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Don’t forget that the CBN official who handles the transactions also used to report to his superior, the official who recently left the bank.....Mr Davis.

By the way who is this superior CBN official who just left office that used our money to finance Boko haram ?

This is why Nairaland will continue to be a Local Champion, when semi-educated clowns like this Mynd44 are given powers way beyond their station.
Can you imagine the way the arrogant mofo threatened to ban SincereNigerian because he go trashed with superior argument and cold hard facts??
Sigh. If not for Seun's frugal nature and refusal to hire capable people to run this forum Cyber cafe' attendants like this Moderator won't be here lording over people above their station.

wirinet: Please can someone show me where the Aussie named Sanusi as Boko Haram Financier?
If the man is really concerned about the resue of the kidnapped girls and Nigeria in general, he would do us a world of good by naming the CBN officials invoved in financing Boko Haram- both the one that has left and the one still there now, so that they would be arrested and the source of Boko Haram's funding stopped. Or is he telling us that he had given more detailed info to the SSS and other security forces and they refused to take action?

This write up does not provide any information, it is just innuendoes and speculations we have always been fed with by Olisa Metuh and his gang,

Don’t forget that the CBN official who handles the transactions also used to report to his superior, the official who recently left the bank........

danot1030: is real mumu thread aim at derailing the implication of their brother Ihejerika. Igbo man desperate propaganda.

I don't have time for Bigots.....Someone just accused Sanusi led CBN of financing BH and you say it's a mumu thread?

Another source http://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-boko-haram-funded-through-cbn/2

Omexonomy: Mumu thread

how's this a mumu thread?check out the source first ode. The Davis guy pointed out in his interview that BH was funded through CBN before Emefiele came on board that's why we can't trace how they get their money. You need to actually read his interview bruv.... and who was in charge of CBN before Emefiele other than The present Emir of Kano. Nobi me talk am na Davis talk am.

Look at the way a jobless Australian tout messed up over 170millon Nigerian fools. I bet you dude is somewhere sipping Cognac while laughing his ass off. He must be really shocked we bought all scam hook line and sinker. Dude is a smartass got all the attention he wanted.

This Australian plonker just took Nigerians on a ride to disneyland. Niccur is a scam

Violent terrorist group, Boko Haram has been said to be funded through the Central Bank of Nigeria, at least in previous times and before the emergence of the new CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele.
This revelation was made by Australian negotiator who spoke to key Boko Haram figures in the past few month, Dr. Stephen Davis.
The Cable reports:
Davis, who spoke with TheCable on phone from Australia in his first interview with a Nigerian journalist, said Western countries could not trace the majority of the source of funding to Boko Haram because “it is done through a legal channel, through the gatekeeper, the CBN, and that makes it very easy to cover up”. He said Boko Haram commanders told him a senior CBN official, who currently works in the bank’s currency operations division, was the one handling the transactions. “One of the biggest of suppliers of arms and military uniforms to the JAS (Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, better known as Boko Haram) currently lives in Cairo, Egypt. He is the recipient of money sent by political sponsors from Nigeria.
The funds go through the CBN’s financial system and appear to be a legal transaction. “Meanwhile, the CBN official who handles the funding is an uncle to three of those arrested in connection with the Nyanya bombings. The three boys lived with him. They were arrested by the SSS (Department of State Security) after the bombings but they do not seem to have been interrogated about their uncle in CBN. Or if they have given up information about their uncle then the SSS has not moved against him.” “Also, a senior official of CBN, who recently left the bank, was very close to Sodiq Aminu Ogwuche, the mastermind of the Nyanya bombings who also schooled in Sudan. Boko haram commanders said Ogwuche’s wife used to visit this top official in his officeat the headquarters of the bank in Abuja before the Nyanya bombings. They were very close,” Davis said.
Excerpts from The Cable’s interview with Davis:
TheCable: How did you become involved in the negotiation for the release of the Chibok schoolgirls?
Davis: Because I had built trust among the militants, I made calls to them when I heard about the abductions. They confirmed to me that the girls were with them. I came to Nigeria in late April (the girls were abducted on April 14). I told the president I would try to intervene and help get the girls out. He said he would give me the needed support if I wanted. However, what I discovered was that thrice we tried to get the girls released, and thrice my effortswere sabotaged. That was when I now realised that some politicians were also involved in the insurgency. There were the remnants of those involved in the former peace deal as well as a political arm and what I call the ritual arm which specialises in butchering human beings. While I was making effortsto get the girls released, the political backers of the group threatened that if I got 30 or 40 girls out, the militants would kidnap another 60 to replace them. I became very frustrated. They threatened that any commander of the group who agreed to participate in any dialogue would be slaughtered by other commanders. The political sponsors are very powerful because they supply the finances and the arms. Until they are cut off from the group, those girls will not be released. We are talking about 200 Chibok schoolgirls, but there are over 300 other girls that have been kidnapped. There are many young men that they also kidnapped and turned them against their families. They asked them to go and slaughter their familymembers and they are doing it. Nobody is talking about those ones. They are the new child soldiers.
TheCable: How can we get these girls released?
Davis: The first thing is to stop the bagman who supplies weapons and military uniforms. We know his name, location and associates. If the man is stopped, the slaughterers, the ritual arm of the group, would be demobilised. The girls can be released afterwards. This man controls these ritualists.
TheCable: Was there really any deal to release the girls?
Davis: Yes, there was. Some commanders of the group told me that they would first release 100 of the girls and that would be the first step towards dialogue. They needed a guarantee from President Jonathan that they would not be arrested or prosecuted if they showed up for dialogue. They agreed with me that if they did that and no one was arrested, then they would return to the camps to release the rest of the girls.
TheCable: In all your discussions, did they name their sponsors?
Davis: They named the man who lives in Cairo. He is of the Kanuri tribe. He passes arms, ammunition and uniforms to them. The CBN official who handles the funding (name withheld by TheCable for legal reasons) is an uncle to three of those arrested in connection with the Nyanya bombings. The three boys lived with him. They were arrested by the SSS (Department of State Security) after the bombings but they are yet to be interrogated about their uncle. The official still works with the CBN. He is still there. He works in currency operations. He knows how to handle the transaction in a way that it can never be traced. Western countries are frustrated that they cannot trace the funding. How can they when it is passed on legally, through the gatekeeper, through the CBN? Also, a senior official of CBN, who recently left the bank, was very close to Sodiq Aminu Ogwuche, the mastermind of the Nyanya bombings who also schooled in Sudan. Ogwuche’s wifeused to visit this official in his officeat the headquarters in Abuja before the bombings. They were very close. Don’t forget that the CBN official who handles the transactions also used to report to his superior, the official who recently left the bank. Also, there is a politician who was supplying operational vehicles for the suicide bombers. He gave them Hilux vans. He is a prominent politician. If the president goes after these guys, they will say it is political. That is part of the problem. Everybody will say the president is going after his political opponents, especially as there is a general election next year. The militants also named the former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff. In 2003 and 2007, Sheriffwas very close to them. He used them for his elections. They worked for him. However, in 2007, the leader of the group, Muhammed Yusuf, collected money from Sheriff in return for support. Yusuf’s mentor, Ja’afar Mahmud Adam, exposed and criticised him for collecting money from Sheriff, and Yusuf ordered his killing in April 2007. But eventually, Yusuf and Sheriff fell out. However, it is acknowledged that Sheriff was and is a major financier of the group. He pays for young men to go for lesser hajj. From there they are recruited into the group. They interact freely with the Al-Shabbab militants from Somalia. They are trained by Al-Shabbab. Some of them go to Mali for training. These guys are in touch with the ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which now simply calls itself Islamic State and controls parts of Iraq). They are deadly. They share the same philosophy. The militant commanders I spoke with also named a former army chief as one of their sponsors. You have senior military officers who are benefiting from the insurgency because of the security budget. It pays them to keep the insurgency going so that they can continue to make money. I asked them several times who the army chief was and they told me it is… (name withheld by TheCable for legal reasons).

Violent terrorist group, Boko Haram has been said to be funded through the Central Bank of Nigeria, at least in previous times and before the emergence of the new CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele.

This revelation was made by Australian negotiator who spoke to key Boko Haram figures in the past few month, Dr. Stephen Davis.

The Cable reports:

Davis, who spoke with TheCable on phone from Australia in his first interview with a Nigerian journalist, said Western countries could not trace the majority of the source of funding to Boko Haram because “it is done through a legal channel, through the gatekeeper, the CBN, and that makes it very easy to cover up”. He said Boko Haram commanders told him a senior CBN official, who currently works in the bank’s currency operations division, was the one handling the transactions. “One of the biggest of suppliers of arms and military uniforms to the JAS (Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, better known as Boko Haram) currently lives in Cairo, Egypt. He is the recipient of money sent by political sponsors from Nigeria.

The funds go through the CBN’s financial system and appear to be a legal transaction. “Meanwhile, the CBN official who handles the funding is an uncle to three of those arrested in connection with the Nyanya bombings. The three boys lived with him. They were arrested by the SSS (Department of State Security) after the bombings but they do not seem to have been interrogated about their uncle in CBN. Or if they have given up information about their uncle then the SSS has not moved against him.” “Also, a senior official of CBN, who recently left the bank, was very close to Sodiq Aminu Ogwuche, the mastermind of the Nyanya bombings who also schooled in Sudan. Boko haram commanders said Ogwuche’s wife used to visit this top official in his office at the headquarters of the bank in Abuja before the Nyanya bombings. They were very close,” Davis said.

Excerpts from The Cable’s interview with Davis:

TheCable: How did you become involved in the negotiation for the release of the Chibok schoolgirls?

Davis: Because I had built trust among the militants, I made calls to them when I heard about the abductions. They confirmed to me that the girls were with them. I came to Nigeria in late April (the girls were abducted on April 14). I told the president I would try to intervene and help get the girls out. He said he would give me the needed support if I wanted. However, what I discovered was that thrice we tried to get the girls released, and thrice my efforts were sabotaged. That was when I now realised that some politicians were also involved in the insurgency. There were the remnants of those involved in the former peace deal as well as a political arm and what I call the ritual arm which specialises in butchering human beings. While I was making efforts to get the girls released, the political backers of the group threatened that if I got 30 or 40 girls out, the militants would kidnap another 60 to replace them. I became very frustrated. They threatened that any commander of the group who agreed to participate in any dialogue would be slaughtered by other commanders. The political sponsors are very powerful because they supply the finances and the arms. Until they are cut off from the group, those girls will not be released. We are talking about 200 Chibok schoolgirls, but there are over 300 other girls that have been kidnapped. There are many young men that they also kidnapped and turned them against their families. They asked them to go and slaughter their family members and they are doing it. Nobody is talking about those ones. They are the new child soldiers.

TheCable: How can we get these girls released?

Davis: The first thing is to stop the bagman who supplies weapons and military uniforms. We know his name, location and associates. If the man is stopped, the slaughterers, the ritual arm of the group, would be demobilised. The girls can be released afterwards. This man controls these ritualists.

TheCable: Was there really any deal to release the girls?

Davis: Yes, there was. Some commanders of the group told me that they would first release 100 of the girls and that would be the first step towards dialogue. They needed a guarantee from President Jonathan that they would not be arrested or prosecuted if they showed up for dialogue. They agreed with me that if they did that and no one was arrested, then they would return to the camps to release the rest of the girls.

TheCable: In all your discussions, did they name their sponsors?

Davis: They named the man who lives in Cairo. He is of the Kanuri tribe. He passes arms, ammunition and uniforms to them. The CBN official who handles the funding (name withheld by TheCable for legal reasons) is an uncle to three of those arrested in connection with the Nyanya bombings. The three boys lived with him. They were arrested by the SSS (Department of State Security) after the bombings but they are yet to be interrogated about their uncle. The official still works with the CBN. He is still there. He works in currency operations. He knows how to handle the transaction in a way that it can never be traced. Western countries are frustrated that they cannot trace the funding. How can they when it is passed on legally, through the gatekeeper, through the CBN? Also, a senior official of CBN, who recently left the bank, was very close to Sodiq Aminu Ogwuche, the mastermind of the Nyanya bombings who also schooled in Sudan. Ogwuche’s wife used to visit this official in his office at the headquarters in Abuja before the bombings. They were very close. Don’t forget that the CBN official who handles the transactions also used to report to his superior, the official who recently left the bank. Also, there is a politician who was supplying operational vehicles for the suicide bombers. He gave them Hilux vans. He is a prominent politician. If the president goes after these guys, they will say it is political. That is part of the problem. Everybody will say the president is going after his political opponents, especially as there is a general election next year. The militants also named the former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff. In 2003 and 2007, Sheriff was very close to them. He used them for his elections. They worked for him. However, in 2007, the leader of the group, Muhammed Yusuf, collected money from Sheriff in return for support. Yusuf’s mentor, Ja’afar Mahmud Adam, exposed and criticised him for collecting money from Sheriff, and Yusuf ordered his killing in April 2007. But eventually, Yusuf and Sheriff fell out. However, it is acknowledged that Sheriff was and is a major financier of the group. He pays for young men to go for lesser hajj. From there they are recruited into the group. They interact freely with the Al-Shabbab militants from Somalia. They are trained by Al-Shabbab. Some of them go to Mali for training. These guys are in touch with the ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which now simply calls itself Islamic State and controls parts of Iraq). They are deadly. They share the same philosophy. The militant commanders I spoke with also named a former army chief as one of their sponsors. You have senior military officers who are benefiting from the insurgency because of the security budget. It pays them to keep the insurgency going so that they can continue to make money. I asked them several times who the army chief was and they told me it is… (name withheld by TheCable for legal reasons).

THE FULL INTERVIEW BELOW:
Davis: Let me take you back a bit. I specialise in negotiation. It may interest you to know that I have been involved in peace negotiations in Nigeria since 2004 when President Olusegun Obasanjo invited me to intervene in the Niger Delta crisis. With a local Nigerian colleague, I spoke with Asari Dokubo and took him to Obasanjo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Because Asari is a Muslim, the Muslim boys in the north heard about me and warmed up to me. I did a report in 2005 on the threat of extremism among young northern Muslims. Obasanjo’s security chiefs dismissed the report with a wave of the hand. They said no such thing existed.

In 2007, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who desired to end the militancy in the Niger Delta, invited me and made me presidential envoy. I toured all the northern states. I went to the country’s borders. I came back with a report that there were some budding sects in the north. The national security adviser (NSA) at the time, Gen. Sarki Mukhtar, dismissed the report. He said they didn’t exist. A succession of NSAs dismissed all these reports and allowed the groups to flourish. By the time President Goodluck Jonathan came to power in 2011, these groups had spread all over the north. They had cells and commanders in 16 out of the 19 northern states.

President Jonathan called me and sought my opinion on the best way to tackle the militancy and bring it to an end. I knew many of the leaders. I spoke with them. They trusted me. They initially wanted to kill me. They thought I was an American but I told them I was not. They also thought I was British but I said I was not. I told them I was an Australian. They relaxed. I don’t know why but they became more accommodating. They became friendly and, gradually, we built the trust. They started feeling free with me. I don’t call them Boko Haram. I call them JAS. People call them Boko Haram. They don’t call themselves Boko Haram.

TheCable: What deal were you seeking under Jonathan’s mandate?

Davis: The president wanted peace. He asked me to discuss with them so that we could arrive at the terms of peace. They came up with some terms that were acceptable and others that were not acceptable.

TheCable: What were those terms?

Davis: They wanted training for the widows of their deceased fighters. They asked the government to give these women cottage training. They, ironically, wanted education for the children of their deceased members. That is why I don’t call them Boko Haram (“Western education is a taboo”). They asked that the children be sent to school. They also wanted the government to rebuild villages that were destroyed by the security agencies. They asked for amnesty as well.

TheCable: What terms were unacceptable?

Davis: The president said he would not grant amnesty in the sense that they meant it. He said those who surrendered their arms would not be prosecuted, but those who continued to commit more crimes would face the law and would be charged with treason. They also wanted women and children who were being held in custody to be released. Their leaders that I spoke with were ready to accept the conditions. But the NSA then, Gen. Owoye Azazi, went vehemently against it. He said there should be no negotiation with terrorists. He completely turned the military against the peace deal I was working on, even though we were very close to bringing an end to the insurgency the same way we did it in the Niger Delta. The military then refused to back the deal. They succeeded in convincing the president not to accept it. I could understand where they were coming from: the security budget was like $6 billion and any peace deal would seriously reduce their budget.

TheCable: How did you become involved in the negotiation for the release of the Chibok schoolgirls?

Davis: Because I had built trust among the militants, I made calls to them when I heard about the abductions. They confirmed to me that the girls were with them. I came to Nigeria in late April (the girls were abducted on April 14). I told the president I would try to intervene and help get the girls out. He said he would give me the needed support if I wanted. However, what I discovered was that thrice we tried to get the girls released, and thrice my efforts were sabotaged. That was when I now realised that some politicians were also involved in the insurgency. There were the remnants of those involved in the former peace deal as well as a political arm and what I call the ritual arm which specialises in butchering human beings.

While I was making efforts to get the girls released, the political backers of the group threatened that if I got 30 or 40 girls out, the militants would kidnap another 60 to replace them. I became very frustrated. They threatened that any commander of the group who agreed to participate in any dialogue would be slaughtered by other commanders. The political sponsors are very powerful because they supply the finances and the arms. Until they are cut off from the group, those girls will not be released. We are talking about 200 Chibok schoolgirls, but there are over 300 other girls that have been kidnapped. There are many young men that they also kidnapped and turned them against their families. They asked them to go and slaughter their family members and they are doing it. Nobody is talking about those ones. They are the new child soldiers.

TheCable: How can we get these girls released?

Davis: The first thing is to stop the bagman who supplies weapons and military uniforms. We know his name, location and associates. If the man is stopped, the slaughterers, the ritual arm of the group, would be demobilised. The girls can be released afterwards. This man controls these ritualists.

TheCable: Was there really any deal to release the girls?

Davis: Yes, there was. Some commanders of the group told me that they would first release 100 of the girls and that would be the first step towards dialogue. They needed a guarantee from President Jonathan that they would not be arrested or prosecuted if they showed up for dialogue. They agreed with me that if they did that and no one was arrested, then they would return to the camps to release the rest of the girls.

TheCable: In all your discussions, did they name their sponsors?

Davis: They named the man who lives in Cairo. He is of the Kanuri tribe. He passes arms, ammunition and uniforms to them. The CBN official who handles the funding (name withheld by TheCable for legal reasons) is an uncle to three of those arrested in connection with the Nyanya bombings. The three boys lived with him. They were arrested by the SSS (Department of State Security) after the bombings but they are yet to be interrogated about their uncle. The official still works with the CBN. He is still there. He works in currency operations. He knows how to handle the transaction in a way that it can never be traced. Western countries are frustrated that they cannot trace the funding. How can they when it is passed on legally, through the gatekeeper, through the CBN?

Also, a senior official of CBN, who recently left the bank, was very close to Sodiq Aminu Ogwuche, the mastermind of the Nyanya bombings who also schooled in Sudan. Ogwuche’s wife used to visit this official in his office at the headquarters in Abuja before the bombings. They were very close. Don’t forget that the CBN official who handles the transactions also used to report to his superior, the official who recently left the bank. Also, there is a politician who was supplying operational vehicles for the suicide bombers. He gave them Hilux vans. He is a prominent politician. If the president goes after these guys, they will say it is political. That is part of the problem. Everybody will say the president is going after his political opponents, especially as there is a general election next year.

The militants also named the former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff. In 2003 and 2007, Sheriff was very close to them. He used them for his elections. They worked for him. However, in 2007, the leader of the group, Muhammed Yusuf, collected money from Sheriff in return for support. Yusuf’s mentor, Ja’afar Mahmud Adam, exposed and criticised him for collecting money from Sheriff, and Yusuf ordered his killing in April 2007. But eventually, Yusuf and Sheriff fell out. However, it is acknowledged that Sheriff was and is a major financier of the group. He pays for young men to go for lesser hajj. From there they are recruited into the group. They interact freely with the Al-Shabbab militants from Somalia. They are trained by Al-Shabbab. Some of them go to Mali for training. These guys are in touch with the ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which now simply calls itself Islamic State and controls parts of Iraq). They are deadly. They share the same philosophy.

The militant commanders I spoke with also named a former army chief as one of their sponsors. You have senior military officers who are benefiting from the insurgency because of the security budget. It pays them to keep the insurgency going so that they can continue to make money. I asked them several times who the army chief was and they told me it is… (name withheld by TheCable for legal reasons).

Editor’s Note: In the second part of this interview, Dr. Stephen Davis opens up on why the Nigerian military is unlikely to win the war against Boko Haram and why it is particularly difficult to tackle the militants in the deserts of north-eastern Nigeria.

The Top three states are as follows: Anambra, Abia and Edo states. I don't really understand why Imo State with a very high literacy level is falling behind these days. Congrats to Anambra, Abia (not T.A Orji oo) and Edo States.

2014WASSCE: Statistics show states with highest percentage pass, possible cause of mass failure
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The Statistics of result released by the West African Examinations Council for the May/June WASSCE 2014shows that, Anambra, Abia and Edo states came top as best performing states with 65.92%, 58.52% and 57.82% respectively.
Students who scored five credits and above including Maths and English in Anambra State totals 34,094, with 19,109 female students and 14,985 male students. In Abia State, a total of 32,947 students made five credits and above including Maths and English, with 15,347 male students and 17,600 female students. In Bayelsa State, 37,242 students scored five credits and above including Maths and English. 18,479 were male students while 18,763 were female students.
Nevertheless, eight out of the 36 states in Nigeria recorded a score less than 10%. These states include Adamawa, Jigawa, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi. Others are Gombe, Bauchi and Yobe.
While Adamawa State recorded 8.75% for those who made five credits and above including Maths and English, Jigawa, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi recorded 7.47%, 7.12%, 6.65% and 6.30% respectively. Gombe State recorded 5.68%, Bauchi 5.28% and Yobe, 4.85%.
In Adamawa State, out of the 30,235 candidates who sat for the examinations, 1,510 males and 1,136 females made five credits and above, including Maths and English. In Sokoto, 25,391 candidates sat for the examinations. 1,193 males and 616 females scored five credits and above, including Maths and English.
In Zamfara, Kebbi, Gombe, Bauchi and Yobe, students who scored five credits and above including Maths and English were 1,954, 1,676, 1,107, 1,548 and 743 respectively.
Borno, Taraba, Niger, Nasarawa and Oyo states fell within the 15-24% range. Others within this bracket are Plateau, Osun, Cross River and Kogi states.
Scores for Benue, Ogun, Kano, Kwara and the FCT fell within 26-45%. Within this bracket also are Akwa Ibom, Ondo, Ekiti and Ebonyi, Kaduna, Delta, Imo and Lagos states.


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jay bee: Why do you think it's of little comfort Sir?

The university does award MA degree
They also awarded it to between 1 and 5 internationals students during the period in question

All indicators points to the fact that he was awarded the degree

because the man just said no Nigerian attended the school between the period under review . The fifth question was if any Nigerian was amongst the Africans that got admitted into the school and the man replied no. Check the questionnaire again. Fourth and fifth questions i think. Eguerrilla correct me if I'm wrong tho. Between, why are our media houses silent on this??

I caп't believe I'm saying this but Uduaghan has performed well ooo. And to think I used to insult him wella . Why is that PDP people doп't know how to engage In media propaganda? PDP doп't really know how to showcase their states. If not for this thread, I would have thought Uduaghan hasn't constructed any road In Delta.
And this benin city's Ring road has bin overbeaten. I'm tired Of seeing It at every Edo thread. I doп't see how a ring road equates to development across the LGAs Of a big state like edo. Uduaghan over Oshiomole for me tho.

Definitely the best city In Nigeria by a mile.

Kairoseki77: Everyone is reading this on their GSM phones.

A legacy of OBJ.

NL sef wouldn't exist without OBJ's telco reform.

Awwwwwwwww you poor bloke. You sound hurt. Oya take tissue . Pele


@ Post Obasanjo will never forgive the evil spirit that entered him the night he wrote that letter.....

utumunta: Without PDP, these governors are nothing. I have said it earlier on this forum. Check my posts on G7 and their antics.

Amaechi is finished, with him is Murtala Nyako. They are both without political clout and followership in their respective states. The opposition against them is overwhelming.

In Adamawa state, the original APC members(Marwa and Gundiri) would have won Nyako. Now, should the PDP lure them to their fold, they would do it on a clean- slate.

In Niger, Aliyu is finished politically. He lost in 2007 and 2011 to the opposition. His acclaimed victory is dependent on the PDP and it's machinery.

In Sokoto, Bafarawa, Shagari, fmr minister of sports and others will chase Wammako out if they get the PDP's nod to do so. Tambuwal is an Abuja politician and will lose a re election to the House if he choses to come back. His alliance with Wammako is nothing to withstand the PDP.

In Kano; Kwankwaso is a red- capped clown. The same mistakes that cost him a re election in 2003, he has repeated. It has cost him the support of the people that matter, again.

Lamido is his own man and can give anyone a fight for his money.

Bukola Saraki is the driver behind Amaechi and Kwara state has been itching to align with their brothers in the south west. Kwara is an APC state and Saraki has been in control because of the PDP's machinery. He is scared of losing the state, so his courting the APC is a survival strategy. If the PDP machinery abandons him, Dele Belgore and Lai Mohammed will deal him a fatal political blow.

I think the APC showed their hand too early in the game. The PDP now know their strenght and weaknesses. To any discerning politician, APC is a newspaper giant and political lilliput. No wonder the PDP left them to play newspaper politics while concentrating on the real thing.

Tinubu need to do a lot in the days ahead. Let the APC give their ticket to a neutral candidate like Pat Utomi. A south southerner who is also an Igbo man. They would eat into the President's strongest base, while appealing to educated, professionals and enlinghtened. Spice the ticket up with a Shekarau in the north and President Jonathan would be in for it. If they chose to play the northern card, it would back-fire and GEJ would sail to victory.

you are a sage!

Did he just threaten Lagos

Wow

Bigfrancis don't you know that Nairaland is full of people who have absolutely no idea of what they are talking about. I don't even have the energy to pen a well articulated rebuttal. Op get your facts right there no Osus in igboland, maybe 200yrs ago but not today. Believing that Osu is still in existence is like believing that Yoruba Kings still feast on human heart during their coronation .

Why is this thread not on front page? Didn't it meet the criteria for FP materials?

geeez: A 50km Expressway built on a waterlogged sub base will cost Lagos taxpayers N25bn (N500m/Km)

A 150km Expressway on a solid sub base will cost Nigeria $1bn or N150bn (N1bn/km)

God bless BRF

God bless the Yoruba race

God bless Yoruba land

dude stop playing the tribal card . I'm sure that there are intelligent Yorubas that would love to see u pen a well structured rebuttal . Stop trying to play on the intelligence of Yorubas.

I don't know if Awolowo is similar to GEJ but there's one factor prof corruption and Katsmoto keep hammering on, that's the need for Akintola to follow the Ideology of AG. Now, let me deal with this point holistically, Akintola decided to be his own man by trying to assert his own authority and choose a different political path from the one Awolowo laid out for him. This singular action brought the disagreement between both of them which resorted to the Vote of no confidence and reinstatement of Akintola by the courts. So in summary, Awolowo interferred in Akintola's administration when he felt he was derailing from AG's manifesto.
Now, let's dissect Amaechi and Jonathan's alleged face off. PDP has a clear Manifesto. Amaechi knew about this manifesto before he decided to contest under PDP, let's assume we all agree that GEJ is interferring with Amaechi's government because he is uncomfortably close to opposition governors(APC governors) which is clearly an anti- party offence .
So if we are to draw a parallel btw GEJ and Awolowo as regards Amaechi and Akintola respectively, we wil find out that both did what they termed the best for their party, Awolowo orchestrated Akintola's impeachment while GEJ is 'handling' Amaechi.
Now, i think ndu_chuks is right on this one because it will amount to a great deal of hypocrisy to demonize GEJ for Ameachi's saga and not return the favour when it gets to Awolowo and Akintola's saga. Prof corruption even strengthened Ndu-chuks's argument by insinuating that AG under Awolowo's leadership won the election and not Akintola well, PDP under GEJ won the Rivers state election and not Amaechi. Amaechi wasn't even in the country when PDP led by Nyesom Wike won Rivers State.

raytony: Eyah! I just pity the woman sha. In Africa China voice. Oduah wey thief money we no dey see her face for crime fighter.

wetin concern Oduah for this matter? Oduah carry gun come steal ur money?? Huh? This Oduah will drive some of you people mad soon.

She's waiting for eclipse. LOL

tellwisdom: The land I migrated to?? Which land are you talking about?? Lagos where most of you lots cant afford a better house for yourselves?? or a place where that lazy man would be seated and order miscreants like u to go collect free money to feed himself?? You have been enslaved enough to break the yoke. It's high time you realise some people except buttlickers like yourself don't give a ratazz about whatever fucck he is.

wow! This is the first Tellwisdom is actually getting himself involved in the back and forth ish that goes on here daily. Kai!

Loool. It will never make front page . OP just include three names ifeanyi, Onitsha or stella Oduah and see this thread on FP in 30mins .

sarutobie: Hehehehehehehe that picture is badt .hate him or love him Beaf na legend

LMAO Beaf was the greatest. No1 here comes close. One man squad beaf