₦airaland Forum

aisha2:
We have really sunk so low

redsun:
Do we ever learn? Instead of wasting billions of dollars electing pdp rogues like Gej and acn mobs like tinubu,why can't nigerians just ground d system and expel d thieves from d land b/4 any reasonable election can take place in naija. Rise up people

Googler:
All that should have been thrashed out BEFORE the elections, my friend. What you are saying is that there were imperfections in the system which are now haunting it - I would say which Gbagbo is now taking advantage of. You see, the world is ruled by chaos - we thrive in spite of it. In a war situation, it's much worse. Gbagbo had delayed those elections for 10 years and had brought CIV to a situation where the "powers" just wanted the elections, any elections, to go on, just as they accepted Gbagbo in 2000 just as long as as Guei, who had become the symbol of the problem, was gone. If I agree to go into an election I would abide by the rules and hand over to the WINNER, rebels or no rebels. The issue is not about handing over to rebels - are you saying Mrs Perry should not have handed over to Charles Taylor? Or that Frelimo should have rigged and cancelled results if Renamo had won in Mozambique? When did being a rebel take away anyone's citizenship? I observe it is convenient for Gbagbo supporters to try to present Quatarra as a rebel even though it was Gbagbo that has created the conditions that have led him to become joined at the hips with the rebels whom he was never affiliated with from the beginning.

Googler:
All that France and the much vilified West are doing is pitch their tent with the winner in the belief that would secure their national interests, fair enough.
Whatever problems Quatarra may have are to his profile as a person and Gbagbo has far more issues. Ivorians voted for Quatarra and that should be respected. Gbagbo never asked for a recount in the beginning - he simply had his council declare himself the winner. Are you saying that at the time his council was doing that the UN should have been asking for a recount? No. It simply stuck with the winner and that is what it continues to do, even now that Mr Gbagbo is stalling for more time by asking for a recount. Mr Ban is playing by the rules.

Googler:
I agree with the bit about waking up and running an efficient system - our present state is too bad to continue. But I can't seem to get the point in anything else you wrote. The rest of Africa can be irrelevant to them, fair enough, but should they then keep sabotaging the rest of Africa just for a mess of porridge?
How does going to Addis to sabotage the progress already made on Ivory Coast amount to a repudiation of harlotry? Even if as you have been arguing the correct position is that Quatarra should forget about his mandate and let Gbagbo rule forever, the point you are missing is that RSA is not acting in Ivory Coast's interest but its own. This is a pattern that has run through their foreign policy since Mandela stepped down. Read up on their shenanigans on Morocco and other places. They are doing exactly what Regan and Thatcher did with UN sanctions and Mobutu and the others did with African resolutions during apartheid.

Googler:
I agree with the bit about waking up and running an efficient system - our present state is too bad to continue. But I can't seem to get the point in anything else you wrote. The rest of Africa can be irrelevant to them, fair enough, but should they then keep sabotaging the rest of Africa just for a mess of porridge?
How does going to Addis to sabotage the progress already made on Ivory Coast amount to a repudiation of harlotry? Even if as you have been arguing the correct position is that Quatarra should forget about his mandate and let Gbagbo rule forever, the point you are missing is that RSA is not acting in Ivory Coast's interest but its own. This is a pattern that has run through their foreign policy since Mandela stepped down. Read up on their shenanigans on Morocco and other places. They are doing exactly what Regan and Thatcher did with UN sanctions and Mobutu and the others did with African resolutions during apartheid.

morpheus24:
They need ship to evacuate their citizenry? Please!!

Googler:
No surprise there! South Africa has been set against the rest of Africa since the end of apartheid. No, Mandele's era was actually different - it started with Mbeki. From refusing to cooperate with the rest of Africa on the issue of Morocco and Western Sahara to congratulating Yar'Adua when materials meant for our elections were at a printer's office in Johannesburg, their foreign policy has been driven by, how did John Atta Mills put it? "Mind your own business!" It seems the new rulers of the country don't care if the rest of Africa burns as long as there is "peace" and South African companies are allowed to trade and bread and butter is repatriated. The role they are playing now is the same role played by the likes of Mobotu and Banda during the apartheid era. It's quite sad when you consider the history of the country.

meine:
^^^ Laff don kill me die

Abeg free them make them fight, If Baba get muscle, Gbenga sef get Jazz!

seanet02:
Mehn, have not see the Tanks rolling!! Let the heads start rolling, who knows OGD could be the David to defeat OBJ'S Goliath!!!

ahidjo:
[size=15pt]Jonathan Appoints Mu’azu NIMASA Chairman [/size]   Wednesday, 02 February 2011 05:10 administrator    

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed a former governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Ahmed Adamu Mu’azu, as chairman, board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). He replaces Senator Baba Tela, who recently resigned his appointment to run for governor under the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the state,


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Alleged corruption: EFCC invites ex-Gov Muazu

By Emma Ovuakporie
ABUJA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, has invited former Governor of Bauchi Adamu Muazu to appear before its operatives to answer questions on fresh alleged corruption charges.

It was reliably gathered that the former governor had to clear himself before the operatives or he would be re-arraigned by the anti-graft agency.

The anti-graft body had two weeks  ago issued a statement denying media reports that the ex-governor was never at anytime cleared by the it as reported in some dailies.

The EFCC in the statement issued and signed by the anti-graft agency’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi debunked reports that suggest that the body had concluded investigation on the corruption charges against the former governor and found nothing against him.

The anti-graft body said it has to issue the clarification as a response to persistent enquiries coming from members of the press and the general public on its alleged clearance given to Muazu.

“We wish to state emphatically that ex-governor Adamu Muazu is still being investigated and as such could not have been cleared of graft allegations against him.

“The former governor who until recently has been out of the country is still expected to honour an invitation to interview a team of operatives investigating the case against him”, the statement added.

While urging the media to always cross check their information through the open communication channel provided by the Commission, it further explained that none of its officials has been mandated under any guise to speak on a case that is yet to be concluded.

Spokesman of the commission, Mr Femi Babafemi confirmed that the ex-governor has been invited to appear on Thursday

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/10/alleged-corruption-efcc-invites-ex-gov-muazu/#

Bright2:
I really don't know what AU are waiting for,this Gbagbo has really taken African on granted. Nigerian over there should return because Quatara will soon take over with violence. I see Gbagbo downfall too close.

nvo5:
Gbogbo is afraid of Nigeria
sending ECOMOG soldiers to
interfere because that will be the
end of him, its an empty threat,
but FG have to begin the evacuation
of Nigeria's Citizen now, just as they
wasted no time in evacuation of Nigerian
in Egypt.

Jen33:
EGYPT NEEDS A MILITARY COUP

This standoff between the people and Mubarak has gone on for too long. The society is descending into chaos and anarchy while the army just sits there and watches. It won't take sides with the people. It won't take sides with Mubarak. It won't impose its authority on anything.

What's the point of having a military when they are so impotent in the face of the state collapsing in on itself?

The Egyptian military needs to seize power, establish military rule for a period not more than 6 months, following which elections can be held and a democratically elected government installed.

raycomray:
I GOT THE NEWS ON CHANNELS TV YESTERNIGHT. THIS IS TERRIBLE!
I HAVE ALWAYS SAID IT THAT POWER LIES WITH THE PEOPLE. NIGERIANS SHOULD COME OUT EN MASSE TO PROTEST AGAINST THE NIGERIAN POLICE AND POLITICIANS ALIKE. OTHERWISE, WE SHALL REMAIN IN THIS LIMBO FOREVER. LET US TAKE A CUE FROM TUNISIA AND EGYPT

But I will be honest and say the students should not have attacked the Muslims in the first place.

S.Africa sees 'discrepancies' in Ivory Coast vote

Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:32pm GMT

* Diplomats worry that South Africa may not press Gbagbo

By Jon Herskovitz

PRETORIA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - South African's president said on Friday there were uncertainties over the Ivory Coast election about both main candidate sides, although global powers believe the vote was clearly won by a rival to Laurent Gbagbo.

The statement from Jacob Zuma, the leader of Africa's biggest economy, could add to worries his government may be a weak point in regional efforts to force Gbagbo, who became president in 2000, to step down.

"We believe that there also some discrepancies in the manner in which the election , has come to the final pronouncement of the vote," Zuma said at a news conference after holding talks with Uganda President Yoweri Museveni.

The African Union's mediator for Ivory Coast planned talks with the leaders of Angola and South Africa this week, trying to prod them into taking a firm stand in ending Gbagbo's rule.

"Angola is the weakest partner in AU unity," said a diplomat on Thursday who is following the Ivory Coast crisis, adding South Africa has also not weighed in as strongly as some had hoped. [ID:nLDE70J17B]

The United States, European Union, United Nations and others have stated that Alassane Ouattara won the Nov. 28 vote. Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa grower, has been paralysed since the presidential election.

Ouattara was proclaimed winner by the electoral commission and is internationally recognised as president-elect, but Gbagbo, who retains control of the military, has refused to go, alleging the vote was rigged.

Ivory Coast's pro-Gbagbo Constitutional Council cancelled hundreds of thousands of votes in Quattara strongholds to reverse his win.

Military chiefs of West African regional bloc ECOWAS met in Mali on Tuesday to discuss the planning of an ouster of Gbagbo.

Zuma did not throw his support behind a proposal floated by diplomats for Gbagbo to go into exile, a move they believe could help end the crisis and ensure a peaceful transition of power.

"If we believe that somebody has lost the election, why do we call for somebody to leave the country?" Zuma said, without making any critical comments of Gbagbo.

Zuma said he felt an African Union meeting next week in Ethiopia might be able to "deal with the matter". (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Matthew Jones)

Beaf:
Get your facts straight. Outtara never started any war, that is beer palour nonsense.
I hate it when ignorant people just spread falsehoods willfully.

What makes you think the South is in any position to take on the North militarily, have you read anything about the war and the few days it took the rebels to capture the territory they hold in the North and at the Liberian border? For your info, it was France that stopped them taking over the whole country by blocking all rebel routes to Abidjan.
The right thing to do when you have no clue is to sit back and learn, not shout about things you are ignorant about, but other folk are very conversant with. Its damn irritating.