₦airaland Forum

Delafruita: what exactly do you mean by "the opposition parties thrived"?

He possibly meant that they (opposition parties) were given free hands to operate and even "win" elections without interference contrary to what any African leader (including the so-called dissident governors in their respective states) would do.

kbdrim: You are also forgeting that this is the first time someone from a minority tribe is ruling Nigeria. You are also overestimating the intellectual capacity of GEJ. I dont think he commands the same respect OBJ had in 2003. remember that in 2011, none of these northern Governors(north east and north west) delivered their states to PDP. It is only worse right now especially in the north. There is no guarantee that even if GEJ accedes to their demands, he wont change his mind after 2015 and start hounding them into jail (GOV sylva comes to mind). The OBJ scenario also differs in 2003 because all the Governors were also looking for a 2nd term in Office. All the current G7 governors except kwara are in their second terms and therefore have nothing to loose. Money doesnt always sort it out as can be seen in 2007 Third term problem. This was also because most of the Governors were also serving their second terms in office and so still went ahead to mess the third term up. Lamido and Babangida Aliyu backtracking might actually be because they feels they stand a better chance of actualizing their ambitions in PDP instead of the APC. You can trust the average northerner...They would not be cowed by the use of force especially by a president from a minority tribe. There has never being a time when a sitting President has been this challenged and it hasnt gone unnoticed.

lol...

This is also the first time ever that a person from your so-called "minority tribe" vanquished a violent ideological insurgency mind you.

Goodluck Jonathan is the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, you don't want to know what that means trust me.

"That incident also gave the impression to the Southerners that we are not united. The value of a broom is to sweep. But when it is disorganised, it cannot sweep anything, and it is useless if it is not tied together. Population might is useless unless if the people decide to come together and act in unison to achieve their goal.

So if we willingly push ourselves into becoming a minority in the PDP, we would end up neither here, nor there. Because whether people like it or not, APC is a Yoruba party.

The Yoruba have foresight, in the last election, they supported Ribadu, but they honestly knew he could not win. You also knew he could not win, I knew he could not win, in fact even Ribadu knew he could not win, and because they knew he could not win, they did not even bother to vote for him.

Ribadu came to see me, because I was his father’s friend, and he told me he was going to run for election. I told him I support his decision because his coming in, would mean that all opposition elements are coming together, because as long as they are always divided, they would never achieve their aim. I said if you all come together, then the people will know that you are serious, and they would support you to form the government. How can ACN be in Yoruba land, CPC in the north and APGA in Igbo land and one of them would dislodge the PDP in 2011?

I have been in politics for over sixty one years. Even if I was just watching something for 61 years, you know very well that I would know much more than the one who began to watch two or three years ago, besides, I was actively involved." - Tanko Yakassai

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Ilaje Omuro: Where does the ordinary voter stand in all of this calculations? Nigerians have lost faith in their own power and fervently believe that success at polls is the handiwork of a president, a governor, and any political leader for that matter. I sense a disoriented and poorly educated youthful population! Too bad!

Ordinary voters are being given choices between the political gladiators coalescing into parties.

Ordinary voters will make their choice at the polls.

rati ken: As much as this looks like a good development, I see chaos and almost anarchy at the back end. Not very sure if we have the structure to withstand the fall-outs from these developments. PDP is definitely not going down without a fight, APC is not going to allow the progress gained so far go down the drain, the NDs are waiting to bring our economy to its knees if their 'brother' gets impeached or denied 2015 presidency, PDP is definitely gonna react to the these developments in very mean and harsh ways and with all the organs at her disposal. Its just gonna get messy, unfortunately.. None of these is meant to address the dire needs of the common Nigerian. I seriously fear that the 2014/15 disintegration forecast might just be playing out before our very eyes. These are desperate moves and developments and both parties will stop at nothing. I fear for this entity called Nigeria.

You are entitled to your negative thoughts and pessimism.

At the end of the day, 2015 will come, elections would be held, winners sworn in, losers go home and re-strategize; possibly merge again and again.

Smart people will position themselves for opportunities.

Olysaint: Here I see a great bunch of f00ls making entreaties, these are analysis from d mind of men, they have been able to calculate wit their senses but have forgotn dt there is a God in heaven d most powerful who entrone and detrone kings... º°˚˚˚°ºнaĦaнaº°˚˚˚°º who will decide whn d Grt God of Jecob who made Jonathan king over d so called emirs of north an d so call bunch of sychophants of d apc f00ls. Let's see wht will bcome of them come 2o15, I reserv d rest of my commnts untill then!

Don't get emotional man!

No one has the monopoly on God.

He is for everyone.

Once you realize that, you will tone down your emotions.

Ekestar: U MIGHT BE CORRECT TO AN EXTENT BUT NOT AS TO EVERY THING U SAID,i WANT U TO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE PRESSURE AGAINST GOODLUCK IS SO MUCH IS BECAUSE OF HIS EMERGENCE AS THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA IN 2011,THIS DISTORTED THE POLITICAL EQUATION ALREADY IN EXISTENCE,AND THIS EQUATION WAS SETUP BY THE NORTH,THE POLITICAL EQUATION,IS NOW FURTHER THREATENED BY HIS UNKNOWN DECISION TO CONTEST 2015,WHICH IF ALLOWED TO HAPPEN WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN NIGERIA POLITICALLY.
EVEN WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT AFFIRMING THAT THE IGBOS ARE THE BACK BONE OF HIS GOVERNMENT,WHICH WE ALL KNOW TO BE THE TRUTH,THE THREAT BY THE NORTH WILL STILL CONTINUE,ALTHOUGH HE SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID IT NOW,PROBABLY AFTER 2015 ELECTION.I WANT U TO KNOW THAT ANY TIME POWER CHANGES HAND IT MUST BE THREATENED BY THE ORIGINAL WIELDERS.

After all said and done, the same North will cut a deal with the president to secure their political future.

It's looking like they have already conceded 2015 to Jonathan.

What is left is 2019.

What you are seeing before your eyes is permutations between SW and the North for 2019.

Gbawe: They are not lazy. They simply lack political sophistication . They do not even have an iota of it. You will find that these guys , despite being conventionally educated, will always lack political sophistication because their clannish nature and ethno-religious prejudice against others will perpetually prevent them from appreciating what politics, a game of numbers and alliances plus strategic planning, is all about.

We are seeing politics playing out before ours yet some naff and politically gauche 'throwbacks' prefer going around shouting "boko/Yoruba" Party, "Yorobu and aboki gang-up" and other such illiterate and prejudiced drivel.

I really pity some people and how their mental 'stumbling blocks' (divisiveness, prejudice, ethno-religious jingoism, paranoia, persecution complex et al) will always prevent them from seeing what matters .

"Q. Let’s go back to the Yoruba and their politics; you were talking about Ribadu, right?

Yes, what I want you to understand is that they were just using us. They supported Ribadu because they knew he would not win, and they would not even vote for him. And now, they would still support another northern candidate, whether he wins or not, they don’t care. In fact they already knew it cannot be won.

But in the election that would follow the next one, it may be their turn to produce the candidate, do you think there is a northerner that would not support a Yoruba candidate? And by then, the Yoruba folk would come out en masse to vote for one of their own." - Tank Yakassai

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/150148-exclusive-why-dying-yaradua-was-sneaked-into-nigeria-without-jonathans-knowledge-tanko-yakasai.html


Relax man.

Everyone is trying to contribute as they see things with biases and sentiments.

That is called politics.

The success or failure of this new alliance depends on how perceptions are managed.

As it stands, there are still entrenched fears; real and perceived.

Beyond Yakassai's perception, there are some deep seated ambition in the new alliance that won't just go away because of the merger.

As soon as some are realized, there may be a semblance of "peace".

Unfortunately not many would be realized.

How for instance do you get Mohammadu Buhari to jettison his ambition and fall behind say Bukola Saraki or Aminu Tambuwwal and still deploy that kind of passion as in the current euphoria?

If Jonathan loses - which is extremely unlikely at this time - APC's future is secured, at least with the power and influence that the presidency carries.

However, they will still have to contend with the internal wrangling that the second term issues will bring vis-a-vis the present calculations of the SW leader(s).

But if it is the reverse - which is extremely likely - APC will fragment and dissolve into respective regional enclaves.

Can the media please respect this woman and stop sensationalizing her predicament?

Barrister Femi Falana should handle this carefully.

This is a human being, she has children as well.

This is not the type of thing to be flexing muscles on.

This woman is sick, she needs medical help more than the legal drama.

Legality will make much meaning to this woman when she's fully well.

sagombugo: May I use this opportunity to announce that we all have the last and final chance to watch,observe,listen to and analyse the Anambra guber candidates again come tommorrow Sunday 10th on Channels TV at 5pm

I know that Mazi Obiano would have been sweating due to the fact that he would once again be exposed as a puppet who can not articulate his thought process

Dr Ifeanyi Uba can further stake his claim for the 2nd place with another superb outing 2moro

Tony Nwoye am afraid came to the party too late and would further drive in the nail in the vote-sharing coffin of an Obiano in Anambra North

Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige has usual will be in his theaterics element wowing and towering above his traducers! Ngige kain ga e so

Come One Come All

Thick H-factor.

Shows you are not from that constituency.

Makes the poll a farce indirectly.

This polling company is needed more in Ekiti than Anambra.

MOB's supporters need the scare more.

MAYOWAAK: BUHARI IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: A picture taken 13th July 1977, in Stockholm , shows King Carl Gustaf of Sweden(R), talking to Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani of Saudi Arabia(C), the strongman of the OPEP summit and Colonel Muhammad Buhari of Nigeria(L).

He is standing behind them doing what with his hands behind his back?

Waiting for instructions?

GenBuhari: In 1977 Buhari was not the leader
He was Petroleum Minister

Again, a leader not the leader.

A petroleum minister is also a leader.

Orlando Owoh: He wasn't the leader then but Minister of Petroleum to Olusegun Obasanjo. This was when he had a close relationship with Tam David West.
Muhammadu Buhari was a long time member of the Murtala Muhammed/Olusegun Obasanjo government. He, then Lt.-Col, was made governor of North-East State after the July 29 1975 coup by Brig. Murtala Muhammed.

The statement reads a leader and not the leader.

He was a leader in 1977.

By 1983, he truncated a democratically elected government led by Alhaji Shehu Shagari in a military coup.

He issued several decrees among which was Decree 4.

He killed 2 suspected drug courier by applying a law retroactively.

His ADC, Mustafa Jokolo brought in 53 suit cases stuff with money when Nigeria's currency was changed.

The suit cases were intercepted by Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, then a customs officer.

masonkz: This is one. How many heterosexual cases do you hear on a DAILY basis? now compare that to the gay statistic.

In conclusion, violence knows no sexual orientation.

Now that you know, stop the happiness fallacy.

masonkz: Yea, maybe everyone should be taken to the Psychiatric hospital when they're small to determine whether they are gay or straight.

Yes everyone who exhibits some lunatic tendencies like homosexuality early on.

In Africa, they take them to churches and mosques and shrines to ward off the evil spirits.

Meanwhile GAY is not the opposite of STRAIGHT.

Anything not straight is bent or crooked.

Johnpaul88: He's indeed a caveman! His way of thinking have been shocking, to say the least!
The failed Nigeria he still hold on to have absolutely no chance of survival with people like him around.
Sad!

You are really trying to say what they asked you to say.

But they are deceiving you

Look which country is currently in "survival mode" as a result of debauchery.

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jan/02/photography-detroit#/?picture=370173036&index=6

"Righteousness exalts a nation..." not debauchery, never homosexuality.

king94: Brainwashed
Wow,diff of opinion does nt make one brainwashed.Tell me one unhappy gay couple u knw.Anderson Cooper has talked extensively on dis issue.He posited dat ppl dat jump 2 conclusions about gays don't knw crap about his lyf.Jus because sum1 does nt conform 2 ur way of lyf does nt make d person mentally ill.It makes him different.U tink its a disease dat can be cured.I'd luv 2 see u try to 'heal' a gay person

You sure need help.

http://ex-gaytruth.com/encyclopedia/sy-rogers/

http://syrogers.com/

Wish you the best.

king94: I wuldnt classify dem as mentally ill ppl.They live a happy lyf(maybe,evn happier dan urs) nd mentally ill ppl ar nt capable of dat.

Very happy life indeed

http://www.punchng.com/metro/homosexual-stabs-partner-to-death-police-arrest-neighbours/

eluquenson: Is Funmi married now cos i don't know if she's

No, she's not.

She had a daughter for a popular footballer though.

That makes it more strange because she appears to be a normal woman.

unmask: and mr all righteous..... What should be done about fornication or is it part of our culture? ...... In your demented seclusion you can look up the word discrimination

It's all debauchery... all part of dangerous wild living...

masonkz: My parents did all the above..and here I am. ..People don't wake up and decide to be gay, young man

They didn't take you to the psychiatric hospital early.

"Now you don enter market".

king94: U ar harping on sumtin dat happened years ago.Anywaiz,a talk show aims 2 discuss diff issues.Some topics mite be 'controversial' nd some mite affect d sensibilities of some ppl.Talkshows help 2 broaden d discourse.

Ok tell Oprah Winfrey to take on Prophet Mohammed (SAW) or the Koran and let's see how broadened the discourse can be, whether she won't be in hiding for the rest of her life?

sCun: Knowing it is the least problem, why bring a gay man to a show on national TV to discuss homosexuality. Why not other important national issues?

Follow the money.

Have you ever wondered how these people make their money?

Bome01: *In Jesus words* Who of you is not a sinner should cast the first stone!

In Jesus words - "But unless you repent, you too will all perish."

beryl04: It is cos of people like u with this kinda mentality that Nigeria's growth will continue to be stunted.why are Africans so slow in catching up.get up and get some education man and u know the funny thing?about 20 to 30 yrs from now, one of ur kids will stumble on this ur hate and ignorance filled write-up and say;our daddy was really barbaric!trust me that's how we see our ancestors now knowing how many twins were killed ignorantly during their time.

What stunted Nigeria's growth are the lies, distortions, dilutions, illusions, confusions by your ever agitated, highly nervous, delusional colonial gods.

They've been at it for centuries peddling the trade they know best; sowing social strife through division and hatred.

This time, we are in unison and we are waiting for them.

Except your type who like your ancestors simply exchanged your name with a bottle of whiskey or a glass of mirror.

howfarwhatagwan: That is exactly what you get when you do not carry out proper research to understand your environment and the times. You were trying to copy the western world not realizing that as much as Nigeria adopts some western trends some continue to be unacceptable. I hope you are not thinking of having this sort of interview again because the time still ain't right. In your selfishness you compromised the poor guys life.

Lesson: Always think beyond..... be selfless

She ended her career on that note... shamefully.

All she's doing now is trying to re-launch by blaming NTA for her foolishness.

GSKing: (1) Love your neighbour as you love yourself!

(2) If anyone says he is without sin, let him cast the first stone!

(3) Remove the log in your own eyes before you see the spec in your brothers eyes!

(4) Judge not, so you be not judged!

(5) Blessed are those who are persecuted out of sheer ignorance, for theirs is the kingdom of God!

(6) Thou shall not kill!

(7) Come unto me o ye that labour and suffer violence, for I will give you rest!

( Do unto others, what you want to be done to you!

(9) The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace!

(10) Forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing!

...et cetera!

You asked for for what Jesus would have said to(concerning) homosexuals... there you have it!

#suck on that!

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.…

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."

"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."

"Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH '? "

"Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies."

"Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish"

"For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

wman: The man who comes into my room and beats me:
-invades my privacy
-hurt me
-cause me injuries and body harm
-makes me spend much on hospital bills

A woman sleeping with her underage son

-consentual age for sex is 18/21 years old
- The child is not old enough to know right from wrong
-In the US the adult would be prosecuted


A 30 year old woman sleeping with her 55 year old father.
-In the US they won't be prosecuted since they are both of legal age and its consensual.

Now give me reasons why 2 lesbians/gays sleeping with each other in their private room should be jailed.

No, they will be prosecuted., including life imprisonment in some states.

In the United States the District of Columbia and every state, except Rhode Island, have some form of codified incest prohibition.[40] However, individual statutes vary widely. Rhode Island repealed its criminal incest statute in 1989,[40] Ohio only targets parental figures,[40] and New Jersey does not apply any penalties when both parties are 18 years of age or older.[40] A conviction for incest attracts the following penalties by state:

5 years imprisonment in Hawaii
10 years imprisonment in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
14 years imprisonment in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Idaho
15 years imprisonment in Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia
20 years imprisonment in Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Vermont
25 years imprisonment in Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky
Life imprisonment in Florida, Georgia,[41] Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Three convictions or more of incest also require the offenders to register as "Sex Offenders"

In all states, close blood-relatives that fall under the incest statutes include:

Father
Mother
Grandfather
Grandmother
Brother
Sister
Aunt
Uncle
Niece
Nephew

In some states, sex between first cousins is prohibited. The cousin marriage law in the United States by state article has a table which shows that cousin sex as well as cousin marriage is outlawed in some states.

Rhode Island allows uncles to marry their nieces if they are part of a community, such as orthodox Jews, for whom such marriages are permitted. Many states also apply incest laws to non-blood relations, including stepparents, step-siblings, and in-laws.

Check here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_regarding_incest

Give us a reason why a p.edophile who does it in his room should be jailed as you suggested.

ccollins: Click like if you say a capital "NO" to the discrimination and victimisation of homosexuals who are normal people and know love

Stay where you are and make you disgusting money out of degenerate chosen lifestyle.

Do not come to Nigeria with that.

You will go to jail.

ccollins: Why should homosexuality be discredited and compared to worst forms of abberation here...fyi, homosexuality in its superior class and objectivity should be legal only within two consenting adults.. The nigerian senate and house of reps made a regrettable mistake in this area by dis allowing a class of people from their rights with the 14 yrs bill or are people in advance 1st world countries who make same sex marriage no longer humans... We all know that it is unfair, a thief,pedophile,rapist,murderer e.t.c causes damage and trauma plus Losses to their victims but homosexuals do not cause this .. So why are they DISCRIMINATED!!!!!

Likewise prostitution and i.ncest

wman: Porka and Donjazzy12 tell us why 2 lesbians/gays sleeping with each other in their private room should be sentenced to jail for 14 years.

Tell us why a p.edophile sleeping with children in his room should be jailed as you suggested earlier.