₦airaland Forum

mcquin:
Atleast instead of feeding fat on billions and flying around unnecessarily, my clueless president can save up and pay jobless youths like me( according to you) stipends as it is being done in other sane countries that are not as rich as we are or can't your President do that?

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Continue waiting for the President. Stay there, don't cudgel your brains and think out something that will turn your life around. All around you are opportunities. Explore them. No President will not come to your house and give you job.

mcquin:
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My dear i'd let my response be short and witty. Go ask the victims of Bokoharam and the families of the slain victims of immigration scam to find a bucket to weep and vent their anger since Federal Govt isn't the number 1 person in charge of our welfare any longer.

I see how much GEJ's six year rule have achieved- creating minds bereft of the feelings of real Nigerians on the streets.

Tell GEJ to go to Borno and ask the people to vent their anger on their L.G Chairman.

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Unfortunately for you, no President will solve every problem in Nigeria and no President has ever solved them. When your god, Buhari, criminally ruled Nigeria for 20 months, he only increased our yokes. That was when manufacturing began to take flight in Nigeria.

Keep complaining. Don't go and find something to do. Brilliant minds have been exploring different opportunities found in the country. I hope you know of YouWin programme. People like you will sit in your house and complain that it is fraud while the smart ones are tasking their brains to produce winning entries. I know of at least five young guys that have been set up by YouWin. And they knew nobody in government-not even at the local government level. I helped two to work on their proposals. These guys give us hope of a greater tomorrow. Not perpetual murmurers and complainers.

mcquin:
You must be senile for you to tell me reference to Jonathan's daughter's flamboyant wedding makes my argument less reasonable. In a country where Polythenic students spent months in their houses and security operatives keep complaining of poor funding.

By the way can do you really want to compare the cost of governance during Buhari's regime to what we have now? With a petroleum minister spending what is enough to put up a refinery for jets and travels?

Pls before you sit to comment of my politeness next time, do realize that many of us are very emotional about our coward and are pained seeing the mess it is right now. Unlike the paid Okupe's that just come out and insult our sensibilities.

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Buhari supporters' trademark: ABUSE ABUSE AND ABUSE. So your problem now is Jonathan's daughter's wedding. Apart from the fact that dignitaries attended the wedding what made it flamboyant? Any average business man at Alaba can spend more than whatever. The real cost of governance during Buhari's time is unquantifiable. It is in the mono rail that Lagos State does not have today. it is in the wonderful works of Mbakwe in Imo State that he truncated. It is in the development foundation laid in the old Bendel State (Edo and Delta) by Ambrose Alli that he messed up. Buhari arrested Nigeria's development if you don't know. You need to learn how to argue and make your point reasonably. Look for where you can vent your pent up frustrations. Ask your local government chairman and your governor what they have done (or are doing) with your money. They are closer to you than the President.

VIOLENT AND ABUSIVE language can only increase your frustrations.

mcquin:
Y the many departments in President's house, na so Obama get many departments? Most of you supporting GEJ don't know how senile you sound.

Most persons are not sure of surviving tomorrow(security gbege) let alone know what to eat next, yet a president eats 1billion naira. And yes did you see how much was spent on the President's daughter's wedding? Come tell me say the wedding get differnt departments na. Mtwee!

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Some of you Buhari brigade members seem to be allergic to politeness. The presidency has many departments. Jonathan did not start it. Even when you god, Buhari, was in Dodan Barracks, there were many departments under his office. he had a 2iC (who had aides), he also had his own aides and he had departments that he wanted to oversee directly for optimal performance. The overall budget of all those units and departments is the budget of the presidency.

Is it huge? Yes it is and something should be don about it. If you looked at the budgets of 2013, 2014 and 2015, you will notice that the money allocated to the presidency is reducing. We will want it to reduce more. That is how it should be. If you argue this way, it is what we call constructive criticism. But if you come and make claims like the cost of the president's daughters' wedding blablabla which you do not know anything about and who even funded it, then, that is irresponsibility.

Learn to argue like a mature person. it's a virtue, not a vice.

ISpiksDaTroof:
Dude, shut the f*ck up!!! Who said anything about Mr.Kalu being "brilliant"?! You think Harvard just accepts everyone that has cash to flash? If that was the case then every bored corrupt African Dictator or Columbian Drug Lord will be flashing a degree from Harvard. I did not want to be rude, but what the hell is it with you Nigerians always talking so much about topics youve got no idea about? That's like me trying to tell you how admissions happen in your universities when the only thing I know is that you have to cheat, bribe, or have s.e*x with someone in order to get the substandard piece of shiyyt you guys call an education.

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Don't say you don't want to be rude. You have been rude all along. It's like swear and abusive words are in your DNA. All you know is to abuse. Your choice of words and violent nature indicate your level of intelligence, education and how responsible you are. How can a human being be so uncouth! Will you be jailed if you politely make a point? It's people like you that go on rampage killing defenseless people when Buhari loses election.


You still do not understand the difference between a degree programme and a certificate programme. The requirement for a degree programme is mainly academic excellence while that of the latter include being in a middle or senior management cadre or being an entrepreneur- which is where the likes of Kalu fit in. And who told you drug barons and corrupt people do not attend Harvard? You make it sound as if it's saints, monks and nuns that attend Harvard.

MichaelSokoto:
He was like"uh, who are diz miscreants on social media bearin d name atlwireles, sibabasibaba1, chukwudi44, firefire, ichidodo, rossike, truckpusher, babyosisi, etc. Wat kind of diabolic names are diz? Do they feel sorry 4 these sinkin country atall? Phew! I've got serious work 2 do when I win next year election"

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This man. Na wa for you ooo. Have you watched 'The gods must be crazy'? Your lord and master Buhari is just behaving like those bush men in that movie. He so much admires the tablet that he has to take a photo with it.

FrankC3:
From this article, despite frantic efforts by SH to sound alarmist, it is still very clear that no new jet is being purchased, rather a trade in is being done for one of the available jets. For those who know, in such procurements, manufacturer trade in could be aimed at achieving sustained warranty support, equipment and spare parts availability and to save money in the long run. It is often more expensive to maintain an older model of a product than to trade it in for a new one with better features. That is part of why firms change even official cars after 3 years most times.

Is the size of the Nigeriam Government large, yes! Is this particular procurement a wastage, we do not have enough information to say yet. During budget defence, the leader of Presidential Airfleet will be on ground to present his reasons and APC NASS members will have their chance to engage in logic and not all this emotional outburst by farmiliar handles on NL.

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SH will always sound alarmist, just to tar the president in bad paint. And the anti-GEJ brigade will amplify it. Nobody will even care to understand what a trade in is. As you explained, trading in an old aircraft for a new one is generally cheaper in the long run than to keep maintaining the old one. On the basis of that, this transaction can not be considered a waste--unless there is more to it than we are being told.


None will even read this story to see that in the budgetary allocation for food in the presidency has decreased considerably. I bet you tomorrow, someone will write in Nairaland that the presidency spends N1bn on food. Many of them will not also care to know that a lot of departments are under the presidency. To them, presidency is just the president and vice president.




Having said that, the cost of governance is huge in our country--at every level. A lot of waste that would have been channeled into better things.

mikeansy:
Except I watched a different interview but this is what I saw:

1. The Interviewer established that Buhari is a sour loser who refused to congratulate his opponent even though most credible international institutions adjudged the election to be credible and represent progress.

2. Even though International observers admit that there was violence from both PDP and ANPP. Buhari claims that only PDP engaged in violence and wont climb down even when he was given specific examples of ANPP violence. That's living in denial.

3. Asked to condemn violence whether from ANPP members or PDP members; Buhari preferred to claim the matter is in court.

4. When his lack of democratic credentials were questioned he had no credible defence but claimed he became a born again democrat after the collapse of Soviet Union.

5. When told to his face that as an unelected soldier he had no right to intervene by ousting a democratically elected leader he had no defence.

6. When challenged with the fact that during his rein as dictator he had no time table to return Nigeria to democracy he had no defence either

7. when asked why he stifled the press and jailed journalists who embarrassed the government with the truth he said he did so in order to ensure that Government is focused on the problems of the country.

8. when questioned why a Government with so much problems like poverty and corruption to deal with had time control how people stood in bus queues he still had no credible defence.

9. His selective anti-corruption campaign where the well connected got off lightly while political enemies got long jail terms or executed was also questioned. He had no defence.

I think Buhari was put in his place by Tim if you ask me. He did not defend anything and was anything but Presidential.
There is nothing Presidential about a long history of failed records, no grace, no tact and pursuing views that are diametrically opposed to everybody else even independent international observers!

And quite frankly I am not surprised that Buhari has not been back to BBC Hardtalk since then!

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Funny the coupist did not even know the details of his obnoxious decree 4. He was just spewing some mumbo jumbo. The Tim guy put him in his place.

knightsTempler:
Oboy cool down what's the insult all about?

Them dey do you from village?

Why quoting the guy in psychotic haste?

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You should have known that abuse and violence are not atypical of the Buhari terrorist. They do that online and offline. It is in their DNA.

ISpiksDaTroof:
Feel free to tell me some more of your nonsense and lies, please.

You still don't understand that even if you're a zillionaire if you do not meet the requirements, Harvard will not invite/accept you. This not your corrupt country with its 12th century educational model.

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Lol. I hope you know that each programme has its own requirements. The requirement for a degree is not the requirement for a certificate programme. Keep exhibiting your ignorance.


If you follow this link, http://hir.harvard.edu/archives/author/asaporji, you will find that Orji Uzor Kalu is a 'Harvard graduate', how academically brilliant is Kalu?



Ignorance is a disease.

manutdadex:
and aw much dem pay u?? Lolz..mofos! So he cant exercise his rite to speak freely? Una oga spirit don dey enta una body

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That is the problem with these Buhari terrorists. Anybody who holds a different opinion is paid. I just don't understand them.

ISpiksDaTroof:
How old are you? Please don't nt tell me you're more than 7yrs old ....

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I can see that you are a colonel in Buhari terrorist army.

ISpiksDaTroof:
You seem to know so much of nothing about Harvard...

Tell me, how many of your lineage has ever walked close to 5000 feet the grounds of Harvard? I never understand how you lot just come on here claiming rubbish knowledge about subjects you know absolutely nothing about. You must really think this is like your country where everything is money and

nothing is about prestige.

I do not need to tell you how many of my relatives that have graduated from Harvard and other Ivy League schools because you will not believe. All I can tell you is that there are executive certificate programmes run in Harvard which somebody like yoy can do if you can pay for it. I am not talking of degree programmes but certificate programmes. If you choose to wallow in your ignorance because you want to prove something about your god, Buhari, that is your business. You Buhari terrorists only know abuse and violence.

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double0seven:
This man is the biggest disgrace to journalism I'm yet to see.

That he is paid for the job is so obvious. His obsession about the need to assassinate GMB's character while at the same hailing stinkingly corrupt GEJ and his Administration as the best thing that ever happened to Nigeria.

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Aribasala is not a journalist. He is an opinion writer. So, he is no disgrace to no journalist. But why is it that you pro-Buhari guys always think that anybody who holds a contrary view is paid. It is wrong. Are you paid to hold your own view? If Buhari feels that he is being libeled by Aribasala, then he should sue him. This is democracy and not military government like Buhari's when people were jailed for airing their views.

raumdeuter:
Shehu Kangiwa died in November 1981, 2 yrs before Buhari got to power. Yeah we should blame Buhari for not arresting and Prosecuting a dead man

http://allafrica.com/stories/201111170624.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shehu_Kangiwa

Barkin Zuwo : Failed to arrest and prosecute the same Barkin Zuwo who was given 300yrs term, which Southern Politician got a 300yr term in jail

Lawal Kaita was governor for a mere 2 months just like Olunloyo in Oyo state and its reasonable why he wasnt arrested

Aliyu Gusau- What was his role in the Shagari regime?

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You are right on Shehu Kangiwa. He died while playing polo during his reign as governor. The writer got that one wrong.The writer also got Aliyu Gusau wrong. Gusau was director of military intelligence during Shagari. He played no role in Shagari's government. In fact, he played a major role in toppling Shagari. He also got it wrong on Barkin Zuwo. He was actually jailed.

Now, I hope you remember that Barkin Zuwo, like Lawal Kaita served for just three months -1 October to 31 December 1983. Remember that Zuwo (PRP)replaced Abubakar Rimi (NPP) in 1983. That Zuwo was jailed makes untenable your argument that "Lawal Kaita was governor for a mere 2 months just like Olunloyo in Oyo state and its reasonable why he wasnt arrested".

Okay, what of Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu who was not in government for a second but was jailed? What was the reason for that?


Bar the few factual errors, the writer got it right.

aresa:
You have zero moral authority to talk about insults after insulting other people, trashing and discounting their education and life time accomplishments..

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Can you point out where I insulted anybody's accomplishment? While you are exaggerating somebody's education, I am keeping it where it belongs. And because of that, you went on rampage, doing what Buhari apologists do best--cross a 'poster's' response and heap insults on him/her. Whatever happens to responding to another persons view politely. Even if the person is wrong, it is maturity to respond politely. I visit this politics section relatively regularly and you are wont to throwing insult every now and then on the person of the President. Now, just that I said the truth about Buhari's education and qualification, you pressed the abuse button.

aresa:
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I've read enough of your garbage and it's getting more and more stale, shallow, ignorant and disgusting.

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Of course, insult, abuse and violent language are not atypical of Buhari supporters.

This is not the first time PDP is raising fund openly for their presidential candidate. It has been the norm for them since 2003. I accept that things must be done in accordance with the law. That is how transparency is enthroned. But I am also worried that
nobody saw it as an issue when it was alleged that a public servant, Lamido Sanusi Lamido donated over N100 to Buhari's campaign in 2011. No journalist or newspaper pursued this story to see how true it was.

http://newtelegraphonline.com/how-donation-to-buhari-landed-sanusi-in-trouble/



Until we use the same measure for Peter and Paul, corruption will persist in Nigeria.

GANJAFARMER:
With your grammatical composition you sound more like a worst product of that low ranking education system .Until you had to edit yet your vowel niggling nature won't let you be,Olodo square....smh

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Don't mind that guy. His written English always show his level of intelligence. Go through their posts, I mean the Buhari apologists, they are always abusive. I do not know whether they specially trained at Buhari Supporters' Club meetings to be abusive.

aresa:
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I've read enough of your garbage and it's getting more and more stale, shallow, ignorant and disgusting.

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Of course, insulting and abusing people is the hallmark of Buhari apologists. Go through Nairaland posts you will find that they are those that are more likely to cross another person's post. You tend to lack the intellectual capacity to engage in arguments. That's why it is disgusting. Your Buhari is just average. We have had very highly intelligent military officers in this country. Buhari is never one of them. He is in no way a dunce. Nope. it will be most uncharitable to describe him as one. But he is not an intelligent officer. Not at the level of Abubakar Umar or even Lawan Gwadabe when it comes to intelligence.

ISpiksDaTroof:
What the hell are you yapping about? You think Harvard is Enugu University that anyone can just get into just because you've got money? You best do yourself a favor and go figure out how folk like Mr.Orji Kalu were invited and accepted into their Institution and what criteria was used.

And for your info,yes, Mr.Buhari does have a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies. If you took the time to understand how Military Schools/Promotion work --- instead of relying on hate and bigotry--- you'd realize that there are "Courses" and Exams that have to be passed in order to "move forward" with your military career.

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What you don't know is that there are different types of programmes offered at Harvard. The degree programmes are mainly based on academic excellence. There are also the 2-3 months executive programmes which the wealthy do to either help them in running their business or to boost their profile. For instance, Okonjo-Iweala was at Harvard. The Senate committee chairman on finance, Dr Abdulmumin Jibrin, was also at Harvard. But the difference in their 'Harvard' is that while Okonjo-Iweala did a degree programme which is based on academic excellence, the Senate guy did an executive programme which does not require the same intellectual rigour as a degree programme. I am not in any way saying that Dr Jubrin is unintelligent, for he is sound and has a rich CV. But the programme he did at Harvard is a programme any rich guy with average intelligence can pay and do. It is also the same one Orji kalu did. If you are rich, you can do it. Harvard makes money through such programmes. You attend lectures and workshops for 2-3 months and give them $30,000.


Lol. Buhari does not only have a Masters in Strategic Studies. He is a professor of Strategic Studies.

I agree that in the military, courses are attended and exams written before promotions. I hope you know that even in civil service, exams are written before promotion. At times-for those in the senior cadre, courses are also attended before promotion. But these courses are no degrees.

ISpiksDaTroof:
So, Aldershot is comparable to which Military College in Africa? Please, name one that's on the same level.

Next---and this is where I say most of you hateful dregs are nothing but lowlife bozos---if he wasn't "exceptional", but got training in a school meant for exceptional Officers because it was his "due" doesn't that simply mean he got his due because he was exceptional or is there something I'm missing?

Good Lord, please save Nigeria from the du*nces insistent on destroying it.

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You lack comprehension. One way to know a dunce is that he is the first to call others dunce. Buhari went to Aldershot which was not for the elite or exceptional officers. Only you know where you saw that Buhari went to military school meant for exceptional officers. And when he went to Aldershot there were no military schools for the training of soldiers that level in Africa. I hope you know that the Adershot cadet school is now moribund. In the early 1960s when Buhari went to Aldershot, the elite/exceptional corps went to Sandhurst. The rest went to Aldershot and India. You probably have heard of the phrase, 'Sandhurst-trained'. Ask any army officer of Buhari's time the difference between Sandhurst and Aldershot. All officers go for courses before promotion. That is to prepare you for the next level. It's just like someone in the civil service attending courses at Shangisha before being promoted to the next level. So, don't come here and make noise about an officer doing what is normal in their profession.

aresa:
Stop trying to convince me that Buhari graduating from the finest military institution where the finest military men in the world graduated from including US presidents and reputable generals like Powell, Patton, Norman Schwarzkopf, Ulysses Grant and Dwight Eisenhower graduated from was olodo school.


ranker.com

The pic below came from ranker.com and Buhari is 6th on the list of their famous US War College alumni with Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf.

Do you mind showing us similar olodo in your country recognized on the same website..?

You need to keep your rubbish to yourself...

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I repeat, Buhari did not go to US War College because he was exceptional. Buhari went there because NA sent him there. And of course, even civillans go there. No big deal. He has never done any exceptional school. Chinua Achebe attended University of Ibadan. Many less than average students were also there. So, that these guys you mentioned were there does not in any way prove how exceptional Buhari was as a soldier. Buhari is on there website as a famous graduate because he was a Nigerian Head of State. Without that, he would not have been there as a famous graduate. Sani Abacha is also a famous graduate of Aldershot.

aresa:
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I'm not interested in your made up and irrelevant mombo jumbo.

Buhari studied at some of the finest institutions in the world where top military generals around the world graduated from with world renowned alumnus and I don't think some zoo program in the delta is on the same scale of higher and prestigious learning...

End of story...

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The best corps of Nigerian British and Nigerian soldiers in Buhari's time were trained in Sandhurst. When NA was NA, those trained in Sandhurst were the elites. They talked and walked with a unique swagger. Buhari was trained in Aldershot. Again, while I will not downplay the training he got at Aldershot, I do not see the reason for noise about going there because it was the second rate Nigerian soldiers that were sent there. On the US Army College, Buhari was sent there for leadership training which is the norm for people of his rank in the military--even if the person was the worst of olodo. It is not as if he was there because he was exceptional. he was there because he had to be there and Nigeria had to send him there. It is just like attending our own National Institute of Strategic Studies. Once you get to a certain rank in the civil service (I think Director) or Police (Commissioner of Police), you attend courses at NISS. It is done to prepare you for higher office. It doesn't mean you are exceptional, it only means you got what is due to you.

Eziachi:
If you been reading what I had been saying, then you should not be asking about the above. How many times did I say to you about the role Abiola played in the overthrow of Shagari's government after they told him, the presidency wasn't for sale? So what is your point?


Why should he mind New York Times? What happens to Nigeria daily Times, Tribune, Chronicles, Champion or Standard+?
So when an American wanted an authentic history of his country, his first port of call would be quoting an article (not a news report) written inside Vanguard Nigeria?
Am telling you what many of us lived with when it happens and you are quoting New York Times to me.
I don't even get this argument of Buhari expelling illegal immigrants. When does that became a bad thing for any government to do, when civilized society like Britain runs a detention centre for illegal immigrants?
I still don't see the merits of this illegal immigrants saga now or you guys has nothing else negative to say about Buhari, and you decided to invent a non event to keep fire burning?

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Are you the only person who lived through the period? You first told the guy you responded to that it was only crooks that celebrated Buhari's ouster even when the press and all those who wanted the rule of law to prevail in Nigeria celebrated it. I saw it myself. Shagari expelled immigrants. Buhari expelled immigrants too. That's a fact. You disputed the fact earlier. Saying "When does that became a bad thing for any government to do, when civilized society like Britain runs a detention centre for illegal immigrants?" is an afterthought. So New York Times becomes authoritative only when it suites your argument. SMH.

All you guys do here is to attempt to cannonize a dictator who promulgated a decree making it a crime for journalists to report anything that embarrasses the government, including corruption. Buhari's regime was a sour point in our history. That regime arrested our development and set the chain reaction that led to our current woes. You can only whitewash the regime for those who were born after that time. For us who saw the regime, it was a mess. Never again!

aresa:
Unfortunately for you and the illiterate PDP clown. The US Army war college is a prestigious military institution where they train the finest military men like Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, Ulysses Grant and Dwight Eisenhower and it is a big deal and honor to attend and graduate from. It's not where you send your rinky dinky army man for short training. It's more like a Masters graduate program for serious military men around the world.

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I hope you know that with your money you can do a programme in Harvard no matter how intelligent or unintelligent you are. For instance,Orji Kalu was in Harvard and he has some top business people who 'graduated' from an executive programme with him there. But yoAnd it is not true that 'it is more like a masters graduate programme'. Nope. For a programme to be like a masters programme it has to be accredited to be so. Even Buhari cannot claim to have obtained a military 'masters graduate programme'. It's like saying that anybody who attended our own NDA did their bachelor or graduate programme. There are many programmes offered in a school. It depends on what you did there.

So, don't ascribe to the General what he can't ascribe to himself. That is one mistake you people brushing up his image do.

theV0ice:
see what you said earlier


If publishing articles online was not in vogue then, how could any of the software you talked about help in identifying his works as plagiarized since they were not published online? He could as well have done mago mago without being caught.

I'm not saying he did mago mago anyway. I'm not even interested whether he did mago mago but a lecturer worth his salt should have academic papers to show just like a soldier worth his salt would have wars he won and commands he was assigned and i'm sure you'll agree GMB has no shortage of these.

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I do not understand your point. Are you sure you are following the argument or are you just jumping from pillar to post? Jonathan's work is in UNIPORT. If you feel he plagiarised, it is for you to prove, not Jonathan. With or without the software, you can still detect plagiarised works. Plagiarism has always been detected for centuries. The software only makes it easier.

There are many local journals that were/are not online. I know of many pre-2000 professors whose articles are not online because online publications were not in vogue then. Of course, some journals with the funds later put some of their old publications online. But not all. You can excuse any pre-2000 Nigerian academic whose work isn't on the net. But you can not excuse a current academic whose work isn't on the net.

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In any case, google this: http://europepmc.org/abstract/CBA/623600

http://www.ajol.info/index.php/tzool/article/view/52080

PE Lebo, RP King, L Etim, BE Akpan, GE Jonathan (2008) On the stock assessment of Parailia pellucida(Schilbeidae) in the Cross River, Nigeria, Journal of Aquatic Sciences,


King RP, Jonathan GE (2003) Aquatic Environmental Perturbations and Monitoring: African Experience, USA

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These are some of Jonathan's work which you can find on the net.




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Eziachi:
Never mind New York times, this is a fact a nursery school pupil in Nigeria should know. It was Shagari's govt that deported the migrants mainly Ghana nationals.

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You never cease to amaze me. People jubilated when Buhari was overthrown. At least the press (journalists) did. You said Abiola was a crook. I hope you also know of the "this is a fact a nursery school pupil in Nigeria should know" that the same Abiola was one of the civilians who invited the army to topple Shagari's government because of how NPN frustrated his efforts at 'buying' Nigeria's presidency.

Why shouldn't he mind New York Times? Because the link burst your lies? Buhari expelled foreigners from Nigeria. Fact. Your argument should be whether the foreigners were legitimately expelled or not. It is such true lies of Buhari supporters that make me detest their character.

theV0ice:
One sensible person finally. Thank God you refused to downplay GMB's military courses but do you know Phd works can and are often plagiarized?

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Yes, PhD works can be plagiarised. But it is no longer often plagiarised because of advances in technology. There are different software that can tell the originality of a research work. All you need is to put the soft copy of the work in there and everything appears. An example is Turnitin. This, however, may not really be the case in Nigeria where we deal mainly with hard copies. It is unfortunate that such software are not commonly used in Nigerian universities. Having said that, remember that there are rigorous steps to awarding a PhD. You must pass through external and internal viva defense panels consisting of experts in your area of research. It is when the panels find you convincing that you are awarded a PhD. This is not to say that there might not be few cases of mago-mago.

Another way of awarding a PhD is the Australian style. The completed thesis is sent to two local experts and one experts overseas. You fail your PhD if at least two of the experts fail you. These experts mark the thesis as if they are marking a term paper and they grade you on that. . You pass your Phd if the three of them or at least two 'pass' you. They write a report stating why they failed or passed you. It is also believed that some reviewers might judge a thesis based on their own idiosyncrasies. However, it is also believed that there is a level of fairness if two people unknown to each other give the same verdict.

I remember submitting a conference abstract sometime ago. The first reviewer said it should be rejected for some reasons. But the second and third reviewers stated that the abstract should be accepted with no modification. The conference organisers accepted the abstract, noting that the first reviewer judged the research being reported on what it did not set out to investgate.

PervRocker:
jonathans snipers and army in d creeks led by Asari nd Tompolo don't reek of violence ryt? I pity u, next time u feel like demeaning somebody's name, don't just bring mere allegations, imitate wat I just did, name names and maybe,just maybe I might take u serious.

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It is your god, Buhari, that makes inciting statements. It's either he whips up religious sentiments in his speeches by calling for the 'sharialisation' of Nigeria or he is calling muslims to vote for muslims. At times, he calls for baboons and dogs to be soaked in blood. At times he says that the army attacking Northern islamic terrorists is an attack against the North. All these are inciting and some of the statements gave impetus to the killings of 2011.

Jonathan has never made any violence-laden and inciting statement. It is Buhari's propensity for violence that influenced his supporters. And that violence will clear them this time around. I have yet to see anybody who has monopolised violence.

Jonathan's thesis is already in the public domain. Anybody desirous of seeing it should go to the department of zoology, UNIPORT. Only when the person goes there and does not see it can the person question the thesis.

When Jonathan left the academia, publishing articles online was not in vogue. Besides, you have to understand that his background in the academia emphasises teaching rather than research. if he started out as a university lecturer, I am sure he would have focused more on research. Having said that, someone posted sometime ago links to a couple of articles co-authored by Jonathan. The argument by the anti-Jonathans that day shifted to 'he was not the corresponding author' as if being a corresponding author is an indication that the person did the most work.


While I will not in any way downplay Buhari's military courses, they are no big deal about it. Every military officer attends those short service courses when they are due--unless they are being punished or victimised. Nigerian Army send their personnel to such courses always. They are no degree awarding institutions and Buhari never got any degree from those institutions. You don't need to be brilliant to be an army general, especially when merit and professionalism left the Nigerian Army in 1966. Any average person in terms of intellectual capacity can be an army major general. We have a system where attaining that position mostly comes via years of service and rarely via accomplishments.


But PhD in any shape or form, comes through a level of theoretically/intellectually rigorous research.

wisov:
At least he cares about people living pluto! Wat of GeJ?

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You are right. the 72 virgins Buhari supporters crave are in Pluto. Hence he cares about them.