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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSgLOvH_MMk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNReejO7Zu8

Illegal aliens in South Africa,






Literally,

No.

At the current time there is simply no replacement for the masses.

I believe we could strengthen safety regulation and toughen up the licenses required for Okada, and persecute those who hand out licenses to those who should clearly not operate them.

The problem in Nigeria is not lack of framework, but simple re-inforcement. If Nigeria had traffic officers in numbers comparable to western nations, and who actually went about doing their work properly, the Okada safety issue would be no more of an issue than motorbikes in Florida or California.

Which one of our African leaders Married Simpson?

Was it Mugabe?

yeswecan:
This is unbelievable. I don't think this is Nigeria, there is no enough evidence, the uniforms are strange, and so are the flags

HAHA, they're wearing Bulgarian flag!

Adding to that, any Nigerian that bows to a twisted Arab ideology needs their head checked. Or shot at. Whichever is cheaper.

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Do we have the necessary expertise to fight terrorism in Northern Nigeria?[/quote]Yes, we mow them down.

We simply don't have the resources to oppress them. We gotta kill them!

Sorry Arawea.

You cant have a social security system without a running property tax and personal income tax systems.

This is a sham.

white elephant loot scheme for future welfare millionaire kings!



What we need to do is liberalize the property markets first and allow nigerians to build home equity. Then allow the state to collect the appropriate property taxes (our current system is a sham).

We need to bring the gray market to light so we can tax it.

Then we can think about redistribution.

By Ifedayo Adebayo

April 19, 2009 02:01PMT
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The governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has been caught on tape telling local ruling party politicians that he will supply them with army uniforms, arms and ammunition so they can rig this week's hotly contested runoff elections in Ekiti State.

This is to ensure victory for the governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party, Segun Oni.

Mr. Oyinlola, a retired army general, apparently made the brazen promise to help rig the election by intimidation, during a meeting in Ado Ekiti, the state capital on April 2, with the 16 PDP chairmen of local governments.

The tape is now in the possession of President Umaru Yar'Adua, though it was not clear as we went to press whether the president or the law enforcement authorities planned to do anything about it.

"We called up this meeting purposely to speak with you local chiefs and all this meeting is centred upon me to tell you people that I, the governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, is ready to supply all the 16 local government chairmen where the rerun election will be conducted with army uniforms, alongside arms and ammunition," Mr. Oyinlola is heard saying on the tape, which was made available to us.

The Osun governor was not at all shy, according to the tape, in instructing his audience on how best to use the deadly implements he was promising to make available to them.

"You people will give these to your supporters who will camouflage like an army, at the respective voting centres so that it will aid them in the rigging of the elections by intimidating the voters, and it will allow the voters not to come out to vote," he says.

"The only people that will come out will be PDP, so that the victory of Segun Oni will be able to be ascertained. I hope you people are with me," he concludes.

Mr. Oyinlola has denied, through a spokesman, that his was the voice on the tape, though he refused to personally make a categorical denial. "It cannot be Oyinlola's voice," says Lasisi Olagunju, the governor's spokesman, interviewed last week in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.

Mr. Olagunju said his boss was not interested in listening to the copy of the tape brought along by our reporter, so that he could clear his good name. "We are not responding to that again," he said.

The opposition Action Congress, whose candidate for governor, Kayode Fayemi, is locked in a tight race with the PDP candidate, also has sent a copy of the tape to the president's office, and is calling for a criminal investigation.

"It is part of their plan to capture Ekiti, but they will never capture Ekiti," says Funminiyi Afuye, the Action Congress leader in the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Oyinlola's charge to PDP members in the state.

The gathering uproar over Mr. Oyinlola's apparent determination to resort to violence and intimidation to secure victory for his party is an indication of rising anxiety within the PDP that the ruling party is being steadily rolled back from the southwestern states.

The courts have nullified the elections of PDP governors in Edo and Ondo states and ordered a re-run in some wards of Ekiti state.

Though, two aides of the president have confirmed that military personnel will not be drafted to maintain security in Ekiti during the elections "except there is a breakdown of law and order which the police cannot handle, the president doesn't order deployment of troops and I'm not aware of any breakdown of law and order in Ekiti," says Olusegun Adeniyi, Yar'Adua's spokesman.

The same sentiment was echoed by Polycap Nwite, senior special assistant to the president on Political Matters. Both, however, declined to comment on Mr. Oyinlola's statement." I don't respond to idle speculations, is Oyinlola a staff of the president?" queries Mr. Adeniyi.


Frightening scenario

"The whole thing is frightening," says Itse Sagay, a professor of Law and Senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He says the scenario is that the PDP prefers to plunge Nigeria into a crisis of which the outcome cannot be predicted "rather than accept the will of the people."

Mr. Sagay condemns the silence of President Umaru Yar'Adua. A civil society activist, however, wonders whether Mr. Oyinlola could have uttered the statement. "If he did say that, although his handlers have come out to deny it, I think it is very unfortunate and it portends danger for the forthcoming election," says Innocent Chukwuma, executive director, Centre for Law Enforcement Education (CLEEN).

The denial has corroboration in Ayo Arise, the PDP senator representing Ekiti North senatorial district who has been accused by the AC of aiding the militarization of the elections scheduled for Saturday, 25 April. "I don't know of any meeting," says Mr. Arise in Abuja last week. "I don't run Oyinlola's private life. But why would Oyinlola hold meetings with people? Why would he sow military uniform when the president is there? What does he have to do with the military when the president of the country is there?''

One of the local government chairmen that were at the meeting declined to speak on the issue. "I am not in the position to talk to you about this, maybe you should talk to the party," declares Tosin Aluko, Ado Ekiti local government chairman. Others could not be reached during the week as they were busy campaigning for the fast approaching elections.

The problem of rigging aside, there are other issues in the election. For instance, questions are being raised on the deployment of government paraphernalia in prosecuting a private visit to campaign for the ruling party. "It is illegal," declares Itse Sagay, a senior advocate.

"You cannot use public property for illegal purposes. It is purely illegal. Really, all it shows is the very low standard which Nigeria is practising in political morality," Mr Sagay added.

Senator Arise, however, thinks otherwise. "Can you tell me of any country where the incumbent president does not do that?" he asks rhetorically.

"Oh, so you want him to board molue? I think these people criticising the president are just displaying the holier-than-thou attitude. I don't see anything wrong there. So because you are the president, you will not campaign for your party?"

This argument does not hold water with Bamidele Aturu, another lawyer. "Did the president fly with the presidential jet or helicopter?" he asks. "Did he use tax payers' money to go to Ekiti to campaign for a partisan candidate? All those people that followed him, who funded their trip?''he queries.

Mr. Aturu questions the fact that most government officials have abandoned their work to work for the impending election. "It shows the lack of seriousness we are talking about," he adds. "You must not use our money to campaign for a particular party. In other countries, if he does, he will be impeached. If he uses tax payers' money to do that, it is unconstitutional because he has no business campaigning for partisan politics with our money."

Mr. Chukwuma shares this view too. "It is indeed a huge issue," he adds. "If you look at other jurisdictions, when top government functionaries go on these kinds of missions, which are clearly intended to serve personal interest, they tend to refrain from using state facilities as much as possible."

The problem is a national implications in the opinionof Mr. Sagay. He says such illegality has been practised in Nigeria relentlessly for a very long time. "You go to the governors themselves, it is the same thing. They are not supposed to be using state property to advance their private political interest, but it is illegal.Former president Obasanjo did it using Nigerian aircraft and helicopter to campaign and no doubt all the resources, all the money spent in campaign, his expenses were borne by the state."

With additional reporting from Idris Akinbajo, Nicholas Ibekwe, Elor Nkereuwem, Festus Owete and Musikilu Mojeed.


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CHECK THE ORIGINAL SOURCE PAGE AND LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION!!!!!!!!

Until we realize we are 1 country, stuck together whether we like it or not and we have no choice but to work together to improve our collective situation, we will not move forward.

It doesnt matter because China is becoming a superpower while Nigeria is going stuttering.


Nigeria by far to answer your question. In China stealing public funds is considered treason and carries the death penalty. And yes, it is enforced.

Nigerians for the privatization of power generation!!

BlackSta and OneNaija thanks for the pics. Lagos is looking better and better.

Only thing is night pics are still dark, wish they'd get that 24hr power up.

Gomorahh?


Gomorahh

HAHA!!!!

If university students selling their bodies for money in Lagos State U, or 419 scams, or our bleeped up leadership, kindnappings in the delta, and the ridiculous crime rate isn't gomorah enough I don't know what is?

Thats what happens when impoverished illiterate folks flock to the big cities. There's no jobs and therefore massive underground economies are created. No modern city can survive growth of 3.5m people in 1 year, no matter how rich!

No city can create the jobs needed to accommodate this many people.

And they can't just move into the city and create endless number of slums and markets, create waste, hazards, crime, and destroying whatever was left of the ecosystem.

I'm sorry but its the truth, no sad faces here, just painful truths. These people need to stay in their area, there is no jobs in the cities for them, and if they turn to armed robbery they shall be treated like armed robbers.

I hope someone is sent to the gallows for treason.

I wonder how our soldiers feel.

graboid:
Just wondering why all the fuss about mimiko's new status.Don't get me wrong, i laud the judiciary for a fantastic job.However, what does that translate to a common man on the street of akure?I kept asking myself, whats the difference between agagu and mimiko? Judging from the latter history, he is not of good character!

The manner of HIS exit from then, AD in Ondo state is still fresh in my mind(How he wanted to be gov by all means, he had to dish the party that brought him to limelight even w/out any political clot in his clan then).How he supported the PDP against AD to secure agagu the alagbaka seat, how he became the SSG of agagu government and later a minister.He left PDP to LP only because of his personal quest to become governor(Nothing wrong with that), now that he has the state mantle, i cant help to wonder what kind of gov. he will be.

We have seen alot of his kind in nija political arena for long,the end result------not good enough.

This is a man that changes political associations just to benefit self, a man that pointed accusing finger to pple who trusted and worked with him( late adefarati, PDP and now agagu).what kinda of leadership can he offer.I wont be surprised if he decides to join PDP next month!

A man's education or influence is going to open doors of opportunity for him , but his character has to fill up the room,

I am not pre-empting his failure or anything here, i am just wondering aloud how mimiko as gov of ondo will make a difference from agagu as gov afterall they are both SEGUN!

BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER THEY SAY FLOCK TOGETHER!!!!!

People are happy that elections were not rigged.

People were happy that a man who was selected for them was removed from the seat of power.

People are happy that democracy has triumphed.

It's not that he may make the best governor, its that there is hope that from now on we can choose our governors instead of them being imposed on us.

This means that if they wish to be re-elected they better do their jobs.

This is what I love about the economist. They say it how it is.

Apparently everyone across the world understand African politics apart from the African people.

The next president will NOT be decided in the ballot. He will be decided in a meeting between the representative parties in a backroom deal.

http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13447405

What if the president goes?
Apr 8th 2009 | LAGOS
From The Economist print edition

Umaru Yar’Adua’s ill-health is fuelling dangerous speculation


IN AN office in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, economists scour the morning’s newspapers for photographs of President Umaru Yar’Adua, hoping to divine a clue as to his well-being. The global financial crisis and the dive in the price of oil, Nigeria’s main export, are forcing the country’s businessmen and investors to rethink Nigeria’s hitherto unusually hopeful economic outlook. Ministers admit that Nigeria is in for a rough time. The prevailing view, however, is that it should be able to ride out the storm, provided there are no bad political squalls.



But what if the long-ailing president were to die or leave office prematurely? Then, says Bismarck Rewane, a prominent financier, all bets are off. When the departing president, Olusegun Obasanjo, hand-picked Mr Yar’Adua in 2007 to succeed him, the new man’s health immediately aroused concern. As governor of a remote northern state, Katsina, he set up a specialist unit in his local hospital to treat a chronic kidney ailment. On the campaign trail, his soft voice and persistent cough contrasted unfavourably with the rumbustious ways of Mr Obasanjo.

Since Mr Yar’Adua moved into his presidential villa, a string of long and unexplained trips abroad has fuelled speculation that his health is worsening. When photographers in the federal capital, Abuja, were recently barred from taking close-up pictures of him, rumours reached fever pitch. There were whispers about the effects of smoking on Mr Yar’Adua’s lungs. The government’s lack of candour on such matters merely fuels the gossip. Ministers have repeatedly insisted the president is hale and hearty, even as he is whisked into hospital in Germany or Saudi Arabia.

A political upset would shake the relative stability Nigeria has enjoyed since the end of military rule in 1999. The economy has grown steadily. Though severe problems remain, Nigeria’s poorest are better off and less bullied than they were under the generals. But if Mr Yar’Adua’s health worsens, it could threaten the northerners’ grip on power and on the lucrative apparatus of government.

Political power in Nigeria is still allotted in back-room deals to ensure that the top job alternates between the elites of the largely Muslim north and Christian south: a “gentlemen’s agreement” to allow the ungentlemanly feasting on the country’s billions of dollars of stolen and mismanaged oil resources. Nigeria is still one of the world’s most corrupt countries.

Mr Yar’Adua, a pious Muslim, succeeded Mr Obasanjo, a southern Christian, in the expectation of serving the maximum two consecutive four-year terms. The northerners think that eight years at the trough were duly agreed. But if Mr Yar’Adua had to leave early, the constitution says that the vice-president, Goodluck Jonathan, would take the helm until elections at the end of the four-year cycle. Mr Jonathan is another southern Christian. The northerners would not look kindly on his accession, even if he had only two years in office. Yet a power struggle at the top could destabilise the country all over again.

It should be the choice of the politician what he wants to wear. The tradinional Agbada is a fine dress in the international arena. Even if our leaders spit on our tradition back home. You don't see Saudi or Dubai's sheikhs wearing Armani or Hugo Boss suits when they meet western leaders and they have done just fine for their countries and their image.

Pot calls the cettle black

The U.S. maintains a large consular services office in Lagos, a chaotic, crime-ridden city of 14 million people on Nigeria's southern coast.

Next time I read an article partaining to Los Angeles, I'll remember to look out for "Gang ridden extension of Mexico's northern border". Western media loves to paint Africa with a dirty brush.

Now, as for the attacks on American consulate, it would be unfortunate. I don't think Islamist have a deep root in Nigeria, even in the north. But neither did they in Kenya, so caution must be excersided.

If something were to occur, it would present the Nigeria gov't with the opportunity to purge incompetent generals who should have made sure these things don't occur.

NICE!!!!!!! Fully support this one. About bloody time!


Littering is endemic. Lagosians gotta learn to throw their crap in the bins not beneath their feet.

Privatize NNPC NOW!!!!


Let them hire their own security services. I'm sure Blackwater could deal with the thugs vandalizing the pipelines.

Nigeria politics. Sore losers.

A power project would do wonders for the state's manufacturing industry.

KnowAll:
Are u people sure Nigerian as a nation is not broke with all the these stealing left right and centre, I can see Yaradua is a determined man he wants to sort out the electricity and the roads but for some strange reasons he seems to be holding back. maybe there is nothing left in the kitty to embark on any project, I suspect the nation is broke not with what the goverment officials are paying themselves.

I'm suspecting that Yar'Adua has good intentions, and he seems to have his priorities set straight lately. However it seems his Alhaji buddies are holding him back, some even go as far as complaining that "he is ignoring his northern roots".

Not all is well in the Kingdom of Arawa.

Lagos indeed does look cleaner:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s3jHRtVM3Y

White kid on Okada riding around Lekki.  Especially taking note of the side of the roads, there used to be piles of garbage everywhere before and rusty market stalls. Yellow buses are gone too.


*edit* At around 5:50 i loled @ white lady strolling around the side street. Its the 1st time I see white people walkin around nonchalantly like that in Lagos.

Enough of speration talk.


With a strong democratic government, we will persevere.


Today's day and age, you cannot be a small country to have any weight in the world. Small nations are bullied often. Small African nations can expect no mercy.

There are 2 problems that can cause massive civil strife.

The North's insistence on Sharia, Secularism trumps all, Muslims need to have that shoved down their throats whether they like it or not, the south needs to grow bigger balls in dealing with civil unrest pertaining to religious matters.

Sharia MUST be removed and an educational standard must be implemented uniformly across the whole nation.

Problem 2 - Tribalism. No way to really deal with tribalism for now.

Perhaps military conscription NATIONALIZE (the process of instilling country-wide nationalism in the country's youth, putting country and honor above all else). Mandatory 1 - 2 year military conscription.

I would hope if the government cannot find the political will to privatize it, to at least withdraw its major subsidies and allow it to collapse and let private investors pick up the pieces and take out the trash.

  On a brighter note,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA2Z_3NL2PU&feature=related