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 Politics › Re: US Military To Help Fight Boko Haram by PointB: 11:13am On Nov 12, 2011 |
@La faria, Who owned the Libya military? Quadaffi or the Libyan people? |
| Politics › Re: US Military To Help Fight Boko Haram by PointB: 11:10am On Nov 12, 2011 |
They want to help us deal with Boko Haram menace, so I say we welcome them with open arms. |
| Politics › Re: US Military To Help Fight Boko Haram by PointB: 11:02am On Nov 12, 2011 |
We will gladly let them have an Africom Base in the SS/SE where the oil is produced if that is what it takes to unravel it all. |
| Politics › Re: US Military To Help Fight Boko Haram by PointB: 10:58am On Nov 12, 2011 |
If the US Army joins they fray it will be a win-win situation. Either the political Boko Haram is destroyed or Nigeria is 'destroyed' either way it's a win for the differ components of Nigeria, who desire a divorce from the menace that is Boko Haram. Nigeria is not as important as the the lives of it citizens. |
| Politics › Re: US Military To Help Fight Boko Haram by PointB: 9:23am On Nov 12, 2011 |
Pls when are they deploying? We can't wait to welcome them! |
| Politics › Re: Why Is Jonathan Receiving More Insults Than Yar'adua And Obasanjo Combined Together? by PointB: 8:55am On Nov 12, 2011 |
^^^^ How does quoting Sanusi article discredits Sanusi? Or did Sanusi write that article that made no mention of hausa/fulani to discredit himself? In any case I don't care what you think, feel, say, or do. You are an internet user id. I worry more about dead ants, than about something as useless as your moniker. I own you, and control you. You are a baby! You can't do more than a dead ant! The next opportunity I get, I will show Nairalanders that article again and again. That is your thumbscrew, I will use it. PATHETIC SAD BIGOT ABOKI SUPREMACISTS- Ahj Sanusi harem Boko Lamido! |
| Politics › Re: Achebe May Reject The National Honour By FG - SaharaReporters by PointB: 8:31am On Nov 12, 2011 |
Achebe is in his own league. No one in Nigeria dead or living comes close! |
| Politics › Re: To End This Boko Haram Onslaught, Gej Should Simply Propose Nigeria's Division by PointB: 8:19am On Nov 12, 2011 |
They will assassinate him if they 'think' he will propose such. Such proposal are better made by his spokesman man 'Abati', who should then be fired for 'misrepresenting' the president. NIgerians and political commentators will subsequently have a field day discussing the issue. This exactly what Dora Akunyili did for GEJ during the Yar Adua illness saga. And many Nigerians are proud of her for that. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: ... by PointB: 9:52pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Russia will only react by selling arms to Iran. China will urge dialogue and non interference with politics of foreign countries. UN security council will deliberate endlessly as far as Israel has the upper hand. Nigeria will make a killing selling oil at high price. Arabs will take to the street and in Nigeria Northernera will riots, burn churches for a few days until soldiers begin to shoot at sight. In the end live goes on. |
| Politics › Re: Dialogue With Boko Haram - El-Rufai To FG by PointB(op): 8:23pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
namfav:No doubt Boko Haram is the armed wing of El Rufia 2015 Campaign Organisation. We are watching. . . |
| Politics › Re: Senator Wants Amnesty For Treasury Looters by PointB: 8:05pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Nigeria doesn’t need SNC – ACN Rep By Femi Makinde, Ado-Ekiti A member of the House of Representatives representing Ekiti North Federal Constituency I, Mr. Bimbo Daramola, has faulted those advocating the convocation of Sovereign National Conference to address the problems facing the country. Daramola said this at a press conference in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday. He said the call was unnecessary, saying those who would be part of such conference were not more patriotic than the 469 members of the National Assembly who were elected by the majority of Nigerians. He described the agitation for the convocation of the conference as an affront on the Nigerian Constitution and usurpation of the powers of the National Assembly. Daramola advised the advocates of the SNC to shelve the idea, saying the nation did not need SNC to tar its roads, to improve health facilities and fix other problems. He said, “We don’t need any SNC because Nigerians have already elected members of the National Assembly to represent their interest. “Nigeria cannot afford to set up an unconstitutional parallel body to rival the National Assembly. What we need in Nigeria is how to present an equitable and justifiable Nigeria, where everybody could have a sense of belonging. https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-739492.0.html |
| Politics › Re: Dialogue With Boko Haram - El-Rufai To FG by PointB(op): 7:59pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
afam4eva:With every shred of his bone; the guy is a confirmed terrorist!  |
| Politics › Re: No Outsider Can Stop An Igbo As President In 2015 –ezeife by PointB: 7:56pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Bliss4Lyfe:Abeg tell them my sweet sister, keep telling them. Nigeria will have to choose between the following group of people: 1. Soludo, Rochas, Chime, Okonjo Iweala, Ngige or 2. David Mark, David Mark, David Mark, David Mark, David Mark, David Mark Very simple choice! |
| Politics › Re: Dialogue With Boko Haram - El-Rufai To FG by PointB(op): 7:44pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Dialogue with Boko Haram to further enslave Nigeria? Rufia will never disappoint as a sore loser! The only dialogue I believe we can offer them is Apache Hellicopters, drones, Mossad, CIA and US Marines! Death to Boko Haram! |
| Politics › Re: My Worries About Nairaland And Nigeria’s Future. (NL Is Dividing Us) by PointB: 7:42pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
marocguy:Deep! |
| Politics › Dialogue With Boko Haram - El-Rufai To FG by PointB(op): 7:35pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
El-Rufai Attacks Government - Says "Dialogue With Boko Haram" Written by Alaba Johnson (Reporter for NaijaPundit). Add comment (0) El-Rufai Attacks Government-Says "Dialogue With Boko Haram" A day after the brutal killings by Boko Haram of many people in Damaturu, Yobe State and Maiduguri, Borno State, controversial former minister of the Federal Capital Territory who is now facing corruption charges for corruptly awarding lands to his cronies and minor child, Nasir El-Rufai, has snapped at the present administration and asked them to dialogue with Boko Haram. In a post on his twitter account, Malam El-Rufai opined thus "@mareeyama: How many more people need to die before the government dialogues with Boko Haram  , many more, they are parasites, right?People on Twitter found his comments very insensitive especially as they were made just a day after the incidence and did not show any condemnation against the actions of Boko Haram. Furthermore, many opined that seeing as no major prominent Northern elder statesman has condemned the attacks such comments by El-Rufai may be seen as condoning the actions of Boko Haram. http://www.naijapundit.com/news/el-rufai-attacks-government-says-dialogue-with-boko-haram https://www.naijapundit.com/images/stories/el-rufais%20tweet.jpg |
| Politics › Re: Kaduna Attackers Leave Note, Threaten To "finish You Infidels And Your President by PointB: 7:27pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Christians Fleeing Northwest The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has disclosed that many Christians and non-natives in Yobe State, especially those in Damaturu, the state capital, are fleeing to their native states for safety. The state’s CAN Chairman, Rev. Garba Idi told journalists that officials and various community leaders in the meeting were uncomfortable with the security arrangements as no soldier or police was sighted around the Jerusalem area where most non-natives in the state capital reside. Rev. Idi, however, called on Christians for calm as CAN was putting heads together with other concerned bodies to address the situation. Rev. Idi said the state government had not taken any concrete steps for now as individuals were bearing the responsibility of evacuating corpses of their loved ones to their home towns for burial. He expressed shock at the unfortunate event and wondered what could have angered those who decided to carry out the attacks in the state which had been considered as safe haven in the country. He appealed to all and sundry to see themselves as one and find other ways of resolving grievances instead of taking actions leading to the death of innocent souls. He urged the Boko Haram sect to reconsider their actions for the sake of innocent Nigerians. The National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) , Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor also said that CAN would not wait until all its members in the North are killed before confronting the menace. According to him, in New Jerusalem area of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, no fewer than six churches were torched by suspected Boko Haram members in a bombing that also affected a police station. He said that four people were killed by co-ordinated Fedayeen attacks; one at a college in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, while Mujahideen gunmen attacked a church in Kaduna, shooting two female worshippers to death. “The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), is calling on the Federal Government to demonstrate the political will to deal decisively with the increasing wave of terrorism in the country. Reports reaching me from different parts of the North have shown that several innocent lives have again been sent to their early graves and property worth millions of naira has either been torched or vandalised in another orgy of religious violence,” Oritsejafor said. “We just cannot continue to put our wrong foot forward all the time and expect investors to come and invest their money in an unsafe environment,” Oritsejefor said, urging the government to take action. To the governments and people of the three states, Oritsejafor offered condolences while appealing for restraint, saying that CAN will, in due course, come up with a position after an emergency meeting soon. He also commiserated with the leadership of the Nigeria Police and other security agencies that lost personnel and property in the latest spate of violence, reiterating his call for proactive measures by the security outfits to tackle the menace of terrorism in the country. Meanwhile, the national president of Tarraya Ekklisiyoyi Kristi A Nigeria (TEKAN), Reverend Emmanuel Dziggau on Monday read what appeared to be the Riot Act to those killing and maiming Christians in the North and destroying their properties, saying “enough is enough.” Reverend Dziggau also said in a press statement made available to newsmen in Kaduna that they would no longer accept the sweet talks of both the federal and the concerned state governments without any measurable political will to kill the virus that is capable of tearing the country apart. The TEKAN, meaning Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria in Hausa, president also said that in view of the threat posed to the corporate existence of the country by the recent activities of the Boko Haram group, Nigerians should come together and review the possibility of remaining together as one country. While calling on its members to remain calm and prayerful, the clergyman said that TEKAN would no longer tolerate any further killing of its members and the destruction of churches and their properties by those he termed agents of murder and destruction. The statement reads: “The Tarraya Ekklisiyoyi Kristi A Nigeria; (Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria- TEKAN) has observed with deep concern the devilish activities of the dreaded Islamic sect called “Boko Haram” whose activities are gearing towards total elimination of Christians and Christianity in the northern part of this country, being the reason for incessant attack and killings of innocent law-abiding Christians in the North, particularly Christians of TEKAN family. “Therefore, the TEKAN wishes to condemn the continuous killings of our members and other Christians in the North, especially North-East region. TEKAN may no longer accept the smooth talk show by both the respective states and federal government without any measurable political will to treat this evil virus that’s capable of tearing this country apart. “TEKAN is calling on well-meaning Nigerians ahead of 2014 when Nigeria will be 100 years of her amalgamation to decide the possibility of our remaining together in the face of the Boko Haram activities that are no longer acceptable to many peace-loving Nigerians. “TEKAN may no longer tolerate any further killings of her members and destruction of churches, properties by any agent of murder and destruction. TEKAN is calling on her members to remain calm and prayerful. “We will follow events and whatever needs to be done will be done in coordination with the heavenly host under the captainship of our lord Jesus Christ. Christians may appear docile but when the time comes, even docile people may stand up like a mighty rock. Enough is enough.” Meanwhile, the Yobe State branch of CAN has called on President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Ibrahim Geidam to work towards restoring normalcy to the state and ensure the protection of life and property of citizens, particularly of those who came to earn a living in the state. The group said thousands of non-indigenes were relocating from the state to where they could be accommodated and accepted as Nigerians. The state chairman of CAN, Reverend Garba Idi, said this in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. According to him, since the crisis began, particularly in Jerusalem ward which is dominated by Christians and non-indigenes, many of them had chosen to leave the state. The CAN chairman said 10 churches, 11 vehicles, seven motorcycles and one bicycle were burnt during the attack. “So many Christians were killed and as I am talking to you now, some people are still calling us to say that they discovered the bodies of some of their missing relatives who were killed in the bush. We are not too comfortable with the security arrangements here,” he said. Also speaking, Mr Tony Ogah, a businessman in Damaturu, said he had been nursing the idea to leave the state because of so many issues which have to do with his faith as a Christian, adding that the crises in Yobe left him with no option but to leave and settle somewhere else. While narrating her ordeal, Mrs Patriash Okoli said when the people came, “they shouted Arne, Yanmiri, shege and they started shooting and burning, and before the police could come, they had killed so many people. I don’t know how I survived, but my friends were killed before my eyes. I was running into the bush on Bukar Abba University road and somehow I escaped.” http://www.naijapundit.com/news/christians-fleeing-northwest |
| Politics › Re: Kaduna Attackers Leave Note, Threaten To "finish You Infidels And Your President by PointB: 7:26pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
manchy7531:If Boko haram kill Jonathan, there will be war! There is no two way about it! |
| Politics › Re: What Is Keeping Nigerians Going? by PointB: 7:14pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Niger Delta Oil |
| Politics › Re: Kaduna Attackers Leave Note, Threaten To "finish You Infidels And Your President by PointB: 6:29pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
@op Any link to the news? |
| Politics › Re: Why Is Jonathan Receiving More Insults Than Yar'adua And Obasanjo Combined Together? by PointB: 6:17pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
danjohn:Correct Answer: @Poster, search no further, Sanusi Lamido, CBN Governor has the answer: My views on the Yoruba political leadership have been thoroughly articulated in some of my writings, prime among which was " Afenifere: Syllabus of Errors" published by This Day (The Sunday Newspaper) on Sept 27, 1998. There was also an earlier publication in the weekly Trust entitled " The Igbo, the Yoruba and History" (Aug. 21, 1998). In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude. The Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country. In 1966, it was the violence in the West which provided an avenue for the putsch of 15th January. A[b]fter Chief Awolowo lost to Shagari in 1983 elections, it was the discontent and bad publicity in the South-West which led to the Buhari intervention.[/b] When Buhari jailed UPN governors like Ige and Onabanjo, the South-Western press castigated that good government and provided the right mood for IBB to take over power. As soon as IBB cleared UPN governors of charges against them in a politically motivated retrial, he became the darling of the South-West. When IBB annulled the primaries in which Adamu Ciroma and Shehu Yar Adua emerged as presidential candidates in the NRC and SDP, he was hailed by the South-West. When the same man annulled the June 12, 1993 elections in which Abiola was the front-runner, the South-West now became defenders of democracy. When it seemed Sani Abacha was sympathetic to Abiola, the South-West supported his take-over. He was in fact invited by a prominent NADECO member to take over in a published letter shortly before the event. Even though Abiola had won the elections in the North, the North was blamed for its annulment. When Abdulsalam Abubakar started his transition, the Yoruba political leadership through NADECO presented a memorandum on a Government of National Unity that showed complete disrespect for the intelligence and liberties of other Nigerians. Subsequently, they formed a tribal party which failed to meet minimum requirements for registration, but was registered all the same to avoid the violence that was bound to follow non-registration, given the area-boy mentality of South-West politicians. Having rejected an Obasanjo candidacy and challenged the election as a fraud in court, we now find a leading member of the AD in the government, a daughter of an Afenifere leader as Minister of State, and Awolowo´s daughter as Ambassador, all appointed by a man who won the election through fraud. Meanwhile, nothing has been negotiated for the children of Abiola, the focus of Yoruba political activity. In return for these favours, the AD solidly voted for Evan Enwerem as Senate President. This is a man who participated in the two-million- man March for Abacha´s self-succession. He also is reputed to have hosted a meeting of governors during IBB´s transition, demanding that June 12 elections should never be de-annulled and threatening that the East would go to war if this was done. When Ibrahim Salisu Buhari was accused of swearing to a false affidavit, the Yoruba political elite correctly took up the gauntlet for his resignation. When an AD governor, Bola Tinubu, swears to a false affidavit that he attended an Ivy League University which he did not attend, we hear excuses. For so many years, the Yoruba have inundated this country with stories of being marginalised and of a civil service dominated by northerners through quota system. The Federal Character Commission has recently released a report which shows that the South-West accounts for 27.8% of civil servants in the range GL08 to GL14 and a full 29.5% of GL 15 and above. One zone out of six zones controls a full 30% of the civil service leaving the other five zones to share the remaining 70%. We find the same story in the economy, in academia, in parastatals. Yet in spite of being so dominant, the Yoruba complained and complained of marginalization. Of recent, in recognition of the trauma which hit the South-West after June 12, the rest of the country forced everyone out of the race to ensure that a South-Westerner emerged, often against the best advice of political activists. Instead of leading a path of reconciliation and strong appreciation, the Yoruba have embarked on short-sighted triumphalism, threatening other "nationalities" that they ( who after all lost the election) will protect Obasanjo ( who was forced on them). No less a person than Bola Ige has made such utterances. To further show that they were in charge, they led a cult into the Hausa area of Sagamu, murdered a Hausa woman and nothing happened. In the violence that followed, they killed several Hausa residents, with Yoruba leaders like Segun Osoba, reminding Nigerians of the need to respect the culture of their host communities. This would have continued were it not for the people of Kano who showed that they could also create their own Oro who would only be appeased through the shedding of innocent Yoruba blood. I say all this, to support Balarabe Musa´s statement, that the greatest problem to nation-building in Nigeria are the Yoruba Bourgeoisie. I say this also to underscore my point that until they change this attitude, no conference can solve the problems of Nigeria. We cannot move forward if the leadership of one of the largest ethnic groups continues to operate, not like statesmen, but like common area boys. iii.The Igbo Factor and the Reasonable Limits of Retribution. The Igbo people of Nigeria have made a mark in the history of this nation. They led the first successful military coup which eliminated the Military and Political leaders of other regions while letting off Igbo leaders. Nwafor Orizu, then Senate President, in consultation with President Azikiwe, subverted the constitution and handed over power to Aguiyi-Ironsi. Subsequent developments, including attempts at humiliating other peoples, led to the counter-coup and later the civil war. The Igbos themselves must acknowledge that they have a large part of the blame for shattering the unity of this country. Having said that, this nation must realise that Igbos have more than paid for their foolishness. They have been defeated in war, rendered paupers by monetary policy fiat, their properties declared abandoned and confiscated, kept out of strategic public sector appointments and deprived of public services. The rest of the country forced them to remain in Nigeria and has continued to deny them equity. The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of things. In the recent transition when the Igbo solidly supported the PDP in the hope of an Ekwueme presidency, the North and South-West treated this as a Biafra agenda. Every rule set for the primaries, every gentleman´s agreement was set aside to ensure that Obasanjo, not Ekwueme emerged as the candidate. Things went as far as getting the Federal Government to hurriedly gazette a pardon. Now, with this government, the marginalistion of the Igbo is more complete than ever before. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb. After the First World War, the victors treated Germany with the same contempt Nigeria is treating Igbos. Two decades later, there was a Second World War, far costlier than the first. Germany was again defeated, but this time, they won a more honourable peace. Our present political leaders have no sense of History. There is a new Igbo man, who was not born in 1966 and neither knows nor cares about Nzeogwu and Ojukwu. There are Igbo men on the street who were never Biafrans. They were born Nigerians, are Nigerians, but suffer because of actions of earlier generations. They will soon decide that it is better to fight their own war, and may be find an honourable peace, than to remain in this contemptible state in perpetuity. The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have exacted their pound of flesh from the Igbos. For one Sardauna, one Tafawa Balewa, one Akintola and one Okotie-Eboh, hundreds of thousands have died and suffered. If this issue is not addressed immediately, no conference will solve Nigeria´s problems. [size=18pt]By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi[/size] |
| Politics › Re: The Nairaland Movie And Its Cast by PointB: 2:24pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Ufeolorun:lol. Ahj Harem has no scruples nor principle. He is a chameleon. Thought I was the only one who noticed his constantly changing ethnic affiliation and alliances. I wont be surprised if he is a product of gang violation! He is a lost soul who needs help! |
| Politics › Re: Nigeria Islamists Joining With Jihadists: Army--YahooNewS by PointB: 12:44pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Slowly, the world will come to realise who fired the first shots in the inevitable event of a schism. They are watching! |
| Politics › Re: Why Is Jonathan Receiving More Insults Than Yar'adua And Obasanjo Combined Together? by PointB: 12:04pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Gbawe:You marched on the streets? So freaking what? What did your street show of political opportunism achieved? Cast your mind back to the June 12 era when Nigerians marched on the streets in Yaba and at other places. What did it that achieve? Did Abacha bulge? Tunde Bakare and Dele Momodu's participation in the SNG rallies and march, had no altruistic motive if you must know. It was a as selfish and opportunistic attempt to launch themselves into the the big arena. Fortunately like all selfish political adventurism, we saw how it ended! So if you stand here with a smug on your face, panting like a dog that is celebrating victory in a 100 meter dash, and thinking we did not see through the action of those opportunistic goons, then I have news for you - WE DID. The real hero of the Yar Adua illness and hand-over saga was, and remains - Dora Akunyili, whose memo sent jitters across government circle and disstabilised the cabal from the inside, catching them pants down in their diabolic game. Without Dora, those protest would have been like ranting of ants, based on the workings of Nigeria which, only naive people like you failed to understand! Nigerians knew what happened and the role she played. DORA AKUNYILI was the hero, and never Tunde Bakere and Dele Mamodu who were indirectly launching there political career! |
| Politics › Re: Why Is Jonathan Receiving More Insults Than Yar'adua And Obasanjo Combined Together? by PointB: 10:43am On Nov 11, 2011 |
Gbawe:Louder than everyone else? Louder than Dora Akunyili? Dora Akunyili of NAFDAC fame, who at great personal risk (of assassination) broke the ranks of the cabal from within their own camp. That is friend, is the biggest, most and most important singular action that brought the cabal to their knees. Inside pressure, and cracks! Not the rabble-rouses like you from the outside. But then, what else can do you know how best to do than claiming glory for your tribesmen. And you are not a bigot! Na me score am! Selfish, bigoted, mischievous, ACN thug! |
that would make you snack on your keyboard in anger 
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