ednut1:
our ipob brothers make una learn how its done. No be to revote kerosene or statue gov. But these guy dont know what they signed up for. Apc would never allow themselves to be voted out

Most of you people in this forum are misinformed if you think majority of abians actually voted Ikpeazu in the last election. They are tired of Pdp misrule in that state. The guy rigged himself for 2nd term. The people's choice was Uche Ogah of APC who is now a federal minister. Mark my words, Abia will be APC by 2023. Other pdp governors in the SE are performing well and APC would have won Imo if not for imposition of unpopular candidate like we saw in Ekiti, Ogun and Bayelsa.

okpanachil:

BVN is our best option,if those elderly people can queue up to register do voters cards,they should do that same to get enrolled for BVN. Are we as a people not tired of this bloodletting g every election. All the violence meted out to poor electorates who come out to perform the civic duties every election.
If Bihari is serious he would Sign the amendment of the electoral Bill,if our legislature is serious, Bvn which is the only data base that has not been corrupted in this country yet would serve as our national data base in the interim pending when a more robust and all inclusive data base is designed.
From where I stand its obvious to me, our political class are not ready to do the needful yet. Even those crying today would sing a different tune if the situation favours them tomorrow. Imagine all the noise about restructuring pre2015 and compare it with the narrative recently and then you would know they are all a bunch of clowns with pink coloured noses.

You made a good point but I doubt these current crop of politicians and Buhari would sign that bill. The status quo favours them greatly.

OgogoroFreak:
The manual system doesn't capture all Nigerians too, yet they stick to it.

Can you name the benefit of this manual system over the electronic system?

The electronic voting is better if we have the requirements in place. E-voting will cost less and save lives too. Many countries still use manual voting and still get good results. Our problem is INEC. If INEC can conduct elections devoid of bias and party interference, the situation will be better. If these challenges are not defeated, even if we adopt e-voting, INEC and our politicians will still manipulate and rig it. I don't see how a president would appoint a person as INEC chairman and that person won't be loyal or sympathetic to the president. For instance, GEJ didnt exert his influence on inec but same cant be said of OBJ and Maurice Iwu or Buhari and Yakubu. We say INEC is an independent body but it has to show its independence by finding a way to choose her leader without FG's intervention.

LegendHero:


Brilliant approach. This will help Nigeria situation a lot

Yes it will.
Also drastically reducing the cost of governance to make it less attractive financially will attract people that really want to serve the people.

Nothing lasts forever. PDP thought this way too and see where they are now. I think APC won't last as long as PDP because their style of governance is very crude. Another party(not PDP) will one day be formed to take over from APC.

OgogoroFreak:
Politicians want to rig that's why they don't want to change the manual system of voting.

My brother even the electronic voting will be difficult to pull off because we don't have a central data base that captures all Nigerians. Ben Bruce suggested using sim cards but we know it won't work because sim registration is flawed and one person can own multiple sims. NIMC are not serious at all, if not NIN would have been used. The best option would have been the use of BVN but there are still eligible adults especially in the core north that don't operate bank accounts.

LegendHero:


Endure till when? We’ve been enduring each party since then. Now APC modified the PDP rigging machinery to make it more perfect and after several years another party will improve on APC rigging might and the cycle continues.

Even revolution is hard to pull, if military collect power Na another wahala. Only time can heal Nigeria of its terminal disease.

Seriously I think a disciplined soldier taking over this country will be the best solution. I don't think we are ready for real democracy. I just wish the military can sanitize this country. Then refresh the whole system and start a new democratic process by
1) Amending the 1999 constitution to reduce too much power on the centre.
2) Adopt a two party system like in 1993 elections.
3) Adopt a 6 year single tenure for elective offices.
4) The winning party must form a coalition government with the loosing party to incorporate everybody and avoid jumping from one party to the other. This will prevent the ruling party from being too powerful like the days of pdp from 1999-2015.

This is just my humble opinion.

LegendHero:
Why are we even budgeting enormous amount for elections when politicians will rig it in the end.

They budget billions, 30000 police personnel’s per state, etc. and yet election continues to be rigged.

Since 2003, rigging rigging rigging. Nigeria matter don tire me finally.

The thing tire me sef. Everytime the FG complains there is no money for meaningful projects like road rehabilitation and job creation but when it comes to elections, they budget hundreds of billions yet politicians will still rig. That is why I don't risk my life to vote for anybody no matter your party because all Nigerian politicians are the same. Well make we just dey endure because the matter no start today, na since 2003 like you rightly said.

RTSC:

That was because zik allowed it for the sake of unity.

You can't compare anybody to zik.

If it were not for zik, the north and the south would have gone separate ways.

He is the definition of Mr Nigeria.

True, the man is the only pan-africanist to ever come out of Nigeria. He chose Nigeria first before his tribe.
No Nigerian leader, dead or alive is well respected or revered across Africa than Nnamdi Azikiwe.
RIP sir.

https://www.panafricanalliance.com/50-most-important-pan-africans/

Freemanbobble:


Shut up
Almost all Nigerian artiste are untalented and they drop rubbish for us to listen to
For the fact that those songs hit 20 million views doesn't mean those songs were dope
Most people just viewed it just to see another rubbish dropped by this untalented fucckkkers

The only people with talent are 2face and Burna boy

You are right. Only 2face and Burna boy have the talent to win a Grammy. The rest are noise makers.

NGpatriot:


Are you lying and making baseless accusations against Tinubu because you love Tinubu? You don't lie and make baseless and unfounded allegations against the people you love.



You people keep making elementary mistakes and assumptions.

Tinubu is not your leader, he's a private citizen like you, he's not a public official or in any leadership position within the government of Nigeria and he's not making any official decisions or formulating government policies and programs to affect your life.

Your leaders are your governors, your ministers, your agency directors, LG chairmen and so on.



There can not be any guilt or no guilt where ZERO crime was committed.



2 former APC governors are in jail today for corruption and there are many currently on trial.

Maina was just sent to prison yesterday.



The discussion is about Tinubu, not people like Tinubu.

If you have a list of the laws that Tinubu violated or the crimes he committed, share your list with us.

It's ok to peddle your opinion, but not your own baseless and unfounded facts.

Did you actually read my statement very well, that he currently doesn't hold a public position now does not exonorate him from being part of the leadership problems we have been having in Nigeria. He was once a governor and currently an APC leader. If he can use his position as an APC leader to place his boys in top government positions, he can as well influence government policies directly or indirectly through those his boys.

As for making baseless allegation against people I love. That I love a quality in a person doesn't mean I will foolishly support every action of that person blindly.

As for those in jail, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame are not top elite politicians and Maina is a civil servant. That only 2 ex governors have been convicted for corruption since this democratic dispensation is a testament to how our judicial system works. That is why I said nothing will come out of this case.

Even though this case will be difficult to prove in a court of law, we all know what the bullion vans were meant for on that occasion. If you really have conscience and mean well for this country, you won't come out in a public forum like this to defend such act. There is always a limit to tribal and party sentiments. We are Nigerians first and need to stand up to these greedy politicians, if not for our sake, then for the future generation.

wirinet:
His going to US then was a political stunt. He went under diplomatic immunity as Saraki's aid. He should go as a private citizens.
His Jefferson case is still pending, it has not been resolved.




You are just ranting emotionally. Everyone might be a crook, but the actual crook is the one caught. Abacha is dead, so he cannot be prosecuted. In 2002, mohammed Abacha was acquitted and released by President Olusegun Obasanjo.
In all your rants you have failed to state the laws Tinubu as broken.

You are one of the reasons these politicians will continue embezzling our collective wealth. If you can openly be defending these thieves and singing their praises, that means the youths are actually the problem of this nation.
Goodnight

NGpatriot:



So, you are judging his wealth before 1999 in 2019? lol

You mean he's been siting on his hands, not working, not owning any business or not making any money since he left office decades ago?

I know you people hate the man for obvious tribal, bigoted and political reasons, but apply a little sense to your hatred against the man if possible.

Anybody that opposes your views on anything APC or Tinubu is a hater or tribal but I won't continue arguing with you. Infact, I admire Tinubu's political acumen but he is part of the leadership problems we have been experiencing in this country. You are innocent until proven guilty but it doesn't work that way in Nigeria. No elite politician irrespective of party has/can be jailed for corruption in Nigeria because they will always manoveur our judicial system. If you truly believe Tinubu or people of his likes are not corrupt, that's left for you and it means either you are not a Nigerian or you are benefitting directly from them. Anyway goodluck to you

wirinet:


People say Atiku is corrupt because he still has a pending case in the US and his former boss, president Obasanjo told us he is very corrupt in his book. So on what basis do you call Tinubu corrupt?

But he went to the same US during elections.

We as Nigerians do not need Obasanjo or the US to tell us who is corrupt or not. Going by your logic, Abacha was not corrupt as alleged by Buhari. Even Obasanjo we all know is no saint. If Tinubu is not corrupt, please can you outline his businesses before 1999. If only we can look at this from the angle that you want the best for this country and not through party or ethnic affiliations, you will see that these politicians have looted this country dry.
In a typical Nigerian fashion, nothing will come out of this case because Tinubu is one of the few untouchables in this country. I weep for Nigeria because the future looks bleak with all these politicians still at the helm of affairs.

I don't support any political party in Nigeria but the greatest hypocrisy I have seen here on nairaland is WHEN YOU ACCUSE ATIKU OF BEING CORRUPT BUT YET CALL TINUBU A SAINT.

If those of you supporting this act of corruption can be honest to yourselves, in a saner clime where nobody is above the law, EFCC would have have investigated this issue a long time ago. The timing was even wrong, on the eve of a national election, what will you be doing with 2 bullion vans in your house? Bullion vans are meant to carry cash and sensitive materials.

The video clip he said that it was his money and its nobody's business has confirmed the vans were carrying money. This bullion van bruhaha was a bad move for Tinubu no matter the outcome of the case.

solmusdesigns:




SouthWest 2023

its honest, to tell Ibos that they aint meant for Aso Rock, no matter the tantrums they thow

Its being 50 years since we kept you out of power, and we want to hold you for another 100 years, ..

Things can change if Ibos apologise for killing Samuel Ladoke Akintola, or Beg for killing Sarduna and Tafa Balewa



..

Why do you guys tribalize every thread in Nairaland. You guys are even more guilty of all you accuse Igbos of. This is getting out of hands and childish. Just comment and pass

Pettyprincess:
This is very right!!!
Some guys will just be deceiving girls that what matters is beautiful heart as if na beautiful heart dem go chop!!!

My dear, beauty alone can't keep a man especially in marriage. If you like don't wisen up. Only dumb girls like Regina will agree to be a 6th wife because they don't even value themselves. A virtous woman would have known that with her God given talent coupled with hardwork, she would have still become rich with time and her pride and dignity would still be intact. But greed, lust for material wealth and shortsightedness have made her derail. I am certain baba olowo will still marry another wife and her chapter will close.

My dear try and emulate people like Omotola, Mercy Johnson, Omoni Oboli etc. They are beauty with brains with happy and fulfilled marriages.

Where did the OP get this amount from? The lawyer's tweet didn't mention any amount.
But why are people taking this issue seriously? Is it that signing an endorsement with Moet is impossible. They said for Africa and Middle east, so its possibly true after all we have Hennessey ambassadors here in Nigeria.

franchasng:
£1trillion what


And they said Jeff Bezos is the richest





The whole of Africa don't have up to £1trillion, tell me it was a joke

After Rothschild family, Saud family is the second richest family in the world. Arabs are not rated on Forbes but they are the richest people on earth.

candidtalk:


The problem with people like you is that you think sentimentally 24/7. The Yorubas will give Nigeria one of her greatest President, just as Awolowo remains the most accomplished Politician in our history to date, if the right Yoruba is chosen. It is in the nature of the Yorubas to be tolerant, modern, liberal, egalitarian, inclusive and progressive. We are therefore not talking of supplanting an OBJ-type in power who is nothing but a 'tool' for the 'business as usual' cabal who wan't Nigeria to stay as it is so they keep feeding fat.

Many Nigerians, to include Northerners, know what a progressive Yoruba can do with the Presidency. Insha Allah it will happen come 2023.

You are the sentimental one here. Obj is not "the right Yoruba" to you because he was very detribalized, thats how selfish and tribalistic you sound. Considering the economic situation he inherited, he still remains the best president we have had since 1999 and mind you he was not controlled by any cabal. He understands the north and their gimmies perfectly well, that's why they fear him.

Those flying Tinubu's presidency upandan, have you forgotten that he is a Muslim? Do you guys expect the north to present a christian? A Muslim/Muslim ticket can never fly in this country with the current ethnic and religious divisions. We should be clamouring for a qualified southern christian and there are many options.
GEJ's case was an exception because he came through the VP position.

Moreover, we no longer need known corrupt men to lead us as a nation. At least we have intelligent people with a certain degree of integrity that can rule us.

Buhari is very popular in the north because they believe he has integrity, their religion forbids corruption. That was why Ganduje almost lost his election except for rigging, that was why they voted out Bauchi governor and finally why they didn't vote Atiku. Tinubu is notorious for being very corrupt except for few yorubas who think otherwise. That he picks technocrats to do the job doesn't take away the fact that he enriches himself more from them being in those positions. How wealthy was he before 1999 but he practically owns everything in Lagos now. Now imagine what will happen to Nigeria if he becomes president.

The future of Nigeria should not lie in the hands of people like Atiku and Tinubu for Christ's sake. We have credible and sellable candidates from the south that can rule us.

DarkJeddi:
I live in Anambra during the terms of Obi and Ngige and can categorically tell you that is false..

Ngige built roads true,but it was more concentrated in his area,which is my area too..

But Peter Obi built more widespread roads in Anambra..

And much more importantly,Peter Obi brought Fiscal responsibility to Anambra..

The Man didn't leave a single debt while leaving office and left billions in Assets and liquid money to his successor,

Which has been frittered away with frivolities..

You are spot on. Obi is both a realist and an idealist. He set the bar so high that Obiano didn't have any option than to perform. He made giant strides in education, rural development, roads and created the enabling environment for businesses to grow.Without his fiscal responsibility (a phrase not often associated with Nigerian politicians) which made the state debt free and also leaving billions in cash and assets for his successor, Obiano would have struggled badly like many of his counterparts who are burdened with inherited debt.

Peter Obi is to Obiano what Chime is to Ugwuanyi. They laid the foundation for good governance in their states.
In the near future, Umahi's successor will also benefit from his works because he has also set the bar so high in Ebonyi, that's if the person chooses to be Obiano or Ugwuanyi to continue the legacy.

Both Pdp and Apc candidates are stooges of Dickson and Sylva respectively. Its now left for Bayelsans to choose which godfather they would prefer.

Apc has the advantage because David Lyon is more popular and accepted than Diri. Dickson should allow Diri to campaign for himself. I can see Fayose's mistake repeating again.

majamajic:


so if they talk about best governors , so Imo people will talk ? Abia will talk too ?

imo and abia never had a governor since 1999 , the only governor I respect from that region is Sam mbakwe , that's in the 80s

imo and abia should be ashamed of what they throw up as governors since then !!!

Sullivan Chime 1

Peter Obi 2

Chris Ngige 3

It is even an insult comparing Imo state governors to their Abia state counterparts. Udenwa, Ohakim, and even Rochas were far better than any governor from Abia. Abia is cursed with very bad and rotten leadership. The solid structures still standing there were mostly built by Sam Mbakwe. Aba is one of the cities in Nigeria with very huge economic and human potentials yet the government can't fully tap into these resources to become great. Anambra realised this with Onitsha and nnewi, look at where they are today.

When it comes to bad governance, Abia stands alone in the SE. Umahi is really making sure Ebonyi is catching up with the rest in infrastructural development and if this current trend continues, Abia will board last.

MERCHANDISER:
he is the best but due to the fact he has joined apc...no one will acknowledge him

He did very well but not the best like you opine. Moreover, his tenure was too short (3 years) to completely judge him. He performed below par as a senator that was why he was voted out of the senate. If the people really cared about his party, he wouldn't have been a senator under ACN (the only senator in ACN from SE then )despite contesting against the likes of Prof. Dora Akunyili who was in APGA with Obi's backing.

1) Peter obi
2) Sullivan chime
3) Willie Obiano
4) David Umahi
5) Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi

These are the best governors so far from the south east since 1999.
Honourable mention: Chris Ngige(opened people's eyes on what good governance truly is but tenure was too short to make the list.

Worst list
1) Theodore Orji
2) Chinweoke Mbadinuju
3) Okezie ikpeazu
4) Martin Elechi

Biggest thieves
1) Orji Uzor Kalu
2) Rochas Okorocha
3) Theodore Orji
4) Chimaraoke Nnamani

The 2nd republic governors by far outperformed all of the above considering the meagre resources at their disposal plus the larger states they controlled. They delivered top quality infrastructure projects that are still standing today not all these china roads and buildings being built by today's government despite the billions.
Honorable mention: Sam mbakwe(the weeping governor)

BanjiRaymond:

Try Meek Mill bro and thank me later

Meeky is also good lyrically but personally i think his voice isn't made for rap rather I will take someone like Rick Ross (badass hardcore rapper).

Jokerman:
Rubbish list

Mode nine
Dagrin
MI
Jesse jagz
Sauce kid
Terry da rapman
Vector
Naeto C
Sasha
Bouqui


World wide

Tupac
Biggie
Eminem
Nas
Wayne
Kanye
Lamar
Eve
Missy Elliot
Diddy

Oga you sabi rap music but I think Lamar should come before kanye and j Cole replacing diddy. Ur naija list was spot on

candidtalk:


This post shows you either know little about real politicking or are disrespectful/disdainful of Tinubu and the SW. How will El Rufai get the APC ticket when PMB and Tinubu are the oga pata pata of the APC with Tinubu being even the more accomplished Kingmakers than Buhari who is highly respected but not supremely adept at Party politics as Jagaban is? How will El Rufai manage it? He will wake up to see that even his own brother has voted for Tinubu's candidate at the APC Presidential candidate Primaries.

I bet any money EL Rufai will be humiliated at the APC Primaries and shown up as an upstart. Just watch you will learn vital lessons about how producing the President begins with the horse-trading of Primaries that El Rufai , unpopular amongst even his fellow Northern politicians, cannot scale. People like you forget one very important fact. Ordinary Northerners don't vote at Party Primaries. APC Political delegates do.

stop boasting, any northerner endorsed by the north will win anybody from the west. How many states are there in SW compared to NW and NE that have 13 states with more delegates. I didn't even mention NE, SE and SS APC because I am sure they won't all support SW. in this situation, you are at the mercy of the north and I know they will never make Tinubu the kingmaker in Nigeria. His powers will be restricted to SW.

MoneyMan5:



Are you among the board of FIFA?

When did FIFA officially declare Pele as the Goat?


Just because beating chest like gorilla is not Yoruba thing doesn't mean all your claim are right

Yoruba should have put out several blogs to praise themselves like you guys do

wetin do your phone, who won the fifa player of the century?

MoneyMan5:



How can you claim to be the richest when Imo is an IDPs Camp full of Lazy Igbo waiting for free food?

How can you claim to be the richest when Anambra is a beggars colony?

How can you claim to be the richest when you are not even in top 5 of Richest Nigerians?

How can you claim to be the richest when you are all over Yoruba Land Hawking Gala and Pushing Wheel Barrows?

You are also the only tribe that sell their babies in Nigeria out of abject poverty.

Yoruba is the richest in Nigeria and Africa

Deal with it.

Maybe I should remind you when Osun state became an IDP camp and people were sending food stuffs to a whole state just because of non-payment of salaries. this can never happen in Igbo land because most of us are entrepreneurs and do not depend on the government for feeding. When I told you majority of you are salary earners, you said it's a lie. this situation was a true reflection of what I meant by that. Igbos have more business owners than Yorubas deal with it.

there is no society on earth without poor people. it becomes bad when the number of people become so much. that is not the case for both tribes.
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http://saharareporters.com/2015/07/19/osun-residents-storm-winners-chapel-food-aid