Muscomide:

My friend, if you genuinely think Saudi Arabia has more instances of human rights abuses than Nigeria, you must be deluded. The impunity with which Nigeria's law enforcers operate has to be experienced to be believed.

shymexx:

Nothing has changed about Nigeria IMO. The only two periods Nigeria wasn't pro-West were: when the Murtala guy was killed, and the period when it was sanctioned. Apart from those two periods, the country has always been super-duper pro-West and supremely pro-American. Nigeria isn't part of the emerging powers sphere - it's under America's choke-hold. And isn't your Finance Minister part of the Rockefeller foundation? Also, the last time I checked, Nigeria still lined up behind America at the UN - Egypt which is a proper American ally didn't even do that.

The country has no foreign policy, and I doubt it has ever had one. Hence I'll always question the intelligence of those ruling Nigeria. Just schmucks running around with blinkered brain cells, labelling themselves diplomats. You'd think a country as big as Nigeria would have one - but it doesn't. Algerian foreign policy is there for all to see. Ditto Egypt and South Africa.

MissMeiya:

That's it. End. Whenever American-made weapons end up in the hands if terrorists, HEADS. ROLL. People lose their jobs, go on trial, publicly lambasted...

These are weapons. Not yams. Can you imagine what would happen if American made weapons were used in American soldiers? The media would have a field day.

But hey, let's go with the America conspiracy. "They mad because Nigeria isn't gay enough..."

teenidol:

True !! From police brutality to accidental shooting.

Sometimes we are even more Afraid of the armed forces than the thief's or criminals.
Every other day, you will see a thread describing the painful ordeals nairalanders face by the armed forces.

Let us wipe the speck off our eyes!!

the other day, Nigeria stopped supplying gas to Ghana, If we can do that, why cant US refuse to sell us Arms.
Everybody on their own.
We are the ones who fought for independence, We should be independent.
I don't like threads like this, the ignorance is nauseating.

shymexx:

Nothing has changed about Nigeria IMO. The only two periods Nigeria wasn't pro-West were: when the Murtala guy was killed, and the period when it was sanctioned. Apart from those two periods, the country has always been super-duper pro-West and supremely pro-American. Nigeria isn't part of the emerging powers sphere - it's under America's choke-hold. And isn't your Finance Minister part of the Rockefeller foundation? Also, the last time I checked, Nigeria still lined up behind America at the UN - Egypt which is a proper American ally didn't even do that.

The country has no foreign policy, and I doubt it has ever had one. Hence I'll always question the intelligence of those ruling Nigeria. Just schmucks running around with blinkered brain cells, labelling themselves diplomats. You'd think a country as big as Nigeria would have one - but it doesn't. Algerian foreign policy is there for all to see. Ditto Egypt and South Africa.

F117A: Sad isn't it?
I weep for this country everyday.
We have been truely emasculated by our leaders.

phlemzy: America treating the largest black nation like one small Island country. There's something Obama dislikes about GEJ's personality or his style of government and he's yet to speak on it.

shymexx:

What makes it more annoying is that: these folks are basically clueless about what's going on in the world.

There's a paradigm shift now, and more countries, are becoming neutral. The next century is for the developing countries that can take advantage of the paradigm shift in the consciousness of the world, as we go into a bipolar world. Hence countries like South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, and a lot of South American countries are already putting themselves in a position, to take advantage of that. South Africa is part of BRICS - emerging countries - and it's going to benefit immensely from that.

Yet, these fvckers are still waiting for America that has never sold any weapons to them, to allow Israel, which is America's military base in MENA to sell weapons to them - in 2014. It has nothing to do with human rights - Israel doesn't even have clean records of human rights, yet it gets $6 billion military aids from America annually, and during all raids of Gaza a few months ago and despite Israel's bombings of UN schools, hospitals, kids, women, and innocent people - America was still supplying Israel with all kinds of weapons.

Missy89:
Maybe because we do not have a significant national interests abroad. our industries aren't facing any competition on West Africa and at the same time, they haven't really matured enough to penetrate other regions of Africa. and we are basically surrounded by French lapdogs with no teeth. I think geography and economics isn't suitable for any long term or strategic foreign policies for now. our diplomats are just yes men enjoying life abroad.

F117A: Tell it to the Nigerian-americans on this forum screaming human rights as if it was going out of fashion.
Human rights my foot.

shymexx:

Nothing has changed about Nigeria IMO. The only two periods Nigeria wasn't pro-West were: when the Murtala guy was killed, and the period when it was sanctioned. Apart from those two periods, the country has always been super-duper pro-West and supremely pro-American. Nigeria isn't part of the emerging powers sphere - it's under America's choke-hold. And isn't your Finance Minister part of the Rockefeller foundation? Also, the last time I checked, Nigeria still lined up behind America at the UN - Egypt which is a proper American ally didn't even do that.

The country has no foreign policy, and I doubt it has ever had one. Hence I'll always question the intelligence of those ruling Nigeria. Just schmucks running around with blinkered brain cells, labelling themselves diplomats. You'd think a country as big as Nigeria would have one - but it doesn't. Algerian foreign policy is there for all to see. Ditto Egypt and South Africa.

bullionmx:

SO UR SAYING NIGERIA SHOULD MOVE. MILITARY PLANE TO A SOVEREIGN NATION ABI?

phlemzy: America treating the largest black nation like one small Island country. There's something Obama dislikes about GEJ's personality or his style of government and he's yet to speak on it.

GuyFawkes:

Nigerias foreign policy if we can call it that hasn't changed since independence to reflect the times and the dynamics at play in international diplomacy at present.

teenidol:

True !! From police brutality to accidental shooting.

Sometimes we are even more Afraid of the armed forces than the thief's or criminals.
Every other day, you will see a thread describing the painful ordeals nairalanders face by the armed forces.

Let us wipe the speck off our eyes!!

the other day, Nigeria stopped supplying gas to Ghana, If we can do that, why cant US refuse to sell us Arms.
Everybody on their own.
We are the ones who fought for independence, We should be independent.
I don't like threads like this, the ignorance is nauseating.

seanet02:
America and double standards.
Isnt Saudi Arabia the number one human rights abuser in the world?
yet America supplied them billions worth of weapons every year

egift:

If he want a US made Helicopter, go to the manufacturers and not a backyard deal with a third party. Also the government should come clean with their transactions to give confidence to other partners, not using a jet of a pastor to move cash.

alhabeeb:
gentle man, can u tell me ur human right that was abuse in KSA. Nd county(s) dt KSA are using dia weapon against. I guess ur country or...?

shymexx:

We've got a huge diaspora population - that alone should be part of our national interests and tools to protect those interests. We just lack great intellectuals who can position the country where it ought to be.

And why West Africa, and not Africa? West Africa is the weakest region on the continent, in terms of military, and almost every other metrics - apart from probably football. So, why should a country as big as Nigeria be competing with countries like that, and not the whole continent? Take away the huge population, and Nigeria is just as weak as the rest of West Africa -and that's troubling for the "giant of Africa."

The geography and economics are very suitable. We're surrounded by Francophone countries, and an American mole in Liberia. Hence the need for the Nigerian army to modernise, and that alone should be what our foreign policy should be about. Why do you think Algeria modernised its military - and became a neutral country? - same reasons. Flanked in the South by French moles, and American moles in Morocco and Tunisia.

And don't we have the largest economy in Africa? If that isn't something to build a strategic foreign policy on, I don't know what it's then.

shymexx:

Sad.

If the country lack intellectuals - at least there should be book readers who should be able to discern what the other powerhouses in Africa (South Africa, Egypt, and Algeria) are doing and copy that. Just get the book readers with all kinds of qualifications to copy that, and start something from there. It's just nauseating to read nonsense excuses like this one all the time.

The world is changing - and the next century belongs to the developing world. The rise of China has changed the dynamics of geopolitics forever, and you need to position yourself to benefit from that, or lose out. America knows it's almost game over - and even the EU is moving towards China, to create a balance. The BRICS are coming.

all4naija: Nigerian will never learn from others. The fact that there are moles within the Nigerian military and SSS giving Boko Haram intelligence information there is nothing that can be done to get rid of the insurgents without almighty USA getting involved. Who ever bring the wrong idea that it is American government that is behind sponsor of the terror group is a liar trying to divert attentions to other thing. Indeed, Nigerians would rather believe in conspiracy theories than accept fact. Nigerians like rumors a lot!

Nigeria government should clean up the rats within the military and secret agency. And, form a department that would be responsible for the dissemination of intelligence info and plan to defeat the insurgents.

all4naija: Nigerian will never learn from others. The fact that there are moles within the Nigerian military and SSS giving Boko Haram intelligence information there is nothing that can be done to get rid of the insurgents without almighty USA getting involved. Who ever bring the wrong idea that it is American government that is behind sponsor of the terror group is a liar trying to divert attentions to other thing. Indeed, Nigerians would rather believe in conspiracy theories than accept fact. Nigerians like rumors a lot!

Nigeria government should clean up the rats within the military and secret agency. And, form a department that would be responsible for the dissemination of intelligence info and plan to defeat the insurgents.

Missy89:
Lol @ American Mole!

Arab countries have a different strategic interest in the middle east and you need to remember that most of them fought civil wars to get independence unlike Nigeria who got it on a platter. Nigeria might be the largest economy in terms of GDP but when it come to having the industries to compete there are too few and most of them are AGIP because the state doesn't depend on them for political support or budget financing so they can't change or shape policies collectively.

We do have the resources but we really are not there yet to be honest. Nigeria's business sector is still overly dependent on FDIs and natural resources which is controlled by the state. Personally I would prefer the military to be cut by half and modernized. there are many air commodores and Admirals than there are planes and ships at the moment.

The government cant even protect the Nigerians in Ibadan u want it to protect the interest of the ones in China? Good joke!