₦airaland Forum

SmartChoices:
See offspring of an unknown and a better forgotten entity.... Looking for what his ancestors dare not whisper

Loudmouth bastard! Tinubu will be killed just like his ancestors and you bastards wont do nothing.

doctokwus:
Always spitting fire and talking out of turn.Must police always shoot to kill self!

Yes! Shoot, make sure its dead cos thats what they are trained for.

aderonila18:
Pls front page

Very apt, it shows APC wants to kick their butt with wit. We will not play into their hands by fighting but we will show how stupid they are

I would like the Army to flog Tinubu i want to see him cry.

darksuit:
An intelligent means of proving that Gej is clueless. I seriously dont think that the dude has any clever idea in his brain


Sai Buhari

If Tinubu mess up Army go beat am like goat .

iiichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] Massob can quit this mindless nonsense and prepare conscrptions for an expeditionary force with an intelligience arm abroad to seek affiliations,funding and aid from foreign secret intelligiences,groups and diasporeans who still believe in the dream...if we get Biya,Omar Bongo and Obiang on ourside then 2015 could just be the year of all years.But we must bid our time for Asari or Tompolo to sound the alarm. [/color]

The SS is ready too we must liberate.

kekakuz:
What many of your forefathers died a useless death without succeeding in 1965

now

you want to achieve by making number plate and currency

What blood cannot buy,nothing can buy

God go catch una if buhari enter

You can say whatever you like we Niger Delta is secceding too .

Rexxie:
us? Which us u talkin'bout? Theres no us,dammit..n there aint no bloody one nigeria..

Right! some people in this jungle called Nigeria do not even know this they think Nigeria starts and end in their tribal enclave. I am Edo and i see no reason why i should be Nigerian. The SE and The SS will be liberated come what may.

amuniiopz:
foolish set of people.... Biafra my foot.

They are foolish and you still want them around you? What for?

aorta:
igbo and their mumuism!!!una don try violence way but no success.......

Let them go what do you need the Igbo for.

FindOut:
No money to pay salaries and election is here, so let us pretend we are working and start implementing ONE of the many committee and panel reports we've been receiving since 2011.

Is that how you implement a report and abruptly stop funding of agencies? So something as simple (for any good manager) as the process of winding up a unit and ensuring appropriate seamless transfer of personnel and equipment to other agencies is difficult for this government to do? Their salaries have to stop first?

Nonsense. Even when they pretend to be effective, they only end up further showcasing their gross incompetence.

Nice recommendations in the report though...if well implemented. But can we just learn how to do things right for once?

Applaud the move don't just condemn make your suggestions or recommendations to help the Govt. they need your quota as a follower don't expect them to be all knowing. Thanks for you suggestion.

englishmart:
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Which one is two years tenure extension again, i think Senator Ojudu is mischievious with this. The president have on several occasions promised Nigerians, The US and the world that May 29 is sacrosanct, which means elections will hold. If by May 29 a new Govt is sworn in, then Senator Ojudu remains the bloodiest liar of the century.

msmon:
This man called Mu'azu is very articulate! Probably the best asset PDP has.

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Gov. Fashola's Uncle Beats Up Beautiful Second Wife (See Photos)
www.nairaland.com/2144374/see-how-gov-fasholas-uncle

But not Fashola abi?

Ikengawo:
Mu'azu must be a fool

You are a compound fool!

atlwireles:
http://tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/29285-fg-warns-us-others-against-unguarded-utterances


THE Federal Government, on Wednesday, cautioned members of the diplomatic community against making what it termed “unguarded utterances” on matters that are strictly within the domestic jurisdiction of Nigeria.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, gave the warning in Abuja, at an interactive session with the diplomatic community over the shift of the general election.

Wali expressed “the strong displeasure of the Federal Government with the conduct of some heads of mission,” who have continued to breach the laid down diplomatic channels of communication.

According to him, some heads of mission “have continued to behave in an imperial manner and in clear breach of the channel of the diplomatic communication.

“A situation, where a head of mission takes on the role of a government, seeking to impose the views and perspectives of his government and making unguarded utterances on matters that are strictly within the domestic jurisdiction of the host country is totally unacceptable.

“It is only in this country that I have noticed some envoys, who have taken it upon themselves and without recourse to the government to embark on social causes and political advocacy that are totally unrelated to conventional diplomacy and representational duties of ambassadors.”

The minister pointed out that Nigerian envoys abroad do not behave in such manners.

“It is, therefore, unacceptable for envoys to abuse their privileges and immunities by behaving in a manner that would have been met with the opprobrium in their countries were Nigerian ambassadors to behave in like manner.

“Let me be clear on this, the Federal Government will no longer tolerate the excesses of such heads of mission.

“They are, hereby, advised to operate within the norms and etiquette of diplomatic intercourse,” he said.

The minister declared that with the support of Nigerians and the international community, the elections would hold as rescheduled and in a peaceful and violence-free atmosphere.

He said it had become evident that elections could not hold as planned in the three North-East states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.

Wali explained that doing so could have put the lives of electoral officials, including observers and ad hoc staff in danger.

He said the decision to shift the elections, as stated by INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, was taken after painstaking consultations with all relevant stakeholders.

He said the Federal Government found the comments already made by some of Nigeria’s friends and partners on the polls shift as judgmental, precipitate and unwaranted.

“What we need at this time is not to be hectored or lectured as to the conduct of Nigeria’s internal affairs, but the deepening of democracy in our country.

“No country, no matter how well-intentioned, can love Nigeria more than Nigerians,” he said.

According to him, there is a broad-based consensus by Nigerians for the elections to hold in all parts of the country, to guarantee the credibility and acceptability of the elections.

“While security has been a major concern, it is obvious that INEC may not have been fully prepared to conduct the elections as earlier scheduled.

“It is a fact that over 34 per cent of registered voters are yet to collect their permanent voter cards.

“There are other logistical and operational challenges, such as adequate provisions for electoral materials including prompt delivery and the training of ad hoc staff, which are critical to the success of the elections.”

Wali said that President Goodluck Jonathan had continued to respect the independence and autonomy of INEC and the judiciary.

He pointed out that INEC had demonstrated its independence through the successful conduct of elections recently, where the ruling party lost.

He thanked the member states of the Lake Chad Basin Commission for their contributions to the operations of the Multi-National Joint Task Force in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency.

“I am confident that as envoys accredited to Nigeria, you will continue to report events in this country factually and accurately, so as to deepen understanding, cooperation and partnership among your individual countries and Nigeria,” he said.

Nice one from you minister. Obama and his fvcking administration sees Nigeria as 1 country they can throw gabarge at because the president look imbecilic and docile. "Obama i dare you to try same with North Korea or Russia" arsehole.

icebeatz:
Precious Okoro, the 15-year-old schoolgirl, who was kidnapped by a syndicate suspected to be operating from the Niger Republic, may have been sold to a love-vendor in Niamey, the country’s capital.

The victim’s mother, Blessing, told PUNCH Metro that she spoke with a woman on the telephone who abused her for disturbing them with calls.She added that the unnamed woman claimed that she had bought the schoolgirl from the kidnappers.

PUNCH Metro had reported on January 27, how the Junior Secondary School three pupil was kidnapped in the Sangotedo, Ajah area of Lagos State, after she boarded a vehicle en route to her school in Ikenne, Ogun State.Her father, Nwaigwe, was said to have seen his daughter enter the vehicle without suspecting that it was owned by kidnappers.

It was reported that a few weeks later, an official of the school called Nwaigwe to say that Precious had yet to resume since she went to Lagos.Nwaigwe told PUNCH Metro that after waiting anxiously for about three months, the family got a call from the Nigerien kidnappers, saying his daughter was in Niamey, Niger Republic.
[b]
The abductors were said to have demanded the payment of $100,000 as ransom for her release.A follow-up report by our correspondent said the kidnappers threatened to make Precious “work for the money” if her parents refused to pay.When the mother, Blessing, spoke with PUNCH Metro on the telephone on Tuesday, she said a woman, who spoke with her on the phone, claimed she had bought her daughter.She lamented that the Nigerian police were not doing enough to get her daughter.She said, “Before, the detectives promised to take us to the Commissioner of Police, but they did not, and later, they said they would take the case to court. [/b]We refused that because we know if the matter gets to court, my daughter may not be found again.

“The kidnappers are no longer asking for money. Sometime ago, I called my daughter and she said I should stop crying, that I should be praying for her. Since that day, the line has remained unreachable.“Another line that we tried, a man picked the call and said it was all business. He started to abuse us and insult the family, before giving the phone to another woman, who said we can go ahead and do whatever we wanted to do because she was not the one that kidnapped her from Lagos and that she only bought her from the kidnappers.”Blessing appealed to the authorities and Nigerians to assist the family in securing Precious’ release.She claimed that some of the suspects in custody had links with the kidnappers and that they had been using their lawyers to threaten the police.She said, “Some of the suspects were arrested in Imo State and they know the kidnappers. But nobody is doing anything about my daughter.”The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, had yet to respond toPUNCH Metro’s text message as of press time.


http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/nigerien-kidnappers-sell-ogun-schoolgirl-to-love-vendor/


I found this really really disturbing and disheartening.
This girl has been missing for weeks and probably sold into prostitution but nobody cares because she is one of us, One of the downtrodden and oppressed.

I appeal to the mods to do the needful. Nairaland is a powerful medium and lets see if we can get more people involved in this.

Bring back our girl o
Daris Godu o.

PassingShot:
Contrary to the perceived lopsided siting of the intervention projects executed by the defunct Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund (PTF) in certain geo-political zones, the South-South zone got the lion’s share of the projects under the leadership of the former head of state and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gen Muhammadu Buhari.

This development and other disclosures were contained in a document obtained by LEADERSHIP last night.

The PTF was an intervention initiative put in place by the late Gen Sani Abacha regime which was operated between 1995 and 1999 to invest in socio-economic infrastructure – including in road transportation and waterways, water supply, food supply, health and education – the gains that would accrue from a new pricing regime for petroleum products introduced in October 1994, from N3.25 to N11 per litre, an increase of N7.75 per litre.

During the four years of its operation, the resources available to the PTF, according to findings, represented less than 10 percent of the nation’s budget.

From its inception in May 1995, and more particularly from January 1996 when it received its first disbursement, the PTF worked diligently in the execution of its mandate through its programmes, with an objective of resuscitating the nation’s collapsing social services and deteriorating infrastructure.

According to findings, a working formula was adopted by the Fund that recognized three categories of projects and allocated funds available to them: federal projects, 48.5%; state projects, 50% and FCT direct allocation, 1.5%. The state project funds in turn were allocated to respective states/zones using a set of criteria that gave consideration to equity, population, land/water mass, terrain difficulties and needs assessment. The location and coverage of the

PTF programmes and projects were designed to carefully fulfill these criteria.

In terms of allocations made to fund PTF projects as at May 1999, out of an estimated total of 187 billion Naira to all projects and programmes, about 56.5% was committed on projects in Zones 1 (South West), 2 (South East) and 6 (South South), i.e. the zones in the south of the country. Zones 3 (North West), 4 (North East) and 5 (North Central) had a combined allocation of about 43.5%. Indeed, in terms of difficulties in natural terrain, the projects in Zone 6 (the South South), such as road construction, were the most capital intensive. The highest zonal commitment was on capital projects in this zone, with 26.2%.

In terms of actual disbursements to projects by May 1999, 52% of all disbursement was made in respect of projects in Zones 1 (South West), 2 (South East) and 6 (South South).

Shortly before the inauguration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, Buhari submitted his resignation from the Board of the Fund. The rest of the Board of Trustees effectively became dissolved at the point of scrapping the body, in late June 1999.


http://leadership.ng/news/411492/ssouth-got-lions-share-of-ptf-projects-under-buhari

Please Leadership newspaper i need a breakdown of this percentages because no evidence on ground to show for all this in SW, SE or SS.

Baawaa:
Gani Adams,listen to yourself!What your pay master cannot do in 5years plus,you said he will do it in 6weeks.Gani,see what money has turned you to,money has turn you to senseless soul.

Stop this insult on Gani he has the right to support whoever he likes as well as you and i why the insult common be civil.

Ibiyomee:
He is not sharing rice like others, Ambode Akinwunmi is campaigning with children’s dictionary and a JSS1 mathematics text book. What do u think?

Someone had better advice Ambode( before what happened to Fayemi not happen to him) that the average Nigerian in the streets of Lagos is hungry they want food or money this educative materials will be returned back to books sellers for money and if you doubt me go and check the books shop you will find them there. Though good strategy but wrong timing. Instead free BRT ride for students for 5 days and see the magic.

xpac01:
This man sounds sensible, but hope he won't dissapoint when they get there.

Yes he sounds sensible but Gej said he was quoting Justice Musdapher who said 70% of the cases of corruption before him were mere cases of stealing and that we should call a thief a thief and not beautify it with the word corruption. Not a Gej supporter, i am for Buhari. But i call a spade a spade.

siraj1402:
So is he now telling us that having many cars means been successful? The guy needs to be told the definition of success.

Don't mind the ediot dullard if he likes he can buy all the cars in the world he still remain a fving dullard, the teacher is right.

itsdumebi:
The music star posted a shocking message today on Ig stating that a teacher of his in high school said he was the most unlikely to suceed with a picture with two of his cars visible behind him.

He captioned the picture, ‘My French teacher in high school told me me I was the MOST UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED. JOKES ON HER!!’
http://itsdumebi.com/davidos-shocking-confession/

I don't think making money through music is what the teacher meant but passing her subject French or did he attend music school.

nigerianchoice:
In the interest of full disclosure, let me say from the outset that this piece is nonpartisan. It is, instead, an apolitical academic exercise, primarily intended as a simple legal treatise, without being personal, on the legalities of tenure of Prof Attahiru Jega as INEC Chairman. Having said that, let me then give reasons why Jega’s tenure legally or actually comes to end on March 24, 2015, instead of the presumptive June 24, 2015.

Jega was appointed by President Jonathan on June 8, 2010, and confirmed by the Senate on June 24, 2010. Under the law, his tenure runs for five years. Mathematically, therefore his tenure ‘exactly’ ends on June 24, 2015, counting from the date of Senate confirmation.

But accordingly to extant rules and our time-honored conventions, his tenure ‘actually’ comes to an end on March 24 because he is required, without more, to compulsorily proceed on terminal leave three months to the mathematical end of his tenure. And this is being very generous because, if you go by the ‘doctrine of relation back’, a strong case can be made that his terminal leave shall commence on March 8 (the date he was appointed), instead of March 24 (the date he was confirmed).

For those who might argue otherwise, there are legions of precedents, including, most notably, that of Jega’s predecessor, Prof Maurice Iwu. Iwu’s tenure was due to expire on June 13, 2010. However, on April 28, 2010, then acting President Jonathan, ordered Iwu to proceed on terminal leave. That Iwu’s own terminal leave was less than three months to his mathematical five years was probably a matter of expediency of that turbulent era and presidential grace, to boot.

In recent times, we have seen other equally constitutionally-tenured public servants proceed on terminal leave before the exact date of expiration of their tenure. Here are few examples. Former IGP Abubakar’s tenure was due to end on July 30, 2014 but he proceeded or was sent on terminal leave on May 12, 2014. Former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Dahiru Musdapher voluntarily proceeded on terminal leave three months before the constitutional or mathematical end of his tenure. Ditto for former PCA, Justice Salami, even though his own was somewhat exceptional because he was on suspension when his terminal leave clock began to tick. I might add that Salami fought his for its exceptional equities but still lost. Jega has no such equities.

To underscore that there are no exceptions, the Federal Government, in a well-received circular issued by the former Head of Service, Alhaji Isa Bello Sali, had “called on those affected to comply with immediate effect by observing the three months terminal leave as provided for in the extant Rules”. Unarguably, those affected included, without exceptions, all public servants that have constitutional or legal tenure, either based on fixed tenure-track, as in the case of Iwu, Jega, etc; or straight retirement based on 35 years service (the IGP) or age (Justice Musdapher).

According to the circular, which is captioned ‘Three Months Pre-Retirement/Terminal Leave’, the government stated that “It has been observed that the mandatory notice of retirement for officers who are due to retire is not being observed as provided for in the extant rules. Accordingly, it has become necessary to reiterate the provisions of Public Service Rules (PSR) 100238 which states that officers are required to give three months notice of their retirement from service terminating on the effective date of their retirement”. For avoidance of doubt, the term retirement, in context, applies, mutatis mutandis, to those on fixed tenure like Jega.

The circular was addressed and sent to the Chief of Staff to the President, Chief Justice of the Federation, all Ministers, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Chairman Federal Civil Service Commission, the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Others are Heads of extra-ministerial departments, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Auditor-General of the Federation, Surveyor-General of the Federation, Directors-General/chief executives of parastatals and agencies.

So, as we can see from above, it is left for Jega to decide between these two options: It is either he voluntarily proceeds on his terminal leave by March 24, 2015, or he may be forced to do so by executive fiat. If, however, he is emboldened to sit tight, he has to know that any extra day he spends in office beyond March 24 is not by any force of law but by the sheer good graces of President Jonathan.

From: Aloy Ejimakor. Esq.

Nice info thumbs up bro. Please somebody should let APC know this and take the neccessary steps. From the look of things elections might not hold. God save Nigeria from this debacle.

ArchEnemy:
why not Kowa my good lady?

But why is other parties aspirant don't come out with their manifestos so we can pick the best of all of them or have they become spectators.

Purity01:
U even try answer ur fellow change collector

I am neither for PDP nor APC and i do not condemn either of them i am a realist i may be in the position of leadership someday and i believe we all take corrections from the mistakes we make.

nativedoctor:
Got this off twitter.
The nitwit burnt his pvc after he heard that elections have been rescheduled.

Does this ediot know how much it cost to make a PVC?
I pity for this country Nigeria is a jungle where every animal displays its characteristics. God please help us we can not leave with this kind of animals.

Sanchez01:
This is nothing but pure lie!

1. The OP is a Paid PDP agent on the forum.
2. We know who This Day works for.
3. Almost everyone speak on anonimity - our reports, particularly in prints are sinister.
4. Every attempt to discredit the INEC chairman has been put in place ever since the umbrella party claimed they don't know where JEGA designed and printed our cards.

We are not robots and we refuse to be deceive. Jega has said it before now that the INEC is ready.

Shut up! If INEC is truely ready why haven't i gotten my PVC? You people think that opposition means anything coming from the present administration must be condemned. Let me tell this i know APC will clinch power but if we do not support them all the way, they might end up the same way like Jonathan's government.

Collynzo419:
everybody sabi talk story - My uncle's aunt's sister's brother's cousin said that there is no corruption in Nigeria anymore.

When you go to swim again, hope you will meet someone that will explain why Alams is a free man today

mtchewwww

Alams is a free man today because others who before him committed same crime are free men and being celebrated today. Why is IBB, Abdulsalam, Obasanjo etc free men today?

jerseyboy:
Governor Fashola should please release PVCS cards Igbo Lagos residents. Fashola a man that at times aspires to higher ideals must resist his God father Owner of Lagos Ahmed Bola Tinubu on this very issue. He must not allow himself to be dragged to the lowest of Nigeria's political gutters by disenfranchisement of your fellow citizens. Mr. Fashola you are better than that. Get the PVCs out of the hands of the Iyaolojas and party touts masquerading as local government employes asking people for voting inclinations or bribe before handing them out. This you must do in the name of fairness, justice and humanity. Our Igbo brothers and sisters might actually be galvanize by this sordid act that it might come back to bite you big time.

Fashola, release IGBO PVCs. NOW.

Leave Fashola out of this, hold INEC responsible for this act of irresponsibility how could they put PVCs in custody of Iyaloja. Nigeria is a sick country we want a sane country but we want to remain mad people. Fvck Nigeria.

[quote author=lalasticlala post=30535278][/quote]John Kerry, you think Nigeria is one monkey jungle where you can interfere and intervene whenever you like? Fvck you, fvck your fvcking government. Idiot.

spott:
“It’s a big disgrace for Nigeria. It is now Cameroon and Chad fighting the insurgency [size=20pt]more than Nigeria[/size]. We will build the capacity and Nigeria should be able to secure its territorial integrity,” Buhari told Reuters.

Troops from neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon, all much smaller and poorer than Nigeria, have been battling the terrorists who have seized territory in Borno State.
[size=30pt]You TANoids have misinterpreted the message ooo[/size]
[size=30pt]He is not against supports from those countries but that they are performing well than Nigeria. Remember Jonathan borrowed $1billion to fight Bokoharam [/size]

The Nigerian Army is divided so don't expect much from them.

kallmemrB:
Ignore sentiments or anti-party then u will understand that buhari is right

For a country parading herself as the giant of Africa this is really disgraceful...its hard to believe a country like Nigeria could be facing this with our outstanding track record in pacemaking and peacekeeping tours

Yes you are right but a Nigerian Army that is divided, how do you expect them to win the war. Note a divided Army is a divided country and its dangerous.
What i expect Buhari to be saying is why and how come there is a division in the Army. Instead his statements indicate that he is on the side of the Boko Haram.

Go and arrest him. When northern elements bark, you shiver and hide but when Niger Deltans reciprocate you call for their crucifixion. They shouldn't have a voice because they are minority. This your Nigeria will go down insha Allah and this injustice will cease forever.