obicentlis: So people are still living in Maiduguri?

Very funny.

^^ my dear no credit for them, would ve been better if they did not show up, everybody including other candidates came to listen to Fashola. Everything was abt the Fash.

Frankly, it wasnt a contest/debate. Their lack of cohension, facts, ideas etc shows they have no inkling of what it is to govern. I expected a debate just like we use to have them those days in school, these dundies just made Fashola carry the day. Yes, Fashola passes for a good governor(to the best of my knowledge) and i expect the guys that wants to take his job to tell us in a DEBATE why we shouldn't vote for him, yet they came to tell us stories and just make me want to hear Fashola speak more.

I really do not have any advice for the other candidates, i just thank God am not related to them. Dem for finish me for office. God i beg o.

@kobojunkie Yes! no need to go round in circles, we have been protesting alright; in pulpits, buses, newspaper stand,stadiums when the flood lights suddenly go off. I can go on and on. U said we dont nee a leader is that possible? i tot el baderine the human right activist was, well howbeit, i crave for change, sincerly i do. History in Nigeria would not motivate you not all, the hunger people face in Nigeria kills them inside, it does not cos them to protest.

Look at carefully all the riots and protest you hear of in Nigeria are all selfish and foolish riots, so baseless that you hear them and turn to the next pressing issue. NIGERIA WILL CHANGE AND WILL BE GREAT, BUT PURELY DIVINE. I share your tots on some points, Egyptians have claimed their destiny by self will and dertermination.

For Nigeria, we will wait and see. I REST MY CASE

NIGERIA!  a curious case if you ask me, @kobojunkie those are exactly the reasons why a protest/revolution will not work, really dont care how long we discuss this, so many factors stand against it. To protest, one would lay down everthing about himself/herself to die for the next generation. where do you even start to argue about Nigeria's case. An industrial action called by labour in Nigeria to protest for fuel increase in Nigeria would be boycotted by Nigerians saying they are tired of staying at home.

But come to think of it, how can they stay at home when there's no food, water supply, power, simple basics of life, and yet you expect them to march in solidarity in the sun for days/nights? Again, change in Nigeria cannot be achieved by the people(i stand to be corrected)  it is only DIVINE.  We can, to a very large extent push it in the zones( even so theres still no unity in the zones, lets not even try to go into politics concerning this) but impossible at the centre.

We Nigerians are too cute to protest, please dont tell me SNG did push, revolution/protest in Nigeria will be abused to quote you, by the ageros/mallams,aba boys. I dont know you, i doubt if you would want to lead a protest in this our country.

French revolution, Iran Revolution, Tunisian revolution, Egypt revolution, look closely you'll see a common motivator. Well finally i say a big congratulations to the Egyptians.

Decryptor:

@kobojunkie, u need to understand that Nigeria is a multi-ethnic nation and so staging a protest like the one in Egypt is impossible. For example: If it is an hausa man u are protesting against, the hausas will back him and judge the protest as a tribal move to oust their own out of power. Same goes if it's an Ibo, yoruba or middle belt president. The only time Nigerians come together as one is when we watch super eagles play football.

SIMPLY PUT

Kobojunkie:

Done what? Remember, this is the same Nigeria that Protested back on June 12th. On june 23rd, 1993, thousands across Nigerian protested the canceling of the June 12th election. I am not sure why you are trying to pretend it is utterly impossible for the people to look past their differences yet again to get something accomplished to the benefit of All.

It is possible, only we need to see it. It is possible for Nigerians to once again, and for good step out UNSELFISHLY to protest the current situation in the country. Note: much of the work has already been done for us. God took Abacha from us(our last dictator) with no need for us to lift a finger. God Took out Yar adua to give us less stress. What again do we have to cry about? We have a democratic government --- all we need to get serious about our place in this government.

I am liking this, slowly and surely we are getting there. I tried as much as poosible to avoid it in my post, but thank goodness you brought it up. GOD has been our saviour by taking out those people you mentioned not us, neither was it our protest. June 12? of what effect was the protest when the self acclaimed winner was protesting from outside Nigeria? Infact it was not a protest, it was called Abiola war,this was wrong. It looked like a war for a certain group of peope, Igbos in the south was packing and leaving, yorubas in the north was moving down south, it was just chaos never organised hence it failed. Or rather i just couldnt measure its success. My dear God is still leading the battle for us here in 9ja, where he leads we will follow.

Kobojunkie:

I am sorry but what you have above is no different from what people in Egypt deal with as well. Each Egyptian had to deal with others of different opinions, favourite foods, homes, religions, ideologies etc . Common step they took was in the way of COMMON SENSE -- FREEDOM FOR ALL(not just freedom for those who believe what they believe, or those whose favourite foods were same as theirs, or those who shared the same religious beliefs, or those who lived in just their house or their part of the country). That is how people unite by looking past their NOSES.

ok. Quickly, show me a nation with half this stats that have done this successfully? 774 LGAs, over 250 languages, 6 geopolitical zone, over 9 different militias, religion? over 40 political parties etc. Frankly, revolution is successful IF you are one, and united not yet we cant even come together to agree on some simple issues as these. our leaders knows this, hence they use it against us.

Kobojunkie:

See . . . the people finally UNITED themselves under a cause to get this done. Now if Nigerians can look beyond their noses to see that they are all humans and deserve better, we can probably make headways. We don't need to oust a dictator --- we only need to DEMAND change form those WE ELECT, and that is not even 100 X close to what the Egyptians have had to do in the last 18 days.

Truthfully, i tried to understand if this is supposed to be an argument, however how can we look beyond our noses when we have different opinions of ourselves? which common language do we speak? which common food do we eat? which common step do we take? which common house do we live in? we are survivors not fighters never was never would be. Change will come to NIGERIA, but not in this way. LETS FIRST LOVE OUR NEIGHBOURS, THEN OUR COUNTRY WILL FOLLOW.

ROSSIKE:

jenuwyne said:

Wait till we have a dictator rule us for 30 years, banning freedom of speech, banning freedom of association, and torturing, murdering and jailing all opponents for 30 years straight. THEN see if Nigerians will unite or not unite to eject him. TILL THAT CIRCUMSTANCE EXISTS, you cannot say what you don't know.

No we cant have a dictator rule for 30years, its our design, the system has not made it so, our is politics and polity tah has failed, corruption that is almost cancelling out any leevel of morality ans integrity we as apeople, leadership that has failed and still failing, quite frankly what are you willing to die for or at least stand for. no matter how you look at it nigeria is like a mini USA, too many different people in one nation.

No offence, Nigeria can never do same. We are too divided to be unified. ITS OF NO USE TO EVEN TRY.I only pray the military transits peacefully in september, cos theres nothing worrse than a military holding on to power even for 30days.

Uncle sanusi think of something better and stop causing problem here. I just dont did it, not here not now not ever. 'reasons are numerous it infiltrates negativity as is already among you now.

Islamic banking? no interest! who funds this? for what purpose? in which country? abeg abeg abeg , make una carry go abeg, this place resemble Yemen and,

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What is it all about details please

Guy before u go, remember the movie escape from sobibor, guy i know education is cheap or almost free in some parts of europe, my broda try france or germany more blacks r there

Haha Dangote, Dangote, good man 5 yrs before due date, haba, u r  a businessman we admire, arguably though. I mean where's the business sense? borrowing  from Stanbic to pay off another.

Besides thats a continuous debt circle, now more banks will form a consortiom and give him all the money meant to develop small and medium enterprise knowing he will REPAY ofcourse before its due, Wo na them them jare,

Really r they that cheap? even if they r second hand phones

how do u come from lambe when u work in the island of lagos, is it really worth it living there?