This photo essay offers a glimpse into the real story of the Yar'adua family, showing the family’s modest means before Yar’adua’s entry into public office. The photo essay exposes the lies, greed and deceptive public image cultivated by the Yar’adua family.
From left: Yar'adua's first daughter, Maryam, now married to Mr. Badamasi Kabir, a member of the House of Representatives representing Katsina Central; Yar’adua’s wife, Hajia Turai; daughter Zainab, now married (2nd marriage) to Kebbi State Governor Usman Saidu Dakingari; daughter Nafisat, now married to Governor Isah Yuguda of Bauchi State (their wedding cost an obscene N3 billion). Baby A'isha Yar'adua is on Turai's laps. 
Aisha was billed to marry Sokoto billionaire oil magnate, Rahamaniyya, but the wedding plans were terminated in favor of her marriage to either the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Aliero, or the Kaduna State governor, Sambo. This photo was taken on the occasion of A'isha's naming ceremony, seven days after she was born. At the time Turai could only afford a plastic necklace, but she now has access to the most expensive jewelry, including gold and diamonds.
Hajia Turai and her children own choice plots of land in Abuja, interests in banks, oil companies and numerous companies that are used as fronts to milk the Nigerian treasury. Turai Yar’adua is reputed to be an aggressive collector of bribes from politicians wishing to get into juicy positions as well as those whose positions may be threatened. She charges a fee of $30,000 for anybody who seeks an appointment with her.
When Yar'adua declared his assets in 1999, he barely had N50 million naira. In 2003, he did not declare his assets, claiming that nothing had changed. But in 2007, on the eve of his swearing-in, he made a declaration of a whopping N900 million naira. 
Even so, Yar’adua’s 2007 declaration was meant to fool Nigerians. It did not include several properties, including a N200 million house in Kano that Yar’adua purchased in 2002 from Kano-based Lebanese businessman, El-Tayeb. 
A source that has been close to the Yar’aduas since their days in Katsina told our correspondent that “it is strange how this family with a humble beginning has become one of the most greedy in our country’s history.”
The photos speak for themselves. 
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Chief Anayor Ajator
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... Mr.Abubakar Maitagulla,why are you mentioning Church Leaders in your comment? Whatever the Church leaders are doing is none of your business and you should stop displaying your stupidity to the world. The likes of you are the people that are bent on destroying our great nation,Nigeria.Please comment sensibly. Chief Anayor Ajator writes from South Africa. |
Chief Anayor Ajator
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... Mr.Abubakar Maitagulla,why are you mentioning Church Leaders in your comment? Whatever the Church leaders are doing is none of your business and you should stop displaying your stupidity to the world. The likes of you are the people that are bent on destroying our great nation,Nigeria.Please comment sensibly. Chief Anayor Ajator writes from South Africa. |
Chief Anayor Ajator
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... Mr.Abubakar Maitagulla,why are you mentioning Church Leaders in your comment for nothing? Whatever the Church leaders are doing is none of your business and you should stop displaying your stupidity to the world. The likes of you are the people that are bent on destroying our great nation,Nigeria.Please comment sensibly. Chief Anayor Ajator writes from South Africa. |
National Anthem (masg).
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... Let me used these mediums to informed Nigerian Citizen that if the senator in the Govt or in power dont pass law to permenantly re-locate presidential power to the middlebelt them????????????????? |
joseph ochefio
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... yar adua played his card well and dat has earned him this much,he did what other governors do and shouldn't be blamed cos which one of us would not want to be comfortable in life like him,who ever feels disenchanted should parade himself at the corridors of power...... |
Olumide O
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... Even though I am feeling sad about the state of our nation, and condemn Yar'Adua's attitude about his long absence, I honestly think that this gossip is outrageous. This not news. It's not honest reporting either. I can tell you a lot about Sowore too. He's an opportunist who ran away from Nigeria on the back of Amnesty International under the pretext that he was a target of political persecution. If you guys at SR are going to write a report, please write a honest one instead of misleading people. |
Raji Kolawole
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... Honestly to me no msg has been passed. I dont mind if this reporter can publish his own story from past to date and lets see if he has always been same old person. |
Raji Kolawole
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... !W23`As far as concern, no msg has been passed. I wont mind if this reporter can lead into his past. |
odi
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... The issue is not president Yar'adua and his family but leadership in the geographical mistake called Nigeria. Nigeria is to big a country to be ruled by a black-headed man. It will take the likes of Nelson mandela to lead this country into her promise land, but since there is none, lets tell ourselfs the honest truth. The best thing that will happen to this country is for us to divide peacefully. We are not one country. Hausa man knows that Ibo man is his number one enemy and Ibo man knows that he has nothing in common with the Yorubas, and so also all the minorities. We cannot keep patching this controvasial country. We are not the same. We are not one country. We are not meant to be together, its just fear and greed that makes some region to glue themselfs to other region for survival. Its obvious that we are just suffering our selfs struggling to be together, but the more we try the more the struggle continues. lets divide this country so that every region will her peace. |
Imohi, UK
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... Is disappointing to read that some Nigerians (home and abroad ) believe that one of the criterial of looting government money is for you to have a humble beginning (poverty beginning). Well, there's no excuse for stealing, a thief is a thief and as they say picture don't lie. But we should not forget that history has a way of punishing wrong doers (including their children) for example look at life of the children of the people that looted Nigeria, we how have a terrorist among them as a matter of fact you don't need to look further look at the life of their female children most of them can't even maintain a good matrimonial (that is the effect of the course effect of the money their father stole). Today may be good for the looters but, they should always remember what the bible said "we evil doers are prospering, they are about to perish" a word as they say is enough for the wise. |
Truthteller Foresyt
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... my beef is, they have forgotten where they came from. Humble background true but why the flamboyance. There's wot is called giving back to the society hope u all agree. |
Mamah Franklin Chijioke
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... Please give me a break , I can not understand this horrible exposure of our first family to the internet. Is the writer a saint? or just one of the envious fools who foment trouble by igniting chains of gossip and confusion.It is God alone who elevates whom He chooses. The race has never been for the swift , it is for whom God chooses. And am sure there are no living saints today except the books are wrong. And sure the holy books are right. To be credible this journalism must know its boundaries and not dabble into private issues when it is not necessary. Do not incite people else you will not live to inform us who care to browse here. Please be properly guided. I wish to read you hard work in the future please. |
NigerianAmerican
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... Ladies and Gentlemen I honestly do not see what the President has done wrong. I tend to believe that Mr. Yaradua is a modest man by nature based on what I’ve seen on the internet on him. Yes his family looked like an average family in Nigeria, but that was then. The daughters are no more little girls they are full grown women and surely look healthy and rich. I don’t expect the first family of a nation to look haggard. Finally, if money is being squandered, maybe the problem is the system and not Mr. Yaradua. Nigerain American formally from Eastern Nigeria |
I Murnai S
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... Issues pls.This is a classic case of yellow journalism.This outpouring tend to expose you as sworn enemies of the first family.a |
Ebagi Jame
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... This is disingenuous of the author. These picture say nothing about greed. Lets not throw the baby away with the bath water. If these pictures show that they were living a simple life in the 80s, that is something the Yaradua family should be proud. I know families that were not a quarter as rich or powerful as the Yar-aduas in the 80s that were living in way much more lavish opulence. These picture did nothing but make me believe that the man is not part of the cabal that we are used to in Aso Rock. Its pity he fell victim to the hawks that put him there. |
Alexander N Zhitur
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... These pictures neither portrayed poverty in the Yar'adua family during the 80s nor any "Family of Greed". Change is inevitable. the wife is taking advantage of the opportunity like any other Nigerian. Find something more concrete and convincing to substantiate your allegations. more so Yar'adua is not the first president of this nation (Nigeria). i believed what our president need now is prayers for him and the family and nothing more. pls. concentrate on corrupt leader like OBJ. and IBB etc. |
tonyagha
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... I wonder how many Nigerians today, put in the same shoes would do otherwise. The part that is really not cool is that, they seem not to be giving back to their people, 'talk less' of Nigerian. |
FRED NOBLE
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... Am of the opinion that Nigeria as a country should divide according to the zoning pattern 6 zones or 3 zones, South South + South West, South East alonE. The rest Zones can be on their own, It is time for the entire Notern States to begin using the stolen Oil money prepare for the development of their country and learn how to be prudent than being wasteful, for James Ibori from the South South , he will be force to account for his EVIL. |
Tayo Akindele
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... Many of you are hypocrites. What many of you are doing as Journalists and Humanrights activists are worst than these. So stop fooling people because you have the power and privilege to write. Some of us know your antecedents. |
SADI K/MATA
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... SR,is just jealousy that is worrying you, nobody born as a rich,he/she going to get it in this world. becouse yaradua is a poor before doesnt mean he cant be rich now, |
wakawa m. stephen
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... our prayer is that,mr.president may God give you good health to come back and complete the good work you have started.. |
Nostradamus
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... For us to have the kind of change we crave for in this country, there is the need for us to overhaul the entire system of education. Going through a lot of the posts here makes my heart bleed for Nigeria. To think that an individual who has access the internet would put forward the kind of grammatical misconstruct here says a lot about the state of the nation and why we are far behind the rest of common humanity. People please go back to school and learn to read and write properly. I fail to understand how somebody who cannot put a clear sentence together would understand the fine points of governance in a modern democracy. The Yar'aduas are not doing anything new. Obasanjo probably had a humbler beginning than them and he left the govt as arguably the richest man in Sub-Saharan Africa. Why are we not talking about him and his family? How about the Tinubus, the Bode Georges etc. Saharareporters are guilty of the lowest case of primordial bias. |
Shady
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... Why would he reliquish power? He must have sworn that never again will poverty get anywhere near his family. And he would rather die fighting than go back down that road!  |
Christopher Adekunle
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... Nigerians,let us still thank God. Many of us will behave worse than the first family given the same opportunity. However, the first family should remember that nothing goes up that does not come down. The grave faults of pride, greed, covetousness, stubborness and rebellion manifesting in Turai, the first lady and her children will spell their doom if they do not change. Let us all fear God. A word is enough for the wise. |
EJIRO
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... Nigerians will all sholud go back and think of a good ORIENTATION, I believe in individaul thinking,,,,, let the Yar'adua family think well of all the disgrace they personally put them self tru instead of doing the right tin at the very beninning, they allow their GREED emotion to take away common thinging from them,,,,,especially the president WIFE, she is a thief and disgrace to her self not woman- hood becos she would have ask other past first ladies how they ve been doing the sealing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, |
Tobe
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... Hey guys lets tell our self the truth richies comes from God, If the Nigerian President(Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (GCON) is trully the people mandate, then it is the mandate the of the people to know about his health situation and not for PDP or Power brokers to hide it in thier ancestral pocket |
Don't fool Us
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... Whoever posted these pix is a big fool. These are mostly pictures from ovation and these pix have not told us what we've not already known. Please let's be more focused and objective in our reporting style. |
TundeKing
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... Hey guys, i do not see anything wrong with dis bastard mallam having an humble beginning.The only problem now is the SNAIL cannot be found, someone sighted him at ADEN, another aboki friend of my said he was @ a dinner do for Helmand Province.The bottom line be say he the west have now join us in the search for dis lost Mallam, THE TIMES 07/01/2010.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6978589.ece |
Abbey_wale
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... Kuos to u guys out di. maygood Lord be with u and bless you ALL. Thanks for the story on the first family. The whole world is seeing what dey are b4 then and now. Historywill judge the rest.bye |
Kelvin E
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... Sahara Reporters wont stop fooling themselves.which Rich man on earth wont show affluence? even King solomon of biblilical days did. pls show us some stint or responsibiliity. |
kingsley anumaka
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... yes he may have had a very difficult begining,watch out. for many who are great today also had difficult begining points-if they will tell you the truth. YAR'ADUA has the poor begining(from the picture shown above)which every honest man who succeeded in Nigeiria MUST have. concerning wealth,i believe that if he had hands in any looting of the state treasury, appropriate agencies/ bodies would have brought him to book. concerning schools, he is not GOD. he must not be every where at a time .did the shown school make any meaningfull effort to get the Yaradua's attention at all? even if the school did,his successor should continue from where his predecessor stopped and let us appreciate the man that served his state(kastina) with all humility,dedication and comittment. please let us learn to appreciate good things and criticise critically without being sentimental.HE IS JUST HONEST SUPPORT AND PRAY FOR HIM. |
Efetobo Ikekele
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... What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and losses his own soul? The Word of God says, the end of a matter is better than the beginning. Let us all learn from the story of our leaders that greed is a big time sin, and that God, the owner of life hate sin, He (God) does not want any of us to perish but that we should all come to repentance by accepting Jesus Christ as our lord and Savor. Debating president Yar'Ardua's case or any other past leader is flogging a dead horse, as Nigerians let us obey and fear God, for that is man's all. |
Keku
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... This is my first time on S.Reporters. Guys, I greet u for ur efforts. But I ask earnestly, could u guys report facts backed with proofs. Regularly, I pray for d president and the nation. But for those of us praising or exonorating the Yaradua's presidency, have u thought or ask urelves why he did no & has not handed over the runnng of the country to the Vice President as the constitution demands?. For Mrs Turai Y:She should go and ask Abacha's wife how this political robbers that surrounds her husband killed her own husband in that same Aso Rock. The duaghters and contracts. Its okay by me if they perform and or deliver reasonably - its their opportunity @ Emeka Edmund: Lagos State gets less from the Fed Govt than all the S.South states and some of the S.East states. Yet the diff. in devt is clear. Are the Govnrs. of these states from the S.West? From what part of the country has there been the loudest intellectual and constructive call for resource control been coming? |
otuoze otuoze
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... Can't you people use your ninny heads for something better? well i'm expecting Sowores pictures before he make it this big.... Animals |
T. O.
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... We have been oppressed so badly that we do not know right from wrong anymore. We need to cultivate good values again and think like human beings. |
oma Igala
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... You call this reporting? These pictures have made their rounds on facebook.So what if he had humble beginings? so what if he marries his daughters off to the wealthy? Back your allegations with hard core evidence. Deal with the real issue: Give us evidence of all their shady dealings. You guys ever heard of investigative reporting? |
Abubakar Maitagulla
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... These pictures neither portrayed poverty in the Yaradua family during the 80s nor any "Family of Greed". Change is natural. Find something more concrete and convincing to substantiate your hypocritic allegations. We're yet to see the pictures of Obasanjo's family including unreported wives,children and concubines. We want to see pictures of your Greedy Church leaders who have turned worshipping God into money making venture. |
nkechinyere
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... showcasing the pictures of their humble begining makes no sense to me, everyone has such pictures even you, that is their life, i have mine too, being the president's wife and family dosnt justify your actions,is the prayer of everyone to grow from grace to grace whether president or no president, not to talk of someone who was once a governor, before being the president of a whole nigeria, be honest in your blames, every other presidents lives that large, if not larger, yar'adua is a peaceful man, a nice president even though he was slow in taking actions, that is his own method of operations, dont tanish his image now just because he is sick, it can be anybody, if his wife is greedy, every woman is greedy, not to talk of when your husband is a president of a radical country like nigeria, i will do worst than turai, lets be honest here.. look also at her goodside before we execute them... thank u.. nkechi |
Mohammed Murtala
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... What is all this buhaha? I do not blame the President for what is happening. When he was busy struggling with his family to make the ends meet (first pic.), nobody shares their pains at that time. Everything the President and his family are enjoying today are previleges anybody in his position willl enjoy. What are we going to say today if Tura'i is seen wearing a plastic necklace? Have you seen Michele Obama in recent time? I think we should not be self-fish and stop complaining of what is the life style of the president. At least, Yar'adua and his family are the least less expensive of the leaders we have to date. We should contribute positively as this caption on the president and his family is selfish and uncall for. Let pray that God grant the President a good health. Ameen.  |
Mohammed Murtala
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... WHAT IS ALL THIS BUHAHA? I BLAME THE PRESIDENT FOR NOTHING. WHEN HE WAS BUSY STRUGLLING TO MAKE THE ENDS MEET (THE FIRST PIC.), NOBODY SHARE THE PAIN WITH HIM. WHEN GOD DECIDE TO BLESS HIM NOW, WE ARE BUSY COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS LIFE STYLE. WE SHOULD ASK GOD TO HAVE MERCY AND ELEVATE US. WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY ARE CURRENTLY ENJOYING ARE PREVILEGES THAT ANY BODY IN HIS POSITION WILL ENJOYS. WHAT WILL YOU SAY IF OUR PRESIDNET'S WIFE IS STILL WEARING A PLASTIC NECKLACE TODAY? HAVE YOU SEEN MICHELE OBAMA IN RECENT TIME? AT LEAST YAR'ADUA AND HIS FAMILY ARE STILL THE LEAST LESS EXPENSIVE OF ALL THE PRESIDENT IN NIGERIA. MAY GOD HELP AND GIVE THE PRESIDENT A GOOD HEALTH. AMEEN.  |
saudat sanni
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... U are rite Afolake Olawuyi. Not in support of what is going on but believe they are in that position for a reason. I wish him quick recovery. WRITTEN BY AFOLAKE OLAWUYI, DECEMBER 04, 2009 Let him who is withou sin cast the first stone. This is not to sy that i encourage any form of corruption, but trust me guys if this guy was not meant to be the President he would not be there, and the same God that put him there for whatever particular reason, will surely see us through this critical time. |
laraba ibrahim
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... Abeg with the name of God make una leave them alone, If na u dey there u go do wetin pass that one. and no condition that is permanent. Let us pray for our president health. |
CHAMPION
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... we should stop criticising people,nobody would have done better than yaradua.if all the above commentators were given a chance am sure some will do worst,what we really need is 4 God to come 2 our rescue.i pray the president gets well and return back home in good condition,even the economy is missing him..... |
tikon yakubu jacob
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... My prayer is that God should have mercy and grant Mr. President good health to enable him return to the country and rule his good people. Nothing is impossible before GOD and therefore I have the believe that God will surely heal him from the ill-health situation he is passing through now. May the President receive quick recovery in Jesus Name. Amen. |
shale
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... they are barawo, God go catch them one. He wants 2 sell our oil money before leaving office |
Usman A. R
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... you can hold them to ransom on the abrupt transformation of their lives but on the primary school picture please go back to katsina and have a very good second look then..... |
Abubakar Sadiq Audu
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... Nigerians thanks for making comments against this people. Infact the woman called Turai (wife of Yar adu) proved to be an foolish woman. If actually she value her husband's life why could'nt she advice the man to resigne instead of being having so much difficulties on this seat? All this political advicers known what their doing, they know what is good for them but not Yar adua. Pleas tell him to resigne if it's firstlady have been as this for long both state and federal level what else do you want.  |
Inuwa Abdullahi
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... Well I don't blem her, no body would live a life hers before Government house and Villa and expect him go to back it again, no not in this life, even in America. |
Afolake Olawuyi
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... Let him who is withou sin cast the first stone. This is not to sy that i encourage any form of corruption, but trust me guys if this guy was not meant to be the President he would not be there, and the same God that put him there for whatever particular reason, will surely see us through this critical time. |
john ray
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... i beg una make we tok truth this people are thieve.mare looking at this people in their early stage we all no that their are from avery poor home. but nigeria are been feed wit wrong information that their are rich.this people need to be hang including the UMARU himself.the family is stealing us dry. |
ayo abuja
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... abeg make we stop abusing these people abeg you guys you wont do better than them if you had the same oppoturnity,would not expect a change of level for your president and his family remember there finge benefit that goes with be the president abeg make una find better work do and leave this family alone,join in praying for the man to get well soon so that nigeria does go into war !!!! |
B. Eshenake(warri)
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... All those who rush to get married to Turai's daughters are political jobbers and men of very low moral standing. Nigerian should avoid these kind of men. they are a disgrace. |
comrade umunnah ,victor
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... AS A MATTER OF FACT,I PRAYED FOR MR PRESIDENT TODAY KNOWING THAT ONE CAN BE IN HIS STATE ANYDAY,AND WOULD REQUIRE PRAYERS. THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT WELL ABINITIO BECAUSE OF HIS HEALTH.WE ALL CAN ATTEST TO THIS.BUT IF I WERE HIM,I WILL JUST RETIRE THAN TO DIE A SITTING PRESIDENT. AS WE ARE MENT TO UNDERSTAND THAT HIS CONDITION IS VERY CRITICAL.PLEASE,LET ALL HIS SELFISH POLITICAL ADVISERS ADVISE HIM WELL FOR A BETHER NIGERIA.  |
Vikolo from Boston
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... let us remember that he was never a poor man before venturing into politice ,his father was a minister in the first repulblic, his brother was number two under the first OBJ rule,and he was a senior lecturer and a two time governor atleast one shouldnt be amazed that he is reasonably a rich man you cant compare him to(C)(T)hief James Ibori |
Imomoh Anthony
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... Nigerians, why do we like negative information about the highly elevated people? Let's be realistic, the person who posted this mail as regards the Yar'adua's family, should anwser this simple question, Is he still at/in the same level of status, econmically, financially, influencially, etc, as he was ten years ago? The statement made on the 25th of November in the name of Turai Yar'adua is a big lie. Every knows she wont send such a post. Whoever paid the writer to paste the post has only made a fool of him/herself, not Nigerians. The story has no holds. |
tyson
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... 95% of you commentators will have this same picture and story profile. Pls give the guy a break. There is nothing wrong in going from grass to grace. Politics is after all a business. Eventhough I do not support wanton corruption and disregard for the rule of law, how many of you critical masses can beat your chest and say that you are better than him. We all have opportunities to bring about changes in our society, work place, neighbourhood....how many of you have done this.......If everyone can contribute the "little" they can in their own sphere of influence, there will be an explosion of opportunities and development in this country. The problem is that we Nigerians just love "SHORT-CUTS"! |
franpka
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... as the man danced, so were the drums beaten for him.,dem lef sorrow, tears, and blood..................... |
obi1
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... if i have 50 millin in 1999 i will sure make over 900million by 2009 without diong much hard work. that is easy |
turia yaradua
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... i'm rich bitch,everybody get a life.,politics is bussiness.fuck u all,i've stole all ur money so what can u do..i'm the First lady..if u can't beat me join me.... PDP..POWER..case closed |
Meeemeee
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... God that searches the hearts of all will judge. If they are sqandering nigerian money how will they go unpunished? every office is a responsibility from God, but when you fail you become like king saul in the bible (your throne will be reaped off you). Solomon the wise said vanity upon vanity all is vanity. For everything under the sun there is a time and season. God will sured deliver nigeria. God bless my mother land. |
Akwaaja Afu Ndi Ogu
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... All I know is that ALL-ILL-GOTTEN-WEALTH does not last. If you like use to acquire property, put in your business or use to train CHILDREN. At first it will progress but ATLAST they are bound to CRUMBLE |
ike philip
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... To be sincere and candid; "NIGERIA"- is a "GREAT" country, but the conduct of our leaders is not persuasive...... the ended tournament of under-17 world cup is an example of the biggest challenge of 'NIGERIA'.....( the players are older, no good elected coach, no good technical coach, the board (NFA) is corrupt), consequently no future for the youthful. The history of our "PRESIDENT" has nothing to do with the country's dilemma, rather it is the conduct of our leaders - including the president - that matters. Is it so difficult for us to do the right thing?, how about making the right decision?. it is time for every - body to be acquainted to this verity - especially the leaders of our 'COUNTRY' with the aim of acquiring wealth (accumulation of wealth), it is certain that we are taking non to the grave. |
sadiq haruna muhammad
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... gaskiya mu bamu yafeba saboda wallahi kudinmu ake dauka ake duk wannan sharhiliyar dasu kuma saboda tsabar kin gaskiya ma ku duba fa har mace akabawa kwangilar miliyan 500 haba an ma maidamu mahaukata kenan ma allah ya isanmu al`ummar nigeria bazamu yafemu kuba wallahi shugabanninmu da duk wanda yayi sanadin shigarmu irin wannan wahala haka...........   |
nuzeta48
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... What the heck! you mean to say the Pres of Nigeria shld remain at the mediocre level which he started with. well things could change for anyone and not everyone was born opulent. Try harder! |
O! Hi O!
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... For all of u quick to judge the presido... think about it this pix are nothing but showing the success in life of 1 man and his family. if they have fell short of our expectation we should pray that god in his wisdom will increase the love of this country in their hearts. May God Bless the President "Yar'adua and his family... and increase them more in life financially and in the love for the country so that they may be in a good position to help our Nation Nigeria. God Bless Nigeria |
Sam UK
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... Enough of daily grammar in all the newspapers everyday.Somebody must talk to MEND to arrange for how to overtrow this sick man in power among over 130million healthy citizens and let them take back all ill gotten Nigeria wealth kill them and that would have been the best solution instead of talking everyday.These boys MEND has enough amunition that can be used to overtrow this usual 4 yearly routine sycophant looters of our time. |
tree
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... may they continiue till the time of thier bomb blast,becase each one of looters hold nigerian youth one bomb on each property they have.No sinner will go free.  |
endurance
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... nigerians over the last three decades has brought curse upon nigeria.what do we do......anyone who becomes a president will fail asoon as the person asumes power whats wrong. |
Seeker of Truth
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... To Ibrahim Suleiman Please be mindful of your excesses as human. No one person is infallible, everyone has shortcomings. It is absolutely wrong to seek the curse of Allah (SWT) upon a fellow human.You may express whatever dissent you have but avoid asking for the wrath of God. |
Abdulkadir i. Safana
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... Haba Nigerians, You mean to say they have no right to change in life or what? is not fair at all if anybody has something to criticise, then criticise the acts not the person. check out your selves from 1985 to date and see the changes, or do you expect Malam Ummaru and his family not to have a change in life, hey wake up. |
Ibrahim Suleiman
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... May the curse of Allah (SWT) be on Yaradua and his family till the day of resurrection!!!! |
Dom
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... Mr Presido! As you and your family dey chop make you remember to at least fix light and road problems in the country then we no go complain too much. |
Dom
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... Our leaders are feeding fat on the wealth of the nation and do not care about the basic aminities that will bring happiness and make life worth living for the masses. We need a Jerry Rawlings of Nigeria! |
emmma
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... from grasss to grace impressive fit its their time man let them savour the moments but shuld remember wia de came from and that once upon a time it wasnt rosy and dia are still people on that road |
Alhassan Idris
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... When will the people of this country rise up against oppression and injustice metted out by the ruling class like they did in Iran, France, England, U.S, Russia, Ghana etc. People in these places stood up to the challenge and flushed out tyrrants and dictatorial tendencies. |
Orngu Aondona
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... That is what allure accompanies public office in Nigeria. Any body aspiring to any position of leadership in the country does so because it is the only veritable way out of the constricting grip of poverty. Once you get in, the treasury is at your mercy and you are not answerable to any bbody. So far, it is good business for them but one day, what happened in Indonesia to Surhato will happen to them. For now, happy looting. |
ucemma
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... Your website is a very good source of info for me but i don't like the way you guys are adding to Nigeria's problems. Remember it is only God that allows a man to lead whether it's gotten through constitutional or unconstitutional means. Don't get me wrong,i'm not saying that we should condone their corruption, but we should try as much as we can to pray and support them. The Spiritual battle that these leaders face are numerous. Africa's problem can only be solved through serious prayer. |
Mefor Chukwudi Ofalla
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... When will Nigerians ever learn to criticize positively. People grow. I personally don't subscribe to the fact that Yar'adua should be on the spot he was when he newly got married. let me hear something else pls. |
ABDULRAHIM MOHAMMED
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... base on my perception about life, every one pray for a possitive change, and with the modernization of the world, there is a needs for us to change with him. there is noting rong with either Plastic Neckles or not, this is modern world, please. |
abu jalla
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... Good Nigerians, Pictures do not tell lies .Yardua and his family can live their lives they want. My faer is that HIS family can never be like the Abachas. With all the greed,longer-throat there no happiness for him. Personnally, I wish good health. But for the family may God Almighty give back to Nigerians what they are stealliny using whatever disguise. |
oluseye
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... oluseye lagos, we are we going in this country,every thing seem to be failed.there is no light,no potable water,heath care is zero,our roads are in sorry state.i think in my own candid opinion,the solution to the problem of this country is to decentalised the power at the centre.and let there be a regional goverment so that each region will cater for need of her people by means of the resources she has.................. i think nigeria will be better managed like this. |
Yetty Olusola
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... Why am I not surprised. Once one attains the position of power in Nigeria then the sky is the limit. It is just a case of how much of nigeria's assets can I grab and keep in offshore accounts. I am not one to judge but I hope they all sleep with a clear conscience knowing there is a lot of poverty around. Graduates with good degrees and results but cannot get a job as they have no "connections". Live and let live right but do not forget what happened to Abacha. Its a bloody disgrace. How far can they go. Shambles. |
Ladi Oloyede
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... Hmmmmmmmm! I weep for Nigeria  The rate of stealing, looting, political brigandage by our rulers and their families will definitely killed this country one day. That day is around the corner. |
Shollyman
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... Clearly, the Yaraduas are blood sucking bugs on Nigeria. Not much thanks to the brain dead Obasanjo who puts him in the position. You can only cover your bad governance by encouraging someone who will be worse to replace you. Yaradua is mainly treading Obasanjo's footsteps of corruption and self-enrichment. At least I personally know what his useless son Gbenga Obasanjo was like in 1993/94 at UI and what he and his greedy sister Iyabo are like now. These same bad leaders preach peace at every opportunity to calm people down. Unfortunately what can not be achieved in peace will be achieved through shedding of blood. This is food for thought for us all. |
adedoyin
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... All this corrupt practices and politicians are taking this country to a point where it will break if their are not careful.Just has the injustice in the Niger-Delta was built over time which gave birth to militancy, i perceive such build-up with time in this country ,which eventually will lead to an uncontrollable catastrophe.(freedom fighters) honestly,it will happen because history has shown a trend where people were oppressed by their leaders and eventually some aggrieved citizens stood up to fight till death.(it will happen-i tell you,if we are not careful).i wonder if this politician don't read our comments or watch some TV ;listening to the contributions and the analysis given by the masses.Bastards! it's so sad.God help NIGERIA |
tope from london
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... God money good ooo,see all this children the time wey them still they drink kunnu and akamu 4 north and now wey money don come.BABA GOD dnt 4get me two oooo.But this pple should try and do smfhing 4 poor man too,they should remember say theyb r one`s like common man b/4 the sudden rise frm grass to grace and they should always remember say 1day they will pass on and they wnt take anything follow body,GOD SAVE OUR COUNTRY CALL 9JA....HUMMMMMMMM |
t-lash
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... Real rise from grass to grace how i wish the Nigerian stories can be like the THS we watch on E TV. Whereby people actually work thier ass off to attain sucess! |
GBN
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... What other evidence do we need to prove that this country is a failed State. Kudos to Sahara Reporters for this excellent piece of investigative journalism. |
NAFIU KHAMIS
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... MAY ALLAH GUIDE US AND THEM, THE LEADERS AND THOSE TO COME AND MAY WE NOT GO ASTRAY TO THIS LEADERSHIP OF A THING IF WE ARE BLESSED WITH IT. AMEEN |
ken osita
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... well i aam happy for them but let them take a good look of the old pictres and ponder on it , with the type of life they are living now. |
believe
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... they say a picture speaks a thousand words..thanks Sahara reporters for given us this pics of our first family..we now know what they were like before now..to some stupid and foolish nigerians they think those pics are of no use..but they meant everything,..what is important is that the time frame between those picture until when yaradua came into becoming the president is what matters, as an evil, deceitful and thieving president he has loot more than enough for his family,it is only in a mad country like nigeria where such nonsense can occur...to hell with this first family..fucking assholes |
Osagie Aondona Obaro
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... SR may have been very uncharitable to Umar Yar'Adua in their overaching zeal to calumniate him. This bothers on villainy. I simpathise with Yar'Adua who by all indications appear to be the helpless victim of a thoroughly acquisitive and obsenely opulent wife. Turai may have cultivated her daughters in the same incline for banality and vanity, but you have not been able so far to show Nigerians tha Umar Yar'Adua is corrupt. |
this not funny atall
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... EVEN ME HERE , WHEN I CHECKED MY PAST PICTURES WHEN I WAS IN THE NIGERIA POLICE , COULD U BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A VERY BIG DIFRENT THERE THEN AND NOW.. SO PLS SAHARA LEAVE YAR ADUA FAMILY ALONE FACE WHAT U DOING , I MEAN THE GOOD JOB |
MUSA OLAIWON
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... I will never begrudge anybody who legitimately made his money through honest means. There is no reason why President Musa Yaradua and his family should be called all sorts of names. Nigerians don't want their leaders to appear hagard and unpresentable either in office and out of office. The only things the Nigerians are asking for from their leaders are good roads, uninterrupted power supply, drinkable water and good education for all Nigeris. How many more beggers will out leaders create before the masses are rescued and when? Many Nigerians wouldn't have come to UK to be harrased, intimidated and bullied by some white people if there were equal opportunities in our own country. There is still hope for my dear country; Nigeria. May God safe Nigeria from anarchy. God please give us a good leader in time like this whose conscience will not be bought.(Amen) |
Aloy Jeshua
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... Thank you for this oppotunity.Nigeria problem is not PDP or party thing i believe is an induvidual thing,take a look of the happenings in Abia state today. Orji Uzor is not from PDP,his successor Theodore Orji is a member of PPA but he is a complete fool who cannot identify his right from left.A good man is born of God and he is caring,we should stop beating about the bush and face the realities of life,Abia remains the worst state in Nigeria without Roads or plans. May God help us get rid of Orji Uzor and mother/groups.Amen. I am not a politician but i love Fashiola,Sulivan Chime and Oshomole,may God strenghten them. Aloy J. |
EAF
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... What is wrong in rising from grass to grace? how many of those sending comments on this issue will not become a worse rogue and looter if given the opportunity. Let Yar'adua get out of the place and let a healthier President who can solve our long pending problems come in to fix them. Sahara Reporters should also report better things and not rubbish like this. |
IDONGESIT UBONABASI
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... Thank you Mr. President, of Nigeria MUSA YAR'ADUA baba, for your 7th points agenda, infact you have not failed your people, expectedly, this is the 8th point agenda God bless you. God bless OLUSEGUN OKIKIOLA AREMU OBASANJO for doing it in 1979 when i was only having on my pampers, and doing it again in 2007 when i am a man. MAY YOU ALL LIVE AND NEVER DIE AGAIN. MAY YOUR DYNASTY LAST EVEN IN THE NEXT WORLD TO COME. |
Tola onafowope
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... I believe in one thing,there is nothing hidden under the sky at a piont in time it will be exposed.No human being on the earth will go scored free without having to pay for his misdeeds.Moreover,KARMA still rules"what goes around surely comes around.WE ARE WATCHING. |
Ikechukwu Chigozie
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... Another angle to this is that the masses are the problems...these people/CORRUPT LEADERS came out of us...a pawpaw tree does not produce apple fruits...The masses need to be HOLISTICALLY EDUCATED(and then that holistic education can now be passed on)...IN THE PHYSICAL,MENTAL,SOUL AND ESPECIALLY IN THE MIND..THE SEAT OF ALL CONSCIENCE..WITHOUT CONSCIENCE,EVEN ME WILL GET THERE AND BE WORSE..THE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA IS NOT...AND I REPEAT,IS NOT!!! CORRUPTION..Thats just a syptom of the disease..OUR ONLY PROBLEM,OUR ONE AND ONLY DISEASE IS HOLISTIC EDUCATION...THE SYPTOMS INCLUDE:NIGER DELTA,ELECTION MALPRACTICE,INCESSANT POWER OUTAGES,ASUU STRIKES,ROBBERY,LOOTING OF PUBLIC FUNDS,RELIGIOUS WARS,PROSTITUTION OF OUR YOUNG LADIES(Known as "RUNS"!),POLICE BRUTALITY,BOKO HARAM,OGONI,419,DEBT BUY-BACK,DRUG PEDDLING/PUSHING,"TRANSCORP","FUEL IMPORTAION"ETC..WE DO NOT HAVE CONSCIENCE AS A PEOPLE! |
Ikechukwu Chigozie
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... STUPID MASSES!Cant you see WE ARE ALL NATIONALISTIC,PATRIOTIC FOOLS?THESE CRIMINALS IN AGBADA,MILITARY UNIFORMS OR WHATEVER steal because we,THE MASSES,do nothing...absolutely NOTHING!If the underlying TRUTH has to be said,WE ARE NO BETTER THAN THEM ALL...we are ALL IN ALL,if you understand my language..the proof of peace is being ready to pursue it...IN ALL THE WORLD OVER,IN ALL ITS HISTORIES,I HAVE NEVR HEARD OF PEACE WITHOUT WAR,even if it doesnt have to be bloody...EVEN WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO FAMILY UNITS,PROGRESS AND PEACE MOST TIMES COMES OUT OF STRUGGLES,STRIFE,DISAGREEMENTS,CHALLENGING EVEN GUARDIANS/PARENTS AND ,FOR SOME CASES,GETTING TO THE POINT OF CHALLENGING AND FIGHTING GUARDIANS/PARENTS...BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN SOCIETIES COS THE SO CALLED GOOD ONES DO NOTHING!!!AS IN THE CASE OF NIGERIA..We as a country want to get to the promised land AND YET WE ARE NOT READY TO DIE FOR WHAT WE BELIVE IN?WE ARE NOT YET SERIOUS MINDED PEOPLE... |
Aminu Sule
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... WHO VOTED THIS PEOPLE INTO OFFICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they are the once that need to be SERIOUSLY dealth with!! |
Tony Ogun
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... Nigeria sure will one day produce a cleansing squad to rid her of the public fund lootters and deter potential future politicians of forutne in whatever outfit or disguise. We have seen armed robbery graduated to contract killing,kidnapping and extortion, next in line will be suicide bombbing and mass murderer. Cold blooded truth is : those who make peaceful change impossible make forceful transformation inevitable to borrow Winston Churchills axiomatic phrase. I dare say (and let somebody mark my words) someday, somehow, someplace on someones watch something has got to give in this anomie state I call my motherland! God Bless Nigeria. |
waina maloho
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... Good job but be careful with your pen, Always expose the good, the bad and the ugly side of your chosen target. I think despite all the alleged looting its not true to assert that... the guy left nothing for Katsinawas except classes under the trees like almajiris.I dont believe you because the structures he left behind in Katsina state are there, as a bakatsine I benefitted from his Educational development programs.For this we respect Him and his Family.Allah will judge the rest of his actions like any one of us. |
Johnson Ode
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... With due respect to Late Afro beat King Fela Anikulapo, He asked us to tell him which Leader or Head/President we have in the country that has not stolen from us, what of Obasanjo,IBB,and all others. This is a nation where we celebrate stealing. Only almighty God can minister to the heart of the so call leaders. |
Kakaki
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... Nigerians can be fooled easily. Yar'dua's brother Shehu made millions wth contracts to Saudi in the 70's and 80's, People marry in Naija and u see all these same things so what is the rich now in these pics? is it the clothes? anyways, Yar' Adua declared his wealth, he left KT state with lots of surplus he was a lecturer at ABU and wanted to go back to lecturing b4 presidency was thrusted and trusted on him all these Sahara reporters stories are all unsubstantiated BS. stop the stupidity y'all.... writing crap from viewing some pics, go tell them to dig harder and produce facts if they can, not pics of people looking good in clothes...... |
annabel
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... i think the best approach is mass revolution. i think we should rise up, let us protest and make the politics less attractive. If different groups should invite CNN to record their protest several times, when the scenes are shown to the entire world i think the looters will be forced to shift to a different position, things will change for the better, |
unimpressed
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... NIGERIAN's at least he had a humble beginning and don't forget his brother was a very powerful and rich man, yet from your editorial it seems The president managed to isolate himself from that wealth. My issue with this piece is that you are turning what should be a celebration of rags to riches. You have not produced any official documents to prove corruption yet you feel free to disparage others. What about your own duty to the public? Don't we have the right to view your proof of evidence other than just showing pictures of a family pulling themselves out of a poor start. The truth pictures of my own family and many others would look like that! Please produce hard facts and stop creating lies. |
kelvin333
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... leader please change before you leave this world try and change now why you are still have the time tommorrow might be too late |
kelvin333
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... Now is the time for revolution, now is the time to end corruption in goverment, ministries, pricidency. it is time to fight, to bring to book those that are against the progress of our nation nigeria, those that keep importing generator, and those not want stable power supply, in the country, those selling desel too |
SIMPAH I. SOLOMON
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... LEVEL DON CHANGE.WHO WILL BE IN THAT POSITION AND REMAIN THESAME.TURAI YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN GO ON YOU ARE IN ORDER.BUT PLEASE ALWAYS TELL BABA (YARADUA) THAT WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT CANNOT HAVE THREE SQUARE MEAL. LONG LIVE OUR PRESIDENT. |
mujahid kareem
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... how can somebody like him be so selfless,a person form grass to grace.now, d information in town is that he has travelled 2 saudi 4 self medication instead of self prayer. i only prays he comes back to settle lagos state matters. |
Muhammad NaIya
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... While your pictures speak of a presumed life of affluence, you have presented no hard evidence of that. As to Umaru's wealth, it is up to the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Internal Reevenue Sservice to peruse his declarations and conclude whether what he declared was true or not. It is time we stop dragging down every Nigerian who rose to a prominent position. The schools in Katsina are a reflection of Nigerian society; the North in particular. The education system has collapsed and today no governor in the north can claim to have provided portable water to even 50% of his people. We the people must overcome our timidity and selfishness and face reality. The people we decide to elect must be the ones' to represent us or else .. " the bird that prays for rain wil evebtually get drenched! That is the only point when we cast stones at others. For now let Umaru be or go to the courts with your facts if you sincerely believe he has abused his office as Governor of katsina state or as president of the Republic. Ko ba haka ba? |
Dollarsoft
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... Turai and co are greedy seriously because they were cautioned about their master's health status,they forgot that they may pass away before Umaru Musa. God knows best the first to vanish |
jay zee
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... I disagree with this write up about schools in Katsina. Being from the south, i visited kastina and the story about schools there is impressive, secondary schools, in terms of infrastucture can very well compete with universities. |
Agakagba
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... A good read. The pictures were appropriate. They told a story. What caught my attention most was the school or class room Umoru left the Katsina pupils as a governor. It is a shame, a big shame. I feel sad tha at this jet age pupils still learn under the tree like Adam and Eve. So sad. Yet they are individually stupendiously rich from converting the commonwealth. What can I say. |
Deedee
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... I am definitely not surprised, it is the way things were and the way it will continue to be, chop one chop all, Nigeria is for the 'takes' and 'share'. Deedee, Manchester. |
blackkoriko
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... unbelieveable.............. the transformation of these people ... see how raggedy they were looking a couple of years ago.... it can only happen in NIGERIA |
B.A. Daoud
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... Dear Nigerians and other readers, We do not need to see all these photographs to judge what our President is doing or what memebers of his family have become. The position of a natio's president is juicy that it can make anyone to become rich overnight. Will you talk about gifts, donations, several allowances, and the legitimate salary for him and his aids, all these are enough to mahe President and his family richer now. But man can never be satisfied, until he finally sees himself in the grave. Whatever the case may be, no one can ever remain the same in life. President Yar'dua and his family, according to the photograph of their old days have witnessed a brief poverty whatever the magnitude, when on earth do you want them to enjoy being a member of Allah's creatures on earth?. I think it is their own destiny that he and his family will have the taste of the most prestigeous position in a nation, Nigeria, i am not equally saty that he ( President Yar'adua is a saint neither do i disagree with consructive criticism of his administration as that method is one of the best ways to make any administration be aware of its derailment. All we need to remember is that many Nigerian political leaders have come and gone, none of them lived a poor life, therefore, his could be seen as the least when comparing to what we read, read and heard of our previous leaders in terms of wealth acquisition. if the current President can make the electricity as only part of our infrastructure to work, so that we use light in Nigeria round the clock without distruption, i think we all we look elsewhere for the next thing we can do to move Nigeria foward. What is happening to a wealthy country like Nigeria, which does not know how wisely it can make use of the proceeds of its abundant resouces should be seen as a natural course. What is the percentage of what President Yar'adua could be taking from Nigerian wealth today that should make us feel bad, afterall, he is, despite the state of his health doing all he could to make the nation remain in peace. What will you tell of thiose who ruled our nation with sound health but reaped the land of its resources to the exhaustive stage. Allah has something against us as a whole. We need to sit down and think of what and how we can resolve our differences, hatred and ask for forgiveness of all the percecuted innocent ones in the history, their shadow is still chasing away success and unity in this country.It is in Nigeria that bloody corrupt leaders are gorgeously dressing , attending functions and donating enomous amount of money for private,state or national engagements and no one questions the source of their money but instead, we clapped heavily for them. When are we going to be wise? Nigerians do quickly forget their past humiliating experiences, most of us forget the pain of our wound. Do not blame Yar'adua and his family, Allah has destiny for all. You will have opportunity to blame him when he finally finished his tenure without success.What will you say of those who have ruled Nigeria, syphon the public money to parade themselves as one among the most wealthy ones in the world, they still nurse the determination to rule and cheat us again, are we not stupid if that could happen to us ?. We need to seek for Allah's forgivess on what our past leaders have done under the pretex of protecting the fall of the nation, it is after that that we shall be strong enough to overpower the unscupulous few ones rulling us. Now they use all sort of Islamic values to disrupt the peace of this nation, while the innocent ones are being killed and their blood is flowing on our streets, though, Allah knows who is really whoshipping Him, those individuals that are sponsoring this crisis will not go unpunished, the leader of that "Book haram" might heve been killed, i think just to conceal those who were sponsoring the movement, but they forget that Allah whose creatures were killed for unjust course will turn His face away from exposing the papetrators of the deadly crisis. He will judge our deeds. |
Rasheed Ahmed
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... No matter how much we express disdain, anger and feelings of umbrage at the level of decadence in our polity, nothing will change. We have to stop ranting and come up with a concrete solution to arrest the problem. Our whining, pent-up anger cannot solve this monumental problem. Now is the time to take our country back from them corrupt leaders. Action is what we need now. |
Sunny
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... Wealth is somehow uncontrollable and that is why we all need to be careful if we find ourselves in the corridor of power, We need to learn how to use it wisely. I am against the fact that the family are doing good but 90% of the wealth acquire in Nigeria come from politices!!!. It is high time for Govt to provide enabling environment where people can easily start their own business and thrive. Not everyone of us we become the president or the governor but enabling society will give birth to business growth and also encourage foreign investors that willbe willing to invest in the country. These are the catalyst will help in wealth distribution in Nigeria, all of us cannot join the politics simply because we want a pie of the national cake. |
Alao tunji
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... those pictures are not our problem our problem is that we are not doing well as a nation our checks and balances are non-existent we[the commentators]need to figure out how to change this their generation has failed us will we fail ourselves? enough of talking even people fighting for animals[PETA]have done much more we in Naija just keep talking whether it be pressure groups,religious groups,NGO's,civil disobedience,mass suicides,secession ,militancy,terrorism,dialogue,coup de tat , assassination,revolution,...anything but talking to ourselves cant we see we have irresponsive leaders who are themselves victims of mental poverty ,greed and complacency? we have to take the future this nation into our hands am now the one talking!...lol |
olawale b. obaijoko
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... This is 2009 we are still yet to know the difference between the title of president and leadership anyway, this is not to downplay the importance of the office of the president,but am surprised when i hear my fellow Nigerian complain about the injudicious way the so called president of FRN managed the resources of the country, its bug me,when i heard such things what did they expect from a man who! conduct as threatening the existence of democracy. |
Sani Ismail Yaryasa
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... Fellow Nigerians do not bother yourself about what Yar,aduas family are doint. It is just a little time that is browed to them, let them even do worst than this. But with time they will leave office and it will be like they ahve never existed before. And God is there waiting 4 any body. Bye 4 now |
Sani Ismail Yaryasa
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... Fellow Nigerians dont bother yourself in all this things that happens. Whatever you have or occupy you can only enjoy it in this shorter life on if you save rigteous things that you will benefit in the hereafter. So Yar,aduas family have whatever you want have, let even become the richest family in the world. But i believed that you will not go hereafter with a single kobo. Bye 4 now. |
Ifeanyi Justice
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... When some of us call that British failed experiment a FAILED STATE, some of us hypocritical Nigerians will stand up to defend stupidity, making them look even more stupid! There is no hope for that failed experiment! It can either be started afresh or peacefully dissolved. Talk about dissolving the North (Which so called president was once a governor), has made it clear that they are no longer under the supremacy of the so-called Nigerian constitution. Mr Yar Adua, was one of those Talibans that introduced Shariah in the 11 states of the North, in a country that claim to be a 'secular state'! Is that not madness? No they know what they are doing. They know the entity is never a state in the first place so they caved out their nation while milking the remaining oil from the south and shouting ONE NIGERIA. Now when the so called 'Boko Haram' sponsored by the northern Taliban governor, including Mr. President, wanted to practice what he was thought and trained for, they killed innocent people, in pretence that they are dealing with the problem of 'extremists' in name of so-called leaders. The mad almajiri of Zamfara that is having nightmare of transforming Nigeria to a Sharia nation, succeeded in converting other northern states to the sick political hypocrisy of cutting the poor peoples hand while the main criminals the still public fund is crowned and celebrated. None of them has ever got his or her head cut off. Is that what we call a Nation? A state with so-called secular system? A failed state is an understatement. |
shola olapade
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... everything rises and falls on leadership. we need a radical but holostic change in our leadership ideals. until we get it right no progress can be made. `there is no problem in enjoying the pecks of office. we all know that even in USA, no president leaves office poorer. the problem is eating without working. only of we had known we would have allowed obj continue o. this man is taking us several years back. i cant wait for 2011 to come |
Yayan
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... I can now convincingly justify all the vices springing up in our society(Niger-Delta crisis, Boko-Haram, etc) with the calibre of leaders we have in Nigeria today. |
Fred Dairo
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... Nigerians deserve the kind of government they get. If you take 0ne hundred thousand naira from a politician so that he/she can have your vote, that amount is the value you place on your life and the life of your children. What are we complaining about? A lot of people in Nigeria will eat shit if they are hungry enough. Philipinos threw out Marcos, it was not Benigno. Repeat of Rawlings escapade in Nigeria? Why not.After all corruption is a crime in any society and enrichment of any individual by stealing the common wealth of the people is a treasonable subversion of the constitution. Let us rise in unison and put out life on line, I can assure you the glorious new day that chief Awolowo prophesied will dawn. Until then sleep easy the Nigeria the snoring giant. |
Udo Ohanele
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... Very soon, very soon, they would be forgotten like the other nonentities in the past that were fortunate to have been on top. Who still remembers the Babangidas and Abachas of Nigeria? Better Life for Rural Women and the Family Support Programmes? But we still talk of Awolowos and the Sam Mbakwes of this world. They were never presidents but true leaders. Honesty, ideas and charisma of a man is what makes him immortal in the psych of his people and not filthy wealth. Yaradua and his family are seriously drifting and letting greed come before service to the nation. They would soon fade. I hope he lives to enjoy his loot. SHAME! |
Mohammed Ali
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... What a comparism. Our major problem remains the leadership. The leaderhip will only change by the time we (Nigerians) change our attitudes. |
George Didel
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... 'It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of GOD'.Period. |
MEND MILITANT
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... WETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT THE REVOLUTION IS COME SOON................. AND ALL THE PROLATERAITE LIKE YARADUA'S AND PAST LEADERS WOULD SOON BE SWEPT WAY INTO THE ANALS OF HISTORY. THEY WOULD ALL DIE. DEATH TO ALL WHO USE THE WEALTH OF THE NIGER-DELTAN'S FOR PERSONAL AND SELFISH GAINS. WATCH YOU WOULDN'T DEFINITELY KNOW WHEN IT HITS YOU ASO.........ROCK.........................................................  |
zeena yan
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... I am a school teacher in the U.S and to think that Yaradua was once a school teacher, and have done NOTHING for the Nigerian Educational System is appalling and nauseating to say the least. |
paulpi
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... to abdul azeel On the day of reckoning, one will not be really sure where exactly you stand - the side fairness or you join them, and if you are not with them,just keep praying..ok. no one says the President or Governor should be a pauper, the legitimate salary and bonuses will suffice the argument,justifyable gifts and express 'rights' are accorded even after serving tenure but if you can prove to us that money one make as a small-time trader in Alaba market is a bigger earner than Bill Gate's Microsoft then i rest my case..period!!!! With that salary,they wouldn't even have to steal if all sums of money and budgetary plans are strictly implemented bcos they and their generations would live respectably ok forever. We are talking public funds here!!we are talking about a country that should not be where it is today!!we are talking about a country that is nor war-torn but no substantial growth!!we are talking about a country that has borrowed money with a plan to solve its problem regardless of mass revenue natural resources and has failed woefully!!a country...i can't continue bcos its so laughably sad and i know majority of my countrymen cant help but think its all a rollercoaster ride. it is like this - average man cum governor cum one of the richest men on earth. personally,I think this President might just be the one that might be able to hold it all down before the kettle boils over..but the problem is that it is a herculian task in that is like throwing stones in the market place, in this case these stones needs to be thrown but the market itself has more stones to throw back..follow. (when u fight corruption,corruption fights back).should he really be serious and start it,he would be overwhelmed how much support he will get both locally and internationally. so its better the elite clique and their political goons sort the mess out NOW before the mess sort them out-for their own good. Politics is the only legitimate SCAM!! food for thought.......how did the British Monarch survive till this day even with democracy? smart eh? |
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... Politics - The only legitimate SCAM!!! So MKO Abiola died a natural death?oh just like his wife Kudirat,and even the EVILEST MONSTER of all them(Abacha),let me behave myself now least I forgot Jimmy carter was there so nothing funny wud have happened!! Please enjoy my riddle.. Nelson mandela fought for freedom of his people,was imprisoned(for how many decades?),released and became the president of South africa. olusegun obasanjo fought to keep the country together so the status quo is maintained, became the head of state,was later imprisoned by a former junior officer [who later became head of state(wanted to retain power forever)]and later - again became the president and wanted to stay on forever. (I am quite sure obj wasn't giving enough time to show the nation his true patriotic side,haba!!) TWO Similar true hero stories, or should I say who is more of a hero, or was it because obj only served a shorter term in jail and longer term serving as head of state and 8yrs as president(in two different decades)-lol(should I laugh or cry -pls advice) Madueke -you sold nigerians properties in United States for no reason, the money from the sales is no where to found or accounted for,and no one should ask you because you are now so so up there in the clique of untouchables..well God dey oh!! lucky igbinedion, I hail oh,hows your guy james ibori, una dey sha!! |
BBO
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... I had personal experience with Madam-Hajia Turai and I know what you are saying and what she is up to. If you need more info about the said experience feel free to contact me. She cant deny it. |
paulpi
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... I do not believe in Nigeria anymore as they have never been a nation called "Nigeria" as they would have us all believe. What we have always have is a clique of people who within them have controlled and squandered all the resources amongst themselves- these people are the "Nigerians", the rest of us are like personal properties of these peoples whether we like it or not, it has never been an issue of North vs South or whatsover.We do have Nigerian passports but that means nothing in this sphere, if you want to become a "Nigerian" without having the natural rights by birth as you see in this article then you must somehow find your way in this clique..and then you, your family and future generations will become "Nigerians". No matter what we say here in saharareporters,it dont mean anything until we realized what needs to be done and do it effectively once and for all...but no matter what we do, these people(Nigerians) and children/families will have to pay back all these money and contempt they have treated the real people over the decades..It really baffles me when people champion the late MKO Abiola and the likes as true leaders when we all know they are part and parcel of this "Nigeria"clique and the problems they keep inflicting on the real populace, interestly you see, when the factions of the "Nigerians" fall out between themselves over which clique within the cliques rules, we the fools tends to support one over the other without any knowledge of what is actually going apart from the picture painted and shown to us by these same "Nigerian". Its truly a ver SAD story indeed and Obasanjo is one very big "Nigerian" and that brings this question back to life - "Who really murdered Murtala Mohammed". |
'Dapo Osewa
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... To Abdul, Whatever it is you r smoking quit it. quickly. You ask for proof? Dont make us laugh. The same proof that we dont have that Abacha was a mad thief? or that Obj was murderer ? As I said, quit your cigar. And be back. Better. |
Abdul-Azeez
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... Enough! What proof do we have that Yaradua has looted the Treasury? Must we always pull down leaders only to mourn them afterwards? The seat of a State Governor or the President is very "rich, exalted and blessed" and anyone who occuppies it is transformed. Look at the big churches - dont the wealth of churches rub off the leaders, Take a haggard rifraff, give him a Bank job - at the end of 6 months you wont recognise him anymore. It is only a natural phenomenon! We must all learn to attack bad ideas, policies and work NOT the personality of the individual. We Africans all come from one poverty stricken society or the other. We should show respect and recognise the privacy of the other person. We offend and question ALmighty God when we question his work. I am just a reader and seek nothing but fairness. To God we issue and to Him we shall return to give account of our utterances both written behind fake names and real names. May God bless all true believers and those seeking after the truth. Amen. |
stellamaris
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... i really see nothing wrong in those pictures.it only shows what the family was like years back. i challenge the sahara reporters to bring out their pixs and that of their families 20yrs back and what they look like now.does it mean by looking good , you reporters have embezzled money?absolutely not. am not also bothered who the daughters get married to, thats their bloody business..afterall their religion accepts it.what we should be bothered about is the allegations that the 1st lady collects "settlement"from would-be public office holders./politicians.these are serous allegations that relevant international agencies and ICPC/EFCC should look into. |
ABDULMUMINI DANLADI
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... THIS IS ONLY A LITTLE OF WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT YAR'ADUA. WE THAT COMES FROM KATSINA KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE FAMILY. ALL THE DAUGHTERS WERE AND THEIR MOTHERS WERE WELL KNOWN LESBIANS AND MALAM UMARU WAS MARIJUANA SMOKER. SO IF ANYBODY HAS A HOPE ON YAR'ADUA'S GOVERNMENT WILL SURELY BE DISAPPOINTED. YAR'ADUA IS A SATAN OWN COUSIN |
Eda
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... This finally confirmed that Nigeria is indeed a FAILED STATE. What else can anyone make out of these reports? No power, no good roads, no security. Please anyone, tell me what then are we existing not living for? |
Eda
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... This finally confirmed that Nigeria is indeed a FAILED STATE. What more can anyone say of these reports? No power, no good roads, no security. Please anyone, tell me what then are we existing not living for? |
Abdul Halid Othman
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... For us to attain the destiny we have to be objective in our candid opinions. Forget about pix or no pix, humble begining begining or no humble begining, the fact is that we don't have leadership in this country. From classroom to workplaces, from judiciary to legislature to executive including those that are making comment in the pages of newspapers. A nation is govern by the leader that suit the settings of the people. It is the followers that can change the leadership, the leaders cannot change on they own until the attitude of the followers change. Your destiny is in your own hands. You may wish to keep it. Lastly, fight against do or die election, money politics, and you shall get good leaders that are people oriented. |
RAHAB S M
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... what a wanderful family of yar'adua, God his wanderful and he will continue to see you through, and i am praying for success like the family of yar'adua. |
Emmanuel O.
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... I don't see any thing wrong with the pictures. The pictures did not in any way show how the national treasury is being looted by the first family as insunuated. Rather, it shows how a family has strougle to achieve better standard of leaving in todays world. Every reasonble being, will always aspair for change and improvement in life. I feel for Musa Yar'adua co's this is the price he has to pay to serve his father land. A retrospective view of past public officers will show that each of them as equally faced one or more types of critism. Only history can tell whether, Mr president actually is in the league of treasury looters. |
gaiya c.
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... Yea, why all the noise? Lets not behave like saints, only he who has not tested such power and splendor complains. Some of us may even do worse than this. But this is Nigeria, and around here anything goes. We should learn from history, and never expect nothing less from our leaders especially under this kind of system. Some of us that beleive in this country and are praying fervently for it are beginning to grow weary, but we shall not relent. We shall go on even if ours is a vision 30:3030 |
fatimaztus
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... why the hula baloo???..... abeg jare any body wey enter villa must rock! haba no body be fool o.... no one wey no money and power mixed together abi???.... if she de invest her daughters today no body knows tomorrow... keep una peace jare! |
Hadeezah
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... Who i pity most is Turai and her children using task payers monies to wd her daughters not only dat but also forcing them to marry their fathers just for money. |
Ekuson Debango
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... Looking at these pictures I can only come to one conclusion:This is a family that does things together and this reflects a great deal of values instilled in the family. I think the first lady is a proud mother who held her family together and watched her daughters get married. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.Great example for other Nigerian men who abandon their wives and families without as much as batting an eyelid.If these pictures are intended to startled anybody,then I am less perturbed.I think you guys ought to engage in more worthwhile ventured than pursue your destructive proclivities. |
Olawale Abdullahi
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... Money has a spirit, no matter how humble you're once u have direct access to wealth like the Yaradua's, you can't just help but to misbehave... May God help Nigerians.... |
amina zmal
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... This is what we call 'from dust to diamond'. but in this case,its a criminal step taken by the whole yaradua family.i just pity his wife and children when the father is dead,which is going to be soon i guess.its really a very very sad story.i dont wana say much cos its pathetic. |
azubuike
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... I concour to the first comment, itt is not bad to start from the scratch and rise to the top, but how is the big question. with public fund? mearnt to develop this country?, well the hope we have is God. |
TRUTH-BITTER
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... TALK IS CHEAP,...TOO CHEAP. NIGERIANS SHOULD STOP DISTURBING GOD, HE HAS BETTER THINGS TO DO! IF NIGERIANS CAN NOT SACRIFICE AND TAKE BACK WHAT BELONGS TO THEM, FROM THIS FEW CABALS, THEN THEY DESERVE, EACH ONE OF THEM, TO LIVE AND DIE IN POVERTY. ALL TALK AND NO ACTION.....LIKE MOTION WITH NO MOVEMENT. SILLY PEOPLE |
Sani zubairu
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... I dont think anybody who's put this picture here ,didnt wish himself well ending.i beleive who ever those this has a personal mission about the yar'adua family.and nageria as a hold.but nevertheless god is waching everybody.and i dont see what the yar' adua family has done to this country that make him to on this kind of embrassment.maybe i beleive some people are doing it out of jealos,b'couse god has make to be the leader of our great nation.plzzzzzzzzzz mr president dont mind them god fass them. |
amumeen isah
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... those who said the've seen nothing in d pics have certainly not look deeper. What i conclude is that Yaradua hasnt d xter to move our nation out the woods. Not a man who preoccupies himself with instant wealth for his children. Else how do u explain a man interested in his daugther becoming no 3 wife to a man dats 2ce her age. |
Ojikutu Quam... Conspiracies Journal - Black and Ethnic Media
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... While it must be said that a transformation has indeed taken place in the lives of the family of Musa Yar’adua, the basis for the conclusion of greed was however not clearly argued out. As the publication is from the Sahara Reporters in New York, I must quickly say this is one attempt to check the relevance of one of Africa’s rulers again. After all, we all must have our yesteryears if we are to have a tomorrow; a fact of life! Imagine if this people grab some of the pics of when you & I were young, playing with only pants on in the rain tomorrow, oh, what a piece they will write about our relevance at the time. The depiction of the pics is a bias conclusion just like is the fact that his daughters are married to prominent people in the country. At least, none is married to Obama, Clinton & Bush. Pictures are known to be judged by the descriptions they carry rather than the true contents relating to life. The article is bias! Not to get me wrong however, I am not a supporter of this regime of Government (with the exception of Lagos State of course) neither am I a fan of the Yar’adua family. The truth must be told at all times and that includes the Yar’adus regime. I spent a year in Daura Local Govt of Katsina state at the time of Yar’adua as Governor and I experienced his Government before he had the opportunity of frolicking with the larger turkeys and I cried loud when he was picked by the puppet master as a perfect replacement. My cry was not misconceived as this was a ruler whose state lived on the glory of the regime of the earlier northern rulers of the nation. He made little effort to better the lives of his people and I must add that: • It was in his regime that Katsina state lost the good name of the peaceful state and recorded violence of high magnitude including the killing of some youth corpers • Schools were a total write off and nowhere when compared with the standards obtainable in the SW region • Roads were no better than they were years before • Illiteracy was not bettered, or was it not claimed that he was a lecturer? • Water was.... or did I just say water? I meant pure water All that is just to mention the barest few Never in the history of this nation have we experienced so much backwardness (not stagnation) with all the intellectual arsenal we pose. The tale of a man appointed by the crafty puppet master himself (Aremu) should not have been expected to be pleasant and may not have a good ending as well. Do you think OBJ would opt for a docile politician with total ignorance of the power of the pen? A perfect green-in-green, we all witnessed how he craftily played his puppet master out of the game and took charge of his own strings only to sleep and fall ill regularly on the hot seat. He recently warned IBB off by declaring that there is no vacancy at Aso Rock in 2011 (a sad news that only means his Govt will continue by the PDP way – Do or die) and is even on record for dismissing ministers who dared call him while on hospital bed that they heard he was dead. Yar’adua is simply no toothless bulldog and he has done quite well to show that he can be strong on the job as well. Abi now, how else can you describe the salary cuts for political appointees, no power supply at all (investors running on fuel 24/7), a shameless police force, a JTF killing and raping citizens they were asked to defend and with no single institution working fine in the country? Yet, all the monies from tax, oil and the several sources have not been enough. We still take loans from the world bank while he has recently changed his purse to a bigger one. Yar’adua is just on a mission to grow his networth by unbelievable margins and saying he is greedy may not be the word, after all, IBB made it to the world’s top ten richest people in the world while in govt and Abacha was close to same only to be cut short by divine intervention. Let him enjoy his Govt, after all, a second chance may not.... (ah!) Who knows tomorrow? I agree absolutely with the words of Professorless Iwu who said The US have lessons to learn from the May 2007 election in Nigeria. True, they have! |
aringo
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... Poverty is in the mind, behavior, reasoning, manners and character. so I strongly believe that a poor man is a poor man except if the wealth is from God; so even if you have stolen all the money in your country what you don’t have you don’t still have it, this is why, when you want to just have a medical check up you will travel abroad and if you have all the stolen money and you cant provide good health care in your home then you are still poor your people in the street poor your village poor your state unproductive and poor and only you the rich thief that is afraid to build any big project in his country for him self even one very good hospital for the rich that will be compared with those ones you are always going to at least you can not because you are afraid that in the future a good govt may come and take the property from you. oh what a shame….a poor man is a poor man it is in the blood. |
Hugo
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... True, the first family should not go about in rags. True, it's not our business who they marry (no matter how comical the matches seem). What I would like to follow up is the N50m to N900m claim and the claims of Turai's power-broking. Can these be proven? if so, by all means, let's get the investigative reporting going. It may never catch the EFCC's attention (they probably don't have the time to read online reports), but at least it will be factual and not sensational. Finally, kudos to teh guy who suggested ways in which we can start making a difference, taking a stand against corruption. As an aside, where are all these guys who contested gubernatorial and presidential elections in 2007? This is the time they are supposed to start their grassroots campaign: Duke, Utomi, Pastor Chris, Jimi Agbaje, etc? If you wait till 2010, it will be too late and by then the money bags and criminals will be sharing money again Please learn from history. Your relative silence right now gives the impression you never really cared about anything but the office! |
Abdulrahman Adamu
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... It sad that a man like Yardua, who is supposedly learned would become beclouded by a woman who is barely lettered. All the the arrangee weddings is daughters are having,are surely built on sand, they can not stand the test of time. May Allah (SWT0) rectify their conditions. |
UDO OHANELE
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... I always knew Y'Adua to be a fraud. Obasanjo can never allow any good man to be president of Nigeria. Remember he was against Abiola and helped encourage IBB to anull the June 12 election (since then, Iran has learnt to rig election on June 12). He said Abiola wasn't the messiah. I guess Y'adua is. The sick man and his greedy wife and "empty headed" daughters must thank their god (Obasanjo) for giving them the keys to our common wealth without their hardwork. But they must be reminded that very soon, they would be judged. |
Dan Shuaibu
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... Is it any wonder this woman married her daughters to serving Governors??? Any one who takes a critical look at that picture and contrast it with their present reality would understand why no human being would ever want to re-live that experience. We even hear that the third one is being considered for the Kaduna State Governor and the FCT Minister... |
matt
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... This is so revealing? Shut up people! We condone evil when we commit it, and try to eschew it when others commit same evil. Politicians buy your votes. They make you their tugs! They use you to sabottage the ecnomy! Those we see as evil cannot succeed if the abacha in every nigerian is not stronger than the will to be a better and bigger nation. The problem with nigeria stems from the man who complains most..... the masses. It is the masses who help the thieves to evade tax, to steal crude oil etc. They cannot be there if we say no. The poor is the militant for the rich and corrupt. Where is the list they got from tompolo's camp5? It has vanished because those who are involved are those rule the nation? Now we're talking about amnesty! Shame on nigeria! However all hopes are not lost because our own Jerry Rawlings will surely come. If not today, it'll come tomorrow so long the dividends of democracy continues to elude our people while the thieves thrieve. The destruction of all human, material, and natural resources going on in the niger delta tells you that things are not working well in the nation called nigeria. |
buky blacky
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... my boss said every woman has freedom to make choice,the children made thier choice but as for me it it last 5yrs it cant last 10yrs and if it last 10yrs it cant last 20yrs.and as for the parents its tenor maryiam babangida,maryam abaccha,titi atiku,stella obasanjo all of them became am history today definatelly they will become history very soon |
Placid- Lagos
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... Thank u Andy Baba! U said it all, tell them so that the will hear. But we need to start from somewhere. Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody want to die. 'Let God judge' attitude must stop, let's change Nigeria for gud. |
Andy
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... I am totally disappointed in this "God will judge" attitude of my fellow Nigerians. Are we not cowards? We have so many practical experiences to emulate: Ukraine, Argentina, Ghana and Iran but we prefer to hand over everything to God, while God on the other hand says he can only help those who help themselves. I don’t encourage anything violent or against the law but it is time to revolt. 1. We need to educate our parents and siblings on the danger of collecting money, rice or other inducements from politicians during campaign. Stress the importance of voting and protecting the vote. 2. It is time to encourage educated, smart, well traveled and well meaning young men/women to get involved in politics. Get ready to dole out our hard earned cash to support or finance them to curb the absolute control of the greedy Godfathers. 3. Finally, we must get out of our comfort zones to defend our country whenever it is raped and violated by the likes of OBJ and Maurice Iwu in the name of ELECTION. A fake professor who could not hold a credible election in one state (Ekiti) cant be INEC chairman but in a country of "Let God judge" cowards, that is all we deserve. Yaradua and his family is stealing because the people b4 him were never rebuked by anybody. EFCC is for yahooboys and government enemies. If not, the likes of Ibori, Kalu, Odili, OBJ etc will not be freemen. |
Placid- Lagos
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... I think this topic should be changed in the interest of the readers becos some people are really biased, people who didn't get the message. We will continue to live in darkness till when God will liberate us, I dont have problem with the president daughters wearing gold, diamonds and expensive jewellries, if they dont wear it who will?. But my argument is let the government do something about unemployment, electoral reforms, rebranding, FOI bill, fixing our health system and finally maintainance of our infrastructures. Appointing credible people and not considering ethnicity. Thank you..... |
Ngozi Okoronkwo Ehirim ---Coventry--UK
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... I thanked Gbenga Ayodele for his comments,but in my own opinion that can only happen if we have freedom of speech, just like in other civilized world. Take a look at what is happening now in the british parliament, Iran election crisis. OBJ set a legacy of selective judgement, corruption etc. He tried in some aspect of his eight years but he had enough time to fix the power sector which is vital to any developing country. I think the administrator of this site or Saharareporters should bring up a better topic which will enlighten our people and even educate people more on the political propaganda perpertuated by politicians and public office holders. We shouldn't waste our time talking of Yar' adua and family, rather let's talk about the implementation of electoral reform recommendations, which will help to usher in credible people into our polity. Let's talk about the power sector and criticise all the delay tactics. Let's talk about the 'Northernisation' of Nigeria. Let's talk about rebranding and the gains of it. And not talking of cloths, looks, and sofa which an ordinary red carpet junkies in the street of London can afford. May God bless Nigeria. Amen. |
Egoigwe
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... This is incredible! What do people expect, that the president of my country should be seen at home and abroad in tattered rags? What gold and diamonds? Have you seen Mrs Folawiyo recently? How about Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke or Erelu Abiola Fernandez? I know a lot of women to whom our first lady and daughters do not even begin to compare and besides, who says those jeweleries were not even gifts and presents from well-wishers. What is the point here, that when you are seen in expensive jeweleries it says you've stolen public funds? I don't even see what's expensive about those jeweleries, they are simple and understated and definitely not over-the-moon expensive. I'm glad those girls look so pretty and I'm proud to call them our president's daughters. I regret but must state that your article is really in very bad taste. Get a life! |
Dogon Gabas
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... Hypocrites,all of yuo voted PDP,but becos your left out in the cold making these comments.If we are sincere about corruption let each one of us confront our elected representatives on there new found wealth. |
Bukky
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... I don't know why people are jealous of this family. They too must not be different from their predecesors. Continue to pack and loot every lootable. Who will you resemble if you don't pack and loot? BUT are we morons in this country that we cannot rise one day and deal with these rogues? What is really happening to us? It is because we don' t react that is why husband, wife and now children will just continue to loot the nation at the expense of the masses. Yar'adua may be the last of such in this country and every thing they have looted they will vomit. A government that has no credibility. Thieves in governement. Holy Ghost fire will consume them from OBJ to Ibori to all of them. They have no hiding place even IBB. Their masquerade will soon dance naked outside. |
Kabaka
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... WAIT A MINUTE, THIS IS NOT ABOUT NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, NEITHER IS IT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY OR MUSLIM RELIGION. THIS IS ABOUT CORRUPTION THAT IS EATING THE COUNTRY UP. IF DRASTIC MEASURE IS NOT TAKEN NOW, THE NEXT BATCH OF POLITICIAN SEEKING POLITICAL OFFICE WILL BE WORST THAN THE CURRENT SET, JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS SET. I CALL ON THE BLACK BERET, VIKINGS, NBM OF AFRICA, THE BUCCANEERS AND THE PYRATE TO RISE UP AND CLEAN UP THE SYSTEM. MAY THE CRY FROM THE MASSES ECHO IN OUR COMMON EARS e seh!!!. THIS IS A CRY OF TOTAL EMANCIPATION. NIGERIA MUST BE LIBERATED NOW. SOWETO KABAKA |
RAY
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... I dont think photo's should be used to criticise the 1st family.Criticism should be more constructive.No doubt our leaders are corrupt.Lets not expect the 1st family to have a wedding wearing rags or leafs.Lets spare them the wedding flambouyance, but pinpoint on the specifics.Like the $30,000 fees of the 1st lady should be looked into-the jist is just too much> I think te Yar Adua's are conservatives compareds to other despots that have ruled us. |
Gbenga Ayodele
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... I think we dont have a country yet.. Nigeria is at best today but a geographical entity where opportunists are having field days. I find it hard to believe anti Yaradua comments here including mine. I have heard the worst acidic comments against Government only to discover that the critic eventually become integrated in the system. Show me one pro-democracy activist, show me one social crusader, show me one social critic who has had the opportunity to serve in Nigeria that has not used his office fraudulently. This is really worrisome. It is disheartening. My hope on a new Nigeria has been dashed by the outgone Olusegun Obasanjo led government who in my own estimation believed , having escaped death by the whiskers, will be ready to lay down his life, if that will be his legacy in bringing about a renewed Nigeria. If only he battled corruption with all intent for his eight year reign, by now all other failed infrastructure would have fallen in place. He threw the opportunity overboard! Nigeria will remain like this until there is a turning inside out of the system. Only God can condescend to bring about the change. Only God can revolutionize Nigeria. |
Loveth Kanu ---Milton Keynes--UK
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... Having read all the comments, i can see the level of ethnicity, everyday deception and popular discontent in Nigeria. I can see all the agents of the ruling class trying to deviate from the truth or the message. The sufferings of the common man will not allow the so called politicians rip off our economy and our resources before the die. The likes of OBJ, Yar'dua and others can attest the freedom or liberty accorded to protesters during the london School of economics speech, and the Niger Delta crisis meeting with Gordon Brown. In an ideal world, no one will hear about daughters of a ruler, they will prefer to do something different or lead good examples but in the our own case, they will be like Gbenga OBJ n Ajeoukuta steel, Mohammed Abacha and contracts, Iyabo-Bello OBJ n Health Ministry bribe, etc. May God punish all those who acumulate public money for their selfish aims. Amen.. |
eddy
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... As one reader said, one day would be for us in this country and i know some are seeing to that. Ribadu would come back and kick all these looters behind for sure! |
Abubakar Abdullahi Radda
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... Good day Nigerians, I just wish to encourage us all brothers and sisters that we should spend less time coursing and condemning our leaders but more praying to God for a positive change and do the little we can in our own capacities to bring the needed change. I strongly believe that whatever you sow is what you will definitely reap, so let us all have good intentions supported by good deeds. God is ever living and never sleeps nor slumbers. Justice has to be done and must be accounted for some time some day. LEAVE VENGEANCE FOR GOD ALONE.... Let's put hands together to make Nigeria better. |
olumide ajetunmobi
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... Those who fail to lear from history are doomed to repeat it , we go siddon look |
grant89
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... AM REALLY PISSED OFF WITH SOME COMMENTS AM SEEING HERE .A COUNTRY WHERE NO SINGLE RULER IS QUESTIONED FOR ANY WRONG DOINGS.RULERS EMBEZZLE FUNDS EVERY DAY NO ONE WILL ASK.EVEN AFTER THEY ARE OUT OF GVERNMENT.ARE WE READING FOREIGN NEWS AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE UK AND THE US.YOU GUYS SHOULD WAKE UP AND THINK. |
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... Now, that we have known the background of our first family, we can now compare the past and present, to be able to appreciate the sorry situation we have found ourselves today in Nigeria. It is now time for us to ask ourselves questions. Where would the Yar'Adua's have found themselves if not for the petro-dollars from the Niger Delta region? Obviously, they would be wallowing away in poverty in one remote village in Katsina. Unfortunately, it is in this same Niger Delta that Umaru Yar'Adua is pursuing ethnic cleansing under the guise of fighting militants. Anyway, I am sure that as soon as he leaves power, the international war crimes tribunal will declare him wanted like they did to Sudanese despot, Al Bashir. As for Zainab and Nasifat, I dont begrudge them for being toast of governors. I am sure that most of these governors wouldn't have ordinarily gone for them if they are placed side by side with millions of other beautiful Nigerian girls prostituting on the streets, simply because they don't have jobs. But the governors want a second term and know that any marital relationship with the first family would assure them re-election. But in all these, the Nigerian masses seem to be the losers. Today, academic activities in all our universities have been paralyzed by ASUU strike. The crisis in the power sector is worsening. Electricity situation is worse than epileptic as Nigerians now see flashes of light, the gsm way. Yar'Adua promised us 6000 megawatts by December but we have not seen any sign that he is working towards that. The anti-corruption war has lost steam. our road infrastructure remains nothing to write home about. The health sector remains in a pitiable state. The economy is in shambles and he is not even ready to reform the electoral process. |
the faith
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... The picture did nt hv anything to point. change can come any day in life. 95% of nigeria that critized the govt today were doing it for there self interest. we have seen alot nigerians that have critized nigeria govt in past but today they in Aso rock supporting the govt. e.g Ms Oyo, Babatope etc. wat is important is average nigerians should stand up to select good leaders to govern the country. cos's most nigerians have mortage the future of there culidren through getting gift from the politician to get them voted into power. |
Olaseni Sobande
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... I took my time to analyse each and every comment made and I came to one clear conclusion, most of the Northern respondents saw nothing wrong in looting the treasury while their southern counterparts condemn it. This is the problem wth the country called Nigeria, the orientation, philosophy, idea, believe, culture and religion of the Northerners is retrogressive to the country's development. How unfortunate we are in the South of Nigeria to be lumped up with these Northerners by Lord Lugard. |
Demsen
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... Coming soon: www.nigeriawhoiswhere.com We are going to document the full details of those in Federal government positions (this will include military position, Command Officers, military attaches, Top Police positions, Port Authority positions, embassy officials, board of directors, Director Generals, etc). The site will show whether you are from the South, West, East, or North in addition to your State, Local government and Village of origin. Also to be included will be detail profiles of the office holders. When the site is ready, you will be able to see those that are being favored at a glance. The site will be dynamic with frequent updates. Inputs will be welcomed from you |
changenigeriamovement
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... GANIYU I am mentioning you by name because I want to direct my coments to you. Since you sound like one of those people who make excuses for government by condemning all Nigerians. Since you imply that we are not better that the Yar Aduas who appear to have stolen billions, if all Nigerians have also stolen billions would they be complaining? If all the solution Nigeria needs is for each one of us to change our behavior who will arrest the criminals? At what time should we start arresting the criminals and at what time do we start condemning what is going on? You tell Nigerians what they need to do to change but I cannot read your advice to the real thieves -the politicians. We were warned about a tsunami of 700 hired Cyber Counterinsurgents and we have started seeing their handiwork. They all say nobody paid me to say what I am saying as if any of them would admit getting paid. " Every Nigerian is corrupt" "show me the evidence of corruption against the politicians" and "you will do the same if given the chance" are some of the terminologies of this school of thought and gradually we are getting to know the exponents. You obviously sound like one of them. We are not talking about the benefit of once office. We are talking about stealing. If there is somebody out there who knows any of laws that makes the right to loot the treasury a benefit of the office of the presidency please let me know. |
Femi Onabajo
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... It is a pity Nigeria is being rule by greedy leaders. May God in His anger judge these heartless pple called our leaders. Until they repent they not know peace even with thier ill-gotten wealth. 50m to 900m haba! |
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... i think it is very wrong to castigate this family, by virtue of his position and his noble background do we all think it is wrong to enjoy the benefits that come with it.......................would any amongst us here do other wise if given the priviledge? |
onyeoma mmadu
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... Madam Turai, please eat the fruit of your labours. Saints go to heaven don't they? Let the demons enjoy the earth first. |
Ganihu
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... I have read almost all the comments penned here and can only conclude that "none of us is better than any of us" You mentioned greed, as if Nigeria is the only country in this world where politicians leverage on their position and contacts to make money. Look at the US, stroll through Europe and the likes of Italian head of state, the French one, some shamelessly taking money from people like the late Omar Bongo, the defence contracts involving sons and daughters of big time politicians in Europe etc, the big oil pipelines deals and those of them sitting at the EU parliament stitching and lining their pockets, through their cronies who carry out EU funded assignments. U have endless list and in fact look through Asia and then reconsider your puerile character assassination here. The fact is that Nigeria is corrupt and sick and we need to clean the place. It starts from the individual, though leadership has a lot of the blame. We should represent the change we seek and not all the time assuming higher moral authority by critisizing politician and people in government. Go to any gathering in London, they all have their answers to ridding Nigeria of its current mess, same when you listen to Nigerians in the USA, and all of them without the courage to do anything back home. Our president is not worst than the village school headmaster who mismanages the little cash he is given to run the school, or the school principal, the high court judges, taking money to fix elections (long list of them), the cab driver out there cheating the hell out of you in Lagos, or the serving and retired NEPA directors and officers, PHCN where they supply vegetable oil as transformer oil, ( A simple 300MW per year since 1981 would have saved us all this NEPA hassle, at least we should have almost 10000MW additional capacity), even those shameless and lowly ones who will demand bribe so as not to disconnect your light. Or shall we focus on the lecturers who steal and deceive in the name of endless hand outs to students, the Vice Chancellors stealing through contracts awarded to cronies. Do we refer to those police men on our highways, so corrupt and smelly like a rotten placenta, where do we start?? Think about the local government chairmen and their officers, the governors and their army of special advisers?? Think of the Inspector general of Police and his commissioners who are in bed with armed robbers and kidnappers ravaging Niger delta and the eastern states of Nigeria? Where do you start?? To single this family out is just not on. For all you know, this man didn’t come from a poor background, you are all shouting how slow he is, but you know, history will always vindicate the just. Nigerians will be the ones crying for him to come back in a few years time. This article is silly and petty. Its just designed to dampen people’s resolve and spread misguided opinion. I beg you guys not to publish this sort. You will loose your credibility. Even if you decide to publish this sort, back it u with hard facts and figures and not mere hearsays. All these people shouting, I doubt how many of them on this notice board wouldn’t fall to the trappings of high political position. Look at yourself first before you throw a stone at this man and his family. Nigeria can be fixed and for all you know it can readily be fixed within 10 yrs. We all just need to work hard and apply the rule of law across board. |
Abbas Sheikh Mujaddadi
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... There is nothing wrong in rising from poor to rich but one should be concious of what ever he is doing good or bad. the day of judgement is coming may ALLAH protect us and our family from eating other people sweat. |
Kabaka
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... Egede, i hail, very well said. Enough is Enough. Soweto Kabaka (AYE) United Kingdom |
AKOGWU'OMOO EMMANUEL
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... This shows clearly that Nigerians, we are on our own. Our Govenment does not have any plan for us as citizens of other climes enjoy. In 2 wks time, over 15,000 corp members will join the labour market, in the US, their jobs would have been arranged awaiting their passing out, but here, one would rather wish the service year does not end, at least you are sure of the allowee to keep body & soul together instead of the terrible life as a job applicant. Bill Gates who legally and genuinely made his wealth from business was magnanimous enough to donate a large chunk of his wealth to the cause of charity : Can any of our billionaires in Nigeria sacrifice even 10 billion naira for the cause of humanity even in their own constituencies? They would rather die in Aso rock on top of the dollars that were stollen from all of us. Every day the national assembly, instead of their primary duty of passing bills, are busy on oversight functions of investigating panels and enquiries into fraudulent acts by themselves and to make a fool of us, nobody has ever been improsoned on account of this since 1999 to date. You can imagine someone stealing 100 naira and you collect 20 naira from him after he had bribed the investigators with 10 naira. What good has that done to the rest of us? Infact it will only encourage others to go ahead and steal 200 naira knowing that worse comes to worst, he will only refund kpata kpata, 70 naira and be a free man again like Tafa Balogun, Ndidi Elumelu, Senator NicholasUgbane, Former IGP Ehindero and the list is endless. I'm loosing my cool Nigerians. Let us pray harder because as it is we are clearly on our own. |
Egede
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... What a shame? To Nigeria and it's people. This is not the first time we hear stuffs like this backed up with facts.... My problem with this nation is that we are toothless bulldogs. All we know is to get access to information like this and discuss it over the pages of news papers, TV, radio and showcase our ability to speak grammer. It ends there! Nigerians wake up and take your destiny in your hands.....Everybody calls the name of God and ask God to come and help. God will come down and help you? other nations of the world would not tolerate 1/10th of bitter pills Nigerian take from a select few of demented cabals that call themselves leaders. Iran went gaga over an election that was labelled fraudulent. Nigeria on it part, would simply speak grammer and thereafter everybody goes home. Enough of the grammers, self pity and pity parties. We need revolution!!! All we need is just One person that will rise up to the occassion and that revolution, movement or whatever that will put a stop to this nonsense! Otherwise, Nigeria will remain a dark country until the end of ages. Great Jerry Lawrence of Ghana did it and other intended BAD eggs in Ghana sat up and forgot their devilish plans in the corner of their hearts.... |
james john
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... seriously i just took a picture of me the other day and i compared it to the ones i took way back in my school days...the difference was 7up for sure. so to judge based on pictures is not good journalism. people do change for the better some times you know. so...report and supply facts of their looting and stop this ludicrous and pathetic show of shame. your point that because they were poor or looked poor does not mean they will have to remain like that for ever...have you seen pictures of your parents taken in the 70's |
A A ADAMS
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... It's unfortunate the way nigeria is going a country that is blessed with all you can think of in life has become a place where the citizens cannot afford a good life only because of some few greedy individuals who is taking advantage of the votes of the masses to inflict suffering upon them God is watching and we know that soon He will put all of the to shame and nigerians will smile again. |
Adeniyi Fadahunsi
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... This great revelation is yet another chart buster to silence those who think SR is anti-Nigeria. I hope Joshua Ocheja is reading this. What moral right does the "Commander-In-Thief" and his "anti"..sorry, Pro-Corruption agencies such as EFCC , has to fight corruption in Nigeria?..This man is heartless even during this financial crisis that every nation of the world is crying and trying to cut their expenses to make life meaningful for their citizens, our "Press-In-Dent" is busy amassing wealth. This is the right time for all entities that made up Nigeria to stand up and be counted. Let us tell them all we need is a Sovereign National Conference where we can seat to redefine our stakes as a dismembered member of Niger-Area. And if we can't get it, then REVOLUTION is the only alternative to this injustice. |
ABUBAKAR SADEEG SULEIMAN
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... If you ever think that what is happening in niger-delter is wrong then you are against the poor masses,what we need in this country is to raise against the criminal we call leaders kill them and their children to save the coming generation before they will elimate us the true citizen,thank God the militant in niger-delta are doing their part already,thank sahara reporter for effort to expose them sorry for yar,adua family si a shame to notherners |
adeO
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... It is good to talk about the very bad things these people are doing even though some may say it's a wast of time but my fellow citizens information is power we are better of knowing so maybe one the enough people would realize that the only way forward is to get rid of every single one of these criminals also part of the solution is in realizing there is a problem, knowing is one thing realizing is another. There is not point waiting for God or Allah to punish them instead we must pray for God or Allah to give us the testicular fortitude to face up to them and defeat them, you can pray all you want but they would still be there in the morning to rape, punish and try to rob Nigerians of their dignity. Some of them like that old fool call Obasanjo would even go as far as to try to convince so use he is a God fearing man quoting verses from the bible and making references the vents in the holy book but my friends the proof in in the podding. He and a lot of his co conspirators even fraternize with our so called men of God my brothers there are more false prophets in Nigeria than the rest of the world added together. How can you call these men, men of God ninthy present of them are hustlers playing on the vulnerability of their fellow Nigerians who have been so broken in mind, body and spirit that one they any promise of freedom from abject poverty wins them over but the truth is 99% of their flock would remain poor fact and after gaining fame, popularity and power what do they do they start fraternizing with these common criminals. when you have leaders of churches rolling out the red carpet for crooks like Ibori does it not say it all. There pastors have hundreds of thousands of followers and they are role modes for a lot of people so if they keep company of criminals does that not confuse that youth about right or wrong. We have been and remain at a place in Nigeria where the word integrity does not have a use it is not needed in our vocabulary even our so called " royal fathers" have all turned hustlers in a country where the Iboris and his still practicing 419 senators and the rest have them in their pockets ? In the finally analysis it is quite aboviuos that this nonsense can not continue for much longer for the brazen " I don't give a dam" attitude of these criminals is going to be their undoing. They are ridding on the back of a tiger and must be consumed by it , and let me tell you why , they have consistently gotten more prolific in their stealing better in their mismanagement all trying to out do each other in under performing, that I believe at the risk of being called a prophet of doom that Nigerian would be a failed state it is not a mater of if, but when. If noting is done about these retards there would be total breakdown. I know Nigerians are the toughest of the tough, but there is a breaking point and when we reach there no one would have e a choice. |
Mohammed Funtua
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... Agreed that Yar'Adua's government is one of the most corrupt administration in the history of Nigeria but that does not warrant potraying the first family as poor. By all standard Yar'Adua's family is wealthy even before he assumed office as governor of Katsina. It is in the same SR we read what the latest Nigerian fugitive and new found darling of SR (el-Rufai) told us about Yar'Adua's humble family background. Which are we going to use el-Rufai's testimony of SR manipulation of pictures to create the impression of a terrible poor family for Yar'Adua. A beg let us address issues not personality or family. |
Edubaba
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... There is only one solution to this foolishness, which is; Kill all those gizzards begining from IBB to OBJ up to those bastards at NDDC. And what is even funny is that they make themselves look like fools when they visit thw western world. Our mentally disablled president goes abroad every week for medical treatment. Do they every think of those millions that cannot even afford a decent meal, not to talk of going abroad for treatment. Kill them, all ah them. LONG LIVE FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI !!! |
wole bamigboye
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... my brothers and sisters in nigeria, no body can be trusted any more, can you imagine this obasanjo boy we thought was the messiah of our time now the worst judas, well any way God will make me president and i will also retaliate no wahala. |
unlounge
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... There is something about this article that lacks a good research. I want more facts about the apparent jump from 50 million to 900 million. Which credible body can corroborate this. The former governor of Illinois lost his position for wanting to sell political favors... he remains indicted. If the first lady is trading political favors, then, name-calling is not enough. Facts should be presented that can lead to her indictment... by any court of law. |
Falade Sunday
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... It wasn't the fault of Yar'dua.the problemis from a prisoner that was brought of from prison to rule the country and lost focus.Put the blame on Obasanjo for hand picking Umaru to be the President of Nigeria,Obasanjo betray Awolowo in 1979 and again 2007.lf this pictures is a true pictures of the Umaru's beginning.then almighty will jugde him.The question is,why is Yar'dua given out his daughters to state Governnors.why is the EFCC not going after him and his family? why sending military to Niger Deltas and the money from that Niger Delta is used to finance Yar'dua's indirectly and directly. God will judge Yar'dua. |
Abubakar Y.
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... I don't blame yar'adua cos any body dat found him self in such an office wil do same. Ones a Nigerian, always a Nigerian. |
KAMAL
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... I don't blame Yar'adua for all the mess coz he is a responsible man but ruined by a wife called Turai, I blame her for all these she should have reason to make her husband to do the right thing that will benefit all Nigerian people since she knows what poverty means. |
galadima yero
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... what a pity for a man whose brother was consumed by a system , he has now been given the chance of a lifetime to stoutly address it but behold like obasanjo before him , has stupidly come to take what he does not need.shame . |
savanty
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... who are we to blame but our selves when when nigerian always choose the passions of religion & ethnicity when choosing our leaders then of cos this is the result, it is not Yaradua's he lack the capacity to handle the country but rather we the people. |
oyas tunde
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... " Eddy wayo" I am referring to you!! that you have nothing in your head and it happens to be you are one of those bringing the world back in shallow thinking minds, for you to think that sahara report should not report to inform us the "public" the true state of things and the sudden change which happens to be their constitutional rights. "Rights to information" For we that has being in this same country "Niaja" to know the difference between 70's, 80's , 90's and 2000. Just one family for being the First Family of Nigeria, like others in the past not even a "change" not the Yar' adua's can bring it. Man grow up, I believe you can see things around you in your house,neighborhood,city,state and the entire country at large. Didn't you hear of the Obama's and Sarah Palin's so why not of the Yar' adua's and the kids? like parent like children its in the blood kids quickly pick up from parents what the see and hear around them....... You better learn to think right. |
ata Ikidd
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... This is the 1st Family-This is the 1st Family for goodness sake! Are they to go around in rags. Corruption is wrong and it should be condemned. However when you are President or the head of a government - any where in the world your family enjoy exceptional priviledges. This is accepted all over the world- why should it be different in Nigeria!!!!! I live in England-Prince Charles on his own has a yearly allowance of millions & million of pounds.And flies everywhere witha private jet. The Queen- her allowance runs into multiple six digit figures. So why should the Yaradua's be different. I am not an agent of this government - but i really do think a lot of this comments is much ado about what is common and universally acccepted! Get a life guys or at the least have a big dream like Yaradua and become President from your fungi infested studio flat !!! |
Mr Mugu Danboyi
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... Nigeria will survive the looters.Where is the Shah of Iran and his clan of family rogues?History has shown that men do not learnfrom History.What a shame? |
isaac Thankgod
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... SR...What about the Yar'adua's son?...the gun (AK 47) fanatic? we would love to see his pictures then and present. Is he acquiring latest state of the art weaponry?...i know he would be shoping on e-bay for the best designers nuclear head. Isaactee20022yahoo.com |
baza
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... You dont expect them to keep suffering do u?...if i was president my family will look better oooh |
Nijabobo
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... Everyday for the thief one day for the owner. Soon very soon, the owners of nija will require from all those that ruined her, her pound of flesh. Not just that of the ruiner but of all generations, even yet unborn of the ruiner. Does it not amaze you all that current rulers of nija always have a way of making their predecessor look saintly in comparism to their ineptude and insatiable appetite for looting. I see nothing wrong with the pictures but i see everything wrong with the picture of impoverished people all over nija. I see something wrong in a ruler who refuse to do what is right, a ruler who supervise the ruination of a once prosperous and verile nation. A ruler who rather than use the resources of the nation to steer the nation right, prefers to jolly in the company of rogues like James Ibori, Saraka, OUK, OBJ, IBB, Anenih, David Mark and most, if not all the politcians. The day is coming when owners of nija will come for their pound of flesh-es. |
Kabaka
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... Nigeria with her vast population of over 120 million, as educated as we claimed to be, we have little circles of mediocre holding our balls, telling us to go to hell. We can only shout but can't bite. Let’s all the masses rise up and fight for their right, because Nigeria belongs to all of us and not certain individuals. Let’s all the campus confraternity i.e. Black Axe, Pirates, Buccaneers etc, they should change their orientation and question the Government, instead of all this graduate doing their political Godfather dirty works in exchange for peanut, what a shame of belonging instead of fighting oppression that is in every nook and corner in Nigeria. Soweto Kabaka |
rastaman
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... YOU FREAKING, SILLY-COWARD, ASSED NIGERIANS!!! LISTEN TO THE STUPID COMMENTS...." THE PRESIDENT STOLE 'OUR' MONEY"!!! SO WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE CORRUPT PEOPLE STILL IN POWER? GOD WILL HELP? GOD WILL JUDGE!!! NUMBSKULLS, TAKE UR DESTINY INTO UR HANDS!!! NOBOSY WAN DIE, EVERYONE ONE IS WAITING FOR THE OTHER PERSON TO SPEAK UP FIRST!!! THEY WILL 'ANSWER' TO GOD WHEN THEY DIE, WHILE U STILL STARVE HERE ON EARTH!! IDIOTS!! |
ahmed
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... IT SEEMS WE HAVE SOME GOVERNMENT SPONSORED COMMENTATOR HERE. ALL I WILL SAY SHAME ON YOU............ LOOK AT THE TYPE OF GOVT U ARE SUPPORTING |
adeO
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... It's good and important to talk about it, for realizing you have a problem is a start, but it is important to act, forget about God and Allah punishing them we should pray for God or Allah to give us the testicular fortitude to face up to these criminals and get rid of them at all cost. I am impressed by the courage of the Iranians if they would archive their aim or not remains to be seen, but before any Government in Iran Rigs an election or does not make it transparent enough they would have a long think about it . We can got to all the churches in Nigerian and abroad and listen about all the miracle that can happen, but these criminals would still be there waithing to rape their fellow citizens in body mind and spirit and take away their dignity and some like that old fool called Obasanjo would even have the guts to say he was chosen by God and act like he is religious and believes in the scriptures but by the things they get up to it is definitely an act for he surely is not stupid enough not to know that the way he ran the country to the ground is not the way a person with a conscience and has the fear of God would do . In the back ground there are thousands of so called men of God who the people look up to, they gain position and power and great wealth and what do they do, they use that position to gain access and fraternize with these criminals and on the other hand promise to facilitate financial break through for their flock , there would be no financial break through for 99% of their followers -but they hope and pray - till we get rid of these crooks. I have finally stopped hearing Nigerians say E go betta, or Nigeria go betta and thats a step froward because people are beginning to realize that E no go betta anything, till we take out country form there animals because quite frankly they are the the wost Nigerian have to offer these are people without integrity in fact that word is dead in the Nigerian political circle is filled with con men and murders not forgetting our so called " Royal fathers" who are hustlers with nothing to offer their people. There are countries all over the world who do not have one hundredth of what we have in terms of mineral and human recourses, who have performed miracles the have squeezed water out of stone they are not half as religious as us and they have made unbelievable progress that has led me to believe that we are being lead by false prophets who have failed in other endeavours then decided that they have been called by by God to spread the gospel. Nigeria as a nation has to turn a corner and that corner is not even in sight, in fact I'm sure we are not even headed in the right direction |
Your Papa
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... A reminder to the Yaradua's, remember the Abacha's. You will be called to account very soon. You will not be able to escape the wrath and fury of our anger when that happens. If you believe there is a God/Allah, you better pray for HIS forgiveness. The wages of sin is death. You will not escape, no matter how many Okiro's, Ibori's and JTF's you may array against us. The people will eventually decide your fate. Good luck!!!!!! |
obele, abuja
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... the yar aduá are busy building thier dynasty at the expense of building naija. what else do you expect?square pegs in round holes |
YUSUF ILU BARDE
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... I SUPPOSED YOU PEOPLE SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM RATHER THAN MERE SMEAR CAMPAIGN IN TARNISHING THE IMAGE OF MR PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY.AFTER ALL MR PRESIDENT GREW UP FROM A HUMBLE AND WEALTHY FAMILY AND HE CHOOSE TO LIVE A MODERATE LIFE IN HIS EARLY LIFE.LEAVE THE MAN ALONE AND CONCENTRATE ON MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES. |
Dapo Osewa
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... so that nonsensical photo-nonsense of an ovation still gets published ? even as the then publisher holds forte column ehn ? ok! digression. I am actually surprised by the story of this family as readable from these shots. what a deficit! |
igwe of nigeria
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... All of una try O. I can see that the northerners making comments on this subject are in favour of the Yar'aduas. That is expected viewed against the background that our "brothers" in the north see politics as the means to enrich self. Unfortunately, this has been the case since the greedy British rigged the independence elections on their behalf. That is the sin still haunting Nigeria to this day - a nation founded on falsehood. |
Emeka Edmund
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... Yaradua lacks the intelligence and doggedness to provide any real progress in his tenure as Nigeria"s leader : 'the way forward is for the North and the South West to allow the South South and South East to separate and form their own Independent countries as it appears the North and South West are the only ones comfortable with this situation, let the South South and South East face their future alone, for good or for bad ,the South West and North must be prepared to face a future without cheap oil, if that is their fate, we dont have to continue with a failed union which continues to make the same mistakes over and over, for now, we are well into another wasted eight years in our Nations history. Just ask yourself, which reasonable country in the world would an Iwu still be in Office while a Ribadu is in exile? |
olu stephen
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... It`s a pity that Yaradua`s daughters` private lives had to be dragged into this but that is the price to pay for holding public office. All over the world, the private lives of political office holders and their families are always under public scrutiny because they hold those high positions in trust for the masses they are supposed to serve and they are not expected to abuse the trust reposed in them. Unfortunately, reverse is the case like this proven case of Yaradua and indeed all other past rulers of Nigeria .They should all know that there days are numbered.Our patience is running out. |
Freedom Fighters of United Nigeria
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... Thanks for all supporters of Nigeria revolution,i want to let you all know that our revolution is on course,we are working towards it and we will strike most of the corrupt politicans in the next few months since they have refused to use the oil wealth to develop all the geopolitical zones in Nigeria. We strongly commend MEND for the wonderful attacks on the oil pipelines which we are hoping that the oil exports will be grounded to zero in the next two months,as the oil export has dropped from 1.78million barrels to 900,000 barrels as of today 23rd June,2009.We are working towards GROUND ZERO oil export in Nigeria and we hope to achieve this in 2 months time.(Reason for this revolution no.1-To stop the inflow of oil money to Nigeria so that the so-called government will call for True Federalism where everyone will benefit from the oil money, because sharing of oil money among the ruling class has made political offices so lucractive and attractive in Nigeria. We will stop the inflow of the oil money so that they will not have any oil money to share again and this will create conflict between the so-called power brokers and we will use that opportunity to carry out revolution no.2 which will be tagged"OPERATION MASSACRE OF THE CORRUPT RULING CLASS". We will move to the next level after the ground zero export in few months and we will keep you posted........... |
Dr Pat Kolawole Boboye
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... Nigerians appear to be their own greatest enemies as they subscribe to live under corrupt and poverty bondage of rogues kind of political party which named itself mistakenly-people democratic party instead of people destruction party.Nigerians are educated and most of us have traveled and possess the knowledge require to develop our own nation.But some of us who mirage to Nigeria to join the political ship-of-state have joined the league of pdp-public-treasury-looting and poverty development party like the young speaker of the house of representatives-Dimeji Bankole who is even worse now in corrupt acts,election-rigging and manipulation and political killing i.e.recent Ekiti State democracy-elimination-project headed by PDP-Yar'dua,Bankole,Oyinlola,Akala,Omisore,kila,Arise etc.Nigeria needs true revolution not national-re-orientation to cleanse these massive political debris and economic saboteurs from the nation's political-staple. Dr Pat kolawole boboye,Canada |
adeyemi
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... @VI Why is it that we Nigerians do not like others having a different opinion without name calling. I think it is intolerance of the highest order. I don't think there was any need for you to say most of you guys are blind. Having said that, I think that SR can still make their points about the leap by Yaradua from 50 million to 900 million in his asset declaration with out showing the pictures of these children. Like someone has said, who they give their daughters to in marriage has no bearing on policies. While I believe that the Yaradua government is a very corrupt one , 50million naira in 1999 money would definitely not be 50 million in 2007 and come to think of it the pictures are not from 1999 when he declared 50 millions but sometimes in the 70s or 80s so why dont SR show us pictures of 1999 when he declared 50 million. SR know what they are doing. It is called spin and it is a known fact that most people react to picture faster than written words and as the saying goes, A picture is worth more than a thousand words. We can only win this war against our oppressors by not putting them into positions where they can claim victimization and thereby neutralizing our agitations against their rule. |
Dr Pat Kolawole Boboye
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... I keep wondering why is Nigeria so unfortunate?And why are Nigerians so docile?How could someone like this-Malam Umaru mUsa Yar'dua of all people in the Northern parts of Nigeria and educated as well as intelligent competent elites did not get picked up for the position of president except someone like Umaru mUsa Yar'dua who is not healthy,not knowledgible,not competent and viable was selected and imposed on Nigeria.Now today,Nigeria is a phariah state and anything has to do with Nigeria is seen as traud,corruption and electoral-rigging and manipulation.The people are seeking deeper into huge-poverty hole nationally while this emanciated man who can not even run his own life without his corrupt wife and children supports could be made the decider of the fate of the lives of millions of Nigerians?Though! Nigerians maybe innocent but Nigerians are corrupt,docile and can not stand up for their fundamental rights and take over the running of their nation from this set of unviable,incompetent and corrupt leadership foisted on them by PDP-rogues.Very unfortunate.The fact is that Nigerians are sleeping in the bed just how Nigerians layed their beds,period!Or what can we say or read into this type of unworthy bunch of sick and corrupt inept president uMaru Musa Yar'dua.Nigeria is furhter sinking deeper into comatose and leading to total oblivion Dr Pat Kolawole Boboye,Canada. |
Mr. S. Njokede
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... Ribadua should take a huge blame for removing Yaradua´s name from the corruption dossier. Had they sent him to jail and confiscated his loots, be much the better for conventional wisdom and Nigerians at large. President Yaradua and his entire family´s involvement in their notorious marriage of convenience is geared towards political expediency and the crave to remain relevant always. It´s a pity that his daughters are not given away for love´s sake but for spoils of capitalism and lust for dirty lucre. It´s Tina Turner who sang 'what´s love got to do with it?' The feelings Yaradua daughters have for their men and those their husbands have for them are 'second hand emotions.' That is, if you follow Tina Turners music. Sahara Reporters has done it again! You´re rock solid like the Rock of Gibraltar. No weapon formed against SR shall prosper. I´ve said it that while SR will keep rising, its enemies will keep falling. With the exemption of Leadership Newspaper, shame to all other conventional print Media in Nigeria. Since president Yaradua has refused to put his hands where our eyes can see, Sahararepoters.com will continue to let us see what he´s hiding underhandedly, in his hands. |
laolu fash
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... Hmmmmmmnnnn,this is revealing.the average nigerian politician is after nothing but fattening his/her pocket.the fact remains that no matter how wealthy and influential one might be,death is inevitable.naija,haba!!!!!!!!from 50 million in 1999 to 900 million in 2007 umoru.no wonder this administration cannot do anything meaningful.An era of corruption consolidation after the order of obj!!! |
Pee Jerome
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... If it is not greed, why are they marrying their daughters out to old men and as second, third etc wife. From the marriages of their daughters, it is very clear that Turai is a greedy lady who wants to secure her future comfort at the expenses of their children. REVOLUTION like Ghana is what we need otherwise, I do not see hope in the nation. |
VI
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... Most of you guys are blind. It's not even the pictures. Somebody goes from N50 milliion to N900 million in four (4) years and you don't see a problem with that? We are not talking about a business man but a politician. If he was running a business or businesses that employ nigerians, then we should not complain. Corruption in Nigeria starts from the top and trickles down to the common police man on the highway. |
JDB
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... As per as i'm concerned, this can not be an evidence of Yar'adua's lopsidedness,cos we 're all living in a free world and we all have our rights.No further comments. |
Emy Patrick
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... This photo essay is not constructive; we all have humble beginnings and look better at periods of relative wealth. These pictures are typical of the average Nigerian families; be it pious or corrupt. The corrupt side of the first family can be criticized directly. We do not expect the first family to use leaves for their weddings. This is a very cheap black mail. Yaradua is lacking in many fronts, but please be very constructive and address issues head on. |
Rufai Tanimu Mairiga
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... May ALLAH Guide them alright no problem they see our country Nigeria as banana republic and the treasury of it a national cake.Let them there own share here in the world and miss in the here after which is the permanent one |
town crier
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... Its only a fool that will say he/she is not moved by those pix. All I know is that a day is coming when each of us will pay for our actions. What annoys me most is the fact that these are criminals of the highest order with no regard for fairness nor justice, yet they claim they are innocent and being persecuted by reporters. Every hausa man defends his/her siblings but not so the yoruba's ,Ibos and Deltans. If their leaders were serious they wouldn't have allowed their wealth to be brazenly stolen and show cased to the entire world. Fellow Nigerians, the more we keep quiet the more these evils will continue. Let us arise for a revolution: A bloody revolution. In the 80's i go to school and buy things with 1 kobo and 5 kobo but today these coins are no more, in 1993 I both 65 litres of fuel with 27 naira today it cant buy a litre. I say Arise or else our children will become slaves to these children. Its better to fight and die than to stupidly keep quiet, give birth to kids who will suffer what we are going through or worse and die a foolish death. |
Benjamin Okonofua
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... Hmm ... these pictures tell nothing except that Yar'Adua has very beautiful daughters. I am surprised that Sahara Reporters focused only on the daughters ... why not show us pictures of Umaru Yar'Adua prior to 1999 and his pictures today ... perhaps, we will see that he has actually lost weight and all glamor. Would that be an indication that he has refused to collect his salary as president in solidarity with the suffering Nigerian mass? or that he has repented and returned all ill-gotten wealth to the treasury? Please, show us pictures of Ribadu and El'Rufai (and their families) prior to 1999 and their pictures today. Show us images of the most ardent pro-democracy and human rights activists (and their families)in the 1980's and their pictures today. You will find that either like Yar'Adua they look much worse or like the Yar'Adua kids, they look much better. Either way, change (especially in human physiognomy) is a constant. |
Seun Fayomade
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... This is sensational,but as a good citizen of Nigeria,i will want to know whether there is a statute in Nigeria constitution that stipulates that we can sue public office holders after the end of there tenure ? If so,while the Sahara reporters are busy gathering this information,wouldn't it be very wise on the part of the people i mean Sahara to compile as much of this type of information as possible and institute a civil proceeding against individual where there is sufficient and ample evidence to prosecute such people both home and abroad such that they will not just profit from the largess,but be sentenced to jail,if not here,but anywhere in the world. There has to be a way to ascertain true wealth and stolen wealth most especially when someone gets out of government and they buy private jet,own choice property,it can not be through legal means but through corrupt practices. |
adeyemi
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... While it is obvious that the Yaradua government is corrupt as most past leaders of the country had been, I think these photographs being shown is in bad taste. I bet you all SR workers and including myself if you show our pictures back then we would all look different and poor. I think SR should stick to issues and not become a sleazy magazine that would make people not to take it serious. We complain about these people morals and we should not descend so low by getting at their kids. Others may not agree with me on this, but i think just like your previous pictures on their son this is in bad taste. Please, this website is not Ovation and we are not interested in gossip news but more on facts as they affect the country. I do not see how Turai jewelries and who their daughters marry should concern us. |
Toyin
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... I am appalled by the statement of some people that Sahara Reporters are being tribalistic. When they lampooned OBJ, it was an acceptable statement to them but if it is Yaraslow, it is a tribal statement. I am not against anybody with humble beginning to become very rich but such should not be at the expense of the nation and resorces (money) that belong to all Nigerians. Majority of those that call themselves millionaires or bilionaires in Nigeria are actually thieves and pen robbers. All the retired Generals/Politicians that are billionaires today, where did they get their tons of Naira from if not through stealing our money. How many of these rogues inherited millions of Naira from their parents. Parents of many of them are not even known talkless of having riches. If acurate data collection is done to ascertain those that are genuinely rich in Nigeria without stealing our money, may be only about 15% of those calling themselves millionaires/billionaires actually worked for their wealth. These people do not deserve our respect including Yar'Adua & his band of rogues like OBJ,IBB,Ahikomu,Dikko,Agagu, Ibori, Odili, Dariye, Saraki and so,so many to mention. For Nigeria to move forward, revolution is the answer. We cannot continue like this. In other civilized & progressive countries of the world, 1st families do not enrich themselves unnecessarily from the people's money. They do not live extravagant life style. They are moderate people with consideration for the people that they serve but unfortunately we don't see that in Nigeria. |
osagie oscar asemota
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... This is everyone prayer's prayer to have, but not at the expence of mortgaging family root or componets to seek illegitimate power, as abacha & family did same, even the evil ibb family is not left out of this wayward show of Niger-delta Oilwealth reaches, that are been missmanage by northern aliens bats in Nigeria. Upside down they turned me, while living luxoriously on my Own-OilBlood Money, when i cannot afford a square meal with my children and family in the land God giveth me-Niger-Delta. May God Arise to see these enemy Scattered in their fooly! |
Modibbo
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... I actually see no wrong with the pictures you posted, is just the normal life transformation which every one is hopping to attain. And I am sure an ordinary Nigerian will even do worst than Yaradua's if any. |
bello dantata
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... Please NiGERIA NEWSPAPERS REPRODUICE THIS PICTURES BECAUSE HE IS IMPORTANT A MASSE SHOULD HOW IS Yar' Adua Family star and now . God help nigeria |
Abubakar Gidado
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... I personally have not seen anything in the picture, they are old pictures thats all,but it does not show any sign of greed. Is just your opinion |
fortunengr
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... Turai dont mind them carry go jare afterall its live and let live..anyone that also want a share of your babe girls can contest for governor then come for screen..abi na watin sef .....madam pls for the sake of rule of law and dupe-process try and advertise the remaing babes with pre-qualification condtions to allow for fiarness and equity and justice -----anybody willing to bid can then bid , I guess it bcos you didnt place an advert for award of contratc of your babeso the governor thats why all these nigerians are making noise..permit me to ask fsef or long is the contract--4 years or 8 years..so that interested memebrs of the public can get their bank bond ready ....madam Turai I read the other day in the news that you were comissioning some naval equipment--but we didnt knw when Yardua annouced he was handing over to you I guess thats why there is delay in the upcoming marriage of your babe girl...and for ovaition that keeping insulting our mentality with his celebrity jagoon carry on your time too is short....I beg any body wey get liver lets get in touch jare and let deal with these fools ----I wonder what segun adeniyi will be sayng after Turai..sorry Yardua's tenure (..ok ...he to is heading to Harvard)..Madam I heard there is capacity building for wivies and daugthers of presidents in Harvard..I can help u draft the MOU ...make them no say you no easy atall.....madam we are waiting for the inviation to bid for the remaining virgin(s)........ooo |
Aliyu Kasimu Shema
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... In a world of computer graphics pictures aren't normally believed. In addition you are too critical of Yar'adua's govt and personality. Note that even common masses of today are different from those of 70s, 80s, and 90s. |
Omo Mummy
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... wonder why people argue on no basis...yea,true,one can be poor today and get rich tomorrow but the means make the difference...Politics is the only thing this family is known for...wot r we saying here? |
Iheanacho George
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... From a humble beginning,I am not against his humble success but it time the family realized that there are millions of hungry Nigerians out there. What is good for the leader is also good for the followers. |
Frank
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... Somebody now ask me ,while election has to be do or die affair in Nigeria. I dont need a soothsayer to know why. As regard Yar'dua's daughters, the honeymoon only last while their Dad remains in power, after which they become like every Iyabo,Aisha,Mohammed,etc. Then we shall see how the 'love' that joined them together with their husbands will be able to hold them together. Good luck first children. |
Carl Kash
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... Pictures speak louder than words, we know better that our nation is run by ones almost destitute's turned gluttons. Our foreign reserves no one gets to hear anything about it, all we hear now is how this sick man is borrowing money to pile p our debt profile which OBJ cleared up YaraSick has made OBJ a saint. God why are we so blessed with Looters in the name of Leaders Abeg we need Fortune to come abuse this people |
Kabaka
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... Nigerians both in Diaspora please remember Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Barrack Obama, LETS ALL JOIN HANDS TOGETHER AND FIGHT FOR CHANGE. O' YES WE CAN IF WE ALL JOIN FORCES TOGETHER AND FIGHT FOR GOOD LEADERHIP. S_KABAKA@CONSULTANT.COM (AY) UNITED KINGDOM |
Basheer Bauchi
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... YAR' ADUA WAS NEVER FROM POVERTY HI IS FROM A NOBLE FAMILY I CAN SAY COS HIS FATHER WAS A MINISTER WHEN MINISTERIAL POSITION WAS FOR REAL PEOPLE DON'T FORGET THAT EVERYBODY WAS BORN NAKED WITHOUT EVEN A PANT. WHAT EVER WE DO WE WILL BE JUDGED BY THE JUDGE OF THE JUDGES IN THE HEREAFTER. MAY GOD GUIDE US RIGHT. AGREED U MAY BE ENLIGHTENING US OF OUR LEADERS LETS JUST HOPE THAT WHEN U PPLE ARE GIVEN APPOINTMENTS OR CONTRACTS U WONT STOP TELLING US OF THESE PPLE |
Kabaka
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... I THINK WE SHOULD LEARN FROM GHANA, MASS REVOLUTION, AND THE SYSTEM NEEDS CLEANING UP. ALL FREEDOM FIGHTER SHOULD RISE UP AGAINST OPPRESSION; ENOUGH TALKING LETS DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR SITUATION NOW BEFORE IT WILL BE TOO LATE. SAY NO TO BAD GOVERNANCE, SAY NO TO CORRUPTION AND LOOTING. EVERY SERVING HEAD OF STATES, EX MILITARY GOVERNORS, EX UN DEMOCRATIC UN ELECTED GOVERNOR, IBB, OBJ, CORRUPT GOVERMENT OFFICIAL, INCLUDING DAGOTE SHOULD ALL FACE THE PEOPLES COURT OF JUSTICE. ALL FREEDOM FIGHTER BOTH IN NIGERIA AND IN DIASPORA SHOULD THINK AHEAD AS OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN RAPED OF ALL NATURALL RESOURCES. SOON OR LATER YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFY AS A NIGERIA IN SOME EUROPE AND AMERICA COUNTRY, PEOPLE LOOK YOU IN THE EYES AND THINK YOU ARE DUBIOUS OR LESS OF HUMANBEING. SOWETO KABAKA (AY) S_KABAKA@CONSULTANT.COM UNITED KINGDOM |
Aminu Suleiman madabo katsina
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... Well to start with,yaradua is from a very rich family his father a one time minister,so what is your problem? |
Bagiwa Oti
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... There is nothing wrong with rising from poverty to wealth but certainly not with fraudulent ways,not at the expense of our great country. "Because sentence against evil works is not speedily executed, therefore the hearts of men and women is fully set in them but to do evil". This people must not forget that they are accountable to God who have placed them where they are now. |
eddy wayo
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... Sahara reporters can certainly blow things out of proportions.the picture of the presidents wife in the seventies wearing cheap jewelry is in bad taste. did sahara reporters have parents in the seventies?it was the vogue then to wear stuff like that then.to be candid,sahara reporters has behaved like tribalists they are by putting pictures of kids in a negative story even if they are grown up. |
Marcus Areolus
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... The first family pretends to have been stupendously rich before entry into politics. This is clearly not so. The are like any other Nigerians who have stumbled unto power (a la OBJ) and intend to feed fat. Good luck to them GT |
Abdullahi A.
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... You are just reporting something that no man has influence over it. Man can be poor today and be the richest person on earth some day, there is nothing wrong with what God has ordained to happen. I would advise if such kind of exposure should be stopped by this media and concentrate on something that would assist our country grow as one nation , one destiny. Being a President's daughter is not a coincidence or accidental in its entirety, and having an expensive wedding is not a thing to discuss about as it had happened at so many places in this country. Please allow this family be. |
Dewey
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... If I could be President, only one day, i would suck all the nairas of this country into my pocket. Exactly the way all passed and present politicians are doing. Wouldn't you do so? |
Olubunmi Abimbola
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... Much Ado over Nothing. There's nothing unusual about the first family cropping up wealth by the virtue of its position. This happens all over and it could be more sensational with the likes of past leaderships. Afterall there is the belief that ' one can be a pauper one day and multi millionaire the next' - in Nigeria (and other African states) with the right connections. However, the culture of 'secrecy' and lack of transparency can be challenged as making a lot of our past/present leaders and representatives unqualified and undeserving of the positions they hold. let us not forget religious acceptance of polygamy etc - this is not an issue and the business run for any spouse or offspring of a political office holder should not criminalise of label them as 'frauds'. The genesis of corruption is all over and it becomes opportunistic where examples of successive leadership has been tagged with the 'grab what you can while you're there' rationale. Nigeria needs to look beyond trivial challenges. We have a long way to go to diffuse the potentially explosive climate of oppression, suppression and autocracy. |
Mohammad
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... Sahara reporters can certainly blow conjectures out of proportions. True reporting is a piece that is simultaneously verified. Nothing on this report is verified except the faces that we see on the pictures. Or is the granduer in the occasions meant to be the verification? Come on, daughters of presidents all over the world are supposed to have grand ceremonies. The only truth in the story is that wife or daughters of Yar'adua have managed to place their kins with people of power. But even then, is it not coincidental that a person with many daughters is a president? Who wouldn't want to grab one!!!!! |
concerned Nigerian
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... Why would a woman who is privileged to enjoy monogamy consent to her daughter being a second wife to a man almost 3 times her age? Is that not moral bankruptcy? |
OWEN
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... LET THEM DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THE MASSES WEALTH BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE NATUARAL DEPOSITS OF GOD THROUGH HIS MERCIES AND COMPASSIONS IN NIGERIA WAS NOT MEANT TO BE USED THIS WAY. IN THIS CASE,EVERY MAN SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF TO GOD.IT IS S QUESTION OF TIME. I QUOTE:WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT YARADUA,IF HE GAINS THE WHOLE NIGERIAÉ WEALTH AND LOSSESS HIS SOUL? A FOOD FOR THOUGHT. |
Hamzay
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... Oh! Allah to You we belong and to You we return. everybody will be judge according to his actions. I am sorry for the Yar'aduas!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Angweh
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... The easier way to make wealtn in this country is through politics so iam not shocked even yar adua become the most richest man on the face of the earth today, because elsewhere the rich are not among the ruling definately but in our country those ruling us are the richest,why? because they have undeniable access to loot the state treasury...that is why they can lie, kill , maim, imprison,and do anything inhuman to remain in power..God for how long will you keep mute to this uncanny and satanic situation. |
Oluwole Franklyn
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... What a compeling story backed by pictures. While I have no problems with people and family with humble beginings rising to become stupendiously wealthy, I am very concerned that the only source of wealth we are seeing here is Politics. This, sadly is the case in most instances we see in Nigeria, from the Babangidas to the Aikhomus, to the Abubakars, Iboris, etc etc. What a Country, what a Nation... |
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