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3ace: Considering the opportunity given to an igbo man to serve under Fashola, I wonder what could have prompted him to do this to same tribe.

SO BECAUSE OF THE USELESS OFFICE OF SERVICE HE GRANTED, THE IGBOS SHOULD BE MALTREATED OUT OF ENVY. A RIGHT GROUP IS ALREADY HEADING TO THE COURT. FASHOLA CAN SHOVE HIS APOLOGY UP HIS USELESS GUT. SAN OR NO SAN HE IS NOT BIGGER THAN NIGERIA

Alenkakent: ♠ like what amaechi is doing and ♠ believe every right thinking Nigerian would understand that... how can someones housewife (patience) just meddle in government affairs as if she was elected into any post.... To all these ibo boys and girls condemning amaechi, you're just cowardly foolish...

PLS WHEN DID U ESCAPE FROM YABA, COS NO SANE PERSON WOULD REASON LIKE U. AS FOR AMAECHI, NO NEED TO CONDEMN OR PRAISE HIM, EVERYONE SHOULD JUST WATCH 2015, THE END WILL JUSTIFY THE MEANS

Strong indications emerged yesterday that the Peoples Democratic Party is trying to woo the recently-released Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, to win Yobe and Borno states from the All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP).

The President and his strategists have also launched a fresh plot to win more states in the North-West in 2015.

It was learnt that the permutations of the presidency is that the control of some states in the North-West and North- East could leave the North divided in 2015.

The presidency was said to be trying to adopt the strategy of ex-President Shehu Shagari who in 1982 granted state pardon to the late Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

The pardon had enabled the defunct ruling National Party of Nigeria(NPN) to make inroads into the South-East which was then controlled by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe-led Nigerian Peoples Party(NPP).

Investigation also indicated that PDP is trying to use Al-Mustapha leverage to checkmate its rebellious governors like Rabiu Kwankwaso(Kano), Aliyu Wammako (Sokoto); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Babangida Aliyu (Niger); and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa).

A reliable source said: “The plot is a two-dimension type. The PDP wants to bank on Al-Mustapha’s image to capture Yobe, Borno and Zamfara being controlled by ANPP.

“The renewed political romance between President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Governor Ahmed Yerima of Zamfara State seems to be pointing to this desperate bid by the President and his strategists to make inroads into the North-East and North-West.

“Yerima had taken some marabouts to the President some weeks ago to “pray” for Jonathan’s good health and 2015 agenda.

“Besides, you will recall that a few months ago, Yerima and ex-Governor Modu Ali Sheriff met with the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, in Abuja. So, the plot was conceived a few months back, but Al-Mustapha might be used to crystallize it.

“The larger picture is to change the political tempo in the North by bringing Al-Mustapha into the PDP to reduce the influence of some out-of-presidency favoured Northern governors like Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Aliyu Wammako ( Sokoto); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Babangida Aliyu (Niger); and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa).”

The source, however, said the prime targets of Al-Mustapha’s deal are Yobe and Borno states.

Investigation by our correspondent revealed that some PDP chieftains have already made a proposal that the way to end the domination of the ANPP in Yobe and Borno states is to make Al-Mustapha the arrowhead of the party’s plot.

Findings showed that the Minister of State for Finance, Alhaji Yerima, had allegedly met with Al-Mustapha and hosted a dinner in honour of the ex-CSO.

Checks indicated that the PDP had initiated secret talks with Al-Mustapha on why he should team up with the party to improve the lot of his people in Yobe.

Although it was unclear as at press time on Al-Mustapha’s disposition, it was gathered that some PDP bigwigs have already penciled down the ex-CSO for the governorship slot as its automatic candidate.

The leakage of the plot has created a cold war between Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State and the Minister of Finance.

It was learnt that the minister was allegedly shunned by the governor on Tuesday when he brought some presidential relief materials to Damaturu (Yobe State capital) for victims of Boko Haram.

The cold shoulder rubbished plans by the minister and the presidential delegation to make a political gain from the relief materials.

A highly-placed source said: “ The PDP is determined to control Borno and Yobe states. This is why Al-Mustapha’s option is on its card at present.

“But Al-Mustapha has not made any commitment to join partisan politics or not.

“The Governor of Yobe State is, however, not taking the plot lightly leading to a cold war between him and the Minister of State for Finance.

“I think other Northern political leaders and governors are still studying the situation.”


http://thenationonlineng.net/new/pdp-woos-al-mustapha-to-win-yobe-borno/

DivideUs: Shame on nigeria, shame on the judiciary, shame on goodluck Jonathan, shame on NLC, shame on us all! We allow things like this to go on, I promise you we will never see better days and in the end we would merely have existed but not have lived! God punish us all!! And may God destroy the name nigeria

NA YOU GOD GO PUNISH AND NOT OUR DEAR COUNTRY.

bigtt76: E for nor retire ...e for remain there de wait retardeen and company restore am back. Abeg daddy ...go and lecture our students we will appreciate you more.

FOR HANDING ACN VICTORY IN SOME WESTERN STATES OVER THE PDP, HE HAD TO PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE. A LESSON FOR SOME

Olaolufred: IT IS NOT AS YOU SAID OR THINK.
HE WILL BE CHARGED TO COURT.
HE COULD GET BAIL AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
HE WILL BE GRANTED BAIL AS SOON AS SURETY IS AVAILABLE FOR HIM.
THE CASE WILL DRAG FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE AND END UP IN FUTILITY.
IS IT NOT IN A COUNTRY WHERE MAINA STOLE 32 BILLION BUT WAS TOLD TO PAY BACK 750,000 AND SIN NO MORE?
WAIT AND SEE.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, HE WILL GO FREE, ONLY IF THE PRESIDENCY HAS NO INTEREST

justsayemma: Can't u say something new? Aint u tired of dis nonsense u just wrote,its childish my dear,learn how 2 add more pages,2 ur 1 page word bank.its my opinion I wrote,n u sound so dumb,2 prove that m wrong.

NICE TO NOTE THAT THE COMMENT MADE AN IMPACT ON A SLOWPOKE. NEXT TIME YOU WILL PROBABLY PUT YOUR BRAIN TO BETTER USE.

justsayemma: He shud invite dem 2 America,2 com n perform d song na.truth b told,we know a lot of people who can imitate Mj,n d lyric is wack,4 an artist dat has bin in d industry 4 more than 10yrs,its a joke dedicated to d best musician dat eva lived,4 years afta his death.the video is clean,bt d whole concept is a joke.

YOUR SENSE OF REASONING, IS WACK , MY ADVICE TO YOU HATER IS TO LOCATE THE NEAREST NEPA TRANSFORMER AND ROMANCE IT

Horo: That's the same mistake that is hindering us from moving ahead we overlook small small mistake that degenerate to bigger one, u can imagine our whole presidor been interviewed in CNN and was saying sorry am not always good with figures what a shame

PROF. SMALL SMALL MISTAKE IF U DONT DRAG THE PRESIDENT INTO THIS , YOUR GENERATION WILL HAVE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.

Garri the 1st: [size=48pt]This isn't a Federal Govt project!!![/size]

MUMU IS IT A STATE GOV PRPJECT?

Stonekay: Nairalanders! Pls any idea to get my post immediately initiated for people to view and share their opinions....Any help?

Connect what you see below to your computer

PLEASE SOMEONE SHOULD TELL ME HOW THIS STORY REDUCES THE PRICE OF GARRI IN THE MARKET

spongeback: Very nice article
I didn't bother reading it

THAT MAKES YOU A SLOWPOKE

Ladytee-thato:
[color=#000099][/color]I dont really blame those people who are killing nigerians. there are lot of nigerians in S.A. and trully speaking i'm scared of nigerians they have muscles and when they look at you you would swear they wanna eat u. when i come back from school u will see them with their igbo attires staring at u.

You this ethnic bigot, did the article mention the ethnic group of those in question, clear your saw durst filled brain and read the article again.

tatosh: If FG didn't intervene then who would have? Is it not their responsibility. He makes it seem like they came to do us a favour. Mediocre government!

And if his govt did not intervene like OBJ did not intervene would you have flogged him, any way you are from a generation of conginental ingrates.

This is incridible, are you sure , he is his real son?

Moves by some suspended members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the South West to return to their positions suffered a setback on Friday as the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos rejected their appeal.

Those affected are the National Secretary, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; National Auditor, Bode Mustapha; and the National Vice Chairman, South West, Segun Oni; all of whom are believed to be loyalists of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

They had asked the court to stay execution on the rulings of the lower courts which relieved them of their positions over improper election.

But the PDP, represented by its counsel, Joe Gadzama, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, asked the court to discontinue with the appeal saying PDP was no longer interested in it; a move which the three embattled former party chiefs resisted.

In its ruling, the three-member panel of the court made up of Monica Dongban-Mensem, Tijani and Ita Mbaba upheld the appeal for withdrawal.

Following Mr. Oyinlola’s sack, his deputy, Solomon Onwe has since stepped into the office in acting capacity; while Mr. Mustapha was replaced outright with Fatai Adeyanju.

In place of Mr. Oni, a former governor of Ekiti State, the ruling party also appointed a caretaker committee in the South West headed by Ishola Filani to pilot its affairs in the zone.

Their loss is seen as a loss by Mr. Obasanjo in his discreet bid to recover the machinery of the party in the zone.

Already, he has lost grip of the party in his home state, Ogun, as an executive committee of the party led by Dayo Bayo, and backed by a business mogul, Buruji Kasumu, is in charge of the party there.

Reacting to the ruling, Mr. Mustapha said “These judges ruled that I don’t have an appeal because my appeal has been withdrawn by Gadzama, the PDP lawyer and therefore that I cannot continue with the appeal.”

The former national auditor alleged that the court never considered the merit or otherwise of the suit, asking “Why was the appeal withdrawn in the first instance, does it mean that the appeal has no merit”.

Mr. Mustapha added that it has become clear that going by the ruling, Mr. Obasanjo and his loyalists are no longer wanted in the party.



http://premiumtimesng.com/news/138795-oyinlola-other-obasanjo-loyalists-lose-bid-to-return-to-pdp-leadership.html

How would it feel being in the stomach of this Monster.











http://www.mgid.com/pnews/1224658/i/13236/0/r/

MASSOB SAID SIT AT HOME, SO THOSE FOUND ON THE STREET PROTESTESTING , DO NOT REPRESENT MASSOB, THEY SHOULD BE DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY, IF THEY ARE FOUND TO BREAK THE LAW.

Adeolu Ademoyo

Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of Nigerian Central Bank is reported to have an alleged adulterous relationship with Dr. Yaro, a staff, consultant or both with the same Central Bank. Dr. Yaro is a married woman. Mr. Sanusi is a married man.

Given the need for clarity, some preliminary observations are necessary. They are: Is Dr. Yaro a staff of the Central Bank? Is Dr. Yaro a consultant to the Central Bank? Is Dr. Yaro both? Can Dr. Yaro be both materially or be described as both? Is there a material contradiction in being both materially or being described as both? Is the alleged sexual relationship between Mrs. Yaro and Mr. Sanusi necessary and sufficient ground to conclude that the relationship is adulterous? Is Dr. Yaro’s professional competence relevant or irrelevant to the consequences of an alleged sexual relationship with the Governor of the Central Bank-Mr. Sanusi? Is Mr. Sanusi’s professional competence relevant or irrelevant to the consequences of an alleged sexual relationship with Mrs. Yaro? Should a news medium- PREMIUM TIMES have reported the news? What should citizens do? What should the law do? What is ethics?

Disagreements about all things in life are normal, valid, sound and legitimate. But we must know what we are disagreeing with each time we claim we disagree otherwise there is no conversation. In thought, there are different types of disagreement, but the Sanusi/Yaro matter raises about three or four types. The first is a factual disagreement. In a factual disagreement you resolve the matter with facts- mostly empirical and verifiable. There are two factual issues in this matter. They are Dr. Yaro’s professional relationship with Central Bank and the alleged sexual relationship with Mr. Sanusi. There ought not be a search for a needle in the hay sack here. Dr. Yaro is either a consultant with Central Bank or a staff or both. No rocket scientist is needed to establish this. Dr. Yaro’s job title may depend on nomenclature with which jobs are described. Next is who pays Dr. Yaro? Is she paid by the Central Bank? Does Mrs. Yaro draw her salary from public funds i.e. Nigerian taxpayers’ money? In other words, is she serving the public and being paid for her professional duty by the public?

The second factual issue is the veracity of the alleged sexual act. With factual disagreements there are only two possible answers, which are either true or false. In this regard, Mrs. Yaro and Mr. Sanusi ought to factually challenge the allegation. If they do not, they send a signal that the facts are as they are presented in the public domain, hence citizens have factual ground to conclude that the allegation is indeed true. Still, this does not confer justification on the publication. That is facts in themselves may not justify their public disclosure.

Now suppose facts prove the allegation false, then PREMIUM TIMES goofed and they must apologize to Nigerians and pay the maximum legal and ethical price for lying in the public domain. And for PREMIUM TIMES, which, Nigerian citizens and others have respect for, lying is just not acceptable. However, there is no evidence yet that the paper lied as its reports has not been successfully contested by anyone.

So, supposing the allegation is true the next disagreements are interpretative and ethical. How do we interpret alleged sexual act between two consenting adults outside marriage, which is oiled and sustained by private funds of the two consenting adults? How do we interpret alleged sexual act between two consenting adults outside marriage, which is oiled and sustained by public funds of Nigerian taxpayers?

Interpretative disagreements are different from factual disagreements. Interpretative disagreements involve the framework we use. The framework could be legal, ethical, cultural, religious etc. For example, some may say humans interpret the scope of marriage differently; marriage may be said to be elastic hence they will interpret sexual relationship outside marriage differently based on the framework they use. In other words, they may not interpret a sexual act outside marriage as adultery. On the other hand, some may take marriage to be inelastic, and their interpretation will be different from those who take marriage to be elastic. Though it is challenging to see how this works out in practice, some may mix the elastic and inelastic framing of marriage and reach a different interpretation.

But despite the legitimacy of different interpretations that produce interpretative disagreements in our lives, the legal framework of the Federal Republic of Nigeria may be an ultimate framework and decider with which to resolve an interpretative disagreement such as this. If we do not do this, we run into anarchy and chaos in thought and action. I am not sure, human societies consciously elect to be nasty, brutish, chaotic and anarchistic in thought and action. The modern state and its sovereignty guaranteed under its laws prevent a slide to such chaos, anarchy and barbarism in thought and in citizens’ private and public acts. In other words, a legitimate question is: what does the law say with respect to sexual relationship outside marriage between two consenting adults regardless of-for some- the elastic scope with which we as private citizens may wish to interpret marriage differently? The related question is: what does the law say with respect to an act such as this which is funded by either private funds or public funds or a mixture of both?

This is the point at which ethical disagreements come in. Ethical disagreements are about values. They are resolved by clearly stated moral criteria. Therefore there are generally speaking no “right” or “wrong” answers with ethical disagreements. This is because someone may claim that moral criteria are relative. This is the point at which two disagreements are resolved only within the separate sphere of each set of moral criteria. This is the point at which ethical disagreements become really challenging for the question is: given human tendency to relativize ethics, at what point does ethics become public ethics and therefore become a legitimate enterprise that impact on human acts-both private and public- but which ultimately have implications for the social and the public? A quick intuitive answer (and there are others) is that the inherent sociality and public component of human nature and the inherent social and public nature of the way we reproduce life and living necessarily validate the enterprise of public ethics beyond any doubt. In other words something X cannot be public and not be public at the same time. To rebut this, an individual must be ready to become an island onto himself and herself. Thus, there are two-in-one question in the Sanusi/Yaro matter: Is the alleged sexual relationship between Sanusi/Yaro adulterous and if it is adulterous, is it unethical? Answers to these questions depend on a set of public ethical criteria being used to evaluate the act.

But despite the seeming difficulty in resolving ethical disagreement as a result of the different set of ethical criteria, there is always an over arching factor with which ethical disagreements can be resolved. This factor is a set of criteria which may range from basic common sense to the social and public nature of society, interest of society no matter how nebulous that is defined, to the basic moral health of our children-all of which human society may not be able to relativize without running into chaos, anarchy in thought and serious rational and ethical problems. For example it will be patently insane, irrational and unethical for me to commit genocide and justify it on the basis of “my ethical criteria”.

Despite the fact that human society has tried to define marriages in many ways, none has been able to displace it- and its product family- as the most resilient foundations of human society. Hence, any threat to marriage and family becomes cataclysmic for humans and their projection of society. But in spite of all these, overall it seems the Sanusi/Yaro issue would have been less controversial were both of them not in two separate marriages i.e. if they are single adults, and if no public funds are involved. This does not make it acceptable. For baby boomers and for us retired boomers and older Nigerian parents and citizens especially in the Diaspora, it seems that our sense of outrage is being legitimately driven by our concern for the moral health of our children, our love for our nation and desire that our children-because they do not reside in Nigeria- love our nation as we older parents love it. We all know that this Sanusi/Yaro act permeates the corridors of power, of our ruling elites-both political and economic. Moral debauchery and infidelity are standards for members of our ruling elites. Given that it fuels foul corruption, we also know that this is partly the basis of the tragedy of our nation especially because we see, we hear, we complain, we do not act, we move on. With hands clutched to our mouths, hearts, breathless and, speechless we wished that the act never happened.

We may wish to compare our response to the Sanusi/Yaro case with the two most recent cases of sexting (online romance) in the American public sphere. Congress man Christopher Lee, Republican representing New York in the American House of Representative resigned from the House in 2011 after a report that he sent flirtatious emails including one with a bare-chest photo of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist. Similarly, Congressman Anthony D. Weiner, Democrat, representing the state of New York, resigned for similar reasons in 2011. Despite the fact that no case of sexual relationship was brought against these men, yet they resigned to save their society and the moral health of the American children. With the American examples, I am just wondering which is more ethically horrific, between the alleged act itself (Sanusi/Yaro) and a possible means (online romance) towards the act-i.e. (Christopher Lee and Anthony D. Weiner), yet latter resigned honorably, and the society in the former looks on! This may be a case of two countries, two societies, two ethics!

As a sojourner outside my country, I have both the spatio-temporal “privilege” and burden of the eye of an “outsider”. Hence, in my last two essays (here and here), I have been genuinely concerned with the question of rationality and how this impacts on us collectively as citizens. The alleged Sanusi/Yaro adultery and some responses raise the same question of rationality. So my questions are: Is it ethical for PREMIUM TIMES to have published this if it is false? Is it ethical for PREMIUM TIMES to publish this if it is true? Is it ethical that the Governor of Central Bank who is male and a female staff or consultant or both to the same bank be engaged in sexual relationship outside their marriages if it is true? Is it ethical that this alleged act, which the nation’s law describes as adultery, was funded by public funds-taxpayers money if it is true?

And finally, the rationality question: If this is true, is it rational for Nigerian citizens to accept that there are no serious ethical issues involved here for us and especially for our children who read this? My own children have read this. We destroy them if we parents lie or hide things from these children. It is better for them to know at dinner table than for them to discover alone and then become alienated by it. Is it rational for us to accept that there are no legal issues involved? Fellow citizens as owners of the republic, you own the issue. Therefore, the rational, the irrational, and the ethical in us as humans and as citizens have the final say after the town crier has done his or her job.

Adeolu Ademoyo (aaa54@cornell.edu) is of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

ibrahym47: Pdp vs ACN cyber war. April 2015 tinubu go enta GEJ jet go form alliance wit pdp while foolish masses go dey beg 4 atachment inside molue. If u must vote come 2015, vote wise; I mean credible candidate irrespective of his/her party, religion or region.

MOLUE THAT YOU ARE ALSO INSIDE

jjcbuthot: These days, whoever has contrary view to that of government is supporting Boko Haram or a sponsor of Boko Haram?

It is an irony that all the people arrested so far in connection with bako haram insurgency are PDP chieftains. How many opposition figures have been linked to or mentioned in Boko Haram investigations?

Azazi told us before he was killed that PDP members are behind boko haram.

I get pissed of with people like you who suffer from mental parmerfrost and fail to see the sanctimonious facad of ACN. ACN is a barking dog that feels talking against everything constitutes political opposition, but like the last time, frustration will be their bane.

eldagaius: That's a good one.

What is good about a ban that will throw thousands out of their jobs in a country with high unemployment like naija

Enangson: This thread is one of the most baseless thread i have read this new month. I sure some people will change their views and the soft spot they have for Ameachi {dat seems to be the motives behind this thread. Isnt it obvious that this thread is sponsor by GEJ, Jang n Akpabio. It's clearly written with desparation ask us in river states to protest so that the state will be declare state of emergency. Posting it on Nairaland is not enough, just get more money from your sponsors and publish it on all national dailies, social media, cable tvs, and even on NTA. But i tell you your state cant be compare to Rivers state and your Governor has done even worse things, thats if you tell us where you come from.

and as daft as you are, you are of the opinion GEJ has time to exchange words with you here, wise up.