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Political thugs don't buy guns for themselves

By BigTony3:16
Political thugs don't buy guns for themselves. The guns are bought by politicians. These guns are used to assassinate political opponents, snatch ballot boxes, intimidate voters and electoral officers. It has been established since 1999 that after the elections, the criminal politicians don't retrieve the guns from their goons. And when the politician who bought the guns loses elections, oftentimes the thugs use the guns to cause mayhem and make the state or constituencies ungovernable for the winner.

In some other cases even when the politician wins, he retains the  services of the goons to continue his intimidation and dominance of the opposition. These kind of activities led to the demise of prominent politicians such as Funso Williams, Marshall Harry, Aminosari Dikibo, Chief Bola Ige, just to mention a few, not to mention millions of ordinary Nigeria who have been felled by the bullets of these murderers.

OBJ is a person Nigerians should hang a huge stone around his nec

By Son of David @jesuisnaija

I had the privilege of sitting with some elderly men yesterday, amongst whom are executive management retirees of NITEL, who said OBJ is a person Nigerians should hang a huge stone around his neck, then drop him from a helicopter into the deepest part of the Atlantic ocean.

I heard for d first time that OBJ was Gowon's Minister of Works in 1975, that OBJ pitched the tent with Muritala when Gowon began to probe an N4Million OBJ claimed he spent grading Lagos-Ibadan Road, which was then without asphalt. So it's been long since Lagos-Ibadan has demons.

It was recounted that OBJ worked with Murtala to topple Gowon within a month when a newspaper called Daily Sketch broke a scoop of missing millions in OBJ's Ministry. OBJ was appointed Murtala's Chief of Staff thereafter, while TY Danjuma was the Chief of Army Staff.

It was also said that right after Gowon's oil boom (Udoji) Nigeria entered into a recession, with acute food shortage between 1977 - 1978. OBJ sought to escape from scandals of looting and economy woes that followed by handing over govt to Shagari. Buhari was his Petroleum Minister.

FESTUS KEYAMO Says

"Those who hate PMB so much that even if PMB tarred roads to their bedroom, they'll still hate him, those who love corruption far above anything, my job is to make them very unhappy, my job is to add to their sorrow. For those who hate corruption and love a better Nigeria, my job is to raise their hope..."

"In 5 years GEJ Govt earned $420b but still depleted Foreign Reserves. 24 states couldn't pay salaries, PMB earned $54b in 3 years, bailed out states, constructing railways in double standard gauge, expanding Second Niger Bridge from 2m to 7km, embarking on mass housing, reconstructing major roads across the country and still raised the Foreign Reserves by 100%....Common!!!!"

"You said the economy is worse and you said I should not talk about the past, how did you know that the economy is worse, what and what do you compare?"

Unbelievable Things That Baffle Me In Nigeria! The Last one Is Scary

1. NEPA Offices using generators.

2. The Chairmen of Okada Riders Union driving SUVs.

3. The CEO of Tecno Mobile using an Iphone.

4. The CEO of Innoson Motors driving a Range Rover.

5. The Nigeria Policemen tieing their stations' generators with chains to prevent theft.

6. Female Gynaecologists seeking help from herbalists to get pregnant.

7. Pentecostals Pastors & GOs driving bullet proof cars, moving with arrays of armed soldiers, living in bullet & bomb proof wall buildings but covering church members with the blood of Jesus and anointing oil

SEED OF NIGERIA RECESSION WAS PLANTED DURING THE JONATHAN REGIME

If Okonjo Iweala, a woman that had seen it all could come out to say at an American conference that the SEED OF THIS RECESSION WAS PLANTED DURING THE JONATHAN REGIME DUE TO OUR LACK OF FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE, INABILITY AND LACK OF POLITICAL WILL TO SAVE. People should not blame jonathan alone for this because the profligate Nigerian Governors too are culpable. He attempted to save, but the governors demanded to take all the savings citing constitutional right. Money they took and Stole at the same time. Our case is pathetic.

Do you know that:

NIGERIANS YOUTHS MUST FOCUS ON THEIR FUTURE AND DESTINY

Buhari's children, Zahra and her siblings, paid millions of naira as school fees developing their future and  Career.*Jonathan's Children 've been moved to London for studies and residence while Developing their career and living In Affluence.....*Atiku Abubakar's Children are abroad schooling....*Tinubu's Children are abroad schooling and Living in Affluence. So are the children of Saraki, Kwankwaso, Wike, T. Y. Danjuma etc. They are all developing and investing in their children to Continue to rule Us after they are gone.....

The Warri Refinery and Petrochemicals Company (WRPC)

The Warri Refinery and Petrochemicals Company (WRPC) is now in full Operations and all the 10 Plants are working optimally. This did not happen for almost two (2) decades. Reno Omokri, Femi Fani-Kayode (junkies), Haters and Wailers will never say, trend and hawk it. Never! 

Remember that Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Diezani Allison Mmadueke were using WRPC to siphon money from the Nigeria’s Treasury for 6 years, all in the guise of Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) on the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) What a cruel act against the Nation and her citizenry?! To prove that these cruel souls are the arch-enemies of Nigeria/Nigerians, out of their sheer greed, they resolved to sell the Refinery when they were no longer contented with stupendous amount they were looting in the name of TAM on WRPC.

Please, note that Goodluck Jonathan and Diezani Madueke are natives of Ijaw nation. The Warri Refinery and Petrochemicals Company is located at the back of their fathers’ compound; on their own native soil.

It is my pleasure to remind you that, Warri Refinery and Petrochemicals Company was awarded to Snamprogetti Spa Milan, Italy (an Italian firm) in 1975 by (the former Head of States) General Yahkubu Gowon, the construction was accelerated and completed by Mohammadu Buhari during his tenure as the NNPC Chairman and Petroleum Minister.

Without making noise and draining the Nation’s Treasury, the “certificateless” Fulani man from Daura has gotten all the 10 plants at the WRPC functioning optimally in his less than 3 years in the office as the Nigeria’s President. While the certificated Goodluck Jonathan, Diezani Madueke and others used the WRPC to loot Nigeria’s Treasury and failed to revive the refinery.

Nigeria Media will not talk about the great achievement because it is not a bad news.

MY FELLOW CONCERNED AND PATRIOTIC NIGERIA, PLEASE, JOIN ME TO SAY ‘GOD BLESS PRESIDENT MOHAMMADU BUHARI!

© Ogochukwu Arinze

List Of People Looted Nigeria Into RECESSION happening

IF APC is not the answer to our Problems, there is no reason for going back to the instigators of the problem.
I'm not a politician but I would do everything not to have PDP in Government in Nigeria.
The greatest tragedy that can befall a nation is for her citizens to suffer collective amnesia. I believe PDP believes Nigerians have short memories if not, Ibori would not have been included in their convention committee and Jonathan would not have been allowed to talk (He ended up indicting himself as usual anyway).
For those who may have forgotten, kindly joggle your memories with the following words on marble and you will agree with me that what happened in Eagle square on Saturday was nothing but the gathering of rogues.
Happy reading:

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Kunle Daniels Blog: Nigerians Youths : Are They Truly Lazy?

Kunle Daniels Blog: Nigerians Youths : Are They Truly Lazy?: Total number of votes cast during Britain Got talent 2017 = 6.2million votes Total number of votes cast during American got talent 2017 = 5...

Kunle Daniels Blog: PERMISSION TO HAVE SEX IS NOT PERMISSION TO EJACUL...

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PERMISSION TO HAVE SEX IS NOT PERMISSION TO EJACULATE

"THE BRITISH HAVE GONE MAD AGAIN"

(PERMISSION TO HAVE SEX IS NOT PERMISSION TO EJACULATE😳😳😳😳😳😳😳!)

A woman who agreed to sex might still be a victim of rape, the High Court has ruled. The most senior judge in England and Wales and two other judges said there was consensual penetration, but the man behaved aggressively and ignored the woman’s demand that he should not ejaculate.

The woman had challenged a decision not to prosecute the man for rape and sexual assault.

The judges have ordered prosecutors to review their decision. Prosecutors had decided not to charge him as it would be “impossible to prove” that the man’s decision was not “spontaneous” and “made at the point of ejaculation”.

Handing down a written ruling, the three judges said the man had been controlling and aggressive during sex. On the specific incident in question the woman consented on the clear understanding that the man would not ejaculate within her vagina.

The ruling said: “She believed that he intended and agreed to withdraw before ejaculation. He knew and understood that this was the only basis on which she was prepared to have sexual intercourse with him.
“In short, there is evidence that he deliberately ignored the basis of her consent to penetration as a manifestation of his control over her.”

Shortly after penetration – and without giving the woman “any chance to object” – the man had said he would be “coming inside her” and had added “I’ll do it if I want”.

Judges were told that the man had “ejaculated before she could say or do anything about it”, and she had become pregnant. Lead Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Mr Justice Fulford and Mr Justice Sweeney at a High Court hearing in London, added: “She was deprived of choice relating to the crucial feature on which her original consent to sexual intercourse was based.
“Accordingly her consent was negated. Contrary to her wishes, and knowing that she would not have consented, and did not consent to penetration or the continuation of penetration if she had any inkling of his intention, he deliberately ejaculated within her vagina.

“In law, this combination of circumstances falls within the statutory definition of rape.”

Nigerians Youths : Are They Truly Lazy?

Total number of votes cast during Britain Got talent 2017 = 6.2million votes

Total number of votes cast during American got talent 2017 = 52.1million votes. American population is twice Nigerian population.

Mind you, most of the votes cast on either Britain or American got talent are absolutely free because you can vote on their websites & on the Apps without paying a dime.

Total number of votes cast during “Big Brother Nigeria” 2018 = 170million votes @ N30 per sms for a show that contributes absolutely nothing to their lives. Going by the figures, it will take America & Britain combined three & half years to organise a talent show to catch up with Nigeria.

It is neither a talent show or life enhancing or promoting show. A show where two adults are kept in a cage to freely give & take sex on National Television, while the organisers make more money from the youths.

If INEC organises general election this weekend and ask Nigerian youths to vote on their mobile phones @ N10 per SMS to elect leaders that will shape their futures & the country, they will ask Nigerian Government to credit their accounts 1st before they will agree to vote in that magnitude.

“Wasted Generation” ~ Prof. Wole Soyinka called them.

“A generation that play too much, sleep too much and engage in idle chatter and gossip" ~ Chief Obafemi Awolowo foresaw

“A generation of illiterate graduates” ~ Atiku Abubakar called them in 2016

A generation that are constantly not concerned about the deteriorating conditions of their senses & not bothered about their own future~ Osquare78 knows them.

“Idle youths who sit and do nothing, but expecting everything from govt free” ~Pre. Buhari surmised about them

We all must be wary of this generation.... they are the larger chunk of Nigerian population.

It is pathetic. 170 Million votes Multiplied by N30 = N 5.1 billion and the winner got N25 million plus an SUV worth N12 million a trip and electronics. Let us even assume that sms votes is 85 million, that will be N2.55 billion. So so sad...

Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi To President Buhari

Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi To President Buhari:

A Soldier salary is 49,000 forty nine thousand naira, some no accommodation they rent house outside the barrack no risk allowance  instead they sleep inside bush fought to defend the Nation.
Where is the change?
Change should start with the National assembly: = A Senator receives N36,000,000 (thirty-six million Naira) monthly. If this is divided into two = N18,000,000 million (Eighteen million Naira). The second half which is N18,000,000 (eighteen million Naira) can be used to employ 200 Nigerians, each earning a salary of N90,000 (ninety thousand Naira) monthly. When you multiply 200 people with the number of Senators (109), this will give 21,800 Nigerians gainful employment. In short, 200 Nigerians will be able to live a comfortable life on half a Senator’s monthly salary.
A member of the House of Representatives receives a salary of N25,000,000 (tenty-five million Naira) monthly. If this salary is divided in two = N12,500,000 (twelve million and five hundred thousand Naira). The other half, which is the sum of N12,500,000 (twelve million and five hundred thousand Naira) will be enough to employ 135 Nigerians with a monthly salary of N92.500 (ninety-two thousand and five hundred Naira) each. Nigeria has 360 Members of the House of Representatives, half of their salaries can employ 48,600 Nigerians who can live comfortable lives.
So, Baba Buhari’s Administration can employ 70,400 Nigerians with monthly salaries ranging from N90,000 to N92.500 accordingly. This is just by dividing the salaries of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives. Half their present salaries is more than enough for them in a country where majority of Nigerians live on less than a dollar a day. (Now think of all the other over bloated salaries and allowances of Ministers and others)
You may try this idea Your Excellency, the President...
Nigerians, spread this message to Senators and Members of the House of Representatives and others prick their conscience if they have any and to let them know how many Nigerians are not working because of their greed.
Transformation should start from the Congress!
Pls this is not a matter of politics, tribes, religion or likeness.
GOD HELP NIGERIA.

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COMING GENERATION SCARES ME...REAL HARD!"

COMING GENERATION SCARES ME...REAL HARD!"

While we have been busy talking about Nigeria of today, I wonder if we have spared a thought about how this country will be in the next TWENTY-FIVE years.

On October 1, 1979, when Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari was sworn-in as president, Goodluck Jonathan was just a 22 year-old undergrad of University of Port-Harcourt. Shagari was 54 years old. Ayo Fayose was 19 years old. Bukola Saraki was 17. Yemi Osibajo was 22. The generation of the likes of Shagari, Richard Akinjide, Adisa Akinloye, Sabo Barkin Zuwo, Sam Mbakwe, Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, Ume Ezeoke,  Christian Onoh, Akin Omoboriowo, Olusola Saraki, Sunday Awoniyi, Garba Nadama, Awal Ibrahim and so on has gone for good!

Some of us in our 40s, 50s and 60s now, were  in school then, either in the university or secondary school. We had lofty dreams, both personal and societal. We were always motivated by nationalists and inventors who had impacted positively on the cause of humanity.  We were voracious readers of novels and other books. Nelkon for our Ordinary Level Physics, Lambert for Chemistry, B.O ADELEKE and Goh Cheng Leong for our Geography, Phebean Ogundipe for Practical English, William Shakespeare Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi, OLa Rotimi and Wole Soyinka for Literature and others like that.

We were always flaunting our knowledge of current affairs. Inter-school quiz, Literary and Debating competition were the in-thing. Nowadays, students can hardly string a sentence together in English without errors.

Fast forward 35 years on and you are shocked and disturbed. Have you ever spoken to or engaged a 20 year-old boy? Ask him what motivates him and he is likely to mention music, hip hop to be precise. He has hundreds of downloaded songs on his phone. He can sing all of them off hand. He knows all the singles of Nice, Neato C, Timaya, Davido, Whiz Kid off hand. The babes among them take pride in enticing men old enough to be their father on social media with buxomly physique. But he/she does not know anything about history of nationalism in the country. Ideas about good society, responsible family and good conduct do not motivate him. He just wants to make money because his friend who does yahoo is rich and rides a good car, her friend who has numerous ‘aristos’ drives an SUV!

The things that interest him/her are things that do not add value. He /she has google but never uses it for advancement of knowledge but to download porn and other inanities. Yet, in TWENTY years time, they are the ones that will be contesting to become governors, senators, Reps members and even president.

They belong to a generation that does not care about morality. They belong to a generation that is motivated only by money and its acquisition. By 2035 to 2040, they will be our senators, Reps, governors and so on.

I wonder if we have ever spared a thought for how this country will look like under them. I told a man recently and these are my words: IF A GUY WHO IS IN LAGOS COULD USE FALSE PRETENCE TO
OBTAIN $20,000 FROM SOMEONE IN UNITED STATES, WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN IF SUCH A GUY BECOMES A STATE GOVERNOR AND IS IN CHARGE OF AN ALLOCATION HE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE TO OBTAIN UNDER FALSE PRETENCE? WHICH HIS STATE IS STATUTORILY ENTITLED TO. How did we get into this mess? How can we get out of this predicament? I am worried, deeply worried. Are you?

Note: I don't know the Author of this write up, it was forwarded to me and it's worth reading and sharing.

The Challenge Of Africa Is Civilisations- French President

Google translated. I just love this response to Macron.

French President Emmanuel Macron said: "With a family that has seven, eight children in Africa, invest billions, nothing will change. (...) The challenge of Africa is civilizational. "The Guinean sociologist Amadou Douno, a professor at the Ahmadou-Dieng University of Conakry, answers him.

"Africans do not need your debauchery civilization. Because with your civilization: a man can sleep with a man; a woman can sleep with a woman; a single president can have two mistresses at a time; a woman can sleep with her dog; a child can insult his father and mother without problem; a child can imprison his parents. "

"With your civilization, when parents are getting older, they are taken to the retirement home, and finally, with your civilization, a young man can live with a woman who is his mother's age or his grandma without problem. Your case is a perfect illustration! Africans have no civilization lesson to receive from people like you!

Africa is by far the richest continent in the world with its enormous mineral wealth. What is delaying this continent is the large-scale pillage of its resources by the great powers, France in the lead! "

"All the misery of Africa comes from this country that realizes its ambitions on the backs of Africans, with the complicity of these traitors who do not hesitate to sacrifice entire generations by delivering their countries to the former colonizing power.

They entrust all the key sectors of their economies to France. In reality, they lead the political strategy or vision desired by the former settler. This contributes to driving their populations into misery and extreme poverty. This is the cause of coups d'état, civil wars, genocides, famines, with despots at the head of these countries that are kept in power by France, because it meets all their requirements! "

"France is nothing without Africa! The day the African countries turn their backs on France, this country will plunge into chaos! As long as African countries do not abandon this domination of the former colonial power, by taking charge of their own destiny, as the Asian countries have done, it will be very difficult for them to get out of the abyss.
The challenge for Africa is to get rid of France. Because the latter is not the solution to its underdevelopment, it is at the heart of the problem! "
NUTSHELL!..like to share please,France made almost 20 African countries to situates their central banks in Paris,some even don't know how much their countries worth,what kind of civilization is that,banditry through cynical colonisation is what France was practising in Africa,if any liberator come out as a leader in any of those countries,France would indirectly truncate the government through  assassination of the leader of forceful change of government,high time Africa Unite and take their destiny in their hands!.

AWARENESS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! CHINESE ON AFRICA

The notion of the Chinese finding the Black Panther movie too"black" made me think. Black folks, especially in the Caribbean and Africa have been watching Chinese movies for years without complaining.
We have to wake up as a people and really see others for who they are.
The Chinese who found the movie too 'Black" don't have a problem buying up the land and coveting resources in Africa and other parts of the world where Black people reside. Instead  of African leaders preserving Africa for future generations, they are selling out the continent to people who can never appreciate their color, culture or creed.
Wake up Black people it is time! No Black person can buy land in China, why should Chinese be allowed to buy land in your country? Wake up! By our lack of awareness, lack of vigilance and inability to think ahead we are encouraging future colonization and even slavery ( this time on  the continent). And, this time it will be worse.
Look around you, everybody has a home and they protect it. Just look at what is happening in the USA and Europe. If the Chinese are not stopped, African people would soon be out of a home. This may sound like a doomsday prophecy that  doesn't have a good chance of fulfillment but just spend few minutes looking at the facts, do some research,  educate ypurself, and then tell me if the Chinese do not have a master plan.
They have conquered trade, now  they are conquering lands and the weakest will be the first to be taken advantage of. REX TILLERSON WARNED AFRICA during his visit to Nigeria in March 2018. But like every other thing we as a people don't get it until it is too late.
Please start this discussion with your friends and family and pass it along.
AWARENESS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

A keynote address delivered by H.E Atiku Abubakar, GCON, Former Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria,at the evening of SilverbirdManoftheYearAward at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

A keynote address delivered by H.E Atiku Abubakar, GCON, Former Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria,at the evening of  SilverbirdManoftheYearAward at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

A minute of silence for Nigerians who lost their lives in Adamawa, Benue, Taraba, Zamfara.

Our nation is going through a lot of challenges. There are challenges to our unity, economy. Most worrisome  are the security challenges we are currently facing.

These challenges are actually symptoms. They are not the ailment.

Nigeria is caught in a modern-day Malthusian Trap. For years, our population has been growing faster than our Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Our increasing population drives competition for resources that are not keeping pace with population growth.

After contracting for five consecutive quarters, Nigeria came out of recession in the second quarter of 2017 with a GDP growth rate of 0.55%. In the third quarter, we fared better with 1.40%

This month, according to the World Poverty Clock, Nigeria has just overtaken India as the world's capital of extreme poverty. There are more extremely poor people in Nigeria than there are in India, a country that has six times Nigeria's population.

When people do not have jobs and the means to start a business are beyond their reach, they are incrementally much more likely to engage in criminal behaviours like terrorism, kidnapping, militancy and armed robbery.

Nigeria has a median age of 18.3 years. Our population is young. So when we have successful and laudable initiatives like YouWIN, we must continue them even when there has been a change in administration.

We talk of fighting corruption, but let us move beyond sentiments and media trials and look at the facts.

We must try to identify why, though we have been ostensibly fighting corruption for the past few years, Transparency International is scoring Nigeria even lower than in 2014

We have to kill the snake of corruption that swallows the commonwealth that should lift our people up from poverty.

Whether that snake is in a JAMB Office or any other government office, we must kill it or it will kill us.

Nigeria needs to be restructured. We must embrace restructuring as something that must be done to fix Nigeria’s broken systems and not just a campaign gimmick that we fish out of our magic hats and deny after we have gotten what we want.

When I was in government, we reduced recurrent expenditure by introducing the monetization Policy and by privatizing many government enterprises.

Today, those policies have been abandoned and recurrent expenditures have ballooned.

We cannot spend 70% of our budget on recurrent expenditure at a time Nigeria has more unemployed or underemployed people than the entire population of the Republic of Cameroon.

We have to enact laws to prevent leaders from diverting public funds from the public health sector to the treatment of the elite in the best hospitals abroad.

If you can afford it from your own private resources, then pay for it. But do not make the tax payer pay for it.

Our elite are treated in Europe. #BBNaija is being broadcast from South Africa and @Nike is unveiling our FIFA World Cup Jersey in London. Is this the extent to which we have outsourced Nigeria?

We must accept that the difference between Nigerians is not North and South, Christian and Muslim or PDP and APC.

The difference is between good and bad people and we must demonstrate that the good are much more than the bad.

A few days ago, a group of girls were taken from Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, in Yobe State. Can we say a silent prayer for a minute for the safe return of the #DapchiGirls?

Thank you ladies and gentlemen and may God bless Nigeria!