₦airaland Forum

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/tinubu-mourns-black-scorpion-adekunle/

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of General Benjamin Adekunle who died on Saturday morning in Lagos.

In a statement issued on Saturday, Tinubu noted that Adekunle was a man of valour and unimaginable bravery.

“ The Generalissimo has fallen. The Great General Benjamin Adekunle (Rtd.) has left this world and his departure saddens me greatly.

“The Civil War Hero was a Soldier’s Soldier. Lion-hearted and a leader of men. He served his Fatherland devotedly and without question when we most needed him.
“Like most great men, he was greatly misunderstood.

His flamboyant and outspoken nature made him a colourful character. However, that never stopped him from emerging as one of the most remarkable icons in Nigeria’s military history.

“The “Black Scorpion” was a man of uncommon intelligence and fierce determination.

On the battle field, he had no equal. He represented the best generation of our military personnel. The ones who refused to back down from any enemy; who put their very existence on the line for our continued coexistence.

“Of all of Gen. Adekunle’s qualities, it is his loyalty to the flag that I most admire. He was a worthy ambassador of his people and a great example in service. He led from the front.

“ Let it be said of Gen. Adekunle: “Here is a man who gave his country the best of his life.” May his warrior soul find rest. And I pray his wife family find the fortitude to bare the irreparable loss,” Tinubu stated.

Posterity will judge all those who are playing down boko haram attack for their selfish gain, they shall cry of pain in their family, just as innocent people are suffering in the hands of bokos now.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/top-stories/34190-boko-haram-still-in-charge-in-bama-as-children-women-die-of-hunger

The Bama Development Foundation (BADEFO) today said the Federal Government should be sincere in its utterances about happenings in Borno State, stressing that hundreds of women and children that were trapped in Bama town over ten days ago are dying of hunger and stress.

The foundation said dead bodies of youths that were massacred by Boko Haram insurgents have decomposed on the streets because no one could bury them.

Addressing a press conference in Maiduguri, today, Chairman of BADEFO, Mallam Mohammed A. Hassan said the Wednesday’s utterance by Mr. Mike Omeri, the coordinator of the Federal Information Centre to the effect that Nigerian security forces have taken over Bama from the insurgents was not true.

He said hundreds of youths have been killed by the insurgents, many others forced to join the Boko Haram in its fight against the Nigerian state while many others remain trapped in houses where they hid in ceilings.
He said Nigerian security forces are yet to return to Bama after they left on Monday, 1stSept, pointing out that the association has evidence to show that the soldiers are still in Konduga town, situated 38 kilometers to Bama from Maiduguri.

“The association condemned in strong terms the war by the dreaded insurgents in recent past which continues without apparent measures to contain the activities of the sect, despite Nigerian military’s relentless efforts.

“Posterity will not forgive us as a community based organization that is always agitating for development within Bama Local Government to sit on the fence watching conflicting reports from both print and electronic media over the unfortunate situation our good people found themselves.
“Since the day of the attack about 11 days ago, Bama, the second largest local government area in Borno State is under the custody and control of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. This is the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

As a matter of fact, we are calling on the state and federal government to expedite action towards reclaiming Bama from the hands of terror as those in captivity are under serious trauma, starvation, distressed with serious degree of injuries.

“Eleven days after the incidence, no search and rescue operation (was) conducted, no any damage has been assessed, but we are aware that security and welfare of the people is the fundamental obligation of any meaningful government,” he said.

The association decried the siege on Gwoza, Ngala, Dikwa and some parts of Yobe and Adamawa States.

T8ksy: Point of correction, oga Tinubu. Not all Nigerians are wishing you dead, only the ones with flat-heads

Most Ibo kwenu are scare of tinubu, tinubu most have deprived them of many opportunity

Marotzke: So it is no longer jere? It is now konduga. Good for you. I don't blame you. If vanguard newspapers can publish an unsubstantiated and unsigned Panic inducing E mail from a discredited organisation like Borno elder s forum; why won't imps and nincompoops like you come to Nairaland to post rubbish. Wait until DMI catches up with you, you will regret the day you joined the propaganda arm of Boko Haram.

I don't no what is wrong with some of u is it that u people hate to hear the truth or u are trying to protect Jonathan administration? Am telling some of brother from south are the most affected in this crises if u don't knw, ediot like u is talking of DMI, where is DMI when boko haram sponsors are walking freely, it is smbdy that post a comment they will be looking u are a big wawa for making that comment

hushmail: d man don start to threaten mayhem, when it happens, he go quick deny am.

If u deny SE equity cos of size, how abt d zones dat get lion shares of national reource without any contribution? Such zones shld get nothing

Which zone get largest share without contribution

http://www.punchng.com/politics/national-conference-achieved-nothing-junaid-mohammed/

A northern delegate at the just concluded National Conference, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has described the conference as a waste of time, saying it achieved nothing because President Goodluck Jonathan designed it for political gain.

Mohammed, who was a member of the House of Representative in the Second Republic, and currently coordinates, the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, argued that the agenda of the different regions of the South failed.

He said, “The North did not want the conference because they regarded it as a complete waste of time. Now that the conference has come and gone and nobody can mention anything concrete achieved by the conference, it’s only fair to say that the North was right all along that it was a diversionary tactic, it was not meant to solve any of our problem that is why it achieved nothing.

“Those who wanted to use the result of the conference for their own political good, like Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party have failed woefully. The Igbo wanted to use the conference to achieve their demented agenda of equality or parity between the North-West and the South-East.

“If you are to use a serious map that is scientifically based, to show respective areas; where you show the North-West as the palm of a hand, the South-East will only be a dot.

The North-West has a population of 40 million and the South-East is less than 15 million. How can you compare the two and attempt to say the two are equal?”

Mohammed added that the agenda of the South-West to remove local governments from the constitution, was a plan by the state governors from the region to pocket the money meant for the local government areas.

He added, “Clearly the agenda for a state police has failed, the agenda for state constitution has failed, the agenda of scrapping the Land Use Act has failed, so what is there to be said about the whole conference? Nothing.”

The northern leader also said the South-South request for resource control also failed and added that the recommendations of the confab would not scale through the National Assembly that has northerners in the majority.

He also warned that any of the presidential candidates in 2015 election who commits to maintaining the current revenue allocation formula would not win.

He said, “Anybody who commits himself to maintain the preponderance of the Igbo in all our financial agencies, ministries and department will also not win the next election.

Goodluck Jonathan has already started boasting that he has given the Igbo more than anybody in the past, for that alone he will not win the next election. If he rigs it, there will be mayhem.”
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No, PDP has good intention for Ribadu but Fintiri outsmart PDP in the state

Fintiri is another Nyanko

Dan Nwanyanwu want to force olusegun to PDP but the governor rejected the idea, knowing fully wel that PDP is full of evil men who will betray him @ d end of the day.
Dan Nnwanyanwu is desperate to join pdp

Haba they shld leave him, jona is declare missing until after 2015

nwanna89: Haba...why is this an issue?

The important thing is that they are creating employment..lets stay positive...

Thank u, but they shld tell nigerians that innoson is a assembly plant and not manufacturing plant just like ASD motors in KD. And they shld try and stop uploading those pix online. He doesn't speak well of the company, those boys look area boys washing cars at least he shld get them uniforms

2tex: Na wa for u o. but honestly, what do you know abt Innoson? Seriously. Wetin u know?
U dnt just type wot u know noting about. Havent u heard innoson source some of his materials locally? At least a part of ur brain shud tell u dat those materials were used to manufaacture smtin. Haba, use ur head naw!

Go read abt Innoson with an open mind and educate urself.

Tell me what innoson produce locally that made up his vehicle, is it battery or what and you people shld stop posting pictures of other assembly plant to deceive people like the two on page 1

tonychristopher: WHY IS BLACKMAN LIKE THIS, WHY DO WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES, WHY DO WE NOT APPRECIATE GOOD THINGS, JUST BECAUSE ITS FROM BLACKS, THEY MAKE SHOES, THEY SAY ITS IGBO MADE, THEY MADE BOMBS THEY CALL IT OGBUNIGWE BUT THEY WONT ASK HOW, THE SAME IGBO IS MAKING CARS NOW THEY ARE TALKING ...I WONDER WHY ARE WE BLACKS LIKE THIS, TO BE HONEST IGBOS ARE GIFTED THIS IS NOT TALKING OR BRANDING THEM, THEY HAVE PROVED IT OVER AND OVER RIGHT FROM IZUOGU MOTORS TO THE KID ROCKET SCIENTIST IN IMO THEN INNOSON, OVIM. NOT THAT OTHER TRIBES ARE NOT BUT WHAT I THINK IS THAT THEY LACK THE ABILITY TO THINK AND LOOK INWARD ALL THEY DO IS TRY TO TUN IGBO DOWN


PLEASE GO TO THE HISTORY OF TOYOTA AND HONDA EVEN SUZUKI, ONE WAS A FIRM PRODUCING SEWING MACHINES, SUZUKI WAS COUPLING SMALL GENERATORS ETC..NOW WHERE ARE THEY.....


NOW LET ME TELL YOU PUNDITS THAT IN CAR MANUFACTURING OR MODERN DAY ENGINERRING NO COMPANY MANUFACTURES ANYTHING..WHAT THEY DO IS DESIGN THEN OUTSOURCE MANUFACTURING OF THE PARTS TO FIRMS, THEN THEY COUPLE. NO CAR FIRM HAS FOUNDRY TO START SMELTING METALS AND PLASTICS, LEAVE THAT TO FOUNDRIES FOCUS ON ENGINEERING


BENZ OUTSOURCE ELECTRIC PARTS TO BOSCH, ENGINE TO AMG
ROVER OUTSORCE TO HONDA
RENAULT OUTSOURCE THE PRODUCTION OF THEIR ENGINES AND BODY PARTS TO NISSAN
CITERON TO PEOGEOUT

BOEING ENGINE COMPONENTS ARE MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN
AIRBUS HAS ROLLS ROYCE ENGINE


I JUST DONT KNOW WHY WE HAVE ILLITERATES HERE


THATS ONE IGBO MAN I RESPECT SO MUCH...INNOSSON RIDE ON

Please which part of the cars is innoson manufacturing in nnewi is it the tyre? The design? The body parts? The engine? The electrical part? The interior? Or innoson just outsource everything to china and come back home to couple it together. So you want to tell me that, that is how benz operate or what? The outsource everything to foreigners

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/09/09/jonathan-slammed-for-travelling-to-chad-with-modu-sherif/

President Goodluck Jonathan has been criticised for travelling to Chad with the former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, who was recently accused by Australian negotiator, Dr. Stephen Davis, of sponsoring Boko Haram sect.

Many Nigerians on social media Tuesday condemned Jonathan, who was in Ndjamena, capital of Chad on Monday to discuss with Chadian president, Idriss Deby on Boko Haram related issues, for allowing Sheriff, who was named a financier of the terrorist sect, to be among the team that followed him to Chad for the crisis talk.

Although Sherif has denied the allegations and threatened to sue Davis, many Nigerians wondered how the president could involve the former governor in the talk on how to end the activities of the terrorist sect when he has not been cleared of the alleged crime.
Commenting on a related post on Facebook,
Adeniyi Farotimi said: “Sheriff has really gone far with his new found home with the presidency. He even followed the president to Chad. Why would Sherif, alleged to be sponsoring Boko Haram, accompany him to Chad? For what? I believe members of Boko Haram are in our government. What happened to the Army Generals for having a link with Boko Haram. I weep for this country.”

Another social media user, Mohammed Mustapha, asked: “Why did Sheriff accompany Jonathan to Chad? Did Sheriff go there as a representative of Borno State?

What’s the motive behind this trip? Is Sheriff trying to make Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State irrelevant or what? I honestly don’t understand the entire hide and seek game over this national embarrassment. Sheriff should first clear his name and stop hiding under the PDP tattered umbrella.”

Also commenting on Facebook, a man who simply identified himself as Adonaid wondered what it would take Jonathan to act on the allegation made against Sheriff by the Australian negotiator.

“I cry for Nigeria, the country of my birth.
I weep for this so-called Nigeria. Certified criminals are walking on the streets freely while innocent souls are dying in our prisons and police stations every day, all because they committed one minor offence or another. They suffer endlessly because they are nobody and do not have anybody to defend them. But here are big thieves gallivanting all over the world in first-class jets. How can a man accused of sponsoring the Boko Haram sect fly on the same jet with an elected president who should be concerned about the insecurity in the country?”

Another social media user, Hamisu, responded: “To those who don’t know, they are all birds of same feather. The worse is yet to come. Why Chad, not Niger? Are the Chibok girls held in Chad?”

Victor Vincent disagreed on the negative comments made against Sheriff on his Facebook account:
He posted: “When Sherrif was a member of All Progressives Congress, APC, how come nobody said anything negative about him? Why wasn’t he tagged Boko Haram sponsor then? Now that he had dumped APC, he’s now tagged Boko Haram sponsor? If you have an evidence against him, bring it out or stop accusing him of sponsoring terrorism.”

Yahaya Terab Kosso, who said he is a Chadian, on the defence of his country, commented: “Chad is offering to help Nigeria rescue the abducted Chibok girls and overcome the rampaging Boko Haram.

I don’t think Nigerians are being fair with their president over this issue. They have wrong impression about their president, that’s why they are condemning him.

Chadians are not like Nigerians who always say negative things about their leaders. We are not like Nigerians that are selfish, don’t love one another and always dealing with tribalism, religious crisis, etc. Did you ever hear these things happening in Chad. Chad is the heart of Africa! I am proud to be a Chadian.”
Sheriff was born into a rich family in Ngala Town, Ngala Local Government Area, Borno State in 1956.

His father was a successful businessman Galadima Modu Sheriff. Sheriff studied in Business School of London, where his main subjects were Insurance, Banking and Finance.
He became a member of a Social Democratic Party in 1990.

In 1997 he joined National Republican Convention. He became a senator representing Borno Central on the platform of the United Nigeria Congress Party, UNCP, during General Sani Abacha’s military regime. After democracy was
restored in May 1999, he was again elected Senator, Borno Central, on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP.
Sheriff was elected governor of Borno State in Nigeria in April 2003. He was the first governor in Borno State to win the seat two consecutive times.

In 2012 Modu Sheriff was arrested upon entering Cameroon from Chad by neighbouring Cameroon’s security forces, allegedly for his link with Boko Haram. But after some time he was just escorted back to the border of the country. His connection with Boko Haram was not proved.

enomakos: northerns again?

destroying nigeria since 1914

But the south are sponsoring militant with billions of naira on foreign schools

Hypocrites

Nairaland Post picture of president jona with boko haram founder in the same niger republic on front page

nwobiebuka: Dear northerners you think you are fighting gej by making Nigeria ungovernable for him, guess what? You are only making your land desolate! gej will win come 2015 election, your sponsors will die in shame! Our gallant soldiers bleeding for our peace will defeat you before next year ending! Your land will go for 1k a plot because you have killed your sons and daughters that is supposed to inhabit it! We igbos will start business over there again! One person no dey pass a nation! Gej till 2019

Imaging this bigot, ur people are still here looking like chicken beating by rain

Innoson and nairaland

When did boko haram attack those town?

barcanista: I am a critic of Government, but I suspect the reportage of the foreign media

If govt failed to manage info concerning boko haram crises, foreign media will help them do it.

Hahaha see desperado comment above me, planning deceit. they want to cover smoke with their hands, tell the world the truth and seek for help, stop playing down federal govt incompetence. Nigerians are dying in the hands of boko

Afroconnect: Videos are doctored-re u a learner?
Anyone can create a video and post on youtube-use ur head mumu.

U are the biggest mumu, let nta show the minister of defence or any army chief visiting gwoza or bama, that will be a big proof that nigeria is in control of those area simple as ABC

@ops since when did boko haram start declaring their caliphate on nigeria soil and has control of it for more than 24hr?

OK answer this question

1. Is Gwoza part of Nigeria?
Yes/No

1a. who is in control of Gwoza?
A. Nigeria Army B. Shekau C. Camerronian Army

MrIknowAll: I am currently running for my life

To where? U better run down to Abuja

our soldier moral x high, nigeria army kill 1200, u begin to wonder if boko haram are morethan nigeria army in number.
Because the more govt claim they kill boko, the more boko claim to be incharge of towns and villages

Sunnybobo3: My brother, it's all about setting the records straight. No ulterior motives.

Ops what is so special about this kings college of ur? With the no of private sch both in nigeria and foreign country u are talking of king college. After graduating from king college will u get automatic admission to oxford? Just tell me one about that ur sch, that is unique

http://www.punchng.com/news/fight-boko-haram-ohaneze-tells-igbo-in-north/

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Abia State chapter, have urged Igbo people living in the North to stop fleeing the region because of Boko Haram, urging them to stay back and defend themselves.
They spoke in reaction to the alleged selective killings of Christians, non-Muslims, and Southerners resident by the Boko Haram insurgents.
Speaking with our correspondent in Umuahia, the Chairman of Ohaneze in the state, Dr. Emmanuel Okparanta, said
“Ndigbo are very instrumental to the development of Nigeria, and nobody can chase us away from any part of the country because we are one Nigeria, and will continue to be one.”
He urged Igbo people living in the North to be vigilant and wise in the face of the worsening security situation in the region.
The call re-echoed a position taken by the South-East governors in a their recent meeting in Enugu.

A source, who was at the meeting, had confided in our correspondent that though the governors encouraged the Igbo people and Christians living in the North to maintain peace with everybody in their host communities, they asked them not to fold their arms while being attacked.
He said, “They should not fight but if there is any attack on them by anybody whatsoever, they should strongly defend themselves because this is one Nigeria and nobody has the right to intimidate anybody.”
Also, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has asked Northern Christians not to flee but to remain steadfast in spite of the onslaught by the violent sect.
The Chairman of the Fellowship in Abia State, Dr. Theophilus Anyimson, said Christians should be vigilant and more serious with prayers against any form of insurgency “but while they pray, they should also open their eyes and resist any attack against them”.
“You should take up your arms and defend yourselves; don’t wait to be butchered. As we pray, we should not fold our arms and be killed; we should do whatever we can to defend ourselves”.

The PFN also expressed faith in the ability of the Federal Government to contain the security threats in the country.
Meanwhile,the Ohaneze Youth Council has described Boko Haram allegations against the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (retd), as laughable and unthinkable.

engineerboat: Why can some people read between the lines, before making comments, abi na by force to make comment ni,

He "SIRIUSBLACK" said he and other military personnel has been banned by COAS & DEFENCE HQ from posting any picture of reports on the frontline, unless they are permitted to do so,

did your want him to be court-martial,

Oga gan oooo, omo naija, eni ti a fe fi sinu isoro ni a wa kiri,


Olorun o ni gba fun wan oooooooo,

Let me ask you, has SALIAR REPORTER been able to give you the video and picture from the supposed bokoharam taking over of bama,
your answer is as good as mine,.

Is it by force to defend lies? So NA banned them from posting picture from war front but allow them to chat and post comment on blogs? Tell me another story

I believe this statement

The Senator representing Borno Central at the National Assembly, Ahmed Zannah, on Saturday alerted the military to a plan by the Boko Haram sect to divert their attention away from Maiduguri so as to make the town pregnable.
He said the major fighters of Boko Haram had vacated Bama for their Sambisa forest stronghold and might launch a major attack on Maiduguri soon.
Zannah toldSUNDAY PUNCHthat Maiduguri remained the ultimate target of the terrorist group and recent indications showed that the sect was arming for the battle to capture the ancient town.
He said since the members of the sect were driven out of Maiduguri over a year ago, it had always been in their plan to return to take control of the capital city and had been strategising towards it.
The lawmaker had hinted that insurgents made away with equipment and machinery from the military barrack in Bama.
He advised the military not to deploy soldiers in Bama to the detriment of the security of Maiduguri.
He said, “At present, there are few insurgents left behind in Bama, by their leaders to continue to terrorise the town. The leaders have left for their hideouts in Sambisa.
“It is believed that those left in Bama are meant to draw the military out of Maiduguri and when they are reclaiming Bama, the large number of insurgents in Sambisa will sneak into Maiduguri to take control of the town.”
Zannah, while calling for further deployment of operatives in the area, said the only way to end the continuous siege was to wage a maximum war against the insurgents.
He stated that the military needed more men and equipment in the region.

http://www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-may-attack-maiduguri-soon-senator/

The Senator representing Borno Central at the National Assembly, Ahmed Zannah, on Saturday alerted the military to a plan by the Boko Haram sect to divert their attention away from Maiduguri so as to make the town pregnable.
He said the major fighters of Boko Haram had vacated Bama for their Sambisa forest stronghold and might launch a major attack on Maiduguri soon.
Zannah toldSUNDAY PUNCHthat Maiduguri remained the ultimate target of the terrorist group and recent indications showed that the sect was arming for the battle to capture the ancient town.
He said since the members of the sect were driven out of Maiduguri over a year ago, it had always been in their plan to return to take control of the capital city and had been strategising towards it.
The lawmaker had hinted that insurgents made away with equipment and machinery from the military barrack in Bama.
He advised the military not to deploy soldiers in Bama to the detriment of the security of Maiduguri.
He said, “At present, there are few insurgents left behind in Bama, by their leaders to continue to terrorise the town. The leaders have left for their hideouts in Sambisa.
“It is believed that those left in Bama are meant to draw the military out of Maiduguri and when they are reclaiming Bama, the large number of insurgents in Sambisa will sneak into Maiduguri to take control of the town.”
Zannah, while calling for further deployment of operatives in the area, said the only way to end the continuous siege was to wage a maximum war against the insurgents.
He stated that the military needed more men and equipment in the region.


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engineerboat: How did you know he is telling you lies,

Are you in maiduguri to believe Sarliar reporter, or seriusblack in the battle field

A soldier who has time to write comment on nairaland but he can't take a picture of bama to show us. How do u believe such kind of person. Let him post pix of dead BH, or any part of bama so that we can believe our govt, not just posting comment from under tree