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kingofchess:
patiently waiting for 2019

'GIVING A BABOON A CUP OF WATER TO DRINK FROM, IS NOT THE PROBLEM, IT IS COLLECTING THE CUP BACK FROM HIM AFTER HE HAS FINISHED DRINKING THAT IS THE REAL PROBLEM' ( KEEP THIS QUOTE FOR 2019)

Madam good evening, please if you are opk with the car just buy it. we spend too much time thinking about what other people will say about us. Please if you like it don't bother, just buy it and enjoy yourself

Apologise to GEJ and all those that had faith in you. Please count me out of the apology because I already know what this government is all about

Quakertellicus1:
Hmmm......

The Western Sahara issue is not like the Biafra issue for these reasons

1.Western Sahara was a colony of Spain (was called Spanish Morocco)....while Morocco proper was a colony of France.

2. Morocco got independence from France in the 1960's. Western Sahara did not get independence till 1975.

3.When Spain quit Western Sahara.....Morocco and Mauritania marched in and split the country between themselves.

4.Eventually, Mauritania left its half of Western Sahara....which was taken over by Morocco eventually.

5.The OAU (Now AU) Strongly censured Morocco for its activity....and as a result....Morocco pulled out of the then OAU in 1975. Since then, they have stayed out.

6.Since the 1970's,Nigeria has always backed the Western Sahara.....in line with OAU/AU mandates. So..Buhari is just continuing an old policy...which is backed by all other African states.

Sorry,but this ain't Biafra in the desert....

But remember that biafra has the backing of UNITED NATIONS. Because when Nigeria was being amalgamated in 1914, there was a provision that any of the amalgamating unit can re consider being part of the entity called Nigeria after 100 years. This 2016

Seriously it is not Buhari's actions that surprise me, what really surprise me are those people that look for everything to justify Buhari's action

madam, may The Almighty God bless your effort. We don't even need your amen my friends already said amen for you.As I am typing this now my friends and me are all praising you. Keep it up

harmless011:
I think the pool is rigged to favour buhari because the 32 percent approval rating is still not possible. Let them conduct a transparent pool and I can assure you buhari will not get up to 5 percent. No electricity, no fuel to power gen, companies sacking people left right and center, astronomical increase in price of goods and services, bank deductions and multiple taxation even housemaids and artisans are being taxed. Indeed there was a country.

haba 5 percent is small please make it 6 percent for fairness sake

SleekMallam:
Giving a baboon water to drink is not the problem but collecting the cup back from him.

We miscalculated by giving buhari our mandate. We want it back now!!!!!!

the kind slap wey the baboo go give you ehen,

pretydiva:
Joy of motherhood. Can't wait 2 start having mine . God pls bless me wit cute kids. Amen

amen

Obiwannn:
EXCELLENT PIECE

Hmmmm. thanks for reading the post

bjdon:
Every penny spent on your education was money well spent, you are credit to your parents my brother. I hope others will read and get sense from your words

Thanks for reading the post. I am flattered

Almost all the posts here are saying similar thing. if you really love woman, take her for anger management/ therapy first. I have a guy now who is wishing that only if he knew about nairaland before getting married. You case will be more pathetic because you have warned by your peers. After marriage you will soon realised that Love is not only the ingredient required to sustain a marriage.

THE ANGER OF A WOMAN

What is a contentious woman? One that likes to contend – who likes to argue, criticize, disagree, fight, oppose, or question. She is full of questions, reminders, and suggestions – all to help, of course. Rather than dote on you, she will nag; rather than sweetly agree, she will question and suggest alternatives , she is critical, moody, opinionated, or questioning– until you wish you were single in the woods.

The odious woman cannot smell herself. She thinks she is helpful by prodding, asking questions, stressing over details, giving reminders, expecting perfection, or disliking a choice. If you were to ask her, she would say she is a good woman and wife

What is an angry woman? She cannot rule her spirit and likes to fight. She is easily angered, dissatisfied, irritated, negative, or resentful. She can find something negative about any event, and she frets and talks most about that. She is not satisfied. She is hardly ever content, seldom your sweet lover, but always irritated and stressed out.

Zico5:
A big liar, did u ever vote for him

Thanks for reading the article, I am honoured . However I will ignore the 'liar' part

luvbeloved:
u couldn't have said more...you hit the nail right on the head! I love u bro...(no homo)

for the love of our nation... thanks

WE HAVE DONE THE VOTING, PLEASE DO THE GOVERNING.

Madam please who are you addressing, your people in government or we the citizens ?

Yet again the citizens must be blamed ! Madam, I don't know how ready a nation can be for development, we voted out the last government for this government and you are here asking if we are ready for A B C D E....
The president told Al Jazeera that he is not in any hurry to fix the economy, when al jazeera reminded him the citizens are running out of patient, the president responded fiercely and visibly angry by asking what did the citizens do in the last 16 years, is it now that they want to be in hurry ?

All we ask is leadership by example, the first leakage is the round tripping happening in the banks. I am bringing my dollars home for investment, the banks changes it at 199 naira, when I need dollars to buy raw material the banks sells to me at 300 naira,why has the government has refused to block that leakage?

Secondly, how can you be asking if we are ready to confront those that mismanaged our wealth, we the citizen have done our own we voted them out , it's your turn to act madam. These people are not only in PDP, they form the nucleus of your party.

What financial discipline are you talking about, do you know how much Baba has spent travelling,? do you know how much is budgeted for feeding in Aso rock when Baba is being paid his salary ? Did you see all the leakages in the budget from the state house clinic to the generator room saga ? unfortunately in the interview granted Aljazeera days ago,Baba blamed the budget on saboteurs he said it was done by 60-70% of civil servant loyal to the last administration ... THIS GOVERNMENT NEVER TAKES RESPONSIBILITY, THIS IS GOVERNMENT OF BLAME Please act what you say.

We have done our voting, please you do the governing.!

This new was captured today, its trending online, and I got this from this day

Source http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/07/sharapova-failed-drugs-test-at-australian-open/

Former world number one Maria Sharapova has revealed she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open.

The Russian, 28, tested positive for meldonium, a substance she has been taking since 2006 for health issues.

Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion, said she was not yet aware of the sanctions she will face.



“I did fail the test and take full responsibility for it,” said Sharapova, who won the Wimbledon title as a 17-year-old in 2004.

“For the past 10 years I have been taking a medicine called mildronate by my doctor, my family doctor, and a few days ago after I received the letter from the ITF [International Tennis Federation] I found out it also has another name of meldonium, which I did not know.

“It is very important for you to understand that for 10 years this medicine was not on Wada’s [World Anti-Doping Agency] banned list and I had been legally taking that medicine for the past 10 years.

“But on 1 January the rules had changed and meldonium became a prohibited substance, which I had not known.”

She added: “I received an email on 22 December from WADA about the changes happening to the banned list and you can see prohibited items, and I didn’t click on that link.”
Sharapova has been the highest-earning female athlete in the world for the past 11 years, according to the Forbes list.

She first reached world number one in August 2005 and is currently seventh in the rankings – but she has played just four tournaments since Wimbledon last July as she struggled with an arm injury.

Her most recent match was a defeat by Serena Williams at the Australian Open in January, but Sharapova, who turns 29 in April, hopes to be able to return to tennis in the future.
“I made a huge mistake,” she said.

“I have let my fans down, and let the sport down that I have been playing since the age of four that I love so deeply.

“I know that with this I face consequences and I don’t want to end my career this way. I really hope to be given another chance to play this game.”

There had been speculation Sharapova was going to announce her retirement and a large media contingent gathered for the Los Angeles news conference, which was streamed live online.
“I know many of you thought that I would be retiring today but if I was ever going to announce my retirement it would not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet,” she said.

source http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/07/sharapova-failed-drugs-test-at-australian-open/

ShowYourCertificate:
Naij forgot to add the one of the appointment of Garba Shehu as Senior Special Adviser and Femi Adesina as Special Assistant. All are on information and communications. This is despite the fact that we have a Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed (aka Lai the Lier)

And if I call Buhari a dullard, some zombies would be crying

Please dont' call him Dullard. Just say President Buhari so that it will appear like a brazillian nam

blackprowler:
Did Dele Momodu write that piece I just read? I won't be surprised if he now has shadow writers as my assessment of him before I withdrew suggests that he is far from the intellectual depth to master the details written in that piece. He disappointed me so much I concluded his place in Nigeria is the entertainment and praise-singing industry and not on serious policy issues and I forever stand by that assessment as people don't just change overnight

Yes he did. I laced the link at the beginning and end of the piece

JW214:
"As advanced as Britain is, the Governor of the Bank of England was recruited from Canada. No one raised eyebrows because the most important thing was getting the job done"

This cannot happen in Nigeria of today. If either of CBN Governor or Minister of Finance is sacked and replaced by competent people from another Geo-political zone for example, I trust Nigerians will start singing tribal songs.

Until we see liberating Nigeria as a general course, we are tied moving around a fixed radius.

Hmmm it showed that you read the post. Yes I agree with you completely. that was part of my response to the article in the papers

Oh God I am just knowing now that I made front page . Is this how it feels like?. Hmmm I cant deny it , it feels good and satisfying. Thanks to all of you that saw my post worthy enough to comment on, and the moderator for seeing my post worthy enough for front page.

Why are we complaining ? this man has never failed to show who he was, and still is, but we said he has changed . Somebody that openly said christians should vote for christians and moslems for moslem. Some body that said his goal was to see sharia spread through all nigeria, somebody that said abacha never stole, that is the same person they packaged and forced down on us.
When God wants to punish a nation, he send them a bad ruler.. sai baba Sai chanji

I saw this today in this day news paper. Nairalanders what are your opinion on the matter
http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/05/time-to-rewrite-the-apc-manifesto/

Fellow Nigerians, something melodramatic occurred some days ago in Doha, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, where President Muhammadu Buhari dropped a bombshell inadvertently. And what was the matter? The President in his usual candour and uncommon honesty announced that one of his major campaign promises was no longer feasible and practicable; the plan to pay unemployed youths a paltry sum of N5,000 monthly stipend was thus summarily jettisoned. Or so it seemed. To be accurate, what Mr President said with a wry smile was that this was a campaign promise of his Party and was one of the cardinal points of his Party’s Manifesto but he had not personally campaigned about it and it was not going to be a priority of his administration in view of other more significant and important challenges.

However, all hell broke loose on social media because the President’s body language actually suggested that the pledge was dead in the water and had not just been demoted from the list of priorities. There were several reasons why social and popular media became instantly agog with activity on this issue. Nigerian youths took great risk to get Major General Buhari elected. They trusted him with their lives and expected the change mantra to become reality as soon as the People’s General regained power after being sacked as a military ruler in 1985. Truth is there are already some loud whispers in many quarters that lofty expectations are turning to a mirage and that things are already falling apart. Every explanation that it is too early to expect miracles is hardly treated with belief.

Thus when the President delivered this seemingly bad news to the expectant nation, it did not go down well with many people. First the location was wrong. I agree that such monumental decisions should not have been announced while sojourning abroad. To some it would appear as if the President was taking the easy pusillanimous way out. Perhaps, the President should have addressed the nation on home soil. Maybe the President could have requested his ruling APC party to take the bullet for him by getting the Party Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, to talk to the nation about the need to revise the manifesto that was sold to the electorate with so much glee. There is nothing wrong if fresh realities have necessitated a change of plans. There is usually a world of difference between the idealism of opposition and the reality of being on the hot seat. It is one of the reasons I don’t envy the President on this present job.

Mr President and his Party would have to sit down urgently to reappraise things and come out with a tidier and clearer agenda containing the realistic plan for Nigeria and Nigerians in this dispensation. Sooner rather than later, the first year of this administration will come knocking. It would be disastrous if by May 29, 2016, we still cannot have a glimpse of where the government is headed or heading. The staccato, stop-start fashion by which things are being currently handled must yield way to a smoother policy manifestation and implementation. There are many things that need to be worked on speedily.

The first and most pressing is the economy. What is on ground now has been described by a famous economist as “Robinson Crusoe economics.” Like Robinson Crusoe, our economy is being handled like one man living alone on an uninhabited island but surrounded by cannibals and vermin. The economy is on a freefall, the sort we’ve not encountered before. My humble suggestion is that the President should assemble a crack economic team immediately. Those who wish to hold conferences can still do so especially as we know where similar jamboree conferences have gotten us in the past. However, it is obvious that some people have hijacked the misfortune of Nigeria and turned it into a spectacular goldmine. “Voodoo economics” is being practised by those milking the country dry and their acolytes as well as by others wishing to manipulate themselves into the position of latter day economics experts and get a slice of the national cake. There are at this moment only a few sincere economists about and we should tap into these people but not make the mistake of putting them on the same platform with the evildoers lest we become unable to separate the wheat from the chaff. A nation that fails to consult and use its best brains is doomed and may be permanently jinxed like we seem to have been forever. In any event what is necessary now is not to make the country a debating society where esoteric and grand economic principles are postulated and propounded but a society where practical visionary and meaningful economic policies are garnered and implemented.

As young as I was in the days of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, I was aware that his best asset were the brightest brains he was able to attract and assemble. He gathered their brilliant ideas and merged them with his own. Leadership is thus an art and science of skillfully managing people and resources. It is even easier these days. In the age of advanced technology, where you can buy whatever you lack, including brains. As advanced as Britain is, the Governor of the Bank of England was recruited from Canada. No one raised eyebrows because the most important thing was getting the job done. Our parochialism will kill Nigeria ultimately if care is not taken. Many of the voodooists controlling Nigeria know nothing about modern governance or managing an economy, not to mention an ailing one. What is worse is that they know that they know not but would not agree to allow those who know something to do anything.

The time has come to declare an emergency on an evil economic apparatus foisted on us by selfish people that may end up ruining our otherwise great country. I believe we should rise above partisan politics and bring our past and present geniuses together including The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, The Governor of the Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, The Emir of Kano, His Highness Lamido Sanusi, Professor Charles Soludo, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, Professor Part Utomi, Mr Bismark Rewane, and some of our brilliant University dons to fashion out a way out of this scandalous debacle.

The next thing is for this government to reflect true frugality and shed the toga of prodigality that is already rearing its ugly head. The President should be alerted about how those outside now believe he has already joined the psychedelic class by wasting resources on flights of fancy and excessively flamboyant and ostentatious airport ceremonies. The social media caught fire last Monday as the pictures of our Brigade of Guards in Scottish kilt fully piped up welcomed the President on his arrival from his Middle East tour went viral. Such frivolity did not reflect the mood of the nation. The President’s winning formula had always been his simplicity, humility and childlike innocence. He must resist the temptation of being corrupted by the carpetbaggers who litter our corridors of power. Running the different tiers of government has been a major drain on our economy. It is also the reason the citizens would not change their ways when government refuses to set good examples.

Everything humanly possible should be done to empower and encourage Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola to give us power. There will never be any meaningful development and progress until we can generate enough electricity and be able to transmit and distribute this effectively. When people shout that we should patronize made in Nigeria products they conveniently forget that most of what we use in making the made in Nigeria products were fabricated and made abroad. At best we are only an assembly line for these products. An average company loses its profit to what should have been provided ordinarily by government. I cannot begin to overemphasise the importance of electricity. Nigerians will never forget whoever can put an end to their life in perpetual darkness. It is worth every effort and investment.

It is heartening to note that there are those ready and willing to partner with Government at little or no cost to make our dire power situation a thing of the past using both conventional and sustainable energy solutions. All that seems to be required is for government to discard any policy that would be a stumbling block to the utilisation of these opportunities. Nothing must be seen as set in stone. National development requires not only flexibility but a willingness to think outside the box. It is time to seize the moment!
In the name of God, we must revamp our educational institutions. It is disgraceful that we watched them collapse and we have refused to do anything tangible to bring them back to par with their counterparts elsewhere. The APC should tell and demonstrate in concrete terms what it intends to do to restore the lost glory of our schools from primary to tertiary institutions. Mercifully, the Vice President comes from a scholarly background and hopefully should be able to activate and actualize what the former President Goodluck Jonathan, himself an academic, could not achieve in the five years he spent as substantive number one citizen of Nigeria.

Without quality education, most of our graduates would never be employed or even become employable. Our school curriculum must now be redesigned in such a way that it can be relevant to the needs and requirements of our tough situations. Entrepreneurship should become a compulsory subject. This is why we must commend and recommend the great initiative by Tony Elumelu’s foundation that seeks to locate and situate hidden talents and future captains of industry. Innovation and inventiveness must be encouraged. There are Nigerians undertaking breathtaking research in many fields of human endeavour within the hallowed precincts of our university communities but they do not have the financial muscle or government encouragement and backing to be able to bring their dreams into reality. Great nations are made from developing such talents. Research and development (R & D) is the way to go. Most of our manufacturing companies hardly have any such viable R & D departments. Incentives must be given to all concerned, including funding and tax initiatives, so that our nation may truly enter the industrialised comity of nations and not just pretend that we are better than mere panel beaters!

Yes, it is time for APC and the Government to set their priorities again but this must be done with a sense of purpose and a desire to take the people to a higher level. May God help them.​

source http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/05/time-to-rewrite-the-apc-manifesto/

freshness2020:
The last time I checked , African women don't dress this way. African woman indeed.

my broda, i tire, the other she say she be african woman

ajebuter:
So, when will tinubu and Oba Akiolu speak and condemn this attacks ?

Or call their slave master to call his killer goons to order?

As a yoruba and Lagosian I am ashamed of what my people have become to Hausas because of atenuje political allaiance.

However I am glad my people are gradually opening their eyes and hopefully someday soon, they will act wisely and not wait for someone to tell them what to do

E tii ri nkankan

Oga you funny oooh so you want tinubu and the oba to offend buhari ?

So sorry for ur loss

jidestar:
Jonathan is still in Aso Rock? How can we move forward with backward mindset like this?

If u want to marry Jonathan, go to Bayelsa like Yunusa did, maybe Jonathan will follow u.

I dont discuss ex-president and if i did, we will be here all Night becos Nigeria problem is a historical problem.

We will name every single Nigeria leader and how dey contributed. If anything Jonathan was part of the solution and not the problem .

Buhari is ordering for the murder of those he perceive as enemy based on his islamic disposition.

That is threatening the peace of this country. That is wat we are discussing.

' If anything Jonathan was part of the solution and not the problem ' THIS TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

banki:
What exactly do you guys want
Oil prices are low you complain
He implements 50naira stamp duties to generate income you complain
He goes and signs bilateral trade agreement you complain
He wants to borrow from world bank you complain
He wants to borrow from America you complain
He collects money from looters you complain
Ok how does he fund the budget?
How does he keep nigeria running?
He bans importation of things that can be produced in nigeria you complain, T
He bans importation of egg chicken palm oil, nigerians respond by increasing the price of egg pure water and chicken!

So I ask what do we actually want

hey dont want anything. When APC was looking for power, they made all those THINGS you talked about looked wrong. they condemned all those things when they were done by the last administration. So PEOPLE HAVE NOW COME TO SEE THOSE THINGS AS WRONG THINGS TO DO. KARMA !

sdindan:
Dropped 1000 yesterday


Moved up to 4000 today,


Nawaooooh! For this government

I tot I am the only one that noticed this

dechriscool:
Nigeria on the bricks.Its can never get better when the head is directionless.What did we do wrong to deserve this kind of punishment from God.Everything is going from bad to worst and no body is doing anything to save the situation.Baba,bubu even if you don't care about the suffering of the 5%.What about the 95%,who are silently languishing with suffering.

The truth is that lets take God out of this. Where are the christian/moslem leaders ,cant they condemn this madness

rawtouch:
Watching from my balcony while sipping my alcoholic malt

Alcoholic malt... i beg dont kill me with laugh

What a time to protest. The president of turkey is in Nigeria. Turkey and Russia are enemies. Iran and Russia are friends.