jstbeinhonest:
Ibori is probably Delta's most loved politician.

And what does that say about people of Delta State?

I thought he stormed out and insulted the parents? Anarchists will continue to be embarrassed, I just don't understand why any sane patriot of any country would purposely hope for and get excited over the prospect of their president failing, I just don't get it. Bigotry is a powerful thing.

I guess scaremongers and anarchists have to go find another story or lie to tell. The fight against corruption is one that Nigeria MUST pursue with unbending zeal. You robbed a people of their commonwealth and by so doing squandered their collective opportunities for progress and development, and are complaining that you are being investigated too zealously? The very audacity!

What an idiot. How can corruption defeat corruption?

ba7man:
Mumu Peter obi....... he jumped on a sinking ship at the last moment.

As long as PDP is not rising that is fine. Defeating PDP was not a partisan agenda but a thing of national duty for all right thinking Nigerians.

People who don't want to listen won't listen. It's not an Igbo thing, it cuts accross the country, the uneasy marriage between tribalism and politics that only breeds myopic reasoning. In the Niger Delta it was "my brother my brother our oil our oil" that made intelligent people throw common sense to the dogs and insist on a failed president continuing for another tenure. He lost, the skies did not fall, life goes on. And the more APC takes these post election party jumpers of questionable characters on board their boat the more damage they do to their credibility.

Any talk of "point agenda" naturally puts me off and reminds me of the YarAdua years with his 7 point agenda that came to nought. Hopefully this would be different . . . . .

Just run this as a project and give us milestone dates . . . . .

What is the driving cause of this thread? Is it low self esteem?

Indifferent about the Bayelsa elections, choice between two terrible candidates - that really is the sad story. But to be fair Dickson might be the least terrible of the two.

Will stop taking this whole thing seriously till I start seeing some prosecutions. We have had "corruption fighting" during Obasanjo's period as well that was all noise and came to nothing. I hope Magu can do a better job.

69. A member of the Senate or of the House Representatives may be recalled as such a member if -

(a) there is presented to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission a petition in that behalf signed by more than one-half of the persons registered to vote in that member's constituency alleging their loss of confidence in that member; and

(b) the petition is thereafter, in a referendum conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission within ninety days of the date of receipt of the petition, approved by a simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that member's constituency.

KNOW THE CONSTITUTION, PLAY YOUR PART AND STOP BEING LAZY.

Had no issues with his responses, the Ngozi of a lady on the other hand was very painful to watch, most times you were confused if she was asking a question or just giving a long and rambling commentary. Ask your question and let the man we tuned in to watch answer!

We need to move away from this mentality that PDP is something to be saved for the sake of our democracy. PDP might need Nigeria but Nigeria definitely does NOT need PDP - the old one or a rebranded one in whatever shape or form. Nigeria needs development and serious parties with a vision and purpose and sincerity to deliver this efficiently while tackling vices like corruption et al.

The fact that PDP still does NOT understand why it lost the last election says a lot. The fact that PDP and its cohorts think repainting the party new colours and new logo and new theme tune called rebranding is the solution to the party's woes says a lot. PDP is NOT the only opposition party in Nigeria, and considering what they have done to Nigeria, I would hope Nigerians are sensible enough to relegate an unrepentant and failed party like PDP even further in the next election cycle, and give a different opposition party more prominence.

For PDP to even stage an attempt at saving itself from the dustbins of history, they must first sincerely apologise to Nigerians for the attrocious leadership the country suffered under their hands, then they must also apologise for that insult of an apology earlier staged. Anything less than this, and I am convinced that only unrepentant bigots and touts would be willing to vote for the party of corruption and impunity and darkness. 16 years and we are still talking 4000mega watts, the insult.

IlekeHD:
They don't look alike.

Not only that, but the pictures have absolutely no context, except for posted-on text which any seven year old could do.

Some Nigerians can be so silly, especially when carrying this village mnentality to the world stage, it really is embarassing. When you can't take yourselves seriously why would anyone else? You're not ashamed going to beg or whine to the CEO of a private American company to recognise your plight and empathise with you when you people can't even empathise with yourselves. Very funny and confused low self esteem bunch of people.

Everyday they remind us why we should be relieved they lost and prove with every utterance they make that they do not understand why they lost. PDP supporting impunity, what is new? Only the most unrepentant sycophants and tribalist do not see this, this is not about different political philosophies, it is just brazen inpunity verses a common sense alternative. How can a party reform when they still can't admit any wrongdoing against the country?

goodwords:
My dear skyblue, raining insults is not my style.

May be you don't understand Fulani or Hausa, but few people who are not from the north do speak the language.

I no know!!! is not enough reason for insults.
Remember, common sense contributions only.
I opened my own thread on the same topic, but I came in here to see if others will keep emotions and sentiments aside and reason WELL.

Remain blessed

So in other words you didn't know what you were talking about and came online to repeat rumour and playground gossip as fact.

goodwords:
Remember that no political party have EVER been accused in Europe of trying to undermine the efforts of the government by sponsoring terrorists.


In Iraq, Syria, Nigeria etc. that's the case!!!!!!!!!!!

Bokoharam did not start when President Jonathan, a Southerner, came into power, NO. But their attacks escalated when he won the election in 2011.
My dear President Buhari said something about making Nigeria Ungovernable (God forgive him) and the rest is history.
Fast forward to 2015, President Buhari, a northerner is here, I could not remember the last time I heard about Biafra.
Suddenly Biafra is building gradually. When blood shed begins,
WILL THE OWNER OF FACEBOOK DEEM IT REASONABLE TO TELL THE WHOLE WORLD TO SYMPATHIZE WITH US?

or will they reason that we are back with our usual political moves.

GOD BLESS you as you make common sense contributions.

With regards to the part in bold, show us a direct quote of where he said this or admit you are a buffoon. Saying the same thing over and over again doesn't automatically make it true.

Go and make your own app and let it celebrate what you believe in, you guys are tedious gosh. The world will take you more seriously when you stop being a hopeless consumer and start producing something yourselves. Next you would cry that CNN is not recognising things that are important to Nigeria. Is CNN a Nigerian based business? Was facebook born in Nigeria? Just embarassing to read . . . and you can't see the silliness of it. 'The whole world is against me because I can't take care of myself or stand for what I believe in'. You can't even refine your own oil and complain about cost of fuel, do you have no sense of pride?

ThePENGENIUS:
I deeply empathize with the nation of France, more especially the people of París, on the "unfortunate" brutal inhumane attacks. But something else still irks me: WHY ALL THE HYPOCRITICAL ATTENTION
Every day thousands of people, refugees die in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and even Nigeria. People get their heads brutally hacked off, suicide bombings and terrorist attacks ravage innocent lives. PRECIOUS LIVES ARE LOST! Yet the international community and pretty much every major organization that stands for world peace and order, UN, EU, NATO etc, all turn a blind eye. No one bats an eyelid. But here we are today, France is struck by what we have termed "Day of Terror" and everyone is losing their heads. What about Nigeria that has experienced (and still continues to experience) DAYS of terror. Do certain lives matter more than others?? Are some lives more expendable than others?? Are certain regions designed for terror??
Don't get me wrong, I certainly feel sorry for the lost French lives, but so do I feel for the lost Arabs, Syrian, Afghanistan and Nigerian lives lost in terror. What a world! I rest my case...

*****Update ****
Facebook just officially made matters worse. Offer to provide me a "temporary France commiseration profile picture?" This is utterly despicable! *spits*

Cc: ishilove, lalasticlala

Your sentiment is blinding you from the apparent. It's a big deal because they are not used to it (it's actually news), Europe is seen as generally safe and in comparison it is. Think of the first time Boko Haram detonated a bomb in Nigeria and we were all shocked because we never thought such a thing could happen in Nigeria because we assumed Nigerians "love life too much". Well . . . nowadays it happens every now and again and it really isn't news anymore. That is it, no need to write unecessary speeches, and plus Europe and the West in general have a developed media industry and can give their stories global reach.

I have similar concerns: Power and Works are huge and critical in their own right as independent entities in the Nigerian context. Let us see what happens anyway, I have never been this excited about a ministerial cabinet. There is no lack of talent and they have a good overall head who is no nonsense and would hold them to account. Let us see what Fashola does with it first. I am worried it might be too big for him but at the same time he has a whole ministry of bureaucrats who should really start earning their pay.

What has ministry of power and housing got to do with road? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Never mind your "One of the few" condescending and bigoted comment either. Just couldn't seem to help yourself, it seems inextricably part of you.

bewla:
carry the youth along

I have no interest in tokenist appointments to please any section of the population. We need proven performers who can develop the country for EVERYONE including the youth. Where did all of Jonathan's token appointments get him? The first criteria for appointment should be performace and track record. If it turns out to be a youth that best fits the bill then so be it, if not then so be it. Nigeria is too messed up and poor to be doing tokenist appointment, there is too much work to do.

His appointments so far have showed thought. That is new.

If the main thing to be apologising for is zoning they have obviously not learnt. Impunity against Nigerians and not party members is what you should really be apologising for. And no one really cares about zoning if you put a performer in power whose impact can be felt. I am in principle opposed to zoning.

playtheblues:
You keep lying against GEJ and keep referring people to him once Buhari's sins are mentioned. Didn't he promise us change?


You are yet to answer any of my questions, instead you began to insult yourself.


Has Buhari kept any of his promises or should we expect him to do so in 2019?

Not lying against Jonathan, only stating the facts. There should be honest and critical discussions had about government policy yes. But you did not open this thread to discuss policy, you opened this thread to spew propaganda and throw a tantrum, and that is quite apparent. Policy does not exist in a vaccum and is grounded in reality. The fact that Buhari took over a failing and badly mismanaged country and economy is simply a part of that reality that policy has to be evaluated against. What I am against is a rewriting of that reality that was only 5 months ago and which we can all remember and was very well documented. It is uneccesary and silly.

Now when you are ready to grow up and have a mature discussion about policies and what direction this government is taking, let me know. Till then I leave you to fester in you ignorance.

playtheblues:
What about your unemployed relatives? How much is fuel in your axis now? Have you seen any public primary school pupil who has been fed free meal? Don't deviate!
Tell me why Buhari can't keep even one of his promises.

Sorry but now you just sound daft. You were willing to give PDP 16 years and Jonathan 5 years to achieve his phantom dreams he was never working towards, and you are now shouting "Buhari can't even keep on of his promises" after 5 months in power? How can anyone take you seriously with such obviously biased and childish reasoning? APC is a political party, Buhari is not the head of APC and at the end of the day the party fields candidates. And no I don't think all these candidates are saints, one example being Sylva, so please don't try and read my mind because you are terrible at it, I am not partisan I am pro good governance.

To address your other points, when did the Naira start losing it's value? Do you think an economy that has been dogged by government corruption and poor infrastructure can be turned around in 5 months? Stop being peurile, at least try pretending to be objective. At the end of the day this was a choice between continued failed leadership of Jonathan and a change. I can't believe any right thinking individual not blinded by bigotry and myopia would advocate we should have continued down a path that was already destroying the country. Just shocking and shameful. It's not even about political philosophy, it was about if you aggreed with a laissez-faire attitude to government corruption and bad leadership and impunity, or not.

One more thing. The fact that most people being pursued by EFCC for large financial crimes are PDP members makes perfect sense because PDP was in control of the nation's purse for 16 years, not APC. So no, not everything is about partisanship.

P.S - Jonathan left Nigeria $63 billion in debt, enduring fuel scarciities, and with government borrowing money to pay salaries. Not everyone has amnesia like you lot. It wasn't rosy and it would take time to fix.

playtheblues:
Do you know how much GEJ left in our treasury before leaving office?


Why is the former EFCC Chairman not being probed?



Who wants to share the trillions with him?


Ever wondered why the fight against corruption is one sided?
Why did Buhari deny his promises?

Why is Buhari now doing the things he condemned GEJ for eg seeking aids from other African countries against Boko Haram.

Why did Buhari appoint corrupt peiple in his cabinet?

Who is deceiving who?

By the way have you or any of yours received the N5k promise for the unemployed youth?

Not unemployed so wouldn't know. Don't ask me how much Jonathan left in the treasury, tell us how much was there before he went in (accross all the main accounts), how much he left, and how much Nigeria got from oil sales in the 5 years he was in power. No need for the silly proaganda, let us stick to facts.

calebo101:
When are they going to begin publicising reports of the illegal mining going on in the North everyday? We have Excess crude account, where is excess agriculture account? Where is excess mineral account?

How long will Niger Delta resources feed the nation? When will they stop profiteering from just a region? True federalism will be actualised much sooner than later, that i believe.

I am confused here, you are not happy that we have a more transparent running of the NNPC? Or could you just not help your natural instinct at some false one upmanship of a region you have learnt to villify at the expense of holding your own local leaders to account?

playtheblues:
Nigerian economy was doing relatively well under the last regime, though GEJ was not fond of blowing his own trumpet and his media personnel weren't showcasing most of his good works to the nation/the world.

All of a sudden some political parties decided to merge together, thus the birth of APC, and began to chant the "change" mantra, promising Nigerians everything 'promisable' :

1. $1 equivalent to N1.

2. Free lunch for all public primary school pupils.

3. N5,000 monthly allowance to all unemployed youths.

4. Stoppage of Boko Haram Menace within 3 months.

5. Belonging to everybody and belonging to nobody.

6. Constant power supply.

7. Corruption fight.

8. Reduction of fuel price from N87 to N45.

Etc.


Now that Buhari's APC has been voted in, he denied making any of the promises except NO. 5 which he made after the election.


NONE of the promises has been met.

Promise NO. 6 was partially met initially but quickly abandoned half way.



The Nigerian economy has dwindled so much.

Importers/manufacturers/industrialists are being witch-hunted daily at the airports and branded criminals for travelling with money for their businesses.
Investors are shying away from Nigeria.

Workers salaries are not paid.


Dollar keeps gaining rapid value against Naira.

Fuel price keeps increasing albeit unofficially.


There is so much poverty in the land.


We waited for 6 months for Ministerial nomination only for the nominees' list to turn out to be a huge disappointment : a bunch of recycled/old corrupt politicians. Even corrupt Amechi, Fashola, Audu Ogbeh, Lai Mohammed etc made the list.


The Judiciary/DSS have been bought over by the Federal Government. All APC tribunal cases are successful while those of their political counterparts are not.

The fight for corruption is only against non APC members especially PDP members.

Tinubu keeps manipulating the judiciary/National Assembly/President.



Nigerians can you see what you have done to yourselves?

Truly speaking, if it ain't broken DON'T FIX IT.

God bless Nigeria.

Let me assume you are actually genuinely open to discuss this issue and you're not a paid hack.Your post is based on a very narrow minded premise. The Nigerian economy was broken before Jonathan left office and would have had no hope if he won again because there would have been no hope of reform needed to fix what the PDP government of the past 16 tears including him, broke.

Jonathan came into power with money in the treasury and relative peace in comparison to what we have today. For most of the time he was in power oil was selling at record levels, yet by the time he left, Nigeria was borrowing money to pay salaries. How on earth do you call that a working government and economy? What did Jonathan actually do for the economy except refuse to reform or tackle corruption? Please don't let us go there with your ignorance, this thing is recent history, it did not happen 50 years ago. Come back in another 30 years and maybe people will buy into this propaganda.

Lastly, no offence but "if it ain't broke don't fix it" is a dumb philosophy that shows absolutely no forward looking. It is a mentality that prevents forward future thinking needed for sustained growth, and is foolishly reactive.

johnydon22:
They will hold on steadfast to what they believe to be right, there is always hope..

Politics is like premier league, nothing is permanent .....

And what do they believe in? What are PDP's principles apart from tribalism and corruption? You people talking as if Nigerian politics has been about idealogies and philosophy, bunch of jokers.

BlackrulesDworld:
Trash!!

Why didn't you blame yaradua for Jonathan's failure? Blaming Jonathan's for booari's failure is hypocrisy.

Because Jonathan inherited money in the treasury. Oil sold at record levels throughout most of his government and even with that we went from savings to debt. So please, sing another song, he is the worst president Nigeria has had since the return to democracy and it would take a while to clean up his mess. I shudder at the thought of where the country would be if he had won last elections.