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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by bigfish3k: 2:55pm On Aug 06, 2019
Afospecialk:
IPOB amaka must cry till enternity

What was good about the Jonathan ?

Freedom to protest which yielded no good result


The protest was about the hike from 65 to 145:and what exactly ar yu praising Jonathan for?


What yu dont understand about Jonathan is that he was a president who doesnt care about loot, protest or welfare of the citizen

Over 20 billions looted by Dizani and more than 30 billion by Patient Jonathan even Asari Dokubo testify how got free money from Jonathan govt



Jonathan was busy pumping money to SE nd SS why SW were merginalized nd u expect us to show him love ?

Yu people ar free to cry to hell

Jonathan the govt of free looters for the SS/SE now no more free looting money nd yu can cry till enternity
how was SW marginalized? i thought they had eight years to themselves before jonathan. why are u people so greedy
jona didnt even do anything for the igbos which u people are using to mock us till date, oya tell me what he did for the igbos that he didnt do for u people despite having left power prior to him taking over. jonathan and yardua just succeeded a SW man
the proper thing would have been for u to relax and savour ur 8yrs domination of power and allow another region enjoy too.
btw , it was the north he even favoured

u people are just - SUPER PROPAGANDIST and GREEDY FELLOWS

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by RxSameer(m): 2:56pm On Aug 06, 2019
Euegene100001:
Shut up e if u were president Nigeria will still be like this .Enjoy your NEXT LEVEL
sorry I don't reply children
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by Afamed: 2:57pm On Aug 06, 2019
lexy2014:


Is that d objective of RUGA, land grabbing?
That was what you made people to believe . Wasn't it? Abi I should begin to show you your various posts?
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by lexy2014: 3:01pm On Aug 06, 2019
Afamed:

That was what you made people to believe . Wasn't it? Abi I should begin to show you your various posts?

Pls feel free

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by KingWarri: 3:01pm On Aug 06, 2019
kuntash:


exactly ! because this current regime has taken the country like 4 decades aback
grin

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by Afamed: 3:03pm On Aug 06, 2019
lexy2014:


Pls feel free
Sorry pls, your monicker was mistakenly taken for Immhotep.
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by madridsta007(m): 3:04pm On Aug 06, 2019
slick1:
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Inasmuch as I am not pleased with M. Buhari's government, I cannot say that of Goodluck Jonathan was excellent. However, I think it's this government that fits Nigerians.

Where are the Soyinkas, Pat Utomis, Odumakins, Olu Falaes, Edwin Clarksetc. that were always so quick to condemn Jonathan. Now they are scared of being arrested should they criticize the current government.

As long as politics is concerned in this part of the world it will always be about personal interests first for politicians and their allies. The ones who don't get anything become pained and come out to protest when in truth they are fighting for their stomachs. I refuse to be used as a pawn in their games.


LOL.
If you want an "excellent government", you will need to go to heaven. That is where individuals are excellent, and the government is excellent.
I recall one interview where Chinua Achebe was asked why he made the protagonists in his books to have serious flaws. His reply was simple: "because I am writing about humans", he said. "Humans have flaws". There is no excellent government on earth, sir.

GEJ government was doing fairly appreciably well on most counts. Unless we want to lie to ourselves, this was true. On the Human Development Index, his government was doing fairly well. This is what is most important to Sub-Saharan African states. You need to crawl before you start to walk.

Despite this, he was hated and despised. Because, lets face it, of the tribal nature of Nigeria's current politics. The North (who feel power is their birthright) teamed up with the South West (who should know better due to Western education) and he was regime-changed. The Western world always wanted to remove an African government which is doing well for its people. From Nkrumah (CIA) to Sankara (The French) to Lumumba of Congo (CIA, Belgian Intelligence) the West always activate regime change when an African state is showing signs of heading towards true independence. They mistakenly allowed China and India to get away. They wouldn't allow Nigeria as that could have ramifications across West Africa and Africa. Nigeria was topping the economic investment charts despite Boko Haram’s violence and that was all the imperialists needed to go into panic mode. Obama, the UK and Clinton teamed up with the Northerners and South Westerners and the rest is history.

Frankly, Buhari is a lesson which Nigerians really need. By the time this regime is through with Nigerians, tribal politics may go into a long stage of comatose. "Go harder Buhari!" is my conclusion. Nigerians need the lesson.

Tomorrow when Nigerians see a PhD holder and someone whose secondary school certificate is in doubt, there will be no rationalisation or, according to a friend, "unnecessary big grammar".

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by lexy2014: 3:06pm On Aug 06, 2019
Afamed:

Sorry pls, your monicker was mistakenly taken for Immhotep.

Cheers

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by 27Pushing30: 3:12pm On Aug 06, 2019
immhotep:

GEJ amaka grin grin

afamed will not like this thread.

cc lzaa adaibeku rekhina

Guy no let anybody deceive you...

Do you remember the occupy lagos?? when it was getting too much what happened??

Please lets not be sensationalists.

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by Afamed: 3:13pm On Aug 06, 2019
lexy2014:


Cheers
You are welcome brother
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by Rapmoney(m): 3:38pm On Aug 06, 2019
Afamed:


Have you aired a Ruga news today?
Face the topic and leave irrelevant issues alone!!!
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by Forumobserver12(m): 3:39pm On Aug 06, 2019
Wow not all Igbos will understand that adage...Good old days
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by tsdarkside(m): 3:46pm On Aug 06, 2019
bigfish3k:

how was SW marginalized? i thought they had eight years to themselves before jonathan. why are u people so greedy
jona didnt even do anything for the igbos which u people are using to mock us till date, oya tell me what he did for the igbos that he didnt do for u people despite having left power prior to him taking over. jonathan and yardua just succeeded a SW man
the proper thing would have been for u to relax and savour ur 8yrs domination of power and allow another region enjoy too.
btw , it was the north he even favoured

u people are just - SUPER PROPAGANDIST and GREEDY FELLOWS

and una see that as accomplishment....??....you just admited yourself that he was incompetent....
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by chinedu234(m): 3:49pm On Aug 06, 2019
Shame unto all of them.
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by greenguy: 3:49pm On Aug 06, 2019
I'm not a fan of GEJ and never liked him but I think at this point we all owe him an apology. The hardship in Nigeria today is not Mai Mai nor is it Guguru and Ekpa. People are dying like fowl and hopelessness level is up up there, only God can save us. Buhari ended up making Jonathan a saint and thought us that there's no single learning in his head nor is there any good in his heart and he's incapable of attaining either.
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by wasi9ice: 3:53pm On Aug 06, 2019
I weep,,
Try it now, the DSS will speak one grammar and throw you in jail
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by Tecno66: 4:05pm On Aug 06, 2019
carchatz:
See The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ. What are they doing today?


These pictures depicts when Nigeria was a democratic nation under former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Today, what is happening?
When they protested, it was okay but now, this same protesters are calling for the arrest of anyone who protects. GEJ was a liberal man. He did warn us on what was coming but we wanted change by all means. Change has now gone to the next level. The world saw the back of Idi Amin Dada and Hitler. We shall see the end of this one too. Moreover, the demonstration then was led by APC stalwarts, where are the PDP hierarchy? They are the main opposition and so should take the lead the same way APC took the lead then.

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by ugotuf(m): 4:09pm On Aug 06, 2019
isthatso:
GEJ was a weak president, thats why he only served 1 term. Nigeria is not a country you can run by rule of law. Rule of law applies to environments where the citizens and all the other political actors respect rule of law.
Is that so??

Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by sirfemoz(m): 4:09pm On Aug 06, 2019
Empiree:
There is no absolute freedom anywhere in the world. No absolute freedom means respect. What Nigeria needs is military bcuz ou are becoming uncultured spoiled brats in the name of democracy.

Even George Bush said during his regime that "freedom is not free".

Yesterday on MSNBC in the aftermath of the mass shootings in the United States, a politician said about gun right that there is nothing like absolute right.

Not doubting that, but this government doesn't grant freedom not to talk of the absolute one. It's when you are free that you will ask for absolute freedom. This current government doesn't like criticism, yet they criticised previous governments.
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by CrestMan: 4:14pm On Aug 06, 2019
cheesy

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by Tecno66: 4:16pm On Aug 06, 2019
ugotuf:

Is that so??
I think the man is just a democrat and he operated by the rules. These ones are power mongers who will rather die on the throne like Samuel Doe of Liberia than allow the will of the people to prevail. These ones are not democrats. They are opportunistic usurpers.

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by Pogigai: 4:17pm On Aug 06, 2019
GEJ!!!! Every one tot u were a lame dock president but not at all. U allowed total freedom of speech which is an attraction. May GOD help us all in 9ja

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by KingOfAmebo(m): 4:19pm On Aug 06, 2019
obailala:
I assume you're a mature adult, and probably educated? If that be the case, then it's expected of you to understand that a thread goedls beyond just reading the title.

That doesn't mean you should derail from the original intent of the thread.
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by Empiree: 4:19pm On Aug 06, 2019
sirfemoz:


Not doubting that, but this government doesn't grant freedom not to talk of the absolute one. It's when you are free that you will ask for absolute freedom. This current government doesn't like criticism, yet they criticised previous governments.
Do you realize you just had freedom to posted this criticism of this govt and you have not been locked up yet? cheesy

As far as i am concerned i like it this way way. All hands must be on deck. All this adm needs is time to dismantle looting network. You need to be a fair dictator to govern nigeria. You are hard headed people

Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by KingOfAmebo(m): 4:23pm On Aug 06, 2019
obailala:
I assume you're a mature adult, and probably educated? If that be the case, then it's expected of you to understand that a thread goedls beyond just reading the title.

That doesn't mean you should derail from the original intent of the thread...your reply is filled emotional downpour and laced with conditioned and programed hate.

Let me rephrase, why hasn't those you see in that picture show up in protests during this government lack of direction? Don't you think they have suddenly lost their voice or is it the fear of the tyran in Aso rock?

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by Nobody: 4:29pm On Aug 06, 2019
obailala:
I want to assume your legs aren't broken and you arent deaf or dumb or incapacitated in any way? If that be the case, then there's nothing stopping you from going out to protest bad governance. Those folks you mentioned above have done their part for the country, you cant expect them to do it all for you while you sit your ass down in your house and throw instructions online; those guys aren't the only people who make up 200million Nigerians.

You're a typical example of the group of people I referrrd to in my earlier post who simply havent moved on from their trauma of 2015. That explains why you hold a prejudice against those who spoke out against bad governance in the past.




""I want to assume your legs aren't broken and you arent deaf or dumb or incapacitated in any way? If that be the case, then there's nothing stopping you from going out to protest bad governance.""

Empty unconnected post.

I said Nigerians are not revolting against buharis government.

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by godofuck231: 4:31pm On Aug 06, 2019
immhotep:

GEJ amaka grin grin

afamed will not like this thread.

cc lzaa adaibeku rekhina
it didn't take someone who's a genius such as bubu to complete the prophecy, if you guys like bar me again on nairaland

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by muzzol: 4:35pm On Aug 06, 2019
For those who became interested in Nigerian affair post 2015:

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/12-killed-as-subsidy-protests-turn-bloody/

LAGOS – The nationwide strike action called by organized labour and its civil society allies against the removal of the subsidy on petrol practically shut down the country yesterday as workers in private and public institutions abstained from duty. The strike action which was peaceful in most parts, however, turned bloody in Kano, Lagos and Benin where at least 12 persons were killed in controversial circumstances. Two persons were reportedly killed in Lagos when a Divisional Police Officer attached to the Pen Cinema Police Station shot at some youths who took opportunity of the absence of traffic to play football along the road. The Inspector General of Police Hafiz Ringim promptly ordered the arrest of the DPO who he said should face trial for murder. Seven persons were killed in Kano while another three were killed in Benin during yesterday’s strike action that culminated in the shut down of banks, airports and the nation’s sea ports. In the midst of the strike, Finance Minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala disclosed that the government had not closed the door to negotiations even as she admitted that the administration as those before it was seriously mistrusted by Nigerians. One of the protesters killed in Lagos was identified as Ademola Aderitan, but the identity of the second who was said to had died later at the hospital from gunshot wound, was not known at the time of this report. Vanguard gathered that the death and injuries occurred after the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Pen Cinema, fired shots to disperse some youths who were playing football in Ogba area of Lagos. But in a swift reaction, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Yakubu Alkali ordered the immediate arrest of the DPO, identified as Segun Olubunmi, Chief Superintendent of Police. It was gathered that the visibly angry Alkali, personally disarmed the DPO when he was brought to the command headquarters, Ikeja, before directing men of the State Criminal Investigation Department to whisk him to Panti for further investigation.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/12-killed-as-subsidy-protests-turn-bloody/
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by godofuck231: 4:45pm On Aug 06, 2019
Dpharisee:
Any business or community that you find an Igbo man saying he does not see as profitable you better believe him for your own good.
We may dislike Igbos for being lousy sometimes but they know profitable ventures when they see one and Buhari is not one of them.
come make i kiss u , you nailed it

Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by gentle55: 4:50pm On Aug 06, 2019
that was when Nigeria was practicing democracy

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Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by olumalcolm(m): 4:57pm On Aug 06, 2019
All PDP governors, aides, social media activists, human right activists past and present are all mad. Why did i say so, APC party members including then governors, opposition party members etc were among the fools that supported the enof is enof protest hence there was enough mobilization to challenge Jonathan's regime but where are the pdp governors past and present, aides etc today, they all chicken out and hide cos their money and life is not yet threatened. They should rally resources and people to start a reasonable protest like d enof is enof protest and see if the govt can arrest that large number of people and also see if international media houses, UN etc wont interfere. angry
Re: The Faces Of Notable Nigerians That Protested Against GEJ (Throwback Photos) by OpinionCounts(m): 5:05pm On Aug 06, 2019
semyman:
Please stop comparing oranges with apple
GEJ and Buhari are incomparable
One is clueless

The other is LIFELESS..

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