₦airaland Forum

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.

Jonathan added Ebele Azikiwe to his name. Now, name any president or head of state that has had an Igbo sounding name since Nnamdi Azikiwe. Even Aguyi Ironsi does not sound as Igbo as Ebele Azikiwe. For that alone Goodluck Jonathan has done more than all former presidents of Nigeria.

Tomoarika:
@Wirinet u sabi book.

The snake was simply electrocuted when it bridged two phases. it could hav slithered unhurt if it had remained along a single line. I've seen a squirrel similarly electrocuted. Dats y birds can perch on lines unhurt.

U can test my hypothesis, just jump and hang on a single phase WITHOUT TOUCHING any other phase (neutral included) then tell me the result.
Note: This is done at your own risk! Don't try this at home kids.

My error, the bridge was between two phases and not between a live wire and the ground. But we agreed that the snake was electrocuted when it bridged two wires. The argument is that from the distance between the wires, the snake cannot be 4 feet long, considering the wires are high tension wires.

100Cents:
Because i am with it here.

And I am an engineer..

What kind of Engineer are you? How can an ordinary carpenter take a look at the above picture and conclude the snake is 4 feet long, not to talk of an engineer. Do you have an idea of what 4 feet is? 4 feet is approximately 1.2meters. I, being of average height is 6feet tall.

Are you telling us that the spaces between the high tension wires is 1 foot? as the snake is at least four times longer than the spaces between the wires. The snake must have been electrocuted by bridging a live wire with the ground wire ( which is the last wire closest to the ground)

From cursory observations, the snake is nothing less than 10 feet long.

erico2k2:
An Individual already challenged his claims hence its in court, this has nothing to do with GEJ however if he feels things writing about him aint true he has the right to file a civil suit against OBJ and so do you and I.U can start with defamation of character just to mention a few.

How will he feel things written about him ain't true if the book had not been published for him to read? and if the book was already published why did the court court grant an injunction against publishing the book?.

Since he has the right to file a civil suit against OBJ for defamation of character after reading the already published book, why not go ahead and actually file the civil suit? why beat around the bush by filling a restraining order after the book had already been published and then filling a contempt charge?

If the content of OBJ's my watch is libelous against Mr Kashamu, he will be a very rich man soon.

kettykin:
Obasanjo can not obey simple court injuction and he expects people take him serious

Which kind of court injunction? If the judge grants an injunction, it means the plaintiff and the judge had read the book, and if the judge had read the book, it means the book had already been published.

manutdadex:
no vex abeg o, take it easy bro! International trades btw countries of any type takes time..mode of payment, wat u want to buy, logistics reasons even political issues go follow...even to get a generator frm aliexpress down to naija takes days!

I not vex, i just need answers. And you have digressed from my question. I asked how long does it take to buy arms from another country? you only gave an estimate on how long it takes to get a generator from aliexpress.

How come the government is still planning to buy arms from Russia after 5 years of insurgency and when will the plan turn to actuality?

Nigerian court Judgements are the most absurd in the world. How can a judge give an injunction against publishing and launching
of a book? How did the plaintiff (Kashamu Buruji) obtain a copy of the book to read if it had not been published already? did he steal the manuscript from Obasanjo or the publishers. How did the Judge know that publishing a book might be injurious to the plaintiff if he had not read the book?

An unpublished book or article cannot be used as evidence of Libel.

In sane societies, plaintiff would sue the publisher and author of a book for libel after it is made public, if it contains false and
damaging accusations and not before it it published.

Next people would be obtaining an injunction against posting your views on facebook or Nairaland.

manutdadex:
buyin of arms is different from buyin garri or pepper in d market, it takes time. We sa like quick fix

Please enlighten us on buying of arms. How much time does it take? The insurgency had been going on for five years, Boko Haram had been at war with Nigeria for about 2 years. They have invaded and annexed Nigerian territories for over a year, trillions of Naira had been budgeted for defense yearly for the past 3 years, the National assembly had approved the loan of N1 billion to purchase arms over two months ago, and the government is still telling us that that they are planning to buy arms from Russia. So please tell us how much time is needed to actually buy the arms and have it delivered to Nigeria?

adisa009:
Again, This is what your GEJ/PDP are known for 'governance by excuses' read in lines, concentrate on d topic and criticise constructively! Mr GEJ is known for 'false pride' reflection and outcome of which resulted in age long soul massacre. He was told by OBJ to apply stick and carrot approach at initial stage but refused until things got out of hand before he partially applied it. As much as I don't trust or support America peace keeping mission yet, we can't deny their intelligent skills and experience in terrorism issues which means we have a lot to learn from them. An intelligent question had been previously posted by an informed nairalander which was; "who loose?" Federal govt stopped receiving training from american solders does not affect america in any way! Is it not too late to realized that America or Britain are our enemies...? remember what the courageous mouth piece of the black nation, Gen. Muritala Muhammed said about 'white being the black's enemy in disguise and his further admonishment to recognized them as our recurring enemy' amidst some authorities in africa, Gen.Muritala Muhammed's death was internationally maligned! Have we borthered to ask why british govt. refused to sell certain weapons for Nigeria govt. during 1967 civil war even as they remained our major arms supplier for national defence untill eastern europe came to our rescue. As American government have refused to advanced certain category of weapon to us, the necessary measure and alternative should be sorted by reasonable govt and not false pride of jetissoning useful skills for the military perhaps our solders doesn't need it today which I doubted strongly, they shall need it tomorrow! Weapon procurement for both internal defence and external aggressions is a serious business for the men and not for boys like Jonathan and his compromised army! He also need to be reminded that taken up diplomatic issues against US this time will only complicate things for us. If he could be brainwashed by Chad president who else can he treppled on? MR Jonathan should be very careful and learn from the real men outside the corridor of power.

Thank you my brother, false pride is a disease bigger than AIDS or Ebola. False pride makes the person lose sight of benefits and catastrophic consequences of their actions.

So who gains from the cancellation of the training? What does the US stand to lose and what do we stand to gain. Is the government saying we do not need to train our soldiers to fight modern warfar of insurgiency and guerilla warfare? We are behaving like beggers that is refusing to collect N10 from a giver because the note is too small or too dirty.

If we are now going to be enemies with the US, who are we going to make friends with? Russia, China, Israel, Iran, North Korea? If you thing the US hate us, you think the Russians, the chinese and the Israelis love us more?

A sensible govenment attempts to make friends and not accumulate enemies. What stops the Jonathan government from engaging the Americans diplomatically to see how we can resolve thorny issues. The US has concerns about Nigeria concerning high level corruption and human rights abuses. They openly accuse Nigerian Generals including Ihejirika of stealing the money meant to equip the Nigerian military. They also alleged that the little high grade weapons we have usually end up in the possesion of Boko Haram.

A simple thing to do is to allay the fears of the Americans instead of behaving like a baby who's mother refuses to put brea.st in its mouth on time.

EvilBrain1:
What the hell is wrong with you people? How many times does someone have to explain natural selection to you before you get it? Why can't you read a book or watch a YouTube video and comprehend like a normal person? I'm tired of repeating this stuff! What the hell!

Look, all living things reproduce. All living things have offspring that are similar to their parents but different in tiny ways that makes each individual unique. Some of those differences favour survival, some make no difference, and some are disadvantages. All living things have more offspring than the environment can support meaning that many or most will die off before adulthood and they all have to compete to survive. Nature selects those who have traits that favour survival and kills off those who don't. Therefore any population of living things will gradually slowly change in appearance, physiology and behaviour as nature and death molds them to fit their environment.

Once upon a time a seagull was born with a type of brain touch that made it behave wierdly and keep running along the ground for no good reason. Somehow, food inexplicably kept coming out of the earth and the seagull ate very well. Because of its constant good diet the seagull grew big and strong and had plenty of seagull babies many of whom also inherited the brain touch. The seagull's babies survived more than those of his mates because of the highly proteinaceous food he kept bringing home. Soon there were plenty of young brain touched seagulls running along the ground and eating the food that strangely kept coming out. The next time there was a drought, many seagulls starved and died but the brain touched seagull's offspring flourished, outcompeted the others and became dominant. Meanwhile even among the brain touched seagulls, some ran in subtly different ways that brought out more or less food. Those whose running style brought out more food out competed those whose brought out less and became dominant. And so, over a long period of time, nature and death continued to shape the seagull population until we ended up with a bunch of birds all of whom can tapdance expertly to attract worms. And that's when some stupìd Christians showed up and claimed it was because of Jesus. It wasn't because of Jesus.

Please note that there is no intelligence or planning involved here. The seagulls have no clue what they are doing, they're just following instincts they were born with. The fact that they exist is solely due to their ancestors having survived and passed on those traits. Also nature doesn't know or care what is happening because it is not intelligent or conscious. Nature is not trying to evolve better seagulls. Its just that the nature of living things and the laws of the universe mean that evolution and increasing complexity are inevitable.

Understand?

I am impressed with this your explanation. It should be labels "Evolution for dummies ", anyone who does not understand evolution after this your brilliant explanation does not deserve a brain.

kopite:
Social media has given lots of people opportunity to spew rubbish out their ignorant minds. Gowon is not a kid and as such should be respected as a former head of states and an elder statesman. He has first hand information on security matters. Please don't discard his comments but lets look deeper and be constructive in our reasoning. America does not have d interest of nigeria in their policy. Thanks.

What are you saying? is it not the same social media that gave you the opportunity to spew the above rubbish. In the real world respect is earned and not conferered. Gowon had not acted and behaved as an elder states man. An elderstateman should be guiding and advising those in power to avoid mistakes he made as a trainee head of state, not wait for the government to make the same mistake and blame others instead of ourselves. Why did he tell subsequent government this "America refusing to sell us arms " story before now, so the government would not rush to the US when we are in dire straits. At least he attends the weekly (or is it monthly) Federal Executive meetings. After more than 45 years after the civil war, he is now coming out with this revelation.

What has the Government been doing since the civil war? Where have they been getting their weapons, since the US had always refused to sell us weapons. Why did the government have to wait until we are in the middle of a war before they realize that we need to buy weapons? What happens to local production of weapons? are we going to rely on foriegn nations to arm us before we can prosecute a war?
Gowon claiming elderstatesman should have inquired why the US refuses to sell us weapons and solicit the help of fellow US elder statesmen for assistance. He should not futher inflame the relationship between Nigeria and the US. We cannot afford to have the US and her allies as enemy.

It is beyond belief that a president of a democratic nation can utter such rubbish. His speech writers need to be fired. s like something that was written by someone with an IQ of 50.

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said Nigeria would overcome her current challenges, just as he regretted the emergence of Aminu Tambuwal as Speaker of the House of Representatives at the expense of Mulikat Akande-Adeola, the Peoples Democratic Party preferred candidate for the position.

How do you relate the current challenges Nigeria is facing with his regret of Aminu Tambuwal as Speaker of the house of representatives. I just dont get the connection.

He, however, hinged the inability of Akande-Adeola to emerge Speaker to the decision by some people from the region, who “thought otherwise”.

He said “one of the problems I face is the National Assembly. Our party has arrangement for positions.

Tribal card. The inability of Akande Adeola to emerge speaker was not due to the decision of some people from one region, but due to the decision of the whole house by representatives from all regions of Nigeria. Except he is saying that only one region can produce the speaker.

He said “one of the problems I face is the National Assembly. Our party has arrangement for positions.

Big goof. The speaker of the house of representatives is not a party position. It is a legislative position to be determined only by the legislators themselves. And how is the National Assembly your problem. Which bill have you sent to the National Assembly that the national assembly had refused to debate. Is it the national assembly that is responsible for your failures in Security, anti corruption, economy, etc.?

When a president and vice president emerge from different regions, other offices – the Senate President, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the party chairman and Speaker of House of Representatives must come from different geo-political zones.

Is that written in the constitution? So what happens if one party controls the executive and another party controls one or both legislative arm?

Last time, it was difficult for me because I insisted that South West must get Speaker but some of us within South West didn’t want that because of personal ambition and I am still suffering for that till today.

What effrontery. How can the executive openly come out and say he insisted on who would become speaker? Even though it is the aberration practiced in Nigeria's brand of democracy, you dont come out and say it for the whole world to hear. How do you hope to relate with the speaker when you were antagonistic of him from the beginning?

So, we know where the wealth is, the infrastructures there must be provided,” Jonathan said. Assuring that the report of Constitutional Conference would be implemented, Jonathan said the situation at the moment was not conducive for its implementation.

“Political situation in Nigeria presently does not favour implementation of such report. Because of partisan interest, people are even ready to kill.

We cannot play with such documents that our great men and women toil to produce. I believe every content will be taken by government. I have said it and I am saying it again that we will implement the report of the confab,” Jonathan said.

Another goof. How can you implement the report of a constitutional conference without it passing through the National Assembly. The last time i read the Nigerian Constitution, the power to make and amend laws lies solely with the National Assembly, the responsibility of the president is to accent or reject the laws presented by the National assembly.

I honestly do not understand how the Executive can implement the report of an executive created Constitutional Assembly.

anonimi:
NO!
A president is NOT king!!
That is PRIMITIVE thinking!!!

Sorry, it was a typo. I meant to write "a president is not king". I have corrected it.

great1:
the highlighted part of this quote was just a format he used to relate with the masses. but analyzing the Jonathan Administration, he has done far better than any previous presidents before him.... Do we agree? on which merits are you drawing your criticisms from??

what if GMB wins, would we still have this freedom of expression that has never been in existence since the history of our nation

on what Basis are you analyzing the Jonathan Administration? Is it Power, Infrastructure? Education? Security? Foreign Policy? anti corruption? Please tell me which area President Jonathan has done better that any previous government.

I do not want to hear " he is planning to", "work is in progress", "he is attempting to" and such nonsense. Just point out physical verifiable achievements.

MrPresident1:
Bulls right? He was voted in by a majority of the people, you probably voted for him too. He is the definition of the kind of leadership the majority wants, (atleast four years ago).

A president is a symbol of the national pride of any people. Abi Obama no be symbol of American pride?

Please quit that archaic mentality, A president is not the symbol of National pride. You are not obliged to like or be proud of the president. Obama is not the symbol of American pride. He is insulted everyday on TV, Newspaper and social media. He had been called the worse president in American history. A month does not go bye without Donald Trump insulting Obama. The only difference between Obama and Jonathan is that Obama and his presidency have better things to do that to engage in petty insulting contest with opponents. Even iron Lady thatcher was pelted with rotten eggs and tomatoes when people hate her policies.

A president is not king.

MrPresident1:
Yes now. The presidency is an insitution and is greater than any single individuals. The president is the symbol of our nation pride, when we insult him, invariably, we insult ourselves.

Bulls. Yes the presidency is an institution greater than any individual - even the president himself. But the president is not the symbol of our national pride, that would be the National Flag. The president is supposed to be our employee, that is why he begs us to hire(elect) him every four years. If we are not happy with his service, we have rights not only to insult him, we should be able to fire him also. The Nigerian president is not King, he is answerable to you and me.

INEC is a joke, they must be awarded the worse electoral body in the whole world if not the entire galaxy. You have four years to prepare for elections and two months to go, they are struggling to register voters. If they could not carry out a proper voters registration within the last four years, what difference will a few day's extension make?

Keyamo understand's PDP tactics. If the APC senators had not scaled the fence to be physically present inside the house of assembly chambers, and behaved "gentlemanly" as PDP.TAN had suggested, they would have heard on NTA a few hours later that 50 PDP house of assembly members had impeached Right Honourable Tambuwal and the deputy speaker had taken over. They would then sing their usual mantra of go to court if anyone is not satisfied.

The House of Assembly members were indeed brave to defy the plans of PDP and scale the fence to enforce their rights.

And what was the vision of Goodluck Jonathan before he was elected president in 2011 except "Good luck to me, Good luck to you, Good luck to everybody ", and " i had no shoes"

What is the vision of President Goodluck now except "transformation agenda".

And what is the vision of President Jonathan for the forth coming elections except "I must be allowed to complete my full two terms or else ....."

At least a corrupt free Nigeria is a laudable vision.

This National Assembly vs Nigerian Police crisis has highlighted the problems of our so called democracy. The Legislature make law, the Judiciary interpret the Law and the executive execute the law. It is only the executive that has the powers to enforce the law. Now what happens if the legislature makes the law, the Judiciary interpret the law but the executive refuses to enforce the law.

What happens if the IG refuses to honour the invitation of the house of Assembly, will the house write the IG to arrest himself?

In the larger society, lawyers will tell you that enforcement of the law is a big problem in Nigeria. A plaintive can get a judgement against defendant, but if the judgement is against the high and mighty, the police would simply refuse the enforce the judgement. I have seen such scenario before.

Most court judgments in Nigeria has to be approved by the executive before it can be enforced. For example in the recent judgement of the supreme court concerning who should be the authentic acting governor in Taraba State, the Attorney General had to instruct the state chief judge to swear in the new acting governor before the judgement can be effected.

The ultimate example would be the impeachment of the president, who would enforce the impeachment of a Nigerian president if the National Assembly actually impeach the president?

I think this is an area Nigerian Bar Association should look into, how to make court judgments enforceable.

Eziachi:
What part of Nigeria law are you quoting, requiring them to put a sign post? Sign posting is a form of advertising or invitation. When does it becomes the business of the state apparatus to force people to advertise their activities? Show me a picture of Aso Rock being signed posted, if that is the new law. This is called, problem is sleeping and idiotic one goes to wake him.
It is the freedom of being opposition that share the same equality with the party in power that determines the true nature of democracy of states.

Dont mind these mindless TANoids, they have never attempted to engage in legitimate business before, they all earn their living through government patronage. Most businesses avoid putting up signage because of excessive signage fees by the state governments, that is apart from stringent application and approval conditions. A small signage would cost you nothing less that N20,000 per year to put up, apart from fees paid professionals for the signage designs needed for approvals and the cost of the actual construction of the signage itself.

The main problem with Nigeria is that most politicians are professional politicians who have no idea how business is run.

jmaine:
You are in no position to believe your watery assertion is the law, so keep your free nonsense to yourself.



Much ado over nothing, even the IT juggernauts like MS, apple, google et al., have their datacenter location made public. These are all Mega corporations constantly in fierce competition, who have all to lose in an event of any breach whatsoever.


But according to nairalanders members of the APC, the party was foolish enough to place a flag to show how key the raided datacenter was. You dont have any sense . . .



Kindly shut up please. You are beginning to sound incredibly silly . . . .

Pity, Nairaland has now become a platform where semi illiterate paid teens advertise their ignorance. And you think Microsoft, Apple, Google, et al, has just one data centre, all in one location in one country with a big sign "data centre" on the building?

tommysparks:
my brother not having a signpost in your place of business contravene the company and Allied act and apc is dully registered with cac hence they are bound by that act to have a signpost in their office and branches nationwide.

Well, i am not a lawyer and i am not conversant with the Company and Allied Act, but there are millions of businesses in Nigeria without any sign post in front of their offices or branches.

Please educate us further by quoting the relevant sections of the Company and Allied Act that mandate COMPANIES to put up sign post in all their branches nationwide.

Also i am getting a surprising new education from you, i never knew political parties in Nigeria are required to register with the CAC, please provide proof. I had thought they were only required to be registered with INEC.

Mogidi:
Its ok not to put a sign post of your business, except you're in the business of campaigning for votes in which case publicity is vital. Are APC offices shy of publicising their party?

It is a pity that i have to start defending APC, because i detest they way they have ruled Lagos, these past 15 years, but that is a subject for another day. APC never told you that the said office was their campaign office. They said it is a DATA OFFICE, and data offices are not supposed to attract the general public or ordinary party members.

I have a friend that works at a data center on V/I, they handle all Nigerian Custom's data base. Believe me, you would not know what goes on in there except you know a person working there. I only got to know when i was asked to quote for a power back up system for their servers. The place always look deserted as they do not deal with the general public.

Firefire:
God bless you.

APC should stop crying... they should approach the court.

Haba...

This is the favourite quote of PDP, they commit all sorts of Illegality with the excuse of "Go to court" know fully well that they have basterdized the judiciary. It would take years to get reprieve in the courts if you get it at all. By the time the case gets to the supreme court, the judgement would have become irrelevant. Elections is coming up in less than 3 months time, and the PDP is intimidating opponents and the opposition party with police, DSS, SSS, and hooded men, and they are screaming go to court.

tommysparks:
is a flag a signpost? So all the flags of PDP and apc and apga hanging on the mango tree in front of my house makes the tree their office na the branches them dey share? Lol!!!!

So what is the offense here? Is it an offense no to put up a signpost in front of an office. I for one refuse to put up a sign post in front of my office, have i broken Nigerian law? I have been to a big packaging office at Oba Akran in Ikeja, it took me hours to locate the office because there was no sign whatsoever in front of the big factory.

To me putting up a sign post or not is at the discretion of the owners of the office.

Even as big as bet9ja is, I had a difficult time locating their head office at Ojuelgba, because at that time there was no sign whatsoever in front of their office. Now there is only a small banner at the Gate.