₦airaland Forum

ABUJA – Signs that ex-president Olusegun
Obasanjo subtly amassed support for the
election of General Mohammadu Buhari
as the Nigeria’s next president and also
wants him to succeed in office became
evident Thusday when he handed over a
report of a strategic development plan to
Buhari.
The reports contained templates that
would assist the incoming government to
rapidly achieve its objectives of taking the
nation a notch higher.
Top on the list were Education, Power
sector, Economy, Security and
Infrastructure.
The development followed a research
work embarked upon by the Centre for
Human Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo
Presidential Library on major social
challenges facing Nigeria 4 months ago.
The event which took place at the Buhari
Support Organization, BSO’s office in
Abuja featured the chairman, governing
board of the Centre for Human Security of
Obasanjo Presidential Library, Professor
Akin Mabogunje, who was incidentally the
chairman of the committee, former
Minister of Finance and Committees vice
chairman, Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu who present
volumes of the report to Buhari and Dr.
Christopher Kolade who headed the
power committee.
Speaking to Journalists at the end of the
brief ceremony that was held behind
closed doors, Mabogunje said the report
contained policy documents that would
help the president-elect restructure
Nigeria, revealing that Buhari was full of
thanks for the documents.
He said: “Centre for Human Security of
the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential
Liberary has being working on a number
of critical issues for the development of
this country and they have now sent a
delegation of those who’ve been involved
with the preparation of those policy
documents to talk to the president-elect
and get him to appreciate what is being
done to help his administration. That’s
why we are here.
“We’ve looked at education, security,
economy, power and Infrastructure.
Those are the areas we’ve made
recommendations and which we hope the
new administration will be able to work
on.
“He (Buhari) was very happy that we’ve
been thinking about how to help him hit
the ground running and he expressed his
appreciation for what we’ve been doing.”
Giving details of the reports, Dr. Kolade
explained the long, medium and short
terms goals of the report.
According to him, the strategic plan
hoped to raise the country’s power
generation to 10,000 MW within a short
period of time.
Expanding thoughts on the development
also, the Buhari’s media spokesperson,
Mallam Garba Shehu said “the whole idea
was that Obasanjo set up his own think-
tank with the aim of carrying out a study
on challenges facing the country in five
key areas of Education, Power sector,
Economy, Security and Infrastructure.
The study was commissioned four months
ago so that the outcome will be made
available to the incoming administration
after the election.”
He also stated that the president-elect
expressed gratitude to Obasanjo for their
kind gesture, however regretting that the
outgoing regime of president Goodluck
Jonathan had not done anything close to
that.
“An appreciative President-elect
expressed gratitude to Obasanjo and his
team, describing their intervention as a
great impetus for the incoming
government.
Buhari regretted that the out-going
government that is supposed to give him
tips on how to take-off has done nothing
so far. He thanked the Obasanjo for their
gesture, assuring them that his incoming
administration will be needing their
advice as time goes on”, Shehu said.
Mallam Ahmed Joda, chairman of Buhari
transition committee refused to speak in
his capacity as the transition committee
chairman when asked by Journalists to
make input.
“I am here not in the capacity of the
chairman of the transition committee. I
am here because I am a chairman of one
of the committees of the centre that
consider security issues at the Obasanjo
centre for human security”, he said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/obasanjo-hands-over-report-on-strategic-devt-plan-to-buhari/

Elated by the successful outcome of the
last general elections, former Head of
State, General Yakubu Gowon, Thursday,
said that despite the
assertions of naysayers and uncertified
futurologists who predicted the break-up
of Nigeria in 2015, the effective prayers of
the people of faith moved the hands of
God to intervene in the affairs of
the country.
In his remark, at a lecture entitled: “The
Church and Nigerian Nation: Impact,
Challenges and the Way Forward,” to
mark the 60th Anniversary
of the Foursquare Gospel Church in
Nigeria (FGCN), held at the National
Headquarters of the Church in Lagos,
Gowon who chaired the occasion said,
that Nigeria has remained together
should surprise no one because God has
given the nation the assurance that He
would always answer Nigerians whenever
they call upon Him.
Recalling the events that led to the civil
war in 1967-1970, he jokingly said that his
colleague Chukwuemeka Ojukwu never
believed he (Gowon) would call out
Nigeria’s fighting forces to fight against
the Biafran side in order to keep Nigeria
one.
According to Gowon, the Bible has
consistently been his companion from his
childhood till date, adding that his
colleague, Ojukwu had said then, he
(Gowon) was a Christian, who carries
around suitcase with a Bible inside, and so
wouldn’t like to call out the Nigerian
Federal forces to war in order to stop the
secession.
Gowon said: “All my life, from childhood
to this present day, the Bible has
consistently been my companion. I
discovered quite early that every word of
God contained therein speak to every
situation in the life of every man or
woman, great or small and to occurrences
in every nation, big or small. Since these
words are self-evidently true, they are
reliable and unfailing. This should surprise
no one because God Himself gave us the
assurance that He would always answer
when we call upon Him.
“You will agree that, across time,
happenings in our fatherland have almost
always ensured that people of faith across
denominations in Christendom and in
Islam kept unending vigil for the love of
country. Let me share a joke of what
happened before the civil war
in 1967-1970. I think it was my colleague
Emeka Ojukwu that said I know Jack, he is
a Christian, who always carries a suitcase
around with the Bible inside. He wouldn’t
like to fight. Unfortunately, he was
proved wrong. However, it was through
the grace of God, that we were able
to keep Nigeria one.
“It was the prayers of people of God and
the bravery of our fighting forces that
kept this country together. After the civil
war, it was wisdom from God to willing
and obedient hearts that helped us
to initiate and implement programmes
that best served the interest of
the people. It was God that helped to
stem the tide of bloody coups in Nigeria
so that we can enjoy democracy today.
“Even when naysayers wrote off this
nation and various
uncertified futurologists predicted the
break up of Nigeria by 2015 as a bye-
product of the recently concluded general
elections, the effective prayers of people
of faith moved the hands of God and He
once more intervened in the affairs of our
dear country.”
He added: “I was in Addis Ababa for a
conference and when the news came that
the incumbent president had
congratulated his opponent, everyone at
the conference was happy and they
started congratulating me and other
Nigerians at the conference. Let us
imagine what would have happened if
President Goodluck Jonathan had refused
to do that.”
Speaking further, Gowon, who
congratulated Foursquare Gospel Church
on the occasion of its Diamond Jubilee
celebrations, however said
religious leaders in Nigeria must stand in
the gap between temporal power and the
people and must never cease to speak
the truth to those
in power, adding that religious leaders
must positively advise leaders on the way
forward and must be fair and honest in
their dealings with
both sides.
He further said they must be conciliatory,
not condemnatory and help the
leadership to correctly interpret policies
to the people.
According to the retired General, this will
ensure that the polity is not heated up for
no reason than the protection of the self-
interest of a few powerful elite members
of the society.
In his lecture, the Guest Speaker and Vice
Chancellor, McPherson University (McU),
Seriki-Sotayo, Ogun State, Prof. Adeniyi
Agunbiade, who noted that the role of the
Church and the Nigerian State should
be complimentary, urged all Nigerians to
put hands on deck with the President-
elect, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and
his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to bring
about the much needed change in
Nigeria.
According to Agunbiade, “It’s never too
late for the Church to lay the right
foundation for leadership. The Church
must partner with government in the
social advocacy to instil moral value and
honesty among Nigerians.”
Meanwhile, the General Overseer, FGCN,
disclosed that within six decades of the
church’s existence, it has been positioned
as one of the country’s leading
Pentecostal movements, highly regarded
for its scrupulous adherence to the
immutability and sanctity of the word
of God.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/ojukwu-never-believed-ill-go-to-war-over-biafra-gowon/

Laid2001:
MAIDUGURI

oga no offense but dat last pic is NUC building in abuja o

Jollymich:
that is not true picture of northen nigeria

kindly show us pls?

JOS

face of a transformer

ABUJA—The inauguration of the
President-elect, General Muhammadu
Buhari would be low key, the chairman,
All Progressives Congress, APC Transition
Committee Chairman, Chief Timipre Sylva
said, yesterday. Speaking to journalists in
Abuja, Sylva cited the dwindling economy
as the reason for the decision.
Though he was not categorical about the
number of Heads of State anticipated to
grace the occasion on May 29, Sylva,
however, said that a number of them
would come. He said: “There are no
challenges, we are planning very well and
I think we are going to give Nigerians a
compact inauguration.
“We are not going to be flamboyant. We
think that this country cannot afford a
flamboyant ceremony this time because
the economy is not in good shape right
now. So we are actually planning to give
Nigerians a sanitized and compact event
which will be a source of pride to
Nigerians.
“We have not gotten all the confirmations
but we have already gotten from some
countries. He also dismissed the
insinuation that there may be rift
between the incoming and the outgoing
government. “There is no problem, it is
just politics. What happened is that they
were on the wrong side and they lost.
We are on the right side and we won. And
so, the government will have to continue
and just like we were there when they
were governing, they also have to be
there when we are governing the
country,” he said. On the allegation that
he was carrying a corruption baggage and
as such was not qualified to be in Buhari’s
cabinet, Sylva, who was also the former
governor of Bayelsa State, expressed
shock that his detractors had already
convicted him before the courts would
give their judgment on the matter.
He said he was innocent of all the
charges, believing that the courts would
eventually quash the charges. “I will be
shocked to hear that. Maybe, those
peddling the allegation are the courts and
they have already convicted me. We have
courts in the land and you know that PDP
is the party of impunity. Today if I pick
you up and I charge you to court on
charges of corruption, does that convict
you? It is only the court that can convict
you and that is why we have rule of law.
“A situation where people just pick you
up and say you’re corrupt just to
persecute you, does not augur well for
our democracy. I have been vindicated
politically and I will be vindicated by the
court also because I ran the best
government in Bayelsa state, a better
government than what the outgoing
President ran in Bayelsa state. “I can
assure you that I am going to come out
clean at the end of the day from the
charges against me.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/buharis-inauguration-expect-low-key-ceremony-apc-transition-cttee-chair/

salisy:
Ok. Kwara and Kogi are South. Are u happy now?

jst leave dem o.. i av removed illorin already and replaced it with maiduguri. nd d maiduguri pics evn make sense pass d illorin evdn with d insurgency issue dia

manck2:
[size=28pt]Ilorin and kwara and kogi state are not part of Nigeria. It is part of the Independent country of the Kingdom of Western Nigeria.
This is why we have all of the palace for the duke there..
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owk sorry ooo..

Lemon12:
Ilorin follow for northern states


Yorubas will u guys allow northerners to take ilorin jux like that without a fight ??

Pathetic !!!!!!!!

nawa for u o... are dey complaining? y u dey drink panadol for anoda prsn head?

ABUJA – Former British Prime Minister,
Mr. Tony Blair on Wednesday assured
President-elect, General Mohammadu
Buhari of the support of the major
democracies of the world, especially
Britain to enable him succeed.
Blair gave the assurance during his
congratulatory visit to Buhari in Abuja.
Speaking to Journalists after a closed door
meeting, the former PM hailed the
credibility and the tranquillity that defined
the last general elections, saying that
Nigeria and her people had earned the
respect of the international community.
He expressed confidence in the incoming
government of Buhari, saying that it was
determined to achieve its set objectives.
He said: “In the last few weeks, Nigeria
has earned respect through out the whole
world. There is enormous support for
Nigeria now in the international
community. The support takes into
consideration the challenges that lie
ahead and there is great confidence in the
country.
“This is an election which took place in a
way which the country showed the
majority of democracies the spirit and
character of its people and in the
President elect and Vice President elect.
“It is a leadership that I know is
determined to do its best for the country.
Obviously, the future and destiny of
Nigeria lies in the hand of its people.
“I just want to say to the President elect
that there is tremendous support for you
and the country at this moment and all of
us. In what ever way we can stand ready
to support you and help you. It is a
moment of great challenges which bother
on the life of the people as well as their
security and so on.
“If the same spirit and character that
defined the election can be taken through
these coming years to address the
challenges, I think we can all have great
confidence in the times ahead.
“Thank you very much for giving me the
opportunity to see you again here in
Nigeria and wish you and your team the
best in the times head”.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/the-world-is-behind-you-blair-tells-buhari/

A7:
Most of the photos are older than you OP, you don't just google stuff like this, get a camera and tour round the states come back here and update us, that is far better and more welcoming than the google debrisses you're posting.

so what ar u trying to say? dat bomb must hav brought down all d structures abi? so kano fly over bridge comissioned by kwankwasso dis yr is an old structure? nd since d pics are "older" dan me as u said, i was born lyk 2 months ago?

MAIDUGURI

KATSINA

BAUCHI

NIGER STATE

and

GOMBE

this is KADUNA

more.

more.

I dnt knw if dia are no northerners on NL or smtin, wen ppl are uploadin pics frm cities frm dia own region, dey jst dey look like "lookman" some ppl evn say ntn good comes frm dis part of the coumtry well...

lets start with kano d pride of d North.