₦airaland Forum

The string of calamity across the nation is obviously been engineered to further some diabolic political agenda....YES!

But that doesn't absolve the President and his government of responsibility for their sluggishness in fishing out these enemies of state and meting out justice to them.

The President's primary responsibility is the protection of the lives of Nigerians...both those who voted for him and those that didn't. As a leader, he must have the foresight and vision to know what remedies are needed, and the courage to take the sometimes painful decision to apply the needed remedies.

On this singular objective, I am afraid the President has failed woefully.

These officers could have been murdered by anyone.

The way we are going, every murder is going to be attributed to "fulani herdsmen" and the true culprits will get away.

Every would be bride or groom goes the extra mile to make a good first impression on the inlaws to smoothen the way for further discussions.

It isn't just an African thing, it is so all over the world. Even in ultra liberal societies like the US, u have bride's wearing decent gowns and toning down the loud makeup when it is time to meet the inlaws. You have grooms, doing away with tee shirts and jeans for suits all in a bid to make a good impression.

As a man, I would be wary about a woman who makes an unnecessary fuss about a mere nose ring when she's going to meet my parents. We aren't even married yet and she's already setting me up for unnecessary conflicts with my parents?

She is obviously still immature and not ready for marriage if she does not understand the need to pick her battles carefully.

This National Assembly want to impeach PMB for allegedly trampling on the privilege of members and "persecuting" them.

This National Assembly cannot even guarantee the rights of its own members to speak freely without fear of suspension or other sanctions.

This National Assembly needs to start by impeaching itself before impeaching anyone else.

You "mistakenly" slept with your sister-in-law.

Hmmmmm so let me see: She was lying around naked, with her legs spread apart and you tripped and fell on her thinking you landed on a cushion. Then I'm guessing that after a few minutes, you realised what you tripped and fell on wasn't a cushion on the floor afterall abi

She also "mistakenly" slept with your driver and gateman, then fired them to ensure such a "mistake" never happens again.

If I were in your shoes, I would proactively fire the cook and gardener because you and your wife are prone to "make mistakes".

Weldone!

Where in this stupid article did the President say the Nigerian Army was soft on Biafra?

All this nonsense just to get hits for a stupid blog.

When this war that you are stoking starts,we will all be here.

May God help us all.

awakeupcall4all:
The campaign organization of the Ekiti State Deputy Governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Prof Kolapo Olusola Eleka, has called for greater vigilance among voters in the State against agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

It claimed they were going round the state buying Voters’ Cards.

The campaign organization said it was alarmed at the report of the arrest of one Miss Ogunyemi Temitope, who led a group of people to Aiyede Ekiti to collect more than 30 voters cards and account numbers from unsuspecting electorates, questioning why the APC was desperate to prevent people from voting on the election day.

Director of Media and Publicity of Kolapo Olusola Campaign Organisation, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement on Thursday, that the said Ogunyemi Temitope was apprehended by vigilant people of Aiyede-Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area at about 12 noon today, Thursday, while collecting voters cards and making copies of same and at the same time collecting account numbers.

Olayinka said; “Today, eagle-eyed people of Aiyede-Ekiti apprehended one Ogunyemi Temitope and her accomplices, who were buying voters card. They were taken to the palace of the Attah of Aiyede Ekiti, Oba Oba Abdumumini Orisagbemi, from where they were moved to the Aiyede Ekiti police station.

“The lady, who claimed to be an election observer, was said to have collected voters cards and account numbers of more than 30 people, promising that N28, 000 will be paid into their bank accounts. She said that buying of voters cards under the guise of election observers was being done across the State that those whose voters cards were collected in exchange for N28, 000 will not be able to vote.

“Some of the cards already collected belonged to Adebiyi Adekunle, with his UBA Account number 2077932145, Omotoso Abiodun, Ajayi Taiwo Amos, Bamidele Funmilayo, Fayose Mary, Ojo Emmanuel Kehinde, Irewole Yinka Motun, Olowokere Titilayo, Ojo Bamidele Oluwaseun and others.

“It later took the intervention of the Attah of Aiyede Ekiti and the Olumojo of Imojo Ekiti, Oba, who visited the police station for Ogunyemi Temitope and her collaborators to be released with strong warning never to come to Aiyede Ekiti and its environs again.

“It should be noted that we have earlier raised the alarm over a Form being distributed by the APC under the guise of Ekiti Development Front, purportedly for empowerment. It is one of the sinister plots by
the APC to deactivate voters card, thereby preventing thousands of electorate from voting on July 14, 2018.

“The evil plot is aimed at first collecting Voters Cards numbers and later asking for submission of original Voters Cards for Biometric Exercise so as to be qualified for the fake empowerment scheme.

“Ekiti people are therefore urged not to surrender their voters cards to anyone under any guise.”he campaign organization of the Ekiti State Deputy Governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Prof Kolapo Olusola Eleka, has called for greater vigilance among voters in the State against agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

It claimed theyvwere going round the state buying Voters’ Cards.

The campaign organization said it was alarmed at the report of the arrest of one Miss Ogunyemi Temitope, who led a group of people to Aiyede Ekiti to collect more than 30 voters cards and account numbers from unsuspecting electorates, questioning why the APC was desperate to prevent people from voting on the election day.

Director of Media and Publicity of Kolapo Olusola Campaign Organisation, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement on Thursday, that the said Ogunyemi Temitope was apprehended by vigilant people of Aiyede-Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area at about 12 noon today, Thursday, while collecting voters cards and making copies of same and at the same time collecting account numbers.

Olayinka said; “Today, eagle-eyed people of Aiyede-Ekiti apprehended one Ogunyemi Temitope and her accomplices, who were buying voters card. They were taken to the palace of the Attah of Aiyede Ekiti, Oba Oba Abdumumini Orisagbemi, from where they were moved to the Aiyede Ekiti police station.

“The lady, who claimed to be an election observer, was said to have collected voters cards and account numbers of more than 30 people, promising that N28, 000 will be paid into their bank accounts. She said that buying of voters cards under the guise of election observers was being done across the State that those whose voters cards were collected in exchange for N28, 000 will not be able to vote.

“Some of the cards already collected belonged to Adebiyi Adekunle, with his UBA Account number 2077932145, Omotoso Abiodun, Ajayi Taiwo Amos, Bamidele Funmilayo, Fayose Mary, Ojo Emmanuel Kehinde, Irewole Yinka Motun, Olowokere Titilayo, Ojo Bamidele Oluwaseun and others.

“It later took the intervention of the Attah of Aiyede Ekiti and the Olumojo of Imojo Ekiti, Oba, who visited the police station for Ogunyemi Temitope and her collaborators to be released with strong warning never to come to Aiyede Ekiti and its environs again.

“It should be noted that we have earlier raised the alarm over a Form being distributed by the APC under the guise of Ekiti Development Front, purportedly for empowerment. It is one of the sinister plots by
the APC to deactivate voters card, thereby preventing thousands of electorate from voting on July 14, 2018.

“The evil plot is aimed at first collecting Voters Cards numbers and later asking for submission of original Voters Cards for Biometric Exercise so as to be qualified for the fake empowerment scheme.

“Ekiti people are therefore urged not to surrender their voters cards to anyone under any guise.”


http://dailypost.ng/2018/05/31/ekiti-guber-apc-buying-voters-cards-culprits-arrested-pdp/

I think I'm going to have to join the "PICTURES OR I DON'T BELIEVE IT" crew on this one.

It seems strange that this "APC agent" was caught buying voters cards, taken to the palace, taken to the police station, from where she was released with "a stern warning never to return".

The Fayose that I know would have milked this to paint the APC black with pictures across social media and every newspaper. I think this is just a situation of crying wolf in this case.

ExAngel007:
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC
Kaduna office, today May 31, 2018 arraigned the
former Executive Governor of Kaduna State Mukhtar
Ramalan Yero; former Minister of State, Nuhu Somo
Wya; former People's Democratic Party, PDP, Kaduna
State Chairman, Abubakar Haruna Gaya and the former
Secretary to the State Government, Hamza Ishaq.

They were arraigned before Justice S.M Shuaibu of the
Federal High Court Kaduna on a Four Count charge
bordering on Criminal Conspiracy, Bribery, Money
Laundering and Criminal Diversion of Funds to the
tune of N7000,000,000 (Seven Hundred Million Naira)
only.

They all pleaded not guilty to the charges. Lead
prosecution counsel, Joshua Saidi then prayed the
Court for a date for commencement of trial, while
remanding the accused persons in prison custody.

Lead defence counsel, Yunus Ustaz Usman (SAN)
made application for bail orally but Justice Shuaibu
refused. The Court ruled that formal applications for
bail of the accused must be filed. He therefore
adjourned the matter to the 6th of June, 2018 for
hearing of bail application. He also ruled that the
accused be remanded in prison custody.

Their arraignment followed a petition alleging criminal
diversion of One Hundred and Fifteen Million Dollars
equivalent to Twenty Three Billion, Two Hundred and
Ninety Nine Million, Seven Hundred and Five
Thousand Naira (N 23, 299,705,000.00) NNPC
missing funds some years ago by the former Minister
of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison Madueke.
The missing sum was later traced to have funded the
bribing of officials across the 36 state of the
federation for the 2015 presidential election through
Fidelity Bank.

Investigations into the case has so far revealed that
the over Twenty Billion Naira was wired to some top
PDP and INEC officials across the country which was
specifically disbursed through various branches of the
Fidelity Bank with Kaduna State benefitting over N800
million (Eight Hundred Million Naira) only in two
instalments of N700,000,000 and N190,000,000.

The sum was received and acknowledged by Nuhu
Somo Waya, Abubakar Gaya Haruna and Hamza Ishaq
on behalf of the State for onward sharing to INEC staff
spread across the 23 Local Government Areas in
Kaduna State.

Count one of the charge reads: "that you, Mukhtar
Ramalan Yero (Whilst being the Executive Governor of
Kaduna State ), Nuhu Somo Wya (Whilst being a former
Minister of the Fedearl Republic of Nigeria), Ishaq
Hamza (whilst being the Secretary to the Kaduna State
Government) and Abubakar Gaya Haruna (Whilst being
the Chairman PDP Kaduna State Chapter), sometime in
2015 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court (Federal High Court) did conspire
amongst yourselves to commit a crime to wit: indirectly
taking possession of the of N700, 000, 000 (seven
hundred million Naira) which you ought to have known
forms part of unlawful activity to wit: bribery and
thereby committed an offence contrary to Section
18(a)of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011
(as ammended) in 2012 and punishable under Section
15(3) of the Same Act."


https://www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2018/may/31/muktar.jpg

Former Kaduna state Governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero

https://www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2018/may/31/muktar1.jpg

https://www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2018/may/31/muktar2.jpg

https://www.tori.ng/news/97794/mugshot-of-exgovernor-of-kaduna-state-minister-and.html

I like how the 3rd guy looks chuffed by the whole exercise. Kinda gangsta

mavinc4u:
good but will they give way for the not too young?

No one is going to "give way" for the young to run. The young need to step up and take it.

Some of these "old men" you see nowadays were in the vanguard of the young turks that fought for independence from the colonial masters.

This is a great start. Here's hoping this development will ginger the interest of younger people in politics.

Until young people are able to play a bigger and more strategic role in the political system, this will remain a paper achievement.

Baltazarcus:
Northern Christians calls God _ Ubangiji

Lol.

Half mark. Northern christians call God "Allah".

Ubangiji is one of his numerous suffixes describing his greatness. There are a lot of those suffixes used to describe God in the Hausa language.

It's just like the English word is God. But he can be called God Almighty, God the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, etc.

Let me shock you further by letting you know that northern christians answer names like Musa, Abdullahi, Usman, Jubril and even Mohammed.

All of these religious and ethnic differences are needless. We can all leave together in peace if we set our hearts to it.

alBHAGDADI:
Nice one FFK. I hereby dub you a Crusader.

The Arabic inscription on the Nigeria Army coat of arms is Nasrunminallah. It means ''Victory Comes From God Alone''. Checking closely, you will notice that the word we get as the English word for God in the translation is Allah. Lying Muslims will also tell you that Allah means God or is the Arabic equivalent of the English word God. This is a big lie which I will prove below.

In the Islamic Shahada, which is the words you swear when you want to become a Muslim, which most of you are aware of cos that's what this forum makes you swear before you comment on an Islamic thread, we find the word for God which clearly isn't Allah. Look Below.

The Shahada: There is no god but Allah

In Arabic: La ilaha illallah

The word for god is ilaha. If Muslims lie by saying that allah means god, then the appropriate translation will be 'There is no god but god''. This doesn't make any sense. Hence, the reason why they put the name of their god Allah there. Can you all now see that Allah is not the word for God but the name of a god, the Muslim god?

Why do we have the name of the Muslim god on the chest of our soldiers many of whom are adherents of other faiths? Is Nigeria an Islamic nation? Are the Christians, Atheists, traditionalists who are soldiers in the army now to be called soldiers of Allah?

This must be changed. As a Muslim,before you go on the defensive, ask yourself if it is fair to other faith.

What do northern Christians call God?

First of all, I am a strong believer in God and his power to miraculously deliver me from the snares of the devil.

However, this Apostle's testimony "get as e be."

I am sure that as a well-traveled gentleman, he knows all scheduled flights are displayed on electronic boards all around the airport, VIP lounges inclusive. It is the duty of all travelers to check the schedule and listen to boarding announcements repeatedly announced over the PA system.

Also as a VIP, I can almost bet he has a retinue of protocol people at his beck and call and has no business worrying about his flight departure time.

Thirdly, I wonder how some ruffians in HIACE buses confessed to being hired to assassinate Apostle and no one heard about it until Apostle's "revelation" during service. What happened to the miscreants? Were they handed over to the police? Were they all set free or silenced?

I think security agencies need to visit the Apostle to get more information so as to prevent this kind of threats in the future.

I am in PH for an assignment and I used this airport a few days ago when coming in. I was an equal measure of shocked and embarrassed at the state of the facility. Terrible and disgraceful.

BankeSmalls:
The north lost it long ago. Redemption will be difficult.

...and the South has it?

jpmoriarti:
This shows that lots of people are hurt by the truth DF is preaching. It shows his efforts are not in vain.
DF categorically said that if you give him gift or give to the online church and the gift is modest and solved a particular problem for him or the church, he will accept it but their is NO BLESSING attached to it. You only get blessing from God if you give to the poor and needy.
But your fraudulent pastors will tell you to give to the church and be blessed. That is the difference. Mary magdalen of the bible and other women helped to support Jesus' ministry but there is no where in the bible they were said to have received blessings for their efforts. Blessing comes when you give to the poor and the widow in the society. Not when you give to any other person. DF makes this abundantly clear. People are in the lookout to see where he fails. That showed that what he is doing is very right

There is also no place where it is written in the Bible that Jesus and his apostles went to the bathroom. Following your logic, are we also to assume that they never did just because it wasn't written in the Bible

Where in the Bible does it state that you ONLY get blessed for giving to the poor and the widows

You better study your Bible for yourself and ask God for understanding as you listen to your "pastor".

shamecurls:
There is a wide difference please. He does not twist the bible to obtain at "MANDATORY" intervals like the comments do. He simply got a gift which you can't predict when next he will get another.

He does not threaten about things being tight for you if you don't tithe.

The propaganda is cheap. Only for sheeples. Am sure it sprung out from them as that's what the man who drove from Ore to Lagos on empty tank said about followers being attacked if he was being attacked.

Lol. But here you are defending "Pastor Freeze" exactly the way followers of the "man who drove from Ore to Lagos on an empty tank's" followers do for their pastor.

Same difference yet again

Koolking:
Nigeria is the only country in the world where you can not tell a pastor or priest that he is wrong. Each to his own

That's not true. People do it all the time here on Nairaland and elsewhere. No one has been killed for it.

Infact, some, like "Pastor Freeze", have built an entire movement or ministry on telling Pastors they are wrong.

jpmoriarti:
Difference is that he tells the members that there is no blessing attached to giving him gifts or giving the online church. Other con pastors will tell you to give so that you will be blessed. That's a big lie. Blessing only comes when you give to the poor and the needy in the society. This is the difference between DF and the GO's of today's churches.

He doesn't tell them there is no blessing attached to giving gifts because then, he would be lying.

Even atheists know that gifts can lead to a blessing.

The Bible acknowledges this fact too:

"A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great." (Proverbs 18 vs 16)

shamecurls:
Hello, he got a gift from someone. Did he use false preaching to get it? Did he threaten about repercussions if he doesn't get gift.


Don't try to put the businessmen you call pastors at par with freeze

No difference between Freeze and the pastors he criticizes.

They preach from the Bible and he preaches from the same Bible. Members are inspired and they hand out "gifts" to the pastor. Freeze condemns them for that. Freeze preaches and announces that he needs a phone and a laptop to help the ministry move to the permanent site Members honor his request and buy him "gifts" of the requested items. He accepts them rather than channelling those gifts to the poor like he always advocates in his tirades. Please explain to me how that is different from what the pastors you hate so much do.

Shedrack777:
a gift is different from tithe. a gift is something you give willingly without no specific amount or level. while a tithe is a must offering you give from 10% of your gain (this one is a must o)

Tithe and gift...same difference.

Koolking:
Freeze never preached against gift. He is against tithing and coercion of church members to give pastors their hard earned income

Gifts, tithes, offerings; coerce, cajole, manipulate, beg; Same difference!

What Freeze just did is the height of hypocrisy!

Morwendy:
Hi. New here but have read threads for years til now and I just have a simple question to ask . Ok, I know how dim I sound but I married my Nigerian husband 8 years ago. Next week, we apply for his permanent leave to remain here. We've been happy enough since we got married, the usual ups and downs but nothing too serious. Anyway, I found that he has a website advertising a business in Nigeria. Asked him about it and he says yes its his but its not up and running yet (like thats why I was mad at him rather than because he set ghis up without even telling me). I was looking at some photos on his site and I came across a poster laying out the days events for his fathers funeral. At the foot of the poster it says 'by [his name but different surname] on behalf of the family. Now, this new surname is the same as his fathers so I believe it to be his true name. Asked him about it and he says that his surname is different to the rest of his family because he chose to take his paternal grandfathers name. I assume his father should also bear the grandfathers name? He just keeps telling me that I don't understand Nigerian customs/traditions but now the word 'scammed' keeps popping into my head. A simple yes or no would be enough - is it usual for a man to NOT take his fathers name? Thanks in advance.

I took my father's first name as my surname after he passed while my siblings still answer the family name, which was my great-granfather's name. Some of my old documents still carry my name with my former surname though I have legal documentation to back the change of name. There are also situations where people take on the name of any of their ancestors...perhaps as a way of immortalising the person or the name. It is really no big deal.

Except you have a good reason to doubt your husband, I do not think this is enough reason to put a strain on your marriage. If it will be any help, ask him to show you a legal document that explains the change of name. If that still does not give you some comfort, perhaps you should hire a PI to help you clear your doubts.

Good luck.

omoiyalayi:
Monthly allowance of over N13milion for constituency projects funded by tax payers money

Even that income cannot fund Senator Melaye's fleet of luxury cars and the jetset lifestyle he live.

SalamRushdie:
Something we all watched then? What a lying govt

http://dailypost.ng/2015/02/26/full-text-of-buhari-speech-at-chatham-house/

https://maxsiollun./2015/02/26/buharis-speech-at-chatham-house-full-video-and-full-text/

The President did not make that statement in his speech at Chatham House.

Perhaps he made the statement in his speech at another forum.

I see there are some politicians that are bent on pushing this country into war for their own selfish reasons.

What is worse is the seeming lackadaisical attitude of the federal government towards this daily carnage and loss of lives in that State.

I think the situation in Benue has degenerated badly enough for the declaration of a state of emergency as the situation is obviously beyond the power of the Governor. All he does is "mourn with the people" on a daily basis. He has now become the "Executive Mourner" of Benue State.

The actions so far taken by the FG is far below the capacity expected given the constantly degenerating state of affairs in that State. Sadly, the Senate that is supposed to ginger the President to take action is busy suspending plenary to visit "Suspect Dino" in hospital.

The President needs to wake up and take action to save lives for God sake!!!

She sold oil at 5000 naira apiece and it just happened to all add up to 25 million naira.

Right...

At this rate, feminists will soon start dragging women who take on their husband's last name.

Esseite:
Seriously... that wife thing is lame, imagine putting husband on your cv..

It makes it seem like an entitlement and a pedestal, i think mother and grandmother encompasses it all.

It was a social media bio page...not on her CV.

We are making a mountain out of a molehill.

See Obama's Instagram bio below.

What is there not to be proud of in being a Wife, Mother and Grandmother along with her other accomplishments?

lexy2014:
does that mean u should insult? Are people not entitled 2 their opinions? I am yet 2 interact with a feminist who can accommodate d views of others. Its either their way or no way

I think some confuse being a "feminist" with being somewhat intolerant and irascible.

I have met quite a few with whom you can reason and debate. But a lot of them are simply impossible.

Xisnin:
Why are you taking panadol for another woman's headache?
Does it have anything to do with you own ego being bruised and
also being afraid that other women may find sense in Chimamanda's posture?

Ego bruised? What does my ego have to do with any of the pertinent questions I raised in my post?

I thought we were having a debate on a topic but seeing how you have gone off on a tangent throwing personal jibes, I know exactly how this will end.

So on that note, I say have a great day.

Xisnin:
Let us examine this case critically.
Chimamanda is an internationally acclaimed writer married with a child.
Dencia is a single 40 year old C-list singer with no stable boyfriend nor husband.
If we go by her sermon we will conclude that she is a lovely, obedient and well behaved
woman who believe in submission to one's husband.

Why is she then a single at 40 while the supposed men-hating feminist, Chimamanda is happily married?

It is either men don't appreciate her or she is a pretender and a horrible person to relate with.
I know the latter is more likely the case.

It is instructive to know that most of the women pouring vituperative insults on Chimamanda are single, even on facebook,
there are very few negative reactions from married women, perhaps, they know better or have nothing to prove to anyone.

These single women attacking Chimamands are sending a message which is that they are wife material and they don't
want someone to spoil their market, it doesn't necessarily mean that they would be better wives than the maligned
feminists.

Feminists are sincere women who don't have to pretend to be liked, that is, what you see is who they really are,
and their homes are much likely to be peaceful because major issue have been sort out before time.

How about the anti-feminist "wife materials"?
You will never know what you are getting from this group, she could be a misandrist or could later
hold you by your balls while demanding for a better deal or "respect", something which she was
initially against.

Ask those men suffering in their marriage and you find out that they didn't marry
feminists, they supposedly marry women who believes that the man is the head of the house, some
of them don't even call their husband by his first name and would even condemn feminism if given a chance.

I will prefer a feminist than a pretentious obedient and subservient woman any day any time.

So who is thinking backwards, Chimamanda who thinks professional title should come first on twitter bio
or Dencia who allegedly gets irritated by such harmless suggestion?

The question is why the fuss over the order in which a woman chooses to write her bio? Is it easy being a wife, mother and grand mother? So if the woman considers those to be "more lofty" achievements for her than all of her professional accomplishments, does that in any way reduce her as someone that upholds feminist ideals?

Is there anything wrong with a feminist being a proud wife, a mother and a grandmother and counting those among her accomplishments?

Now that I think about it, the last thing that comes to mind when you think of powerful and accomplished women like Hillary Clinton, is that she is someones wife or mother.