₦airaland Forum

shoodboi2:
If it was the Nigerian government, we wouldn't hear the last of it. The cho cho cho would have been loud. Funny enough, the folks in the same camp praising the bombing today will be the ones to condemn it. But for now, they will suffer from selective blindness and look the other way.

They say he who laugh first, laugh first last last. Abi how dem talk am self 🤔

shoodboi2:
What landed on the hotel in Offa wasn't debris. It was a literal tomahawk missile. The warhead was found along with engine parts. The other bungalow in Offa was what was hit by debris, most likely the empty solid fuel tank of the same or a different missile.

Two probable causes are maliciousness or missile error.

The tomahawk missiles were fired from a ship (or ships) in the Atlantic ocean. So it flew over several states, including Kwara on its way to Sokoto.

A tomahawk has over 2000 km range. Lagos to Sokoto is around 750 km by air on a straight line, aka as the crow flies. So the Atlantic ocean (Gulf of Guinea) to Sokoto is well within the range of a tomahawk.

As for the booster, the tomahawk uses solid fuel at launch before switching to liquid fuel midflight. After this switch, it jettisons the now empty (and useless) solid fuel booster tank to reduce weight, save fuel, and improve the aerodynamics and weight balance of the missile.

If we go with the "missile error" suggestion, I am thinking the missile may have been unable to switch to liquid fuel after using up its solid fuel, so it crashed.

Another likely suggestion is that the missile had some other malfunction or strayed off course and somehow crashed in the process.

Even if we excuse the missile landing on the hotel as an error, do we also excuse the booster landing on a house as an error?

The US knows very well the tank will land somewhere and can very likely control what time it is jettisoned. So why releasing it over a town? Kwara and neighboring states have more than enough forests where missile parts can fall.

If this was deliberate, then the US may have been trying to pass a message to some people in Kwara. The message is addressed "to whom it may concern," and the Chinese it concerns know themselves. Foolishboy419 correctly predicted US action in Kwara several months ago long before talks of this bombing even came up and this happening makes it very plausible.

Till now, even the Nigerian and US governments struggle to tell us what the US destroyed. Even whether they worked together to actualize the bombing is a mystery. Some of the US supporters are even saying the bombing is more of symbolic than substance.

If missiles are already landing on civilian houses during "symbolic bombings" then God knows what will happen when the non-symbolic bombings begin.

It is even a surprise that Sokoto and the northwest in general was targeted. While drumming support for the bombing, it was Benue they put in the spotlight. US house of rep members visited Benue and pastors from Benue were sent to the US to give testimonies on the Christian genocide said to be happening in Benue.

But once the bombings started, it was Sokoto and Kwara they fired at instead of the terrorists killing people in Benue. One of the two areas they fired at in Sokoto isn't even suffering from terror attacks. And the buildings destroyed in Kwara were clearly civilian infrastructure.

Now, a topic on frontpage even mentions that terrorists have started moving into Benue following the bombings.

As I and many others said back then, any bombing must be done in coordination with the Nigerian government. At least, if our government is involved, they will tell the Americans to stop dropping missiles and boosters on civilians. But as usual, their supporters said they support the bombings even if the Nigerian government was not carried along. Some even openly said the Nigerian government should not be carried along.

Now that the bombings has begun, they are mute about a bomb and debris landing on a civilian hotel and house in Kwara while quickly labeling anyone who questions or scrutinizes it a terrorist or a terrorist sympathizer. The icing on the cake will be when a bomb lands on their family house. We will see whether they will also refer to themselves as terrorists by then.

As I said back then, everybody will collect last last. The Americans care about no one. Everyone is expendable to them. We are lucky the warhead that landed on the hotel in Offa didn't go off but we will not always be lucky. "Collateral damage" will be our favorite word in the coming months.

As the tomahawks are landing in the north, the expended solid fuel tanks and faulty missiles will land here in the south, that is if the US is not deliberately dropping them on the south anyway.

As for the Americans, the truth about their intent will finally reveal itself over the next few weeks and months.

Well said....
The annoying thing is; if it's Nigeria army that shoots those missiles and it landed in a hotel, come and see insult, Nigeria is useless, Nigeria is this and that. But now that its US everyone seems to have scientific explanation on why the bomb landed in Kwara.

Ricchmoen:
kwara?
No be sokoto abi borno again😂😂
Even Yemen has better surface to surface missile if not for the lack of fundings

Someone said the missile fuel finished on its way to sokoto. As if filling station no dey road 😂

All of us want terrorist gone for sure, but This is what some of us were saying the other time. Americans are not always with the right intentions. I don't trust them
You are looking for ISIS but your bombs are moving in the opposite direction, as if you are even protecting ISIS

bryght4u:
Somebody please help me make sense of the US bombings in Sokoto on the 25th of December:
Bombs were dropped in Tambuwal and areas around it in Sokoto state.
Then "debris" from the same bombing campaign "fell" in Offa, Kwara state.
I used the map of Nigeria to make sense of the proximity of both places and this is what the map says:
Zamfara and Kebbi states border Sokoto to the south and then there is this huge chunk of landmass called Niger state acting as a seemingly huge land bridge between Kwara state (the entire north of Kwara state shares a border with Niger state) and Zamfara/Kebbi states BEFORE you ever get to Sokoto.
Additionally, Google map says it's a huge 665km distance (minimum) between Offa, Kwara state and Tambuwal, Sokoto state.
So, how come "debris" from bombings in Tambuwal, Sokoto state didn't "fell" in Sokoto, somehow skipped Zamfara/Kebbi States and then completely missed that huge chunk of land called Niger state and but had the courage to descend in Offa!
Was it that gravity was on slow-mo on that day and decided to make all of us question what we know about motion of projectiles?
Did the US deliberately drop ordinances on civilians in Kwara state with the bombs in Tambuwal acting as a decoy?
Is the US trying, on their first strike, to rid Kwara of the Chinese presence?
I remember foolishboy419 stating here that he fears America and her mercenaries would leverage strikes on so-called terrorists groups in the north to try and wrestle control of natural resources from the Chinese already doing business in Kwara state, displacing them there and then escalating the already precarious security situation there.
Why is everyone pretending like we're fine when we clearly aren't?
How could debris from their "precision strikes", on the first day of such strikes, fall in Kwara state in a location that's almost 700km from the scene of the bombings!
Today it is Kwara; tomorrow it could that they drop bombs in Borno and we find houses in Benue state on fire from so-called "debris" that refused to "fell" within the vicinity of the bombings but rather maliciously chose to fall on the heads of innocent people far asleep in their homes at a distance of 1000km from the scene of the bombings!
I smell a rat!
I support every action - unilateral, bilateral, multilateral - that could lead to degradation weakening of these demons in human flesh unleashing mayhem on our country, if not totaling exterminating their threats.
Having said that, I am still at a loss as to how "debris" from the bombings in Sokoto state miraculously "fell" in Offa, Kwara state!
Some kind Nigerian should be help me make sense of it.
I'd appreciate responses, please.
Thank y'all!

You have a point here, obviously there is no logical explanation as to how the debris of a bomb that's supposed to hit sokoto will locate kwara that's almost 700 kilometres away. May be the Tomhawk bounce of the ground in sokoto and landed in ilorin. I hope the debris doesn't find it ways to the south one day

FoolishBoy419:
Unexploded $6 million lying in Kwara. But US weapons arethe best

6 million dollars for this thing?

Omuka1:
forget about him, he didn't have intention to give anyone money for guessing right.

Probably just for fun

WriteerNg:
⚡At least 3 US Tomahawk warheads failed to explode from the Nigerian strikes.

Tom hawk wey dem send go sokoto breeze blow am go ilorin. Lwk.

WriteerNg:
Something tells me that Israel would soon start hitting Hamas leaders in Turkey.

They can't try it, they know their level

FoolishBoy419:
I'm still struggling to find genuine information on the aftermath of this. If they really did hit bandits and not an empty farm then this is a very welcome development.

I swear, i will be glad as well if they can hit those terrorists. If not for lack of trust of the American government, what's their? As long as they have good intentions and the Nigerian government are working with them to make sure civilians are not hit, it's good

shoodboi2:
I thought they’ve boarded it. They should continue their temple run 😂

🤣🤣🤣

WriteerNg:
⚡Barak Ravid:

“Ukrainian President Zelensky told me in a phone interview today that he wants to conclude a framework agreement with President Trump to end the war during their meeting on Sunday. Zelensky told me that he is ready for a referendum on Trump's peace plan provided that Russia agrees to a 60-day ceasefire.“

Mtcheeeew.... one day ceasefire you will not get. Even the word ceasefire we don't want to see it

WriteerNg:

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Nope.

Many people here got it. But they used Google search.

Haba I didn't use Google search. I figured the words in the shop is in italics, probably an italics shop in Russia. It's common sense now

LordAdam16:
they are still trying to figure out who to blame if someone dies while they're trying to steal oil

UPDATE: they've boarded and seized the vessel.

-Lord

I don't they've boarded the vessel. I am reading this morning that they are still chasing it

The American empire is collapsing so miserably that its one-trillion-dollar army can’t even stop an oil tanker!

jjj37:
Yes, he did it.. they have the capabilities and the motivation.. You think Nigerian Government was carried along like that, what you're seeing is just face serving rhetorics and clownish teasing to give the government soft landing. He promised to do it, even without the government, it was your government that begged to be carried along

No serious operations should be carried out with close coordination with this country/government esp since there's compromised at almost all level of governance. For us to have clean success, they must strikes and tease us later

And you are saying this based on what knowledge? Based on your emotions?
The Americans say they did it in cooperation with Nigeria government you are saying otherwise, as who?
Dude dnt mention me again if you don't know how to use your head rather than your emotions or else I will just block you. I will not tolerate those your usual gibberish post.

Watcharena:
This may be bacause more than 98% of federal government workers did not recieve their December salaries. As for the rain is true in many cities

It's only This Tinubu administration that I see federal government owing civil servants. He owes like every other month. This is a government that makes more money than any other government in the past. But he doesn't delay tax collection

seunny4lif:
The full presidential statement reads:

“Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries! I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper. May God Bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.”

This dude sha, No mention of Nigeria government. Like he can do this without the cooperation of Nigerian government

WriteerNg:
#POV

Guess my location right and win #100,000

You only have 2 guesses.

Lol it's Italy or Russia

WriteerNg:
⚡The U.S. Coast Guard is not yet able to seize the Venezuela-linked oil tanker Bella 1 because it lacks nearby specialized boarding forces.

The ship has refused boarding, meaning only elite Coast Guard teams—of which there are very few—can take it by force.

Oya board now, dem no wan die, Americans fear death

WriteerNg:

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I hate Milei with burning passion.

You are wasting your hate sef, use it for better person. That Milei is very useless. I no just send am ni. My hate is too important to waste on him

LordAdam16:
see people wen putin dey carry water for say dem tell am say dem no dey interested in new confrontation

feel say iran accept that lamba na so dem for don dey run from pillar to post now
as dem know say dem no fit ever run am against iran singlehandedly, dem want mk us join in from day 1
fa
who put body go collect

-Lord

That 12 days war was really a necessary experience Iran needed to gain more insight on the power and strategic of its enemy. From the surprise attack, to inside sabotage and more. I don't think isreal and US have any more tricks up their sleeves. Iran should be better prepared now more than ever

Michaeltreasure:
So you really believe Xi would defend Venezuela with his Navy if America strikes? That's how you guys hyped Iran, still neither China nor Russia came to Iran's aid.

The Chinese Navy has had a presence in South America for some time now. It's not because of the present tension between the US and Venezuela. Wait till the US strikes, that is if they really mean it , till then, let's watch what how the whole game turns ou.

You understand very well what they are saying, but you just like to argue for the sake of it. Nobody is talking about China going into direct conflict with US because of Venezuela. Are you going to tell me you dont know the meaning of proxy wars like US is currently doing in Ukraine? US is about to send 11 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan, so what makes you think China won't send weapons to Venezuela too

Allthelight:
If it was netanyahu Putin would be dead by now..

Infact no way a nuclear weapon won't be used... And the war would have ended

Is this what was written in the bible thousands of years ago, or you just make this shit up

WriteerNg:
⚡Putin answering a question on whether the 3I/ATLAS comet, which has been flying towards Earth for several months. could be an alien ship (my translation):

"Let’s keep this strictly between us, because it's classified information. (It's) our secret weapon. We’ll only use it in the most extreme case. Which we won’t, because we’re actually against putting weapons in space.

"Jokes aside, it’s just a comet. Our scientists know exactly what it is. It’s from another galaxy, so it behaves differently from our local comets. It has a different shell, comes closer to the Sun, some unusual processes on the surface. Even the tail looks a bit odd. Nothing mystical.

"It’s a decent size, maybe two to six kilometres. But for perspective: the Moon is 400,000 kilometres away. This thing is hundreds of millions of kilometres from us. So no, it’s not about to hit anyone."

Are there presently any president thats as intelligent as putin?

Nefort:
How many times will this thing make front page?

As many time as the exchanges happened.

pacino26:
I think the wide margin can be attributed to the fact that the Russian side have the advantage of retrieving their dead from the battlefield with ease. The territories they attack usually fall under their control within a very short time. I have been following up especially with History Legend unbiased analysis and I will say both sides are having kia ratio of 3:1 in some battles. Most of these casualties arising from drone attacks on personnel. In all both sides are not having it easy and this war like many others will end in the negotiations. Russia contrary to MSM media reports on their meat wave tactics, deploy their personnel only to mop up after encirclement of target locations. Their assault teams barely exceed 8men at a go.

See useless excuse, you already said "The territories they attack usually fall under their control within a very short time" this should explains to you why the bodies of the Ukrainian is high, then you went ahead to write nonsense. Is it not because the Russians killed alot of Ukrainian soldiers that they were able to gain the territory

Holla911:
You do not see what I'd seen, except tru.mp halt his move, even ICe will be overwhelmed.

Ice is already overwhelmed now sef