The Yorubas have a saying "A fi ete sile a npa lapalapa". Meaning we have left leprosy and are trying to cure ring worm. Two problems are now on ground. Ghadafi 'insulted' our sensibilities by telling us we have a problem and here's my advice. The other problem is we have a problem that needs no shying away from. What do we do? We fight Ghadaffi or solve our problems? Fellow Nigerians, I am not sure the set of 'old' politicians with poverty mentality we have now can take us out of the woods. If we continue this recycling of thieves and visionless leaders, I'm afraid Nigeria is edging closer to disintegration as America has predicted. Our internal problems won't just go away, they cannot be wished away. We need to tackle them headlong by destroying some established structures and rebuilding new structures from the scratch. Poverty won't go away - the rich and powerful especially in the north will use religion as an 'opium of the poor'. They will use it to delude their people perpetually resulting in the kind of commotion we have in Plateau State which was otherwise a peaceful State until there was a clash of religions arising from land issues. I personally would demolish the office of traditional rulers doubling as religious leaders, I would seek to abolish state boundaries, I would seek to move closer to the system in the UK where the Local Councils are closer to the people. The present system of governance is too expensive for us, that is why recurrent expenditure is usually above 70% of budget. From a constituency, you have a senator, a house or Rep member, a state legislator, a local government chairman, a councillor yet we see nothing on ground. What do we have, the Federal and State governments give money to individuals for projects in their communities. What do they do with the money? Buy us rams at Salah and Christmas and 'chop' the rest?

Nigeria as federation has no workable state, advisers of Nigeria governor’s are in South African on conferences’ for nothing, they are here with prostitute, and money launderings buyer properties, if u need picture just tell me tonight the will be in moloko Rosebank, immediately we split this nonsense’s  will stop it will make huge different nobody like Nigeria even  Goodly and devilish angel mike

you said u do not care about the situation my brother tell yourself truth, all these innocent i just saw on the wall pictures what did the do, slipt the federation it can not work

Dr Know:

Those calling for splitting Nigeria should learn from history:
[size=16pt]Splitting India in 1947 caused a breakdown of law and order in which at least 200,000 people died. Some estimates say one million people were killed.

About 12 million people were left homeless and thousands were despoiled.

An attempt by the Igbo people of south-eastern Nigeria to secede in 1967 sparked a war which left more than one million people dead[/size].

and you must stop learning selectively from history. kosovo just declared independence and nothing has happened

peope are already dying from the status squo so why the noise.

@johnny
we know,  we all have seen the pictures and heard d news,  u don't have to post it everywhere again. isn't it stale to start posting pictures over and over again,  it's more inhuman for you to keep posting these shots again,  just attack the issues orally and stop refreshing it,

no offense intended

It's easier for you to seat behind your laptop and be typing rubbish. Can you imagine if the woman in that picture is your wife and the baby is your child? Then u would not be pouring out trash!

The critics of Col Qaddafi are just not sincere at all. Where were you when the US predicted the breakup of Nigeria, complete with a date, what did you do? This time we got a good opinion on how to deal with the problem, again we are behaving as if everything is fine. Those who think this is an internal issue are either, foolish, ignorant or don't understand the working of international relation. Take for instance, there is another civil war in Nigeria, million of Nigerians will seek refuge in other countries including Lybia, thereby overwhelming the governments and the people of those countries. This is one such scenarios that the Lybian leader has foreseen and is trying to avoid. In as much as I hate to, I do agree with the Lybian colonel and strongly disapprove of the action taken by the federal government on this issue.  

hi

I bet the Libyan's are really upset that there will be one less Nigerian in Tripoli

hi

@Bluetooth
no qualms.the bottomline is that his outburst caused diplomatic row between the two country and trade-wise,i dont think nigeria has anything to lose save for the immigrants in his country.

So if all the Nigerians in Libya are deported then u will use ur Bluetooth connection to get them jobs, housing etc including the ambassador? Abi

Did anyone catch that front page picture of the Guardian Newspaper of today?

Na wa for this country o, all those bullets will end up in the gully of a human being, abi no be so?

Oh God I beg you o, save this country o oooo.

And some people are calling Gadaffi, a mad man, for suggesting break up, even if he didnt say it
Are we not calling for it?

All these bullets will be used to kill people o, not animal o.

[b][size=8pt]It takes a mad man 2 recognise a fellow madman.
David Mark is the real shameless madman.[/[/size]b]

U can imagine no sensible arrest have been made after the gruesome killings.


Libya have nothing 2 loose.
We just need 2 wait 4a month b4 anoda round of senseless killing resumes.
It's realy a shame.

You decide what is better. Is it better to keep hundreds of different ideologies together and have innocent children and babies slaughtered or is it better to split them up and have lives saved. Once again, you decide.

If senate president trully believe that Ghadafi have psychological problem, please Nigerians advise Mark to ignore and stop debating on Ghadafi statement.

Ghadafi have nothing good to offers us, why do we even pay attention to him, we are encouragin him. Silent is the best answer to a fool like Ghadafi


ooooooooooo, how i wish OBJ is still rulling, I love OBJ because of something like this, ask Ghadaf what OBJ did to him last time he visited Nigeria.

LEt us think right Nigerians, we can survive all these calamities, lets stop killin each others, we are one. what will you gain from taking a life of your brother?

We know we dont have sound leaders, accepted, but we can still make it if we are determine and work with one spirit, show each others love.

Those people that are encouraging you to killin you brothers because of political reasons or religious purpose, they dont like you if you can think about it well. there are many ways to convince someone to join your religious group or to do your political wish than taking their lives and allowing people to condem what you are protecting.


Nigerians time to come out with right concept and think positive.


STOP VIOLENCE TODAY AND LET PEACE REIGN IN OUR COUNTRY NIGERIA

they are all suckers!

Nigerians beating themselves up over a comment, since when has that planless, idealess, hazardous shithole of a nation cared about any of you? Keep beating yourselves up for that waste dump country being ruled by barbarians!!!!!!

Truth is bitter! Gaddafi was right and I do not see anything wrong in his tell us (Nigerians) the bitter truth.

[i][/i] much ado about nothing, our politicians should have more important things to do.,duuuh

What measures have they taken to solve the problems confronting this Country??,  They got what they deserve!

utotomi50:

You decide what is better. Is it better to keep hundreds of different ideologies together and have innocent children and babies slaughtered or is it better to split them up and have lives saved. Once again, you decide.

Rastamann:

Truth is bitter! Gaddafi was right and I do not see anything wrong in his tell us (Nigerians) the bitter truth.

To all those calling for Nigeria to split-up, how exactly in practical terms, are we going to achieve this? If u've lived in d different parts of the country and know the full extent of our ethnic and religious distribution, u'll discover it's not as clear cut as u think. E.g Which part of the divide would the Hausa-Fulani christians (yes, we do av em) fall? Wot about the muslims in the South? Maybe they'd like to move north wards. Let's not even start with the middle belt, the Igalas, Ebiras, Nupes (muslims and christians),  May God give us direction

bsparks:

To all those calling for Nigeria to split-up, how exactly in practical terms, are we going to achieve this? If u've lived in d different parts of the country and know the full extent of our ethnic and religious distribution, u'll discover it's not as clear cut as u think. E.g Which part of the divide would the Hausa-Fulani christians (yes, we do av em) fall? Wot about the muslims in the South? Maybe they'd like to move north wards. Let's not even start with the middle belt, the Igalas, Ebiras, Nupes (muslims and christians), May God give us direction

People will not be forced to choose sides

There will be a Moderate Republic and an Islamic Republic.

Those who want to live by Sharia just like Taliban Afghanistan know where to go.

Those who want peace, will move over the Berom Wall but must live in peace or consigned to jail for violence.

see map below.

India splitted, yet she's got the 3rd largest amount of muslims in the world, please note: im against splitting, im just commenting on the further up above comment

Yes there is quite a fair amount of Muslims in todays India

so it was the very violent amongst them who made up Pakistan hence why it is an Al-Qaeda preferred destination

so the extremists amongst us will move up, while others can join us.

When I read Gaddafi's statement, I laughed. I consider all his statements as JOKES, because of his complete nonsense. Do you know what ARABS used to call him in all Arab countries, THE MAD MAN.

Any one visited or knows little about Libya would know what I am talking about.

Gaddafi changed the name of his country to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

He changed the Libyan flag two times to the recent one, Libya has no formal constitution, there is no government but what he called The General People's Congress (GPC) which is both an executive and legislative body. Political parties are illegal in Libya.

Gaddafi gave new names to the months; January became Fire, February: Light, March: Spring, April: Bird, May: Water, June: Summer, July: Nasser, August: Hannibal, September: Conqueror, October: Dates, November: Plowing and December: Canon

SO AFTER ALL OF THIS, IS THERE ANY ONE CAN TAKE HIS STATEMENETS SERIOUSLY

Nigerians and their self-inflicted Self-denialism.
Everybody is shouting Ghaddafi down and has anybody shouted loud enough now to bring Yar'dua out from wherever he is hiding?
There is a silent war going on in Nigeria and by the time it gets loud enough, Ghaddafi might have the last laugh.
The search for a better nation starts from within.
We could as well turn ourselves to the United Kingdom of Nigeria (UKN; Northern Nigeria, Middle Belt, South East and South West) and make an effort at typifying the UK method with Wales, England and Scotland.
The present Federal system SUCKS!

^^ you and your love for oyibo system

no we dont need uk system, we need seperation like USSR

Why do we nigerians hate and fear the truth so much ? Gadafi just said the truth if this experiment called nigeria is not working then lets lets divide it, and let there be peace. lets stop pretending that all is well when then is fire on the mountain. i think the real mad man here is lord lugard who almagamated northern and southern nigeria.

igbo boy:

^^ you and your love for oyibo system

no we dont need uk system, we need seperation like USSR

I am not advocating for the UK system; I am only suggesting it. The real solution to the "Nigerian Problem" lies with Nigerians and if we find the USSR option to hard to follow, the UK system might be a possible option. Sooner or later, the national entities will define where they really belong and the war has started already and can only get "bitter" with the trend of developments now.Thats my take!

OYB_MEND:

People will not be forced to choose sides

There will be a Moderate Republic and an Islamic Republic.

Those who want to live by Sharia just like Taliban Afghanistan know where to go.

Those who want peace, will move over the Berom Wall but must live in peace or consigned to jail for violence.

see map below.

OMG! Dude (I think) where did u get that map? That's borderline treason u know. Men, u separatists have gone far o.

bsparks:

OMG! Dude (I think) where did u get that map? That's borderline treason u know. Men, u separatists have gone far o.

My jaw dropped on that map oh

lolz

it looks like some nlers can run nigeria better than the monkeys in charge!!