₦airaland Forum

Sadly, half of the people that are insulting Governor El-Rufai on social media have never been to Kaduna. Most of them do not know the history of the state especially as it has to do with religious upheavals.

These are the same people that will abuse the governor and call him incompetent if there is another break down of law and order as happened recently with the unfortunate incident with the Shiites.

Nigeria has not been blessed with too many good leaders. The few ones we have had are the ones that had the guts to take hard decisions and the resilience and courage to stand in the face of the barrage of insults from a people who are often only able to see life through a religious and/or ethnic lenses.

Thank God for the likes of Governor El-Rufai and Ex-Governor Fashola who have walked and still courageously continue to walk down the dark and lonely road to ensure a turnaround for their people.

History shall remember them and others like them kindly.

Naija media.

Almost 5 days after the unfortunate accident, occupants of the car are still been referred to in news reports as "another female occupant", "James Ocholi's driver", "the police orderly" etc.

Don't those poor souls have names

snailspeed:
I do not know what you have to gain by trying to defend a kidnapper and idiotic pedeophile! Shame on you and your kind! Even after all the evidence that has come out to show that Sanusi is a monster, you chose to still defend him. Big big shame on you

Stop been such a doofus my friend. Grow up and stop all the hate. It is killing you slowly and you do not even know it.

What happened to Ese Oruru is unfortunate. But this harebrained attempt to rope the Emir of Kano into the foolish crime of a young and misguided youth is disengenuous.

I do not know what you folks have to gain by spreading this falsehood all over social media.

It is unfortunate and sad what happened to Mr. Orebiyi...but it is understandable.

We live in a very dangerous world nowadays and sincerely, I would have raised the same alarm if I found myself in that situation.

What is unfortunate is the pilot's refusal to allow Mr. Orebiyi back onboard his original flight even after he was cleared by security.

I was in Abuja earlier in the year for a week and I could barely socialise with my friends and family that live there because of fear of Boko Haram attacks. After concluding my business of the day, I would stay holed up in my hotel room for the rest of the day.

Anytime I am in an airport or a public place home or abroad, I think I am usually more alert than most of the security men around.

I no wan die yet abeg!

That is the sad reality of the world we live in nowadays.

"Touch and follow" hey?

Sounds like a convenient excuse for getting out of her parent's hot water to me.

My conclusion is that this young lady eloped with her lover for reasons yet undisclosed or unknown.

All the same, Yinusa still needs to face the law because he as an older person should have known better than to elope with a minor.

He may claim ignorance of the law in this situation but as held by law, Ignorantia juris non excusat

Enouwem:
So I just stumbled on this and I'm shocked... What's your take on this?

You sure are stumbling a lot today....

You should watch your steps....

HiddenShadow:
Falana voted CHANGE why is he complaining of the CHAIN placed on him

Voting a government does not mean one cannot question their policy, Matter of fact, that is the way it should be.

What exactly is wrong with a northerner heading CAN

coolsix:
Only those of us who deal in dollars will understand.

#DevalueNairaNow

So for the benefit of "those of you that deal in dollars" the rest of the country should go to shit?

Like Fayose rightly pointed out, the parallel market has been devalued. Source for your dollars there.

Rossikk:
...If he did, he was awfully quiet in the face of the monumental corruption taking place in that period.

Anyone know when he set up the Twitter account?

I have asked that same question a number of times.

This is a pointless post.

Pooh pooing someone else's luck or success just to make yourself feel good about your own ill - luck or failure does not add any value to you, just like blowing out someone's candle does not make yours any brighter.

I have my own reservations about the young lady's over exposure in the media but then I guess that is the world we live in. It does not in anyway diminish the fact that she received favor from God in the place where she was struggling for her livelihood.

What is instructive is that she was "discovered" in the line of working and struggling for her and her family's livelihood. That for me should be the key learning point for anyone who wants to use her as a "prayer point".

Leaving her family in Iree to come hustle in Lagos was a sacrifice. God rewards hard work and sacrifice. He is not an unfair God. Don't seat on your bum praying and fasting and expecting a miracle like Olajumoke's.

For all those hating on her, believe it or not, the young lady's life will never remain the same.

Very innovative and beautiful. I particularly like the bright colors used.

Nigeria shall be great again!

Huh!!!

I'm I on Nairaland.com

3 pages of discussions on Nigeria ' s economy and no insults and brickbats?

Impressive....this is how it should be.

lielbree:
The president him self is also to resign. And credit should be given to the NASS cos it was only when the budget got to them that all these defects became open

Yeah...they all suddenly grew another set of eyes after it became clear to them that they would not be getting the usual "Ghana must go" bags of cash to pass the budget this time.

olatade:
Members of the pro-Biafra group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, have resolved to carry arms from Wednesday February 17, 2016, ‘in self-defence’.
The group said in a release yesterday in Umuahia by its spokesperson, Emma Nmezu, that failure to carry arms had exposed its members to attacks and killings by security agents.


“Now, we have come to the painful but irreversible conclusion and determination to take our fate and destiny in our own hands. Starting from Wednesday, February 17, 2016, “Biafrans” will now be in the mode of self defence as enshrined by the relevant acts and declarations of the United Nations.
“Let no country or world leader attempt to tag us as terrorists because we are not terrorists, rather we are fighting for our survival and from being exterminated from the surface of the earth,” the release said.
“We shall defend ourselves with everything and anything necessary to avoid the continual killing of our mothers, fathers, and children. This is the time for all Biafrans to rise and defend themselves. We cannot fold our arms and watch them kill us the second time after killing over two million of us in 1968”.
The release added that in September last year, IPOB catalogued attacks on its members in a statement where it alerted the world on plans to provoke Biafrans into retaliation only for it to be tagged as a terrorist organization and Biafrans as terrorists.




http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/we-ll-now-carry-arms-in-self-defence-ipob/133680.html

Hmmm!

You never carry arms, army dey take you do target practice...you come kukuma decide to carry arms.

Your case be like goat wey dem wan kill for Christmas wey cone use em own hand rub petrol for em own body.

Guduluck to una on this una arm bearing adventure oooo!!!

grandstar:
A new math teacher commences teaching by stating 1 + 1 = 4, do you need 4 yrs or even 6months to access him.

The foriegn exchange restrictions he introduced and his refusal to devalue to about 230 are wrecking the economy. The naira will hit 600 this year

Equating Nigeria ' s economic conundrum to mathematics feels a bit like comparing apples to oranges.

The failures of successive governments to lead Nigeria to political and economic eldorado in spite of its globally acclaimed immense potentials should tell you that there is nothing mathematical about the matter.

talk2archy:
The President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, have both taken a swipe at the Presidency, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over their recent attacks on the judiciary.

The CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, and the NBA President, Augustine Alegeh, SAN, on Wednesday, February 10, during the valedictory court session held in honour of a retiring Justice of the Apex Court, Muhammad Muntaka-Coomassie, in Abuja refuted claims of “corruption” and “bias” against the Judiciary.

Recently, judgments of the Supreme Court on the dispute over the 2015 governorship elections in States such as: Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abia, Delta, and Ebonyi, have drawn criticism against the judiciary, with many labeling the apex court’s decisions as a product of corruption.

Following the decision of the Apex Court to uphold the election of the Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, the APC candidate in the state, Dakuku Peterside, has alleged that the court’s decision was procured.

He maintained that the Apex Court’s judgment that affirmed the election of Wike, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was contrived to legalize electoral violence and rigging.

Recently, Buhari had taken a swipe at the integrity of the judiciary and its ability to dispense justice in cases of corruption, without compromise. Adding that the temple of justice was his major “headache.’’

The EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, was not left out, as he has also passed a damning verdict on members of the judiciary.

Magu made this allegation during a forum on Wednesday, February 10, as he accused prominent lawyers of frustrating the ongoing war against corruption in the country.

Errrrrr. ...so which part of this "sourceless" article translates to "a swipe" at President Buhari, the APC and the EFCC?

amaechi1:
Unfortunately, all those critics, including Prof Utomi none has proffer any solution that is people oriented to counter what we have none. I keep wondering what would have happened if this bunch of squandereds had remain power. Perhaps they would devalued the naira to cover up.

My sentiments exactly.

None of these extremely brilliant critics of this governments economic policies have been able to proffer any other solution than the devaluation of our currency.

While this government has made efforts to explain it's opposition to the devaluation of the Naira, all most of these erudite scholars have done is argue in line with international best practice...that won't always work locally.

Perhaps the government needs to convene another economic summit and maybe from there, bespoke ideas will be generated to tackle the economic challenges.

Knowledge9000:
Even when my last statement mentioned blaming oil price, you still chose to mention it?

Yes I still chose to mention it.

Falling oil prices will continue to be the central factor in our economic woes until you are able to show me one other way by which the previous government was able to fund whatever achievements you attribute to them.

Pretending that oil prices are not a factor is akin to calling a dog a bad name just so you can hang it!

Knowledge9000:
This country is finished!

Let me see the hypocritical twit that will invoke GEJ. GEJ left office with naira to dollar at 210 and today it's 335. GEJ inherited naira to dollar from Yaradua at 165, it stayed at this rate +/-15 for 4 yrs, it was only towards the end of 2014 that we began to see fall in naira largely caused by those who are bent on sabotaging his achievements to make sure he doesn't get re-elected. Compare dollar to naira loss in value under GEJ from 165 to 210 within 4-5 yrs span...that's very reasonable. However under Buhari from 210-335 in barely 7 months? This is disastrous...an invitation to anarchy.

Keep blaming GEJ and oil price until dollar hits 1000 Naira by 2017 by the rate Naira is falling.

Very good analysis bar the fact that you forgot to mention how much crude was selling on the international market compared to now.

You can be as emotional and angry as you want to be with the perceived "non-performance" of the present government. But it is only fair to present a full analysis of how we got here.

My take is that if the travails that this nation has been through in the last 16 years did not kill her, then we will survive the next 4 years and if after that, we still do not see the merit in President Buhari ' s government, then we try the next person. We will keep trying till we get it right.

specco:
I advice that PMB should just eat the humble pie and recall Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. I have yhis gut feeling that she can do something. Under her watch things weren't this bad. We should not throw away the bath water with the baby. In Ben Bruce voice...just wana make common sense.

Recall Ngozi Iweala to come and do what exactly?

The same Ngozi Iweala that could not adequately manage an economy where crude was selling for over 100 dollars? Under her watch, Nigeria 's economy was looted blind.

This country has been under her watch for the better part of the last 16 years and we are still where we are today. Says a lot about her capacity as a good economist.

There is no gainsaying the fact that Madam Ngozi Iweala is an immensely brilliant woman. But Nigeria ' s economic challenges defies any textbook or PowerPoint solutions. You need native intelligence to navigate the murky waters that is Nigeria ' s economy.

Senator Ben Bruce definitely makes sense this time.

Although it would have been easier to not call his tweets mere grandstanding, if he could show example by resigning his position as Senator and propping up a young man to run for his seat in the by - elections.

After all, at 66, he surely cannot be counting himself among the future of Nigeria now can he?

I'm afraid I find this story hard to believe.

sammhi:
Independent Ombudsman:

Sharing Experience...‎
(courtesy of a friend and brother, Dayo Alabi)

This happened today, February 9, 2016...and I consider this experience worthy of share, if not for anything, but to sensitize and galvanize each and everyone of us to take vigilance and caution as serious business...

I let my brother Dayo Alabi give his narratives:

"Help me thank God that the Dana Plane I boarded to Abuja landed safely in Abuja instead of the "breaking news" that would probably have announced that "Dana plane with xyz passangers en-route Abuja hijacked and flown to abc country"!‎

We boarded the plane scheduled to take off at 1.23pm.  

However,  one of the air-hostesses became suspicious of one of the passengers who was earlier brought into the plane in a wheelchair with left hand bandaged from shoulder to the fingers; same with his left leg. 

The hostess's suspicion arose from the discovery that the man's hand luggage was not passed thru the security screening machines. 

To cut a long story short, the Airport Security Team was invited and the bag opened. It was reported that four fully loaded guns were in the bag! 

The "sick/injured" man  insisted he could not stand/walk. A wheelchair was brought in by the security team to take him out.  An accomplice was also off-loaded from the plane. 

The pilot then apologized profusely for the 37mins delay "due to security breach" saying we should all be thankful as "it is better to be delayed than to be sorry". He then went on rendering beautiful songs (not religious songs anyway) from taxing to take-off to the delight of passangers who were all praising God‎..."

ps:

I thought to share because that Dana Air-Hostess, in saner climes, and to encourage diligence in others, would be on a future honours' list of an appreciative country. 

I do hope fervently that she, like Olajumoke Orisaguna, - the now famous bread-hawker ‎shot to limelight by Sister T. Y. Bello's un-quiet action, - will eventually be recognized by the authorities in Nigeria.‎
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I also hope that my brother Dayo Alabi, unlike many that were on that plane, but chose to keep 'mute' or indifferent to 'shout-out' on their  horrible encounter, will, in the fulness of time also get recognition for helping to bring this episode to public disclosures.

Most important, I hope this narrative nudges us all to be active participants at vigilance, caution and paying attention to details in matters of public safety and well-being.

A word, as thee saying goes,  is enough for the discerning...

‎
God Rules!‎

Errrrrr....how did the air hostess know the man's bag was not scanned?

WiseBully:
Path to fairness heralded once again! Win (BY ANY MEANS?) at the polls rather than pursuing cheap victories at the courts! Nigeria must move away from obtaining elective offices through the courts in that it defeats, obviates the sacred relevance of holding elections.

Fixed!

You see my friend, the danger in these recent rash of judgements by the Supreme Court will tell in the next elections.

I will withhold any further comments until I lay my hands on the full judgement and read the rationale for the rulings by the eminent JSCs.

I would vote for Buhari 1000 times over if he runs against Ex-President Jonathan.

In my honest opinion, he was a better candidate compared to Dr. Jonathan.

You might not like Buhari or his style of leadership. You might not even trust in his capacity to lead a country like Nigeria. But if anyone would be sincere with themselves, they would know that another 4 years of the PDP would have doomed this country to the precipice.

In boxing, there is a fantastic technique called rolling with the punches. it is a technique that is adopted by a boxer to lessen the impact of a punch from his opponent when he finds it difficult to avoid or dodge the punch.

A simple way of countering this tomfoolery is to officially adopt the name as his twitter name for a while...that is what I would do if I was Omojuwa.

When some people tried to label President Buhari as "Baba Go Slow" earlier on in his administration, the man simply mentioned the name at a parley with the media and jocularly agreed to the name. He went on to explain why he was "slow." Gradually, that cognomen has faded.

exlinkleads:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/dont-expect-much-from-apc-lamido/

Mr. Lamido's observation is trite.

President Buhari could not have gotten to power without the support of politicians and their existing structures. Some of them might not get their just desserts immediately for whatever accusations of corruption they might have against them...but they will ultimately. It is still early days yet and the corruption battle is raging.

That however, should not detract from dealing with those that have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar...like Lamido. He and his sons will have their day in court whether they mock the President or not.

Does this Yewande lady have a family at all?

I ask because we only ever seem to hear from the deceased's family and friends.

Does the suspect not have anyone that can at least tell her own side of the story...even if she actually murdered the guy in cold blood, she at least deserves a fair hearing.

Does she not have any friends or relatives?

DailyPost:
Happening right now at God'swill Akpabio int'l stadium uyo akwa ibom. The thanksgiving service of His Excellency, Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel in honour of his victory at the supreme as the legitimate governor of akwa Ibom state ,Ministering Bishop David Oyedepo Photos Below.

Report From http://www.viviangist.com/gov-udom-emmanuel-akwa-ibom-state-thanksgiving-ministering-bishop-david-oyedepo-photos

Is this really necessary

MAROC:
guy Ta yi maganan kudi awurin... Ta ce sun gaya mata judgement kafin a yi sitting? Wancan ma corruption ne.

Have you ever heard of judgements in advance in Sane countries?

I'm surprised!

Ina ne kaji wai an gaya mata judgement kafin a yi sitting? Ta che wadansu judges wanda sun san ta sun kira ta wai ta yi hakuri kuma ta tabata wai ta kai karan zuwa supreme court. Definitely bayan aka yi judgement din kenan ko ba haka bane?

The calls came after the judgement of the appeal court...not before the judgement was delivered. Listen to the recording again...and this time ignore the mischievous subtitles.