₦airaland Forum

oyb:
rotfl

you are absolutely right

na boko haram do am

still d same old PDP money machinery, femi otedola dat is owning banks money, most of dose business men are dogs, dangote otedola adenuga and jimoh, dey  wer all donors during objs tenure, and we all know what dey benfitted, now again der errrr

Amanesty!!!!, lol , der jus wasting money on those criminals upon all d money dey have made from der kidnapping business, it wont be a bad idea if i also kidnapp Tompolos daugter, easy 60m

banom:
sahara reporters is sponsored by that evil man IBB, the problem is that Sahara reporters thinks any body takes them serious, tthey dont know the mockery people make of them, if they know how people regard them they wont come to the public again,

they think we are under their illusions.

Are you dumb for crying out loud or are u one of does Nigerians  dat let emotions and centiments carry der sense of reasonnni away, SR is sponsored by IBB  what a foolish thought, I doubt if you have even through the website and see d ridicling articles written by SR  against IBB  and you come er to so sai SR  is sponosred by IBB jus because  of this article and I dnt see any wer in the aritcle  that Jonathan is mnetion neither was IBB, ders a problem, this is the problem, we need to start adressing issue and finding out the root cause of problems in the Niger delta yet some Nigerians like u want to put politics into everythingg, its sickning

tuborme:
who owns this saharareporters? All thier news are directed against Goodluck Jonathan.

One day they will accuse the president of sleeping wrongly with the wife.

Phewww stupid comment, have u gone through the website,? i dnt think so because ur above coment tell me so go and read and be enlightned and you know that all their publications are not directed agaianst jonathan, and beside can u tell me the role of the media in a modern democracy?

here we go again, we shout all d time that corruption is depriving this country of so many things and all because its jonathan people want to start applying centiments, ppl dis is our future, not jonathan or IBB, this guys would soon go and die and we the young generation would be left with the problems. PDP is not good for Nigeria, we can no longer afford them

bisiaet:
So shocking news

so shocking that even the national television does not have any information on it

http://www.nta.com.ng/index.php

i bet if we reduce all d ridiculous amounts d so callled senatorss, nd der counterparts r getting we will get such amount of money

violent:
Are you really that defective at constructing even the simplest sentences or has the lazy sms styled writing made a mess of your basic construction skills?

dats nt wht wer r talking err, lets address d main point, aw i choose to write is no ones concern nd besides, d last time I checked, Nairaland is a forum or more unless a blog sooooooooooo

so aww excatlyy does dat affect the lives of the everyday Nigerian or aw will it affect the decisions he takes as presidenntt, rubbish postt

globalaid:
this is just a scrap, it contain nothing but a propaganda from the IBB boys. Yeye write up.

dis is wer most Nigerians begin to display der stupidity, i got this write up from Compass newspaper nad hu d heck owns the Media org other OGD, hu is a key player in jonathans campaign, use ur head bruv before u speak, wer talking Nigeria er nd nt jonathan or bllody IBB, dis is bout this country

Expresses worry over 2011 general election

•Ciroma’s utterances provocative –Clark

Olusola Sanni and Kunle Olasanmi, Abuja

The United States of America has faulted the handling of the October 1, 2010 bomb blasts in Abuja by the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonatghan.

While also expressing worry over the 2011 elections, the United States of America said the President mishandled the detonation of the bombs on the day Nigeria celebrated its 50th independence anniversary.

The position of the United States of America was contained in a document released by its foreign policy think tank, the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) on October 18, 2010.

The CFR blamed Jonathan “of mishandling the aftermath of the October 1 bomb blast in Abuja.”


The CFR, like its previous position document published on August 16, 2010, also expressed concern that the 2011 elections could lead to tension across the country.

The October 18, 2010 newsletter, authored by John Campbell, a former US Ambassador to Nigeria, said, “The mishandling of the aftermath of the bombings threatens to exacerbate regional tensions.”

The document reads in full, “The car bombs detonated near Abuja’s Eagle Square on October 1 ruined a high-profile military ceremony celebrating Nigeria’s fifty years of independence and put President Goodluck Jonathan and other senior political figures at risk.

“Though the politicians were unhurt, there were sixteen deaths – including security operatives – and sixty-seven injured. President Jonathan’s mishandling of the aftermath of the bombings threatens to exacerbate regional tensions.

“It has also likely reduced Jonathan’s stature as a presidential candidate with the political elites in the run-up to the 2011 national elections either in January or April. Nevertheless, he continues to influence the security services and the electoral process, and it is premature to count him out.


Jomo Gbomo, the Internet spokesperson for the inchoate Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was part of its campaign for the Delta to benefit more from the petroleum it produces. While violence associated with MEND has been ubiquitous in the Delta, the recent attack was the first such terrorist act in Abuja, located hundreds of miles away.

“Despite MEND’s claim, Jonathan put the terrorist attack in the context of presidential rivalries, especially with Ibrahim Babangida – a Northern Muslim, former military head of state and Jonathan’s primary presidential challenger. Jonathan denied that the bombing was linked to the Delta or MEND. Ex-Delta militants now on the government payroll joined the chorus that MEND could not have been responsible.

“Instead, the security services brought in Raymond Dokpesi, Babangida’s Chief of Staff, for questioning. At the request of the Nigerians, South African authorities also arrested former gunrunner and MEND affiliate Henry Okah, who now lives there.

“Police in Nigeria attempted to link Okah to Dokpesi based on a cryptic text message about payments being made. But attempts to connect Babangida to the bombing through Dokpesi and Okah lacked credibility, not least because Babangida would have had little to gain by involvement with terrorism. Dokpesi has since been released.

“Okah alleged in an al-Jazeera interview that Jonathan’s office urged him to implicate Northern political leaders in the bombings. While Jonathan’s supporters accuse Okah of lying, in the North his al-Jazeera interview tends to be taken at face value and feeds a deepening suspicion that Jonathan is shifting the blame away from constituents in the Niger Delta for short-term political gain within the Peoples Democratic Party, whose presidential nomination he seeks.

“With no indictments to date, Jonathan’s political rivals have also sought to exploit the bombings by questioning his ability to provide even minimal security.

“Babangida and certain Northern politicians are calling for the National Assembly to impeach Jonathan based on Okah’s interview in al-Jazeera, and Dokpesi has filed a lawsuit against the State Security Services.

“Though these initiatives will certainly fail, Jonathan’s response to the bombings is nudging Nigerian politics further in a North versus South direction dangerous in a country where the line between Christians and Muslims runs east to west through the middle of the country, intermingled with hundreds of ethnic groups.

The report of British intelligence was not the only indicator. There was an email from an account associated with Jomo Gbomo that was sent at least an hour prior to the bombings, warning of an impending attack. It was apparently ignored by the security services, though the American and British delegations to the celebrations prudently stayed away. So did Babangida, who subsequently explained his absence as a protest against the excessive costs of the celebration. While the president has said that there was an “intelligence failure,” it remains baffling that the Nigerian political establishment would fail to heed the warnings and put itself at risk.

“The likelihood that the Abuja bombings were the work of Delta militants has also damaged Jonathan’s political credentials. As a Christian Ijaw from the Bayelsa State in the Delta, Jonathan often claims political credit for reducing violence in the Delta and restoring oil production. And Jonathan’s attraction to the elite kingmakers that will determine the governing Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate for 2011 is based at least in part on his alleged control of the Delta, which has been brought into question by these bombings.

“Jonathan recently appears to be backing away from his early assertion that the bombings had nothing to do with the Delta. But the damage is done. Some in the North believe Jonathan is promoting his political interests at their expense. And there are raw nerves.

“Since 1999, Nigeria appears to have been well-served by an informal power sharing understanding among elites to reduce religious, ethnic, and regional conflict by rotating the presidency regionally – and, in effect, religiously – between North and South, and their Muslim and Christian majorities, every eight years.

“Elected vice president, Jonathan is president now only because of the death of Umaru Yar’Adua, a Muslim from the North who was elected President in 2007. As it is the North’s turn for the presidency until 2015, many Nigerians expected that Jonathan would not run in 2011 and bide his time. However, Jonathan announced in September that he would be a presidential candidate in 2011, thereby suspending power-sharing.

“Still, the Abuja bombings and the controversies surrounding them have not knocked Jonathan out of the presidential race.

“As the incumbent and through his influence over the security services and the electoral machinery, his chances of emerging as the PDP presidential candidate remain strong. Still, his willingness to cast aside a power-sharing mechanism and his apparent effort to play on regional differences do not bode well for the future.

“Beyond presidential politics, Nigeria’s friends hope the Abuja bombings do not signal a new round of violence as the election season approaches. While remaining scrupulously neutral among the candidates, Nigeria’s friends should also continue to encourage Nigerian civil organisations working for free, fair, and credible elections conducted according to the rule of law.”

jason12345:
perfect post!

tinubu is not a great man! the only reason people like him is because he prevented pdp from winning lagos an installed fashola. while he was in government, what did he do? nothing!!!

Are you dis dull or have short memory, how many years of fund did obasanjo withold that belonged to Lagos state, even wen d courts told obj it was unlawful, get ur facts before u start talking

in as much as this man may have bn corrupt or nt, he is d real definition of opposition in Nigeria. In 2007 he took his ground wen PDP swetp nearly all the states in Nigeria, he stood alone, he could have easily gone to Pdp like some other governors did and like many are doing now but this man stood and very soon the progressive are goin to take over the south west, Hence we want Mrs Ayoka out of ondo state, dey are keeping her der for reasons know to PDP

please let us nt attch sentiments to the issue, lets address it dat dokpesi is a business man and forget all bout him nd IBB for now. Nigerians should nt pretrend like dey dont kno that it is only in Nigeria that contracts are awarder to contractors and it takes year to get der money back from government, this is nt a new thing. Wen the banking crisis started, most of those that were affected were those who did 1 contract or the other for the federal goverment, they borrowed money from the bank hoping that they would be paid by the federal government wen they finished the job nad most of dem wer nott,, so let us nt look at it that it is dokepsi, dis thing happens all the time, and to come to think that tv business is easy peasy its nt

i bet u a thousand naira, mr goodluck will never write a note bout dis on his facebook page or address dis issuee, nothing was said on mr adamu bello as well, yet he can congratulate uti

INEC May Instal CCTV Cameras In Polling Booths


If plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] to install Close Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) ahead of 2011 polls in all polling units are anything to go by, then ballot boxes snatchers and election riggers may find it hard to perpetrate their acts.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC in Cross River State, Mr. Mike Igini, said that the electoral umpire had fine-tuned arrangements to instal CCTV cameras in polling booths across the nation for effective monitoring of voting proceedings.

Addressing the leaders of political parties in Calabar, Cross River State, during a zonal consultative meeting, the INEC boss said that the measure was aimed at ensuring that anybody who engaged in sabotaging the conduct of credible election would not only be exposed, but also made to face the law.

According to him, “official cameras, which will record all the activities of voters, party agents, INEC supervisors, poll orderlies, security agents and other actions around the polling units and centres, will be installed very soon.”

Igini, however, expressed concern that the major challenge as regards the implementation was funds needed for the purchase of the CCTV cameras.

Besides, he disclosed that policemen, saddled with the responsibility of providing effective security at the polling units, would have their names and tag numbers displayed with a view to tracking them in case of any act of misconduct.

Igini also hinted that INEC was collaborating with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as adhoc staff for the 2011 elections, stressing that “we are giving NYSC conditions which will be binding on corps members.”

Some political parties leaders, particularly the opposition at the meeting, complained over the poor security arrangements at the polling units and centres, accusing the police of failing to checkmate the incidence of thuggery and ballot snatching during elections.

The Cross River State chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Dr. Theo Onyuku and his Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) counterpart, Mr. Sunday Michael, tasked INEC to beef up security at polling units and ensure that people’s votes counted in 2011 elections.

most ppl find this thing fuuny, buh its nt, its only a refelction of what todays society has become, where chhildren have to now go and hawk on street of abuja, probly because dey cannot afford school fees or for some other reasons, yet one Mrs patience was sharing 10,000 bags of rice at that same abuja, i fink we as Nigerians should by now think of the kind of future we want for ourselves and for our country and the only way is by ur votes, speak with ur vote , Put a stop to the 10 yrs of PDP's madness and deciet in our lovely country, we have had enough and endured a enough.

i wonder y most ppl like decieving demselvess

http://www.thetimesofnigeria.com/TON/Article.aspx?id=2886

The South African government is reportedly in a fix as new evidence from the trial of former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, Henry Okah shows a complex relationship between him and top officials of Nigerian government.

But Orubebe claimed that the last time he made the trip to South Africa to see Okah was about five months ago as part government’s effort to plead with the militants to stop militancy and support the Jonathan Presidency.

Investigations and details from Okah’s bail hearing reveals a complex web of intrigue between Okah and top aides of President Goodluck Jonathan.

A source close to Okah’s family said that two weeks before the twin blasts to marred Nigeria’s 50th Independence Day celebrations, one of Jonathan’s closest confidants, Elder Godsday Orubebe, the Minister of Niger Delta paid a secret visit to Okah in South Africa.

The source said Orubebe made it abundantly clear he was there on behalf of Jonathan.

Orubebe was hosted to a dinner by Okah and his wife during which he allegedly told Okah that President Jonathan needed his assistance and cooperation for his presidential campaign. Okah and Jonathan are not strange bedfellows. They are both from Nigeria’s Bayelsa State.

In 2007, as Vice President, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua sent Jonathan to seek ways of ending the Niger Delta crisis with Okah in South Africa. However, Okah was arrested in Angola a few weeks later and extradited to Nigeria. Okah believes the visit by Jonathan was a setup and never forgave him for it.

When Okah’s case was settled and he was freed after a political arrangement was reached and Okah accepted “amnesty”, both men went their separate ways. When Jonathan became President at the death of Yar’Adua, he sought to renew his relationship with Okah and sent some of his trusted aides to him in South Africa but Okah allegedly rebuffed them.

However, Orubebe and another important adviser both with ties to Okah continued to ply pressure on the ex-rebel leader to work and cooperate with Jonathan.

As presidential politics kicked off, Jonathan decided it could no longer leave the issue of Okah unresolved and decided to dispatch Orubebe to South Africa to get his support.

On September 17, two weeks before the Abuja blasts, Orubebe traveled to South Africa and had dinner with him and his wife, Azuka, at his residence on September 18.

After dinner, a close family source said Okah dropped off Orubebe in his car at the popular Redeem Christian Church of God located at 118 Annie road, Randburg, South Africa.

During the visit, Orubebe stayed at the prestigious Southern Sun hotel on Katherine Street located in the heart of Sandton, Johannesburg’s premier business and financial hub. A mere 30 minutes’ from the O.R Tambo International Airport.



In a news article published on March 17th, 2008, in the Vanguard newspaper, Orubebe admitted that the then Vice President, Jonathan did travel to South Africa and met with Okah before he was arrested in Angola.

“Speaking in an interactive session with newsmen in Warri, Delta State, Elder Orubebe said the Vice President went to South Africa and met with Henry Okah just as he met with other persons that are supposed to be involved in the peace process in the region, asking, "If Vice President meets with you today and tomorrow, you have problem with the security agents, there is no way you will say that it is the Vice President that is behind it." The article said.

In court yesterday, Okah insisted he was “Trying terribly hard from embarrasing the Nigerian government” by not saying everything he knows to which the South Africa prosecutor retorted, “The only person you are embarrassing is yourself Mr. Okah”

Sources close to Okah’s family say he will pull everyone down if he opens his mouth. There is no doubt that top government officials pay him regular visits and sought his help to calm the region down.”

“The real fireworks will start when the case goes to trial and not the bail hearing. There is a reason government opted for a secret trial in 2008. If Okah talks heads will roll.” The source said.



This okah had better start talking, but even if he talks. one thing is for sure we wouldnt get to hear anybody's name:

y are ppl blaming dem, its nt der fault wen d government is giving dem supposed ex-militants money everymonth without any work considering the amount of damage dey av done in the ND,  so y wont dis ones to wantg amnesty wen it now seems that if a caryy a gun i cn ask for amnesty nd i will be given money every month. Its all bout the money , lets look at it this way all de money this niger delta boiz made from kidnapping nd selling illegal oil.wht did dey use of itt, what can dey show for it in der society dat ok ohhh, we built this school by ourself ohhhh, we donated this and this to the primary healt care centre ohh, nothing nd yet dey r giving dem money everymonth wen even a gradute that was suppose to spend 4 yrs of his life in uni ends up spending 5 or 6 because of strike does not even earn or get up to 10 grand a year nd yet we receive all dis criminals into the Government housee, rubbishhhhh y wont boko ask for amnesty

y are ppl so foolish, wht would u xpect dem to say before. What happened on oct1st was a national embarrassment for dem nd u fink dey would try to cover der ass. common ppl lets begin to think des ppl work for the government

mehn im sure somepeople would be amazed that their president cant write a beautiful speech like dis, buh trust mee tell him to read it out to you , im pretty sure this guy did not even think of most of the things that are there, it was written up and showed to him. And im so suprised, nigerians that hve bn shuting pdp this pdp dat, we dnt want pdp yet they are jumping over jonathan, phewwww all of u that are loving dis guy would be dissappointed , just like that most ppll were loving obama noww, trust me that guys presidency is threatned cos he has failed many nigerians

my God Nigeria is bloody interestingggg, nd dis 9ja delta militants having all sort of names, Cheif commander of the niger delats TOMPOLO , GENERAL EZEKIEL, SHOOT ON SIGHT, FARIDAGOGO, MEHNN. But the matter to me ohh, i feel there are two sides to mend, its TOMPOLOS side that is pro-jonathan and dey wer d ones u av bn seeing on tv y because tompolo nd timi alaibe are paddys nd timi beign in jonathans government wht do u expect, nd i watched on focus nigeria this morning when this IJAW youth president guy nd one of timi alaibe assistant came out to say that the amnesty is already running on deficit dn dta d government need to do somefin bout it fast, des guys collect money every month yet some unemployed graduates dats went to school to read do not get anyfin. Their generals wer also promised houses and contracts in the niger delta but non of come to place. they said government need to fufil its promise IF NOT

phewwww, another concluder

dis is so funnyy, mend send threa, a bomb goes off people blame mend, the president says no its not mend, henry okah is arrested becos he claims they wanted him to say dat mend was responsible, next thing mend is having a meeting with president claiming saying dey dint do itt??

ders always a simple solution. wen controversy is surrounding dem now what would happen when either of dem become president ,  so therefore be neutral and vote for RIBADU ND Y CANT PPL SEE DIS THING CLEARLYY ITS EITHER THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS BOUT IT SO DAT PPL CAN START SHPUTING IBBS NAME LIKE DEY R DOIN NOW nd for crying out dis guy was a general in the army , he wont hire amateurs to do his dirty jobs for him

caringchi:
pls i need to understand some things:
1. who is really the leader of MEND? (once heard it was no longer Henry Okah )
2. this purported spokesman, Gbomo that made statements and further threats, has it been verified that hE is the one making the statements and that it was from MEND. I AM SAYING THIS, COS IF WE CONCLUDE IT IS MEND WITHOUT VERIFYING IT, we might not be able to find the real culprits, making it easy for them to strike again undetected

secondly, "He, however, tendered apology to the families of innocent Nigerians that lost their lives to the Abuja explosions, saying, it was not their intent to kill them".
what a dumb thing to say, it was not their intention to kill, and they still planted the bombs

Leader of mend: there are two factions in mend, Chief commander Tompolo and Okha i think, of which tompolo and his boys are pro jonathan

Gbomo: na Ghostt

dis things are so revealing, mend says dey did it, jonathan says no dey dint do it, henry okha arrested while dokpesi is questoned dis morning some mend generals comeout to deny henry okha dat he is not part of dem, dis thing all seems like a drama unfoldingg, OKha is d culprit nd dem he comes out to say y what they told him to doo, mehnn people should look at this issue well well ohh