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marvix:
Goodluck is the man for 2011, all those looking for his achievements kindly read thru his message and you will find them there.

This is no time for wishful thinking of how Ribadu or Rufai or Utomi can become president, This is the time of action and Action to deliver the man Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as president.

He has all it takes to win comfortably, the rigging machine we all hate is under his care, the treasury that has always been used to our disadvantage at elction times is in his kitty, the biggest party in Africa moves at his whims, The ND that has neva produced a president is producing him.

If he has made fuel scarcity history in less than nine months as president one wonders what he would do to blackouts after two years as president.

Nigerians if we have given IBB a chance b4 where he failed us, Obj got two chances, Buhari had his chance let GEJ have his own chance come 2011!

Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Which party is the biggest party in Africa ? PDP

Please don't make such assumptions,PDP is no where near the biggest party in Africa.There are several parties in Africa which have existed for over 15 years and they are way bigger than the PDP.

Mr President, you have touched me today with this excellent speech. Your declaration was humble, straight forward and encouraging. I like the part where you said you did not have a magic wand or claim to the most intelligent Nigerian. Those are words coming from a very humble man.

That being said Mr President, i have never been your supporter because i have always believed that you belong to the PDP (party of crooks ) and will probably play by their rules. However you seem to be the only one of the few presidential candidates that we can trust.

I am not sure if you have heard of “Nigerian Union of South Africa” based in South Africa. I happen to be an active member of the Gauteng chapter of that organization. For months now we have been sitting on the fence not sure who to support in the forthcoming elections. Your declaration speech has changed everything now. I believe that myself and my colleagues in the union will be glad to support you all the way at this stage.

Mr President i will only like to beg you for one thing. Please do not disappoint, we know that Nigeria’s problem can not be solved by one person but transparent corruption free leadership will go a long way in making us trust you more and support your government. We are not expecting you to turn Nigeria into a paradise in 4 years but we are expecting you to do your honest best and kill the virus of corruption in our nation. You should get rid of the Old cargos in government ,there are many young Nigerians(by young I mean under the age of R35) who are capable of performing better than the older generation.

I wish you the best Mr President, May GOD bless NIGERIA.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=513599.msg6755296#msg6755296 date=1284511756][s]But of course, everybody just dey claim ekiti nowadays lol
[/s]in kun kale, omo ekiti. 

But what part of the stake are we hoping on having?[/quote]Omo Ekiti gan gan me a (my dad will be rolling in his grave if i got that wrong  )

Omo babatola family and nephew of Olora of Ado Ekiti 

Grew up in lagos though 

"Stake" in terms of co-investing with foreign investors. I run a gametech business in SA (www. playmode . co. cc) and i have got quite a few friends who may be interested in investing in the Free Trade Zone. Unfortunately on the Lekki free trade zone's website it seems that the project is more Chinese friendly. That may put off some of my potential investors.

Another thing that puzzles me on their website is the pictures illustrating that the free trade zone will have a mini seaport that will be capable of berthing two big ships at a time. Does this means that these Chinese businessmen will be able to bring in their ships to the free trade zone without proper inspection by our customs service? This could give way to easy importation of counterfeit goods, drugs or even worse human trafficking. You know what they say about “China Towns”

Maybe i am jumping the gun but I am just saying, the Chinese businessmen here in SA are very ruthless and heartless. They run the TRIAD mob (a Chinese version of the Italian mafia) and they engage in things like narcotics, extortion, counterfeit goods, kidnappings, drive by shootings, assassinations and the list goes on.   Check out pic on their website and tell me what you think.

^^^^^Hopefully we too will have a stake in there someday . On the other hand "Ke ti i " my sister (Ado Ekiti boy representing )

I.B.B = Ignorant Backstabbing B.astard

The Ghost of JUNE 12 is hunting this loser everywhere he goes.

I wish he will kick the bucket already and join his looting wife in hell. 

If this stupid kunle Olajide was my relative ,i would have blown his head off with sawed off shotgun. All these agbayas self with no self respect. I trust my Ekiti peeps will sort him out. IBB has already failed and he knows it. No amount of shamelees corrupt elders will make Yoruba youths vote for him.

KILLZONE 2 (hard as nails )

Metal Gear Solid 4

Mordern Warfare 1 & 2

Battlefield Company 2

Dead Space

Resident Evil 5 (hard as nails )

Alan Wake (Scary )

Transformers : War for Cybertron (highly underrated game )

Yeah i agree with you guys it is pretty useless, I can build a custom pc with Xbox inside and i will spend less than half of that. There are many videos on youtube of people who have made Xbox pcs.

I regularly build "PC looking" Xboxes using the lilan case and i only charge $600 for the whole package or $300 for the case alone including installation. This case is usually requested by some of my clients who are scared of getting the dreaded RROD problem.

Some sample pics are attached below.

Hi all ,i am selling high quality xbox 360 back up games(copied games).

I have all the latest games and some unreleased games.

Here is just a short list of the new games i have :

SPIDERMAN SHATTERED DIMENSIONS

HALO REACH

MAFIA 2

HAWX 2

KANE & LYNCH 2


If you will like to receive our free xbox games list please visit our website www. playmode .co.cc  and send your request from our contact page.

I am currently based in Johannesburg but i have someone in Lagos who you will be able to collect the games from. Payment is only made on collection.

Cost of 1 game is N1500

Please note that our games come in high quality discs and high quality dvd cases as you can see in the pic below. Our quality is unmatched and you get value for your money.

^^^D-A-Y-A-M-N , That is the slickest pad ever. I will like to take ritchboy up on that SSIV challange

By the way check out my website : www.playmode

I know some may say this is not the proper place to paste this topic ,but this the most visited section on this forum so I will just like to hear your opinions on this matter. The world we live in now is a global village and a local website is like a window into our nation.

As web designer myself ,I have always wondered why Nigerians and Nigerian businesses don't like to use the .com.ng domain for their websites. I mean in this day and age, all countries all over the world have a registered domain and all of them use their local domains proudly.

That can not be said in the case of Nigeria , only about 40% of Nigerian websites actually use the .com.ng domain. To add insult to injury quite a number of government websites do not use the .gov.ng domain.

Just take a look at the following Nigerian Businesses and government website

Globacom www.globacom.com (should be www.globacom.com.ng )
Punch Newspapers www.punchng.com (should be www.punch.com.ng )
INEC www.inecnigeria.org (should be www.inec.gov.ng )
PHCN www.phcnonline.com (should be www.phcn.gov.ng )
ETB www.equitorialtrustbank.com ( should be www.etb.com.ng)
Afribank www.afribank.com (should be www.afribank.com.ng)

How come silverbird a Nigerian owned company does not use the .com.ng domain but they use the Kenya domain for their Kenya branch

Silverbird Nigeria www.silverbirdtv.com
Silverbird Kenya www.silverbird.co.ke

The same goes for AIT

AIT Nigeria www.aittv.com
AIT UK www.aittv.co.uk

Even foreign companies don’t respect our domain

South African company MTN makes more money in Nigeria than anywhere else on the continent but they don’t respect our domain. They however respect Ghana ,Swaziland and all the other countries they operate in.

MTN Niegria : www.mtnonline.com
MTN South Africa : www.mtn.co.za
MTN Ghana : www.mtn.com.gh
MTN Swaziland : www.mtn.co.sz

Companies like Mobil that make so much money from Nigerian oil :

Mobil Nigeria www.exxonmobil.com/Nigeria-English/, /HR_Homepage.asp
(it should be www.exxonmobil.com.ng )
Mobil UK www.mobil.co.uk

Kudos to the following entities and many others for respecting our nation’s domain :

www.shell.com.ng
www.lagosstate.gov.ng
www.npf.gov.ng
www.emb-norway.com.ng
www.nta.com.ng
www.airfrance.com.ng
www.tribune.com.ng
www.etisalat.com.ng
www.tinapa.com.ng
www.total.com.ng
www.systemspecs.com.ng
www.visafone.com.ng
www.neximbank.com.ng
www.niconinsurance.com.ng
www.upperlink.com.ng
www.hitv.com.ng
www.champion.com.ng

We Nigerians are always talking about how proud we are of our country, how we love to fly our green white green flag but when it comes to the cyberworld we are either ashamed to associate our business with Nigeria or we just don’t care.

I mean I live in South Africa and I am yet to see a local South African website that does not carry the .co.za domain. This is because the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) ensures that all locally based businesses use the .co.za domain. However we in Nigeria allow foreign companies to disrespect our nation by using .com and .org even though they are conducting their businesses within our shores. It is as if these companies do not want to associate themselves with Nigeria but they our fine with taking our monies.

I think our Ministry of Information & technology should enact laws that will force these companies both Nigerian and foreign owned to use the .com.ng .com.org or .gov.ng domains.

P.S (side comment)

I must say that that I am disappointed in the federal governments website. Even the Nigerian police website beats the Federal governments website hands down. What is president Jonathan going to do about this. My president I believe Nigerians deserve a better looking website than that crap : www.nigeria.gov.ng .That website is appalling to say the least ,even your personal website www.rethinknigeria.com is outstanding when compared to that scrappy website representing Nigeria. And if I may ask ,how come your rethink nigeria does not carry the domain .com.ng. Shouldn’t you be leading by example. If you are rethinking Nigeria shouldn’t Nigeria be reflected in your domain? It will be best that you immediately instruct your webmaster to change the domain name to www.rethinknigeria.com.ng as this will fully represent the Nigerian image you are trying to portray. Furthermore ,I will appreciate it if you hire new web designers to redesign the Nigerian Federal Government’s website and include toruism as wel as investion info on it.

Here are a couple of African websites that your webmasters can borrow ideas from :

www.imostate.gov.ng (This is probably the best government website in Nigeria)
www.ikediohakim.com.ng (This is a high tech modern governor)
www.ghana.gov.gh
www.southafrica.net
www.southafrica.info
www.emansion.gov.lr
www.gouv.sn
www.republicoftogo.com
www.presidence.ne

hackney:
Does nigeria even have an equivalent of Ghana Investment Promotion Council?

What the bloated politicians are concerned about is re-election.
In my opinion,functionally speaking we dont have a government because other than dodgy contracts and
senators squabbling for pay rise they are of no other use to anybody.

Ghana can eject everything Nigeria in ghana and nothing will happen.
All the signs that indicate a bloody revolution as solution are all clear for everybody to see.

Why cant Nigeria slaughter all the old politicians like rawlings did for Ghana? ? ?
Every term they rear their viper heads and nigeria is still there like a mal-nourished dustbin feeder taking rubbish.
shame on Nigeria.
All we know is how to infest other countries like rats because funds to lift the country have been stolen.

^^^ Chai bros u wicked o.

babasoty:
Look my problem with your post is you totally took it out on Jonathan, He is not Nigeria's problem or he didn't create Nigeria's problem like an earlier post I said all society on earth is bedevilled with its own problems Obama is not an angel in America nope, some in the US view his administration as being corrupt and slow same also for Zuma where you are in south africa, I'm not saying Jonathan is a saint but he deserves some good remarks too, let us see what he has to offer first before we crucify him "Its one hundred times easier to criticize than to create" seriously, and some of the figures you posted where totally wrong and misleading about the facts, I know with Jonathan it's not yet uhuru but someday Nigeria would get there and i believe it from my heart, ahidjo's comments might be slam dunk if you think so no wahala but have we ever sat down and asked ourselves seriously, these corrupt politicians where are they from, they ain't from the moon they are Nigerians a product of our own society, our own society generated them that should tell you more about the Nigerian society first, we hear of bad tales of Nigeria outside the country blemishing the image of the good ones, you in S.A should know better where are they from, they are also a product of this society, we are quick to blame leaders in this country and just turn out to be like those leaders in the future, that's Nigeria and that's our society, untill we as a people sit down and talk to ourselves first, and not condone those traits in ourselves first it would continue being on one big cycle, I'm not saying one should not criticise nope, We should but while doing that we should be very honest with our critique, and put the blames squarely, we read about people playing fast one on others even here on nairaland they ain't yet leaders but they do these stuffs and then they call the leaders corrupt, haba

I understand where you are coming from but i just hope for the sake of the 150 million Nigerian citizens all over the world (including me) that Jonathan makes good moves. To be honest with you ,i prefer Ribadu to him but what i have gathered recently is that Ribadu himself is not a saint. There are allegations that he was OBJ's tool (i tire ooooo) and the fact that he is now in alliance with tinunbu (someone he was alleged to have referred to as a corrupt politician ).When are we going to find a candidate like the likes of "obama"   I mean a candidate with out excess baggage

One thing i agree with you is the "society" thing. Yes our society in it's current state cannot provide good leaders unless there is a change of attitude. Jonathan should arrest the likes of OBJ and Babangida ,that will be a good move in the right direction or wetin you feel ?

^^^babasoty i am not going to honour you with an abusive response.I believe my point has been made. It is a shame you fail to see it. On the flipside i hope that i am wrong and you are right for the sake of Nigerians. I live comfortably in South Africa but it will be selfish of me not to think of my people back home and the 50 years of suffering they have had to endure in the hands of these goons.I am worried about the future generation ,I don’t want them to have to leave the country to go and hussle like many of us overseas. If our country was good we would never have left.That is what I am fighting for.

I believe my brother Ahidjo has made the SLAM DUNK comments already ,you should read his posts. They are food for thought. I apologize to the other people on this thread for my abusive outburst and i will refrain from doing so any longer.

I wish Nigeria the best and hopefully one day, the right leader will emerge to take us to the promise land.

babasoty:
Well like you rightly pointed out i don't have to believe you if you are an upright or downright upstanding bizman that's your piece of cake being that is not the magna carter for lame talk is it ? now lemme hit you some facts, before you call somebody corrupt you must be able to prove it, have you got a case you can hold of in Nigeria to say Jonathan is corrupt, corrupt practices go on in Nigeria but when you wanna prove logic a man is found guilty in the court of law before being pronounced guilty, why don't you provide a proof of one of Jonathan's sleaze before calling him corrupt, his wife was caught at the airport with a bag of dollars, thank God you said his wife should he be held liable  to that, if she is going to be jailed are they gonna jail the both of them, can you prove that Jonathan was aware of his wife's intention and supported it or even sponsored it, please and please i wonder where you guys get this story that he has blown $27 billion dollars, you wanna bring the issue of the excess crude account please get your facts straight our excess crude account was $27 billion when yar'dua came into power not when Jonathan took over please do your checks maybe this might help your daft brain http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3918:now-that-president-jonathan-has-decimated-the-excess-crude-account&catid=52:daniel-elombah&Itemid=73, and where the heck did you get the fable that 50 billion was to be spent for independence celebration, my friend there is no media that has ever reported 50 billion please do your checks and stop listening to bus stop talks lemme help you with the federal government breakdown  http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62421:nigeria-at-50-fg-presents-budget-breakdown-&catid=672:top-stories&Itemid=794 , you could just google maybe it would have been more easy than posting outrageous figures, and before you go about yaning thrash about presidential planes please read this http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201008204162915, when you read it you'd see that some planes in the presidential fleet are being changed and its not the presidents own plane and these planes are not just for the president but for serving principal members of the federal republic not the president alone, you talk about bringing in old recycled cargoes, please mister tell me who in this government who holds a sensitive position in the cabinet that is old or not worth it, name one is olusegun aganga old, is deazeani allison old, are they not fit for the job, i know you don't research here's the list http://www.enownow.com/news/story.php?sno=5813, name one person that's not worth it or recycled, your fact about all major roads in nigeria handled by julius berger just got to show that you ran away from Nigeria a long long time ago so i won't even dwell on that, dude reason and research before posting rubbish don't show your dumbness here, i don't envy Jonathan cus its not easy leading Nigeria, but let us be honest with ourselves Jonathan isn't the cause of Nigeria's problems, even if the honest individual you talk about comes you'd never give him the chance you'd wanna hang him better come home and contribute your quota than running your mouth with un-proved facts about my country nitwit

Hahahahahaha, o lord ,i have never met someone as s.tu.pid as you before. You keep shooting yourself in foot without even looking. Did you read any of the articles that you linked to in your comments

Let , me help you out i can see that you schooled at oshodi market ;

( Link 1 )  http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3918:now-that-president-jonathan-has-decimated-the-excess-crude-account&catid=52:daniel-elombah&Itemid=73

These are extracts from this above link ;

Now that President Jonathan has decimated the Excess Crude Account - • Jonathans' Ambition to be President would Bankrupt Nigeria

Thirdly, As Nigerians cry out that the Federal Government has budgeted N10billion Naira for Nigeria@50 celebrations, Jonathan reduced it to N6.5 billion, then N9.5billion. Finally Nigerians learnt that N17 Billion would actually be spent on the jamboree.

Again I emphasize; Nigerians should carefully monitor President Jonathan Goodluck. I have the feeling that by the time Goodluck Jonathan finishes with Nigeria, not only will the treasury be empty, we will be at the pre-1999 level of debt!

Like General Ibrahim Babangida’s dedicated accounts, the excess crude account was wantonly abused because there is no clear law on how the money should be used. Between the President and the Governors, they can draw from the account as they please. An account that holds billions of idle dollars will not escape the attention of even an angel.
Today the savings in the account is finished!
Good riddance?

More than one hundred days into his presidency it is now apparent that President Goodluck Jonathan has the ambition to remain president beyond 2011 despite his party’s zoning agreement.
Let me repeat for emphasis:
At the inception of his government, President Jonathan Goodluck inherited about $7 billion in the ECA Account. $3billion and later another $1billion was shared among the State and Federal Government immediately Jonathan got into office as part of the agreement reached with the governors for them to allow him become Acting President leaving a balance of $3billion.
And now, in preparation for the 2011 election, the balance has been squandered!

Today, foreign debt is also rising. Few years after repaying huge foreign debts, the country’s external loan is to reach $9.4 billion this year based on a proposed 2010 borrowing plan of Jonathan’s Federal Government.
In a letter to the National Assembly dated August 4, 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan requested the legislature to approve external borrowing of $5.242 billion in addition to the present $4.2 billion foreign debt owed by the country.
And observers are asking: what is going on?
Jonathan spends like a drunken sailor!
Not done yet, President Jonathan Goodluck has earmarked $154.3 million or N23.2 billion for the purchase of three new jets for the Presidential Air Fleet. The planes, include a Gulfstream G550 and two new Falcons 7X Aircraft.
This notwithstanding that the presidential fleet currently boasts of eight aircraft - including a 70-tonne Boeing business jet bought in 2006 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Gulfstream V, and Gulfstream IVSP, and two Falcon 900s.
Not too long ago, the INEC under Iwu (Prof. Maurice Iwu) requested a "paltry" sum of N3 billion. Now, Professor Atahiru Jega is jumping the figure to N72 billion. Finally, N87.72 billion was approved for Jega.
This notwithstanding that a third world country like Nigeria, Bangladesh registered 80 million voters at a cost of $65 million in 2008 and today the good old Prof. Jega needs $500 million to register 65 million voters

(link 2) http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201008204162915

These are extracts from link 2:

His comment titled, “The plane truth,” was posted on his twitter blog on Wednesday but sighted on Thursday by our correspondent.(babangida tactics using sweet words to temper the situation)
Dr. Mansur Muktar, who served as the Minister of Finance during the administration of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, had also told Nigerians that the new aircraft were not for the use of the President but for other principal officers of the government.

Muktar had said, “They are to be operated as a fleet and will be deployed appropriately to serve other purposes, especially serving principal officers of the Federal Government. This includes the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.”
  (now remind me again why the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives need  jet of their own? What have they done to deserve such luxury? Can't they travel in commercial jets?)

This is the funniest so far , shows that you lack intelligence and you have the tenacity to lie 99% of the time. I am sure you are PDP stooge.

(Link 3) http://www.enownow.com/news/story.php?sno=5813

You asked me to name one person who is not fit or recycled ,i will name a few

Duro Akinluyi = Old cargo ,madam rebranding who knows nothing about the word "rebranding" She has been in public service for over 10 years.

Bala Muhammed = Old  cargo

Deziani Alison-Madueke = Old Cargo ,she is a shell petroleum stooge and jonathief's girlfriend   ,and corrupt as hell

Olusegun Aganga = His former company is being investigated for fraud right after he left.

Nduese Essien = Being in politics since 1979

Josephine Anenih = Old cargo (anenih's wife) and strong supporter of sharia law

Abubakar Mohammed = Old cargo ,clueless about tourism


You should look before you leap so that you don't land yourself in embarrassment and expose your low IQ to the rest of the forum.

I wonder why Jonathief has not arrested this clown already. It is only in Nigeria where a man like babangida can roam free without any fear.

I call on Jonathief to prove that you are for real, arrest babangida ,obasanjo and prosecute them.


Story story, story , na today. 

babasoty:
Retard what have you contributed to your own society even where you are, my bet your one of those goons who paint Nigeria bad outside the country, if you were that good and would floor Jonathan in a debate,why don't you come home and show your skills maybe we would vote for you but as someone whose maid can run Nigeria I bet you can't even run your home maybe she does that for you, every society is bereft of its own problems even the South Africa which you ran to, is there not crime there ?, is there not unemployment there ?, aren't the workforce on a showdown with the government there ?, are there not slums there ?, is there no corruption there ?, c'mon , my grouse  with you and your ilk is the fact that you never in any way contribute to the development of this country and yet have the temerity to throw darts at those who are willing to change things around for the better of the Nation, this country has been bleeding even before Jonathan became a deputy governor and the man is trying in his own way to change things, he might be slow but give him kudos but idiots like you see everything wrong in that, even if they make your father president you would stone him but like the runner that you are you would not wanna shoulder that responsibility only to shout at the sidelines, your arguments are never constructive you only see the pessimistic side of things, you make examples of america and compare with nigeria, would america be america if every one bolted like you did and attacked their country from outside, haba you talk about ambition, fool our ambitions drive us to where ever we are in life, your ambition drove you outta nigeria so don't come here lecturing about ambition slowpoke, what leadership have you been exposed to the one of jacob zuma is that it ? then you must definitely be a retard or maybe is the leadership of your maid that's why you spit rubbish i guess, my friend you wanna throw darts print your name in gold outside then you can throw darts at my country, fool

I am glad that you keep exposing your idiocy with every post you make.  Accusing me of being one of the goons who paint Nigeria bad in SA is really lame. Do you think your brothers who commit crimes here in SA have the time to sit and type comments on Nairaland. I am a well respected upstanding businessman in the Nigerian community in SA, you don’t have to believe that , I am just telling you. So it is you who is promoting a corrupt candidate that is a good Nigerian ambassador to the world?

You must be Jonathief’s houseboy because the way you are vibrating you sound like asari dokubo already. Needless to say ,I think we are can all agree that your education is half baked ,your exposure is limited and your reasoning is backward.

Your obsession with my maid is also very funny, you definitely took that statement to heart. I am sure the word “my Maid” haunts your dreams. Stop being childish and reason like an adult which i presume you are.

Your ignorance knows no bounds, you accuse me of not contributing to my nation. Is that a conclusion you came to by racking your peanut brain or a FACT? You talk like you know me personally or you have met me before. You may be very surprised to find out how wrong you are. Don’t assume what you don’t know.

You say my arguments are never constructive …………, haha…, so if I don’t condone corrupt politicians my arguments are not constructive? I don’t believe in chop make I chop so I am not like you and I don’t fool myself. I am a realist not a dreamer.

You also accuse me of throwing darts at Jonathief and say he is trying to change things around. Let me juggle your memory. I am throwing darts at a man whose wife was caught at the airport with suitcases full of dollar notes.Are you going to deny that that is corruption on his part or will you tell us now that Jonathief is not responsible for his wife’s action?


I am throwing darts at a man who has blown at least $27 billion in 8 months with absolutely nothing to show for it. I am throwing darts at a man who has done nothing to put the people behind the Halliburton scam in jail. I am throwing darts at a man who is ok with spending at least N50 billion for the independence celebration of a crippled state like Nigeria while the masses are hungry. I am throwing darts at a man who is ready to buy 3 presidential jets just to satisfy is oversized ego. I am throwing darts at a man who allows Oil companies to continue to indirectly and directly kill his own people in the Niger Delta not to mention polluting the environment. You are certainly high, I suggest you get off the meth pipe ,drink some coffee and smell the real world.I am throwing darts at a man who keeps recycling the same old cargos in to positions of power when there are many young competent Nigerians he could appoint to those positions.

Even fashola is a far better candidate than Jonathief because he has at least made visible improvements in the lives of Lagosians. Jonathief does not fool me ,he reminds me very much of babangida ,albeit a quiet one. Jonathief is the new Maradona with better skills ,he is dribbling you  silly coons and you are all falling for it. You are so ignorant that I feel for you,You talk about South Africa and it’s problems. I am glad you talk about the showdown between the workforce and the Government. Here the people demand for something and the government gives them. No stories. The Government is scared of the masses. Can that be said about Nigeria? Union leaders here stick to their guns and fight for the masses, unlike Nigeria where union leaders can be bought with a couple of crisp notes. You talk of Zuma, did I mention in my comment that Zuma is a good leader? Don’t be naïve I stated that have experienced good leadership and what it can do for the citizens of a country”. I was talking of Former President Mbeki. But even Zuma  cannot steal like the way Jonathan does because the country will go up in flames overnight. Zuma with all his faults has done his best for his people ,jobs have been created ,manufacturing industry boosted ,foreign investments keep pouring in to SA ,the list is endless. Of course there is corruption in his Government but he has at least done something for his people,that cannot be said of Jonathief. The government of Jonathief steal ,steals ,steals ,steals and steals.

Let me state one simple fact about corruption in Nigeria : Do you know that in Nigeria all Majors road construction are done by only one company ? JULIUS BERGER .And the these contracts are always inflated 10 times over? Are you telling me that Julius Berger is the only company in the world that can build roads and bridges? Why hasn’t jonathief stopped that? Dude your praise of Jonathief holds no water. He is not a leader and will never be a leader, he is not my president and will never be my president. The day a decent ,honest individual comes in to power I will support that person and show him due respect but Jonathief as far as I am concerned is selfish looting baboon who is a product of PDP (Peoples Deceiving Party)

Let me ask you one question : If Jonathan in his current state and with current "achievements" was the president of say the USA today,do you think US citizens will be praising him the way you and your fellow morons are praising him? Well that is the difference between Nigeria and the rest of the world.

The only country whose citizens reason like ANIMALS, you make up the pack of animals who are leading us astray because you lack the decency and common sense to call a spade a spade.  Is that corrupt constructive enough for you ?

astuto:
Ahidjo, You are a true Nigerian. May your wisdom never depart from you.

Seconded.

ahidjo:
Tell me one country where inhabitants reason like Animals
ANSWER: Nigeria

Tell me a country where people are appointed not because of proven competence but out of political expedience
ANSWER Nigera

Tell me one country where nobody asks about the competence of the people appointed but chose to talk of ethnicity
ANSWER: Nigeria

Tell me one country where people are attacked for speaking the truth about their inept and hopelessly corrupt leaders
ANSWER: NIGERIA

Tell me one country where non or mediocre achievements (like mere appointments) are celebrated as 'real' achievements
ANSWER: NIGERIA


Tell the one country where a person whose wife was seriously investigated for money laundering (stealing) was made the president
ANSWER: Nigeria

Tell me the only country in the world where thousands of morons are urging an incompetent leader to declare his interest to contest the presidency to continue his dismal ruling
ANSWER: NIGERIA

Tell me a country where the government has refused to build standard hospitals in the country and choose to send the wealthy few (usually thieves)to usually less endowed countries for treatment
ANSWER: Nigeria
, To be continued

Great post ,wish more Nigerians will think like you ,most of the idiots here are as dumb as a toadstool.Their personal greed won't let them differentiate between a good leader and a  corrupt leader.All they know is chop make i chop.


[quote author=onye_ngbu  link=topic=510751.msg6724101#msg6724101 date=1284019308]@playmode,

your post is rather too long to comment on but you should just take it easy on Jonathan.

Tell me who has done better in Nigeria. And who told you that he 'has not drawn any proper plan to tackle Nigeria’s power problem'?
Do you even listen to news at all?

If you are saying that he has not started implementing, that will be different but when you say that he is yet to come up with a plan, it becomes obvious that you are not abreast with what is going on in the country.

As for one achievement: I no longer queue to fuel my car and I buy petrol at 64 naira since Jonathan happened.[/quote]I fail to see how not queuing for fuel is an achievement I am talking of him creating jobs and alleviating poverty you are talking of fuelling your car. Just because we are Nigerians does not mean that we must accept sub standard measures or chop make i chop progress. What has he done about the power problem? Many Nigerians don’t own cars so queues at petrol stations don’t bother them except for the occasional hike in bus fares. I am asking anyone of Jonathan’s supporters to show 1 thing that Jonathief has done in 8 months to provide basic amenities for Nigerians. I may not be in Nigeria but I have DSTV and surely Nairaland is a good source of information.

As far as i see it , there is no fit candidate yet for the office of the president ,we are just a dead country being lead by a selfish looter who is now using greedy tactics to remain in power.

[quote author=babasoty  link=topic=510751.msg6724101#msg6724101 date=1284019308]Total Rubbish, your maid can run Nigeria, my bet she runs your life, your just rambling all about, FYI there is a power roadmap unveiled by the president in lagos, there  is committee overseeing that headed by Prof Barth Nnaji an accomplished Nigerian, Nigeria is worth nothing I see the reason  why you bolted outta the country, if its worth nothing why are you complaining, why don't you change your nationality, maybe you don't know http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/ that's the website for the Nigerian government, please before you start bashing try and research all the lame complaints you posted here weren't created by Jonathan so spare the man, You just a brainless spineless man who instead of contributing his quota decides to bolt, I pity you[/quote]Your post says alot about your mentality and level of exposure.Yes my maid will run Nigeria better than Jonathief, does that make you mad ? Then go jump in a lake! I wouldn't waste my time on a clueless slowpoke like you but i see you need some education on what is happening in the real world outside Nigeria. You call that crappy looking webpage a website http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/ .That website is a disgrace to our nation because half the links are not working. The website does not even have 99% uptime. Most of the time when I check that link ,the webpage is offline

This is what a Government website looks like monkey:

http://www.usa.gov/

www.whitehouse.gov

Where is aso rock’s website? You see how foolish you are

You see how selfish Goodluck is :

The FG website is cheap crappy website with a tag at the bottom saying : , this site will be fully available soon, And the first text line on the website has a grammatical error which means ,no one did proof reading of the website before it was launched Typical Nigerian way of doing things ,wuru wuru to the answer!

But Jonathief website /Blog is well funded and well designed : http://www.rethinknigeria.com/index.php

That should tell you a lot about his priorities and loyalties. He is loyal to himself and his ambitions only.

If i were to face Jonathan in a debate on how to move Nigeria forward, i will beat him hands down and i am no lecturer. I will beat him not because I know all but because my heart is in the right place and I have the best interest of my people at heart.

You say there is a roadmap unveiled in Lagos and handled by Prof Nnaji ? Dude for how long have they being unveiling road maps and creating committees? That committee will swallow up money but there will be no result. I will remind you 1 year from now when we are still on square one .If you are too silly to know that that is horsecrap than i pity you. Just here on Nairaland i can lay down simple projects that the government can undertake immediately to start generating the extra megawatts we need to power the nation and I am no professor.

As for you calling me spineless ……….hahaha….you make laugh. So the rest of the Nairalanders who are overseas are spineless. Retard, choose your words carefully. I am glad I left Nigeria because if never did ,I will be probably be supporting Jonathief thinking that the Shxthead is good for Nigeria. I now know better because I have been exposed to good leadership and what it can do for the citizens of a country.


And for the record

Fxck IBB
Fxck Jonathief
And fxck any other riff raff who wants to contest now!

PapaBrowne:
Nonsense. OBJ is one of the most respected people in the world. Trust me on that one! Its only at home he isn't respected.
I have watched him at different international Fora where the best of the world's brains gather and he usually stands high amonsgt them!!

OBJ respected all over world    That is bull bro ,even in South Africa he was searched by custom officers .Have you forgotten that in district 9 they use his name to represent the cannibalistic Nigerian gang leader. OBJ is respected all over world as much as a c ow's fart. He is a nobody because he was corrupt and he did not to improve Nigeria’s image overseas.

The fact is Nigerians these days are treated like HIV victims all over the world ,we are stigmatized everywhere we go. The earlier we realize that the better for us!

macfarland:
What IBB, Buhari and co refused to give to the Ibos since the end of civil war, now GEJ has done. Iboman is the new chief of Army staff. Nigerian is really in a new era making progress and moving away from long years of decay, anarchy, sectionalism and backwardness. We say NO! to any coup plotter, military dictator or old breed politician to draw the Nation 30years backward again as president. 2011 election will be the threshold of avalanche of a new crop of leadership to help shape the country for the 21st century. Already GEJ has demonstrated he is one of such leaders the Lord has for Nigeria, a visionary, humble, sincere, non-occultic and amiable leader who from all purposes is an epitome of good governance and responsible leadership. Let's support GEJ's effort for the New Nigerian Project!

I am always disappointed when i see comments like this on Nairaland because it reminds me that as Nigerians our minds are still not in the right place. So because Good4nothin Jonathief made an Iboman the Army chief ,he has done something good for the Igbos How does appointing an Igboman as army chief feed million of hungry Nigerians or treat millions of sick Nigerians who are dying in our hospitals because Jonathan and his governors prefer to stash our nation's wealth in swiss bank accounts. Finally how does him appointing an Igbo man as army chief benefit YOU in particular

Dude when will tribally blinded guys like you wake up and realize that tribalism belongs to the older generation and not ours. As far as i can tell Jonathief is an incompetent president who lacks simple progressive ideas to move Nigeria forward. Even my maid can rule Nigeria better than him.

This is the same president who has been in office for about 8 months but has not drawn any concrete plan to tackle Nigeria’s power problem.First he tried to fool us by making himself minister of power only to change and tell us stories a few months down the line. Please name one visible achievement Jonatheif has made since he came into power. Just 1? As it is now, Nigeria is worth nothing. We no longer matter in the world, we fool ourselves into thinking that we are the giant of Africa but in reality we are the joke of Africa. Countries like Eritrea , Angola ,DRC ,Seychelles ,Namibia ,Botswana even Zimbabwe have better infrastructure than us. Check out foreign media reports about the upcoming elections and you will bury your head in shame.

Jonathief lacks the ideas, the charisma, the etiquette, the diligence, the honesty, the heart and authority to lead our nation to greater heights. He lacks the ability to brainstorm new ideas that is genuinely geared towards solving our nation’s problems. Jonathief is a PDP puppet who does the party’s bidding to the detriment of our citizens. Take a look at Ghana and see how they are reforming policies everyday to improve their citizens lives and standing in the world. Ghana currently boasts the fastest internet speed in Africa. Middle class people in Ghana are able to afford simple luxuries like LCD screens because their local currency exchange rate to the dollar is reasonable unlike ours.

Our manufacturing industry is dead , our fishing industry in the Niger delta has been wiped out by oil companies. Our tourism industry is pathetic. Apart from Lagos where fashola has done an “ok” job, Jonathief has done absolutely nothing to improve the infrastructure of Nigeria either at state level or federal level. He has done absolutely nothing to improve the lives of Nigerians in the past 8 months. Tell me how many JOBS has Jonathan’s Government created in the past 8 months? When he came into power we were fooling ourselves saying it was divine intervention, now I know it was Satan’s intervention. Jonathan has wasted more money in 8 months that yara dua did in 2 years What does that tell you ? 60 Billion for independence celebration and foolish people are still saying he came him by divine intervention. Are you people now saying that God is wicked or that GOD hates Nigeria ?

This is the same guy that is being referred to as a university lecturer. He makes use of facebook almost everyday but is not intelligent enough to float an official website for the Federal Government of Nigeria or the office of the presidency.If he can spend billions on indepence celbration why can he spend $500 a month to host beautiful federal Government website for the whole world to see and have easy access to local information about our nation.Does inec even have a website? As usual Aso rock is a hidden enclave because he and his cronies do not want the world to see where all the corruption goes on. A government that is faceless. Look at the USA or England , the white house is visible to everyone around the world as the united states’ seat of power. In England, number 10 Downing Street is visible for everyone to see but Nigeria government is situated in shadows and myths. No Media house in the world has been allowed to show the presidential base “Aso Rock”.

And that b.i.tch akinluyi is talking of rebranding, a nation that is rebranding with a faceless government or without 5 star hotels ,5 star resorts ,24 electricity , good roads , educated workforce , manufacturing firms , foreign media ads , dedicated PR bureau e.t.c what are we rebranding? A Corpse? Nigeria as a nation is dead and unless we stop fooling ourselves ,it will stay dead.

Our economy is already crippled but Jonathief and his cronies have done absolutely nothing new in the past 8 months to boost foreign investor confidence in our country. We are not progressing instead we are regressing. I can teach jonatheif a thing or two about providing basic amenities for Nigerians and I am just a simple fellow with a simple Bachelor degree.

I saddens me that Nigerians still think like slaves in this day and age, where is the spirit of revolution. We should not encouraging criminals like Jonathief to leads us , we should protest countrywide and make people like Jonathief resign. We need new and young leaders and we must be ready to support these young leaders who are blessed with fresh reformed ideas that will put us back on the global stage and help us move forward.

Just look at our population ,150 mill, if jonathan had a brain he would have formulated policies that will be geared toward population control to ensure food security for our future generation. If we continue to grow at the rate we are growing ,our land will become like Sudan because their will be way too many mouths to feed and few resources to achieve that.

I weep for my nation because I see disaster in our future at the rate we are going, it is time for all of us to wake and stop the “follow follow” attitude. Jonathief ,IBB ,Buhari and they rest are all birds of the same feather. They do not have the interest of the common man at heart. We need a revolution , either by protests ,by riots or by violence otherwise we will not be free. The time for talking is over. We need brave and patriotic Nigerians to bring the corrupt ones down.

I mean just take a look at South Africa's coat of arms so beautiful it just makes me jealous

ezeagu:
Nigeria's flag is dull, and it's copied from the flag of Rhodesia anyway.

Actually they copied us , we hoisted the flag in 1960 but they hoisted theirs in 1968.That being said i believe that our flag is crap and i say this with  love for my country. Our flag is also similar to that of  Norfolk Island.Our flag is old school and does not move me in anyway. But as we all nothing ever moves forward in Nigeria. We have been stuck with the name Nigeria since Lord Luggard's wife named us.

I would like a name change, a flag change and a change of our coat of arms. This is 2010 and it will be nice to have a modernized flag and a new name that will represent the people of our nation. The name Nigeria has been bastardized and dragged in mud for too long all over the world not to mention that it similar to Niger (the country above us). We need a new and unique identity.

When you talk about names Wazobia springs to my mind (i know ND peeps will scream murder) but Wazobia is a name that Nigerians are familiar with.

I can just imagine:  THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF WAZOBIA

Citizens will be known as Wazobians

We don’t need a quote of arms that has animal symbols (must we always do things like the west?), why can’t we have a quote of arms that will have Igbo , Yoruba ,Hausa and ND art symbols .

Another thing is that our government does not have a website; it will be nice for the president to have his own website and logo to symbolize the office of the presidency.

It will nice for our government to register the .co.wz  domain so that all companies within the country can use that domain e.g :

www.uba.co.wz

www.sony.co.wz

www.presidency.gov.wz

www.wazobiafg.gov.wz

We can keep the green colour in our flag or go for a slightly colourful flag but what is important is the design. The design of the current flag looks to me like a “lazy” design. It will be nice to have something similar to the samples attached below:

Beaf:
^
So I beat you black and blue mentally and you get into a jealous rage?
All you had to do as a kid was eat your fruit and veg and you'd have grown up smart.

What can you contribute to the argument. . . I mean, what piece of [size=14pt]logic?[/size]

Do you mind pointing out to the audience where you beat anyone black and blue on this thread 

Your obsession with the word “logic” is amusing at best , it seems you were programmed to repeat the word every 5 minutes to make yourself feel like you actually know something. Can you for once table your sentences without repeating the word logic like a robot? We all know you grew up an area boy so stop forming on this thread

It seems there is no one out there to help you understand what I was saying to you so i will put it in a simple way and i hope the good LORD helps you understand. I did not come in to this thread to engage you in a discussion but to tell you how much of a slowpoke you are.

I am not interested in contributing anything to your shxt argument because i don’t speak “kolo”. Fact is you are a lying hypocritical slowpoke who has remained shameless despite all the beat downs you have received on nairaland since you started suxking jonathans cock.Must you embarrass yourself everyday?

Or do you need me to refresh your memory ?

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-508939.0.html

Now go play ,I am busy   

mistakay:
I used to think i was the only one irritated with this unreasonable human being!

The dude just pisses me off ,i wonder how old he is  

And to think the fool claims to be from the Niger delta   He deserves some serious mending  

[quote author=OYB_MEND link=topic=508968.msg6702831#msg6702831 date=1283712263]Anybody who does not support Jonathan is an IBB supporter in beaf's world.[/quote]I tire ooooooooo, as if IBB and Jonathan are not birds of the same feather.Anyway what can you say about someone(beaf) who is a follow follow
What is that saying again : Monkey see ,Monkey do

Beaf:
How pathetic! This is the typical behaviour of someone who has zero points in an argument, but feels they must "contribute" to be seen as clever. Raining abuse instead of logic is a sure sign of a low IQ and poor upbringing, its what we expect from low lifes.

In Nigeria, the FG gives money to the states and that is what hapenned here. Do you have another argument? Or its just more of the gutter stuff? If you don't like the FG giving money to the states, the proper thing to do is fight for true federalism, not disgrace yourself as you are doing here.

IBB people = Foolish people.

Doesn't it bother you that you are the only who seems to think this way.You know a madman never admits that he is mad even when he has been told numerous times by numerous people that he is mad  

Get help quick ,you have lost it with the Jonathan azz kizzing.It really makes you look stupid and out of touch with reality.

Beaf:
What a childish post!
All emotion and zero logic.

IBB people = Foolish people.

Obviously your education is flawed.Yes i show my emotions because i am a patriotic Nigerian unlike you, a stone cold theiving longthroat who has an IQ of a worm.It is you who lack logics because your level of reasoning is way below that of a 2 month old baby.I am sure you will sell your family for a loaf of bread,bloody negro.By the way monkey i do not support IBB.Maybe you should read my post again or ask your senior brother to take you through it and explain to you what i was saying.

@ Beaf

Why do you always defend everything Jonathan does? So if Jonathan were to order the execution of your relatives you will path him on the back as well? 

It is Nigerians like you who makes the west call us monkeys ,this Jonathan guy is clearly a greedy person who cares about retaining power to the detriment of your people but you will support him to the very end.

I think you need psychiatric help because your case is very strange or do you work in the presidency? Do you really think that intelligent Nigerians will believe that crap about the Governors asking for the money.

That is horsecrap , so Jonathan is scared of the Governors now? Beaf you are full of shxt and you have clearly showed that you are no better than the thieving gorilla we have in power. I am sure if you “beaf” were put in charge of Nigeria you will do worse. People like you should be executed and thrown in to a croc infested lake to be eaten and forgotten forever.

It is because of morons like yourself that our country has ground to a halt and we are the butt of jokes around the world.

Anyone who believes this crap is a crackhead. Jonathan does not have the best interest of Nigerians at heart. When we get a president who is serious about eliminating power failure in Nigeria we will know. He has been in power since last year but all he has done is talk ,talk ,talk.

I can turn around Nigeria’s power problem in 60 days without even talking. This Jonathan guy is a joke ,i wonder how he became a university lecturer. Then again our education system is now one of the worst in Africa so i am not surprised. As for those of you who are supporting Jonathan because he is from your tribe. Look deep down in your soul and ask yourself what this guy has already done.

It is high time we lose the "NEGRO" mentality and start thinking like sensible human beings for a change. How can we be supporting a guy who has done nothing but steal since he has been in politics. Nigerians you are a lost nation, Kenya, Angola, Seychelles and Ghana are leaving us behind at a fast pace.

Think about the future generation. Some of you blame dokpesi of AIT for leading Babangida's campaign but you are all hypocrites because you support Jonathan who is not different from babangida. We need young leaders not ill experienced old cargos. For your information banbangid'a is an American puppet and that is why NOBAMA is backing him. Those of you from NDD who are foolish enough to back this clown will be licking your wounds in a few yew years to come.

I on my own part have given up on Nigerian politics, i know the only way we are going to be free is through violence. Heads need to roll for these politicians to grow a conscience.If I have the funding and the manpower ,I will not hesitate to take out the president ,babangida and their other corrupt cronies. Look at countries like Serbia ,Montenegro ,south Africa, they fought for their country with blood and tears.

I am not advocating for a civil war, I am advocating for a full scale revolution. All the countries that has ever had a revolution never had the number of people we have in Nigeria. There is power in numbers, if we Nigerians collectively were to down tools and take to the street demanding for all this politicians to leave , they will leave. But we have not even made any serious effort towards that.If i were to ask you all to join me to march to aso rock ,how many of you will join me?100 million people vs about 100 troops ,you do the maths.

I see people on this forum who have the chop make I chop mentality and it just sickens me because these people have inferiority complex. If we work together to build our nation, there will be no need for chop make i chop situation because everyone will be employed and earning a good salary. We lack discipline as a people and our image is totally Shxt.Dora Akinluyi who says she is rebranding Nigeria is as ignorant as the kak that comes out of my behind. How can you rebrand a nation when you don’t even have an image rebranding website? In this day and age ,a nation without a website is faceless. People want to see what our country looks like before they make up their minds to obtain a visa and visit. I mean if you Google countries like Sa, AUS, Fiji ,USA ,Uk  even Samoa ,you will find tons of government websites ,local hotel website with pictures of what the country and it’s people look like. Google Nigeria and you will realize that Jonathan’s office does not even have a website.

This is a man people are saying is intelligent ,how is he intelligent when he can not even float a simple government website for the federal republic of Nigeria. Even Ghana has a government website which is updated daily. Shame on Nigeria , shame on Jonathan and shame on you Nigerians who are still slaves in your minds. Follow follow because of small change they put in your pocket to buy bread. My heart bleeds for my country. On this forum ,I am hard pressed to find sensible honest Nigerians because 99% of the comments on Nairaland just reflect a nation of idiots who cannot even differentiate between right and wrong! When i was young i thought i belonged to a nation of intellectuals but that belief is fast fading as i have now seen the true image of the average Nigerian.Even the so called educated and informed ones are silly.

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Xbox rules, nuff said!

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Like my friend in south park (eric cartman) will say: This is bullcrap! Xbox has been kicking sony's azz for years and this lollipop looking toy is no match for "Kinect".Forget about flimsy pamphlets and do a practical test.I have seen a demonstration of kinect of on several videos and trust me it kicks PS3 move's butt.

The move looks very childish at best,remember that you sony fans boys were dissing wii a few months back but what did your father sony do? Copy the wii.The move is just an improved wiimote no more.People are already tired of the wiimote so i don't see them falling for the move.

KINECT all the way

President Babangida 2011: Forces line behind ex-military president to succeed Yar’Adua
By VINCENT UKPONG KALU

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Within the week, when the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) publicly declared that the North will occupy the Presidency till 2015, the coast was cleared for aspirants from that part of the country to oil their political machinery for the 2011 electoral contest.

One of those who may be the direct beneficiaries of that policy is former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, especially since it is almost foreclosed that President Umar Musa Yar’Adua will not seek re-election.

Saturday Sun gathered that in the last three months, as Yar’Adua’s health problem rocked the nation, many forces, within the country and outside, have been shopping for his likely replacement in 2011. Sources revealed that the choice has been narrowed down to Babangida, a member of the PDP.

It is generally believed that the death of his wife had put a stop to his ambition of returning to Aso Rock but a close IBB confidant said that, the manner Nigerians sympathised with him during his trying period has humbled him the more and if given the opportunity he wants to reciprocate by giving Nigerians quality and good governance. The message of appreciation he sent to Nigerians conveys his emotion on the love Nigerians showed his family. In the message, he stated, “my dear compatriots, you have once again stood by us at a time and moment when my family and I are need your support, consolation and prayers. No amount of gratitude and appreciation I could offer to you could convey succinctly how deeply touched and grateful my family and I are to all of you… my family is most humbled by these kind words and expressions you conveyed to extol the virtues of my late wife during your visits.”

Last September, three months before the death of his wife, he said he would make consultations before taking a position on the 2011 presidential elections. He then admitted that not only his aides and associates, but various interest groups were mounting pressure on him to return to partisan politics.

Now that the pressure has included the US, would he take a position? Time will tell. Some elements in the North believe that he is not only qualified to occupy the highest political office in the country but is also popular, having been head of state for eight years. Also, foreign countries, which want stability in the country are said to have equally penciled down Babangida for support, ahead of 2011 elections.

The US connection

It was gathered that the United States has indicated interest in Babangida and has actually reached out to him on its thinking. Sources said that the recent visit of a strong US delegation to Nigeria, comprising Jonnie Carson, the country’s assistant secretary of state for African Affairs and Robin Sanders, its ambassador to Nigeria is part of the plan to draft Babangida to the 2011 race.

It was gathered that even though Babangida has not come out openly to declare his interest for the 2011 presidential election, the pressure on him is high. Sources said that due to the calibre of forces urging him to join the race, he would buckle eventually.

A source maintained that the US has followed the political situation in the country and has come to the conclusion that Nigeria needs a president who would restore confidence and leadership. It said that many people have been considered.

Sources said that among those considered is Brig-General Buba Marwa, former Nigeria’s military attaché to the US and current Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa. He was said to have been dropped because the US group believes that it may be difficult for the former governor of Lagos State to be accepted by other parts of the country.

It was gathered that Babangida eventually got endorsement after people like Mr. George Bush Sr, who was president in US when Babangida was military president in Nigeria put in words. The Bush Snr. support, it was gathered, informed why immediate past US president, George W. Bush, wanted to meet with Babangida when he visited Nigeria for the ThisDay awards.

Before the President Barrack Obama’s delegation to Babangida, the US and European Union had lamented the uncertainty in Nigeria, caused by the absence of President Yar’Adua. In a joint statement signed by US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, France’s Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner and European Union High Representative, Catherine Ashton, the US and EU noted: “Nigeria is going through a period of uncertainty because of the prolonged illness of President Musa Yar’Adua. Nigeria’s stability and democracy carry great significance beyond its immediate borders, given its importance as a global oil producer and stabilising force in West Africa.”

In the quest to help Nigeria get stability, the US therefore, wants a leader it thinks would build institutions, as President Obama earlier suggested.

However, apart from the US, it was gathered that Nigerians, especially power brokers in the North are also putting pressure on Babangida to join the race for next year’s presidency.

Maryam death angle

It was gathered that the death of Babangida’s wife, Maryam, last December 27, served as a rallying point for some politicians, who want Babangida back at the presidency. Within the period when Maryam was buried and her 40th day fidau, paraphernalia of offices of state governments across the country literally relocated to Minna. At Minna even though politicians came for mourning, there were reconciliation of political foes and realignment of political forces.

Initially, there was the belief that the death of Maryam would sound the death knel on Babangida’s comeback hope, but the goodwill that came with it boosted the confidence of the retired general, it was gathered. Babangida’s confidant said that the manner Nigerians, from all walks of life sympathised with him, during his trying period, humbled Babangida the more and made him to hope that an opportunity would come for him to reciprocate by giving the Nigerian people quality and good governance. The message of appreciation he sent to Nigerians conveyed his emotion on the love Nigerians showed his family.

In the message, he stated: “ My dear compatriots, you have once again stood by us at a time and moment when my family and I need your support, consolation and prayers.”

The North’s thinking

It was gathered that the northern political elite, believing that it gambled and lost out with the Yar’Adua presidency, thinks that with a candidate like Babangida the geopolitical zone will bounce back to political reckoning, just as General Olusegun Obasanjo brought back South West to political relevance at the federal level.

Sources said that the declaration that no serving or former governor from the North will succeed Yar’Adua was part of the signal to draft Babangida into the race. Indeed, a frontline northern critic and retired Army Major, Abubakar Umar, had warned that the northern governors, who are nursing the ambition of succeeding Yar’Adua should bury such plans. According to him, none of these northern governors is competent to rule the country. He said that some of the governors, apart from their dismal performance, were found wanting when the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) checked their books.

Considering the offer

It was gathered that Babangida is considering the offer to succeed Yar’Adua. He is said to be examining the various forces angling for his entry into the race, to ascertain if they mean well or just want to drag him out and disgrace him. Also, he wants to be sure that Nigerians would accept him.

Sources close to him said that one of the ways the former Head of State wants to find out how Nigerians feel about him was for his associates to commission a research to find out how Nigerians would receive his entry into the presidential race. It was gathered that this move is preparatory to him officially declaring to replace Yar’Adua next year.

Former national treasurer of PDP, Dr. Godwin Daboh, who is among those putting pressure on Babangida to join the 2011 race, had said that result of research conducted in the six geopolitical zones showed that over 70 percent of Nigerians want Babangida in the presidency in 2011. This seems to have buoyed the confidence of the group, which are surreptitiously revving their political structures.

With such finding, associates of Babangida have subtly started making comments to prepare the ground. One of his former aides and ex-military intelligence officer when Babangida was in power, Captain Sagir Mohammed (retd), recently said that the constitution is clear on who could be presidential candidate. According to him, “the Nigerian people who decide who becomes the president have not, in any way, foreclosed his possibility of becoming the president and we have no proof that those few who want him not to contest, represent the view of Nigerian people.”

He remarked that General Babangida holds the record as one of the greatest leaders that have ever ruled the country, since the period of amalgamation, adding that he has a record of achievements unsurpassed by many Nigerian leaders before and after him. The former military officer said Nigerians now have the unique opportunity of comparing the Babangida regime with what the country has had after him.

Resurrecting political structures

It was gathered that Babangida has refused to disclose his political activities for fear of being accused of contributing in heating up the polity and destablising the Yar’Adua government. Sources said that he wants to meet with President Yar’Adua, to ascertain his plan for 2011 before making a public declaration on his intention.

In the meantime, it was gathered that his political associates have started resurrecting his political structures secretly, preparatory to his declaration.

One of them, who pleaded anonymity said: “We are now resurrecting our structures because it is evident that going by the internal and external pressures mounted on IBB to run for 2011 presidential election, he would succumb. The unity and progress of this country is very uppermost in his mind.”

His clout

Events have proved that Babangida is a force to be reckoned with in PDP and the polity. In 2006, many people picked nomination forms for various offices because Babangida was expected to run for the president. Some of them, especially those who wanted to be governors, had actually paid the non-refundable N2m to pick nomination forms. They, however, dropped their aspirations when it became clear that Babangida was no longer interested in the presidency, following the aspiration of Yar’Adua. Babangida had put what happened into perspective then when he said that he pulled out because he did not want to go into a contest with any member of the Yar’Adua family because he saw them as his brothers. He revealed that Yar’Adua’s father had told him not to ever do anything that would put him on collision course with any of his children, as they grew up together.

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This may seems far fetched or dismissed as another screaming headlines from a tabloid.

Last week or week before another newspaper reported a meeting by the US representatives with IBB in Minna.

The clincher for me is Crude Oil. In the last few years China has been making in roads into Africa including Nigeria grabbing crude oil drilling rights and other lucrative contracts. US companies may not be too concerned about infrastructure contracts since that will expose them too much to the FCPA. But when it comes to crude oil business that is a different ball game, our government watch dogs in DC will gladly look away if the result is more crude oil for Nigeria. With IBB in power, it is another shot for the US to increase its stake and foothold in Nigeria especially considering its dwindling influence in the continent and the rising profile of China.

And with IBB in power, who says AFRICOM cannot finally be situated in Nigeria or somewhere on the West African coast to provide security for the crude oil reserves in Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, and Angola. Oops! add Ghana as well.

We see how this plays out, maybe Chevron will have a change of mind if its decision to pull out of Nigeria is not final.

Nobody can love you more than you do. When you allow foreigners to meddle in your affairs, the first priority isn't your well being.

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