₦airaland Forum

SHAAWA:
I am still searching for where Buhari gave the order from the report. All i read was security barred AIT reporter from covering the event. Headlines are meant to be sensationalized,hyped to attract more readers. It may just be an overzealousness on the part of the security . Remember former IGP withdrawal of Tambuwal's security personnels.

and the IGP and the President got a roasting for that remember. GEJ went against the press a couple of times, he wasn't spared. Why does Buhari's supporters think he is above the law of democracy.

MadCow1:
Sahara did not oppose anybody.. Sahara were simply exposing fraud within the Jonathan Governemnt which he simply did nothing about. Sahara reporters exposed things like the Stella Oduah saga and more.. Most of their reports were backed with evidence of sorts.. AIT didn't need any evidence to air their rubbish.

Sahara reporters never covered any events because they are not that type of media outfit..

Now on the issue of Fox and Obama, how many times have you seen Fox and Obama sitting down for an interview? Compare that to the number of time Obama would grant interviews to other pro democrat stations..

We have no beef with AIT, all we are asking them to do is stay in their lane.. They weren't covering Buharis campaign trails, so they shouldn't start now..

The best days of the APC are long gone. Its Jose the bus driver now in charge. Defence till 2019. Where is all that good will going. Talking about the black man and managing success.

Just hope this report is a work of fiction if not this regime has just hit a landmine. The last thing you want to fight in a democracy is the media. AIT pressed the right buttons to re-create 1984 all over again. Not a smart move at all.

ogawisdom:
Buhari is talking too much and shld wait till he is sworn in so he can hit d ground running with his action plan.

He is talking from both sides of his mouth n will b a monumental failure if he continues lik this. A liar can't make a good president neither will a talkative. Show some decorum by talking less so u will have sth new to say n carry out when sworn in.

We need d change u promised Nigerians n nt dictatorial threats in a democracy.

U can probe whoever u lik by action nt pronouncement jst to play to d gallery which u will deny latter wen u see d facts n kw its nt possible, jst d way u r denying most of ur campaign promises to nigerians already.

I pity u bc u dnt kw d miracle nigerians expect u to perform n u r compoundin things by careless talks.

If nigerians dnt see change in 100days of swearing u in then d remaining life in u will be squeezed out.

We need change in power supply, education, jobs, better hospitals, security, bringbackourgirls, housing, roads, massive reduction in cost of governance, eradicate corruption etc

The best days of the APC are long gone. It is defensive, 'parking the bus' till 2019.

donodion:
I simply hope this is not a sabotage from the NIGERIAN side...else...someone is trying to make the new administration lose focus and suffer harshly at inception.

Either way,doesn't make Nigeria look good. I smell a bad scheme and plot here peeps.

Started to politicize the conflict again. You folks learn nothing from tragic history.

bashydemy:
Did you read the write up at all? did you see where it sayd they ahve been warned not to pass under the bridge? nobody fir arrest them.

Is that the reason for the bridge to collapse. The deceased were warned meaning they knew failure was immenent. That doesn't absolve the constructors of liability for engineering failure.

Autolord:
When will Nigerians begin to protest for what is right? [size=24pt]All contractors and stakeholders involved in the construction of the bridge must be arrested, investigated and prosecuted publicly. Simple!!![/size]

Well let's see what will happen now that things have 'changed'.

Hmmm. Very kind and thoughtful of them

Buhari the candidate was not the sole cause of voter apathy. It had much to do with the cumbersome electoral system, the overheating of the polity by both parties and the lack of faith in government as a whole as exemplified by the out going regime. Having said that Buhari has some doubts revolving around his persona particularly with the older generation who know him through and through and feel he will just not tick enough boxes by the end of his tenure.

However it is heart warming to see doubts arise. Hopefully they grow to dissent and evolve into solid opposition to broaden and deepen democracy in the northern polity similar to what happened in the west and less successfully in the south-south under OBJ and GEJ respectively.

dirtymoney:
Obasanjo used the EFCC in witch hunting his political enemies and contenders... I hope Buhari would not be used as a tool for opposition witch hunting... In as much as Sanusi has become a saint over night... Are all the shabby appointments that were dished out to his kinsmen from kano and kaduna be probed as well? A big organization like CBN has not recruited in almost five years (if not more than), yet new employees resume work there every Monday morning.. Same with NDIC, NSMPC, NNPC, top ministries in Abuja etc. Are we gonna probe all these as well...
Buhari and the APC, as well as Nigerians should give Nigeria a fresh start... Not spending more years and resources hunting down the past.... A new beginning should be launched where transparency, accountability and due process would be the order of the day..
If the new government spend time chasing the past, in the nearest future Nigerians would start screaming change again...

If the past is negatively going to affect his government and its ability to operate effectively in the future he has every right to recall and straighten out. Corruption is like cancer. What you see is often a bit part of what there is and scratching the surface of a malignant tumor is a waste of time. My take on these things is that they are so widespread and systemic nothing tangible can be done about it so why bother in the first place. Some will even say that SLS only spoke up because he was left out of the party.

rukytaiga:
why cry now, when we where the same people who started the insults to the president and presidency. so if some bunch of people outside feel the same way then its our fault. we neva respected him at first.

Exactly. When we cannot draw the line between politics and governance, between institutions and individuals, others will do it for us. Many warned about the denigration of the Presidency, few listened. This is the result when you punch holes in your own roof. It will leak on all. Buhari will be affected because it is far harder and costlier to rebuild than to demolish.

I think little by little, one step at a time we are beginning to realise that the game is more important than the players, the institutions more than the practitioners. We will get there. In 4 years time I have a feeling that people will weigh the APC much more on its ability to move the democratic process forward thus creating a platform for national stability and sustainable growth rather than on the number of roads built or the number of felons in jail.

It is so wierd that people are now tacitly sacrificing electoral probity on the altar of peace and stability. It is dangerous to kill justice for peace to live but that is what you get when the system is so poor, when the structure is fragile, when institutions are so weak. They must be supported at all and often very heavy cost. Just like sedating a patient to perform heart surgery. Its russian roulette.

Turbocharged:
Always try to read wt understanding. The post said they were "summoned" for "consultations" , and not outright "recall"

Reading is lost on most. Thinking is a mystery. That is why they keep on stumbling.

martyns303:
How can Ethiopia with $340 million budget have a greater fire power than SA with a budget of $4.6 Billion?

A grade school kid can out gun a professor on the eve of his term exams. In simple terms, Ethiopia has been at war or combat readiness for the past two decades that's why. That's also why Angola is near the top too. It has heen decades since our civil war. Our military muscles are like those of Arnold Schwarzengger today. But don't worry. Boko Haram's resillience will propel us near the summit.

'Bride IN not ON a wedding gown.'

shiningshina:
Although GEJ toyed with the seriousness of Boko terrorism at the beginning, and inadvertently allowed them to fester, he cannot entirely be blamed for our dire situation. Terrorism is very difficult to defeat. The United States military have failed to defeat AlQaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan for 14 years. It is not an easy matter.

The problem is: no one tackles the root of the whole problem. There are still deadly fatwas rushing out of Saudi Arabia from its radical clerics (who also happen to be the palace scholars) which command Muslims to be intolerant against other humans, even encouraging "holy war" against anyone who does not follow the extremist Saudi brand of Islam. Unless these blood-drenched fatwas are stopped, there will always be gullible Muslims who follow them, and so there will always be Muslim terrorism across the world.

Sadly, the US is allies with the Saudi government (which pays for those fatwas).

Another safety net for the in coming government. The standards ane expectations lowered day after day.

Keneking:
Ok, where is Jonathan sef when you need action?

I hope you maintain that stand after May 29th. I will be watching keenly.

Usman212s:
God see us through

No more 'clueless Jonathan'. People will be forced to accept the truth and work apolitically to find the solution. Look at the change of language for once and I just shake my head. After years of scape-goating. Pity.

Keneking:
Ok..

Contestants: A. Senators Bukola Saraki, Kwara Central: case with EFCC

B. Senator George Akume from Benue: clean and looks like a potential candidate

C. Senator Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa State : I think clean

D. Senator Danjuma Goje of Gombe State: case with EFCC

E. Senator Ali Ndume from Borno State : case with Boko Haram

Therefore contestant B might get the position.

Akume and Adamu clean? Maybe their knickers. Certainly not their reputation. If you bank on it and make a fuss the opposition will be all over them like flies over fresh poo in an instant.

OBJ > Shagari > Buhari. 20 odd years later OBJ > Jonathan > Buhari.

Those who fail to acknowledge history are bound to walk the same paths of destruction. The only thin that has changed is that by divine providence in the death of Yaradua the man in the middle is from the other end of Nigeria but this pan-Nigerian democratic experience teaches us exactly what.

For starters: OBJ so believes in democracy he hands over to men (Shagari and Jonathan) that have 'no experience whatsoever in governance' at the highest levels. He believes so much in education he ensures they are academicians (Shagari. Yaradua and Jonathan). He believes so much in probity so he ensures they are from similar 'humble' backgrounds. He believes so much in 'statesmanship' so he ensures they are so humble, soft spoken, pliable to a fault and I can go on and on.

What is it about OBJ and the Nigerian State that this owner, this majority stakeholder designs and implements his philosophies on how it should be run time and time again when it is clear it doesn't work and the people want a hardened dictator. They were glad in 1983 when the OBJ experiment ended and a certain Buhari took over. They are glad that the OBJ model has ended again and once again Buhari has taken over.

For how long will this struggle for the heart and soul of Nigeria between OBJ and its citizens continue. When will there be a ceasefire and a unification of interests, direction, philosophies. When will we make a true and clean break from the past, from the viscious cycle of hegemony.

I find it indeed baffling that one man - OBJ can have so much influence till date on the course of our nationhood particularly when projecting in his will (of probity, enlightenment, humility, democracy, etc) what he consistently proves not to be and finding such wide scale acceptance even amongst the learned is quite simply baffling.

OBJ is clearly head honcho amongst the 'owners of Nigeria'. When such forces combine with the feudalistic 'born to rule' gale blowing from the north it can mean only one thing, a tornado of immense national torment....for a iong, dark season...then the cycle starts...all over again.

I wonder what IBB will be thinking.

Bevista:
It's difficult to place the rationale behind this massive. My theory would be that it is a fallout of the meeting btw GMB n GEJ recently.

Apparently, the top brass of the military was always bound to be sacked by GMB for their alleged partisanship during the certificate saga. GMB has probably negotiated with GEJ for him to wield the hammer instead, so the General won't appear vindictive if he is to do it.

The armed forces is not a part neither is it interested in your partisan politics. Its appointments, promotions and retirements are according to its traditions, laws and programmes. It is a stronger institution than politics and democracy so it is unreasonable to imagine it aligns itself to them.

GenBuhari:
Why doesn't GEJ hand over 1st May 2015, why is he still retiring Generals, is this the actions of a man about to step down in a few weeks?

Ignorance is bliss. It gives you the pleasure of expression which is much easier than the burden of thought. Please read to gain knowledge. The wider the safer.

CSTR2:
Btw, elections have come and gone.
OBJ according to his fans have won.
It's buhari and OBJ's time now to give Nigerians the change that GEJ couldn't give them.
Time melts away every form of propaganda and grandiose delusion.
I wish them luck.

Weeks after the election they still won't let it go. Shows it wasn't about the country. It was about the man. For the country is now yours but you still won't let go.

A7:
Satanis.ts dont seem to ever strategise and get things right.

When the progressives pointed Jonathan cluelessness, ineptitudeness, docile nature which of course is calling a spade a spade you take that as insult or abuse as you put without digging to see the deeper premise their claims are based on, instead you bring all your arsenal and launch a smear campaign against any non satani.sts, the series of senseless utterances, calumnious publications and slanderous documentaries coupled with Jonathans greed is what rightly places you as the opposition right now, and as dumb as you will forever remain, that same stu.pid tactic is still what you pledge to forever cling on. Honestly dude, your ilks embarasses me as a co-citizen.

You will Insha Allah live to watch as GMB/APC deliver their promises accompanied by tons of other yet to come productive schemes to carter for all and sundry.

And if you continue to allow every fibre of your being to hate anything good and continue to cling on banal behaviors, your heart will undoubtedly explode like balloon someday.

You're in for a long, torrid 4 years. No government can deliver all its promises. Even if it can, expectations will change and naturally rise to nullify prior gains. Yo u must come to realise that criticism is the engine of democracy.

A7:
If that's the only thing that stood out to you i pity your life. Tons of issues are discussed in that interview, vital issues essential for our transformation for the better, unfortunately your interests are inclined towards resisting change especially the positive kind presented by the Apc.

There are certain factors, like true state of things after taking over that will warrant modification of the manifesto if necessary, and before implementation some processess must be duly observed. To spealt it out bluntly for your stagnated mind, Apc do not limit itself to only campaign promises, they embrace positive initiatives and by extension all kinds of development.

So now as i wrote earlier "take the senseless bitterness and shove it down your b**t ".

'...True state of things' abi. Were they considered when GEJ led PDP was in power. Better modify this before the opposition sees it and eats you alive.

The best days of the APC are long gone. It is defensive play all the way to 2019. Power has been exchanged for reputation.

teeowl:
I hope say we never enter one chance... this one that he is already saying this! It is too early for him to be talking like this.

Manifesto is a map showing position and destination. A good manifesto will have a plan b, c, d in the event of unforseen circumstance. He is right. It is not sacrosanct. Elements may not be attainable and others may be exceeded.

[quote author=wwwkaycom post=33044422]Let NNPC continue to live in the past, they see the chop chop subsidy as the best for Nigeria, they have never make suggestions on how our refineries can work, I know they are talking about subsidy so as to hoodwink GMB to believe that they love Nigeria and therefore forget about their numerous atrocities against Nigeria, stupid people. Let a thorough probe of NNPC/Alison Madueke/GEJ/PEJ be carried out to ascertain the level of evil perpetrated by these glutons since 2010, then let all that are culpable be sent to Bauchi prison or Gashua, let all the management of NNPC be removed, then we can be sure we are starting a new country as from May 29, bunch of idiots![/quote]and how does that address the issue of our quest for cheap oil via subsidies. For your info. It is nigh impossible to effectively run an industrial process where the products donot sustain it. For instance you simply cannot run a refinery by government allocation alone such as in a subsidy regim.. The operations are just too complex for bottle necks and red tape Nigeria edition.

hedonistic:
These people are very stupid. The fact remains that removing subsidies would certainly translate to higher prices. Is that not what has been happening with diesel since subsidy on diesel was removed? It's clear that a cartel controls the downstream oil sector, and the same way they have successfully held up diesel prices is the same way they will conspire against Nigerians to hold up petrol prices, that is the final and unchangeable argument against subsidy removal as far as Nigeria is concerned. We don't want.

Nigerians do not want to pay higher prices for petrol it is really that simple. Using this big grammar of subsidy or no subsidy to complicate issues is not going to help anybody. Nigerians say no to paying more for petrol, whether subsidy stays or goes, full stop.

And is it not the same cartels behind the fuel subsidy scams. And who are these people calling themselves 'cartels'. Are they from Mars, Neptune or Pandora. Are they not Nigerians. People shouting change everywhere. Where is the change in the energy market.

dearpreye:
It keeps getting me depressed more and more. There's something wrong somewhere! I'm pretty sure.

The madness has an explanation!

We keep telling it as we know it. No one is listening. Corruption is in the DNA of the Nigerian State by constitution through affirmation, entitlements and compensation. The best you get is a white wash.

On the other thread it was the visit of David Mark to Buhari and I will ask, for what. Ah yes, co-operation...which is the code name for perpetuating the same old failed system of governance. For why do these people continue to elevate and project themselves and their interests above and beyond the institutions they claim to represent.

What does the Executive have to discourse with the Legislature. What does an APC leader have in common with a PDP leader. What does a lawmaker, a regulator have to chat about with a practitioner except the same old system of negotiated entitlements and compensations.

Tomorrow when we see compromises that bog us down or lead us into viscious unending cycles of despodency know this. It is the way the Nigerian is that has led Nigeria to the way it is. Nuff said.

mulante:
The sentence on each of the counts are to run concurrently (at the same time) not consecutively (not one after the other). She'll only spend 7 years or less in prison.

No. She has a 14 on 4 counts.

prettydiva89:
OMG She don die be that nah,abi 266 years,even her great grandchildren would have been dead by then..

What a pity?

Read again abeg. Patience is lost on most of us these days. We just love the dramatic, sweet and sensational (pun intended).

Yeah, he couldn't get a tuxedo.....made in camo through customs.