorists and stop giving the impression that they don’t mean well for this country. As long as they do that, we will reserve the right to say they are irresponsible people and they are not fit for power at any level.” He added: “There is a distinction between responsible opposition and criticism which is legitimate and the tendency wanting to destroy the country, the government, the president and everybody that is associated with the government or the ruling party. If you don’t have a country, you won’t have anybody to rule over when you manage to win power.” The former minster stressed further that there was nothing wrong in criticising a government and putting it on its toes for not doing its job as it has the constitutional responsibility to protect people, secure the borders among others, but emphasised that it must be constructive. “You do not express your anger at the insurgents who are committing atrocities, rather resolving its anger, you hardly criticised them but vent your anger on the government, I think that is against the national interest, it is unpatriotic, ungodly, unacceptable. It is what right thinking Nigerians should criticise, resist and stand against,” he added. Buttressing his points, Fani-Kayode said: “I’m talking about an opposition that has been somehow involved with those who have been attacking our people, waging war against our military, whose objective is to dismember our country; they have an association of some sort, a link of some sort, and who are these people? Because they encouraged them, they have defended them, they seem to rejoice each time the insurgents achieve their objective by killing, maiming, abducting people, which they cite as evidence of the inability of the government to protect our people. “What is that you want, you want power at what cost, at the cost of the blood of our people, you want power at the cost of the abduction of our girls, you want power because you could do anything to get to the government house, because you believe the man there comes from the wrong part of the country, you believe he shares the wrong faith, you believe that at least half of this country should become Islamic fundamentalist state, forgetting that there are millions of Christians in the North and moderate Muslims in the North and South too,” he noted. Meanwhile, the National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Jude Ndukwe, said there was need to encourage constructive criticism in order to move the nation forward, stressing that some people are bent on seeing the country divided, as he added that May 29 will come and go and the country would remain. http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html |
Politics › Re: Chibok Girls To Be Released On Monday by omoharry(f): 2:46pm On Oct 24, 2014 |
I don't understand which October 24 they are referring to. for Christ sake, October 24 is Friday which is today. I am they meant say Oct 27 which is next week Monday. Anyway, we thank God. |
Politics › Re: FG To Stop Fulani Cattle Movement by omoharry(f): 9:19am On Oct 24, 2014 |
good development. |
Politics › Re: Ask Any Question About Ghana. by omoharry(f): 4:21pm On Oct 23, 2014 |
what kind of thread is this.Is this another opportunity to bash on Nigerians. GHANA THIS , GHANA THAT ,. PLS LET US BE. ABEG. |
Politics › Re: OPEN LETTER: Youth, The Revolution Is Now! by omoharry(f): 2:27pm On Oct 23, 2014 |
Save this message for the unborn youth. youth of this generation are lost and confuse. They lack the ability to discern issues as they arise in the country.they only answer to their various paid masters because they are hungry. |
Politics › Re: An Appeal To Northern Elders by omoharry(f): 10:52am On Oct 23, 2014 |
God! i have never seen a piece of work like this before. please tell them. |
Politics › Re: I See The Absurdity Of Some Myopic Propagandists About Gen Buhari! by omoharry(f): 11:17am On Oct 22, 2014 |
agabusta: We are voting Buhari 2015! Simple. You guys should stop giving yourselves unnecessary headache.
The masses have given Pres Jona his own chance and he blew it.
The wind blowing now is that of change!
And for your information, Buhari supporters are passionate and so sure about his abilities to turn things around in this country. We are not supporting him based on ethnic and religious sentiments/stomach infrastructure.
We dont care about tribe, religion and other mundane things! We hate corruption and nepotism with passion and we know that the People's General is capable of reducing this by at least 70%! We have discovered that it is corruption that is affecting the general well-being of majority of Nigerians.
Vote GMB 2015 and see the Nigeria of our dreams manifesting. WHO IS "WE" count me and other people that do not buy into this nonsense out ooo |
Politics › Re: Why Buhari Will Never Be President Of Nigeria: Must Read by omoharry(f): 11:15am On Oct 22, 2014 |
Franzeez: By Femi Aribisala ON Friday, 23rd August, 1985, the military government of Major-General Mohammadu Buhari decided to place me under arrest. My crime was that I wrote, among others, an article entitled: “Counter-trading Nigeria’s Future” in the National Concord, exposing the government’s scam of diverting public funds into private coffers through barter-trade with Brazil. A man by the name of Benson Norman was sent from the State Security Services (SSS) to my office to get me. Not finding me, he left a note that I must present myself unfailingly at the SSS office at 15 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos the next Monday morning. However, on Sunday, 25th August, 1985, Lateef Aminu came first thing in the morning to my house to inform me that the government of Buhari/Idiagbon had been overthrown. For this reason, I am fond of telling people that God brought about a change of government in Nigeria just because of me. Coup-plotter Under the Buhari/Idiagbon regime, once you ended up at 15 Awolowo Road, you may never be heard of again. Decree Number 2 of 1984 empowered Tunde Idiagbon to arrest and detain anybody indefinitely without trial and without legal reprieve. After Buhari was overthrown, Mohammadu Gambo opened the prison doors of 15 Awolowo Road on public television, revealing people in various stages of UnCloth and malnutrition that had been kept in the dungeons without trial by Buhari’s hound-dogs. As self-imposed Head of State, Buhari had no regard for human rights. Immediately he seized power, he announced that he would “tamper with” the press. Soon, the infamous Decree Number 4 was promulgated which made even the publication of the truth a punishable offence. Under this cover, Buhari jailed innocent journalists, including Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabo. He abolished civil liberties, promulgated retroactive decrees enabling him to kill Nigerians through jungle justice, proscribed civil society organizations and professional groups and exercised “absolute” power. This same Buhari would now have us believe that he has gone through some metamorphosis and has become a democrat. I am sure you will forgive me if people like me don’t believe him. Buhari is not, has never been, and will never be, a democrat. Only in Nigeria would a man with his track record, who came to power through a military coup that illegally overthrew a democratic government, now be acclaimed as a democrat. It is on record that Buhari’s military regime is the only one in Nigeria’s history that failed to promulgate a programme for return to civilian rule. Facts and fiction So what exactly qualifies Buhari as a democrat today? Precious little! There is nothing democratic about forming and joining political parties just in order to be the presidential candidate. Little wonder then that Buhari’s parties have a short shelf-life. Buhari would like to be Nigeria’s head of state once again. He can no longer achieve this through the barrel of a gun. The only route now open to him is through the democratic process. That is the reason he now conveniently fashions himself as a democrat. It is merely a means to an end; no more, no less. Buhari’s reputation as an anti-corruption crusader is also a myth. As head of state, he did not make any dent in Nigerian corruption. All we got was a cosmetic “war against indiscipline.” The counter-trade scam happened under his watch. Rather than deal with it, he sent his hound-dogs after nonentities like me who dared to expose it. That scam was no different, in scope and scale, from the petroleum subsidy and other corruption scandals that have since plagued Nigeria. The Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) that Buhari headed under Abacha was also a citadel of corruption. While Buhari himself might not have enriched himself, his cronies and those who worked under him did so handsomely. On three different occasions, Buhari has run for the presidency. On three different occasions he has failed. That should really be enough. If, as seems likely, he were to run for the presidency a fourth time in 2015, there is no question that he would fail yet again. Try as he might again and again, Mohammadu Buhari can never be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Buhari’s sectarianism There is a fundamental reason behind this. Buhari is a bad politician. He is an unbending former military dictator and not a democratic consensus-builder. Like his new ally, Bola Tinubu, Buhari is a regional, sectional politician. Such politicians are practically impossible to package and market nationally in the ethnically-delicate Nigeria of today. Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El’Rufai, one of those Northerners who deserve to be serious contenders for the presidency of Nigeria, observed that Buhari remains “perpetually unelectable” as a result of his “insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity and his parochial focus.” This is an elegant way of saying that politically, Buhari has an uncanny tendency to put his foot in his mouth. He talks before thinking of the political implications of his words. He shoots from the hip. The strength of Obasanjo, which enabled him to capture the presidency on two different occasions, was that he was perceived as a broadminded politician, not overly partial to his people in the South-West. As a matter of fact, in his first election, his people did not want him. The strength of Goodluck Jonathan, which propelled him to win the presidency, was that he was able to string together a coalition that stretched both north and south of the Niger. The weakness of Buhari is that he is totally unacceptable to people outside his region. Buhari is a Northern regional champion. As head of state in the 1980s, his government was unapologetically Northern. No attempt was made to balance the ticket at the top. It was the only regime in Nigeria’s history headed by two Northerners. When he seized power, Buhari put Shagari, the Northern head of state he overthrew, under house arrest. But then he jailed Alex Ekwueme, the Southern vice-president. You may well ask what makes Shagari less culpable for the misdeeds of the Second Republic than his number-two man. The simple fact was that Buhari was Fulani as was Shagari; but Ekwueme was Igbo. Impolitic words At the height of the Sharia debate during the Obasanjo administration, Buhari declared that Muslims should vote only for fellow Muslims. This was politically suicidal for a man seeking national office. He became an advocate for implementation of Sharia all over Nigeria. He protested to the Oyo State governor, in the context of a dispute between Fulani herdsmen and indigenous farmers in the state, that “your people are killing my people.” This turned out to be unfounded and perhaps the reverse. His threats during the campaign for the 2011 elections incited widespread violence in the North after he lost. His supporters went on a rampage; looting and killing; in spite of the fact that, by all accounts, the elections were adjudged the most free and fair in the history of Nigeria’s current democratic experiment. By the time the mayhem had subsided, over 1000 people had been slaughtered in cold blood and some 65,000 displaced. Forgetting that a statement made in Hausa would readily be translated into English, Buhari later declared unapologetically in a BBC interview: “If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.” These are the tokens of an irresponsible politician, whose ambitions for power supersede the national interest. Who then are the dogs and baboons that Buhari has in mind to soak in blood if and when he loses yet again come 2015? Are they his children or are they those of others? With the Boko Haram insurgency in the north, Buhari played to the Northern gallery yet again, calling the Jonathan government “the biggest Boko Haram.” Wole Olaniyi was a fly in the wall at a meeting in Kano Government House designed to persuade PDP rebel governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to decamp to the APC. Assuming that only Northerners were present, Buhari declared the Boko Haram was a “strategic plan” by the government of Goodluck Jonathan to “destroy the North.” When Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states, Buhari still saw this with Northern goggles, insinuating that the President is waging war on the North. President of the North Without a doubt, Buhari has massive support in the North. Indeed, he is the most popular Northern politician in the North today. But that precisely remains his undoing at the centre. The more he has been identified as a Northern champion, the less attractive he has become as a national choice. Even in the North, his support base is limited to the Muslim population. He does not appeal to Northern Christians. Then there is the added factor of the opposition of his implacable opponents among the Northern elite. Men like Babangida and Atiku would rather die than allow Buhari get to Aso Rock. One thing is certain, the South-South and the South-East will not vote for Buhari in 2015. Not only that; there are no buyers for Buhari’s sectarian politics in the South-West. No matter what Tinubu might be telling him, the people of the South-West will not vote for Buhari in 2015. We already had the template in 2011, when Buhari tried to sell himself, first by balancing his ticket with a Yoruba man; and then by making sure the Yoruba man is a Christian; a pastor no less. But it just did not wash. It will not work in 2015. The worst thing that can happen to Northern presidential aspirations in 2015 is for Buhari to be on the APC ballot. That is a sure guarantee that the North will not be providing the next president. Buhari would be a shoo-in in an election for president of Northern Nigeria. But in an election encompassing the entire country, the best he can envisage is to be a kingmaker. He cannot be king. The nearest Buhari will get to Aso Rock in 2015 is by attending the Council of State meetings. Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/buhari-will-never-president-nigeria/ HMMM! BUHARI, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THIS? ABEG GO RETIRE AND LEAVE POLITIC FOR LIBRA AND YOUNG NORTHERNERS |
Politics › Re: Calling Christians To Vote For Buhari In 2015 by omoharry(f): 9:00am On Oct 22, 2014 |
Thesame Buhari that said Muslim has not business voting for a non Muslim but was seen visiting some church in his last election to seek endorsement. now he want our vote abi? the same Buhari that believed and spoke openly that sharia should be implement in the whole country because it is a good thing( now look at what sharia has done in the area where it is being practiced ) is this the kind of leader that you want us to vote for?HE IS A RELIGIOUS BIGOT AND TRIBAL LEADER. This man that ones said BOKO HARAM are freedom fighters. he is a snake under the green grass. I am not in support of Jonathan's administration because he is too weak and allowed corruption to flourish under his watch but if i have no other option to choose between him BUHARI , i will choose Jonathan. I wont cast my vote for a Tribal leader whose only interest is in the north and their religious ideology. |
Politics › Re: Please What Has Our President Actually Done Wrong(a Must Read 4 Nigerians) by omoharry(f): 8:39am On Oct 22, 2014 |
wait ooo! sey all the APC e warriors cannot even bring out any tangible evidence against President Jona .This is really a show of their hatred for presido for just the fact that APC want power by all means. na waoo. this is really politics of bitterness. |
Politics › Re: Pictures Of Ongoing Standard Guage Rail Project In Abuja by omoharry(f): 9:55am On Oct 20, 2014 |
brownlord: Nonsense,I guess this project will be abandon as soon as the man gets voted in the second time, I saw this with oshiomole already. Nigeria politicians be deceiving us since 1914 BAD BELLE. |
Politics › Re: Inter-ethnic Marriages Or NYSC Which Can Promote National Integration Better? by omoharry(f): 11:01am On Oct 17, 2014 |
itsrandeeboi: The question is: is there as much divisiveness in reality or does the internet appear to just blow things out of proportion? Do we really hate each other or do we just have the natural respectful dislike everybody has for anybody from somewhere else? Think of it. I go to markets and I see Igbo and Yoruba traders trading side-by-side without hassle, helping each other and sometimes making sales in the absence of their neighbour from another tribe. If we hated each other that much, would we be able to do that? I mean, sure the Yoruba man might think Igbo men like money too much or the Igbo man might think the Yorubas throw quite a lot of parties but then, think of it as an American thinking a German drinks too much beer and the German thinking the Americans really love guns. It doesn't mean they hate each other. The problem is that some people come online and just wantonly bash other tribes because they feel it is harmless but a huge majority of the people that engage in tribal bashing online have really good friends from the tribe they are bashing but they feel they're just catching fun at someone else's expense.
If there is any divisiveness, it is from some of our leaders who try to play us off against each other. Incidentally, among our corrupt leaders, they aren't tribally divisive. They share the money and everybody is happy meanwhile we keep deceiving ourselves that we hate each other. coming from some one that has a discerning mind. 1000 likes |