₦airaland Forum

Ijogz K:
So what are their exact motive, U that av a good knowledge bout them and i would prove to you how confused both you and the Boko-Harams are,

I have no desire to feed a lazy man. Google it up and stop looking for free handouts. I cannot be blamed if you're too lazy to read daily papers to know more about what is happening in your country.

Jakumo:
Now there is a good joke to start of the day.  Perennial election LOSER Ayatollah Buhari is the primary sponsor and instigator of the current terrorism wave  sweeping northern Nigeria, so it will indeed be a cold day in hell before the engineer of that bloodshed would ever consider calling a stop to the mayhem he has gleefully created.

there you go again with the jokes. You're sitting pretty out of the line of fire while people who have seen the 'Fresh air' they voted for turn to H₂S are the ones suffering.

Boko Haram has existed for years. Now they are back, emboldened by a weak President whose only solution is to propose spending taxpayers' money in another brainless Amnesty programme or to use 'dialogue' with a group that isn't interested in any peace overtures.

Rgp92:
I dont think Boko haram would be this active if Buhari win the election. Hate me for this, but i think Buhari is helping Boko haram.

Buhari, helping Boko Haram? Are you on crack?

gigiddon:
This is the real reason why I hardly visit Nairaland.  

Cant we all remain civil even in the heat of a discussion?

You hardly visit Nairaland? Good! We aren't missing much.
Some of us remember the good old days when the Politics section was filled with intelligent discourse. We now see chaff like you posting foolish tripe here. Zero tolerance to imbecility is our watchword  

Ijogz K:
I really don't know the motives of this Boko-Haram guyz, If they are fighting for a change, you are not suppose to kill innocent souls, as for the Niger Delta militants, their motives was clear, we all knew that GEJ was part of their sponsors and was just looking for opportunities to spend money on his people. Boko-Haram are now here from the North trying to cause chaos in the that is still suffering from serious injuries caused by former politicians. Except their motive is religious then we can now plot for anoda angle in solving this. I think its high time we rise from the South west to start ours whose motive would be for serious change.
List of our potential targets if we are to start,
1. National Assembly and all those in it
2. A meeting where all the Elder Statesmen in the country would be present. That includes former presidents, Top government officials and present president (Luckily for us, Obasanjo would be present)
3. Bombing of the cars where most of this thieves kids are.
4. Bombing all their major house of residents of this people,  We all know those who stole among them,
5. A new government would arise and makes a constitution that enables death sentence to those who steal from the public fund,  

I don't even know what to add to this, all i want is a better Nigeria,  It pains me to see my beloved country in this kinda mess,  
I want the militants and Boko-haram to come together as 1 and fight this good course.

Note: Just kidding bout the listed sites b4 somebody tries to get me arrested. But the truth is that we still need to fight,  Let this war begin!!!

Boko Haram have stated their motives innumerable times. If you claim not to know their motives at this point, it's more a pointer to lack of intelligence on your part. That is all.

When Children were being killed, maimed and tortured in Akwa Ibom over frivolous allegations of witchcraft, I did not see any Christian leader speak on the matter.
I have also not seen many Christian leaders speak out against corruption, theft and abuse of office. Instead we see such Christian leaders beaming in pictures with the likes of Anenih, ibori and OBJ.

Abeg use the same yardstick to judge your own folks jo!

PS: I am a christian

cap28:
i dont know why some i.diots on this thread are linking these bomb blasts to buhari and the sultan of sokoto - why do we keep on with this tribalistic bull.shi.t?

follow the money trail and you will surely find out that these bomb blasts have nothign to do with the north, but of course that is expecting too much for some bigots on here.

For once, you and I agree.

gigiddon:
Dear all ,

I concurred with Simpledude. Guaranty Trust Bank's ATMs are very secure. I always feel comfortable using them. This case if true may be a one-off. I hope people in the Bank are reading this , so that they could take precautionary measures if the case happens to be true.

While this post seems educative , but the intention is not so clear. This poster seems to know a little bit more than the average person on skimming and skimmers. Playing the devil's advocate here , could this poster be checking out GTB's defense mechanism against skimming? Does he want to know more about what the Bank has put in place to safeguard its customers?

We have all become more educated on ATM security by this post , and we will be more watchful and vigilant so that we do not fall victims of these bad boys.

But , the real intention of the poster is a little bit unclear to me .

So we should believe you, Mr-one-post-on-Nairaland?
The real intention of your birth is a little bit unclear to me too. Was it to increase the number of re'tards in Nigeria?

kaykaybaba:
young man (or woman), I did not snigger, and I also do not take any of my comments back. I just find it incredulous that this was mentioned without apparent proof as to how the investigators reached that conclusion. Have you ever heard of a case in which a well known (no escaping the fact here) person was convicted and sentenced to death and yet only bits and pieces of the story filtered to the public? Don't mind me if I seem not to have too much faith in the Nigerian justice system; truly, I don't, whether it was sat on by 2 courts or 20.

Now, you say  

I'll ask,  have you read the Casey Anthony files? Its been on the American news for days now: A relatively unknown story, but by the time the judgement was delivered everyone in the country knew almost all there was to know of the story.

I fear that there's a very high chance this woman isn't actually guilty, especially as we are talking of Nigeria where we know that a high percentage of people have been imprisoned on spurious (and often non-existent) charges.

Please re-read the original article.
This case has long since been done and dusted, she had been convicted and sentenced by two other courts. There was no new trial here. Why would you compare this to the Casey Anthony trial which was the first time the case had been taken through the legal system?

She moved on to the Supreme Court to overturn the previous guilty verdict. That isn't sensational news.
When Ibinabo Fiberesima was being tried by a Lagos court, the news was in the papers to far greater detail. You can't expect the same for an almost 10 year old case.

I find it highly amusing that you feel there's a 'very high chance the woman is innocent' but have no logical reason to back up this claim. Abeg stop babbling about 'spurious evidence' when you know nothing about this issue. This has gone through TWO judgements!

ebere1712:
Did anybody notice the bolded. I would think that the onus is on the prosecutor to prove beyond reseanable doubt that the defendant is guilty, and not the other way around. I really hopr she gets justice.

Outstrip:
Really scary. Basically guilty until proven innocent

Please read the article again. She was trying to overturn 2 previous guilty verdicts, it wasn't a fresh trial. At that stage, the onus is on her to convince the supreme court that the previous judgements were flawed.
Prosecutors had already convinced 2 courts that she was guilty beyond any reasonable doubt.

Double N:
Really feeling the ish, especially the hangout feature. Google really nailed it this time. Zukerberg has his work cut-out!

You're kidding, right?

The guy with 750 million users 'has his work cut out'?

No. Google has their work cut out!

kaykaybaba:
poisoned eclairs sweet, seriously?? , how did they reach that conclusion? an autopsy?
verbal confession in Nigeria admitted as evidence, seriously?

she poisoned him and drowned him? , how? did she poison him beside the dam and then push him inside?

To all the people 'supporting the death penalty 100%' , how sure are you that she's been 'proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt' (which is what is required by law in most civilized countries)?
Unless there's more to this story than has been reported, a death penalty seems most harsh. My 2 cents.

Again, i re-iterate that this case has been through TWO courts, both of which found her guilty. Asking if she has been proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt is rather silly. I have no idea why you're sniggering at the poisoned eclairs, it's not as if it's far fetched in any way.

This article is just to inform the world that the Supreme Court upheld the earlier guilty verdict. I have no idea why you expected all the facts of the case to be contained in this article.

Siena:
Wow. I thought the death penalty had been abolished in Nigeria.
Death by hanging is also barbaric.

yeah. Firing squad FTW!!

afam4eva:
I'm my dirty mind I'm hoping that this boko haramism will excalate so that we'll come together as a nation and discuss the way forward or we all call it a day and go our seperate ways. I see Boko haram as a catalyst for change.

This is hilarious.
There are close to 160 million people in Nigeria. Boko Haram has killed only a small percentage of that number. It'll be decades before we are reduced to the state you crave for.
You'd better pray this stuff doesn't last.

iyandani:
the only thing I want to say is that the man is a fool and I wonder who appointed him an ambasedorial post. the person who can not be in charge of his home how does he cotrol his office?

He has had extensive experience in the diplomatic corps. His easygoing, mild-mannered ways are not liabilities in the diplomatic corps, especially for a 'quiet' posting like kenya.

Family wise, he has 2 kids that love him. You can't really do much with the wife, so easy on the blame!

AjanleKoko:
I think I'll differ there.
It is fair to examine his qualifications and experience. This is, after all, the nation's top banking job.
To understand the man better, it's helpful to look at his background and antecedents.
Just my two cents.

Then we are agreed that Yar'Adua (as a University graduate and Phd holder) is tied with GEJ as the best President/Head of State Nigeria has ever produced?

Just kidding.

tumababa:
Yeah u are right, but what if d ease if recharging your sim directly on D iPad? What if d free on-net calls u make from d bonus givem to u after recharging d sims? What if d ease of checking d status of your Internet package? I av a friend dat has over 6000 naira of free Glo to Glo credit on his iPad sim. He was d first to get d app thru me cos he was tired of removing. Sim to recharge n make use of d free calls. What I know Is dat everybody that has installed it has Neva regret having to. So maybe if I av it, u will also think like dem.

You can recharge your SIM directly on the iPad with MTN Sim cards. Check under the MTN sim tools in settings. I'm not sure about Glo. Earlier on i had installed a cracked Chinese SMS app on a colleague's iPad, worked ok. We used that to sign up for data bundles. I'll look for the file in case someone else wants it.

I see your point about the free call credit sha. It makes the whole thing worth it in a way.

Ogbonaikenna:
The blood of the innocent biafrans killed in this cesspit called nigeria will never allow the country to know peace. Lets toll the path of sudan.

Dude, STFU about Biafra already.

Katsumoto:
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Fantastic profile for Soludo; it is evident from that profile that Soludo equally exposes SLS lack of educational and professional depth. Profile aside, SLS has come in to clean some of the mess created during Soludo's tenure. I believe that SLS was correct to take action but I disagree with his methods. We will get to that later.

Thanks

You're supposed to be evaluating whether SLS is 'Brilliant' or 'Mediocre'. i fail to see how a comparison of his certificates and postgraduate degrees is a reasonable test of 'brilliance' or 'mediocrity'.
Please retain the decency to at least edit the misleading title of this topic.

[quote author=soft-touch link=topic=125097.msg8689057#msg8689057 date=1310314426]I installed the software from cydia, about 7Mb size. Open the app on my ipad, copy my displayed ipad Serial# and click on the payment link.
I made the payment of $19.99 via my GTBank Visa card.
After about 15 mins, my payment was confirmed.
I opened the application again on my ipad, after verification of my serial# payment, I received a prompt to "reboot my device"
After rebooting, 2 new icon show on my home screen, an icon for "phone" for making GSM calls and "Message" for sending & receiving SMS just like secular phones.
Now, I have made calls with it, I have finally confirmed it working, everyone around me were surprised when I made call via ipad, it was like a magic.
These iphoneislam guys from Egypt are real genius. I hope Apple will employed them one day.[/quote]Yeah, but is there really any reason why you'd want to make a call from an iPad? Most Nigerians carry around at least 2 phones. Just how many lines does a human being need, really?

For those who want this, it's considered almost unhackable so you're gonna have to pay the $20 asking price on the Cydia Store.

Ijogz K:
She is a star according to reports, She needs to be respected for that. Amaximum of 25years in prison at most.

We'll keep that in mind just in case a 'star' kills you someday

minotaur:
Also, is it the Supreme court of Nigeria or the Supreme Court of Sharia?

And this is the kind of system and law Boko Haram wants to establish in Nigeria! God forbod!!!

You're such a brainless twit.
The article mentions the 'Supreme Court' several times. When have you ever heard of a 'supreme court of Sharia'? Is there really any educated adult in Nigeria that does not know what court the term 'apex court' refers to?
Also, what's the logic in assuming a judge named 'Francis' could be a justice in the mythical 'Supreme Court of Sharia'? You're just hearing of this case and suddenly you're 'sure' and 'convinced' she's innocent even when several other law courts have found her guilty, even when she has a confessional statement on file, even when you haven't read a single word of any of the previous judgements!

This has NOTHING to do with Boko Haram and everything to do with the death penalty. Just for the record, I am 100% in support of the death penalty for murderers, kidnappers and their ilk. Hell, i blame the Government. Public firing squad execution is a far better deterrent to killers than hanging.

djustice:
Trust me, Aganga is not fit to wipe the shoes of any of these guys, professionally or in terms of personal integrity. He is a slithering reptile!!!

Please restrict your comments to 'personal integrity'. In terms of Professional qualifications, Aganga >>>>> Dora Akunyili.

Ibime:
There's nothing objective or realistic about the crap Texazzpete is spewing here. Our communities have been kind enough to provide his like with a living at our own detriment, yet he is quick to dismiss our communities as deserving of the treatment they receive.

His argument about communities holding their LGA and State Government is a Nationwide argument. Roichi made a salient and valid point by asking him what his own LGA in Edo State had contributed to his community.

Nobody is absolving Niger Delta leaders of corruption. They are as corrupt as the system allows. In rebuttal to his point, the answer simply is that the Federal Government's lax attitude to corruption is wholly responsible for misuse of public funds. Why should the poor community be blamed for their leaders ineptitude when those with jurisdiction over their leaders (Federal Government, EFCC) are not interested in ensuring that their leaders are accountable.

The Niger Delta is just a microcosm of Nigeria. Where we start, the rest of Nigeria will inevitably follow. Every part of the country is now agitating, kidnapping, blowing up bombs etc. When we started, they said those lazy fishermen have come again. We are simply a leading indicator of social degredation in Naija. Those who say "Niger Delta deserve their leaders" are the same ones who said "Niger Delta only know how to kidnap". Now ask them whether kidnapping hasn't assumed even greater dimensions in each of their respective localities.

As for those saying that oil coys do not strike deals with local communities, they are not privvy to what happens on ground. Ask any King or local chief how many deals are struck with oil coys or how much remittance is paid to the King monthly. Long before PIB was mooted, oil coys have been paying each and every Amanyanabo in whichever Kingdom they operate. It is an admission of mea culpa that the initial deals struck with the Government in the 1950s were completely to the detriment of the local people who bare the brunt of oil exploration on the Nations behalf.

Chief, let's strip sentiment out of this. My position is not restricted to the Niger Delta alone, I personally feel the Nigerian masses are deserving of the suffering they receive and will receive due to their foolishness in returning the evil PDP back to power.
However, your stance that corruption is not restricted to the ND alone is an unfortunate one. When we focus on a disaster area, we need to ensure that the much needed relief funds are well used. Even now we are all about to suffer for the deliberate diversion of funds and effort towards education for the Northern youths.

Even if the Oil companies devote 10% of their profits to handing out goodies to the Niger Delta, it still will not be enough, And it still will be totally unjust. Taxes, afterall, are paid to both the state and the federal governments. The money trickling down to the state and local government level is enough to take great strides in fixing the ND. Your people MUST pay more focus to fighting corruption and holding their leaders responsible.

Finally, I want your comment on which party is supposed to build roads, provide water and schools for the ND people.

Solozzo:
Let's not miss the point. The key issue is that an agreement has been reached b/w the community and shell who agreed to provide electricity for them. If this us not possible a clear explanation and alternative needs to be provided. On a wider dimension, the oil companies has an ethical duty to provide supports for the communities whose environs are being damaged by their activities. A direct approach of providing these services is better than passing the money via local or state govts who would divert it elsewhere.

Shell pls honor your promise to these poor people!!! Their electricity consumption is so minimal.

Shell It cost you nothing to show respect for communities and foster a harmony. After all so many rich individuals are doing a lot to help the poor.

In my community in isoko, shell provides water and pays our electricity bills as part of the support for he poor, and this has improved our relationship with the company.

In all this, no written agreement has been tendered. What is your proof or guarantee that an agreement was reached?

farous:
One major problem of Nigeria is tribal politicking,if not,for Jonathan to form his economic team with the likes of:Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,Dora Akunyili,Bath Nnaji,Obiageli Ezekwesili,chukwuma soludo and Olusegun Aganga would have been one of the best option for Nigeria's economic development.But here is a country where tribalism is a common term in her dictionary.Because they are mainly igbos,it will be ignored.But why?,is there any of the names mentioned above that has not proved him or herself in handling any portfolio? and no body can give them bad record.Then why cant we forget tribal sentiments and go for the best?.

Please remove Dora Akunyili from that list. her sheer incompetence as information minister is dwarfed only by the sheer waste of taxpayers money in the brainless and imbecilic 'Rebranding' campaign.

naijaking1:
The worst fear is that these banks will be run to the ground and bailed out every year with tax payers fund and possibly by other "profit-making" banks.

Whenever some of us angrily lambast GEJ for using our tax money to sponsor and pamper groups of criminals all in the name of Amnesty, i've never seen you in our ranks. Now all of a sudden you're concerned with misuse of taxpayers funds?

mkpologwu:
With keen interest, I've discovered that Islamic system/structure is good within its borders! But once it goes beyond its borders, it becomes violent and intolerable!
Islamic banks will definitely ask non-muslims in naija to convert to muslim before getting loan. So I'm against it.

I'm yet to see where exactly it says that all Nigerians are being forced to take loans from Islamic banks. If the conditions to getting a loan are too steep for you, they may be favourable for others. So do us a favor and keep quiet so the others who would like it will enjoy the benefits.

cold:
Sigh!Once again let me reiterate unequivocally & categorically just in any event it flew over your head the first time.I have absolutely no qualms with Islamic banking or non-interest banking whatever pseudonym they choose to call it after all it is supposed to bring in much needed investment into the country.The scepticism a lot of people have with this project is based on fear as a result of deeply entrenched acrimony following years of religious strife which has seen some of the most brutal & gruesome murders known to man committed for the sake of religion.Thus anything with a religious tag is viewed with suspicion.
If this is too difficult for you to grasp,i'm sorry I can't help you

Perhaps we should just ban all religions and abolish all ethnic groups in Nigeria. That's the surefire way to avoid strife. Agreed?

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=708869.msg8676706#msg8676706 date=1310122919]And here is the direct quote:http://allafrica.com/stories/201107070913.html

If you have a transcript of what she said exactly, please post it. But it seems to me that while she likes the objective (cashless economy), she questions the specific implementation for bringing it about.[/quote]Again, it sounds much more like a note of caution than 'questioning the implementation'.
As Sanusi has said, deliberations will be carried out before pegging the withdrawal limits with finality.

GAR3TH:
And you all wonder why Nigeria is not developed. Because we have people like these protesters across Nigeria.

No offense intended BTW. But why the hell are they not protesting at their government to power their communities.

Why Shell? Because Shell said they were going to give you a GIFT (power) and It didn't happen.

FYI It was a gift, Shell didn't and is NOT required to bring power to communities. That is the responsibility of gov.

BTW if this was in a place like sokoto I would understand but this is Bayelsa!!!!!!!!!!!

Bayelsa only has 3 million people and receives one of the highest allocations from the FG.

In other words, BAYELSA RECEIVES MORE CASH PER CAPITAL THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN NIGERIA AND ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN WEST AFRICA.

Go protest to your state and local government and leave Shell alone.

I still don't understand some Nigerians, You see heavy corruption in front of you but you complain about the guy who's behind you.

HELL THEIR IS NO REASON WHY BAYELSA SHOULD BE THE WAY IT IS.

LAGOS RECEIVES ON SOME OF THE LOWEST AMOUNTS OF FEDERAL ALLOCATIONS IN NIGERIA (PER CAPITAL) AND ITS STILL MILES AHEAD OF MANY NIGER DELTA STATES.

Goes to show you who's really corrupt.

https://www.sparc-nigeria.com/Uploads/State_GDP.JPG

http://www.sparc-nigeria.com/kano.php

You're wasting your time. Common sense is an alien concept to these people. They are the same people that lined up in their tens of thousands to welcome Alams back even when it was indisputably proven that Alams had stolen at least 50 billion Naira from the mouths of their children.

rolchi:
Sooooo, you are not a Resident Nigerian? Now, I can see, No need talking with you. Again, you are not a good teacher. If you have the balls, ask Shell to leave,

May God save us from these illiterates. Since when did it become mandatory for every Nigerian to live in his state of origin? In answer to your question, i informed you that I do not live in my state of origin. How did that translate to not living in Nigeria?

rolchi:
Which state are you from and what is the name of your LG? What has your LG done for its people? Are you a Shell rep?

While we hold our people accountable, NOCs should send the excess money in Nigeria, (Big FULL STOP)

What does this cretin mean by 'excess money'? So you are among the uneducated masses of nigeria who still does not know that over 85% of oil and gas profits go to the federal Government? What, did you village head tell you that the NOCs were carting away 70% of the money? Your oil wealth is being quaffed in your own backyard by the same people that are pointing you to the NOCs. I am merely trying to teach you some common sense and you're here trying to face me.

You cowards cannot hold your government to task yet you're here complaining. I pity you people, years of suffering is ahead. The NOCs can only do so much. You will continue to languish in poverty while your leaders are reclining merrily in financial excess.

I have no concern what my LG has done for its people in my state of origin. I don't live there so it does not affect me in any way.

rolchi:
While we hold our people accountable

LMAO! Even at the height of MEND's activities, no leaders were ever held accountable. At least Boko Haram have the cojones to punish LG chairmen.