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moscobabs:
In the picture below was Gen. Gowon in 1973 shaking hands with baby Trudeau, son to the then Prime minister of Canada Elliot Trudeau.

Fast forward to 2015, that baby is now voted as the Prime Minister of Canada..

Meanwhile a country close to Niger republic voted Gowon's former colleague and age mate..

Without Sentiment, Let discuss .

But the youth hail them. People support them. A country cannot rise higher than the quality of its citizens so....

Na so wahala dey start. The government and its security agents had better use their heads and engage experts in crisis management and strategic studies. 2015 has two months to go.

ALISMILE:
to hell wit balance of power! Its because of dis soo called balance of we can't ve 2ministers from 1 state, even though there re 2of d best from d same! That's why falana can't be a minister because fayemi already has d partys nomination!that is also d reason Pat Utomi can't be minister! And we re stuupidly happy talking about balance of power! We re alws hapi wen our broda is in power! We ve been balancing power for a very longtime and I ask wat good has dat brot us? Dis stuuuuupid balance of power we keep talkin about is jus wat is dragging us back!

That is utopia. This is Nigeria. Tell that to the north when the next President from the south goes lopsided. They couldn't stomach a president from the minorities for 5 years, is it total minority control of government they will sleep with. Abeg make we hear word. The south always has to bell the cat and make huge sacrifices to make Nigeria a nation.

ECOTERRORS:
A man that has a corruption case in court has been appointed into a sensitive position like INEC. May God help us because this is not CHANGE

But it is normal. I have told you people to forget about this corruption brouhaha. It is not the problem but the symptom. Fix the Nigerian ship of State and sail is peace. Corruption under this structure is the default setting.

deebsman1:
Saraki has no dignity, pls people where has dignity gone in this our obodo Nigeria dis days.......Ordinarily to maintain his rep, by now saraki should have honorably resign....crying for Nija

But those who chose the path of honour such as Jonathan who admitted his shortcomings and respected the will of the people are being hounded and villified more than any ever (rightly so) but step back and think it out for a minute. Does the fate of people like Jonathan encourage or discourage others from towing the path of honour when in this country the winners win all and the losers lose all. We created this monster so we just have to tame it.

We hate dignity. We call it cowardice. We call it cluelessness. We prefer the strong, brash, in your face, 'I am corrupt so what...' type of people. And there are plenty in the APC, party of 'many leaders'. So sorry.

Flets:
At the end, the change was never about Nigerian masses. It was all about sharing the spoils of war.

But why are Nigerian masses so ignnorant? Even illiterates in the western democracies make objective political decisions.

Under GEJ, the argument was that either the lagos ibadan expway is not speedy or that the agricultural exploits are centered in the north or that the airport upgrades were not speedy or that the trains were not speed trains. We argued that the improved economic indices were not well reflected at the level of the masses. But at least, the arguments were about issues affecting Nigerians directly

Under Buhari, arguments have been Saraki, amaechi, Tinubu, ministerial nominees, stalwarts, obasanjo etc which are of no tangible value to Nigerian masses. No arguments on policies or capital projects.

This is clearly a very bad retrogression.

I have been saying this for a while. Government has been on neutral gear since May. Nothing happening. And when you consider the promises of hitting the ground running, it becomes very disappointing. The APC is far too complex to operate in a country like Nigeria.

odeyemilizzy:
Foolish man you want 2 impress a lady u join robbery u better confess d true u can impress ur girlfriend with ur education status ole ni eeeee notin u make u join robbery in last na celebrant d bash in jail naw

Hmmm....I hear, I hear. But the one you have been spending and has been spent on you. Knowest thou whereth it cometh from ? Can you vouch for it with spell-binding alacrity because since the time of Eve, gals have been accepting forbidden fruits from 'snakes'.

chidexxy007:
cos his teams are too good going forward they tend overlook his defensive frailties.

Yes. He's a midfield disciple and a philosopher of keeping the ball. The only solution is devastating counter-attacks which Arsenal doesn't have. They have pace alright but loose control. Ozil who has great technic on the other hand is hopeless want for pace.

aieromon:
Bayern backline is just too deep. If only Arsenal had good finishers to punish them

Pep has never been a good defensive tactician. Pity most of his adversaries take no notice.

JDado:
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Na. The best they can get is a draw. Arsenal is no longer a big game team.

tuoyoojo:
What makes the high way super?

Just asking

From cross river to katsina is now 260km?

Katsina-Ala.....please.

izaray:
My broda, its not the Obudu, Ogoja and the Ikom road, its a new road entirely, that the Governor want's to construct, I.e cutting both Ikom and Ugep aside. I think it's another short-cut to Calabar his looking at direct from Obudu. And once dis road is been constructed no one will even talk about d the Ogoja Ikom highway anymore. Thou, that's the information I got from my broda in CRS.

Yes. Its an entirely new road in some parts and the alignment takes it closer to the Camerounian border than the existing highway. Its a brilliant idea for two reasons; one, it opens up hitherto cut off communities which as I understand are the food vaults of Cross-River, that is serious agricultural communities and secondly they can avoid paying huge compensations to communities where the existing Federal highway passes in the process of dualisation. If you are familiar with Cross-River you'd realise that virtually every local government headquarters is located on that road going north. Development is virtually strangulating it and it will be massively expensive to relocate and compensate everyone. Far beyond the State means.

My concern remains the funding. Fresh roads are notoriously expensive to build and the number of bridges involved are just incredible. Wish them luck. I still prefer a railway as a better, long term solution to our transportation problems.

Ola17:
Well, you aren't far from the truth.
We just have various thieving gangs as politicians and they have successfully divided the citizens amongst themselves.

It's just a case of every group supporting their own criminal.

Hmmmm.

Truth is that we have not acquired the capacity to handle a lot of things we confront. MedicNigeria is one theatre. The patient was simply beyond them and until we raise our game by option or coercion many more lives will be needlessly lost.

Since Don left everything has progressively decayed. During his time 95% of Calabar South was open 24 hours a day. Now security there is worse than Kandahar.

Firefire:
Cabalocracy


A government of the Cabals by the Cabals for the Cabals.


It basically means, the running of a country based on the impulse of the few that have been entrusted with the care and allocation of the Commonwealth of it's people.


Buhary & APC, BIGEST SCAM in the history of Africa.

Show me one country that isn't run with special interests in mind.

modath:
So a prof of obstetrics can't get on the list on his own merit & only got in to spite OBJ & Oyinlola..

Guardian writers are wasting away, they should be writing movie scripts for nollywood..



An ultra successful hedge fund manager is also not good enough just because he knows the VP

Was PMB supposed to get Aliens from mars if HIS people aren't recommending good people they know to him

So mere commissioner even get say too!!

No one said cabalites are no technocrats. Some of the biggest co.ck.ups came from men and women of heavenly competencies. The problem has always been about who pays the piper.

Personally I think the biggest boju boju was the 'I belong to' sound bite of PMB. It was unnecessary. Politics is not run like that anywhere. I knew he will bow to special interests. I knew he will buy a long spoon. I knew he will get down into the mud pit. I knew he will jump into bed with cartels. He has no option. Democracy demands that, politics demands that, governance demands that and the Presidency demands that.
There were cartels in 1984 when he enjoyed maxim power. It will be naive to think there won't be any now.

Is he kidding. Release a person neck deep in sedition. Mr. Kanu will be put in a very dark, cold place for a very, very long time. Crimes against the State are very grave.

donphilopus:
Most of you on this thread don't even know what to type. Some say PDP and APC ain't different because they haven't presented details. What this Court of Appeal Adjournment means is that, the CCT is gonna continue with his Trial. He appealed that the trial be stopped. But since the Court of Appeal has adjourned the Case indefinitely, it means the CCT is gonna continue!

Still not different from what the PDP had been doing from 1999 to 2015, active on some, passive on others to create or entrench particular interests. The last time I can remember the CCT in the public eye was the Tinubu trial. Nothing since then and nothing else since the Saraki saga began. Is the tribunal therefore not a political tool. Is that institution not the same under both regimes. Let's see how many other cases they handle between now and 2019.

kaeforum:
Then its high time they privatized them, since its obvious govt of naija cant look after any thing.

Then

If I say this again then I must be a mad man. Just fed up of repeating the same thing over and over and over while as a nation we make the same mistakes over and over and over again. What is government's business in business. Instead of waiting and assisting Dangote to establish his we are burning cash regime after regime after regime. Once again. Close the NNPC NOW!!!!!!!

In 1984 can we remember what happened to cement availability and prices under Major General Buhari. It went through the roof. Cement became an essential commodity, cement rackets and cartels emerged and Nigerians in charge like Generals.....became overnight billionaires. Today we are a net exporter. Can't he as HOS see this and do same for the petroleum sector. No. He wants to further entrench government in the mess by directly driving the garbage truck himself as Minister. We learn nothing in this country. Pity.

The robbers were probably fed up with all these crappy flicks you guys are unloading on us. Better raise your game. Sorry.

Summoned the courage to do just that....This country has really gone to the dogs...speechless....

dammytosh:
That was just a motivational speech for the Military guys.

Lazy WAILERS will read headline and start typing out of their ignorance.

Read the content.

Hmmm. Sounds more like a desperate plea. And a major climb down from the position a few weeks ago. He should not be talking like this. Nigeria is not on the brink. We have far more in stock. Much more capacity than he thinks.

sledjama:
After reading this diary post -> https://www.nairaland.com/1123523/quiet-thoughts-mind-quiet-thinker/21#38726096
by Victoriousvic


I decided to check my fire extinguisher to see if is empty also

i removed the thin rubber hook, slide out the metallic stopper and pressed it and loo and behold, it was empty.
that was when i noticed the meter next to the lid which read zero.
I bought it in traffic so i could not double check.

Please folks, check with your fire extinguisher right away.
this could be the difference between just a few thousand naira vehicle parts replacement or a total loss.
Not to talk of a possible difference between life and death.

cc: seun, lalasticlala, ishilove, obinoscopy lets create this awareness

By your report your response to the fire was just too slow. Smoke coming from the engine compartment means only one thing - fire. And by the way extinguishers are not made to last forever. They do expire. Carbon-dioxide is a very reactive gas thus is hard to contain moreso when the gas is exposed to high temperatures found in parked cars in the tropics. Anything above 6 months is playing roulette with potential incidents.

BALLOSKI:
you just don't know what a technocrat is.

so. What is a technocrat. By the definitions I see here once you have a professional degree and were once in practice you are a technocrat, abi. So who is a technocrat. Which means I am a techocrat right now...abi.

The honeymoon is over. Reality has set in. Time to walk the talk.

Dymondgurl:
I admire your courage. You tossed societal views and expectations into the gutter and took charge of your life. Bravo ma'am.

Why not find out why the marraige failed rather that stack up against the 'society' we exploit to our advantage when times are good and vilify when things go wrong. The 'society' expects you to get educated and advanced. Why don't you kick against that. The fact that a union has failed has nothing to do with society rather it has all to do with the couple involved afterall there are millions of unions worldwide having no problems whatsoever and when I mean problems, problems that well within the abilities of the couples to handle them. You are a product of such.

dalu:
Just spoke with her unit members.. It seems it's confirmed that it's a suicide.. The family reached out in support to the husband and confirmed the previous history of depression and won't be taking anything up.. Boys heading to her home in ajao estate.. End

So what happened to suggest those injuries described. She jumped from a fifth floor window or threw herself before a buldozer. The husband still has a lot of explaining to do because there are a lot of things he could have done to prevent this tragedy.

TonyeBarcanista:
Topics like this are meant for entertainment celebrities not public office-holders. We should be discussing projects and policies of Governors, ministers, President etc or the leglislation of the parliament. This is irrelevant honestly! It's becoming boring BTW!


Cool dress anyway...

It is the general downward trend of things. When virtually nothing is happening at the centre but the drama of senate screenings. With States equally in a coma, of course its the governor's shorts that make headlines. I'm just so sorry for us. December is here. Very soon we will be saying a year of this administration is gone and in another two election bells will be ringing. What a time.

zheroes:
if your statement is true then I guess the problems we are having in our society today is from our parents. very poor parental upbringing.you sent a child to school and you giving them a car in naija? don't get me wrong you can still read your books while having a car but most times these youngsters get carried away because they simply lack the maturity to handle it, besides they will very easily find themselves in the midst of wrong friends. very cheap way to die I will.

I keep on harping on bad parenting because it is the by all and end all of these matters. A car to an untrained, in-disciplined and un focused child is no different from a gun.

Godfullsam:
One thing about the Nigerian police, if they want to work they will work.

The system is bad and if the country is restructured, watch as society normalises and begins to develop. We know what is wrong with this country but unfortunately certain people and groupings benefit from the chaos, poverty and ignorance to project their power and dominate the people to serve their backward, warped ideologies. Our biggest problem is ourselves.

Truckpusher:
Nigerian olodos attending national economic council meeting to discuss nothing.

Nigeria has all it takes to become a strong first world economic powerhouse yet plagued with a leadership across all sphere of Governance that seems to think with their anus all the time.No concrete economic plan to alleviate the people from poverty despite her huge arable land,human resources and even natural resources - If this is a curse I don't just know.

Well its the oil, cheap money you don't labour for. I mean what does a street cleaner in Taraba whose salary is paid for with oil coming from a thousand miles away in a community he probably has never heard of through a process he doesn't have any idea about and hasn't lifted a muscle in getting. That is why we are economic invalids.

My friend. I am sure you are not a government worker. The reason you 'can reason' is because you are in touch with your income and the processes by which it comes from start to cash. You 'buy the land', 'till the ground', 'plant the crops', 'tender them' and 'harvest when due'. That is the only way through creativity and real hardwork to wealth. That is how countries move from developing to developed. They 'work' for wealth.

That is why corruption can never be stopped because it is 'nobody's' money. People just simply donot take kindly to stolen 'sweat'. That is why we say the structure is faulty and until that can be addressed Nigeria cannot move forward. Our current poor economic condition affords us an opportunity to rethink but as long as the powers that be maintain the status quo they fought so hard to establish expect at best only cosmetic changes.