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Politics / Re: Mohammed Dikwa Appointed Accountant-General Of The Federation By Buhari by staunchman(m): 5:44am On Jun 13, 2015
Yes oo! As he finally begins making appointments, the following names and the likes are expected to get more than 95% of the most sensitive and coveted positions: Abdulah Dangurugu, Mohammed Garba, Hamza Dambata, Musa, Yahaya,Babangida, Sulieman etc. While name like Adebisi, Adebanjo, Ibikunle, Adeyemi, Amaechi, Danagogo, Ekwueme etc, will be struggling and lobbying for the remaining 5% of the positions...*winks Change is certainly here!!!!! For the anti-change Agents, the best thing you can do is to adjust yourself and accept reality!!! Ka Chineke Mezie Okwu!!!

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Politics / Re: I Didn’t Snub Custom, NSCDC Boss – Buhari by staunchman(m): 10:12pm On Apr 15, 2015
Does dis NSCDC Boss in question has any connection with my OGA @ D TOP brouhaha...lol.....................just asking oo
Politics / Re: APC Billboard Displays Yemi Osinbajo's Name As "Femi" Osinbajo by staunchman(m): 5:47pm On Feb 28, 2015
Assemblage of Confused People.....Bunch of illitrates causing confusion here n there!

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Crime / Re: 45-year-old Father Rapes Daughter, 11, In Bauchi by staunchman(m): 7:36am On Feb 06, 2015
The raping drama from the North is getting out of hand these days!
Can we just title their movie as "Northern rapists gone haywire....Season1".
That's why we kept canvassing against underage marriage while they kept embracing it.
But wait a minute, did they say "Rape of 11 year old girl"? It shouldn't have been rape when they can as well marry @ 11 or wasn't there an agreement before they did it.
Northernerz confusing themselves since 1900BC
Celebrities / Re: Sun Newspaper Awards:Tuface And Chika Ike Dazzle On Classy Outfits(Photos) by staunchman(m): 10:35pm On Jan 18, 2015
2fine2fast:
It was not easy for Lawrence Anini....
It was not easy for Oyenusi....
Item was not easy for Shina Rambo....
It was not easy for Alameseigha...
It was not easy for James Ibori....
It was not easy for Bode George....
It was not easy for Farouk Lawan....
Lawrence Anini did it!
Oyenusi did it!
Shina Rambo did it! Alameseigha did it!
James Ibori did it!
Bode George did it!
Forouk Lawan did it!
Now, President Goodluck Jonathan is doing it.....
Mr President, keep stealing the nation blind
because STEALING IS NOT CORRUPTION.
And the looting partners with you are far more than
the suffering Nigerians who are against you.
This message is proudly sponsored by The Thieves
Ambassadors of
Nigeria —TAN"
Send to everybody in your contact, maybe it may get
to Aso Rock in 48 hours.
e-idiot! Am sure u've gat no jab
Politics / Re: My Horrible Experience During GEJ Campaign In Abia State. by staunchman(m): 10:04am On Jan 17, 2015
HenryDion:
"Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is coming to umuahia on Friday, 16th January 2015" Good and fine, how does that concerns me? Mitcheeeeew... I took my lesson bag heading to the usual spot where i normally get keke. I discovered something odd, some keke were empty and yet won't stop to give me a ride. "they have started their usual shakara" i said to myself. i finally got a keke and to my utmost surprise, the road to orpet leading to Abia state township stadium was lodged with logs of wood and patrolling police vehicles. The keke driver took another turn and it seems every road were blocked as some army officers where patrolling everywhere with their guns. The keke rider has to drop me and i paid him #30. I grab my bag and took the road to BCA [Broadcasting Corporation Abia state] and a call came in. I was answering the call when an Hausa Army officer in front of me ordered me to abort the call immediately. I hesitated and manage to abort the call frowning my face on him. I continued on my journey. Few minutes later, I got another call and i was answering the call when an Igbo police officer called me, he took my phone forcefully.
"who U dey call?" he asked with bloody eyes. It dawn on me that am in serious trouble. He seized my phone and i stare at him for a while as my heart pound against my chest. He said i should forget the phone and go. I noticed some other guys like me standing dejected beside the road. I shock my head in dismay, "this police officers will certainly make some cool money today" i concluded in my mind walking out on him but inside me, i don't want to lose that phone but i have no choice than to keep moving. I grab my bag and continue my journey once more as i felt an unusual feeling inside of me. He called me back with beckoning hands.
"Who is your father?" lolzz, what a question.
"My dad is the Chief Security to the Chief Justice of Abia State" i manage to spit out and he's eyes suddenly got wider and he handed me the phone.
"Don't answer call until U don reach where U dey go." he said as he handed me back the phone heading to he's post. I rumpled my face although deep inside, i was smiling. I look around and saw some guys lying wretchedly on the ground. Hmmmm. What an arbitrary use of power by the Nigerian police. Always finding unnecessary reasons just to make some money. Citizens were walking to their respective place of work including the pregnant and old because no vehicle were allowed to use the road. I bump on an Hausa Army officer and he look at me with uncertain eyes.
"una president coming.. Road blocking pregnant women walking walking on leg. Who I be? God? Calling him Goodluck when he's badluck" i had no option than to smile at the officer not because of the point he's making but because of he's grammatical construction. "these comedians are right sometimes lolzz". Honestly speaking, i Don't think ten percent of Abia state residents are going to vote for him cause everyone i met were either castigating the president or Abia state governor. T.A Orji. I reached Umudike junction with a new spirit of victory cause i thought my encounter with these Lawless beings are over, little did i know that my problem is just beginning. I met another patrolling police vehicle and they were searching everyone's, looking for bomb i guess lol. It got to my turn and the officer scan me with he's weary scanning eyes which sent shivering impulses within me.
"Stay here." he said ignoring me. What did i do wrong? I found myself asking as i walk to the platform of Badlucks cause i wasn't the only one. We wasted more that 2 hours and i found myself pacing around.
"All of you can go" the officer said after searching our bags the second time. What did i do in the first place? What went wrong? I couldn't summon enough courage to ask him that. In other to let sleeping dog lie, i went my way shocking my head profusely. Nigerian is beyond repair. Nigeria is beyond redemption. Clashes and shattering sound of glasses brought me back to reality only to see an Army officer breaking the glass of a hammer bus with he's gun.
"you crazy? Come down, i said come down" the Army officer said in range as the young driver came down and was greeting with a resounding slap and i guess, i saw he's head spinning around as tears drop down my cheek. What will happen if we are in Mlilatry rule? I comforted my heart with the hope of making Nigeria better in our generation. A better Nigeria. A better country.
And you think that if Buhari eventually wins and maybe during his State visit that people will be going their normal businesses. No be ur fault sha...it's easy this days for anybody to log in to any social networking site(once you have an internet enabled fone) and start bombarding the no1 citizen of this country which isn't easy to attain. Have you taking your time to sample opinions of your father's subordinates as a mere Chief security? Try it! Am sure you will be amazed with many responses u'll get. He may have far more shortcomings in his little position as a Security officer than GEJ who is charged with the affairs of one whole Nation. Mind U, Buhari isn't the Change you people are killing for! One more thing, I saw "he's" in every sentence where you are supposed to use "his", is it as result of typographical error or Buhari-graphical error?

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Politics / Before Voting Buhari!!!! Twenty Things History Teaches US!! by staunchman(m): 10:37pm On Jan 15, 2015
I stumbled across this thought provoking article containing salient truths about General Muhammadu Buhari as written by Kennedy Emetulu. Though the write-up may be a little lenghty, I implore you all to exercise patience as you read through! Besides the points in the article are numbered, for easy understanding. Believe me, it's worthwhile, especially for those clamouring and campaigning for "CHANGE" as regards 2015 Presidential Election.

History is harsh, because it hides nothing from honest and discerning people. For those who are dancing at the prospect of voting in Muhammadu Buhari, please consider the following historical facts. Interpret them however you choose, but think about them deeply:

(1) Think of the kind of nation the colonial masters bequeathed to us before leaving. They instituted different political, social and legal system in the North and South, but still ran the country as one and left us without any attempt at righting the wrongs they’ve instituted.

(2) Think of the pogroms in the North against the Igbo and Southerners. What were the reasons for this? There was no reason more than that the Igbo and Southerners were seen as taking over the economy and geographical space of the Northerner in a supposed one, free Nigeria.

(3) Think of the First Republic and the issues that led to its demise. These issues ranged from the obvious injustices perpetrated at the centre by a majoritarian oligarchy, which then led to electoral violence in the West and national distrust in the Niger-Delta.

(4) Think of beginning of military intervention in politics and the cost to the nation:

(a) The First Coup of January 1966 and the real motivation of the chaps behind it.

(b) The coming of Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and the counter-coup that saw his death and the mass killing of Igbo officers within the army, including the pogrom that followed up North.

(c) The Civil War and the cost in human and material resources to the nation. Was it necessary? Why the waste? What have we learnt? Think of the Asaba and Owerri massacres (Buhari was part of the latter)? Were they necessary? What have we learnt from that war?

(5) Think of the whole nine years of General Yakubu Gowon, the seven months of General Murtala Muhammed, the four years of Shehu Shagari. The almost two years of Buhari, the eight years of General Ibrahim Babangida, the five years of General Sani Abacha, the one year of Abdulsalami Abubakar and the two years of Umaru Yar’Adua. For almost 40 years of the 54 that we have had flag independence, the North has ruled the nation, but what did their leadership do for Nigeria? Why is the Northern elite now hell-bent on taking back power at the top? How long have they been out of it that they now want it back? What did they do with it for their people when they had it?

(6) Think about June 12 and the murder of MKO Abiola. Imagine the opportunity our country had at that juncture in our history and who truncated it. Who are the beneficiaries of the truncation of June 12, but Buhari and the industrial-military complex that backs him now as members of the APC?

(7) For the Yoruba, think about the power you have now and how to use it responsibly. When Obafemi Awolowo had it, he used it responsibly and this nation is grateful for it. For those who are hailing Bola Tinubu as some kind of political genius, do they think Tinubu is safe under a Buhari presidency as he has been under Jonathan? Do they not see how easy it would be for Buhari to pluck out Tinubu in a power tussle over control of the APC under the guise of fighting corruption? Do they think there is anything a Vice President Yemi Osinbajo can do in the circumstances? What would be the fate of the Yoruba at that point?

(cool  Think about the National Question and what this false change would mean for the Southern minorities and the nation. Since the Willink Commission of 1958, their troubles have been in the front burner of national discussion and we have shouted ourselves hoarse for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC). Whether we want to believe it or not, Jonathan’s presidency sort of doused the raging fire, so what would his ouster do? Think about the Orkar Coup of 1992 and what motivated those young men now lost to the firing squad.

(9) For the Yoruba, think about those who today mostly populate the highest and middle level echelon of the oil industry. They are not Niger-Deltans; they are young Yoruba professionals and Tinubu who worked with Mobil knows this. Are you prepared to sacrifice them and their career to install a Buhari who, from his actions and utterances, look bent on dipping the Koran in the sea in the form of establishing Sharia all over Nigeria? Does anyone think the South-South will sit down and share the oil wealth with a nation of the sort Buhari has in mind? Does anyone really think Buhari has the temperament to hold a complex Nigeria together?

(10) To the Northerners, think about what we are already seeing about Buhari on the campaign trail. Does he look like a healthy person? His gaunt, austere look is not just about his stature. The man is old and ill and this campaign will take a lot from him. If, God forbid, he does not survive this campaign or his first term where would that put this country? Does anyone think that the power-mongers of the North will simply stand by and let the Vice President take over constitutionally? Are we prepared to go through the Yar’Adiua experience again, especially this time when they are likely to be more desperate? What would it mean for those in the North who think it’s their turn to take over, rather than wait till 2019 when they are likely to have a more vibrant candidate with real national appeal contesting for the presidency and with a chance to win and govern in peace?

(11) Think of Buhari as the head of state and how he ran the nation. The day he was overthrown, I was at the parade ground at the Orientation Camp in Toro, Bauchi where I was serving my NYSC. I remember that the chap who was our Commandant was a young Captain said to be a cousin to Brigadier Joshua Dongoyaro who announced the overthrow. His second-in-command was then Lieutenant Ugo Buzugbe who is today a Major General. Once word reached us of the overthrow, the whole camp went agog with jubilation! On the day, I was delegated by my friends to go to Jos to buy some things for a party we were planning. I got there and the whole city was jubilating! We heard of spontaneous jubilation all over the country. Today, some brilliant, but devious spin-doctors are painting Buhari as a great leader who is now making us feel nostalgia for his time! Only fools who would want to be treated like animals and butchered without reason would look at Buhari and say he is the change we need. Yes, we might need change, but not Buhari! We are not a cursed people! We should never go back to our national vomit!

(12) Think about his manifesto and what he offers. Is there anything there that he can do better than Jonathan? He talks about fighting corruption, but Buhari is a corrupt man being shielded by spin-doctors! The facts of his corruption are there! How can anyone believe the lies about his poverty? What poor man contests every presidential election since 2003 in such a grandiose manner? Can’t we see the corrupt people he consorts with and those interested in sending him to Aso Rock? Does that add up?

(13) Think about this fellow who has been a recurrent name in Nigerian politics since his overthrow by his military colleagues, but who cannot tell us one good cause he has put his name or his money in. Where are the charities he supports? What business is he involved in? What has he been doing with almost N30 million he receives monthly as gratuity? How has he improved himself since leaving office? Why can he not just tender his First School Leaving Certificate, rather than lying and getting others to lie for him? How many scholarships has he awarded, even as we know that his daughter lives the high life in a UK university where she pays more than £16,000 as school fees? How many university chairs has he endowed? How many professional bodies does he support? How many international missions has he helped with? All we have seen him do since is go to BBC Hausa, say some inciting and divisive things and when called out, he proclaims innocence and accuses journalists of misinterpreting him.

(14) Think about his support for Boko Haram and the group nominating him as their representative in negotiation with the Federal Government. Why did he cowardly refuse to be part of the negotiation when he’s spent the whole time attacking the Nigerian Army and the Federal Government over Boko Haram? Does anyone think the present Nigerian Army would accept this type of untrustworthy and divisive figure as Commander-in-Chief? After all, following the annulment of the June 12 election, one of the reasons Babangida said they couldn’t hand over to MKO Abiola was because he wouldn’t have been accepted as Commander-in-Chief. Buhari was one of the beneficiaries of that annulment. I can’t see him being a good Commander-in-Chief. As bad as it sounds, he will do the same mistakes he did the first time and worse and Nigerians would be reduced to jubilating again when a coup topples him. Egypt after the electoral victory of the Muslim Brotherhood comes to mind. And that would be the least terrible of all choices we can get.

(15) Think of Buhari who has no idea of modern governance. Only dishonest people will believe otherwise. Listen to him and see how vacuous he is. No matter how they try to hide his illiteracy, it’s glaring. He has now joined Twitter, because of election, but what does he really know about modern communication? His best phrase is “I will fight….” No, governance is not about fighting; it’s about governing. I don’t want to hear people tell me he would surround himself with the best brains, because anyone without a brain ruling Nigeria will not know the best brains and even when they are there, a man with the ignorant stubbornness of Buhari will not listen to them or know how to use them.

(16) Think of the world we live in and the kind of leadership driving developments in other lands. Think of us in 2015 celebrating a Buhari as our President! The country of Tafawa Balewa, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo celebrating a Buhari in 2015? Some may say Jonathan is not better, but that would be unfair. Jonathan is far better, even if he is not the best we can offer as a nation. Forget the propaganda that he has not done anything, he has. His administration has achieved a lot and those who are honest know this. Indeed, his administration has achieved more for the North than any Northern leader in our history. His problem is that he does not have good marketers. Whatever minuses we think Jonathan has, Buhari will triple them. 

(17) Think of the Boko Haram menace and understand that it is not a question of Jonathan failing on national security, but a huge sabotage against our nation by elements looking to benefit from his ouster. One of the worst things done to our nation by that buffoon, Olusegun Obasanjo was the emasculation of our armed forces. He did it when he came into power in 1999 under the pretext that he was professionalizing the army and stopping them from planning coups. His Ministers of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma and Rabiu Kwankwaso oversaw the destruction of the army, even as massive money was voted in the defence budget. Of course, we had no threat. By the time that threat came in the form of Boko Haram, Yar’Adua dealt with it with overwhelming force. But that was the problem. Yar’Adua ordered the killing of Boko Haram activists extra-judicially, but that only earned them international recognition from Global Jihad. With external money and training, they were transformed and under Jonathan, they became the Nigerian franchise of Global Jihad. Then in collaboration with Northern power-mongers they began a process of blackmailing Jonathan. He asked for negotiation, they would not budge; he promised them amnesty, they would not budge. They simply continue to kill defenseless citizens at will, because they know that will undermine Jonathan and the state. They support this with propaganda, inflating number of casualties and working with their political partners to undermine the state and state response at all levels.  Meanwhile, when the nation had the OPC problem in the West, Yoruba leaders went out there to sort it out. When we had problems with Bakassi Boys in the East, Igbo leaders rose to the challenge and when we had the militancy in the Niger-Delta, South-South leaders, including Goodluck Jonathan went into the creeks to talk the boys into disarming. Now, what have the Northern leaders done about Boko Haram since it started its rampage? Some wring their hands helplessly, while others like Buhari make political capital out of it! Of course, all Boko Haram wants now is a Northern president who would establish Sharia all over Nigeria and Buhari will give them that. But what that means is that they used the power of their guns to impose on us a national leadership that would take us back to the Middle Ages. I have no scruples with Buhari and his kith and kin that want criminal Sharia, but they cannot impose it on the rest of the nation above our Constitution. I will not vote for my own death! I will not vote for my people’s death!  I will not vote to take Nigeria through the darkness that I know a Buhari presidency represents!

(18) Think about the fact that we lost more people to communal, ethnic and sectarian violence under Obasanjo, including deaths by political assassinations, yet everyone is conveniently forgetting this fact and proclaiming Jonathan a weakling. Would we prefer that Jonathan and the military give communities the Odi and Zaki Biam treatment in the name of fighting Boko Haram?

(19) Think about the National Youth Service Corps members and the almost 1000 people that lost their lives up North after the last presidential election simply because Buhari did not win. Did Buhari’s reaction at the time show him as a statesman? Did it show him as someone who cares for the life of Southerners? Is that not the same man who has promised that dogs and baboons would be soaked in blood if the election is rigged this time, which in fact is a code word for massive violence if he loses? 

(20) Think Nigerians! Those of you North and South who love this country and who know what we have sacrificed to get here should think of the future. It’s okay to think it’s great removing an incumbent, but think what will replace that incumbent. It’s okay to preach change, but please interrogate that change. Is it really the change we need or a pretence to change that would impose a worse future on us? If the potential for trouble in that new future is worse than the present, stick to what you know. The devil you know is always better than the angel that you don’t know! Those who say if Buhari fails, we will vote him out in four years should remember that we might not have that luxury, because there has to be a living, viable nation before we can talk elections. A word is enough for the patriot!
Politics / Re: Akinwunmi Ambode Visits Balogun Market After Fire Incident (Photos) by staunchman(m): 10:55pm On Jan 13, 2015
tola9ja:
GMB TILL GEJ KNOWS THAT STEALING IS CORRUPTION.
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GMB TILL PEJ BECOMES A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
LANGUAGE.
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GMB TILL FANI KAYODE BECOME REASONABLE.
.
GMB TILL DOYIN OKUPE CHANGE HIS FIRST NAME TO
BASTARD.
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GMB TILL RENO OMOKRI UNDERSTANDS THAT HE IS SENILE.
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GMB TILL PROF WOLE SOYINKA BECOMES A GUINEA PIG
HUNTER.
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GMB TILL OBASANJO BECOMES A MOTOR PARK TOUT.
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GMB TILL ASARI DOKUBO AND TOMPOLO BECOMES PASTORS.
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GMB TILL JONA JANG BECOMES TALLER.
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GMB TILL ALAO AKALA STOPS BLEACHING.
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GMB TILL WE FIND THE MISSING CHIBOK GIRLS.
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GMB TILL WE FIND THE MISSING 20 BILLION DOLLARS.
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GMB TILL NIGERIA BECOMES CORRUPTION FREE.
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GMB TILL ELECTRIC POWER BECOMES STABLE.
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GEJ TILL feBUHARI.

Na just only 7 likes u got after spending ur precious time to develop and write dis balderdash!
GEJ till U stop reasoning like a daft! Mtchew

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Politics / Re: SSS Displays Documents Recovered From APC Office In Lagos(with images) by staunchman(m): 8:09pm On Jan 07, 2015
datguru:
Association of Political Con-men (APC)






Big time fraud

Assemblage of Political Con-men

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Politics / Re: Nigerians Should Not Vote A Leader Above 70 Years - Peter Obi by staunchman(m): 12:10pm On Jan 01, 2015
yibomustgo:
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Rubbish from the same suspects from other side of the Niger. How old was Mandela when he became president. How is Prime Minister of India there now? Mugabe, Sirleaf, Bashir, Paul Biya, President of Eq. Guinea, and many more are still there today and in their 70s or 80s doing well for their countries.

Buhari looks more healthy that the drunkard from Oytuoke you all called president.
Point of correction! Peter Obi said progressive countries not the least third world countries U are mentioning their poor leaders. Let me put it clear to U: all APC loyalists are supporting the party either out of sheer sentiment or ignorance in terms of Presidency. How can U open ur God given mouth to mention a despotic and dictatorial leader like Robert Mugabe and fellow African leaders who have over d years dominated their subjects to highest degree of cruelty,animality, barbarism,despotism,ruthlessness, sadism and high-handedness. Am not a political freak or any party's loyalist but am an altruist....filing for greatest good for all! That the President is quiet and runs an all inclusive government gave birth to a collection of e.dogs who go about exhibiting their bad manners, discourtesy, impoliteness, rudeness, and unmannerliness even when they are ill informed! Where were U neophytes when Obasanjo was in charge of this country, or that you kept mute because he had a military prowess! Retrace ur steps! Datz my candid advise for you and your cohorts!

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Celebrities / Re: Professor Yemi Osinbajo Attends Olamide's OLIC(Photos) by staunchman(m): 9:35am On Dec 29, 2014
Pastor oringo! Onye ngwori.

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Politics / APC And The Much Publicized Change by staunchman(m): 2:13am On Dec 25, 2014
The APC has been consistent in saying that the
PDP has ruled Nigeria for 16 disastrous years in
which corruption, impunity, insurgency, armed
robbery and several ills of society held sway,
but at a very close look
at the APC, I am seeing Amaechi - 8yrs speaker;
7yrs governor under PDP,
Atiku - 8yrs Vice president under PDP, Akume -
8yrs governor under PDP,
Bukola Saraki - 8yrs governor; 2yrs Senator
under PDP, Timipre Sylver -
4yrs governor under PDP, Audu Ogbe - 2yrs
chairman
of PDP, Aminu Masari - 4yrs Reps speaker under
PDP, Chris Ngige - 3yrs
governor under PDP, Kwankwaso - 7yrs
governor,3yrs Defense minister
under PDP, El rufai - 4yrs FCT minister, 2yrs
BPE chairman under PDP and
to cap it all they went to OBJ begging, a man
who spent 8 of the
disastrous 16yrs as the maximum ruler of
Nigeria to come and lead them
on a rescue mission. It is now clearer that APC
is a waste basket of the
PDP, where the people who created and
perpetuated the " 16 Disastrous
years" are now dumped. please Nigerians what
is the change in this APC?
Politics / Re: Jonathan Versus Buhari: A Clear Choice By Dele Sobowale! by staunchman(m): 7:01pm On Dec 21, 2014
kahal29:
“Once to everyman and nation comes the moment to decide; in the strife between truth with falsehood, for the good or the evil side.” J. R. Lowell, 1819-1891, (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS,VBQ, p 254).

For great nations, the choice comes once or, at most, twice. For Nigeria, the choice had come several times. And, the fact that, today, the failure of a country which was more advanced than South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand, among others, in 1965, is unanimously attributed to the lack of purposeful leadership is an indictment of the leaders as well as the followers.

To the best of my knowledge, nobody had been elected into office, either at the Federal, or State, level who had not enjoyed some significant measure of support. Even when the votes were supposed to have been rigged or bought, with “Stomach Infrastructure”, fellow Nigerians had been involved in the deals. Nobody alone can impose himself on a nation of 170 million people. As Joseph de Maistre, 1751-1820, in VBQ p. 80, has warned us, “Every country has the government it deserves.”

So if Nigeria, a potentially rich, but, actually poor country, has a government in which a Minister can purchase two bullet-proof cars, at inflated prices, that is what we deserve. If another Minister can spend billions of naira leasing a jet for her official use; and, then go to court to stop anyone from asking questions, because her “boss” never did, that is what we deserve too. If the BOSS himself runs a Presidential Airline with nine aircrafts, while the Presidents of France and Brazil and the Prime Ministers of Japan and Britain manage with one each, that is what we also deserve.

By contrast, we now have a challenger, who was a former Minister for Petroleum Resources (he leased no jets) and a former Head of State (no Presidential Airways then). Yet, he could state, without fear of contradiction as follows: “While others who have occupied those same positions have grown mysteriously rich, I still live on my army pension. I own no foreign bank accounts, I own no companies profiting from government contracts.”

To me the difference is clear; as clear as drinking tea or coffee with milk; or drinking mud water. Let those who had become mysteriously rich explain the source(s) of their wealth to Nigerians – including how much tax they paid on them….

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/jonathan-versus-buhari-clear-choice/
I have no foriegn Account.....I live on my pension..blah blah blah....Last 5 years they told us that they don't have shoes......which means they were walking bare-footed, but now they have fleets of private jets, multibillion naira bullet proof cars etc. In as much as I maintain absolute political neutrality, people usually say that the devil U know is better than d saint U don't knw. Besides during his days as a dictator, looting wasn't predominantly rampant as it is these days. Yes! U see corruption virtually in everywhere in Nigeria be it in schools, government or private offices. That's why Frank Anuku frankly gave these words: I took upon myself to study the background of selected few and was able tocome out with. One astonishing truth; no one is a gentleman, a gentleman is someone whom his social ills has not been discovered....and if U dig deep enough, U are bound to discover". So I wonder why politicians will be playing with our intelligence till now. NO ONE IS A SAINT, NOT EVEN THE GROUP CLAMOURING FOR CHANGE!!!!!
Politics / Re: Read Prof Yemi Osibanjo's Acceptance Speech (Photos ) by staunchman(m): 3:00am On Dec 20, 2014
Disclaimer:
This speech lack coherent. grin grin
yes it lacks coherence!
Politics / Re: Young People Bring Glory To Nigeria But Old People Cause Problems - Jonathan by staunchman(m): 7:52am On Dec 18, 2014
Get a life man! I have been wondering lately whether the emergence of Social Networking sites is an evil or a necessary evil to Nigerian youths. People always make hasty comments and conclusions without getting the nittigritties of a given subjectmatter thereby making preconcieved or stereotyped comments. Mind you, GEJ made a general statement about our "Youths positive exploits" and drove home his point with selected areas of strength that place. Nigeria on a global map. It doesn't mean that other sector ain't striving but he was only naming just a few. Besides, in the area science and technology you made mention of, Nigeria is still evolving while in Music cum sports like GEJ said, the country is hitting it big which places them on a global map. Stop vomitting balderdash, stop being sentimental....peruse each post carefully to enable U make meaningful contributions. NB #amnotGEJfan#just making observation.
wirinet:


This man truly does not have what it talks to rule this country. How can this kind of uninspiring and useless speech be delivered at an inauguration of the Youth Employment in Agriculture Programme and the Fund for Agricultural Finance event? Is he insinuating that Nigerian youth are only good for entertainment and sports? What about other critical sectors like health, Agriculture, science and technology, Information technology, etc.

This speech is an insult to the youth of this country.
Celebrities / Re: Jesse Jagz Criticizes Headies 2014 For 'Too Much Dancing', While Nation Burns by staunchman(m): 9:21pm On Dec 16, 2014
KingBish:


You didn't even read the article, before commenting out of point

B4 ur mouth starts wagging, b4 u start posting nonsense, peruse d content of the post.
Celebrities / Re: Jesse Jagz Criticizes Headies 2014 For 'Too Much Dancing', While Nation Burns by staunchman(m): 9:19pm On Dec 16, 2014
B4 ur mouth starts wagging, b4 u start posting nonsense, peruse d content of the post.
Politics / Re: Will 'President' Buhari Rear Cows In Aso Rock Gardens? by staunchman(m): 2:10pm On Dec 14, 2014
ASO NORTH or ASO ROCK?
Politics / Re: Woman Narrates How She Gave Birth While In Boko Haram Captivity ( Photos ) by staunchman(m): 7:04am On Dec 12, 2014
Thank God for keeping them safe. Buh I kept wondering what they will write as the baby's birth place and the name she will give to the baby.
Romance / Re: He Dropped Them In A Dustbin by staunchman(m): 8:48am On Dec 11, 2014
I tink some guys are getting it twisted here. The way the babe presented d gift to him isn't d real issue nor the triviality of the gift. To the guy in question, the gift has much more significance and meaning to him. Afterall had he gone to a wedding and was presented with such a gift, am sure he'll take it whole-heartedly. By presentnting that gift to him, the gf was indirectly asking him "when are we walking down d aisle"? "Na ur fellow man gave me this oooo 4 ur infor". U knw that many guys feel uncomfortable wen ladies try to coerce them directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, knowingly or unknowingly to pop d big question. #myopinionthough#
Food / Re: Does ORIJIN Contain More Sugar Than Necessary? by staunchman(m): 10:52pm On Dec 04, 2014
Onye anuruma!!!!!!!!
Events / Wedding Toast by staunchman(m): 9:06pm On Nov 16, 2014
Good evening Niralanderz,
Really don't know how what am going to say looks like, but your honest and sincere response will certainly be appreciated!
My very good friend who will be walking her hearthrob down the aisle(precisely on 3rd week of December) just called me and demanded that I prepare a sound "TOAST" for him. Though I accepted to do it, but am not that comfortable. Please help me out either in support or against. Thanks
Politics / Re: Seven Years Of Fashola: My Take Away (1) by staunchman(m): 2:42pm On Nov 09, 2014
How on earth will someone log in to N/L and start composing a balderdash of more than 7000 words and expect me to sit back and spend my precious time reading. If I read am make I know wetin cause am!
Education / The Certified Institute Of Shipping Of Nigeria by staunchman(m): 7:46pm On Nov 05, 2014
A friend introduced the series of programmes being offered by the above Institute located somewhere along Badagry Express way. I want to confirm the authenticity and viability of the institution cos I intend taking a course in Shipping/Port Management there. Please sincere answers and advise is most welcomed.

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Art, Graphics & Video / Re: Who Dies In This Picture? by staunchman(m): 9:32pm On Nov 02, 2014
D is dead already!

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