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The personalisation of government in true color.

Everything has a 'sell by..' date. Pity Barcelona cannot realise this, putting individual interests above team progress. You are broke yet drving a rickety, old Rolls Royce...

Yes.

The original owners should not be permitted to bid. They have comitted a felony so should be disqualified automatically. If not their vehicles should not have been confiscated in the first place and fines imposed instead. The penalty is either a deterrent or not.

Srillanka:
The man that killed our best president

Best President...?*#?!*?...hmmm, another vox populi...the kind bandied about before 2015...na so.

AnanseK:
I have lived long enough in the south and I have lived long enough in the north.. I have lived long enough in Nigeria to know when trouble is brewing..
I have read books on the civil war, I have heard both sides of the story..

I have read "Why we struck" and i have read "Why they struck"
I have heard oral history of the unfortunate Biafra war.

Across our borders, I have read about the Tutsis and I have read about the Hutus..
I have read how 1 million Rwandans were hacked to death.

I have read, about Congo, I have read about Nile I have about Zambezi..

We warned about the quit notice in Ondo... I knew it wasn't from. Shongo..

I saw the sequence starting from Akeredolu and the consequence of Sunday Igboho..

When i heard the poetic instigation of Soyinka.. I knew the show was about to begin..

Who ever is supprised at whst happened in Ibadan, Shasha town, Sai Dai sha-,Sha-Sha

We warned about ethnic profiling..
I clearly stated it will lead to ethnic cleansing..

It is now clear and obvious some people are hell bent on throwing our dear country into the chaos...

What happened in Ibadan is not spontaneous, it is was carefully planed and orchestrated..

It is a shame, barbaric and unacceptable.

All those who instigated the killing of innocent people simply because they speak a different language must be brought to book.

Enough of the cowardice.

Peace anywhere is the world is not given. It is negotiated for constantly by bickering parties. There is nowhere in the world that is peaceful of its own accord without people constantly engaging themselves positively around a table.

I have gained this saying for decades now. And it goes like this.

'Relationships only exist peacefully when one party is willing to bend down and take it up the arse for the othe'r (pardon my expressions).

No relationship anywhere in any field of endseavour is ever always equitable. One party at any point will be short changed. What makes relationships successful is the desire by all parties to exchange the stresses required to keep a lasting equilibrium. So peace has to be negotiated constantly.

Those who are cerebral know what this means. Nigerians find it hard to speak to one another and exchange stresses. Our structure has created a nation of zero sum existence. Whatever gained is gained permanently and whoever loses losers ultimately. And we expect peace to abide. How is that possible.

But sit down to restructure (negotiate for equilibrium) and we say no.

Where is the Standards Organisation of Nigeria when you need them....

Hmmm....Mrs Iweala, resist the bad black gene and look forward please. You have fought the good fight and obtained the prize, now focus on making lemonade. Nothing of value comes easy.

Perfectsouth:
Yorubas are most tolerant people but over time, they've used this against us..
Just because we've not been speaking out doesn't mean we are foolish..
I will never advocate for violence but let's always respect our host communities, nobody has monopoly for violence

You are advocating violence. Your presentation contains no mention whatsoever of dialogue all these so called years of tolerance.

That is failure at individual, community and regional levels, failure by citizens and government alike. Once dialogue is absent or breaks down for any considerable time, violence will surely erupt because disputes are human nature.

Quite frankly through this whole sad incident there have been very few cerebral responses and outlooks across board. This portends nothing but underdevelopment, poverty and despondency going forward.

Nobody is winning anything here. Stop the threats against fellow citizens and dialogue.

What is your biz with all this. No insurance?

Angelfrost:
Watched him against Juventus... Was not impressed one bit.

He looks way out of form.

Yeah. And those are the kind of matches he should grab with both hands to dazzle because quite frankly Juventus could do with a better strike option to bolster the aging Ronaldo and average Morata. Well managed players mark certain matches in their calendars and do everything possible to peak when such curtains rise.

etibaba:
He is, he has been cleared by FIFA last month, so he will be available for selection next international break. Adarabioyo has started in 20 of Fulham's last 21 games and has only been subbed off just once in those 20 games.

Fantastic. Great potentials for the Eagles then.

When we say restructure they play the ostrich and those bold enough to keep their heads out of the sand say corruption is the problem with Nigeria. Unable, not brilliant enough to sense the facts, they crash from one ledge to the other as they tumble into the ravine of destruction.

If Nigerians cannot sit round a table and negotiate out common values and aspirations then this country has no future, simple. I do not care who you are or what you claim. Without restructuring Nigeria is gone.

The government can kick the can down the road all it likes. With every passing day thousands are born into this country of increasingly smaller space, to feed off increasingly worthless resources while taking increasingly polarised ethno-religious positions. This is a highly toxic and highly combustible scenario.

Doing nothing to diffuse it will only result in a bigger boom the day it all goes up.

DesignAndBuild:
Better. With Osimhen being in poor form of late as a result of injuries. Pls where's Henry Onyekuru? All the promise

Osimen has issues beyond injury. His off-fields are not helping.

They were both tap-ins, nothing exciting yet. The Tosin chap in defense was much more significant... if he is a Nigerian.

Hopefully he can leave for PSG in the summer. Absolutely deserves a bigger club.

Everyone is fed up with the poor state of governance at the centre. No impetus, no direction, no inspiration, no authority, no fidelity....just railway, the only achievement, the only dividend of 8 years of citizen fortitude.

FIDELITY24:
Na now their day just dey break... Buhari is a confirm procrastinator, man can't make proactive decisions to tackle the challenges in the country.

Just poor governance. They shut up all the skilled folks around them and order the 'yes men' into the drivers seat.

Good morning to them. Poor governance everywhere. They are tired of threatening their antagonists.

They now know the eyes of the world is now on them and in this age of growing enlightenment tjeor actions will have grave consequences long after the unfortunate acts.

Their paymasters also know that their political fortunes are tied to their public activities and these kinds of actions they order have consequences.

I will say that we are getting somewhere.

Vardanes2:
The problem with this thread is simple

Everyone is interested in political power

None is interested in actual reform

Exactly. They are all protecting their little fiefdoms while everything else around them falls apart. Nigeria can go to blazes for all they care. That is the summary of this country from tip to toe.

Nasir123:
You shouldn't blame the Southerners or Northerners for this. I can assure you there will be more and worse since our Government and politicians have choose to be wicked, greedy, tribalistic,no justice and reasoning with the society.
A situation where Buhari will seat down there as mumu,a situation where the Governors are playing politics with the lives of their citizens. Or is it the situation where our Police and security agencies behaves with the highest form of recklessness and impunity!? . What els do u expect?
Don't blame the people. Blame the wicked government.

Buhari is the WORST president to ever rule this nation.
Its a shame!

Mr. Buhari is not the problem besetting Nigeria today but he is not helping and I mean at all.

Reference:
Violence is the product of a failure of communication between diverse interests in any relationship be it between spouses, business partners or ethnic nationalities.

Why can't Nigerians simply sit down round a table and negotiate our their differences and find common grounds on their interests. Why have we found ourselves in a sitiatuon whereby we tolerate the deliberate weakening and discrediting of the Legislature.

Why can't this country be restructured to keep her on an even keel. How many more people must die, be sacrificed to the gods of discord and division.

Everyone giving everyone else ultimatums. Where are the sane heads here to tell each interest group that they will each not get everything they want and that nations are built by everyone contributing his quota and making sacrifices evenly across board.

Where are the real nationalists who can see through the tunnel of ethno-religious sentiment....none.

Just selfishness and greed by all, mindlessness in authority and ignorance on the streets. Few are thinking aright. What is wrong with the black man.

Kingdemu:
I have just woken up to the tragic news of the killing of my secondary school classmate Jamilu Tanko Ibrahim. He was a trailer driver who, until his untimely death, had been transporting goods from North to South especially to Lagos. He was lynched and left to roast in his trailer that was set ablaze by rampaging youths who attacked Shasha Market. His charred body was retrieved yesternight. The problem with this kind of crisis is as long as you are from northern Nigeria, you are Hausa or Fulani. You are a target even if you are a Christian. A Christian from Michika local government area of Adamawa state was hacked to death in Osun when Sunday Ighoro's crusade gathered pace few weeks ago.

Targeting innocent people who left their comfort zones to cater for their families is an invitation to anarchy. I am sure a vast majority of Igbo and Yoruba are peace loving people for their millions of their fellow relatives in northern Nigeria who are doing well in business and civil service. But the way Nnamdi Kanu and Ighoro are playing to people's sentiments and going extra miles as to incite their unruly youths into attacking innocent people, killing and maiming on the pretext of warding off the Fulani invasion of their land, mark my words, Arewa is a dangerous place for retaliation, and I only hope peace will reign.

Violence is the product of a failure of communication between diverse interests in any relationship be it between spouses, business partners or ethnic nationalities.

Why can't Nigerians simply sit down round a table and negotiate our their differences and find common grounds on their interests. Why have we found ourselves in a sitiatuon whereby we tolerate the deliberate weakening and discrediting of the Legislature.

Why can't this country be restructured to keep her on an even keel. How many more people must die, be sacrificed to the gods of discord and division.

Asabe4:
This will get worse if not contained ASAP... Reprisal attacks will even be worse than what we are experiencing now.

For once Government should be responsible enough to put an end to these senseless killings.

The government is too weak because it is not trusted and perceived to be sectional. Trust is the most important asset of government. If a government cannot be trusted it cannot gain cooperation and is thus a lame duck no matter the resources it has at its disposal.

Governance will always be a game of numbers.

I have said it countless times. A time is coming when those who today pretend Nigeria is alright and those before them who resisted every dedire for true, fundamental change will beg for restructuring and seek it with trepidation and tears but alas it will be too late to save Nigeria.

Those who choose to play the ostrich saying corruption is the only problem besetting Nigeria and 're-allocation of resources is the silver bullet should understand that Nigeria means different things to different people and some are well prepared for all or nothing, a dangerous zero sum game that can completely ash this country.

Let us continue the pretense and not get talking like yesterday.

The pressure is firmly on the Democrats now and the Biden presidency specifically. Every bump in the road will now be attributed to him and once his electoral capital begins to ebb you will begin to see everyone from pollsters to statisticians pull up his picture side by side with Trumps.

I think the Democrats over reacted and took this thing too far. They should have let the final say to the citizens instead of the Legislature.

When you whip up a storm just make sure it blows in the right direction...but what is my business.... their problems are antlike compared to the monumental disasters unfolding in rhe Nigeria state.

Whoever is talking about elections in the midst of the worst post war period in our collective history with emergency rule just round the corner is quite frankly mad.

If he or she is not postulating solutions to getting this country and her hapless inhabitants out of this quagmire then they should all shut up or go to blazes.

Democracy is not working so elections are meaningless at this time. We need to step back and get to work repairing the stalled engine of state before trying to fire her up again.

I donot expect any citizen with a head on his shoulders to listen or participate in anything that will promote the interests and greed of these individuals if they are not serious about our plight in return and they must put that first, front and centre of any such talk.

And when protests are ongoing against the establishment, fellow misguided, reprobate and outright idiotic citizens line up shamelessly to support their oppressors against their fellow hapless citizens then wonder why they themselves cannot get out of this crab bucket of a country

That is what I am saying. They have not changed. They cannot change. They will not change. All the lives lost, resources lost all over the country the past protest has not moved them into considering their ways and towing the path of honour, good conscience and dedicated service. They insist on the status quo and this is simply because those who suffer most from their sorry, misguided state hail their obnoxious actions today as they have done many times before and watch their beloved country continue to sink in misery.

Chioma1989:
Only Manchester City has been consistent for the past seven years. All other teams, including Liverpool have been doing try your luck. All the teams that won something within the last five years did so once City slips, showing that they are always the title decider

But look at the squad when Pep came in and compare it to today's squad. Not as if he has been at City for ages but look at the monumental roster that has passed through in that time. He refreshes the team evey close season.

Angelfrost:
No sir, I worship no one!!!... I merely respect and study successful people. Big difference! So, let's do away with the condescension. Thank you.

Managerial excellence means or entails consistency in building highly lethal, effective, and quality teams year in, year out... United did that successfully yearly for the better part of over a decade, even the resurgence of Chelsea, Arsenal, and City didn't dim their excellence till the board chose to break stride by hiring the nitwit from Everton.

Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern, Juventus, etc, kept at it almost continuously...

While I agree, that more teams investing more in quality managers and players have made the game more "interesting" and competitive, nothing much has changed in terms of top teams consistently running away with the title every year.

Let's not stray too far afield, the fact remains that Liverpool could have truly and properly defended this title or at the very least come quite close to it if they had done the needful!

You can't fail to solidify and bolster your squad, then expect not to greatly struggle! This is beyond other teams stepping up their games (which they damn well ought to).... Who doesn't know why Man City struggled last season?!! Or why Monaco has been a shadow of itself since gloriously ruling Ligue 1 not far back?!! Need we talk about the many troubles of Barcelona?!! Or why Dortmund keeps trailing along since Klopp left?!!...

Football is a business sir... You plan ahead and properly invest, or you struggle and flail away.

N.B: I Haven't disagreed with your excellent points. Just not ready to give Liverpool a pass. Thank you.

We are saying exactly the same thing. No one is condescending or watering down the achievements of Sir Alex. His records are there for all time. He is a legend no doubt but what I say is that today's success secrets in the Premiership are totally different from a decade ago.

Today's Premiership is like customized race cars with so powerful engines, driven to extremities that they have to be rebuilt after every race at monumental costs simply because the competition has improved drastically.

That is what City has done for the last half decade. It virtually rebuilds its team every season ensuring burnout is kept to a minimum.

The long and short of this scenario is that money still rules despite increasingly qualitative management. That is why teams like Arsenal are falling further away and that is why gaffers like Jose, successful during the time of Sir Alex (by the way) struggle today to hold a position, hold a formation, hold tactics and even hold a team down, ultra competition.

Is Liverpool able to rest or replace 3, 4, 5, 6 top matchday squad players. Do they have the cash...? because that is what City does season after season.