NewStats: 3,263,498 , 8,180,349 topics. Date: Friday, 06 June 2025 at 09:37 AM 3h3q8

Well said.
But you ó, and the RONUS, all of you no get sense.
All of you are enemies of Nigeria.
You are a hypocrite.
When Buhari was making foolish policies and decisions, you er wholeheartedly.
Now, another foolish group is doing the same, you are complaining.
I just hope you people scatter that party called APC so that Nigeria can heve peace of mind.

Ikaeniyan0:
Trash!!

Is it all you have to say? To even open mouth talk against this una masters the Hausa fulanis dey fear you guys.

Racoon:
I believe with all my heart that Peter Obi, like many other well meaning Nigerians, are right on the issue of Rivers SoE.
.[/i]

Permit me to explain to you why you and all the other "well meaning" Nigerians are wrong.

This is an "English Comprehension" problem

If you have read my posts, you may have noticed that I have often pointed out that we have an epidemic of English comprehension in Nigeria. We often use words the meaning we do not fully understand. I have often talked on this forum of the problems cause amongst even the educated and the masses by a failure to understand the word "minimum". It is for this reason we have seen people argue over Buhari's School certificate, when he has a post graduate degree. it is for this season a politician will present a forged degree certificate when all he requires is a school leaving certificate or present a forged school certificate when you have a legitimate degree certificate.

Similarly the problem we have here is a failure to understand the meaning of the word "emergency" and for that reason I will present definitions from

Cambridge dictionary: a dangerous or serious situation, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs immediate action:

oxford dictionary: a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.

mariam Webster: an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action

State of emergency: A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do,


what is clear from these definitions is that an emergency is an abnormal or unexpected set of circumstances or situation. Therefore normal rules dont apply. In an emergency, you use emergency powers as required to deal with the nature of the emergency.

I will give 3 examples of emergencies and how constitutional rights can and are withdrawn/suspended to deal with emergencies.

1: Health emergency e.g Covid. because of the emergency nature of the covid outbreak, basic rights of citizens enshrined in the constitutions all over the world were withdrwn temporarily for the duration of the emergency. Right of free movement, Right to gather etc. because the health emergency was spread by the gathering of people., our rights to gather and move freely was curtailed because that was seen as a solution to the health emergency.

2: Airplane emergency: If a plane heading to an airport declares an emergency, all aircraft movement around the airspace and heading to the airport are suspended and in some cases diverted to other airports. Before a plane takes off to a destination, it would have secured landing rights for its destination airport. If another plane heading to that airport declares an emergency, your right to land is suspended because the emergency takes priority. it is only after the plane has landed succesfully without incident that normal operation resumes and your right to land is reinstated.

3: household emergency: If you live abroad and there is domestic violence such that child welfare services deem the childrento be at risk. Your right to your children wan be withdrawn either temporarily or in extreme cases permanently.

in all these cases these are abnormal situations and authorities will invoke emergency power as required to deal with the situation. That is the point of an emergency and having emergency powers….. it gives the holder the powers to do what he is not normally allowed to do. I do t think many understand this even the so called educated, even the lawyers. Emergency powers mean by definition an abnormal situation were you may lose your rights temporarily or even permanently as required. Due to the unpredictable nature of emergencies, you will hardly find it specified what to do. What you will find is a high threshold for declaring an emergency and proper checks and balances because it is understood that with emergencies come extraordinary powers which can be abused.

Now Rivers State:

what is the emergency?
1: For 14 months, A governor has operated illegally culminating in the Supreme court declaring there is no government in RIvers state and the governor has been operating as a Despot.
2: With the ruling recognising the 27 , they had started impeachment proceedings.
3: prevous efforts to mediate had failed
4: battle lines had been drawn and from the body language of the house , they were bent on exacting revenge
5: the governor had made statements that may be deemed to be inciting militants
6: Funds had been witheld and until a budget is ed they wont be released meaning workers would not get paid.
7: A major source of revenues and most importantly forex for the government was at risk.

Clearly things were heating up. it doesnt take a rocket scientist to know where this was heading.

An emergency was proclaimed. The dramatis personae in the stalemate were suspended they were suspended because they were the cause of the problem. it is intellectually repugnant to suggest in the situation in Rivers you could declare an emergency and leave both sides in place...... again they were the source of the problem!
If you are declaring an emergency an you leave the governor and house in place what do you expect to acheive? why bother declaring an emergency? So long as they are both in place the impeachment will continue, emergency or no emergency. i really dont understand why people dont understand this. This is different from all other cited cases because Again I repeat the governor and the house were the cause of the problem...they had to be suspended to deescalate the situation

The next question then is Does the president have the power?

YES! just like during covid, the airplane or the domestic violence example, rights can be withdrawn in emergency situations thats why emergency powers exist. What the constitution does like i said is place a high threshold for the declaration of an emergency because the framers of the constitution know that emergency powers are very powerful. So it added checks and balance in the form of the national assembly. the because emergency powers can do anything because of the nature of the emergency, no arm of government can declare an emergency without concurrence from the others.

lets us now summarize:

The judiciary has declared a state of no government in Rivers state
The president concurs and proclaimed an emergency
the assembly also concured.

if you challenge in court you will lose.....because the same supreme court has already said there is no government and the gov is acting like a despot. With due respect, if the 3 arms of government, dont agree with you, maybe your opinion or understanding of the situation is wrong.

All a president can do is make a proclamation that is valid for 48hrs, withour concurrence from the national assembly the governor and house are back in 48hrs! Thats the check and balance

The consitution has worked as intended.

The problem:

For me the only K-leg in the matter is the national assembly and the opaque way they secure the votes
Instead of focusing on whether the president has the power (he does so long as he is backed by the assembly)

People's energies should be focused on the National Assembly and whether they indeed complied with the provisions of the constitution by having a 2/3rds majority. Apart from that, everything done is constitutional and worked as intended!

for me it is either people don't fully understand what a state of emergency is and means (poor education or poor grasp of English) or those that do are pushing a narrative because it suits them, I.e they have an agenda!

Who be Adamu Garba?
These days,after 2 years of Tinubu-A Sotherner,same Efulefu set of People,are always gathering,for selfish reasons,not to tell Nigerians how they have achieved when their 'Rankadede,' brothers was in Power- for 8 - years?
- Radarada People are Everywhere

Peter obi everywhere

zero8zero:

Loser, you want me to bring past threads of OP attacking igbos and ipob when Buhari was in power. You have a short memory.

Garba is their new hero after El Rufai! So unstable like the flowing water. Anybody they are hailing should run away quickly.

Yoruba man...NDIGBO detest your kind mercilessly. You speak with two parts of your mouth. They are not IPOB..ESN..Biafra again? Now you are aplogising? You think NIGERIANS are daft abi?

Anyway...let this sink in..whatever you call IGBOs even your Fulani Masters know that COWARDice is not in the picture. Face your masters who are actually using a fool like Reno o'fuckery to decieive you into believing they love YORUBA.

Truly...you are a shallow tribe..

aswani:


You people, that Simon Ekpa from Finland was using remote control to order you around, are the ones talking about growing balls and cowardice.

Wetin Musa nor go see for gate sha.

PS: Apologies to Ndigbo in the house, the above is not directed at you, just the little racially boy that currently has my attention.

So all these Epistle, because it's obvious now that the druggie failed. Even NBA has told him effectively that he failed and your rants are irrelevant. Even Soyinka the NOBLE FRAUD said so.

casualobserver:


Permit me to explain to you why you and all the other "well meaning" Nigerians are wrong.

This is an "English Comprehension" problem

If you have read my posts, you may have noticed that I have often pointed out that we have an epidemic of English comprehension in Nigeria. We often use words the meaning we do not fully understand. I have often talked on this forum of the problems cause amongst even the educated and the masses by a failure to understand the word "minimum". It is for this reason we have seen people argue over Buhari's School certificate, when he has a post graduate degree. it is for this season a politician will present a forged degree certificate when all he requires is a school leaving certificate or present a forged school certificate when you have a legitimate degree certificate.

Similarly the problem we have here is a failure to understand the meaning of the word "emergency" and for that reason I will present definitions from

Cambridge dictionary: a dangerous or serious situation, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs immediate action:

oxford dictionary: a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.

mariam Webster: an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action

State of emergency: A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do,


what is clear from these definitions is that an emergency is an abnormal or unexpected set of circumstances or situation. Therefore normal rules dont apply. In an emergency, you use emergency powers as required to deal with the nature of the emergency.

I will give 3 examples of emergencies and how constitutional rights can and are withdrawn/suspended to deal with emergencies.

1: Health emergency e.g Covid. because of the emergency nature of the covid outbreak, basic rights of citizens enshrined in the constitutions all over the world were withdrwn temporarily for the duration of the emergency. Right of free movement, Right to gather etc. because the health emergency was spread by the gathering of people., our rights to gather and move freely was curtailed because that was seen as a solution to the health emergency.

2: Airplane emergency: If a plane heading to an airport declares an emergency, all aircraft movement around the airspace and heading to the airport are suspended and in some cases diverted to other airports. Before a plane takes off to a destination, it would have secured landing rights for its destination airport. If another plane heading to that airport declares an emergency, your right to land is suspended because the emergency takes priority. it is only after the plane has landed succesfully without incident that normal operation resumes and your right to land is reinstated.

3: household emergency: If you live abroad and there is domestic violence such that child welfare services deem the childrento be at risk. Your right to your children wan be withdrawn either temporarily or in extreme cases permanently.

in all these cases these are abnormal situations and authorities will invoke emergency power as required to deal with the situation. That is the point of an emergency and having emergency powers….. it gives the holder the powers to do what he is not normally allowed to do. I do t think many understand this even the so called educated, even the lawyers. Emergency powers mean by definition an abnormal situation were you may lose your rights temporarily or even permanently as required. Due to the unpredictable nature of emergencies, you will hardly find it specified what to do. What you will find is a high threshold for declaring an emergency and proper checks and balances because it is understood that with emergencies come extraordinary powers which can be abused.

Now Rivers State:

what is the emergency?
1: For 14 months, A governor has operated illegally culminating in the Supreme court declaring there is no government in RIvers state and the governor has been operating as a Despot.
2: With the ruling recognising the 27 , they had started impeachment proceedings.
3: prevous efforts to mediate had failed
4: battle lines had been drawn and from the body language of the house , they were bent on exacting revenge
5: the governor had made statements that may be deemed to be inciting militants
6: Funds had been witheld and until a budget is ed they wont be released meaning workers would not get paid.
7: A major source of revenues and most importantly forex for the government was at risk.

Clearly things were heating up. it doesnt take a rocket scientist to know where this was heading.

An emergency was proclaimed. The dramatis personae in the stalemate were suspended they were suspended because they were the cause of the problem. it is intellectually repugnant to suggest in the situation in Rivers you could declare an emergency and leave both sides in place...... again they were the source of the problem!
If you are declaring an emergency an you leave the governor and house in place what do you expect to acheive? why bother declaring an emergency? So long as they are both in place the impeachment will continue, emergency or no emergency. i really dont understand why people dont understand this. This is different from all other cited cases because Again I repeat the governor and the house were the cause of the problem...they had to be suspended to deescalate the situation

The next question then is Does the president have the power?

YES! just like during covid, the airplane or the domestic violence example, rights can be withdrawn in emergency situations thats why emergency powers exist. What the constitution does like i said is place a high threshold for the declaration of an emergency because the framers of the constitution know that emergency powers are very powerful. So it added checks and balance in the form of the national assembly. the because emergency powers can do anything because of the nature of the emergency, no arm of government can declare an emergency without concurrence from the others.

lets us now summarize:

The judiciary has declared a state of no government in Rivers state
The president concurs and proclaimed an emergency
the assembly also concured.

if you challenge in court you will lose.....because the same supreme court has already said there is no government and the gov is acting like a despot. With due respect, if the 3 arms of government, dont agree with you, maybe your opinion or understanding of the situation is wrong.

All a president can do is make a proclamation that is valid for 48hrs, withour concurrence from the national assembly the governor and house are back in 48hrs! Thats the check and balance

The consitution has worked as intended.

The problem:

For me the only K-leg in the matter is the national assembly and the opaque way they secure the votes
Instead of focusing on whether the president has the power (he does so long as he is backed by the assembly)

People's energies should be focused on the National assembly.

for me it is either people don't fully understand what a state of emergency is and means (poor education or poor grasp of English) or those that do are pushing a narrative because it suits them, I.e they have an agenda!

Pigstormentor:
Yoruba man...NDIGBO detest your kind mercilessly. You speak with two parts of your mouth. They are not IPOB..ESN..Biafra again? Now you are aplogising? You think NIGERIANS are daft abi?

Anyway...let this sink in..whatever you call IGBOs even your Fulani Masters know that COWARDice is not in the picture. Face your masters who are actually using a fool like Reno o'fuckery to decieive you into believing they love YORUBA.

Truly...you are a shallow tribe..

A whole Nnamdi Kanu is in prison, not even one small attempt to break him out. A whole tribe that is not cowardly ó. Na for Nairaland una prick dey stand.

Sunday Igboho that is a comfirmed killer thug, that will soon get his comeuppance by the way, look at how Ndi Yoruba rallied round and stopped Bubu bringing him back from Republic of Benin.

Once more, apologies to Ndigbo, na dis chest beater I dey face.

obyno82:


C'mon Shatap

You lack courtesy.

Racoon:
Adamu Garba have had his own share of the problem. However, they will all continue to suffer it together. They came in with the worst of all intentions. Now he is whining like a lost goat.

I'm not bothered as long as they all consume themselves

It's not Ekpa again .now it's Nnamdi Kanu?

Truly, you guys from that region are daft.

So you want a jail break so he will be killed abi? I , when BUHARI was President, you called on BUHARI to kill him. BUHARI, obviously more wise than a deluded and foolish Tinubu dodged the Trap!!

Now TINUBU is PRESIDENT, why are you not telling TINUBU to kill him?

As for Sunday IGBOHO...he is a JOKE and you know it. Imagine a Yoruba freedom fighter missing his wife's pvvsy? What has he said after Fulani herdsmen teenagers killed 3 OBAs? What has he said after the whole ONDO is under Attacks by Fulani renegades? Even with TINUBU as President nobody send am.

See level. The IGBOs are not bound by foolish antics of politicians. Yoruba ralled around IGBOHO, but same Yoruba are being killed and the liberator IGBOHO is missing in action. Even without being in jail.

Truly..una daft..free matter.

aswani:


A whole Nnamdi Kanu is in prison, not even one small attempt to break him out. A whole tribe that is not cowardly ó. Na for Nairaland una prick dey stand.

Sunday Igboho that is a comfirmed killer thug, that will soon get his comeuppance by the way, look at how Ndi Yoruba rallied round and stopped Bubu bringing him back from Republic of Benin.

Once more, apologies to Ndigbo, na dis chest beater I dey face.

ALISMILE:
I’m a Muslim but not Yoruba nor Hausa.

But some northerners are revealing their bias.

Buhari was in power for eight years with little to show for it, yet these individuals never criticized him or attempted to switch parties to seize power from him.

However, the moment a southerner takes office, their moral com suddenly resets such that this dude with is half education has to write a useless letter that only further reveals his bigotry

Leave this one wey you dey cap, did he say the truth or not?

The only part I care about is the part where he said colonial masters "handed over this territory to his forefathers"
Seriously? What exactly is Adamu smoking?

The whole world know that the trademark of Yorubas is betrayal, backstabbing and cowardice. The only thing giving Yoruba people relevance in Nigeria is Lagos state, take that away, Yorubas will be forgotten and possibly pushed into Portnovo where their cousins are in Benin Republic.



Thank God Yorubas are bringing back their betrayal and backstabbing nature back to national limelight, time will tell

Pigstormentor:
It's not Ekpa again .now it's Nnamdi Kanu?

Truly, you guys from that region are daft.

So you want a jail break so he will be killed abi? I , when BUHARI was President, you called on BUHARI to kill him. BUHARI, obviously more wise than a deluded and foolish Tinubu dodged the Trap!!

Now TINUBU is PRESIDENT, why are you not telling TINUBU to kill him?

As for Sunday IGBOHO...he is a JOKE and you know it. Imagine a Yoruba freedom fighter missing his wife's pvvsy? What has he said after Fulani herdsmen teenagers killed 3 OBAs? What has he said after the whole ONDO is under Attacks by Fulani renegades? Even with TINUBU as President nobody send am.

See level. The IGBOs are not bound by foolish antics of politicians. Yoruba ralled around IGBOHO, but same Yoruba are being killed and the liberator IGBOHO is missing in action. Even without being in jail.

Truly..una daft..free matter.

Leave stone chop rice nwanne, can you imagine any riff raff organisation making Ndi Yoruba sit at home for one minute?

Yet Simon Ekpa is sending his child to school on Mondays and banning Ndigbo children in ala igbo from going to school on Mondays.

Ndigbo like you fall my hand sha. Lion on Nairaland with your bold text but grasscutter in real life.

Pigstormentor:
See your tears

You are crying because the North is fighting you on the propaganda front?

You are given what you dish out constantly and all of a sudden you become a crying baby.

Ogbeni...stop crying..enjoy your time. 2027 will bleed you RONU miscreants.

Nonsense

I know people like you can never have sense.
Mr. PONU, 2027 is a done deal only God will stop Tinubu and for your information, God is not interested in Nigeria's politics

So cry 😢😭 keep crying 😭😂, your defeat is imminent.

Ok

Yomit71:

I know people like you can never have sense.
Mr. PONU, 2027 is a done deal only God will stop Tinubu and for your information, God is not interested in Nigeria's politics

So cry 😢😭 keep crying 😭😂, your defeat is imminent.

This one is looking for an appointment which they will give him soon.

This man is not intiligent

ElSudani:
The only part I care about is the part where he said colonial masters "handed over this territory to his forefathers"
Seriously? What exactly is Adamu smoking?

Yes, he was right

You have returned to Simon Ekpa again? Yoruba man..stay one place and stop jumping around like a chicken destined for the pot of HOT oil.

Your impersonation of being a Northerner has failed you badly. Where is bah..toh..kwo..fa? Your brain don freeze? Dey Play.

Tinubu is your PRESIDENT and he is with the power and authority to do the needful to even protect your region. I ask...why will Fulani herdsmen kill 3 OBAs and ransack ONDO State and your worthless brother called TINUBU can't speak? Is he still begging for Northern for second term? Dey play

Soldiers went to IKEJA and EKO DISCO offices and beat the shyt outta Yoruba people in Lagos. Even Sanwolu no talk Pim..let alone the fossil called TINUBU.

ILORIN is still under FULANI control and a Yoruba Governor can't DARE change the Status Quo. The EMIR, arrested a Yoruba person in Yoruba land, with disregard to your worthless generation of failures called elders and Politicians.

Where Gani Adams?
Where Sunday IGBOHO?

Cowards die a thousand deaths. .. that is why YORUBA land is the epicenter of suicide and subjugation from FULANI.

Slaves are useless

aswani:


Leave stone chop rice nwanne, can you imagine any riff raff organisation making Ndi Yoruba sit at home for one minute?

Yet Simon Ekpa is sending his child to school on Mondays and banning Ndigbo children in ala igbo from going to school on Mondays.

Ndigbo like you fall my hand sha. Lion on Nairaland with your bold text but grasscutter in real life.

I keep asking a simple question, no answer yet.

What actually is that bad thing; that disadvantageous thing that will happen if Nigeria is divided peacefully?

Talking about Unity it clearly does not exist. I think the only thing keeping Nigeria from such division is the lack of clarity as to where to place the knife. Simple.

Be it Westerner or Southerner, sincerely answer this question. If this guy was part of the government, will he be saying these?

obyno82:


C'mon shatap

Try to confront the Man- TRUTH,na!
Instead of Shying away from the Truth.
Is this man lying ni??

Pigstormentor:
You have returned to Simon Ekpa again? Yoruba man..stay one place and stop jumping around like a chicken destined for the pot of HOT oil.

Your impersonation of being a Northerner has failed you badly. Where is bah..toh..kwo..fa? Your brain don freeze? Dey Play.

Tinubu is your PRESIDENT and he is with the power and authority to do the needful to even protect your region. I ask...why will Fulani herdsmen kill 3 OBAs and ransack ONDO State and your worthless brother called TINUBU can't speak? Is he still begging for Northern for second term? Dey play

Soldiers went to IKEJA and EKO DISCO offices and beat the shyt outta Yoruba people in Lagos. Even Sanwolu no talk Pim..let alone the fossil called TINUBU.

ILORIN is still under FULANI control and a Yoruba Governor can't DARE change the Status Quo. The EMIR, arrested a Yoruba person in Yoruba land, with disregard to your worthless generation of failures called elders and Politicians.

Where Gani Adams?
Where Sunday IGBOHO?

Cowards die a thousand deaths. .. that is why YORUBA land is the epicenter of suicide and subjugation from FULANI.

Slaves are useless

O ko mvẹn, so only Northerners can use those ? Ẹhn hẹn!

By the way, I didn't use "toh", not that you or any baga nonentity Obidient on here can determine what words I do or don't use.

So it is using phrases that makes one impersonate tribes fa? I have used Ndigbo, Ndi Yoruba and Ndi Benin phrases too, oya accuse me of pretending to be any of them.. Mo Dúpẹ́ gidi gbó ó, ah Í must be Itsekiri.

Oga, quick deflecting and conflating. The initial point I made was of you frothing at the mouth that Ndi Yoruba are cowards yet all your own big secession seeking boys are in prison with you and ya big blokos on Naira unable to do nada about it.

Aboki, remove the cowardly log of wood from ya Ndigbo eyes before mouthing off about the speck of dust from Ndi Yoruba own.

I have read some nonsense on here, from my friend Believeintruth in particular, but I have to say, if you are not one of his many alternative monikers (allegedly), ńa you bí di igwe nau as you don sur am for person wey dey post nonsense pas.

Typical..when smashed with valid points , they become ranting mofos.

Ogbeni da ke joor. You are just a lowlifer that appreciates Fulani dominance as a loyal Slave.

You no get mouth...tell the Sultan to tell you when to sight the Moon.

Slaves no get mouth Ra Ra !

aswani:


O ko mvẹn, so only Northerners can use those ? Ẹhn hẹn!

By the way, I didn't use "toh", not that you or any baga nonentity Obidient on here can determine what words I do or don't use.

So it is using phrases that makes one impersonate tribes fa? I have used Ndigbo, Ndi Yoruba and Ndi Benin phrases too, oya accuse me of pretending to be any of them.. Mo Dúpẹ́ gidi gbó ó, ah Í must be Itsekiri.

Oga, quick deflecting and conflating. The initial point I made was of you frothing at the mouth that Ndi Yoruba are cowards yet all your own big secession seeking boys are in prison with you and ya big blokos on Naira unable to do nada about it.

Aboki, remove the cowardly log of wood from ya Ndigbo eyes before mouthing off about the speck of dust from Ndi Yoruba own.

I have read some nonsense on here, from my friend Believeintruth in particular, but I have to say, if you are not one of his many alternative monikers (allegedly), ńa you bí di igwe nau as you don sur am for person wey dey post nonsense pas.

Bluntemperor:


Try to confront the Man- TRUTH,na!
Instead of Shying away from the Truth.
Is this man lying ni??

He is lying bros. Have small shame and shut up

Raf4:


You lack courtesy.

Same to you as well.

YouAreNobody:


Leave this one wey you dey cap, did he say the truth or not?

I didn’t read more than 2 paragraphs, got boring

Pigstormentor:


Typical..when smashed with valid points , they become ranting mofos.

Ogbeni da ke joor. You are just a lowlifer that appreciates Fulani dominance as a loyal Slave.

You no get mouth...tell the Sultan to tell you when to sight the Moon.

Slaves no get mouth Ra Ra !

What valid points, you are just throwing words around in a lunatic manner in bold.

Sultan ko, Biafra ni.

franchasng:
The whole world know that the trademark of Yorubas is betrayal, backstabbing and cowardice. The only thing giving Yoruba people relevance in Nigeria is Lagos state, take that away, Yorubas will be forgotten and possibly pushed into Portnovo where their cousins are in Benin Republic.



Thank God Yorubas are bringing back their betrayal and backstabbing nature back to national limelight, time will tell

LoL

They will call you Igbo man now