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Hello guys,
I have been trying to know some things about Festus Keyamo's background but without much success. I could not find much details on Google too. If anyone has useful details please let me know.
Thanks

N.B: I am not Ikedi Ohakim's agent ooo.

Was it not the same Ikedi Ohakim's aides that manhandled a helpless female driver in Lagos in the presence of her kids some time ago? He has the antecedents so i would not be surprised. He has not even apologized for that barbaric act and then this. Anyone attempting to defend this perfidious and barbaric act needs to have his head examined.

Even the mighty Oshiomole can no longer tolerate the opposition as head of legislature. You can never trust Nigerian politicians.

All the responses have nothing to say about the topic. Some ethnic jingoists now have something to feed their appetites on. Awolowo remains the true hero of Yorubaland. His legacies are there for all to see. You cannot appreciate what you do not have.

I'm sure you can't fault Ife products!

chosen04:
What is in a name?
Why is[b] Okonkwo Donatus[/b], donating this governorship ticket to Soludo at the last minute?

I think he must have weighed his options.

Very funny

@Jarus
I read the advert too. It's quite hilarious. It sounds just like a government propaganda. Something like "providing 500 jobs this year" and other ridiculous stuffs.
Our man will do better than Magnus Kpakol as NAPEP Chairman.

edoyad:
This jarus guy is a plagiarist, that's why sokoto people wanted to behead him. I know the site this story was stolen from. Let him come and deny it. But then again what do you expect from an Ife bred ?

Excuse me

@Yemmight

I will really like to discuss some very important issues with you off the public domain. My email address is labi2k2@yahoo.com.
Thanks,

That the much touted land redistribution was a ploy to build support for his inordinate ambition. Sorry, you could not reason that out.

Afam:
I rarely respond to posts on NL these days because it seems people would rather make unsubstantiated claims or false allegations and expect others to clear the air.

Referencing the first statement in your response, my statement was specific to Mugabe and the problem in Zimbabwe whereas your statement was misleading as it was non specific.

I will respond to 2 questions that you raised that have not been dealt with before now.

1. Mugabe waged a war to liberate the present day Zimbabwe from the colonialists.

2. The issue of land reform is not a fallout of any disagreement concerning willingness to cling to power. Use google please if you are not at home with the facts.

Discussions don't become intellectually based when someone claims it is, the quality of the argument based on logic, facts and common sense make them.

Please, based your comments on facts or I won't even bother to respond to them.

And in response please see below:
1999 to 2000

However, Zimbabwe began experiencing a period of considerable political and economic upheaval in 1999. Opposition to President Mugabe and the ZANU-PF government grew considerably after the mid-1990s in part due to worsening economic and human rights conditions.[13] The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was established in September 1999 as an opposition party founded by trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai.

The MDC's first opportunity to test opposition to the Mugabe government came in February 2000, when a referendum was held on a draft constitution proposed by the government. Among its elements, the new constitution would have permitted President Mugabe to seek two additional terms in office, granted government officials immunity from prosecution, and authorised government seizure of white-owned land. The referendum was handily defeated. Shortly thereafter, the government, through a loosely organised group of war veterans, sanctioned an aggressive land redistribution program often characterised by forced expulsion of white farmers and violence against both farmers and farm employees[citation needed].

Parliamentary elections held in June 2000 were marred by localised violence, and claims of electoral irregularities and government intimidation of opposition supporters[citation needed]. Nonetheless, the MDC succeeded in capturing 57 of 120 seats in the National Assembly.



Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Zimbabwe#1999_to_2000

Sam Milla:
@afam
i saw his post and vetoed against responding to it.
i suggest you do the same.
Let him have the final say and increase his level of ignorance

I'll not spare words for you. Where are you from? I bet you are ashamed to disclose the banana republic that threw up an ape like you. Just who are you to use the word "veto"? You are coarse, arrogant and a nincompoop.

When people choose to ignore arguments raised by others and rather continue to pontificate their ego blighted reasoning, then I'll humbly stick to my ignorance. Afterall, ignorance is bliss.

Sam Milla:
@afam
i saw his post and vetoed against responding to it.
i suggest you do the same.
Let him have the final say and increase his level of ignorance
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I'll not spare words for you. Where are you from? I bet you are ashamed to disclose the banana republic that threw up an ape like you. Just who are you to use the word "veto"? You are coarse, arrogant and a nincompoop.

@Afam
"The man Mugabe remains a hero that is being dealt with by the Western powers for not carrying out their instructions."

I don't know what you mean by making general and misleading statement if the above was from you.
I have my own questions too.

Was Mugabe too helped into power by the same west that purportedly sponsored Morgan's election? (If Who sponsored Morgan's election? Where did he get his funding from? Are Americans, Australians and Britons now Zimbabweans? Open your eyes my friend.)


Why did it take Mugabe more than 25 years to realize the need for the land reform? (Mugabe was honored in Britain as a Knight when the going was good. Remember that Zimbabwe at a time had the highest literacy level in Africa and was a beautiful place.)


As at 1995 when Mugabe and other Commonwealth leaders sent Nigeria out of Commonwealth, was he an ally of the west?

Was the land reform initiative not a fallout of the disagreement with the West over his desire to cling to power at all cost?

Will you agree that his decision to transfer land ownership to the blacks was to spite the West and curry the favour of the blacks? (If
Mugabe enjoys the support of at least half of Zimbabweans based on the said elections including the military whose support is crucial in any government in any part of the world.)

Is it then fair for just one man to hold on to power perpetually? (If Libya's president has been in power since 1969 so it is not about how long but how well.)
Then, i'll recommend monarchy.

With due respect, people should endeavor to eschew chauvinistic prisms when engaging in an intellectual discourse like this.

What is unbelievable about it We have leaders who are too dumb that they can't read their names backward. When this thing started in Jos last week, you would have expected the governors of the volatile states in the North to beef up their security but alas, they can't be pragmatic, at least for once. Now, the North is on fire.

@ Afam

Afam:
The man Mugabe remains a hero that is being dealt with by the Western powers for not carrying out their instructions.

What Zimbabweans are going through today could happen to even Nigerians if the same type of conspiracy is carried out by the Western powers.

We need to start asking why not just analysing what.

I beg to disagree with your position. It is not enough to always blame the West for all our woes when we all know that they are self-inflicted woes. If you think Mugabe is a hero, then villainy doesn't exist. Albeit, many will consider it a travesty to consider someone like Mugabe a hero by whatever stretch of imagination.
This man gained power in 1980 and has been unwilling to relinquish it ever since. For 30 years (maybe it should be in figures), he has been ruling Zimbabwe through coercion and persuasion. He has changed the country's constitution several times to perpetuate himself in power, even when it was obvious that Zimbabweans have had enough of him by voting massively for Morgan Tsvangirai. Yet, your hero held on to power and he cunningly agreed to share power (that he had lost) with the opposition after series of violent confrontations between supporters of both parties and interventions from Thabo Mbeki, Arcbishop Tutu etc.
Yes, it almost happened to Nigeria in 1995 and it was Mugabe, yes Mugabe that championed it. The Nigerian dictator had just executed Ken Saro Wiwa much to the consternation of the whole world. The Commonwealth Conference that year was held in Harare (remember the Games was also held there in 95 like Abuja 2003). Mugabe, alongside other Commonwealth leaders openly sent Nigeria represented by Tom Ikimi out of the Conference. There were sanctions against Nigeria then until we returned to democracy in 1999. Maybe you will recall that Nigeria was in economic doldrums in the late 1990s as a result of this.

When despotic rulers fail to do the right things, their people become the unfortunate pawns in the game of politics.

We are waiting

What has Fashola done? Lagos works. However, those of us from rural parts of the State like Epe want to see some developments there too!

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daughters-in-law*

There shall be no peace for the wicked. Whosoever gave the directive has God to contend with. They should know that truth will prevail.

SapeleGuy:
We need a heavily armed Anti Terrorist Task Force to be permanently stationed in these areas, with helicopter and Tank support to fire these animals.
Instead some clowns keep dreaming of Africom in Niger Delta.

I fully subscribe to that. If they did it in the Niger Delta why not in the flash-points in the North or is it because no mineral resources is being threatened? What of the abundant and helpless human resources

@ Poster
Yes, why not? MLK was a Reverend gentleman. It is on record that his protests were not-violent and they achieved the desired results. I had wanted to quote Edmund Burke too to prove that point but someone had beaten me to it.
Christians are supposed to be agents of change and pastors are leaders, yes God ordained leaders. It is indeed glorious and delightful when they lead the path to restoration.

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I think i agree with you.

It all begins with the head. The thrust of our foreign policy is no longer definitive. We do not know where we stand in our relationship with other countries. That is why we are being blacklisted by USA, not giving relief to Haiti, no longer relevant in AU, Obama didn't visit Nigeria when he came to Africa etc.
All these are because we have leaders without vision.

News* Though I am not surprised considering Tinubu's antecedents. He sure knows how to fight dirty. As for planning to stifle a popular protest, let's just wait and see. I overheard Bisi Akande on the TV saying the decision on BRF's second term has not been taken by them. I asked myself if they are in any way different from PDP. I keep telling my folks, BRF is only a good product and it has nothing to do with the party.
I witnessed 4 years of disappointment in Osun State when the same Akande was governor and it was so bad he knew he could never come back.
We, the people of Lagos, do not need the likes of Akande, Ajomale, Tinubu etc.(though he gave us Fashola) to tell us who we want to rule us.

Funny

chatupkay:
May be CNN & BBC are waiting for his call too!

Same here, no info on BBC and CNN.

twinskenny:
The North will never agree to Goodluck to become the president, lets wait and see,  i hope they wont be crisis

Why is this myth about the Northern hegemony being blown out of proportion? We are in the 21st century. Never again will a section dominate the other. If we southerners can have a common resolve, can they stand us??

@ Poster
The date quoted in your post is 10th December 2009. Does it mean that Yar Adua has died since 10th December and they have been keeping it under wraps since then?

Pro Anti:
I dont believe the story. The news source isnt trustworthy.

My President is not dead!

He has ceased being my President since he abdicated his role as Commander in Chief (without replacement) and has been incommunicado for more than 50 days. More so, it is better to assume that he is dead than believe that he is missing, as the Yoruba adage says (omo eni ku san ju omo eni sonu lo).

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