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It's a pity Nigerians do not appreciate their own. These youths are capable of bringing solution to the Nigerian present economic situation. I know quite a number of them who are really doing a nice job for this country. But most Nigerian youths who could not win the award are taking everything personal. Let the truth be told, they need to be paid, at least to prevent their businesses from collapsing. Should these businesses collapse, the amount of money invested in that project will be a total waste.
I am Nigerian, join me to stand for what is right.

Lalasticlala, without biasness, let's call a spade a spade and do the needful. Anyway, happy birthday my chairman!

Awardees of the YOUWIN empowerment programme have urged the federal government to address the issue of unpaid bursaries to thousands of its beneficiaries.

This was contained in a statement signed by the spokesman for YOUWIN 3 Awardees, Adindueme Hans.

He alleged that the Ministry of Finance for nine months has delayed the payment of grants to winners from mainly the third batch of the YOUWIN programme and that failure to do so anytime soon will lead to the loss of 4,500 jobs.

It would be recalled that the YOUWIN programme, which is dedicated to empowering youths, has seen 3,900 Nigerians become self-employed with 22,000 jobs created since the launch of the scheme.

However, the Youwin 3 awardees expressed fears that those missing agreed payments will be forced to sack or downsize their employees, or face the bigger threat of complete closure.

“We fervently call on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Finance and the Central Bank Governor to urgently intervene in this matter and get the TSA issues urgently resolved to save over 1,500 businesses from imminent collapse. Government must not allow our businesses to fail, as we are partners in efforts to reduce youth unemployment,” Hans said.

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Awardees of the YOUWIN empowerment programme have urged the federal government to address the issue of unpaid bursaries to thousands of its beneficiaries.

This was contained in a statement signed by the spokesman for YOUWIN 3 Awardees, Adindueme Hans.

He alleged that the Ministry of Finance for nine months has delayed the payment of grants to winners from mainly the third batch of the YOUWIN programme and that failure to do so anytime soon will lead to the loss of 4,500 jobs.

It would be recalled that the YOUWIN programme, which is dedicated to empowering youths, has seen 3,900 Nigerians become self-employed with 22,000 jobs created since the launch of the scheme.

However, the Youwin 3 awardees expressed fears that those missing agreed payments will be forced to sack or downsize their employees, or face the bigger threat of complete closure.

“We fervently call on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Finance and the Central Bank Governor to urgently intervene in this matter and get the TSA issues urgently resolved to save over 1,500 businesses from imminent collapse. Government must not allow our businesses to fail, as we are partners in efforts to reduce youth unemployment,” Hans said.

Source: Fatima Joji (Daily Trust, 16/02/2016).

The federal government has sacked the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the ministry of information and culture.

The Special Adviser to the Minister Segun Adeyemi in a statement signed by him stated that the development was announced at a meeting the Minister of Information and Culture held with the chief executives of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Monday.

“The minister directed the disengaged chief executives to hand over to the most senior officials in their various establishments,” he said.

“He thanked them for their service to the nation and wished them the best of luck in their future endeavours.

“The affected chief executives are the director-generals of NTA, Mr. Sola Omole; FRCN, Mr. Ladan Salihu; VON, Mr Sam Worlu; NOA, Mr. Mike Omeri; NBC, Mr. Emeka Mba and the managing director of NAN, Mr. Ima Niboro).”

The federal government has sacked the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the ministry of information and culture.

The Special Adviser to the Minister Segun Adeyemi in a statement signed by him stated that the development was announced at a meeting the Minister of Information and Culture held with the chief executives of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Monday.

“The minister directed the disengaged chief executives to hand over to the most senior officials in their various establishments,” he said.

“He thanked them for their service to the nation and wished them the best of luck in their future endeavours.

“The affected chief executives are the director-generals of NTA, Mr. Sola Omole; FRCN, Mr. Ladan Salihu; VON, Mr Sam Worlu; NOA, Mr. Mike Omeri; NBC, Mr. Emeka Mba and the managing director of NAN, Mr. Ima Niboro).”

APC beware of the eides of March!

Weedcrusher:
They do not need to find weapons on me before they charge him for treason. The guy case is a dead on arrival case. I listened to radio biafra for about 30 minutes and I realized there are tons of evidence to nail this guy with in court. With all the video evidences showing him asking for ammunition to fight a democratically elected government, there is no way this dude will be charge with anything less than treason

Chapter 6 section 37 sub section 1 of nigerian criminal code act says "any person who levies war against the state, in order to intimidate or overawe the president or the governor of a state is guilty of treason and is liable to the punishment of death".

Sub section 2 of the same section says " any person conspiring with any person either within or outside nigeria to levy war against the state with the intent to cause such levying of war as would be of treason if committed by a citizen of nigeria, is guilty of treason and is liable to the punishment of death".

Section 38 of the same act says "any person who instigate any foreigner to invade nigeria with an armed force is guilty of treason, and is liable to the punishment of death ".

Section 42 says "any person who, without lawful authority, carries on, or makes preparation for carrying on, or aids in or advises the carrying on of, or preparation for, any war or warlike undertaking with, for, by, or against, any authority, or with, for, by, or against any band of citizens, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for life".

Nnamdi Kanu is guilty of all these offenses and his case is a sorry one.

Senior Advocate, moments ago you claimed to have listened to Radio Biafra, and now you claim to have video evidences of him asking for arms. Senior Advocate, spare yourself the stress of quoting the Constitution and forward the videos to the appropriate place as that might earn you the job you desperately need. Think about it.

I don't trust this government. The noise about NSA's abuse of fund under the past administration is a smokescreen to tell Nigerians that boko haram war lingered because the past govt diverted funds meant for military equipment. Instead of deceiving themselves, this present govt should have lived up to expectation by tackling the boko haram menace and winning the war first before going after those that fed on the funds. Their action is tantamount to putting the cart before the horse. This hide and seek agenda of theirs will definitely backfire! APC was voted into power because they promised to make all things better. Well, they turned themselves into a god who posseses all powers to create a change. Now God has come to fight. Who can stand? The best thing to do now is to repent of all the phony promises, ask God for forgiveness and most importantly, appologise to Nigerians for misleading them. This is the only way God will take charge and approve the decisions of this govt.

Orderpaper.com, you're to be blamed. You mean you confronted Odu'a with alleged withdrawals that took place after she must have left office? Again, those presently in that office/ministry could not give you details of what transpired? Odu'a rebuked you and you are here opening your mouth wide like agama lizard looking for jobless idiots to sympathise with you? I don't blame you at all. She is even a good woman to have stopped at abuses. If you are not in a business of destroying her name, why not carry out your investigation without confronting her. Moreover, your message to her is very insulting. You should be ashamed of yourself for posting this rubbish and trying to tarnish her name in this. Do you know how much a name is worth? Allow the law to do its job after you have finished your stupid investigation and not doing media/online judgement. Please the courts are there for your use. What is my business if in the course of your job a serving Senator insults you? Please do the needful and stop being stupid. Afteral the assignment you embarked upon is a personal one. Please hide your head in shame!

GudluckIBB:
Dokpesi said he collected the money for publicity on behalf of jonathan and u are here defending him.

Its a pity that people like you exists. You should have come to this world as a bathroom slippers.

Could you please tell us where he said so and do the needful to reproduce his statement with reference here.

think this makes a whole lot of sense. We have always been fed with one-sided story in matters of public importance.

Anyway, the government in power as experts in diverting attention, can do as they wish but one day the truth will burst open.

For those who argue that Dokpesi has confessed, I want to know where he did the confession. Did you see him making the confession in front of a camera or you just heard that he confessed? By the way, if you doubt the family's press statement and believed that of the government, then something is wrong with you.

Let me make it clear here that Dokpesi did not tell anyone that Dasuki paid him, but the propaganda machinery of the government in power is letting the world to believe that Dasuki paid.

Before you believed their story, did you try to verify it? Or have you joined the liars to convict an innocent man before the courts could say so? Can you see what Nigeria is turning to in the hands of APC - a party that has nothing to do with the rule of law? Judge

I think this makes a whole lot of sense. We have always been fed with one-sided story in matters of public importance.

Anyway, the government in power as experts in diverting attention, can do as they wish but one day the truth will burst open.

For those who argue that Dokpesi has confessed, I want to know where he did the confession. Did you see him making the confession in front of a camera or you just heard that he confessed? By the way, if you doubt the family's press statement and believed that of the government, then something is wrong with you.

Let me make it clear here that Dokpesi did not tell anyone that Dasuki paid him, but the propaganda machinery of the government in power is letting the world to believe that Dasuki paid.

Before you believed their story, did you try to verify it? Or have you joined the liars to convict an innocent man before the courts could say so? Can you see what Nigeria is turning to in the hands of APC - a party that has nothing to do with the rule of law? Judge!

TonyeBarcanista:
Dokpesi's Family



Dokpesi's Company DAAR Communications

https://www.thecable.ng/dokpesi
www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/194303-why-i-collected-n2-1-bn-from-ex-nsa-dasuki-dokpesi.html

Why the conflict in story? We are yet to get the truth.

Well, Dokpesi did not tell you that, but the propaganda machinery of the government in power said so. Before you believed their story, did you try to verify it? You have joined the liars to convict an innocent man before the courts say so. Can you see what Nigeria is turning to in the hands of APC - a party that has nothing to do with the rule of law?

fagbalex:
Pro Jonathan Senator, where was he during the term of Jonathan. Is he not using Generator that time? Let ask Ben Bruce. Or is Buhari the genesis of the problem in the Power Sector?
Rubbish of the highest order from Ben Murray Bruce. He's just seeking public attention at all cost. To let him know we are not moved by your rants and shenanigans.

God bless Nigeria!!!

Can you see what frustration can cause? You failed to secure your dream job at Silverbird and so the Chairman must be washed with your insult? Sorry oooh! Ben was only calling your ministers to be accountable, he meant no harm but you only did not get his point. It's not by force Silverbird must give you a job. Anyway, fighting and defending ministers will not give you the job. It will only come when you become real.

Oga Falae, can you truly identify these people and let Nigerians know if they are those that kidnapped or rather 'fathernapped' you? Anything is possible with the Nigerian security. That's how they paraded some people that time as killers of Bola Ige.
Please oga Falae, help us solve this puzzle...

Ioannes:
first of all, it's whipping and not "weeping"
second, what I posted there is my opinion
third, that you think what I posted is thrash is your opinion, which frankly doesn't really matter much to me.

now you can talk of celebrating mediocrity, Jonathan's time we actually worshipped mediocrity.

you said the situation is getting worse, I say you are a liar.

remind us again How many local government areas did gej lose to dem boko boys?

need I remind you that our soldiers were scampering away with their tails between their legs whenever boko boys confronted them. making tactical retreat into Cameroon. what is the case now?

I will give Buhari a chance to succeed just like we all gave Jonathan when he first came in. but buhari should know he is on the clock and time is ticking.

unlike some of you, u am not a blind follower of any leader. you do well we praise you, you do badly we let you know.

buhari has hardly spent half a year and people want to kill him. their mentor messed up for 6yrs But they are ready to die for him. smh.

Hmmm! Thanks for the correction on 'weeping and whipping' but I must say that your assessment of the issue is not true.
1. The north never gave GEJ the chance to prove hinself as they beg people on Buhari.
2. All the LGAs in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa were recovered and librated before Jonathan left office, Sambisa forest was combed by soldiers.
3. GEJ govt was attacked by the north for killing Boko Haram members, even President Buhari took it personal, calling it ethnic cleansing. Murtala Nyako's utterances are still fresh in our memory. The threat to try Ihejirika at the ICC is still new.
4. GEJ govt tried amidst sabortage from the north to procure weapons for the soldiers. The refusal to sell arms to Nigeria by certain countries cannot be wished away. Moved by compassion to save this country, Jonathan's govt tried all means possible to buy arms to no avail. Reprieve only came towards the end of his regime.
5. Buhari's govt has not bought a single riffle, they are still using the ones GEJ bought which Dasuki said have not finished arriving.
6. I do not know which part of the country you are from but I did not see anyone from the South-South killing, maiming and burning properties because Buhari won and their own person lost. That is what happened when Buhari lost election... it was one problem of the north on another till GEJ handed over to Buhari.
You can go ahead blaming GEJ and leaving behind the spoilers of Nigeria for all I care, but the truth is: I need to move FORWARD!
However, the myriads of promises made during the campaign period are yet to be met. Ending Boko Haram is now December. We are watching!!!!

[quote author=d33types post=38896280][/quote]I am not on your side please! Why do you celebrate someone's calamity, even if he is your worst enemy? What you felt the man did as a leader, you do worse in your own little capacity as a follower. How will you feel if someone tells you that your father is reaping the fruit of his wickedness, even though you have labelled him a saint in your own estimation without allowing those he ever injured to judge him?
He might failed so many women while looking for a wife to marry. Some of them may have carried his babies which eventually he denied. These women may have cried to God as a result. Your father might have denied some junior staff their rights which carries a curse...
So many things can be wrong with how your father lived on earth, even though I do not know him and do not wish to. Supposing he drops dead like his other friend in the story, and people began to curse him and refuse to assist you in his burial...? The best thing you can do for a dead person is to get him buried.
As a Christian, God mandated us to rebuke sinners and persuade them to repent while alive, because when they die, they can't repent in the grave. Your own business with man is when he/she is alive, at death, they face God who created them. What did you do or what are you doing to create a change in someone's life while he/she lives? Think...

My question is this: the whole money and other materials wasted in relocating the Nigerian Military Base to Borno, what fruit has it yielded, or has the APC government scammed us as usual? I am still wondering...

Come to think of it, does anyone commenting on this post know why Nigerian public office holders are always suffering and dying of cancer? Who is this CANCER MERCENERY that is planted in the seat of Nigerian government? You can never finish if you start the count about public office holders who are sick or have died of cancer. Something is wrong somewhere. Someone must be poisoning others there with casogenic substances or food and drinks.
Prayer: anyone given the mandate to eliminate you and at the same time not giving you chance to defend yourself, may he/she die or be eliminated according to the order of Haman, in Jesus' Name. Amen!

Ioannes:
oh I thought you guys in the opposition said that buhari was using boko haram to destabilize Jonathan's government. so now Buhari is using the same boko haram to destabilize his own government too? you guys are hilarious.

who handled boko haram with kid's gloves,.calling them his siblings? - the clueless one.

who refused to acknowledge that boko harm was a threat But said that terrorism was every where in the world and "maybe it's our turn" - otueke clown.

who ignored the kidnapped chibok girls claiming no one was kidnapped and ignored the menace until 2wks to election? - Dumbo GEJ.

you think we have forgotten? Please try this ruse again in like 100yrs time maybe you will be able to get away with it.

the good thing now is that Buhari has given us a deadline, December. we are watching and waiting.

Trash! Stop celebrating mediocrity. Open your eyes and move forward... failure is failure no matter how you try to rationalize it. The issue at hand is clear, don't try to divert attention by weeping up sentiments. The situation is getting worse by the day, and because none of yours is involved, you have the guts to defend mediocrity. It's a shame!

dridowu:
PHOTOS: President Buhari With His Former
Classmates


https://www.nairaland.com/2470443/photos-president-buhari-former-classmates

Certificate is required not classmates. Do you secure emplyment by showing your classmates? Do the needful...

agabusta:
Why did you party PDP withdraw their case from the court??

They were forced at gun point to do so... lol.

Jayola:
Nawah oo, na so life dey? Has he forgotten what he benefited from Jonathan administration? They run things together

He did not spite Jonathan. He only said he lacked the political power to fight corruption. There were political obstacles too hard for Jonathan to summount. The same obstacles pushed Edwin Clarke to quit politics!!!!!!!!

gwales:
As the way things are going, pdp would become extinct by the year 2019

No! The pdp is restrategising, moreover, it's the trouble makers in pdp that just left the party only to allow it come back to life. When some Bayelsans left pdp for apc, they left with the troubles with which they stapeded pdp. That is why a bloody civilian in the likes of Oshomhole was not able to conduct governorship primaries for them.
Let's watch apc in the next one year of Buhari's rule. I see the party falling like pack of cards...

Wole Soyinka's acerbic criticism of authority sometimes makes one to confuse academic brilliance with courage and forthrightness. Before Goodluck Jonathan came to power and before Muhammadu Buhari took over the leadership of Nigerian government, this writeup which has made front page on Nairaland stares us in the face.
When group of people labelled Mr. Buhari's ministerial nominees as "analogue" most Nigerians on the other side see them as noise makers. Reading through the lines of Prof. Soyinka's write-up puts me on a solid footing in my own line of thought.
I find it very important to repost this wite-up no matter how long it was written but it speaks volume of what to expect in this present administration.
Nairalanders, let hear something from you, but always try to be fair and honest.

THE NIGERIAN NATION AGAINST GENERAL BUHARI

By Wole SOYINKA
This intervention has been provoked, not so much by the ambitions of General Buhari to return to power at the head of a democratic Nigeria, as by declarations of support from directions that leave one totally dumbfounded. It would appear that some, myself among them, had been overcomplacent about the magnitude of an ambition that seemed as preposterous as the late effort of General Ibrahim Babangida to aspire yet again to the honour of presiding over a society that truly seeks a democratic future. What one had dismissed was a rash of illusions, brought about by other political improbabilities that surround us, however, is being given an air of plausibility by individuals and groupings to which one had earlier attributed a sense of relevance of historic actualities. Recently, I published an article in the media, invoking the possible recourse to psychiatric explanation for some of the incongruities in conduct within national leadership. Now, to tell the truth, I have begun to seriously address the issue of which section of society requires the services of a psychiatrist. The contest for a seizure of rationality is now so polarized that I am quite reconciled to the fact it could be those of us on this side, not the opposing school of thought that ought to declare ourselves candidates for a lunatic asylum. So be it. While that decision hangs in the balance however, the forum is open. Let both sides continue to address our cases to the electorate, but also prepare to submit ourselves for psychiatric examination.

The time being so close to electoral decision, we can understand the haste of some to resort to shortcuts. In the process however, we should not commit the error of opening the political space to any alternative whose curative touch to national afflictions have proven more deadly than the disease. In order to reduce the clutter in our options towards the forthcoming elections, we urge a beginning from what we do know, what we have undergone, what millions can verify, what can be sustained by evidence accessible even to the school pupil, the street hawker or a just-come visitor from outer space. Leaving Buhari aside for now, I propose a commencing exercise that should guide us along the path of elimination as we examine the existing register of would-be president. That initial exercise can be summed up in the following speculation: “If it were possible for Olusegun Obasanjo, the actual incumbent, to stand again for election, would you vote for him?”
If the answer is “yes”, then of course all discussion is at an end. If the answer is ‘No’ however, then it follows that a choice of a successor made by Obasanjo should be assessed as hovering between extremely dangerous and an outright kiss of death. The degree of acceptability of such a candidate should also be inversely proportionate to the passion with which he or she is promoted by the would-be ‘godfather’. We do not lack for open evidence about Obasanjo’s passion in this respect. From Lagos to the USA, he has taken great pains to assure the nation and the world that the anointed NPN presidential flag bearer is guaranteed, in his judgment, to carry out his policies. Such an endorsement/anointment is more than sufficient, in my view, for public acceptance or rejection. Yar’Adua’s candidature amounts to a terminal kiss from a moribund regime. Nothing against the person of this – I am informed - personable governor, but let him understand that in addition to the direct source of his emergence, the PDP, on whose platform he stands, represents the most harrowing of this nation’s nightmares over and beyond even the horrors of the Abacha regime. If he wishes to be considered on his own merit, now is time for him, as well as others similarly enmeshed, to exercise the moral courage that goes with his repudiation of that party, a dissociation from its past, and a pledge to reverse its menacing future. We shall find him an alternative platform on which to stand, and then have him present his credentials along those of other candidates engaged in forging a credible opposition alliance. Until then, let us bury this particular proposition and move on to a far graver, looming danger, personified in the history of General Buhari.

The grounds on which General Buhari is being promoted as the alternative choice are not only shaky, but pitifully naive. History matters. Records are not kept simply to assist the weakness of memory, but to operate as guides to the future. Of course, we know that human beings change. What the claims of personality change or transformation impose on us is a rigorous inspection of the evidence, not wishful speculation or behind-the-scenes assurances. Public offence, crimes against a polity, must be answered in the public space, not in caucuses of bargaining. In Buhari, we have been offered no evidence of the sheerest prospect of change. On the contrary, all evident suggests that this is one individual who remains convinced that this is one ex-ruler that the nation cannot call to order.
Buhari – need one remind anyone - was one of the generals who treated a Commission of Enquiry, the Oputa Panel, with unconcealed disdain. Like Babangida and Abdusalami, he refused to put in appearance even though complaints that were tabled against him involved a career of gross abuses of power and blatant assault on the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizenry.
Prominent against these charges was an act that amounted to nothing less than judicial murder, the execution of a citizen under a retroactive decree. Does Decree 20 ring a bell? If not, then, perhaps the names of three youths - Lawal Ojuolape (30), Bernard Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26) do. To put it quite plainly, one of those three – Ogedengbe - was executed for a crime that did not carry a capital forfeit at the time it was committed. This was an unconscionable crime, carried out in defiance of the pleas and protests of nearly every sector of the Nigerian and international community – religious, civil rights, political, trade unions etc. Buhari and his sidekick and his partner-in-crime, Tunde Idiagbon persisted in this inhuman act for one reason and one reason only: to place Nigerians on notice that they were now under an iron, inflexible rule, under governance by fear.
The execution of that youthful innocent – for so he was, since the punishment did not exist at the time of commission - was nothing short of premeditated murder, for which the perpetrators should normally stand trial upon their loss of immunity. Are we truly expected to forget this violation of our entitlement to security as provided under existing laws? And even if our sensibilities have become blunted by succeeding seasons of cruelty and brutality, if power itself had so coarsened the sensibilities also of rulers and corrupted their judgment, what should one rightly expect after they have been rescued from the snare of power” At the very least, a revaluation, leading hopefully to remorse, and its expression to a wronged society. At the very least, such a revaluation should engender reticence, silence. In the case of Buhari, it was the opposite. Since leaving office he has declared in the most categorical terms that he had no regrets over this murder and would do so again.

Human life is inviolate. The right to life is the uniquely fundamental right on which all other rights are based. The crime that General Buhari committed against the entire nation went further however, inconceivable as it might first appear. That crime is one of the most profound negations of civic being. Not content with hammering down the freedom of expression in general terms, Buhari specifically forbade all public discussion of a return to civilian, democratic rule. Let us constantly applaud our media – those battle scarred professionals did not completely knuckle down. They resorted to cartoons and oblique, elliptical references to sustain the people’s campaign for a time-table to democratic rule. Overt agitation for a democratic time table however remained rigorously suppressed – military dictatorship, and a specifically incorporated in Buhari and Idiagbon was here to stay. To deprive a people of volition in their own political direction is to turn a nation into a colony of slaves. Buhari enslaved the nation. He gloated and gloried in a master-slave relation to the millions of its inhabitants. It is astonishing to find that the same former slaves, now free of their chains, should clamour to be ruled by one who not only turned their nation into a slave plantation, but forbade them any discussion of their condition.

So Tai Solarin is already forgotten? Tai who stood at street corners, fearlessly distributing leaflets that took up the gauntlet where the media had dropped it. Tai who was incarcerated by that regime and denied even the medication for his asthmatic condition? Tai did not ask to be sent for treatment overseas; all he asked was his traditional medicine that had proved so effective after years of struggle with asthma!

Nor must we omit the manner of Buhari coming to power and the pattern of his ‘corrective’ rule. Shagari’s NPN had already run out of steam and was near universally detested – except of course by the handful that still benefited from that regime of profligacy and rabid fascism. Responsibility for the national condition lay squarely at the door of the ruling party, obviously, but against whom was Buhari’s coup staged? Judging by the conduct of that regime, it was not against Shagari’s government but against the opposition. The head of government, on whom primary responsibility lay, was Shehu Shagari. Yet that individual was kept in cozy house detention in Ikoyi while his powerless deputy, Alex Ekwueme, was locked up in Kiri-kiri prisons. Such was the Buhari notion of equitable apportionment of guilt and/or responsibility.

And then the cascade of escapes of the wanted, and culpable politicians. Manhunts across the length and breadth of the nation, roadblocks everywhere and borders tight as steel zip locks. Lo and behold, the chairman of the party, Chief Akinloye, strolled out coolly across the border. Richard Akinjide, Legal Protector of the ruling party, slipped out with equal ease. The Rice Minister, Umaru Dikko, who declared that Nigerians were yet to eat from dustbins - escaped through the same airtight dragnet. The clumsy attempt to crate him home was punishment for his ingratitude, since he went berserk when, after waiting in vain, he concluded that the coup had not been staged, after all, for the immediate consolidation of the party of extreme right-wing vultures, but for the military hyenas.

The case of the overbearing Secretary-General of the party, Uba Ahmed, was even more noxious. Uba Ahmed was out of the country at the time. Despite the closure of the Nigerian airspace, he compelled the pilot of his plane to demand special landing permission, since his passenger load included the almighty Uba Ahmed. Of course, he had not known of the change in his status since he was airborne. The delighted airport commandant, realizing that he had a much valued fish swimming willingly into a waiting net, approved the request. Uba Ahmed disembarked into the arms of a military guard and was promptly clamped in detention. Incredibly, he vanished a few days after and reappeared in safety overseas. Those whose memories have become calcified should explore the media coverage of that saga. Buhari was asked to explain the vanished act of this much prized quarry and his response was one of the most arrogant levity. Coming from one who had shot his way into power on the slogan of ‘dis’pline’, it was nothing short of impudent.

Shall we revisit the tragicomic series of trials that landed several politicians several lifetimes in prison? Recall, if you please, the ‘judicial’ processes undergone by the septuagenarian Chief Adekunle Ajasin. He was arraigned and tried before Buhari’s punitive tribunal but acquitted. Dissatisfied, Buhari ordered his re-trial. Again, the Tribunal could not find this man guilty of a single crime, so once again he was returned for trial, only to be acquitted of all charges of corruption or abuse of office. Was Chief Ajasin thereby released? No! He was ordered detained indefinitely, simply for the crime of winning an election and refusing to knuckle under Shagari’s reign of terror.
The conduct of the Buhari regime after his coup was not merely one of double, triple, multiple standards but a cynical travesty of justice. Audu Ogbeh, currently chairman of the Action Congress was one of the few figures of rectitude within the NPN. Just as he has done in recent times with the PDP, he played the role of an internal critic and reformer, warning, dissenting, and setting an example of probity within his ministry. For that crime he spent months in unjust incarceration. Guilty by association? Well, if that was the motivating yardstick of the administration of the Buhari justice, then it was most selectively applied. The utmost severity of the Buhari-Idiagbon justice was especially reserved either for the opposition in general, or for those within the ruling party who had showed the sheerest sense of responsibility and patriotism.

Shall I remind this nation of Buhari’s deliberate humiliating treatment of the Emir of Kano and the Oni of Ife over their visit to the state of Israel? I hold no brief for traditional rulers and their relationship with governments, but insist on regarding them as entitled to all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of any Nigerian citizen. This royal duo went to Israel on their private steam and private business. Simply because the Buhari regime was pursuing some antagonistic foreign policy towards Israel, a policy of which these traditional rulers were not a part, they were subjected on their return to a treatment that could only be described as a head masterly chastisement of errant pupils. Since when, may one ask, did a free citizen of the Nigerian nation require the permission of a head of state to visit a foreign nation that was willing to offer that tourist a visa.?

One is only too aware that some Nigerians love to point to Buhari’s agenda of discipline as the shining jewel in his scrap-iron crown. To inculcate discipline however, one must lead by example, obeying laws set down as guides to public probity. Example speaks louder than declarations, and rulers cannot exempt themselves from the disciplinary strictures imposed on the overall polity, especially on any issue that seeks to establish a policy for public well-being. The story of the thirty something suitcases – it would appear that they were even closer to fifty - found unavoidable mention in my recent memoirs, YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DOWN, written long before Buhari became spoken of as a credible candidate. For the exercise of a changeover of the national currency, the Nigerian borders – air, sea and land – had been shut tight. Nothing was supposed to move in or out, not even cattle egrets.

Yet a prominent camel was allowed through that needle’s eye. Not only did Buhari dispatch his aide-de-camp, Jokolo – later to become an emir - to facilitate the entry of those cases, he ordered the redeployment – as I later discovered - of the Customs Officer who stood firmly against the entry of the contravening baggage. That officer, the incumbent Vice-president is now a rival candidate to Buhari, but has somehow, in the meantime, earned a reputation that totally contradicts his conduct at the time. Wherever the truth lies, it does not redound to the credibility of the dictator of that time, General Buhari whose word was law, but whose allegiances were clearly negotiable

damton:
Sometimes when I wonder how people make so much fuss about the ministerial list, I begin to ask myself if there are more than one slot for each state. Besides, the president was brought into power by some trusted loyalists, are we saying these people have nothing at stake in working assiduously to ensure victory for the party. Mind you, there will always be cabinet reshuffle every now and then. And every shades and strata of the society (youths or non-politician) will always get their fair share of appointments as the time goes bye. In addition, you don't pronounce someone guilty of any allegation until proven otherwise by a competent law court. The president knows all to we'll the people he will need to deliver change we've all craved badly. It is for us to judge them based on their performance afterwards. Age is a petty consideration. my opinion though.

Thank you for that trash! When you join hands to condemn Jonathan and his ministers together with other cabinet members, you did not remember that the law courts exist. It's now you and your visionless party that is filled with Mouth Action know that such things are wrong. I pity you all!!!

ProfessorPeter:
Bomb blast in Kuje police station Abuja now. More details later
modify 0951pm causality. The suicide female bomber died no casualty
modify: still in the same Kuje another bomb blast in Kuje market this night few minutes apart. More details later. Time 10:08pm

This is serious! Mr. Buhari's 3-months deadline has expired. Nigerian army's relocation to Maiduguri is nonesense!!! Now their backyard is open to attack. Where is the weapon Mr. Buhari bought more than Jonathan? Soldiers are celebrating in Borno while the seat of power burns! I hate hypocrisy. What is trending now is Diezani's arrest while Nigerians are killed like fowls. I pity my people for being o yes people. Can we now call a spade a spade and do the needful instead of MOUTH ACTION!

iamboody:
It's unfortunate, RIP to the dead. Wailers will complain as if the figure of casualties and frequency of the attack has not reduced drastically compared to the time of their clueless hero when we used to record attacks every other day and used to lose count of number of casualties. Because they are wailers, they can never be logical. I remember a certain president who was dancing to skelewu music some few hours after a massive attacks on his subjects.

I have been following your comments on issues of serious importance and I am surprised at what you say. Must you surport evil because your selfish ambition is being put to scrutiny? We are talking about human life here and whoever that is found not doing his job should be called to order. Should we wait till every Nigerian is killed before you say something positive?
Your comparing PMB with GEJ government is utter rubbish. You promised Nigerians change and now you are defending your failure to deliver on your electoral promises. It's a pity!

Abdulwasihi01:
May Allah forgive him and grant him al-janat firidaus. Amin

So he's even a sinner? I thought he was a saint to have died in Mecca... I'm just thinking...