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GenBuhari: Abacha never stole any loot.

You should be asking what happened to all the loot Obasanjo stole?

The guy built his farm on stolen loot.
What of the $16 Billion he took to give us light?

What of all the national assets he sold to himself for almost no money?

I was about to take u serious but wen i saw d name Gen buhari i just knew nothing sensible can come from you.

The population of ppl that attend prog at just rccg camp is so large tht even if the church is taken into the middle of the ocean traffic issues will follow her there. and of cos no wise politician wants to take the risk of offending such a no of ppl. even u.s no go dear am. for God sake millions of ppl gather for conventn there!!! like 3% d pop of nija fa.
me think the church and governmnt need work on d transport systm. road rail that will convey ppl there. since relgion is part of our life here d gov shud b ready to face challenges that come from relig i.e it a venture worth spending on.
well am aware j.b has a contract to expand d express and build flyover around d axis

BedLam: OK , its alright! Since we can't use our fertile land for agriculture, let fundamentalist waste it for a ride to heaven.

what is 3km2 to Nigerian land mass?. you dont av to cast stones at rcccg to prov d point that naija isn't serious abt agriculture. the church or those who you callld fundamentalist can c it as whatever, it takes a wise gov to make some economic sense out of it. Rome, saudi etc make gud money from religious tourism....
Anyway let d church n d gov take serious step on d traffic situatn on d exp.

Mumu everywhr u go.

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realone2012: People are suffering because they are 'jobless', he is busy building 'airports'. So all Nigerian Graduates should be working at the 'construction sites' of airports now abi? Abi se na person wey neva eat go think of flying 'abroad'?

now he's speaking like my grandmother...

Ever heard the devil repent?.No.
He can only be conquered

ismhab: This man is the Nelsom Mandela of Nigeria.

Your one and only Mandella .ur personal mandella. i salute u bros

Whaz african about this show pls?

As much as many liberal(and some pretentious) muslims want to tell us islam is a religion of peace, Boko haram just keeps proving them wrong

Pix pls

Caleboha: 1966 bomb blast in Riyadh 17 dead! 2. 1979 grand mosque seizure- 25 dead. 3. 1988 fuel storage tank blown up- 4 dead! 4. 1995 car bomb 5 US citizens dead! 5. 1996 khobar towers bombings- 19 US airmen killed, 372 wounded! 6. 2003 Riyadh compound bombings- 35 killed, 200 wounded! 17 killed in a truck bomb! 6 killed in a police raid. 7. 2004 US embassy urges all US citizens to leave! The list is endless............ Saudi arabia is a haven of terrorists!

chai. u guys just have ready answ for ppl.

paraphrasing: fashola is a good govn and we supported him all the way. Muslims have being gov all this while since democracy started in... and unforunately all those aspiring to be gov. aftr fash are also muslims. i think we christians are too apolitical. pls let b political minded so this guys dont make this seat a birthright. With all this happenns in nija one day they will begin to force themselv and religio on us,wen the spirit ofboko come over them. we must not overlook and underestimate them. so pls join political parties we will support you.

jjcbuthot: What is this retardeen called cleric expecting from a xtian gov in Lagos? The criminals that we chase out of power in Ogun (Daniel), Oyo (Alao Akala), Osun (Oyinlola), and Ekiti (Oni), are they not xtians? Will any of the states mentioned above ever want anything associated with those characters in their states again?

These so called xtians clerics are so dull and very lazy thinkers. Anyway, it is when people don't fit anywhere that they go into religion as a means of livelihood.

And if we have to base voting on religion, how many states in SW will have any xtian in government?

You cudnt just hide the feeling. Thaz quite bad. but to set d record strght if we are to vote by religion in s.w ur kind will never in this world or in d world to come be in power

I keep thanking God i didnt vote a bigot... such a man will actually have islamise d country in the name of striking a peace deal with boko:a well planned out evil...

Hw much

It will always end on d table. pound them untill they accept amnesty. it is now compulsary

They will someday beg to visit...
What do we need his visit for in d first place

We have d right to wear hijab>we too av d right to be principals in any public sch> We shud av more teachers and it is our birthright to b princial>every girl must wear hijab>>>>
all d while some ppl will be sayin it doesnt matter, it is lagos now. eko oni baje. then suddenly d first bomb strikes. and behold it too late to cry...
Everyth matters. it either a uniform or notd

It either a uniform or not.

Who says democracy isnt working?
Whoever become d gov after him apc or bdp or acn etc will have to b on his toes

Uyi Iredia: Makuu pi$$ed me off with his verbal gymnastics in defence of Jonathan's subsiddy removal.

That was his duty my friend

dramendra: Enough of this dragging of Allah's name in the mud, any idiot can kill and the weak securities will say its boko haram.... Muslems have to come out nd face this animals, why always chanting Allah's name when carrying out their evil act? I guess sultan of Sokoto is not carrying out his duties...

It time muslims rose to save their religion. The sultan imam and jamas have to wakeup.

To save ur religion u must act but for u to be saved u av to recieve Jesus as ur Lord and saviour.

Godman_n: Who is Boko Haram? We have not been able to answer this question. But we can at least begin to see who are behind Boko Haram.

1: Asari Dokubo admitted to have been trained with some of the Boko Haram guys. is it not proper we acertain who sent/linked up Dokubo for the training. Is it not proper that Dokubo be summoned by the SSS/Police to get every facts that will help to understand who is Behind Boko Haram? Why has this not been done?

2. Where was the first bomb blast in Nigerian and for what aim was it deployed for? The answer is along Delta/Bayelsa axis. The blast have much to do with the Militants of the Nigeria Delta. It was even deployed to the local politics of Bayelsa/Delta states. Alams and Ibori is in the know of the forces behind those Bomb blasts.

3. Who moved maasive Guns from Nigeria Amoury in Kaduna? This is no other person than late Ptrick Azazi who was later appointed National Security Adviser. This man was able to penetrate Nigerian Army and had his ways. A lot of high profile guys in the military must have been compromised. The guns he bought was used for the militants of the Niger delta. He worked closely with Alams and Ibori. GEJ cannot be unaware of this.

4. The President was caught up in double speak after the first Bomb blast in the North (Abuja to be specific). It was later revealed that some people in SSS was trying to set up IBB and Dokpesi with that same Bomb blast. Is it possible the President knows more than we do about the goals of Boko Haram?

5. What about the 2010 Christmas day Bomb Blast. Who was likely responsible. Before then it has become clear to me that GEJ was playing Religious Politics to secure the votes of Northern Christians. So naturally when that Bomb was thrown on a Christmas day in a Church, I told my friend that I suspect GEJ/Nigerian Security forces/GEJ campaign team. It would be a good way of creating big gulf between the two religious group and then secure the votes of the Christians. So I keep believeing GEJ may be behind it.

6. Now we have SOE in far North East and Boko Haram have targeted Daura. Daura of all places. It means Buhari (the greatest fear of GEJ and PDP) is no more safe. It means Buhari will be more interested in his personal security than organising to win votes come 2015. Remember Adamawa SOE will nuetralise Atiku and his axis. With Kaura now, Buhari will be nuetralised and GEJ will have an easy ride.

I want somebody to tell me that all these are not true.

It is unfortunate the Igbos lead the fight to secure more money for the oil producing states via Deriviation. But the massive money secured by Deriviation has been utilised to intimidate the Nigerian state through state sponsored Terrorism and not to develop Niger delta. There wouldn't have been Militants without Deriviation. The Deriviation money was diverted to fun the militants of Niger Delta by Odili, Ibori and Alams. The Deriation money and (today) the Nigerian state resources is being deployed to destroy the North for the sole aim of keeping the President with GEJ. If GEJ has not been clueless, I wouldn't care much. But GEJ is clueless. He has handed over power to cabals who are bent in destroying Nigeria for their private burses.

Nigerian beware. For the measntime, I advise Buhari to relocate to Abuja because, very soon there will be a stray bullet that will take his life. The Nigerian state with its criminal rulership is afraid of what Buhari can do with the masses. They know it and can feel it.

Buhari, Please relocate to Abuja for the time being, if you have survived the shooting lasthl night.

The north and their conspiracy theories.
Well av never heard bh calling Jonathans name before detonating a bomb. Neither did MEND drag God into their struggles. They were not intrested in killing or burning down fellow nija delterns property...
The North keeps pointin a finger to d south while pointn 4 at themselvs. The north must learn to blame herself first.

Neo-XVI:
Na, no be classroom work, na rocket science. Olodo. No wonder no country has ever gotten leadership right, so we shouldn't blame poor Jonathan with a PhD. I wonder what research that guy did, if he actually did any, and what happened to what he learnt about approaches for solving problems.

Homework for you, dumbito, go through my posts, you'll surely find suggested ideas from a layman like me.

football fans always have better ideas than the coaches n footballers

all this kill them shoot them we are saying wudnt help. hate cant win hate.

HNosegbe: I'm really worried with the recent turn of events. The potential loss of innocent civilian lives from military airstrikes and related "projections of hard power" may make Baga look like a carnival.

I fear that Goodluck Jonathan, in an attempt to avoid being seen as weak, may have bitten off more than he can chew.

Boko Haram is a fragmented, shadowy sect. Insurgents such as BH can NEVER be defeated in open, attritional warfare.

My view remains what it has always been: This security threat can only be curtailed with superior intelligence gathering, coupled with an intensive campaign to win hearts and minds which will involve a combination of witness protection (for BH members willing to defect and provide valuable information) to provision of emergency social services for affected communities, to investment in emergency public works programmes to create jobs for the unemployed, to the commitment of special funds for the restoration of Lake Chad.

The government must work to induce potential defectors to come forward with valuable information on who the backers and financiers of BH are, and in exchange such defectors can be offered amnesty as well as witness protection for them as well as their families.

By doing these, you can show the indigenes that you're really concerned about their welfare (thereby increasing government goodwill and reducing local sympathy for the BH cause).

But as long as Jonathan continues with this heavy-handed approach, I fear the war will continue for years to come.

P.S: Meanwhile, what is being done about the borders?

at least he wudnt b remembered for a weaklin in d future. wen he leaves they they can come and do it d better way(if at all there is)

collynzo2: Most of our soldiers are Notherners and muslims themselves, my fear is that some of them might symapthize with these criminals.

They will not sympatiz with anybd that points a gun at them.

ebamma: Kill them all

I hope this is not out of hate.

AnanseK: ACN has explained how non functional and futile the Presidents prescription is and I agree with them fully.Instead of insulting Lai Mohammed, you intelligent Nigerians should tell us how more force and more violence by the state can bring peace to the country.

I know you can barely wait for 2015 to vote for Buhari and his baron friend tinubu.Goodluck to you.

We need to seriously look into this issue before it consumes Nig

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. (Ecc 8:11).KJV

It has become too usual for our papers to be flooded with stories of corruption allegations. It is now so common that it doesnot even command such attention as it used to in the early days of our democracy. We read of screaming headlines like “OBJ spent $16 Billion on power without anything thing to show for it” just for one to wake up another morning to hear that those who were saying such are not any better, if not worse, than those they are accusing. Recently was the embarrassing event of Lawan gate, a case in which a man loved almost through the country for being out spoken against corruption got himself caught in the corruption trap. This national posture towards corruption is not anyway too surprising. It is my believe that every human being has a corrupt tendency and will deal corruptly if not restrained. A man might not be abig time embezzler of public fund but a petty thief, an adulterer, a trouble maker, a liar, a greedy or proud individual. All these stream from selfishness, envy, pride and lust that is innate in us; and these tendencies will always thrive to find expression in our everyday living. Such a restrain can be a functional constitution and an effective legal system or a personal conviction about morality or of a higher power that one is answerable to.A higher power in this case being God. However, it is obvious that many worship God with their lips and their hearts far away. It is equally true that many Nigerians do not believe in God, hence we would not spend time talking about thefaith and religious views or convictions of our leaders.Nevertheless, the Word of is true and does not need our nod to be. Those are the words we will consider together.

Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.(Ecc 8:11) GNB

An average Nigerian Youth will boldly tell you he will also take his own part of the national cake when he has the opportunity. We have learnt from those who have gone ahead of us that the fastest and easiest way to become rich is to steal from the people. Building large mansions, driving the latest cars and living an extravagant lifestyle now defines success. This is so because our country has become a place where it seems there is no law to restrain leaders from milking the people dry. A country where the biggest thieves get the biggest cheer and it is extremely dangerous to be a small thief. Or what will we say of a country where an ex-governor who jumped bail abroad is now a senator making laws. In the year 2007, another ex-governor of a south-south state got a perpetual injunction not to be prosecuted for corruption. The EFCC has become a toothless bulldog. No thanks to the faulty foundation on which the agency was laid. For the first few years of the agency, the then government used the corruption war of the agency as a tool for power bargain. Our judicial sytem has become a mess of itself as judges and lawyers alike, have aided corrupt politicians and bureaucrats to escape the wrath of an already weak law, exhausting all available lacunas in the law to set the highest bidders free. Our law makers in turn have refused to make laws that will curb corruption, being afraid of not setting traps for themselves. And so are the cases of discipline in the civil service, nepotism, tribalism, terrorism and exam malpractices. The bigger the scale of the crime the easier the exit. As someone did comment on the social media “Kill one, get a sentence, kill ten, get a psychiatric examination and kill a hundred and get an amnesty”(paraphrase). The law is dead and truth has gone into hibernation.

Where there is no law, there is no sin (Rom 5:13) and in such a situation justice to one might end up to bean injustice to others. No wander we tend to consider those who have been convicted for stealing goats or some few thousands as victims instead of criminals, quickly putting aside the possibility of such individuals equally stealing as much if only they have access to the treasury. That is why Dr. Jonathan and his team will even dear to justify an hasty pardon for Alam. “Has he not suffered enough” they asked, as though we have not all being suffering from the result of corruption. However, taking a second look at the scale of corruption in the country and how these individual swagger around with impunity, one is tempted to think there is sense in the pardon granted. Would Jonathan not have seen his former “oga” to have suffered enough when those who have done worse than him are gallivanting about the country with “illegally legal” or party arranged immunity? After all he has even helped the country establish peace in the Niger Delta.

Whoever says to the guilty, "You are innocent"—peoples will curse him and nations denounce him. (Pro 24:24)

Mr. President however,did have a choice. A choice either to see his “oga” as a victim or bring every other corrupt person to book, making them go through what his “oga” went through or even more. I also think we do have a choice too, to either continue considering small offenders or offenders from our tribes as victims or asking for justice for both great and small and from tribe to tribe.The Pardon granted Alam and the recent happenings in the country points to the fact this administration does not have the guts to fight corruption (Ps 49:20, Matt 7:3). We can only hope we will be proven otherwise. We are desperately and eagerly waiting to see our president, who has the biggest part of the blame,being the leader, rise and take an  obvious and firm stand against corruption. He himself must remember that “hope differed wearies the heart”. No common man( in it real sense) will think of a governor, a senator or ex-minister in jail and will not reconsider his hideous plan. Will he not ask himself “if this can happen to our governor what will happen to a “nobody” like me if i am caught?” We need a leader that is brave enough to fight the insanity in this land even if it will cost him his life. The response to Alam's pardon equally showed that we, as a people, are not ready, honest and united in our call for an end to corruption.

When evil people are in power, crime increases. But the righteous will live to see the downfall of such people. (Pro 29:16) NIV
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. (Pro 29:2) KJV

Nigeria has become a shame of herself and corruption has brought her much reproach from countries that should ordinarily be looking up to her for inspiration. As the bible rightly says, “righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” (Pro 14:34). What we need is a collective war against corruption and impunity to change this image. And that must start from our homes, to our workplaces, local government and up to the Federal government. We must consciously and objectively vote for men of character, competence and commitment. It is time we looked beyond sentiments and unrealistic manifesto cleverly crafted to win gullible minds. We must add actions to our words by voting and defending our vote throughout the tenure. I am not necessarily calling for a change from PDP to other prominent parties. These our politicians are the same anyway, and will not mind deflecting to whatever party, as long as they will get what they want. It has always being the case of a kettle calling the pot black or a murderer calling another an armed robber. I sense their cry against corruption is merely aimed at getting power and access to our crude oil money. They know how much we are yearning for a corrupt free Nigeria (even when we are really not doing as much) and will emotional manoeuver as many as possible to eat their bait. It is the Nigerian people that must compel politicians and leaders to make the kind of change desired, by asking for accountability transparency and performance from whatsoever party and individual. Credibility, competence and commitment of leaders from any party should be the yard stick for competition between political parties, not the kind of noise-making we are presently experiencing.
Many a times, we fail to chide, and snobs anybody that attempt to chide a leader who is doing poorly at upholding human right for example, just because he is thriving in infrastructural development. We must not in the name of encouraging our leaders allow mediocrity and sycophancy.Pastors, bishops and other men of God should do their best to disabuse the mind of their followers on these our newly found  idea of success; question followers source of money and preach diligence and true prosperity. We cannot claim we are against corruption, praying against it, as well as cursing those who are involved in it, when we indirectly encourage it by collecting donations from same. Many times churches or ministers at religious institutions deliberately avoid probing sources of donations. Never must it be heard again that corruptly acquired money is traced to the house of God. These they must do if they are truly men of God as they claim. Perhaps these will dissuade those who still have their conscience alive. Many lost there conscience long before now.

We have for too long encouraged impunity as a people and it is high time we made a change. For us to develop as other nations we must have peace and for us to have peace we must follow after righteousness. That is, doing what is morally and constitutionally right. And peace in this case is not the absence of conflict but the presence of justice and freedom. Nevertheless, all those who still have God at heart and follow after his own kind of righteousness and peace, must not stop seeking his divine benevolence if perhaps for our sake, he will bless our land. Selah 

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