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I opened it in hope of seen the list of selected institutions, but, alas I was disappointed.
Anyway, it's a good development and I hope they keep to their promise of not only uni Abuja. That will be a great youth empowerment program.

Shows inconsistency and the mindset of settling for less.
When will their time comes to be consistent in champion's league?

PDP had their turn, then opposition parties were crying.
Now APC is having their time now and opposition is weeping.
Another party will still come and opposition will still be wailing.
Nigeria politics na turn by turn. It's bad but, that's the truth.
So, ighodalo rest, your party had their time and today is APC while tomorrow will be another party.
Therefore, wait for your turn

tunjijones:
2027 politics go sweet well well.

I don't know if the coalition will dislodge Tinubu, but I am happy there are groups of politicians coming together to press Tinubu and APC neck...

But by now they should have gotten organized and start criticising the govt already as a single voice... Even if them never form party, they shd alright have spokesmen that will be heavily pressing the govt neck.

Na so APC do commot PDP... Start early as a team. Una sha know say Tinubu no be like Jonathan, he will fight to the last and he is the smartest politician in Nigeria at the moment.

Infact, you mirrored out my mind on this matter. We need a group mouthpiece that will be criticizing them consistently, with that, APC won't take is for granted

Angelfrost:
Leave this talk abeg.

Who or what is keeping them from collecting those taxes?!!

Is the process too technical or difficult to set up and implement?!!

...Or could it be that the majority of the population is currently underemployed to the extent of not being able to pay taxes?!!

...Or the revenue generation process is so tinged with corruption and maladministration that it amounts to nothing?!!

Very logical thought.

Court!!!
And my judgement is Okpebholo carry on, no Lele. I rise!!!

I don't really know the substance of the case but it's obvious to the blind from day one that Okpebholo will win the case. Judiciary had not rock the boat of the executive since Tinubu entered. Hence, the issue is get INEC to declare you and the judiciary will do the rest. It's not about APC, it's about 2023 format.
Solido will be declared by INEC, his election will be challenged but, no matter the case, the court will still declare him winner
The book 'The Incorruptible Judge' opened my eyes to judiciary and behold it's not limited to Nigeria, even in the so-called saner climes it's there only not as much as our own.
Just pray never to be a victim of the wrong side of judiciary.

Nigeria politics can easily be plot on graph and slope calculated except you are either a politician or just being emotional. No new player among them, we already know their capacity both what they can really do and propaganda, their strength and weakness and their connectivity, so nothing spectacular anyone of them want to bring. But, when the masses are ready, we won't need to wait for any politician.

It is well

The truth is the elites and the investment guys are having it good time in this government only that this government ensures that their numbers will not increase as he's sinking more average citizens into poverty.

I've always known Tinubu to be an elitist. Buhari that supposed to be for the masses lacked enforcement and follow-through capacity so, his programs for the masses were hijacked by the jackals.

The obvious sign that Nigerians are the enemies of Nigerians.

This is the time for the money bags to grow and the masses are groaning.

All will be well

surgical:
He is even lying he not going to pay anything, that's how he promised workers 35k palliatives to cushion his disastrous economic policy before his miserly minimum wage, he also promised pensioners 25k,over a year now he is yet to fulfill it,even the minimum wage not fully implemented for both workers and pensioners
Is it the same person that will pay students, Tinubu government is like yahoo government, scamming everybody
But has good support systems that does not make it obvious like, useless NLC,weak opposition, and a good media buy which helps with propaganda or suppression of information or news

Summary of Tinubu government with respect to the masses.

Angelfrost:
Nope... All registered churches do not (DO NOT) offer certified marriage certificates.

Only few of them have the presence of mind to do so.

I have met a lot of married couples who have a marriage certificate issued by their churches that were outrightly rejected at embassies and other legal organizations.

Traditional marriage is highly important but without a court signed document, you are single by national law!

If you have no plans to leave the nation as a couple or contest marital issues in court, then you can choose not to bother with a registry... But, it's just common sense to actually visit a registry after you have concluded traditional marriage rites.

Ask the people involved, they are likely to tell you that they took shortcut, hence the outcome.

There are procedure of doing it, if you don't, church will give you what they have then you are on your own.

Angelfrost:
This is just common sense...!

Same way those who perform only Church wedding think they are actually married.

Without a legally binding document endorsed by a judge or authorised personnel from the government of your country, you are merely cohabiting.

The most important thing is payment of bride price.

After that legalization which can be done in either religious way or registry.
All registered churches and mosque offer government certified marriage certificate. That's part of the legal cleric assignment once the religious denomination is registered in Nigeria.

StillDtruth:
This statement is what is misleading you.

"Cohabitation, no matter how long, without more, does not amount to marriage"

Because there are different types of cohabitation.

But definitely a couple who have cohabited and had children have definitely elevated themselves above the cohabitation level by virtue of natural law.

For the marriage just like contract, commences with the couple themselves. So, if the private conducts and transactions people enter are upheld and recognised, it is wrong for anybody to say that a certain level of cohabitation which is serious to the point of imputing marriage would not be recognised.

Such ideas and pronouncements are very very wrong.

For as I have stated before marriage begins with the couples themselves hence why all marriages today are borne out of the natural law marriage where som couples were married by cohabitation eg orphans, run aways, travellers, migrants etc


So it depends on the type of cohabitation.

Nigeria law doesn't recognize co-habitation of whatever definition it's given.
If she's worthy of giving you children, then, she's worthy of bride price no matter how small. And as you said, of the partner is a refugee, runaway or orphan, that's why there's court marriage.
What is not good can never change over night to become good except our society is on self-destruction

It is well

emkz:
I think the opposition is rudderless. Their argument is that they want to send Tinubu back to Lagos. They have zero ideas for national development. They can't answer questions on addressing pervasive insecurity, banditry and unemployment. When the likes of Saraki attended a meeting to talk about insecurity in the north, some of those shouting coalition were nowhere to be found.

They want power, but have no clue how to solve problems. They don't even have the capacity to solve the problems within their own parties or get the coalition off the ground.

Like we asked before, we'd ask again:

You are such a realist!
I've been saying it that even the so called opposition and coalition know that they can't stop him from winning the second term. They are just trying to whip up emotional sentiment to make his term ungovernable when they will be shouting nonexistent rigging and electoral fraud.
Every logical person knows as it stands now that all the personalities in the coalition are either spent or lightweight politicians that are aggrieved and just want to draw Tinubu attention to them, also, they have not told us what they are going to do differently and how they are going to pragmatically solve just one of the myriad of problem confronting this nation.

As I always say I'm watching. Only I won't want anybody to disturb our ear of electoral malpractice when they are ticking every wrong indices now.

Politicking runs in Tinubu blood. How I wish he handles governance like this.
Honestly, his political sagacity is topnotch and next to none in Nigeria of today but how I wish he match it up even if it's 50% of this on governance! He would have been the delight of everyone.

Give it to him, no politician in Nigeria Tinubu is not in touch with. They know where they meet and what they discuss. The greatness of this nation is not in the hand of any politician but in the hand of the misgoverned masses when we are ready.
Except there is a great shift in our electoral law before 2027, Tinubu is a winner already, even all those opposition and coalition know this as true but pride will not let them own up to allow the masses make a real demand because they know their own sins also will be required from them.

spiSeyi:
Whaooow! TBH Nigerians are the most hardworking people after the Chinese and Pakistan but we are here today whereby people work like an elephant and feed like an ant because of APC cluelessness. But this Coming from someone who has been enjoying government free money for more than 2 decades anyways I blame him and Akpabio wey dey lash Nigerians back to back of not that most Nigerians love to romance their oppressors , enjoy suffering. The likes of Kalu, Akpabio even Tinubu should not even be a councilor. No be your fault nah the fooools wey dey vote APC I blame

It is not about APC, it's about our politicians.
Remember that aside Tinubu all others you mentioned used to be PDP members and ruled and contributed to the destruction of this country as PDP members, they only jumped ship to continue their destruction in APC. After APC they will still go to the reigning party to continue their evil work.
We as a people needs to redefine our politics.

And now senator Orji has dropped his own quote. Nigerians like free money.
This made me to start thinking when was money ever free in Nigeria?
This man became governor @39 years in 1999, a strong attestation to privilege and has been around power since then. He doesn't live the life of an average deprived Nigerians before becoming governor and became emperor after ruling, ruined opportunity of many people by embezzling their patrimony, yet, has the gut to say that Nigerians like free money.

It is well. No empire lasts forever.

We are watching

What puzzles me about all this opposition and coalition talks is that they are not realistic with issues.
2027 election is looking like a game between peacock and snake. After they must have ticked all the wrong boxes and offer victory to
Tinubu on the platter of gold, they will start shouting rigging, electoral malpractice and all those emotional sentiment.

Atiku as a n experienced politician supposed to know 2026 is before 2027 and you have to be on the seat first before talking of supporting this or that. Oyetola is still there, Aregbesola can't be trusted other interests are there, he needs to align to remain on seat if not , it's over for him. Besides, this is you that doesn't care about people around you but Tinubu does.
Atiku should better retrace his step or he will wail again in 2027.

Observing

PDP is currently a committee of friends. They will resume being a party after 2027 election. Because by then the SPV called APC would have achieved it's aim and the center will not be able to hold again. Then we will see the rebirth of PDP. But for now those holding the jugular of PDP are working for Tinubu some directly while some indirectly. Even the so called coalition has been infiltrated already, forget about grammar and grandstanding. It's only if God say no, that's why Tinubu will not continue in 2027. No politician near his politics, although we can't say same of governance.

Watching the drama unfolding

[quote author=papyjaypaul post=135529243]He is a transactional leader, even in the election, you should notice how those who campaigned for him said he helped them in their personal life to do this and that. Those help were not without conditions. They made me chuckle because instead of the state working, they are happy with connections and that is what Nigeria is facing today. The people will get weaker and they will beg for favors. Nigerians should have learned from the Obasa saga to know how this man thinks. It is not in your best interest to have weak and disloyal people at the top.
He rewards loyalty so if those who have been with him so long desert him, that can be dangerous. A name you did not mention is Fashola.
[quote]A very good observation. But, Fashola is still for him. He's only resting for now besides, what else does he want that Tinubu will not give? He was there for Tinubu during his exile days. But, Aregbesola wants to balkanize Tinubu empire. That's a tall order for him. So, he can't perform well in the coalition

Among those regional leaders, it is only Peter Obi that can deliver and may deliver south east. Aregbesola is a paper weight now in his osun and Lagos while he doesn't exist on the remaining south west states. Talk about being with Tinubu before, himself knows better. David Mark I think may also perform especially in plateau, Benue, kogi axis. Nasarawa, Niger state is a no for him, he knows that, then, Kwara, I can't say.
El-rufai in his own case will at least do a bit only if person like Sule Lamido, sanusi Lamido etc are in his camp.
Rotimi Amaechi, that one is figure head, nothing any thing he gets is on Peter Obi influence.
Then, Atiku, the easy ally is Ali Ndume, Babachir Lawal and some other light weight folks to slug it out with Nuhu Ribadu, Kashim Shettima, so, I can't predict where that can flip anyway,
Anyway, fingers crossed.

The people this man is scholar about said they don't want you because you are not good.
You said Nigeria government should force you on them because you practice their religion.
Is this not self delusion?

donpata:
Because we are cursed with dumb leaders, we will continue to suffer. It is suicide to support importation against local production. Same thing is happening to maize production. Fertilizer is still very expensive and so are herbicides and pesticides. Rather than addressing these challenges for long term sustainable agricultural development, government is now taking the lazy man's way for temporary gains due to elections.

Even a newborn baby knows that the disastrous level of insecurity in the country especially in the north, is the major cause of high food prices since many farming communities have been displaced. Rather than address this terrible issue head-on, government has resorted to window dressing for temporary gains and more trouble later.

I see ignorant comments where people are blaming the farmers for not using the opportunity wisely. That line of argument is a consequence of zero knowledge of basic economics. The farmers are to a large extent, victims of the situation we find ourselves.

Hoarding is a crime, and most of our farmers lack the capacity to hold onto their produces longer than two to three months cos they simply sell and buy fertilizer and other farm inputs as well as household groceries. The hoarders are the corrupt politicians and biz people with warehouses, and with capacity to store these products for years. Again, rather than targeting these persons, the government is allowing more importation, the lazy-man solution.

The people benefiting from the agricultural value chain locally are large. All these drama will just make them jobless. I understand there is hunger in the land but government should take up the responsibility of tackling insecurity and dealing with their hoarder friends so that food can be cheap. Subsidy for farming inputs are also great. Afterall, the farmers in countries we are importing from are heavily subsidized by their govts. Y not we? Why kill local industry. BUNCH OF MEDIOCRES.

Why calling people mediocre when they argued their point with facts? Buhari iadministration invested in farming in Nigeria.
But I wonder what the masses gained from Buhari massive investment in agriculture.
Rather increased insecurity to sabotage the masses.
Except you are not in Nigeria, we all knew how farmers and merchants sabotage Buhari rice project.

There's a need to prevent this trash from happening in the future by tweaking the judgement statement a bit on death to include funeral.
Let's see how it goes from there.

They are not fighting, it's a political game. Look at the divide and see that it's a two pronged fork by Tinubu to finish PDP.
Seyi Makinde team are back up plan should Wike assignment needs changing.


Fingers crossed

The Reds main man, keep soaring.
After next summer, off to Saudi Arabia so that it can be win-win for you and LFC.

YNWA

I really detest no primary stunt they are pulling.
Let their be primary on the level playing ground.
We all know he will win it but at least allow everyone to exercise their right.

Please what happened today? You didn't drop signal today hope everything is fine?
Hope to see signal tomorrow

Waoh! Never know such is here.
Thanks for good work.
Will follow your trade from tomorrow by God's grace.
Good night

That's an example of you can't eat your cake and still have it

If this is true, then, we have no business being together again. How can you plan an infrastructural project for the nation and remove a region!

Let's keep our fingers crossed and see the fact behind this allegation

Great.

This is great

Igirigimercenar:
Governance abandoned in chase of endorsement

This is the worst administration I have seen in all my life.

This administration is not about the masses but the political elites

Nigeria rulers has always been like that.
Both governors and presidents.
Nothing new especially in this fourth republic.