sherry lo:

Ha,ha A-town so you sleep in Aso rock?

Yes, now they can call Nigeria! when it comes to UN troops in sub-Saharan Africa they can call Nigeria,when it comes to Ecomog in west Africa they can call Nigeria na only Nigerian solders sabi die?or na we sabi fight pass?they call it peace keeping and yet we donate more lives than most countries in Africa but yet they see nothing good in Nigeria until peace keeping comes. So na we keep peace pass abi?

"Yaradua beautiful bride" beautiful ko beaufulltoo ni.If he's too busy to go what's the problem?

guysmat:

You chaps should stop molesting your President.  

The truth of the matter is that they (foreign powers) want to arm twist your President into sending Nigeria troops into Sudan and Somalia. Particularly into Somalia.

The world knows the capabilities of Nigerian troops when it comes to Peace Enforcement but will never publicly acknowledge that fact.

Yes, Nigerian troops are the one that do the "dirty job" while other nations come and take the glory.

A case in point is the struggle for peace in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Anyone coming into these countries for the first time could be forgiven for assuming that it was the USA, UK or UN that brought peace to their door step.

Nigeria lost a lot of souls fighting rebel factions in those nations and just before the "dust" could settle, "other nations" rushed in to declare victory for themselves.

Nigeria could only stand aside and watch the propaganda machines of the international community do their thing.

Now they're back and they want Nigerian troops to sacrifice themselves in the horn of Africa.

Somalia is an East / North African problem.

Let the North Africans take care of the problem; they understand the culture as well as the "mindset" of the people in that region.  <-- Abi o!

A lot of Ugandan and Kenyan troops have already died in their their bid to provide peace in the region.

I don't see Obama sending in the marines anytime soon. <-- For where? Wetin yanky go benefit with desert lands ravaged with human bones and skulls?

The strange thing is that the French govt has a military training base in the neighbouring Djibouti with at least 2000 troops.

Also in Djibouti are about 1,500 American personnel of the Combined Joint Task Force—Horn of Africa, stationed at the former French base Le Monier since 2003 _{http://www.cfr.org/publication/12578/} . Not to talk of their sea based assets in just round the Gulf of Aden.
What the hell are they there for if they can't quell the Somali issue? Ask AFRICOM   

What is the gain in sacrificing Nigerian lives in Somali Land? What is the rational of flying Nigerians 3000 kms into the front lines when you have over 3000 US and French troops less than 400km from the forward edge of the battle area?  

Let Col Gadaffi, Mubarak and a host of other North African Leaders send their own troops. 

All those countries have mass armies at their disposal but are unwilling to send any soldier for peace keeping operations in the region.

They'd rather call on the UN to arm twist Nigeria into send her troops. When it's all over, they'll come again to take the glory.

A case of monkey dey work, baboon wan chop.

Leave Yar'Adua alone pls.

[b]So whats the big deal about him turning down an invitation from the UN and from Obama? [/b]How many other head of states will send representatives?

Honestly? Poster- what is your point? If he goes there, the lots of you will say he is wasting time and energy he should be home resolving ASUU problems. What are you about?

Don't speak of your president, weather you like it or not he is d no 1 citizen of this great country "Nigeria". Case closed.

Iyke-D:

Here we go again, nothing is ever a big deal for some hardcore supporter of Yar Adua's government.
Turai attended the International Atomic Energy conference the other day and they think it was a big
deal. Yar Adua cancels a major engagement at the last minute (I am sure due to poor health as usual),
and they don't see nothing wrong. Of course that is not surprising, yet they wonder why no one outside
Nigeria takes them seriously.

I used to think Sahara Reporter was a piece of rag, but they have been n point lately with one expose
after another about Yar Adua's government. No one is at home, the country is on auto-pilot - sad!

There is usually another point of view- we dont need to sleep and face the same direction- your views
may not necessarily be correct, so, stop forcing it down our throat.

cgem:

This is his latest picture, showing you evidence of his failing health. He will be scheduled to go to Saudi Arabia during the period of the UN general assembly