₦airaland Forum

mikeansy:
The jury is out on whether Buhari passed any of his senior military exams in the army.

Also Buhari has been running for President for 12 years and 4 presidential elections and yet there is no speech on policy analysis where Buhari enumerates how he will tackle Nigeria's problems

Buhari is not brilliant at all!

Jonathan's grasp of the issues is better than that of Buhari. I honestly think we should have a live Presidential debate ASAP !

And you have evidence that General Buhari did not pass his military exams? Please show us. Does it not sound strange that this allegation is coming out 30 years after the general retired from the army? How come non of his mates or seniors ever made such a spurious allegation?

In the history of electioneering in Nigeria, which politician had ever made a speech on policy analysis that enumerates how he/she will tackle Nigeria's problems? Before you voted Jonathan in 2011, what policy analysis did he make that enumerated how he would solve Nigeria's problems and what policy analysis is he making now for the next election?

And Jonathan sounds and look more brilliant?

So who sound more literate between Buhari and Jonathan? Can Jonathan have a "no holds barred" conversation with any journalist. All Jonathan's interview are alway rehersed and stage managed - and he still makes grave errors. Buhari has a fulani-Hausa accent, while Jonathan has the "Delta Pidgin" accent, so what is the difference?

I look forwards to a head to head debate between them, i hope Jonathan does not chicken out this time around.

asalimpo:
meaning? Frosbel is still on course?


Any1 who doubts d virgin birth is lost (or about to backslide).

There is nothing like virgin birth. A virgin can never give birth. For a virgin to give birth would mean the resulting baby would have only 23 chromosones (a female egg has only 23 chromosomes. The funniest aspect is that the baby (jesus in this case) is a man. That means jesus has the XY chromosome, now where did Jesus get the Y chromosome, which is found only in male?

The virgin birth myth had been in existence from the dawn of history to signify great men, especially very power kings. Such men are attributed devine origin as to connote they are half god and half men. They are said to be a union between a diety or god and an earthly woman.

angelsing:
I know one of his plan among the listed item...Privatisation: privatise power and then still bail them out with 4billion naira..Sounds like hogwash...someone shud please enlighten me on this ooo, I don't understand it

Thank you. Privatization was not jonathan's idea but was Obasanjo's scheme of rewarding supporters and cronies with Nigeria's assets. It was Obasanjo that sold most of Nigeria's assets for peanuts to cronies in the guise of privatization. He even "dashed' away our refineries only for Yaradua to take it back.

I have never been a believer of privatization. Why can private and public cooperations work together? Why can't government keep and operate its own services and allow private companies operate theirs - Like NTA and AIT. Why will someone who is interested in operating a refinery in Nigeria have to wait for government to sell Nigeria's refinery before he can do business/

slydog:
Like the bible says in malachi- wherein have we robbed thee? Ye have robbed Kevin tithes and offering.

Thus, as a Christian, if you don't pay your tithe, you have no high standing to call a politician who steals are collective wealth a theif, because you have also robbed not just anybody, but God himself.

Right or right?

You are a theif. How can you justify looting by politicians and pastors? You are just attempting to blackmail unsuspecting christians to part with their hard earned cash. There is nothing like compulsory 10% tithing in the Bible. Jesus, Peter or any of the apostles did not demand or collect tithes from anybody.

Pastors should learn to get a job or do other businesses if the want live extravagant lifestyles.

KAG:
No. However, I do accept that there is a good chance of other creatures existing on some other part of the Universe.

Best answer

WhiteTechnology:
He set up the National ConFab to address issues like these but the North opposed change

But now with the greedy VP SW shouting change devoid of critical things like these

I must confess that i had not read the Confab reports but i was not aware that it resolved the issues of True federalism, resource control and privatization. I thought the bickerings were about state creation and sharing formula.

Please educate me further on the areas that solved True federalism, resource control and privatization.

Vicel:
Hi all, I am interested in Dis argument going on here.

Let me declare my stand first I believe in d existence of God, his power, his will n glory.

It is good you declared your stance, but let me ask, how did you come to this belief? How did you know it was a him, and not a she or a it - with beard and a long john? and what is his will and glory?

To d atheist is one thing to believe n is another to disbelieve. There is freedom of Religion n a choice to accept if u want to be religious or not.
Since u don't believe in God allow does dat believe to continue in dere faith pls.

First, we are all atheists in one way or the other, it is just that the atheist believe in one less God than a theist. An average theist disbelieve all the other thousands of Gods and believe in one. Like the Muslims say "there is no other God - but Allah". Remove Allah and he would be a full atheist.

It is theists that infringes on the freedom of worship of others. They insult and abuse all others who do not hold their beliefs. So if theists leave atheist alone, atheist would also not disturbs theists.

You all claim u don't believe in God n he does not exist, Now Dis ur argument begs a question, logically it can be inferred dat since God does not exist n we re in a world or to be more since inclined a Universe dat is filled with creatures n form DAT is only possible to cum to being without a super intelligent Creator.

Your argument does not hold water because you would also need to explain whence came your super intelligent creature.

Pls Atheists tell us ur own believe abt d way u think d universe came into being.
Is either u re a Creationist or an Evolutionist. U can't just dispute any fact without concrete reason, we re in d information Age maybe u have read sumtin from sumwere DAT is making u disbelieve in God u have thought abt it succinctly n cum to a conclusion of not believing.

Most atheist would tell you they have no idea of how the universe came into being. Creationists and evolutionists cannot explain how the universe came into being. Creationist just speculate that a super powerful human being created it, without any further explanation and evolutionists are not concerned with how the universe came into being.

I have been fascinated abt Spirituality for long n I ve read a lot of tins u atheist claim BT it is more confusing compared to d believe in God as a creator.

You are far more confused than the atheist. Please explain what is a 'God' and what are its origins and how it works. how does it create?

I knw of d big bang, d nebular theory, d story of d Sumerians n Mayans abt anunaki as d creator of d humans, So anything u think u have to say beta back it up well. I am studying Geology n humanity is a ting of serious interest to me.

Good you know the big bang theory and why it was postulated by Edwin Hubble. which one is nebular theory again - please explain. Every society has its own myth about creation, so the sumerians are no exeption.

It is good we are studying Geology, at least it should make you ask some questions about some religious dogma. So according to you, what is the geological age of the earth?

WhiteTechnology:
Buhari has no plan for


Resource control

Fiscal federalism

Privatization

And what was/is the plan of Goodluck Jonathan for;

Resourse Control

Fiscal Federalism

Privatization?

Because theism is about religion, while atheism is about non-religion. Theists shove theirs religion in our throats the minute we are born and push it all the way to our ass all though our lives. It make atheists who most times had swallowed the consumed religion to fight back, having realized that he had been deceived from birth - That there is no tooth fairy in the sky, waiting to reward or punish us for mandane things.

If theists stops disturbing the atheists in our homes, offices and public places, atheist would not feel the urge to fight back.

Besides are Black Africans not ashamed that we now worship and bow down for white Gods. We dress like the people whose gods we worship, we speak their language, we adopt their writings and literature and we adopt their culture. A black Man think of God (or all his prophets) as an Arab or blue eyed European man. Have we not become subservient to the Arab or European?

manutdadex:
listen to ur self, if he belives Nigerian youth are only good for sport and entertainment y wud he inaugurate an agricultural policy for d youth? Dis man has abt 3-4 policies to help d youth and yet bulk of those youths are on NL complainin wen una mate dey make am! Mtcheew

Re-read the speech and tell us how D-banj relate to the agricultural policy for the youth.

I am sure you are a juvenile, you talk like one. Una mate dey make am, how? When our education sector is in shambles? What the youth need most is quality education.

etunoman76:
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday accused elderly Nigerians of troubling the country as a result of their utterances and behaviours.

The President said that it was the young Nigerians that had continually brought glory to the nation.

He particularly berated old politicians in the country, who he said caused trouble by quarrelling and abusing one another.

Jonathan spoke during the official inauguration of the Youth Employment in Agriculture Programme and the Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria which held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said, “For the Nigerian young men and women, those who we have seen today and the ones outside there, we appreciate and commend you because anything that you are involved, you bring glory to this country.

“Anything that the old people like us are involved in, it is always problems.

“Young people are involved in sports, soccer, athletics and so on, and within the period that I have been here as Vice President and President, they have always been bringing glory to us.

“Young people are involved in the movie, popularly called Nollywood, and this continues to bring glory to us.

“Young people are involved in music, like D-Banj, and they always continue to bring glory to us.

“But see politics that old people like us are involved in, we continue to quarrel and abuse ourselves everyday and create problems for innocent Nigerians.

“So, we believe that the future of this country is in the hands of young people. The young Nigerians will surely take us to where we want to be.

“One day, you will take us to the moon. I believe in the young, creative and talented people. Surely, we will create enabling environment for you because you stand for the future of this country and you will make this country great.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/old-people-cause-of-nigerias-troubles-jonathan/

This man truly does not have what it talks to rule this country. How can this kind of uninspiring and useless speech be delivered at an inauguration of the Youth Employment in Agriculture Programme and the Fund for Agricultural Finance event? Is he insinuating that Nigerian youth are only good for entertainment and sports? What about other critical sectors like health, Agriculture, science and technology, Information technology, etc.

This speech is an insult to the youth of this country.

He should have compared Jonathan to Mohammed instead. I am sure he would have gone on exile by now.

onatisi:
yes bro,that is the reason why I don't bother replying them when they quote me or try to argue , only very deep rooted fools will deny the existence of mystical powers and spiritual and demonic forces and their everyday influence on human beings.

Then the western nations are fools, because the deny and disregard the existence of mystical powers and demonic and spiritual powers. So how come the " wise ones" like you are usually the poorest, diseased and ignorant in the world.

I have not seen what gains you people have made from the expert knowledge of mystical powers.

Infact your lives revolves around things created by these same fools that deny the existence of demonic powers.

fr3do:
have they played clean, they themselves?
These guys play without honour and consideration.

Then you guys too play the politics without honour and consideration but not with violence and threats of violence. I assure you if you resort to violence your people would suffer greatly. The elites fanning the embers of war like Asari Dokubo and Tompolo would be far away from the war theatre when it gets out of control.

Remember, Ojukwu or any of his immediate family members did not suffer any consequence of the civil war he started.

fr3do:
How would we stand up to the born-to-rule North if we fight amongst ourselves?
The Itsekiris, Ijaws and Urhobos should chill! (Anioma is already chilling) There is a bigger common rival.

Quit that born to rule propaganda. Play the right politics and present a credible candidiate and you will win elections. The whole north did not carry arms to actualize the ambitions. The north are not our common rivals. They may be your rivals

If every ethnic ethnic people want to survive the next few years, they better start arming themselves.

In the Niger Delta, the Ijaws have been arming since the time of Alamiesegha. Since Nigerian waterways are now in the hands of Ijaw militant, you can only just imagine the types and quantities of arms that would have been brought in. It is not surprising that Tompola has the effontry to threaten the Commander in chief of the Nigerian armed forces.

Itsekiris, Ilajes, Benis should take note. If Jonathan losses the next elections, they would be directedly in the front lines. The Kaima declaration is an Ijaw plan to take over all the oil wells in the Nigerdelta.

How come we are not asking how come Africans (Nigerians especially) are experts in the area of spirituality, religion, witches, demons, emere and so on, while the Europeans (who gave us religion) are experts in science and technology, economics and social organization.

How come our expert knowledge of the spiritual have not helped us overcome poverty, deseases and civil disorganization?

Here is another funny statement that you are indeed afflicted with schizophrenia;

They just wanted us split apart, and damaged, and dead. I would often see omens of three dead bees, since we were only three in the house, before having my second child. They would be dead, and laying side by side in straight alignment. My husband would sprinkle them with holy water, and flush them down the toilet. So, it was a terrible situation.

How did you flush omens of three dead bees down the toilet?

Furthermore, how come you are the only one affected by all these?

Where are your husbands and children? Did you abandon them to start sleeping in churches, seeking spiritual help?

Have you tried seeing a doctor all these times? Please seek one out as soon as possible.

Xetima:
We the people of Nigeria have a right to demand that the report be implemented. The earlier we focus on issue based politics the better.

We the people of Nigeria are represented (supposedly) by the National Assembly (according to the 1999 constitution) and not a commitee constituted by the president, governors and a few bodies.

How will a president change the constitution without the National Assembly and all state assemblies? Any thing done outside the constitution will be declared null and void by the courts (just like the Interim Government of Sonekan)

onatisi:
bros powers dey oo,just pray they don't attack your life. I will give u 2 examples. There was a nigerian man in uk,he won a scholarship and each time he comes back from classes into his room ,he will meet a man in his room with an agbob saki across his shoulders and the room would have been ransacked. At first many thought he was mad ,until his girlfriend confirmed that they left the room one day clean and tidy and only to come back to find the room upside down. There was this case of a woman ,every night a man will come out of her body make love with her till morning and enter her body again, by the time the husband makes any sexual advances she was always too tired.this caused a rift until she went for deliverance. The point is women get entangled in this things in various ways but the easiest way is by visiting pastors and imams and babalawos. We all know women like to seek for prophecies and so on. Cases abound everyday and many more go unearthed

Please google the world schizophrenia, it will explain most of these so called emere experiences.

According to wikipedia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder often characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to recognize what is real. Common symptoms include false beliefs, unclear or confused thinking, auditory hallucinations, reduced social engagement and emotional expression, and inactivity. Diagnosis is based on observed behavior and the person's reported experiences.

Get this into your heads; THE PRESIDENT DO NOT HAVE THE POWERS TO IMPLIMENT ANY CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE REPORTS, that is according to the 1999 constitution.

Every president of head of state since Babangida had held National Conference with the reports gathering dust in the achives. They always do it just to buy time and distract the people.

onatisi:
you obviously didn't read the article carefully and thoughtfully because if you did you will notice that the points she raised and discussed is what is affecting over 80% of mothers,wives and women in nigeria. more than 70% of those women going to pastors,imams ,shieks and prophets are always molested or should I say slept with by these people and yet they don't say it out. Do u know whether your family member is among them? She has raise very good point and which is the devil targets these women with lies and fake prophecies and once they swallow it they are hooked. Many married women are sleeping and servicing the sexual fantasies of their pastors and imams all in the name of getting a spiritual solution to their problem. If I were u I will take this woman advise and warn any female member of my family or friends about the dangers of listening and believing many prophecies.

It was you that failed to read the article. To help you i will quote the relevant section;

That day, as I got to the church premises, after walking them (my child and in-law) to the bus stop, I noticed the lights were dim in the church. It was bed time, and so I wondered. the lights were never dimmed before. so I had a premonition [/b]that something was not right. I lay now to sleep, and as I lay down, I felt this strong wind tainted with perfume, just blow around me. I then [b] saw my button to my shirt pop open . I shrieked with fear within me, but could not move.

I saw myself drift into a sleep, and woke within, but not outside, to me moaning to being molested, while saying to someone, 'good evening sir'. After, I seemed to sleep off finally. I woke in the morning, and figured what happened, and cried like a baby. because I wondered how someone could be so callous minded To Molest me on their own church grounds, with out a care, because it was in spirit , and no one would understand.

Please show us where she claimed she was physically raped and who did the raping?

Nigeria's education sector is in serious crisis, Its no wonder we have over 70% failure rate in WAEC examinations. Only an illiterate would equate a few lines of Facebook post as a declaration of asset. Please check with the Code of Conduct Bureau or a dictionary to learn what Declaration of Asset means.

A sensible person would realize that the said post was certainly not from Buhari nor have Buhari's approval. It was probably one of the gimmicks by TAN to rubbish Buhari's name (as usual). It is lacking of any facts and details and mostly guesswork and speculations. Everybody knows the money Buhari borrowed to buy APC's normination form was never 5.5 million naira. And what does at least N1 million and around 150 cows mean?

So what is the total value of Buhari's assets?

I wonder what criteria are used to push topics to the front page. That this useless thread made front page while other educative posts are relegated to the background shows what is important to the Nigerian cum the African society.

The story is either made up to promote a new book by a Born Again pastor or member or the writer is seriously deranged. The story itself is so disjointed that it is difficult to make sense of it. The writer keeps jumping from one story to the other, from one location to another and one character to another.

Writer need serious medical help, she sounds like someone with acute depression with signs of schizophrenia.

gratieao:
Two popular hip-hop stars, Akin mayokun Awo dunmila popularly known as May D and Olu wajuwonlo James a.k.a Jaywon will thrill guests in Idanre this evening at the gala night cum clos ing ceremony of this year’s Ondo state organised tourism oriented Mare festival.

The festival which kicked off on Thursday with sport ing events and cultural dis plays saw the state gover nor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko commissioning the Idanre Hills Resort, witnessed by the Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Develop ment Corporation (NTDC) Ms Sally Mbanefo among other dignitaries.

Part of the activities lined up for the day three of the event is live performances by May D and Jaywon.

Meanwhile Governor Mimiko has congratulated President Goodluck Jona than on his emergence as the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the presidential election due for February next year.

In a congratulatory mes sage to the president, Dr Mimiko said the peaceful and rancour free process leading to the emergence of the president as the candi date of the party is a pointer to his popularity and recog nition of his achievements since becoming the presi dent of the country.

Mimiko who promised that the president will win in Ondo state convincingly said “ the president has demonstrated overtime that he genuinely love this coun try and would do everything humanly possible to ensure that it remains an indivisible entity.”

The governor said “the time is now for Nigerians to ensure that we rally round the president to achieve his dream of a better Nigeria.

“His achievements in the area of agriculture, educa tion, health, transportation, road rehabilitation, energy and the economy are laud able and should continue so that he can realise his dream for the country”

Governor Mimiko further said, “since it was the will of God to make the president assume office in the first place, the same God who has also ensured he wins the party’s candidature without any rancour will also ensure that he gets elected as the next president of our dear nation next year”.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=95229

Why not list these achievements in the area of agriculture, education, health, transportation, road rehabilitation, energy and the economy and how it benefited the Ondo People to make them want to vote for GEJ. How many roads were rehabilitated by GEJ in Ondo?, how many health centres were built? etc.

It is obvious the achievements Mimiko are talking about are present and future achievements in his personal life.

WhiteTechnology:
You are funny


Do you know the person talking to you is a graduate.

So am talking out of experience.

Oh Sorry, you are talking to a secondary school drop out.

WhiteTechnology:
Why do you reason like this


This idea has reduced the impact of corrupt lecturers working in the university.

Infact few girls talk of sexual harassment

I hate arguing blindly. Let debate on an intellectual level instead emotional rants. I stated my reasons why i feel such system would not work in a highly corrupt environment like Nigeria. So you should counter me with superior argument and citing the said university.

I believe if such a system is implemented in Nigeria, it will increase sexual harassment of ladies instead of reducing it. Imagine a lady having to satisfy 4 male lecturers (academically or otherwise) before she can pass a single course. It increses the chances of 2 or more of them taking advantage of the lady.

Besides, a country like Nigeria lack the resources in terms of number of lecturers to implement such a system. As things stand, there are not enough lectures in our campuses, as most times a single lecturer takes a course with over 1000 students.

WhiteTechnology:
People like you are like those who will keep blaming unmerited results on corrupt lecturers instead of creating a structure that can curtail their corruption.

I know a university that did not waste their time fighting corrupt lecturers instead created a system that curtailed corrupt lecturers by ensuring that a course is handled by more than one lecturer and the total mark shared amongst the lecturers.

Who are we to blame for unmerited results? The students? No system or structure can work if the operators are inherently corrup, especially the leadership.

I am sure the university you are not talking of a university in Nigeria. Because if you try such a system in Nigeria, you would multiply the problem. If a course is handled by multiple lecturers sharing the marks, nothing stops individual lecturer from being corrupt with his/her own share of the marks. Instead of students to "settle" just one lecturer to pass a course, he/she would have to settle multiple lecturers.

double0seven:
You are just weaving fine words that sound pleasant together, in the end you've not said anything. You are only trying to be clever with words. How does the above proves your nonsense logic that "restructuring and not corruption is the problem of Nigeria".

You are standing logic on its head, all in a desperate and senseless effort to discredit GMB by proving that corruption is not the problem of Nigeria; in other words, establishing that we don't need an exemplary incorruptible leader (like the General) to fight corruption, that it will simply vanish by itself by restructuring.

What a trailer load of hogwash. Only people who are mystified by plenty grammar will think you have said anything sensible.

What the hell do you even mean by restructuring? Look here, corruption is corruption and it can and is known to be able to exist and thrive in any political system be it Unitary, Federal, Regional, Confederation. Corruption is in the human mind and as to be driven out by deliberate action of a good leader.

Are state governors not stealing their own? So if we become a proper federal system where more power resides not in the center but the States, the leaders of those States will suddenly become saints?

And let's even accept your argument that restructuring is the problem; how come your beloved Jonathan has not commenced the restructuring in 6 years.
You think the corrupt will embark on a restructuring that will hinder their evil and tie their hands? To think this is folly of the greatest kind. That kind of venture can only be embarked upon by an incorruptible leader who truly detests corruption.

Corruption is the bane and source of every other problem we have in this nation. All scholars of any repute will not say anything contrary to this.

I hardly press the like button but this your comment deserves 100 likes. Corruption in a Nation or an organization is like disease to the body. The body can cope with minor diseases like flu and skin rash but major diseases like cancer will eventually kill the body. Massive corruption as being experienced in Nigeria right now would eventually destroy the nation.

I hope PDP/TAN/GEJ supporters do not die of heart attack from Buhari's and APC's achievements. At least some of them are now eating their words on the campaign of calumny against APC. I know they would now be on overdrive looking for more lies to attack Buhari.

So insincerenigerian, have patience (not PEJ), Buhari would outline his plans for Nigeria when be begins his nationwide campaign, since he was only norminated to be APC flag bearer yesterday. Political campaign ban was only recently lifted by INEC and so far, Buhari only needed to convince APC members and delegates that he is the best person to carry the party's flag into the 2015 elections. It is now that he has won the normination that he can now canvass for votes from the general public by telling us where he intents to take Nigeria to.

cooljude:
I know most Igbo business men and business men in general would support Jonathan beacause he relaxed that importation law that Obasanjo made. Initially my in-law would have to send his goods to his ware-house in Benin before bringing it into Nigeria. But presently his goods comes straight into Port-harcout without any worries. Jonathan tried in been fair in his dealing and it is obvious he his encouraging business development in the country, you could see it in programs in youwin and other development program. For his business policy, i think he might win.

So because Janathan relaxed importation laws in Nigeria, he is deemed a hero in igboland? Now that is the most stupid thing i have ever heard. Relaxing importation laws (along with devaluation of the national currency) had been the diabolic plans of IMF for third world countries since time immemorial. It makes us a dumping ground for other countries, while stifling local industries. That is why the igboman would prefer to import tooth pick instead of manufacturing it.

Sorry to say but you guy are highly myopic. You guys claim to be INDUSTRIOUS but pride yourselves in trading and importation, is that not ironic?

You guys need a leader that would restrict importations and gradually engage in import substitution policy. This is the only way we can free ourselves from oil dependance, stop the slide of the naira and create employment for the masses.