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Desola: Well, I'm sure that is a negligible price to pay as far as the British government is concerned when cognisance is taken of the number of Nigerians present and willing to enter the UK in sharp comparison to the very few Britons who work in Nigeria.

I wouldn't mind paying such price if I were the uk. Britons in Nigeria majorly highly skilled tax payers whose expertise are highly sought after as opposed to prejoratively low skilled economic migrants who troop into the UK.

The UK wins.

Pat Akpos: Nice write up. I made 1st page today...... Yay!!

emmanuel4758: goooooal civ 3 wat a penalty

solomon111: WTF are you saying.?
That OBJ was not corrupt?
*Wetin i no go hear for nairaland*.

No mind them, He is as corrupt as GEJ abi?

ogugua88: Considering that you're dropping your bb pin and asking for sexual hookups in the dating section, I doubt you know the meaning "love".

scribble: Karen is not well liked and needs to take several seats. She is full of herself and ppl don't think she ought to be so smug. So every chance they get, they relish the ability to put her in her place. She won due to patriotism of Nigerians and not because of any stellar personality traits. She should not talk bad about whhat we all know is wrong with the house. Personally I think any1 that watches BBA has the IQ of a tse-tse fly so she gets what she deserves by being a part of that movement and then talking it down. As for a talkshow for a husband, is that how desperate she really is? Even if that her prize money had not almost finished and she was a billionaire and asked me to marry her, or sign up to a show to contest to marry her, I'd sooner subscribe to vows of chastity than do so. Word to moses!!!

God4memi: I live in Rivers state. U are far better than Odili. Ride on my man. I just prayed 4 u.

mbulela: Falana Faults NBA's Call for NGF’s Proscription

08 Jul 2013

By Shola Oyeyipo

Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, has condemned a call for the proscription of the Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Okey Wali (SAN).

Falana described the proscription call as "liquidationist call" that should not go unchallenged.

[b]The National Executive Committee of the NBA had held its bi-monthly meeting between July 5 and 7 in Yenogoa, the Bayelsa State capital where at the end of the meeting Wali was reported to have called for the proscription of the NGF in view of the controversy which had trailed the outcome of the re-election of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State as NGF chairman.

Falana noted that: "Wali must have forgotten that his own election was seriously contested by his major opponent, Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN). In spite of the fact that the allegations of malpractice, including the fact that some lawyers who died several years ago voted from the grave! were proved beyond reasonable doubt no one ever suggested that the NBA be proscribed."

While noting that he rejected the insinuation in certain legal circles that the call for the proscription of the NGF was influenced by the fund collected from the government to host the last NBA NEC meeting, he added that:" I deem it pertinent to challenge his reactionary call before it is adopted by the forces of annulment in the country. More so that the call is a sad reminder of the fate that befell some progressive professional bodies and trade unions which were either corruptly taken over or decimated by the Ibrahim Babangida junta.

"It is particularly sad to note that the NBA which used to be the defender of the fundamental rights of the Nigerian people has thrown up leaders who are campaigning for the proscription of friendly societies and clubs. Even if Wali does not like the NGF he is duty bound, as a lawyer, to respect the right of the members to associate without external interference," he said.
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“Regrettably, the NBA appears to be encouraging impunity on the part of certain public officers. Otherwise its leadership should have called the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, to order for banning demonstrations and rallies convened in Rivers State without police permit.

“In the light of the foregoing it is hoped that concerned lawyers will urgently adopt decisive measures to free the NBA from the grip of anti-democratic forces and reposition it to resume its traditional role of defending the rule of law and the expansion of the democratic space in the country.

“Otherwise the NBA will soon lose its relevance in the struggle of the Nigerian people for the transformation of the country from civil rule to democracy under the rule of law. I am however convinced that that will not happen as majority of lawyers do not share the perspective of bar leaders who have contempt for the democratic rights of Nigerians.”

jimcaddy: It seems Seun Osewa and all the other moderators no longer filter out foul languages on NL again, as I see so many of 'unprintable' words on threads these days.

cescadove: .............to lend a legal backing to all their illegalities!

Nwa Teacher: I'm losing interest in nairaland. Nairaland has became partial and political, why Seun? Why is it that anything that is for Soyinka made front page and the one that is against him don't make front page or sometimes been hidden. Example is Soyinka comment on Yarima on underage marriage. Secondly why do nairaland likes making pro-Amaechi news in front page and anti-Amaechi news not. Thirdly why is it that news that relate to APC governors always make front page and PDP one doesn't make. You people should be careful b4 you kill this wonderful and informative social media. Thatz my contribution. Thanks

Fhemmmy: And what has our boyz in Agbada and suit done differently? i am not advocating for coup oh but i think the guy spoke well, high time our politician see their job description as leadership and not looting-ship of do or die in office.

biafranqueen: Am I missing something here who is the head of Aso Rock? Which seat did we vote her into? This has to be some what fabricated. Yesterday, it was reported that she knew nothing, now it is like she is basically saying I warned youoo. I mean it is hard to believe that the Presidents people would not caution her on what to say.
This Bishiop is he the same one that was praying for Ibori. wow the Elite are really going mad I knew the ancestors will not forsake the land they are all slowly going mad. The Occultic powers they pledge too are driving them against each other.

djeezy: Most christian vendors will tell you they don't have change when they actually have but an aboki/mallam vendor will always give if he has. I have observed this so many times.

solomon111: Gej is the owner of the judiciary?
Hahahaha
bloody illiterate.

babyhrt: Soyinka has insulted n belittled evry woman 4refering to PEJ as a mere domestic appendage...is dat wht his wife is to him

tit: WIRInet,
take it easy with the spin.
odili wrangled amaechi in as gubernatorial candidate.
obj scattered all odili's setup as he stopped odili's presidential ambitions.
obj then let in omehia as guber candidate but the switch was not properly done and was overturned at the courts.

all this talk of 5 against 22 is misleading.
the rivers assembly men supporting amechi are not even up to 5. his core loyalist is just that Llyod of a killer.
all the other members would go wherever the wind blows.

slimghost: Sure thing. PDP is a democratic party. Trust me, a primaries will be conducted in 2015.