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Politics / Re: Benue Killings: You Lied, Osinbajo Replies Ortom by Peter262: 5:04pm On Jan 15, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Benue Leaders To Buhari - No Land For Cattle Colonies In Our State by Peter262: 5:01pm On Jan 15, 2018 |
Smh.. 2 Likes
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Culture / Re: Are The Ikwerre People Igbo Or Not? by Peter262: 6:03pm On Dec 08, 2015 |
Na them sabi 1 Like 1 Share |
Politics / Re: FOR THE RECORDS: Buhari Failures And Misdeeds In Words And Pictures by Peter262: 12:51pm On Nov 19, 2015 |
1. We pilloried Jonathan's administration for maintaining a wasteful 12-aircraft presidential fleet (enough to constitute a modest airline) despite the deepening hardship and cash crunch in the country. In response to initial misinformation from overzealous Buhari supporters about Buhari's decision to sell off most of the aircraft, the administration came out and firmly denied taking such a decision and has continued to maintain the same presidential fleet. This inexplicable resolve to continue with what is universally regarded as a symbol of executive profligacy is not attracting any critical attention from otherwise skeptical citizens. And I don't want to hear the excuse that Buhari didn't buy the aircraft, that he inherited them. 2. Staying with the aircraft theme, the new Customs boss, Col. Hameed Ali, a key Buhari appointee, travels around to conduct official business in a cozy private jet, but he is being praised as a man of action instead of being criticized with the same vehemence with which Mrs. Diezani Allison-Maduekwe, former minister of petroleum, was criticized for doing the same thing. 3. The economy is reeling from Buhari's misguided, counterproductive, and unsustainable policy of defending the naira at all cost by placing primitive and economically unsound restrictions on access to foreign exchange. This currency control has compounded a curious companion policy of decreeing bans on certain imports (both raw materials an finished goods) and wishing that Nigeria would magically begin producing them in spite of structural problems like poor electricity, reliance on imported heavy machinery, expensive borrowing rates, a general poverty of infrastructure, and a volatile policy environment. Our reaction to this cluelessness has been either to stay silent or to praise Buhari’s intentions, as though his lofty intentions outweigh the real damage that this policy is doing to various sectors of the economy. The road to hell they say is paved with good intentions, and we may very well be headed to a figurative hell with the pronouncement by the CBN that Nigeria’s economy will enter recession next year. We scrutinized all of Jonathan's economic policies, taking them apart when they did not make sense. But we seem to have conceded to Buhari the right to make as many mistakes as he wants even at the cost of inflicting serious harm on the economy at a time of low oil prices and a resulting economic contraction. It's almost as if we think that the old man knows best and have suspended our critical faculties as a result. 4. Several bomb blasts rocked the northeastern states of Adamawa and Borno in the course of two days, killing cores of our citizens and puncturing our already fragile security. It took the presidency an entire day to acknowledge the tragedy and offer words of comfort to a beleaguered and traumatized nation and to the victims' families. When Jonathan displayed similar crass indifference to the nihilist violence of Boko Haram and to the victims of the carnage, we spared no outrage in criticizing him and his team. Today, we seem to have given Buhari's government an open-ended benefit of the doubt on the same attitude. 5. When Jonathan failed to articulate a coherent road map for defeating Boko Haram, we rightly called him out on the failure. Buhari has not clued the nation into his grand strategy for ending the insurgency, if one exists. Yet we have not demanded that he communicate clearly with the nation on this. 6. When Jonathan hired some South African mercenaries to help drive out the insurgents from Nigerian's towns and villages, many of us saw that as a humiliating climb down for our army and our country, a testament to the failure to equip and motivate the army to fight at their maximum ability. Then candidate Buhari criticized Jonathan for surrendering and violating Nigeria's sovereignty, pride, and status as a regional power. He said the Nigerian army was capable, by itself, of routing the enemy if properly equipped and motivated. Several days ago, however, we read news, still undenied, that the administration has done exactly the same thing that candidate Buhari angrily condemned. They have quietly hired South African mercenaries to help combat Boko Haram and to meet the December deadline issued by the president. We are yet to hear any serious critique of this decision to continue with a previously criticized Jonathan strategy. 7. When Jonathan travelled to Chad to try to enlist the help of Idris Deby in combating the insurgency, he was mocked for being weak and for groveling before regional minnows. The cantankerous Nasir el-Rufai even suggested in a tweet that the former president had gone to Chad to confer with Deby on how to plan more attacks, an outrageous nod to the conspiracy theories circulating in the north about Jonathan's complicity in, if not sponsorship of, Boko Haram. Today, Buhari's most discernible public gesture in the fight against Boko Haram is his travel around the world and in our region begging for foreign help and corporation. And he seems to have invested all his strategic permutations in the regional force headquartered in Chad. He is, in other words, doing what Jonathan did or tried to do. But the reaction to his actions has been decidedly and radically different. While Jonathan was widely condemned, Buhari is being praised for courting much needed alliances for defeating Boko Haram. 8. When Jonathan appointed (and defended) several people tainted by allegations and revelations of corruption into his government, we rightly expressed our disapproval in very strident language. Today, Buhari has appointed people plagued by weighty and credible allegations of corruption into his cabinet and into key roles in his administration. Instead of dusting up our anti-Jonathan criticism and applying it to Buhari, we have now crafted a new argument for rationalizing this brazen act of self-contradiction by an anti-corruption president. We now argue that the appointees may have been corrupt but that, serving under Buhari, they will not dare touch government money. That may be so, given the personal example of incorruptibility from Buhari, but that does not invalidate the truth that such appointments constitute a reward for corruption — and a bad signal to corrupt officials. Those who should be answering to allegations and revelations of corruption will instead be enjoying the prestige and aura of high office in an administration purportedly anchored on an anti-corruption ethos. This list is not exhaustive. You can add to it. http://saharareporters.com/2015/10/26/giving-buhari-long-leash-setting-him-failure-moses-e-ochonu 8 Likes 5 Shares
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Politics / Re: One Of The Natural Resources That The Govt, Can't Take Away from You (picture) by Peter262: 2:30pm On Nov 18, 2015 |
rule number 1: never get high on your own crack |
Romance / Re: Miss Nairaland December 2014 Winner: Jennimma! by Peter262: 4:07pm On Nov 08, 2014 |
I vote jenimma |
Politics / Re: What Datolee Didn't Tell Us About Buhari by Peter262: 5:41pm On Nov 06, 2014 |
Obiagelli:the fear of datolee is the beginin of wisdom 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Thank You Mr President by Peter262: 8:02pm On Nov 04, 2014 |
Ezemust:. I have heard you. |
Politics / Re: Thank You Mr President by Peter262: 5:42pm On Nov 04, 2014 |
Ezemust:. If you think that boko haram is a joke, than u better wake up. My prayer is that none of you shall. Withness what we passed through |
Politics / Thank You Mr President by Peter262: 4:32pm On Nov 04, 2014 |
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Religion / Re: Understanding The Concept of Tithing by Peter262: 11:03am On Nov 02, 2014 |
lastmessenger:do u think dat any person that answers pastor is a pastor? Do u think that anybody that owns a Church is a servant of God? Till the day u know the differeCe btw God anD man, for nw I rest my case |
Religion / Re: Understanding The Concept of Tithing by Peter262: 8:46am On Nov 02, 2014 |
Any person that says tithing is unchristian is an advocate of the devil. Pastors are not 9 to 5 workers, they got bills to pay, from wia do u expect them to get money? God is watching 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Fight At APC Convention Wounds 70, As Buhari & Atiku Supporters Clash (Photos) by Peter262: 5:22pm On Oct 30, 2014 |
I saw this yesterday nyt on nta network news ;DI |
Politics / Re: Fight At APC Convention Wounds 70, As Buhari & Atiku Supporters Clash (Photos) by Peter262: 5:20pm On Oct 30, 2014 |
I saw this yesterday nyt on nta network news 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: Why Tambuwal's Security Was Withdrawn: He's No Longer The Speaker by Peter262: 1:35pm On Oct 30, 2014 |
If u ar not ok with this, u can go to court. 2 Likes |
Celebrities / Re: Check Out Rita Dominic’s Look At A Wedding by Peter262: 2:15pm On Oct 27, 2014 |
clean2:if dis is christianity than ur so called jesus is a dictator. Christianity of the bible no be by force |
Sports / Re: Make Good Cash Today From Naijapredict, 1960bet, Nairabet by Peter262: 6:21am On Oct 20, 2014 |
Pls sir I find it difficult to register wit nairabet. I even registered with bet9ja but when I try to login it says password or username wrong. Dis my email. Peternwani223@gmai .com 0817814821 |
Business / Re: Prediction E-Learning Centre by Peter262: 5:15pm On Aug 28, 2014 |
RIDE ON SIRE,.PATIENTLY FOLLOWING |
Religion / Re: Top Secrets Your Pastors Are Hiding From You. by Peter262: 10:03pm On Aug 24, 2014 |
THE OP SHOULD PLEASE VISIT REMNANTOFGOD.ORG.. PLEASE SHARE WITH US WHATSOEVER U SEE DIA.REMAIN BLESSED |
Foreign Affairs / Re: There Is A Race Riot Going On In America Right Now!! by Peter262: 6:56am On Aug 14, 2014 |
patiently waiting for apc e - TO START blaming goodluck for this 13 Likes |
Politics / Re: Youth Leaders To Jonathan: Don’t Contest 2015 Election by Peter262: 8:10am On Aug 12, 2014 |
emeka762001: if goodluck doesn't contest, who do they want, guess buhari, atiku or sanusi. |
Health / Medical Cure For Aids by Peter262: 7:56am On Aug 08, 2014 |
it can be found from the united states patent and trademark website. patent 5676977, somebody should copy and paste it to nairaland.thanks |
Health / Medical Cure For Aids by Peter262: 7:39am On Aug 08, 2014 |
Copy and paste it to nairaland. from the united states patent and trademark website. Patent 5676977. its the cure for aids |
Politics / Re: Adamawa Ex-deputy Governor Asks Court To Declare Him Gov by Peter262: 9:05pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
SPEECHLESS |
Romance / Re: What Makes An Opposite Sex Attractive To You by Peter262: 10:10am On Jul 16, 2014 |
Atmmachine: Nothing attracts me to Nigerian girls because they re dirty & their pucci smells like dead goat... That was why i turned gay |
Politics / Re: North Cries Wolf On Funds Imbalance: GEJ Budgets 111B For the East and 2B For NE by Peter262: 11:12am On Jan 09, 2014 |
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Crime / Re: 5 Policemen Detained For Renting Rifle To Kidnappers by Peter262: 10:27am On Jan 06, 2014 |
POLICE IS YOUR FRIEND |
Religion / Re: Im Committing Suicide Tomorrow With Methadone by Peter262: 10:28am On Jan 05, 2014 |
my guy u have xperieced love before.u have q family...my father abandoned me at the age of 18...I had no choice than to look for a manual job to do...I started learning plumbing job...I suffered digging the ground and chiseling just for a better tomorrow...now am on my own and am the bread winner of my family...I pray God will give you the strength to overcome ur condition amen |
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