That's a two storey building na.
How do Nigerians count how many floors that are in a building sef?

Ola Johnson:
It's obvious you don't know what logic is. You don't know what causality is, either. If you're looking at "cause", you look at both the remote and immediate causes. Yes, Chidi Lloyd may have been hard on the said legislator, but what brought about the fracas? What brought the fracas which was the attempt of 5 members claiming to be 2/3 of the 32 member of the RSHA to impeach the Speaker was the remote cause.. The remote cause then gave birth to the immediate cause which saw Chidi Lloyd use the fake mace on a member. Also, Evans Bipi who led the 5 legislators claimed before the cameras that he blew, kicked, slapped and punched a member. How come nothing is being said about him? Is his action not an immediate cause just as that of Chidi Lloyd? There can never be an immediate cause without a remote cause. Please, start reasoning.

Can you hear yourself?
I don't even know what to tell you.

the southwest people are stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea.
A confused lot.
Tomorrow u see them again aligning with their feudalistic slave masters.

Chidi lloyd everlasting abode should be kirikiri maximum prison.
What other evidence do we need to prosecute this case.
the video is more than enough exhibit to secure a conviction.
Charges should be
1-attempted murder.
2-disruption of public peace.
3-causing of grievous And 1st degree bodily harm.
4-etc

Kamanda:


Is everybody in that state a Re tarrd

the good thing is that the Governor has responded by trying to address it.

It is a general problem in this country.
Once the personnel cost is more than 30 percent in your state,
Then you are in this category.

Who prosecuted this case sef?
Federal or Lagos state government?
If she and her family is dissatisfied with the judgment,
They can always go to the supreme court.
I doubt if the supreme court judges r corrupt.

kingoflag: Duh! Even Patience Jonathan is in the Bayelsa Civil Service as a Permanent Secretary; even though she got hired when she became First Lady and has never been known to show up for work not even for a Millisecond.

She was already a career civil servant before she became a first lady.
Don't drag her into these.
This is not only perculiar in the state.
Allmost all states have a bloated civil service.
Osun and Edo governor was complaining the last time of hefty recurrent expenditure that the are shouldering.

I can't help but laugh.
These arewa people are masters in derailing and obfuscating issues.
Always dragging the whole Nigeria back into the middle ages with their policies and actions.
Justifying even the indefensible.

Can't we cut off these cancerous tumor?

The market will simply shift to the insatiable chinese market.
Kini big deal.
Oil bunkering is a demon we will have to live with.
If it will lead to the bankruptcy of Nigeria,
So be it.

I laff in swahili.
I used to be a blind supporter of these man,
Till my eyes opened and I discovered to my chargain that my governor is a scam artist.
He has succeeded in wrecking Imo state in every sector and ramification.
If rochas and buhari will be the only two contestants for the office of the president,
I will gladly vote for buhari.
NIGERIANS BEWARE OF ROCHAS.......
He means no good.

Wow.
See them see them,
They have congregated here,
To rant as usual.
But seriously,
A state as small as Bayelsa with a wage bill of 4.2b is way too much.
Is every body in the state a civil servant?

edwindprof:



It is not unusual for Nigeria’s media, which consists of many highly unprofessional scriptwriters, to present junk and trash for public consumption. NewsRescue was created among other things, for this very purpose. Cleaning a filthy and propagandist, dangerous media.

Here are the facts of the senate proceedings in question:

The topic voted on in the senate was not, “age of marriage,” as it has been made to appear.
The presentation by senator Yerima, was not, the age a woman should marry.
35 Nigerian senators who voted against the deletion of the segment, did not vote for age of marriage, rather they voted to uphold women’s unaleniable rights, even over men.
Senator Yerima did not introduce any thing new, rather he simply pointed out in upholding Nigeria’s constitution, that segments can not simply be deleted without proper vote and due process.
And finally, underlined: the segment to be deleted threatened to deprive women of their rights.

We proceed to review the section 29 of the constitution that was to be deleted without proper process:
rescuedCitizenship renunciation Rights

(1) Any citizen of Nigeria of full age who wishes to renounce his Nigerian citizenship shall make a declaration in the prescribed manner for the renunciation.

(2) The President shall cause the declaration made under subsection (1) of this section to be registered and upon such registration, the person who made the declaration shall cease to be a citizen of Nigeria.

(3) The President may withhold the registration of any declaration made under subsection (1) of this section if-

(a) the declaration is made during any war in which Nigeria is physically involved; or

(b) in his opinion, it is otherwise contrary to public policy.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section.

(a) “full age” means the age of eighteen years and above;

(b) any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.

It is immediately seen from the above, that the section deals with conditions under which a Nigerian citizen is considered eligible to make a declaration to revoke his citizenship. “full age” to denounce/revoke/renounce Nigerian citizenship is used in reference to being allowed to make decisions, including this revocation. For both sexes, “full age” is 18 and above, however according to this section of the constitution, a woman is given greater and exclusive rights and authority, being regarded of “full age” to make decisions as serious as the revocation of her citizenship, once she is married.

When we think of what the Nigerian feminist forum created a petition to contest, it is very scary. They acted “hormonally,” without even taking a read of the constitutional segment in discussion. This constitutional permission, actually safe-guards women’s rights by allowing for instance, a married woman or girl, who feels cheated or otherwise deprived by Nigeria, the right to denounce her citizenship. This section is not related to and does not address what age a woman can marry.

It simply addresses what age a woman is eligible to make full fledgeling decisions, which of course can include divorce. If this section was deleted, then if for instance a 16 year old is married, she will not be considered “of age,” to challenge the marriage in court, or to revoke her citizenship if she wishes to seek asylum via the United Nations, or to any single citizenship nation. Such married young woman will have to wait and bear the pain till she is 18.

Senator Yerima had pointed out, that in Islam, once a woman is married, she is automatically of age to make all adult life decisions, including the right to divorce, this is as obtains in Nigeria’s constitution. Only the 35 senators listed below, voted to uphold these fundamental women’s rights of age unlimited choice, including the choice to denounce citizenship:
List of senators who upheld a woman’s right of choice once married

1. Sen. Abdulmumin M. Hassan (Jigawa South West, PDP)
2. Sen. Abdullahi Danladi (Jigawa North West, PDP)
3. Sen. Adamu Abdullahi (Nasarawa West, PDP)
4. Sen. Ahmed Barata (Adamawa South, PDP)
5. Sen. Akinyelure Ayo (Ondo Central, Labour Party)
6. Sen. Alkali Saidu A. (Gombe North, PDP)
7. Sen. Bagudu Abubakar A. (Kebbi Central, PDP)
8. Sen. Dahiru Umaru (Sokoto South, PDP)
9. Sen. Galaudu Isa (Kebbi North, PDP)
10. Sen. Garba Gamawa (Bauchi North, PDP)
11. Sen. Danjuma Goje Mohammed (Gombe Central, PDP)

Sen. Ugbesia Odion (Edo Central, PDP) stands out among the wise senators who voted for women’s rights

12. Sen. Gobir Ibrahim (Sokoto East, PDP)
13. Sen. Gumba Adamu Ibrahim (Bauchi South, PDP)
14. Sen. Hadi Sirika (Katsina North, CPC)
15. Sen. Ibrahim Bukar Abba (Yobe East, ANPP)
16. Sen. Jajere Alkali (Yobe South, ANPP)
17. Sen. Jibrilla Mohammed (Adamawa North, PDP)
18. Sen. Kabiru Gaya (Kano South, ANPP)
19. Sen. Lafiagi Mohammed (Kwara North, PDP)
20. Sen. Lawan Ahmad (Yobe North, ANPP)
21. Sen. Maccido Mohammed (Sokoto North, PDP)
22. Sen. Musa Ibrahim (Niger North, CPC)
23. Sen. Ndume Mohammed Ali (Borno South, PDP)
24. Sen. Sadiq A. Yaradua (Katsina Central, CPC)
25. Sen. Saleh Mohammed (Kaduna Central, CPC)
26. Sen. Tukur Bello (Adamawa Central, PDP)
27. Sen. Ugbesia Odion (Edo Central, PDP)
28. Sen. Umar Abubakar (Taraba Central, PDP)
29. Sen. Usman Abdulaziz (Jigawa North East, PDP)
30. Sen. Ya’au Sahabi (Zamfara North, PDP)
31. Sen. Zannah Ahmed (Borno Central, PDP)
32. Sen. Ahmad Rufai Sani (Zamfara West, ANPP)
33. Sen. Ahmad Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central, PDP)
34. Sen. Bello Hayatu Gwano (Kano North, PDP)
35. Sen. Ibrahim Abu (Katsina South, CPC)

Sadly, it is evident that many of Nigeria’s senators are slightly more than barely literate and the Nigerian press is no better.

Quoting other sources:

2. CITIZENSHIP
The Section 26 of the 1999 Constitution defines who is a Nigerian citizen and how same may be acquired by naturalization and by registration. The Constitution makes no provision for the process by which non-Nigerian men married to Nigerian women and who are so desirous, may become Nigerian citizens. The silence here has continued to wreck untold hardship on the stability of many marriages.

Furthermore, section 29(4) (b) of the constitution provides for the renunciation of citizenship and thus allows an under aged woman to revoke her citizenship even when she has not attained the age of majority or the constitutional voting age. http://gtdn..com/2010/01/gender-gaps-in-nigeria-constitution.html

Update: July 20, 2013; Ayo Turton, a US based lawyer explains the same:

The clause that is really causing this unnecessary hullabaloo is Section 29 (4) (b). That clause has always been part of our laws, but the Senate moved to remove it as infringing on child’s right by making every married woman an adult. At the taking of the vote for the first time, they got two-third to remove it from the Constitution. But Yerima stood up and whipped up religious sentiment by galvanizing his Muslim brothers who ignorantly believed him into action. When the peace was threatened, David Mark, the Senate President capitulates and asked that the vote be taken again, at this point they were no longer able to garner two-third votes to remove the provision from the Constitution, so it remains.

Now to the legal issue: Section 29 (4) CLEARLY states: “for the purposes of subsection 1″ Section 29 subsection (1) CLEARLY states: “Any citizen of Nigeria of full age WHO WISHES TO RENOUNCE HIS NIGERIAN CITIZENSHIP (emphasis mine) shall make a declaration in the prescribed manner for the renunciation”

This is called “narrow definition” Subsection (1) narrowly defined under what circumstances the definitions stated at clauses (a) and (b) would be applicable. Therefore clauses (a) and (b) of section 29 (4) are only relevant to “renunciation of citizenship” alone. What made this clearer and should leave no one in doubt is the fact that clause 29 (4) (a) re-emphasized that “full age” shall be 18, but if you are already married, for the purposes of renunciation of citizenship you shall be automatically qualified to do so even if you are not 18 yet. Because you are deemed of “full age” for renunciation reason based on the unambiguous definition given by subsection 29 (1) In any case S. 29 (4) (b) is referring to someone already married not about-to-marry.

As a matter of fact, if you ask me, the Constitution as it is, threatens Yerima status than support it.

Read more: http://newsrescue.com/how-nigerias-gutter-media-misconstrued-the-yerima-underage-marriage-senate-proceeding/#ixzz2ZaFn4PnV
In my opinion, I think someone is trying to manipulate the truth here as usual......... Unfortunately for this guys, Nigerians have known the truth already.

Can you hear yourself?

Please house,
How many safety related or inclined professional bodies do we have in Nigeria?
If you have any idea,
Will u mind listing them.

I have sat down and have gone over this revolution call over and over again.
1- this country is too polarized and divided along ethnic and religious line for any revolution to take place.can we forget the fuel subsidy protest so easily?
2-the northern part of this country with their feudal culture and illiterate level,the revolution will still be hijacked by their elites and we still return back to square one.
3-here down south,just the level of animosity between the various tribes eh,igbo vs yoruba,annang vs ibbibio,itskeri vs ijaw etc.
Interests will just come in along the way and derail the revolution and we return back to square one.
TALK IS CHEAP.
In a tribalised nation like ours where everything is viewed from the prism of ethnicity and religion,
it is a careful and detailed leadership that will bring us out of this quagmire.
Mind you these impunity and hopelessness in the system didn't start with this administration.
it is an accumulation of bent n piled up frustration giving bite with the rise of the social media.

dayokanu:

Was he a Politician when he represented MEND, Was he a politician when he supported Biafra and was jailed? Was he a politician when he led protests against Yar Aduas cabal?

I lost respect for the nobel laureate when he contested that Achebe was not the father of african literature.
What a turncoat,
Ur best friend at that.
Why did you not contest these fact all these while that the colossus was alive.
See the nobel laureate,
Crisscrossing the country and giving his jaundiced and biased opinion as if we give a damn.
I can only shake my head.

So soyinka has become a politician.
Our so called nobel laurate.
See how the saboteurs has turned him into a clown.
I can only shake my head.

I was somehow ruffled when I heard that shekau has disavowed and claimed not to be a part of the ceasefire.
This action clearly shows that the amnesty committee are on a jamboree and taking the intelligence of Nigerians for granted.
If they can't get the job done,
They should throw in the towel and not be feeding us lies.
Let's continue with our approach of annihilation of these agents of darkness and not be ogling GEJ on to a fruitless venture.

Abagworo: October 1 comes to mind. Their tactics are predictable. Let me sip my palmy while I wait for the text messages linking Northerners.

We should not be hasty to jump into conclusion.
Chidi lloyd and his camp that won't think twice before crashlanding that mace on someone's head,
I won't really be surprised If they are behind the bombing.
Let's also not forget that he chidi lloyd was also the first to be in the hospital shouting at the top of his voice that he has been manhandled.
You guys are master propagandists.
But we Nigerians and the masses know the truth.

Billionaires: Too much money in the hands of Federal Government ? Does this mallam know how much the American Federal Government has under IRS alone ? Most of these governors in Nigeria think they know, but they know nothing. I hope GEJ will grant us Resource Control so some governors can start planting groundnut and cocoa.

This man,
I have noticed that you have been crawling all over nairaland this morning.
Stop following me to every thread.
Don't you have something productive to do?
Don't u have a wedding or burial to attend?

The chief servant has spoken.
This man is the definition of mediocrity.
He erects billboards for his daughters wedding.
Like someone earlier pointed out and With the state land mass,
We are supposed to be seeing groundnut pyramids and the state is supposed to be force to reckon with in agricultural production.
But what do we have ?
They have their hands stretched out,
For titbits from oil proceeds from south south via abuja.

That man has bEen overhyped by the Nigerian press,
Making him look larger than life.
I just shake my head anytime I see the man.
Crisscrossing the country giving his jaundiced and biased opinion like we give a damn.
He should rather channel his energy at publishing a book and a masterpiece rather than charting into a course he knows nothing about.

Choi,
Am the first to comment?
A deadly virus seem to have descended on professors cum social critics in this country.
All the professors seem to be having diarrhea of the mouth.
All shouting at the top of their voice.
I wonder was their game plan.

I can't still believe that chidi llyod is still walking around a freeman.
There is something definitely wrong with our society.
Micheal chinda, wishing you God's grace and healing hand upon you.

Nice try though,
But it can never be like xmas.

Is there no way that the police can vouch for the character of its personnel before employing the person?
We hardly hear of SSS personnel engaging in all these shameful acts.

It is so unfortunate.
But that's what we have got in an abnormal situation and society were crime pays.
Heard him the phantom speaker addressing journalists yesterday,
He couldn't even string a simple correct sentence in english.
No wonder,
but it seem to be paying off for him.
I can only just shake my head.
That's all I can do.

APC was already dead on arrival.
Conglomeration of leftovers.
I don't like wasting my internet bandwidth on inconsequential nonsense.
Amaechi is currently dancing surugede
Being cheered on by the APC goons
Forgeting that it is a dance reserved for spirits.
It is Just a question of time,
Before Him eyes go clear,
Hope it won't be too late then.

kutchs:
Pls cut this out. There‘s no personality contest or anything of that sort here and leave out the Igbo thing out of this. Nobody made reference to Igbo here and the issue of 3rd or 4th republic has always been a topical issues in politics/political philosophy, so I don‘t see how discussing it is a personality contest spearheaded by Igbos.

Then open a thread and start talking about 1st,2nd.....n republics.
It is irrelevant here.