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PoliticsRe: Nnamdi Kanu Arrested In Czech Republic - PM News by abouzaid: 8:15pm On Jun 29, 2021
Another news going round on whatsapp says that he was arrested in Brazil, the Nigerian government have started their useless propaganda again.
AgricultureRe: 500,000 Naira From One Plot Of Land In 90 Days. by abouzaid: 6:31pm On Jun 29, 2021
solarized:
Good afternoon everyone,
I was searching for Stake netting when I got this thread on Google search. I have actually landed on page 60 or thereabout.
Because I found the content interesting, I went back to page 1 and read all through last page (Pg. 118).
I truly commend the OP and other contributors. The contents that I have collected here have changed my view of my planned planting process and are absolutely priceless. Kudos to you all.
I have compiled the following and correct me please should I have gotten it/anything wrong.
Treat land with animal manure or apply as basal content (preferably chicken. Though Rabbit dung may be better but scarce).
Manure may be "spiced" with inorganic fertilizers for better outcome (though this may also be a catastrophe if not well perfected).
Basal application of Wormforce 2-3g per hole against Nematodes and can also act as pesticide during raining season when pest attack is not as rampant as dry season.
Urea @ 2.5-4kg per 100l of water from 2 weeks but stop after 3-4 applications to avoid runaway growth
Second manure application will be done day 14-20 before flowering stage
Then NPK will be applied from day 28. Fertilize after each harvest or at most every two harvests. Use Folia sprays for other nutrients supply. NPK should be avoided as a spray in dry season to avoid burn.
NPK 20:20:20 @ tendrils and NPK 15:15:15 @ flowering

TIPS:
Always do market research before planting.
Type of cucumber to plant varies with location and market requirement.
If available, drip irrigation is best + good mulching practice too.
Plant high yielding but dominant female flowering types with male dominant types
Spray boiled sugar solution to attract bees and other pollinators.
Alternating Fungicide brands, foliar Fertilizer will be applied every week from day 14.
Insecticides will be applied when there is sign of insect attack.
Base fertilizer may not be necessary with fertigation method in place.
If you will use herbicides in land clearing, apply glysophate and wait 2 weeks before planting cucumber.
It’s good to use systemic insecticide + soil nematicide.
Allow more space when planting during rainy season than dry season. Choking your cukes plant at lesser spacing may translate to lower yield.
Laraforce + DDForce has been used to battle whiteflies.
100g zforce + 30g saaf per knapsack sprayer to combat DM and rotate fungicides to avoid resistance.
Haifa Bonus: Green park = vegetative development while; Pink pack = Flowering period use.
Most fungicides are applied @ 50g per knapsack; while it’s 30-40ml for insecticides.
Download Plantix app on playstore for disease diagnosis
Above all, don’t count your chickens until they are hatched. Follow good farming practice towards good yield and money will come. Don’t punch your calculator until you have harvested your cukes, else you will Fail.
honestly, you tried, i would be following you with questions soon.
PoliticsRe: Aisha Blast Buhari Over Rearrest Of Nnamdi Kanu -see What She Said by abouzaid: 6:08pm On Jun 29, 2021
I'm still wondering the same.
AgricultureRe: 500,000 Naira From One Plot Of Land In 90 Days. by abouzaid: 8:55pm On Jun 28, 2021
okoroemeka:
pls ,you are not disturbing me,we are the foot soldiers on a ground offensive against hunger,we will need all ideas that will give us an edge,we are currently doing a one plot project that will be throughly analysed and every step or procedure will be pictured and posted,every question will be answered,we are forsaking quantity planting for quality high yield ,it is time to really know how many average fruits can a cucumber plant produce.the best thing for you is to follow what we do as closely as possible because we will pull all our years of farming experience into this one plot.
i surely would follow the project diligently once it commences.
AgricultureRe: 500,000 Naira From One Plot Of Land In 90 Days. by abouzaid: 8:04pm On Jun 28, 2021
okoroemeka:
we have not yet perfected cucumber farming to make a manual on the subject,this thread is still a work in progress on how to manage cucumbers for better yield,I must confess we have not gotten #500k from one plot,but we are constantly evolving and brainstorming on how to increase cucumber yield not a one manual solve all problem approach,this is a dynamic crop that if we can listen to it and manage it to 60-70% of it's genetic capacity and potential then that farmer will definitely smile to the banks,drip line installation in progress
oga mu, your boy wants to do a trial on a rented plot of land, so i would really appreciate a step by step directive from you, pardon my disturbing your life this evening, i really want to go full time into urban farming as a full time career by next two year so this trial is very important to me.
AgricultureRe: 500,000 Naira From One Plot Of Land In 90 Days. by abouzaid: 4:13pm On Jun 28, 2021
okoroemeka:
make sure that the short suction hose is close to the water as possible and if your pump is 2 inches don't expect much pumping capacity.
please, this thread have been highly
informative but it's a tome and very
long, can you make a manual like
post on planting cucumber on a plot
of land in the east, covering
everything from suggested species,
planting distance, chemicals to be
used, estimated total cost of
production etc. thanks and remain
blessed.
PoliticsRe: ISWAP, Boko Haram Kill Many Soldiers As Terrorists Overrun Nigerian Army Base by abouzaid: 3:44pm On Jun 28, 2021
meanwhile, soldiers were been withdrawn from the same northeast to fight against IPOB/ESN in the southeast. mad people everywhere.
PoliticsRe: News: Many Feared Dead As Security Operatives Shoot Students Protesting Tuition by abouzaid: 2:13pm On Jun 28, 2021
When unarmed IPOB protesters were been shot in the east, the northerners celebrated it, now, the chicken have come home to roost.
PoliticsRe: Boko Haram, ISWAP In Mass Recruitment Of Bandits by abouzaid: 10:27am On Jun 28, 2021
dettolgel:
Imagine, if the South goes to war with the North the south will loose. The North has been training his youth for gorilla war under the disguise that they are boko haram members. Half are training and gaining experience through boko haram, while the other half are training and gaining experience through civilian jtf.

South shine your eyes, and wake up from your slumber. You guys are busy making mouth up and down until the day the north decides to run you guys over, there will be no stopping them.
the remaining half of the northern youths are manning the security bodies of the nation.
PoliticsRe: Panic In Rivers Community As Herdsman Kills 26-yr-old Man by abouzaid: 10:26pm On Jun 27, 2021
neither the police nor the government would do anything but once the ESN shows up to fight off the Fulani, Wike would send in the military to bomb them with the new planes that he bought specifically for fighting the ESN.
CrimeRe: Insecurity: Nigerian Army Kill Scores Of Bandits, Recover Arms, Ammunition by abouzaid: 10:24am On Jun 26, 2021
killed scores of bandits and only recovered a single rifle and a motorcycle?
PoliticsRe: We're Considering Oduduwa-Biafra Collaboration-Olayemi Koiki by abouzaid:
If they can liaise and be very bold in their struggle, this country would break up on or before December 2021, however, both nations must adopt an armed struggle because Niccolo Machiavelli said that " An unarmed prophet must always end up in grief". peaceful struggle can't work against the Fulani.
PoliticsRe: RISING POVERTY: No End In Sight To High Food Prices— MAN, Others by abouzaid(op): 11:10am On Jun 20, 2021
risos:
Food price dey go up people wey dey produce the food sef no dey cash out.
E mean say mA everything price dey go up
agricultural inputs and implements are also rising in prices be it tractors, diesel, fertilizers, sprayers etc, the prices of this things have doubled, tripled, quadrupled since Buhari came to power, also insecurity is rife so the areas cultivated have drastically reduced leading to lower quantity of food been produced.
PoliticsRISING POVERTY: No End In Sight To High Food Prices— MAN, Others by abouzaid(op): 10:19am On Jun 20, 2021
*Cite disruption of raw materials to
food manufacturing segment by
insecurity as a problem
*‘Huge losses suffered as a result of
borders’ closure’
By Tunde Oso
There is no end in sight to high food
prices as long as the conflict
between crop growers and northern
cattle herders seeking grazing
pasture in the South continues,
economic experts have said.
Costs started increasing in 2019
when the Federal Government shut
Nigeria’s borders to curb the
smuggling of rice and other products.
Food prices rose 17.4 percent in
October from a year earlier, the
biggest increase in three years.
As prices rose, the United Nations, in
late 2000, warned that violence had
compounded food production
challenges arising from factors such
as climate change and the
coronavirus pandemic that placed
Nigerians at risk of famine.
The World Bank, in a report, had said,
last week, that high food prices had
pushed about seven million Nigerians
into poverty in 2020.
“Food prices accounted for over 60%
of the total increase in inflation.
Rising prices have pushed an
estimated 7 million Nigerians below
the poverty line in 2020 alone,” its
report published last Tuesday said.
The World Poverty Clock, which uses
UN, IMF and World Bank data to
monitor progress against poverty,
reports Nigeria had 41 percent of its
population or nearly 87 million
people living in extreme poverty on
less than $1.90 per day.

“Nigeria faces interlinked challenges
in relation to inflation, limited job
opportunities, and insecurity,” said
Shubham Chaudhuri, the World Bank
Country Director for Nigeria.
“While the government has made
efforts to reduce the effect of these
by advancing long-delayed policy
reforms, it is clear that these reforms
will have to be sustained and
deepened.”
Nigeria needs urgently to reduce
inflation by promoting inclusive
growth and job creation and helping
small and medium businesses gain
access to finance, Chaudhuri said.
The Covid-19 pandemic and the oil
price crash have hammered Nigeria’s
economy, which gets 90 percent of
foreign exchange earnings from
petroleum exports, pushing it into its
second recession in four years.
As well as inflation, a rise in
joblessness has left a third of
Nigeria’s workforce unemployed at
the end of 2020, according to the
statistics office.
Sunday Vanguard spoke to economic
experts on the way forward.
Food inflation not surprising – Ajayi-
Kadir, MAN D-G
Segun Ajayi-Kadir, Director General
of the Manufacturers Association of
Nigeria MAN, said the association is
not surprised that inflation, especially
in the food sector, continues to spiral
upwards.
“The manufacturing sector has
remained in recession even after the
technical exit of the country’s
economy”, Ajayi-Kadiri said.
“As you are probably aware, the
manufacturing sector posted a
growth rate of -1.51 percent in the
Q4 2020 from -1.52 percent in Q3 of
the same year.
“The current inflationary condition is
a major contributor to the low-export
penetration of goods manufactured in
the country, some of which are
largely in the agricultural sector of
the economy into the international
market.
“Note too, the disruption by
insecurity of the feeder i.e. supply of
raw materials to the food
manufacturing segment of our
association”.
The MAN boss urged government to,
among others, pursue consumer
price stabilization measures that will
stimulate growth in agricultural
output; deliberately support the
manufacturing sector to guarantee
improved output that can engender
the reduced intensity of too much
money chasing after fewer goods;
further diversify the country’s
revenue sources; action a CBN
sustainable plan to improve the
external reserves to a defensive
capacity that will raise the months of
imports of Nigeria to a dependable
level.
These, he said, can be achieved by
deliberately and sincerely partnering
the productive sector to grow non-oil
exports.
Ajayi-Kadir said: “In particular, the
Export Group of the association
clearly suffered huge losses due to
logistics issues occasioned by the
closure of the borders as it takes an
average of eight weeks for the
carriers to ship and move goods
within countries in the same region
vis-à-vis moving the goods through
the land border, which takes an
average of seven to 10 days.
“Nigeria, as the largest economy in
West Africa and one of the largest in
Africa, needs to step up in engaging
her neighbors meaningfully in order
to improve our trade balance, curb
smuggling and stop the trend where
other countries are having free lunch
at the expense of the Nigerian
economy.
“Government should sensitise
citizens to patronise and consume
locally produced goods, imbibe the
benefit of consuming local goods
and government should set a good
example by patronising local
products in all government
purchases”.
Food trucks & items should be tax-
free – John Isemede, ex-DG,
NACCIMA
Dr. John Isemede, a former Director
General of Nigerian Association of
Chambers of Commerce, Industry,
Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA),
said what is fuelling inflation are
weak production base, lack of value
addition, lack of export culture; more
money in circulation and fewer
goods /perishable goods without
storage silos and cold room etc.
Isemede, a United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO)
consultant on value chains, added
that if government is saying it is
diversifying into agriculture, there
ought to be substantial government
interventions to move the farming
community away from the old worn-
out and archaic subsistence farming
to commercial and large scale
agriculture.
He went on, “Subsistence farming is
what we have been relying upon. We
are a country that doesn’t have
commodity boards compared to what
we have in Cote d’Ivoire and some
other West African countries; how
can we feed ourselves? Where are
the silos for storage?
“Government should also look at
centralizing the taxation system. You
can imagine the number of taxes a
food truck coming from Jos,
Maiduguri, Makurdi – the North – will
pay to revenue agencies before
arriving in the southern market.
“This is part of the reason food
prices are escalating. Government
should find a way of harmonizing and
centralizing tax collection by these
revenue collecting organs of
government.
“In fact, government should
completely exempt food trucks or
locally-grown, produced food items
from tax or levies.
“Government interventions have been
wrong-headed: like the closure of
borders. It breached ECOWAS
Agreements.
“Government ought to have used
tariffs to discourage Nigerians’
unbridled appetite for imported
goods and re-invest the gains in its
diversification efforts into agriculture.
“Before the ban too, government
ought to have taken the organized
private sector into confidence so as
to prepare them for the policy
whereby they can fully look at
reaping the gains: growing local
capacity and production.
“Any time government bans any
product, it should discuss with
private sector concerns that could
maximize and reap from such a
policy.
“Ban here and there without local
capacity, no plans in place /trend to
be self-sufficient unknown – is
dangerous.
“Low production of such goods after
ban would automatically jerk up both
price and lead to hoarding.
“We are a nation that is import-
based not export-thinking”.
Funds can never be enough for
agripreneurs – Gimba
Ahmad Suleiman Gimba, lecturer at
College of Administration,
Management, & Technology,
(CAMTECH) Potiskum, Yobe State,
said the report released by the World
Bank is alarming and most disturbing
to realize that additional seven
million “Nigerians have plunged into
poverty. Therefore this is an
indication that the poverty ratio has
risen once more”, Gimba said.
“Both the private and public sectors
need to take agricultural business as
a priority and inject funds
substantially”, he added.
“The agric products, whose
production has collapsed in the last
two years, are the consequences of
the agric products that have vanished
perhaps ten or more years ago.
“Because of successive governments
neglect, food crops first like wheat,
maize, cassava and some few have
suffered with consequential low
output. “Mostly, farmers view their
expenses, other challenges and
difficulties; then they migrate to a
more profitable farming venture with
higher yields.
“Cash crops have suffered a similar
issue. Nigeria has lost wheat, barley,
cotton among others.
“Farming output has diminished and
has completely changed the
agricultural environment. Therefore,
the Nigeria society has to reflect the
changes.
“Some of the effects that can be
seen generally are the cumulative
rise in prices attached with increase
in the cultivation of rice, soya, sweet
potato, millet and few other crops.
“This clearly attributes the practical
increase of their quantities with their
respective prices.
“But all these are caused by the
systematic high prices of fertilizer,
farm inputs, implements and tools,
surrounded by very poor agric
mechanization.
“Food prices in Nigeria have been
rising every day without control,
regulation or soft pedaling because
government cannot stop spending on
the critical agricultural sector.
“In fact, governments in advanced
countries have continued to provide
subsidies to farmers and
agripreneurs.
“Furthermore, those perishable food
items cannot be given clear
explanations because of its poor,
local and unimproved methods of
storage, transportation and handling.
Their prices vary depending on the
everyday market, i.e. daily price
effect.
“When the market becomes
uncontrolled in manner and
attributes, it is government that can
dominate it and bring it to under
control; otherwise it may take longer
than expected for it to stabilize.
“As a follow-up, the Federal
Government needs to ensure that
local governments are functional
especially in agricultural services.
“As a matter of fact, the National
Assembly needs to amend the local
government services and make them
fifty percent agricultural. This will
indeed help Nigeria out of food
crises in the medium and long term”.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/rising-poverty-no-end-in-sight-to-high-food-prices-man-others/
PoliticsForsaken ‘victims’ Of Boko Haram •fallen Soldiers’ Widows, Children by abouzaid(op): 9:16am On Jun 20, 2021
Forsaken ‘victims’ of Boko Haram •How fallen soldiers’ widows, children live in untold misery • I’ll make sure families of fallen heroes are well catered for - Buhari 19th June 2021.
By Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye Mrs Adebimpe Ishola (not real name) is heartbroken. She is one of the several women whose military husbands died fighting to rescue Nigerians from Boko Haram insurgents. Years after her husband’s demise, she seems to have been forsaken by the very country her husband died fighting for. Today, she still sheds tears when she recalls that her husband, a soldier, was drafted to Bornu State in 2018. There was no premonition that when he left, it would be the last she would see him alive. The apprehension of the night before he travelled was doused when he assured her that he would be fine and promised to be sending money for the upkeep of their children. Serving in the military was a passion for the man. He never made it back alive. He was 40 years old. With tears coursing down her cheeks, she recalled: “We had four kids. He loved his children and me dearly. He died in Maiduguri. He was in Maiduguri for two years before they went to the battlefront where he was attacked. I was not told anything until more than a year after his death. Before I was eventually informed, I had gone to Maiduguri twice to find out about him. They kept telling me he was missing in action. It was after a year plus they declared him dead. The attack was in 2018. “He had always loved his profession. I was a full time housewife before he died. “We have been paid benefits in August 2020 but they are yet to pay the insurance. His mother and younger siblings are still alive. “Life is very tough. The last time we spoke was the day he was being taken to the bush. He said he called to inform me because where he was going there was no network. The children are missing their dad daily, he was a good man.” For Nana Abraham (not real name) from Adamawa, she doesn’t know how to make lemonade out of the lemons life has thrown at her. “My husband died in 2015 at 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna after a prolonged illness relating to the liver. He just told me to look after his children before he passed. He was nearing his retirement when he died. “We have been given benefits but not life insurance. We have four children. My son also joined the army but sadly he was killed in Maiduguri in April 2020. He was the one helping me to take care of his younger ones. He was paying the school fees of the last born who was a boarder in Command Secondary School. After his burial, I sent my daughter who was preparing for her wedding, to go bring his belongings in Maiduguri and that was how she was kidnapped. She has been in Boko Haram captivity now for the past seven months. She too was one of those assisting me. One day she called and asked me to send her N8, 000 recharge card. She now assured me that they are still alive, I just said okay. I advised her to continue to hold unto God. I have not heard anything from the government. All I want is for them to help secure her release. I am always thinking about how she is coping. I was so heartbroken I had to go to my son’s grave and prayed. I told him his sister had been kidnapped and that he should fight for her release. My son was not married before he was killed.” The above are part of the tales of woe that wives of fallen heroes told Saturday Sun . the major problem, they said, is non-payment of life insurance years after death. This is attributed to the issue of Next Of Kin (NOK). Most wives of fallen soldiers revealed that after their husbands died, family members of the deceased descended on them, confiscating their property even as they collected the benefits meant for the fallen heroes. This is because the soldiers filled the names of their family members as next of kin, instead of names of their wives or children. As it stands, there is no hope that they will get the life insurance benefits if and when the government eventually pays. Military authorities however claim that they have persistently requested for soldiers to update their information and change their NOK because mostly, when these soldiers join the army, they were young and unmarried and it was only proper for them to fill their brothers or parents as their NOK. But when they get married, they forget to change it. At the point of death, it is only the NOK filled by the deceased that will by law be entitled to receive the life insurance benefits. Some of the widows, who spoke in separate interviews, said it was unfair for their husbands to pay the supreme price trying to keep the nation one only for their families to be denied the benefits that can help them live comfortably. They said many of their children have stopped going to school because the scholarship too has stopped coming. Joan said she lost her soldier- husband when he and his fellow soldiers were ambushed in January, last year in Niger State. The mother of one, said despite appearing with her mother-in-law for documentation and verification to confirm the next- of-kin at the Military Pensions Board, she is yet to hear from them. “He was the first child and was everything because they lost their dad. He was wonderful. It was the best six years of my life. I met him in church when he was a cadet. He was dedicated to the profession. We used to pray together every morning whether he was in town or not. The day he died, we did the same thing. “He told me he was fixing one of the operational vehicles after several requests to the authorities without response. When we got back, I kept calling him, but he didn’t pick. Eventually, when he picked, he said he would call back. His voice was tense, as if they were running. That was the last I heard from him. I didn’t sleep; I kept calling his lines, his mates and everyone I knew. Then I called his second line. A Fulani man picked. He was laughing and saying, na me, and speaking his dialect. I had to run out to inform my neighbour to help me listen to what he was saying. But he dropped the call. When we tried calling back, the line was switched off. “My husband was good to me. I never saw myself becoming a widow. He was in Maiduguri for years and when he survived that, we did thanksgiving. I will not advise anyone to join the army. I have turned a lot of my friends down that wanted me to endorse a form for their children to join the army. Look at some of these widows, some of them will be driven from their homes soon, and they have not been paid.” President Muhammadu Buhari has, however pledged that his government would never abandon the families of the fallen heroes who paid the supreme price defencing Nigeria. Speaking on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, Buhari said the nation owes a debt of gratitude to military men and women, and security agencies currently tackling security challenges in the country, particularly the many who paid the supreme price. He assured family members of deceased soldiers that the government would continue to support their loved ones. “As I send my heartfelt condolences to the families of our fallen heroes and pray for the souls of the departed, I want to assure you that my administration will spare no effort or resources to ensure that the widows and children of our fallen heroes who paid the supreme price in defence of our beloved country, are well cared for,” the president asserted. Saturday Sun asked military authorities and the Minister of Finance why widows are left to suffer when their husbands die in active service. But the Military Pensions Board told the reporter that the life insurance payment was outside its mandate. “We work with information given. Our mandate covers pensions, gratuity, and death benefits and we pay as soon as we get the list of cleared beneficiaries,” the reporter was told. Sources at the Ministry of Defence said the delay in payment of insurance benefits to fallen heroes is due to bureaucratic bottlenecks. The source revealed that firstly, before now, there was just one-year budget plan approvals for the benefits, it was learnt that if the funds are not released on time by the Ministry of Finance, there would be delays. When soldiers die during the buffer of the approvals, they might not be captured for that year and may not be paid. The source said, however, that President Muhammadu Buhari has now approved a three-year budget, adding that the insurance company now has clearance for verifications and nominal roll sent for verification. The source said the total outstanding group life insurance for three years is N11.1 billion. The source said: “The 2019-2020 budget was approved in January 2020. This covers December to November 2019-2020. We have written seven reminders. The outstanding sum for the three years is N11.1 billion, N3.7 billion for each year. We have already sent that of 2021 and sent a recent reminder like two weeks ago. We feel this should be prioritised because soldiers are dying everyday. Every permanent secretary that gets posted here writes a reminder. This is not how to boost the morale of those paying the supreme prize for our collective safety.” On the allegation by one widow that her husband’s NOK was swapped from her to his brother, the source further stated: “The military doesn’t joke with NOK. They don’t tamper with it. It is the man that will decide. It’s clear the husband did not make her NOK. How does she know? Did she see the record of the service of the officer? I know the military; they don’t change those things because this is dear to them. That is why they advise their officers to choose their next of kin. I know of a case where the next of kin is the deceased younger brother. In fact, he was practically forced to part with a substantial amount for his brother’s widow before he left there. They brought both the man’s brother and wife together and said the next of kin is his brother but this is the wife. What are you going to give the woman? But the bottom-line remains that it is the man that will decide. When you see your late colleague’s wife going through problems, you will want to correct that.” The source advised that government should work on bureaucracy to speed up the processes to boost the morale of those that are still in service. He also explained why those that have not been paid for about eight years are in that predicament. “Those are the ones that fell into the gap period, when the Federal Ministry of Finance does not release the premium on time. That was why the president approved this for three years at a stretch to bridge the gap. But they will be taken care of by the government and not by the insurance. This is because they were not covered so the insurance cannot pay them. It has to be the government that will pay them but it will take time. For instance, the whole of 2014, they were not paid at all. It is not being processed in the Ministry of Finance for payment. They are not covered by premium insurance but at least the next of kin will get their entitlements. It might not be as immediate as those covered.” Findings by Saturday Sun revealed that from January 2020 to date, all those that died and should have naturally been covered are not covered because of the delay. This also affects the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died recently along with others. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, exonerated herself, explaining that funds had been provided for claims by the Department of Security Service (DSS) because the requests were made promptly, adding that the same is not the case with the armed forces. Ahmed, speaking on the cause of the delay, said her ministry had just received the 2013 request, which unfortunately has not been captured in the 2021 budget. She said: “We just received it. So, it wasn’t planned for. It wasn’t budgeted for. And this has happened all these years. It’s in this 2021 that this request is coming. So, now, we’re left with the work of having to raise money to be able to provide for those families to be paid. And we’re discussing how we can phase it because it was not provided for in the budget. And then the question you should be asking is: where has it been kept all this time? Why is the request just coming now?” But the Ministry of Defence countered that numerically, DSS officers that get killed in active service cannot be placed in proportion with the number of soldiers who are dying in their droves everyday defending the nation. Kayode Ajulo, human rights lawyer, who has handled most of the cases for widows of slain soldiers, regrets that most soldiers do not put their houses in order by specifying who the NOK is before they died. He maintained that the case is rampant and the problem stems from wrong imputation of NOK or refusal to update it when they get married. He was also piqued by the delay or non- payment of life insurance benefits. “If there has been delay in the payment of their life insurance, that is pure corruption. Corruption in Nigeria knows no bounds. It doesn’t even respect the dead. It does not respect someone who has laid down his life for the country. I think that basically, corruption in the sense that as long as that money continues to be in a bank, it’s generating some interest until such a time they can no longer hold on to it. It is deliberate. Their breadwinner died, the children are young, the wife is young, you jeopardize their schooling. It is the same peculiar mess in the name of corruption.”

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/forsaken-victims-of-boko-haram/
RomanceRe: MEN!! Don't Be Like This Man!! Take The Redpill And Go Mgtow!(photos)- Redpill by abouzaid: 8:59am On Jun 20, 2021
TheGidRedpiller:
If you are driving at men going MGTOW, then i fully support!
what's mgtow? i have heard much about redpills, even downloaded a few ebooks on it but never have the time to read up on it. I think it's a good movement provided it's not hijacked by some vocal wackos.
RomanceRe: MEN!! Don't Be Like This Man!! Take The Redpill And Go Mgtow!(photos)- Redpill by abouzaid: 7:36am On Jun 20, 2021
TheGidRedpiller:
Every week i come up here to lament about the evil minds of women but i only get called a mysogynist by both male and female in this forum but the bitter truth still remains that no woman is worth it!

According to the blog, this man in the photo obviously felt so much love and was stupid enough to want to consider marriage, he hired an entire performance section and led a walking party to the girls house only for him to get there meeting his 'girlfriend' on her kneels giving another man a deep BJ!!

Without having to say much, you all will already know who the alphamale is between her boyfriend and the guy she is busy servicing. I can't imagine what the man in the photo is currently going through, especially for the fact that a whole lot of people saw the exact same thing he saw!

Women are H0£S!! They don't deserve anything you have to offer, they are only good for the D!!
Me? i would rather be the guy inside getting the bll0wj0b.

Link: http://fumacrom.com/tGBN

TRP IS GOLDEN!!!
any relationship with modern Nigerian women would likely end up as a liability but we need wives and children in Nigeria where there's no government care for the old, the best approach is to use your sense in order to minimise potential loses in your dealings with them.
PoliticsWhy Army Was Authorized To Enlist Volunteers From Borno ― Buhari by abouzaid(op): 11:06pm On Jun 17, 2021
—Says FG won’t rest until peace is
restored, IDPs return to state
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari in
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital
Thursday said that it was in
appreciation for the sacrifice made
by Borno State’s volunteers in the
fight against Boko Haram that the
Nigerian Army was authorized to
enlist hundreds of the volunteers
from the State into the Army.
President Buhari also said that the
work of defeating insurgency and
terrorism and of restoring permanent
peace to the North East region was
not yet over.
The President, who was on official
visit to Borno State to appraise the
security situation and commission
some development projects, assured
citizens of the Federal Government’s
presence in fighting terrorism to the
end, and ensuring that Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) were fully
returned to continue normal lives.
He commended the state Governor,
Prof. Babagana Zulum for his
resilience and relentless efforts in
rebuilding the state.
The President attributed recent
successes recorded by the military
against insurgents and terrorists at
Dikwa, Damboa and Gwoza to careful
planning, infusion of new equipment
and other war materials as well as
quality military leadership.
In a statement issued by his Senior
Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu,
President Buhari said, “I am very
happy to be here in Borno State once
again. I consider Maiduguri and
Borno State to be my home since this
is the place where I cut my
administrative and political teeth,
when I first arrived here as Military
Governor 46 years ago.
“While I am happy to return home, I
am not happy that this visit is not a
normal, peacetime home-coming. I
am here today first and foremost to
appraise the security situation in
Borno State and the North East region
in order to move full speed ahead
and conclude the work of restoring
permanent peace to the region.
“The attacks launched by cowardly
terrorists against military and civilian
targets last month and in previous
months were a pointer to us that the
work of defeating insurgency and
terrorism and of restoring permanent
peace to this region is not yet over.
“We will not rest until all the millions
of Internally Displaced Persons are
able to return and resettle in their
homes and rebuild their shattered
lives,” he said.

The President said all the Service
Chiefs that were appointed this year
either served as Theatre
Commanders or were part of the
command’s operations at one time or
the other.
“All of them are therefore personally
familiar with the challenge of
insurgency. I fully expect them to
bring this wealth of personal
experience to bear as we move to
end this scourge once and for all.
“No doubt, these successes owe a
lot to the role played by volunteers of
the Civilian JTF, hunters and
vigilantes. These good people
include women, who are making
huge sacrifices and patriotic
contributions to our peace-
restoration efforts,” he added.
He noted that many servicemen and
women as well as youthful
volunteers had paid the supreme
price in the fight to rid our
communities and our country of
terrorism and insurgency,
appreciating their gallantry and their
sacrifices.
He assured their loved ones that the
sacrifices will not be in vain.
According to him, “I must also
acknowledge the very important role
and the sacrifices made by parents,
guardians and other loved ones
amongst the people of Borno State,
the North East region and the country
as a whole, who support their sons,
daughters, husbands, brothers and
sisters in going to battlefields to
defend Nigeria’s sovereignty,
territorial integrity and its peace. I
thank and commend them for their
resilience and assure them success
is in sight.
“It was a mark of our appreciation for
this sacrifice made by Borno State’s
volunteers that the Nigerian Army
was authorised to enlist hundreds of
volunteers from Borno State into the
Army. I urge the people of Borno
State, the North East region and
Nigeria as a whole to sustain this
cooperation with the military and the
other security services. Both must
see each other as being on one side
in order for us to succeed.”
He said the late President Idris Deby
of Chad played a major role in the
fight against terrorism in the Lake
Chad region, urging his successors
to work hard in restoring democracy
to the country and support the
processes of bringing peace to the
region.
President Buhari said the recent
appointment of Ambassador
Babagana Kingibe, an illustrious son
of Borno State, as Special Envoy to
Chad and the Lake Chad Basin was
intended to accelerate the restoration
of democratic stability in Chad
Republic and enhance cooperation
among all the countries of the Lake
Chad Basin.
He said, “Let me also assure the
people of Borno and the North East
that we have taken decisive
measures to safeguard IDPs and
refugees who recently returned from
Cameroon and Niger Republic. They
are engaged in the task of rebuilding
their communities after more than a
decade of war and terrorism.
“It was part of these measures that I
gave approval for the Federal
Government to build 10,000
resettlement homes in Borno State.
4,000 of these homes have already
been completed. Furthermore, I
approved for constant release of food
intervention by Nigerian Customs
Service and the North East
Development Commission in order to
support displaced persons.
“I have directed these agencies to
sustain and deepen this support. I
also wish to specially commend His
Excellency Governor Babagana Umara
Zulum for his tireless efforts in
directly supervising the distribution
of food and economic empowerment
to IDPs in all Local Government
Areas,” President Buhari said.
The President noted that the effort at
alleviating the suffering of displaced
communities will hamper the evil
attempts of terrorists and insurgents
to recruit fighters and spies from
IDPs and other vulnerable
populations through the use of paltry
material incentives.
On electricity supply, President
Buhari said the administration will
continue to make concerted efforts
towards guaranteeing energy security
to all populace across the nation and
Maiduguri cannot, and will not be left
out.
The President said Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation had been
directed to expedite the delivery of
50MW power plant in order to ensure
the prompt restoration of electricity to
Maiduguri and its environs.
“Furthermore, in the light of the
current improvement of security in
the state, I have also issued
directives for the immediate
resumption of Oil & Gas exploration
activities in the Lake Chad basin.
This is part of our overall effort to
restore the state back to normalcy.
“One episode we will never forget in
our lives was last year’s cowardly
attack on defenceless rice farmers in
Zabarmari community. I have directed
the Theatre Command of Operation
HADIN KAI and other security
agencies to work out modalities
together with Borno State
Government and associations of
farmers, on ways to improve safe
access by farmers to their farms,
forests and fishing grounds.
“I have also directed the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps to
accord special support by deploying
more agro rangers, through
collaboration with Borno State
Government, to secure additional
farmlands. I highly commend the
Borno State Government for its
initiative in deploying the agro
rangers. We will extend to it our full
support,” he added.
The President said Governor Zulum’s
effort at providing facilities that
directly impact the livelihood of
people, particularly building
educational and health institutions,
and constructing roads deserved
applause.
“I have gone round to commission
some of the capital projects executed
by Governor Zulum in two years. I am
very happy with what I saw. The
Vocational Training Institute at Muna,
in particular, is a very dynamic
answer to skills acquisition and job
creation efforts. Such an effort will
ensure that in future, there will be no
store of unemployed young minds for
terrorists and insurgents to recruit
from.
“I was exceedingly happy to
commission very laudable capital
projects executed at the Borno State
University. It is the best answer that
the decade-long effort of insurgents
to disrupt and destroy modern
education in this region has come to
naught. I have directed the Federal
Ministry of Health to liaise with Borno
State Government and accord the
needed support to the ongoing
construction of Borno State University
Teaching Hospital in the areas of
equipment and personnel.
“Finally, let me, from the bottom of
my heart and on behalf of the Federal
Government and the people of
Nigeria, commend His Royal
Highness the Shehu of Borno, as well
as all the other Royal Highnesses
and Bulamas at all levels for their
very exemplary leadership, patience,
determination and wisdom during this
past decade when this land was
ravaged by insurgency and
terrorism.”
The President said the fact that Royal
Highnesses now operate from their
domains was evidence that peace
was being restored to the
communities, despite the challenges
that remain to be overcome.
“The elders, statesmen, Muslim and
Christian community leaders all over
this state and region also deserve
our thanks and warm appreciation for
their resilience, moral leadership and
support for the Federal and State
Governments during these trying
times.
“I wish to reassure Your Highness
the Shehu, all the Royal Highnesses,
elders, the Government and people of
Borno State and the North East
region, of Federal Government’s
relentless determination in the
search for peace in Borno, the
Northeast and the rest of Nigeria. We
will never rest until peace is fully
restored and all displaced persons
are resettled in their home
communities.
“I will never forget in my life that
during my career as a politician,
Borno State is where I got the
highest percentage of votes, more
than 90 percent! The least I can do
for you is to continue the relentless
effort to fully restore peace to this
state, the North East region and the
country as a whole,” he added.
In his remarks, Governor Zulum
thanked the President for the relative
peace enjoyed in the State, buoyed
by the heavy presence of military and
security men who have been
engaging the terrorists.
“We have witnessed gradual return of
peace to Borno State and it is our
sincere hope that insurgency will
soon be brought to an end,” he said.
The Governor said he had already
spent 750 days in office, appreciating
the President for various
developmental interventions, which
includes infrastructure, particularly
the approval of 10,000 units of
housing for IDPs of which 4,000 had
been completed.
The Governor thanked the President
for approval of a Federal Polytechnic
in Mongonu after forty years of
creation, 1976, urging more security
presence so that farmers can return
to their major occupation.
Vanguard News Nigeria

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/why-army-was-authorized-to-enlist-volunteers-from-borno-―-buhari/
PoliticsRe: Worldbank debunks Buharis claims - says 11m Nigerians moving into Poverty 2022 by abouzaid: 5:20pm On Jun 15, 2021
Can any good news come out of Nigeria?
CrimeRe: Suspected Herdsmen Raid Ekiti Community, Kidnap Farmer by abouzaid: 5:28pm On Jun 12, 2021
In Oduduwa state, this type of nonsense would not happen.
PoliticsRe: Nuhu Bamalli Poly Zaria Shut, As Bandits Hit Institution by abouzaid(op): 3:23am On Jun 12, 2021
*Under Buhari, Fulani herdsmen are now called bandits to hide the jihad going on in the country*
PoliticsNuhu Bamalli Poly Zaria Shut, As Bandits Hit Institution by abouzaid(op): 3:20am On Jun 12, 2021
By Ibrahim Wuyo
Authorities of Nuhu Bamalli
Polytechnic in Zaria,Kaduna state
have directed that the institution be
closed immediately following an
attack by bandits on the institution
which left one student dead and
about 8 other students and lecturers
abducted.
In a memo to all the students and the
entire Polytechnic Community on
Friday ,signed by the Acting
Registrar,Mahmud Aliyu Kwarba,all
students were asked to vacate with
the exception of IJMB students.
The memo reads. ” This is to inform
all students and the entire
Polytechnic Community that following
the sad incidence of attack by
Kidnappers that occurred last night
which created serious tension
amongst students,the management of
the Polytechnic has suspended all
academic activities indefinitely.”
“Students are to vacate the school
premises immediately.However,IJMB
students are excluded as their
external examinations which is
conducted by Ahmadu Bello
University ,Zaria will commence on
Tuesday 18th June,2021.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/nuhu-bamalli-poly-zaria-shut-as-bandits-hit-institution/
PoliticsTension Grips Ibadan Residents Over Alleged Influx Of Foreign Herders by abouzaid(op): 8:21pm On Jun 11, 2021
*Tension grips Ibadan residents over alleged influx of foreign herders*

ALL secondary and primary schools
in Ido Local Government area of Oyo
State yesterday hurriedly dispersed
their pupils following a report that
crisis broke out among some people
in the area.
Though, no life was lost while the
crisis lasted, Vanguard was reliably
informed that news filtered in that
some herders had invaded some
villages in the local government.
The local government shares
boundary with Ibarapa North and East
local government areas where some
bandits believed to be Fulani herders
invaded Igangan killing people and
burning houses and vehicles.
A source told Vanguard yesterday
that there was a crisis when some
strangers invaded some villages in
the local government.
All schools including Public and
private secondary and primary
schools asked their pupils to go
home immediately after lunch break.
Two primary school teachers who
spoke with Vanguard said the
decision was taken to prevent
abduction of their pupils.
One of the teachers who was not
authorized to speak said, “we got
information that some Fulani herders
invaded some villages which
prompted confrontations.
To avoid being caught in the crisis,
residents of the area ran helter
skelter. It was also gathered that
some residents living at Ido town,
Camp settlement, Odebode, Idi
Igbaro, Shehu, Olunde, Gbopa,
Araromi, Akufo and others vacated
their villages.
Another teacher who lives in Omi
Adio also corroborated the story
saying all schools in the local
government were closed down.
Residents of Ibadan metropolis
especially those living at Akinyele,
Ona Ara, Oluyole, Monatan, Akobo,
have been living in palpable fear
following alleged influx of foreign
herders into Ibadan metropolis.
On Wednesday night, repeated
gunshots were heard in some places.
When Vanguard called the State
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Adewale Osifeso, he didn’t pick his
phone.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/tension-grips-ibadan-residents-over-alleged-influx-of-foreign-herders/
PoliticsJUST IN: Bandits Kill 60 People In Zamfara by abouzaid(op): 7:28pm On Jun 11, 2021
*JUST IN: Bandits kill 60 people in Zamfara*
Bandits have killed about 60 people of Kadawa village in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, DAILY NIGERIAN gathered.
A witness told BBC Hausa Service that the gunmen invaded the community around 6pm Thursday evening and killed 54 people. According to him, the bandits rustled cows and looted many shops in the village. The witness added that the bandits also attacked neighboring villages of Maganya and Jinkirawa after the incident. The witness said: “They killed 54 people, all of who are males. Right now, there are no people to perform funeral service for the deceased because the village has been deserted. “We are presently conveying the corpses of the deceased to the palace of Emir of Zurmi where the funeral will be held.” But other sources told this newspaper that the bandits killed more than 60 villagers during the attack. When contacted, the spokesperson of the state police command, Mohammed Shehu, told DAILY NIGERIAN that he was in a meeting and would get back when he is through.
https://dailynigerian.com/bandits-kill-people/
PoliticsHow I Killed, Distributed Kehinde’s Body — Local Night Guard by abouzaid(op): 7:14pm On Jun 10, 2021
A local night guard, Adewumi
Gbadamosi has disclosed how he
killed a young boy, identified as
Kehinde and distributed his severed
body to his friends, including a
pastor.
Fielding questions from newsmen at
the state police command
headquarters on Wednesday, the
suspect, who also claimed to be a
herbalist, said he shot the boy after
scaling the fence of a building he
watches around 2am.
He added that the boy has refused to
answer his question satisfactorily,
hence, he decided to shoot him.
“The boy scaled the fence of a
building I watched as night guard
and I caught. He said his name is
Kehinde when I interrogated him.
However, he attempted to run away
and I shot him.
“After shooting him, I became scary,
so, I decided to severe his body and
threw some of it inside Okpokpo
stream on Osogbo, while I gave the
head to a Pastor, whom I know
through a friend because he said he
needed a globe, (human eyes).
“I also gave a flesh to another friend
of mine, who is a vehicle electrician.
I don’t have any need for the rest of
the body, I just kept it in my office, at
Kajola, where I attend to those
seeking spiritual help.
“No one knew that I shot or killed the
boy, I severed the body to evade
arrest. I still have in my custody, the
two hands and legs of the deceased”,
he said.
However, the Pastor, Olagunju
Adetunji of a Cherubim and Seraphim
Church at Kajola denied receiving any
human head from the herbalist,
saying they only met once and the
guard sought spiritual help and never
return till he they met at the police
headquarters on Wednesday.
“It is true, he came to my Church
about thirteen days ago, seeking
spiritual assistance, but he did not
come back till I met him here today. I
did not receive any human head from
him. I do attend to customers
seeking spiritual help, I help them
with the charms, black soap and
other dead animals confiscated from
my church by the police”, he
claimed.
Meanwhile, the vehicle electrician,
Akeem Saka confessed to have taken
a dried flesh from the herbalist, but
he had no intention of using it.
“I went to him (herbalist) for
consultation over my business, but
he charged me N1200 and he gave
me human flesh, I took it from him to
avoid being killed if I refuse, hence, I
took it and kept it in a white bowl at
my workshop.
“I did not follow the herbalist to the
pastor to deliver human head to him,
I was not involved in the killing of
the boy. I only went to him for
assistance but he gave me human
flesh to keep”, he said.
Addressing journalists, the
Commissioner of Police, Olawale
Olokode disclosed that the suspects
have confessed to the crime and
assured the public that they will be
prosecuted after necessary
investigation is concluded.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/how-i-killed-distributes-kehindes-body-local-night-guard/
PoliticsRe: Buhari Backs Open Grazing, Asks AGF To Recover Land For Herdsmen by abouzaid: 6:36pm On Jun 10, 2021
mad man, murderer.
PoliticsRe: Why Is Southern Nigeria So Helpless In Deciding Its Fate by abouzaid: 6:17pm On Jun 10, 2021
Ahmadu Bello’s mission was encapsulated in a speech he purportedly delivered on the 12th of October 1960, twelve days after Nigeria’s independence. The relevant excerpt that is in wide circulation reads, “The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our grandfather, Othman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We must use the minorities in the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us or have control over their future.”
PoliticsRe: New York Times Opinion : Nigeria Is In Disarray. So Its President Banned Twitter by abouzaid: 8:13pm On Jun 09, 2021
The only solution to Nigeria's problems is a referendum, the same problems have been plaguing the country since independence because we're not a true nation but a forced almagation of different nationalities.
PoliticsRe: 27 Mourners And Traders Killed In Agatu, Benue As Herdsmen Storm Burial Ceremony by abouzaid(op): 3:43am On Jun 08, 2021
this deserves to be on the FrontPage to publicize the plight of Agatu people.
PoliticsRe: 27 Mourners And Traders Killed In Agatu, Benue As Herdsmen Storm Burial Ceremony by abouzaid(op): 7:30pm On Jun 07, 2021
2elliot:
We are at war!!!
The war started shortly before the 2015 election when the Fulani herdsmen were invited into Nigeria to cause a civil war should Buhari lose the election.
Politics27 Mourners And Traders Killed In Agatu, Benue As Herdsmen Storm Burial Ceremony by abouzaid(op): 6:45pm On Jun 07, 2021
No fewer than 27 mourners were Sunday evening reportedly gunned down and several others sustained injuries when suspected armed herders stormed the Odugbeho community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue state during a burial ceremony.

Vanguard gathered from a source in the area that the marauders invaded and surrounded the community at about 6pm when the burial ceremony was on going and opened fire on the mourners.

According to the source, “after surrounding the village they opened fire on the people and especially those who were observing a wake in the burial ceremony and some who were still at a nearby local market because it was a market day.

“They gunned down their victims and butchered those they caught up with. So far almost 30 corpses have been recovered from the scene of the attack, many sustained injury and the search for more corpses is ongoing.


“The casualty figure would have been far more than this but for the ability of some of the youths who were able to put up a fight to repel them.

“During the exchange the herders retreated towards Inahem community heading towards to Gwer West, that is where herdsmen have camped in this part of the state, from where thy launch attacks on our communities,” he said.

State Chairman of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Sir John Ngbede who is from the community confirmed the attack.

He said, “I got a report from the communities leader that armed herdsmen attacked Odugbeho on Sunday evening and so far 27 corpses have been recovered from the scene of attack. However the Chairman of the Local Government Council has led security personnel to the area for on-the-spot assessment and we are waiting to get update from him.”

When contacted, Chairman of the Agatu Local Government Council, Mr. Suleiman Adoyi who confirmed the attack said 27 corpses had been recovered from the village.

“I am just coming back from Odugbeho and I can confirm that 27 persons were killed and some sustained injuries when herdsmen attacked the community at about 6pm on Sunday.

“I went to the community with security personnel to assess the situation and to get a first hand information about what actually happened.

“Although the place is calm at the moment but the people have fled and deserted their homes. We discovered that they all fled to Ogbawulu community for safety. Though security has been beefed up in the community.

“We are also monitoring the situation and a search is also ongoing in the community for more corpses or survivors of the attack,” the Chairman said.

Confirming the development in a message, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent, DSP, Catherine Anene said the command had deployed more personal to the community to forestall further attacks.

“Agatu attack is confirmed and the Commissioner of Police has deployed more police officers to manage the incident and forestall further breakdown of law and order. The number of victims is yet to be ascertained as officers are still engaged in stabilizing the area,” she said.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/again-27-mourners-and-traders-killed-in-agatu-by-armed-herdsmen/

PoliticsRe: Igangan Massacre:Where Are The Cows? by abouzaid: 1:56pm On Jun 06, 2021
These taunting threads ate unnecessary, most of the nairaland members claiming Yoruba to mock Igbos here are actually Fulanis born and brought up in the southwest and can therefore communicate in Yoruba, Fufulde and Hausa, for example the Arewa youth forum president general that gave Igbos to leave the north then is based in Lagos and speaks fluent Yoruba.

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