₦airaland Forum

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
I was actually his nemesis when he was in APC undergoing crash course on propaganda studies in Lai Mohammed Secondary School.

I pleaded and persuaded him to give up APC and Buhari whose previous Government endangered and exposed majority of Easterners to kwashiokor reminiscent to Awolowo's starvation policy during the civil war.

I am glad he reasoned with my submissions when I made it clear that Buhari was on a core Northern agenda far from Southwest Interests and a mission to balance developmental gains between the South and the North.

I anticipated and forecasted the $2.1 billion loan before hand and was right.

Good thinking! Good product!!

I think the best way forward now is to allow the senators continue in a bid to force them out will only result into unnecessary lingering problem. The mistake had already been made the day the Senate elected their principal officers. I think the ruling party shouldn't have gone to that useless party briefing leaving a very serious legislative function unattended to. From what am seeing the ruling party better accept the position of the Senate.

VOICEOFJUSTICE:
Who initiated this boko haram sef?

Some one never condemn their action before but now suddenly condemning

Pls condemn as usual and send Osibanjo to go and see the victims in the various hospital as usual

That's the best you can do. Has The Chad President ever travel to Nigeria or Cameroon to know how to chase these hoodlums? On Wednesday am pretty sure you will carry the likes of Oshi Ole and Rochas who have no idea about security with you to discuss security with the Cameroonian president

And when Oshomole and Rochas returned to Nigeria from the trip. Hear the press statement that will follow



''President Goodluck Jonathan minister spent $20B on arms for Nigeria without a single bullet being purchased''

Some people thought that 700mil naira is small money that one can put in his pocket. Even a toddler know what to. do with that kind of money if a politician give it to you

Neduzze5:
The APC has shown in various ways that it is a party that was not ready to take on the mantle of leadership at any given time.

It is just a party of former criminals in the PDP that came together with the sole aim of overthrowing GEJ. If their Presidential candidate was Tinubu, by now, the party would have been long buried.


That's the reason why we are having all these incessant and unnecessary mumurisim!!

Virtually all our leaders in Nigeria in the past were never prepared to take over leadership roles. Little wonder therefore will show us the reason our leaders over the years have been in one disappointing and poor leadership quality to another. I know that from the way am seeing things this administration has a long learning period. The past administration never fared much because of this.

[quote author=saintopus post=36208103][/quote]Good and he will continue to be the cream of the crop

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has urged the 2015 UTME candidates to check its website on Monday, August 3, for the list of universities they have been redistributed to.
Speaking with Vanguard Sunday, the Head of JAMB, Lagos, Dr. Beatrice Okorie said: “The 2015 UTME candidates are to check JAMB’s website on Monday, August 3, for the list and the universities they have been redistributed to.”
Okorie, who lamented the controversy that greeted the new admission policy explained that the efforts were only geared towards helping candidates of oversubscribed institutions gain admission to other federal or state universities rather than wasting their scores.
“If we have not done that, many of these candidates would have fallen prey of the universities’ money-making machine, that is, the post-UTME without securing admission even with their high scores,” she added.
Using the University of Lagos as an example, she noted that its carrying capacities cannot accommodate more than 5,000 students, and yet has about 32,000 candidates struggling for the slots.
She said: “What we have done is to look at those who have not met with the cut-off points of UNILAG based on merit, catchment areas and the educationally less disadvantaged areas, but who have chances of securing admission in other federal and state universities and push them there to write post-UTME tests.”
Okorie, who slammed universities that are using the post UTME to make money, reiterated JAMB’s commitment to helping candidates secure admission without stress.
According to her, what is the essence of post-UTME being conducted on English, Mathematics and general papers? They are fraudulent and that is what the stakeholders have stepped in to address.”
On UNILAG, she queried the rationale behind its decision to conduct test on Mathematics for students seeking admission in subjects not related to Mathematics such as Religious Studies, History, Dramatic Arts, among others.
Meanwhile, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN on Saturday has placed its cut-off mark above 230 as students who scored 230 were not short-listed for post-UTME.
Our source said: “The Post-UTME details which came out on Saturday at UNN affected many students who scored over 200 in their UTME, even those who scored 230 in UTME were not short-listed for post-UTME in UNN, suggesting that their cut-off Mark is above 230. ‘’However, no official cut-off has been announced.’’


www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/jamb-urges-candidates-to-check-website-for-redistribution/

Abugab:
Any time I see PDP criticize the actions of this govt it makes me ponder.
OBJ broke the record of late Pope John Paul 11 of the most widely travelled word leader after 21 years as pope in just 4 years of his first term.
What did the trips fetch us?
The trips made by past administration with mammoth crowds, what did they fetch?
PDP cannot play opposition by this method as it creates room for comparism. Where they failed woefully, they want drastic results.
Olisa Metuh needs to learn the act of playing opposition politics especially when the opposition have had several failed govts in the past

I know someone will say this and certainly you never disappointed. So its like a 'shop I shop kind of thing'. Know one is thinking on how to better the nation but on how to pull it down. My dear, it is good for citizens to start to demand the dividends of democracy from our leaders irrespective of the political divide they are from

I will not be surprised if you will asked me if I demanded these from the past leaders.

The government should expedite action on how to get these students, and Nigeria would be pilots on their programs.

M0GIDI:
@OP You don't want APC e-rats to sleep abi

I Juzz talk my mind o!

From my own assessment of this political e-analyst, I have come to a reasonable conclusion that he is indeed the best e-analyst I have seen. I stand to be corrected anyway. I rate anyone prowess on the degree of sound judgement on issues on all level. While in APC, he was the best and now in PDP, he again achieve that same height. This shows that he is indeed exceptional. I believed if he moves to APGA or KOWA he will hit the best again. This is indeed exceptional level of high creativity and I am very proud to be from same state with him. In no too distant future I will not be too surprise if he hit something big.
I sincerely wish him all the best.

Barcanista you are the best if not the very best in recent time. With your razors edge political analysis it will not be too long you will hit something big. I am very proud to be from same state with you. You are the bomb.

Much love and blessing

Adzuana:
I like the phrase you used ("as much as he or she do not go against the social norms in the society" Glad you did. So do you believe or can you point to any evidence that OPEN DISPLAY of homosexuality or same sex marriage is the "social norm" in Nigeria??

What about Africa as a whole or the Middle East or Indonesia, Asia or Eastern Europe, Russia etc?? are homosexuality, same-sex marriage and trans genders the social norm or publicly accepted?

Because of how powerful the Western media is, they want to paint the picture (to convince people like you) that it is not socially abnormal & shouldn't be restricted, whereas even in the America itself there were states that had banned it by public vote of state residents. Even in America MILLIONS don't want it and I'm talking from my experience living there

With all due respect, In your attempt to be "diplomatic" or "fair" people like you end up leading nations and societies into deep wells of perversion

I'm glad your type of mindset in regards to homosexuality is limited to online comments etc. May God never ever give us in Nigeria lawmakers or presidents who will use their mandates to LEGALLY usher in this degrading atrocity into our society. Regards

Maybe I used the wrong phrase. It should have been social vices such as corruption and greed. They are greater trouble to our development than any other thing.

Satguru Maharaji ji, the founder of One Love Family, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to use traditional means to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency. Maharaj ji gave the advice on Sunday in Ibadan at a press conference to mark the 35th anniversary of the One Love Family in Nigeria.



theguardianmobile.com/readNewsItem1.php?nid=44554

UncleJudax:
Nobody is stopping anybody from being Gay. Just don't seek our endorsement.

If not endorsing Gaysm is anti human rights, what would you call the imposition of Gaysm on the majority of the populace?

If the Majority of Africans are not willing to toe the line of the Americans, why not let it be.

My point is that if someone decide to be gay, he or she should be accepted in the society as much as he or she do not go against the social norms in the society. There should not be open legislation against it.

Not until we change our mentality it will continue to go from bad to worse in our religious beliefs. I never imagined that it will come to a time in the Church when pastor and member will start a fight. Of all Churches I never thought it will be AG. But we live in interesting times it will be more challenging with time. We really need to go back to and examined where we went wrong as a race and a nation.

DaBullIT:
So? Why are a few Nairalanders who probably have not seen beyond their noses assume that they are experts in international relations?

Why are they commenting about Gay rights only? The article did mention corruption and violence as well so why?

You don't want Gay rights established claiming it's ungodly, and it's against African tradition.


But The God you know and the Bible and Quran you read is from them, imported

The phones, cars, pleasures, TV etc is from them

If you are so African-ny then go back to stone age, palm clothing and spear hunting


Quote to insult me Mr and Mrs Perfect, I'll knock you down

That said, I don't think Buhari would approve Gay rights but I just hate when people try to condemn other people, being Gay is not what you learn it's inbuilt it's psychological. But more importantly they are not less human then you all are

I liked your post not because am gay but I think most blacks Nigerian in particular leaves what is important to chase illusion and vanity. Come to think of it, we claim to be very righteous yet we swim in corruption, greed and all those vices which made us less of a human than the evil called America with their gay right issues. So to me Africa better learn to either accept their true identity or remain quiet. If anybody chose to be gay so be it.

The issue of insecurity in the nation should be a thing of concern to all. If found culpable in a court of competent jurisdictions then he should face the music.

I thought it was $20B that was missing from the NLNG account.

The rate at which the naira is falling against the dollar we may use it as toilet paper in no too distant time

Good thinking! Good Product!



NgeneUkwenu your favourite food is ready.!!

The Plateau state governor break a promise to the state that he will not sack the 17 LGA chairmen all being members of PDP. Few days ago he sacked all of them and nothing happened.

Why so much noise in Rivers state?

Is ok

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with members of the BringBackOurGirls inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, security chiefs and other top government officials are joining the President to receive the team. The group is being jointly led by Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; Mariam Uwais and Hadiza Bala-Usman. Members of the delegation also include parents of some of the over 200 girls abducted in Chibok, Borno State last year. The meeting started a few minutes after 12noon, with the arrival of the President and the Vice President.


http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-meets-bringbackourgirls-group/

A new dawn in the making?

Since May 29, things have since either been normal on certain fronts or have even gone worse in certain areas. A friend did say admitting this would amount to admitting one was wrong to back the “Change” movement during the 2015 elections. I did ask, should one have backed the “Impunity and Cluelessness” movement that was dressed in the garb of “Transformation”? And where does one admit a government has failed after just a little over a month in office? It is not so hard to admit, for instance, that the security situation is probably the worst it has been since the end of the elections if not the worst it has been all year. Boko Haram has since taken some 500 human lives in over a dozen attacks since the turn of the new government. Is there cause for worry? The Buhari government came in on the crest of a wave of expectations, those expectations have since dwindled. If that was an intentional way to set off, the government has since achieved its aim. In fact, one has met a few staunch supporters of the government who would be happy to just see a few things happen just so they can say, “I told you!” to their cynical friends. Are Nigerians wrong to expect to see things to start happening some 40 days into the new government? Maybe, they are not, maybe, the government promised too much. And they did indeed promise too much seeing as it was obvious the country was beginning to show signs of weakness as a result of unheralded corruption and dwindling oil fortunes under the Jonathan administration. Nigerians knew all about the impunity and maladministration that took place under the immediate past government, it would be pointless to excuse the early inaction of the current administration on the failings of the previous one. That is obvious enough and that failing was duly punished at the polls at the end of March. It would no longer be the job of the new administration to tell us how the past administration’s mismanagement and corruption have hampered its work; we already know that. What they must do is get to work. That is what they promised and that was why they were voted. It may be too early to pass judgment on a government that even if it had everything going for it on assumption of office, would likely need time to settle in. On the flipside, is it too early for the new government to see the importance of engaging the citizenry? There was an address to the nation on May 29, an address that was as much a speech for Nigerian citizens as it was for the international community. There is an urgent need for a national address almost strictly for Nigerians. Press releases and statements fall short at times of national tragedies. We asked for change because we could not bear to see that the old government would go about partying hours after the destruction of lives and properties. The current administration has not done exactly that but its reactions to recent bombings have not been a sharp departure from the old. The Jonathan administration used to release statements of “condemnation” and “government’s commitment to defeat the insurgents” and to bring them “under the full weight” of the law. It was so common, an average Nigerian could write the statement as the major difference in each statement were the dates and the location of the attack. The new administration has just simply continued from there. Something has to change! When citizens die in scores, the President must be seen. If it happens a lot, the President must be seen a lot. That in itself would incentivise effective action. That is what holds in climes where the lives of citizens are not treated with levity. They do not even wait for 100 or 200 citizens to die before their presidents (or vice-presidents) mount the stage to address the nation. In most cases, when terrorists kill say five or ten citizens, the president gets behind the microphone. Note that the address does not have to be the conventional presidential address that is preceded by the national anthem on TV. It is more like a press briefing but this time, the president addresses the press. It goes a long way when the families of the deceased hear their president calling the names of their lost loved ones and personally offering his condolences and support. We are not beginning to talk about the need for President Muhammadu Buhari to mount an immediate onslaught on the terrorists. The sooner that happens the better for everyone. Waiting to have a perfect strategy before having a real go at the terrorists would leave more citizens dead. Boko Haram is not waiting to mount destruction; our government has no business waiting to repel them. While we work out a proactive response to these insurgents, we must understand and address the immediate challenge. They are coming closer. They tested the resolve of the Jonathan administration in July of 2011 when they bombed the Force Headquarters in Abuja, we cannot afford something like that to happen before we know that these murderers are hell-bent on breaking the will of the Nigerian people all over again. There is work to do! Politics has since the inauguration taken the centre stage. Politicians have been more obsessed with what they consider as “taking the spoils of war” rather than offer ideas and support for the government to hit the ground running. That is not such a surprise, it takes an outlier Nigerian politician to care more about Nigeria than he would about parochial interests. Those outliers must make their voices heard at this time, otherwise, we would simply continue the jonathanisation of Nigeria. That would simply mean that things will progressively get worse from the days of watching impunity run the show at the seat of power and gross incompetence dictate the moves of major government policies. It is too early to judge where a child would end up in life by what the child does in his or her early stages, but it would be foolhardy to ignore the child if he or she starts to show the signs the elder sibling showed that led the same to destruction in adulthood. More often than not, the morning determines the direction the day would go. For the Buhari-Osinbajo administration, this has not been such a good morning. The entrepreneurs of sycophancy, if they have already taken their place around the seat of power, would like the President and his deputy to believe that Nigerians are already impressed with their great works in the last one month. Mr. President, that is far from the truth. Nigerians are not impressed. Please, do not fall to the trap of delusion that finally consumed the Jonathan administration on March 28. Nigerians, rightfully, expected more from you because you are men of integrity and your integrity is not in doubt. But integrity does not exactly save lives, competence does and you must begin to deploy your competence into dealing with Nigeria’s most critical problems, starting with insecurity. If you want to know the truth about your government, ask someone who has never asked your government for a job or anyone you know does not depend on your government for survival.


http://www.punchng.com/politics/buhari-is-this-the-darkness-before-dawn/

Carlcaresophia:
Hi! Do you mean you can not connect to wifi, or your mobile data, or both?

Mobile data connection on sim1 is not effected. They asked me to visit services providers. WiFi connection is working

Impending implosion imminent.