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kakiya:
WHO IS AFRAID OF BUHARI? 
I write this because of millions of
Nigerians who are below 30 and who
constitute a significant chunk of our
voting population.
This is the ICT generation that is largely
ignorant about the events of the
Buhari era (1983-85) and so can be
misinformed and misled by needless
propaganda. I have sat with many in
the
under-30 bracket and those slightly
above who only have faint recollections
of the Buhari era and the level of
ignorance about that era is amazing.
Before being MILITARY Head of State,
Buhari had been Governor of one of
the Northern States (under Obasanjo’s
Military government) as well as
Minister for Petroleum. He later
served
as Chairman of PTF under Abacha.
Please consider the following
unassailable facts:
·He birthed and supervised the
establishment of our existing
refineries.
·There was no religious crisis while he
was Head of State. It started under his
successor IBB!
·In his time as Head of State he
reduced
inflation from 23% to 4%, by fiscal
discipline and a homegrown economic
team (not achieved under any other
era, even military).
·JJ Rawlings of Ghana took over 2yrs
before him, and killed all the corrupt
leaders, while Buhari only sentenced
the corrupt leaders here to prison.
·Under his watch as PTF Chairman,
what he did in road construction in that
short period hasn't been matched by
12yrs of the PDP.
·Hospitals and universities around the
country never witnessed as much
benefits as they got from the PTF from
any government after or before his
time.
·Despite serving in senior capacity in
the oil sector, first as Minister for
Petroleum and then Petroleum Trust
Fund, Buhari has no petrol station,
much less a rig, refinery or an oil block
like so many of our leaders.
·He could have retired into nauseating
opulence like an IBB or Danjuma or
even OBJ but didn't.
·Instead of hobnobbing with the high
and mighty, he has cast his lot with the
ordinary man most of who follow him
out of hope and belief in his values.
People who know him have said
of him... "All I need from Buhari is his
word, I can take it to the bank".
·He is the only politician in the North
today who fills rallies without renting a
crowd. The Kaduna rally of 2nd March
is eloquent proof!
·He refused to collect an allowance
while serving as Chairman of the PTF
because he said since he was already
drawing a pension from government,
his conscience would not allow him
to draw another salary from the purse
of the same government.
·He is the only former head of state
that does not own property or land in
Abuja .
·Every attempt to rubbish him through
probes in time past eneded up
vindicating him! The man who was
asked by OBJ to take over the running
of PTF before it was scrapped with the
aim
of probing and indicting Buhari, was the
one who ended up being prosecuted
for misappropriating $100m of PTF
funds!
Buhari again, was vindicated
·He has OPENLY challenged those who
accuse him of religious fundamentalism
to come out and show proof. No one
has till today, taken up the challenge.
His
personal driver of many years is a
Christian from Plateau State !
·His government initiated the War
Against Indiscipline that has made
environmental cleanliness, queuing up,
not urinating by the roadside etc
features of our national life even till
today Does it then surprise you why
corrupt people would be spreading
such heinous rumours about Buhari?
He
is a threat to them and they know
what he is capable of doing to
corruption and
corrupt people when he comes into
office! So shine your eyes and make
the right decision. If honesty and
probity are the things you want for
Nigeria ,now is the time to choose
right. When you cast your vote for the
BUHARI, you would have cast one vote
for a honest men.
Now that you know better, will you
please educate another person BY
FORWARDING THIS TO AS
MANY AS YOU CAN??

You have spoke well for Buhari, however, there is always a time to say goodbye to the past. Buhari is of d past even if he is not. bad as presented. While i agree dat GEJ is one of d most corrupt president but buhari should go n retire. Too bad we will be left with dumb asses from both parties to choose from and that is my worry. i weep for dis country.

mmmustapha: served them right, iraq is destroyed for no reason but to stole their crude oil. over two hundreds lives where lost in Iraq, but world did not call America terrorists, why? are only Muslims be terrorists?

Because islam has nothing but violence,murder and suicide bombing to offer to the world. If you disagree, tell me one good thing that has come out from islam in modern times?

i dnt tink its robbery,it is intentional probably to free dia relatives in quarantine. many in liberia still believe ebola is a hoax and d white doctors r spreading it. dis is nt d ist time it is happening dat is why d virus is spreading so fast dia. A live documentry was shown on aljazera some time ago
about dis issue.

hotwax: I dont give a blip. WHat have those black americans contributed to our lives here? None. Except they even come home and start forming yeye class.

I support the white joooor.

Beside, this is police brutality, it has nothing to do with racism.

SOme police are trigger happy. But the black masses just decided to address it racily . Just the way an Igbo man will kill an Hausa and Hausa start burning churches. Hausas and black americans are the same.

Thank you joor. We blacks always like playing victims of racism. This is a case of police brutality but blacks will always see it as racism. Even if it is racism, how will it be proven? When our own police kill Nigerians here , what should we call it? So it is nothing when blacks kill blacks or white kill whites but they flare up when white kill black. No life is more important than the other whether black,white,red,purple etc. Or are they saying in the same America, Blacks dont kill blacks? I am not saying that whites are not guilty of racism but must we always see issues from race perspective instead of fighting for human rights? I would have taken them serious if they were protesting from human right angle instead of bringing in race into it.

How i wish it is possible to divide this world into two. Let all the muslims stay on one side alone and live thier own world and the rest people manage another world. I jus wish

Gentlemen, i want people to look at this very well. This crisis has been from thousands of years till date without solution. Which version of events are we to believe? Palestinian or Jews? Since either party has refused to accept , the cycle of violence continues.

Even if Hamas has a case, i dont expect an armed struggle with Isreal, who will loose? Since there is no trust between isreal and hamas, i expect hamas to build the trust first. When isreal left Gaza in 2004, i expected hamas to build on that and create a peaceful atmosphere with the little oportunity they got but instead they were teaching palestininas on hating isreal, building tunnels and stockpiling rockets against isreal with the little funds they have. Imagine if hamas used the money they had to do something meaningful for thier people and show the world they are for peace instead of acquiring and throwing rockets when isreal left in 2004, what excuse will isreal have to deny them a state? For two state solution to work, there have to be peace and acceptance of isreal which hamas is not ready to do else what we are seeing now will even be a child's play compared to what it will be when a palestinian state engages and isreali state in a military confrntation.

Modern day people dont fight for the past , its about reshaping the future. Otherwise, mexico should be throwing bombs at the US to reclaim Texas and co, Taiwan should be throwing bombs at China to gain total independence etc

I believe in dialogue especially when you are in a weaker position to confront a more superior enemy, that is common sense. This is what any other progressive nation will do except the arab world which have a virus "kill and die" in thier gene.

Hamas will win the political war with isreal because public opinion will turn against isreal cause of civilian deaths which hamas wants to show the world. But why hamas wants to win a political war at the expense of palestinian deaths is what i dont understand. I am not suprised cos islamic people dont value life and are in this world to kill and die.

Empiree: See how Nigerian support genocide. U support zionists. Definitely u deserve what going on in ur country, too. This so called Israel can not be defending itself on stolen land. Now Christians on this forum are going to be quoting Bibles about how loving God gave the land to the jews. The same Christians would turn the other way when violent verses are quoted from same Bible. They would say that's old T for the jews yet u support them. U are confused people. U support the wrong people.

1- You (Christians) revered Jesus so much that u call him God and son of God.

2- Muslims/Arabs also revered him so much that they claim he's one of the most powerful messangers of God.

3- Jews say Jesus is bastard and cursed one. So they killed him according to Christians. Yet Christians throw their support for the people who called their God bastard and cursed one. You support killers of ur God. You really confused.

As far as the Holy Land goes, the zionists ruling over the land are European jews (i:e White people who embraced Judaism). Real Jews are oriental. They are not White. They are just like Arabs and they live amongst Arabs. They (oriental Jews) are banned by God from the Land. They can be there as tourists but they cant claim it has their own. But they have claimed it as their own in form of European jews which is predominantly Atheists. And you (Christians) think this current Israel resembles that of King David and Solomon, you need to have Doctor check ur brain.

My friend go and rest joor. We christains will not resort to bloodshedding to fight for Jesus Christ. We dont care what the Jews call Jesus. We want you muslims to quit shedding blood because of religon, learn from christains but muslims will never learn, its in them to shed blood.They dont value thier lives. I ask you, how many palestinians will die before they know that the will never achieve thier cause with firing rockets to isreal?
This current war will still end at some point because they will start running out of rockets not because of the civilian casaulties cos they dont care for thier civilians. After the war, they will restock and possibly get some new rockets form Iran to test on isreal by next year or 2 years at most. The cycle continues. For how long? Instead of the arab world to stop hamas, they wouldnt do that and would not even send thier troops to palestine to defend them, they jus keep looking as civilians die. Is it not stupidity?
Stolen lands? I dont care. Is there no better way to keep addressing this issue instead of provoking a senseless war all the time? Have they claimed thier lands by fighting isreal? Will any western nation put her citizens in harms way just to fight for stolen land? Islam and blood go hand in hand, stolen land is just an excuse to keep shedding blood.

shymexx: I guess I'll have to leave the planet for the crusaders and Islamists to keep fighting their never ending wars.

The one with the big guns goes over to the home of the Islamists to bomb them to the stone age. Then Islamists retaliate by suicide bombing everywhere. And it's more or less a vicious cycle now, to be honest. Psychotic folks!

You guys will always cleverly look for a way to justify islamic terrorism. You are indirectly saying the US started it and they are retaliating against the US for bombing the islamist abi? I think you are sympthathetic to these terrorist and thats why you cleverly involved the US.

I repeat, there is no reason for terrorism. i dont care if the US bombed them or not. If they are angry at the US, why cant they target the US Army and kill them instead of always killing innocent people. Japan was nuked by the US. Has it given them reasons to become terrorists?

zalam: . Who put Iraq, Syria and other Islamic countries in d state they are today. Aint it the xtian world dominated powers (Israel, USA France. Etc) I am very sure if it is the xtians that were ban on something like that u will say Muslim r fanatics. Better think before u speak or if u can help it simply put a waste bin by ur side.

Typical Islamist, always putting the blame on the west. So it is the US that told sunnis to fight shittes in muslim world abi? Islam is violent,it will always look for reasons to kill others. it is in you guys. Islam will never coexist with any religon. Islam will fight christians , hindu, etc in countries where they are in equal or significant population. When there are no christians to fight, sunnis will fight shittes ex in pakistan,iraq etc. They will keep fighting till the end of this world. There will only be a little peace where just one sect of islam is the overwhelming majority example is saudi, qatar,kuwait etc with overwhelming sunnis or Iran with overwhelming shittes population , analyse it yourself.

If japan was an islamic nation that was nuked, they would have still been fighting the west and the US today because of that. But Japan has forged ahead and have built a succesful nation even with thier former enemy the US. But Iraq and the muslim nations are still holding unto the US invasions as the reason for continuos bloodshed. This is the difference between islam and the rest of the world. Islam and terrorism are brothers and sisters, it is unfortunate.

BigBen10: if everybody is a thief oya provide the saint. At least we must have good leaders.

I hate seeing these e-fights for pro and opposing camps in this forum. Its nt worth it at all. All these guys they are fighting over are all thieves. I'll prefer an objective analysis instead of this blind support people exhibit here.

Our major problem in this country is the followers. Maybe because many of us were born into a junk nation, thats why we accept mediocrity from our leaders.

How can a Nigerian in his/her right senses say that any of our politician is performing? Lets be frank to ourselves. None of our leaders both from Federal,states,LG's etc are qualified to be councillors/mayor in a developed nation. What you guys dont realise is that both PDP,APC,ACN,APGA,CPC etc are all thiefs and dont have your interest at heart.
The question is wot has/did GEJ,Fashola,Tinunbu,Obj etc done with all the billions they controlled? if they are performing/performed, why is Nigeria still like this?

Too bad that people like Orji and Co have made Fashola and some governors to look like star performers cos our bench mark have become too low that a Governor who Tars a 2km road at inflated cost is hailed as performing. If citizens abroad still keep thier govt on thier toes despite having quality lifes made possible by thier govt, how come some Nigerians are hailing GEJ,fashola etc even campaigning and fighting e-wars among themselves despite non performance? Are we actually benchmarking with the best or mediocres?

Both the presidency and all the State Governors need to bury thier head in shame for the state of this nation.

most of us tok as if we are wiser dan God. if u want pre marital sex,go ahead bt stop dragging d gullible ones into it. u might do it n go free, anoda will try n regret it.

When a couple decides to love each oda 4rm dia hearts,d can work out every issue affecting dem.

i jus got married 2 my wife dat is a virgin. during courtship, we agreed nt to do it n we kept it. on our wedding nite,it was difficult at first bt afta enduring d initial pain of being a virgin,it became enjoyabable.

i hav moulded her into a sex queen,she nw rocks like a pro even beta dan some of my ex babes who got spoilt from birth n i'm so hapi.

premarital sex is neva an excuse,!u can teach anybody hw to be super in bed except dia is no love between d two which is a different thing.

@ Insincerenigerian,

As usual, u are taking it to be critical of the govt.If u understood the piece, the writer put the balme on we nigerians not jus the govt.

like i have always said, our problem is not jus the leaders but ourselves. majority of Nigerians lack honesty,integrity and patrotism.

Each time i arrive at that airport from abroad,its always very clear i have entered a badly managed country. Instead of us to unite to fight for a better nation, we further divide ourselves along tribal n religious lines. How then can we make progress?

The truth is that i have given up on the country, i wish i was not saying this. I dont really see a possibilty of Nigeria of our dreams except a character transformation of Nigerians which i dont think its possible.

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My sister has jus told me that they have been searching for her call up letter since morning and its yet to be found. Her name is among the master list pasted on the board with all her details and state she was posted on it. Now she knows where she was posted to but no call up letter. They promised to keep searching for it. If it is not found, what are her options? How can she go to camp? What should she do? She has been crying.

the way some pple defend homosexuality baffles me. how can somebody in his right senses feel good wit homosexuality? pro homo guys,acknowledge dat u guys hav a problem dat cannot be cured by drugs,dat is d first step. with delieverance n counselling from dis demonic spiritual disease, u will overcome it.
sayn gaysim is okay makes mockery of God's purpose of creation. the devil is at work to destroy God's creation,dnt let him succeed thro u. as for doz sayn anti gay r hypocrites cos of rapists n co,shld we den support oda bad tins cos bad tins already exist? we will keep condemning wot is wrong n we will neva giv into western pressure of legalizing homos in dis country, never,even if dats d only good tin our govt will do.

mickyarams: Nigerians with their funny mentality. Universities have been on strike for almost 6 months now, Corruption has made us the laughing stock of the world. Just mention the word Nigeria abroad and people will start laughing, and the government are getting their knickers in a twist over gay people. Brainless tw*ts!

Yes we have those problems you mentioned, its no news and that why we would not allow this homosexuality nonsense to add to the list of our problems.
For you gay advocates, i pray that one day two guys will catch u at a corner , overpower u and rip ur asses apart, then ur eyes will clear.
It would get to dat point if we dont fight dis virus now.

A smart and patrotic leader would have used the oportunity Nigeria has provided to put his name in Gold by the way of good governance.
But unfourtunately, the crop of leaders we have dont even care about good name. Is it thier fault? NO. Corruption and greed is in the DNA of an average Nigerian. Forget all this rantings online, they will all do even worse if they have the opportunity and this is why i have given up on this country. Not cos dis govt is fooling us bt cos we might not find the messiah as corruption stinks from everywhere including those who aspire to rule.

Yes GEJ did not buy 10 planes bt we didnt vote him to continue the old ways of doing things, we wanted a change. A smart govt preaching cost cutting would have reduced the no of plane and channeled d funds to anoda thing. Pro GEJ will come and tell us it started be4 he came in, yes i agree. The past gove were highly corrupt, i agree bt why dis Govt continues to continue where d past govt stopped instead of carving a niche for themselves with good governance baffles me.

Mind you , i am not Pro or anti anybody, i stand for the truth.

elektra80: I don't know much about Toyota so I stand to be corrected. Yes 1999 Toyota Camry has more than one engine type. I believe u are talking about 4 cylinder here, hence the S. The 3S-FE is a 2.0L engine which is found in most Asia models while the 5S-FE is a 2.2L engine found in American and Australian models. Since most camrys on Nigerian soil are imported from America, u hardly find one with 2.0L 3S-FE engines. However, many parts dealers import their parts from Japan, that is why when u are buying a tokunbo engine for ur Camry then u can get the 2.0L 3S-FE engine readily available.

Thanks for the clarification. Is the transmission for the two engines the same?

I thought 99 camry has only one engine. I was told it has two engine variants, 3s and 5s engines and gearbox. Please can someone explain this to me? Tanx

This idea is a good one from the govt, However, i believe our industrial foundation is still shaking. The minimum amount of shipping and clearing a car is about 500k,so the actual cost of the car will be far much less. If u assemble the cars here, it should make it cheaper as u will not ship and clear but in present business climate in Nigeria, it would still be expensive. We might not see any difference.

The reason is POWER. If these guys are going to fuel thier plants with diesel or gas as other manufacturing firms here do, there is no reason to celebrate this policy. Power generation is killing businesses in this country, energy costs are only second to labour for most firms here. Imagine if we had solved our power problem, things would have been cheaper and life better for the common man.

If i were govt, i'll focus on getting power right, once this is done, everyother thing will fall in place with less effort.

Gbawe, I'm sorry for this dissapointment. I know how you feel. But i just dont understand why Nigerians cannot see that all these guys are thieves and corrupt from the presidency to the councillors irrespective of states and political parties. They are all the same.

It is not thier fault anyway, there are just very few honest Nigerians. Even if you remove all of them and replace them with radom people even from this forum, it might even get worse.

I wish i was not saying this but we Nigerians are corrupt, selfish and wicked. We keep looking at the ruling class as corrupt but it cross across everywhere. Tell me that sector or area that is not covered with corruption in this country? Is it Universitities and lecturers,University SUG's, Police,Army,Churches,business people,private sector,Hospitals,NGO's jus name it.

I dont see the any difference among APC,PDP,ACN,APGA,CPC,GCE,MMM,PPP and all doz rubbish they call themselves. They are still part of the larger Nigerians. For we to make any reasonable progress as a nation, we must have more honest people than selfish and corrupt people bt at the moment, the reverse is the case.

All you guys carrying partizan politics on your head with your needless defence for these guys, i pity you.

Some of you guys make me laugh with ur WW3 theory. It will neva happen. No two world powers will engage themselves ever again. They know ehen to draw the line.
Let me tell you guys, Russia will neva fire a single missile to protect Assad regime. They will jus threaten the west and watch from the sidelines cos they dont want any one to drag them into war. You think they are stupid.
It is the same thing that happened in Georgia, US only threathened but neva came out to defend Georgia militarily when d chips are down.Also Russia and China could not save libya when they chips are down. These guys know wot they are doing. Any war between them will be sucide mission for all of them.
All u guys waiting to see Russia engage the US, i'm sorry it wont happen.

Secondly, some of these weapons being paraded by these world powers havent been tested in real combat. Forget about the theoritical capabilities, it might not work like that in real combat. That is why Russia has suspended the saie of thier most advanced S-300 anti millsie system to syria. It will be a very huge blow to any world power to bring forth her most advanced weapons and its downgraded in real war. Its also why the Us is reluctant to sell her F22 raptor. They jus use it for show off and detterence.

@ dasparrow,

Shut up. People who are criticizing her are d people who love her not u. Nobody is a saint but its stupid of anybody including her to display stupidity in d open as if its only her dat likes sex. Maybe u r applauding her cos she is not related to u but imagine if she is ur sister and all dick and harry have her sex tape and play it to ur face, how would u feel?

If Nigerians don show thier displeasure towards her, i bet u someone else will not learn from it. You will see another person do d same thing and feel proud about it. One day it might turn out to be ur sister or daughter.

Its nt about being self righteous, its about being sensible.

Vic and Godson,

Thank you guys. I'll do that. Let me start preparing for the night vigil. Lol

Guys,

How do i catch up with a 6.30am flight from London heathrow to Amsterdam considering i will be staying 2hrs 45mins away from heathrow airport?

I'm scared of missing my flight as 6.30am is too early considering the distance. I will be going to heathrow airport from daventry.

UK guys how do i do this? Is it better i stay in a hotel close to heathrow airport but wot is the cost?

I'm confused.

Guys,

What is the best transimission fluid for 99 camry? My mechanic uses seahorse on mine bt i dont trust the oil. I want to change but i'm not sure which one to use. 99 camry users, wot is ur take?

justwise: What you can do is to go there with all your documents since there is no option for business visa applicants.

I understand they have fast-track service for business visa applicants but i don't know how it works.

Thank you very much

justwise: Have you tried to schedule an appointment and was refused? Since you were given a number to do that then go ahead.

Yes i tried but the only option on the visa category box is for student application tier 4. I'm applying for business visit visa. So i guess i dont need to schedule an appointment.Hope i'm right.

Plz is it possible to fastrack the visa processing for people who dont have much time on thier side?

@ Justwise,

I have applied online for a 6 months business visisting visa and they have given me my number and asked me to schedule an appointment. I tried to schedule an appointment but found out from thier site that only tier 4 students visa applicants are required to schedule appointment and others can walk into any of thier office anytime for an appointment. It got me confused cos someone has already told me that i must have to schedule it before going. I plan going there on wednesday and i hope i still have time because i should be in the UK by 3rd August.

What do u think?