₦airaland Forum

aspabay: A minister in India’s most populous and politically crucial state, Uttar Pradesh, has said bureaucrats can steal a little as long as they work hard -sparking national outcry in a country whose ruling class has long been mired in corruption scandals.
“If you work hard, and put your heart and soul into it … then you are allowed to steal some,” Shivpal Singh Yadav told a gathering of local officials in comments caught on camera. “But don’t be a bandit.”
The comments on Thursday were caught by a local TV camera and then played on newscasts across the country. Yadav, a minister for public works who belongs to the state’s ruling Samajwadi Party, quickly sought to control the damage, calling a news conference to explain that the comments had been taken out of context and that he had been discussing how to combat corruption.
“In that event the media was not allowed in, I don’t know how they sneaked in. And if they had sneaked in, the whole discussion should have come out in the press, not just part of it,” he said on Friday. Uttar Pradesh, which is bigger than Brazil by population, was earlier governed by ‘Dalit Queen’ Mayawati. She has been criticized for spending millions of rupees on building statues of herself Äπϑ buying diamond jewelry despite widespread malnutrition and poverty in her state.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/420707/steal-a-little-but-dont-loot-indian-minister-sparks-outcry/

bilms: If Mimiko’s achievement in term of humanly governance for the people is to be a measure of performance, I put it to you that Fashola Would be stoned till death.

firestar: Kishi might as well be Tobi in his character's deviousness.
Madara knows him,
Kabuto dangles the tin opener,
And Kakashi suspects foul play.

Note, at one point Kishi affixed Tobi: Uchiha Ka-
Whatever.
If y'all are falling for the Obito=Tobi equqtion...

...I recommend "Kai"!

v3: Pages 12 - 15 show STRONG clues that Tobi is Obito.
Arguing about the timeline? Here's something to counter that --> Orochimaru can perform forever-young no jutsu to alter his appearance.

adaybayor: Another 21st century fool, what changes do u intend to see? U must have α̲̅ faulty brain if u have any at all. Pray in english? That sounds more like α̲̅ typical nairaland christian, is it α̲̅ must that we act like xtians!!!?

teecuzy:

Headline: Nigeria Police arrest cow for eating weed.....kwaaaa

9ja voice: By Boluwaji Obahopo
LOKOJA—Kogi State chapter of Miyette Allahi Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has threatened to withdraw its animals from the state markets over harassment and arrest of its members by the police.
Chairman of the association, Alhaji Shuabu Idrisa, weekend, after a stakeholders meeting between Fulani Ardos and Miyette Allah cattle breeders on problems affecting them, said the threat to withdraw cattle had become necessary following the way security agents were arresting their youths, women and cows in the event of robbery on the highway.
He added that they were made to pay huge sums of money to secure their release, a development, he said, had made some of its members to move to South-West, where they are not harassed or taunted as Boko Haram.
He said: “If there is any robbery on the highway, security agents will swoop on all Fulani settlements in that area and arrest their people, including cows. But when a bank is robbed in town, people of the town are not arrested.
“Also once they see any Fulani man ridding Okada, they will arrest him, calling him Boko Haram and, in the process, extort him.”
He alleged that people always kill any cattle that mistakenly enters their farmland in the area.
Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.

http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/general/188562-fulani-threaten-to-withdraw-cattle-from-market.html

aspabay: Well said Sheik, but you forgot to mention that the people you listed all attended Christian schools.

ledafaze: I tot as much... it is OBITO for sure and as we can see from the grudge in this chapter... well the next should tell us more about his identity and defeat.

ambrosini593: A glance at the picture below will make one wonder if Rihanna indeed has a daughter in Nigeria. This little starlet would definitely pass for a young Rihanna anytime anyday. Her resemblance with Rihanna is simply amazing. See the look, the eyes, the nose and best of all her attitude.

Sun of god: If anyone does not like what I have to say here, they are quite at liberty to hang themselves. Mr Babatunde Fashola—and I once had occasion to defend him (see “Lagos: The writing on the wall” )—has once again demonstrated one of those traits of wickedness for which I have consistently maintained that he is an anti-people governor, no matter what brainwashed members of the public or Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) apologists say. Mr Fashola demolished Makoko without providing any alternative accommodation for the displaced residents.

A statement was even credited to him to the effect that the displaced people are not Lagos indigenes. But they were indigenes during elections. My advice for him this morning will be lifted from the mouth of a fellow governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko: “We have been able to and prove that government can engage the market women in a very useful way to stop guerrilla or street trading. You don’t just bulldoze shacks and send people into deeper poverty.” (see Return of Greatness published by Gaskia Media Ltd). Whenever I look at the so-called model government in Lagos (a government which puts people in Black Maria for hawking, and has uniformed touts in the name of KAI), I find very fuzzy ideological content, a zero tolerance for dissent, and a gruelling emphasis on morbid capitalism. Sincerely, Lagos crumbles when you apply the Awo parameters.

Dr Mimiko brought development to the doorsteps of market women; he built world standard neighbourhood markets right on the same spot where shacks, dirt and mud had reigned, and the market women are paying only N50 per week—and even that is for the maintenance of the market. On the other hand, the Lagos State government simply bulldozes markets (remember the traders in Osodi) and sends people into deeper poverty. Mr Fashola should visit Ondo State and learn how to be people-centred, beyond decorating Onipanu while Bajulaye rots in utter neglect.

Not that the ACN governors are not doing some positive things. For instance, Senator Abiola Ajimobi is currently engaged in road work, and recently finished work on Queen Elizabeth road following a media publication. The governor has also been facing fire from criminals just because he sacked certificate forgers from the civil service, people who should have been prosecuted and jailed for their crime. In his handling of matters following the last flooding incident in Ibadan, Ajimobi demonstrated a clear understanding of the dynamics of poverty and urbanisation, and chose to engage residents of flood-prone areas in meaningful dialogue and moral suasion, while also taking necessary action. Indeed, but for his positive efforts, the latest flooding incident in the city would have been disastrous. In the area of security, Ajimobi has showed some class as well. And in Ekiti, Dr Fayemi has mapped out a unique plan for tourism development in the state, demonstrating considerable knowledge of the intricacies of tourism in his handling of the Ikogosi project.

Now, to return to the Makoko residents. If Mr Fashola is truly a progressive, he would, while protecting the people against themselves, have provided an alternative accommodation for them.The people had to take their protest to the state House of Assembly, and the pictures of the pathetic situation were published in the papers. Evidently, Mr Fashola couldn’t care less, because he is not in their shoes. Unfortunately, he was elected to assist these people. He was elected to make life meaningful for them. He was not elected to prove that he is right all the time.

The people had schools in Makoko. Just where would their children go to school now? The scene I watched on Aljazeera was indeed a very shameful one. A working governor, particularly one on whose behalf the South-West media seems to exist, should have taken the people’s plight as his own personal responsibility.

It is a lame and illiterate excuse to say that they are not Lagos people. What Fashola did amounts to pure wickedness, but then this is hardly surprising given his lunatic toll gates, his insistence that he could not afford to make the Lagos State University (LASU) a school for the poor while carrying out a morbid increment in school fees, the discredited Lagos local government polls, the excesses of LASTMA and so on. Perhaps the true test of Fashola’s statesmanship is his handling of the Army officers he recently “arrested” on his BRT lane, an event which his media aide glorified while displaying utter tactlessness (‘’Realising that the game was up...” Which game, media aide?). While the Army colonel kept apologising for his misdeed, the governor kept playing to the gallery, asking pointless questions. Did the governor. a lawyer, consider that the man may have faced an exigency having to do with national security? Had the man committed such an offence in the past? If your wife was dying and there was a traffic gridlock, would you rather maintain your so-called law or take the BRT lane and save her life? There are always extenuating circumstances in life, and a man of wisdom will discern the times.

Despite the man’s humility and apology, Mr Fashola promised to report him to the higher authorities. And yet these people pray for the forgiveness of their sins. The man may have been dismissed now, I don’t know, but I definitely have some sympathy for him, and that has nothing to do with his being a senior army officer. By his conduct, that army colonel definitely proved that he was not a lawless scoundrel. I suspect that he had a compelling reason to use the BRT lane on that day. I know that a lot of people will never take sides with soldiers because of the evil things they did in this country, but we should never get to the point that we think that they are useless. Even in the law courts, a proven thief who shows some remorse is granted some consideration. Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, the House of Reps member currently under fire from his detractors, was said to have shown remorse and cooperated fully with the Georgia authorities after messing up with a client’s money. For that, he was given some consideration. I see nothing wrong with that. I would rather have a man who shows remorse for his misdeeds than a self-righteous beast who will not be appeased. Handlers of the Lagos governor may wish to learn not to play politics with everything.

Beyond this however lie questions of state finance and the future. Is it true that the state’s treasury is being bled dry on a monthly basis in the guise of tax consultancy? Is it true that nearly all of Lagos State is now the property of one man? That would not be progressive, would it? Where do you find such a precedent? What kind of progressivism is that?

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/opinion/45412-lagos-the-unanswered-questions

Parnassuss: Awww! I wanted this moment to gloat and u beat me to the push!

Kakashi and Tobi use ONE dimension in their space time justu. ONE and THE SAME dimension ergo Tobi got boobytrapped twice!

Therefore, Tobi's power and Kakashi's power are one and the same, just that one is stronger than the other!

Hence (and I said it before) Tobi and Kakashi either share the same eyes or the same blood through the eyes.

Tobi mightn't be Obito but he sure as hell is related to him, that's definite now! Also Uchiha Kaenshi was the barrier summoning.

ITbomb: So much about London organization .

tayoccu: You do remember that its been stated numerous times in both d manga and d anime dat u need
Crazy chackra to control a biju?

@rapmike
yondime entered d battle against tobi fresh, kakashi and co have been fighting extensively
In d war.

kombats: i also watched the battle, but it looked like a fanmade version because senju harashima fought madara twice and defeated him even with madara having the support of the kyuubi and still could not land a single attack, very poor of him even itachi will do better or is the 1st hokage that awesome?
And back to the tobi battle, i still did not understand what happened to the mazou after kakashi tried to rip of its head. And what the hell is bee doing just watching and not attacking even guy fought better than him.

Parnassuss: Kai, I forgot Bee was there the whole time. Their excuse must be that he is injured but in truth those four should be strong enough to stand up Madara 2.0.

Summation: a wornout and mentally exhausted 4th Hokage is still eons stronger than a 7-gate Gai, Mangekyu Sharingan Kakashi, 8-tailed Bee and 9-tailed Naruto. Cos even without using the Rinnengan Tobi has wiped the freaking floor with them even though he doesn't stay intangible throughout while Namikaze managed to lock off the Kyuubi and bash Tobi at the same time.

Namikage tooh badt!

biolabee: the issues

- who is the one that knows all -- the snake/dragon sage? the tree staff of the 1st hokage that supported the mazou or gedo statue?
- who is the no one/tobi and he seems to have known kakashi
- what role will orochimara play in this saga
- will tobi try the tsukiyomi on madara which will now be an epic battle between two of them
- i feel a key in this war saga is Juugo with his natural energy affliation

Questions Questions

KazeKage1: Are you implying that against 3 paths he wasn't already outmatched?

Feraz: he probably might have been.......but danzo won't agree to it......

Twisting: ....
What do you guys want Kabuto to do?!.


He fought visionless against two dojutsu users.
Didn't suffer any Physical attack.
And Kishi had to bring a jutsu for kabutoness sake!!(Izanami)..
Give respect to the Orphan abeg!.

jidesp: i dont understand where Kishi is diverting this to o..Orochimaru resurrected...anyone who has an explaination should patch me o...confused here....@firestar-kun..Our Official Analyst..do your job sharp sharp....

KazeKage1: So you think breathing, living Itachi can be taken down by Kabuto (without Sage Mode)?
I don't have it in me to go back n forth with you today.
Jiraiya was on a SUICIDE MISSION to get information about Akatsuki, don't you get it? He/Tsunade knew he wasn't coming back so which one come be he died cause of lack of information?
He knew about the Akatsuki; their goals and whatever we can add to it,no?
He knew they were after Naruto and had captured some of the jinchuurikis,no?
Are those not information?

He signed his death warrant before leaving Konoha, took down 2/3 pain paths, so what on earth are you on about?
Ninja's do NOT have time to source intel in situations like those, they go with basic instincts and THAT boy, worked for him. Without his on-the-go-before-he-died intel, Naruto and co wouldn't have been able to finish Pein and co off.
How did he now find out the REAL one wasn't among them?
How did he know about their 'shared' vision?
How did he figure out their jutsus*?
He got all this intel as the fight progressed...so don't give me that lack of information thingy.