₦airaland Forum

Lanretoye:
How do we knw the poorest citizens now?

Well for one, the poorest people aren't on Nairaland because they cannot afford data.

Thank God you can...so you aren't one of them.

Most of these big men carry these kinds of phones for security reasons.

Smartphones are easy to hack and track.

kettle84:
he did no damage. the court has given its verdict on the case.All Buhari need to do is to comply with the rule of law.

what is secrete trial,are we in a sharia country?

I don't know which "case" you are talking about. But last I heard, the court turned down his bail application and asked that he be remanded in DSS custody for the duration of the trial.

The ruling yesterday is not that he will be tried secretly per se but that government's witnesses will use fake names and be be screened so he cannot see them. This is ostensibly to protect the witnesses whose lives may be under threat for daring to testify against Mr. Kanu.

Google "secret trials" and you will see it isn't unprecedented.

If Mr. Kanu did not prepare himself physically, psychologically and spiritually for what he is going through presently before heading down this road, he only has himself to blame.

His current ordeal pales into insignificance when compared with the likes of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Ghandi who both championed similar causes for their people.

Sincerely speaking, Mr. Kanu hasn't seen anything yet.

kettle84:
Mr KANU has been quiet all this while and the scam judgment of Buhari has become deafening that he has to yell out for a stop of all of that rubbish.

He chose a very wrong place and time to "yell out" his frustrations.

Did you notice how his lawyers were frantically trying to get him to calm down? That is because they know that the man, is using his own mouth to do untold damage his case.

More like disgraces himself..

The truth is that Mr. Kanu did himself no favors with this public meltdown. There is something about calmness and serenity in the face of oppression and persecution that confounds the "enemy".

The DSS is pushing for a "secret" trial on the basis that they want to protect their witnesses. What Mr. Kanu has just done is help their case by losing composure and displaying violent behavior in open court. It is obvious that his lawyers know the negative implications of his outburst and that is why they were trying to bring him under control.

He should have just continued to maintain his peaceful and calm demeanor and allowed his lawyers to do their job of challenging the ruling of the trial judge.

It is unfortunate that he inadvertently helped the DSS make their case.

This is a laudable move from Mrs. Buhari.

I wish she and the Vice President's wife will also personally intervene and use their influence to resolve the palaver with the Falcons and their outstanding payment.

Seeing that the players are also women, methinks the first Lady should champion their cause and ensure they get paid their dues by the NFF.

EastGold:
One doesn't even know where Falana belongs.

Today he will hail DSS, tomorrow he will condemn them.

I think someone should probe him

Must we belong to one side or the other?

What happened to just being objective in our assessment of government's actions?

Why can we just assess each action, commend the good ones and condemn the bad ones?

If we all take sides politically, who then takes the side of the common good?

Methinks that in this present day Nigeria, it takes a lot of courage to be as objective and unbiased as Femi Falana has been in my humble opinion.

omonnakoda:
No Obasanjo was not in government in 2013 . The initiative started over 2004-2006 when he actually WAS IN government.

Thanks for the correction.

I got my dates mixed up.

Cassava Bread was an initiative of the Obasanjo government in 2013.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/obasanjo-shares-40-cassava-bread-with-african-leaders/

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/134415-obasanjo-exports-cassava-bread-to-tanzania.html


The Jonathan administration however, did very good by adopting and further pushing the policy.

SkytrendNews:
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that the result of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State is an indication that the country is sliding towards anarchy.

It said the situation needed to be arrested now before it would be too late.

PDP stated this in its officials Twitter handle.

It said, “This is very sad and a sign of a nation sliding aggressively into anarchy under the APC if nothing is done now before it is too late.”

SOURCE: http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/27/ondo-poll-results-show-nigeria-sliding-towards-anarchy-pdp/

What is the meaning of this nonsense?

How does the conduct of an election that was relatively peaceful in spite of all the prophecies of doom, translate to a descent into anarchy?

The PDP really needs to get its house in order and become the opposition it needs to be. Some of these reactions are puerile and petty.

When I read that nonsense story, I told someone that Fayemi can NEVER speak like that publicly about Tinubu. Not even Fashola will do that.

They might have their ideological or political differences. But both men still hold BAT in very high regard and wouldn't want to join issues with him publicly.

I give it to FFK....he is a fantastic writer.

Sad to note however, that this excellent piece of prose is wasted on some self delusion about him being innocent and persecuted by the present government.

Goodluck to him. I hope he clears his name so he can return to his family.

SycophanticGoat:
A very useless comment.. The first set of boko haram members that originated from Maiduguri was wiped off the face of the earth before some members who escaped regrouped and turned into the most deadly terrorist group in the world. When there are news all over the Internet, just a click away, some mofos won't read.

Is it that Nigerians are just dull, ignorant, don't read news or are just plain foolish?

Methinks it is you that needs to do some reading sir.

Boko Haram has always had fundamentalist ideals cloaked as a peaceful religious movement and because the initial campaign against their existence was not sustained, they morphed from a rag tag band of bandits to the well organised guerilla army they are presently.

While I cringe at the heavy-handed tactics employed by government agencies in quelling the Shiite protests, I am afraid there is very little option left to the government in this case. It is either this matter is handled with kids gloves like Boko Haram and risk another debilitating wave of militancy or the government does the needful, howbeit painful.

There is freedom of worship and association as long as it does not infringe on another citizens right or militate against national security. I grew up in Kaduna and Zaria where the Shiites have their headquarters and can tell you that the Shiites are far from a peaceful religious group.

By the way here is a link that will give you a bit of a background information on the origins of Boko Haram.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram

Otenestbestyaho:
Who cares? Iran should come to their rescue before buhari slaughter them all for suya!!!

...And you think when "Iran comes" they will specifically target only enemies of the Shiites right?

The elders say that the "Elulu" bird that is calling for a rainstorm has conveniently forgotten that the rain will fall on it too.

Be careful what you wish for my friend.

This is a stern warning to the EFCC....MR. FANI-KAYODE MUST NOT DIE OOOOO!!!!

At least not before he returns all of the money he is suspected to have stolen

The EFCC needs to ensure he gets top of the range medicare to keep him alive...even if it means giving him permanent residency in the commission's medical section.

The law is no respecter of man. Period!

With due respect to ex - President Jonathan, he recorded marginal improvements in Agriculture and youth empowerment.

His records in other sectors if any, pale into insignificance against the backdrop of financial resources that accrued to the nation under his watch.

He was a good man with good plans. But he was a poor manager of people and resources.

Ogbeni Femi Fani - Kayode, stop composing poems and essays crying wolf. The innocent know no fear. You are not a hero or a political prisoner of conscience so stop trying to paint yourself as one.

You are a suspect in a crime so If they arrest you, go and answer them and clear your name.

You and your ilk both in the present and past governments, are responsible for the mess of a country we have now. So do not expect to find any sympathy in me for your so - called travails. Me and numerous other Nigerians are struggling to make sense of the mess that you and your fellow political profiteers have created. We are too engrossed with trying to make a life to feel sorry for you.

You are no better than the common man who is jailed 20 years by our corrupt judicial system for stealing bread to quench the pangs of hunger.

If you do the crime, you must do the time.

You sir, are not above the law!!!

delishpot:
Abeg try re read again. She re activated that account a while ago after Efcc froze the one she was using. She did not say she suddenly went to the bank to withdraw from a dormant acct.

Mr Fani Kayode is under investigations by the EFCC for alleged financial crimes. It is normal to place all bank accounts connected to him in any way under watch. The banks have an obligation under the mo el laundering and other financial crimes act to immediately call in law enforcement when such an account is operated.

Mrs. Fani Kayode did no wrong going into a bank to operate an account...even though her decision to do so in Ekiti rather than the numerous branches that dot Abuja raises some suspicion. The bank also did no wrong by calling in the police. The EFCC did no wrong by putting a check on the account...that is standard procedure in a financial crime investigation.

It is unfortunate that the madam had her baby with her when she was detained. That unfortunately couldn't be helped.

What is wrong is for the governor of a state to interfere and prevent law enforcement from carrying out their lawful duties and for anyone to try and work in the emotions of having a woman and a baby in detention.

Methinks the uproar would have been more if mother and child had been separated.

DavidTheGeek:
While typing this your comment you thought you were making sense huh?

...and while you were typing yours, it did not occur to you that it is strange that she chose to access the account from Ekiti? What happened to the branches in Abuja?

So let me get this straight.

Mrs. Fani Kayode went to "visit" Governor Fayose in Ekiti. Then on her way back home, she saw this Access Bank branch and since she was short of transport money and running low on food for Aragorn, she suddenly remembers this account that has been dormant for years but is on EFCC watchlist. Not to mention that she had withdrawal documents for this "dormant" account...it is possible she carries those around

The bank calls the Police as they ought to when there is an attempted transaction on an account under watch and gomina Fayose steps in and intervenes (intefered more like).

Naija sha!!!

BeeBeeOoh:
http://www.punchng.com/reps-seek-clip-presidents-power-sack-judges/

I don't understand the point of this bill.

Presently, a judge cannot be removed without the recommendation of the NJC. That means the President currently cannot sack any judge without the NJC's say so.

So how much more involved can the NJC be than that?

Very good from the PDP.

Hopefully, the people in the area will work out a better way of disposing of their waste instead of dumping them on the road and waiting for government to come clear it.

cktheluckyman:
Chief Justice Of Nigeria Berates Buhari In Face-to-Face Meeting At Aso Rock (DETAILS)


by Kenneth Ebelemi | Sub Editor - October 11, 2016



http://www.thetrentonline.com/chief-justice-nigeria-confronts-buhari/

This report is obviously a figment of the writer's fertile imagination and the fact that some people on this thread actually believe this implausible tale is very disturbing.

ivandragon:
the DSS that had no qualms bursting the doors in the house are now 'requesting' that the door to a safe be opened?

& in the safe that has 'not been opened', there is over N500m?

interesting.

well, the judges deserve what's coming to them.

if only they had done their jobs without fear or favour...

just like when they preferred to dilly dally on the certificate/no certificate saga instead of following what the amended electoral act stated.

Well it wouldn't be a "safe" now if it is so easy to "burst" into would it? Safes arent designed to be easily broken into.

I bet you missed the part where they said they would have to relocate the safe to Abuja so as to be able to access it.

morereb10:
It is pathetic that our judiciary have no say in a country who proud themselves as democratically incline nation. After waking up to news of abduction of judges by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerians have taken to Twitter to denounce what they call Gestapo-style arrests without following due process.

Most of the blame has gone directly to Pres. Muhammadu Buhari whose office is operationally in charge of the DSS. One voice coming loud, clear, and strong is that of the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, who has called the simultaneous sting operation across half a dozen states as “intimidation of the judiciary”.

See tweets from the NHRC boss below…

http://www.exlinklodge.com/2016/10/human-rights-commission-boss-mocks-dss.html

Absolute nonsense!

This journalist "observed" that "INEC in conjunction with APC leaders" have doctored results after been let into the collation centre at 4am to set up equipment in an obviously empty room?

I do not understand...

sixtuschimere:
EdoDecides

Journalists gained access into the state collation centre in Benin City exactly 4:52 this morning.

They have immediately begun to set their camera and other gadgets, waiting for INEC officials to start collating results, and thereafter announcing the winner.

We observed that, INEC officials in conjunction with APC leaders have tampered and doctored results from Edo North Senatorial District and some areas in Edo Central Senatorial District.

Let us keep our fingers crossed as event unfolds!

Credit: Gbadura


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/photos-inec-collation-center-awaiting.html

Seems to me this "Imo City Blog" fella is just looking for likes and shares for his blog page and is masking as a "Biafran activist" to get it done.

jamesibor:
Person wey dey fast no go break fast?

With beer and nkwobi?

uduak2016:
This is special day for me and my family. I bought 2 cartons of Biaffran Hero beer for this evening. Told my wife to prepare nkwobi and esi ewu.

Aren't you supposed tyo ber fasting as well?

saints2:
For this young man, he's displeased with the present government over the untold hardship in the country caused by the stable economy. According to him, he now produces Garri in his village in Abia state (something he had not for over 20 years) which is due to the lack of funds to feed himself.
He took to his Facebook page few hours ago to vent his anger online. See below;

Source:
http://www.ajayiwrites.com/2016/09/apc-is-fantastically-corrupt-party-man.html

Since when did it become so bad to produce what you consume?

If you ask me, I would say this is actually a silver lining to the parlous state of the economy.

I wish I had the time and the space to farm and produce vegetables and livestock.